Counting is the temporal process of accumulating inclusion markers in a memory for a set of entities. For each entity identified, a decision is made as to whether or not it suits the purpose of the count to have it included. If it is included then it is labelled according to a sequential and recursive naming convention. A cumulative discrete total is thereby acquired when it suits the purpose of the count to stop the counting process. Counting entities in a chaotic universe, where every entity is perturbed and only approximately related to some presupposed formal structure, may be neither simple nor painless. Counting is frequently only estimation. The supposition that counting is exact just doesn't add up. There are uncertainties about the exact specifications for the entities being counted, uncertainties about whether all the entities have been counted and uncertainties about the motives behind the counting.
Counting takes time and there is no guarantee that the first entities you counted will still exist by the time you think you are finished. Consider the very practical example of counting and removing body hairs. Firstly, the classification criteria as to which entities to count or not, is normally specified as anything on the surface of the skin that a pair of tweezers can grab. They may involve colour exclusions, size, and whether there has been official approval for certain cases to be included or not. Secondly... since memory alone has proved unreliable... whatever count recorder has been chosen, it must be set to zero unless distorted totals are required. Thirdly, a start decision must be made... even if physical pain levels would rather be avoided or certain political procrastinations are expedient... Fourthly... once the process is under way... establishing a criterion for deciding if an entity has been counted or not is vital to the integrity of the exercise. Specifications for fractional hairs must be rigorously stipulated. International recommendations are that each hair is plucked out individually and clearly labelled as having been validly included. Fifthly, the cumulative total counter is incremented. This is best not done by the pluckee, since variable pain thresholds have been known to disrupt concentration and allow increment omissions. Lastly, stages four and five are repeated until either no further candidate hairs are available, or an acceptable stop excuse is invoked. In fact, the stop decision is often difficult to determine if the body is exceedingly hairy and unwaxed, because by the time every minute and obscure crevice has been processed, there will be new hairs emerging in the regions where the count began.
It should be noted that for a set to be 'countable', there must be a termination to the process. To claim that a set is countable 'in principle'... if the counting process is started but never terminated... is to pretend somehow that time is irrelevant. If you can't finish counting the set then it is not countable. To initiate a counting process of an 'infinite' number of entities does not allow the inference or assumption that they are thereby countable. For a set to have been counted, the stop decision must have been invoked. Few mathematicians would agree, one imagines, to allowing their application for promotion to be 'countable' in principle, although it would take more than the remainder of the time left for the universe to run its course to actually get the application 'counted' in the set of applications.


You have won the Singles Title with Reiko Hinomoto.
Reiko Hinomoto is a starting character and does not need to be unlocked.
The process for getting the singles title match and then winning it is the same for each character.
Queen's match and Street fight matches count as singles matches. So check the 3 arenas and street fight/queen's match for a match against someone you need. If you can't find any, you can go to the locker room and repick the same character, or repick the same tag partner, and the matches will reset. Repeat until you get who you need.
I would suggest using all the penalties in Queen's matches (to unlock the two marine gift oufits) before trying to get the singles title. You will fight most of the starting characters if not all of them there. Fighting a starting character's alter ego does not count. If the alter ego of the character you are playing has the title, you can't fight her for it. You are the same person, after all.
2. Win 15 matches. Self explanatory.
3. You'll need to have won the last three matches. Handicap, tag team, and 3 way/4 way matches do not count for or against you for the singles title, so winning 15 tag team won't help, but losing a 4 way match won't hurt either.
Once you've met the requirements, you'll see the word "champ" hovering over one of the arenas surronded by stars. That match will be against whoever has the title, and it will be their superstar form. Win this match and the achievement will pop during the credits after the match.
There are currently no gaming sessions for the Singles Champion Reiko Hinomoto achievements that you can join - why not register and make a new session?


Kawasaki Sunday at Ace Cafe London is an event we look forward to every year and this year we were lucky enough to chat to the Kawasaki ZZR1100 Appreciation Society, a group of like minded ZZR1100 fans who come together once a year at the Ace to chat about all things ZZR.
Riders from all over the UK showed up on the day but none showed more commitment than Raphael Bertsch, who rode his ZZR1100 all the way from Switzerland for the meet up.
At the same time, a ride out into London protesting the ULEZ charges started at Ace Cafe. Luckily The Bike Insurer's photographer was on hand to capture images from both meet ups so if you were there, look out for your bike in the pics below!


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O Golfo de Omã ( khalīj ʿumān;  daryâ-ye omân), também conhecido como Golfo de Makran ( khalīj makrān;  daryâ-ye makrān), é um golfo que conecta o Mar Arábico com o Estreito de Ormuz, que então deságua no Golfo Pérsico. Suas fronteiras são o Irã e Paquistão ao norte, Omã ao sul, e os Emirados Árabes Unidos ao oeste.

Extensão

A Organização Hidrográfica Internacional define os limites do Golfo de Omã da seguinte maneira:

A noroeste: Uma linha que conecta Ràs Limah (25°57'N) na costa da  Península Arábica and Ràs al Kuh (25°48'N) na costa do Irã (Pérsia).
A sudeste: A fronteira norte do Mar Arábico. Uma linha conectando Ràs al Hadd, ponto leste da Península Arábica, (22°32'N) e Ràs Jiyùni (61°43'E) na costa do Paquistão.

Zonas Econômicas Exclusivas

Zonas Econômicas Exclusivas no Golfo Pérsico:

Comércio Internacional
O Golfo de Omã conecta-se ao leste ao Estreito de Ormuz, uma rota estratégica pela qual cerca de um terço do gás natural liquefeito e 20% do consumo de petróleo escoa a partir de produtores no Oriente Médio.

Ecologia

Em 2018, cientistas confirmaram que o Golfo de Omã contém uma das maiores zonas mortas marítimas do mundo - regiões do oceano que contém pouco oxigênio e nas quais o ecossistema marinho não pode existir. A zona morta contém praticamente todo o Golfo de Omã, uma área de 165 000 quilômetros quadrados, ou aproximadamente o tamanho do Suriname. O motivo desse fenômeno ecológico é uma combinação de uma maior temperatura oceânica e do escoamento de fertilizantes utilizados na região, principalmente Nitrogênio e Fósforo.

Oma
Acidentes geográficos de Omã

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Most multimedia objects are spatio-temporal simulacrums of the real world. This supports our view that the next grand challenge for our community will be understanding and formally modeling the flow of life around us, over many modalities and scales. As technology advances, the nature of these simulacrums will evolve as well, becoming more detailed and revealing to us more information concerning the nature of reality.
Currently, IoT is the state-of-the-art organizational approach to construct complex representations of the flow of life around us. Various, perhaps pervasive, sensors, working collectively, will broadcast to us representations of real events in real time. It will be our task to continuously extract the semantics of these representations and possibly react to them by injecting some response actions into the mix to ensure some desired outcome.
Pragmatics studies context and how it affects meaning, and context is usually culturally, socially, and historically based. For example, pragmatics would encompass the speaker's intent, body language, and penchant for sarcasm, as well as other signs, usually culturally based, such as the speaker's type of clothing, which could influence a statement's meaning. Generic signal/sensor-based retrieval should also use syntactical, semantic, and pragmatics-based approaches. If we are to understand and model the flow of life around us, this will be a necessity.
Our community has successfully developed various approaches to decode the syntax and semantics of these artifacts. The development of techniques that use contextual information is in its infancy, however. With the expansion of the data horizon, through the ever-increasing use of metadata, we can certainly put all media on more equal footing.
The NLP community has its own set of approaches in semantics and pragmatics. Natural language is certainly an excellent exemplar of multimedia, and the use of audio and text features has played a part in the development of our field.
However, if we are to develop more unified approaches to modeling the flow of life around us, both of our communities can certainly benefit by examining in detail what the other can offer. Many approaches are the same, but many are different. Certainly, the research in many areas, such as word2vec, from the NLP community can have a positive benefit to the multimedia community.
Now is the perfect time to actively promote this cross-fertilization of our ideas to solve some very hard and important problems.


