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The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Department of Fine and Performing Arts is pleased to announce that this year's Winter Arts Festival will take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, in the main building on the CBNA campus. The festival will open at 6 pm to a student exhibition of entries to The Scholastic Art Awards in the Multi-Purpose Room. At 7 pm the CBNA Select Chorus will formally open the evening followed by a presentation of visual art award certificates. The Poetry for Performance class will next present a dramatic reading followed by vocal selections by the CBNA Concert Chorus and a performance by the Acting class. The evening will conclude with the CBNA Concert Band. Students, faculty, friends and community members are all invited. As in the past, this special evening in the arts helps provide additional financial support for supplies and repairs that cannot be planned for in advance. Your continued generosity is greatly appreciated. Admission is free to all participating students, while general admission is $5 per person or $20 for a family of four or more.


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The siege has also been slowed by the unexpectedly large number of civilians in Baghouz, most of them families of IS members. Over past weeks they have been flowing out, exhausted, hungry and often wounded. The sheer number who emerged – nearly 30,000 since early January, according to Kurdish officials – took the Syrian Democratic Forces by surprise.


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I started doing yoga here and there to stay in shape after I graduated college from MSU in 2004. It wasn't until after my daughter was diagnosed with severe food allergies and eczema soon after she was born in 2006 that I began practicing yoga close to 6 times a week. I discovered not only what yoga could do for my body but more importantly for my mind and soul. It allowed time to focus on me so that I could relieve stress and worry, coming out of the yoga room calm and strong...physically and mentally! I was able to focus on making a clean, comfortable and healthy environment for my daughter and really appreciate my amazing husband rather than just being consumed by stress and anxiety.
In addition to my training with Joan Rosen at Body of Works Yoga in Springfield, I completed my Sumits Hot Yoga Teacher Training in July of 2009 (shout out to my awesome hubby, parents, in-laws and Mark Monroe who helped make this happen!) and am certified through the Yoga Alliance. As a yoga instructor, I constantly feel the urge to share the gift of yoga so that everyone can experience at least one of the many benefits that it has to offer. Sumit Hot Yoga has allowed me to deepen my focus and embrace the many things our minds and bodies can do rather than looking at what they may not be able to do.
In my spare time I enjoy being able to coach the MSU cheer team, spend time with my family, friends and dog (Marley) and go to the lake. I am so grateful for everything that Sumit Banerjee has brought into my life, and am blessed to be able to share my love for his work with my students.
I began practicing yoga in 2005, and although at that time I didn't realize all of the amazing benefits of a consistent practice, I did immediately fall in love with the way I felt after a class. After awhile I started to see that just by spending a little bit of time on my mat, I was healing not only my body, but also my mind and soul. Bikram Yoga was introduced into my life in 2007 after I moved to Chicago as a way to combat the cold Chicago winters in a heated yoga room, and also to continue practicing yoga in a different way. After a few classes of getting used to the heat I was addicted, and began introducing hot yoga to my family and friends when they came to visit. I moved back to Springfield in early 2009 and was thrilled to find Sumits Hot Yoga - Springfield. I was even more excited at the opportunity to teach Sumits Yoga to others, and I completed my teacher training in Phoenix, Arizona, with Sumit Banerjee in the summer of 2009. I hope my students feel the same peace and fulfillment that I do at the end of each class, and look forward to passing my passion for yoga on to others. I want to thank my fiance Tony, my parents, Sumit Banerjee and Mark Monroe for making this amazing opportunity possible!
Classes at Sumit Hot Yoga flow to music through a sequence of both balancing and energizing asanas (poses) in a heated practice environment. At Sumits Yoga, we understand the healing aspect of heat. In a yoga class, you practice poses that require stretching and compression of the joints, muscles, ligaments and other supporting structures of the body. Your body naturally protects itself from physical exertion by generating heat from the inside muscles outwards. We start with the heat up front…providing extra protection from the very first poses. Another added benefit is that your body burns fat more effectively. It's not uncommon for our students practicing regularly to lose inches of shape in a relatively short time.
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Story of Pensmore, the 72,000-square-foot under construction in Highlandville, MO.
In the Midwest, Steve Huff is aiming to build the ultimate tornado-proof home. Mr. Huff, a software entrepreneur, is building a 70,000-square-foot reinforced-concrete, chateau-style home in rural Christian County, Mo. The home, known as Pensmore, has 12-inch-thick walls and ballistic-proof windows that have been tested to withstand the equivalent of a two-by-four board traveling at 40 miles an hour, mimicking the speed at which debris can be hurtled during a big storm. "If a tornado came up, you'd be foolish to leave this house," Mr. Huff says.
Mr. Huff, who is an investor in a concrete company, says that the home will also be resistant to intruders: "It would be like trying to drill your way through a bank vault."
When it is completed in early 2014, it will be one of the largest private homes in America. Mr. Huff says he plans to have lots of extended family stay with him, as well as visiting writers, scientists and other students who may want to study the safety and environmentally sustainable technologies used to construct the home.
With its turrets and picturesque setting in the Ozark mountains, this house should be like a fairy-tale castle. But this vast 72,000 square-foot gothic château has been drawing bemused comments from across the U.S. The private home in southwest Missouri being made from concrete and will be one of the largest in the country when it is completed.
It is the brainchild of millionaire concrete company chairman Steven T.Huff.
There is another 23,020 square-feet of space in the basement and the garage is 4,000 square-feet.
Luke Pinkerton who is working on the building said the idea was to create a home that uses very low energy, as well as having strong resistance to tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, fire, flood and insect damage.
The home is less than 90 miles from Joplin, which was devastated when it was hit by a tornado that killed 159 people in May.
He is building the home using materials manufactured by his Wisconsin-based company TF Concrete Forming Systems.
The local planning office has been fielding calls from all corners of the country about the massive construction.
'It's got to the point where it's capturing national attention,' said Todd Wiesehan, planning and zoning administrator for Christian County.
Called Pensmore, the home includes two elevators, 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, a billiard room, a home theatre, a music room and a 1,600 square-foot library.
Blueprints submitted in 2007 show the main level and second story span 44,641 square-feet.
A building permit shows that the cost of just the materials being used to build the home is $6.89 million.
Pensmore, which sits on 500 acres of land, has been in construction since 2007, said Mr Wiesehan.
He estimates it's another year or two away from completion.
Steven T. Huff Family LLC applied for the permit in March 2008, just days before the county's new planning and zoning regulations took effect. The property is grandfathered in. "We have not completed any inspections on the actual structure. We don't have that ability," Atchley said.
The project manager -- Steven's brother, Joe Huff -- did invite county workers to the site. "It's our understanding it is an ICF -- basically an insulated concrete form structure," Atchley said. The family may be protecting the construction itself. They could be interested in trying to keep it confidential for a possible patent.
he says will demonstrate durable, energy-neutral technology.
No matter why the property owners are private, the structure stands out in the rolling hills of the Ozarks. The blueprints show two elevators, 15 bedrooms, a 1,600-square-foot library, and a nearly 1,300-square-foot master bedroom.
Steven Huff is reportedly an engineer and chief technology officer of Overwatch Systems, Ltd. According to the company's website, it delivers multi-source intelligence to the defense department.
The permit for the Highlandville structure requires that one family live in it at one time. It also states the owners cannot rent, lease or sell any rooms.
Blueprints show the 23,000-square-foot basement will be used mostly for "storage." It will also include a billiard room, exercise room and home theater.
Huff stands next to a large window inside the property.
Steve Huff shows a handful of the tiny PolyTorx double-helix fibers, which he says dramatically improve structure durability.
The Pensmore mansion will be complete in a couple years, owner Steve Huff says.
The hilltop mansion features a panoramic view of the Ozarks.
The mansion's main wing will include a basement, two living floors and an attic.
Steve Huff, left, smiles for a photo with 92-year-old Ed Underhill and his son, Clark. Ed Underhill was the first mayor of Highlandville.
Steve Huff provides a tour to Ed Underhill, the first mayor of Highlandville, and his son, Clark Underhill.
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Q: Why does the github repo of CPython says it contains python code? Does the CPython Interpreter itself contain Python code? I could not find any answers on the internet.
When you go to the Github Repo, you see that it contains about 65% python code. But I could not really find any in what looked like interpreter/compiler code, that was all C.
Is there any?

