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Natalie Jackson Mendoza (born 12 August 1978)[1] is an Australian actress, musician, and dancer.[2] She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British drama series Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The Descent, as well as its sequel, The Descent Part 2.[3] She was playing Arachne in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark[4] but was forced to leave the show due to a work-related injury.
Natalie Jackson Mendoza
Actress, singer
1 Life and career
Life and careerEdit
Mendoza was born in Hong Kong in 1978, the daughter of an English/German Australian mother who was a dancer and television personality, and a Spanish/Chinese/Filipino (Mestizo) jazz pianist and arranger. She is one of six artist siblings.[5][6] She was raised in Sydney, Melbourne and Hong Kong/South East Asia. She also lived and went to school and trained in London and New York. She performed in many musicals such as Cats the Musical, Miss Saigon, The Music of Lloyd Webber Concert Tour (understudying Sarah Brightman), Oh What A Night, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as the lead Frugue girl in Sweet Charity, and took the role of Eponine in the 10th Anniversary Australasian Tour of Les Miserables.
In 1998 Mendoza formed the band Jackson Mendoza with her sister Rebecca.[2] They had No 1 chart success and signed internationally to Virgin Records, releasing two singles that reached the Top 10 music charts in Australia. They disbanded in 2000.
Mendoza appeared in Moulin Rouge!, as the lead dancer China Doll. After Moulin Rouge! she began working on a solo album in Melbourne and signed a three-picture deal with Miramax. She filmed several US series including Farscape and played Liat in ABC's South Pacific opposite Harry Connick Junior and Glenn Close. When filming The Great Raid she became involved with her co−star Joseph Fiennes, and moved to London.
In 2003 Mendoza went back to England to focus her attention on acting. She trained as an actor at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, training in Classical Theatre. Mendoza appeared on stage in many classical theatre and modern theatre productions, including Coup d'État at MTC, Five Kinds of Silence, Vagina Monologues, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and The Importance of Being Earnest.
In 2005 Mendoza was cast as the lead role in the film The Descent, Juno. In 2006 she appeared in the role of Australian immigrant and head of housekeeping Jackie Clunes in the BBC1 British drama series Hotel Babylon and went on to shoot the 2nd and 3rd series.
In 2007 Mendoza guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas Absolution and The Girl Who Never Was. She filmed The Descent 2 sequel and horror film Surviving Evil, which she wrote the title track for, "Alone Again". She workshopped the lead role of Molly in Matthew Warchus' production of Ghost which was based on the original screenplay by Bruce Rubin. In 2008 she joined Dave Stewart's Weapons of Mass Entertainment and began being managed by him, developing many projects including her own multimedia project. She was the face and designer for the Voodoo Dolls surf/ski apparel clothing line in London and Australia in 2003.[citation needed] She is currently based out of London/LA/NYC recording her solo album, producing films, and creating her own multimedia projects.
Mendoza was scheduled to co-star in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, playing the lead role of Arachne after being selected out of over 3000 people worldwide by Bono, The Edge, and Julie Taymor. After playing a handful of preview performances, she was forced to leave after an injury occurred backstage. Mendoza since moved to LA to pursue a new career in directing, writing, and producing films. She appeared in the 2012 Midsomer Murders episode "The Dark Rider" as Sasha Fleetwood.
Mendoza won her first film festival entry as best director, best writer, and best film at the 72-hour film festival in Los Angeles 2011.[7] She also began recording an album with producer Glen Ballard for an upcoming film project. She is an active member of Los Angeles' Playhouse West.[citation needed] Mendoza has been cast as the lead in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's new play with music, "Arms of Fire," which will be premiering at the Chester Theatre Company in the Berkshires and eventually going to Broadway. She is the only female and sings all 10 songs playing the lead role of Josephina, a Honduran Jazz Chanteusse. In 2015 it was announced that Mendoza would play the role of Gigi in Miss Saigon.
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Natalie Mendoza married Eliot Kennedy in April 2006, but the couple divorced in 2010.[8]
2000 Muggers Tran
2001 Moulin Rouge! China Doll
2003 Horseplay Jade
Code 46 Sphinx Receptionist
2005 The Descent Juno Kaplan
The Great Raid Mina
2009 Surviving Evil Cecilia 'Chill' Reyes
The Descent: Part 2 Juno Kaplan
1998 Wildside Sim Episode: 1.29
1999 Fearless Jade TV movie
Farscape Lishala Episode: Jeremiah Crichton
1999-2000 BeastMaster Kyra 7 episodes
2001 South Pacific Liat TV movie
Hard Knox Ellie TV movie
2006-2008 Hotel Babylon Jackie Clunes 21 episodes
2012 Midsomer Murders Sasha Fleetwood Episode: The Dark Rider
Americana Wendy Law-Soulter
^ Sams, Christing (14 August 2001). "Oceans of talent". Angelfire. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ a b "Natalie Mendoza plays Jackie Clunes, Head of Housekeeping". Short Skirt. BBC. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2019. Mendoza is also an accomplished singer, dancer and writer
^ Several Clips from 'The Descent: Part 2'
^ Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Cast List
^ Natalie Mendoza played Jackie Clunes, Head of Housekeeping
^ BWW (21 February 2006). "An Interview with Lord of the Ring's Rebecca Jackson Mendoza aka Galadriel". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 17 May 2006.
^ http://playhousewest.net/72-hour-short-film-festival/
^ Berman, Nat (2018). "Five Things You Didn't Know About Natalie Mendoza". TVovermind.com. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Natalie Mendoza on IMDb
Natalie Mendoza at the Internet Broadway Database
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At the EventQuip warehouse and office in Lansdale, PA we are hearing the sweet sound of jackhammers pounding stakes into the parking lot. Our crew leaders and operations team are hard at work training our seasonal crew to gear up for our busy season. As the weather gets cooler, more events and parties are being held outside and that means we need some extra hands on deck. Our experienced installers and operations managers have developed a training program to help our new installers learn the ropes of safe and proper tent set-up and removal. Take a look at some of the activity that is happening this week as we prepare to move into party season!
After a protective ground cover is spread out on the ground, the tent tops are laid out side to side and securely laced together.
Tent stakes waiting to be hammered into the asphalt help secure the tents. They will be connected to the tents with heavy-duty straps.
Here's our guy Eugene supervising the jackhammer training.
Don & Eric hard at work supervising the installation.
Learning how to "dress the straps". That's tent-speak for "don't leave them hanging out all over the place".
Training tent up! We used a 30′ x 60′ cook tent for this construction.
Time to take the tent down – loosening the straps and removing the center poles from the tent.
The tent is now down and being ready to be put away. Its amazing how much quicker it is to take it down than to put it up!


