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Getting High on Grass – Can Plants Really Fuel a Plane?
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In the wake of recent studies showing how dangerously close to the brink we are when it comes to climate change, it is more important now than ever to seriously consider every possible alternative to environmentally damaging fossil fuels. One such alternative comes in the form of biofuels. Humans have been using biofuels for as long as we've been using wood to fuel our fires. In the last hundred or so years, however, we've begun to understand how plant matter can be converted into liquid fuels that could soon power a plane. In this piece, I'll be looking at where biofuels are now and where they need to be if they are to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. I'll be concentrating my efforts on recent attempts by the scientific community to make grass a viable fuel for transportation.
Grass is the most abundant plant on the planet. In my home country of Ireland, more than two thirds of all land is covered in naturally growing grass. If we could refine and perfect the process of turning grasses into fuel (grassoline), this could be a real contribution towards slowing the march of climate change. The problem right now is that it is expensive and inefficient. Many scientists in the field, however, think that given time and money, we could tap into this huge source of unharnessed power and perhaps help to save the planet in the process.
The reason grass in particular is being considered as a biofuel is not because it is necessarily the most efficient plant to use, but rather because of its abundance and willingness to grow in fields that are inhospitable to food crops, known as marginal lands. Another reason that grass is attractive as a biofuel is that it is not really needed for anything else. Other candidates for biofuels (like wood, sugarcane and soybeans) have the disadvantage of being useful for things like furniture, rum and tofu.
But why aviation fuel? One reason is that while cars are slowly turning electric, it is unlikely that planes will follow suit any time soon. This means that in the near future, cars could be powered by renewable sources whereas planes will continue to require liquid fuel. The other more pressing reason is that travelling by plane is far worse for the environment than any other mode of transport. This is down to two factors; first, planes are less efficient than other modes of transport in terms of emissions per passenger mile. Second, planes allow us to travel a far greater number of miles than we would otherwise be able to travel. The carbon footprint of flying from London to Hong Kong and back again is about a quarter of the average UK person's annual carbon footprint.
The idea that we could use grass, algae and other plants to produce aviation fuel is not nearly as crazy as it sounds. The fossil fuels which we currently use are themselves made of organic matter that has, over a very long time, undergone a natural process called pyrolysis. Human beings have been using the process of pyrolysis for our own gain for thousands of years in the form of charcoal burning. Pyrolysis involves separating materials into their constituent molecules in the absence of oxygen. This means, very roughly, heating up the material to a specified temperature, covering it, and allowing it to separate into liquid, solid and gas. These products can then be refined into fuels. Recently, it has been found that microwave heating produces a higher pyrolysis yield than traditional methods since it can be done entirely in the absence of oxygen and at a very precise temperature. Another benefit is that the characteristic 'hot spots' of microwave heating aid in pyrolysis.
You might be thinking that grass is an important source of food for livestock. The beauty of using grass as a biofuel is that this resource would not be lost. The solid by-product of grass pyrolysis can still be fed to livestock. What's more, by removing the liquid constituents, the feed can be preserved much longer than fresh grass cuttings. In the UK, biofuels already account for nearly 3% of all road and non-road mobile machinery fuel, but with the predicted change in efficiency given a few years, they could eventually account for a lot more than that.
Right now, scientists can only produce a few drops of biofuel from grass in the laboratory. Tests carried out at Ghent University in Belgium show, however, that there is a potentially very efficient energy source in grass if we can learn to harness it correctly. In April 2017, the researchers at Ghent found that a certain type of bacteria (clostridium) can be used to metabolize certain grasses into decane, a key ingredient in both petrol and aviation fuel. While this breakthrough cannot yet be used effectively, it is key knowledge that will inform future research into better biofuel technologies.
Hang on, you might say, if refining plant matter gives us the same fuel as we are already using, then why is it better for the environment? Surely biofuels release the same amount of CO2 as fossil fuels? This is indeed true. The difference is that the CO2 in living plants has only recently been absorbed from the air by the plant and is simply being released again. As the grass grows, it sequesters CO2 from the air. When it burns, that recently absorbed CO2 returns to the atmosphere to be trapped by the next batch of grassoline. Because of this, biofuels are said to be 'carbon neutral'. With fossil fuels, the CO2 has been absent from the environment for a very long time, trapped underground. By burning it, we are releasing extra CO2 rather than what was already there.
A major obstacle to biofuel efficiency growth is that governments and companies are not willing to invest heavily in something that may not yield solid results for years to come. This is simply short-sightedness. The science will continue to improve. Lack of investment only slows down the process. The people who invest heavily now will surely see a huge return in a matter of years. Another well-known obstacle in the way of all renewable energies is the huge sums of money tied up in the fossil fuel industry. The industry is worth about 7 trillion USD globally. No wonder, then, that lobby groups are able so easily to sway policy-makers.
Biofuels are controversial among environmentalists, since they come with a number of downsides. Perhaps the most worrying is that every square foot of land which is used to produce the fuel is land that could instead be used to nurture biodiversity. Species are currently being lost so quickly as to constitute the sixth mass extinction in earth's history. For me, using food crops like corn as feedstock is entirely off the table, since it opens the door to a future in which rich elites use corn-fed biofuel to fly away on their holidays while depriving poor people of food which is vital to their survival.