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ASECNA Celebrates its 60th Anniversary!
09/01/2020 /in GENERAL NEWS /by admin_c4com
What a Party!
The ASECNA celebrated its 60th anniversary last December following the 75th anniversary of the Chicago Convention and the 50th anniversary of the CAFAC. Besides the closeness after an almost 35 years uninterrupted relation with ASECNA and the emotion of participating in this type of event, it was a very nice party. There was a mix of formal solemnity with the signing by the Member States of the Political Declaration, and of joyful celebration with the participation of many artists during the gala evening and Zao with his anthem to ASECNA during the official ceremony.
It was a moment of joy and solemnity during which Mr. Paul Malekou, first African Director General of ASECNA, shared with us his memories with an admirable eloquence and style. All then shared their emotion and their happiness to be there.
And so did France Aviation Civile Services, even if they expressed without taking a stand. This ceremony was an opportunity to meet many friends, general managers and colleagues from the greater region, accentuating its convivial atmosphere.
ASECNA, Full of Ambitions, Firmly Rooted in the 21st Century.
At the dawn of its 60th anniversary, ASECNA has many projects, whether it be the Single Sky, the deployment of SBAS or ADS-B satellite coverage. The visit made the day after the ceremony to the Dakar en route control centre, to the JPO and AFPP site, and finally to the earth station, clearly established the reality of these ambitious projects.
It would be an honor for France Aviation Civile Services to contribute alongside ASECNA to the implementation of these projects with the objective of achieving maximum operational performance and helping to consolidate ASECNA's place among the world's major ANSPs. Several possibilities of collaboration were outlined during this visit and we hope that we will get the opportunity to make them a reality in 2020.
ASECNA Is Also a Community and a Friend
Just as for every major event related to ASECNA's life, this party was an opportunity to meet many colleagues and friends from the area. We also met many industries and Proavia colleagues who are just as interested as FRACS in expressing their regards to ASECNA. Beyond that, it was also an opportunity to talk about the region's problems and needs and to think together of the best way to face the challenges ahead, in terms of the Supervisory Authority, interoperability or the development of national and regional Air Navigation Plans.
For France Aviation Civile Services, this will have been a major contribution to its own strategic thinking to better proportion the services and proposals that it could develop for the benefit of the countries in the region.
We wish an excellent 61st year to the ASECNA and to all its collaborators!
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While 3522775901 was originally issued with the info above, the owner of the phone number (352) 277-5901 may have transferred it through a process called porting.
Is 352-277-5901 your phone number?
I believe this is a fraud. tThey left a message, stating that I needed to call the IRS back at this specific number, or else the legal situation will completely unfold on me - there is a legal perdition notice filed on me for tax evasion and before "I get arrested" I needed to call them back.
Caller left message. This is the second message we received. He identified himself as Chris Morris and something about the United States Treasury. He had a very heavy Indian accent. He said something muffled and said that I had to call back and spoke about a Magistrate Judge, Grand Jury, Federal Criminal Offense, etc. He also said "pension". He said to call back and "let us help you"! Sure they will! It sounded just like the time the (fake) IRS called and threatened me with legal action and arrest. I called the real IRS and reported them. They will try to get you to run out and send them money "so you don't get arrested". Share with anyone you know, especially the elderly who might be afraid. They've already unsuccessfully targeted my mom. She also reported them.
Called and left a message stating I am being sought for tax fraud and wanted to know if I had an attorney to represent me in court. Stated if I didn't call back I would be arrested. I called them and told them the IRS has not sent me anything reference this "tax evasion" they verified my mailing address and stated they would send something to me. This is BS.
Never leaves a message but calls several times a day.
Anytime you see the name STARNET PAETE in your caller ID, you know its a FRAUD.
Block the SCAMMERS by name if you can.
Called June 8th to tell me I owed the IRS with a heavy Indian or Pakistani accent. It's hard to believe this has gone on so long with the same # and nothing is done.
Claiming to be the IRS and that there is a legal petition filed against me. Called 4 times within an hour.
An obvious scam. Please don't fall for this.
the same--called back for id number and they gave me a bogus number. Really bad. I have never had a scam like that one!
Three messages were left on my voicemail threatening me with action from the IRS and accusing me of tax fraud.
Indian accent, identified himself as an officer, gave me a name and a badge number, said was calling me about my criminal history for IRS tax evasion. Asked for my criminal attorneys information. I don't have tax issues and I've never needed a criminal lawyer in my life and don't plan to need one now!
Calls and leaves message to call back on same number. Identifies themselves as IRS and that I am being contacted for criminal tax evasion and that I must call back to avoid arrest. Firstly the IRS will contact you in person or by mail to schedule a hearing. And they recommend you bring a tax lawyer! Not a criminal lawyer.
They have called as much as 5 times a day for the last 6 weeks. And I can't get Century link to allow me to selectively call block the number! Just as criminal.
Heavy Indian accent, identified himself as an officer, gave me a name and a badge number, said was calling me about my criminal history for IRS tax evasion. Claiming it was a case of stolen ID. Told him don't believe him, if it was the IRS to send me a letter and hung up. The nerve of these b******s.
Called, she verified my last Name and hung up !


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Tour operator award in the Responsible Tourism Awards organised by responsibletravel.com. Helping Dreamers Do.
The Best innovation by a tour operator category is looking for an inspirational tour operator which is successfully addressing community, cultural or environmental issues in tourism in a new and innovative way.
In 2016, the gold award went to Elevate Destinations, USA.
Award explained: The Best innovation by a tour operator category is looking for an inspirational tour operator which is successfully addressing community, cultural or environmental issues in tourism in a new and innovative way.
What the Judges want: An inspiring example of innovation by a tour operator, with measurable success in providing responsible tourism experiences which can be replicated across the industry.
Is it a social enterprise? Is it philanthropy? Is it a luxury break? No, it's super tourism, although not with super powers. Just super common sense. In short, take a tailor made trip with Elevate Destinations, and one that is responsible at that, and for every trip bought, Elevate educates. In other words, every time you take a holiday with this company, Elevate gives money towards a fund that provides school trips to a group of local children who wouldn't normally get to see or appreciate their country's natural or cultural gems. The ones that we so often take for granted. It's simple, it's educational, it's fun and, like so many of the world's best ideas, this 'Buy a Trip, Give a Trip' idea is genius.
Buy a Trip, Give a Trip is social responsibility at its most sussed and sassy. It is a model that thinks outside the 'giving stuff' trend to 'giving experiences'. Experiences that have proved very successful with local young people. Young South Africans have been able to visit Robben Island, for example; Kenyans have been on a safari for the first time; Mexican children have been swimming with sea lions off Baja; and some Tanzanian teenagers took a first time excursion to Lake Victoria. Just as so many of us have gained and learned from being given the gift of travel, Elevate Destinations believes that 'everyone deserves the chance to travel' and this innovative scheme is their way of starting to find ways for young people who wouldn't normally have the chance. They hope that this will help start the process of opening up their minds to other worlds. And so to Dominique Callimanopulos, who founded this organisation in 2005, we and many schoolchildren and teachers who have benefitted, say thank you - Superwoman.
Unlike most travel companies singing about their innovations, Viaggi Solidali's cool concept is all about the country of departure, rather than the glorious destinations that they represent. Because in their home country of Italy, they are offering a series of guided city tours led by local people. The difference being, these are local people who have arrived here as immigrants. With migration becoming more and more of a heated topic around the world, this company has turned a negative into a positive, tapped into their large network of responsible tourists and showed how they could travel responsibly at home too.
By training immigrants as city guides to show people their cultural corners and community life, Viaggi Solidali has opened up new worlds in Italy's major cities of Rome, Milan, Turin and Genoa. Although the tours were primarily aimed at local people in order to foster an understanding of how migration has contributed to the enrichment of their communities, tourists visiting the cities can and should also tap into the tours. Schools are also signing up for them, enabling an exemplary form of social education. A model which could, ironically, spread across borders to other EU countries where migration is a sensitive issue. By seeing communities actively participating in the tourism industry, in a constructive and innovative way, can only be a positive thing. Pride of place is a fundamental pillar of responsible tourism and Viaggi Solidali has created tours that not only create a help create this for immigrants, but also for non immigrant residents who are open to seeking out the new life and cultures now emerging in their home cities.
For Explore, Responsible Tourism is a commercial decision, not just an ethical one. By operating responsibly they believe their customers will have a better experience. The judges were impressed by how they engage travellers in their Responsible Tourism approach. Their Responsible Tourism pages give information to customers about how they can make their trips more responsible both before and during their trip, as well as when they return home.
"The Judges were excited by the promise of this relatively young tour operator to provide a model for responsible tourism in cities. Organised by the Sock Mob volunteer network, 'Unseen Tours' take a unique view of London by organising tours run by trained homeless guides, offering an unexplored view of the big city. Incorporating history with personal perspective, the tours give voice to those usually silent in tourism; create job opportunities, and an unforgettable experience."
Awarded in 2010, this category was for a tour operator making the best contribution to the local economy, by employing local people, staying in local accommodations, sourcing local products, crafts and experience and encouraging their travellers to purchase locally.
"This Costa Rican adventure tourism operator is awarded for an investment in local people that goes beyond the benefits to their tourism business. An income of £1.2 million annually from 15,000 passengers allows Desafio to support their staff in their own local entrepreneurial initiatives - helping their guides to buy photographic equipment, drivers to buy vehicles for their own business ventures, and even supporting the office manager in developing her own website. They demonstrate that the benefits of local tourism can have lasting effects on local livelihoods."
Awarded in 2009, this category was for a tour operator which creates positive engagement with the culture and traditions of the local community or indigenous people.
Awarded between 2004 and 2008, this category was for a tour operator that acts responsibly towards the environment and local people.


