•C-41 - Kodak's standard chemical process for developing color negative film.
•Cable release - flexible cable used for firing a camera shutter. Particularly useful for slow shutter speeds and time exposures, when touching the camera may cause camera vibration and blurring of the image.
•Cadmium sulfide cell (CdS) - photo-sensitive cell used in exposure meters. Fed by an electric current from a battery, its electrical resistance varies according to the amount of light it receives.
•Callier effect - contrast effect in photographic printing caused by the scattering of directional light from an enlarger condenser system. The negative highlights are of high density and scatter more light with little or no scattering from negative shadow areas, which are of low density. This gives a print higher contrast than a contact print.
•Calotype process - first negative/positive process, invented by W.H. Fox Talbot in 1839. Paper was coated with silver iodide and a solution of silver nitrate and gallic acid. After exposure the paper was developed in a silver nitrate solution.
•Camera angles - various positions of the camera with respect to the subject being photographed, each giving a different viewpoint and perspective.
•Camera lucida - lens and prism system through which a virtual image was seen, apparently appearing on the surface of the drawing paper.
•Camera movements - mechanical systems most common on large format cameras which provide the facility for lens and film plane movement from a normal standard position.
•Camera obscura - origin of the present day camera. In its simplest form it consisted of a darkened room with a small hole in one wall. Light rays could pass through the hole to transmit on to a screen, and inverted image of the scene outside. It was first mentioned by Aristotle in the 4th Century B.C. and developed through the centuries as an aid to drawing.
•Camera shake - movement of the camera caused by an unsteady hold or support. It is a major cause of un-sharp pictures, especially with long focus lenses.
•Canada balsam - liquid resin with a refractive index similar to glass. It is used for bonding elements in compound lenses.
•Candela - unit which expresses the luminous intensity of a light source.
•Candid pictures - unposed pictures of people and animals, often taken without the subject's knowledge. These usually appear more natural and relaxed than posed pictures.
•Candle meter - also known as a lux and defined as the illumination measured on a surface at a distance of one meter from a light source of one international candle power.
•Candle meter second - unit of illumination related to exposure time, more often referred to as one lux-second.
•Capacitor - device that builds and stores electrical charges. Used in electronic flash and some forms of electronic shutters.
•Capping shutter - extra shutter used in some medium format cameras or in conjunction with a group of extreme high speed shutters.
•Carbon arc - see Arc lamp.
•Carbon process - contact printing process, introduced in 1866, using tissue coated with pigmented gelatin. The paper was sensitized in potassium bichromate and contact printed behind a negative in sunlight.
•Carbon tetrachloride - liquid used for removing grease and finger prints from negatives.
•Carbro process - early color print process using an adaptation of the carbon printing process.
•Carrier - frame that holds a negative flat for enlarging.
•Carte-de-visite - portrait photograph on a mount about the size of a postcard. Introduced in 1854, carte-de-visite became a social craze in many countries during the 1860s.
•Cartridge - quick loading film container. pre-packed and sealed by the manufacturer.
•Cassette - light tight metal or plastic container holding measured lengths of 35mm or medium format film, which may be loaded straight into the camera.
•Cast - overall bias toward one color in a color photograph.
•Catadioptric lens - see Mirror lens.
•Catchlight - reflection of a light source in the subjects eyes.
•Cathode ray tube - evacuated bulb of glass containing pairs of plates between which electrodes pass.
•Caustic potash - high alkaline used in high contrast developing solutions to promote vigorous development. Highly corrosive and poisonous.
•Caustic soda - see Caustic potash.
•CCD - electronic sensor used by all autofocus cameras, capable of detecting subject contrast.
•CC filter - abbreviation for color compensating filter.CC filters are designed primarily for introducing or correcting color bias at the camera exposure stage.
•Centigrade - scale of temperature in which the freezing point of water is equal to 0° and boiling point to 100° C.
•Changing bag - opaque fabric bag, which is light tight and inside sensitive materials may be handled safely.
•Characteristic curve - performance graph showing the relationship between exposure and density under known developing conditions. It can provide immediate comparative information on factors such as emulsion speed, fog level, and contrast effect. The study of photographic chemicals in this way is known as sensitometry.
•Chemical focus - point at which a lens brings the actinic rays to focus. In a modern fully corrected lens, chemical and visual focus coincide.
•Chemical fog - even, overall density on film or paper. It is exaggerated by over-development.
•Chemical reducer - see Reducers.
•Chemical vapor - method of exposing negatives in a closed container to a small amount of mercury of sulfur dioxide. After approximately 24 hours the film is developed normally. It produces interesting yet very inconsistent results.
•Chiaroscuro - light and shade effect. The way in which objects can be emphasized by patches of light, or obscured by shadow.
•Chlorhydroquinone - developing agent contained in warm tone developers.
•Chloride paper - printing paper with a silver chloride emulsion. Much less sensitive than bromide paper. Mainly used for contact printing.
•Chlorobromide paper - photographic paper coated with an emulsion made up of both silver chloride and silver bromide. Used for producing enlargements with a warm, slightly brownish-black image, especially if processed in a warm tone developer.
•Chlorquinol - alternate term for chlorhydroquinone.
•Chromatic aberration - inability of a lens to bring light from the same subject plane but of different wavelengths to a common plane of image or focus.
•Chromaticity - objective measurement of the color of an object or light source.
•Chromatype - early type of extremely slow paper used for contact printing.
•Chrome alum - alternative term for potassium chromium sulfate.
•Chromogenic development - process in which the oxidation products of development combine with color couplers to form dyes during processing.
•Chromogenic materials - color photographic materials which form dyes during processing.
•Chronocyclograph - photograph used for the analysis of complex cyclic movements.
•Chronophotography - technique pioneered by Eadweard Muybridge, for recording objects in motion by taking photographs at regular intervals.
•Cibachrome - color printing process that produces color prints directly from color slides.
•CIE standard - system of standards adopted by the Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage, allowing accurate descriptions of colors.
•Circle of confusion - disks of light on the image, formed by the lens from points of light in the subject. The smaller these disks are in the image the sharper it appears.
•Clayden effect - desensitizing of an emulsion by means of exposure to a strong, brief flash of light.
•Clearing agent - processing solution used to remove stains or to cancel out the effect of chemicals left on the sensitive material left from previous stages in the process.
•Clearing time - length of time needed for a negative to clear in a fixing solution.
•Clear-spot focusing - method of lens focusing achieved by examining the image through a transparent area in a specific plane.
•Cliche-verre - designs painted on glass in varnish or oil paint, or scratched into the emulsion of a fogged and processed plate using an etching needle. The results are then printed or enlarged on photographic printing paper.
•Click-stops - lens aperture controls using a series of bearings that click audibly into place at each numbered setting.
•Clip test - short sample of film, cut from the main exposed roll, used to determine the appropriate development and/or fixing time.
•Close-up - general term for an image of a close subject, i.e. filling the frame.
•Close-up attachment - accessory that enables a camera to focus on subjects nearer than the lens normally allows.
•Close-up lens - see Close-up attachment.
•CMYK - abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. It is the colors used in a four color printing process.
•Coated lens - lens with air-glass surfaces which have been coated with magnesium fluoride to reduce lens flare.
•Coherent light - light waves that vibrate with constant phase relationships. They can be produced by a laser or a combination of two prisms.
•Coincidence rangefinder - see Rangefinder.
•Cold cathode illumination - low temperature fluorescent light source common in many diffuser enlargers, which is inclined to reduce contrast and edge definition.
•Cold colors - colors at the blue end of the spectrum that suggest a cool atmosphere.
•Cold-light enlarger - enlarger using cold cathode illumination. A diffusion type of enlarger. These types of enlarger heads scatter the light more evenly across the surface of the negative. One advantage of the cold light head is that it can render more subtle tonal gradations and will minimize the effect of dust and scratches on the negative which are translated to the print.
•Collage - composition employing various different materials combined with original artwork attached to some type of backing.
•Collodion - soluble gun-cotton, dissolved in a mixture of ether and alcohol.
•Collodion process - also known as "wet collodion" was invented by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851-52. It was a great improvement over the earlier calotype process because because of the large increase in speed gained by exposing the plate while still "wet", but it had the disadvantage of requiring bulky equipment.
•Color balance - adjustment in color photographic processes ensuring that a neutral scale of gray tones is reproduced accurately.
•Color balancing filters - filters used to balance color film with the color temperature of the light source and prevent the formation of color casts.
•Color circle - chart of spectrum hues presented as a circle.
•Color compensatory filters - pale colored filters used to warm or cool subject colors.
•Color contrast - subjective judgment on the apparent luminous difference or intensity of two colors when placed close to one another.
•Color conversion filter - see CC filters.
•Color developer - developer designed to reduce exposed silver halides of black silver and at the same time create oxidation byproducts that will react with color couplers to form specific dyes.
•Color development - chemical treatment in the color processing cycle that produces the colored dye image.
•Color head - enlarger illumination system that has built-in adjustable filters for color printing.
•Color masking - pink or orange mask built into color negative film to improve final reproduction on the print.
•Color mixing - practical application of either additive or subtractive color synthesis.
•Color Negative - film designed to produce color image with both tones and colors reversed for subsequent printing to a positive image, usually on paper.
•Color reversal - film designed to produce a normal color positive image on the film exposed in the camera for subsequent viewing by transmitted light.
•Color saturation - purity or strength of color, due to the absence of black, white or gray.
•Color sensitivity - response of a sensitive material to colors of different wavelengths.
•Color sensitometry - method of determining the sensitivity of color materials.
•Color separation - process of photographic an image through filters to produce three black and white negatives that represent red, green and blue content.
•Color synthesis - combinations of colored light or dye layers that will collectively produce a colored image.
•Color temperature - way of expressing the color quality of a light source. The color temperature is measured in Kelvin (K).
•Color temperature meter - device for measuring the color temperature of a light source.
•Color toning - system of changing the color of a black and white photograph by converting black metallic silver into a colored compound.
•Color weight - visual characteristic of fully saturated colors. Some of these colors appear darker than others. A color's visual weight may have a different appearance to the eye to its appearance on film.
•Coma - lens aberration producing asymmetrical distortion of points in the image.
•Combination printing - producing a composite image by printing more than one negative on a single sheet of paper.
•Compact camera - camera designed to allow easy portability or concealment.
•Compensating developer - developer designed to compress the general contrast range in a negative without influencing gradation in the shadow and highlight areas.
•Compensating positive - image on translucent material that can be printed together with the negative of the same image. When combined the result makes printing contrasty negatives easier.
•Complementary color - color of light which, when combined with another specified color in the correct proportions, will form gray or white.
•Completion - state of development when all the exposed silver halides have been reduced to metallic silver, and the image density will not increase with further development.
•Composite printing - alternative term for combination printing.
•Composition - visual arrangement of all the elements in a photograph.
•Compound lens - lens system consisting of two or more elements. Compound lens designs can allow the lens designer to reduce lens aberrations, making maximum apertures larger and improve resolution.
•Compound shutter - shutter consisting of a number of metal leaves arranged symmetrically around the edge of the lens barrel.
•Compur shutter - well known German brand of compound shutter.
•Concave lens - see Bi-concave lens.
•Condenser - optical system which concentrates light rays from a wide source into a narrow beam. Condensers are used in spotlights and enlargers.
•Condenser enlarger - enlarger with a sharp, undiffused light that produces high contrast and high definition in a print.
•Cones - sensory organs on the retina of the eye, allowing color vision.
•Constructivism - art movement that begun in Russia c. 1913. Characterized by the use of everyday materials in abstract compositions.
•Contact paper - printing paper used only for contact printing. It is usually coated with a silver chloride emulsion of very slow speed.
•Contact print - negative sized photograph made by exposing printing paper in direct contact with the negative.
•Contact printer - apparatus used for making contact prints. Equipment ranges from a contact printing frame to more sophisticated boxes with safe lighting.
•Contact screen - type of half-tone screen in which the dots consist of slightly unsharp halos. Used to make half-tone images.
•Contamination - traces of chemicals that are present where they don't belong.
•Continuous tone - term applied to monochrome negatives and prints, where the image contains a gradation of density from white through gray to black, which represents a variety of subject luminosities.
•Contour film - special print film producing a equidensity line image from a continuous tone negative or print.
•Contrast - subjective judgment of the difference between densities or luminosities and their degree of tonal separation in a subject, negative or positive print.
•Contrast filters - filters used in black and white photography to darken or lighten the films rendition of particular colors in the subject.
•Contrast grade - numbers (usually 1-5) and names (soft, medium, hard, extra-hard, and ultra hard) of the contrast grades of photographic papers.
•Contrast values - perceived difference between the light areas (highlights) and the dark areas (shadows) of a scene. The range of contrast levels between the highlights and the shadows is called Contrast Values.
•Contrasty - negative, print or scene with great differences between the highlights and shadows.
•Contre-jour - backlighting. A photograph taken with the camera pointed directly at the light source.
•Converging lens - see Convex lens.
•Convertible lens - compound lens made in two sections, the elements of which are arranged so that when one part is unscrewed it provides a new lens with approximately twice the original focal length.
•Convex lens - simple lens which causes rays of light from a subject to converge and form an image.
•Cooke triplet - one of the most important lenses in lens history, designed by H.D. Taylor in 1893. It consists of three basic elements and has a maximum aperture of 16.3. It is the basic design that most normal focal length lenses of today have evolved.
•Copper chloride - chemical contained in certain bleaches, toners, intensifiers, and reducers.
•Copper sulfate - chemical contained in certain bleaches, toners, intensifiers, and reducers.
•Copper toning - chemical process used for toning monochrome prints. See Toners.
•Copyright laws - laws which govern the legality of ownership of a particular photographer or piece of work.
•Correction filter - filter which alters the color rendition of a scene to suit the color response of the eye.
•Coupled rangefinder - system of lens focusing which combines the rangefinder and the focusing mechanism, so that the lens is automatically focused as the rangefinder is adjusted.
•Coupler - chemical present in different forms in all three layers of substantive color or a chemical incorporated into a developer.
•Covering power - maximum area of image of usable quality, which a lens will produce.
•Coving - plain curved background which has no edges, corners or folds and gives the impression of infinity.
•CP filters - abbreviation for color printing filters.
•C-print - any enlargement from a color negative.
•Critical aperture - setting at which a lens gives its best performance. The setting offers the best compromise between diffracting due to small aperture and lens aberrations apparent at wide apertures.
•Cronographic camera - camera used to photograph the sun.
•Cropping - omitting parts of an image when making a print or copy negative in order to improve the composition of the final image.
•Crossed polarization - system of using two polarizing filters, one over the light source and one between the subject and the lens. With certain materials crossed polarization causes bi-refringent effects which are exhibited as colored bands. Used in investigations of stress areas in engineering and architectural models.
•Cross front - camera movement which allows the lens to be moved laterally from its original position.
•Crown glass - low dispersion optical glass.
•Cubism - early twentieth century European art movement characterized by the rendering of forms as simplified planes, lines and geometric shapes.
•Curvilinear distortion - combination of barrel distortion and pincushion distortion.
•Curvature of field - lens aberration causing a curved plane of focus.
•Cut film - negative film available in flat sheets. The most common sizes are 4x5, and 8x10 inches.
•Cyan - blue-green subtractive primary color which absorbs red and transmits blue-green.
•Cyanotype - contact printing process producing a blue image on a white background.
•Daguerreotype - first practical and commercial photographic process, introduced by Louis Daguerre in 1839. The sensitive material comprised silver iodide, deposited on a polished silver plated copper base. A positive image was produced by camera exposure and mercury "development", which turned light struck halides gray-white. The image was made permanent by immersing the plate in a solution of sodium chloride.
•Darkcloth - cloth made of dark material placed over the photographers head and the camera back to facilitate the viewing of images on the ground glass screen of sheet film cameras.
•Darkfield - method of illumination used in photomicography that will show a specimen against a dark or black background.
•Darkroom - light tight room used for processing and printing. It usually incorporates safe lighting suitable for the materials in use.
•Darkslide - slide-in plastic sheet used on sheet film cameras over the front of the film holder to protect the emulsion from light.
•Daylight enlarger - early type of enlarger using light from a hole in a window to provide illumination of the negative.
•Daylight color film - color film intended for use with daylight or a light source of similar temperature. The film is color balanced to 5400 K.
•Daylight tank - light tight container for film processing.
•Dedicated flash - flash gun designed to integrate automatically into a cameras exposure reading and shutter circuitry.
•Definition - subjective term for the clarity of a negative or print.
•Delayed action - operation of the shutter some time after the release is depressed. Most shutters have a delayed action timer built in.
•Dense - describes a negative or an area of a negative in which a large amount of silver has been deposited.
•Densitometer - instrument for measuring the density of silver deposits on a developed image by transmitted or reflected light.
•Density - amount of silver deposit produced by exposure and development. It is measured in terms of the logarithm of opacity, where opacity is the light stopping power of a medium.
•Depth of field - distance between the nearest point and the farthest point in the subject which is perceived as acceptable sharp along a common image plane.
•Depth of field scale - scale on a lens barrel showing the near and far limits of depth of field possible when the lens is set at any particular focus and aperture.
•Depth of focus - distance which the film plane can be moved while maintaining an acceptably sharp image without refocusing the lens.
•Desensitizing - reducing an exposed emulsion's sensitivity to light. This can be done by the application of dyes or by using oxidation agents.
•Detective camera - popular Victorian camera which was designed to appear as a bowler hat, pocket watch or binoculars.
•Developer - chemical bath containing reducing agents, which converts exposed silver halides to black metallic silver, making the latent image visible.
•Development - process of converting exposed silver halides to a visible image.
•Diaphragm - term used to describe the adjustable aperture of a lens. It controls the amount of light passing into the camera and may be in front of, within or behind the lens.
•Diaphragm shutter - between the lens camera shutter that performs the function of the iris diaphragm.
•Diapositive - positive image produced on a transparent support for viewing by transmitted light, i.e. transparency.
•Diazo - abbreviation of diazonium compounds, which decompose under the action of intense blue or ultraviolet radiation, forming an image in an azo dye.
•Dichroic - displaying two colors - one by transmitted and one by reflected light.
•Dichroic filters - produced by metallic surface coatings on glass to form colors by interference of light. Used in high quality color enlarger heads.
•Dichroic fog - purple-green bloom usually seen on negatives and caused by the formation of silver in the presence of an acid.
•Differential focusing - setting the camera controls to produce minimum depth of field, so that image sharpness is limited to a particular subject element.
•Diffraction - light rays scattered and change direction when they are passed through a small hole or close to an opaque surface.
•Diffraction grating - optical attachment that separates light into its constituent colors.
•Diffuse lighting - lighting that is low or moderate in contrast, such as on an overcast day.
•Diffuser - any material that can scatter or diffuse light. The effect is to soften the character of light. The closer a diffuser is to a light source the less it scatters light.
•Diffusing - process of softening detail in a print with a diffusion disk or other material that scatters light.
•Diffusion condenser enlarger - enlarger that combines diffuse light with a condenser system, producing more contrast and sharper detail than a diffusion enlarger but less contrast than a condenser enlarger.
•Diffusion enlarger - enlarger that scatters light before it strikes the negative, distributing light evenly on the negative. Detail is not as sharp as with a condenser enlarger.
•Dilution - reduction in the strength of a liquid by mixing it with an appropriate quantity of water.
•Dimensional stability - substance's ability to remain unchanging in size when subjected to processing and drying.
•DIN - Deutsche Industrie Norm (German Standards Organization).
•DIN speed - system used by the German Standards Organization.
•Diopter - unit used to express the power of a lens. It is the reciprocal of the focal length expressed in meters.
•Direct vision viewfinder - sighting device with which the subject is viewed directly, without the aid of a prism or mirror.
•Discharge lamp - light source that provides illumination when an electrical charge is applied to gas particles in a glass tube. An example of this device is electronic flash.
•Dish development - method of development used for processing single sheet, cut film or paper by immersing in a shallow dish of developer and agitating by rocking the dish.
•Dispersion - ability of glass to bend light rays of deferent wavelengths to varying degrees.
•Distance symbols - symbols used on the focus control of simple cameras, as a focusing guide.
•Distortion - alteration in shape and/or proportions of an image.
•Diverging lens - lens which causes rays of light coming from the subject to bend away from the optical axis.
•Documentary photography - taking of photographs to provide a record of social and political situations with the aim of conveying information.
•Dodging - control of exposure in photographic printing achieved by reducing exposure to specific areas of the paper.
•Dolly - frame with lockable wheels, designed to support s tripod, and allow easy movement around a studio.
•Double exposure - see Multiple exposure.
•Drop-in-loading - feature in all Advanced Photo System cameras that virtually eliminates film-loading problems by automatically accepting the leader less cassette.
•Dry down - refers to the amount a print darkens after drying.
•Drying cabinet - vented cabinet equipped with suspension clips for drying films.
•Drying marks - marks on the film emulsion caused by uneven drying and resulting in areas of uneven density, which may show up in the final print.
•Dry mounting - method of attaching prints to mounting surfaces by heating shellac tissue between the mount and the print.
•Dry plates - term used to describe gelatin coated plates in the days when wet collodion process was still popular.
•DX coding - method, whereby films can automatically set the film ISO speed.
•Dyad - pair of complementary colors or any two colors considered visually harmonious.
•Dye coupling - process creating a colored image from the reaction between by-products of color development and couplers.
•Dye destruction process - method of producing a colored image by partially bleaching fully formed dye layers incorporated in the sensitive material.
•Dye-image monochrome films - black & white negative films designed for color processing.
•Dye sensitizing - defined as all silver halides used in black & white emulsions are sensitive to blue light. Early photographic materials possessed only this sensitivity.
•Dye transfer print - method of producing color prints via three color separation negatives. Negatives are used to make positive matrixes, which are dyed in subtractive primaries and printed in register.
•Dynamism - picture structuring which relates to a sense of movement and action.


