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How to Build a Squarespace App by Converting your Existing Site
In this article we're going to show you how to build a Squarespace app from your existing site with our Squarespace app builder Canvas. Let's start with a little context though.
Squarespace has been around since the early 00s, and has had an important impact on the web since then. A beginner-friendly website builder that helped to bring down the barrier to website development, Squarespace has given millions of users the opportunity to launch their own sites fast without needing any technical knowledge whatsoever.
It is easier to use than WordPress, but less flexible and scalable, making it the natural choice for many smaller businesses and eCommerce stores that want to get a functional site up and running easily.
Over the years, Squarespace has added a lot of features to the platform to help with email marketing, SEO, analytics and more.
There is one feature that they don't have though, the ability to turn your Squarespace site into mobile apps for iOS and Android.
Why would you want to do this though? In this article, we're going to go over the main reasons why you should turn your Squarespace site into mobile apps. We're then going to move from the how, going through the best ways to go from Squarespace to app. Ultimately, we're going to show why we think our platform, Canvas, is the best way to convert your Squarespace site to mobile apps.
Why Convert a Squarespace Site into Mobile Apps?
Perhaps you used one of Squarespace's 100+ templates to build an eCommerce store, a blog, or an information site for your business. Perhaps you've pushed it further than most, and built something that is already quite close to a mobile app, thanks to Squarespace's built in mobile support.
What if you're looking to take things a step further though and grow beyond the web? One good option is to build iOS and Android apps that mirror your existing Squarespace site.
There are lots of reasons why this makes sense. The most compelling ones are related to modern user habits.
A Better Mobile UX
Back in the early days of Squarespace, it was a desktop browser dominated digital world. The desktop era gave way to the mobile internet, which is now giving way to apps.
That's right, people spent 90% of their mobile time using apps in 2019. An app experience is now the default expectation for any product, tool or brand that users expect to engage with habitually.
Apps won over websites primarily because they provide a more smooth, intuitive, convenient user experience.
Think about the apps that you use regularly. You're reminded by a push notification or the visible icon on your home screen, you tap on it, and an instant later you're in – without the need to log in or wait unnecessarily.
Compare this to remembering a specific site, pulling up the mobile browser, putting in the URL, and waiting for it to load. Worse still, you might have to log in again (the horror!). Then when you're on the site, you're distracted by other app notifications popping up and the 27 other browser tabs you have open.
It's clear that apps help digital brands to stay top of mind and offer a more direct path to content.
When you're in the app itself, the native tab menu, navigation and full screen experience make everything smoother – and there are less distractions too.
For these reasons, businesses that build iOS and Android apps often see a boost in traffic, return visits, dwell time, conversions, and user retention. Apps are designed for loyalty and help immensely if you're trying to encourage your users to make a habit of using your app or content.
More eCommerce Conversions
If you have a Squarespace-based eCommerce site, the advantages are even more clear – eCommerce apps in general are a must for online stores.
Over the past few years, sales through eCommerce apps have surged. An impressive 78% of users would rather access a store via a mobile app than a mobile site.
eCommerce apps also drive 3x higher conversion rates than web-based online stores.
The trend isn't going anywhere, it'll keep going until the mobile web is primarily a place of exploration and discovery rather than deep engagement and loyalty.
An App Store Presence
Also, just being on Google Play and the App Store is a benefit in its own right.
Firstly, you can pick up new users and customers who are searching for relevant keywords on the App Store and Google Play. Secondly just the App Store presence is a boost to your brand. It shows that you are serious about mobile UX and makes you look more established than just having a website – so you'll impress users and potential investors and partners.
Another key benefit of converting your Squarespace site into mobile apps is native push notifications. There are already ways to send web notifications through Squarespace, but these only really work on Android and desktop. The user experience is not great, many sites have abused them and browsers are increasingly cracking down on them.
With iOS and Android apps – your notifications aren't limited. You can send them out to both iOS and Android users equally whenever you like, with whatever content you like. You get permission from the user when they install or run your app, then you're good to go!
Right now you probably try to communicate with your users, fans and customers through social channels and email. Push notifications are much more effective than both. They have a far higher open and click through rate than email, and your reach isn't artificially restricted like on social platforms.
Push notifications are the ideal way to promote your marketing messages to users and build a deeper connection with your biggest fans, and you can only make use of them properly by turning your Squarespace site into mobile apps!
A Home for Your Biggest Fans
Apps self-select for your biggest fans and give them a "home", gathering them all in one place where you can really focus on engaging and understanding them. The reasons we've discussed are why apps are emerging as a key part of multi-channel product strategy for serious digital brands.
By now we hope that you're pretty excited about building mobile apps for your Squarespace site, and are ready to use apps to grow your business beyond the crowded mobile web.
Building mobile apps really makes sense for any Squarespace site that relies on returning users and building long term engagement.
That brings us from the why to the how.
How to Build Squarespace Apps
So we've looked at why you should build mobile apps, but how can you get the job done?
First of all, Squarespace themselves can't help much. Although there are Squarespace apps, these are for managing a Squarespace site, there's no Squarespace app to build mobile apps.
When researching this article we reached out to Squarespace and asked if they had anything to help users build native mobile apps, or if they had any plans to add it in the future.
They confirmed that currently there isn't any internal feature that allows users to create mobile apps, and as far as we could tell there are no concrete plans to develop such capability.
One of Squarespace's representatives suggested to us that "custom code" could perhaps be used to build apps that connect with the site. What do they mean by that?
They might mean that you could build mobile apps from scratch – using technologies like Objective-C, Swift, Java or React Native – then figure out a way to connect them to the Squarespace API so that the apps can pull data from Squarespace's server.
In theory, this is possible.
Squarespace does make its API available for inventory, products, transactions and orders – but really though, building an app from scratch is overkill. It would take skilled developers many months to pull off, and cost a minimum of $50,000 just to get a first version out.
Even considering the benefits of mobile apps, the opportunity cost and risk is too high for most businesses.
Luckily, it isn't necessary. There are ways to convert your Squarespace site to iOS and Android apps more efficiently. We're going to look at a few, then show how our platform, Canvas, is the best for you.
Convert Your Squarespace site to Mobile Apps Fast
There are a few "app builders" that target Squarespace site owners on the market.
They work by giving you a platform to build mobile apps through one of their pre-built templates and giving you a few customization options on top. These platforms make use of Squarespace's aforementioned APIs so they are restricted to sites on the Squarespace Commerce platform.
They can get you functional apps, much faster and cheaper than building apps from scratch like we discussed earlier.
The problem is that they force you into one of their pre-built templates, and risk giving you an app with only basic functionality that looks exactly like hundreds of others.
They also have varying degrees of integration with your Squarespace site. Some will allow you to build a simple, functional eCommerce app, others will just let you build a cookie-cutter templated app that has very little interaction with your Squarespace site and will end up disappointing you.
These tools may get you apps fast, but you shouldn't expect them to be much good.
A better way is to just take your existing Squarespace app, and have it run as iOS and Android apps inside a native webview.
Rather than building separate apps and somehow connecting them with Squarespace (if that is even possible) – a webview app is your Squarespace site, running as native apps.
From the users' point of view, they are getting the full app experience. They'll download it from either Google Play or the App Store, install it on their devices, and have your icon on their home screen.
With one tap they'll be into your app.
Does it make sense to 'repackage' your Squarespace app into a webview like this? Isn't it cheating?
It absolutely makes sense in 90% of cases. If your Squarespace site or eCommerce store runs well on a mobile browser now, it'll run just as well as an app.
Just displaying your site inside an empty box – the webview – doesn't look that great, performance won't be good enough, the user experience will suffer from the lack of native controls and navigation. It will most probably be rejected by Apple for lacking any native functionality. And you're still missing a key feature of mobile apps, push notifications, which don't work out of the box, but need the support of an external service and integration.
Our Platform, Canvas, uses webviews – but it is more than an empty box. We've refined and improved the platform over five years and hundreds of apps – so your users will get the best app experience possible and you'll get maximum benefit for your business.
Let's move on to how it works.
Convert Your Squarespace Site to Mobile Apps with MobiLoud Canvas
Canvas takes your Squarespace site and converts it into iOS and Android apps ready to publish in under two weeks, and for less than 10% of the typical cost of building an app from scratch.
Canvas is a proven platform that has worked for hundreds of online businesses – and it can work for you too. Let's take a look in more detail.
How Does Canvas Work?
Canvas is the perfect 'wrapper' for converting a Squarespace site into mobile apps. We built on the webview concept and optimized it, so you can take your site and convert it to apps that mirror your site without touching a single line of code.
Canvas isn't just a wrapper. It adds native navigation, a native tab menu, native animations, loading indicators, native sharing, analytics, splash screens, push notifications and 30+ more features to get as close as possible to a full native app experience.
Canvas also integrates with OneSignal, the best push provider on the market. You can send out notifications easily through our dashboard to all your users, either automatically when some specific event happens, or manually whenever you see fit. Your apps will come with both a message center and push preferences for your users – making them all the more effective.
There's no need for you or your team to do anything remotely technical, and nothing to rebuild or recreate.
It's easy to manage your apps going forward. As your Canvas Squarespace apps will be synced 100% with your site, all your existing content will be automatically available and they will update instantly with anything you change on your Squarespace site.
The app's various features like push notifications, appearance, menus, and analytics can all be controlled through our simple nocode dashboard.
In fact, building and managing mobile apps with Canvas is even easier than building a site with Squarespace!
When you sign up to Canvas you'll have a call with one of our app experts who'll explain the entire process to you, and go over your goals and ideas for the apps.
Then, you'll get to work building them. You'll choose the color scheme, menu structure, add your logo, and set up some of the key features.