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Zamek w Ostapkowcach – wybudowany przez Herburtów.

Właściciele
Zuzanna Herburt z Felsztyna, córka Mikołaja Herburta, wniosła Ostapkowce w posagu w rodzinę Stadnickich wychodząc za mąż za Stanisława Stadnickiego. Ostatnimi właścicielami byli Zalescy herbu Dołęga.

Pałac
Na miejscu częściowo rozebranego zamku Teresa ze Stadnickich Grabianka, starościna liwska, żona Tadeusza Grabianki,  wybudowała piętrowy pałac kryty dachem czterospadowym, z wykorzystaniem jego środkowej części dolnej kondygnacji, to jest klatki schodowej, sali ze stropem wspartym na filarach, kaplicy ze sklepieniami, zakrystii i paru mniejszych pokoi. Od frontu portyk z ośmioma piastrami zwieńczony tympanonem. Obiekt otoczony był budynkami mieszkalnymi, oranżerią oraz ogrodami. Pałac istniał w tej postaci do 1917 r.

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Today I declared a holiday. Would you like to hear all of my great excuses?
Um, I'm sure there are a few more….
See? All good reasons to declare a holiday. Besides, I sold something and gave away a bag of stuff today, so that really counts as getting rid of clutter. Go and do likewise (but get back to work tomorrow).
Procrastination remedies: where do I start?
Declutter Diaries: It's easy to declutter a minimalist room. Decluttering a bedroom in 20 minutes.


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The Mads - In Italiano - MCD-R
The Mads - In Italiano MCD-R
(The Mads have always written and sung in English, except for this EP that collects unreleased recordings 1979/83, in Italian. " Sono Chiuso In Lei" is the Italian version of the mod-beat "I'm Lonely Boy", "Psycho Rock'n'Roll Art" is a British blues, now available in 2 languages. "Io Dirò� combines an elaborate late-beat melody with a typical nursery rhyme chorus of Creation and The Who. "Solo Verità", inspired by Bowie, is the last track recorded as The Mads "phase I")
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The Mads have always written and sung in English, except for this EP that collects unreleased recordings 1979/83, in Italian. " Sono Chiuso In Lei" is the Italian version of the mod-beat "I'm Lonely Boy", "Psycho Rock'n'Roll Art" is a British blues, now available in 2 languages. "Io Dirò� combines an elaborate late-beat melody with a typical nursery rhyme chorus of Creation and The Who. "Solo Verità", inspired by Bowie, is the last track recorded as The Mads "phase I"
01 The Mads - Sono Chiuso In Lei (2.54) (Marco Pertusati)
02 The Mads - Psycho Rock'n'Roll Art (1.49) (Marco Pertusati)
03 The Mads - Io Dirò (3.40) (Toni Graziani)
04 The Mads - Solo Verità (3.40) (Marco Pertusati)
It kinda makes sense Italy embracing British Mod culture with a sizable scene thriving in the country. As everybody knows the "modernist" style was heavily influenced by sharp Italian Post War fashion as the Sixties changed from drab monochrome to technicolour...........and of course there are the iconic Italian scooters. As they say "what comes around, goes around". Italian ace faces, the imaginatively named The Mads , have completely immersed themselves in the culture and iconography with their "look" and sound, with record sleeves featuring London Routemaster buses, scooters and 60s type face among other era defining references and great songs that evoke classic bands such as The Who and The Creation. Formed in Milan in 1979 and playing an energetic blend of Beat and Rhythm 'n' Blues, The Mads were probably the first Italian Mod band. In four solid years of gigging, their reputation grew and The Mads became absolute legends on the Italian Modernist underground scene. The band re-formed with their original lineup in 2012 and have since released some fantastic 7" singles and EPs of original material, plus an EP of classic 60s tunes that is available as a Bandcamp freebie.
The Mads have always written and sung in English (the international language of all things Mod), however, dusting down some tapes from their early years, The Mads have released a 4 track EP of previously unreleased recordings from 1979 - 1983...........sung in Italian. Limited to a 100 copies on CD only, the In Italiano EP features alternative versions of tracks in the Mads native language originally released in English and a couple of tracks from the vault that never made it onto wax first time round. 'Sono Chiuso In Lei' is the Italian version of the Mod/Beat 'I'm Lonely Boy' and 'Psycho Rock'n'Roll Art' is a Pop Art explosion of sound influenced by the the 60s British Blues/R&B bands...................it's the raw sound of a band that has tapped into the late 70s UK Mod revival and are playing with the combination of Punk, Ska and the back to basics 60s sound that was popular in 1979. Much more sophisticated, the other two tracks on the EP are a riot of sparkling guitars and Mod pop smarts...................'Io Dirò' combines an elaborate late Beat melody with a typical nursery rhyme chorus of The Creation and The Who, while 'Solo Verità' is a track inspired by Bowie's imperial early 70s period and was the last track recorded by the first line-up The Mads before going their separate ways in 83. For long time fans of the band, the In Italiano EP is a cool addition to the Mads discography and well worth your time.
In Italiano by The Mads