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Youth Bicycle Helmet Bill Amended
| February 03, 2020
Indiana House Bill 1174, a mandatory youth helmet bill, was on the schedule for House Committee on Veteran Affairs and Safety on Jan 28th.
Safety advocates had backed the proposal that would have given police officers the option to issue tickets with a maximum of $25 fines to violators under age 18 or impound the riding device until the child is shown to have a proper helmet.
But now this bill has been amended and rather than requiring helmet use and punishing children and families for noncompliance, has become a state education and outreach program.
Representative Randy Frye of Greensburg said he was modifying his bill to focus on providing free helmets to youths because many legislators considered a helmet requirement too intrusive by the government.
Frye, a retired Indianapolis firefighter, said he now aims to create a program within the state's Department of Homeland Security to distribute helmets and provide education about their use.
"We still intend to get as many helmets as we can buy into the hands of public safety across our state and eventually, with training, into the hands of these young people to protect them," Frye said.
The Indiana House is expected to vote on the revised bill on Monday, February 3rd.
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Holland & Hart Named 2014 IP Policing Firm of the Year
Holland & Hart LLP's Intellectual Property practice has been named the IP Policing Firm of the Year by Acquisition International Magazine in its 2014 Intellectual Property Awards.
Voted for by a worldwide network of professionals, advisers, clients, peers, and business insiders, the Acquisition International Magazine Intellectual Property Awards celebrate the individuals and firms from around the world who are involved in driving the intellectual property field, including lawyers, agents, consultants, advisers, and service providers.
Winners – who are nominated and voted for by their peers and clients – are selected on merit and having demonstrated fantastic achievement over the course of the past year.
"We're honored to recognize some of the most committed individuals and firms working in intellectual property today," said AI Global Media Director Charlotte Abbott. "The winners can be proud of the important work they have been doing over the past year."
Holland & Hart has more than 70 intellectual property attorneys across 15 locations devoted to identifying, creating, protecting, and enforcing the intellectual property assets of its clients. Each of the firm's intellectual property attorneys and paralegals focus their practice on a specific area of IP law to provide up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, licensing and technology, promotions law, and the Internet.
"We use our experience and judgment to help our clients focus on what is important to maximize the equity potential of their intangible assets and secure or improve their market position," said Holland & Hart partner Don Degnan, who manages the IP practice group.
He said Holland & Hart's depth of experience and practice concentration, focus on client service, and value driven approach to counseling clients allows the firm to comprehensively evaluate and construct a client's entire IP portfolio based on the particular goals of the client and the opportunities in the industry.
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Peachtree Corners' startup incubator officially opens
Over 60 invited guests attended the official opening of Prototype Prime, Peachtree Corners' startup incubator on Thursday, Oct. 27. Courtesy of City of Peachtree Corners
Local News | Nov 3, 2016
By Karen Huppertz
Prototype Prime, Peachtree Corners' startup incubator, marked its official opening Oct. 27. Over 60 invited guests attended and toured the new facilities located in renovated office space directly below City Hall at 147 Technology Parkway.
The 12,500 square-foot area provides networking and event space, workshops, podcast room and a design lab with three 3D printers. In addition, two law firms and an accounting agency will provide professional services to budding entrepreneurs to assist their early startup efforts.
To help launch the new incubator, Peachtree Corners teamed up with Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center to provide mentorship, training and guidance to new business owners in their early-stage efforts and also assist them in acquiring the skills to build their companies.
Sanjay Parekh, who has started a number of successful companies, is heading up the incubator as its executive consultant.
The main goal of the incubator is to produce successful firms which have the potential to create jobs and strengthen the local economy.
Information: Sanjay Parekh at sanjay@prototypeprime.com or www.prototypeprime.com.


