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Commonwealth Green a large-scale mixed-use development under construction in York County could add another 1,500 to 2,000 residents over the three years to a section of the greater Peninsula that's experiencing a boon in new retail and housing.
Contractors are feverishly clearing land and carving out infrastructure to make way for the $66 million Commonwealth Green development, a 52-acre mixed-use project wedged between Victory Boulevard and Route 17 in the southwestern quadrant of York County that abuts Kiln Creek.
It's currently the largest mixed-use project under construction in a county that's quickly becoming a suburban and exurban enclave to Newport News and Hampton, generating roughly $5 million to $6 million in additional property tax revenue for the municipality's coffers.
Build out is expected to take three years but it may go quicker depending on demand.
Virginia Beach-based Franciscus Homes will construct one of its most popular condominium town-home products in phase two of the development. Franciscus will bring a new home style to the Peninsula: three-story condominium buildings that have the look of houses with two-bedroom units on the ground floor and townhouse-style condos on the top two floors.
The community, with a mix of 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom options, is planning 94 condos in 47 buildings, all with garage access and high-end finishes. Prices should range from the low $200,000s to $300,000+
Plans call for the home builder to construct 94 two- three- and four-bedroom unit floor plans similar to its Pointe East project in Norfolk's near the East Beach neighborhood .
"They are going to be an exceptionally nice product, and only the second time Franciscus is constructing this type of housing in the area," Tucker said. "When Franciscus Homes constructed these products near East Beach, they sold out very quickly. We feel like that will happen given this development's location."
The site is also a short distance from NASA Langley in Hampton, Jefferson Lab and Canon in Newport News, and students will attend York County Public Schools, long called a development driver and deal sealer for families and commercial businesses looking to locate in the area.
In the final phase, Commonwealth Green partners plan to add 41,000 square feet of commercial space with about half in a two-story building. Plans call for mixed-use townhouses fronting Commonwealth Drive with up to 16 homes on top of the rest of the commercial space.
Currently, the developer is looking for interested businesses, particularly small business owners who want to live above their stores or offices or those who would like a unique investment property.
Commonwealth Green will have a 10-acre green space called "Central Park" that will include recreational walking trails, extra drive lanes for bicycles, sidewalks, on-street parking for emergency vehicles and residential visitors and a town center community building that residents can rent for special events.
"This site is a little bit unusual in that you can take Commonwealth and jump on the interstate in two minutes," John Davis said. "You get out on this road that we're about to construct, then you can get out to the interstate using Route 17 in two minutes. It's in such a good location."
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A fine trumpeter with a distinctive cry, Johnny Coles long had the ability to say a lot with a few notes. He played with a few top R&B bands, including Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1948-1951), Bull Moose Jackson (1952), and Earl Bostic (1955-1956); was with James Moody's group (1956-1958); and appeared on several Gil Evans records between 1958-1964. Probably his most significant association was with the 1964 Charles Mingus Sextet that toured Europe. Also in the group were Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard, and Dannie Richmond. Coles can be seen holding his own against those giants on a European television show (available on a Shanachie video), but he had to leave the tour halfway through due to a sudden illness. He also played with Herbie Hancock's sextet (1968-1969), Ray Charles (1969-1971), Duke Ellington (1971-1974), Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (briefly in 1976), Dameronia, Mingus Dynasty, and the Count Basie band when it was under Thad Jones' leadership (1985-1986), but fame managed to elude him. Coles led sessions through the years for Epic, Blue Note, Mainstream, and finally for Criss Cross, before passing away from cancer. ~ Scott Yanow


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The Large Hadron Collider may be the fussiest machine ever used by the scientific community.
It shuts down for months at a time. We don't know for sure if it will create a black hole or a Big Bang when we shoot particles through it. And now, we think the moon's gravitational pull is messing with its experiments.
Dr. Pauline Gagnon was conducting one of the main ongoing experiments run by the 17-mile particle accelerator recently when she and another scientist discovered fluctuations in the data they were collecting. The culprit: The nearly-full moon, which was pulling part of the giant machine on Earth, deforming the tunnel through which proton beams were shooting ever so slightly.
The good news? This giant physics project's experiments won't be fully disrupted, because operators are aware of the moon's impact and can adjust. In other words, a driver's test for a Large Hadron Collider license is a little more complicated than parallel parking.