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Ska-punk rockers Less Than Jake keep shows fresh
Thu., May 7, 2015
By Kip Hill kiph@spokesman.com(509) 459-5429
and Reel Big Fish
With The Interrupters Where: The Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave.
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Cost: $23, through Ticketweb
A lot has changed since Florida-based rockers Less Than Jake rode the third wave of ska to stardom in the 1990s.
Frontman Chris DeMakes said some of those changes are surprising to fans of the band's punk-rock, angst-driven style.
"I run a lot, which isn't technically punk rock," DeMakes said. The band last came through Spokane in October, and DeMakes said he was stopped by a fan as he jogged near River Park Square.
"He said, 'Chris?' And I said, 'Yeah,' " DeMakes said. "He said, 'What are you doing?' He was perplexed."
Less Than Jake makes its second appearance in the Lilac City in seven months Thursday at the Knitting Factory, playing with perennial tour partners Reel Big Fish. DeMakes said they and the Orange County, California, band are a natural fit, having both attained some mainstream success at the peak of ska-punk popularity in the mid-90s.
"Us, Reel Big Fish and Streetlight (Manifesto) kind of have a corner on the market," DeMakes said. (Streetlight Manifesto plays the Knitting Factory on May 31.) "There's not too many '90s ska-punk bands that are really doing it anymore. The (Mighty Mighty) Bosstones only play a handful of shows every year. Rancid doesn't tour that much."
To keep the shows fresh for fans who have been following the quartet since its beginnings, with the release of the album "Pezcore" in 1995, Less Than Jake tries to switch up its setlists and provide less-conventional entertainment while on stage. At the October show, DeMakes and fellow vocalist Roger Lima invited Spokane's Tambourine Man – aka Michael Ransford – up on the stage for a song or two, much to the delight of the crowd. DeMakes said "of course" he remembered those antics.
"There's almost one in every city," DeMakes said. "In St. Louis, there's 'Beatle Bob.' He's probably in his mid-to-late 50s, and has the (Beatle) haircut."
Audience participation is something the band has always embraced, DeMakes said. A running gimmick in the mid-2000s had DeMakes donning a jacket and emceeing the show as a "Price is Right" style host, and the band even invited professional wrestlers onto the stage for a bout during one leg of a tour.
"We've never had a scripted show, where it's the same thing every night," he said. "I think at that point, it would become a job."
But there are some aspects to the show that can never change, he said, like the need to play the band's up-tempo number "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" from the 1998 release "Hello, Rockview." It would be the band's most commercially successful album until 2003's "Anthem," which peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard charts and produced successful mainstream hits like "She's Gonna Break Soon" and "The Science of Selling Yourself Short," another staple of Less Than Jake setlists.
"From there, we try to sprinkle in five, six, seven or eight songs that we really like," DeMakes said.
While the third wave of ska saw several big-name artists in the mid-1990s with the success of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' "The Impression that I Get," Reel Big Fish's "Sell Out" and some of Less Than Jake's tracks, the genre has been on a bit of a hiatus the past 15 years as musical tastes have changed. But DeMakes said the energy of the music and the installed fan base could easily produce another mainstream punk-ska revival.
"It's really only going to take some label head out there going, 'OK, I'm going to take four good-looking kids, put them in skinny ties and a white shirt, and have them play ska-punk,' " DeMakes said. "It's one hit, one song from being back on the radio, and it could be the fourth wave of ska, who knows? It's music that will forever be there. I think it's a timeless kind of music."
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Flora of Australia Volume 18—Podostemaceae to Combretaceae
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Volume 18 of the Flora of Australia contains 9 families, 45 genera and 322 species. They are spread over a wide geographical and ecological range, from coastal mangroves to alpine herbs, from desert plants to submerged aquatics.
Two families, Halagoraceae and Thymeleaceae, each contain over 100 species in Australia, the latter family including Pimelea (banjines or rice flowers). Onagraceae includes willow herb and evening primrose, while Combretaceae includes the widespread genus Terminalia.
Other families in the Volume are Podostemaceae (aquatic plants), Sonnerataceae (mangroves), Lythraceae (tropical and temperate herbs and shrubs), Melastomataceae (tropical plants often with colourful flowers) and Gunneraceae (1 bogland species in Tasmania).
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What an exciting time it is to be a member of the Eagle Nation! Homecoming was a nostalgic weekend, and it was wonderful to meet so many of our alumni returning to campus. The weekend was full of fun reunions and reminiscing about college days. Some of the events included a barbecue at the Bishop Alumni Center and catching up with old friends at BAGS, the First 500 and the new Eagle Battalion Alumni Network. In the midst of these activities, Eagle men's basketball hosted their season opener at Hanner Fieldhouse.
In addition to these events, Professor Emeritus Dr. Del Presley and his wife Beverly, along with the Georgia Southern Museum, opened The Presley Exhibition at the Nessmith-Lane Concourse. The permanent exhibit tells the story of the development of Georgia Southern and the University's history through personal stories and mementos from alumni, faculty and staff. I encourage you to drop by and view the hundreds of artifacts showcased, ranging from clothing and report cards to scrapbooks and trophies.
The Presleys have also released a pictorial history of the University with their new book Georgia Southern University: The Campus History Series, a great keepsake that is available for sale at the University Store.
Shooting Sports Education Center Groundbreaking Scheduled
Our University is once again expanding this week with the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Shooting Sports Education Center. I hope you will make plans to join us on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at the site, which is located across from the M.C. Anderson Pavilion at the corner of Old Register Road and Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Elite sports shooting, which includes archery and indoor-range shooting, is one of the fastest growing sports in the world and our Center will be one of only a few shooting sports sites nationwide.
The facility will offer instruction for the general public, students and other enthusiasts of all skill levels in firearms and archery at both indoor and outdoor facilities. Additionally, the Center will provide the capability of hosting national shooting tournaments and championships.
The Center is being funded in part by a $3.3 million federal grant acquired through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, along with private and corporate donations.
Southern Classic Tournament a Success
It was a pleasure for me to join the many alumni and supporters at Atlanta's Peachtree Golf Club a few weeks ago for the Georgia Southern University Foundation's inaugural Southern Classic Golf Tournament. More than 80 golfers hit the links in support of student scholarships, including PGA golfer Aron Price, former Georgia Southern quarterback Tracy Ham, Trip Addison, Teresa and Andrew MacCartney, Marshall Mize and Jim Van Epps.
We appreciate the support of our tournament sponsors, and many thanks to co-chairs Jim Medbery and Tommy Bond, as well as alumnus Hicks Milner for their hard work on this successful event.
University Hosts Undergraduate Receptions
Over the past several weeks, the University's Office of Admissions hosted a series of successful Undergraduate Receptions in Atlanta, Augusta and Jacksonville, Fla. Hundreds of prospective students and their parents attended these events where they were greeted by Georgia Southern faculty and staff. Attendees had the opportunity to talk with faculty about majors, learned about student life and activities and gained information about their admission status. Many of our dedicated alumni, including Margot Dawkins ('76), Brian Brennan ('95) and Kristin Lord ('06) met with students and their families to talk about their Georgia Southern experiences. We are excited about these students joining the Eagle Nation!
Empty Bowl Project Breaks Record
Georgia Southern students and faculty have once again made an impact on the community with their annual Empty Bowl service project, hosted by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. Ceramics students work year-round under the direction of ceramics professor Jeff Schmuki to create unique bowls filled with chili, which were then sold for $10 each at the Russell Union Rotunda. This year, the project broke a new record — more than $5400 was raised with all proceeds donated to the Statesboro Food Bank.
$1 Million Grant Awarded to Expand City Campus
Georgia Southern and the City of Statesboro have been awarded a grant of nearly $1.1 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to expand the University's City Campus on E. Main St. to help entrepreneurs design, build and send their products into the marketplace while creating new jobs.
The grant will provide for the renovation of two buildings downtown for the creation of an innovation incubator and an eventual fabrication lab with 3D printing capabilities. U.S. Rep. John Barrow joined us at City Campus to make the grant announcement.
GUS in Space
Our University mascot, GUS, was launched into the stratosphere on a mission to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning. GUS was attached to a weather balloon and a rig with multiple high definition video cameras and tracking equipment. This project involved the efforts of the Center for Academic Technology Support, faculty, staff and two students, Cameron Cato and Jeremy Goodman, who were responsible for designing the telemetry system to track GUS. Our mascot reached an altitude of 102,000 feet and touched down near Mount Vernon, Ga. To read more about this amazing technology and watch the video, click here:
COE Professor Receives Department of Education Grant
Dr. Alejandro Gallard, the College of Education's Goizeuta Distinguished Chair, has been named a co-principal investigator of a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Known as Project ESCOLAR (Etext Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading) the project focuses on Latina/o populations and helps middle school students with learning disabilities learn science content with online sources.
Price Honored as ABET Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Price, professor emerita of Quantitative Analysis and interim associate vice president of Continuing Education at Georgia Southern. She was recently named a 2013 fellow for ABET, the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. This annual award recognizes individuals who have provided sustained quality service to the ABET-related professions, in general, and to education within the ABET disciplines.


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package org.gradle.internal.buildtree;

import org.gradle.execution.EntryTaskSelector;
import org.gradle.internal.build.BuildLifecycleController;
import org.gradle.internal.build.BuildState;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public class DefaultBuildTreeWorkPreparer implements BuildTreeWorkPreparer {
    private final BuildState targetBuild;
    private final BuildLifecycleController targetBuildController;

    public DefaultBuildTreeWorkPreparer(BuildState targetBuild, BuildLifecycleController buildLifecycleController) {
        this.targetBuild = targetBuild;
        this.targetBuildController = buildLifecycleController;
    }

    @Override
    public BuildTreeWorkGraph.FinalizedGraph scheduleRequestedTasks(BuildTreeWorkGraph graph, @Nullable EntryTaskSelector selector) {
        targetBuildController.prepareToScheduleTasks();
        return graph.scheduleWork(graphBuilder -> {
            graphBuilder.withWorkGraph(targetBuild, builder -> builder.addRequestedTasks(selector));
        });
    }
}

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package org.hive2hive.core.network.messages.testmessages;

import org.hive2hive.core.H2HTestData;
import org.hive2hive.core.exceptions.NoPeerConnectionException;
import org.hive2hive.core.network.data.parameters.Parameters;
import org.hive2hive.core.network.messages.AcceptanceReply;
import org.hive2hive.core.network.messages.BaseMessage;
import org.hive2hive.core.network.messages.BaseMessageTest;
import org.junit.Assert;

/**
 * This test message is used to put locally some content into the target node where the location key is equals
 * the node id of receiver node. This behavior is used to check if this message is actually sent to the target
 * and executed there successfully. For further details see
 * {@link BaseMessageTest#testSendingAnAsynchronousMessageWithNoReplyToTargetNode()}
 *
 * @author Seppi
 */
public class TestMessage extends BaseMessage {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 880089170139661640L;

	private final String contentKey;
	private final H2HTestData wrapper;

	public TestMessage(String targetKey, String contentKey, H2HTestData wrapper) {
		super(createMessageID(), targetKey);
		this.contentKey = contentKey;
		this.wrapper = wrapper;
	}

	@Override
	public void run() {
		try {
			networkManager.getDataManager().put(
					new Parameters().setLocationKey(networkManager.getNodeId()).setContentKey(contentKey)
							.setNetworkContent(wrapper));
		} catch (NoPeerConnectionException e) {
			Assert.fail();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public AcceptanceReply accept() {
		return AcceptanceReply.OK;
	}

}


Kitchen remodels, bathroom remodeling, and other home renovations entail several phases: design, product selection and procurement, and construction, to name a few. You may also plan on the time each item on your bathroom remodeling check list should take to complete as a way of keeping the project on track. I love porcelain and chrome fixtures and lots of white in a bathroom so the solid white counter tops and white ceramic tile floors were an easy choice.
One of the reasons that bathroom remodels can be worth all the hassle is to expand the bathroom to meet the needs of a growing family. For kids bathroom design, consider bright colors and unique patterns, but also keep in mind that children do outgrow trends pretty quickly, so steer clear of fads.
When you are working on the design for your bathroom remodeling project, make sure to take accurate measurements of your bathroom and create a map to work with. Upgrading your bathroom with new flooring, newly painted walls, new fixtures and a new shower or tub can make a huge difference in the bathroom.
Even if yours is having problems or falling apart, we're happy to work with it. Our team is skilled in bathroom repair that includes plumbing, HVAC, electrical services, and more. Also, be aware of the National Kitchen and Bath Association planning guidelines so that you and your contractor can plan a safe and functional bathroom layout that meets proper code compliance.
To determine what needs to be done, first consider the practical aspects of remodeling your bathroom. And you definitely don't need to blow your budget on a luxury toilet, like Kohler's $6,390 Numi , with its motion-activated lid and built-in bidet. Now is the time to take inventory of all your bathroom remodeling wants and needs.