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Cable Street
Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2011 | SELF
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"Cable Street: Brit Pop, With Substance"
Full disclosure: I've been a Cable Street fan for a couple years now. So much so that, one Halloween, my fiancé and I donned their signature torn and distressed business suit stage attire, to attend a party they were performing at.
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So, to have a chance to finally sit down and chat with Adam and Eric from the band was more of a treat than work.
First, a little background; formed in 2011, Adam (vocals), Eric & Mat (guitars) and Dan (drums & percussion) decided to make music with substance and will make fans want to move.
With that mission in mind, Cable Street was born. These four talented guys mix thoughtful lyrics and interesting melodies to bring music that makes you think, and makes you feel. As Eric explains it, "This resonates with us."
Even their name is a nod to an actual event in history; 'The Battle of Cable Street'. An anti-Fascist riot on Cable Street, in London's East End in 1936, where counter-protesters and members of the British Union of Fascists clashed. All this time, I thought their name referred to the multitude of cables scattered on the stage floor during performances. They confess the name has conveniently become a double meaning, but its initial genesis is the band's homage to all things British, and their conviction to taking a stand for what you care about and believe in.
Make no mistake about it, these guys are far more complex than just four musicians on stage playing music.
With an updated Brit Pop meets American Indie sound, Cable Street strives to not just bring a message, but to entertain as well. It's not about just playing music, it's about experiencing music. It's about engaging the crowd and getting them on the dance floor.
As Adam puts it, "Cable Street's message is we think music can be better than it is. We've all been in bands most of our lives and we've all done this collectively as a band, but we're tired of just standing around playing "all right" music. There's nothing wrong with that, but it can be better. You shouldn't have to support live music, you should enjoy it."
After five years of playing, writing, perfecting their sound, 2018 has been a banner year for the four guys from Calgary, Alberta.
They picked up a 2018 YYC Music Award for Music Video of the Year and, for the third year in a row, have been invited back to Toronto's Indie Week, November 6 – 11, with three showcases scheduled. Not to mention, to fan's delight, they've released a previously recorded 5-track EP, as well as another EP of acoustic tracks on iTunes and Spotify, are remastering old demos, with a plan to release them by the end of the year and are in the process of recording an EP of all new material. Whew!
When it comes to writing, it's a joint process, with, as Eric says, "Many influences and backgrounds coming into a single unit."
And the new stuff? I asked. Eric replied, "There's some similarities to what we've already produced and come out with. I'm really excited about it. I think it's better and I think it's more Cable Street. I think our stuff coming out is musically, more interesting. The lyrics have always been very deep, and make you think. It's at another level that every time you listen to it, you'll get something more out of it, and I think there's more of that."
Now, as a fan of local music, and someone who regularly buys local music, I always wondered why Cable Street hadn't pressed an EP, or offered their music on iTunes, till now. Naturally, I had to ask them about that.
Adam explained it was a matter of weighing promotion and marketing options.
"We took the approach of just doing singles, one song at a time, and focusing more on streaming platforms – Spotify and SoundHound. Thinking, who does albums anymore? But over the years, we've had enough feedback at our live shows where people want something to take with them. We've learned it's important to have something physical, something tangible. It's a physical connection."
Another side of Cable Street's mission to make music interesting is their approach to the videos they've produced to accompany their singles. Last year's "Little Transistor" video featured each member performing in four separate locations, in four separate panels, all synced together perfectly. Their latest video release, "Your Chemistry" showcased their creativity with four brightly lit stick-men performing against a pitch black background. It was that video that garnered the 2018 YYC Music Award for Music Video of the Year, with Adam as the director. The award show being on Adam's birthday, no less. His thoughts on the night; "That was a great birthday gift. I was a little surprised. I don't think we thought it was a long shot ourselves. We're pretty proud of the video. When we looked at everything else, and there's some great videos up there. The caliber was pretty intimidating."
The idea for the video all came from a Halloween costume. As Adam describes, "I saw a friend who dressed his kid up as a stick figure for Halloween. I thought it was hilarious how the stick figure moved on the body. And then another video I saw was very dark, and used some white paint in it, and the contrast was quite interesting. So, we grabbed a whole bunch of EL wire, full body black spandex suits, rented a dance studio with no windows and a wall of mirrors so it could be pitch black, and spent the whole day filming in the dark."
With 2018 drawling to a close, Cable Street already has plans for 2019 well in the works. They are currently in the planning stage for a new video, and of course new music is on its way. They also plan to look beyond their Calgary home, or even Canada for that matter, with overseas festivals in their sights.
As a fan I will say, go get 'em boys!
As a journalist I will say, Toronto, head down to The Paddock Tavern and Cherry Colas during Indie Week, November 6 – 11, for something completely different. - The Portal
"CABLE STREET @ THE HIDEOUT"
I had been working for over twelve hours at this point of the night, between my day job and my music-related work, but this did not stop me from dancing to the sounds of Cable Street until the very end. I said it before and I'll say it again, this is a great band and they stand out even in this talent filled festival. I hope to catch them once more and since they are Canadian, I do hope I catch them again and again. - The Spill
Cable Street - EP (2016)
- Track 1 - 87th Street
- Track 2 - Your Chemistry
- Track 3 - Right Beside You
- Track 4 - Little Transistor
- Track 5 - Waking Up
The Acoustics - EP (2018)
- Track 1 - Your Ghost is Chasing Me
- Track 3 - As One
- Track 4 - Your Chemsitry
The Demos - EP (2019)
- Track 1 - Mysophobia
- Track 2 - Here and Now
- Track 3 - People
- Track 4 - Something Changed
- Track 5 - All That You Wanted
They think we're simple. Complacent. From their leather backed chairs they spoon feed us the same derivative bullshit and expect us to beg for more. Image consultants turn naïve new artists into roadside freak shows to cover up the fact that you've heard this song before. It's time for us to change that.
Cable Street is forcing back the march of the music industry fascists that demand conformity and market value over expression.
"To music execs, talent is a commodity," says Mat, bassist. "To be discarded for the next shiny thing."
"We're in it for the music," says Adam, vocals. "And putting on a great fucking show".
Hailing from western Canada, Adam, Mat, Eric (guitars), and Dan (drums and percussion) rallied in 2011 to take a stand against music that was getting louder, dumber and more repetitive. With lyrics that make you think and beats that make you move, Cable Street has been shaking things up in Canada's alternative scene where they've been referred to as "local favourites", and "the next Killers, but with better vocals".
2018 YYCMA Music Video of the Year Winner
2017 Rock Recording of the Year Nominee
2016 Road to Indie Week Winners
2016 Indie Week Canada Featured Artist
2016 Original Music Showcase