Another drawback is that biofuels are not very efficient when it comes to land use. According to Mike Berners-Lee, using solar panels instead to generate the power for flying would require 270 times less land than growing wheat for biofuel. The problem, however, is building a good enough battery. Right now, 1 kilo of jet fuel carries about the same energy as 20 kilos of premium lithion-ion batteries. One ray of hope came in March of 2015; 'Solar Impulse 2' began its attempt to become the first entirely solar powered plane to fly around the world. The journey was arduous and long for the two pilots. One of the pilots was named Bertrand Picard, a Swiss medical doctor who who was already the first person to fly around the world non-stop in a hot air balloon. Captain Picard of the USS Solar Impulse finally landed the plane in Abu Dhabi on July 26th 2016, from the spot where it had departed 505 days earlier.
Regardless of what figures like the US president may say, climate change is a very real and very serious danger. Biofuels are just one example of the many ways in which we can combat this danger, but they are one which will continue to grow in importance for years to come. The question is whether our money would be better spent developing renewable energies like solar and wind which require far less land and are thus better for wildlife conservation. When it comes to planes, however, grassoline may help to ease the transition to a low-carbon world. Every little helps in the fight against the huge and menacing entity that is climate change.
Some Further Reading and Research Sources
Grass as the New Biofuel – Agriland
A Review on Microwave Pyrolysis of Lingocellulosic Biomass – Sustainable Environment Research
Can Grass be a New Biofuel? – Renewable Energy World
Researchers Convert Grass into Biofuel – Phys.org
Mutant Maize Genes Increase Viability of Switch Grass for Biofuel – Phys.org
Biomass refinery will go on trial in West Cork next May – Southern Star
History of Biofuels – Biofuel.org
Assessing The Greenhouse Gas Budget of Biomass and Biofuel Crops – Teagasc
GreenGrass – Developing Grass for Sustainable Renewable Energy Generation and Value-added Products – Teagasc
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Damon Lindelof Returning to TV Tom Perotta Adaptation 'The Leftovers' for HBO
Posted on Thursday, June 28th, 2012 by Angie Han
Since Lost went off the air in 2010, Damon Lindelof's been keeping busy with one high-profile big-screen project after another: Cowboys & Aliens, Prometheus, Star Trek 2, World War Z, Brad Bird's upcoming 1952. But he apparently hasn't left the small screen behind entirely.
Lindelof is now headed to HBO to develop a new drama titled The Leftovers. Unlike with most of Lindelof's projects, this one won't be shrouded in secrecy — it's an adaptation of a 2011 novel by Little Children and Election author Tom Perrotta, so we have a pretty good idea of where it's going. More details after the jump.
While Little Children and Election were both grounded in reality, the more fantastical premise of The Leftovers sounds like a perfect fit for the man behind Lost. The plot picks up three years after hundreds of millions of people suddenly vanish, apparently as part of a Rapture-like event. The folks left behind try to piece together their disrupted lives, struggling to deal with their bereavement while grappling with larger questions of faith and hope. "[The book] tries to explain the purpose of it all, and that lined up with the meta level of Lost," Lindelof observed to Vulture.
HBO picked up the rights to The Leftovers last summer, shortly before the novel hit shelves. Lindelof wasn't signed on at the time, but happened to pick up the book after reading a positive review by Stephen King that called it "the best Twilight Zone episode you never saw." "I fell deeply and passionately in love with it," he recalled. "I think that even from the moment I read the logline for the book, it was something I wanted to be vicariously a part of as opposed to just enjoying it as a consumer." When Lindelof learned that HBO already held the rights, he contacted the network to see if he could get on board.
Deadline reports that Lindelof and Perotta will co-write the script, as well as executive produce with Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger. If HBO picks the show up to series, Lindelof will also serve as showrunner. But despite Perotta's direct involvement, don't expect the series to stay too faithful to its source material. "The pilot will introduce characters and storylines not in the book. It has to," Lindelof said. While the book is "rich" in detail, "it probably only has enough content for two or three episodes."
One of the major plot points the series will focus on is the mystery of where the Raptured people went. Lindelof acknowledges that his tackling another series built around a big fat question puzzle will inspire Lost flashbacks in some of his fans. "I'm sure there's a certain subset of viewers who watched Lost until the bitter end and will say, 'I'm just not going to put myself through that again,'" he said. In fact, Lindelof himself said he wasn't interested in doing another show with "wackadoo mythology," so perhaps this means The Leftovers will be a little more straightforward on that front. Whatever the writers have planned, Lindelof says he's "incredibly magnetized" by it. "It's firing all my creative pistons in a way they haven't been fired since Lost," he said.
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The Shrimper Owners Association will be celebrating their 25th birthday during this year's International Shrimper Week. The event will run from 17 – 24 June in Falmouth, with the 25th Anniversary dinner to be held at the National Maritime Museum on Saturday 24th June. The following week will see a group of Shrimper owners heading east on a cruise along the Cornish and Devon coast towards Plymouth.
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The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's annual black tie gala, the Red & White Ball, has become Philadelphia's premier social event of the year. Over the course of five years, the Red & White Ball has raised over $2.8 million for the LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of patients and their families.
The Sixth Annual Red & White Ball is planned for Saturday, March 23rd at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel. The night includes a formal sit-down dinner, entertainment from one of Philadelphia's best bands, and incredible silent and live auctions.
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At Suvoda, we are passionate about helping serve our communities and the people around us. Through the innovative clinical trials like those funded by the LLS and like those run by our clients, we hope we can one day help the world find a cure. Suvoda is a proud, continuous supporter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and their mission to find a cure and improve quality of life for patients and their families.
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Q: Create actor on any unspecified/random node in cluster It is possible to programmatically create an actor on a remote node, if you specify the exact node.
However, I would like to simply ask the actor system to create an actor on a random, or perhaps the least utilised node.
Is it possible to create an actor on any remote node given an optional node role?