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Q: Adding points from JSON to ArcGIS for Android? I am new to Android, the ArcGIS Platform and ArcGIS for Android.
I need to load points (offline) from a JSON file (GeoJSON) onto the map which displays  a local Tile Package (*.tpk) and shapefile.

A: Technically we don't support shapefiles with ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android, but it can be done.  Concerning loading points from a json file you need to parse the geojson file.
// Making the request and getting the response
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet req = new HttpGet(url);
HttpResponse res = client.execute(req);

// Converting the response stream to string
HttpEntity jsonentity = res.getEntity();
InputStream in = jsonentity.getContent();
// string representation of json
String json_str = convertStreamToString(in);

JSONObject jsonobj = new JSONObject(json_str);
JSONArray feature_arr = jsonobj.getJSONArray("features");

// Getting the coordinates and projecting them to map's spatial
// reference
JSONObject obj_geometry = feature_arr.getJSONObject(i)
    .getJSONObject("geometry");
double lon = Double.parseDouble(obj_geometry.getJSONArray("coordinates")
    .get(0).toString());
double lat = Double.parseDouble(obj_geometry.getJSONArray("coordinates")
    .get(1).toString());
Point point = (Point) GeometryEngine.project(
    new Point(lon, lat), SpatialReference.create(4326),
    mMapView.getSpatialReference());

// Add point graphic to the graphic layer
graphicsLayer.addGraphic(new Graphic(point, symbol, attr));

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<?php

namespace Cocur\NQM;

use ArrayAccess;
use Countable;
use PDOStatement;
use RuntimeException;

/**
 * StatementCollection
 *
 * @package   cocur/nqm
 * @author    Florian Eckerstorfer <florian@eckerstorfer.co>
 * @copyright 2013-2015 Florian Eckerstorfer
 * @license   http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License
 */
class StatementCollection implements Countable, ArrayAccess
{
    /**
     * @var PDOStatement[]
     */
    private $statements = [];

    /**
     * @param PDOStatement $statement
     *
     * @return StatementCollection
     */
    public function add(PDOStatement $statement)
    {
        $this->statements[] = $statement;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @return PDOStatement[]
     */
    public function all()
    {
        return $this->statements;
    }

    /**
     * @return PDOStatement
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException if no statement is in the collection.
     */
    public function first()
    {
        if (!isset($this->statements[0])) {
            throw new RuntimeException('No statement exists in this collection, thus first cannot be returned.');
        }

        return $this->statements[0];
    }

    /**
     * @return PDOStatement
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException if no statement is in the collection.
     */
    public function last()
    {
        $count = $this->count();
        if (!$count) {
            throw new RuntimeException('No statement exists in this collection, thus last cannot be returned');
        }

        return $this->statements[$count-1];
    }

    /**
     * @return int
     */
    public function count()
    {
        return count($this->statements);
    }

    /**
     * @param int $offset
     *
     * @return PDOStatement
     */
    public function offsetExists($offset)
    {
        return isset($this->statements[$offset]);
    }

    /**
     * @param int $offset
     *
     * @return PDOStatement
     */
    public function offsetGet($offset)
    {
        return $this->statements[$offset];
    }

    /**
     * @param int          $offset
     * @param PDOStatement $value
     *
     * @throw RuntimeException Always, setting is not allowed
     */
    public function offsetSet($offset, $value)
    {
        throw new RuntimeException('You cannot set a statement, please use add()');
    }

    /**
     * @params int $offset
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException Always, unsetting is not allowed.
     */
    public function offsetUnset($offset)
    {
        throw new RuntimeException('You cannot unset a statement.');
    }
}


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"""Support signature verification."""

import base64

from castellan import key_manager
from cryptography import exceptions as crypto_exception
from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
from cryptography import x509
from oslo_log import log as logging
from oslo_utils import encodeutils

from glance.common import exception
from glance import i18n

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
_ = i18n._
_LE = i18n._LE

# Note: This is the signature hash method, which is independent from the
# image data checksum hash method (which is handled elsewhere).
HASH_METHODS = {
    'SHA-224': hashes.SHA224(),
    'SHA-256': hashes.SHA256(),
    'SHA-384': hashes.SHA384(),
    'SHA-512': hashes.SHA512()
}

# These are the currently supported signature formats
(RSA_PSS,) = (
    'RSA-PSS',
)

SIGNATURE_KEY_TYPES = {
    RSA_PSS
}

# These are the currently supported certificate formats
(X_509,) = (
    'X.509',
)

CERTIFICATE_FORMATS = {
    X_509
}

# These are the currently supported MGF formats, used for RSA-PSS signatures
MASK_GEN_ALGORITHMS = {
    'MGF1': padding.MGF1
}

# Required image property names
(SIGNATURE, HASH_METHOD, KEY_TYPE, CERT_UUID) = (
    'signature',
    'signature_hash_method',
    'signature_key_type',
    'signature_certificate_uuid'
)

# Optional image property names for RSA-PSS
(MASK_GEN_ALG, PSS_SALT_LENGTH) = (
    'mask_gen_algorithm',
    'pss_salt_length'
)

def should_verify_signature(image_properties):
    """Determine whether a signature should be verified.

    Using the image properties, determine whether existing properties indicate
    that signature verification should be done.

    :param image_properties: the key-value properties about the image
    :return: True, if signature metadata properties exist, False otherwise
    """
    return (image_properties is not None and
            CERT_UUID in image_properties and
            HASH_METHOD in image_properties and
            SIGNATURE in image_properties and
            KEY_TYPE in image_properties)

def verify_signature(context, checksum_hash, image_properties):
    """Retrieve the image properties and use them to verify the signature.

    :param context: the user context for authentication
    :param checksum_hash: the 'checksum' hash of the image data
    :param image_properties: the key-value properties about the image
    :return: True if verification succeeds
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if verification fails
    """
    if not should_verify_signature(image_properties):
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Required image properties for signature verification do not'
            ' exist. Cannot verify signature.')

    signature = get_signature(image_properties[SIGNATURE])
    hash_method = get_hash_method(image_properties[HASH_METHOD])
    signature_key_type = get_signature_key_type(
        image_properties[KEY_TYPE])
    public_key = get_public_key(context,
                                image_properties[CERT_UUID],
                                signature_key_type)

    # Initialize the verifier
    verifier = None

    # create the verifier based on the signature key type
    if signature_key_type == RSA_PSS:
        # retrieve other needed properties, or use defaults if not there
        if MASK_GEN_ALG in image_properties:
            mask_gen_algorithm = image_properties[MASK_GEN_ALG]
            if mask_gen_algorithm in MASK_GEN_ALGORITHMS:
                mgf = MASK_GEN_ALGORITHMS[mask_gen_algorithm](hash_method)
            else:
                raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
                    'Invalid mask_gen_algorithm: %s' % mask_gen_algorithm)
        else:
            # default to MGF1
            mgf = padding.MGF1(hash_method)
        if PSS_SALT_LENGTH in image_properties:
            pss_salt_length = image_properties[PSS_SALT_LENGTH]
            try:
                salt_length = int(pss_salt_length)
            except ValueError:
                raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
                    'Invalid pss_salt_length: %s' % pss_salt_length)
        else:
            # default to max salt length
            salt_length = padding.PSS.MAX_LENGTH
        # Create the verifier
        verifier = public_key.verifier(
            signature,
            padding.PSS(
                mgf=mgf,
                salt_length=salt_length
            ),
            hash_method
        )

    if verifier:
        # Verify the signature
        verifier.update(checksum_hash)
        try:
            verifier.verify()
            return True
        except crypto_exception.InvalidSignature:
            raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
                'Signature verification failed.')
    else:
        # Error creating the verifier
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Error occurred while verifying the signature')

def get_signature(signature_data):
    """Decode the signature data and returns the signature.

