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Brewing Concerns
Some bar owners want beer sales curtailed at the Fourth Avenue Street Fair
By Shain Bergan
Some local bar owners aren't raising their glasses in tribute to the Fourth Avenue Street Fair. Instead, they are in a sober fight that is stirring up controversy.
A few owners of Fourth Avenue bars have raised concerns that the vendors who distribute beer on the streets during the fair are hurting the bars' business, says Daniel Matlick, president of the Fourth Avenue Merchants Association (FAMA).
Leading the charge against on-street beer distribution is Scott Cummings, owner of O'Malley's on Fourth, who has called on the merchants association to restrict the vendors' locations—or consider not selling beer at all, Matlick says.
Neither option is viable for FAMA, officials say, because the street fairs are the association's primary source of revenue.
"Even small changes can cause large ripples when it comes to this monstrous ... event," Matlick says. "We could eliminate beer booths to appease the bars, and purge the food booths to help our restaurants, and accept no clothing booths to spare our retail stores. I think it's also safe to say we have plenty of neighbors who would rather not deal with all the traffic and cars blocking their driveways."
FAMA was caught off-guard with the criticism and had not realized beer booths were an issue for some bar owners, says Kurt Tallis, FAMA's events and marketing director.
"I was blindsided by this," he says. "We've had beer at this event for 42 years. I don't know what the problem is."
In an effort to resolve the feud brewing in his ward, City Councilmember Steve Kozachik met with FAMA officials and Cummings, who was accompanied by Jill Brammer, co-owner of Che's Lounge.
In the meeting, Cummings reportedly told Matlick that beer vendors are not serving alcohol properly, an issue Matlick says he has never noticed.
"We have server training prior to each fair and have never had a problem," Matlick says.
Bill Nugent, owner of The Shanty, says that beer vending at the street fairs is currently better than it's ever been, and he hasn't noticed any issues with Golden Eagle Distributors, which runs the beer-vending operation.
"They've probably done a better job than anyone," he says.
While no major changes were made to the Spring Street Fair, taking place April 1-3, the two sides agreed to meet before the Winter Street Fair in December, Brammer says.
"I did agree to bring this matter to our full board as an agenda item, well in advance of the Winter Street Fair," Matlick confirms.
Tucson City Attorney Mike Rankin addressed a question as to whether or not the beer booths are legal, since the Fourth Avenue Street Fair does not put up physical barricades to restrict where alcohol can be sold and consumed. When bars and other alcohol-serving businesses have special events extending beyond the physical bounds of the establishment, they have to apply for a temporary extension of premises, which requires businesses to adhere to "a bounded boundary area," Rankin says.
The Fourth Avenue Street Fair would not fall under this law. The merchants association's special-events permit allows alcohol to be served within the boundaries of the special event—without those boundaries being established through physical barricades, Rankin says.
"Then they can serve within those boundaries," Rankin confirms.
Nugent knew that Cummings and Brammer had concerns about the beer booths, but he decided not to attend the meeting at Kozachik's office, he says, because he does not agree with their assessment that the beer booths hurt the bars' business.
"To me, it's six days out of the year," Nugent says. "It's not going to make or break me."
Even during those six days, Nugent says, he does not see a drop in business, and believes that restricting alcohol sales on the street "would hurt the flavor of the street fair."
Nugent says bar owners may have concerns about customers bringing outside alcohol into their bars. However, it's a problem he has never experienced at The Shanty.
Matlick says bar owners should keep the bigger picture in mind—the fact that the street fairs are important cultural experiences invaluable to Fourth Avenue businesses and patrons, Matlick says.
"Most merchants understand the significance of this major cultural event," he says. "We all do end up making some sacrifices (a few days) a year, but in the end, this allows FAMA to accomplish what it does for our community."
If more Fourth Avenue bar owners were to come forward with complaints, Matlick says FAMA would gladly consider moving its street fairs to a different location, such as downtown.
"Without a doubt, I'm sure if enough Fourth Avenue merchants are truly fed up with all the inconvenience, our downtown business allies would be glad to move the event and take over the ... revenue," he says.
It is a notion bar owners should take seriously, because the street fairs act as a marketing tool, bringing in countless dollars in revenue for businesses along Fourth Avenue, including the bars, Nugent says.
"I think some of us can forget that," he says. "I do think people should be careful about killing the golden goose."
Cummings did not respond to several drop-ins, nor did he return phone calls to O'Malley's and his corporate office.
Golden Eagle Distributors spokeswoman Michelle Garcia-Estrada says the company "does not have a comment at this time."


