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As many as 1 million in NC flee because of Hurricane Florence, governor says
The state is looking for places to set up "mega shelters" like Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, home of Wake Forest University basketball.
As many as 1 million in NC flee because of Hurricane Florence, governor says The state is looking for places to set up "mega shelters" like Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, home of Wake Forest University basketball. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/09/12/threat-hurricane-florence-fills-shelters-central-nc-and-areas-west/1284884002/
Mark Barrett, Asheville Citizen Times Published 7:39 p.m. ET Sept. 12, 2018
Kevin Carlyle packs to evacuate from Wrightsville Beach Wednesday as Hurricane Florence threatens the coast.(Photo: Chuck Burton, AP)
RALEIGH – Up to 1 million people in North Carolina are evacuating coastal areas ahead of Hurricane Florence and the state is looking for places to set up what one official called "mega shelters" to accommodate evacuees, state officials said late Wednesday afternoon.
Among the first is Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, where Wake Forest University plays its basketball games.
It was set to open at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a capacity of more than 1,000 people, Gov. Roy Cooper said.
Mike Sprayberry, head of emergency management for the state, said about 50 shelters have opened in North Carolina and estimated that 4,000 to 5,000 people were already staying in one.
Shelters in were full Wake County, where Raleigh is located, Sprayberry said, and some people were having to push west of the capital area to find a place to stay.
State officials are working to open more shelters in places like Charlotte and Fayetteville and local officials in eastern North Carolina will open more there as Florence bears down on the state.
More: Hurricane Florence weakens to Category 3, but still 'extremely dangerous'
Scattered gas shortages reported in WNC as Hurricane Florence approaches
Cooper thanked North Carolinians who are housing friends and family away from the coast.
He continued to strongly urge North Carolinians to respect the potential for unprecedented harm from Florence.
"If you've been asked to evacuate, don't wait, leave now. You put your life at risk by staying," he said.
"If you aren't under evacuation orders, now's the time to finish preparations and get ready to hunker down," Cooper said. "Plan to be without power for days and check on your family and your neighbors and make sure they are prepared as well."
The governor said Florence is still expected to do extensive damage. The state has estimated 750,000 to 1 million have left coastal areas.
"Florence is now a Category 3 storm, but don't let that fool you," Cooper said in remarks broadcast live on some North Carolina television stations. "We are on the wrong side of this storm, where most of the damage is done. The forecast tells us that Florence's storm surge will drown many homes."
He said "tens of thousands" of homes will be damaged by the storm surge and after that "rivers can continue to rise long after the rain stops. ... All parts of North Carolina will see some impacts. We expect this storm to be with us for days."
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Beth went on a backpack with the Pathfinders this weekend. William has been sick this fall, and even though he is well now, he doesn't really have his strength back. So, Sabbath afternoon we took William to the National Arboretum to enjoy the flowers and get some practice taking pictures.