A: In Akka 2.3 you should use Cluster Aware Routers

All routers can be made aware of member nodes in the cluster, i.e. deploying new routees or looking up routees on nodes in the cluster.

So you can use RnadomPool, RoundRobinPool or BalancingPool router in your case.
See also Remote Deployed Routees.

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Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On January 11, 2021, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing certain financial results as described in the next paragraph. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
As previously reported, the Company is undertaking a restatement of prior financial statements and is not currently reporting its regular financial results until the restatement has been completed. For this reason, the press release includes only certain limited financial results, primarily relating to sales, cash and strategic initiatives, for three and 12 months ended December 31, 2020.
The information furnished to Item 2.02 of this report and the exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the "Exchange Act", or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers, Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 6, 2021, Steve Swank resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of January 8, 2021. Mr. Swank's resignation was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. Mr. Swank has agreed to remain with the Company for one month, at his current salary, to provide assistance with the transition of his role.
On January 8, 2021, the Company appointed Michael Galvan to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 11, 2021. On January 11, 2021, the Company announced Mr. Galvan's appointment in the Press Release. Mr. Galvan, 51, first joined the Company in May 2020, serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer until Mr. Swank's arrival in July 2020; since then, he has remained with the Company on a full-time consulting basis. Mr. Galvan brings over 25 years of finance and accounting experience to the Company, including executive leadership roles serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer for a variety of publicly traded companies. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Galvan served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Nextier Oilfield Solutions, Inc., from 2014 until April 2020, including serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer from March – September 2018.
In connection with Mr. Galvan's employment, his offer letter provides that Mr. Galvan will receive an initial annual base salary of $300,000; he is eligible to receive an annual bonus under the Company's executive bonus plan, with a target bonus of 30% percent of his base salary (dependent on Company and individual performance). Upon completion of the Company's financial restatement and the filing of all of its outstanding annual and quarterly reports with the SEC, Mr. Galvan will receive a grant of 9,000 restricted stock units (each convertible into one share of the Company's common stock), which will vest on the first anniversary of such grant, subject to his continued employment with the Company on that date. He will be eligible to receive future equity grants under the Company's 2013 Restricted Stock Plan, with a target annual grant value of 30% of his base salary (dependent on Company and individual performance).
If Mr. Galvan's employment is terminated by the Company without "cause" or he resigns his position for "good reason" on or before the first anniversary of his start date, the Company will pay him salary continuation and allow him continued participation in the Company's health and welfare benefit programs for six months after his departure. For purposes of Mr. Galvan's employment terms, (1) "cause" means that he is terminated for: acts of fraud, dishonesty or criminal conduct; gross negligence, insubordination or willful refusal or to perform his duties; or unsatisfactory job performance that continues even after a warning from his immediate supervisor; and (2) "good reason" would mean without his consent: (i) a material diminution in his duties, authority, or responsibilities or a material breach of his offer letter by the Company; or (ii) requiring him to relocate his principal place of employment to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the current location of the Company's principal office in Fort Worth and from his current residence in Houston.
There are no other arrangements or understandings between Mr. Galvan and any other persons to which he was named Chief Financial Officer of the Company, except the Company expects to make a payment of approximately $30,000 to The CFO Suite, LLC, the consulting firm through which Mr. Galvan had provided his services to the Company. Mr. Galvan does not have any family relationships with any of the Company's directors or executive officers or any persons nominated or chosen by the Company to be a director or executive officer. Mr. Galvan does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Certain statements contained in this report and other materials the Company files with the SEC, as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by the Company, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "anticipate," "believe," "budgeted," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "potential," "estimate," "continue," "outlook," "forecast" or "future," variations thereof or other similar statements. Please refer to the Company\'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 for additional information concerning these and other uncertainties that could negatively impact the Company. The Company assumes no obligation to update or otherwise revise its forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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About Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF)
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. is a retailer and a wholesale distributor of a range of leather and related products. The Company's products include leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company also manufactures leather lacing and some of its do-it-yourself kits. The Company operates through three segments: Wholesale Leathercraft, Retail Leathercraft and International Leathercraft. The Wholesale Leathercraft segment consists of a chain of wholesale stores operating under the name, The Leather Factory, located in North America. The Retail Leathercraft segment consists of a chain of retail stores operating under the name, Tandy Leather Company, located in North America. The International Leathercraft segment sells to both wholesale and retail customers. The Company has approximately four stores, two located in the United Kingdom, one located in Australia and one located in Spain.
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Nature Preserve Revitalization Project
The History of the Nature Preserve Revitalization Project
In the fall of 2010, Dr. Lilavois proposed the development of a task force to revitalize the 33 acre piece of land known as the Three Village Community Nature Preserve. As the principal of the adjacent WS Mount School, she wanted to tackle to issue of repairing and refurbishing this area. Along with two teachers, Dr. Lilavois spearheaded a series of after school meetings and presentations to increase community awareness and garner support. With district, local government and community support, this project soon took hold and many people were inspired to join the task force, attend the clean-up efforts, and donate time, wo(man)power, and materials to see its success. Dr. Lilavois registered the preserve as a site with the Town of Brookhaven's Annual Great Brookhaven Clean Up scheduled for April 16, 2011. This first, extremely successful clean-up effort was featured in Newsday's FutureCorp.
The second clean-up event took place on October 22, 2011 as part of the National Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of community service, sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and Points of Light. http://daytabank.handsonnetwork.org.
In the interim, meetings and discussions continued to increase awareness, encourage participation, and identify resources. Over 90 people were actively involved in different phases of the project, not including the students, boy scouts, girl scouts, and sports teams that have come out to support the events. Its supporters include former Brookhaven Councilman, Steve-Fiore Rosenfeld; Suffolk County Legislator, Kara Hahn; former Legislator, Vivian Viloria-Fisher; New York State Assemblyman, Steven Englebright (District 4) in addition to the Three Village Board of Education. As one of the original groundbreakers of the Nature Preserve in 1996, Assemblyman Englebright wholeheartedly embraced the project.
The third and most ambitious effort on March 31, 2012 was an "Extreme Makeover" style event focused on building a kiosk at the preserve entrance to provide maps, informational pamphlets, and display student work related to their outdoor education nature walks and activities. While the weather did not cooperate, people still came out to begin this project, which continued over the next few months. Future plans included installing fitness stations; developing an outdoor education curriculum; and exploring fundraising opportunities to support the maintenance and full operation of the Three Village Nature Preserve.
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Ian Wright sends Mikel Arteta message to Arsenal fans ahead of Premier League trip to Burnley
Ian Wright says Arsenal fans have to get behind Mikel Arteta and his project ahead of the weekend's Premier League clash against Burnley
Lokonga and Partey must start against Burnley
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has urged Arsenal fans to be "positive" and support Mikel Arteta and the Gunners team ahead of their clash against Burnley.
The north London got off to the worst possible start in August, losing all three of their Premier League openers against Brentford, Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.
But after Arsenal beat Norwich 1-0 last weekend thanks to a goal from club captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, there is optimism that results will start to filter their way.
With that in mind, Wright wants fans to support Arteta and the project he is building.
"You've got to be positive," he told ITV news.
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"I think that what's happening with the team and the players that he's buying, the young players and the players he's trying to integrate, we've got to continue to support them, and support the manager and support the club."
When asked whether Arteta should leave if Arsenal do not improve this season, Wright added: ""f we can finish better than eighth, then it's progress.
"Why would they [the fans] be calling for him to leave if we finish better than we done last season?
"Of course, people are going to put pressure on him because of the size of the club, but for me, I think we're going to be fine."
Arsenal travel to Burnley this weekend as they bid to make it two wins in two for the first time this season.
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Alibaba Enters VR Market With Research Lab And Ambitious Plans
Jillian Yue
March 18, 2016 — 10:47
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. has officially entered the Virtual Reality (VR) field with an announcement of its own VR research lab and ambitious plans to become an industry leader.
Alibaba plans to nurture both VR content production and hardware, leveraging its enormous resources in film, music and video.
The e-commerce giant will also push the development and sale of VR hardware via its online shopping channels.
Alibaba is entering one of the hottest sectors in technology today. Goldman Sachs expects VR and AR (Augmented Reality) hardware market to reach US$110 billion by 2025, according to a research report in January.
VR could enable customers to shop virtually on New York's Fifth Avenue from the comfort of their own home, the company said in an announcement.
In February, Alibaba led a US$793.5 million new funding round in U.S. augmented reality (AR) start-up Magic Leap, Inc.
It has also experimented with 360 degree panoramic video on Youku Tudou, China's largest online video site that Alibaba is currently acquiring the remaining 81.7% stake it does not already own.
The research lab, dubbed GnomeMagic Lab, plans to first establish the world's largest 3D commodity database. It has already completed high precision 3D models for several hundred shopping items and plans to bring those to consumers soon.
On the other hand, the e-commerce giant has helped several Chinese VR hardware producers in China to raise capital via its crowdfunding platform.
Alibaba says it plans to become the world's largest VR hardware incubator and retail platform, and help set industry standards along the way.
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Jillian Yue is a staff researcher at China Money Network.
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For centuries, the art of stealth has been the core topic of console games and animations, bringing to life ninjas of dignified energy and unimaginable agility. The Splinter Cell series inherited the intense deal with gentle and sound ranges from the Thief sequence. I am curious to see you probably have a Top 25 Coop video games within the making but. Another of Thief's most noteworthy contributions to the style was the heavy use of audio cues and ambiance to find out the player's degree of stealth and set up a tense, foreboding atmosphere.
Be part of as we count down our high 10 favourite stealth games. Aside from that, I heard it makes use of checkpoints like Conviction, instead of regular saves like traditional stealth video games normally did. However that's perhaps as a result of I at all times play stealth video games in a very 'price range' manner, not utilizing any gadgets until I really want to.
Simply working away from enemies like in Pac-Man is not sufficient to count as a stealth-primarily based recreation; you must be actively hiding from them. A few of the finest stealth video games can feel flip-based mostly – even those who aren't Invisible, Inc. The grizzled WWII stealther places you accountable for a squad of elite soldiers, every with their own skills, and chucks you into gruelling puzzle-like ranges to sneak and sabotage your manner by way of.
Once more though it and a few of the dialogue again highlights how tough it's to strictly classify games. Alongside Deus Ex, the Thief sequence launched new variables to stealth games that have since been adopted as a typical almost throughout the board.
It annoys a bit of me when individuals say Dishonored (a game I do love) is the trendy Thief, when it's stealth is so simple. Commandos : A recreation sequence the place in each game a bunch of troopers are controlled from an aerial view. Blacklist earns its place here for the steps it takes to move the franchise ahead, imbuing Fisher with a renewed sense of mobility while returning to the stealth-targeted maxims of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.