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Mysterious Filament is Stretching Down Towards the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
The core of the Milky Way Galaxy has always been a source of mystery and fascination to astronomers. This is due in part to the fact that our Solar System is embedded within the disk of the Milky Way – the flattened region that extends outwards from the core. This has made seeing into the bulge at the center of our galaxy rather difficult. Nevertheless, what we've been able to learn over the years has proven to be immensely interesting.
For instance, in the 1970s, astronomers became aware of the Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH) at the center of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). In 2016, astronomers also noticed a curved filament that appeared to be extending from Sgr A*. Using a pioneering technique, a team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) recently produced the highest-quality images of this structure to date.
The study which details their findings, titled "A Nonthermal Radio Filament Connected to the Galactic Black Hole?", recently appeared in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. In it, the team describes how they used the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NRAO) Very Large Array to investigate the non-thermal radio filament (NTF) near Sagittarius A* – now known as the Sgr A West Filament (SgrAWF).
Detection of an unusually bright X-Ray flare from Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: NASA/CXC/Stanford/I. Zhuravleva et al.
As Mark Morris – a professor of astronomy at the UCLA and the lead authority the study – explained in a CfA press release:
"With our improved image, we can now follow this filament much closer to the Galaxy's central black hole, and it is now close enough to indicate to us that it must originate there. However, we still have more work to do to find out what the true nature of this filament is."
After examining the filament, the research team came up with three possible explanations for its existence. The first is that the filament is the result of inflowing gas, which would produce a rotating, vertical tower of magnetic field as it approaches and threads Sgr A*'s event horizon. Within this tower, particles would produce radio emissions as they are accelerated and spiral in around magnetic field lines extending from the black hole.
The second possibility is that the filament is a theoretical object known as a cosmic string. These are basically long, extremely thin cosmic structures that carry mass and electric currents that are hypothesized to migrate from the centers of galaxies. In this case, the string could have been captured by Sgr A* once it came too close and a portion crossed its event horizon.
The third and final possibility is that there is no real association between the filament and Sgr A* and the positioning and direction it has shown is merely coincidental. This would imply that there are many such filaments in the Universe and this one just happened to be found near the center of our galaxy. However, the team is confident that such a coincidence is highly unlikely.
Labelled image of the center of our galaxy, showing the mysterious radio filament & the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Credit: NSF/VLA/UCLA/M. Morris et al.
As Jun-Hui Zhao of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, and a co-author on the paper, said:
"Part of the thrill of science is stumbling across a mystery that is not easy to solve. While we don't have the answer yet, the path to finding it is fascinating. This result is motivating astronomers to build next generation radio telescopes with cutting edge technology."
All of these scenarios are currently being investigated, and each poses its own share of implications. If the first possibility is true – in which the filament is caused by particles being ejected by Sgr A* – then astronomers would be able to gleam vital information about how magnetic fields operate in such an environment. In short, it could show that near an SMBH, magnetic fields are orderly rather than chaotic.
This could be proven by examining particles farther away from Sgr A* to see if they are less energetic than those that are closer to it. The second possibility, the cosmic string theory, could be tested by conducting follow-up observations with the VLA to determine if the position of the filament is shifting and its particles are moving at a fraction of the speed of light.
If the latter should prove to be the case, it would constitute the first evidence that theoretical cosmic strings actually exists. It would also allow astronomers to conduct further tests of General Relativity, examining how gravity works under such conditions and how space-time is affected. The team also noted that, even if the filament is not physically connected to Sgr A*, the bend in the filament is still rather telling.
In short, the bend appears to be coincide with a shock wave, the kind that would be caused by an exploding star. This could mean that one of the massive stars which surrounds Sgr A* exploded in proximity to the filament in the past, producing the necessary shock wave that altered the course of the inflowing gas and its magnetic field. All of these mysteries will be the subject of follow-up surveys conducted with the VLA.
As co-author Miller Goss from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico (and a co-author on the study) said, "We will keep hunting until we have a solid explanation for this object. And we are aiming to next produce even better, more revealing images."
Further Reading: CfA, AJL
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DepEd, WIPO to embark on intellectual property-related capacity building, innovation competition
QUEZON CITY, March 6, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) entered into a partnership for the conduct of intellectual property-related activities through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at the SEAMEO Innotech, Diliman, Quezon City on February 18.
This undertaking aims to promote the creation and use of intellectual property (IP) in basic education to advance the common good, and contribute to local and national development. WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations working with developing countries to enable societies to benefit from the IP system and enhance their participation in the global innovation economy.
DepEd and WIPO shall work together on capacitating teachers, science coordinators, school heads, legal personnel, and other DepEd staff on intellectual property matters. Trainings will be conducted in the Philippines and in the WIPO Academy in Geneva, Switzerland, where the WIPO headquarters is located.
"I hope that we will encourage our learners, as young as they are, to be creative and inventive by giving them the assurance that their names and creations will be protected, and that they will be acknowledged as creators. Their names will never be forgotten through intellectual properties," DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones shared.
The MOA also entails the inclusion of a WIPO category, called the Appropriate Technology Competition (ATC), in the National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF) of DepEd for two school years. In the ATC in 2020, three best entries using patent information to devise science and technology solutions to local problems will be selected and awarded with WIPO medals and certificates of excellence. The winners will also be given opportunities to participate in an IP forum or competition abroad in 2020, with all expenses of the winner and one adult companion to be shouldered by WIPO, in cooperation with the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
The agreement grants DepEd with access to learning resources on IP under the WIPO Depository Library Program (www.wipo.int/library/en/join.html), and to patent information in WIPO Patentscope database (www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/).
DepEd and WIPO entered into a partnership for the conduct of intellectual property-related activities through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at the SEAMEO Innotech, Diliman, Quezon City on February 18.
During the signing ceremony, Atty. Andrew Michael Ong, Director for WIPO and representative of WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, noted the role of IP rights as the language of the 21st century for knowledge and knowledge products. He added that this is only the first step of many activities that DepEd and WIPO will embark on.
"The world has changed and it takes a whole-of-government approach to be able to do this kind of IP work. I would say that, just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire government's efforts, the full government, to be able to introduce intellectual property in the country," Ong relayed.
Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Lorna Dig Dino and Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Josephine Maribojoc also gave messages during the ceremony and witnessed the signing of the MOA. The MOA was forged through the joint effort of the Curriculum and Instruction Strand and Legal Affairs Strand.
DepEd and WIPO recognize the importance of inculcating and boosting excellence in creative thinking, innovation, and invention of appropriate technologies that will address the needs of local communities and promote their sustainable development.