Our team will be there to support you and answer any questions you may have. When that's all done – you can test the app on your own device.
When you're happy with it, our team will take it from there. We'll dedicate several hours to testing your apps thoroughly, and then preparing them for submission to the App Store and Google Play.
We handle the publishing process entirely. We've done it thousands of times and know exactly how to satisfy Apple and Google's criteria, so we guarantee your app will get approved – or your money back!.
When your apps are launched on iOS and Android, you're ready to start enjoying the benefits.
Our support doesn't end there though. We are with you for the lifetime of the apps and handle all ongoing updates and maintenance, all included in our monthly or annual fees.
There will be none of the expensive surprises that are all too common with app development.
Why Build Squarespace Apps With Canvas?
Canvas is the most direct route to go from Squarespace site to quality mobile apps.
Whether your site is an online store, a blog, or another content-rich site – Canvas will work great. You get to preserve the logic and functionality of your site without compromising through someone else's template, so you can apply what already works through a new channel.
If someone buys products, reads articles, or books an appointment through your site right now – they will be able to do so in just the same way through the apps!
On top of that, we have built all the features into Canvas that users expect from high-quality apps – native navigation, push notifications and a customizable interface!
If you have something in mind and don't see it on the list just get in touch with our team. Over the years we've seen almost every edge case and custom request, and there's a good chance we already have a solution for what you're looking for.
We're here to help you build high-quality mobile apps from your Squarespace site – and get you ready to go live in just two weeks!
Let's make it happen – check out Canvas, or book a call with one of our app experts and start building apps from your Squarespace site today
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The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
By: John L. Plaster
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
John Plaster's riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is "a true insider's account...this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they've been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project" (Publishers Weekly). Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War - so secret that its very existence was denied by the government.
More, give me more.
By Lee Ward on 03-06-19
5 out of 5 stars 363 ratings
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A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines
By: Eric Blehm
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
In Legend, acclaimed best-selling author Eric Blehm takes as his canvas the Vietnam War as seen through a single mission that occurred on May 2, 1968. A 12-man Special Forces team had been covertly inserted into a small clearing in the jungles of neutral Cambodia - where US forces were forbidden to operate. Their objective, just miles over the Vietnam border, was to collect evidence that proved the North Vietnamese Army was using the Cambodian sanctuary as a major conduit for supplying troops and materiel to the south via the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
By Jon on 08-09-15
4.5 out of 5 stars 946 ratings
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
By: Frederick Downs
Narrated by: Barry Press
Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.
It dont mean nuthin.
By Jack OBrien on 06-21-17
Our Vietnam Wars
As Told by 100 Veterans Who Served
By: William F. Brown
Narrated by: Eddie Frierson
This could be the most important audiobook you'll listen to this year. It isn't another war story. It is an audiobook about people, and it contains the personal stories of 100 Vietnam veterans who served there.
5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Run Through the Jungle
Real Adventures in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade
By: Larry J. Musson
Narrated by: David Drummond
Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
From Larry J. Musson comes an authentic account of combat with an airborne company in the waterlogged rice paddies and demanding jungles of South Vietnam. Share the experiences of fighting men under punishing conditions, extreme temperatures, and intense monsoon rains as they search for the enemy in the rugged mountains and teeming lowlands. Relive all the terror, humor, and sadness of one man's tour of duty with real-life action in spectacular, stunning detail.
By B. J O'Connor on 02-09-18
Dead Center
A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War
By: Ed Kugler
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts.
If not the best certainly tied for the best
By Rose Dawn Blanton on 08-04-15
Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne
By: Arthur Wiknik Jr.
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view... Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968. After completing various NCO training programs, he was promoted to sergeant "without ever setting foot in a combat zone" and sent to Vietnam in early 1969. Shortly after his arrival on the far side of the world, Wiknik was assigned to Camp Evans, a mixed-unit base camp near the Northern village of Phong Dien.
4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
Vietnam: A Tale of Two Tours
By: James C. Mooney Jr.
Narrated by: David de Vries
This is a US Army helicopter pilot's candid, firsthand account of his Vietnam experience in the air and on the ground at the height of US troop strength and then again when he returned for a second tour of duty at the very end of the war. It is a nonpolitical description of what life was really like for him and others who served in Vietnam. There is no embellishment or any secondhand stories from anyone else about their experiences in Vietnam.
By jhb on 02-27-19
The Other Vietnam War: A Helicopter Pilot's Life in Vietnam
By: Marc Cullison
Narrated by: Marc Cullison
In Vietnam, we weren't out to be heroes. We just did our jobs. For a helicopter pilot, each day was like all the others. You flew the mission and never stopped to think that it might be your last. You didn't think about the bullet holes in the helicopter, the cracks in the tail boom, or any of it until night, lying in bed when you couldn't think of anything else.
A different point of view
By GEL on 12-04-18
3.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
A Marine Story
By: Jack McLean
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
"Kids like me didn't go to Vietnam", writes Jack McLean in his must-listen memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold. After graduation in the spring of 1966, faced with the mandatory military draft, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for a two-year stint. "Vietnam at the time was a country, and not yet a war", he writes. It didn't remain that way for long.
Besides a production issue, excellent.
The Only War We Had
A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam
By: Col. Michael Lee Lanning Lt. Col. (Ret)
Narrated by: Alexander MacDonald
Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field. The blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of this memorable book, first published in 1987, show an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Subsequent volumes in his Vietnam Trilogy will detail Lanning's tour as a company commander and his post-war investigation into the mind of the enemy.
Totally honest
By Jeffrey on 11-23-15
Mekong Mud Dogs
The Story of: SGT. Ed Eaton
By: Ed Eaton
Narrated by: Jason P. Hilton
On a dark night in the Mekong Delta, young platoon sergeant Edgar Eaton's courage and self-sacrifice would mean the difference between life and death for his wounded comrades. This is the story of Ed the sniper. Ed doesn't plan on serving as a sniper; the small-town Oregon boy hopes to become a combat medic when he enlists at age nineteen. Instead, he finds himself an infantryman in the unique Army / Navy Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta.
Listened it twice
By Steve on 02-13-19
Diary of an Airborne Ranger
A LRRP's Year in the Combat Zone
By: Frank Johnson
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
When Frank Johnson arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was 19, a young soldier untested in combat like thousands of others - but with two important differences: Johnson volunteered for the elite L. Company Rangers of the 101st Airborne Division, a long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit, and he kept a secret diary, a practice forbidden by the military to protect the security of LRRP operations.
Pass on it
By Joe G. on 10-22-07
4 out of 5 stars 82 ratings
21 Months, 24 Days
A Blue-Collar Kid's Journey to the Vietnam War and Back
By: Richard Udden
Narrated by: Richard Udden
21 Months, 24 Days is an engaging memoir of a blue-collar kid turned soldier. Threatened by the draft in the late 60s, he enlisted in the Army to avoid becoming a grunt, yet ended up one anyway. He endured a grueling war in Vietnam and then returned to a country too angry to care. While his journey took unexpected turns, his choices got him there, so he did his best to react positively and keep moving forward.
There's better ones out there
By Will Riddell on 11-08-17
LRRP Company Command
The Cav's LRP / Rangers in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969
By: Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men's new AO was brutal. Former LRRP Kregg Jorgenson provides a gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism.
good insight
By joe on 01-12-16
The Vietnam Air War
From the Cockpit
By: Colonel Dennis M. (Mike) Ridnouer
Narrated by: John Pruden
The Vietnam War is one of the most misunderstood military conflicts in 20th-century America. Showcasing 72 true stories told by American servicemen who fought from the skies, this unique and historically significant collection is a stunning record of the air war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s.
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace
The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
By: Dang Thuy Tram, Andrew X. Pham - translator
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
At the age of 24, Dang Thuy Tram volunteered to serve as a doctor in a National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province of Vietnam. Two years later, she was killed by American forces not far from where she worked. Written between 1968 and 1970, her diary speaks poignantly of her devotion to family and friends, the horrors of war, her yearning for her high school sweetheart, and her struggle to prove her loyalty to her country.
War for the Hell of It
A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam
By: Ed Cobleigh
Narrated by: Eric Martin
In War for the Hell of It, Cobleigh shares his perspectives in a deeply personal account of a fighter pilot's life, one filled with moral ambiguity and military absurdities offset by the undeniable thrill of flying a fighter plane. With well-crafted prose that puts you into his Phantom's cockpit, Cobleigh vividly recounts the unexplainable loss of his wingman, the useless missions he flew, the need to trust his reflexes, eyesight, aggressiveness, and his survival instincts in the heat of combat.
From a fellow Vietnam fighter pilot
By dick on 08-31-16
Bonnie-Sue
By: Marion F. Sturkey
Narrated by: Dennis McKee
Sturkey, a former Marine "Bonnie-Sue" HMM-265 helicopter pilot, combines fascinating detail with grim realism in this eloquent saga of Marines at war. Weaving actual military records with personal accounts from the helicopter crews, he breathes life into the daily struggle of the soldier.
Bonnie-Sue (Unabridged)
By Peter on 07-22-09
Combat Veterans' Stories of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War, Volume 2
By: Norman P. Black
Narrated by: Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret
This volume, Combat Veterans' Stories of the Vietnam War, contains 11 autobiographical stories. The first begins in October 1966, and is told by a Marine infantry forward observer who was in 13 operations. The final story in this volume is told by a Marine machine gunner that was in multiple skirmishes and ambushes, in I Corps, including the battle for Hue. Other stories in Volume 2 include those told by a marine infantry officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism and leadership in fighting at villages named Dai Do and Dinh To.
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Эрвин Келлер (, ) — немецкий хоккеист (хоккей на траве), полузащитник. Серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1936 года.