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Video Concert Reviews
Ep.225 – The Juan Maclean @ CONTROL (Avalon) – Hollywood, CA
Jun 7th, 2009 | By Bryan
Category: Avalon, The, Juan Maclean, The, Los Angeles, Video Concert Reviews
The final CONTROL Friday at Avalon before they release the new Summer 2009 line up featured a LIVE performance by The Juan Maclean and it was nothing but spectacular.
We started off the night talking with Ben, one of the CONTROL promoters, and he told us all about the new 21+ Legit Lounge. Tonight included a special guest set by Short Circuit who is blowing up in LA and spearheading a new genre of electronic music, Dreamwave.
http://www.myspace.com/shortcircuitla
Pretty soon it was time for DFA artist The Juan Maclean and they blew the Avalon to pieces! They brought a ridiculous dance party that started immediately and didn't stop until the band had left the stage.
The Juan Maclean
One of the things that I thought was really cool was when John used the Theremin during the set. This unique instrument is a perfect show piece for an electronic live band.
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
The theremin is unique among musical instruments in that it is played without physical contact. The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his or her hands in the proximity of two metal antennas. The distance from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the distance from the other controls amplitude (volume).
The Juan Maclean – The One
I highly recommend you catch The Juan Maclean if you ever have the chance. They are extremely entertaining and bring a whole lot of energy to the dance floor.
The Juan Maclean Tour Dates from their MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/thejuanmaclean
Jun 8 2009 8:00P
Nectar Lounge Seattle, Washington
Richard's On Richards Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 11 2009 8:00P
Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah
Beta Denver, Colorado
Belly Up Aspen, Colorado
Double Door Chicago, Illinois
The Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Tattoo Rock Parlour Toronto, Ontario
Les Saints Montreal, Quebec
Jun 20 2009 10:00P
Webster Hall New York, New York
Jul 4 2009 8:00P
Hewitt Street Warehouse – Happy Ending (DJ) London
Space – DJ Ibiza
Dance Stage – Montreax Jazz Fest (DJ) Montreaux
The Social – DJ Paris
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Dance Stage – Loop Festival (DJ) Brighton
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Q: Recursive function to test all the possible combinations and find the smaller one I'm dealing with a problem, trying to make a recursive method that will test all possible combinations and show me the "cheapest" one.
The task is that:

*

*I have an Array[n] numbers, which was dynamically allocated and filled. {1, 3, 4, 2} for example. The array is defined as
int *array;

*I fond out the size of the array and putted in the variable Size.