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Music! Food! Drinks! Shopping! Day 3 at SXSW
Wednesday was another bright and shiny day in Austin. Good thing, because SXSW isn't all eating and drinking (although that is a good chunk of it) and work still has to get done. This is a music conference and a lot of people come here to learn and network.
I'm still waiting on Voodoo Doughnuts to get in touch about my corner table, so in the meantime I dropped in on some sessions at the Austin Convention Center. "We All Scream For Ice Cream" might sound like it's about food, but it was really an informative session by the founder of the Museum of Ice Cream about how to continue our natural tendency to be curious as children and continue asking questions as adults that can lead to creativity in business. Very informative, but no ice cream. Good marketing would have been to bring samples for everyone. I mean, it's in the name!!
One of the coolest people on the planet and all around nice guy Nile Rodgers did a Q&A with the BBC's Jo Whiley. They called it "Music Biz 101" and Professor Rodgers delivered to four salons full of people anxious to learn the secret to his success. The man has produced hit records for everyone from Diana Ross to Daft Punk and you have probably heard his work even if you didn't know it at the time. Duran Duran, David Bowie, Carly Simon, Madonna and Sam Smith have all collaborated with Rodgers on some of their biggest hits – and he has stories about all of them. It was a real treat to see someone still so passionate to share his knowledge and love of music with the next generation.
Nile Rodgers shares music biz stories
Since it was so nice out and it is probably snowing in Michigan, I decided to take advantage of the weather and hoof it over to Rainey Street for the Culture Collide Global Street Farm. The agency partnered with the Produce Marketing Association and put together a GORGEOUS event. The patio area of L'Estelle House was filled with colorful displays and local florists were on hand to design flower crowns, which were a huge hit. The fresh produce was put to good use during an artist salsa challenge and The Accidentals threw their soon-to-be-famous spicy mango pineapple salsa into the ring. Yet another reason these kids are so amazing – very food oriented, this bunch.
The Accidentals getting spicy at the Salsa Challenge
The salsa wasn't the only thing getting heated up. More people are arriving for SXSW and the parties are even bigger and louder. The BBC took over the British Music Embassy (it's a bar, not an international incident) and were broadcasting live back to BBC 1. Or maybe it was BBC 3; I think they are up to like 6 channels now. The sound and production were incredible, either way. Nearly every bar/restaurant/venue along 6th Street has live music of some kind, and that doesn't include the "official" SXSW showcases and events happening at the bigger performance venues. NPR's concert at Stubb's lasted well into the night (morning?) and included Superorganism, Tank and the Bangas, Low and hip-hop group August Greene with Common.
The British are here! And they rock!!
Austin is all about music and one can find a plethora of fun things at Wild About Music on Congress Avenue. This store is freaking fantastic – it is an art gallery and gift shop dedicated entirely to music. They have vintage concert t-shirts, kooky socks, gorgeous mosaic guitars, regular guitars, wine glasses, purses, and… OK, I might have gone a bit overboard in this shop, but it is a seriously cool place. I'd put it on a "must visit" list for sure.
This store is AMAZING!!!
All that shopping had me feeling a little peckish (shocking!) so I wandered back to 6th Street and stopped for a bite at Eureka. I was able to get a seat and was pleasantly surprised by the craft beer and scratch-made food choices. Plus the bartender turned the telly to the Syracuse basketball game for me - bonus points because it is March Madness, after all. Hometown southern rockers American Gypsy Band kept us entertained inside and even had people on the streets stopping to stand in the wide-open windows as the band showed off their groovy, honky tonk, hippie style. It was kind of amusing to see a dude that looked like Chris Stapleton covering Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," but they killed it!
The party is going to keep getting bigger as the weekend approaches, but the city seems up to the task. More streets are blocked off to make room for the pedestrians spilling off the sidewalks and Austin public safety officers are a lot more visible. Also, I saw Wonder Woman driving a pedicab on my way back to the hotel. We're covered.
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08/06/2018 – News / Food supply chain / Brexit / UK / Europe
UK food and farming sector unites to set Brexit objectives for Government
Leaders of over 100 organisations from across the UK's food supply chain have put their names to a manifesto setting out the key principles that can help ensure Brexit is a success for the supply of food in the UK.
The UK Food Supply Chain Manifesto has been drawn up by organisations representing farmers producing the raw ingredients and their suppliers, right through to manufacturers and retailers. It sets out the need for positive outcomes on trade, labour, regulation and domestic agricultural policy.
With little more than 10 months to go before Brexit, the manifesto emphasises the importance of ensuring the UK's departure from the EU does not undermine the food production and supply sectors in the country.
Urging careful consideration
The manifesto has been sent to the Prime Minister by NFU President Minette Batters on behalf of the signatories, as well as other key cabinet ministers.
Mrs Batters said: "Today we are presenting a united voice as a food and farming sector worth at least £112bn to the UK economy and employing around four million people; a food and farming sector that meets 61 per cent of the nation's food needs with high-welfare, traceable and affordable food; a food and farming sector that cares for three-quarters of the iconic countryside, that, in turn, delivers over £21bn in tourism back to our economy.
"In the manifesto we warn, as a collective, that a Brexit that fails to champion UK food producers, and the businesses that rely on them, will be bad for the country's landscape, the economy and critically our society. Conversely, if we get this right, we can all contribute to making Brexit a success for producers, food businesses and the British public, improving productivity, creating jobs and establishing a more sustainable food supply system.
"When it comes to the nation's ability to produce food, we believe it is critical that the different elements of Brexit are carefully considered by all Government departments – including the Prime Minister who has herself spoken about the importance of supporting our sector through Brexit in recent days.
"As we enter this critical period in the Brexit negotiations, the signatories to this manifesto will be looking to Government to ensure its objectives are aligned with ours to ensure British food production – something of which every person in this country enjoys the benefits – gets the best possible deal post-Brexit."
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13 outdoor public WiFi spots launch in San Mateo County
Published on January 6, 2021 in Community Staff
San Mateo County's ever expanding network of free public WiFi locations now includes 13 new outdoor locations in San Mateo, South San Francisco, Brisbane and Daly City, as well as outside 12 libraries countywide, allowing library patrons, students and the public to use them.
It's part of the Digital Inclusion Initiative that launched in August to support students with connectivity issues after schools transitioned to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New locations where the public can connect include Health and Human Services-WIC and the San Mateo Medical Center in San Mateo; Daly City Community Center, Doelger Senior Center, Lincoln Community Center and Midway Village; Brisbane Community Pool, Magnolia Senior Center, South San Francisco City Hall, Miller Avenue Public Parking Garage, South San Francisco Adult Probation Office, and Orange Memorial Park.
The latest public WiFi expansion was completed in two months "to support the second half of the school year starting in January 2021," officials said.
Since its start in August 2020, the Digital Inclusion Initiative "has subsidized in-home internet services and mobile internet hotspots to 650 students, established two communitywide SMC Public WiFi locations in Redwood City and East Palo Alto, and established multiple Park and Connect Sites," according to the County. These efforts connected over 1,000 students from four school districts, and the latest expansion provides "free wireless internet access to approximately 1,428 K-12 students who had reported connectivity issues at home and live within a half-mile radius of the 25 locations, along with all the other residents who reside near these sites."
The new sites were funded using a portion of the $6.3 million CARES Act dollars allocated by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
"Access to the internet is a necessity in modern society and the pandemic has made clear that it's time to treat the Internet as a utility just like water and electricity," District 1 Supervisor Dave Pine said in a statement. "The successful expansion of SMC Public WiFi is a step in the right direction in ensuring that all members of our community have access to the Internet and the countless opportunities it affords them."
An interactive map of over 100 SMC Public WiFi locations can be accessed here.
Photo credit: San Mateo County Health
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Q: How to describe the graph of a spiral whos origin moves over time? Problem:
I am trying to figure out how I would graph the absolute coordinates of the spiral
r = 14 + 0.69θ^1.8,  θ = 4π to 0
when the relative system starts with its origin at absolute (0,0) at θ = 4π and drifts towards (-15, -3) as θ approaches zero.
Context:
I'm mapping out spiraling Christmas lights on my bedroom ceiling. The strands start in the corners, run along the wall until midpoints (ie x/y axis lines) then begin spiraling towards the center until they merge into a ring near the middle. Here is an example from a previous apartment:

My new bedroom has a ceiling fan about 15" x 3" off center, so if I treat the ceiling center as the origin its going to look awkward with the fan off to one corner. Treating the fan as the origin would cause the strands to end unevenly across the 4 walls, and would make it harder since I have to go outside inward.
The solution I came up with is to try an elliptical effect where the coordinates start at the walls with the ceiling center as the origin and gradually shift the origin towards the fan as the strands wrap inward.
I'd really like a way to graph this out to see how it will look before I go through the trouble of putting hundreds of thumbtacks in my ceiling :)

A: Interpretation of your question:
You want to plot the graph
$$r = 14+0.69 \theta^{1.8} \qquad \theta \text{ from }4\pi \text{ to }0$$
relative to a moving origin that travels at constant speed in a straight line from $(0,0)$ to $(-15,-3)$.

Let the position of the moving origin be $\mathbf p$, with respect to a fixed origin at $(0,0)$. So $\mathbf p = \mathbf p(\theta)$ moves in a straight line at constant speed from $(0,0)$ to $(-15,-3)$ as $\theta$ varies from $4\pi$ to $0$. It follows that
$$\mathbf p(\theta) = \bigg(\frac {\theta}{4\pi}-1\bigg) (15,3)$$
Next, with respect to this moving origin (which you might think of as a "moving frame relative to an inertial frame"), the Cartesian coordinates of your spiral is given by
$$\mathbf r = (r\cos \theta, r\sin\theta)$$
where $(r,\theta)$ are related by $r = 14+0.69 \theta^{1.8}$. Plug this in to get
$$\mathbf r(\theta) = \big((14+0.69 \theta^{1.8})\cos \theta, (14+0.69 \theta^{1.8})\sin\theta \big)$$
Finally, the $(x,y)$ coordinates of your spiral relative to the moving origin is given by
$$\mathbf p(\theta) + \mathbf r(\theta) = \bigg(15\bigg(\frac {\theta}{4\pi}-1\bigg)+(14+0.69 \theta^{1.8})\cos \theta \, , \, 3\bigg(\frac {\theta}{4\pi}-1\bigg)+(14+0.69 \theta^{1.8})\sin\theta \bigg)$$
for $\theta$ going from $4\pi$ to $0$.

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      une commune située dans le département de Gironde en Aquitaine. On dénombrait 5 268 habitants en 2008.

La ville compte de multiples  aménagements, elle dispose, entre autres, de un terrain de tennis, un parcours de golf, deux terrains de sport et un équipement de roller/skate.