Биография
Эрвин Келлер родился 8 апреля 1905 года в немецком городе Берлин.

Играл в хоккей на траве за «Берлинер», в составе которого стал чемпионом Германии в 1941 и 1942 годах.

В 1936 году вошёл в состав сборной Германии по хоккею на траве на летних Олимпийских играх в Берлине и завоевал серебряную медаль. Играл на позиции полузащитника, провёл 3 матча, мячей не забивал.

В 1928—1938 годах провёл 16 матчей за сборную Германии.

Умер в 1971 году.

Семья
Стал родоначальником хоккейно-футбольной династии Келлеров. Его сын Карстен Келлер (род. 1939) — олимпийский чемпион 1972 года. Внук Андреас Келлер (род. 1965) — олимпийский чемпион 1992 года, серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1984 и 1988 годов. Внук Флориан Келлер (род. 1981) — олимпийский чемпион 2008 года, его жена Навина Омиладе-Келлер (род. 1981) — футболистка, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 2004 года. Внучка Наташа Келлер (род. 1977) — олимпийская чемпионка 2004 года. Жена Келлера Хельга Акерман также играла за сборную Германии по хоккею на траве.

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Хоккеисты на траве Германии
Серебряные призёры летних Олимпийских игр 1936 года
Хоккеисты на траве на летних Олимпийских играх 1936 года