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Cheserek and Futsum's last 800 meters
High School Running
A credible NJ reporter who followed both Christian Brothers and Edward from the beginning of the season until now states in his write-up of the meet that Cheserek RAN HIS LAST 800 IN 1:54?!
Can anyone verify this?
http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boyscrosscountry/index.ssf/2011/12/edward_cheserek_of_st_benedicts_prep_wins_foot_locker_national_boys_cross-country_championship.html
`I was very confident the whole race that I could win at the end because my speed was my advantage,'' Cheserek, who ran the final 800 meters in 1:54, said. ``When I started to kick with 200 meters to go I knew I could stay in front of him. It was a great race and I am happy to beat a great runner like Futsum.''
realmuthafinggees
re: What on Earth
Complete BS.
They ran the first two miles (Roughly 3218 meters) in 9:50
If they ran the final 800 meters in 1:54, that would mean they ran the other 982 meters in about 3:07.5, which would be 5:29/mile pace.
Again, complete BS.
"Next year I will try for the record here and maybe I can get it"
Yep, and after that we'll have HS records of 1:45, 3:49, 8:20, 13:30, and 28:00
It can't be possible that they slowed up that much after the 2 mile. Half the field would have caught them with 800 to go. I didn't see anybody else close.
10K no
re: The Waterboy
Forget him breaking the 10k record; not because he's incapable, it's just that he will never race that distance in HS.
sfued
re: realmuthafinggees
3:07 for 982 metres is about 3:10 for 1km, or about 5:05ish pace.
re: sfued
It would also include the uphill part of the course. No way they were sub 5 pace up the hill?
mileage man
Yeah, like 5:08mid. Not at all impossible. Not sure where that 5:30 figure came from...
I would say it's pretty likely the reporter was exaggerating though. Sub-2:00, yeah of course. 1:54? Not if they didn't really start kicking until 200.
Yeah you did the math wrong. If they did 1:54 the last 800, then the previous 800 was about 2:33, which is totally reasonable.
On the other hand I don't know if the course is marked "800m left" at any point, and who knows if that'd be accurate anyway. Still, they must've closed very fast.
cofounder
The Waterboy wrote:
Holy crap. I forgot he's a junior in high school.
I think a lot of people are realizing now that there are in essence two types of US high school records. Records by an American high schooler and records by anyone at an American high school.
How old is he? Sorry for the laziness of not looking it up.
More miles, less problems
Considering Futsum's 800 PR is a 1:56 (although that was his sophomore year) I'm gonna go ahead and call it BS.
He is supposed to be 17, according to his DOB. Could be +- a year or so but seems fairly accurate based on his progression and low mileage.
I don't know why people are so upset about this - we get to see guys who'll probably go on to win Olympic medals while they're still in high school. In my mind this is much more exciting then watching some random dude win and then drop out of college or disappear for years on end (see: Hall, Futsum). What's more, it's a High school championship, not US Juniors.
What the heck
1:54? What a crock of ____! Watch the race again. They ran pretty fast at the end but nothing phenomenal. I seriously doubt it was under 2:10.
re: What the heck
Lambert on Tracktalk.net:
Splits they announced at 2 miles were wrong.
They were at 9:45, not 9:50.
So last 1.1 was 5:07
12:58 with a half mile to go. so 1:54 last half. Amazing!!
went out conservative-4:52 frist mile, which is why that times weren't as fast as many thought!
Best year ever for NJ boys XC!!!
Again, I don't know how he knew there was 800m left. But he does seem to think the last half was 1:54.
Fitz' Ghost
re: Freelove
As Fitz put it on tracktalk:
Any reports saying they closed the last 800 in 1:54 are bogus. Since when is the 800 to go mark marked on a XC course? And they would have gapped the field by at least 25 seconds (which would mean the third place guy finishing with a 2:19 half, which is generous), when the next finisher was 28 seconds behind Futsum. So at 2.6 the pack was within 5 seconds of Futsum/Cheserek? riiiiiight. Great race still, but don't exaggerate to make it seem better than it was.
Hi Fool
re: Fitz' Ghost
it could be true - the last half mile is so much down hill so its a lot of help there
watched the stream
Yeah, they were both pretty gassed at the end after strong moves on the uphill. I would guess from watching it, around 2:16 for Cheserek, being generous.
Also, no way they hit 2 miles in 9:50, does anyone have the real split?
you're right, I should've said than #drunk #d3girlsdrinkinghard
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wejo wrote:
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re: Hi Fool
Hi Fool wrote:
Well, you are well named, Fool. It is an interesting characteristic of the weak minded of the human race that they need to exaggerate everything they see rather than respect truth.
Nice race. But the last half was not even remotely close to 1:54. Seriously, do you even know what a 1:54 half looks like? I mean, do you even run at all?

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/*
 * StereoCalib.cpp
 *
 *  Created on: Dec 3, 2015
 *      Author: nicolasrosa
 */

/* Libraries */
#include "inc/StereoCalib.h"

/* Constructor and Destructor */
StereoCalib::StereoCalib(){
    double focalLength=0;
    double baseline=0;

    needCalibration=false;
    hasQMatrix=false;
}

StereoCalib::~StereoCalib(){}

/* Instance Methods */
/*** Stereo Calibration function
  ** Description: Reads the Calibrations in *.yml files
  ** Receives:    Matrices Addresses for storage
  ** @param Mat M1,M2: Intrinsic Matrices from camera 1 and 2
  ** @param Mat D1,D2: Distortion Coefficients from camera 1 and 2
  ** @param Mat R: Rotation Matrix
  ** @param Mat t: Translation Vector
  ** Returns:     Nothing
  ***/
void StereoCalib::readCalibrationFiles(){
    cout << "Calibration: ON\n" << endl;

    readIntrinsicsFile();
    readExtrinsicsFile();

    /* Checking if the Reading Process was Successful */
    if(!M1.data || !D1.data || !M2.data || !D2.data || !R.data || !T.data){
        cerr << "Check instrinsics and extrinsics Matrixes content!" << endl;
        return;
    }

    /* Console Output */
    cout << "------------------------------ Intrinsics --------------------------------------" << endl;
    cout << "M1: " << endl << M1 << endl;
    cout << "D1: " << endl << D1 << endl;
    cout << "M2: " << endl << M2 << endl;
    cout << "D2: " << endl << D2 << endl << endl;
    cout << "intrinsics.yml Read Successfully."  << endl << endl;

    cout << "------------------------------ Extrinsics --------------------------------------" << endl;
    cout << "R: " << endl << R << endl;
    cout << "T: " << endl << T << endl << endl;
    cout << "extrinsics.yml Read Successfully.\n"  << endl;
    cout << "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------" << endl << endl;
}

void StereoCalib::readIntrinsicsFile(){
    FileStorage fs(intrinsicsFileName, FileStorage::READ);
    if(!fs.isOpened()){
        cerr << "Failed to open intrinsics.yml file!" << endl;
        return;
    }

    fs["M1"] >> M1;
    fs["D1"] >> D1;
    fs["M2"] >> M2;
    fs["D2"] >> D2;

    fs.release();

    float scale = 1.f;
    M1 *= scale;
    M2 *= scale;
}

void StereoCalib::readExtrinsicsFile(){
    FileStorage fs(extrinsicsFileName, FileStorage::READ);
    if(!fs.isOpened()){
        cerr << "Failed to open extrinsics.yml file!" << endl;
        return;
    }

    fs["R"] >> R;
    fs["T"] >> T;

    fs.release();
}

void StereoCalib::createKMatrix(){
    K=Mat::eye(3,3,CV_64F);
    K.at<double>(0,0)=focalLength;
    K.at<double>(1,1)=focalLength;
    K.at<double>(0,2)=(resolution.width-1.0)/2.0;
    K.at<double>(1,2)=(resolution.height-1.0)/2.0;
    //K.at<double>(0,2)=(0-1.0)/2.0;
    //K.at<double>(1,2)=(0-1.0)/2.0;

    cout << "K:" << endl << K << endl;
}

/*** Read Q Matrix function
  ** Description: Reads the Q Matrix in the *.yml file
  ** Receives:    Matrices Addresses for storage
  ** Returns:     Nothing
  **
  ** Perspective transformation matrix(Q)
  ** [ 1  0    0	   -cx     ]
  ** [ 0  1    0 	   -cy     ]
  ** [ 0  0    0		f      ]
  ** [ 0  0  -1/Tx 	(cx-cx')/Tx]
  ***/
void StereoCalib::readQMatrix(){
    FileStorage fs(QmatrixFileName, FileStorage::READ);

    if(resolutionDesired.width == 640 && resolutionDesired.height == 480){
        if(!fs.isOpened()){
            cerr << "Failed to open Q.yml file" << endl;
            return;
        }

        fs["Q"] >> Q;

        fs.release();

