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I read about her in China's leading newspaper then looked at her photos. She was a young Chinese girl named Zhao Bin whose former boyfriend--angry over their breakup-- threw gasoline on her, lit a match, then tossed it in her lap.
Chinese authorities quickly arrested the rejected lover, shuffled him through a speedy trial and conviction…and stood him in front of a Firing Squad. His parents were ordered to pay for the bullets-used--- and their son's burial. Most devastating to the boy's Chinese family was the loss of "face" they would suffer... for life...because of their son's actions. SO, in the end, Justice was served; Punishment was swift; and All were satisfied----All but Zhao Bin. Where was her Justice?!?!?
It would takes pages and pages of writing to "take you"-- the reader-- from the beginning-to-the end of Zhao Bin's amazing story. I will do my best to limit the details and highlight the facts. Like me, you will be touched by the remarkable details that occurred----because of God's goodness.
After being a hospital patient for more than one year, Zhao Bin--with severe burns over 98% of her body, was being released from a Chinese hospital. Normally, someone so seriously-burned would have died. Although her multiple burns and grafts were slowly healing, the relentless scarring kept attacking Zhao Bin's skin and muscles--further restricted her mobility. Her burn scars--like ever-thickening vines-- restricted her from raising her arms more than a few inches; her ankles were rigid, as if bound in one position by concrete. All but two of Zhao Bin's fingers were lost in the fire while both ears and all of her toes were also burned-beyond saving. Most concerning, Zhao Bin had been sitting when her spiteful ex-boyfriend threw gasoline over her body. The area around and between her legs suffered major damage.
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I spent more than 16 hours on a crowded Chinese train—from Beijing to Lanzhou--- to reach her. Due to my limited ability to speak Chinese, one of my Chinese students volunteered to travel with me. We met with Hospital Doctors, Government Officials, Zhao Bin and her Mother-- and—before catching the train back to Beijing---everyone was "onboard" with my plan.
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I was inundated with requests for more photos, more details, even descriptions of her ex-boyfriend. Offers and gifts of money for Zhao Bin poured in from everywhere. She was inundated with free hotel rooms, clothing, speaking contracts, college scholarships.... But—more important than the money, hair wigs, or even dental services…The Chinese Government wanted to help Zhao Bin return to China after her surgeries---so they would give her a free furnished apartment, complete rehabilitation, a computer designed for her special needs, and long-term computer training by their experts. After she completed all necessary training, the government had a well-paying, lifetime job waiting...just for her.
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It's easy to "save" others. Just listen to the "small voice" inside and follow God's directions. Never question----just follow God's lead. God makes it so- simple for us to make a difference in another person's life.
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\section{Introduction}

For the LHC and RHIC energies, cross section of the lepton pair production is
very large for the Pb + Pb and Au + Au collisions. In this work, we focus mainly on ultra-peripheral
collisions (UPC) of heavy ions for $b > 2R$ region. In this type of collisions, purely
electromagnetic interactions and photo-nuclear interactions are the dominant
processes ~\cite{hbt04,ja04} . Production of free $e^{+}e^{-}$ pairs and bound-free
production of $e^{+}e^{-}$ pairs play important roles at RHIC and at LHC. Free
electron-positron pair production cross sections are about 36 kbarn at RHIC
energies (Au+Au collisions) and about 227 kbarn at LHC energies (Pb+Pb collisions).
On the other hand bound-free pair production cross sections are about 80 barns at RHIC
energies and about 200 barns at LHC energies for the corresponding ion collisions.
Therefore it is an important contribution to the background and with the electromagnetic
excitation of the giant dipole resonance play important role for limitation to the lifetime
of the beams. All these electromagnetic processes result in a change in the charge of the
ions in the beams.

In Table 1. we have tabulated the parameters for accelerators SPS, RHIC and LHC. $E_{crit}$
is the critical electric field, and $E_{max}$ is the maximum electric field to produce
electron-positron pairs. As we clearly see that for higher energies the ratio of maximum electric field to
critical electric field is become larger.

\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{16.5 cm}
\caption{\label{tab:table1}Integrated cross sections for Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies for STAR
experimental restrictions. First row shows the calculations of Hencken et al. Second row is obtained
by Monte Carlo QED calculation and third row shows the same calculation with Woods-Saxon
nuclear form-factor.}
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
\\
\hline
Parameters&SPS&RHIC&LHC \\
\hline
$\gamma$ & 10& 100& 3400 \\
$E_{max}$(V/m)  & $10^{20}$ & $10^{22}$ & $10^{26}$ \\
$E_{max}/E_{crit}$ & 1.6 & 160 & 54,000 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{table}
There are many attempts to calculate electromagnetic lepton pair production cross section.
The two-photon process ~\cite{W34,bkt,bb,BS89} has been modeled through the equivalent-photon
approximation. In this model, the equivalent-photon flux associated with a relativistic charged
particle is obtained via a Fourier decomposition of the electromagnetic interaction. Cross
sections are obtained by folding the elementary, real two-photon cross section for the pair
production process with the equivalent-photon flux produced by each ion. Although the results
for the total cross sections are reasonably accurate, however, the details of the differential
cross sections, spectra, and impact-parameter dependence differ. The method loses
applicability at impact parameters less than the Compton wavelength of the lepton, which
is the region of greatest interest for the study of nonperturbative effects.