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Urge government of Canada to do more to save 7 million people starving to death in Yemen.
The military blockade created by Saudi Arabia correlation in Yemen was supposed to be lifted days ago but still there is no movement. This leaves 20 million people in dire need. 7 million people are at the edge of famine in 2017. It is a shame for all humans.
When a missile launched toward Riyadh (Saudi Arabia capital) by Houthi rebels, Saudi Arabia responded by blockade of all commercial and humanitarian shipments which were already trickling in.
Act of Saudi Arabia against civilians in Yemen is a clear example of genocide and crime against humanity and Canada as a free and influential nation must do all in its power to stop that.
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Apair of Steiff teddy bears which had to be X-rayed by a vet to check their rarity have been sold for £10,400. The rod-jointed toys named the Roosevelt Bears had been owned by one family since 1904, but "not played with much". Auctioneers in Gloucestershire had to X-ray them to check their rare joints. The bears were sold with an original copy of Seymour Eaton's storybook, the Roosevelt Bears, from where they got their names. Auctioneers Dominic Winter said rod bears were rare and having a well-preserved pair at auction was "an exceptional occurrence".
In December 2015, Davidd told us the tale of The Great Teddy Bear Shipwreck Mystery. The story goes that back in 1903 some three-thousand teddy bears were sent by ship from Steiff's factory in Germany to America only for them to disappear. The bears were made and packed up for shipment, but there is no record of them ever reaching their destination and none of the US-bound bears has ever been found. The templates, patterns and even photos of the bears exist but not even one sample was kept. One popular explanation is that there was a shipwreck and the bears had a watery end. All that is certain is that if just one of these bears turned up today it would be 'open chequebook' time for museums and collectors. After all, these were the first teddy bears ever made.
For some time now, Razzi has been asking if we could get him a Steiff Bear as a little companion. Although he already has Pookie, I thought it might be a good idea. Because of the history of the Steiff Company, to bring one of their bears to join us here at Jammy Toast would be fantastic. After searching for a while, we discovered that the most expensive Steiff Bear ever sold was a Steiff Monaco Bear which sold for £130,190. It was dressed by Louis Vuitton and sold at a charity auction in Monaco. Razzi said he had to have one of those!
Margarete Steiff was born in Giengen, Germany on 24th July 1847. Margarete was a very lively, well-built child and led a carefree life until she became ill with polio before her second birthday. She was destined never to walk and to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Her mother, above all, found this very difficult. She would have to care for her daughter for as long as she lived. Her daughter would never be able to take on the role of housewife and mother and, at the time, it seemed as though she had absolutely no prospects for the future.
Who Invented The Teddy Bear?
For many years people on both sides of the Atlantic have argued over who invented the teddy bear. In Germany Steiff have long laid claim to inventing teddies while in America a couple by the name of Morris and Rose Michtom have claimed to have invented the teddy after seeing a cartoon in the Washington Post featuring President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt hunting real bears. Upon investigation it has been proven that Margarete Steiff and the Michtoms both came up with very different designs for a teddy bear around 1902. Here at Jammy Toast we thought it was about time we did some investigating and try to prove once and for all who really did invent the teddy bear.
Who Really Invented The Teddy Bear?
Many rare teddy bears have gone on display in a new exhibition on the history of the cuddly bear in Hampshire. The exhibition is being held at Portsmouth City Museum and features some very early examples of teddies as well as famous bears from books, films and television. The display includes a teddy version of Shakespeare's Globe theatre using more than fifty Steiff bears. All the bears are on loan from London's Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood and admission is free.


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Q: Why would Arjuna fail to start with ARJUNA012391? (Cross posted to narayana-user on google groups) 50,000 foot overview
I am refactoring a large legacy application to java 17, addressing several generations of technical debt. Part of the refactoring includes swapping out hte defunct bitronix transaction manager for the Narayana + Arjuna combination.
At application launch, Arjuna is failing to start with the exception ARJUNA012391: Could not initialize object store 'null' of type 'com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.objectstore.ShadowNoFileLockStore' .
Work so far:
I have traced into the ObjectStoreAPI initStore(String name) to see there is an InvocationTargetException
I have confirmed that:

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*the Arjuna environment variables are set to -Duser.dir=C:/arjuna/user -Duser.home=C:/arjuna/user

*the empty object store directories have been created by arjuna, and

*the directory permissions allow the application full control

*the classLoader's reflective calls to the constructor are not prohibited by the visibility

*the unlogged root exception is com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.ObjectStoreException: ARJUNA012225: FileSystemStore::setupStore - cannot access root of object store: PutObjectStoreDirHere\ShadowNoFileLockStore\defaultStore\

*The directory C:\arjuna\user\PutObjectStoreDirHere\ShadowNoFileLockStore\defaultStore exists and the jvm has full control of it

Log excerpt:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'schedulerFactoryBean' defined in com.maxis.mxarchive.SchedulerConfig: ARJUNA012391: Could not initialize object store 'null' of type 'com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.objectstore.ShadowNoFileLockStore'
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1751)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:599)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:521)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:326)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:324)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:254)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1405)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1325)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.resolveFieldValue(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:709)
    ... 56 common frames omitted
Caused by: com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.exceptions.FatalError: ARJUNA012391: Could not initialize object store 'null' of type 'com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.objectstore.ShadowNoFileLockStore'
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.initStore(StoreManager.java:160)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.getActionStore(StoreManager.java:111)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.getRecoveryStore(StoreManager.java:68)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.ActionStatusService.<init>(ActionStatusService.java:65)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectConstructorHandleAccessor.newInstance(DirectConstructorHandleAccessor.java:67)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:500)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.ReflectAccess.newInstance(ReflectAccess.java:128)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.ReflectionFactory.newInstance(ReflectionFactory.java:306)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:684)
    at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.ClassloadingUtility.loadAndInstantiateClass(ClassloadingUtility.java:135)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.TransactionStatusManager.start(TransactionStatusManager.java:125)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.TransactionStatusManager.<init>(TransactionStatusManager.java:58)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.TxControl.createTransactionStatusManager(TxControl.java:196)
    at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.TxControl.<clinit>(TxControl.java:273)
    at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.BaseTransaction.begin(BaseTransaction.java:96)
    at org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager.doJtaBegin(JtaTransactionManager.java:877)
    at org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager.doBegin(JtaTransactionManager.java:840)
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.startTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:400)
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:373)
    at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerAccessor.registerJobsAndTriggers(SchedulerAccessor.java:209)
    at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(SchedulerFactoryBean.java:507)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1797)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1747)
    ... 66 common frames omitted

A: Under the covers, the objectStoreDir is computed as a relative path, ignoring the user.dir property, at least in the case of the Windows file system.
Instead of depending on the internal (hidden) directory concatenation, explicitly set the property to an absolute path so as to bypass the "user.dir" system property, something like "-DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.objectStoreDir=C:/tmp/xyz"