À coté de Le Pian-Médoc sont localisées les villes de
Arsac à 4 km, 2 953 habitants,
Ludon-Médoc située à 3 km, 3 818 habitants,
Labarde à 5 km, 623 habitants,
Parempuyre située à 3 km, 7 239 habitants,
Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc à 8 km, 5 550 habitants,
Cantenac à 6 km, 1 250 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Le Pian-Médoc est située à seulement 15 km de Bordeaux.

À Le Pian-Médoc le salaire médian mensuel par habitant est situé à environ 2 315 €  net. C'est au dessus de la moyenne du pays.

Le parc d'habitations, à Le Pian-Médoc, se décomposait en 2011 en 35 appartements et 2 253 maisons soit
 un marché relativement équilibré.

À Le Pian-Médoc, la valeur moyenne à la vente d'un appartement s'évalue à zero € du m² en vente. la valorisation moyenne d'une maison à l'achat se situe à 2 451 € du m². À la location le prix moyen se situe à 9,71 € du m² par mois.


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Man sues Sacramento, police after December Safeway shooting
3 injured in officer-involved shooting at Midtown shopping center
Updated: 11:52 PM PDT Mar 9, 2020
Brandi Cummings
HARD TO WATCH. WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE THAT PLAYED OUT AT A BUSY SACRAMENTO SHOPPING CENTER ON 19TH STREET DECEMBER LAST YEAR NOW THE CITY ITS POLICE. MEN AND CHIEF DANIEL HAN ARE FACING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT BECAUSE OF IT. THERE WAS JUST NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS WHATSOEVER CIVIL RIGHTS. ATTORNEY. MARC. MARON SAYS HIS DISABLED CLIENT KEVIN COLE HAD JUST BOUGHT SOME THINGS AT THE SAFEWAY THAT NIGHT COLE OPENED A BAG OF DOG FOOD THEN HE WAS CONFRONTED BY A SECURITY GUARD WHO BELIEVED HE WAS HOMELESS AND TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT COLE TOLD THE GUARD. HE WAS GOING TO THE PANDA EXPRESS, BUT THE GUARD TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T G INTO THE RESTAURANT AND HAD TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. EDIE ATELY AND IF HE DIDN'T POLICE WILL BE CALLED THIS SACRAMENTO POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE CONFRONTATION. THE OFFICER TOLD COLE HE HAD 10 MINUTES TO LEAVE BEFORE THAT TIME WAS UP. MARIN SAYS COLE WAS WRESTLED TO THE GROUND VIDEO OBTAINED BY KCRA SHOWS THE DOG BEING KICKED THEN BARKING AFTER WHICH AN OFFICER FIRED HIS WEAPON INJURING NIKKI THE DOG A SECURITY GUARD AND MARIN'S IT AT THE TIME HE WAS SHOT. HE WAS BLINDED. HE'S RECOVERED HIS SIGHT IN THAT ONE EYE HE HAS NOW OBVIOUSLY, HE'S UNDERGONE TWO SURGERIES THE 25 PAGE LAWSUIT LIST 15 CLAIMS, INCLUDING FALSE DETENTION ARREST AND NEGLIGENCE. MARIN SAYS HIS CLIENT HAD A RIGHT TO BE ON THE PROPERTY AS A CUSTOMER AND IMPROPER POLICE TRAINING CAUSE THIS OUTCOME THIS NEGLIGENT GROSSLY VIOLATIVE CONDUCT OF THE OFFICER. NOT ONLY DIRECTLY INJURED THE DOG BUT INJURED TWO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. SUCH A RECKLESS. ACT WAS RIDICULOUS. THE LAWSUIT DOES NOT DEMAND A DOLLAR AMOUNT. MARIN SAYS HIS CLIENT IS NOT LOOKING FOR A FORTUNE. HE JUST WANTS TO BE MADE WHOLE IN SACRAMENTO B
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the City of Sacramento, the Sacramento Police Department and Chief Daniel Hahn after a police shooting at a busy Safeway parking lot last year.The shooting injured a dog, it's owner and a security guard.The attorney for the dog's owner said the lawsuit was the only way to get the city's attention when their claim went unsettled.It was a chaotic scene that played out at a busy Sacramento shopping center on 19th Street in December 2019."There's just no justification for this whatsoever," civil rights attorney Mark Merin said about the shooting.Merin said his client, Kevin Cole, who has a physical disability, had just bought some things at the Safeway that night. Cole opened a bag of dog food when he was confronted by a security guard who believed he was homeless.Merin said the guard told Cole to leave the property. According to the lawsuit, Cole told the guard was going to the Panda Express but the guard told him he couldn't go into the restaurant and had to leave immediately if he didn't want police to be called.Nearly a week after the officer-involved shooting, the Sacramento Police Department released body camera videos of the incident. Video obtained by KCRA 3 shows the dog being kicked, barking at an officer and then an officer firing his gun. Nikki, the dog, was hit in the leg by a bullet fragment. Cole was hit between the eyes."At the time (Cole) was shot, he was blinded," Merin said. "He's recovered his sight in that one eye. He has undergone 2 surgeries."The 25-page lawsuit lists 15 claims, including false detention/arrest, retaliation, unreasonable and excessive force, assault/battery and negligence.Merin said his client had a right to be on the property as a customer and improper police training caused the outcome."This negligent, grossly violative conduct of the officer not only directly injured the dog but injured two other people as well. Such a reckless act. It was ridiculous," Merin said.The lawsuit does not demand a dollar amount. Merin said his client is not looking for a fortune. He just wants to be made whole.The attorney said the dog made a full recovery and was returned to his client. Cole was treated, released and never charged with a crime.Sacramento police said Monday the officers involved in this incident are working their regular assignments but would not comment on the lawsuit.KCRA 3's Brandi Cummings sat down with Merin to get more details about the lawsuit.Q: Why was it important to file the lawsuit?Merin: We wish that someone who's injured by the unconstitutional acts of police officers would be able just to notify the city and then they would resolve the claim, especially in a case of clear liability. We called. We submitted a claim, we supported the claim and we got nowhere. So, the only way you can get the city's attention, unfortunately, is to file an action in court, which is what we had to do. Q: Why do you believe this situation escalated?Merin: I think the officers are expecting to be obeyed and when someone says, 'Well you know, I have some rights here. I don't think I have to just move because you tell me and I'm taking my time.' It inflamed the officer. He wasn't properly trained. He doesn't know, frankly, that citizens do have Constitutional rights. He's not loitering when a person is on the premises of a business where he's transacted business. He has a right to be there. So, this officer just didn't know what he was doing. I'm frankly very bothered by the failure of the city police department to train its officers and instruct them. Instead of admonishing them and disciplining them when they do something like this, they tend to rubber stamp it, clap them on the back and send them out there to do more harm to other people. That infuriates the public and it's gotta stop. Q: Why is Chief Hahn named specifically in the lawsuit?Merin: It's customary when you have officers whose conduct is ratified by the highers up, in this case the chief, to sue them as well because clearly it's not just one rogue officer acting improperly. It's the entire department, which tolerates and ratifies and condones the illegal conduct of its officers. That makes the supervisors and the chief responsible and what they're responsible for is failure to train, failure to correct, failure to discipline and the continuation of an unconstitutional policy.
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the City of Sacramento, the Sacramento Police Department and Chief Daniel Hahn after a police shooting at a busy Safeway parking lot last year.
The shooting injured a dog, it's owner and a security guard.
The attorney for the dog's owner said the lawsuit was the only way to get the city's attention when their claim went unsettled.
It was a chaotic scene that played out at a busy Sacramento shopping center on 19th Street in December 2019.
"There's just no justification for this whatsoever," civil rights attorney Mark Merin said about the shooting.
Merin said his client, Kevin Cole, who has a physical disability, had just bought some things at the Safeway that night. Cole opened a bag of dog food when he was confronted by a security guard who believed he was homeless.
Merin said the guard told Cole to leave the property.
According to the lawsuit, Cole told the guard was going to the Panda Express but the guard told him he couldn't go into the restaurant and had to leave immediately if he didn't want police to be called.
Nearly a week after the officer-involved shooting, the Sacramento Police Department released body camera videos of the incident.
Video obtained by KCRA 3 shows the dog being kicked, barking at an officer and then an officer firing his gun.
Nikki, the dog, was hit in the leg by a bullet fragment. Cole was hit between the eyes.
"At the time (Cole) was shot, he was blinded," Merin said. "He's recovered his sight in that one eye. He has undergone 2 surgeries."
The 25-page lawsuit lists 15 claims, including false detention/arrest, retaliation, unreasonable and excessive force, assault/battery and negligence.
Merin said his client had a right to be on the property as a customer and improper police training caused the outcome.
"This negligent, grossly violative conduct of the officer not only directly injured the dog but injured two other people as well. Such a reckless act. It was ridiculous," Merin said.
The lawsuit does not demand a dollar amount. Merin said his client is not looking for a fortune. He just wants to be made whole.
The attorney said the dog made a full recovery and was returned to his client. Cole was treated, released and never charged with a crime.
Sacramento police said Monday the officers involved in this incident are working their regular assignments but would not comment on the lawsuit.
KCRA 3's Brandi Cummings sat down with Merin to get more details about the lawsuit.
Q: Why was it important to file the lawsuit?
Merin: We wish that someone who's injured by the unconstitutional acts of police officers would be able just to notify the city and then they would resolve the claim, especially in a case of clear liability.
We called. We submitted a claim, we supported the claim and we got nowhere. So, the only way you can get the city's attention, unfortunately, is to file an action in court, which is what we had to do.
Q: Why do you believe this situation escalated?
Merin: I think the officers are expecting to be obeyed and when someone says, 'Well you know, I have some rights here. I don't think I have to just move because you tell me and I'm taking my time.' It inflamed the officer.
He wasn't properly trained. He doesn't know, frankly, that citizens do have Constitutional rights. He's not loitering when a person is on the premises of a business where he's transacted business. He has a right to be there.
So, this officer just didn't know what he was doing. I'm frankly very bothered by the failure of the city police department to train its officers and instruct them. Instead of admonishing them and disciplining them when they do something like this, they tend to rubber stamp it, clap them on the back and send them out there to do more harm to other people. That infuriates the public and it's gotta stop.
Q: Why is Chief Hahn named specifically in the lawsuit?
Merin: It's customary when you have officers whose conduct is ratified by the highers up, in this case the chief, to sue them as well because clearly it's not just one rogue officer acting improperly.
It's the entire department, which tolerates and ratifies and condones the illegal conduct of its officers. That makes the supervisors and the chief responsible and what they're responsible for is failure to train, failure to correct, failure to discipline and the continuation of an unconstitutional policy.


