"From the blood of the martyrs sprang forth ... 'The Lily of the Mohawks'"
Kateri Tekakwitha was a Mohawk girl born in 1656. Soon after birth, she was scarred for life by a smallpox epidemic which took the life of every member of her family. Later, despite the hostility of most of the people of her village, she was converted to Catholicism by Jesuit missionaries and eventually was forced to flee her homeland in the Mohawk valley to sanctuary at the missionary village of Caughnawaga near Montreal. During her brief life and in the many years since, many miracles have been attributed to her and to her intercession on behalf of those who have prayed to her.
The story of her life and her conversion is all the more remarkable when one considers that in 1646, a scant ten years before her birth, Isaac Jogues and other Jesuits gave their lives after much suffering and torture to these same Mohawks whom Father Vimont described as the "Scourge of the infant church". "My pen has no ink black enough to describe the fury of the Iroquois", writes Ragueneau. "In a word", says Vimont, "they ate men with as much appetite and more pleasure than hunters eat a boar or a stag."
It is said, therefore, that from the blood of the martyrs sprang forth Kateri Tekakwitha, called "The Lily of the Mohawks". Though scarred by smallpox, at the moment of her death, the Jesuits by her side reported the scars vanished and her complexion became pure. Three centuries after her death, Kateri Tekakwetha was canonized "St. Katherine" by the Roman Catholic Church, the first and only Native American to achieve Sainthood.
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package com.blinkboxbooks.android.provider;

import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.test.ProviderTestCase2;

import android.test.mock.MockContentResolver;

import com.blinkboxbooks.android.R;
import com.blinkboxbooks.android.api.net.BBBRequestFactory;

public class CatalogueContentProvderTest extends ProviderTestCase2<CatalogueContentProvider> {

    private static final int BESTSELLERS_FICTION_LOCATION_ID = 100;

    private MockContentResolver mMockResolver;

    public CatalogueContentProvderTest() {
        super(CatalogueContentProvider.class, CatalogueContract.CONTENT_AUTHORITY);
    }

    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();

        BBBRequestFactory.getInstance().setHostDefault(getContext().getResources().getString(R.string.rest_server_host));
        mMockResolver = getMockContentResolver();
    }

    public void testGetBooksByCategoryName() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.Books.getBooksForCategoryNameUri("bestsellers-fiction", false, 100, 0);
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);

        assertEquals(100, cursor.getCount());
        cursor.moveToPosition(50);

        String points = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(CatalogueContract.Books.CLUBCARD_POINTS_AWARDED));
        assertTrue(points != "");

        double price = cursor.getDouble(cursor.getColumnIndex(CatalogueContract.Books.PRICE));
        assertTrue(price > 0);

        cursor.close();
    }

    public void testSearchForBooks() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.Books.getBookSearchUri("Harry Potter", false, 100, 0);
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 10);

        cursor.moveToFirst();
        double price = cursor.getDouble(cursor.getColumnIndex(CatalogueContract.Books.PRICE));
        assertTrue(price > 0);

        cursor.close();
    }

    public void testGetSearchSuggestions() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.SearchSuggestion.getSearchSuggestionUri("Harry Potter");
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);

        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 5);

        cursor.close();
    }

    public void testGetCategories() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.Category.getCategories();
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);

        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 5);

        cursor.close();
    }

    public void testSearchQuery() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.Books.getBookSearchUri("Inferno", false, 100, 0);
        String query = CatalogueContract.Books.getSearchQuery(uri);

        assertEquals(query, "Inferno");

        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 0);

        cursor.close();
    }

    //Tests searchSuggestion library functions and asserts 10 suggestions are found
    public void testGetSearchSuggestionQuery() {
        String query = "Inferno";
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.SearchSuggestion.getSearchSuggestionUri(query);

        String getQuery = CatalogueContract.SearchSuggestion.getSearchSuggestionQuery(uri);

        assertEquals(query, getQuery);

        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() == 10);

    }

    public void testCategoryFunctions() {
        Uri uri = CatalogueContract.Category.getCategories();
        assertEquals(CatalogueContract.Category.CONTENT_URI, uri);
    }

    /**
     * Tests an externally used uri (used by Huddl devices).
     */
    public void testExternalAPIBookSearch() {
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://com.blinkboxbooks.android.provider.catalogue/books/search/9781444761191");
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 0);

        cursor.close();

    }

    /**
     * Tests the externally used uri (used by Huddl devices).
     */
    public void testExternalAPIBooksByCategory() {
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://com.blinkboxbooks.android.provider.catalogue/books/caategory_name/bestsellers-fiction");
        Cursor cursor = mMockResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);

        assertTrue(cursor.getCount() > 0);

