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Peter Lowe (born 17 June 1938) is an English artist. He was born in London at Victoria Park, Hackney. He studied at Goldsmiths College 1954–60 where he was taught by Mary Martin and Kenneth Martin. Lowe's work is rational, abstract and geometric. In 1960 he constructed and exhibited his first relief and experimented with balanced transformable constructions. His work is mainly exhibited and appreciated in Europe where it is in many national collections, Vienna mumok Sammlung Dieter und Gertraud Bogner, Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi . In 1972 he cofounded Systems group. Since 1974 he has been a member of Arbeitskreis.

The constructivist work of Peter Lowe is mentioned in Alastair Grieve's authoritative book of 2005, and an interview with him by the art historian Alan Fowler is given in the Southampton City Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, 2008.

References

 Dictionnaire de la Peinture Anglaise et Americaine, Larousse 1991,
 Grieve, Alastair Constructed Abstract Art in England After the Second World War: A Neglected Avant Garde, Yale University Press. 2005.
 Jonneke Jobse. De Stijl Continued. The Journal Structure (1958–1964) An Artists' Debate. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2005.
 Fowler, Alan, essay and interview with Peter Lowe in exhibition catalogue 'A Rational Aesthetic', Southampton City Art Gallery, 2008
  Correspondences Modern Art and Universalism, Muzeum Sztuki 2012

External links
Official website of the artist
The Cornelius Foundation
 Waterhouse and Dodd art brokers. London W1.
Tate Gallery Collection
 Fowler, Alan, essay Peter Lowe's work, 2016