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Hello everyone! My name is Gandalin and welcome to another World of Warcraft guide! Today, we have another video in my series on the hidden artifact appearances. Obtaining any of these appearances will award you with the Feat of Strength called Hidden Potential. In this video, we'll be looking at the hidden appearances for hunters. Note that you can obtain any of these appearances regardless of your current spec. First up is Beast Mastery. This appearance is called Titan's Reach and is unlocked via the Designs of the Grand Architect.
This gives Titanstrike the appearance of a mechanical bow, which is nice if you prefer not to use guns, but still want to play Beast Mastery. This item is purchased from Hobart Grapplehammer, who is located in the engineering shop in Legion Dalaran. It is available for 8000 gold. However, this cost is affected by your reputation with the Kirin Tor. At Exalted, you only have to pay 6400 gold. If you'd like to gain rep with the Kirin Tor before you buy the appearance, I've got some tips for you. As far as Legion content goes, doing Kirin Tor World Quests is the only option, and they don't award much.
You're better off heading back to Northrend. Certain quests in Borean Tundra, especially those in Coldarra will give you Kirin Tor rep. Once you reach Friendly, head to Northrend Dalaran to buy the Tabard of the Kirin Tor from the quartermaster, Archmage Alvareaux, in the Violet Citadel. Wearing this lets you gain Kirin Tor rep when you run Wrath of the Lich King dungeons, which you can farm to your heart's content. Now let's look at Marksmanship. This appearance is called Ravenguard, and is unlocked via Syriel Cresentfall's Notes: Ravenguard. It turns Thas'dorah into a crossbow. This item is purchased from Veridis Fallon, the Court of Farondis quartermaster. In order to buy, it you must reach Revered with the Court of Farondis reputation. It will then be available for 1700 gold.
The cost of this item is also affected by reputation, so you can save an extra 100 gold by waiting until you're Exalted with the Court of Farondis. To gain rep with them, make sure you do all of the storylines in Azsuna. This will get you to Honored. From there, do as many World Quests in the zone as you can. Also make sure you do the Court of Farondis Emissary Quest when it pops up, as this awards 1500 reputation. You can also choose to receive Farondis rep when you complete the Kirin Tor Emissary. Finally, we have the Survival appearance, which is called Bear's Fortitude.
It is unlocked via the Last Breath of the Forest and gives Talonclaw a new look that includes a bear's paw print. The item for this appearance drops from Ursoc in the Emerald Nightmare raid. It drops on all difficulties, but is not guaranteed, so it may take several weeks of running the raid to obtain it. And those are the hidden appearances for the hunter artifacts. Remember that you can get any of the hidden appearances regardless of your current spec. And that's it for this video! If this guide helped you, leave a comment down below, and give it a big thumbs up! Share this video with your friends, and let me know if there's something you need help with.
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In this issue of Full Circle, we'll explore trends in urban school design
"Quality public schools are being recognized as important agents for downtowns to attract residents and jobs," according to the National Association of Realtors. In a related trend, the planning and designing of schools as centers of community is becoming increasingly popular across the country. "Schools are becoming a gathering place – a place of lifelong learning, shared health and fitness facilities, and a host of other services to enhance community and student success," reports the American Architectural Foundation.
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Récord de operaciones contra el yihadismo en España en el año 2017
El balance policial contra el terrorismo yihadista es difícilmente superable. El año que hemos acabado ha supuesto el de...08 enero, 2018
Towards a Cohesive Common European Policy on Women Against Radicalisation.
"The threat of terrorism is debilitating Europe. Shocked by the bomb attacks and tormented by the suffering of innocent victims we begin to fear the political repercussions of extremism and radicalisation. We are faced with a global challenge whereby local solutions, however judicial, can never have the impact of a global policy, a policy in which it is crucial that the EU have a central role. Should we not take the path of a cohesive EU common policy response to terrorism; far-right, xenophobic populists and nationalists will continue to gain ground, putting the unity our democratic values at jeopardy: European Integration.
We believe that the fight against Jihadist terrorism must be addressed through a unified European defense policy which incorporates a system whereby intelligence is shared. With this policy we would like to draw your attention to another vital strategic point: preventing the expansion of violent radicalisation with a particular focus on the role of women in this process. DAESH, the fastest expanding terrorist group of our time, is pushing forward their ultimate objective for a totalitarian state based on a delusional and erroneous version of the Quran. Ultimately, they are transmitting a very masculine dominated interpretation. However, the role of women to combat radicalisation is essential and irrefutable despite the fact that it appears to be less recognised.