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Appeal of LARAINE SALVATORE from action of the Board of Education of the Mineola Union Free School District regarding board practices.
(May 30, 2008)
Ehrlich, Frazer & Feldman, attorneys for respondent, Jacob S. Feldman and James H. Pyun, Esqs., of counsel
MILLS, Commissioner.--Petitioner challenges actions of the Board of Education of the Mineola Union Free School District ("board" or "respondent") and certain district administrators. The appeal must be dismissed.
Petitioner, a member of the board, alleges that in July 2007, the board commissioned an attorney ("investigatory counsel") to investigate allegations of alleged wrongdoing by the superintendent and deputy superintendent. On January 24, 2008, investigatory counsel submitted a confidential report to the board on the allegations. This appeal ensued.
Petitioner alleges that, despite the report's findings and conclusions, the board failed to take any remedial action. Petitioner further alleges that on two separate occasions, three board members willfully violated the No Child Left Behind Act by failing to notify parents that certain educators who taught core academic subjects were uncertified. Petitioner also contends that the superintendent wrongfully manipulated and tampered with official documents to enhance the candidacy of a certain individual for a tenured position as deputy superintendent and she further claims that three board members failed to release documents to the district attorney related to the interview process. Petitioner requests that I investigate and discipline the superintendent, deputy superintendent and the three board members. Petitioner further requests that I reinstate a former employee to her position as "Administrative Assistant II".
Respondent maintains that the petition fails to state a cause of action and that petitioner failed to present any evidence or other proof to establish or corroborate her allegations. Respondent further alleges that petitioner lacks standing to commence this appeal, that the claims are untimely and that the Commissioner lacks authority and/or jurisdiction to conduct investigations. Respondent also alleges that petitioner's verified reply raises new facts and issues that must be disregarded.
Initially, I must address several procedural issues, beginning with the reply. The purpose of a reply is to respond to new material or affirmative defenses set forth in an answer (8 NYCRR §§275.3 and 275.14). A reply is not meant to buttress allegations in the petition or to belatedly add assertions that should have been in the petition (Appeal of E.R., 45 Ed Dept Rep 487, Decision No. 15,389; Appeal of Ramroop, 45 id. 473, Decision No. 15,385; Appeal of C.R., 45 id. 303, Decision No 15,330). Therefore, while I have reviewed the reply, I have not considered those portions containing new allegations or exhibits that are not responsive to new material or affirmative defenses set forth in the answer.
With respect to timeliness, an appeal to the Commissioner must be commenced within 30 days from the making of the decision or the performance of the act complained of, unless any delay is excused by the Commissioner for good cause shown (8 NYCRR §275.16; Appeal of O'Brien, 44 Ed Dept Rep 43, Decision No. 15,092; Appeal of Spina, 43 id. 354, Decision No. 15,016). Many of the actions alleged by petitioner took place more than 30 days prior to the commencement of this appeal on February 4, 2008.
Petitioner requests that her claims be considered timely because they reflect ongoing practice. The continuing wrong doctrine applies when the ongoing action is itself an unlawful action, such as unlawful appointments to a district's shared decision-making team (Appeal of Sadue-Sokolow, 39 Ed Dept Rep 6, Decision No. 14,155) or certain ongoing expenditures under an austerity budget that did not comply with the law (Appeal of Aarseth, 32 Ed Dept Rep 506, Decision No. 12,901). The doctrine does not apply where the specific action being challenged is a single action, inaction or decision and the resulting effects are not intrinsically unlawful (Appeal of Rizzo, 44 Ed Dept Rep 173, Decision No. 15,138; Appeals of American Quality Beverages, LLC, et al., 42 id. 144, Decision No. 14,804). None of petitioner's alleged actions resulted in ongoing unlawful situations. Therefore, petitioner's claims that relate to actions that occurred more than 30 days prior to the commencement of this appeal must be dismissed as untimely.
Respondent also correctly points out that petitioner's request for reinstatement of a former employee must be dismissed for lack of standing. An individual may not maintain an appeal pursuant to Education Law §310 unless aggrieved in the sense that he or she has suffered personal damage or injury to his or her civil, personal or property rights (Appeal of Ramroop, 45 Ed Dept Rep 473, Decision No. 15,385; Appeal of Samuel, 45 id. 418, Decision No. 15,371; Appeal of Hubbard, 45 id. 266, Decision No. 15,316). Only persons who are directly affected by the action being appealed have standing to bring an appeal (Appeal of Ramroop, 45 Ed Dept Rep 473, Decision No. 15,385; Appeal of Samuel, 45 id. 418, Decision No. 15,371; Appeal of Hubbard, 45 id. 266, Decision No. 15,316). Since petitioner has failed to articulate how the board's conduct in this matter has directly affected her, her claims challenging respondent's personnel actions must be dismissed (Appeal of Recore, 42 Ed Dept Rep 283, Decision No. 14,856).
The appeal must also be dismissed for failure to join necessary parties. A party whose rights would be adversely affected by a determination of an appeal in favor of a petitioner is a necessary party and must be joined as such (Appeal of Samuel, 45 Ed Dept Rep 418, Decision No. 15,371; Appeal of Meringolo, 45 id. 128, Decision No. 15,281; Appeal of Kelly, 45 id. 38, Decision No. 15,253). Joinder requires that an individual be clearly named as a respondent in the caption and served with a copy of the notice of petition and petition to inform the individual that he or she should respond to the petition and enter a defense (Appeal of Samuel, 45 Ed Dept Rep 418, Decision No. 15,371; Appeal of Meringolo, 45 id. 128, Decision No. 15,281; Appeal of Kelly, 45 id. 38, Decision No. 15,253). Petitioner failed to name or join the individual who currently holds the position of Administrative Assistant II, the superintendent, the deputy superintendent or the board members whose actions petitioner is challenging. Since the requested relief would adversely affect these individuals' rights, they are all necessary parties, and petitioner's failure to join them requires dismissal.
In light of this disposition, I need not address the parties' remaining contentions.