Most of the calculations show that cross sections of free pairs production agree with
the following equation
\begin{equation}
\sigma_{free\; pairs} \sim Z_{1}^{2} Z_{2}^{2} ln(\gamma)^{3} \; . \label{eq:tmat}
\end{equation}
where $Z_{1}$ and $Z_{2}$ are the charge numbers of the target and projectile nuclei, and
$\gamma$ is the Lorentz factor. We have also calculated free lepton pair production numerically
by using the Monte-Carlo techniques and found out that our results agree with the above equation.
Free pair production cross section is proportional to the energy and square of the charges of the
colliding nuclei.

When an electron-positron pair is produced,
one of the electron can be bound to one of the incident nuclei. This electromagnetic
processes is called bound-free pair production (it is shown in figure 1.) and the cross section is about 280 b
for Pb + Pb collisions at LHC and is about 80 b for Au + Au collisions at RHIC energies.
The bound-free pair production cross section plays important roles for the monitoring
luminosity of the heavy-ion beams at the LHC.
There are many different calculations for capture into a K-shell orbit,
\begin{equation}
\sigma_{capture} \sim Z_{1}^{5} Z_{2}^{2} ln(\frac{\gamma}{\Delta}) \; . \label{eq:tmat}
\end{equation}
where$ Z_{1}$ is the charge number of the ion capturing electron, and $\Delta$ is a
slowly varying parameter.  Recent report ~\cite{bjg} shows the first measurement of the beam losses
due to electron capture at RHIC. 100 GeV/nucleon $^{63}Cu^{29+}$ ions are used at RHIC, and
the measurement confirms the order of magnitude of the theoretical calculations.

We have obtained cross section expressions for  electron-positron pair production from relativistic
heavy ion collision based on a lowest order QED calculation. Our Lagrangian consists of three terms:
\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal{L}_{QED} & = & \mathcal{L}_{e^{+}e^{-}} + \mathcal{L}_{EM} + \mathcal{L}_{int} \nonumber \\
 & = & \bar{\Psi}(i\hat{\partial} - m_{e})\Psi - \frac{1}{4}F_{\mu \nu}F^{\mu \nu} - e\bar{\Psi}\gamma^{\mu}\Psi A_{\mu}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\mathcal{L}_{e^{+}e^{-}}$ is the term for the free electrons-positrons, $\mathcal{L}_{EM}$ is
the electromagnetic field and $ \mathcal{L}_{int}$ is the interaction term between the leptons.
At RHIC and LHC energies, for small  impact parameters pair production probabilities violates the unitarity.
Therefore lowest order diagrams do not describe the pair production process and higher order terms must be included

Because of the some technical difficulties, we have not fully tested the theoretical calculations and experimental
results of electron-positron pair production. Vane at al. ~\cite{vane} has obtained experimental data at SPS for
lepton pair production. In comparison with data, we find that the two-photon external-field model does quite well
for the region where a majority of the pairs are being produced. However, for the high-energy (or high-momentum )
tail, the theory is under predicting the data.

In this work, we calculate the probability of electron-positron pair production in lowest order QED.
We use semi-classical approximation in the calculation and use Monte Carlo method to obtain exact
results. We then compare our results with the STAR Collaboration and other theoretical calculations.

\section{Calculation of $e^{-}$ $e^{+}$ pair production with giant dipole resonance}
Recently, the STAR Collaboration has measured electron-positron pairs together with the electromagnetic excitation
of both ions, predominantly to the giant dipole resonance. In such measurement, it is assumed that no hadronic
interactions occur and minimum impact parameter is twice the nuclear radius. The STAR Collaboration used Gold
atoms at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV per nucleon energies. The decay of the excited nucleus generally emits one
or two neutrons and these neutrons are detected in the forward Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC).

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{8 cm}
\epsfig{file=boundfree.eps,scale=0.7}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{16.5 cm}
\caption{Diagram for pair production with capture (bound-free pair production) in relativistic heavy-ion
collision.}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
The STAR detector measures the produced electron-positron pairs for the limited kinematic range
of pair mass 140 MeV $<$ $M_{ee}$ $<$ 265 MeV, pair rapidity $ |Y|$ $<$ 1.15 and the transverse
momentum $p_{\perp}$ $>$ 65 MeV. If the pair production is independent of the nuclear excitation,
the total cross section of electron-positron pair production with Giant Dipole Resonance can be written as
\begin{equation}
\sigma^{GDR}_{e^{-}e^{+}}=2\pi\int_{\rho_{min}}^{\infty} d\rho \rho P_{e^{-}e^{+}}(\rho)P_{GDR}^{2}(\rho)
\end{equation}

where $P_{e^{-}e^{+}}$ is the probability of electron-positron pair production and $P_{GDR}(b)$ is
the probability of a simultaneous nuclear excitation as a function of impact parameter.
\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{8 cm}
\epsfig{file=gdr.eps,scale=0.7}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{16.5 cm}
\caption{Electron-positron production (on the right) with a mutual Coulomb excitation
(on the left) mainly giant dipole resonance (GDR).
These two processes are independent from each other.}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{8 cm}
\epsfig{file=invmass.eps,scale=0.9}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{16.5 cm}
\caption{Differential cross section as a function of invariant pair mass, within the STAR
kinematic restrictions. }
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
Previously, we have calculated lepton-pair production by using the lowest order Feynman
diagrams. According to this QED calculation we have obtained the total pair cross section as