*Each 2 numbers in the array indicate the top and bottom of a segment, so in this case the array has 3 segments. The segments are: A = 1 3 ,B =  3 4 ,C = 4 2 .

*I have to join them in the order they are. I can start joining from the last two to the first one or I can start from the center to the sides but I have to choose the "cheapest" way.

*Every time i join two segments: A = 1 3 and B = 3 4 . I calculate the cost of it this way: (1 * 4) + 3. I multiply the numbers at the ends of the segments and Sum to the the number between the segments.

*The input will always be 2 or more segments meaning 3 or more numbers in the Array.

Practically what I need it to do is:
 For two segments: array= "1 2 3" A={1,2},B={2,3} ---- (1*3)+2 -> Cost = 5
For three segments: array= "30 20 25 10" A={30,20},B={20,25},C={25,10} ---- case1 - [(30*25)+20] + [(30*10)+25] -> Cost = 1095
case2 - [(20*10)+25] + [(30*10)+20] /> Cost = 545
So we can clearly see that the second cost is better so we return that value.
For more segments the number of calculations will drastically increase but that's ok for what I need.
I've been trying many times in different ways but I'm getting confused with all the pointers and also that I'm not good with recursion functions.
I don't know if I was specific enough, if something isn't clear I'll be happy to explain.
I sure dont need the whole code, maybe some explanaition or an idea about how to do it would be appresiated :)

A: Let A be our array of n numbers, A[j] the jth element and  A[i,k] a subarray of A with the ith up to the kth element, including. Index start counting at 0, so that A = A[0, n-1]. What is the result of the join operation? For example A = { 1, 2, 3 } has two segments 1,2 and 2,3 I assume correctly that joined together that will be 1,3?
Since each join biparts A in two parts you can recurse by testing all possible joins of A, namely n-2 possibilities, choosing the one with minimal cost. Maybe this equations gives you an idea.
/* cost of join two segments of A ending respective starting at j */
cost(A,j) = ( A[j-1]*A[j+1] ) + A[j]

 /* minmal cost of joining(A) when joining at j */
mincost(A,j) = mincost( A[0,j-1] ) + cost(A,j) + mincost( A[j+1,n-1] )

/* test all possible join, use minimal one */
mincost(A) = min[j]: mincost(A,j)

End recursion when n=3, use cost(A,1).
For a useable algorithm you will probably have to cache mincost(A[x,y]) this is called dynamic programming.
In C  A[j] can be translated to *(A+j) where as A[i,k] does not directly correspond to a C construct, but it could be roughly translated to the following
 struct Array {
          int * A;
          int index_first;
          int index_last;
 };


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Snippets of History – March 2017
Deputy Chairman, Kevin Slattery,
Kevin introduced each of the three speakers at our well-attended 'Snippets of History' meeting on 16th March 2017, which continued the tradition of committee members delivering short and informal talks to members and friends once a year.
First up was Lucinda Smith,
whose subject was 'The Conwy Affray – Ffetherbedds and Ffryingpanns'.
This was based on archival documents which describe a 16th century scandal in Conwy, involving allegations of violence, false imprisonment, theft, extortion, – and dragging someone out of St Mary's Church by their hair!
The accused was Thomas Salisbury, Constable of Conwy Castle, and his accusers were the town's Burgesses. The case was heard in the Star Chamber by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey,
and Lucinda showed us images of documents in Conwy Archives and the National Archives, which put forward the case for both sides. Unfortunately they don't include the verdict, but Lucinda is planning to keep digging and hopefully discover the outcome (if not the truth!) one day.
Elan Rivers
then gave us an illuminating talk about Wartski Jewellers, founded in Bangor by Morris Wartski in 1865.
Morris Warski – Bangor
He came to North Wales from the border of Poland and Russia, probably to escape the anti-Jewish pogroms, and first went around the area fixing watches and clocks. After establishing himself in Bangor, he moved to Llandudno and opened jewellers and drapery shops in Mostyn Street. In 1911, Wartski also set up shops in London on Bond Street and Regent Street. His daughter married Emanuel Snowman, whose father had worked in Fabergé's workshop in Russia, and after the Russian Revolution in 1917, the family were able to buy up jewellery and other treasures which had been confiscated by the government. Their customers included the very eccentric 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Bing Crosby and Jackie Kennedy.
The last Wartski shop in Llandudno closed in 1973, and the name can be seen in the mosaic in the entranceway of Goldsmiths. The main shop in London is still a thriving family business.
Wartskis have handled the sale of many of the famous Fabergé eggs, 43 of which have been recovered since the closure of the workshops. A few years ago, an American dealer unknowingly bought one for $14,000 – when he realised what it was, he sold it for £33,000,000. Seven Fabergé eggs are still missing, so keep an eye out!
Last up was Gwyn Hughes,
Gwyn Hughes
who took us on a very entertaining trip down Memory Lane – or should that be Marl Lane? Gwyn showed us photographs of 'Deganwy Now and Then', and there was lots of audience participation as people shared their knowledge and reminiscences. The photos included aerial shots of Deganwy dock in 1951 and 1980, including the railway sidings where the Queen occasionally slept overnight on royal visits.
Next we saw a postcard showing men from Pabo Hall POW Camp 119 in Llandudno Junction, and a recent photo taken at the same spot.
The camp was still in use for several years after the war, with POWs working on the land. Several settled locally, including Jozef Kosik who appeared on the postcard – his family are still in the area. In a 1952 aerial photograph of the camp, Gwyn pointed out a wooded patch among the houses which conceals a small privately owned quarry
1952 – wooded area
Pabo Hall Camp 119
– and he told us that someone in a neighbouring house discovered a section of narrow-gauge railway whilst gardening! We also saw the Woodlands School area, and the surrounding fields long before the A470 and the dual carriageway to Llandudno were built.
There will be plenty more photos on display at our Open Day in December, and in the meantime, if anyone can add any information to any of these talks then please get in touch – we will be happy to hear from you.