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17-Year-Old Invents Low-Cost Mine Detector Using Sound Waves
By Jill PantozziApr 4th, 2012, 11:02 am
I'd say I'm sick of hearing about teenagers doing more than I'll ever accomplish in my entire life but I can't do it, honestly. These kids are amazing. The latest? Seventeen-year-old Marian Bechtel. She's a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search thanks to a low-cost device she created that can detect land mines using sound waves. Yup, like I said, amazing.
If the Intel Science Talent Search sounds familiar, that's because we've written about it on The Mary Sue before. Specifically Samantha Garvey, the homeless teen who was also vying for a spot in the finals. Garvey unfortunately didn't make it to the last round but Bechtel did thanks to her invention.
"Using sound waves to determine where explosives are located, the device is a standard metal detector equipped with microphones and a seismic vibrator," writes the Huffington Post. "Her idea came about when she played certain notes on the piano and noticed that the strings of a nearby banjo would vibrate — she then decided to investigate whether the same principle could be applied to detecting landmines in warzones."
Well, yes, *cough* that would have been my assumption in the same situation as well.
Bechtel's parents work in geology and she placed some of her inspiration for the idea on them as well. "Years ago they got connected with an international group of scientists working on a project called RASCAN, developing a holographic radar device for detecting land mines," she told MSNBC. "I met all of these scientists and talked with them about their work and the land mine issue. I was really touched and inspired by what they had to say."
This young lady didn't walk away with the grand prize of the contest, that honor went to Nithin Tumma for his breast cancer research, but don't be surprised if you see Bechtel's work being developed down the road. Listen to the highly intelligent teen speak about her impressive project.
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs April 2
ERIN MILLER: Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2021 Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs from the historic Proctor District in beautiful Tacoma, Washington. I'm Peaks & Pints bartender Erin Miller and I'm thrilled we're hosting another Tournament of Beer. Now in its fifth year, this year's Peaks & Pints bracketed beer competition pits 64 Washington and Oregon double IPAs against one another in frothy head-to-head matchups voted on by craft beer enthusiasts. Joining me is another OG Peaks bartender, Nicole Allen.
NICOLE ALLEN: Thanks Erin! What a day! What a day! First, we must relay the obvious restrictions. Peaks & Pints promotes good sportsmanship by breweries, brewers and fans. We request your cooperation in supporting the craft beer community in a positive manner. Profanity, derogatory comments and other intimidating actions directed at officials, brewery representatives and other craft beer drinkers will not be tolerated, as well as stacking votes online. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a safe and positive game environment. Respect, it's the name of the game.
MILLER: Before we get into the nitty gritty of the Tournament, we need to address two things: What is a double IPA and what the hell was up with all the trailhead posts leading up to the Tournament.
ALLEN: I got the style. The first India pale ales originated in Great Britain as a modestly hopped pale ale, with just a little bit more hop flavor than other beer. Years later, American brewers started using newfangled hops such as Cascade, which Anchor's Liberty Ale and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale use to great effect, giving the beer big citrus aromas and flavor. Next, Lagunitas Brewing founder Tony Magee brewed his Lagunitas IPA in the mid-1990s, invented the West Coast IPA, which is all about the hops with pine and citrus notes. Then along came Vinnie Cilurzo who brewed the first double IPA at his Blind Pig Brewing in Temecula sometime in 1994. Bam! The double IPA was a thing. Soon after, Cilurzo left Blind Pig to work at Russian River Brewing, which he eventually bought. He first brewed Pliny the Elder in 2000, for the first double IPA festival in Hayward, California.
Peaks & Pints bartenders Erin Miller, left, and Nicole Allen discuss the Tournament of Beer rules.
MILLER: The name Blind Pig was Prohibition slang for a speakeasy, referring to a police officer that would turn a blind eye.
ALLEN: The double IPA, also known as an imperial IPA, takes both alcoholic strength and hop intensity to new levels. These big, bold IPAs have a strong hop profile with resiny, piney and/or citrus tones, depending upon the type of hops in the recipe. There should be some maltiness that lends balance and flavor complexity. Strength should range from 7.5 percent to 9.99 percent ABV, at least in my book. Many hop-centric beers seem to be in a race to out-bitter each other. I'm more reserved in what I like in a hoppy beer — I look for something solidly hopped with a bit of malt sweetness for balance. Unfortunately, you and I, Erin, and the rest of the Peaks crew, can't vote in this Tournament, baby.
MILLER: The no-vote rule applies to our boss, Pappi Swarner, too, who invented these crazy tournaments.
ALLEN: Crazier the latest two years with COVID.
MILLER: Indeed. Pappi wanted to change the name of this Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs to Tournament of Beer: NW Double Trouble. As you may remember, we held last year's Tournament of Beer: West Coast Flagship during a very COVID April 2020. The shutdown was announced on the last day of Pappi's pre-Tournament research tour. A month before every Tournament he tries to drive to all 64 breweries to drink the beer, chat with brewers and snap photos of the beers with the bartenders pouring them. Last year, the virus seemed to be four days behind him the whole way, and he snapped the last photo at an empty Iron Horse Brewery, the day before the March shutdown.
This year, he skipped the pre-Tournament brewery visits for obvious reasons. Instead, he began pairing the 64 nominated Northwest double IPAs with his second love, hiking. He gathered the double IPAs from our cooler, and other bottle shops, then hike with each double IPA at trailheads near the beer's brewery. It ensured less human contact and, well, as some much-needed exercise for the guy. That is, until an early Tuesday, March 23 morning. With a good portion of Washington state double IPAs paired with Washington trails, Pappi headed to Oregon with several boxes full of nominated beers. He logged in four hikes, grabbed a box of Voodoo Doughnuts, and enjoyed an available Pliny The Elder while gazing at the Willamette River from his Portland hotel room. During the night, ruffians smashed his car's window and grabbed most of the Tournament beer. They also took his Nalgene full of water, obviously to stay hydrated after drinking 50 or so double IPAs. With a two-day window repair time and almost all the nominated double IPAs brewed in Oregon gone, Pappi drove back to Peaks depressed, and rather cold. The Tournament tour was over.
ALLEN: Yeah, not good. Thankfully you talked him out of canceling the Tournament, suggesting us bartenders take it over. Sure, we'll mention the hikes, but with only half the hikes accomplished, it's best to move on from the outdoors thing and run this Tournament like years past — straightforward, head-to-head matchups voted on by craft beer enthusiasts who follow Peaks & Pints. As a reminder, the Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs features 64 imperial IPAs from Washington and Oregon, all seeded by public vote, and separated into four regions: Northern Washington, Southern Washington, Northern Oregon and Southern Oregon. The top 64 vote getters — the cream of the hops — will compete Monday through Friday on our website, April 2-24. Through online voting, double IPA drinkers will pick daily winners until the best double IPA is crowned.
MILLER: It's just like March Madness, only with way more piney hops. The Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPA grand champion will be announced at a reservation only Tournament of Beer Party (hopefully), April 24, at our craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant in Tacoma's Proctor District. We'll tap the final two doubles that morning and cut off the online voting at 8 p.m. then announce the winner shortly after. We hope the two breweries will be in the house to join in on the fun. Like every year, the champion brewery will receive a permanent handle at Peaks through the spring and summer 2021.
ALLEN: For those of you who are still reading, let's dive into today's opening round of eight double IPA battles. Please vote for one beer per game. Voting for today's double IPA battles ends at 11:45 p.m. Bartenders Justin and Shane will announce the winners tomorrow morning around 10 a.m. The next round of eight beer battles will commence at 10 a.m. Monday, April 5.
MILLER: Ladies and gentlemen, please join in the singing of our national anthem.
Allen: Thank you Carrie Underwood! OK, let's do this thing!
Friday, April 2, First Round Northwest Double IPA Games
GAME 1, NORTHERN WASHINGTON
Player: Astral Projection (#1 seed)
Team: Holy Mountain Brewing, Seattle
NOTES: There are more than 430 breweries in Washington state, but there's only one Holy Mountain, which debuted in October 2014, and instantly blew up through word-of-mouth. Colin Lenfesty and Mike Murphy opened the Seattle brewery after gaining experience at Schooner Exact Brewing Co., Bainbridge Island Brewery and Westland Distillery. The two, well-respected local beer veterans gained quick respect for their outstanding farmhouse and sour barrel-aged beers. Their juicy, unfiltered Astral Projection double IPA needs to be added to the "outstanding" list.
Let's Break It Down: 8.5% ABV • Mosaic, Galaxy, and Citra hops • pair Astral Projection with a hike up Mount Si
MILLER: Holy Mountain's Astral Projection was seeded number one by a large margin — the third highest nomination votes in the Tournament. This year's Astral Projection batch was brewed for Holy Mountain's sixth anniversary back in January.
ALLEN: If a pint of Astral Projection sits in a room, you'll know it immediately by its fruit splash aroma. On the tongue, it's creamy, juicy hoppy, and fruity all the way. Astral will be tough to beat.
Player: Googly Eyes (#16 seed)
Team: Wander Brewing, Bellingham
NOTES: Colleen and Chad Kuehl wander. The Midwesterners wandered into each other at the University of Iowa many years ago, then wandered around the world. Then engineer Chad wondered about craft beer, eventually attending the American Brewer's Guild in 2011 before working at Hilliard's Beer in Seattle. They wondered what would happen if they started Wander Brewing in Bellingham. After brewing Google Eyes, we wonder if they wonder how they could ever top it. The hazy double IPA offers big tropical notes, oranges, with an earthy dank resin flavor.
