As the holiday season nears, many people begin to bring out lighting and decorations to celebrate the season. As the city and citizen of Indianola set up their illuminating decorations, so does Simpson College.

The Simpson College grounds crew sets up lights all over campus including all of the lights in Smith Chapel, trees and bushes within the quad and the large pine tree in front of Hopper.

With extra lighting around the holiday, one question that can be raised is if the use of these lights affects the cost of electricity in anyway for the college. According to J.J. Thorius, grounds manager, yes and no.

Everything we now have on campus is LED lighting, Thorius said. Youll still have some increase in lighting though, just because youre plugging more stuff in.

According to Thorius, all of the lighting on the tree in front of Hopper only uses roughly about thirteen to fourteen amps of electricity.

Really, thats not much more than your normal household appliance, such as a microwave or a blender, said Thorius. With the LEDs and the technology they use, its incredible with what you can do with the cost.

According to Thorius, the cost increase with LEDs is minimal to the old styles of bulbs that they used. He said that in the years past, the cost of electricity did increase due to the type of bulbs they used and the amount of lights they have set out.

Since part of the holiday season is during break, to stay festive, Simpson leaves on the lights, but only the ones that can be seen by the roadways and the rest of the community.

All the Christmas lights used are tied into the rest of the light system on campus, turning on at dusk and then off in the morning. According to Thorius, leaving the new LED lights on all night and when students are not on-campus, the college is still using less electricity then they use to.

Thorius estimated that Simpson uses around 23,450 lights, with 2,950 in Smith Chapel, 3,000 at the presidents house, 4,500 around main campus and 13,000 on the tree in front of Hopper.

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Yurimaguas to Iquitos by Cargo Ship Gilmer V (Eduardo) Amazon River Part 2
Cruising down the Amazon cargo style! Yurimaguas to Iquitos, Peru March 24 to 27, 2012 We spent one night in Yurimaguas, thankfully to have a shower after two days on numerous bus rides and because the boat we wanted to take didn #39;t leave until the following day at 4pm. We headed down to the port about 2pm to board our boat, the Gilmer (part of the Eduardo family of boats). It was a blue and white cargo boat with three decks. The first is for all the cargo (mostly plantains, rice, chickens and fruit), the second is where most of the locals slept and the third floor was double the price so that #39;s where the tourists end up. It was well worth the extra money to have a little extra space. It cost $100 soles (about $38US) for two nights, three days and meals. There were only about eight other tourists on board. We tied up our hammocks and locked our bags to a pole; ready to set off into the Amazon! This video has lots of tips and prices if you are thinking of taking a cargo ship from Yurimaguas to Iquitos, Peru. Enjoy!From:Ryan BrendzyViews:3 1ratingsTime:03:04More inTravel Events

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Beta 2 -- Love Finds Me (feat. Pete Josef)
Beta 2 is a young drum and bass music producer from Dublin (UK) who is far to unknown for that much talent. // I do not own any copyrights of this content // by CIA Records The Track is now available on chemicaluk on the "Love Finds Me / Red Hand" EP by "Beta ft. Pete Josef Zero T" as Digital Download (bit.ly or 12" Viny (bit.ly Beta2 aka Dominic Purcell started around 1989 experimenting with keyboards and record decks which soon progressed to an interest in DJing. Introduced into Hardcore/Rave in the early nineties by a friends brother,he began to collect records, and about a year later,got his own set of decks which led to his love of Drum and Bass.He really liked the music around at the time, got interested in producing,bought some equipment and has been making music ever since ... Follow Beta2 on MySpace @ http://www.myspace.com .! CIA Records Links: http://www.facebook.com soundcloud.com If the Artist, the Label or anyone else as any problems with this song being on my channel, please talk to me instead of making a rash and useless decision and reporting this song as a copyright violation. Remeber This: This is no claim of the content. It #39;s more likely a advertisement for free and a prove of the artists skills. So, don #39;t rush, please talk.! Stay tuned and don #39;t forget to like, subscribe and share .^__^.! Your Dj MikYFrom:DjMikYDnBViews:2 0ratingsTime:05:59More inMusic