        cursor.close();
    }
}

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At The Reading Foundation, we understand that each student faces different challenges throughout their academic journey, and our team of educators is committed to addressing their unique needs in an intensive, one-to-one setting. We love sharing the stories of the students and families we've worked with, and in this instalment of the blog we'll be featuring the Irwin family.
Four years ago, Maja Irwin was in Grade 4 and reading at a kindergarten level. Maja was struggling with dyslexia and, despite having a keen interest in books and listening to stories, was unable to learn or retain sight words. She received reading assistance at school during Grades 1 to 4, but the small-group sessions were doing little to help her progress or catch up to her classmates.
"She always felt so vulnerable not being able to read, and she was often afraid of what people would think of her not being able to read," recalls Maja's mother, Jessica. "She was incredibly self-conscious of being a non-reader the older she got, because everyone expects a nine-year-old and a 10-year-old to be able to read simple words. At that point in time she couldn't even recognize her own last name from a list."
A friend of Jessica's, who also has a child with dyslexia, had worked with The Reading Foundation and experienced a great deal of success. She recommended trying the program, and as Jessica and her husband, Darren, continued to watch Maja struggle, they decided it was time to try a different route. Maja enrolled in the Discover Reading program during spring break in 2014 and spent two weeks participating in intensive one-to-one sessions.
"In the first couple of days she found it to be very challenging, because it's four hours of one-on-one—there's no place to hide, there's no daydreaming," Jessica says. "But then on day four and day five, she herself started to see the progress she was making and things started to click in a way that had never happened before. Halfway through the second week of spring break she said, 'I want to keep doing this.'"
After spring break, Jessica and Darren made arrangements with Maja's school that allowed her to spend her afternoons at The Reading Foundation and complete the 80 hours required in the Discover Reading program. When Maja completed the program, her parents decided to enroll her in after-school and weekend sessions to build on her progress.
"She ended up catching up four grade levels when she finished the Discover Reading program, so she was at grade level when she finished," Jessica says. "And because that program worked so well, we did every other program The Reading Foundation had to offer. Since Maja was a non-reader, she couldn't write, and so we took her through the Discover Writing program."
Maja worked on the Discover Writing program for two to three hours per day throughout the school year. When she began the program, she was in Grade 6 and writing at a Grade 2 level. By the end of the year, however, her writing level had advanced to the end of Grade 6 and into the beginning of Grade 7. Now in Grade 8, Maja is working at grade level and achieving good marks in all of her subjects.
"The Reading Foundation and their programs completely changed her life," says Jessica, who enrolled her younger daughter Anna in the Discover Reading program to strengthen her already satisfactory reading skills.
Maja is a voracious reader these days, and Jessica says she always ensures there's a healthy supply of books in the house. She and Darren did not experience difficulty learning to read when they were children, and it was difficult for them to watch their daughter struggle. Jessica advises parents who are noticing that their child is struggling with reading and literacy to get help as early as possible.
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What type of postprocessing gives the effect of people standing out against a flat-seeming background?
Below are real photographs, I was present when they were shot. The photographs were taken between 12:00 to 14:00 on a slightly overcast day. The photographer may have taken many frames.
What postprocessing was likely done, such that the people stand out in the photographs?
As the photographer was doing tens of these photographs, I do not think that it was a composite image. Rather, I think that the foreground / background was masked and different filters were applied to each.
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its a shame that the photographer has not included the Metadata with his exports, so it is not possible to say precisely what he did, but at a guess, it seems that he has chosen a location that when coupled with a very shallow depth of field, gives an almost surreal effect. pretty much everything at subject level seems in focus and then gradually falls out of focus. – Abdul Quraishi Mar 4 '19 at 16:12
It looks like the people were just "photoshopped" onto a different background. – Mike Sowsun Mar 4 '19 at 16:33
There's a fine line between "stand out" and "appear green screen fake"... – Hueco Mar 4 '19 at 17:34
The single-word answer: "Bad" – Michael C Mar 4 '19 at 20:15
@dotancohen I think you meant "orchard", not "orchid". It's hard to fit people into an orchid. – Monty Harder Mar 4 '19 at 20:24
I'd guess it's as simple as selecting the subject in Photoshop - with a tad more care & attention than I've used below, then leeching out the saturation in the background & tonally balancing towards a sepia effect.
As a very quick demo I did the same thing but made it a pretty garish purple instead.
Once you have your mask you can treat inside & outside of it in totally different ways.
The subjects have been left with realistic colouration, which I think is what is providing the majority of the visual separation - that & the physical separation from the ground, which pushes them into the unsharp area of the background. Note how the effect is less emphatic on the small boy, especially lower, where he's connected to the equally sharp ground at that distance.
I don't think the focus has been played with. I think it was shot on a wide enough aperture that the background is blurred by simple distance. The ground underneath them is still reasonably sharp.
I also don't think it would be compulsory to be using flash, so long as enough light was getting in, or set to a high-enough ISO, to use a short exposure.
The light on the people & the trees seems to match - little to no shadow at all, which matches the OP's description & the almost 'white-out' cloud cover in the back of the shot.
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I'm not seeing any hint of even a slight fill-flash. Shadows just don't match, & there's not the faintest hint of a catch-light in the eyes.
Additionally, for the 'ooh it's a composite' voices.
The two backgrounds will not overlay, no matter how much you stretch them or play with the perspective - so the 'trick' of extracting the subjects & pasting into a separate shot of the orchard would have required 2 different shots of the background, taken from 2 slightly different places. The photographer would then have had to cut the subjects out of a background they were already in, to replace it with another, taken on the same day at around the same time in approximately the same place... to what end?
That just makes no sense.
If you're going to go full fake, you may as well go full Disney child pop star album cover with it. +1 – Hueco Mar 4 '19 at 17:35
A friend posted a similar image recently taken to a logical extreme: the background was B&W and fairly low contrast; the subject was in colour (and wearing bright clothes). I know this was processed from a single shot because I'm familiar with the setting. It seems to be in at the moment – Chris H Mar 5 '19 at 9:29
Google automagically does the same thing with some photos that I take with my phone. In my images the subject is in full color, and everything else is black and white. Google calls it "color pop". – chue x Mar 5 '19 at 16:09
Note that you could use Instance Segmentation to produce a similar effect automatically - see pyimagesearch.com/2018/11/26/instance-segmentation-with-opencv for an example. Or of course if the photographer was using a tripod they could have taken before and after shots, (maybe more), and used those to detect the subjects. – Steve Barnes Mar 10 '19 at 13:54
Didn't the photographer use flash?
A common practice to make subjects "stand out" is to use flash for proper subject exposure, and to use camera settings to slightly underexposure the background. That is my guess here, instead of post processing.
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There was another photographer who was using a flash, but the woman in this photograph insists that there was no external flash used for these images. There may have been a flash on the camera itself. – dotancohen Mar 4 '19 at 16:47
There area few ways of making such photographs. You could, for instance, use a large aperture to create a shallow depth of field whereby you blur out the background. The human eye doesn't like to look at things that out of focus. By creating a shallow DOF, you will put visual emphasis on your subject.
Another way is by creating contrast between your subject and the background. One way to do this is by having your subject brighter than the background. You could use fill flash or simply place your subject in a scene where they have more light falling onto them than the background.
Combining these two methods would be even better.
What the photographer has done with the images that you've posted is to create a composite. The images are apparently a combination of a background and the people were placed over it. The photographer either took the background image out of focus, or used a blur filter (i.e. Gaussian blur)..
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It's flash, very clearly. If the photographer says there "may have been" on camera flash used, then that's it.
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Can't agree at all. Shadows just don't match even for a slight fill-flash, & there's not the faintest hint of a catch-light in the eyes. – Tetsujin Mar 5 '19 at 18:19
I think this is pretty clearly a composite photo. Here is the top one processed for error levels, and for edges.
The errors and edits don't prove this is a composite. However the edges are sharp enough to suggest further examination.
Could this be done post processing? I think that careful masking could do this, yes. I think this is a significant component of the 3D effect, the people are dramatically sharper and more colorful than the rest of the image.
Computer analysis aside, I find the image "off", rather like the Uncanny Valley of computer simulations. Trying to identify why I find it "off" leads me to the impression that the people don't quite fit the perspective. The lack of clear shadows makes that hard to quantify but I realized that one of the things that was affecting my perception was what is not present, footprints! Where are these people jumping from?
The hair on the woman in the second picture shows she is falling. That's a pretty big standing leap! Again, no footprints?
It's extremely well done, and I'm less than 100% sure but I think it's a composite.
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Could you explain to us how that proves it's a composite & not simply masked with the two parts then individually processed. To me the top one, if anything, 'proves' the focus to the girl & the ground beneath her are the same. – Tetsujin Mar 6 '19 at 7:36
As the photographer was doing tens of these, I do not think that it was a composite image. Rather, I think that the foreground / background was masked and different filters were applied to each. – Happy Phantom Mar 6 '19 at 18:38
Was the photographer shooting from a very low angle, like less than 2 ft off the ground? – user10216038 Mar 6 '19 at 18:51
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Curt Holman, a 2005 fellow of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute at the University of Southern California and writer for Creative Loafing in Atlanta, has thoughtfully pointed out a cover story, published in Time Out New York in December, that turns the tables on Big Apple critics. Anyone who reads Art.Rox ought to check it out. The book critics section is particularly interesting.
What's also interesting is the thinking expressed in the introduction. Writer Nathan Huang cleverly notes that critics give readers a lot to talk about, even if readers have no intention of experiencing the theater, concert or performance in question. One purpose of criticism, in other words, is providing readers with information with which to take action. But isn't another purpose to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of a community?
As Huang writes: "We live in a city that churns out massive amounts of art and entertainment, then proceeds to talk about it endlessly. At times it doesn't even matter if you haven't seen, read or heard something, as long as you can gab about it--and our local critics provide the handiest cheat sheets."
Even if a city doesn't churn out as much culture as New York (and let's face it, name one that does), culture still plays an important role in the lives of everyday people, even if they themselves don't know it. Here in Savannah, where I'm the arts and culture reporter for the Savannah Morning News, people love -- and I mean love -- high school and college football.
There is an Southern adage worth remembering -- you don't get married in the fall, you don't die in the fall, you don't do anything in the fall except watch football. The result is people are gabbing about football endlessly come autumn. But why can't they also gab about the arts? Their children are involved in all sorts of cultural activities, in school and in other organizations. I suspect parents don't talk about the arts at least in part because such talk would be considered haughty and highfalutin.
Case in point, I was reading the New York Times while waiting for my lunch yesterday. The waitress came by with my order and patiently waited while I moved by newspaper. She said: "I don't want to put this on your New York Times," with a tone of voice that suggested I was some fancy-pants Yankee doing something regular folk, like her, don't do.
But when it comes to the arts, people in reality are very engaged; they just don't talk about it. In my view, that's where we as arts journalists can play a critical role -- by normalizing what they already experience and giving them the vocabulary to use in talking about it. Perhaps someday even a place like Savannah will talk about the arts as endlessly as we do about sports.
It's not the big budgets that make great art. In fact, I question whether big budgets can get in the way of great art. If art is all about making the sale, recouping the investment, and making sure box office sales are high, doesn't it lose touch with its creative power? Doesn't it become commercial rather than groundbreaking and expressive?
It's why I'm fascinated with groups that are creating compelling art with small to modest budgets. They have a certain freedom to pursue the art which speaks to them rather than the art which will sell to faceless masses created by marketing research composites.
In Lansing, Happendance is one of those groups that everyone knows. They're also a group that has had to be creative in finding ways to survive--especially after state arts funding was frozen in 1991. They're celebrating their 30th year and the story of their survival is one of commitment to their art, sacrifice by its founders, and the generosity of those who believe in dance as an expressive art form that makes our community a better place.
Mike Hughes chronicles that tale in this recent Lansing State Journal article.