        /* Checking if the Reading Process was Successful */
        if(!Q.data){
            cerr << "Check Q Matrix Content!" << endl;
            return;
        }

        /* Console Output */
        cout << "Q:" << endl << Q << endl;

        focalLength = Q.at<double>(2,3);        cout << "f:" << focalLength << endl;
        baseline = -1.0/Q.at<double>(3,2);      cout << "baseline: " << baseline << endl;
    }else{
        cerr << "Check Q.yml file!\n" << endl;
        return;
    }
}

/*** Calculate Q Matrix function
  ** Description: Calculates the Q Matrix in the *.yml file
  ** Receives:    Matrices Addresses for storage
  ** Returns:     Nothing
  **
  ** Perspective transformation matrix(Q)
  ** [ 1  0    0	   -cx     ]
  ** [ 0  1    0 	   -cy     ]
  ** [ 0  0    0		f      ]
  ** [ 0  0  -1/Tx 	(cx-cx')/Tx]
  ***/
void StereoCalib::calculateQMatrix(){
    Q = Mat::eye(4,4,CV_64F);
    Q.at<double>(0,3)=-imageCenter.x;
    Q.at<double>(1,3)=-imageCenter.y;
    Q.at<double>(2,2)=0.0;

    Q.at<double>(2,3)=focalLength;
    Q.at<double>(3,2)=1.0/baseline;
    Q.at<double>(3,3)=0.0;

    cout << "Q:" << endl << Q << endl;

    cout << "f: " << focalLength << endl;
}

void StereoCalib::setResolution(int width, int height){
    resolution.width = width;
    resolution.height = height;
}

void StereoCalib::setResolution(Size matrixSize){
    resolution = matrixSize;
}

void StereoCalib::setResolutionDesired(int width, int height){
    resolutionDesired.width = width;
    resolutionDesired.height = height;
}

void StereoCalib::setResolutionDesired(Size matrixSize){
    resolutionDesired = matrixSize;
}

Size StereoCalib::getResolution(){
    return(resolution);
}

Size StereoCalib::getResolutionDesired(){
    return(resolutionDesired);
}

int StereoCalib::getResolution_width(){
    return(resolution.width);
}

int StereoCalib::getResolution_height(){
    return(resolution.height);
}

int StereoCalib::getResolutionDesired_width(){
    return(resolutionDesired.width);
}

int StereoCalib::getResolutionDesired_height(){
    return(resolutionDesired.height);
}

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Baltic Creative buys historic docklands storehouse as it enters next phase
by Simon Austin
Baltic Creative Community Interest Company is set to embark on its next phase of development after completing the purchase of a historic 19th century docklands storehouse in the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool.
The four-storey red brick warehouse, located at 61-65 Norfolk Street, and an adjoining two storey building on Simpson Street have been acquired from Liverpool City Council on a 125-year lease.
Baltic Creative will undertake a 10-month restoration programme to refurbish the buildings and create a further 17,000 square feet of workspace. K2 Architects has been appointed to design the scheme, which will feature a variety of studios along with collaborative breakout areas, meeting rooms and co-working space.
The ground floor will also include a public café with events space and outdoor green area.
The ambition is to develop the Baltic Triangle's first digital technology hub, which is expected to attract companies working in growing markets such as VR, AR, IoT, eHealth, FinTech, MADTech and Big Data. Once established, the scheme will support about 30 companies and 150 full-time jobs.
Baltic Creative CIC has secured £2.6m investment from The Charity Bank and European Regional Development Fund to deliver the scheme, which will start on site in November 2017 and is expected to be ready to let by September 2018.
Mark Lawler, MD of Baltic Creative CIC, said: "This process has been a long time in the making and it has been the most challenging acquisition that I have worked on in my career to date. Liverpool's tech sector is booming, with figures showing that Digital jobs in the north are growing 10x the rate of non-digital jobs.
"Here at Baltic Creative we are witnessing a huge demand for dedicated tech space and we're committed to transforming 61-65 Norfolk Street into a scheme which will support the growth of digital businesses."
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CONSULTANCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ONLINE COURSE FOR SURVEILLANCE AND PREVENTION OF VECTOR BORNE DISEASES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR FOR THE TOURISM AND HEALTH PROGRAMME.
Closing Date: February 10, 2021
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the 11th EDF
Programme for the Support for Health System Strengthening for prevention and control of
outbreaks of Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean, is seeking to engage a consultant to develop one (1) new online training course for the Tourism and Health Programme, which will be hosted on CARPHA Moodle LMS.
The health of Caribbean economies is closely related to the health of its tourism industry given that the Caribbean is the most tourism-dependent region in the world.[1], Enhancing sustainable tourism is essential for promoting economic development, poverty eradication and improvement of quality of life as set out in the Caribbean's Tourism Strategic Plan and the Nassau Declaration on Tourism (2014), and as emphasized by World Tourism Organization[2] and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
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Given the large number of visitors to the Region, and the demonstrated health safety and security risks associated with travel, there is a clear and critical need for Caribbean countries to expand their national surveillance systems to capture travel related/ visitor illnesses for more adequate disease detection leading to prevention and control as part of their core public health obligation.
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Why AP Farmers And Activists Have Opposed 'The Amaravati – New Capital City Project'?
Ahssanuddin Haseeb
The World Bank dropped $300 million in funding for the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project on Thursday, and according to the World Bank, it is because the Indian government asked them to drop the project. The reason for this is that the Centre possibly didn't want a foreign agency to probe alleged discrepancies on Indian soil.
The decision to drop the $300 million loan was celebrated by farmers and environmental activists who strongly opposed the capital region project ever since it was announced by former Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. However, the contentions surrounding the project have always remained.
City planned on fertile soil
Amaravati, designated to be Andhra Pradesh's capital, is being built on a 217 sq. km of fertile agricultural land and is located within 30 km of two cities — Vijayawada and Guntur. Farmers in Amaravati usually grow three crops a year as the land is fertile and rich in nutrients. Farmers and activists claimed that the project would create food insecurity.
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They wrote to the World Bank's Inspection Panel in May 2017 seeking their intervention and said that the World Bank's decision to grant a loan conflicted with their SESA-ESMF (Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment and Environmental Social Management Framework). However, the panel declined this, and said that the crops produced in the region were "predominantly not used for daily consumption by people."
"Transformation of agricultural land to urban land would therefore not significantly impact the production of food in the state," the panel said.
However, farmers who cultivate in this region are tenant farmers from the marginalized communities of SC, ST and BCs who would be deprived off their livelihood.
The Inspection panel had not concluded its probe.
Flood prone zone
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M Seshagiri Rao, the president of the Capital Region Farmers Federation, who opposes the project, said, "Out of the 33,672 acres of land that has been pooled, 3212.37 acres is ecologically sensitive and flood-prone due to Krishna river."
Amaravati is being built on the banks of river Krishna, and the Kondaveeti Vagu stream flows through it. "The entire capital would be inundated if the water level rises," he adds. The government at the time had even decided to acquire 5,544 acres of reserved forest land for the project.
Alleging that the TDP-led government was going ahead with the project by ignoring environmental concerns, environmental activists approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In November 2017, the NGT dismissed their plea claiming that the prohibitory orders on the project would jeopardize the financial interest of the state. The activists approached the Supreme Court against the NGT orders, however, the apex court rejected their appeal.
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Alleged discrepancies in land pooling
The development of the region was done not by acquiring land but by pooling land — where the government would take land and return a portion of the developed land to the farmer.
"The TDP leaders bought around 17,000 acres of land from farmers and sold them at twice or thrice its rate when the capital was announced."
"It is a major scandal," Seshagiri alleges. Activists allege that the farmers were coerced to give away their land.
The new government, led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has formed a Sub-Committee which has been probing the irregularities in the land pooling. The report of the same is likely to be released in two weeks, following which the government will decide on how to proceed with the project. #KhabarLive
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Paris (France). I always bring at least one camera with me and normally, unless I know I will have the opportunity of dedicating half an hour to shooting around (and then I will bring a dedicated camera plus some lenses) I use the Ricoh GR: fast, precise and perfectly fitting in my pocket.
Some days ago, I was again staying at the Melia Hotel La Défense (here there's another photo taken from the hotel's sky bar) and my room was facing the back of the Euler Hermes head quarter's building. Since it was around 7 PM, lights in the building were still switched on and the offices were fully illuminated, although there were very few people inside. Attracted by that sort of modern "honeybee farm", I darkened my room and I staid several minutes watching an unusual "landscape".
Two things were hypnotizing me. The first one, its geometries (it's pretty normal in my case). But the second one was represented by all the possible stories nested within that context: how many stories of success, of failure, of career, of ambition, of frustration have been told in those offices? Not to mention private life stories, loves, jealousies, friendships and so on. In a certain sense – I hope I'm able to explain myself and make my thoughts clear – I found this glassed wall, especially if combined with the illuminated interiors, like a sort of disclosure to my eyes of the "office life": something that from inside, with all those walls and doors, cannot be perceived.
Maybe I'm too romantic. Or probably, I was a bit stressed for the day and I just wanted to relax a bit, thinking about something else and disconnecting my mind from business affairs. In any case, I found in the interiors of the Euler Hermes offices an interesting subject: before the lights were off, I took my camera and photographed the scene to share it here.