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I had already written the song when I saw Sarah Polley's documentary Stories We Tell – a powerful film that touches on these same themes – the subjectivity of truth – and even involves people that were part of my world in Montreal when I was a child and my mother was working in the film business. I have always meant to send her the song – may still do!
Simon says: Story's End is a campfire song! Well, perhaps not anymore….but its origins spring from a campfire on a beautiful balmy summer night on Georgian Bay, Ontario. Jen was strumming some vibey chords and a baseline popped into my head… The one that Astrid so beautifully plays on the record… beats wise, I was found a rhythm with the wood I'd gathered for the fire. Smoke rose through the trees, sweet inspiration paid us a visit!
Jon's viola on the tune is really gorgeous as he answers the bass, and weaves in an out of the lyric. I've become a huge fan of the viola during the making of this record…its such a beautiful and warm, sonorous, rich sounding instrument.
We go all 60s Liverpudlian in the bridge and I pay special homage to Ringo with my best impression in the middle!
Where would music have gone without those four fellas?
A Story's End has had an interesting evolution. The end of each verse was originally fairly simple – just two chords drawn out. Then Simon wrote an interesting ascending bassline, which changed the nature of the chords. We also wanted some interesting back-up vocals to fit in this section, echoing Jen's last word. I originally arranged a slightly intricate set of vocal lines that ascended somewhat parallel to the bassline. I guess they were too intricate because by the time the band got back to these parts, they'd forgotten them. So they came up with a simpler, but still nice set of lines for the recording. I tried to recapture a bit of the complexity by adding in one more note that would provide a bit more dissonance.
The bridge was also originally pretty simple until we decided to really Beatle it up – not sure whose suggestion that originally was. So Astrid has a nice jaunty melodic bassline, Simon does a classic Ringo fill in the middle, and Jeremy let me put my Rickenbacker through a Leslie pedal to give a great swirly sound to my arpeggiations. All we were missing was some sitar.
The other change was Jon shifting from violin to viola. His original violin work on the song was lovely as usual. At some point he decided to switch to viola, which added a richness of tone that gives the song a bit more gravitas.
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24/03/2012 · I have one RCA cable going from the front inputs on the head unit to my 4-channel amp, all the speakers are amped and playing but i was wondering what difference it would make if i were to hook up the rear input RCA channel to the amp as well with another set of RCAs.... 9/08/2012 · If you have 2 pairs of RCA plugs, it allows you to fade between the front and rear channels from the head unit (assuming you have a 4ch amp). Or you can run one pair into a dedicated sub amplifier, rather than daisy chaining things.
The main speakers are usually 2 in the front and 2 in the back, although with what are known as component speakers, each speaker is broken down into two speakers: one for the highs and one for the bass. Each speaker or speaker set (known as a channel) connects to the head unit via a pair of wires. Generally if you are installing a new head unit you want to install new speakers.... 5/05/2010 · If the amp has a high level input, you can connect it straight to the speaker outputs from the head unit. Normally you get a plug supplied with the amp for this, you can either splice in some new wires behind the head unit or piggy back them straight from the rear speakers. Depending on where you plan on mounting the amp.
The simplest car audio systems only have a head unit and four speakers, but that doesn't mean there's no amp in the picture. These simple audio systems actually contain a small power amp inside the head unit. Since space is at a premium in many cars and trucks, it's often necessary to combine the head unit and amp into a single component. how to connect quickbooks online to shopify Want to install a new head unit on my 2015 Ford focus SE. do you think I can cut out a slot with a dremel for a basic aftermarket? I'd have to pay a hundred bucks for a aftermarket dash to fit one without cutting but I'd rather spend a hundred bucks on a head unit.
30/12/2014 · Hi, The head unit has 3 line outputs... 3 Sets of 2V preamp outputs (front, rear and subwoofer) 2rca in one cable for front, 2rca in one cable for rear and 2 rca for sub. how to create a master page in asp.net with example Do not put your new head unit into the dash yet-you still need to connect the amplifier to it. Put the speaker enclosures back together now. Put the speaker enclosures back together now. Attach the thick positive (+/red) power cable for your amplifier to the connector on positive terminal of your battery.
24/05/2016 · If you install a car radio head unit you should hear an improvement. You'll need to make sure you get the right parts, remove your old unit, and connect the new unit to your car. Soon, your speakers will start sounding great again.
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4/08/2009 · Just plug the male ends into your head unit preamp outputs and run one of the female connectors from each channel to each amp location. Then use a short male-to-male plug like the one shown on this page to connect to the amp inputs.
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OAKLAND — Amanda Harris, 18, of Oakland has a bright future in computer coding, but when she enters the workforce she faces an unpleasant prospect — earning less than her male counterparts.
Amanda, a Holy Names High School senior, is angry about that and committed to raising awareness about the gender wage gap issue. Her efforts to educate others on wage disparities have won her and two friends congressional recognition.
In creating an app called Gap Jumper, Amanda found that in 2014, American women working full-time got paid on average 79 percent of what men were paid.
She used statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Association of University of Women and the White House. For women of color, the gap is much bigger, resulting in many not earning enough money to cross the official poverty line, according to the reports.
Her friends are Aliya Chambless, of San Francisco; and Stacy Phan of San Leandro. They met at the 2015 Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program held at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville.
What all three young women share is a passion for using technology for social good, political involvement and education, according to their Gap Jumper website.
When they heard about the 2015 Congressional App Challenge, they decided to enter Gap Jumper, a game that can be played on a laptop computer.
"We all thought that there"s no way we were going to win, but we thought "let"s just submit it," " Amanda said.
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, informed them that Gap Jumper was selected as the winning app from California"s 13th Congressional District. Winners from around the country, in other congressional districts, will demonstrate their apps at the #HouseofCode reception Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
The Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition aimed at encouraging high school students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. Another aim is to highlight the value of computer science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education.
Amanda is hoping to get some financial help from the community so she can attend the reception. Donations are being collected through Holy Names High School. At the reception, she plans to meet with Lee, demonstrate the game and talk about women"s rights and the gender wage gap.
Amanda said she"s "always been into computers." She started to code as a sophomore and has created animation and other projects on Tumblr.
She is also involved in Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and engineering sectors and to inspire high school girls to pursue computer fields, according to its website.
Amanda also attended Head-Royce School in Oakland and St. Joseph Elementary School in Alameda.
In the Gap Jumper game, the player is assigned a woman whose ethnicity has been randomly selected. The goal is to navigate a path with obstacles and try to collect as many coins as possible within 60 seconds.
Following the game, another screen comes up informing the player how much less the woman has earned compared to an average Caucasian man. For example, a Hispanic woman earns, on average, 54 percent of what that man might earn.
Other statistics also pop up, showing that African-American women earn 64 percent, and Caucasian women earn 78 percent. Asian women fare better, earning 90 percent.
Amanda said she and her friends are pleased people have visited the Gap Jumper website at http://gapjumpergame.com to play the game and learn about the wage gap issue.
Links are also available at their website so people can learn more about Women Empowered, Women for Women International and other organizations.
Amanda and her friends intend to keep raising awareness about the gender wage gap. Their goal is to turn Gap Jumper into an IOS app so that it can be sold in an app store.
"We need to work together to create equal pay for everyone no matter their race or gender," the teens wrote on their website.