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The upper left corner has a display box that shows the current algo plot price and the next plot level in either direction. The primary function is used with our Retracement Setups and the alert price is the trigger for probable resuming of the prevailing trend plot.
This is the core of the Trading Package. Our Proprietary System projects forward price action in both directions and predicts if the Trend will continue or change direction in advance of the change. When a change is projected the display box shows the 1x or 2x Trend Shift Trigger Watch Price. 1x is within 1 factor and the 2x is within 2 factors.
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Our custom Trend Shift Pivot Zone Indicator plot changes color to indicate the current Trend indicated by our Trading System. Easy to see the Trend at a glance. We also teach expected price action around the plot as the existing trend becomes in question.
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Lower Left corner display box appears when active.
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(function() {
  var RedisHash, assert, redisClient, sinon, testHelper,
    __slice = [].slice;

  assert = require('assert');

  sinon = require('sinon');

  testHelper = require('./test_helper');

  RedisHash = require('../lib/redis_hash');

  redisClient = testHelper.getRedisClient();

  describe('RedisHash', function() {
    beforeEach(function(done) {
      var _this = this;

      this.attribHash = new RedisHash(redisClient, 'testKey');
      this.attribHash.on('error', (this.errorSpy = sinon.spy()));
      return redisClient.flushdb(function(err, result) {
        if (err != null) {
          throw err;
        }
        return done();
      });
    });
    describe('#_redisExect', function() {
      it('should pass arbitrary arguments', function(done) {
        var _this = this;

        return this.attribHash._redisExec('hmset', 'testKey', 'a', 'apple', 'b', 'blueberry', function(err) {
          if (err) {
            throw err;
          }
          return redisClient.hgetall('testKey', function(err, results) {
            if (err) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.deepEqual(results, {
              a: 'apple',
              b: 'blueberry'
            });
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
      return it('should emit errors', function(done) {
        var _this = this;

        return this.attribHash._redisExec('hdel', function(err) {
          assert(err);
          assert(_this.errorSpy.calledWith(err));
          return done();
        });
      });
    });
    describe('#set', function() {
      describe('key/value hash syntax', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          this.initialValues = {
            a: '1',
            b: '2',
            c: '3',
            d: '4'
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(this.initialValues, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should persist a hash of values in Redis', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return redisClient.hgetall(this.attribHash.key, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.deepEqual(result, _this.initialValues);
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should not clobber existing values', function(done) {
          var newValues,
            _this = this;

          newValues = {
            e: '4',
            f: '5'
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(newValues, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hgetall(_this.attribHash.key, function(err, result) {
              var k, v, _ref;

              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              _ref = _this.initialValues;
              for (k in _ref) {
                v = _ref[k];
                assert.equal(result[k], v);
              }
              for (k in newValues) {
                v = newValues[k];
                assert.equal(result[k], v);
              }
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should encode boolean values', function(done) {
          var values,
            _this = this;

          values = {
            e: true,
            f: false
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(values, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hgetall(_this.attribHash.key, function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result.e, '1');
              assert.equal(result.f, '0');
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        return it('should remove non-existent values', function(done) {
          var existentEncoded, k, v, values,
            _this = this;

          values = {
            a: false,
            b: 0,
            c: void 0,
            d: null
          };
          existentEncoded = {};
          for (k in values) {
            v = values[k];
            if (v != null) {
              existentEncoded[k] = this.attribHash._encode(v);
            }
          }
          return this.attribHash.set(values, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hgetall(_this.attribHash.key, function(err, result) {
              assert.deepEqual(result, existentEncoded);
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
      });
      return describe('key/value pair syntax', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', 'bar', function(err, results) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        it("should persist values into Redis", function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return redisClient.hget(this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, 'bar');
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should encode boolean true values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', true, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hget(_this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, '1');
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should encode boolean false values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', false, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hget(_this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, '0');
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should remove null values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', null, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hexists(_this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, 0);
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        return it('should remove undefined values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', void 0, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return redisClient.hexists(_this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, 0);
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
      });
    });
    describe('#get', function() {
      describe('get-everything syntax', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          this.attribs = {
            a: 'first',
            b: 'second',
            c: 'third'
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(this.attribs, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should return the entire hash of values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.get(function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.deepEqual(result, _this.attribs);
            return done();
          });
        });
        return it('should return null if the hash is empty', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return redisClient.hdel.apply(redisClient, [this.attribHash.key].concat(__slice.call(Object.keys(this.attribs)), [function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return _this.attribHash.get(function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert(result == null);
              return done();
            });
          }]));
        });
      });
      return describe('get-value syntax', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          return this.attribHash.set('foo', 'bar', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should correctly return the name value', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, 'bar');
            return done();
          });
        });
        return it("should return null for values that don't exist", function(done) {
          return this.attribHash.get('foobar', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert(result == null);
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
    });
    describe('#delete', function() {
      beforeEach(function(done) {
        return this.attribHash.set('foo', 'bar', function(err, result) {
          if (err != null) {
            throw err;
          }
          return done();
        });
      });
      return it('should delete individual values from the hash', function(done) {
        var _this = this;

        return this.attribHash["delete"]('foo', function(err, result) {
          if (err != null) {
            throw err;
          }
          return redisClient.hexists(_this.attribHash.key, 'foo', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, 0);
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
    });
    describe('#clear', function() {
      beforeEach(function(done) {
        var _this = this;

        return this.attribHash.set({
          a: 'first',
          b: 'second'
        }, function(err, result) {
          if (err != null) {
            throw err;
          }
          return done();
        });
      });
      return it('should remove the hash from Redis', function(done) {
        var _this = this;