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Red Jumpsuit Apparatus announce lineup changes (including addition of 17 year old guitarist)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 11:19 AM (PST) by Tommy
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Guitarists Duke Kitchens and Matt Carter have both left the band in order to spend some time with family. Their replacements include a 17-year old guitar phenom fan of the band! Pretty incredible that the kid caught a lucky break. Read frontman Ronnie Winter's statement to AP below,
"Hey guys, it's Ronnie here with some new RJA news. Duke and Matt decided to leave the band to focus on their personal lives, including [spending] some much-needed time with their friends and family. The rest of the band and I fully appreciate all of their hard work and commitment to the RJA over the years and have many great memories with both of them. We wish them the best of luck in their future and remain grateful for all of the contributions each have made to our band. Please give them privacy and allow them to enjoy their time at home, which is so precious to all touring musicians.
In other news we have gone back on the road in support of our new single, "Reap," and our upcoming full-length album, Am I The Enemy, which is out August 30. As most of you know, "Reap" is already digitally available and two other songs from our upcoming album, "Salvation" and "Fall From Grace," are up on our YouTube channel, so check out the new jams.
For our upcoming tour, we teamed up with Josh Burke, a seventeen-year-old guitar phenom, who was originally a fan of the RJA. I met him about a year ago in Syracuse, New York. He was the first kid in line and was there when we pulled up. We struck up a conversation after soundcheck in the parking lot, and he told me he knew all of our songs and that he wanted to be in a band like ours one day. I told him to keep writing and practicing and that with hard work and dedication he would make it. Fast forward to Summerfest last week: I called Josh three days before the show and asked him if he still knew how to play all of our songs, to which he replied, "Hell yeah I do." So he is joining our tour on lead guitar over the next couple of months, because we thought the idea of using one of you guys (the fans) was pretty awesome and a way to give back for everything you guys have given us. So please welcome Josh and give him some love because, after all, "Love is all you need!" See you guys on the road and as always, take care of yourselves and God bless."
The band's brand new single titled "Reap" can be heard here. The new album "Am I The Enemy" is set to drop August 30th.
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How do they irrigate in Utah? I always think of it as a hot, dry place. Is there plenty of water or do they ration it?
I've seen many places that have the huge irrigation sprinklers out here…but haven't seen the canals next to fields like I used to see in Ariz….. I've read that water is harvested from the snow-melt as it comes down from the mountains, but don't really know specifics…and have not heard anything about rationing the water, either, in my almost three years here….
I find agricultural fields and orchards very romantic. There is something heroic about the way the farmer brings food to our tables, even with the help of technology, and when the work covers huge areas. I can spend a long time contemplating such fields. This is quite a picture, with those great mountains in the background.
I like the way you see it, Shimon…I hadn't considered those notions about the agricultural way of life…but they certainly apply. Thank you for your insight and kind words…and yes, such great mountains there…..
Beautiful shot! I love the contrast between the field and the mountain. Here in NH we have a lot of mountains, but they blend with the landscape, not spring from it.