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Characterizing the Women in "Everyday Use": "Everyday Use" explores the characters and psyches of three women: Mama, Dee, and Maggie. Each of these three women have a distinct view of themselves, each other, and their shared past. Though the story is told from Mama's point of view, giving readers her perspective before they get to judge the other characters—particularly Dee—for themselves, each character is shaped independently through dialogue and action.
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For discussion: How are each of the three main characters developed over the course of the text? Are they flat or round? Static or dynamic? How so?
For discussion: Describe Mama's, Dee's, and Maggie's values. Where do their values align and where do they differ? What gives each character a sense of pride and self-worth?
For discussion: What does Mama's epiphany at the end of the story reveal about her character? How do her relationships with her daughters shift over the course of the text?
Exploring Layers of Conflict: The interactions between Mama, Dee, and Maggie are rife with conflict. But these conflicts aren't limited to the interpersonal relationships between characters; they are also reflective of some of the larger social conflicts playing out in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
For discussion: What are Mama's and Dee's attitudes toward Dee's name? Why does Dee want to change her name to Wangero? How does Mama feel about this change?
For discussion: How does Mama remember Dee's attitude toward her family, particularly their socioeconomic status and lifestyle? How do Mama's memories compare with the attitudes Dee reveals when she arrives?
For discussion: How does Maggie impact the course of the conflict between Mama and Dee? Does she succeed in asserting her point of view?
For discussion: How do Mama's and Dee's different levels of education shape their relationship and respective worldviews?
For discussion: How are interpersonal conflicts in the story reflective of social conflicts of the era?
Considering Point of View and Narrative Voice: The first half of the story consists primarily of Mama's internal reflections: her experiences, a fantasy reunion with Dee, and her memories of raising her daughters. This structural choice develops an intimate relationship between readers and Mama before Dee even appears.
For discussion: Do Mama's opinions of her daughters differ from the way they actually behave? Does Mama have an accurate opinion of her children?
For discussion: How does Mama view herself? Does her understanding of herself develop over the course of the text? If so, how?
For discussion: Is it fair to consider Dee the antagonist of the story? To what extent are her perspectives and actions justified?
For discussion: When and how does Mama communicate with readers directly? How do these direct addresses develop tone and irony in the text?
For discussion: Over the course of the story, Mama—as narrator—refers to Dee by several different names, including "Dee," "Wangero," "Wangero (Dee)," and "Dee (Wangero)." What do these shifting names reveal about Dee? What do they reveal about Mama?
Analyzing Symbols for Theme: Mama and Maggie take great care of their simple, rural home. They keep the yard tidy and treasure the possessions that remain after a fire destroyed their family home ten or twelve years prior to the events of the story. The objects that Dee comments on and considers taking with her—the bench made by her father, the butter churn top whittled by her uncle Buddy, the dasher whittled by Aunt Dee's first husband, and the quilts sewn by her female ancestors—are imbued with symbolic resonance.
For discussion: Ask students to consider which objects in the text contain symbolic value. What abstract ideas do these concrete objects represent?
For discussion: Why does Dee want the quilts? Why does Mama decide to give them to Maggie? What do the quilts symbolize for Dee, Mama, and Maggie? Is their meaning different for each character? How so?
For discussion: What do Dee's attitudes toward the things in her mother's home reveal about Dee's attitude toward her mother?
For discussion: What do these symbols reveal about themes in the text?
In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, why did Dee decide to reconnect with her heritage?
Latest answer posted September 22, 2012, 8:54 pm (UTC)
Tricky Issues to Address While Teaching
The Story Features an Unreliable Narrator: From the outset, Mama, the narrator, imbues the story with her opinions and feelings about her children. These opinions shape readers' understanding of the story.
What to do: Read the story together as a class, emphasizing when and where Mama interjects her opinions into the story. Invite students to consider their own opinion of the characters and events, independently from Mama's.
What to do: Discuss how tone develops in the story, particularly how the narrative tone reveals Mama's attitudes toward Dee.
What to do: Discuss why Walker might have chosen to tell the story through the unreliable voice of Mama. Consider how the story would be different if Dee or Maggie were narrator, or if there were an omniscient third-person narrator.
Alternative Approaches to Teaching "Everyday Use"
While the main ideas, character development, and discussion questions above are typically the focal points of units involving this text, the following suggestions represent alternative readings that may enrich your students' experience and understanding of the story.
Focus on situational irony. Mama's fantasy sequences at the start of the story could reveal a desire to reconcile with Dee, yet her choice at the end of the story to give the quilts to Maggie contradicts this initial desire. Did Mama's actions at the end of the story surprise you? Does situational irony develop themes in the text? If so, how?
Focus on male characters in the story. Though they are secondary, background characters, men have a hand in the creation of symbolic objects and reveal each woman's level of personal autonomy. What are Mama, Dee, and Maggie's attitudes toward the men in their lives? What do the male characters reveal about characterization and theme in the text?
Focus on concepts of "home." For many, the concept of "home" conjures feelings of safety and security. This isn't necessarily the case for the women in Mama's family. What does home mean for each of the three women in the story? Do these attitudes develop over the course of the text?
Focus on race as a motif in the story. Mama explicitly describes the way white Americans make her feel at the start of the story. What attitudes do Mama, Dee, and Maggie display about the American racial dynamics of their time?
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Floyd Mayweather brutally mocks Jake Paul for fighting 50-year-olds, adding, "He's just a lot of talk"
Floyd Mayweather advises Jake Paul to stop fighting older opponents and instead fight some fighters who are still in their prime. The criticism about fighting the older opponents against the problem child is nothing new. It has been brought up several times, but after defeating the great Anderson Silva, now it has surfaces that no one can ignore.
In Arizona, the undefeated young boxer recently defeated Anderson Silva, putting on a solid performance and earning his first legitimate victory. However, among these accomplishments, many people and former athletes have criticized how he chose his opponent; because nearly all of his opponents were older and not at their peaks.
Despite his criticism, Mayweather acknowledges what Paul has accomplished thus far in his career but does not agree with how he has done it. He believes that the social media persona should focus on fighters who are still competing in the ring rather than retired fighters. Moreover, he believes the 25-year-old is challenging him because he is also in the same category as the other "older opponents."
Even so, Mayweather later added some lines about the issue at a recent exhibition stating, "He's just a lot of talk," he added. "It's different when you're facing boxers at the highest level; once you get in there with a real fighter, that person can really fight. Is he doing good? Absolutely. for whom he's fighting Guys 50, guys 40 [the audience laughs]. Does he want to fight me? Of course, I'm nearly 50 years old, and of course, he wants to fight me."
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The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) will file a case of perjury against a woman who gave misleading information over an alleged abduction of a 17-day old infant in Brgy. Sta. Monica, Novaliches last June 8.
Report showed that on 10a.m., June 8, Mariel Roque, 25 of Brgy. Graceville, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan reported to Novaliches Police Station (PS 4) under PLtCol. Rossel Cejas a missing 17-day old infant.
According to her, she was waiting for a ride home in Novaliches Bayan, when an unidentified female approached her and allegedly hypnotized her.
However at about 4:30 p.m., as she gained consciousness she was already in Dasmariñas, Cavite alone and the baby was no longer in her possession and presumed that it was stolen by the unidentified female.
On June 23, at about 1:55 p.m., Roque re-appeared at PS 4 and pleaded to recant her previous signed sworn statement.
During interview, she admitted that she never gave birth and the infant was not her biological child.
Furthermore, she also revealed that she had a miscarriage during her pregnancy but did not inform her husband out of fear.
She also said that the reported incident last June 8, 2019 was all fictitious.
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NOLA Travel: Tennessee's Museum of Appalachia preserves a disappearing mountain culture
May 29, 2012 • Museums
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Unlike Louisiana's thriving Cajun culture, Tennessee's Appalachian mountain culture is rapidly disappearing. Thanks to the efforts of one man over the past 50 years, that is changing.
John Rice Irwin was (and presumably, at 80+ years old, still is) a mountain man.
Growing up in Tennessee's Appalachians, he was fascinated with the stories told by the area's old-timers and realized the culture of Appalachia was slowly disappearing as those residents passed away.
Starting in the early 1960s, Irwin began collecting artifacts and stories, and he founded the Museum of Appalachia in 1969.
Today, the museum is a living history center documenting early mountain life in Southern Tennesssee. Spread throughout its 65-acre site are more than 30 historic log cabins and other structures, each filled with authentic local artifacts. In fact, the museum boasts a total of more than 250,000 artifacts, many with Irwin's hand-lettered signs explaining the history and background of each item.
Museum of Appalachia
Touring the grounds is like walking through an old Appalachian village: there are cabins, blacksmith shops, mills, a one-room schoolhouse, and a church among its structures. In addition, gardens and farm animals — plus a number of peacocks — give it the feel of a working farm.
The museum's Appalachian Hall of Fame building includes displays of nearly everything imaginable from daily life in early Appalachia — musical instruments, farm machinery, weapons, toys, furniture, medicines, bibles, and even caskets are just a few of the items you'll find there.
Due to his age, John Rice Irwin isn't seen around the museum as often as in years past, but you'll feel you know him through reading his hand-lettered labels in the hall of fame, and you'll realize that in this place, his spirit, as well as the culture of early Appalachia, will always live on.
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The Museum of Appalachia, located about 16 miles north of Knoxville, TN, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is a Smithsonian affiliate. Adult admission is $18; check website for discount, childrens', and group rates.
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My initial thought when I read about the introduction of yet another slicing engine was "how do I know it is doing a good job of the fundamentals", in terms of being able to reliably produce a print that is dimensionally accurate to the input model.
Is there some description of the model used to determine these fundamentals? For example, does it incorporate the factors described in http://hydraraptor.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/spot-on-flow-rate.html ?
Please have a look at the source code to see whether it satisfies your fundamentals.
Every system like this is garbage in garbage out. But when the inputs are good (e.g. Proper swell factor) for ABS, we've found we get really good tolerances.
I think end results on actual printers are just as important.
Also, one of the things I consider quite fundamental is that layers with two walls are glued together with an infill, even if a full width infill wouldn't have fit. CuraEngine does that.
Lol, reread my comment... I wasn't trying to say that it was good just for ABS... PLA, and other materials work fine as well.
"Proper swell factor for ABS"?
If you are referring to die swell that doesn't have any affect on flow rate maths.
I use the same maths for all plastics I have printed.
Love cura, and was extremely surprised when I used the latest version how fast it was.
Anybody's success with Nophead cal.stl (from mendel90 package) for testing of nutв fitting (ABS printing)?
It tried it, but like Slic3r and Kissslicer, it gets the nut traps too small when printing ABS.
However, since it is written in a sensible language and is opensource (unlike the aforementioned) I should be able to fix it.
Generally it is impressive but it needs a few fixes to work with non-Bowden machines and machines with the origin in the centre of the bed.
I had a look at the source code and it appears to assume all extrusions are rectangular, so the outlines will come out thicker than it allows for, hence why holes are too small.


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import pytest
from UnofficialDDNS import __doc__ as uddns_doc
from UnofficialDDNS import __version__ as uddns_ver
from docopt import docopt
import libs

def test_config_file_and_cli_complimentary_with_full_valid_data(config_file):
    config_file.write("domain: mydomain.com")
    config_file.flush()
    argv = ['-c', config_file.name, '-u', 'usera', '-p', 'pass']
    expected = dict(log=None, daemon=False, verbose=False, interval=60, pid=None, quiet=False, version=False,
                    registrar='name.com', config=config_file.name, help=False,
                    user='usera', passwd='pass', domain='mydomain.com')
    actual = libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert expected == actual

def test_config_file_and_cli_overlapping_with_full_valid_data(config_file):
    config_file.write("domain: mydomain2.com")
    config_file.flush()
    argv = ['-c', config_file.name, '-n', 'abc.com', '-u', 'usera', '-p', 'pass']
    expected = dict(log=None, daemon=False, verbose=False, interval=60, pid=None, quiet=False, version=False,
                    registrar='name.com', config=config_file.name, help=False,
                    user='usera', passwd='pass', domain='mydomain2.com')
    actual = libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert expected == actual

def test_config_file_and_cli_overlapping_with_incomplete_data(config_file):
    config_file.write("domain: mydomain3.com")
    config_file.flush()
    argv = ['-c', config_file.name, '-n', 'abc.com', '-u', 'usera']
    with pytest.raises(libs.MultipleConfigSources.ConfigError) as e:
        libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert "A domain, username, and password must be specified." == str(e.value)