\begin{eqnarray}
P_{e^{-}e^{+}}(\rho) = \frac{1}{2\pi\rho}\frac{d\sigma}{d\rho} =\frac{1}{2\pi} \sigma_{T}\frac{\rho_{0}}{(\rho_{0}^{2}+\rho^{2})^{3/2}}
\label{dsdb}
\end{eqnarray}
here $\sigma_{T}$ is the total cross section of free lepton pair production cross section and it is
equal to $\sigma_{T} = Z_{1}^{2} Z_{2}^{2} ln(\gamma)^{3}$ and $\rho_{0}$ is the parameter that is
obtained numerically. We have calculated the above function for Au + Au collisions
for $\gamma$ = 10, 100 and 3400. This particular calculations show that for a fixed values
of one variable in the equation is in exponential form. By examining the fluctuations between
the points for different values of a fixed variable, and from standard estimates for the errors
of a Monte Carlo integration, we take sufficient points until we believe that each points has
converged to within five percent. A smooth function is then fit to the calculated numbers.

We have determined the constants $\rho_{0}$ at RHIC energies for STAR parameters and without
any restrictions. It is equal to $1.35 \lambda_{C}$ without any restrictions and $0.114 \lambda_{C}$
for the STAR kinematic restrictions. When we integrate this impact parameter dependence cross
section over the impact parameter, we obtain the total cross section, and the
parameter $\rho_{0}$ is disappear in the total cross section. In this calculation, there is no kinematic
restriction for pair mass, rapidity and transverse momentum. In order to compare with the STAR
experiment, we also restrict the pair rapidity $ |Y|$ $<$ 1.15 and the transverse
momentum $p_{\perp}$ $>$ 65 MeV. The total untagged cross section is 0.322 barn
and it is in perfect agreement with Kai Hencken et al. calculations.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{8 cm}
\epsfig{file=transvere.eps,scale=0.9}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{16.5 cm}
\caption{Differential cross section as a function of transverse momentum of the produced electrons,
within the STAR kinematic restrictions.}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

Recent paper ~\cite{ja04,srk2,npa03} reports on electromagnetic production of electron-positron pair
accompanied by giant dipole resonance (GDR) at RHIC for Au-Au collisions. This process
is shown in figure 2 and in addition to the lepton pairs, the nuclei exchange also some
photons and this may break up the nuclei.
For the probability of GDR excitation in one ion we use the approximation
\begin{eqnarray}
P_{GDR}(\rho) = S/\rho^{2}
\end{eqnarray}
here
\begin{eqnarray}
S = \frac{2\alpha^{2}Z^{3}N}{Am_{N}\omega} = 5.45 \times 10^{-5}Z^{3}N A^{-2/3}fm^{2}
\end{eqnarray}
where $m_{N}$ is the nucleon mass, $N$ is the neutron number, $Z$ is the proton number
and $A$ is the mass number of the ions, respectively. More information can be found in
Ref. ~\cite{hbt04,bha03,vbm}. We can calculate the total cross section for the electron-positron
pair production accompanied by nuclear dissociation in peripheral heavy-ion collisions.
Since for small values of impact parameter $\rho_{min}$, the probability for GDR excitation
is large, we include multi-photon excitation probability as
\begin{eqnarray}
P(\rho)= 1 - exp[-P_{GDR}(\rho)].
\end{eqnarray}
This equation represent the multi-photon excitation probability and restore the unitarity.

\section{Results}

In our Monte Carlo calculation, we have set the integral limits for the STAR experimental restrictions.
We have increased the random numbers until the results are converged. We have used 10 millions
Monte Carlo points for each variables. The error is less than 5 percent.
We have calculated the integrated cross section for Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies with the
restrictions  $p_{\perp}$ $>$ 65 MeV/c, $ |Y|$ $<$ 1.15. Hencken $et\; al.$ results are
$2.30$ mb, $1.76$ mb and $1.43$ mb for the the minimum  impact parameters $\rho_{min}=13, 14, 15$ fm
respectively. For the corresponding minimum impact parameters, we have obtained the tagged cross sections
by Monte Carlo QED calculations and our results are $1.98$ mb, $1.50$ mb and $1.33$ mb respectively.
We have also used the same calculation with Woods-Saxon nuclear form factor.
Although our results are smaller than the Hencken et al. calculations, the
overall agreement is good. On the other hand, Baltz ~\cite{baltz, srk} has calculated total
cross section including the higher order QED effect and obtained a result of $1.67$ mb, and it
is an excellent agreement with the STAR data which is 1.65 $\pm$ 0.23 (stat) $\pm$ 0.30(syst) mb.
This could be an indication that higher-order QED effects play important role in lepton
pair production in RHIC and LHC.