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Chronic hepatitis B infection can lead to cirrhosis, hepatic failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Current therapies are successful in a minority of patients. Approximately 19 percent of patients respond to interferon alfa, and 10 to 15 percent respond to lamivudine (Epivir). The long-term efficacy of current agents may be worse. For lamivudine, viral resistance is reported in more than one half of patients within three years. Janssen and colleagues reasoned that the combination of interferon alfa and lamivudine in a long-term treatment regimen could improve sustained response rates in chronic hepatitis B infection.
The authors conducted a randomized, double-blind controlled trial at 42 centers in 15 countries to compare the safety and effectiveness of interferon alfa monotherapy with combination therapy using interferon alfa plus lamivudine. Participants were at least 16 years of age and had been positive for hepatitis B surface antigen for at least six months. In the eight weeks before randomization, participants were required to be positive for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) on at least two occasions and to have two documented measurements of alanine transaminase levels that were at least twice the upper limit of the normal range. Patients were excluded from the study if they had antibodies against hepatitis C or D viruses or if they were positive for human immunodeficiency virus. Patients with a history of antiviral or immunosuppressive therapy within the previous six months; pregnancy or inadequate contraception in women; substance abuse; liver, thyroid, psychiatric, or serious medical conditions; and inadequate leucocyte, granulocyte, or platelet counts also were excluded. After screening, patients were randomly assigned to therapy with 100 mcg pegylated interferon alfa-2b once per week plus 100 mg lamivudine (combination therapy), or to monotherapy using 100 mcg pegylated alfa-2b weekly plus a daily placebo. After 32 weeks, the interferon dose in both groups was lowered to 50 mcg per week. Patients were monitored at outpatient clinics every four weeks during the 52 weeks of the study and for 26 weeks after treatment. In addition to monitoring of laboratory markers and reported adverse effects, participants underwent liver biopsy at the beginning of the study and were offered repeat biopsy after treatment.
Of the 307 patients randomized, 266 (87 percent) were included in the analysis. Reasons for exclusion included non-adherence with medication or follow-up visits, clearance of HBeAg before starting therapy, and problems in data verification from one study center. The patients in the two treatment groups were comparable at recruitment and at conclusion of the study. By the end of the 52 weeks, significantly more patients using combination therapy responded with loss of HBeAg (44 percent compared with 29 percent). However, by the end of the follow-up period (at 78 weeks), 35 percent of the combination therapy group and 36 percent of the monotherapy group had sustained response. This pattern was shown in two other markers of hepatitis B infection. Fibrosis scores improved in 33 percent of the 52 combination therapy patients who agreed to two biopsies, compared with 22 percent of the 58 patients assigned to monotherapy. Biopsies revealed deteriorating fibrosis scores in 38 percent of available patients in both treatment groups. Regardless of treatment group, the sustained response rate was significantly influenced by the hepatitis B virus genotype. For genotypes A and B, the sustained response rates were 47 and 44 percent, respectively. For genotypes C and D, the comparable rates were 28 and 25 percent. Side effects were common, especially influenza-like syndrome, which affected 62 to 74 percent of patients. Thirty-two serious adverse effects were reported, of which one half were attributed to therapy. Despite adverse effects, 91 percent of patients remained on therapy after the study.
The authors conclude that combination therapy was superior to monotherapy over 52 weeks, but this advantage was not sustained during follow-up. They emphasize that long-term use of lamivudine is contra-indicated because of drug resistance, and that the virus genotype is a key predictor of response to antiviral therapy.
Janssen HLA, et al. Pegylated interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lamivudine for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a randomised trial. Lancet. January 8, 2005;365:123–9.