1938 births
English sculptors
English male sculptors
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David Howells
The fourth and final installment of the One Time romance serial. Sam and Elsie have moved into their new home, have begun their new part time jobs, and are ready to lay back and plan their wedding. Life has a few more surprises in store before the big day, though. Though on in years, the aging couple stand strong together against what life throws in their paths.This short story series concludes with 'New Roads'. The series follows two retirees, widowers, and former next door neighbors, as they close the doors on their previous long term marriages and seek in each other a loving partner to share the remainder of their life with. Their dramas are not unlike what many face, but it is their joy of life and appreciation of each other that lights their way through the dark times as well as the stormy times.
Half a Mind
Imagine two separate minds existing in one body from even before birth. What trials and troubles would such a dual intellect in a single body go through as an infant, as a pre-schooler, in high school?Imagine what might happen if such a person were to appear in criminal court. Now, suppose the charge was murder?Multiple personalities have been well documented and studied. Protocols for re-unification have been published in many journals. Half a Mind is about a case where there can be no unification, and places those two consciousnesses into a legal situation of a murder trial. Here we explore some of the conundrums that would arise, including trial procedure, swearing in, giving testimony, witness protection, admissibility of evidence and more. I think you'll find this fertile ground for a situation that could very well happen in real life, though it sounds far fetched.
One More Time, Pet Project
This is the third installment of the One Time serial. Sam and Elsie have made huge strides to close the doors of their past and open up a new door for them both to walk through. The house is turning out wonderfully, and both agree a pet is in order. That is where agreement ended, and their first hurdle began. Sometimes, the smallest things can cause the biggest rifts.A family pet is a big committment, whether the caregivers are young or old. An elderly couple has additional considerations in considering their own lifespans that might fall short of a pet's, or their ability to meet the physical needs as in providing the exercise the pet needs. These considerations were minor, though, when compared to the differing visions of what a family dog should look like...particularly size. Men tend to prefer larger dogs, while women more often like something that can curl up on their lap. Sam and Elsie are in for their first arguement, something almost every couple will encounter in their relationship development. How they overcome it is worth looking at, for the answer arose from strong love and mutual respect.
Humor / Romance & Love
One More Time, Takes Two
Sam and Elsie have overcome some of the fears and awkwardness of carving out a new life for themselves. How could either of their homes, the places they shared with their former spouses, allow for something new and untethered to the past? The painful decision to break from the familiar to allow the new is hard to make.What is a home? It is a familiar base that protects you, provides for you, while making great demands on you as time goes on. The servant slowly becomes more of a master. Letting go of the past is a frightening thing, which is as it should be. That keeps us from racing into uncertainty with too much risk. But too much reliance upon a past home prevents a new one from having a chance to form. We push our children out of their nest as part of our parental duties. Who, then, will push us out when we are the only one in the nest?
When the one you love passes on, leaving your sunset years wanting of warmth, a person can wonder if that is the way the rest of their lives will go. In One Time, two long time friends and next door neighbors realize they might very well find warmth once more in each other over and above being best friends. That leap is harder and more complicated than they thought. Reviews welcome!This is a simple story of search for the comforts of a new mate when the one you spent a lifetime with leaves you behind. People do find new mates, but there are so many differences. Who will leave the home with so many memories, how do you deal with the feelings of being unfaithful, and how do you find someone you can also be a friend to as well as a mate? Sam and Elsie were next door neighbors, adding a track record of friendship, while at the same time causing yet another complexity. One More Time isn't all that complicated a story, and no conflict over and above what a normal couple would have has been engineered for drama. Life is dramatic enough as it is.
A mentally fractured powerful spirit of a Georgian plantation holds in thrall the men and mounts of a Civil War foraging party to daily avenge the death of her husband and children by putting the enemy spirits through Hell. Ryan Fitzgalen, ancient and clairvoyant thanks to a WWII experiment using electromagnetism and his ghost wife must call in their descendents to battle undying hatred.A mentally fractured and hideously powerful spirit of a Georgian plantation and slave owner hold in thrall the men and mounts of a Civil War foraging party. She is avenging the death of her husband and children by putting the enemy spirits through a daily ritual of Hell. Ryan Fitzgalen was rendered spiritually clairvoyant and caused to be the world's oldest man by a WW II experiment using electromagnetic power for naval stealth technology. He and the spirit of his deceased wife, Vanessa, are no match for Mad Annie, and so must call in his distant descendents to even the playing field. Even then, one of the Fitzgalen Family must fall.
Other Shoes, Other Feet
It wouldn't be the first time the crime of murder disrupted a family, but how often does that crime happen in a previous life?The Baxters seemed the idyllic couple; almost love at first sight. Certainly there was a strong attraction that both passed on to just having the right chemistry. But soon after the honeymoon, things began to unravel...so much so that they now stood before a Judge after their third 'domestic dispute' intervention by local police. Yet, neither could recall what any of the arguments were about. In another time, they might be considered demon possessed. In modern time, they were remanded to court-ordered psychological evaluation. Hypnosis became the tool that unlocked crimes from a past life whose devastating effects continued to be felt over a hundred years later.
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Switch Child 2
Karl Hoffman has an adopted son like no other. Colin's mind is six years old, while his body is six feet underground. The child now exists in the electrical conduits of computers, cables and power lines. How do you raise a child who can only communicate via digital media? What kind of great service can such an intelligence render humanity? What kind of damage is he capable of?Switch Child 2 takes up the story of Colin Craft, a six year old child who suffered a catastrophic head trauma in the same boating accident that claimed both his parents. Karl Hoffman wants to live up to being Colin's adoptive father, but there are problems. Colin managed to extend his awareness into the city's electrical infrastructure at first, and became so adept at it that, when his body gave out, Colin became a permanent resident of computers, digital communication devices, and connecting conduits. Karl Hoffman is his only connection to the world he left behind, and Colin is the son he never had. Both realize that secrecy is paramount, for if the child's existence was ever revealed, there would be a world wide controversy. When the world learned of what Colin is capable of, controversy would escalate to a firestorm. Karl needs guidance and help, but who could he possibly turn to? The answer might be found in a most upsetting text message resulting from his interview with Detective Alice Roland.
Sand Soldier
Life is not a circle...it's a spiral. You come back to not where you were, but a place that has familiarity. Arny Woods' earliest and fondest memory was in playing soldiers in the sandbox in the back yard. He was too young to see the cycle return in high school, but the shock of combat at D Day opened his eyes.What is deja vu, but a sense of having been somewhere before. The subconscious forgets nothing and can recreate every sense received by the central nervous system (except for pain...that's forgotten; had to be, or women would give birth only once otherwise). In Sand Soldier, patterns that began as a child are found to repeat twice more in later life, each time having deeper, and more dangerous, circumstances. Are they deepening of lessons started as a preschooler, or repeated warnings to change his path before it's too late?
When a man by mishap is locked into a sensory deprivation chamber for two days, he comes out changed. But what was he changed into? Some believed he was forever delusional. The man and others believed he was taken over by a holy angel to work miracles in the psych ward. Two college students doing a research project find more than they expected...much more. Review and 'favorite author' welcome!When people experience a life-shaking event, whether religious conversion, near death experiences, or other tumults of life, they often come out changed to the point where you wonder if they are the same person. Suppose, in at least some cases, they aren't the same person. Demonic possession has long been studied to either debunk or prove same. Those saying their new selves are higher spirits are treated with less by way of exorcism, but more by way of therapy...often forced.Two university students for a senior thesis are given one of the latter to study. When reports by professionals begin to fall short, they seek out the victim's sister. Through her help, both students are afforded a face to face meeting with the victim himself.
Switch Child
An aging handyman winding up his employment years at a chronic care facility finds himself connecting to a child patient, though the boy registers as brain dead. The boy, Colin, is able to reach past the barriers in a way no one else has ever done, and Karl the Handyman tries to help, while protecting the boy from the dangers success would bring. Reviews and 'favorite author' are most welcome!The Northeast is concerned over the expanding scope of minor electrical fluctuations that no one can explain. The problem started in a 300 bed chronic care facility, and the first investigator was Karl Hoffman, who traced the disturbances to a brain dead child, the last 'survivor' of a boating accident.Karl is called before a Police Detective, and must explain with great care his role in tracking down and fixing the problem. If he tells too much, he may lose the best friend he has...the brain dead child who isn't quite as damaged as the experts thought.
Andy and Gail were salutitorian and valedictorian respectively. Their task was to encapsulate 4 years of high school at graduation into a memorable 20 minutes. With a lot of soul searching, help from others, and the student body, the commencement speach became something no one would soon, or ever, forget.Graduation from high school is something that most of us go through. It marks a rite of passage, a transition. Two students, one with the highest cumulative average and the other with the strongest political achievements, were tasked by a new and progressive principal to make this day unforgettable. So what was it that those who leave high school remember most after 5, or 10, or even 20 years later? That they found out, and crafted a ceremony that most of us can only wish we had. Whether you have fond or bitter memories of the high school experience (most of us are a mix of both), GRADUATION DAY will touch you.Thank you for considering this for your reading. I hope it will mean something to you.
Who was the hostage taker, and why did he request Captain Roger Burhans as an intermediary? There were three prisoners in a small building that was built like a fortress. The negotiations game had begun, but the gunman's plan of multiple revenge strikes would eventually destroy more than one life. Misery loves company, and hate will provide it. Reviews and 'favorite author' status very welcome!This is the first of a short story series of varying topics and genres. The image of a police stand-off against a gunman with multiple hostages has made the video and print media all too many times. In this story, though, there are twists and surprises that no one could have possibly dreamed of, even in the worst of nightmares.Training and experience are invaluable to police in hostage crisis situations. But the formulas most successful in such situations can mislead when the game is not anything one had ever heard of. Going by the book, unfortunately, can lead one into a most horrific trap.