Women have been the fundamental agents to preventing European youths from being radicalised. It is the mothers, sisters and girlfriends who are often the one and only barrier to preventing a young male from being brainwashed by DAESH' delusional propaganda and leaving his family and walking straight to his death in Syria or Iraq or even as terrorist in his own European hometown.
We cannot let our European youth fall into the hands of DAESH. The role given to women subjected to Jihadism is one of humiliation, one so adverse to democratic values of equality and liberty in Europe. Any such cases of radicalised youth should be seen as a failure of these values and immediate measures applied and action taken.
We urge the European Commission, the European Parliament and European Council to call for a cohesive common policy to combat rising violent radicalisation and terrorism which incorporates a specific gender focus on the role of women as victims of Jihadist propaganda and as able agents of change capable of overturning such propaganda."
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Corpsessed are a band from Finland that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style I would describe as being an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Abysmal Thresholds" which will be released by Dark Descent Records.
The album kicks in with an evil sounding intro as well as having a very demonic and epic tone to it, once the heaviness the music really starts to take off along with some dark sounding death metal growls which leads to an all out assault of fast Swedish style death metal guitar riffs and blast beats, and when the music slows down you can hear a lot of dark atmosphere while the album focuses more on being fast.
Throughout the album there are a great mixture of slow and fast parts that get even more evil sounding once the music starts utilizing some melody which is also very dark sounding, as the album moves on the bass guitars get even more heavy and distorted death metal guitar leads start to come in at times.
By the time the album gets to the fourth song you can hear sound effects being mixed in before the heavier and darker elements start to dominate as well as screams and growls that start to mix in with each other and as the album progresses, it gets even more evil when synths are mixed into certain parts of the album while only being used as a background sound instead of a lead instrument.
Once the fifth song kicks in bells are added in for a few seconds and the music goes into a slower and dark direction for awhile before returning to an all out fast death metal assault as well as mixing in the slow parts to evoke a ritualistic atmosphere, as time goes on by you can hear small amount of classical and horror movie soundtrack style elements being mixed in with the dark and occult nature of the music while it is only used for a few seconds, and then the rest of the album focuses more on being a classic death metal recording.
Song lyrics cover Darkness, Lovecraft, Left hand Path and Occult themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording as well as the last song being very long and epic in length.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Corpsessed and if you are a fan of old school death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Of Desolation" "Necrosophic Channeling" "Apotheosis" and "The Threshold". RECOMMENDED BUY.


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Come again another day
That is a rain mantra that a 4 year old taught me to stop rain. It is very cute, isn't it? :)
It was a rainy day the other day that gave an ugly look to the nature here in Claremont. I did not say the mantra to stop it, but decided to spend my afternoon by continuing my scrappy quilt instead.
The rain had a positive impact on me which helped me be productive and finish the second block of my 9 patch. I am pretty happy with the result except for one corner, the bottom right one. I believe it does not belong to the block. I am going to remove and replace it with the blueish dark green schemed one.
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It's not that I am bragging, there is absolutely no point in that at all; it's that I want you to have a solidified reason to trust me when I make some claims that might seem a bit far out to you, or really far-out, as the case may be. "There is only one path to peace: your extinction," Ultron tells the Avengers in the extended trailer for The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, released yesterday, so the question is, who are the Avengers? White, heterosexual men, (Thor, Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Captain America, the Hulk; they are the leaders, Don Cheadle's Iron Patriot and Nick Fury are secondary characters, while Black Widow is a leading character, but hasn't had her own film, not yet) just as I have been telling you, the Left has to take down the power-holders in American society to continue waging their revolution, and that is the white, heterosexual male.
The first question to ask is, who is it, dear reader, who promises peace, but contends that violent war has to happen first? Who is it that appeals to the "younger generation," like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch? Who is it that wants to make white men extinct? Socialism. Socialism always starts with a violent revolution and the killing off of the wealthiest members of society, the strongest members and those who will fight the hardest to protect it. Ultron, then, with this newest footage in the trailer, can be established as an Obama figure because, what is he bragging about right now? There are no strings on him keeping him from declaring amnesty, either in the form of the Constitution or Congress; he can do whatever he wants, he claims. So, what does the rest of the trailer show us?