    :param siganture_data: the base64-encoded signature data
    :return: the decoded signature
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if the signature data is malformatted
    """
    try:
        signature = base64.b64decode(signature_data)
    except TypeError:
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'The signature data was not properly encoded using base64')

    return signature

def get_hash_method(hash_method_name):
    """Verify the hash method name and create the hash method.

    :param hash_method_name: the name of the hash method to retrieve
    :return: the hash method, a cryptography object
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if the hash method name is invalid
    """
    if hash_method_name not in HASH_METHODS:
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Invalid signature hash method: %s' % hash_method_name)

    return HASH_METHODS[hash_method_name]

def get_signature_key_type(signature_key_type):
    """Verify the signature key type.

    :param signature_key_type: the key type of the signature
    :return: the validated signature key type
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if the signature key type is invalid
    """
    if signature_key_type not in SIGNATURE_KEY_TYPES:
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Invalid signature key type: %s' % signature_key_type)

    return signature_key_type

def get_public_key(context, signature_certificate_uuid, signature_key_type):
    """Create the public key object from a retrieved certificate.

    :param context: the user context for authentication
    :param signature_certificate_uuid: the uuid to use to retrieve the
                                       certificate
    :param signature_key_type: the key type of the signature
    :return: the public key cryptography object
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if public key format is invalid
    """
    certificate = get_certificate(context, signature_certificate_uuid)

    # Note that this public key could either be
    # RSAPublicKey, DSAPublicKey, or EllipticCurvePublicKey
    public_key = certificate.public_key()

    # Confirm the type is of the type expected based on the signature key type
    if signature_key_type == RSA_PSS:
        if not isinstance(public_key, rsa.RSAPublicKey):
            raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
                'Invalid public key type for signature key type: %s'
                % signature_key_type)

    return public_key

def get_certificate(context, signature_certificate_uuid):
    """Create the certificate object from the retrieved certificate data.

    :param context: the user context for authentication
    :param signature_certificate_uuid: the uuid to use to retrieve the
                                       certificate
    :return: the certificate cryptography object
    :raises: SignatureVerificationError if the retrieval fails or the format
             is invalid
    """
    keymgr_api = key_manager.API()

    try:
        # The certificate retrieved here is a castellan certificate object
        cert = keymgr_api.get(context, signature_certificate_uuid)
    except Exception as e:
        # The problem encountered may be backend-specific, since castellan
        # can use different backends.  Rather than importing all possible
        # backends here, the generic "Exception" is used.
        msg = (_LE("Unable to retrieve certificate with ID %(id)s: %(e)s")
               % {'id': signature_certificate_uuid,
                  'e': encodeutils.exception_to_unicode(e)})
        LOG.error(msg)
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Unable to retrieve certificate with ID: %s'
            % signature_certificate_uuid)

    if cert.format not in CERTIFICATE_FORMATS:
        raise exception.SignatureVerificationError(
            'Invalid certificate format: %s' % cert.format)

    if cert.format == X_509:
        # castellan always encodes certificates in DER format
        cert_data = cert.get_encoded()
        certificate = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(cert_data,
                                                     default_backend())

    return certificate


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Update from Summit Schools
Home|Uncategorized|Update from Summit Schools
Summit Families,
In light of recent events in our country we believe it important to reaffirm the values of inclusivity that exist within our school. Summit has always strived to be a school where all students are welcomed and valued. We pride ourselves in working with each student as an individual. We cherish the diversity of each learner, and firmly believe that there is great value in learning from the differing perspectives of each other. We are committed to continuing to provide a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment for all students, families, faculty, and staff.
Thank you to those who have completed the Return to School survey that was distributed last week. There has been overwhelming support (92%) for an early start date for next year. Please look forward to a formal announcement of this potential shift to an August 12th start*. Once our calendars have been updated and approved, we will make sure to redistribute them to you with final confirmation of this new start date. (*Please note that all days prior to August 24th would not count towards our 1080 hrs/180 day requirements. Although attendance on these days would be highly recommended, they would remain optional.)
As a reminder, the earlier start date would allow for students to adjust to a structured school day, and allow for more intensive informal assessments of our students. These assessments will provide teachers with ample time to stagger learning, forming smaller pods in and outside of the classroom to address the needs of those that require more intensive remediation. One thing that makes Summit unique is our ability to meet the individual needs of each student. Did you know that in our 7th and 8th grade last year we were able to accomodate for four different levels of math in the same classroom? We anticipate the potential for differing levels of math in each grade level, and will plan to prepare for such.
The month of June will be spent working to complete our Return to Learn plan for the Department of Education. This plan, when accepted and approved by the DOE, will lay the groundwork for addressing both the health and safety of our students as well as our plan to ensure that students receive standards based education in potentially three different learning environments. In addition to the traditional On-Site Delivery plan, we will also submit a Required Continuous Learning plan (RCL) and a Hybrid Learning (HL) plan. The RCL would be used if the school was required to temporarily shut our doors due to another COVID-19 outbreak. The RCL would layout the structure of a half on-site and half at home learning plan. Teacher contracts were modified this spring to include more detailed expectations of virtual teaching should the need to teach from home become necessary. This, coupled with intensive Google teacher certification this summer, will better prepare our faculty for this possibility.
One of the primary areas of focus in our Return to Learn plan will center around the health and safety of our students. We will plan to follow the recommendations of the CDC and the Linn County Public Health Department when making these decisions. We recently secured CARES Act money that can be used for COVID-19 mitigation and have started the process of researching potential professional cleaning options, and in securing PPE for our students, faculty, and staff. The likelihood that we will make adjustments to our daily check-in procedures, our recess and lunch routines, and the configurations of our learning environment, are great. More details on these plans will be distributed once they have been approved by the Department of Education.
And finally, I am excited to announce the hiring of two new faculty members for next school year. Angie Neuville will join our upper school faculty this fall. In addition to being a former Summit parent, Angie brings extensive experience in the classroom and as a Special Education consultant for the AEA. Also, Rebekah Ford has been hired to serve as our 3/4 Teacher during Shawna's maternity leave. Rebekah is an Orton-Gillingham trained teacher and a wonderful addition to our faculty.
We look forward to introducing our new faculty to you in our next virtual Town Hall which is tentatively scheduled for June 30th, at 6:30 p.m. Please look forward to this announcement as well as other updates as they unfold over the next few weeks.
Paul G. Pressler
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It's been temporarily (or permanently) retired from SS graveliering and now serves as one of my two main commuting rigs. Of late, it's been pressed into winter service, with different tires, racks, and handlebars.
Bottle cages: Arundel Looney Bin (for carrying the thermos, or bottles of wine).
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Heating Engineer from St Austell reaches final of Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2021
Stephen Jarvis will take part in the virtual final of the prestigious award in September
The heating engineer is hoping to be crowned this year's winner
The winner will walk away with the coveted title and a trade bundle worth £20,000
A heating engineer from St Austell is celebrating after seeing off hundreds of other tradespeople to reach the final of the renowned Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2021 competition.
Stephen Jarvis, 45, has been shortlisted and will join nine other worthy contestants from across the UK & Ireland to go head-to-head to win the coveted title.
With 30 years of experience as a heating engineer, Stephen has been selected after demonstrating a real passion for the trade, showcasing his exceptional skills, drive, and determination to go above and beyond for his customers.
If he's not fitting boilers or working on domestic upgrades, Stephen is competing at international level for the Great Britain and is currently the WR holder for 100m, 200m, 400m for people with organ transplants. Stephen is also passionate about raising money for charity whereby he found himself running a marathon up and down the stairs of his previous home during lockdown.
The standard of the 10 finalists is incredibly high and Stephen, who works for Livewest Ltd, will aim to impress a panel of judges with his examples of excellent workmanship and dedication to the trade during a two-day virtual final event in September.
The winner will be crowned during Screwfix LIVE and will take home the ultimate £20,000 prize bundle comprising of tech, tools, and training.
Stephen, who is thrilled to have reached the final, says: "I've been in the trade for a long time and have always delivered an excellent level of service, nothing is too much trouble for my valued customers. In every area of my life I'm committed to doing my absolute best and to be named as a finalist when the calibre of entrants is so high, feels extremely rewarding. I'm looking forward to chatting with the judges and other finalists and will do all I can to win the coveted title."
Simon Jackson, Customer and Digital Director at Screwfix said: "We recognise the importance of supporting our nations tradespeople, and we want to reward them for their hard work and for continually supporting their customers and local communities. We have seen many, high quality entrants this year and our top ten finalists have done incredibly well to get this far. I look forward to meeting the finalists as we look to crown one high calibre individual as Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2021. I'd like to congratulate Stephen for reaching the final and I wish all the finalists the best of luck."
During the final, Stephen will face a panel of industry-leading judges including representatives from the NICEIC, CIPHE, FMB and 2019 winner, Darren McGhee.
To find out more about this competition, please visit screwfix.com/stt.
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Q: Restore in-app purchase after a set of time I have created a consumable in-app purchase which enables some images, texts, sound etc. These things should only be available for the user for 4 hours. After that time the same purchase should be available for purchase as normal. My question is how to cancel or restore (or what it's called) the products they buy. Thanks in advance.