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GBP: English lockdown pushes pound lower
EUR: Strong sentiment remains
USD: All eyes on Georgia
Sterling's first full trading day of 2021 was a negative one with investors eager to sell the pound as the government announced another lockdown in England, with similar moves already underway in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The stringency of the measures mirror the first lockdown, initially imposed last March, and are therefore likely to see economic pain all along supply chains as demand once again slows from both a business and personal consumption standpoint.
Given the harshness of the lockdown, we do expect the Treasury to announce more support for businesses within the next week, as most will not want or be able to hold on until the Budget in March.
Whilst the economics of the UK remain poor, we do not see this decision as a reason to change our calls on sterling – strong against the USD, weak almost everywhere else – nor our belief that the Bank of England will not need to move interest rates below zero.
Euro has remained strong against the USD and took some ground against the GBP following the UK lockdown announcement last night. Support for the single currency is coming from a myriad of places currently and there are only a few things – mainly from the ECB – that could alter that markedly in the short term.
Lockdown measures are not just news in the UK of course; The German government is expected to announce a three-week extension to its current lockdown measures later today whilst France's slow start to vaccination is raising concerns that this weakness could lead to pressure on Emmanuel Macron as he bids for reelection next year.
All eyes will fall on the state of Georgia tonight as voters there go back to the polls to finally decide the two Senators to represent their state for the next 4 years. The dollar is playing it cool at the moment but any sign that the two seats end up in the hands of the two Democratic candidates and we will be looking for another impulse of dollar weakness as markets increase their bets on outsized spending pledges by the Biden Administration.
Today's manufacturing ISM will be able to show us how confidently US manufacturers ended 2020 with the election result known.
The ongoing trade disputes between the US and China are the most important non-Covid story out there at the moment and a slice of daylight within them has helped risk markets a little higher. Heading into the end of last year, plans were made to delist the shares of China's three largest state-owned telecommunications companies on the New York Stock Exchange. An announcement however yesterday has reversed that decision, helping sentiment and driving both the Chinese yuan and the Australian dollar higher.
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Just in time for Halloween, be there for the beginning of the thrilling monster movement as The Ghoulfriends dream of a school where monsters would be welcome. Join The Ghoulfriends as they celebrate the monsters among us!
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The DVD is rated G.
Once upon a tomb, monsters lived in hiding, afraid they would be in danger if humans knew they existed. But Draculaura, daughter of Dracula, and her ghoulfriends dreamt of a school where everyone was welcome, and a world where monsters and humans could co-exist.
The trailer is available to view here.


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Fun, caring, compassionate, down to earth, honest, Loyal to the right person! I wont lie for no one nor will will i lie to you! If you dont like me, you know what a door looks like!! Oh, and i am "VERY" Direct!!