        return this.attribHash.clear(function(err, result) {
          if (err != null) {
            throw err;
          }
          return redisClient.exists(_this.attribHash.key, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, 0);
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
    });
    describe('flag attributes', function() {
      describe('#getFlag', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set('foo', true, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return _this.attribHash.set('bar', false, function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should return true for values set with #set(true)', function(done) {
          return this.attribHash.getFlag('foo', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, true);
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should return false for values set with #set(false)', function(done) {
          return this.attribHash.getFlag('bar', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, false);
            return done();
          });
        });
        return it('should return null for non-existent values', function(done) {
          return this.attribHash.getFlag('foobar', function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert(result == null);
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
      return describe('#getFlags', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.set({
            a: '1',
            b: '0',
            c: 'not a boolean'
          }, function(err) {
            if (err) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should return values as an object', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.getFlags('a', 'b', function(err, results) {
            if (err) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert(results.a);
            assert((results.b != null) && !results.b);
            return done();
          });
        });
        it('should accept an array argument', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.getFlags(['a', 'b'], function(err, results) {
            if (err) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert(results.a);
            assert((results.b != null) && !results.b);
            return done();
          });
        });
        return it('should return null for non-boolean encoded values', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.getFlags('a', 'b', 'c', function(err, results) {
            if (err) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert(results.a);
            assert((results.b != null) && !results.b);
            assert(results.c == null);
            return done();
          });
        });
      });
    });
    return describe('counter attributes', function() {
      describe('#inc', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          this.attribs = {
            foo: 1,
            bar: 'hey hey hey'
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(this.attribs, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        describe("default increment value", function() {
          it('should return and persist the incremented value', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.inc('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo + 1);
              return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
                if (err != null) {
                  throw err;
                }
                assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo + 1).toString());
                return done();
              });
            });
          });
          it('should treat non-existent values as zero', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.inc('foobar', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, 1);
              return _this.attribHash.get('foobar', function(err, result) {
                if (err != null) {
                  throw err;
                }
                assert.equal(result, '1');
                return done();
              });
            });
          });
          return it('should return errors on non-numeric values', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.inc('bar', function(err, result) {
              assert(_this.errorSpy.calledWith(err));
              assert(err.message.match(/ERR hash value is not an integer/));
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should accept arbitrary positive increments', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.inc('foo', 5, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo + 5);
            return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo + 5).toString());
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        return it('should accept arbitrary negative increments', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.inc('foo', -5, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo - 5);
            return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo - 5).toString());
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
      });
      return describe('#dec', function() {
        beforeEach(function(done) {
          this.attribs = {
            foo: 1,
            bar: 'hey hey hey'
          };
          return this.attribHash.set(this.attribs, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            return done();
          });
        });
        describe("default decrement value", function() {
          it('should return and persist the decremented value', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.dec('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo - 1);
              return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
                if (err != null) {
                  throw err;
                }
                assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo - 1).toString());
                return done();
              });
            });
          });
          it('should treat non-existent values as zero', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.dec('foobar', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, -1);
              return _this.attribHash.get('foobar', function(err, result) {
                if (err != null) {
                  throw err;
                }
                assert.equal(result, '-1');
                return done();
              });
            });
          });
          return it('should return errors on non-numeric values', function(done) {
            var _this = this;

            return this.attribHash.dec('bar', function(err, result) {
              assert(_this.errorSpy.calledWith(err));
              assert(err.message.match(/ERR hash value is not an integer/));
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        it('should accept arbitrary positive decrements', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.dec('foo', 5, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo - 5);
            return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo - 5).toString());
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
        return it('should accept arbitrary negative decrements', function(done) {
          var _this = this;

          return this.attribHash.dec('foo', -5, function(err, result) {
            if (err != null) {
              throw err;
            }
            assert.equal(result, _this.attribs.foo + 5);
            return _this.attribHash.get('foo', function(err, result) {
              if (err != null) {
                throw err;
              }
              assert.equal(result, (_this.attribs.foo + 5).toString());
              return done();
            });
          });
        });
      });
    });
  });

}).call(this);


An Afton man is accused of driving while impaired by drugs after New York State Police say employees of the Sunoco gas station on County Route 39 in Bainbridge found him slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle and they couldn't wake him.
Troopers responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. October 31 and determined 25 year old Taylor Nelson was impaired by drugs. Authorities say they found a counterfeit $100 bill, suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Nelson is charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, felony criminal possession of a forged instrument as well as misdemeanors operating a vehicle while impaired by drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia.


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Everything went very quickly on the highway near Montauban. A truck driver, at the approach of a police control, has taken flight and crashed into a vehicle of
07 August 2020 Friday 17:33
Everything went very quickly on the highway near Montauban. A truck driver, at the approach of a police control, has taken flight and crashed into a vehicle of the gendarmerie. The Face of refusal to comply, and the danger presented by the weight-heavy, the policeman has shot the driver who was later found dead. The truck has at the same time caught fire, said the prosecutor.
Known by police, the driver had been convicted several times, including three of the pipelines without insurance, said the prosecutor of Montauban Lawrence Czernik, which has opened an investigation for " voluntary violence having led to death without intending to give it ". This case occurs after death since the beginning of July, a policeman and a young constable, both killed by cars refusing to obey the forces of law and order.
firefighters attempted to resuscitate the victim
The driver, who was carrying a parcel, has first been reported to the police on a highway by a motorist because of his dangerous driving. Stopped by the forces of law and order, it is controlled " positive for cocaine ". But he runs away and is immediately chased by the gendarmes.
" He refused to comply following a traffic stop, he fled, crashed into a gendarmerie vehicle in which was a policeman. A gendarme has made use of his weapon, the driver has been hit, " added the prosecutor. The driver, aged about 35 years, then lost control of his vehicle, near the toll of Montauban-South, and " the truck caught on fire ".
" The cops brought him first aid but he died. The autopsy will determine the cause of death ", has added the same source. The fire brigade and the Ambulance service were also an attempt to revive him, according to the firefighters, who then extinguished the flames that had spread into the brush near the truck that has been charred. The investigation will attempt to determine why the driver refused to obey the constables.
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Revised GM's Guide - Page 7 - FASA Games, Inc.
The map is awesome Mr. Digger!
Any News on when the print/pdf combo of the GM's Guide will be available?
Soon. Sorry for the delay. We want to get it printed at the same time as the reprint of the Player's Guide which is just finishing up with layout now. Once we get both proofs done and approved then its just a matter of how long it takes to get them through the printer. I'd like to say by the end of March but we'll see. The Print on Demand version is going through another round of proofing but that may be ready sooner.
I just want to personally apologize that this is taking so long. I am working behind the scenes as fast as I can to get these books out there and in the hands of fans. A lot of the process is submit files, wait for results, get the results review, and resubmit. After we get these first couple of books done though I expect the process will go much smoother as we learn the things that are holding us up and what to look for.
In the Game Masters Guide it is stated that "Duchess Oelestre has held the post as Director of the Imperial Eye since 4980 and has reformed the organization and quietly purging those disloyal to the Emperor." This appears to be in contradiction with the date that Alexis was appointed Regent (4983) which would put her as an appointment upheld by Alexis but initially given the position by Samitra Li Halan.
This "solution," upholding, would appear to contrast a section in Spies and Revolutionaries pertaining to the Imperial Eye.
FS canon sometimes contradict itself, and in those cases I usually sided with older books before newer ones, specific information before general info, and neutral voiced text before in-game text. Sometimes we end up with interesting side-effects like this. The timeline regarding Alexius' rise to power (and the Emperor Wars in general, actually) is a bit inconsistent in older books. Right now I cannot remember exactly why we went with 4983 as the year Alexius became Regent (other sources puts it in 4980, I believe), but there was a reason for that. Now, what is clear is that the office of Regent cannot have held that much power in choosing his/her 'ministers' etc., for there are some surprising people holding positions under Alexius (including Countess Carmetha Decados who was in charge of the Known World's most powerful armed forces), while other 'ministers', like Oelestre, seems to have remained in office despite a change in Regent. The truth is, we simply do not know how the Regency worked, except that the Regent was elected by the holders of voting scepters.
Oh, I just remembered. We I chose 4983 as the year Alexius came to power because he was supposedly Regent of the Known Worlds up until he crowned himself Emperor. However, the Regency is a 10-year post, which would disqualify him from holding the position between 4990-4993. Also, I think the new date brings an interesting context for Alexius' self-appointment to Phoenix Emperor - it had to happen no later than 4993, or else he would lose the Regency seat and whatever powers that comes with it (including the Imp.Eye), making it that much harder to claim the Phoenix Throne. So, we went with the 4983 date instead of the 4980 one, which changes things a bit in regards to Oelestre, although I don't think it is that much of a problem? (In light of Carmetha, who was appointed by Regent Samitra Li Halan, surviving Alexius' ascendency to Regent).
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Indeed! I wonder why? Will you send DriveThru a note, Colonel Bogie?