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Category: Lynching
Bondage, Change, Freedom, Hate, Injustice, Justice, Lynching, Violence
A Prophet Among Us
May 4, 2018 August 13, 2018 kathymfindley
Because of the recent opening of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, I have been contemplating the terror of lynching in our history. The Montgomery site is the nation's first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with police violence.
"Set on a six-acre site, the memorial uses sculpture, art, and design to contextualize racial terror. The site includes a memorial square with 800 six-foot monuments to symbolize thousands of racial terror lynching victims in the United States and the counties and states where this terrorism took place." (eji.org)
But racial injustice is not merely art used to contextualize racism and violence. We also have the cold, hard facts. For instance, The Tuskegee Institute reports that 4,743 people were lynched between 1882 and 1968, including 3,446 African Americans and 1,297 whites, mostly white individuals who tried to help their African American neighbors.
Who were the prophets among us who proclaimed in those days a Christian Gospel of justice?
The NAACP reports that today African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of white people.
Who are the prophets among us in these days? Who is calling for justice, for liberation and freedom for those who are oppressed?
Across a range of human rights issues in 2017, the United States moved backward on human rights issues. The current U.S. president has targeted refugees and immigrants, calling them criminals and security threats. He has emboldened racism by promoting white nationalism. He consistently champions anti-Muslim ideas. His administration has embraced policies that will roll back access to reproductive health care for women and has created health insurance changes that would leave many Americans without access to affordable health care. He has undermined police accountability for abuse. He has expressed disdain for independent media and for federal courts that have blocked some of his actions.
The individuals most likely to suffer abuse in our nation include members of racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, children, the poor, prisoners and other vulnerable groups, who endure renewed attacks on their rights. Issues of injustice include gender equity, poverty, the right to health care, immigration and the rights of non-citizens, sexual orientation and gender identity, criminal and juvenile justice, harsh criminal sentencing and mass incarceration,.
Where is justice today? Who will call each injustice by name? Where is the prophetic voice among us that will proclaim liberation?
While in seminary, I immersed myself in the study of liberation theologies. Not surprisingly, my research led me to the writings of black liberation theologian, The Rev. Dr. James H. Cone. I became what some might call a follower of Dr. Cone. I saw him as a Christ-like superhero. Much of my research and writing in those days delved into the history of liberation theology, so Dr. Cone's books covered my desk for months.
On Saturday, I learned of his death and experienced both sadness and gladness. Glad, because of his enormous contribution to Christian theology's imperative response to injustice. And sad, because his voice of justice is now silent. By his death, we lost a prophet, a persevering voice that championed racial justice. We lost a voice that gave the world an interpretation of the Christian Gospel that paid attention to the voices of the oppressed.
YES! "A prophet was among us."
These words from Judge Wendell Griffen honored the prophet, Rev. Dr. James H. Cone, and named him as the central figure in the development of black liberation theology in the 1960s and '70s.
The prophet and scholar was raised in a small Arkansas town, giving him a clear view of the harsh reality of racial injustice. Dr. Cone rose up from his simple roots to become the foremost voice of his day on black liberation theology.
Google it.
"Black liberation theology"
The first image you will see is that of James H. Cone. And then you will see image after image of him as well as a list of the plethora of books he has written and a list of the places around the world where he taught and preached.
What is my point?
First of all, I want to add my voice to those who are honoring this prophet of justice. But more importantly, I want to own and name the present reality: that there has never been a time in history that needs the message of liberation more than this day. To be sure, the horrific lynchings of African Americans in this country took place many years ago, between 1882 and 1968.
And this is a new day, is it not?
It is a new day, a new day that has moved our society to the national shame of mass incarceration of African Americans. Consider this research:
By the age of 14, approximately 25 percent of African American children have experienced a parent — in most cases a father — being imprisoned for some period of time.
On any given school day, approximately 10 percent of African American schoolchildren have a parent who is in jail or prison, more than four times the share in 1980.
The comparable share for white children is 4 percent; an African American child is six times as likely as a white child to have or have had an incarcerated parent.
(Valerie Strauss, March 15, 2017; The Washington Post; https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/valerie-strauss/?utm_term=.8d67a553a8db)
In 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34%, of the total 6.8 million correctional population.
The imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women.
Nationwide, African American children represent 32% of children who are arrested, 42% of children who are detained, and 52% of children whose cases are judicially waived to criminal court.
(NAACP.org)
TMI . . . Too much information, right? Perhaps it is too much information, but the amount of information here barely scratches the surface of the many ways injustice has gripped our nation in these days. We can turn our backs, stop up our ears, and blind our eyes to it, but that will not change the fact that people are being oppressed, injustice is doing its horrific work, and liberation seems a distant, unreachable dream.
The people of God must be the people of God and accept the mantle placed by God on our shoulders — being a prophetic voice in a land where injustice has its way.
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. (Isaiah 61:1-3 NRSV)
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 6:24 NRSV)
We are the prophets among us. Let's act like it!
Tagged Christianity, History, Injustice, Prophetic, Racism, Violence2 Comments
Bondage, Freedom, Hate, Injustice, Justice, Lynching, Violence
Lynching's Long Shadow: America's Shame
April 26, 2018 kathymfindley
The memorial is inspired by the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin and the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.
Photography: Audra Melton for The New York Times
Nothing casts as long and shameful a shadow on our history than does lynching. Lynching is a part of America's history that we want to ignore. As a people, we cringe at the thought of it, yet do not often allow ourselves to think of it. We do not own lynching. It happened in another time in history, with decades separating us from its shame. We secretly hope that if we do not talk about it, we can move forward without acknowleding the depth of its impact. And above all, we cannot admit that such violence is still possible in this day.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a living reminder for us. The Memorial, which opened today on a six-acre site overlooking the Alabama State Capitol, is dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy. It demands a reckoning with one of the nation's least recognized atrocities: the lynching of thousands of black people in a decades-long campaign of racist terror.
At the center of the Memorial is a grim cloister, a walkway with 800 weathered steel columns, all hanging from a roof. Etched on each column is the name of an American county and the people who were lynched there, most listed by name, many simply as "unknown." The columns meet you first at eye level, like the headstones that lynching victims were rarely given. But as you walk, the floor steadily descends; by the end, the columns are all dangling above, leaving you in the position of the callous spectators in old photographs of public lynchings.
Bryan Stevenson and a small group of lawyers spent years immersing themselves in archives and county libraries to document thousands of lynchings.
The magnitude of the killing is harrowing, all the more so when paired with the circumstances of individual lynchings, some described in brief summaries along the walk:
Parks Banks, lynched in Mississippi in 1922 for carrying a photograph of a white woman;
Caleb Gadly, hanged in Kentucky in 1894 for "walking behind the wife of his white employer";
Mary Turner, who after denouncing her husband's lynching by a rampaging white mob, was hung upside down, burned and then sliced open so that her unborn child fell to the ground.
A 2017 sculpture by Titus Kaphar, "Doubt," sat amid accounts of slaves and former slaves at the museum.
A grassy hill rises in the middle of the memorial. From there you can see the Montgomery skyline through the thicket of hanging columns, the river where the enslaved were sold, and the State Capitol building that once housed the Confederacy. It is a striking view.
The striking exhibits and sculptures in this Memorial exist to remind us, to challenge us, to create in us a determination to always fight injustice.
Hundreds of jars of soil from the sites of documented lynchings, collected by families of victims or community volunteers, are on display at the museum.
May we more deeply understand our tragically unjust and violent history. May we vow to make peace and demand justice. May we never forget what happened in this nation so that it will never happen again. It is very real that our history of lynching innocent people casts a long and dark shadow upon our existence. May we intentionally work for justice so that we will no longer live in that shadow.
This blog post is words, just words. But our words are not enough. Our declarations are empty and meaningless if we do not also immerse ourselves in the hard and grueling work that makes for justice. God does not care about our words and promises. God does not accept our carefully planned events — filled with flags and crowds and songs — held in American cities and counties and town squares to commemorate our history. God demands pure and genuine righteousness that vows to do whatever it takes to create justice in our nation and in the world.
May God lead us in making it so. May God help us to step out of lynching's long shadow and walk in the light of justice and righteousness.
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
— Amos 5:23-24 (New Revised Standard Version)
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Bob Bailey and Travis Jackson take positions with the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, which promotes professionalism among civil defense lawyers.
The new federal overtime rules take effect on December 1, 2016.
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The latest version of the GTX Limited 300 combines improved stability and lots of new cool features in one package.
Prior to our test of the GTX Limited 300, we asked the Sea-Doo representative what he felt the mission of the company's new flagship model is. His reply? "Advancing the technology." The manufacturer continues to evolve its craft by lowering the boat's stance in the water by 1-½" (3.8 cm) and widening it by 1" (2.5 cm). This improves the center of gravity, handling, and overall stability somewhat.
A new stern cargo system includes a cooler, fuel can, and dry bag that can be locked in place. The GTX Limited 300 has the third generation Intelligent Brake and Reverse (IBR) and the Variable Trim System (VTS). Buyers also have a choice of a 230-hp or 300-hp engine.
• Rear Cargo LinQ System. Gas can, cooler, and dry bag all lock in place on the stern.
• Bluetooth Audio System. Sea-Doo installs speakers at the front of the footwells and the rider uses his cell phone to supply the tunes. The phone rides in a padded watertight compartment that has a charging cord.
• Intelligent Brake and Reverse. Sea-Doo says it stops the craft 160 shorter than a machine without brakes.
• Intelligent Throttle Control. Starts the machine in neutral to make life easier around docks.
• Ergolock Seat. The seat is narrower so it's easier for a rider and passenger to squeeze with their legs. Additionally, the aft section of the seat can be removed.
• Adjustable Trim. Sea-Doo's Variable Trim System (VTS) adjusts the jet nozzle angle to improve performance and handling.
The Liquid Metallic and Equestrian Brown color scheme are part of the Limited Package.
Limited Package. Our test model had the Limited Package, which includes the VTS, additional gauge functions, including a depth finder, an altitude indicator, and water temperature reading. Soft knee pads are designed to provide added comfort. For storage, the package includes a dry bag that converts to a backpack and an organizer for the storage bin in the console. A safety equipment kit secures in a dedicated slot on the underside of the hatch for the storage area. Finally, the package comes with a cover to protect the GTX Limited 300 when it's not in use.
The cover is part of the Limited Package that came with our test model.
Another feature included in the Limited Package is the safety kit shown here with the arrow.
Sea-Doo combined its S3 and T3 bottoms to create the ST3 that is on the new GTX Limited 230 and 300. Basically, it takes the sharp entry of the T3 and blends it out to the strakes and chines of the S3 that make the boat more stable and smooth when running or at rest. We did notice that the trailing edge of the chines is stepped to help smooth landings on re-entry.
Part of the VTS system, the hull has small trim tabs in the aft corners. As mentioned above, the overall craft sits lower in the water than previous models and the aft swim platform is wider.
The blunt bow and chines and strakes do a good job deflecting water.
LinQd In. Optional upgrades worth considering are all badged with the LinQ name including a 4.2-gallon (15.9-L) cooler, a 4-gallon (15.1-L) fuel caddy, and a dry bag for storage. A LinQ retractable ski pylon is also available. There are quick release latches that secure the cooler or fuel tank in place.
The dry bag can be stacked on top of the fuel jug, but not on top of the cooler. Also, with the modular Ergolock seat design, the aft section of the seat can be removed and the cooler can be placed in the center to act as a mini table for a picnic lunch.
Not part of the LinQ system, the fold-down boarding ladder has been redesigned to extend deeper into the water.
This custom cooler has space for a lunch and drinks and it secures in place on the stern.
Quick-release latches secure the cooler in place. Click the other side in place and then close the latch. The gas can and dry bag have similar latches.
For versatility, the aft section of the seat can be removed so the cooler can be placed in between.
For versatility, the dry bag can latch in place on its own.
The dry bag can also be secured in place on top of the 4-gallon (15.1-L) fuel can once it's latched in place.
Here we see a different machine with the retractable tow pylon and board holder.
Back in the Saddle. As mentioned above, the GTX Limited 300 has a new seat for 2018. The Ergolock saddle is narrower and it's stepped for comfortable three-up riding. If a rider wants to go solo, the aft section can be removed quickly. Part of the Limited package, our test model's seat was also finished in a diamond pattern with lightly colored piping that gave it an upscale look and feel.
The new seat is designed for comfortable three-up riding, and to be detached.
The aft section of the GTX Limited 300's seat is removable.
The diamond pattern and lightly colored piping look like something found on a high-end motorcycle.
Here Captain Steve points out the padded underside of the handlebar console that's designed to protect the rider's leg.
Now let's take a look at the controls. The position of the handlebars can be adjusted and we liked that the instruments move with them so the rider always has a clean look at them.
The left handlebar has the start-stop button above the four-button pad that lets the rider select between ECO and sport modes on the side, and adjust the VTS up and down. On the front of the handle is the trigger for the IBR.
The right handlebar has the throttle trigger and the cruise control, plus the button to scroll through the upgraded multifunction display.
The gauge panel also includes a tachometer and speedometer. The iControl Learning Key lets owners limit the vehicle's performance based on rider skill level. Additionally, the RF D.E.S.S. key uses radio frequency technology and a ball and socket design to provide riders with easy starts and enhance security.
The wide handgrip is comfortable during a long day on the water.
The pilot can use his thumb to scroll through functions on the digital display and to set the cruise control.
We like the instrument pod moving with the handlebars so the gauges are always in sight. Notice that the rearview mirrors are tucked in tight so the driver can actually see what's behind him/her.
Tune Up. There hasn't yet been a stereo developed for a personal watercraft that works, but Sea-Doo may have come up with a solution on the GTX Limited 300 with its Watertight Phone Box and speakers. The padded compartment has a phone plug so a rider can crank up his playlist and charge it at the same time.
The watertight phone box is lined with foam to protect smart phones.
Plug in the phone to keep it charged and to crank out the music with the speakers in the footwells.
If a buyer decides after purchasing the GTX Limited 300 that he wants the speaker pods, they can be added.
Improved Storage. One of the features we liked on the GTX Limited 300 is the Direct Access Front Storage. Instead of having to go around to the bow, the latch is now just ahead of the rider's position. Just push a button and the handlebars and top of the console come up on a hinge. On the underside are the fire extinguisher and safety kit in dedicated compartments.
The Limited package has smaller compartments aft and a big open area forward that has enough space for the 5-gallon (19 L) dry bag.
Sea-Doo upgraded the handlebar console, hinging it at the front so locker contents can be accessed from the aft side.
The locker ahead of the driver is compartmentalized at the rear and has space for the 5-gallon (19 L) dry bag forward.
Handling. Conditions during our photo shoot weren't flat calm, but they did give us a good idea of how the GTX Limited 300 would handle on a choppy crowded waterway. She's a big machine at 135.9" (345.1 cm) in LOA with a beam of 49.4" (125.5 cm), and a dry weight of 847 lbs. (385 kg) with our test motor.
We were impressed with the boat's stability and the fact that we could carve turns without the boat wanting to spin out. This is a large machine that people will cruise with and they'll want predictable handling. The Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 will deliver.
The GTX Limited 300 can carve smoothly through wide arcs or crank through solo aggressive maneuvers with ease.
iBR. Getting used to the iBR was easy. A squeeze of the trigger on the left handlebar activated the braking system, which let us stop. Keep squeezing and the propulsion system goes into reverse. It has an intuitive feel that is easy to understand and apply. Sea-Doo re-designed the bucket on the jet pump to improve the handling when the craft is running in reverse, directing the thrust to port and starboard.
The bucket on the jet pump is redesigned with these side outlets that improve lateral thrust.
Power Choices. Sea-Doo offers the GTX Limited 300 with a choice of engines, the 230-hp 1500 HO ACE or the 300-hp 1630 ACE. Both have closed cooling and the ride plate has an integrated heat exchanger for the raw-water cooled exhaust. The smaller motor runs on regular fuel but the 300-hp model needs 91 octane.
Serious enthusiasts looking for a luxury, well-equipped personal watercraft will want to take a long look at the Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300. She has a full host of smart features that improve the rider's control and a braking system that works.
Her redesigned hull that helps lower the boat's center of gravity enhanced her stability and, while it may not seem like much, the extra inch on the swim platform made a big difference. Adding the optional LinQ system can only enhance the boat's versatility.