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	}//end of if
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2021-22 Folkstyle Season
2022 Freestlye & Greco Roman Season
Competition Schedule – Elite Youth Travel Team
CWC State Tournament Results
Chaparral HS Record Book
HS Team Record Book
HS Individual Record Book
HS Girls Record Book
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P2P Wrestling League
USAW Safesport Program
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Novice (Red) Team
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The Intermediate / Advanced Team is a combined team that consists of at the Advanced and Intermediate levels. Kids on this team generally have 3+ years of wrestling experience and are beginning to control their emotions and stay focused for extended periods of time.
Kids will be pushed to test their comfort limits and expand their wrestling arsenal at this level. However, there will remain a strong focus on technique, fundamentals, muscle memory, and mat awareness at these team practices.
This is the level where we will begin preparing the kids to take that next step in terms of competition and success on the mat. Kids at this level will be encouraged to compete for as much as they feel comfortable and get at least 30+ matches during the season.
On average, this group is for 8-14-year-olds with 3+ years of wrestling experience and those who have graduated from the Novice Red Team.
This is the level where we will begin preparing the kids to take that next step in terms of competition and success on the mat.
There may be a few rare 7-year-old kids who belong in this group. Still, the majority of this team is comprised of 3rd - 8th graders as this team requires an ability to focus and stay engaged for extended periods of time, display extreme attention to detail, a demonstrated understanding and mastering of fundamental techniques, and the ability to push yourself mentally and physically outside of your comfort zone.
Many of the kids on the Intermediate / Advanced Team are those kids who win multiple matches in national and state tournaments but who are one or two steps away from becoming elite and finding themselves on the podium at these high-level tournaments.
Intermediate / Advanced team members are strongly encouraged to attend off-season camps, practices, dual meets, and participate in the Freestyle and Greco-Roman seasons.
Kids will be pushed to test their comfort limits and expand their wrestling arsenal at this level. However, there will remain a strong focus on technique, fundamentals, muscle memory, and mat awareness at this level.
Kids at this level will be encouraged to compete for as much as they feel comfortable and get at least 30+ matches during the season.
All CWC Intermediate / Advanced Team members will practice at Chaparral High School this season on M, W, TH from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm.
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A couple weeks late, I have another video review of one of the nominees of this year's Hugo Awards (which, sadly, didn't win). Specifically, the book The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. For those unable to watch the video at work, the rough script for the video is also being posted with it.
Hello, welcome to Breaking It All Down. I'm Count Zero. This week's book review I'm taking a look at one of the novels that were nominated for the 2011 Hugo Awards, and which didn't win. For those who weren't keeping track, the winner was Blackout, which I reviewed previously and didn't like. The book I'm checking out this week is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemsen which not only was nominated for a Hugo for Best Novel, but also was the author's first published novel. Before I get into this review though, I need to talk a little bit about the difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction.
The fantasy genre is something that's a little tricky to nail down. It's kind of like obscenity – I know it when I see it. As a general rule of thumb, fantasy stories are generally in a medieval or ancient setting, with a power in the setting described as "magic", which operates on a set of rules different from the rules of science, though the power of magic and the rules it operates on (if it operates on any at all) varies depending on the type of fantasy story and the story's dramatic requirements. Typically these settings will be on a different world, though if they are on Earth, it'll be on Earth's past.
For example, in Swords and Sorcery stories, there's magic, but magic is generally incredibly involved, and opposed to using it to create shields or enchant swords, it summons and controls demons or other kinds of otherworldly spirits, or summon a plague of darkness or something similar. These rituals tend to be very involved and dramatic, and if something goes wrong then Bad Things Happen. However, there will be some exceptions made for pools of scrying or crystal balls to allow villains to spy on our heroes or send messages remotely for similar reasons – they're dramatic. They let the villains be ahead of our heroes or allow them to manifest a giant face in a mirror to taunt or threaten our heroes.
Heroic Fantasy stories are closer to your Lord of the Rings fare. If you've watched the Lord of the Rings films, or Record of Lodoss War, or read Terry Brooks, then you know exactly what you're getting into. To a certain degree, when we think of fantasy, this is often what we think about.
Mythic Fantasy stories are ones where the gods are much more involved in human affairs. Because of the cosmic powers involved, the plots of these books tend to focus more on the schemes and plans of Gods and Men, instead of the action of a Conan story or a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
As with most genres, there are exceptions to these rules, as half the fun of having rules comes from playing with them. For example, swords and sorcery or even high fantasy setting might be set on a post-apocalyptic future earth, with Magic being in the form of Sufficiently Advanced Technology, like with Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun and, yes, even Thundarr The Barbarian. Alternately, the setting could turn out to be some sort of space craft or space station, like in the early Might & Magic games, as well as the anime Scrapped Princess.
This brings me to this week's book. While this book was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, this book is more of a mythic fantasy novel. Magic is plentiful, with uses from the catastrophic to the mundane, and not only is the setting's mythology true, but the gods of the setting are important characters in the book's plot.
The book focuses on Yeine Darr, whose mother was part of the royal Aramari family, before she married a commoner. Yeine is called to the floating capitol city of Sky where she is declared heir to the throne, but in order to actually become heir, she must also contend with the plans of her two cousins, who are also contenders to the throne. Then there's the whole matter of the Enefadeh – Gods imprisoned in flesh, magically bound to serve the family, but who also strain under their yoke.
Now, there's a lot more to this than that, in terms of various plots and counter-plots by the book's characters, but this is a mythic fantasy novel. That's to be expected. The question is, how well are these plots and schemes done? The answer is – very well. Everyone's plans make sense, and fit in with their motivations and resources, which, considering the power of the Aramari, is not insignificant. It reminds me a lot of Dune, and the Thirty Xanatos Pileup that book was. If anything, its schemes don't make up the same Gordian Knot the schemes of Dune were, which is perhaps for the best.
My only major complaint about the book is that while the story does a good job of providing a sense of place for the city of Sky, and also does a good job of fleshing out the world's mythology, we don't get an description of much of the world outside of Sky. In particular, Darr feels a bit iffy. Its people are described as Northern Barbarians, but we don't really get into what that means. Is the country more along the lines of the Nordic cultures, and does their countries have the sort of harsh winters that Scandinavia has? Is slightly warmer, like southern England or northern France. Is it more of a temperate society like the Greeks? It's never explained.
So, does this book get a recommendation? Abso-friggin-lutely. I wouldn't say that this would have gotten my Hugo vote, if I was eligible to vote – The Dervish House still has the top spot. Still, this book was very well done, and I strongly recommend that you give it a shot.