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CU-Boulder fundraising leaders fund $2 million jazz studies endowment
Jeannie and Jack Thompson
Jeannie and Jack Thompson have made an unprecedented commitment to the Jazz Studies program at the University of Colorado Boulder -- building $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million program endowment.
To honor and recognize this transformational gift, the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies Program, as announced at Sunday's annual Spring Swing big band concert. It is CU-Boulder's first named program.
Program Chair John Davis expects the endowment to strengthen the Thompson Jazz Studies Program's ability to support guest artist residencies, professional recordings of CU jazz ensembles and travel for national competitions -- all of which will expand the program's caliber and reputation. Since being established at CU-Boulder in 1996 with graduate offerings, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program has become a vibrant, versatile and highly regarded program with an undergraduate major, a doctoral degree and more than a dozen awards for student recordings from leading jazz publication Downbeat.
And all this for a program that did not exist when Daniel Sher became College of Music dean in 1993.
During Sher's 20-year tenure, the college has established the nation's first Entrepreneurship Center for Music, has enhanced its endowment and degree offerings, and has been cited among the top 25 U.S. music programs. The Thompson Jazz Studies Program endowment is another achievement as he retires this June, and it positions the college well for a new dean; finalists for the position were announced on Feb. 20.
"The Thompsons have always been great supporters of the College of Music," says Davis, who also is the college's associate dean of administration. "They've created a lot of opportunities for our students, and with their support our program has gone from one of moderate visibility to one that has become a national player."
The Thompsons also have led an effort to attract matching gifts for the endowment.
"Jazz is a truly unique American art form, and there aren't very many of those," Jack Thompson says. "We couldn't conceive of a place where Glenn Miller came from not having a vibrant and vigorous jazz program."
CU's jazz lineage includes Miller, who attended CU-Boulder before becoming a big band pioneer known for such classics as "In the Mood."
The endowment will generate annual distributions of unrestricted funds (roughly $80,000 a year, when fully in place), which Jazz Studies leadership can use at their discretion.
Jeannie (Zool'64) and Jack (Hist'64, MA'70) are the CU-Boulder chairs for CU's $1.5 billion Creating Futures campaign, and have donated to more than a dozen CU programs, indicating a powerful mixture of broad interests and institutional loyalties. They first met at the Sink as students in the early 1960s.
In 2005, they endowed the Thompson Awards for Western American Writing at the Center of the American West. In 2008, they gave $2 million toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, where a vaccine development research neighborhood is named in their honor.
"As Creating Futures campaign chairs for the Boulder campus, our hope is to show that donors have multiple interests," Jeannie Thompson says. "When you look at the breadth of the University of Colorado, there are so many programs worthy of support. We hope this gift will spur the campaign forward and help donors see the many ways they can make a difference."
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using Aerospike.Client;

namespace Aerospike.Demo
{
	public class LargeList : SyncExample
	{
		public LargeList(Console console) : base(console)
		{
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Perform operations on a list within a single bin.
		/// </summary>
		public override void RunExample(AerospikeClient client, Arguments args)
		{
			if (!args.hasLargeDataTypes)
			{
				console.Info("Large list functions are not supported by the connected Aerospike server.");
				return;
			}

			RunSimpleExample(client, args);
			RunWithDistinctBins(client, args);
			RunWithSerializedBin(client, args);
			RunWithDefaultSerializedBin(client, args);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Simple examples of large list functionality.
		/// </summary>
		private void RunSimpleExample(AerospikeClient client, Arguments args)
		{
			Key key = new Key(args.ns, args.set, "setkey");
			string binName = args.GetBinName("ListBin");

			// Delete record if it already exists.
			client.Delete(args.writePolicy, key);

			// Initialize large set operator.
			Aerospike.Client.LargeList llist = client.GetLargeList(args.writePolicy, key, binName);
			string orig1 = "llistValue1";
			string orig2 = "llistValue2";
			string orig3 = "llistValue3";

			// Write values.
			llist.Add(Value.Get(orig1));
			llist.Add(Value.Get(orig2));
			llist.Add(Value.Get(orig3));

			IDictionary map = llist.GetConfig();

			foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in map)
			{
				console.Info(entry.Key.ToString() + ',' + entry.Value);
			}

			IList rangeList = llist.Range(Value.Get(orig2), Value.Get(orig3));

			if (rangeList == null)
			{
				throw new Exception("Range returned null.");
			}

			if (rangeList.Count != 2)
			{
				throw new Exception("Range Size mismatch. Expected 2 Received " + rangeList.Count);
			}
			string v2 = (string) rangeList[0];
			string v3 = (string) rangeList[1];

			if (v2.Equals(orig2) && v3.Equals(orig3))
			{
				console.Info("Range Query matched: v2=" + orig2 + " v3=" + orig3);
			}
			else
			{
				throw new Exception("Range Content mismatch. Expected (" + orig2 + ":" + orig3 +
					") Received (" + v2 + ":" + v3 + ")");
			}

			// Remove last value.
			llist.Remove(Value.Get(orig3));

			int size = llist.Size();

			if (size != 2)
			{
				throw new Exception("Size mismatch. Expected 2 Received " + size);
			}

			IList listReceived = llist.Find(Value.Get(orig2));
			string expected = orig2;

			if (listReceived == null)
			{
				console.Error("Data mismatch: Expected " + expected + " Received null");
				return;
			}

			string stringReceived = (string) listReceived[0];

			if (stringReceived != null && stringReceived.Equals(expected))
			{
				console.Info("Data matched: namespace=" + key.ns + " set=" + key.setName + " key=" + key.userKey +
					" value=" + stringReceived);
			}
			else
			{
				console.Error("Data mismatch: Expected " + expected + " Received " + stringReceived);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Use distinct sub-bins for row in largelist bin.
		/// </summary>
		private void RunWithDistinctBins(AerospikeClient client, Arguments args)
		{
			Key key = new Key(args.ns, args.set, "accountId");

			// Delete record if it already exists.
			client.Delete(args.writePolicy, key);

			// Initialize large list operator.
			Aerospike.Client.LargeList list = client.GetLargeList(args.writePolicy, key, "trades");