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Mammoth medical operation awaits trapped Thai cave boys
Rescue workers rest inside Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, on July 7, 2018. (Reuters)
Reuters, Chiang Rai Saturday 07 July 2018
Thirteen fully staffed medical teams stand ready round the clock outside a cave in Thailand -- each with its own helicopter and ambulance -- one for each of 12 boys and their coach trapped inside as a daring rescue gathers pace.
With oxygen levels dropping and rainstorms forecast, time is running out on a plan to teach the boys - some as young as 11 and not strong swimmers - to make a dive through narrow, waterlogged passageways that would challenge experienced cavers.
Medical staff involved in the mission told Reuters their first assessments will focus on the boy's breathing, signs of hypothermia and an airborne lung infection known as 'cave disease' which is caused by bat and bird droppings and can be fatal if it is untreated and spreads to other parts of the body.
Authorities have not ruled out laying an oxygen line and leaving the boys inside for months until monsoon rains clear if their efforts over the next few days fail.
"We have set up 13 teams for each of the children," said Major General Pramote Imwattana of the Army Medical Department in charge of the medical operation at the Tham Luang cave complex near Thailand's northern border with Myanmar.
Each boy will have a devoted medical unit consisting of at least one doctor, two nurses, a paramedic and an ambulance, one medic told Reuters, on condition of anonymity because she wasn't allowed to speak to media.
Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers are seen trying to find alternative entrance to the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand. (FB screen grab/Reuters)
After the initial assessment, the group will be driven by ambulances to makeshift helipads and airlifted to the Chang Rai hospital some 70km away, Pramote said.
"It takes 10 minutes to get from our field medical tent to the helipad and about 15 minute in the air to the hospital."
Medics have been conducting regular drills at the camp, ferrying would-be patients in stretchers hundreds of metrers through thick mud from the cave's entrance to the road where the ambulances -- assembled from across the country -- wait.
Videos of the boys after their discovery on Monday showed them looking frail, thin and exhausted. But they appear to have remained in good spirits, and the head of the rescue mission, Narongsak Osottanakorn said Saturday that the boys' health was the "best yet" as were the conditions to spring them to safety.
Heartfelt letters delivered by divers from the boys to their family waiting outside the cave on Saturday spoke of them feeling healthy and strong and wanting to go home.
Men standby near ambulances outside Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 7, 2018. (Reuters)
Getting to the muddy bank where the boys sought refuge takes a nearly 11-hour round trip through 4 km of winding submerged pathways and fast-flowing freezing water.
The death of a former Thai Navy seal who fell unconscious during a dive in the cave on Friday, underscores the challenge that awaits the boys.
"Hypothermia is the scariest condition. The body temperature drops as the water is very cold," said the medic, adding that a whole section of the hospital had been set aside for the boy's treatment.
"But what we're most concerned with is infections. There are all kinds of diseases in the cave, from bats, from dirty water. Everything in there is very dirty."
She said histoplasmosis, also known as "cave disease" was one concern as was leptospirosis, an infection caused by bacteria which can lead to severe bleeding from the lungs or even meningitis.
When Chilean miners were rescued after more than two months trapped underground in 2010, some were suffering from pneumonia, lung conditions from inhaling dust and dental and eye problems.
Aside from the physical illness, there is also the psychological strain of living in the dark hundreds of meters underground. Insomnia, depression and post-traumatic stress will all have to be monitored in the weeks after.
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Living With Limits: Staying Positive While Surviving ALS
Nov 7, 2016 | All Blog Posts, Nonprofit Spotlights
During the summer of 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took social media by storm, as millions of people across the world doused themselves, and each other, with buckets of ice water. Though there were some who may have associated the challenge as a way to goof off or participate in a new trend, the real goal behind the challenge was to raise awareness about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
ALS, also known to many as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It is a debilitating disease, which leads to paralysis, respiratory failure, and eventually death. What is worse – there is no cure.
The ALS Association estimates that there are about 30,000 Americans currently living with ALS, and on average, there are more than 5,600 people diagnosed a year.
Diane's Story
In November 2015, Diane Mummaw, a friend and industry colleague of ReEmployAbility, was diagnosed with ALS.
"When I was diagnosed, I knew very little about the disease," Diane said. "Of course, I was aware of the Ice Bucket Challenge, but very little beyond that."
The more Diane learned, the more she realized that this disease will not only affect her, but it will have an impactful and lasting effect on her family and friends as well.
Diane says she is fortunate to be surrounded by such a great support system.
(From left to right: Diane's son, Mike; daughter-in-law, Britney; Diane; and daughter, Samantha)
Preparing for What Lies Ahead
"There is nothing that can really prepare you for what lies ahead," she said. "There are so many things you need to consider when you begin this journey, and no one's journey is ever the same. This disease has a unique effect on everyone. But I did realize that eventually, I will have to rely heavily on my family to get through this."
Because this disease eventually leads to paralysis, Diane knew that she would have to be proactive and start renovating her home and making the proper arrangements to make that transition easier.
"My home renovations are in full swing and I'm staying with my son and daughter-in-law during the chaos," she said. "I expect my home to be completed in the next two weeks and I'm very excited by all that is being done."
Renovations include a bathroom expansion with a zero entry shower, the widening of doorways inside and out, and new flooring throughout her house.
Diane has been very fortunate as her progression has been – what her neurologist has claimed to be – unusually slow. The disease often leads to rapid nerve and muscle loss.
"I am very fortunate to report I have only suffered some minor additional loss to my arm and hand strength," she said. "I continue to deal with fatigue, but I'm learning to manage it."
Though she is strong enough to continue working for now, she will go on disability in January.
"Once I go on disability, it will give me an opportunity to spend more time with my family and dedicate more time to my advocacy," she said.
Fighting for Awareness
Since her diagnosis, Diane has not only spent her time finding out all that she can about her disease, she has also devoted her time to becoming an ALS Advocate and spreading awareness about ALS. This year, Diane traveled to Washington, DC with her son and other advocates for the National ALS Advocacy Day and Public Policy Conference. There she shared her story with Congress and learned about the latest policies and initiatives.
"It was important for me to make this trip," Diane said. "You never know how this disease will affect you, or how quickly. I am glad I went. Not only did it give me an opportunity to hear other stories, it was a way for me to connect my story with what is happening in Washington."
According to the ALS Association's website, the policy issues included legislation to waive the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability benefits for people living with ALS and further support of the Dormant Therapies Act of 2014, which provides incentives to drug makers to develop medications that may not be profitable. She said that the trip was eye-opening and she is looking forward to heading back to Washington in 2017.
Not only is the disease a physical burden for those diagnosed, the disease also carries a hefty financial burden. Diane said that the projected annual cost for a patient is $75,000, much to which is paid out of pocket, as many of the medical costs associated with the disease are not covered by insurance.
In an effort to help Diane with the high cost of the disease, her friends and family set up a Go Fund Me page. GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money.
"I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by such an amazing support system," she said. "Their continual support and love is really what is helping me get through this with such optimism and hope. I am blessed to have them in my life."
Her Go Fund Me page has currently raised over $30,000. Her family and friends have also created a team to participate in the Walk to Defeat ALS that will be held in Orlando on March 12, 2017. You can join Diane's team or donate here. All funds raised for the walk will go to the ALS Association.
Leaving a Legacy of Hope
For over 20 years, Diane has been running Free State Staffing, providing adjusters career opportunities within the insurance industry. She is currently grooming her son, Mike, to take over her role when she retires and acts as a consultant for the company.
In January, Free State Staffing will host a legacy party in her honor. It is an opportunity for everyone to pay tribute to Diane and to express the contribution she has made in their life.
Two people that will be in attendance is ReEmployAbility Co-founders, Debra Livingston and Frances Ford. Both have known Diane for over 20 years, and as they reflect over their time spent with her, they both expressed admiration of her inspirational business acumen, her grace, and her upbeat, positive attitude.
"Diane's spirit has always been filled with such grace and optimism," Debra said. "It is amazing that she hasn't lost any of that through such a life-changing event. If anything, it has only enhanced those qualities and shed light on her strength and perseverance as well."
Frances added, "Those qualities will help her not only in her battle with the disease, but with all of her advocacy initiatives as well. She is intelligent, driven, and is a fighter. There is no doubt that she will do amazing work, not only in her own journey, but helping others through theirs as well."
Diane's fight, advocacy, and optimism has been inspirational. Being diagnosed with a terminal, debilitating disease could – understandably – possibly lead to feelings of hopelessness. For Diane, it has had the adverse effect. She remains optimistic, grateful, and blessed.
"I have always loved the quote, 'It is what it is…,'" she said. "I have always found it interesting that the rest of the quote is, '…because something is not as it should be.' I think it perfectly applies to how I look at this disease. Something is not right but I can only deal with what I have each day! I'm grateful all the time that the disease seems to be progressing slowly for me. Many of the ALS community are not so lucky."


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Lipoxygenase (LOX)-null soybean lines that lack LOX 2, or LOX 2 and 3, and contain normal (8.0-8.6%) or low (2.0-2.8%) linolenate (18:3) amounts were evaluated for their oil qualities and storage stabilities. Soybean oils of six genotypes were extracted by both laboratory- scale and pilot-plant systems and were refined, bleached, and deodorized in the laboratory. Citric acid was added to oils during the cool-down stage of deodorization. Two replications, separated at the point of conditioning, were evaluated for each genotype. Under storage conditions of 55-60°C in the dark, soybean oils with low 18:3 contents were significantly (P=0.05) more stable as measured by peroxide values than were oils with normal 18:3 contents, regardless of the LOX content of the beans. The volatile analysis showed few differences between oils with low and high 18:3 contents or among oils from bean that lack different LOX enzymes. After 16 d of storage, the amount of 1-octen-3-ol than did the oils that lacked LOX enzymes. Storage at 35°C under light showed no differences in volatile amounts or sensory evaluations after 14 d of storage. During storage, peroxide values tended to be lower in oils from beans with normal 18:3 content and in oils from beans with normal LOX content. Generally, the absence of LOX 2 or LOX 2 and 3, although having a small effect on lipid oxidation, was not as important to oil quality as was the 18:3 content.