Let's Break It Down: 8.5% ABV • flaked oats, unmalted wheat • Citra, Strata, Mosaic, and Chinook hops
MILLER: If we brought food trucks into the mix, the adorable Pete's Poutine food truck parked outside Wander Brewing could change the outcome of the game. So damn delicious!
ALLEN: Holy Mountain, hello!
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Player: Wisdom Seeker (#8 seed)
Team: Black Raven Brewing, Redmond
NOTES: In 2000, Mississippi homebrewer Robert "Beaux" Bowman moved to Washington and landed at Mac and Jack's Brewing in Redmond. After that he worked at Far West Ireland Brewing (now closed), The Ram, and Lazy Boy Brewing, and anywhere else that needed his services. In April 2009, Beaux and Kat Gillespie opened Black Raven Brewing Company in Redmond. His Wisdom Seeker double IPA is brewed in the West Coast double IPA style with tons of orange citrus with some grapefruit and resin on the nose. On the tongue, we get more pine and resin with some citrus fruit, a little onion and light herbal notes.
Let's Break It Down: 8.9% ABV • 85 IBU • Summit, Nugget, Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra hops • Pair Wisdom Seeker with the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
MILLER: Black Raven has a huge flock of followers. In fact, before COVID, they still had long lines at festivals, with their kegs often tapping out early. Wisdom Seeker sells well in the Peaks cooler, in fact all Black Raven beers sell well.
ALLEN: Folklore and mythology present the raven as an omniscient creature with special powers and abilities. That's certainly going to come in handy during this tournament.
Player: The Brother (#9 seed)
Team: Fremont Brewing, Seattle
NOTES: Long-time environmentalist, community organizer and homebrewer Matt Lincecum brought his bank statement to a well-known real estate developer to lease space for his startup craft brewery in the middle of a recession in the "center of the universe" aka Seattle's funky Fremont neighborhood. Apparently $10,000 and awesome homebrewed beers CAN get you somewhere. In August 2009, Lincecum kegged his first Fremont Brewing craft beer. Today, Fremont is regarded as one of the best craft breweries in Washington state, and known throughout the land. In addition to its reputation for consistent quality and innovation, Fremont Brewing is a recognized leader in sustainable brewing operations and community engagement. Fremont's The Brother, hits the nose with mango dipped in citrus juice, lying amongst spring grasses and tastes of medium sweet malt with hints of dried dark fruit.
Let's Break It Down: 8.5% ABV • 1 billion IBU • Centennial, Chinook and Citra hops with Amarillo extract
MILLER: The Brother was the first beer Fremont Brewing developed in their Imperial Series. It was inspired by the Seattle brewery's desire to thank brothers everywhere. You might notice my past tense. The Brother has been discontinued making way for Fremont's Disco Wolf Hazy Double IPA. That said, it's still in the Tournament with a long history of awesomeness.
ALLEN: The Brewers Association recently released their annual list of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and Fremont was listed at number 45, with the only other Washington brewery on the list is Georgetown at 28. That's pretty damn impressive.
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GAME 3, SOUTHERN OREGON
Player: Sticky Hands (#2 seed)
Team: Block 15 Brewing, Corvallis
NOTES: The original Block 15 Brewing sits heart of downtown Corvallis, only a few blocks from Oregon State University. The brewery's name hails from Corvallis' previous incarnation as Marysville and the old plat map location from the old town. In late 2011, homebrewers Nick and Kristen Arzner opened the brewery and restaurant serving beers true-to-style with ingredients imported from different parts of the world, along with all the Willamette Valley produced grains, hops, fruits, herbs and yeast. Its Sticky Hands double IPA is a "Hop Experience Ale" featuring ample additions of sticky, resinous, lupulin packed hop buds grown in the Pacific Northwest.
Let's Break It Down: 8.1% ABV • 100 IBU • Block 15's privately banked Brewers yeast
MILLER: Sticky Hands begins with an aromatic blast of tropical fruits, citrus and dank herb; transitions into luscious hop flavor; and ends with a balanced bitter finish.
ALLEN: At times it feels like you're chomping into a dank piece of weed — and if your thing is hops, this is your beer.
Player: HopHead (#15 seed)
Team: Bend Brewing, Bend
NOTES: Bend Brewing Co. was established in 1995 and is the second oldest brew pub in Bend. Located in historic downtown Bend, right on Mirror Pond, the ownership changed close to five years ago when Packy and Leslie Deenihan purchased the beloved brewery from Wendy Day. Since its purchase the new owners have added a massive outdoor space, added a northeast Bend production facility and hired former Three Creeks Brewing head brewer, Zach Beckwith. Prior to joining Three Creeks, Beckwith brewed at the former New Old Lompoc on Northwest 23rd Avenue in Portland. A year ago, Beckwith revamped Hophead modernizing the classic recipe with a renewed focus on intense hop flavor and increased drinkability over bracing bitterness.
Let's Break It Down: 8.5% ABV • 100 IBU • Chinook, Centennial, Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe
MILLER: I've been driving to Bend for years. HopHead has been very popular, even winning the gold medal at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival. But, I get it. Tastes have evolved and changed over the past 15 years.
ALLEN: It's a solid, bitter IPA full of grapefruit and resiny goodness. Can it beat Sticky Hands? The votes will tell.
Player: Resin Nation (#7 seed)
Team: Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver
NOTES: When Brett Thomas became head brewer, he turned Sunriver Brewing Co. from a ski resort brewpub to a fast growing, award-winning brewery that even the beer geeks are now keeping their eyes on, including those who nominated Resin Nation into the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs. Thomas moved on to director of Brewery Operation, handing over the head brewer job to Patrick Raasch who continues to dump 8 pounds of hops per barrel into Resin Nation for layers of pine oil, tropical fruit, citrus and blueberries.
Let's Break It Down: 8.6% ABV • 80 IBU • Pale malt • Simcoe, Mosaic, Amarillo
MILLER: Thomas has earned the brewery multiple GABF gold medals. He is a 2010 Falconer Foundation scholarship recipient and a 2011 graduate of the American Brewers Guild with a degree in Intensive Brewing Science and Engineering. If he and Raasch take this seriously, and why wouldn't they, Resin Nation could see Final Four action.
ALLEN: If Sunriver Brewing wins it all maybe they can hook us up with a sweet vacation at Sunriver Resort.
Player: Tricerahops (#10 seed)
Team: Ninkasi Brewing, Eugene
NOTES: Ninkasi, the mythical god of beer, would be afraid of this Ninkasi Brewing double IPA. Hops explode in the nose, cascading pithy grapefruit, sticky pinesap and floral notes atop a caramel foundation. It hits the tongue hard with sweet caramel before a blend of hops offer floral, fruity, and earthy notes, yet with a malt background. It's hop-forward, full-bodied and strong. Yet the balance with the malt lends enough depth and a spicy complexity to make Tricerahops a worthy opponent in the Tournament of Beer.
Let's Break It Down: 8% ABV • 84 IBU • Chinook, Cascade, Summit, Centennial and Palisade hops
MILLER: Ninkasi was the ancient Sumerian tutelary goddess of beer (and alcohol). She symbolized the socially important role of women in brewing and preparation of beverages in ancient Mesopotamia. Ninkasi, the brewery, should channel that awesomeness.
ALLEN: Dinosaur means "terrible lizard" in Greek. I bet Tricerahops vs. Godzilla and King Kong would be a good battle.
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Monday, April 5 Tournament of Northwest Double IPAs action …
Game 1: Wet Coast Two Flights Up (sixth seed) vs. Heathen Son of Malice (11th seed)
Game 2: Backwoods Double Cutt (third seed) vs. Sig Terraformation 1.5x IPA (14th seed)
Game 3: Laurelwood Megafauna (fifth seed) vs. Ex Novo Dynamic Duo (12th seed)
Game 4: pFriem Double IPA (fourth seed) vs. Ruse Interpreter (13th seed)
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Legal implications of shooting a movie along a public sidewalk with dozens of people
In a lot of movies and TV shows, there will be a scene where an actor will be walking along a busy sidewalk, and there will be dozens of people behind them, and perhaps even one or two people coming up alongside them and perhaps moving ahead. In this case, the person's head will be clearly identifiable. Even some of the people in the back of the actor could be close enough to be identifiable.
Now my understanding of model releases (which I believe apply to photography also, or they are very similar) is that no release is necessary for taking a photo of an identifiable person in a public place unless the photo will be used for commercial purposes. Now it would seem to be the latter will apply to movies.
So how is this handled? First of all, am I misinterpreting the rules of a photo release? If not, if one or more person(s) come up alongside the actor, are these people usually actors (or extras) also? I imagine this could be the case, at least in some cases, since filming is going on and unless it is being done with a portable camera quite a bit of equipment could be involved. What about the dozen or more people behind the actor? Are these extras, i.e. have they closed down the entire sidewalk just for this shot and not allowed any "common" folk?
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In almost all cases, yes, those are extras in the background. – KSmarts Mar 6 '15 at 22:02
General crowd releases can be used, particularly when you don't need to control the crowd. These are common in general exterior shots and when shooting reality TV.
But, in your example, this is very unlikely because you don't want the people recognizing your talent and messing up the shot. If the principal talent is in the scene, you can pretty much bet it's a controlled set and everyone on camera is a paid extra.
In film making, and particularly when shooting TV shows, time is of the essence. You can't afford to deal with random people who can't be controlled messing with your talent, your gear, or staring directly into the camera making a shot unusable... or making noise (all of the crowd noise is added in post so that the dialogue can be recorded cleanly). Additionally, you will likely need to repeat the shot multiple times from different angles and need the extras to all be in the same place regardless of the angle.