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Sports: Worcester Railers announce 2018-19 regular season schedule
The Worcester Railers, who just wrapped up their inaugural ECHL campaign as an affiliate of the NHL's New York Islanders, are already looking forward to next year. The team today announced its regular season schedule for 2018-19, which includes six new opponents visiting the DCU Center.
The Railers will play 36 regular season home games next season, kicking off with the Oct. 20 home opener against the Main Mariners. The new season starts on the road, with games against the Reading Royals Oct. 13-14.
See the full 2018-19 schedule here.
The majority of Railers home games, 31 or 36 will fall on weekends next season, with the club welcoming 12 different opponents to the DCU Center during the seven-month regular season, which runs Oct. 13 through April 7.
"Eighty-six percent of our home schedule at the DCU Center falls on prime weekend dates," said Worcester Railers HC president Mike Myers. "We are looking forward to building off the momentum from our inaugural season as we will continue to provide affordable family fun in downtown Worcester."
A season-high five-game homestand will played Nov. 14-23, with a seven-game road trip taking the team outside Worcester Feb. 13-27. The team will host a School Day Game Nov. 14, 10:05 a.m., and a College Night Nov. 15, with an 8:05 p.m. start.
New opponents visiting the DCU Center this season include the Mariners, St. John's, Greenville Swamp Rabbits, Orlando Solar Bears, Norfolk Admirals and Cincinnati Cyclones.
The Railer's regular season closes with a 3 p.m. game against the Adirondack Thunder April 7 in Glens Falls, N.Y.