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ACCEPTED

#### According to
Index Fungorum

#### Published in
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#### Original name
Sphaeronaema deformans Berk.

### Remarks
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text:
To guide every facet of curriculum development at St. Xavier, the faculty has produced this summary statement of the characteristics that the graduate will have acquired during his time at the school. Every course and every activity must work together toward fashioning a graduate with these characteristics. When St. Xavier is successful in its educational mission, therefore, its graduating student will have certain definite qualities. Such a graduate will be:
Open To Growth
Intellectually Competent
Committed To Doing Justice
The ideal St. Xavier student at the time of graduation has matured emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially, and religiously to a level that reflects some intentional responsibility for his own growth and actions (as opposed to a passive, drifting, laissez-faire attitude about growth). The graduate is at least beginning to reach out in his development, seeking opportunities to broaden his mind, academic skills, imagination, feelings, religious awareness, and social consciousness.
By graduation the St. Xavier High School student should exhibit a mastery of those academic requirements for advanced forms of education. While these requirements are broken down into departmental subject-matter areas, the student will have developed many intellectual skills and understandings which cut across and go beyond the academic requirements for college entrance.
By graduation the St. Xavier High School student should have a basic knowledge of the major doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. The graduate also will have examined his own religious feelings and beliefs with a view to choosing a fundamental orientation toward God and establishing a relationship with a religious tradition and/or community. What is said here, respectful of conscience and religious background of the individual, applies to the Catholic and non-Catholic graduate of St. Xavier High School.
By the time of graduation, the St. Xavier High School student is well on the way to establishing his own identity. The graduate is also on the threshold of being able to move beyond self-interest or self-centeredness in significant relationships with others. In other words, he is beginning to be able to risk some deeper levels of relationship in which one can disclose self and accept the mystery of another person and cherish the person. Nonetheless, the graduate's attempts at loving, while clearly beyond childhood, may not yet reflect the confidence and freedom of a mature person.
The St. Xavier High School student at graduation has achieved considerable knowledge of the many needs of local and wider communities and is preparing for the day when he will take a place in these communities as a competent, concerned and responsible member. The graduate has begun to acquire the skills and motivation necessary to live as a man for others.
Required Conferences Regarding The Graduate At Graduation
We at St. Xavier High School are committed to our Mission, "To assist young men in their formation as leaders and men for and with others through rigorous college preparation in the Jesuit tradition" and to its application in the characteristics of the Graduate at Graduation, Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Loving, Religious, Committed to Doing Justice. For these reasons we require that students and parents participate in a three-tiered developmental process for forming and evaluating the student's progress in light of this Mission and these characteristics.
The Required Conferences are:
Freshman Family Conference after acceptance and prior to entering St. Xavier (Spring: students and parents attend)
Junior Family Conference upon the completion of sophomore year (Summer: students and parents attend)
Senior Exit Interview in May of senior year (students participate)
Attendance at each of these conferences is mandatory. The school and the facilitators will make every attempt to schedule these in a timely and manageable way for you and your son. If a student or his parents fail to make good-faith efforts to schedule and attend these conferences, the student will be excluded from school and from all co-curriculars until the conference has been held.


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Product Spotlight - There Skateboards Spring '22
Hot off the release of their first full-length, There Skateboards' spring collection has just landed in store.
After they released their first full-length - the sarcastically-named, 'Ruining Skateboarding' - and seeing as they're now being distributed by the legends over at DLX/Shiner, we couldn't resist getting in the latest range from one of the most groundbreaking brands in the game right now. Skateboarding's all about inclusivity and nobody represents that better than There, so show some love for the people doing the most for some of skating's most under-represented communities.
People's champ, hype-inducer, and all-round legend, Marbie, has a bangin' new pro model that's perfect for fans of subtly-shaped boards. With a classic popsicle tail and a squared-off shovel nose, this deck is ideal for anyone who likes to mix it up from the traditional popsicle, and that square nose is guaranteed to provide optimal flick. The deck features the 'Dancing With Myself' artwork from Marbie herself, with her unique artstyle centred around the representation of the human form through bold colours and abstract shapes that's guaranteed to turn heads.
Another banger of a graphic, James Pitonyak's pro model features artwork from legendary skate-artist, Jeffrey Cheung. With his iconic style of line drawing that's very #OnTrend, this simple-but-effective graphic is one of our favourites from the collection. Plus Cheung's artwork usually sells for at least a couple grand so for the very reasonable price of £70 there's no better way to nab some bangin' artwork on the cheap.
Last but not least, There's latest pro, Kien Caples', new pro model is brightening up our shelves after they got the pro nod at the premiere of 'Ruining Skateboarding'. With a vibrant pink graphic featuring Kien reimagined as some sort of elvish butterfly, this is without a doubt one of the gnarliest we've ever had in the shop. Definitely not one for the faint-hearted. Plus, if you needed any more convincing, all the decks come with a free poster featuring artwork by the legend, Jeff Cheung, because who doesn't love a poster?
That's enough chit-chat though. Head to the shop to browse the full range of There skateboard decks and buy now from CSC. Or, find out more about the latest skate product on the CSC Blog. Safe.