def test_cli_invalid_options():
    argv = ['-n', 'test.com', '-p', 'testpw', '-u', 'testuser', '-d', 'shouldBeFlag']
    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
        libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))

def test_cli_interval_fail():
    argv = ['-n', 'test.com', '-p', 'testpw', '-u', 'testuser', '-i', 'shouldBeNum']
    with pytest.raises(libs.MultipleConfigSources.ConfigError) as e:
        libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert "Config option 'interval' must be a number." == str(e.value)
    argv = ['-n', 'test.com', '-p', 'testpw', '-u', 'testuser', '-i', '0']
    with pytest.raises(libs.MultipleConfigSources.ConfigError) as e:
        libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert "Config option 'interval' must be greater than 0." == str(e.value)

def test_cli_pass():
    argv = ['-n', 'test.com', '-p', 'testpw', '-u', 'testuser']
    expected = dict(log=None, daemon=False, verbose=False, interval=60, pid=None, quiet=False, version=False,
                    registrar='name.com', config=None, help=False,
                    user='testuser', passwd='testpw', domain='test.com')
    actual = libs.get_config(docopt(uddns_doc, version=uddns_ver, argv=argv))
    assert expected == actual

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Theobald Boehm
Zénobe Gramme
Bob Kahn
Johann Philipp Reis
Gideon Sundback
André Michelin
Among people born in 1879, Franz Reichelt ranks 37. Before him are An Jung-geun, Joseph Wirth, Chen Duxiu, Léon Jouhaux, Friedrich Adler, and Francis Peyton Rous. After him are Boris Savinkov, Karl Bühler, William Beveridge, Knud Rasmussen, Pál Teleki, and Wanda Landowska. Among people deceased in 1912, Franz Reichelt ranks 27. Before him are Auguste Beernaert, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, George Darwin, Henry Tingle Wilde, and James Paul Moody. After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, W. T. Stead, Bolesław Prus, Nogi Maresuke, William Booth, and Isidor Straus.
An Jung-geun
Joseph Wirth
Chen Duxiu
Léon Jouhaux
Friedrich Adler
Francis Peyton Rous
Boris Savinkov
Karl Bühler
William Beveridge
Knud Rasmussen
Pál Teleki
Wanda Landowska
Auguste Beernaert
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
George Darwin
Henry Tingle Wilde
James Paul Moody
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
W. T. Stead
Bolesław Prus
Nogi Maresuke
William Booth
Isidor Straus
In Czechia
Among people born in Czechia, Franz Reichelt ranks 122 out of 839. Before him are G. W. Pabst (1885), Jan Kubiš (1913), Bretislav I (1005), Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292), Ludmila of Bohemia (860), and Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821). After him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Jan Neruda (1834), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Alfred Kubin (1877), and Alfred Brendel (1931).
Others born in Czechia
G. W. Pabst
Jan Kubiš
Bretislav I
Elizabeth of Bohemia
Ludmila of Bohemia
Johann Josef Loschmidt
Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein
Pavel Nedvěd
Princess Sophie of Hohenberg
Alfred Kubin
Alfred Brendel
Among INVENTORS In Czechia
Among inventors born in Czechia, Franz Reichelt ranks 3. Before him are Alois Senefelder (1771) and Daniel Swarovski (1862). After him are Josef Ressel (1793).
Czech born Inventors
Alois Senefelder
Daniel Swarovski
Josef Ressel
French High-wire Artist
French Civil Engineer And Architect


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// Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.PortableExecutable;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Roslyn.Utilities;

namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols
{
    ///
    /// Represents a module within an assembly. Every assembly contains one or more modules.
    ///
    internal abstract class ModuleSymbol : Symbol, IModuleSymbol
    {
        // !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        // Changes to the public interface of this class should remain synchronized with the VB version.
        // Do not make any changes to the public interface without making the corresponding change
        // to the VB version.
        // !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        ///
        /// Returns a NamespaceSymbol representing the global (root) namespace, with
        /// module extent, that can be used to browse all of the symbols defined in this module.
        ///
        public abstract NamespaceSymbol GlobalNamespace { get; }

        ///
        /// Returns the containing assembly. Modules are always directly contained by an assembly,
        /// so this property always returns the same as ContainingSymbol.
        ///
        public override AssemblySymbol ContainingAssembly
        {
            get
            {
                return (AssemblySymbol)ContainingSymbol;
            }
        }

        internal sealed override ModuleSymbol ContainingModule
        {
            get
            {
                return null;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns value 'NetModule' of the <see cref="SymbolKind"/>
        ///
        public sealed override SymbolKind Kind
        {
            get
            {
                return SymbolKind.NetModule;
            }
        }

        internal override TResult Accept<TArgument, TResult>(CSharpSymbolVisitor<TArgument, TResult> visitor, TArgument argument)
        {
            return visitor.VisitModule(this, argument);
        }

        public override void Accept(CSharpSymbolVisitor visitor)
        {
            visitor.VisitModule(this);
        }

        public override TResult Accept<TResult>(CSharpSymbolVisitor<TResult> visitor)
        {
            return visitor.VisitModule(this);
        }

        // Only the compiler can create ModuleSymbols.
        internal ModuleSymbol()
        {
        }

        ///
        /// Module's ordinal within containing assembly's Modules array.
        /// 0 - for a source module, etc.
        /// -1 - for a module that doesn't have containing assembly, or has it, but is not part of Modules array.
        ///
        internal abstract int Ordinal { get; }

        ///
        /// Target architecture of the machine.
        ///
        internal abstract Machine Machine { get; }

        ///
        /// Indicates that this PE file makes Win32 calls. See CorPEKind.pe32BitRequired for more information (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms230275.aspx).
        ///
        internal abstract bool Bit32Required { get; }

        ///
        /// Does this symbol represent a missing module.
        ///
        internal abstract bool IsMissing
        {
            get;
        }

        ///
        /// Returns 'NotApplicable'
        ///
        public sealed override Accessibility DeclaredAccessibility
        {
            get
            {
                return Accessibility.NotApplicable;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be declared as 'static'.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsStatic
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be virtual.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsVirtual
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be overridden.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsOverride
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be abstract.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsAbstract
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be sealed.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsSealed
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns false because module can't be defined externally.
        ///
        public sealed override bool IsExtern
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns data decoded from Obsolete attribute or null if there is no Obsolete attribute.
        /// This property returns ObsoleteAttributeData.Uninitialized if attribute arguments haven't been decoded yet.
        ///
        internal sealed override ObsoleteAttributeData ObsoleteAttributeData
        {
            get { return null; }
        }

        public override ImmutableArray<SyntaxReference> DeclaringSyntaxReferences
        {
            get
            {
                return ImmutableArray<SyntaxReference>.Empty;
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns an array of assembly identities for assemblies referenced by this module.
        /// Items at the same position from ReferencedAssemblies and from ReferencedAssemblySymbols
        /// correspond to each other.
        ///
        public ImmutableArray<AssemblyIdentity> ReferencedAssemblies
        {
            get
            {
                return GetReferencedAssemblies();
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns an array of assembly identities for assemblies referenced by this module.
        /// Items at the same position from GetReferencedAssemblies and from GetReferencedAssemblySymbols
        /// should correspond to each other.
        ///
        /// The array and its content is provided by ReferenceManager and must not be modified.
        ///
        /// <returns></returns>
        internal abstract ImmutableArray<AssemblyIdentity> GetReferencedAssemblies(); // TODO: Remove this method and make ReferencedAssemblies property abstract instead.