Have you heard about stream computing? Basically, it involves the ingestion of data - structured or unstructured - from arbitrary sources and the processing of it without necessarily persisting it. Any digitized data is fair game for stream computing. As the data streams it is analyzed and processed in a problem-specific manner. The "sweet spot" applications for stream computing are situations in which devices produce large amounts of instrumentation data on a regular basis. The data is difficult for humans to interpret easily and is likely to be too voluminous to be stored in a database somewhere. Examples of types of data that are well-suited for stream computing include healthcare, weather, telephony, stock trades, and so on.
By analyzing large streams of data and looking for trends, patterns, and "interesting" data, stream computing can solve problems that were not practical to address using traditional computing methods. Another useful way of thinking about this is as RTAP - real-time analytical processing (as opposed to OLAP - online analytical processing).
Consider a healthcare example. IBM and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) are using an IBM stream computing product, InfoSphere Streams, to help doctors detect subtle changes in the condition of critically ill premature babies. The software ingests a constant stream of biomedical data, such as heart rate and respiration, along with clinical information about the babies. Monitoring premature babies as a patient group is especially important because certain life-threatening conditions, such as infection, may be detected up to 24 hours in advance by observing changes in physiological data streams. The biomedical data produced by numerous medical instruments cannot be monitored constantly nor can a never-ending stream of values for multiple patients be stored long term.
But the stream of healthcare data can be constantly monitored with a stream computing solution. As such, many types of early diagnoses can be made that would take medical professionals much longer to make. For example, a rhythmic heartbeat can indicate problems (like infections); a normal heartbeat is more variable. Analyzing an ECG stream can highlight this pattern and alert medical professionals to a problem that might otherwise go undetected for a long period. Detecting the problem early can allow doctors to treat an infection before it causes great harm.
A stream computing application can get quite complex. Continuous applications, composed of individual operators, can be interconnected and operate on multiple data streams. Again, think about the healthcare example. There can be multiple streams (blood pressure, heart, temperature, etc.), from multiple patients (because infections travel from patient to patient), having multiple diagnoses.
Consider a second example: law enforcement. A stream computing application can monitor a stream of video data produced by a surveillance camera. Much of the stream will not be interesting. It becomes interesting when a person shows up in the video. The stream computing application can constantly analyzing the video stream, performing scene detection and face identification. When something "interesting" is found, that section of video can be captured and retained. And the face might even be matched automatically against a database of known criminals.
As mentioned earlier, the IBM product for stream computing is called InfoSphere Streams. It runs on xSeries blades (up to 125 x86 blades) using Linux. It is based on three main abstractions: the stream - bit pipes of data which can be subscribed to; operators - analytical calculation processors; and topology - the integration of streams to operators.
The data streams into the system, which is built as a series of progressing, cascading steps. Each step progressively refines the analysis looking for information, patterns, trends, and diagnoses. IBM's stream computing offerings and research is the result of more than 20 years of IBM information management expertise, 5 years of development by IBM Research, and more than 200 patents.
The ability to process millions of data points per second and perform advanced analytics on the data stream can help to usher in a shift in the way we manage and deal with vast amounts of data.
Not all data can be, or even needs to be, persisted in a database. The future is here and it might be time for us to re-think the way we do business ... by joining the stream.