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Buy (or pre-order) Bitter Orange
Our Endless Numbered Days
Kirkus (starred review), 17th July 2018
"In the vein of Shirley Jackson's bone-chilling The Haunting of Hill House, Fuller's disturbing novel will entrap readers in its twisty narrative, leaving them to reckon with what is real and what is unreal. An intoxicating, unsettling masterpiece."
NPR, 11th October 2018
"By the time Bitter Orange reaches its bitter, bloody end, readers will be turning the pages with delicious trepidation. We are in Turn of the Screw territory here, unsure whether what happens is real or imagined, true or false, light or dark."
"Page by page, Fuller enchants us with prose as thick as clotted cream, only for us to realize too late that she's been ensnaring us at every turn."
"Fuller, a skilled stylist, is very good at letting you get to know Frances by degrees and at describing a setting in which the ordinary rules of life feel suspended…. You can taste the wine, smell the musty fabrics and the overripe fruit, hear the hum of lazy insects and track the teasing suggestion that something will eventually go terribly wrong."
The Observer, 29th July 2018
"Fuller is an accomplished and serious writer who has the ability to implant interesting psychological dimensions into plotty, pacy narratives."
The Sunday Times, 22nd July 2018
"The real interest lies in the fascinating gaps and contradictions, the complexity of the characters and the thematic richness. It is rare for me to put down a novel and then immediately consider rereading it to see what cleverness I might have missed. This time, though, I am tempted."
Entertainment Weekly, 5th October 2018
"In her new novel, Claire Fuller enhances the mystery with luscious detail: sights of ghosts, smells of overripe fruit, echoes of Cara wailing. The plot's movements are rendered secondary, at least in the early going, to the atmosphere, and it's to the novel's benefit; with sensations so alive on the page, you're constantly kept on your toes, attuned to the mania. You'll ask, beguiled: What's really going on here?"
The Independent, 9th August 2018
"Bitter Orange, Claire Fuller's heady, claustrophobic third novel, makes for perfect heatwave reading."
The Times, 11th August 2018
"Fuller keeps one step ahead of the reader's expectations, and creates an atmosphere of simmering menace with all the assurance of a latter-day Daphne du Maurier."
"The lush setting and remarkable characters make for an immersive mystery."
Canadian Living, October 2018
"The story builds to a shocking finale, resulting in a thoroughly enjoyable book with a well-paced plot and plenty of twists and turns."
The Mail on Sunday
"Sinister and suspenseful, this gothic novel simmers with lust, guilt and envy.
Country Life, August 2018
"With shades of Brideshead and Manderley, Claire Fuller's atmospheric third novel plays a satisfyingly unpredictable game with reader expectations. Prepare to be meticulously unsettled and horribly enthralled."
"A naturally engaging and elegantly written novel."
The Irish Times, 26th July 2018
"Bitter Orange reads like an assured, old-school, du Maurieresque classic. It's an atmospheric page-turner that speeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises…"
The Sunday Telegraph, Stella Magazine, 15th July 2018
The Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2018
"This novel with its gothic tropes, is rich, clever and very readable."
The Belfast Telegraph, 11th August 2018
"Like her character Cara, the author is a dazzling storyteller, and the otherworldly charm of the setting is alluringly evoked, but in this tale trouble likes not far below the sheen of a golden exterior."
The Sunday Mirror, 5th August 2018
"Narrated by the unreliable and complex Frances, this multi-layered, lush and twisty story is brilliantly clever."
The Daily Mail
"This darkly smouldering, desperately sad, superior psychological thriller contains shades of Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal – and that's a good thing."
"Fuller is a master at summoning the atmosphere of a heady, hot summer, that thrums with tension, and Bitter Orange is perfectly paced to keep you intrigued from beginning to end."
Cleaver Magazine
"Our Endless Numbered Days and Swimming Lessons introduced me to Fuller's eerie, ironically rendered English countryside of dark forests and haunted seaside villages, and to her characters held captive by lies. From novel to novel I've admired how she uses intelligent but naïve narrators to withhold information from the reader, sustaining unnerving suspense while signaling dissonance beneath the well-mannered surface. At this point, I'll eagerly read anything she writes. And Bitter Orange is her best book yet."
Red Magazine
"This is an exquisite and skilfully written novel, which worms its way under your skin."
"A slow-burn tale that saves its most heart-wrenching revelation for last."
Tatler Magazine
"A rich and hypnotic read."
The Scotsman
"Like her character Cara, the author is a dazzling storyteller."
"Although this is new work it is reminiscent of a classic, and Fuller masters the art of 'show don't tell' throughout, giving tiny hints of a secret that hooks the reader from the outset."
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Are you missing one or more teeth? If so, advanced dental implants can give you a renewed smile and complete oral function. Following surgical placement in your jawbone, these small metal posts can support a permanent dental restoration that will be virtually identical to your natural teeth. Jacksonville Implant Dentist, Dr. Lysandro Tapnio can place and restore implants in one easy location. Beginning with a comprehensive consultation, he will determine your candidacy for treatment and develop a unique treatment plan just for you. He will monitor your recovery, provide stunning restorations, and ensure your complete satisfaction with your smile. Contact us today to learn more about this option and to find out if you are an implants candidate.
Dental implants will fuse with your surrounding bone tissue, becoming permanently anchored in your jawbone. Once your bone and the implants have integrated, they will support a restoration that will never slip out of place. Implants can hold a crown, bridge, or denture, depending on your needs. Bridges typically require two implants for support, while dentures need four or more.
Before placing your implants, Dr. Tapnio will examine your jawbone. He will take x-rays to look for signs of bone recession and determine your need for preparatory bone grafting. With this procedure, he can restore lost bone tissue so that your implants will have strong support. He will also decide what type of implants you might need. For example, mini implants can be a good option if you have suffered bone recession. In many cases, Dr. Tapnio can use these implants with no need for bone grafting. Finally, your surgeon will decide the optimal positions and angle for your implants. With this precise treatment planning, he can provide more durable restorations, and he can minimize your recovery time.
Following any needed prep work, your implant placement will typically take place in a single day. Dr. Tapnio will numb your gums and bone. After making small incisions in your gums, he will create spaces in your jaw where he can place the implant posts. A special protein will help your bone tissue to heal around them more quickly. When the implants are in place, he will close your incisions, sometimes using dissolvable sutures.
Recovery typically takes four to six months. During the first several days, you will experience some minor to moderate irritation. You can usually keep this discomfort under control with non-prescription painkiller and a soft diet. In most cases, tissue inflammation will fade after a few days. However, it will be four to six months before your bone fully integrates with the implants. You will need to wait until you have fully healed before you can receive your final restoration, but in many cases, Dr. Tapnio can supply a temporary one during this period. Although designed for the short-term, these replacement teeth will offer a lifelike look and feel.
After osseointegration is complete, Dr. Tapnio will use small abutment pieces to attach your restoration to your implants. Our partner lab uses state-of-the-art equipment and materials. Dr. Tapnio will work hand-in-hand with this facility to ensure your satisfaction and beautiful smile.
When it comes to tooth replacement, you have several great options to choose from. Still, no other dental restoration offers the same benefits that implants can provide. First, implants will usually last the rest of your life, provided that you maintain proper dental hygiene. Second, because the posts are firmly anchored in your mouth, they will not slip out of place. In addition, implants offer a more lifelike appearance, since the restoration sits right against your gums with no need for metal clasps or attachment pieces. Finally, implants have important advantages for your oral health. Unlike traditional bridges, they do not affect your nearby teeth. They can also prevent bone recession and additional tooth loss.
A single missing tooth can be replaced with a crown supported by an implant. Two or more missing teeth can be replaced with a multi-unit bridge supported by an implant. If you are missing all of your teeth on the upper or lower arch, a hybrid denture can be placed on as few as four implants.
Dental implants are today's gold standard of care for replacing missing teeth. We invite you to learn if dental implant therapy is appropriate for you. Contact Jacksonville Implant Dentist Dr. Tapnio today to schedule an evaluation.
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"Do antidepressants work better when taken with supplements?," the Mail Online asks.
A new review of existing evidence suggests that, "Omega-3 fish oils, certain amino acids, folate and vitamin D" may boost the beneficial effect of antidepressants, the Mail says.
There was also tentative evidence that S-Adenosyl methionine (SAMe) – a type of amino acid supplement popular in some countries – may boost the effects of antidepressants.
Researchers from Melbourne, Australia, reviewed the evidence about combining antidepressant treatment for depression with "nutraceuticals" – nutrient-based supplements produced to pharmaceutical standards. This means that consumers can be confident about information relating to important issues such as dosage and ingredients.
The researchers looked at 40 studies, of varying quality, to pool the results where possible and draw conclusions. They found that omega-3 supplements (usually derived from fish oil) had a significant effect, but there were varying results for other nutraceuticals studied.
In some cases, only one or two small studies had been published, making it hard to rely on the results. The researchers also found evidence that more positive studies than expected had been published, suggesting that some negative studies had not been published (publication bias).
The researchers say they have shown that EPA-rich omega-3 oil "may be recommended" as an additional treatment for depression, alongside antidepressants. But they caution that people taking antidepressants should talk to their doctors before starting any supplements.
The study was carried out by researchers from the University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, Deakin University, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, all in Australia, and Harvard Medical School in the US. Information on funding was not provided in the study.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal The American Journal of Psychiatry. Six of the seven authors reported financial interests in the field, mainly research funding and payments for speaking and writing about pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.
The Mail Online reported the results of the study uncritically, without considering the strength of the evidence for the different nutrients studied. Of the three nutrients named in its headline, the study only found strong evidence for omega-3.
This study was a systematic review, with meta-analyses performed where there was sufficient evidence to do so. The researchers found enough studies to perform meta-analyses for just two nutrients: omega-3 and folic acid.
Meta-analyses are a good way of pooling results of studies, giving an overall view of whether a treatment works. However, systematic reviews and meta-analyses are only as good as the individual trials that go into them.
Researchers searched for any studies in English that looked at the effects of adding one of 14 nutrients known to be involved in nerve cell function to antidepressant treatments. They divided them into groups and summarised the results. For nutrients where they had at least two randomised controlled trials (RCTs), they carried out a meta-analysis.
They included open-label studies (where people knew which treatment they were taking) and uncontrolled studies, where they looked at the effect of adding a nutraceutical treatment to an antidepressant for people who had not responded to an antidepressant, without using a placebo for comparison. People in the studies had to have been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder or have ongoing depression.
For most of the nutrients, they summarised the results from the different studies, stating how many showed a positive effect and how many did not. For folic acid and omega-3 oils, they carried out meta-analyses of the mean difference between treatment and placebo, in the change from start to end of the study.
Eight studies, all RCTs containing 20 to 122 people, looked at the effect of omega-3. Six of the eight studies showed a statistically significant reduction in depression scores for the treatment group, compared to the placebo group. The meta-analysis showed a statistically significant effect size of 0.61 for the difference between the treatment and placebo group (p=0.0009). It is not possible to interpret how clinically important this effect size is, as there was no information about the actual depression scores in the studies.
Four RCTs looked at the effects of folic acid. Two of them showed a reduction in depression scores for people taking folic acid, but one big study showed no significant effect. The meta-analysis showed no statistically significant effect size.
The other nutrients studied either had only one study looking at them, or mixed results. Evaluation of the meta-analyses showed big differences between the study results, and potential publication bias (where studies are published if they are positive, but not if they are negative).
The researchers were upbeat about the results, especially for omega-3 oils, which they said could now be recommended for use as an add-on treatment alongside antidepressants, on the basis of their results.
They conclude: "several nutraceuticals may hold a potential clinical application to enhance the antidepressant effect of medications" and that groups issuing guidelines for doctors should consider including nutraceuticals.
However, they admit that good-quality, large RCTs are now needed.
Many people with depression benefit from taking antidepressants, but some either don't find them helpful, or don't completely recover while taking them. A safe and effective way to boost the effects of antidepressants would therefore be useful.
This study is a useful summary of which nutrients have been tested as an add-on to antidepressants, and an overall indication of what the studies found. It shows that, for most of these nutrients, the evidence comes from small studies of varying quality and length, and that we need bigger, better studies to get a true picture of their effects.
For the nutrients where there was sufficient evidence to carry out a meta-analysis, the difficulty is that the way the results are presented makes it hard to tell how much of an effect the nutrients actually had on people's depression.
We don't know whether the difference in the effect of treatment seen with omega-3 supplements amounted to more people getting completely better from depression, or whether some people's depression scores on questionnaires improved a few points, but not enough to make much difference to their quality of life. The researchers describe the effect as "moderate to strong".
If you are taking antidepressants and feel they are not making much difference, talk to your doctor. Antidepressants take a while to start working properly, so you may need to wait a little longer. If you've been taking them for a while and they don't help, talk to your GP about trying another type of antidepressant, or a different dose. If you are interested in taking a supplement alongside your antidepressant, talk to your doctor first.
Finally, it's important to remember that the study was looking at "nutraceuticals" – nutrient-based supplements produced to pharmaceutical standards. If you do decide to try a supplement, make sure it is from a trusted source with a reputation for safety and high quality.