In Figure 3, we have compare our pair-mass distribution with the STAR experiment.
The solid line shows our calculation. Our distribution is in the range of the error bars.
For pair mass around 180 GeV, our result slightly underestimates the measured values.
In Figure 4, we have also shown our calculation of the pair transverse momentum distribution.
This distribution is also in the range of the error bars. Baltz has calculated both invariant
mass distribution and pair transverse momentum distribution. He has included the higher
order effects in his calculation and the result is significantly lower than the simple QED results.

\section{Conclusion}
We have calculated the electron-positron pair production cross section exactly by using the
Monte Carlo method. In our calculation, although we have not included the higher order effects,
our  results are in good agreement with the Baltz calculation. Both calculations are also
in good agreement with the experimental results. The calculation done by Hencken at al
are also in good agreement with the experimental results, however higher than our calculations.

In future works, we are planning to include the higher order effects in our calculations.
This may also reduce the lepton pair production cross sections and the relevant distributions.
It is important to understand the contribution of the higher-order QED effects in
relativistic heavy ion collisions. RHIC produces  the highest available electromagnetic fields from the
heavy ions. Unfortunately, the test of QED at strong fields is not the main goal of RHIC.
We need further experiments  to be done at RHIC and also at LHC to answer these questions.
In future experiments at RHIC and at LHC, there are some plans to improve the experimental
conditions to measure the higher order effects in lepton pair productions. We may also
understand the higher order Coulomb effects in these collisions.

O the other hand, GSI at Darmstadt has planned to build a new accelerator facility
FAIR (Facility for Anti-proton and Ion Research ) ~\cite{hhg} with anti-proton and ion beams.
Different kind of physics experiments will be performed at FAIR. One of the
main goal of the FAIR project is to study " Quantum Electrodynamics QED at strong field".
 Although the above equations 1 and 2 are valid for the ultra-relativistic
energies, when the FAIR project is completed in 2016, the available Lorentz factor $\gamma$ will be up to
20 in fixed-target experiments. This could help us do experiments at intermediate relativistic energies.
Studying the differential cross sections as a function of impact parameter, and bound-free pair
production at this intermediate relativistic energies are some of the main goals of the FAIR.

\section{Acknowledgments}
This research is partially supported by the Istanbul Technical University.
I personally thank to S. R. Klein for valuable advise in calculating the cross sections.
I would like to thank also to Amand Faessler and Jochen Wambach  for supporting me
to participate to this workshop. Finally, I would like to thank to Hans Gutbrod for inviting
me to GSI to study the FAIR project, and I would also thank to DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer
Austausch Dienst) for supporting me on this visit.

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Our trip is coming up fast and I have read the boards regarding people's experience with Diamox. I'm torn. I also haven't read anything on kids 10 and under and the drug.
We will be flying from Lima to Cuzco and immediately descending to Olly for 4 nights before spending 2 nights in Aguas Caliente and 2 more nights in Cuszo, We wont be doing any trekking. Our guide in Cuzco will be traveling with O2.
FYI - Last summer we spent time hiking in the Tetons at about 7500 feet and we felt fine.
"It should not normally be used in young children except under close medical supervision."
the fact that you have hiked before at 7500ft is no guide as AMS does not usually start until heights of 8000ft are exceeded. Even if you had been higher than this and were o.k. even that is no guarantee you won't get it the next time.
Your plans yo go directly to Ollantaytambo for a couple of days is undoubtedly the best way of acclimatising and the chances are, after this you won't suffer in Cusco. We stayed in Cusco for the first few days and I was quite badly affected with really bad headaches and found it impossible to sleep but my wife was unaffected. On our trek I found chewing coca leaves really helped as did coca tea but less so. However THE best cure was the oxygen at hotel on the first couple of nights. Without it I doubt I would have got any sleep at all!