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BuzzFeed Reporter Admits He Hasn't Seen the Evidence He Cited in Trump Tower Report
Cortney O'Brien
@obrienc2
Posted: Jan 18, 2019 10:38 AM
Source: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
BuzzFeed's Anthony Cormier is one half of the writing team that published the bombshell report about the Trump Tower project in Moscow Thursday. In it, the authors allege that President Trump told his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to the FBI about the timeline of the construction project. The report cites "sources," sans names, but on CNN, Cormier insisted that those individuals check out and that he's "100 percent" sure their story is accurate.
"I am rock solid. My sourcing on this goes beyond the two that are on the record. This 100% happened," @a_cormier_ says about his BuzzFeed report that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about proposed Moscow project. https://t.co/sF3XuqPfkq pic.twitter.com/BMCzhs904a
— New Day (@NewDay) January 18, 2019
On the other hand, he told Alisyn Camerota that he has "not personally" seen the evidence he cited in the report. But, he said, "the folks we have talked to — two officials we have spoken to are fully, 100 percent read into that aspect of the Special Counsel's investigation."
He went on to explain that his "sources" have been on the Trump Tower Moscow project long before Mueller was even in the picture and they had invaluable materials.
"So they had access to a number of different documents, 302 reports which are interview reports," Cormier said. "That stuff was compiled as they began to look at who the players were speaking with, how those negotiations went, who all from the Trump organization and outside the organization were involved in getting that tower set up."
The CNN hosts brought up how Cormier's co-author Jason Leopold was once under fire for his inaccurate reports he wrote about Karl Rove for Salon in 2002. Still, CNN contributor Garrett Graff seemed content with the BuzzFeed authors' report, considering they were the team who "nailed" the Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer Natalia V. Veselnitskaya in 2016.
"I have every reason to trust their sourcing," Graff said.
Democratic representative David Cicilline (RI), who also admitted he has not seen the evidence that Cormier cited, nevertheless predicted that it could be "the most serious threat" to Trump's presidency. He demanded Congress be given the chance to investigate.