The first image of this massive destruction she sees at the start of the trailer summons several films to mind: X-Men: DOFP, Star Trek Into Darkness, Mockingjay (and I am sure I am forgetting another one). Again, Insurgent wants us to link these films all together in our mind. Undoubtedly, this is a dream sequence--Divergent was full of them--all dreams are fulfillments of a wish, so what is Tris wishing for? To be able to save her mom. As you know, mothers symbolize the "motherland" because our country gave "birth" to us and a large part of our identity. Tris wanting to save "the motherland" is like so many Americans who went to the polls November 11 and voted the Democrats out of power to make the Congress look the way it did at the end of World War II, the first time we defeated the socialists.
Why start out with the invention of the camera? It's because of a camera that we are watching the trailer (the information was recorded by a camera, like the camera Beetee looks in to send his message to Peeta). "Virtually unchanged for 30 years until one man," what does this sentence mean? Progress. Progress can come to the entire world through one individual. Now, it's tempting to look at this car commercial and say it's an anti-capitalist trailer because they are interrupting it, however, this car commercial is utterly different from the other Capitol Broadcasts we have seen; this commercial could be on your TV right now (and the comments below this trailer on YouTube verify that because everyone commented on how they tried "skipping it" and couldn't and then Beetee came on; not to mention it ends with MazdaUSA.com and, in The Hunger Games, the USA no longer exists, it's just Panem). Here we have, then, that the progress in the car industry is tied to the "resistance" in District 13 and to one of their own (Peeta) who has been taken and hijacked by the Capitol. The very creativity of this ad demonstrates how narrow and non-progressive (and I mean "Progressive" in its political sense as well [yes, Progressive Insurance company is owned by a progressive liberal, why do you think they named it that?]) the Capitol is. Which leads us to a closing comment,...
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Machinima is the making of original content from 3D computer games – it is a form of digital interactive user-generated content born out of the internet and now has impacts in creative and cultural sectors around the world. The term is a concatenation of 'machine', 'animation' and 'cinema'. It has not always been loved by games developers, having some early origins in the modding and hacking communities, as well as the 'demoscene' (playing games back in the 1990s was about showing off the power of the hardware, rather than a recreational pastime). Since then, however, machinima has grown up BIG. With a community estimated to be in the millions, Machinima.com became the third internet company to list on the stock market in 2013 (Nasdaq) and various individual games communities have themselves generated massive numbers of followers who dedicate their creative talent to generating fanvids from their content. Online, highly successful internet 'TV' series have emerged some of which now have more followers than traditional TV stations. Feature length films have been pre-visualised using machinima techniques that are now being used in main production (eg., Minecraft© the movie, forthcoming). The creative sector has showcased machinima works since 2006 in digital arts galleries and film festivals from London to Sydney and many places in between (eg., Atopic, Paris; Bitfilm, Germany; Animatu, Portugal) including online (eg., Machinima Expo), and tens of thousands of machinima works have been created and distributed through an increasingly complex ecology of technologies and new (social) media.
Machinima is inherently a convergence of technology, digital social practice and culture. Importantly, it has been described as 'the visual cultural phenomenon of the 21st century' (Peter Greenaway, 2010). It is also uniquely used to provide insight into social 'virtual' actions that take place within online 3D environments such as Second Life© and is embedded within social media networks, which are central to digital access of this form of content. Its growth in popularity has impacted games developers significantly because it challenges the ways in which they view their intellectual property and the role of their customers (games players) in the creation of commercial value, effectively testing the boundaries between authorship and ownership.
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- Identify a taxonomy of the types of cultural value produced by the machinima community, including both on and offline contexts
- Evaluate the impacts of machinima and machinimating on the cultural sector, exploring the ways in which the creative and cultural industries sustain and destroy value generated by machinimators formally and informally
- Assess the ways in which the creative industries are adapting to meet the challenges of machinima user-generators, including their use of new types of creative skills resulting from its rapid evolution
- Explore the issues of ownership and authorship that arise from the making of machinima including the tensions and interrelationships between the creative and cultural industries arising from the creative practices of machinimators
- Assess the implications of the machinima phenomenon for other digital participatory creative cultural genres
- Provide an evidence base of artefacts and critical analysis of the machinima genre for an unfamiliar audience
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Knelson Concentrators and Gemini Tables running at Novita
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There is a new hair care craze in the UK at the moment, and it is quickly filling it's international demands, making its way across the world. It's the hair care brand called milk_shake. I always admire brands that create a certain vibe about themselves that makes it irresistible to beauty fanatics like myself.