Impeccably tailored Super 120's tropical wool trousers, with split waistband, for extra comfort and easy alteration, and piped fly seams and crotch lining, with a change pocket inside the right front on seam pocket, in sizes 32-38 even and odd, and in sizes 38-44 even only. Shown top to bottom: B-light grey; A-tan; and C-dark grey. Available in HTWF-forward pleat or HTWP-plain front.


It's called The Wheel of Awesome because every time you spin you get something free, and that's awesome. Gifts range from delicious Hardee's food to awesome stuff like DVDs and Blu-rayâ"¢ players.
~ONE (1) GRAND PRIZES: Sony CyberShot.
~TWO (2) FIRST PRIZES: Sony Dash.
~FOUR (4) SECOND PRIZES: Sony Bloggie.
~THIRTY (30) THIRD PRIZES: $20 Hardee's® gift card.
~TWO-HUNDRED FIFTY (250) FOURTH PRIZES: The Green Hornet® t-shirt.
~TWO HUNDRED (200) FIFTH PRIZES: A voucher for a movie ticket to The Green Hornet® movie.
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What's your call on Indra Ind today?
Indra Ind is in the Miscellaneous sector. The current market capitalisation stands at Rs 18.30 crore.
The company management includes Virendra Kumar Jain - Managing Director, Astha Devi Jain - Non Executive Director, Sanjali Shrimati Jain - Independent Director, Suresh Kumar Joshi - Independent Director.
It is listed on the BSE with a BSE Code of 539175.
Its Registered office is at 406, Airen Heights, Opp. Orbit Mall,,Scheme no.54, Indore,Madhya Pradesh - 452010.
Their Registrars are Purva Sharegistry (india) Pvt. Ltd.


The pioneering work of Alan Dundes has called attention to the fact that using the terms "folk" and "peasant" synonymously excludes primitive societies and city dwellers from the concept of folk. This study delves into the question of whether or not the users of www.itiraf.com can be regarded as a "folk group" in Dundes' terms. Can "magma" be considered an oral formula in this electronic environment functioning via a new orality, regarded as "secondary orality" by Walter J. Ong, which is dependent on writing and texts? In search of an answer to this question, following data from www.itiraf.com's help page on the function of the website and how "magma" has come to be used, an analysis of the oral formula in line with Dundes' studies shall be given with reference to the notions of texture, text and context. At www.itiraf.com where users share their life experiences, "magma" is used as an exaggerated expression for "sinking through the floor" and is present in other platforms on the internet such as Ekşi Sözlük (Sourtimes) and Urban Dictionary, thus becoming an oral formula for other Turkish- / English-speaking users, as well. By illustrating how "magma" is put to use with traditional and urban elements at www.itiraf.com and how this oral formula is listed in some dictionaries on the internet, this paper pinpoints the significance of technology and the city for folklore.