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Another way we can add more power to the Yoan community is via CPU donations (which are converted into Monero). Monero has the benefit of many of the facets of Bitcoin, but it is also more private and fungible. These properties will likely become important in the future. Sure, it will have scaling challenges, but it will likely have a nice distribution and will be more decentralised due to the algorithms resistance to ASIC Miners.
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Men's basketball outscores Biola University in fourth consecutive win
by Anel Ceballos December 7, 2021
By Anel Ceballos, Dec. 7, 2021
On Nov. 20, the CPP men's basketball team traveled to La Mirada, California to play against Biola University at the Chase Gymnasium, defeating the opposing team with a 60-49 final score. Entering the game with three consecutive non-conference wins, the victory gave the Broncos a 4-0 record.
Throughout the first half, the Broncos maintained control of the game, reaching halftime with a score of 28-20. At the start of the second half, Biola went on an 8-0 run to tie the game 28-28. Initially struggling to preserve their lead during the match, the Broncos did not waste time in finding their footing and claiming victory.
According to Head Coach Greg Kamansky, the team struggled to find a consistent rhythm of play, given the number of new players who joined the team this season. However, his hopes of dominating future conference matches remain intact.
"We're just happy to play basketball. You know the old cliche: if something gets taken away, you don't realize how important it is until it gets taken away," Kamansky said. "We pretty much have almost a whole new team so we're basically starting with a lot of new players, new stuff going on and so, to be honest, we don't know what to expect."
For senior guard Phoenix Shackelford, who finished the game with 10 points, four rebounds and two steals, this season is special. It will be his last before graduating.
"Basketball is my life; it's everything to me," Shackelford said. "I was trying to find every way to play basketball. They were taking the hoops down at local parks, so I had to drive like 30 minutes just to play basketball."
Despite the struggles the team faced in establishing player dynamics on the court, Kamansky believes the Broncos retaliated against Biola's aggressive offense well.
"What I was most proud of is that we responded," Kamansky said. "After they caught us, we didn't fold, and it was a good experience for us. I was really happy about that."
One of the few returning players on the team, senior guard and forward Tavian Henderson has made continuous efforts to be vocal and use his experience to help his teammates.
"I try to use that to my advantage to be able to lead our team and whatever that may be whether that's directing the core with play calls or calling out certain spots that guys need to be," Henderson said. "That's one of my main goals is going to games: to make sure we're situated and putting ourselves in the best position to win the game whether that's offensively or defensively."
Henderson ended the game with his first collegiate double-double, with 12 points and 12 rebounds. The team finished the game shooting 45.3% over Biola's 34.5%.
Advancing in conference play, Kamansky is specifically focused on playing each game more strategically than the last. Because each matchup is different, the Broncos will have to adapt to each opposing team as the season progresses, according to Kamansky.
"Our end goal is making the NCAA tournament," Kamansky said. "Our region's really tough, but that's our ultimate goal. Anything can happen if we prove we can win games and we won a championship one year. So, making the tournament and then hopefully we're prepared and ready to go from there."
After defeating Stanislaus State 66-54 on Dec. 2, the Broncos now have an overall record of 5-1.
To watch the CPP men's basketball teams play this season, visit the CCAA network website.
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STF Project: Backend developer for fpm registry
awvwgk November 8, 2022, 7:27pm #1
Project: Hosting fpm registry
Aim of this project is to develop a web server that will allow the uploading and downloading of packages. Packages will have names and version numbers, and be associated with one or more maintainers. Users must have an account and be logged in to upload packages. A package maintainer will be able to assign other maintainers and remove a package from the registry - either a specific version or the package in its entirety. Only a package maintainer will be allowed to upload new versions of an existing package.
T1: Initial Prototype of the web server
2 months (M1-M2)
The initial prototype will be capable of creating user accounts and allowing logged-in users to upload packages. It will allow package maintainers to remove a specific version of a package, or the package in its entirety. It will include sufficient tools for moderation and administration. I.e. administrators will be able to assign new maintainers to packages, delete user accounts, remove packages, etc. Finally, users will be able to download packages via a well-defined API without authentication.
T2: Upload Restrictions and Checks
2 months (M3-M4; requires T1)
One important check and restriction for a package on upload will be to ensure that all modules provided by a package are prefixed with the name of the package. This will ensure that module name conflicts do not arise between different packages. It is estimated that it will take 1 month to implement this check.
Another important aspect will be to ensure that the package can be built as a dependency.
As other checks and restrictions are determined, we will implement them as time allows.
T3: API for Query and Mirror
1 month (M5; requires T1)
To improve efficiency and reliability for users, we will implement an API allowing tools to easily query and mirror the repository. This will involve obtaining a list of all packages and versions, and bulk downloading of packages.
T4: fpm Support
1 month (M6)
Enable fpm to support uploading packages, querying the registry for available packages and versions, and fetching packages and their dependencies.
D1: Prototype of a web server.
Period: M2.
Mean of verification: Web page available as frontend
D2: Implementation of restrictions and checks.
Mean of verification: See package violating checks fail to upload
D3: API for query and mirror.
Mean of verification: Access to API
D4: Prototype version supporting fpm.
Period: M5:
Mean of verification: Use fpm to interact with the registry
D5: Prototype supporting restrictions, checks, query and mirror, and fpm.
Mean of verification: Use fpm and/or web frontend to interact with the registry. Implementation available on GitHub
The project is compensated at €60/hour over a period of 6 months up to 40 hours/week. Part time (less that 40 hours/week) is available in mutual agreement with the project administrators.
Knowledge in Python and Fortran
Familiarity with frameworks like Django and Flask
Please contact the project administrators, Sebastian @awvwgk and Ondrej @certik, for further information or to submit applications. For applications please include previous contributions to relevant Fortran-lang projects.
For more details on the STF project checkout Sovereign Tech Fund Project.
Module naming restrictions for fpm
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America's farmers are dying out. The USDA is calling on veterans to take their place
"If you're someone who enjoys nature, farming offers you solace and employment while letting you get back to living on your own timetable."