        ///
        /// Returns an array of AssemblySymbol objects corresponding to assemblies referenced
        /// by this module. Items at the same position from ReferencedAssemblies and
        /// from ReferencedAssemblySymbols correspond to each other.
        ///
        public ImmutableArray<AssemblySymbol> ReferencedAssemblySymbols
        {
            get
            {
                return GetReferencedAssemblySymbols();
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Returns an array of AssemblySymbol objects corresponding to assemblies referenced
        /// by this module. Items at the same position from GetReferencedAssemblies and
        /// from GetReferencedAssemblySymbols should correspond to each other. If reference is
        /// not resolved by compiler, GetReferencedAssemblySymbols returns MissingAssemblySymbol in the
        /// corresponding item.
        ///
        /// The array and its content is provided by ReferenceManager and must not be modified.
        ///
        internal abstract ImmutableArray<AssemblySymbol> GetReferencedAssemblySymbols(); // TODO: Remove this method and make ReferencedAssemblySymbols property abstract instead.

        internal AssemblySymbol GetReferencedAssemblySymbol(int referencedAssemblyIndex)
        {
            var referencedAssemblies = GetReferencedAssemblySymbols();
            if (referencedAssemblyIndex < referencedAssemblies.Length)
            {
                return referencedAssemblies[referencedAssemblyIndex];
            }

            // This module must be a corlib where the original metadata contains assembly
            // references (see https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13275).
            var assembly = ContainingAssembly;
            if ((object)assembly != assembly.CorLibrary)
            {
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(referencedAssemblyIndex));
            }

            return null;
        }

        ///
        /// A helper method for ReferenceManager to set assembly identities for assemblies
        /// referenced by this module and corresponding AssemblySymbols.
        ///
        /// <param name="moduleReferences">A description of the assemblies referenced by this module.</param>
        /// <param name="originatingSourceAssemblyDebugOnly">
        /// Source assembly that triggered creation of this module symbol.
        /// For debug purposes only, this assembly symbol should not be persisted within
        /// this module symbol because the module can be shared across multiple source
        /// assemblies. This method will only be called for the first one.
        /// </param>
        internal abstract void SetReferences(ModuleReferences<AssemblySymbol> moduleReferences, SourceAssemblySymbol originatingSourceAssemblyDebugOnly = null);

        ///
        /// True if this module has any unified references.
        ///
        internal abstract bool HasUnifiedReferences { get; }

        ///
        /// Returns a unification use-site error (if any) for a symbol contained in this module
        /// that is referring to a specified <paramref name="dependentType"/>.
        ///
        /// <remarks>
        /// If an assembly referenced by this module isn't exactly matching any reference given to compilation
        /// the Assembly Manager might decide to use another reference if it matches except for version
        /// (it unifies the version with the existing reference).
        /// </remarks>
        internal abstract bool GetUnificationUseSiteDiagnostic(ref DiagnosticInfo result, TypeSymbol dependentType);

        ///
        /// Lookup a top level type referenced from metadata, names should be
        /// compared case-sensitively.
        ///
        /// <param name="emittedName">
        /// Full type name, possibly with generic name mangling.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// Symbol for the type, or MissingMetadataSymbol if the type isn't found.
        /// </returns>
        /// <remarks></remarks>
        internal abstract NamedTypeSymbol LookupTopLevelMetadataType(ref MetadataTypeName emittedName);

        internal abstract ICollection<string> TypeNames { get; }

        internal abstract ICollection<string> NamespaceNames { get; }

        ///
        /// Returns true if there is any applied CompilationRelaxationsAttribute assembly attribute for this module.
        ///
        internal abstract bool HasAssemblyCompilationRelaxationsAttribute { get; }

        ///
        /// Returns true if there is any applied RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute assembly attribute for this module.
        ///
        internal abstract bool HasAssemblyRuntimeCompatibilityAttribute { get; }

        ///
        /// Default char set for contained types, or null if not specified.
        ///
        internal abstract CharSet? DefaultMarshallingCharSet { get; }

        internal virtual ImmutableArray<byte> GetHash(AssemblyHashAlgorithm algorithmId)
        {
            throw ExceptionUtilities.Unreachable;
        }

        ///
        /// Given a namespace symbol, returns the corresponding module specific namespace symbol
        ///
        public NamespaceSymbol GetModuleNamespace(INamespaceSymbol namespaceSymbol)
        {
            if (namespaceSymbol == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(namespaceSymbol));
            }

            var moduleNs = namespaceSymbol as NamespaceSymbol;
            if ((object)moduleNs != null && moduleNs.Extent.Kind == NamespaceKind.Module && moduleNs.ContainingModule == this)
            {
                // this is already the correct module namespace
                return moduleNs;
            }

            if (namespaceSymbol.IsGlobalNamespace || (object)namespaceSymbol.ContainingNamespace == null)
            {
                return this.GlobalNamespace;
            }
            else
            {
                var cns = GetModuleNamespace(namespaceSymbol.ContainingNamespace);
                if ((object)cns != null)
                {
                    return cns.GetNestedNamespace(namespaceSymbol.Name);
                }
                return null;
            }
        }

        #region IModuleSymbol Members

        INamespaceSymbol IModuleSymbol.GlobalNamespace
        {
            get { return this.GlobalNamespace; }
        }

        INamespaceSymbol IModuleSymbol.GetModuleNamespace(INamespaceSymbol namespaceSymbol)
        {
            return this.GetModuleNamespace(namespaceSymbol);
        }

        ImmutableArray<IAssemblySymbol> IModuleSymbol.ReferencedAssemblySymbols
        {
            get
            {
                return ImmutableArray<IAssemblySymbol>.CastUp(ReferencedAssemblySymbols);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region ISymbol Members

        public override void Accept(SymbolVisitor visitor)
        {
            visitor.VisitModule(this);
        }

        public override TResult Accept<TResult>(SymbolVisitor<TResult> visitor)
        {
            return visitor.VisitModule(this);
        }

        ///
        /// If this symbol represents a metadata module returns the underlying <see cref="ModuleMetadata"/>.
        ///
        /// Otherwise, this returns null.
        ///
        public abstract ModuleMetadata GetMetadata();

        #endregion
    }
}


Nathan Buzza knows all about the frustration of having an excellent commercial proposition, but no money to fund its development.
In fact, when Buzza established his business he only had $5,200 in the bank – fast forward a few years and Nathan had developed a multinational business with offices in Australia, Hong Kong, Denmark, the US and the UK.
The technology that his company developed in Perth has now been installed in 7,500 locations in over 60 countries, earning Commtech Wireless a position in the BRW Fast 100 list for three consecutive years. Additionally, the company was the recipient of the Telstra Small Business of the Year award and numerous accolades from the WA IT&T Awards.
On the road to growing Commtech Wireless, the business he founded in 1992, Buzza was fortunate enough to receive an R&D Start grant from the Federal Government to develop a clinical middleware platform.
In 2008 Buzza negotiated the trade sale of Commtech Wireless to Amcom Software (for an undisclosed eight digit sum) and continued as General Manager for eighteen months post acquisition.
Now Buzza, a recipient of the coveted Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" has a mission of putting his 20 years' experience in software, electronics and medical technology to work helping aspiring entrepreneurs on the path to revenue growth, increased market share, expansion into new markets and delivery of new products and services.
Unfortunately, he says, too many of the potential investments he is offered come from those with unrealistic expectations of their valuations.
A typical scenario is that after spending one or two years developing a technology to the point of commercialisation, a founder then goes in search of the funds needed to undertake the commercialisation. They will ask for between $2 million and $5 million for a 50% equity stake for the investment.
By asking for $2 million for 50% equity, they are effectively valuing the technology at $4 million. This is fine, so long as the investor believes that the return on investment will be sufficient to justify the inherent risks of getting in early. The problem is that many founders ascribe too much of their potential future value to their perception of value today. A more sophisticated understanding of the investor, their return expectations and their capacity to add value is required to negotiate a deal that satisfies both parties.
Buzza says entrepreneurs need at a minimum to have a handle on the basics of finance. When people presenting to him are unfamiliar with the standard terminology he is likely to have little confidence in their ability to manage the finances of the business.


