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See life differently. Live differently.

In a time when many feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of how to move forward, this session offers a powerful pause and a fresh perspective. Seeing Life Through New Eyes invites you to gently step back from old narratives, emotional fatigue, and habitual reactions, and rediscover life through a lens of clarity, meaning, and inner strength.

Guided by Sister Dr. Jenna, we will explore how your perception shapes your experiences, relationships, and sense of purpose. By awakening empathy, curiosity, and compassion. for yourself and for others, you’ll begin to see situations not as limitations, but as opportunities for growth and understanding.

When perception shifts, stress loosens its grip, relationships open, and new possibilities emerge. This is an invitation to see differently, feel differently, and live with greater peace, resilience, and hope starting from within.

Sister Dr. Jenna is a spiritual mentor, author, radio and TV personality, renowned speaker, and the founder of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum located in Maryland. She hosted the popular America Meditating Radio Show and is a recipient of the President’s Lifetime National Community Service Award. Sister Dr. Jenna is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a group of thought leaders from diverse disciplines in service to conscious evolution and was selected by Empower A Billion Women 2020 as one of 100 most influential leaders of 2015.

She is the author of “,” a profoundcompilation featuring insights from over 30 contributing authors and she contributed to “” offering her unique spiritual insights on leadership and unity.

Thursday, Jan. 15th, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Held at Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Pl, Suite 200, 2^nd Floor, Chantilly, VA. Free Event – Register at: https://shorturl.at/wkJfe

Data center real estate investment trust (REIT) Digital Core has secured a new tenant for a data center in Prince William County, Virginia.

The Digital Realty-sponsored company this week announced it has reached a 10-year agreement with an unnamed “investment grade global cloud service provider” to occupy the entire facility at 8217 Linton Hall Road in Bristow, Virginia.

The agreement will commence on 1 December 2026 and is expected to generate approximately $14.8 million of annualized net property income.

“We are pleased that our Linton Hall facility was well-positioned to meet the needs of this strategically important customer,” said John J. Stewart, CEO of Digital Core REIT Management Pte. Ltd., the manager of Digital Core REIT. “This seamless execution is a direct reflection of the power and support of Digital Realty’s global platform, the underlying strength of data centre fundamentals in core global markets, and the high quality of Digital Core REIT’s portfolio of mission-critical facilities."

Built in 2001, the single-story data center had been occupied by the previous tenant, described as a "Fortune 50 software company," since 2005. The facility totals 207,000 sq ft (19,230 sqm) and offers around 9.6MW. Digital Core REIT last year announced that the current tenant would not be exercising its option to extend its lease on the property.

Singapore-listed Digital Core REIT was set up by Digital Realty to hold a number of its stabilized data centers. The company was seeded with a portfolio of 10 data centers from Digital Realty across the US and Canada in Northern Virginia, Northern California, Los Angeles, and Toronto, totaling more than 1.2 million sq ft (111,484 sqm) and 49MW.

The Linton Hall Road facility was acquired by Digital Realty in 2017 when it bought Dupont Fabros Technology. Previous reports suggest the site had been leased to Microsoft.

Great American Restaurants is entering the Prince William dining scene.

The Northern Virginia-based hospitality group – which operates popular eateries like Sweetwater Tavern and Coastal Flats – announced Tommy’s American restaurant and Best Buns Bakery & Burgers will open in Gainesville at site of the former DMV building at 14100 Whitney Road near Linton Hall Road and Route 29.

A new concept, Tommy’s American is named after Tom Rush, Great American Restaurants’ chief operating officer. Rush is a longtime Gainesville and Haymarket resident along with his wife, Abby, and three kids. The couple met while working at Great American’s Sweetwater Tavern in Centreville in 1996.

“I’m overwhelmed and humbled to see Great American Restaurants opening in a place I’ve called home for over 20 years, let alone it being named after me,” Rush said in a news release. “I can’t wait for it to open and for Tommy’s American and Best Buns to become part of our community.”

After graduating from James Madison University and the Culinary Institute of America, Rush began his career with Great American Restaurants in 1995 as a kitchen manager at Artie’s and has since held numerous positions in the company, including head kitchen manager, executive chef and managing partner.

Rush has led the opening of numerous Great American most popular eateries, including the first Coastal Flats in Fairfax Corner, followed by Coastal Flats in Tysons and Gaithersburg, Ozzie’s Good Eats, Patsy’s American, Randy’s Prime Seafood & Steaks, Best Buns Bakery & Burgers in Tysons and Springfield and the new fast-casual concept Stupid Good BBQ.

“While he prefers to stay out of the spotlight, Tom’s leadership, dedication, and passion for hospitality have been foundational to GAR’s success and continued growth,” Jon Norton, CEO of Great American Restaurants, said in the release. “So much so that he trained me on my first day in 1997. My father wanted me to learn from the best, so he had me learn from Tom.”

Best Buns Bakery & Burgers features breakfast sandwiches, pastries, build-your-own burgers and other sandwiches. Best Buns recently announced a new location opening in Falls Church.

An approximate opening date wasn't immediately available.

Virginians tired of the shorter days that accompany winter are in for a bit of relief now that January has arrived.

Dec. 21 marked the winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year. On that day, most parts of Virginia clocked only 9 hours and 26 minutes of daylight.

Now that the solstice has come and gone, the amount of sunlight we get in a day will start to rapidly increase, with some parts of the United States gaining more than an hour by month’s end, according to a new AccuWeather report.

"Since the solstice, daylight has been slowly increasing while nights have been shrinking," AccuWeather forecasters wrote. "In the days immediately following the solstice, the daily change was just a few seconds from day to day, but as January progresses, the shift becomes easier to notice."

According to AccuWeather, Virginia is expected to gain around 40 minutes of additional sunlight by the end of January. On Jan. 31, the sun is expected to set around 5:28 p.m. in Northern Virginia.

Nationally, on Jan. 31, much of the southern United States will see 20 to 30 minutes more daylight compared to the first day of the month.

The change is more dramatic farther north. Across large parts of the northern United States, January's final day will contain more than an hour of additional daylight compared to the first day of the month.

Looking ahead, days will continue to get longer through the spring equinox on March 20. The equinox marks the turning point when daylight begins to win out over darkness, according to The Farmers' Almanac.

On the equinox, the direct rays of the sun are shining down on the equator, producing the effect of equal day and night, give or take a few minutes. This means that on the equinox, day and night are equal to exactly 12 hours all over the world.

After the equinox, the direct rays of the sun migrate north of the equator, with hours of daylight steadily growing longer until the summer solstice. After the summer solstice, the direct rays proceed to head south and days begin to grow shorter.

While the days are growing longer, that doesn't necessarily mean temperatures will go up.

"The sun remains low in the sky, and its angle is still too weak to deliver much warmth," AccuWeather forecasters wrote. "But as daylight continues to increase in the months ahead, the sun will climb higher overhead, gradually boosting temperatures and signaling the slow march toward spring."

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