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Richard Howard Bertram  (4 February 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a champion sailor on powerboats and racing yachts and a leading boat builder and broker.  Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Bertram learned to sail at a young age with his parents on the waters of Barnegat Bay.  He owned his first boat at age 8, sailed in his first race at age 10 and was skipper of intercollegiate championship boats while attending Cornell University.  After college, Bertram continued competing in numerous races throughout the world and was notably referred to by Sports Illustrated as "one of the finest ocean racers anywhere".  In 1947, Bertram relocated to Miami, FL, where he opened Richard Bertram & Company, a successful yacht brokerage firm.  Among his clients were Aristotle Onassis, the Aga Khan, King Hussein of Jordan and Prince Bertil of Sweden.  With his yacht brokerage business successful, Bertram continued racing and set standards in the World Offshore Powerboat circuit.  Often, he raced in his own 31' Bertram Lucky Moppie.  He founded Bertram Yacht, a Miami-based manufacturer of production pleasure boats, in 1960.  Bertram Yacht began the first large production runs of boats with C. Raymond Hunt's revolutionary deep-V hull design.  In 1963 Richard Bertram licensed International Marine of Scoresby, Victoria, Australia to manufacture Bertram yachts; however, he left Bertram Yacht in 1964 to focus on his brokerage business, and Bertram Yacht changed ownership several times in the decades after that.