The key to reducing the effects of altitude is to take it easy, don't rush and, when is comes to climbing stairs walking up hills etc. do it at half the speed you normally would. Of course getting this message across to your kids is probably easier said than done!
right away you will still be at 9000 ft..
lots of factors involved there..
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For those who cannot tolerate acetazolamide, an alternative is dexamethasone, which has been shown to prevent acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema (but not pulmonary edema). The usual dosage is 4 mg four times daily. Unlike acetazolamide, dexamethasone must be tapered gradually upon arrival at altitude, since there is a risk that altitude sickness will occur as the dosage is reduced. Dexamethasone is a steroid, so it should not be given to diabetics or anyone for whom steroids are contraindicated. For those at risk for high-altitude pulmonary edema, one option is to take oral nifedipine 10 or 20 mg every 8 hours. A newer treatment is prophylactic inhalation of 125 mcg of salmeterol (Serevent)every 12 hours, which was recently shown to reduce the risk of high-altitude pulmonary edema in those with a prior history of this disorder. (See C. Sartori et al, New England Journal of Medicine; 2002;346:1631-6).
Limited evidence indicates that an herbal remedy, gingko biloba, may prevent altitude sickness when started before ascent. The usual dosage is 100 mg every 12 hours.
The symptoms of altitude sickness develop gradually so that, with proper management, serious complications can usually be prevented. If any symptoms of altitude sickness appear, it is essential not to ascend to a higher altitude. If the symptoms become worse or if the person shows any signs of cerebral or pulmonary edema, such as breathlessness, confusion, lethargy, or unsteady gait, it is essential to descend to a lower altitude. A descent of 500-1000 meters is generally adequate except in cases of cerebral edema, which may require a greater descent. Travelers should not resume their ascent until all symptoms of altitude sickness have cleared. Supplemental oxygen is helpful if available. Acetazolamide, dexamethasone, and nifedipine may all be used to treat altitude sickness as well as prevent it. In most cases, acetazolamide is recommended as prevention, and dexamethasone and nifedipine are reserved for emergency treatment. Nifedipine is preferable to dexamethasone for high-altitude pulmonary edema.
this diease a few weeks ago around Titicaca.
Since you are descending immediately to Ollantaytambo and not trekkig, I would say no Diamox. Take it easy the first few days and build up your altitude tolerance gradually.
I did virtually the same itinerary, using the coca tea in the morning. When I returned to Cusco I had a slight headache in the evening but a Tylenol was all that I needed.
Kaiser will not prescribe Diamox for children of any age. There were 5 of us & none needed medication. We went directly to Ollantaytambo, as well, & were fine. We didn't have any problem with Cusco later on in the trip. We used coca tea & it was sufficient.
If you go from Lima straight to Cusco like most do, you will likely experience some sort of altitude adjustments. I noticed it when I tried walking up a hill and was out of breath. I brought Diamox but didn't like the way it made me feel (note: you are suppose to take it 24hrs before you arrive). I would recommend that you go to a local pharmacy and pick up "Soroche" which worked well for me. Of course, if you have health problems, you may want to check with your doctor beforehand. Just "google" Soroche for details and consult with your doctor. I only had three days to see the area including Machu Picchu so "taking it easy" was out of the question. But if you have time, take it easy the first day and you should be fine.
The problem is more likely if you are on a rush trip and sleeping in Cusco. Luckily OP doesn't have to do this.
Thanks everyone. I got the script filled so I can decide later.
That's a good decision. I was in Peru 4 years ago. We did the Inca trail and spent two days in the Sacred Valley prior to the trek. I only got symptoms of altitude sickness on the seventh day at lake Titikaka, mainly shortness of breath and dizziness. The symptoms disappeared quickly once we got to Arequipa. I remember that the doctor from the travel clinic told us that there was no way to know if you will suffer from altitude sickness unless you've already been at such altitude but he suggested that we carried Diamox just in case. I never used it but it provided peace of mind.
And Lake Titicaca is another 1500 ft higher than Cusco.
But Cusco is certainly high enough to cause symptoms.