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New Regional Arts Service Organization Launches in Northwest Arkansas
Walton Family Foundation to Provide Start-up Support
BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 11, 2019 – A new regional arts service organization will help expand access to arts, culture and heritage in Northwest Arkansas. Incubated at the Northwest Arkansas Council with support from the Walton Family Foundation, the institution will be led by Allyson Esposito, the former senior director of arts and culture for The Boston Foundation.
"We are committed to elevating and supporting every member of Northwest Arkansas' arts and culture ecosystem," said Karen Minkel, Home Region Program director for the Walton Family Foundation. "Whether they're artists, community-based cultural groups or art institutions, this new organization will help ensure all these elements thrive."
As part of its 2020 Home Region Plan to establish Northwest Arkansas as a leader in arts and cultural amenities, the foundation commissioned a study by WolfBrown in 2015 to examine the region's cultural needs. Based on extensive interviews and focus groups with the region's arts community, the report recommended creating a central agency that would connect and support Northwest Arkansas' arts community, a need that had been earlier identified by The Walton Arts Center in conversation with the arts community.
The newly announced regional arts organization will focus on building the system-wide capacity of the region's arts and culture organizations through programming to support leadership development, regional communications, professional development, convenings, small-scale grants and advocacy. It will create a strategic plan to attract and retain practicing artists and cultural organizations of all sizes and disciplines. The organization will also showcase Northwest Arkansas as a premier destination for the arts, with the goal of encouraging additional public support, cultural tourism and economic development.
"On my recent trips to Northwest Arkansas, I immediately felt the cultural vibrancy of the region and was blown away by the scale of ambition and possibility. I experienced a rich array of cultural traditions, inspiring artists working in all mediums and forward thinking, groundbreaking institutions," said Allyson Esposito, executive director of the regional arts service organization. "I am excited to learn more about the people and organizations who make the area an exceptional place to live and visit, and to help build policies and systems that support and amplify this creative ecosystem for years to come."
Esposito is a professional artist, arts administrator, change management consultant and lawyer. Most recently, she served as senior director of arts and culture for The Boston Foundation. She previously worked as director of cultural grantmaking for the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; program officer for Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation; and consultant for Deloitte & Touche. A dancer and choreographer, she is the co-founder and former director of Chicago company, The Space Movement Project, and co-creator and former manager of Outerspace Studios. She is a current board member of NCCAkron and former board member of Dance USA. She is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio and the DePaul University College of Law.
"We are delighted to have Allyson at the helm of the regional arts service organization," said Kassie Misiewicz, founder and artistic director for the Trike Theatre. "We believe she has the right leadership skills, positive temperament, entrepreneurial spirit and creative vision to further cultivate Northwest Arkansas' vibrant arts scene. We know that Allyson will be a fearsome champion for the local emerging arts organizations and artists."
Like the Walton Family Foundation, the Northwest Arkansas Council aims to advance quality of life in the region. In 2018, it unveiled its Greater Northwest Arkansas Development Strategy, which promoted the creation of a regional arts service organization to expand cultural opportunities and, in turn, retain and attract talent. In addition to serving as an incubator, the council will provide ongoing administrative support to the new organization during its development.
"Northwest Arkansas needs to keep investing in arts, culture and quality-of-life amenities," said Nelson Peacock, president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council. "Allyson's leadership and focus on advancing the arts is a critical component of our strategy moving forward. The organization she'll be establishing will promote regional collaboration to benefit local artists and the entire region."
For more information about the regional arts service organization, please visit nwacouncil.org/arts-organization.
About the Walton Family Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. The children and grandchildren of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. In 2018, the foundation awarded more than $595 million in grants in support of these initiatives. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
About the Northwest Arkansas Council
Established by Sam Walton and 30 other business leaders in 1990, the Northwest Arkansas Council is a private, nonprofit organization working to advance job opportunities, talent recruitment, physical infrastructure and quality of life in the region. Most of the Council's more than 100 members are companies, and they include Walmart, Tyson Foods, J.B. Hunt Transport Service, Simmons Foods and George's Inc. To learn more, visit nwacouncil.org.
Luis Gonzalez
Walton Family Foundation
lgonzalez@wffmail.com
Northwest Arkansas Council
robsmith@nwacouncil.org


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We need a transformative plan for this climate crisis - Throne Speech Response
by Veronique Veronique | September 25, 2020
On Wednesday, the federal government launched it's throne speech - a high level summary of its plans.
We need to see so much more to match the scale of the climate emergency--a transformational approach, as Climate Action Network says.
We need more than clean tech, corporate tax cuts, and plastic bans---Manitobans want to see a transformational approach that matches the scale of the climate crisis.
Now's the time for a plan to deal with the climate emergency by committing to good jobs, Indigenous rights, and social and economic justice--in the form of a Green New Deal.
We'd also love to see the government talk about what it will NOT do---starting with halting the TransMountain pipeline and halting all oil & gas subsidies.
Below read some of what the government said they'll do (in bold) and our hot takes for each:
"The Government will immediately bring forward a plan to exceed Canada's 2030 climate goal" and "legislate Canada's goal of net-zero emissions by 2050":
Our Response: Yes PLEASE! At some point let's make sure "net-zero" doesn't mean carbon capture and storage--an unproven technological distraction--but actual zero emissions.
"Climate action will be a cornerstone of our plan to support and create a million jobs across the country."
"Support manufacturing, natural resource, and energy sectors as they work to transform to meet a net zero future, creating good-paying and long-lasting jobs"
Our Response: we would love to see a million climate jobs, especially in low-carbon work, manufacturing, and renewable energy! We're suspicious that this could also mean giving money to oil & gas or to the nuclear energy sector. And we want these jobs and projects to be good unionized public sector jobs.
"The Government will launch a new fund to attract investments in making zero-emissions products and cut the corporate tax rate in half for these companies to create jobs and make Canada a world leader in clean technology."
Our Response: Corporate tax cuts and private sectors jobs just allows money to flow to CEOS and shareholders instead of workers--can we put this money towards creating public jobs and new crown corporations instead?
And make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable while investing in more charging stations across the country.
Our Response: We're hoping zero-emissions vehicles = electrified public transit. The production of electric cars still emits a lot of GHGs---let's think about how to create more efficient public transportation systems instead.
Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses
Our Response: Yes, do it--and make sure they're good unionized jobs!
The Government will also identify additional ways to tax extreme wealth inequality, including by concluding work to limit the stock option deduction for wealthy individuals at large, established corporations, and addressing corporate tax avoidance by digital giants.
Our Response: a wealth tax would be a better way to do this. We also need to address corporate tax avoidance by everyone, not just those digital giants.
"Will plant two billion trees" and "ban harmful single-use plastics next year"
Our Response: everyone has already had their fun at the idea that this is a meaningful form of climate action the first time these promises were made...nothing much more to be said.
The Government will move forward to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples before the end of this year.
Our Response: Do it!
#cdnpoli #ThroneSpeech #ThroneSpeech2020 #JustRecovery
About Veronique Veronique
Grassroots citizens' group working to bring #climate justice to Manitoba. #GreenMB #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #StopLine3