Over Marshall's three wins this past week, senior forward Ryan Taylor averaged 25.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per contest.
If you would have said before the season started that the team atop the Conference USA standings after the first two weeks of conference play would be the Marshall Thundering Herd, some would have said you were crazy.
What's even crazier, at least to some, is that it's actually the case.
The Thundering Herd, armed with one of the more electric offenses in the country, are currently 4-0 against Conference USA foes, and are a half-game ahead of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders for top spot. Marshall has topped the 100-point mark three occasions, going 2-1 in those games.
Four players have played in at least 14 games this year, and are averaging 11.6 points per game, or more.
One of those players is senior forward Ryan Taylor, who is stuffing the stat sheet despite missing three games earlier in the year.
This past week was no different for the big man. The Thundering Herd took to the hardwood three times, and came away with three impressive wins. Taylor was a big part of all three, recording three double-doubles in the wins.
For his efforts over the past seven days, a stretch that saw him average 25.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per contest, Marshall forward Ryan Taylor has been named the College Court Report Player of the Week for January 2 – 8, 2017!
Entering the week, Taylor was coming off one of his quieter games of the year, a 6-point, 7-rebound performance in a 94-70 win to open up conference play over the Florida International Golden Panthers on New Year's Eve.
On Monday, in Marshall's first game of 2017, Taylor was back to filling up the stat sheet on both ends of the court.
The Thundering Herd came away with the 89-72 road win over the Florida Atlantic Owls, and Taylor was a big factor in the victory. He scored a season-high 31 points, and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the way for the Thundering Herd.
Taylor became just the fourth player in program history to record 1,400 points and 800 rebounds for his career in the win.
He also shot 65.0% (13-of-20) from the field. All of this was a sign of things to come for the rest of the week.
Up next, on Thursday night, was a home date against the Old Dominion Monarchs. While this time they needed overtime, the Thundering Herd came away with the 90-86 win, and Taylor picked up right where he left off against the Owls.
He recorded 21 points and 13 rebounds for his second-straight double-double, while also adding 5 blocks in the win. It was also his fourth game shooting 50.0% or better from the field, as he finished the night going 7-of-13 (53.8%) from the floor.
To cap things all off on Saturday, Taylor had one more impressive performance in him.
Against the Charlotte 49ers, Taylor went off for 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 assists in the Thundering Herd's 110-93 victory. The win pushed the win streak to four games for Marshall, and extended Taylor's double-double streak to three.
Again, he shot better than 50% from the field, going 9-of-14 (64.3%) from the field, and 2-of-3 (66.7%) from three point range.
Thanks to Taylor's big week, Marshall closed it out atop the Conference USA standings at 4-0, and 11-6 overall on the year.
Over Marshall's three wins, the native of Indianapolis, IN averaged a casual 25.3 points, 13.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 2.3 blocks per game. He shot a combined 29-of-47 (61.7%) from the field, 3-of-7 (42.9%) from three point range, and 15-of-25 (60.0%) from the free throw line.
For the year, Taylor is averaging 15.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. He is ranked third on the team in scoring, and is the team's top rebounder. The fact that Taylor is the team's third leading scorer, while averaging close to 16 points per game, is bad news for the rest of the teams in the Conference USA as the season progresses.
Marshall has several guys who can hurt you, so if one player draws a double-team, another offensive weapon is open.
If Marshall wants to stay near the top of the conference standings, performances like this from Taylor will certainly help their case. Sitting at 11-6 overall, and 4-0 in conference play, the Thundering Herd have been a pleasant surprise over the first half of the 2016-17 season.
Thanks to three straight double-double performances, all of which resulted in wins, Marshall senior forward Ryan Taylor has been selected as the College Court Report Player of the Week for the week of January 2 – 8, 2017!


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#include "pvpanic.h"
#include "bugcheck.tmh"

static KBUGCHECK_CALLBACK_RECORD CallbackRecord;
static KBUGCHECK_REASON_CALLBACK_RECORD DumpCallbackRecord;

KBUGCHECK_CALLBACK_ROUTINE PVPanicOnBugCheck;
KBUGCHECK_REASON_CALLBACK_ROUTINE PVPanicOnDumpBugCheck;

VOID PVPanicOnBugCheck(IN PVOID Buffer, IN ULONG Length)
{
    //Trigger the PVPANIC_PANICKED event if the crash dump isn't enabled,
    if ((Buffer != NULL) && (Length == sizeof(PVOID)) && !bEmitCrashLoadedEvent)
    {
        if (BusType & PVPANIC_PCI)
            *(PUCHAR)Buffer = (UCHAR)(PVPANIC_PANICKED);
        else
            WRITE_PORT_UCHAR((PUCHAR)Buffer, (UCHAR)(PVPANIC_PANICKED));
    }
}

VOID PVPanicOnDumpBugCheck(
    KBUGCHECK_CALLBACK_REASON Reason,
    PKBUGCHECK_REASON_CALLBACK_RECORD Record,
    PVOID Data,
    ULONG Length)
{
    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(Data);
    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(Length);

    //Trigger the PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED event before the crash dump.
    if ((PvPanicPortOrMemAddress != NULL) && (Reason == KbCallbackDumpIo) && !bEmitCrashLoadedEvent)
    {
        if (BusType & PVPANIC_PCI)
            *PvPanicPortOrMemAddress = (UCHAR)(PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED);
        else
            WRITE_PORT_UCHAR(PvPanicPortOrMemAddress, (UCHAR)(PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED));

        bEmitCrashLoadedEvent = TRUE;
    }
    //Deregister BugCheckReasonCallback after PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED is triggered.
    if (bEmitCrashLoadedEvent)
        KeDeregisterBugCheckReasonCallback(Record);
}

VOID PVPanicRegisterBugCheckCallback(IN PVOID PortAddress, PUCHAR Component)
{
    BOOLEAN bBugCheck;

    KeInitializeCallbackRecord(&CallbackRecord);
    KeInitializeCallbackRecord(&DumpCallbackRecord);

    if (SupportedFeature & PVPANIC_PANICKED)
    {
        bBugCheck = KeRegisterBugCheckCallback(&CallbackRecord, PVPanicOnBugCheck,
                    (PVOID)PortAddress, sizeof(PVOID), Component);
        if (!bBugCheck)
        {
            TraceEvents(TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, DBG_POWER,
                "Failed to register bug check callback function.");
        }
    }

    if (SupportedFeature & PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED)
    {
        bBugCheck = KeRegisterBugCheckReasonCallback(&DumpCallbackRecord,
                    PVPanicOnDumpBugCheck, KbCallbackDumpIo, Component);
        if (!bBugCheck)
        {
            TraceEvents(TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, DBG_POWER,
                "Failed to register bug check reason callback function.");
        }
    }
}