By David Roza | Published Jan 30, 2020 5:37 PM
The United States Department of Agriculture wants to put vets out to pasture — literally.
In a new article published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service on Monday, the USDA warns that American farmers, whose average age is 58, are dying out, and now the department is reaching out to vets to persuade them to take their place.
"In my opinion, there is no other group of people out there used to hard work, waking up early, late hours and who are mission focused than our veterans," said Bill Ashton, a USDA military veteran agricultural liaison. "Veterans are extremely resilient. This is a business with many aspects to it; it's hands-on hard work, and that's why they're a good fit for agriculture."
So, from the USDA's point of view, veterans who loved unforgiving and unpredictable manual labor in the military will enjoy a life of farming at a time when extreme weather, falling prices and farm bankruptcies are leading many farmers to take their own lives.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture sees the military veteran population as a practical solution to America's dwindling farmer population. As a result, USDA officials are seeking to help veterans get started in farming.(DVIDS photo / G. Anthony Riis)
Still, despite the obstacles, many veterans are way ahead of USDA. Organizations such as the 13,000-member Farmer Veteran Coalition and the Veterans to Farmers program have sprung up in the past 15 years specifically for recent veterans who are new to the farming business.
"You don't have to call it therapy if you don't want to, just get some vets out there with their hands in the dirt and the therapy will happen all on its own," says Air Force vet Richard Murphy, founding member and executive director of VTF, on the program's website.
The potential mental health benefits of farming are part of USDA's pitch to veterans. The DVIDS release quotes Vietnam War veteran Joseph Padgett as saying "working with nature helped me psychologically … it help veterans come back to who they were before they went into the service. It helped me."
Marine Capt. Patrick Keplinger, a computer network service division officer shows off a plant in a hydroponic greenhouse at Archi's Acres in Escondido, Calif., Aug. 4, 2011. Keplinger recently completed the six-week Veterans Sustainable Agricultural training program.(Marine Corps photo / Pfc. Kevin Crist)
For those who want a monetary incentive, the release pointed to the wide variety of careers in agriculture, including ranching, crop grading, food safety inspection, accounting, information technology, marketing, research and even firefighting.
The USDA also said it would provide business loans and grants for veteran entrepreneurs, and pointed out that veteran farmers and ranchers are often preferred by the department's farm credit and conservation programs.
Individual states also provide support, the release said. For example, Padgett is a participant with the Kentucky Proud program, which promotes a marketing initiative that places a Homegrown by Heroes logo on veteran-grown farm products.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Proud program also matches veterans needing immediate employment with farmers who need quality workers, thereby giving vets a stable income and on-the-job training for a farming career, the article said.The DVIDs release also quoted a USDA official as saying that 40% of service members are from rural America, however that figure has been disputed in the past as a vast overstatement.
Farming's tough, Padgett said, but it has some perks over your typical 9-to-5.
"If you're someone who enjoys nature, farming offers you the solace you need and rewarding while at the same time letting you get back to living on your own timetable," he said.
David Roza
covers the Air Force and anything Star Wars-related. He joined Task & Purpose in 2019, after covering local news in Maine and then FDA policy in Washington D.C. He loves hearing the stories of individual airmen and their families, and he also holds the unpopular opinion that Imperial stormtroopers are actually excellent marksmen. david.roza@taskandpurpose.com Contact the author here.
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Highlights from our programmes, events and day-to-day news.
A busy start to the year - read about it here!
Newsletter: December 2017
Brief news for the holiday season!
Newsletter: October 2017
Read all our news from the past few months!
Watch this video to learn about what we do and why
Climbing Kilimanjaro for AMP
Update: 4th October 2017 - they did it!! They summited Kilimanjaro at 8am this morning and are now making their way down to Kibo Hut. We are so proud of what you have achieved.
Although the highest geographical peak, Africa has far bigger mountains to climb. As you read this, Africans across the continent, homelands torn apart by social disaster, flee across borders to simply survive! Can you imagine your own home becoming critically hostile, forcing you to seek refuge in places where you are treated with utter contempt, let alone wanted? Well, people just like us have fled all they know and once loved and have come to our country for refuge and safety. Will you help them? Will you rise to this challenge and partner with us?
Inspired by the Adonis Musati Project's empowerment programme for young asylum seekers in South Africa, the McWalter family will be taking on the immense challenge of summiting Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro on the 4th October 2017 to raise awareness of and support for the desperate plight of our displaced African children. We like that AMP provides an African solution to an African challenge. From the initial concept, through the steady preparation, to the last gruelling ascent up Uhuru Peak – we invite you to come with us!
We cannot do this alone, so please share in our climb by supporting us in each metre that we ascend. In so doing, together we will elevate our African brothers and sisters to new heights in their upward struggle, summiting our challenges together.
Follow our journey on Amped2Elevate and follow us on Facebook to track the McWalter family's progress, and to find out how you too can rise to the occasion!
We have a new GivenGain fundraising page or click on the Donate button below to see other ways to donate.
Articles about the Adonis Musati Project, our work and our inspiration.
A Zimbabwe native helps refugees from her country in South Africa.
Terry Hodson drives behind a white station wagon, almost identical to her own, carrying fellow volunteers around the curve of the road and under the highway overpass. In the shadows, five men huddle around a fire. Two wave. The others just stare.
From Zim to the Cape, boy tells of journey
He is only 15 years old, but earlier this year Tapiwa Chiwanda embarked on a gruelling four-day journey from his home in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, to Cape Town. Here, he hoped to start a new life and find a way to support his younger sister - their parents are both dead - but instead Tapiwa ended up living under a bridge, hungry and cold. His guardian angel came in the form of local NGO the Adonis Musati Project.
Zimbabwean dies queuing for visa
A Zimbabwean job-seeker who collapsed and died in Cape Town last week, is said to have succumbed to starvation. Adonis Musati, 23, was a police officer in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe, but the economic crisis led him to South Africa to try to support his family. He had spent a month at the Home Affairs Refugee Centre, trying to get a work permit, reportedly with nothing to eat, sleeping in a cardboard box.