A: I am pretty sure that consumable in app purchase can't be restored.  Once they are purchased they are "consumed".  If you want to let the user restore purchases for 4 hours after purchase you will need to manually do that yourself.  I do something similar to this using Parse (parse.com).  When a user makes a purchase it is easy to record that purchase on parse and then I can easily query parse for all purchases a user has made.


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This Hindu festival of Adi Puram is celebrated in all Hindu temples in southern India in the month called Adi or Ashadha, corresponding to the English months of July-August, when the asterism Puram (Delta Leonis) is in the ascendancy. The festival is observed to propitiate the goddess Sakti Devi who is said to have come into this world on this occasion to bless the people. People therefore worship her in order to secure happiness not only for themselves but also for their loved ones.
If the festival falls on a Friday, the occasion is considered to be highly auspicious, and the people worship the goddess in a more special way.
It is said that there are eight Nidhis or Saktis (Forces of nature) in the universe and they are controlled by Devi, the goddess of the Hindus. The eight magical arts, called in Hindu mystic parlance the Ashta Maha Siddhis, are derived from a knowledge of those forces. They are (1) Anima or the art of entering into a foreign body, (2) Mahima or the art of increasing the bulk of one's body, (3) Garuna or the art of rendering small things tremendously ponderous, (4) Laghima or the art of lifting with ease the largest and the heaviest substances, (5) Prapti or the art of gaining access through a small hole to Brahma's heaven, (6) Prakamya or the art of transubstantiating and entering into various worlds of tenuous matter, procuring all things needful from these and ascertaining the localities of various substances, (7) Isatwam the art of creating, protecting and destroying the world as well as rendering the planets obedient to the will, and (8) Vasitwam the art of bringing all created beings under subjection including Indra and the various gods.
The eight Nidhis are also called by eight different names with characteristics peculiar to each. The Nidhi called Padma is said to be presided over by Lakshmi and people attaining this Nidhi secure prowess and skill in warfare and also command the wealth of all mortals. The Nidhi going by the name Mahapadma secures the command over all precious gems in the universe. It is meant for one having yogic tendencies in him. The Nidhi named Makara shapes the character of the individual and secures for him success in military operations and royal favour. The Nidhi called Kachapa brings success in all business undertakings and makes the individual the beloved of one and all. While the Nidhi Mukunda develops fine aesthetic instincts in the individual, and the one called Nanda secures for him good harvest and immunity from wants. The Nidhi called Nila is said to lead to all sorts of enjoyments and the one named Sanka ensures self-realization and eternal bliss. The two Nidhis Sanka and Padma confer mundane enjoyments and heavenly bliss on individuals. The wealth secured by Padma Nidhi makes worldly enjoyments possible and the yogic powers conferred by Sanka Nidhi result in bliss arising from self-realization. As these two Nidhis control the other Nidhis, sculptural representations of only these two Nidhis are placed at the sides of temple entrances in southern India.
In a portico called 'Ashta Siddhi Mandapam' in Madurai, we have sculptural representations of these eight Siddhis or Saktis. The reason is that Sri Sundareswara, the presiding deity of the Madurai Temple, is said to have manifested these powers to the people of this world on one occasion. The details of the incident are given in a book called 'Halasya Mahatmiyam', also called 'Tiruvelayadal Puranam' in Tamil. Sixty-four miracles performed by Sri Sundareswara are recorded in this work.
According to a myth, the goddess of the universe took a human form on the Adi Puram day in a miraculous manner. A Vaishnava saint called Periyalwar of Srivilliputtur had no issues. He prayed to the goddess Lakshmi for children and she fulfilled his wish in the following manner. Alwar was ploughing his fields one-day when he came upon a lovely female child while turning the first furrow. Delighted at the precious find, he hastened to his home with it. He gave it to his wife, and named it Andal. The presiding deity of Srirangam temple, Sri Ranganath, is said to have accepted Andal as his wife when she grew up.
The festival is observed with great eclat in the temples of Madurai, Sriviliiputtur, Tinnevelly, Vedaranyam, Negapatam, Jambukeswaram, Tiruvadi, Kumbakonam, Tiruvadaimarudhur, Mayavaram, Srivanjiyam and Tiruvannamalai. In the famous religious centre Chidambaram also, this Puram festival is observed not in the month Adi (July-August), but in the month Arpisi (November). The observance is said to be rather unique. There is also an inscription in the west gopuram of the temple and it is dated Saka 1517. The village called Poorappettai is mentioned in connection with the observance of this festival as stated above.
It is noteworthy that all festivals are held only once in a year and no festival is held twice. All the important festivals are observed throughout the country at the same time. As the religious festivals of the Hindus are closely connected with the movements of the stars and planets, correct information regarding the time at which the observation should take place is highly essential if at all the observances are to be efficacious. Hence great stress is laid on the accuracy of the information to be recorded in the Hindu almanacs or Panchangams by the astronomers.
As several systems of computation have arisen with the lapse of time, some following the heliocentric system, and some following the geocentric system and so on, differences of opinion have also arisen regarding the time of the observance of Hindu rites and ceremonies. But the principle on which these observances are based is the same and we find no differences in opinion in this regard. Further, in the observance of most of the important religious festivals, we find no differences of opinion among the astronomers.
The Vedas and the Agamas say that the performance of a definite number of religious festivals is essential for the welfare of a country. The number of such festivals varies with the different sects of Hindus. It is recorded in the second prakara of Sri Thagaraja temple at Tiruvarur in Tanjore that fifty-six festivals are to be observed every year.
Other Hindu Festivals
AadiPooram Chaitravishu ChitraPournami Diwali
Durga Pooja Ganesh Chathurthi Holi Karthigai Deepam
Krishna Jayanthi Maha Shivarathri Makar Sankranti Maasi Magam
Naga Panchami Navarathri Onam Panguni Uttiram
Pongal Rakshabandhan Ramanavami Sri Skanda Sashti Pooja
Sri Rudram Thaipusam Vaikunda Ekadasi Vaikasi Visakam
Varalakshmi Vratham Vasant Panchami Vijayadashmi Navarathri
Rishi Panchami


Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem; it's a cross-functional priority for the enterprise. As cyberattacks and cyber risk continue to swell, the cybersecurity consciousness among the C-suite is growing — and even CFOs are being called upon to help promote cybersecurity.
According to Sumukh Tendulkar, director of product marketing at IBM Security, today's CFOs fall into two broad categories: Those that think of cybersecurity investments are a cost of doing business and those that realize that these efforts can be a differentiator for them.
The CFOs that fall in the second category are pushing boundaries and trying to quantify security efforts — which is very difficult, Sumukh added.
Ten years ago, the CFO role was mostly about how to manage financial risks, but there is a new type of risk that organizations face today, said Brian Cohen, CFO at BitSight Technologies and a co-panelist at the recent MIT Sloan CFO Summit.
"If you look at the impact from missing your earnings vs. the impact of a cybersecurity breach, the amount probably is on par as far as the damage it may do to your market cap," Cohen said.
Understanding an organization's risk profile should therefore be a preliminary step for any business, Cohen advised. Investing in cybersecurity should be a priority for CFOs, but they must be wary of vendors who want to sell solutions that they claim to be fool proof, he added.
"There is nothing that is going to make you totally secure. Ultimately, the most important thing is be open with yourself, be honest with yourself and make sure you are having the conversations that are appropriate," Cohen said.
Phong Le, CFO at MicroStrategy and a co-panelist during a presentation at the MIT Sloan CFO summit, advised CFOs to hire a chief information security officer to get their opinion on cybersecurity investments and then decide where they want to go from there.
But figuring out what's the right amount that CFOs should be spending on those cybersecurity investments is tricky, experts agreed.
"I think we are all trying to figure it out. [It is important to] have a professional who is responsible for this and if you start spending 5% to 10% of what you spend in IT in this area, it is not necessarily a bad thing," Le said.
An organization's security profile changes every single day, so a cybersecurity budget is not something to be reviewed just once a quarter, Cohen said. CFOs should always think about how they are assessing risks, and whether the tools and solutions they are employing are actually effective, he said.
"It is up to us as managers to figure out 'what solutions do we need, within reason, to provide the protection?' It's trying to do the best you can to understand what are the issues, how you are going to rectify and manage them, and constant evaluation and constant management," Cohen said.