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Magic 2013 - DLC 3 - Berserker Rage (Gruul) (Cockatrice introduction)
In this video we take a look at the deck list for one of the two decks in the upcoming deck pack coming on next week. Berserker Rage (G/R) (Gruul guild) Deck list: 1 Essence Warden 2 Tattermunge Maniac 2 Tattermunge Witch 3 Gruul Guildmage 2 Colossal Might 1 Rancor 1 Berserk 2 Sacred Wolf 2 Bloodrock Cyclops 2 Centaur Courser 1 Mage Slayer 1 Fires of Yavimaya 3 Wildsize 2 Wickerbough Elder 4 Gruul Scrapper 2 Berserkers of Blood Ridge 1 Silverback Ape 2 Shivan Wurm 1 Borborygmos 4 Terramorphic Expanse Unlockable cards: Boartusk Liege Spellbreaker Behemoth Colossal Might Vengeful Rebirth Breath of Fury Runes of the Deus Berserk Apocalypse Hydra Rancor Blitz Hellion Fires of Yavimaya Colossal Might Runes of the Deus Branching Bolt Ulvenwald Tracker Deus of Calamity Breath of Fury Ulasht, the Hate Seed Stonebrow, Krosan Hero Blitz Hellion Branching Bolt Rumbling Slum Feral Animist Soulblast Breath of Fury Wildsize Branching Bolt Fling Chameleon Colossus Skarrgan Skybreaker Source: http://www.toptiertactics.comFrom:multeyemeteorViews:2 0ratingsTime:41:02More inGaming

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Night Movements Live at The End, Part 2
Night Movements performing live at The End in support of Ugly Duckling on the Birmingham leg of their 2012 UK tour. Kams. Exa. Wise One. Hyksos and Total Recall on decks. Part two of three - check them all. Part one : http://www.youtube.comFrom:HarpVaderViews:2 1ratingsTime:11:19More inMusic

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Manchester European Soul Weekender 2 - Monday
2012 Manchester European Soul Weekender second day. First few hours and some Bboys join the party (as they did last year) with two Kool Kats on the decks pumping out the good vibes, Malayka (Bamburg soul weekender) and the legendary Soul Sam double decking. The look on the Bboys face when they saw Sam, priceless and much respect. World Bboy Champion "Bboy Mouse" is seen throwing some shapes too.From:Gary BratchfordViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:56More inPeople Blogs

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Yugioh - Card of the Week: Felgrand Dragon
So Card of the Week time and for this week its Felgrand Dragon! A really nice looking card, in my eyes, that can work in a few decks such as Dragunity. Any memories, combo #39;s, things that you think people should know about this card? Then comment below. Twitter - twitter.com Comment/Like/Subscribe/Enjoy!From:MistaLegoHeadViews:0 0ratingsTime:09:30More inGaming

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30 min Vocal 2-Step Garage mixed by DJ OPIUM [HD/HQ]
A selection of some 2-Step Garage classics. I recently got some decks and im still getting used to the decks and my records that haven #39;t been played for many years. I missed timed one of the mixes towards the end but couldn #39;t be bothered doing the whole thing again I #39;ll get better as time goes on! I hope you like listening as much as I enjoyed playing "sub" and "like" if you do. I do not own the rights to the music the mix is purely for your listening pleasure I also don #39;t own the picture i downloaded it from Google images and edited it a little.From:OPMDOPEINTHEMViews:1 0ratingsTime:30:00More inMusic

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Yu-Gi-Oh World Champion 2007 Deck Profile: Destiny Hero Beatdown (Crush Card Virus)
One of Shane scurry infamous decks in the early 2007 era. No disk commander or malicious though because didn #39;t unlock the pack for them yet. More videos coming soon Comment, like and subscribeFrom:MyDarkness99Views:0 0ratingsTime:05:14More inGaming

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