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package testJavaWebServer;

import java.util.HashMap;

public class HttpParser {

//	    POST /action.html HTTP/1.1
//		Host: 127.0.0.1:8080
//		Connection: keep-alive
//		Content-Length: 21
//		Cache-Control: max-age=0
//		Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8
//		Origin: http://127.0.0.1:8080
//		User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.63 Safari/537.36
//		Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//		Referer: http://127.0.0.1:8080/index3.html
//		Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
//		Accept-Language: ko-KR,ko;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,en;q=0.4

	public static HashMap<String, String> HeaderParser(String header) {
		String lines[] = header.split("\\r?\\n");
		HashMap<String, String> headerMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

		String headLineSplit[] = lines[0].split(" ");
		headerMap.put("Method", headLineSplit[0]);
		headerMap.put("URL", headLineSplit[1]);
		headerMap.put("Version", headLineSplit[2]);

		for (int i = 1; i < lines.length; ++i) {

			if ( lines[i] == null || lines[i].equals("") ) {
				if ( headLineSplit[0].equals("POST") ) {
					headerMap.put("PostData", lines[i+1]);
				}
				break;
			}

			String lineSplit[] = lines[i].split(": ");
			headerMap.put(lineSplit[0], lineSplit[1]);
		}

		return headerMap;
	}

	// login=111&passwd=1234
	public static HashMap<String, String> parameterParser(String paraData) {
		HashMap<String, String> paraMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

		String splitDataSet[] = paraData.split("&");
		for (int i = 0; i < splitDataSet.length; ++i) {
			String splitData[] = splitDataSet[i].split("=");
			paraMap.put(splitData[0], splitData[1]);
		}
		return paraMap;
	}

	public static String parseRequestPath(String requestUrl) {
		int index = requestUrl.indexOf('?');
		if (index == -1) {
			return requestUrl;
		}
		return requestUrl.substring(0, index);
	}

	public static String parseRequestDirectory(String requestPath) {
		int slash = requestPath.lastIndexOf('/');
		return requestPath.substring(0, slash);
	}

	public static String getExtension(String filePath) {
	    int dot = filePath.lastIndexOf('.');
	    return filePath.substring(dot + 1);
	}

	public static boolean isFile(String filePath) {
	    int slash = filePath.lastIndexOf('/');
	    String lastPath = filePath.substring(slash);
	    if ( lastPath.lastIndexOf('.') > 0 ) {
	    	return true;
	    }
	    return false;
	}
}


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Our First ever well as it brings water to the surface in Nabuclod, Philippines.
"Do You have any questions?" I asked, having just finished telling them the nights dinner specials. There was hardly space for what you might call a pause, when he responded, "I do" . I thought he would ask me about gluten, dairy, or well, anything except what came next. As it turned out he had followed my artwork for years and instead of asking about food it turned beautifully personal as he asked me about my newest process. I was smiling with a touch of disbelief as I had no idea that someone eating at the restaurant where I waited tables knew that I was an artist. He asked me, "what exactly is the artwork that you're creating?". The honest answer, was nothing, and for that, his timing couldn't have been better.
I was at a beautiful crossroads readying to host live talks by philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and artists. As I told him this he barely could contain himself for the serendipity of the moment. As it turned out he had just filed the paperwork and officially had become a registered 501 (c) 3 non profit and was there to celebrate. He was dying to tell anyone who would listen his amazing story. We had one spot left for one last speaker. One month later he would tell us about growing up in poverty, felling coconut trees to float his family to safety during floods in his native Philippines, and then his remarkable change of fate in moving to America, putting himself through school, creating his own company, and retiring early, only to return to his beloved Philippines to find the indigenous tribe he'd grown up along dying in poverty without sufficient access to clean water.
I was moved, after the talks, and inspired by the serendipity of it all. We stayed in touch and eventually over lunch he would ask me to join his board of directors at his newly formed foundation. After doing so we had a great run together as I pitched his project to friends of mine. They were phenomenally generous in funding 100% of the phase one seed capital for our project in the Philippines. They asked that I go in person as well as invest myself into the project. I was there in November and December of 2015 while we were a part of installing clean water wells for the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. We gave away hundreds of 5 gallon carrying containers for collecting the water, newly brought to the surface, as well as hundreds of backpacks, school supplies, and two water buffalo. It was a phenomenal trip but also one that was profoundly intense, where any success felt magnified and life changing for the Aeta but so too did the failures, all of this being further magnified by the idea of taking both of these personally, both motivating and crushing. The trip was both intense in outline, but so too personally. The trip, its potential, and my feelings formed the body of artwork that I created on the Indigenous Aeta Tribes.
In fact the beauty of the two antipodal feelings were no more clearly illustrated in words than on the morning that I walked into the village where we had installed our first ever water well. I had inflamed a previously crushed disc in my back during our journey through the rural Philippines where the Indigenous Aeta Tribe lives, but that was not going to stop me from seeing The Aeta Tribe Foundation's first ever clean water well. I stood there smiling at the young boy pumping the first clean water in his thus far, brief lifetime from that well. As he smiled back at me so too did his friends as they sat on the dozens of buckets, containers, reused water bottles, and really anything that could be found while they waited their turn to collect water for each of their families from the newly repaired water well in the heart of their village. We smiled at each other, me not knowing who they were, they not knowing who I was, but together, collectively knowing in our smiles that lives had just changed, and profoundly so, for the better because of the well we all stood around listening to. As its newly repaired parts squeaked than squished water to the surface from hundreds of feet below, filling the containers that they would bring to the village school and the rest of their families.
As I stood there feeling the intense pain in my spine so too I felt the idea behind both meaning and purpose in life and knowing that those words are continually connected to giving and the beauty one finds in being connected to something greater than any individual. A dream and its potential to change lives.
This however is not the end of the story, in fact this story is one that likely doesn't have a happy ending as wells continually go dry, breakdown, and in some cases are sabotaged by others. As water scarcity continues to grow around the world this problem will become more of a norm for a majority of those living in the developing world.
The color picture, at right, is our first ever well as it brings water to the surface, adding life to this village in the rural Mountains of the Philippines. You see before this well was pumping water it sat there, with dusty burlap wrapped around it, a constant reminder to villagers that it hadn't worked in nearly two decades and that they would need to walk miles down the mountainside to the next closest water source for that days water. Now they no longer walk miles to get what was questionably clean water at the bottom of the mountain, for the day. A process which will begin anew tomorrow and the next all the while NGO's and governmental agencies alike attempt to maintain wells and bring clean water to a world who is finding this most precious resource become scarcer by the day.
The black and white artworks of the indigenous Aeta Tribes were made of the children who carry the water to and from their villages. Those whose lives would be affected by the process of installing new water wells. These artworks put to story the beauty of this tribe and its disappearing people.
At work in the studio.
The first in the series of artworks depicting the children of The Aeta Tribes.
Our first well brings water to the surface.


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package models.security

import models.BaseEntity
import java.util.Date
import javax.persistence.Column
import javax.persistence.Entity
import javax.persistence.Temporal
import javax.persistence.TemporalType
import org.joda.time.DateTime

@Entity
class Token extends BaseEntity {
  @Column(nullable = false, unique = true, updatable = false)
  var uuid: String = _

  @Column(nullable = false)
  var email: String = _

  @Column(nullable = false)
  @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
  var creationTime: Date = new Date

  @Column(nullable = false)
  @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
  var expirationTime: Date = _

  @Column(nullable = false)
  var isSignUpToken: Boolean = false
}

object Token {
  val Uuid = "uuid"
  val Email = "email"
}