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Let's sit down here, my dearest, look and see how much I care. I will listen to the tempest under your submissive stare. All this golden vegetation and this fair lock of hair, they have come just like salvation of the loafer free of care. Long ago I left my village with the blooming fields and thicket, tempted by the city image and the life of fame, so wicked. So I buried in oblivion orchard, summer I enjoyed where I, to the frogs' singing, raised myself to be a poet. Autumn with the golden branches... Maple, lime-trees, taking pleasure, stick their twigs inside, like clutches, searching for someone they treasure. They are gone, our dear losses, in the homely yard the crescent marks with beams of light on crosses that we'll join them in the basement. Going trough the troubles wholly we shall go like this to welkin. All the winding roads are only for the living beings welcome. Come, sit down here, my dearest, let me look into your face. I will listen to the tempest under your submissive gaze.


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The Echo Maker
The Time of Our Singing
Plowing the Dark
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Operation Wandering Soul
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Prisoner's Dilemma
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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Tell me how free I am.
Music forecasts the past, recalls the future.
The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.
Melody played on the brain like a weather report, an avowal of faith, gossip, a manifesto.
Music doesn't mean things, it is things.
Insecurity will always be a growth industry. The economy now depends on fear.
The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers.
It was like so, but wasn't.
Be grateful for anything that still cuts. Dissonance is a beauty that familiarity hasn't yet destroyed.
Still, history is the long process of outsourcing human ability in order to leverage more of it.
How did music trick the body into thinking it had a soul?
All we can ever do is lay a word in the hands of those who have put one in ours.
There isn't a human being in the world worthy of any dog's welcome.
What he had done, how he had chosen to spend his energies, really was science. A way of looking, reverencing. And the purpose of all science, like living, which amounts to the same thing, was not the accumulations of Gnostic power, fixing of formulas for the names of God, stockpiling brutal efficiency, accomplishing the sadistic myth of progress. the purpose of science was to revive and cultivate a perpetual state of wonder. For nothing deserved wonder so much as our capacity to feel it.
You wanted to play fiction against fact? Didn't you know fiction is already fact's patsy?
—What Does Fiction Know?
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
We will live with racism for ever. But senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs.
—Interview in the Guardian
Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind.
A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing to do with the timescale of reading. And for the hours that we retreat into this moratorium, with the last form of private and silent human activity that isn't considered pathological, we are outside of time.
Europe died; explanations died of grief.
The prose can be brutally beautiful. But the semester starts, you fall in love, get deflowered, watch Kennedy die and the Beatles invade, get high to listen to Coltrane, and discover Heller, Ellison, Ferlighetti, and Bellow—writing that flows across the page in huge bright swaths that you didn't know English could permit.
—To The Measures Fall
And you, fallen Wendy, eviscerated by the eternal recurrence of it all, hear Peter snarl at you for growing guilty and big and old...
The morning was glorious, one of those crystalline, dry, blue, fall days when the temperature hovers right at anticipation.
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual sense of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtle than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
Information may travel at light speed, but meaning spreads at the speed of dark.
Reading may be the last secretive behavior that is neither pathological or prosecutable. It is certainly the last refuge from the real-time epidemic. For the stream of a narrative overflows the banks of the real. Story strips its reader, holding her in a place time can't reach. A book's power lies in its ability to erase us, to expand or contract without limit, to circle inside itself without beginning or end, to defy our imaginary timetables and lay us bare to a more basic ticking. The pages we read are a nowhen, unfolding far outside the public arena. As long as we remain in them, now reveals itself to be the baldest of inventions.
—The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms
It had to be U. U. was the only town I could still bear, the one spot in the atlas I'd already absorbed head-on. When you take too many of your critical hits in one place, that place can no longer hurt you.
Synapses in motion tend to stay in motion. Synapses at rest tend to stay at rest.
The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it.
In that weekly ecstatic keeping of faith and bearing of witness, Delia fell in love with singing. Singing was something that might make sense of a person. Singing might make more sense of life than living had to start with.
For a moment, looking felt like something that happened to you rather than something you did. Not 'Are you who I think you are?' Am I who you think I am?
Maybe happiness is like a virus. Maybe it's one of those bugs that sits for a long time, so we don't even know that we are infected.
On the ride back south, she tapped all the anger-management tricks they'd given her in job training. They played across her windshield like PowerPoint slides. Number One: It's not about you. Number Two: Your plan is not the world's. Number Three: The mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time. A century of family saga and a ride up an escalator can take the same number of pages. Fiction sets any conversion rate, then changes it in a syllable. The narrator's mother carries her child up the stairs and the reader follows, for days. But World War I passes in a paragraph. I needed 125 pages to get from Labor Day to Christmas vacation. In six more words, here's spring.
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"The Overstory is a visionary, accessible legend for the planet that owns us, its exaltation and its peril, a remarkable achievement by a great writer." —Thomas McGuane
"An extraordinary novel…An astonishing performance…There is something exhilarating, too, in reading a novel whose context is wider than human life. The Overstory leaves you with a slightly adjusted frame of reference….What was happening to his characters passed into my conscience, like alcohol into the bloodstream, and left a feeling behind of grief or guilt, even after I put it down." —Benjamin Markovits, The Guardian
The National Book Award–winning author of The Echo Maker delivers his most emotionally charged novel to date, inspired by the myth of Orpheus. "If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century…he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed, since his debut, Read More
Generosity: An Enhancement
What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments? Funny, fast, and magical, Generosity celebrates both science and the freed imagination. In his most exuberant book yet, Richard Powers asks us to consider the big questions facing humankind as, Read More
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman–who looks, acts, and sounds just like his, Read More
On Easter day, 1939, at Marian Anderson's epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish émigré scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Philadelphia Negro studying to be a singer. Their mutual love of music draws them together, and—against all odds and better judgment—they marry. They vow to raise their children beyond, Read More
In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty, Read More
Gain braids together two stories on very different scales. In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of Lacewood, Illinois, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has ovarian cancer. In the other, Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in, Read More
After four novels and several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist ofGalatea 2.2—Richard Powers—returns to the United States as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he runs afoul of Philip Lentz, an outspoken cognitive neurologist intent upon modeling the human brain by means of computer-based neural networks. Lentz, Read More
Highly imaginative and emotionally powerful, this stunning novel about childhood innocence amid the nightmarish disease and deterioration at the heart of modern Los Angeles was nominated for a National Book Award. Finalist, National Book Award, 1994 Praise for Operation Wandering Soul by Richard Powers "If you have children or will have children, if you, Read More
The Gold Bug Variations is a double love story of two young couples separated by a distance of twenty-five years. Stuart Ressler, a brilliant young molecular biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes – social, moral, musical, spiritual – and he falls, Read More
Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a, Read More
In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers's brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of the, Read More
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Q: Find Inverse Fourier Transform Find the inverse Fourier Transform of
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F(\omega)=\frac{1}{2\pi(a+j\omega)^2}
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using the convolution theorem. Hint: the Fourier Transform of $e^{-at} u(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}(a+j\omega)}  $

A: The convolution theorem gives us:
$$\mathcal{F}^{-1}[\mathcal{F}(f)\cdot\mathcal{F}(g)]= f*g$$
From the hint:
$$F(\omega) = \mathcal{F}(e^{-at}u(t))\cdot\mathcal{F}(e^{-at}u(t))$$
and you seek $\mathcal{F}^{-1}[F(\omega)]$.
Can you finish it?


The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich is the venue for the shooting, Paralympic shooting and archery events of the 2012 Games. With four colours arts partnership I created a series of art installations around Woolwich that responded to the Games coming to the area. Each intervention was hosted by the local community.
A playful transformation of public and domestic spaces using the London 2012 colours.
A short film shot at the Long Mynd Archery Club in Shropshire. Using a high speed camera we filmed Paralympic GB archers shoot a single arrow at 3000 frames per second. The arrow moving slowly away is a metaphor for the journeys we embark on and the farewells we make. The film was projected inside a local resident's garage, which backs onto Woolwich Common.