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Boko Haram: FG Distributes Goods Seized by Customs to IDPs, Liberated Towns
Nigeria | 7 years ago
By Senator Iroegbu in Maiduguri
The Federal Government has disclosed that all the goods seized by the Nigerian Customs would be distributed to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), especially to those returning to the liberated towns in parts of the North East.
The Chairman of the Committee, ACG Sanusi Usman, disclosed this when he led other members to visit the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, at the Military Command and Control Centre (MCC), Maiduguri, Borno State.
Usman said that the Committee was constituted to ensure that the materials were well distributed to places where they were needed, particularly to the villages and communities that have witnessed people returning back.
According to him, the aim was to encourage people to return back to the liberated towns and ensure that those who had returned were not in lack of the basic necessities of life.
He said: "It was proposed that all the seized goods should be distributed to the IDPs. The purpose is to ensure that this platform created by Mr. President is well distributed to the affected areas and not only to the IDPs but mostly to the villages so that the people can go back to their villages.
"We have found out from our experience from the visit to Yobe that there is no need in concentrating at the IDPs but mostly to the villages as most of them are increasingly returning to their communities. It's in this state that many saw the devastation of Boko Haram and were moved."
"We assure that these products seized will be distributed accordingly as we have done in Adamawa and some to Edo State. In Yobe State we went to Buni Yadi where lives are returning back to normal. Borno State is very significant because we have about 10 border posts," he added.
Responding, Buratai commended the Federal Government for the "laudable initiative to make this available for the affected people".
According to him, those that are in need and deprived by Boko Haram of their livelihood would be catered for through the Committee's efforts.
He noted that the work of the Committee would also be complementary to the operations of the military to bring life back to the liberated areas.
"These are people that have been displaced by Boko Haram for a long time and this approach will help them settle back to their villages", he said.
This will also assist the military in our operations as when people settle down it will help us to quickly move to the other areas of operation.
"So far the distribution has been going on smoothly and it will encourage people to go back to their hamlets and villages. Also the issues of medical supply will be useful to them as well as building materials that will make them to settle down quickly. I commend President Muhammadu Buhari for all he is doing to ensure that Boko Haram menace is brought to an end," he said.
Buratai who also flagged off the distribution of relief materials to the IDPs together with the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, at Bakassi IDP Camp, said everything possible must be done to return the dignity of the internally displaced persons.
He said it had become imperative to do this, to get relief materials to the affected people, adding that the time had come to move from mere rhetorics to actions on the ground,
He added that: "We must move to give our compatriots least of life. What we are given today is a drop in the ocean of needs"
He told the internally displaced persons that: "I would assure you that your wellbeing remain paramount in the mind and plans of government."
About 40 truckloads of items such as rice, vegetable oil, cartons of soap, second-hand clothes, new clothes, yards of clothes, spaghetti, mosquito coils and sugar were distributed. The items go to all IDPs in Borno and it could be recalled that 22 of the 27 local government areas were severely affected.
In another development, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that "as a result of ongoing onslaught against the Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest, the terrorist group has now devised a means of identifying themselves".
The revelation by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, was in-line with the discovery by the Nigerian Army of the existence of uniform used as a means of identification by the terrorists.
Abubakar in a statement yesterday, said that " Boko Haram now wear uniform to blend among locality undetected where they sadly carry-out their heinous crime".
He said that the recent apprehension of two Boko Haram terrorists in uniform near Dikwa in Borno State, is a pointer towards this direction
While the military would sustain the current tempo to further decimate the terrorists, he said, the military was advising the recalcitrant remnant Boko Haram to surrender now and get humane treatment in line with the world best practice.
The Defence Spokesman also urged members of the public "to be wary of this new development and be always alert" and that "any suspicious persons or object should be reported promptly to the security agencies".
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This book centers on kashrut – Jewish dietary laws – and Judaism's broader relationship with food. It proceeds to make comparisons with other world religions, primarily Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Well-known scholars of religion and culture illustrate the developments and peculiarities of the different religious traditions and how they view food. It ultimately becomes clear that the saying "you are what you eat" also holds true in the religious context: food promotes identity, be it for a particular group of people or an individual.
"Identities" is the title of one of the eight chapters in the elaborately designed book, in which various authors explore questions concerning "Food and Religion." The authors also consider the subjects of "Bread and Wine," "Enjoying and Abstaining," and "Paradise." Around 170 primarily color illustrations give further insights into the topic's rich diversity. Recipes invite readers to try cooking what they have read about and broaden their horizons, both culinary and otherwise.