Unfortunately milk_shake is not in South Africa...yet! I hope that it will hop onto our shores soon so my curiosity can be eased. Milk_shake has been around for the past few years but has only really become well known from the beginning of this year.
With yummy fantasies of me washing my hair with rich creamy milkshake-like products using natural ingredients, making me feel like Cleopatra, just wants me to buy the whole product range! Their packaging is also something cute and a lil' cheeky, making them stand out from the rest of the monotonous products we often find before us on the shelves when we do our toiletry shopping every month.
With many international brands jumping the ship to sunny SA, I hope milk_shake buys their boarding ticket soon! Visit their website here.
Miss Claira-Bella


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6 or 7 years ago we bought 2 folding lawn chairs, you know the kind, every body had some in the 60's and 70's.
Of course I forgot to take the REAL before picture, with all the old
See how worn it is in the middle.
I was afraid it would rip out every time I would sit in it.
I had bought some new webbing from Ebay quite a long time ago to
repair the chairs, but it was sitting in a cupboard waiting for me to stop
Well today I did!
It took me a couple of hours and guess what?
I was scared for nothing!
It was real easy!
Nice and sturdy!
And I have some leftover to redo the other chair!
I am so proud of myself!


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Also called retinol, Vitamin A is an essential nutrient that has many different functions in your body and is stored in your liver. As a fat-soluble vitamin, Vitamin A is also kept in your fatty tissues. You need Vitamin A for many reasons, but you shouldn't take an extra supplement without first consulting your doctor.
You might take a Vitamin A supplement to help treat certain skin disorders, such as psoriasis, eczema and acne, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. People who have Vitamin A deficiency can develop these skin disorders, as well as infections, such as measles, respiratory conditions and eye disorders, including chronic dry eye, the Mayo Clinic says. Vitamin A is sometimes also recommended for helping to prevent cancer, as well as treat osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease and inflammatory bowel disease. Don't take Vitamin A supplements for any reason before first talking with your physician.
Vitamin A plays an important role in supporting your skin's health, helping in cell reproduction, wound healing and growth, says the University of Maryland Medical Center. Aside from your skin, Vitamin A also supports your eyes, specifically for night vision, mucous membranes and bones. Vitamin A also helps to ensure healthy reproduction in men and proper fetal development in pregnant women, as well as proper immune-system function and healthy hair, notes the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
You can get Vitamin A in your diet from meats, and your body can convert carotenoids found in many vegetables into Vitamin A, says the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Vitamin A is typically found in eggs, chicken and beef livers, and whole-fat dairy products. Carotenoids are found in dark-green leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkins, peaches, cantaloupes and sweet potatoes. If you need to take Vitamin A capsules for your skin, you could take them in the form of retinyl palmitate or retinol supplements. The typical recommended dosage of Vitamin A capsules is 900 micrograms or 3,000 IU for men and 700 micrograms or 2,333 IU for women, notes the University of Maryland Medical Center. Ask your doctor for the dosage that is right for you before taking Vitamin A capsules.
Because Vitamin A is fat-soluble, you should take the supplement with or immediately following a meal, advises the University of Maryland Medical Center. Keep in mind that Vitamin A can build up in your body, causing toxicity. Vitamin A toxicity can cause potentially severe birth defects, fatigue, hair loss, vomiting, musculoskeletal pain, headaches, dry skin and even liver damage, warns the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In the developing countries of the world, Vitamin A deficiencies are rare, due to the wide availability of foods containing Vitamin A or beta-carotene, the Mayo Clinic notes.
If you're pregnant, you shouldn't take Vitamin A due to the risk of birth defects, particularly malformations of the central nervous system, the Mayo Clinic cautions. Also, if you're a heavy alcohol drinker or smoke cigarettes, or if you have liver disease, you shouldn't take Vitamin A supplements, warns the University of Maryland Medical Center. Vitamin A can elevate your triglyceride levels and increase your risks of heart disease, especially if you're a smoker. Taking excessive amounts of Vitamin A can be fatal. Vitamin A supplements can interact negatively with certain medications, such as tetracycline antibiotics, blood-thinners and retinoids.