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George Mason University was ranked No. 49 nationally among public universities in Forbes' latest evaluations.
A total of 251 institutions were ranked.
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BARNSTABLE – The Town of Barnstable will hold a public meeting at which members of the community can comment on the Open Space and Recreation Plan.
It's scheduled for 6:00 on Thursday the 8th at the Selectmen's Conference Room on Main Street in Hyannis.
The comprehensive plan addresses goals for land preservation, agriculture, and recreation. It examines trails, wildlife habitat, beaches, ball fields and more.
The meeting will start with a short presentation of this year's plan, which will be followed by the public's opportunity to examine it and talk about their priorities relating to what lies within.
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Family, friends heartbroken over border agent's death
By Andrew Wittenberg and Marc Giauque | Posted - Oct. 2, 2012 at 11:36 p.m.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency lost one of it's own in a shooting early Tuesday morning. Nicolas Ivie, a 30-year-old Provo native, was shot and killed while on patrol near the Arizona-Mexico boarder.
The youngest son in his family, family members said Ivie followed in his older brother Joel's footsteps, moving to Sierra Vista, Ariz., from Provo to protect the nation's border in 2008.
He and his brother were a team, native Utahns both working as border patrol agents. "And because of their knowledge of horses and stuff like that, it was a big advantage for Nick," said Doyle Daves, a friend of the Ivie family.
Border Patrol agent shot, killed on duty in Ariz.
A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.
Federal officials said Ivie and his border patrol team responded to a sensor that had gone off in a remote part of the desert just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. His skills were needed, and they rode in on horseback.
"They were on horses when they got shot," Davis said.
Ivie's wife, Christy, and young children — aged 4 years old and 20 months old — got the unexpected news in a phone call no one ever wants to receive: her husband and their father had died in the line of duty.
"You know, she's doing as good as can be (expected)," family friend Marlee Forsburg said.
Forsburg's husband worked with Ivie in their LDS Ward bishopric. Ivie had recently been put in as the second counselor.
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Slain border agent was recently called to Mormon ward bishopric
Border Patrol agent Nicholas J. Ivie had just been called to serve in his LDS Church ward bishopric less than two months before he was shot and killed in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border early Tuesday. His stake president spoke to the Deseret News about Ivie's death.
"Everybody loved him," Forsburg said. "He was very kind, sweet, always reaching out to other people."
Neighbors have been at the Ivie home throughout the day. Family members from Utah have already left for Arizona to support Christy and the Ivie family.
Funeral arrangements for Nathan Ivie are still pending.
Meanwhile, some family members are working to set up a donation account to help cover Ivie's funeral costs. His stake president told KSL News the government benefit plan Ivie had does not cover final expenses.
Beginning Wednesday, anyone who would like to offer financial aid to the Ivie family can donate* to the Nicholas Ivie Memorial Fund at any Zions Bank branch.
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If the rules don't make sense, a hustler (and every independent moviemaker must be a hustler) knows to disregard the rulebook.
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One heartening truth about entry-level moviemaking is your cast and crew care less about money, and more about getting treated well. If the food on your set sucks and you aren't paying, get ready for a mutiny. However, if you can avoid the financially-driven impulse to order Dominos/McDonalds for every meal, you treat people with decency and respect, and you create an environment where they can practice their craft creatively, you'll be amazed how quickly everyone forgets about their slave's wage. Good food might cost a little more up front, but acting respectful is free—and both will pay major dividends in the long run.
2. Minimize (or eliminate) money spent on permits and insurance, and use as few locations as possible.
Keeping costs down starts with your script. If you know you don't have any money, make a list of all the places you can shoot that you won't have to pay to use, and tailor your script to them. If you really need a location that will cost money, take a small crew out to the location you need to steal, and do it incognito. If you've got a DSLR (any of Canon's D-series cameras, for instance), pretend it's a still photo shoot when the cops come. This might not work in LA, but you'd be surprised what you can get away with if you act like you know what you're doing. And if you can't steal a location, so long as you aren't in L.A. or New York (but even sometimes there), approach the owners of an establishment you want to incorporate into your film. From my experience, most people will actually be excited to help. And if you're borrowing a restaurant or bar, you can always offer to hold your wrap party there.
3. Small crews work harder and better.
You don't need very many people on set. Seriously, you don't. When you get above seven or so, you'll need someone just to manage your crew, and you can't afford that. Accordingly, you're way better off paying a small crew of essential people a little money than roping in a ton of people you don't pay. A smaller crew means you're more nimble, in large part because you can gather everyone in a small room and actually communicate with them. This intimacy leads to building a more engaged and ardent team, which will translate into fewer budget-crippling screw-ups. If you think you need 15 people on set, I challenge you to work with 10, and pay the important ones for their time (or barter!).
4. Hire people with their own gear.
If you're cash-strapped, figuring out a way to reduce rental fees is just common sense. Instead of getting an insurance policy and wasting time with check-in/check out at a rental house, just take half the money you would have spent there and hire someone who has the gear you need. It's easier to find these people than you think, and you'll be getting a crewmember plus gear for half the money.
5. Wrangle your DP's equipment list.
You've hired a DP named Dave. He's fresh out of film school and excited to get his hands dirty on set. Ask him to make a list of all the gear he needs for the shoot. Without fail, Dave and his analogues will furnish an absolutely ridiculous list, replete with 6K lights and 200 feet of dolly track. When you have the list, though, make Dave get a quote for the package himself. When you see the quote, allow fear to take control of your body. But then, very politely, go through the list point by point, really challenging Dave on the necessity of each line item. Make him differentiate between "ideal" and "critical" equipment. Not only will you learn something from this equipment rundown, but if you do this together, you'll find that the DP himself will cross things off the list, eliminating the non-essential items and coming up with creative solutions for the expensive-but-invaluable ones. If your DP really argues with you over a certain piece of equipment, let him win. But if he's completely inflexible, don't work with him. There are a bunch of Daves out there who can work wonders with very little.
6. Be a better barterer.
There's nothing wrong with bartering to get things done. In fact, often times trade can be more effective than cash—especially when the cash you're offering ain't much.
Here are a few tips on how to maximize your returns:
a. Identify or learn a skill that few people have. For instance, I'm a professional colorist by trade. I can't tell you how much good will and favors I've earned color-correcting other people's work for free (not to mention the paid referrals my free work has generated). The reason? Not many people know how to color correct video, and fewer are any good at it. In all likelihood, though, you aren't a colorist. But maybe you're a graphic designer or a make-up artist. You could offer to do someone's movie poster, or donate a weekend of hair and makeup in exchange for assistance on your set. But your skill needn't be specifically movie-related. Maybe you're a carpenter or a mechanic. Replace someone's head gasket or build someone a table in kind for their work on your movie. The possibilities are literally endless.
b. Own gear no one else has or wants to pay for. If you invest in film equipment instead of, say, a new car (an honest-to-god decision every filmmaker should consider carefully), you're building real equity in the micro-budget film world. Whether you're taking out a loan for a Red Epic or an Arri Alexa, or saving up more reasonable sums for a 5D Mark III, a few extra EF prime lenses, or a stash of lighting gear, you can subsidize your own income by renting equipment out; or, better yet, you could become an indie hero by loaning your gear to friends and colleagues. If you don't have the thousands of dollars to put toward big ticket items, but you have, say, a little extra space, put $100 into a good cloth greenscreen and lend out your living room, office, or spare bedroom as a greenscreen studio.
c. Become a network for referring work to other people. Nothing will endear you more to people than putting money in their pockets. If you're less of a craftsman and more of a networker, use your contacts to help people who you might need help from in the future. If you've read Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, you might be familiar with Lois Weisberg. She was the ultimate connector in Chicago, floating amongst myriad social groups, collecting friends and connecting them to people in other circles. If you're the Lois Weisberg of your group, make introductions. Your beneficiaries will always remember where their fruitful new relationship started. If you aren't Lois Weisberg yet, go out and volunteer on some sets. You'll get the double benefit of doing someone a favor while simultaneously making new professional acquaintances. There's a good chance you'll learn something about making movies, too.
d. Collect lots of favors that you never cash in. This might seem counter-intuitive on the surface, as barter is supposed to be an exchange of services. However, if everything you ever do for your comrades goes on a scoreboard, and you're always holding the tally over their heads, people will just start resenting you. Some of the best gigs I've ever gotten came from helping people who couldn't help me—at the time. But as their careers advanced, a lot of the people I gave my time to freely came back months and even years later with paid work. My point here is, donating your time builds good Karma. Help out whenever you can, don't keep score, and you'll reap the benefits.
e. Don't let people take advantage of you. With all this talk about building good will through volunteering, you still always have to remember that some people will take advantage of your kindness. From my experience, though, you'll know on a gut level when you're dealing with a snake (if you can't differentiate between genuine and disingenuous people, then you need to do more bartering). When you do encounter someone who you're pretty sure is trying to screw you, figure out the best way to bow out graciously before getting in too deep. The best way to back out honorably, even if you're negotiating with a dishonorable chap, is to say you're too busy for the project (which is usually true), and pass the gig on to someone who really needs the experience/work. Sometimes a lousy job for you will be a great learning experience for someone else. But it's your duty to warn the person you've referred about why you yourself turned the job down. If you aren't honest, you could burn two bridges.
If you take these lessons to heart, there's a good chance you'll make your dream project run cheaper and more efficiently. Work hard, help out, be creative, and perhaps most of all, make mistakes! If you learn from your screw-ups, you'll just keep getting better at what you do. Happy hustling! MM
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High temperatures require caution to prevent death in a hot car
Surface and air temperatures inside your car can be significantly higher than the outside ambient temperature.
Thursday, May 23rd 2019, 8:08 PM EDT by Alison Pryor
A baby died this week after she was left in a van for almost five hours outside a Florida daycare.
The director of the daycare has been arrested. Authorities said the child, whose identity has not been released, was only a few months old.
The temperature in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday was around 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's the 8th hot car death in the U.S. so far this year. The deadliest year on record (since 1998) was last year with 52 hot car deaths.
Locally, we are expecting high temperatures in the 90s into the middle of next week. It is important to practice heat safety during this time.
On Thursday, the air temperature reached 92 degrees in Chattanooga.
We tested several surfaces inside of a vehicle with the steering wheel registering at 109 degrees and dashboard at 119 degrees. Neither of these spots were located in direct sunlight
Radiation from the sun enters in the car through the windows, warming the interior surfaces. These surfaces then release heat back as longwave radiation which cannot escape through the car's windows. This effect will quickly heat up the inside of the car.
The internal car temperature can rise 20 degrees in the first 10 minutes, which is especially dangerous during hot weather.
"It's 90 degrees. You're in your car and you have the window cracked. And you've left the child in there thinking oh I'm going to run in here for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, they'll be fine. The window is cracked. If the temperature is 90 outside, it can get to 110 in 10 minutes and that child will be dead," warned Donna McBride, Safety Educator at Children's Hospital at Erlanger.
Even in cooler weather, your car can heat up from the mid-60s to 110 degrees, so you should never leave your child or pet unattended in a car.
Children are more vulnerable to heat than adults.
"A child's core temperature when it reaches 104, 107, somewhere around that range, they run a very high risk of heat stroke," Travis Williams, Safety Officer for the Chattanooga Fire Department explained.
Always remember to look before you lock your car, or leave an important item in the back seat, such as your briefcase or phone to serve as a reminder the child is present.
As a bystander, take action if you see a child locked inside of a hot car.
"I would immediately notify 911 of the situation, and maybe look around the area for the parents. What steps they take past that is really on them," advised Williams.
By Tennessee law, you are allowed to forcibly enter a vehicle to remove a distressed child or animal.
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The fire department has special equipment to gain access into the vehicle.
"We carry tools called a Big Easy Kit, which minimizes the damage to a vehicle, allows us to gain access. And depending on the situation, EMS might get called also," Williams said.
From 1998 to 2018, 27 pediatric car heatstroke deaths occurred in Tennessee and 32 in Georgia.
"It seems like every year the numbers of child locked in car that they go up, here locally," lamented Williams.
It is our responsibility as adults to take care of our children.
Again, you should never leave your child inside your car for any length of time.
McBride recommends to teach your children that cars are not a hiding place for hide and seek.