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Please note our free English classes and help desk are now in Global House, Epsom
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EERN Summer School 2022
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"Thanks for such a great possibility to learn English..."
Read the wonderful feedback here
A HUGE thank you to St John's School for providing so much space and support and to all the amazing local volunteers and supporters who made the Summer Language School possible.
Thank you also to MacMillan Education for generously providing EAL textbooks.
Our particular thanks go to Tony and Emma McCartney and their charity James Jar of Gifts for their amazing financial support.
EERN Summer Language School 2022
A summary
And so it comes to an end. What began as a dream , a hope and a vision driven by the enthusiasm and can do attitude of the project team. Jo, Penny, Alyssa, Olha and Angela – each with their own skills, strengths and styles working together with respect and cooperation. The mantra "if we build it, they will come" was unashamedly stolen and guided us throughout.
Our objectives?
Adult refugees needed English teaching to get them into work and help them establish independence in the UK. The provision on offer was insufficient and non existent during the summer holidays. Adults needed their children looked after so they could attend an intensive course.
Children arriving had experienced long delays in securing school places. Many had no schooling in place until at least September. Living with host families on limited budgets meant the summer holidays posed challenges in mental health, socializing and wellbeing. We needed to provide the children with a safe place where they could learn, play and meet others and be kept safe whilst parents worked or learned English.
A safeguarding risk, a curriculum challenge and an administrative nightmare!
No funds, no premises, no staff ….. no problem!
We received incredible funding support from the following organisations;
James' Jar of Gifts – this wonderful charity uses money raised in memory and celebration of James McCartney to enrich the lives of children throughout the world. No child should ever get left behind is their ethos and they have helped deliver this incredible number of teaching hours to these children from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan. We thank you.
Yulife Insurance – who's corporate mission is to turn financial products into a force for good. They responded to our appeal instantly, without hesitation and with complete commitment to supporting this project. Without these funds we could never have delivered the high quality programme we were able to offer to the children. We were able to provide high levels of staff:child ratios to support the safety and wellbeing of the children and deliver imaginative and enriching activities. We thank you.
Silicon Valley Bank – this London based corporate has a huge heart as well as a generous outlook. The people at the top of this company needed no persuasion, they opened their hearts as well as their chequebook and funded travel expenses so that students on very low incomes could get support to get to school every day, we were able to provide dancing, music, drama, cooking, sports, art, science, as well as professionally delivered ESL teaching with incredible resources. We thank you.
Where would we find the premises at such short notice ?
Look no further than St Johns School, Leatherhead, who immediately said yes to everything we asked. They donated a site beyond our wildest hopes, a self contained building with classrooms, gardens and specialist spaces, safe access and parking ! A Sites Team who were engaged and enthusiastic, during their busiest time of the year they would drop everything to fix a tap or repair a child's bike ! An IT team who were too available! We popped in constantly with our IT issues and they were brilliant. The SLT made sure that we had the total support of the school and it's Foundation and they truly delivered on their charitable purpose. WE thank you.
We now needed staff, during the summer holidays! Teachers who regularly crawl to the end of term were asked to give up their summer and do it all again. And they did! Over 80 teachers, TA's, and educators delivered a curriculum full of fun, learning and imagination designed and put together by our Education Team. It was spectacular. We thank you.
And then there were our other volunteers who were the nuts and bolts in high viz! They kept the children safe, they sorted the admin, they marshalled the car park, they made coffee, they fetched, carried, lifted, swept, stacked chairs, played football, built sandcastles, they wiped noses and knees, they opened crisps, got children out of trees and created an environment of love. We thank you.
And the children, 116 in total came. They arrived, quiet and overwhelmed. Another new place, more new faces, another strange set up. They said goodbye to their parents clutching their lunch and went into their classrooms. By the next day the neighbours we giving us feedback on the noise levels! Screams of joy, laughter and children playing, they made new friends and were able to relax back into their home languages amongst other children who knew only too well what they had left behind. They were happy, safe and full of excitement.
How much English did they learn ? We did not test them so cannot give any objective measures, This was deliberate as we did not want them to have this pressure, but we did hear from hosts on how much improvement they had seen. We can confidently state that these children are now far more confident, are ready to go to school in September with this learning tucked away and displayed to us everyday an eagerness to practise their language skills and communicate.
Ukrainian Independence Day on 24th August was a fitting finale to the project. Parents were able to come and watch their children, in National dress, sing and dance and recite poetry. There was not a dry eye in the house. We were all so proud.
Every child left with a bag full of goodies, books, stationery games and school equipment all donated by the local community.
So they say a picture paints a thousand words, and the photos we have, certainly capture some of the most wonderful moments.
We thank you all.
EERN Summer Language School Team
Email: epsomrefugeenetwork@gmail.com
Epsom & Ewell Refugee Network operates under Good Company (Surrey) - charity number 1197493


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"Together but not together." This tagline sandwiches a hipster couple who are staring in opposite directions. A heart-shaped handbag dangles from the girl's hand.
"You can stand next to someone and feel completely alone," the description underneath this illustration reads.
Through a vibrant mix of text and figures in her work, titled as the tagline, Pearl Law illustrates a feeling of alienation not uncommon to many of us living in the age where smartphones are inseparable from everyday life.
Social commentary weaves throughout the collection of illustrations of this Hong Kong born illustrator who recently turned 26.
Pearl, who received her BA in illustration from the University of the West of England in Bristol, often draws her satirical observations in a light-hearted and humorous manner, aiming to delight her audience.
"Making [them] laugh or at least a little chuckle is something I strive for," says Pearl. "And hopefully [my work is] not much of an eyesore."
When asked about how she comes up with witty ideas for her work, she shares her creative process without reservation.
"Really, it started as a doodle, of the guy in that brown coat.Then I felt like it lacked substance so I added the girl not looking at the guy, and then I was like, 'wow it's like some sort of social commentary', because their expressions are not unlike the couples you see on the streets, when they are distracted by their own smart phones, or fucking Candy Crush."
Her eccentric style
A great admirer of Japanese culture during secondary school, Pearl received an A in GCE A-Level Japanese and created manga characters.
However, her style significantly evolved during university, where she discovered illustrators such as Bob Gill, Audrey Beardsley and J.C. Leyendecker.
"I felt very self conscious, because I realised nobody else at uni really drew in a manga style, so I gradually weaned off it," she confessed.
"I experienced an identity illustration style crisis during my final year, because I was confused. I didn't know what style I would like to draw with. Now I would say my style is some sort of weird hybrid."
Like her work, Pearl is quirky and has a sarcastic sense of humour. She is regularly surrounded by comical incidents, involving things as precious as her name.
"My name is both a blessing and a curse" jokes Pearl, who wears a brass clamshell locket that holds a white pearl. "[It's a] curse because you tend to get your name butchered at Starbucks even if you fucking spell it out."
For some reasons, staff at the cafe could never manage to spell her name correctly. She went as far as San Francisco, and the name on her cup of latte was still misspelled as "Pell", as if it was a gunshot. This specific episode was made into a comic strip and shared on her Facebook page.
Her source of creativeness
Pearl draws inspirations from her observations of ordinary things happening in her daily life. Her collection of doodles includes a middle-aged Chinese man at her gym.
She also likes to put a twist on familiar sayings or objects in her work. Last Christmas, the online card she published had a smiling boy with holes where his front teeth should have been. On his hand lay two teeth and at the bottom it read "all I want for Christmas is your two front teeth," subtly altering a well-known novelty Christmas song written by Donald Yetter Gardner in 1944.
Literature is also a great source of inspiration for her. "I always like to read and reading helps your brain imagine things because you read words but you form images in your head. And if you have a way to translate those images onto paper, then isn't that a brilliant thing?"
An avid reader, Pearl has a shelf full of books from Shakespeare classics to Marvel comics. "Graphic novels are the way to go, for sure. Great writing and great art make the perfect marriage."
A deep passion
Every time an illustration of hers is published, Pearl feels like she is looking at a newborn puppy."You can't stop cooing at it, and spreading it across all social media platforms," she smiles.
"Drawing is always something I love to do, ever since I became self-aware as a human being. It's just a natural progression that I now do to earn a living."
Has she ever regretted the choice? "Sometimes, when I look at my bank account, I would regret being an illustrator, but then the satisfaction of creating something trumps all monetary benefits."
What's next? "I haven't done much to make [my audience] angry yet, maybe that should be my next thing, make a thing that disgusts you!"
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