It's not visible in the shot but shooting takes a lot of gear and a lot of people. Even if you're just using a Steadicam rig, you still need to worry about sound (boom op), lighting (bounce boards, flags, or even actual lights if it's night time). You don't want unknown people interacting with this stuff or the people operating it. And, if you're not using a Steadicam, you've got a huge camera on a dolly, complete with dolly track in addition to all of that other stuff... or on a crane, if you're crazy.
Here's a photo of Hugh Jackman because... well.. it's Hugh Jackman:
The Lady in the Red Dress from the Matrix. This is an obvious example of using extras for a variety of reasons (control, wardrobe etc.) but it is still a good example of the sort of control required in a film set.
Most cities have permits allowing for the closing of city streets, sidewalks and other public areas for the purpose of filming (here's the one for New Orleans). There's generally a nominal fee related to this. Production will often even have the option of hiring off-duty uniformed police to control both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Cities that get a lot of film traffic can often perturb the locals if certain locations are particularly popular for shooting and closed of on a regular basis.
Now, does it ever happen that a film chooses to use an uncontrolled set for a sidewalk scene? Yes. Here's a famous example from Midnight Cowboy:
According to Dustin Hoffman, this scene was shot on an open set and they were actually nearly run over by the cab in the shot:
It was a low-budget movie. Nobody wanted to make this movie, Midnight Cowboy. People walked out during previews; it was considered filthy in 1969. Very low budget. Consequently, on Sixth Avenue, there was no money to stack it with extras.
So it's what they call a stolen shot. We have radio mikes on, the van is across the street, we rehearse it by ourselves. You know, the director John Schlesinger, me and Jon Voight.
And we do it, and the first take a cab jumps the light … I wound up saying, 'I'm walkin' here!' But what was going through my head is: 'Hey, we're makin' a movie here! And you just f–ked this shot up.' But somehow something told me you'd better keep it within the character.
And this is exactly why it happens pretty rarely on films/TV shows that can afford to hire extras and pay to close off the street... If that cab driver hadn't stopped, Hoffman could have been injured or killed... fortunately, they instead got what has since been named #27 on the list of AFI's 100 years... 100 Movie Quotes.
Now, to actually answer your legal question for this case - As you get at in the question, you don't actually need a video/model release unless you're using it for commercial purposes. What you're confusing is the term commercial. In this case, they mean commercials as in advertisements. Films are not commercials, they fall into the category of informational use, also called editorial use. They are commercial enterprises and earn studios lots of money but they are not commercials.
Here's a great explanation from the Stanford University website:
Whether you need to obtain a release depends on why you want to use a person's name or image. If your use is for commercial purposes—for example, using a person's photo in an advertisement—you need to obtain a release. If your use is for informational purposes such as a documentary film or news article, you may not need a release. However, even if a release is not required, you should be careful that your use does not defame or invade the privacy of the individual. If there's any potential that your use might violate these laws, a release will provide legal protection.
You do not need release to use a person's name or image for informational purposes. An informational (or "editorial") purpose is anything that informs, educates, or expresses opinions protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution—freedom of speech and of the press. An informational use would include using a person's name or photograph in a newspaper or magazine article, educational program, film, nonfiction book, or informational website.
Now, as the site says, it's still a good idea to get individually-signed releases from anyone who shows up on camera... and PAs are often deployed with a stack of releases and pens to get releases signed by everyone who walks in front of the camera or on to the set.
On Extras
And because you seem to be a bit distracted by common folk, remember that extras pretty much are. Anyone can be an extra. Someone could be walking down the street near where the shoot is filming, catch the eye of production and get drafted into walking through the shot... I've seen it happen. I was near my university and saw them closing off the street in front of the iconic Hi How Are You? mural... I hung around to see what was going on and, magically, here comes a sedan carrying Drew Barrymore... They're shooting a scene for her directorial debut, Whip It.
That guy with the purple Mohawk? He was just walking by set and got grabbed by a PA after Barrymore saw him and they asked him to walk through this scene.
Catija♦Catija
The general crowd release is like what the print on the back of a sports event ticket (like a baseball game) so they can show you on TV if they want ("Kiss Cam" etc.) Hadn't thought of using that for a movie. The Matrix video was fun to watch, but of course that was exactly opposite of what I am referring to -- the Matrix crowd was obviously extras, and the people on the New York sidewalk on Law & Order SVU (which inspired my question) looked exactly like a normal street scene (which was the director's intent). – tcrosley Mar 7 '15 at 0:55
@tcrosley I hope the extended answer explains for you why it's inadvisable for any film or TV show to use uncontrolled people on set. – Catija♦ Mar 7 '15 at 2:41
Wow, what an edit. I wish I could upvote again. Thanks for all the additional information, and in particular the difference between commercial use and informational use. Still seems there could be some grey areas there sometimes. – tcrosley Mar 7 '15 at 6:20
@tcrosley Glad to help! The first post was from my phone, actually, and I wanted to get back to expand on it. Glad I had time and was able to help. I learned a lot, too... my husband pointed out the I'm walking here! stuff, actually, and I thought it was perfect to add. – Catija♦ Mar 7 '15 at 6:24
Phenomenal answer, as interesting as any I've read. Well done – queeg Mar 14 '15 at 18:46
We used to put up a sign: "If you walk past this sign, you grant all rights to your image appearing in the xxx film "yyy". No one ever called and tried to get money for their image in a movie when that was employed. That said, some cities, some populations are inherently litigious. Chicago comes to mind. People wanted to sue for their restaurant sign being photographed. Others, for people standing on their sidewalk watching us shoot. Once, while shooting at night in L.A., a couple driving a car, paid more attention to us than to the traffic and banged into the guy in front of them at a light. I asked our off duty LAPD officer to speak with the people and get their info, in anticipation of a claim. He came back and said, "They wouldn't give their name. They're not here legally." So sometimes you get sued for nothing; sometimes you don't when the respondent has a cause of action. We strive to make Producer's Best Effort to demonstrate how hard we work to get along with the public. We put plastic covers over the cable that runs from the generator parked on the street to the building where we're shooting interiors so no one trips. Do what you can; treat everyone well; hope for the best.
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Deciduous, low vegetation favored by arthropods
Acadia National Park is one of the most beautiful and popular places to visit in Maine, for tourists and residents alike. With so many visitors, Acadia is a hotspot for exposure to tick borne diseases, which are on the rise in the state. A new study from the University of Maine has found clusters of tick populations in the park, which could help inform prevention strategies for tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease.
Former UMaine master's student Sara McBride, now a medical entomologist for the Indiana Department of Health, and Allison Gardner, associate professor of arthropod vector biology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology, led a team of researchers from UMaine, Cornell University, and the National Park Service in overlaying tick surveys with ecological habitat feature data to model the risk of exposure to tick-borne disease in Acadia.
The researchers collected blacklegged ticks at 114 sites across the park over two years and mapped that data out on the park's landscape features. The results showed that tick density varies significantly across the park, but is particularly high in areas with deciduous forest cover and relatively low elevation, especially the northeast area of Mount Desert Island.
The researchers collected blacklegged ticks at 114 sites across the park over two years…
"Understanding the spatial distribution of tick exposure risk in the park may ultimately inform practical environmental and public health management strategies," says Gardner. "For example, the National Park Service could post informational signage in areas that have high tick densities, or build boardwalks in known tick habitat."
The researchers then chose 19 of the sites and looked more deeply at the microclimate conditions, vegetation, and activity of tick host species like mice and deer to further explore the fine-scale patterns of tick distribution. They found significant differences in microclimate conditions and vegetation across the sites, but not in host activity. Mean temperature and mean humidity at the sites correlated with tick nymph populations and may provide a link between landscape features and blacklegged tick densities.
"Sara [McBride]'s study is novel in her attempts to link broad associations between tick densities and landscape features with the fine-scale microhabitat conditions that are directly experienced by ticks and may influence their survival and host-seeking behavior," says Gardner.
The researchers also tested ticks and small mammals in the area for multiple tick-borne pathogens and found a variety of them, including the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis. Therefore, the results could help inform the exposure risk for different areas of Acadia National Park.
The study was supported by Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park through a Second Century Stewardship Fellowship.
The study was published Oct. 22 in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
A view of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING


So how I do it, aka how to sanitise a disk.
Well as it turns out, I wrote about it in, "Deleting files so they can't be recovered", and that is to use a product like Eraser. For a whole hard disk, I'd use one of these.
Use the Cipher command with a /W: switch.


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Finding Purpose: Facemask Making
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The Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place order means that we are home … all the time. Some of us are working more than ever, some of us are barely working and some of us have lost our jobs. Some of us are taking classes or helping our kids take classes. Some of us are parenting a lot more than we are used to. Some of us are lonely.
Many of us are looking for ways to help.
Two people with ties to Covenant are doing that by making facemasks. Covenant member Maria Raper and Covenant preschool teacher Julie LaChance quickly hauled out their sewing machines, rounded up fabric and got to work.
Rekindled Friendships, Positive Responses
Maria said she was depressed when businesses started closing. She was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a post from the Hospice Austin volunteer coordinator asking for volunteers to sew facemask covers for hospice clinical staff.
Maria said, "I thought, 'I can get the word out on this request. I can sew and I have fabric that would work for this.'"
So Maria went to work. She found patterns online and DIY videos. She joined a Facebook Group, Care Mask Covers for COVID-19. She started making washable masks that have fabric ties, channels for elastic, a pocket for an insertable filter and a nose channel built-in. "This mask takes more time to construct than some of the other patterns, but I am hoping that when this virus passes, people will continue using them, whether it's for yard work, allergies or keeping the dust out of your nose and mouth when cleaning out the attic."
When Maria started making masks, she had leftover quilt fabric, her mom's sewing machine and a big box of sewing notions. She reached out to neighborhood groups, and several people donated fabric. Maria started making masks by herself in a bedroom, has since moved to the family room and is now enjoying the help of her college-age daughter, Alana.
"In the beginning, the plan was to sew enough to give to Hospice and makeamaskaustin.com and stop. As the virus continued to turn our world upside down, my husband asked if we could make a few for his employees who had to still interact with the public. Then I learned that my god-daughter and niece and other friends were having trouble getting n95 masks and were trying to find fabric masks to cover them to make them last longer. So, I mailed some to Houston and Midland. Then I started worrying about my older friends in the church and sent a few more out."
Maria has now provided masks for family, high school and church camp friends, immune-compromised friends and even an Oregon friend she met through their mutual love of the Basenji dog breed. "There has been joy in sending these but even more joy in the friendships that have been rekindled as a result of these masks," she said.
Meaningful Task, Meaningful Fabric
Meanwhile, across town, Covenant preschool toddler teacher Julie LaChance and a good friend started researching facemasks; the two happened upon madeeveryday.com. The blog, written by a Georgetown seamstress, talked about making masks for hospital employees. Julie and her friend knew they could help. Not only were they proficient seamstresses, but Julie had worked at a sewing shop, so she had an ample supply of fabric.
Julie initially planned to provide masks for healthcare employees at Austin Regional Clinic, but after some back and forth, the clinic determined that it needed higher quality masks. So Julie emailed her parents and her family, and she offered masks to her neighbors and others who lived nearby. She started with her older neighbors, then emailed the entire neighborhood and posted the offer on her Facebook page. "I put a box on my porch and told people to come and get them. I made them for John's coworkers, my coworkers, even the employees at Twin Liquors. I made them for basically anybody that we knew."
Julie said there was a short break in demand, but the day we talked, Austin had just ordered everybody to wear a facemask outside their house.
"It's slowed down a little bit," Julie said. "I thought I was caught up, but with the new stay-at-home and masks rules, I've gotten more requests."
All told, Julie has made 220 masks (although that number has certainly grown since we chatted). The first weekend, her husband cut fabric and she completed 50 masks. She now averages between 10 and 20 a day, depending on how her three kids' school assignments are going and other things, like cooking, that come up. Julie sews in the bedroom. Her daughter hangs out with her, turns the fabric inside out and irons. They watch Glee while they work.
Julie says making facemasks has been a positive outlet. "It helps with my own anxiety about all this for me to be busy. I feel like I'm being useful.
"It's fun to use the fabric that I've had for a long time," Julie continued. "I've used scraps from the first quilt I made, and for a dress I made Lucy when she was little. All this fabric is meaningful for me, and I love it that it's going out into the world and being meaningful for someone else."
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Static Arts: Kingdom Hearts 2 Sora - Import Preorder
Sora swings a Keyblade in Square Enix's upcoming Static Arts: Kingdom Hearts 2 toy figure which features the spiky-haired hero of the KH2 game from 2005.
Sora stands on an ornate pedestal and seemingly twirls in place with kinetic energy. A good artist can make an inanimate object appear as if it's full of movement when it's really not. The sculpture measures 31cm or 12.20" in height and preorders are welcome to ship in late October 2008. Pricing is set at JPY9400 or US$108.90 from NCS.
Labels: Japan, Keyblade, Kingdom Hearts II, Sora, Toys
Lineage II Human Mage 1/8 Scale Figure - Import Preorder
Mages in old adventure games were generally male, wrinkled, and looked a lot like Gandalf from the Hobbit. An old school mage also wore robes and carried around a wooden staff that was as old and gnarly as he was. It wasn't a pretty sight.
NCsoft wouldn't have any of that when developing the Lineage MMORPG. Their mages would be young. Supple. Half nude. With sandy blonde hair. Good Smile Company has opened up preorders for the second figure in their Lineage II toy line and collectors are treated to the vision of a Human Mage who works her magic with a "metal" staff and apparel that we can only describe as medieval beach wear. The figure is set to 1/8 scale and measures 22cm or 8.66" tall and the sculpture is by Nakao Yoshimasa. Preorders are welcome to ship in late November 2008 at JPY6800 or US$68.90 from NCS.
Labels: Japan, Lineage II, Toys
Nendroid Shakugan no Shana - Import Preorder
Shana of Shakugan no Shana fame isn't human. She's really a Flame Haze that's been embodied into the frame of a teenager who goes to class, interacts with classmates, and looks very much like an average schoolgirl. An average schoolgirl who carries a sword and finally gets inducted into Good Smile Company's popular Nendroid line-up of toys. Preorders ship in late November 2008 at JPY3500 or US$35.90.
Labels: Nendroid, Shakugan no Shana, Toys
NDS KORG DS-10 Update
Another shipment of the KORG DS-10 Synthesizer will arrive tomorrow and we'll be able to process and ship 95% of our backorders on Thursday. Any remaining backorders and new orders will ship within a few days when our third batch arrives. As mentioned last week, we had to stagger our import shipments in batches due to the exclusivity of the title in Japan.
The KORG DS-10 software is entirely in English. There's not even a lil' bit of Japanese anywhere to be found.
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 DUO Deluxe Box
Surplus stock of the limited edition of Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 DUO will be available tomorrow and new preorders are welcome. All reservations will ship on Thursday. The limited edition of the game includes a number of goodies such as a special CD, a student guidebook, and angel/devil mascots. Photos of the bonuses in the bundle will be posted in tomorrow's website update.
GA-KO Alarm Clock
All preorders for the Metal Gear Solid 4 GA-KO Alarm Clock will ship tomorrow. The production was limited to only 2000 units from Konami but we'll be able to fill all of our reservations. We're all pre-sold out but if additional stock is made available to NCS next week, we'll update our websites accordingly.
Rhythm Tengoku Gold
Our vendors in Japan who aren't jaded by the business already and still play games are telling us that Nintendo's Rhythm Tengoku Gold is a work of genius. We're not sure if they're just trying to sell more product to us or if Ninty's latest really is a masterwork. We'll get to check it out tomorrow morning and we'll post our own impressions.
Crossed Swords for Neo-Geo CD - Clearance
Travel upon a medieval landscape and attack opposing knights and end level bosses in full-frontal action. The perspective is behind your on-screen protagonist and the player gets to attack, defend and use magic to progress to the end game.
Sale Offer: NCS' remaining inventory of Crossed Swords is new, factory sealed, and in mint condition. Price: US$16.90 per copy which includes "free shipping" within the United States by USPS Media Mail Service.
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namespace file_manager {
namespace io_task {

void RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus status) {
  UMA_HISTOGRAM_ENUMERATION(kExtractTaskStatusHistogramName, status);
}

ExtractIOTask::ExtractIOTask(
    std::vector<storage::FileSystemURL> source_urls,
    std::string password,
    storage::FileSystemURL parent_folder,
    Profile* profile,
    scoped_refptr<storage::FileSystemContext> file_system_context,
    bool show_notification)
    : IOTask(show_notification),
      source_urls_(std::move(source_urls)),
      password_(std::move(password)),
      parent_folder_(std::move(parent_folder)),
      profile_(profile),
      file_system_context_(std::move(file_system_context)) {
  progress_.type = OperationType::kExtract;
  progress_.state = State::kQueued;
  progress_.destination_folder = parent_folder_;
  progress_.bytes_transferred = 0;
  progress_.total_bytes = 0;
  // Store all the ZIP files in the selection so we have
  // a proper count of how many need to be extracted.
  for (const storage::FileSystemURL& source_url : source_urls_) {
    const base::FilePath source_path = source_url.path();
    if (source_path.MatchesExtension(".zip") &&
        chromeos::FileSystemBackend::CanHandleURL(source_url)) {
      progress_.sources.emplace_back(source_url, absl::nullopt);
    }
  }
  sizingCount_ = extractCount_ = progress_.sources.size();
}

ExtractIOTask::~ExtractIOTask() {
  DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(content::BrowserThread::UI);
}

void ExtractIOTask::ZipListenerCallback(uint64_t bytes) {
  progress_.bytes_transferred += bytes;
  speedometer_.Update(progress_.bytes_transferred);
  const double remaining_seconds = speedometer_.GetRemainingSeconds();

  // Speedometer can produce infinite result which can't be serialized to JSON
  // when sending the status via private API.
  if (std::isfinite(remaining_seconds)) {
    progress_.remaining_seconds = remaining_seconds;
  }
  progress_callback_.Run(progress_);
}

void ExtractIOTask::FinishedExtraction(base::FilePath directory, bool success) {
  if (success) {
    // Open a new window to show the extracted content.
    platform_util::ShowItemInFolder(profile_, directory);
  }
  // Release the unpacker parameters stored for the extraction.
  auto unpacker = unpackers_[directory];
  if (unpacker) {
    unpacker->CleanUp();
    // Wait for the task runner to clean up the UnpackParams object.
    while (!unpacker->CleanUpDone()) {
      // Yield until the cancellation tasks are done.
      base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::Microseconds(1));
    }
  }
  DCHECK_GT(extractCount_, 0);
  if (--extractCount_ == 0) {
    progress_.state = success ? State::kSuccess : State::kError;
    RecordUmaExtractStatus(progress_.state == State::kSuccess
                               ? ExtractStatus::kSuccess
                               : ExtractStatus::kUnknownError);
    Complete();
  }
}

// Recursively walk directory and set 'u+rwx,g+x,o+x'.
bool SetDirectoryPermissions(base::FilePath directory, bool success) {
  // Always set permissions in case of error mid-extract.
  base::FileEnumerator traversal(directory, true,
                                 base::FileEnumerator::DIRECTORIES);
  for (base::FilePath current = traversal.Next(); !current.empty();
       current = traversal.Next()) {
    base::SetPosixFilePermissions(current,
                                  base::FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_USER |
                                      base::FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_USER |
                                      base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_USER |
                                      base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_GROUP |
                                      base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_OTHERS);
  }
  return success;
}

void ExtractIOTask::ZipExtractCallback(base::FilePath destination_directory,
                                       bool success) {
  base::ThreadPool::PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(
      FROM_HERE, {base::MayBlock(), base::TaskPriority::USER_VISIBLE},
      base::BindOnce(&SetDirectoryPermissions, destination_directory, success),
      base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::FinishedExtraction,
                     weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), destination_directory));
}