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        resource 'endpoints/:endpoint_id/applications/:application_id/data', desc: 'Application data',
                 swagger: { nested: false, name: 'application-data' } do
          desc 'Deploy the application' do
            failure [[204, 'Application data deployed']].concat ErrorResponses.standard_responses
          end
          params do
            requires :file, desc: 'The application data to deploy, compressed as .zip, .tar or .tar.gz archive',
                     type: ::Rack::Multipart::UploadedFile
          end
          post '/deploy' do
            # pattern matches filename?
            name_match = /^.+\.(zip|tar|tgz|tar.gz)$/.match(params[:file][:filename])
            content_type_match = %w[application/zip application/gzip application/x-gzip].include? params[:file][:type]

            unless name_match || content_type_match
              raise Nucleus::Errors::AdapterRequestError,
                    "Invalid 'file'. Must contain the archive format"
            end

            # convert content type to compression format when name was not matched
            if name_match
              compression_format = name_match[1]
            else
              case params[:file][:type]
              when 'application/zip'
                compression_format = 'zip'
              when 'application/gzip'
                compression_format = 'tar.gz'
              when 'application/x-gzip'
                compression_format = 'tar.gz'
              end
            end

            adapter.deploy(params[:application_id], params[:file].tempfile, compression_format)
            # TODO: what shall we return here? application or 204
            # do not include any data in the response
            status 204
          end

          desc 'Rebuild the application' do
            success Models::Application
            failure [[200, 'Application rebuild done', Models::Application]].concat ErrorResponses.standard_responses
          end
          post '/rebuild' do
            present adapter.rebuild(params[:application_id]), with: Models::Application
          end

          desc 'Download the application data, binary attachment' do
            # TODO: response format, recently not possible with grape-swagger
            failure [[200, 'Application downloaded']].concat ErrorResponses.standard_responses
          end
          params do
            optional :archive_format, desc: 'Compression format to use for the returned application archive, '\
                     'one of: \'zip\', \'tar.gz\'. Defaults to \'zip\'.',
                     values: Nucleus::API::Enums::CompressionFormats.all,
                     default: Nucleus::API::Enums::CompressionFormats::ZIP
          end
          get '/download' do
            compression_format = params[:archive_format]
            data = adapter.download(params[:application_id], compression_format)
            filename = "#{params[:endpoint_id]}.app.source.#{params[:application_id]}.#{compression_format}"
            content_type MIME::Types.of(filename).first.content_type
            env['api.format'] = :binary
            # header 'Content-Disposition', "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''#{URI.escape(filename)}"
            header 'Content-Disposition', "attachment; filename=#{URI.escape(filename)}"
            data.set_encoding('ASCII-8BIT').read
          end
        end # end of resource
      end
    end
  end
end


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