			// Write trades
			Dictionary<string,Value> dict = new Dictionary<string,Value>();

			DateTime timestamp1 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 25, 12, 18, 43);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp1.Ticks);
			dict["ticker"] = Value.Get("IBM");
			dict["qty"] = Value.Get(100);
			dict["price"] = Value.Get(BitConverter.GetBytes(181.82));
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp2 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26, 9, 33, 17);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp2.Ticks);
			dict["ticker"] = Value.Get("GE");
			dict["qty"] = Value.Get(500);
			dict["price"] = Value.Get(BitConverter.GetBytes(26.36));
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp3 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 27, 14, 40, 19);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp3.Ticks);
			dict["ticker"] = Value.Get("AAPL");
			dict["qty"] = Value.Get(75);
			dict["price"] = Value.Get(BitConverter.GetBytes(91.85));
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			// Verify list size
			int size = list.Size();

			if (size != 3)
			{
				throw new Exception("List size mismatch. Expected 3 Received " + size);
			}

			// Filter on range of timestamps
			DateTime begin = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26);
			DateTime end = new DateTime(2014, 6, 28);
			IList results = list.Range(Value.Get(begin.Ticks), Value.Get(end.Ticks));

			if (results.Count != 2)
			{
				throw new Exception("Query results size mismatch. Expected 2 Received " + results.Count);
			}

			// Verify data.
			ValidateWithDistinctBins(results, 0, timestamp2, "GE", 500, 26.36);
			ValidateWithDistinctBins(results, 1, timestamp3, "AAPL", 75, 91.85);

			console.Info("Data matched.");

			console.Info("Run large list scan.");
			IList rows = list.Scan();
			foreach (IDictionary row in rows)
			{
				foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in row)
				{
					//console.Info(entry.Key.ToString());
					//console.Info(entry.Value.ToString());
				}
			}
			console.Info("Large list scan complete.");
		}

		private void ValidateWithDistinctBins(IList list, int index, DateTime expectedTime, string expectedTicker, int expectedQty, double expectedPrice)
		{
			IDictionary dict = (IDictionary)list[index];
			DateTime receivedTime = new DateTime((long)dict["key"]);

			if (expectedTime != receivedTime)
			{
				throw new Exception("Time mismatch: Expected " + expectedTime + ". Received " + receivedTime);
			}

			string receivedTicker = (string)dict["ticker"];

			if (expectedTicker != receivedTicker)
			{
				throw new Exception("Ticker mismatch: Expected " + expectedTicker + ". Received " + receivedTicker);
			}

			long receivedQty = (long)dict["qty"];

			if (expectedQty != receivedQty)
			{
				throw new Exception("Quantity mismatch: Expected " + expectedQty + ". Received " + receivedQty);
			}

			double receivedPrice = BitConverter.ToDouble((byte[])dict["price"], 0);

			if (expectedPrice != receivedPrice)
			{
				throw new Exception("Price mismatch: Expected " + expectedPrice + ". Received " + receivedPrice);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Use serialized bin for row in largelist bin.
		/// </summary>
		private void RunWithSerializedBin(AerospikeClient client, Arguments args)
		{
			Key key = new Key(args.ns, args.set, "accountId");

			// Delete record if it already exists.
			client.Delete(args.writePolicy, key);

			// Initialize large list operator.
			Aerospike.Client.LargeList list = client.GetLargeList(args.writePolicy, key, "trades");

			// Write trades
			Dictionary<string, Value> dict = new Dictionary<string, Value>();
			MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(500);

			DateTime timestamp1 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 25, 12, 18, 43);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp1.Ticks);
			BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(ms);
			writer.Write("IBM");  // ticker
			writer.Write(100);    // qty
			writer.Write(181.82); // price
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(ms.ToArray());
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp2 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26, 9, 33, 17);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp2.Ticks);
			ms.SetLength(0);
			writer = new BinaryWriter(ms);
			writer.Write("GE");  // ticker
			writer.Write(500);   // qty
			writer.Write(26.36); // price
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(ms.ToArray());
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp3 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 27, 14, 40, 19);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp3.Ticks);
			ms.SetLength(0);
			writer = new BinaryWriter(ms);
			writer.Write("AAPL");  // ticker
			writer.Write(75);      // qty
			writer.Write(91.85);   // price
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(ms.ToArray());
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			// Verify list size
			int size = list.Size();

			if (size != 3)
			{
				throw new Exception("List size mismatch. Expected 3 Received " + size);
			}

			// Filter on range of timestamps
			DateTime begin = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26);
			DateTime end = new DateTime(2014, 6, 28);
			IList results = list.Range(Value.Get(begin.Ticks), Value.Get(end.Ticks));

			if (results.Count != 2)
			{
				throw new Exception("Query results size mismatch. Expected 2 Received " + results.Count);
			}

			// Verify data.
			ValidateWithSerializedBin(results, 0, timestamp2, "GE", 500, 26.36);
			ValidateWithSerializedBin(results, 1, timestamp3, "AAPL", 75, 91.85);

			console.Info("Data matched.");
		}

		private void ValidateWithSerializedBin(IList list, int index, DateTime expectedTime, string expectedTicker, int expectedQty, double expectedPrice)
		{
			IDictionary dict = (IDictionary)list[index];
			DateTime receivedTime = new DateTime((long)dict["key"]);

			if (expectedTime != receivedTime)
			{
				throw new Exception("Time mismatch: Expected " + expectedTime + ". Received " + receivedTime);
			}

			byte[] value = (byte[])dict["value"];
			MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(value);
			BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(ms);
			string receivedTicker = reader.ReadString();

			if (expectedTicker != receivedTicker)
			{
				throw new Exception("Ticker mismatch: Expected " + expectedTicker + ". Received " + receivedTicker);
			}

			int receivedQty = reader.ReadInt32();

			if (expectedQty != receivedQty)
			{
				throw new Exception("Quantity mismatch: Expected " + expectedQty + ". Received " + receivedQty);
			}

			double receivedPrice = reader.ReadDouble();

			if (expectedPrice != receivedPrice)
			{
				throw new Exception("Price mismatch: Expected " + expectedPrice + ". Received " + receivedPrice);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Use default serialized bin for row in largelist bin.
		/// </summary>
		private void RunWithDefaultSerializedBin(AerospikeClient client, Arguments args)
		{
			Key key = new Key(args.ns, args.set, "accountId");
			object value1 = new CompoundObject("IBM", 100);
			object value2 = new CompoundObject("GE", 500);
			object value3 = new CompoundObject("AAPL", 75);