To answer questions from some of our newer subscribers and to review the essentials with long term subscribers, here is a summary of the Arab-Israeli conflict which will give you the historical facts.
1) Israelite rule in the Land of Israel [Eretz Yisrael] started with Joshua's conquests in about 1250 BCE [Before the Common Era].
2) From 587 BCE onward, the region came under the control of a long sucession of Imperial Superpowers. 587 BCE — Babylon 538 – 333 BCE — Persia 333 – 63 BCE — Greece-Assyria 63 BCE – 313 — Rome The resident Jewish population was nearly destroyed by the Romans, who renamed Judea Palestina in order to eradicate all signs of Jewish identification with the Land of Israel.
3) It is believed the word "Palestine" is derived from the Phillistines, one of the ancient Sea Peoples of Greek origin, who settled the southern coastal plain of Canaan in the 12th century BCE.
4) 333 – 636 CE [Common Era] — Byzantium 636 – 1099 CE — Arabis The Arabs conquered Palestina more than two millennia after Jews began living in the area.
5) 1099 – 1291 CE — The Crusaders 1291 – 1516 CE — Mamluks 1516 – 1917 CE — Ottomans 1917 – 1948 CE — Great Britain During all these turbulent times, to this very day, there has always been a Jewish presence in the area.
6) Over this entire time (from 587 BCE until today) there has never been any distinctive Palestinian culture or language, and there has never been a country called Palestine governed by Palestinians. For millennia, the region known as Palestine was a neglected area of deserts and malaria-infested swamps, with little cultivated land and few inhabitants. After the Arab invasions of the seventh century, Arabic gradually became the language spoken by most of the area's inhabitants, although it was never an exclusively Arab country. NO independent Arab or Palestinian state has ever existed in the region.
7) November 1947 — After the British gave away all of the Palestinian Mandate east of the River Jordan to the Hashemites, the United Nations decided on a partition plan for what was left of the land between Palestinian-Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Over 80% of the area offered for the Jewish state was desert, while the Palestinian-Arabs were offered large tracts of fertile land in Judea and Samaria [West Bank], (areas that became fertile after Palestinian-Jews drained swamps and introduced irrigation and modern agriculture), and in the northern Galilee.
8) If the Arab states had accepted the U.N. partition plan, an independent Arab-Palestinian state would now have celebrated its 54th anniversary. Why it didn't happen? Acceptance of the U.N. partition plan by the Arab states would have meant recognition of Israel's right to exist as a sovereign state. This was not acceptable to the Arab states. The Arab decision to invade and destroy the newborn State of Israel in 1948, and the war that followed, created the refugee problem. The responsibility for solving the refugee problem should also rest on the shoulders of those who caused it.
10) Why didn't it happen?
The Concept – A wound that is treated will heal — and will be forgotten. An untreated wound will fester and grow.
The Arab states have perpetuated the refugee problem in order to preserve a focus of hatred towards Israel that will never fade. Between 1948 and 1967 the Palestinian-Arabs living in Judea and Samaria and in the Gaza Strip were governed by Jordan and Egypt, respectively. The Palestinian-Arabs never demanded their independence from Jordan and Egypt –nor was there any willingness on the parts of the Arab states to give them independence. WHY? The Arab states formed The Arab League, one of the aims of which was to find a solution to the Palestinian issue. Yet, for 20 years, they did nothing to actively seek a solution to this problem. WHY?
11) The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) was formed in 1964 — three years before the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza Strip were captured by Israel during the 1967 war. Since these areas were under Arab rule, what was the purpose of this organization — to liberate Palestine from whom?
April 26, 1982 — Israel completes withdrawal from Sinai, in accordance to the Peace Treaty.
October 30, 1991 — Middle East peace conference in Madrid between Israel and Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and the Palestinians. The negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were based on a two-stage formula: 5-year interim self-government arrangements, to be followed by negotiations on the permanent status issues.
September 13, 1993 — The Oslo agreement signed by PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Israel eventually agreed to withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and the Arab regions of Judea and Samaria, apart from Khevron [Hebron], and agreed to Palestinian self-government in these areas. In the accompanying "Letters of Mutual Recognition", the PLO was recognized by Israel as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian-Arabs, and the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist. Yet, Palestinian terrorists targeted public buses and other public places filled with civilians by sending in homicide bombers from 1993 until today.
July 25, 1994 — Israel and Jordan sign peace treaty. While Israel was preparing for the 1996 election between Labour's Shimon Peres and the Likud's Benyamin Netanyahu, a series of lethal 'suicide' bombings was carried out by Hamas in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities. After six years of trying to make peace and yet to have terrorist attacks on-going and progressively becoming worse, Israel's peace camp felt totally betrayed. The Likud came to power, and the Oslo process came to an end.
The Palestinian leadership, Yasser Arafat in particular, bears the responsibility for the breakdown of the Oslo process — violating terms of the Oslo agreement by importing arms, by having much bigger security forces than had been agreed to, and by not laying down the foundations for a democratic regime. Not to mention an inability to maintain law and order and a proper justice system, as well as not condemning the terrorist attacks.
October 23, 1998 — The Wye River Memorandum signed between Israel and the PLO.
September 4, 1999 — The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum was signed by representatives of Israel and the PLO, restarting the commitment of the two sides to full implementation of all agreements reached since September 1993. By now the Palestinian-Arabs were under self-rule in the cities of Beit Lekhem [Bethlehem], Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tulkarm, parts of Hevron [Hebron], and 450 villages.
1) ALL OR NOTHING contradicts the basic concept of NEGOTIATION!


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The list of cool things in the universe is long and occasionally scary: Black Holes, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Diamond stars, Gamma Ray bursts, White Holes, Worm Holes, Multiverses. Here we review all that bends the mind the most in the cosmos.
NOTE: Given the frontier nature of the subject, this talk updates continually.
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. Tyson's latest book, released in October 2019 is Letters from an Astrophysicist. Revealing Tyson's most candid and heartfelt writing yet, Letters from an Astrophysicist introduces us to a newly personal dimension of Tyson's quest to understand our place in the cosmos. Tyson is the fifth head of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City and a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
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BRITISH motorists could have to take another driving test and get a new license to be able to own a self driving car.
UK drivers may be required to take another driving test and get a new licence to be able to operate and own a driverless car.
While self-driving cars have had a turbulent few months, after the fatal Uber car crash in Arizona, carmakers are still backing the technology to eventually improve safety.
In fact, fully autonomous cars are expected to hit the roads by s early as 2021.
Many new cars are being released with semiautonomous driving features like Tesla's Autopilot and Nissan's ProPilot, but these systems still require drivers to be aware and be able to take control any second.
A recent Venturer report by AXA and Burges Salmon found that it takes drivers up to three seconds to regain control when deactivating autonomous mode.
Travelling at the national 70mph speed limit, this is enough to travel up to 308 feet without any control.
Concerns about safety in the case of an accident or if drivers need to regain control has led to issues about establishing blame.
There is much dispute about who would be at fault in the case of a crash.
Insurers could set premiums based on how well a driver can regain control of an autonomous car.
In addition to this, laws preventing people sleeping, reading or watching films could be passed to help improve safety.
David Williams, technical director at AXA UK, commented: "The exciting part about Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) is that they open up a world of opportunity and mobility for those who may have previously struggled.
"At the same time, it also raises questions regarding practicalities, liability and, most importantly, safety.
It has also been recommended that drivers should require taking a new driving test and have to apply for a new licence to be able to operate or own one of these vehicles.
Sarah Sharples, who works at Nottingham University, suggested that drivers should pay attention at all times.
She added that drivers should have "an appropriate level of competence through a driving test".