Races
 Lightning World 1948, Champion
 Lightning World 1949, Champion
 Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1949, Champion Tiny Teal
 Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1950, Champion Ticonderoga
 Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1951, Champion Belle of the West
 Havana-San Sebastian Transatlantic Race 1951, Champion Malabar XIII
 Cat Cay Race 1955, Champion Finisterre
 Newport - Bermuda Race (Bermuda Race) 1956, Champion Finisterre
 Miami-Nassau Race 1956, Champion Doodles II
 Miami-Nassau Race 1957, Champion Doodles III
 Newport - Bermuda Race (Bermuda Race) 1958, Champion Finisterre
 America's Cup 1958 Vim
 Newport - Bermuda Race (Bermuda Race) 1960, Champion Finisterre
 Miami-Nassau Race 1960 Champion Lucky Moppie
 Miami-Nassau Race 1961, Champion Lucky Moppie
 Miami-Nassau Race 1962, Champion Lucky Moppie
 Miami-Nassau Race 1963, Champion Lucky Moppie
 Miami-Nassau Race 1964, Second Place Lucky Moppie
 Cowes Torquay Race 1965
 Transatlantic Race Malabar VII
 Transatlantic Race Ondinne

Awards
 World Champion of Offshore Boat Racing 1965
 NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association) 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee
 Barnegat Bay Sailing Hall of Fame 2008 Inductee

References

Further reading
 Bertram, Kate and Richard Bertram. Caribbean Cruise. A story of their voyage from New York to the West Indies and their five years in the tropics. W.W. Norton 1948

External links
 Richard Bertram Life and Times
 Bertram 31
 Nassau Cup Race
 Bermuda Race

Hi brody

Cornell University alumni
American boat builders
American motorsport people
1916 births
2000 deaths
Sportspeople from New Jersey
American sailors (sport)


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Trey Anastasio Band and Goose Take Upstate Medical Arena by Storm
Upstate Medical Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial
Upstate New York was pummeled by a historic lake effect snowstorm that brought almost six feet of snow last weekend. This wasn't the only storm in the region, as the raging infernos known as the Trey Anastasio Band and Goose brought some serious heat to Upstate Medical Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse, NY on November 18, 2022.
Bass Extremes | The Armory | 11/17/22
Steve Bailey
Last week, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey and Derico Watson wrapped up their Bass Extremes Tour with a four night blow out in the Centennial State. Landing everywhere but the southwest and west coast in a 21-night-in-27-days run from October into November, the trio hit Fort Collins, Manitou Springs, Denver, and finally Boulder in consecutive performances to close it all out.
Trey Anastasio Band + Goose | UPMC Events Center | 11/15/22
According to Merriam-Webster, to collaborate is defined as "to work jointly with or together, especially in an intellectual manner" and for music fans, we love this word. Whether it is put to good use within the members of our favorite bands or through the avenue of the surprise sit in, everyone in the audience loves a good gelling and these instances are usually what make up the fabled stories of our musical adventure. When one considers the collaborative effort through the lens of improvisational music, the end result has a giant question mark looming over it.
Andy Frasco & The U.N. w/ Little Stranger | 20th Century Theater | 11/16/22
Andy Frasco
Andy Frasco & the U.N. brought their signature high energy performance to Cincinnati on Wednesday, November 16, as they wrapped up the final leg of their fall tour with Little Stranger.
Dave Matthews Band | United Center | 11/15/22
Stefan Lessard
Jeff Coffin
Buddy Strong
Rashawn Ross
This past Tuesday, Dave Matthews Band returned to the United Center after just shy of a decade from the last time they played an arena show in Chicago. The weather not being the most ideal did not deter fans from their growing excitement of having the band performing that evening. Fans eagerly lined up outside ahead of doors to secure their spots close to the stage and have the best vantage point to witness an energetic and lively show.
Trey Anastasio Band and Goose Took Flight at Cool Insuring Arena
Cool Insuring Arena
The dynamic duo of the Trey Anastasio Band, led by Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, and Goose flew like a red bird into Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls, NY on November 13, 2022 for the fourth of eight shows on their collaborative Northeastern Fall run. Their sets grew wings and took flight with monster sit-ins by both bands.
Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp | Fred Kavli Theatre | 11/5/22
A sold-out crowd filled the opulent Fred Kavli Theater in Thousand Oaks, California, on Saturday, November 5th, to witness the guitar wizardry of arguably the greatest living rock guitarist, Jeff Beck. It was the first post-pandemic tour for the iconic guitarist, who looks and sounds like a man decade younger than his 78 years. The musician has won six Grammy's for his masterful recordings and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
ZHU | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 11/12/2022
On November 12th, 2022, GRAMMY-nominated electronic music producer and singer, ZHU, took stage for his 10th ever Red Rocks Amphitheatre performance here in Morrison, Colorado. This chilly evening in the mountains warmed up quickly with the help of two incredible special guests opening for ZHU.
Trey Anastasio Band and Goose Play a Collaborative Royal Flush at Mohegan Sun
Mohegan Sun Arena
The jazzy big band meets jam rock side project of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, the Trey Anastasio Band, embarked on a special eight show tour with the rising, indie jam band Goose this past week. This included a stop at the Mohegan Sun Arena, which is smack in the middle of Goose's home territory inside the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT on November 12, 2022.
Leo Kottke | Washington's | 11/8/22
Washington's
Tuesday night, one of the most famously underrecognized tale-telling trouveres returned to Fort Collins for the first time in over three years. Making his first appearance at Washington's, cool cat Leo Kottke pleasured a nearly capacity crowd for almost two hours with acoustic acrobatic artistry and stories from his 50-year endless tour that left the audience silent, laughing, and applauding him at every pause.