void ExtractIOTask::ExtractIntoNewDirectory(
    base::FilePath destination_directory,
    base::FilePath source_file,
    bool created_ok) {
  DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(content::BrowserThread::UI);
  if (created_ok) {
    unzip::mojom::UnzipOptionsPtr options =
        unzip::mojom::UnzipOptions::New("auto", password_);
    scoped_refptr<unzip::ZipFileUnpacker> unpacker =
        base::MakeRefCounted<unzip::ZipFileUnpacker>();
    unpacker->Unpack(
        unzip::LaunchUnzipper(), source_file, destination_directory,
        std::move(options),
        base::BindRepeating(&ExtractIOTask::ZipListenerCallback,
                            weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr()),
        base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::ZipExtractCallback,
                       weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), destination_directory));
    unpackers_.insert({destination_directory, std::move(unpacker)});
  } else {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot create directory "
               << zip::Redact(destination_directory);
  }
}

bool CreateExtractionDirectory(const base::FilePath& destination_directory) {
  bool created_ok = base::CreateDirectory(destination_directory);
  // Make sure the directory is world readable.
  if (created_ok) {
    created_ok = base::SetPosixFilePermissions(
        destination_directory, base::FILE_PERMISSION_READ_BY_USER |
                                   base::FILE_PERMISSION_WRITE_BY_USER |
                                   base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_USER |
                                   base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_GROUP |
                                   base::FILE_PERMISSION_EXECUTE_BY_OTHERS);
  }
  return created_ok;
}

void ExtractIOTask::ExtractArchive(
    size_t index,
    base::FileErrorOr<storage::FileSystemURL> destination_result) {
  DCHECK(index < progress_.sources.size());
  const base::FilePath source_file = progress_.sources[index].url.path();
  if (destination_result.is_error()) {
    ZipExtractCallback(base::FilePath(), false);
  } else {
    const base::FilePath destination_directory =
        destination_result.value().path();
    base::ThreadPool::PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(
        FROM_HERE, {base::MayBlock(), base::TaskPriority::USER_VISIBLE},
        base::BindOnce(&CreateExtractionDirectory, destination_directory),
        base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::ExtractIntoNewDirectory,
                       weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), destination_directory,
                       source_file));
  }
}

void ExtractIOTask::ExtractAllSources() {
  for (size_t index = 0; index < progress_.sources.size(); ++index) {
    const EntryStatus& source = progress_.sources[index];
    const base::FilePath source_file = source.url.path().BaseName();
    util::GenerateUnusedFilename(
        parent_folder_, source_file.RemoveExtension(), file_system_context_,
        base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::ExtractArchive,
                       weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), index));
  }
}

void ExtractIOTask::GotFreeDiskSpace(int64_t free_space) {
  auto* drive_integration_service =
      drive::util::GetIntegrationServiceByProfile(profile_);
  if (progress_.destination_folder.filesystem_id() ==
          util::GetDownloadsMountPointName(profile_) ||
      (drive_integration_service &&
       drive_integration_service->GetMountPointPath().IsParent(
           progress_.destination_folder.path()))) {
    free_space -= cryptohome::kMinFreeSpaceInBytes;
  }

  if (progress_.total_bytes > free_space) {
    progress_.outputs.emplace_back(progress_.destination_folder,
                                   base::File::FILE_ERROR_NO_SPACE);
    progress_.state = State::kError;
    RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus::kInsufficientDiskSpace);
    Complete();
    return;
  }
  if (have_encrypted_content_ && password_.empty()) {
    if (uses_aes_encryption_) {
      RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus::kAesEncrypted);
    } else {
      RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus::kPasswordError);
    }
    progress_.state = State::kNeedPassword;
    Complete();
    return;
  }

  speedometer_.SetTotalBytes(progress_.total_bytes);
  ExtractAllSources();
}

void ExtractIOTask::ZipInfoCallback(unzip::mojom::InfoPtr info) {
  DCHECK_GT(extractCount_, 0);
  if (info->size_is_valid) {
    progress_.total_bytes += info->size;
  }
  have_encrypted_content_ = have_encrypted_content_ || info->is_encrypted;
  uses_aes_encryption_ = info->uses_aes_encryption;

  if (--sizingCount_ == 0) {
    // After getting the size of all the ZIPs, check if we have
    // enough available disk space, and if so, extract them.
    if (util::IsNonNativeFileSystemType(parent_folder_.type())) {
      // Destination is a virtual filesystem, so skip the size check.
      ExtractAllSources();
    } else {
      base::ThreadPool::PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(
          FROM_HERE, {base::MayBlock()},
          base::BindOnce(&base::SysInfo::AmountOfFreeDiskSpace,
                         parent_folder_.path()),
          base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::GotFreeDiskSpace,
                         weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr()));
    }
  }
}

void ExtractIOTask::GetExtractedSize(base::FilePath source_file) {
  unzip::GetExtractedInfo(unzip::LaunchUnzipper(), source_file,
                          base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::ZipInfoCallback,
                                         weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr()));
}

void ExtractIOTask::CheckSizeThenExtract() {
  for (const EntryStatus& source : progress_.sources) {
    base::SequencedTaskRunnerHandle::Get()->PostTask(
        FROM_HERE,
        base::BindOnce(&ExtractIOTask::GetExtractedSize,
                       weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), source.url.path()));
  }
}

void ExtractIOTask::Execute(IOTask::ProgressCallback progress_callback,
                            IOTask::CompleteCallback complete_callback) {
  progress_callback_ = std::move(progress_callback);
  complete_callback_ = std::move(complete_callback);

  DVLOG(1) << "Executing EXTRACT_ARCHIVE IO task";
  progress_.state = State::kInProgress;
  progress_callback_.Run(progress_);
  // If the backend can't handle the folder to unpack into or
  // there are no files to extract, finish the operation with an error.
  if (!chromeos::FileSystemBackend::CanHandleURL(parent_folder_) ||
      sizingCount_ == 0) {
    progress_.state = State::kError;
    RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus::kUnknownError);
    Complete();
  } else {
    CheckSizeThenExtract();
  }
}

void ExtractIOTask::Cancel() {
  progress_.state = State::kCancelled;
  RecordUmaExtractStatus(ExtractStatus::kCancelled);
  // Run through all existing extraction instances and cancel them all.
  for (auto unpacker : unpackers_) {
    if (unpacker.second) {
      unpacker.second->Stop();
      while (!unpacker.second->CleanUpDone()) {
        // Yield until the UnpackParams objects have been released.
        base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::Microseconds(1));
      }
    }
  }
}

// Calls the completion callback for the task. |progress_| should not be
// accessed after calling this.
void ExtractIOTask::Complete() {
  base::SequencedTaskRunnerHandle::Get()->PostTask(
      FROM_HERE,
      base::BindOnce(std::move(complete_callback_), std::move(progress_)));
}

}  // namespace io_task
}  // namespace file_manager

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Q: Are Developer Console - Statistics/KPIs accurate? I've been observing KPIs on Developer Console for a very long time and some statistics looks very inaccurate.
For example my "New Users Aquired" and "User Loss" always has a difference like -100. If I have for 1 Day  300 New Users, that means my User Lost will be around 400. This has been happening for years, regardless how well I try to optimise app by reducing Crash/ANR and improving user experience.
Same is with Store Listing Visitors, if they are 1000-1500 per day, this means my Store Listing Acquisitions will be between 200-300.  Each day is exactly the same.
Store Listing conversion rate is always low between 20-25%
Installed Audience daily drops by 30-100 and I see it very rarely to increase
All KPIs are totally predictable.
I Am just wondering if the KPIs are accurate and this is normal


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The item A hundred billion trillion stars, by Seth Fishman ; illustrated by Isabel Greenberg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in District of Columbia Public Library System.
Did you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth. Can you imagine that many of anything? The playful illustrations from New York Times'bestselling artist Isabel Greenberg and the friendly, straightforward voice of author Seth Fishman illuminate some of the biggest numbers in the universe'a hundred billion trillion stars'and the smallest'one unique and special YOU. Here is a book for story time, for science time, for math time, for bedtime, and all the times in between. Perfect for curious children, classrooms eager for STEM content, and readers who have devoured Ada Twist, Scientist and How Much Is a Million?