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The Correlation between Spiritual Health and Maternal-Fetal Attachment Behaviors in Pregnant Women Referring to the Health Centers in Qazvin, Iran
Shahnaz Tork Zahrani 1
Elnaz Haji Rafiei 1
Sepideh Hajian 1
Hamid Alavi Majd 2
Ahmad Izadi 3
1 Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
2 Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
3 Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
10.30476/ijcbnm.2019.81668.0
Background: Spiritual health and maternal-fetal attachment behaviors are considered as beneficial
coping strategies used to adapt to pregnancy. The present study was conducted to determine the
correlation between spiritual health and maternal-fetal attachment behaviors in pregnant women
referring to health centers in Qazvin.
Methods: The present descriptive correlational study was conducted on 200 pregnant women referring to health centers in Qazvin, in 2015. A multi-stage sampling was carried out and data were collected in a self-report manner, using the Persian version of Spiritual Well-Being scale developed by Paloutzian and Ellison, Persian version of Cranley's maternal-fetal attachment scale, and a demographic and midwifery questionnaire. Data were analyzed in SPSS-20, using Pearson's correlation coefficient and the multivariate linear regression. PResults: The mean scores of attachment and spiritual health were 95.91±8.92 and 104.15±10.59,
respectively. A weak positive correlation was observed between attachment behaviors and spiritual
health (P<0.001, r=0.40). Regression analysis showed that spiritual health (P<0.001, β=0.40), religious health (P<0.001, β=0.30), and existential health (P<0.001, β=0.43) could predict the maternal-fetal attachment behaviors.
Conclusion: The results showed that a higher spiritual health was associated with an increase in
maternal-fetal attachment behaviors. These results suggest the importance of strengthening spirituality during pregnancy as an effective strategy for increasing the attachment behaviors.
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Dollars for Scholars Golden Tassel Chapter Service Award
Minneapolis, MN (11/7/2003) — The Somerville Mathematics Fund (http://www.somervillemathematicsfund.org) in Somerville, Mass., an affiliate of Dollars for Scholars®, has been recognized as the most successful newer Dollars for Scholars chapter in the country in 2003. In recognition, it has received the national Dollars for Scholars Golden Tassel Chapter Service Award.
The Golden Tassel Award recognizes chapters that have done an outstanding job of meeting the required criteria in the areas of achievement, community impact, innovation and organizational strength. Each year, two chapters receive the award – one to a well-established chapter that is four years old or more, and one to a relatively new chapter that is three years old or less.
The Somerville Mathematics Fund was chartered in September 2000 to celebrate and encourage achievement in mathematics in the city of Somerville, Mass. In the past three years the Fund has awarded seven college scholarships totaling $28,000.
In an effort help students prepare, Somerville offers grants to teachers who are creating exciting mathematical activities in the classroom. The chapter created an event called Pi Night in which high school students, teachers and community volunteers help other students and their parents play games, compute and recite Pi, make estimations and predictions and take Pi quizzes. Another chapter event is Metric Night in which students make estimations and mental calculations, and compete in the "Metric Olympics."
" The feeling of success comes from being able to help the students," said Erica Voolich, president of the Somerville Mathematics Fund. "Receiving the Golden Tassel award makes us all the more proud. Our community has been so generous and we thank them for all their help."
Dollars for Scholars (www.dollarsforscholars.org), a program of Scholarship America®, has a national network of more than 1,150 grassroots scholarship foundations in 40 states and the District of Columbia that raise funds to support local students. Last year, Dollars for Scholars chapters distributed more than $23.1 million in scholarships to more than 29,100 students.
About Scholarship America
Scholarship America carries out its mission of expanding access to educational opportunities and encouraging academic achievement through its Dollars for Scholars®, Scholarship Management ServicesSM, and ScholarShop® programs. Headquartered in Minneapolis and St. Peter, MN, Scholarship America has distributed more than $1 billion to nearly 1 million students since its founding in 1958. For the sixth year in a row, SmartMoney, the Wall Street Journal's magazine of personal finance, has ranked Scholarship America as one of the 17 most efficient nonprofits in the country. Worth Magazine has also named Scholarship America as one of America's 100 best charities for 2001/2002. In partnership with Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation for Education, Scholarship America founded and raised more than $100 million for the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ® to provide educational assistance for postsecondary study to dependents of the September 11th terrorist attack victims. For more information, visit http://www.scholarshipamerica.org.
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Dr Catherine Williams
Jindalee and surrounds for home visiting
B.A. Psych (Honours); M.Sc.; DClinical Psych
Catherine works at Nest Psychology Brisbane specialising in perinatal and child psychology. Catherine can see clients in the clinic at Toowong or she can visit you at home.
Catherine has a particular interest in providing assessment and counselling to women experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety difficulties, including depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. Catherine sees women during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. Catherine enjoys counselling first time mothers and helping them to cope with the huge transition of having a baby whilst supporting mothers to be mindful and to have compassion for themselves during this challenging time. Catherine has been working with this population for 4 years, including at a private practice in Sydney.
Catherine has over 10 years of experience working with parents having attachment difficulties with their infant or toddler; providing parenting support and strategies in settling and sleep. She also has expertise in managing emotional and behavioural issues, including separation anxiety, attention and oppositional behaviour issues in toddlers and children. Catherine has worked in major hospitals and child community and mental health facilities. Catherine has run numerous Parent-Child Interaction Therapy groups and Triple P Parenting Programs.
Catherine is empathic, and has a non-judgmental and relaxed presence. Catherine utilises various therapeutic modalities including cognitive behaviour therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (mindfulness) and attachment focused therapy.
Catherine has two young girls under 6 years old. Catherine enjoys yoga, practicing mindfulness and reading.
Fees and Rebates
Out of pocket: $64.35 per session
Available: Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Also available in Toowong
Bookings through Nest Psychology Brisbane
Telephone: 0409388840 or use the contact form below
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The Bristol Cutters took to the seas again in 2015.
Thank you to KPMG, Alliance, RBSI, Deutsche Bank, Appleby, HE & Government House, Generali, International Asset Monitor, OCS, Bank of Butterfield and The James Whalley Flying Bursary who made this possible for the children. A great time was had by all.


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Awards Funding Research
Three researchers at the Kennedy Institute have been awarded grants by Arthritis Research UK to continue the fight against various forms of arthritis.
Three researchers at the Kennedy Institute, NDORMS have been awarded grants by Arthritis Research UK to continue the fight against various forms of arthritis.
With around 10 million people from all ages living with arthritis in the UK, and no known cure for it (except for gout), research aimed at understanding the causes, preventions and development of new treatments for arthritis is essential.
The three projects now funded at the Kennedy will further the knowledge base on arthritis, as well as investigate potential new therapies for specific forms of the condition, namely osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to identify therapeutic targets of microRNAs
MicroRNAs are small molecules key to gene expression – when information from a gene is used to make gene products, which go on to perform essential functions in the body. Problems with the regulation of microRNAs have been implicated in many diseases including arthritis. Current approaches to treatment look to modify the level of a specific microRNA; however, this is too high risk for clinical application as a single microRNA has multiple targets, some of which may be undesirable or harmful to alter. To overcome this obstacle, the new project now funded at the Kennedy will use the latest genome editing technology to alter individual microRNA target sites and determine their functional significance in human cells. In this way we will identify specific and relevant single sites for therapeutic targeting.
Lead researcher: Dr Chris Murphy.
Sulfation patterns of pericellular heparan sulfate regulate chondrocyte homeostasis: novel targets for OA therapy?
A successful cure for osteoarthritis can only be developed when we understand the detailed molecular changes that occur in the joints as the disease develops. We recently identified that a key cellular mechanism important for cartilage health is disrupted in osteoarthritis. We would like to use recently developed technologies to understand why this occurs, in order to be able to develop new drugs to treat or prevent this common and disabling joint disease.
Lead researcher: Dr Linda Troeberg.
IFN-lambda: novel biologics for controlling neutrophil-mediated pathology in rheumatic diseases?
Signaling molecules are responsible for transmitting information between cells in your body. Previous work by Professor Udalova's group has recently discovered that a new signaling molecule - called interferon-lambda - better known for its role in the body's response to viruses, can also stop and reverse the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The research group believes this works by blocking the recruitment of white blood cells to the arthritic joint, where they usually increase the inflammation. The project now funded will investigate the roles of other cells and molecules in this process and ultimately translate our findings to clinical practice, using white blood cells from healthy donors and rheumatic patients (early RA and vasculitis.
Lead researcher: Professor Irina Udalova.
The Oxford-Mount Sinai (OxMS) Preprint Journal Club has partnered with Nature Reviews Immunology to launch a monthly Preprint Watch column.
A preliminary study shows that a drug which helps immune cells self-clean may improve vaccine protection in older adults
In a combined effort to help COVID-19 researchers the University of Oxford and Cardiff University have launched a series of "living reviews" in Oxford University Press's new open access journal "Oxford Open Immunology".
Awards Funding
Oxford University has today been awarded a £2.4 million grant, as part of the Kennedy Trust MB PhD scheme, to fund undergraduate medical students to undertake DPhil research in the areas of inflammation, immunology and musculoskeletal disease.
New research from the Kusumbe Group at the Kennedy Institute has shown a direct correlation between age-related decline in capillary and artery numbers and hormone production in the endocrine system.
Awards General
Five new Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships representing an investment of £3M have been announced. The fellowships (formerly Oxford-Celgene) will support postdoctoral researchers and clinicians across five departments within the Medical Sciences Division and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, providing an opportunity for them to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.


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Lafayette Square Cinema 3-4-5
3919 Lafayette Road,
Previously operated by: General Cinema Theatres
Architects: William C. Riseman
Lafayette Square Cinema
Georgetown 14 Digital Cinemas
Georgetown Theatre
Loews Lafayette Square
Lafayette Road Drive-In
This three screen General Cinema opened in 1975. Seating was listed at 950 and the Lafayette Square Cinema 3-4-5 closed in 2000. The architect was William Riseman.
Contributed by Chris1982
rivest266 on October 31, 2015 at 2:37 pm
This opened as Lafayette Square Cinemas II-III-IV on November 5th, 1976 at 4220 W. 38th St. according to the grand opening ad in the photo section. Castleton also added 3 more screens on the same day.


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package ca.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Mesh;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.VertexAttributes;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g3d.utils.MeshBuilder;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g3d.utils.MeshPartBuilder;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Matrix4;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector3;
import ca.blarg.gdx.graphics.Vertices;
import ca.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.tilemesh.CubeTileMesh;
import ca.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.tilemesh.TileMesh;
import ca.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.tilemesh.TileMeshCollection;

public class ChunkVertexGenerator {
	public class GeneratedChunkMeshes {
		public Mesh opaqueMesh;
		public Mesh alphaMesh;
	}

	protected final MeshBuilder.VertexInfo vertex = new MeshPartBuilder.VertexInfo();

	final MeshBuilder builder = new MeshBuilder();
	final MeshBuilder alphaBuilder = new MeshBuilder();

	final TileCoord tmpPosition = new TileCoord();
	final Color tmpColor = new Color();
	final Vector3 tmpOffset = new Vector3();

	boolean areVerticesGenerated;

	// for async generation of TileMap VBO's... generateVertices() can be called on another thread, but
	// createMeshFromVertices() must be called on the render thread (the OpenGL context's thread) because
	// it is creating VBOs. thus, why these two methods are now split up from how they were before.

	public void generateVertices(TileChunk chunk) {
		if (areVerticesGenerated)
			throw new IllegalStateException("Previously generated vertices have not yet been turned into meshes.");