VOID PVPanicDeregisterBugCheckCallback()
{
    BOOLEAN bBugCheck;

    if (SupportedFeature & PVPANIC_PANICKED)
    {
        bBugCheck = KeDeregisterBugCheckCallback(&CallbackRecord);
        if (!bBugCheck)
        {
            TraceEvents(TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, DBG_POWER,
                "Failed to unregister bug check callback function.");
        }
    }

    if (SupportedFeature & PVPANIC_CRASHLOADED)
    {
        bBugCheck = KeDeregisterBugCheckReasonCallback(&DumpCallbackRecord);
        if (!bBugCheck)
        {
            TraceEvents(TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, DBG_POWER,
                "Failed to unregister bug check reason callback function.");
        }
    }
}


RIP iPhoto & Aperture. Apple has just release Yosemite 10.10.3 which not only includes the usual set of bug fixes and optimizations, it includes a brand new application, Photos. Photos is the photo application that replaces both iPhoto and Aperture (although both of those applications will no longer be updated, they will continue to work for the foreseeable future). We'll review some of the features and requirements of Photos and we'll discuss the consequence of moving to the new program. If you have questions, we urge you to not migrate your existing Library until you attend out meeting so you can ask them.
We'll also talk about few newer utilities on the social apps scene that seem interesting and we'll show a tool that will help you determine if some of those phishing (scam) email messages you get once in a while are real or not.


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What is Sistory?
The Past is Female Too
The Recent Past: Dorothy Counts
Caroline February 24, 2017 October 14, 2017 Sistories, The Past is Female Too
Dorothy Counts was just 15 years old when she bravely took on a task that no kid should have to endure. She was one of the first black students to enroll at an all-white school, in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1956.
Imagine the meanest, worst-behaved 15-year-old boys you've ever encountered. Now add a thick coat of racism, total non-intervention by teachers and school staff, and the fact that a black girl entering an all-white school was entirely unprecedented, and you might get some idea of what Counts experienced as she walked into the school.
Emma Warlick, married to the leader of the White Citizens Council — yes, that was a thing — egged on the harassers, telling the boys to "keep her out" and calling out to the girls that they should "spit on her, spit on her!" This was an adult. A wife. A grown woman who came out to the school that day just to ensure that Dorothy would be tormented.
Photo by Don Sturkey, Charlotte Observer
This should emphasize just how very alone Dorothy was that day, without any protection from school administration or other supervising adults. Though three other black students would brave integration that year, they were enrolled at other schools. But Dorothy was not there to make friends. Dorothy was there to get her education, mind her business, and survive the day without getting assaulted.
For four days, she was spat on, called names, leered at and jeered at. When she walked, her tormentors stayed close enough to breathe down her neck, while others threw rocks at her. When she sat down, they threw trash at her.
After four days, it was too much. Dorothy's parents pulled her out of the school, afraid of what might happen, and the family moved to Philadelphia where she enrolled in an integrated school. It took Charlotte 12 more years to finally integrate schools and busing. 12 more years. Three times the amount of time a person spends in high school.
If these sort of stories sound like the distant past, an embarrassing time in our nation's history that we've all recovered from, I have some bad news for you. Not only is school segregation still a thing, but Dorothy Counts is still very much around. She's not an elderly wisp of days gone by, either — she's youthful and active. She's a mother and a grandmother. She does speaking engagements. She's on Facebook.
This past is still quite present. Ruby Bridges, the icon of school desegregation in New Orleans, and all but one of the Little Rock Nine are still around. Many of these courageous pioneers are still fighting the fight today, including Dorothy Counts, who became an activist for equality in education and runs a nonprofit, Child Care Resources Inc., that advocates for improved access to child care in Charlotte.
Yes, in Charlotte. She moved back and built a life there, backdropped by the scene of her tested strength.
Photo: Time Warner
She was never contacted by any of the white students who had been there with her as she courageously entered that school, until 2006 when she received a letter from Woody Cooper.
Woody had been in the crowd that day, captured in the photos by Charlotte Observer photographer Don Sturkey. He hadn't tormented her, but he hadn't helped her, and each examination of the pictures led him to conclude that failing to step up was just as bad. Prompted by his guilt and his Christian faith, Woody reached out to Dorothy. Somewhat incredibly, the two embarked on a kind of friendship, doing speaking engagements together. Dorothy attended Woody's funeral in 2010.
Others came out of the woodwork, tracked down by Charlotte Observer reporter Tommy Tomlinson. Ronnie Hall told Tomlinson he was part of a group of white students that threw rocks at blacks watching from afar, and had attempted to tip over the Counts' family car. Marty Wilson, who reunited with Counts in 2007, told Tomlinson, "You do things that, looking back, you can't believe you did. All we knew was that she was different from us and we didn't want her there."
Dorothy's long, solitary walk into Harding High School impacted not just her, but the lives of her tormentors, the city of Charlotte, the fabric of America. James Baldwin was so moved by Dorothy's story that he came back from Europe to the United States to fight racial inequality rather than escape it.
He wrote: "History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us."
Dorothy Counts, Ruby Bridges, the Little Rock Nine — children and teenagers that bravely fought with their feet — are not from a time long past. But they are from history, our history, which we would be wise to carry with us.
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http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/August-2010/Where-are-They-Now/Dorothy-Counts/
https://nchistorytoday.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/dorothy-counts-enrolls-at-charlottes-harding-high-school-1957/
http://tommytomlinson.com/?page_id=66
http://interracialmarriageandfamily.com/dorothy-counts-brave-soul/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article66900492.html#storylink=cpy
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I'm crying out loud as I sit in my car reading this cautionary tale. Crying for the courage of People like Dorothy Counts, crying about the hate that consumed the hearts of people like Emma Warlick and crying over that James Baldwin quote. Why can't we learn?
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This is Part 2 of the Banshee Scream tutorial. In my previous tutorial I showed how to create a banshee scream effect from a wide shot; today I'll show you how to make the effect from inside the scream. I made this shot for my short film Agents Of Evil 2: Supercharged. In the tutorial I use Video Copilot's Sequencer script, and their Aftershake preset. Thanks for watching!
Hi, my name is Maxwell Swet. I have been interested in special effects for a long time, but what really got me started was watching Star Wars for the first time about 3 years ago. I started out doing lightsaber effects in LSmaker, moved up to FxHome EffectsLab, and then to After Effects in 2010. Since then I have been learning a lot about visual effects and filmmaking. I love my Savior Jesus Christ, without him life would be meaningless.