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1. I wish to express in the first place my great joy at this meeting of ours today. I thank the Cardinal Vicar of Rome who, together with the Auxiliary Bishops, organized this meeting, in which there participate the representatives of the laity of this first diocese in the Church, whose Bishop I have just become, by the Will of Christ. All the organizations of the apostolate of the laity in the diocese of Rome are present here in the person of their representatives, accompanied by the spiritual Assistants of the individual organizations. Assuming my episcopal service in Rome, after twenty years' experience in the Archdiocese of Krakow, I must declare in the first place that I attach great importance to the apostlate of the laity, with regard to which, in the preceding circumstances so different from those I find here, I tried always to do my best.
A particular reason for my joy is the fact that we meet on the feast of Christ the King of the Universe, which, of all the days in the liturgical year, is perhaps the most suitable one, also because of some traditions, to assume the duty of our collaboration.
We are undertaking this collaboration of ours, dear Brothers and Sisters, in the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice in order to return in this way to the Upper Room, which became, both on Holy Thursday and on the day of Pentecost, the extraordinary place of the "sending of the apostles".
2. The divine word of today's liturgy, which we are listening to with the utmost attention, brings us into the depth of the mystery of Christ the King. All the readings speak of it. I wish particularly to call your attention to St Paul's words to the Corinthians; he makes a comparison between the two dimensions of human existence: the one that is our participation in Adam and the one we obtain in Christ.
Man's participation in Adam means disobedience: "Non serviam"—I will not serve.
And that very "I will not serve" in which it seemed to man that he could hear the signal of liberation and the challenge of his own greatness pitted against God himself, became the source of sin and death. And we are still witnesses how that ancient "I will not serve" brings a multiple dependence and slavery in man. It is a subject for deep analysis, which it is difficult to make now in all its extension. We must be content with a mere reference.
Christ, the new Adam, is he who enters man's history just "to serve". "The Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life" (Mt 20: 28): this is, in a certain sense, the fundamental definition of his Kingdom. In this service, according to the model of Christ, man finds again his full dignity, his marvellous vocation, his kingliness. It is worth recalling here the words of the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium on the Church, in chapter IV which is dedicated to the laity in the Church and their apostolate: "Since he wishes to continue his witness and his service through the laity also, the supreme and eternal priest, Christ Jesus, vivifies them with his spirit and ceaselessly impels them to accomplish every good and perfect work. To those whom he intimately joins to his life and mission he also gives a share in his priestly office, to offer spiritual worship for the glory of the Father and the salvation of man … And so, worshipping everywhere by their holy actions, the laity consecrate the world itself to God." (Lumen Gentium, 34).
To serve God means to reign. In this task, which expresses the attitude of Christ himself and of his followers, the inheritance of sin is broken. And the "kingdom of truth and life, the kingdom of holiness and grace, the kingdom of justice, love and peace" is initiated (Preface for the feast of Christ the King).
3. Today's liturgy lets us see, as it were, two stages of serving-reigning. The first stage is the Church's life on earth; the second one is of judgment. The true meaning of the first stage becomes understandable through the significance of the second. Before the Son of man presents himself before each of us, and before all, as Judge who will separate "the sheep from the goats", he is always with us as the Shepherd who looks after his sheep. He wishes to share the same solicitude with us, with each of us. He wishes his service to become ours in the widest meaning of the word. "Ours" means not only the service of the bishops, priests and religious, but also, in the widest sense of the word, of the laity. Of all. Because this service-solicitude requires the participation of all. "I was hungry.. I was thirsty.. I was a stranger… naked… sick… in prison… ", persecuted, oppressed, troubled, unconscious, doubtful, abandoned, threatened (perhaps even in the mother's womb).
There is an enormous range of needs and duties that we must catch a glimpse of, that we must place before our eyes, if we wish to be "in solidarity with Christ". Because, when all is said and done, that is just what it amounts to: "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me" (Mt 25 :40). Christ is on man's side; and he is on the side of both parties; on the side of the one who is waiting for solicitude, service and charity; and on the side of the one who renders service, bears solicitude, shows love.
There exists, therefore, a great space for our solidarity with Christ. a great space for the apostolate of all, for the apostolate of the laity in particular. Unfortunately it becomes impossible once more in the framework of this short homily to make a more detailed analysis of this subject. However, the words of today's liturgy urge us to reread them again, to meditate on them and to put into practice all that has become, in such ample dimensions, the subject of the teaching of the Council on the lay apostolate. In the past the concept of the apostolate seemed to be almost reserved only for those who are "in their official capacity" the successor of the Apostles, who express and guarantee the apostolicity of the Church. The Second Vatican Council revealed what large fields of apostolate were always accessible to the laity. At the same time it again stimulated to this apostolate. It is enough to quote just one sentence of the decree Apostolicam Actuositatem, which in a certain sense contains and sums up everything: "The Christian vocation is, of its nature, a vocation to the apostolate as well" (n. 2).
4. My dear Brothers and Sisters! I wish to express my particular joy at this meeting with you, who have made, here in Rome, the truth on the Christian vocation, understood as the call to the apostolate of the laity, the programme of your life. I am glad and I hope that you will keep me informed of your problems, and introduce me to the various fields of your activity. I am happy to be able to enter upon these paths along which you are already walking, to be able to accompany you along them and also to guide you as your Bishop.
It was for this very reason that I so much wanted us to be able to meet on the feast of Christ the King of the Universe. I want him to receive us himself. Perhaps it is necessary for him to hear from us this question, which his different interlocutors so often asked him: "What shall I do?" (Lk 18:18); what are we to do?
I will recall again what his Mother said at Cana in Galilee to the servant of the steward of the feast: "Do whatever he tells you" (Jn 2:5). We turn our eyes to this Mother; hope is born in us again and we answer: we are ready!


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