		TileMap tileMap = chunk.tileMap;

		builder.begin(
			VertexAttributes.Usage.Position |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.ColorUnpacked |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.Normal |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.TextureCoordinates
		);
		alphaBuilder.begin(
			VertexAttributes.Usage.Position |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.ColorUnpacked |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.Normal |
			VertexAttributes.Usage.TextureCoordinates
		);

		for (int y = 0; y < chunk.getHeight(); ++y) {
			for (int z = 0; z < chunk.getDepth(); ++z) {
				for (int x = 0; x < chunk.getWidth(); ++x) {
					Tile tile = chunk.get(x, y, z);
					if (tile.isEmptySpace())
						continue;

					// only render large tile root/parent tiles or any other non-large-tile tiles
					// (the idea being that the large tile's mesh will extend into the other non-root/parent tile
					// spaces, so we shouldn't render anything for those other spaces)
					if (tile.isLargeTile() && !tile.isLargeTileRoot())
						continue;

					TileMesh mesh = chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(tile);

					// "world/tilemap space" position that this tile is at
					tmpPosition.x = x + (int)chunk.getPosition().x;
					tmpPosition.y = y + (int)chunk.getPosition().y;
					tmpPosition.z = z + (int)chunk.getPosition().z;

					Matrix4 transform = Tile.getTransformationFor(tile);

					// tile color
					if (tile.hasCustomColor())
						tmpColor.set(tile.color);
					else
						tmpColor.set(mesh.color);

					if (mesh instanceof CubeTileMesh)
						handleCubeMesh(x, y, z, tile, chunk, (CubeTileMesh)mesh, tmpPosition, transform, tmpColor);
					else
						handleGenericMesh(x, y, z, tile, chunk, mesh, tmpPosition, transform, tmpColor);
				}
			}
		}

		areVerticesGenerated = true;
	}

	public GeneratedChunkMeshes createMeshFromVertices() {
		if (!areVerticesGenerated)
			throw new IllegalStateException("Vertices have not yet been generated. Cannot create a mesh.");

		GeneratedChunkMeshes output = new GeneratedChunkMeshes();
		output.opaqueMesh = builder.end();
		output.alphaMesh = alphaBuilder.end();

		areVerticesGenerated = false;

		return output;
	}

	// if you're not doing async map generation, then you can (and probably should) still call this as before

	public GeneratedChunkMeshes generate(TileChunk chunk) {
		generateVertices(chunk);
		return createMeshFromVertices();
	}

	private void handleCubeMesh(int x, int y, int z, Tile tile, TileChunk chunk, CubeTileMesh mesh, TileCoord tileMapPosition, Matrix4 transform, Color color) {
		// determine what's next to each cube face
		Tile left = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x - 1, y, z);
		Tile right = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x + 1, y, z);
		Tile forward = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y, z - 1);
		Tile backward = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y, z + 1);
		Tile down = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y - 1, z);
		Tile up = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y + 1, z);

		// evaluate each face's visibility and add it's vertices if needed one at a time
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_LEFT, tile, mesh, left, TileMesh.SIDE_RIGHT, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.leftFaceVertexOffset);
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_RIGHT, tile, mesh, right, TileMesh.SIDE_LEFT, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.rightFaceVertexOffset);
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_FRONT, tile, mesh, forward, TileMesh.SIDE_BACK, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.frontFaceVertexOffset);
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_BACK, tile, mesh, backward, TileMesh.SIDE_FRONT, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.backFaceVertexOffset);
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_BOTTOM, tile, mesh, down, TileMesh.SIDE_TOP, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.bottomFaceVertexOffset);
		if (canRenderCubeFace(TileMesh.SIDE_TOP, tile, mesh, up, TileMesh.SIDE_BOTTOM, color, chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes))
			renderCubeFace(builder, alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, mesh.topFaceVertexOffset);
	}

	private boolean canRenderCubeFace(byte faceToCheck, Tile currentTile, CubeTileMesh currentTileMesh, Tile adjacentTile, byte adjacentFace, Color color, TileMeshCollection tileMeshes) {
		if (!currentTileMesh.hasFace(faceToCheck))
			return false;  // this tile doesn't even have the face, so nothing needs to be rendered

		if (adjacentTile == null || adjacentTile.isEmptySpace())
			return true;  // tile next to this face is empty, we can render away!

		TileMesh adjacentTileMesh = tileMeshes.get(adjacentTile);

		// both cube faces that are facing each other are part of the same tile and that tile is alpha + blended
		// we should therefore not render this face as it tends to look a little weird in the rendered result (at best)
		if (currentTileMesh.alpha && adjacentTileMesh.alpha && currentTile.tile == adjacentTile.tile && color.a < 1.0f)
			return false;

		if (adjacentTileMesh.isOpaque(adjacentFace) == false)
			return true;

		return false;
	}

	private void renderCubeFace(MeshBuilder builder, MeshBuilder alphaBuilder, Tile tile, TileMesh sourceMesh, TileChunk chunk, TileCoord position, Matrix4 transform, Color color, int firstVertex) {
		if (sourceMesh.alpha)
			addMesh(alphaBuilder, tile, sourceMesh, chunk, position, transform, color, firstVertex, TileMesh.CUBE_VERTICES_PER_FACE);
		else
			addMesh(builder, tile, sourceMesh, chunk, position, transform, color, firstVertex, TileMesh.CUBE_VERTICES_PER_FACE);
	}

	private void handleGenericMesh(int x, int y, int z, Tile tile, TileChunk chunk, TileMesh mesh, TileCoord tileMapPosition, Matrix4 transform, Color color) {
		boolean visible = false;

		// visibility determination. we check for at least one
		// adjacent empty space / non-opaque tile
		Tile left = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x - 1, y, z);
		Tile right = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x + 1, y, z);
		Tile forward = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y, z - 1);
		Tile backward = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y, z + 1);
		Tile down = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y - 1, z);
		Tile up = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(x, y + 1, z);

		// null == empty space (off the edge of the entire map)
		if (
				(left == null || left.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(left).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_RIGHT)) ||
						(right == null || right.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(right).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_LEFT)) ||
						(forward == null || forward.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(forward).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_BACK)) ||
						(backward == null || backward.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(backward).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_FRONT)) ||
						(up == null || up.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(up).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_BOTTOM)) ||
						(down == null || down.isEmptySpace() || !chunk.tileMap.tileMeshes.get(down).isOpaque(TileMesh.SIDE_TOP))
				)
			visible = true;

		if (visible) {
			if (mesh.alpha)
				addMesh(alphaBuilder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, 0, mesh.getVertices().count());
			else
				addMesh(builder, tile, mesh, chunk, tileMapPosition, transform, color, 0, mesh.getVertices().count());
		}
	}

	protected void addMesh(MeshBuilder builder, Tile tile, TileMesh sourceMesh, TileChunk chunk, TileCoord position, Matrix4 transform, Color color, int firstVertex, int numVertices) {
		// adjust position by the tilemesh offset. TileMesh's are modeled using the
		// origin (0,0,0) as the center and are 1 unit wide/deep/tall. So, their
		// max extents are from -0.5,-0.5,-0.5 to 0.5,0.5,0.5. For rendering
		// purposes in a chunk, we want the extents to be 0,0,0 to 1,1,1. This
		// adjustment fixes that
		tmpOffset.set(TileMesh.OFFSET);
		tmpOffset.x += (float)position.x;
		tmpOffset.y += (float)position.y;
		tmpOffset.z += (float)position.z;

		Vertices sourceVertices = sourceMesh.getVertices();
		sourceVertices.moveTo(firstVertex);

		// copy vertices
		for (int i = 0; i < numVertices; ++i) {
			sourceVertices.getVertex(vertex);

			// TODO: need to play with vertex/mesh color combinations a bit more to see if this is really correct
			vertex.color.set(
					vertex.color.r * color.r,
					vertex.color.g * color.g,
					vertex.color.b * color.b,
					vertex.color.a * color.a
			);

			// transform if applicable... (this will probably just be per-tile rotation)
			if (transform != null) {
				vertex.position.mul(transform);
				vertex.normal.rot(transform);
			}

			// translate vertex into "world/tilemap space"
			vertex.position.add(tmpOffset);

			builder.vertex(vertex);
			sourceVertices.moveNext();
		}
	}
}

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Lacul Martaza (în ) este un liman sărat format pe malul Mării Negre, în sudul Basarabiei. Suprafața lacului se află pe teritoriul Raionului Tatarbunar, la nord de Lacul Șagani.

Bazinul lacului este de formă alungită. Suprafața sa este de 0.50 km². Lacul se află pe malul nordic al Limanului Șagani, fiind separat de acesta printr-o barieră îngustă de nisip. Pe malul nordic se află satul Martaza.

Lacul Martaza face parte din Parcul Natural Național "Limanele Tuzlei".

Limanurile Tuzlei

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