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Clovis Toons
Couple blames hospital for baby's death, demands answers
BY TANESHA MUNDLE
Observer staff reporter
mundlet@jamaicaobserver.com
A year after their baby died at St Ann's Bay Hospital Alexis Heron and her husband Gavin Chong are still grieving, and have retained an attorney as they are demanding answers from the authorities.
The couple, accompanied by their attorney Marc Ramsay, shared their story with the Jamaica Observer on September 12 this year. In-between tears, the mother, reflecting on her decision to take her five-week-old son Axel to the hospital to treat a heart condition, said she feels like an accomplice to his death.
"I wish I did something different, but everyone says I did the best that I could. I don't feel like I went there to help my child," she said, pointing out that the baby died within four hours of arriving at the hospital.
Heron, in recounting what happened, said on September 11, 2017 she took her baby to a paediatrician after noticing that he was not eating. Believing it to be something minor, Heron said she had hopes of returning home to snuggle with her precious baby boy.
Instead, she became concerned when she was told that the baby had supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in the upper part of the heart.
Information posted on the Mayo Clinic website states, "Most people with rare episodes of supraventricular tachycardia live healthy lives without restrictions or interventions. For others, treatment and lifestyle changes can often control or eliminate rapid heartbeats."
According to Heron, the paediatrician referred the baby to the hospital but she was reluctant to take him there. However, she said the doctor advised her that the hospital was suitably staffed and equipped to treat the baby and that the matter was too urgent for the child to travel to Kingston.
"I pleaded, 'Is there another option?'. I was pleading, begging, can I go to Kingston, can I go to Montego Bay. I do not feel comfortable going there. I do not want to go there as I've heard about the horror stories and I don't think they are equipped," Heron recalled.
However, the mother said she complied after being told that if she travelled to Kingston she ran the risk of the baby dying.
Heron said when she arrived at the hospital there was no heart monitor to check the child's heart rate.
"So I am now panicking, because if you can't take his heart rate how do you know what is going on?" Heron said.
She said the baby was then taken to a room and placed on a cot but the nurses had problems finding a vein. After being poked repeatedly, without any success, the baby started crying and the nurses, Heron said, used cold water on his head in an effort to calm him down.
"I thought they were going to give him a drip but when they finally got the IV in him they put the medication straight into his arm and I literally looked at him and saw his life come out of his body," Heron said.
"Immediately after they gave him, you saw where he calmed down and I saw his life being lifted out of him I saw his eyes glazed over and I thought I lost him at that point... I started pumping his chest and it was not until I started doing it that the doctors started doing it and brushed me off and they finally resuscitated him," Heron claimed.
Heron also alleged that the doctors did not have any defibrillator or oxygen ready and she recalled one of them saying, while injecting the baby, "Bring the oxygen, just in case."
However, Heron said there was no oxygen in the tank. The then moved the baby to another room which had oxygen tanks hooked up to the wall. But those, she said, were not working. The child was subsequently intubated and then placed on life support.
At that point, Heron said she turned to her mother who had earlier been barred from coming into the room with her and said: "Mummy, he is not going to make it."
Her mother, she said, tried to discourage that thought.
"I said to them, 'he is not breathing' and everybody was like 'he is fine', but it was just the life support pumping his chest, he was already gone, he was already gone," Heron recalled as she began to cry.
"I know that even if they had resuscitated him a second time he would have come back a vegetable because not enough oxygen was going to his brain, so that's why I am at peace, because it is better for him to go peacefully than to come back and live a life that is not a good quality of life because I know he would have been a good man," she insisted, while crying and being consoled by her husband.
Heron said that while she is not a doctor, she is sure that what she experienced should not have happened.
She said shortly after her baby's death, personnel from the hospital gave her papers to sign, but her father refused, and they left.
Two days after, Heron said her sister went to the hospital to request that the baby's body be moved to a morgue of the family's choosing and found out that the body had been moved to a morgue that was not contracted by the Government.
Further to that, Heron said her family also learnt that a post-mortem was being scheduled without their knowledge. It was at that point that the family retained Ramsey.
"We basically fought tooth and nail to get the autopsy done through the correct protocol and we got a doctor to observe on our behalf," she said.
Additionally, Heron said when her husband and her father went to the St Ann's Bay Police Station to make a formal report about the baby's death, they were told that the hospital had informed the police that the baby was discharged alive and had come back dead.
"In turn, that same police officer gave the US Embassy the same report," she said, explaining that the baby was a US citizen.
"Before I can get any death certificate for him abroad we have to get everything down here signed off and sealed, so we were told that an investigation was being done," she said.
However, in a letter that was sent to the US Embassy on September 20 by the Jamaica Constabulary Force's diplomatic liaison officer, the embassy was told that the baby had become unresponsive while being treated and was subsequently pronounced dead and that an investigation into his death was ongoing.
Heron said to date, they are still awaiting word on that investigation.
The mother also spoke about the delay they faced in getting the post-mortem results which they were promised would have been ready within three months after the examination was done in September 2017.
Having not received any word on the results after five months, Heron said she and her husband went to the forensic lab in February this year to find out if the post-mortem was ready and was told that it had been delivered to the police from January. Consequently, she said they went to the police station but had trouble finding out who had received the report, as most of the police officers assigned there before had been transferred.
It was not until June this year that they were told about the post-mortem and, according to Ramsay it confirmed that the baby died from SVT.
But the attorney said there are many questions arising from the post-mortem as the baby's condition was not an "instant death sentence".
He said questions such as whether the right drug was administered, if it was done correctly and in the right way need to be answered.
A letter asking for a coroner's inquest was sent to Superintendent Gary Francis at the St Ann's Bay Police Station on January 24 this year.
In relation to whether or not the hospital had sought to meet with the family, Heron said the hospital had requested a meeting after the baby's death, but before going to the meeting the family asked for the baby's medical record.
However, the mother said when she went for the record she was given a medical release form to sign which, in the fine print, essentially said that she was indemnifying the hospital and if she chose to sue she only had 60 days. She therefore did not sign the form and the meeting did not materialise.
Ramsay said that on November 1 last year he wrote to the hospital requesting the baby's medical report, but that request had still not been honoured. He also said that at that time the hospital was notified that it was being blamed for the child's death.
"Patients or parents of a patient have a right to access their medical record. Even if they don't give you the record they can give you copies or you should be able to go there and take pictures of that record or go there and examine it with a doctor for yourself," Ramsay said.
Heron, when asked what she is hoping for, said, "I have no expectation of the system changing. I live in hope. I don't think, not in my lifetime will this happen, but I would want a huge light to shine on this. Even though I know Jamaicans know that this is the situation, it is now a driving force of when are we going to come together as Jamaicans and demand better in our health-care system. A healthy nation is really a prosperous nation and if our hospital is really the first step to the morgue we might as well shut them down now."
When the Sunday Observer contacted the St Ann police, Senior Superintendent Michael Smith said that the investigation had been completed and that it was concluded that no one was at fault for the baby's death.
He said the post-mortem was done on September 21 last year. The body was handed over to the mother who sent it to the morgue of her choice and it was cremated and the ashes handed over to her mother.
According to Smith, the initial report from the post-mortem was inconclusive, hence blood samples were taken and sent to the lab for testing and nothing unusual was found.
Further to that, he said the investigation continued and a toxicology was done and from that report, nothing else was uncovered.
"The post-mortem was done and it came back saying no one was responsible for the baby's death. A further test was done and it came back saying they did not suspect any foul play, that is why the body was handed over to the parents," Smith said.
However, he was unable to say if the family had been directly notified that the investigation was completed.
When the Sunday Observer contacted chief executive officer of the North East Regional Health Authority Leo Garel for a response to the claims, he responded via e-mail: "Please be advised that we will make no statement on this matter as Ms Heron has engaged the services of an attorney and this is now a legal matter."
He also said that the North East Regional Health Authority has referred the matter and all relevant information to the Government's attorney for further handling.
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package org.bouncycastle.bcpg;