After two days of travel and one full day on the Jersey Shore, the Tour landed for three weeks in Bethany Beach, DE. Break time!
Our time on Long Beach Island was with the fabulous and fun Beeson cousins once more, missing Polly and Alec who were dealing with the sudden, serious, condition of their youngest child, Liz. She's a recent nursing graduate from the University of Maryland, on her first job at UM's Transplant unit in Baltimore, living in our old neighborhood there. A week ago on her way home from visiting in Maine she had a terrific headache, pulled to the curb in Bennington, VT and passed out. She was found, rushed by air to Albany, NY, where doctors operated on an aneurism at the back of her brain, leaving another that will require further surgery once she's back in Baltimore.
With concern, other family members from Idaho, Colorado, New Jersey and DC gathered as planned on Long Beach Island for a week. The Tour joined for two nights, one day. The typical daily beach routine involved: ad hoc breakfast; change into bathing suits; gather books, chairs, towels for the one-block walk to the ocean; find the perfect place on the wide, low-populated beach for today's settlement; walk on the beach; dive into the ocean and ride a few waves; float; dry off; talk; read; watch the passing parade of walkers; take another swim; check out other beach goers; lunch; rest; repeat the morning activities in the afternoon; drinks; order out dinner; check in with Polly about Liz; loud, funny games around the kitchen table while a quieter bridge game goes on the living room; yawn; more drinks; talk; bed; read; sleep.
What was accomplished? Much! Catching up. Relaxing. Enjoying each other's company. Gossiping. Having fun. Some exercise. Information gathering.
Deedie hogging entire bucket of French Fries!
heading out in different directions. After long travel delays in southern New Jersey and southern Delaware on roads not designed for the growth of beach traffic on change-over days, the Tour arrived at its late summer vacation spot two miles from the Atlantic Ocean in Bethany Beach, DE. It's a suburban neighborhood with ponds and a swimming pool. Not walkable to the beach as in past seasons, but a quiet rest spot.
Of course, we headed into Bethany to see what had changed in the 18 years since our last stay. Wow, many more people! The place was hopping. Turns out, a Jersey band, Damn the Torpedoes, was playing at what is still the main intersection on the boardwalk. The Tour paid $10.95 for a bucket of French fries, doused them with vinegar and found a good spot to listen and eat. An iced mango drink was added. Gritch day dinner at the Beach!
As a few rain drops fell, we departed for the local convenience store for a few necessary items and then "home" as our day had been long and much more stressful than anticipated. Our 90-minute ferry trip from Cape May, NJ, to Lewes, DE, was a break from the traffic, but getting a spot on the 2:30 was tense: we discovered on arrival that our advance purchase ticket had been for two days earlier and the 2:30 was fully booked as were all the other afternoon trips until 6 p.m. But, we got on, a last minute add.
former Philadelphia Bulletin colleague and, most importantly, King Kazoo, leader of our Mummer comic group for nearly a decade of marching up Broad Street on New Year's Day, and his wife Carol Towarnicky, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for a series of editorials she and a colleague wrote for the Philadelphia Daily News on the woeful conditions in the city's meandering Fairmount Park system.
They were followed by Baltimore pals, Dorris and Ken McElroy, Carol and Ben Orrick and Dawn Badrick, the nucleus of the first play group. Only the McElroys still live in Charles Village, with the Orricks now on the Eastern Shore and Dawn in Silver Spring. There was lots of talk about health issues – organ recitals we call them – catching up with kids and grandkids, and politics.
Lucy Runkel arrived on Sunday for a week. We're spending a lot of time between here and Rehoboth Beach where Steve Male from Harrisburg is staying with his daughter Alisa and son-in-law Greg, who have a beautiful condo overlooking Assawoman Bay. Spectacular sunsets.
The Males are part of our core group of Beach Families from the very beginning of time.
Primary daily food groups here at the beach are fresh corn, tomatoes, Fisher's caramel popcorn, gin, tonic and lime, and whatever comes off the Weber gas grill. We try to avoid trips to the bakery where there are excellent sticky buns.
After book promotions in 21 states and nearly 9,000 miles in car time, The Tour's primary goal is rest. The Author, of course, will be prepping for the South, Southwest and southern California, while The Director-Driver recuperates from right Achilles ankle stress. Driver's ankle.
We depart 9/8 for Chestertown, MD, for a Scone by Scone reading at the Book Plate, where both Jack Barth and Matthew Swanson, authors with vastly different audiences, are well known. A Chestertown native, Barth is now a fulltime Florida resident and sent his regrets.


With a growing number of online reviews, it becomes increasingly important for customers and online review platforms to find groups of reviewers who write useful reviews. Customers who review local offline businesses such as restaurants can identify themselves as locals or travelers and thus implicitly assign themselves to a specific reviewer group. This study investigates the relationship between identifying as a local and the perceived usefulness of their online reviews. Using data from Yelp.com, we empirically test hypotheses derived from attribution theory. Our results suggest that neutral and negative reviews by locals tend to be perceived as more useful than reviews by travelers. Positive reviews by locals, however, are not perceived as more useful. These findings provide significant practical implications for online review platforms and local offline businesses.
Neumann, J., Gutt, D., Kundisch, D., & van Straaten, D. (2018). When Local Praise Becomes Cheap Talk - Analyzing the Relationship between Reviewer Location and Usefulness of Online Reviews. In Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Lüneburg, Germany.
Neumann, Jürgen, Dominik Gutt, Dennis Kundisch, and Dirk van Straaten. "When Local Praise Becomes Cheap Talk - Analyzing the Relationship between Reviewer Location and Usefulness of Online Reviews." In Proceedings of the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Lüneburg, Germany, 2018.


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Green Packaging Reimagined: How hemp is making packaging more sustainable
Hempcrete leap: Lack of processors, standards create barriers to expanding hemp use in construction
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Should Farm Animals Be Eating Hemp?
This entry was posted by Hemp Curator on December 31, 2019 at 11:26 pm
Ever since the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp in the United States, there has been rising interest in hemp-derived products, including those that can be consumed. Regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration are racing to roll out regulations for these products that human consumers increasingly demand. But hemp in feed for cows and chickens on the farm? That's a different story.
Because humans sometimes eat the food that comes from livestock, hemp-based animal feed will require a greenlight from federal regulators. Still, there is significant interest from those in the hemp industry who argue that hemp as an addition to animal feed is a no brainer: It's easy to grow, an effective cover crop, and high in nutrients.
"Why wouldn't I use that?"
Ethan Vorhes, an Iowa cattle farmer and director of the Iowa Hemp Association, said that when he first learned about the plant's many uses, "I fell like a fish—hook, line, and sinker." His family had grown hemp during World War II, he said, adding, "I got stuck on the notion that it gives me everything I need to accomplish making the meat healthier, and it helps with the soil in the crop rotation."
He thought it would make sense to feed hemp to his own cattle. But it soon became clear to Vorhes that, despite hemp legalization, hemp products not yet approved for this use.
The FDA has raised questions about whether it's safe for humans to eat meat, eggs, and dairy from production animals that ate hemp. In a speech about hemp and CBD at the National Industrial Hemp Council's 2019 Hemp Business Summit in August of this year, Lowell Schiller, the Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy of the FDA, said, "When it comes to food-producing animals, we also need to think about how the ingredient might be passed through to meat, dairy, or eggs that humans might consume."
In other words: Could cannabinoids show up in the food we eat from animals eating hemp? If so, what are the implications for regulating these animal products?
Though few US studies have assessed the risks of cannabinoid transfer in hemp to livestock, one conducted by the European Food Safety Authority in 2011 determined that hemp seed-fed cow's milk to be safe, but warned of allowing whole hemp-fed cow's milk on the market. THC levels in milk from cows fed whole hemp plants was considerably above the Provisional Maximum Tolerable Daily Intake (PMTDI). But when the cows were fed hemp-seed material in the same study, the THC transfer was well below the PTDMI. Its recommendation was "to put whole hemp plant-derived feed materials [on a] list of materials whose placing on the market or use for animal nutritional purposes is restricted or prohibited," but to allow for a maximum THC level in "hemp-seed derived feed materials."
Vorhes described his early thinking as "there's a waste product going into dumpsters and it's perfect for my cattle, so why wouldn't I use that?" But, he said, "It's hard to jeopardize something like a $10,000 animal over a feedstuff."
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