import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.attr.ImageAttribute;

/**
 * reader for user attribute sub-packets
 */
public class UserAttributeSubpacketInputStream
    extends InputStream implements UserAttributeSubpacketTags
{
    InputStream    in;

    public UserAttributeSubpacketInputStream(
        InputStream    in)
    {
        this.in = in;
    }

    public int available()
        throws IOException
    {
        return in.available();
    }

    public int read()
        throws IOException
    {
        return in.read();
    }

    private void readFully(
        byte[]    buf,
        int       off,
        int       len)
        throws IOException
    {
        if (len > 0)
        {
            int    b = this.read();

            if (b < 0)
            {
                throw new EOFException();
            }

            buf[off] = (byte)b;
            off++;
            len--;
        }

        while (len > 0)
        {
            int    l = in.read(buf, off, len);

            if (l < 0)
            {
                throw new EOFException();
            }

            off += l;
            len -= l;
        }
    }

    public UserAttributeSubpacket readPacket()
        throws IOException
    {
        int            l = this.read();
        int            bodyLen = 0;
        boolean        longLength = false;

        if (l < 0)
        {
            return null;
        }

        if (l < 192)
        {
            bodyLen = l;
        }
        else if (l <= 223)
        {
            bodyLen = ((l - 192) << 8) + (in.read()) + 192;
        }
        else if (l == 255)
        {
            bodyLen = (in.read() << 24) | (in.read() << 16) |  (in.read() << 8)  | in.read();
            longLength = true;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new IOException("unrecognised length reading user attribute sub packet");
        }

       int        tag = in.read();

       if (tag < 0)
       {
           throw new EOFException("unexpected EOF reading user attribute sub packet");
       }

       byte[]    data = new byte[bodyLen - 1];

       this.readFully(data, 0, data.length);

       int       type = tag;

       switch (type)
       {
       case IMAGE_ATTRIBUTE:
           return new ImageAttribute(longLength, data);
       }

       return new UserAttributeSubpacket(type, longLength, data);
    }
}