			// Delete record if it already exists.
			client.Delete(args.writePolicy, key);

			// Initialize large list operator.
			Aerospike.Client.LargeList list = client.GetLargeList(args.writePolicy, key, "trades");

			// Write trades
			Dictionary<string, Value> dict = new Dictionary<string, Value>();

			DateTime timestamp1 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 25, 12, 18, 43);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp1.Ticks);
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(value1);
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp2 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26, 9, 33, 17);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp2.Ticks);
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(value2);
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			DateTime timestamp3 = new DateTime(2014, 6, 27, 14, 40, 19);
			dict["key"] = Value.Get(timestamp3.Ticks);
			dict["value"] = Value.Get(value3);
			list.Add(Value.Get(dict));

			// Verify list size
			int size = list.Size();

			if (size != 3)
			{
				throw new Exception("List size mismatch. Expected 3 Received " + size);
			}

			// Filter on range of timestamps
			DateTime begin = new DateTime(2014, 6, 26);
			DateTime end = new DateTime(2014, 6, 28);
			IList results = list.Range(Value.Get(begin.Ticks), Value.Get(end.Ticks));

			if (results.Count != 2)
			{
				throw new Exception("Query results size mismatch. Expected 2 Received " + results.Count);
			}

			// Verify data.
			ValidateDefault(results, 0, timestamp2, value2);
			ValidateDefault(results, 1, timestamp3, value3);

			console.Info("Data matched.");
		}

		private static void ValidateDefault(IList list, int index, DateTime expectedTime, object expectedValue)
		{
			IDictionary dict = (IDictionary)list[index];
			DateTime receivedTime = new DateTime((long)dict["key"]);

			if (expectedTime != receivedTime)
			{
				throw new Exception("Time mismatch: Expected " + expectedTime + ". Received " + receivedTime);
			}

			object receivedValue = dict["value"];

			if (!receivedValue.Equals(expectedValue))
			{
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Mismatch: expected={0} received={1}", expectedValue, receivedValue));
			}
		}
	}
}

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In my 20s and early 30s, I regarded life's trials as intrusions that kept me from living real life. Oh sure, I knew that Jesus promised tribulation in this world (John 16:33), and I undoubtedly quoted it sanctimoniously to friends during their various times of difficulty. But deep-down, I resisted the idea that I should be subjected to hard times.
All too often, as I went through those hardships, I'd protest by declaring, "I want my life back!" In my estimation, adverse circumstances robbed me of the quality of life that I expected God to hand me. I equated ownership of my life with maintaining control of my situations.
It took years (far too many years, actually) before I understood that my trials were as much a part of my life as the things I enjoyed. They didn't intrude on my life. They were part of life! Furthermore, they were meant as God's instruments in refining my character to reflect Christ's.
Having moved through a few more decades, I've learned that life fluctuates between good times and uncomfortable (even painful) times. Perhaps more importantly, I've learned that the Lord doesn't give me the right to demand life on my terms. I belong to Him as His slave, and because of that fact, He has the authority to exercise full control over my circumstances.
This past couple years, I've noticed several friends respond to their struggles by declaring, "I want my life back!" So often, I've wanted to shake their shoulders and shout, "This is your life, honey! Grow up and stop being so self-centered!" Thankfully, the Lord has mercifully restrained me from making such a callous mistake, reminding me of the gentleness I desired from my friends when I was young.
Interestingly, I've been going through a variety of trials lately that have interfered with my schedule and how I want my life to proceed. A few weeks ago, I caught myself telling God, "I want my life back!" Almost immediately, I had to laugh at my self-centered attitude, and then I had to repent of my hypocrisy.
Like my younger friends, I still need to acknowledge that my life belongs to the Lord, Who will use my circumstances for His purposes and glory. I don't have to like my trials, but I can take joy in knowing that He uses them to develop me into a woman who lives for His glory.
I *know* that God promises believers hat our trials are for our good and His glory but yet I still resist suffering. I really don't want to suffer, even if it is for my good.
And God bless you, Margie! Thank you for your words of encouragement.


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Police are investigating a sudden death at a bock of flats where a young woman died just weeks ago.
The 36-year-old-man was found in a block of flats in the centre of Coagh, Co Tyrone, on Monday.
A number of local sources have said they believe the death is drugs related.
It is also being claimed that the man's death happened in the same flats where 21-year-old Amy Reid from Cookstown died last month.
Mid-Ulster DUP MLA Keith Buchanan described the death as "very sad news today", adding "my thoughts are with the family of the male".
He added: "His death is thought to have been drugs related, which is truly shocking news for the entire community. This news comes after the recent death of a young female in Coagh, which was also drugs related.
"Unfortunately, drugs have become such a scourge on our society. They endanger life and sadly today we have seen the consequences of that with the death of a young male, whose life has been untimely cut short.


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[News Focus] Betraying for money or hiding another scandal?
TheaterJun 8, 2011
Seomi director says Samsung still owes her 53 billion won Are the once-best-and-strongest partners in the local art scene turning their backs on each other or starting yet another scheme together? Gallery Seomi director Hong Song-won, arrested May 6 for money laundering, filed a law suit worth 5 billion won ($4.6 million) against Hong Ra-hee, director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art and wife of...
K-pop cover dance online contest starts
MusicJun 8, 2011
The Visit Korea Year Committee said it has kicked off the 2011 K-pop cover dance festival at www.coverdance.org. The committee will conduct an online preliminary competition until July 24. Applicants around the world can submit their K-pop cover dance video to the webpage. In countries where the registered videos get the most hits and "recommended" buttons clicks, the committee will run a secon...
Crown-Haitai CEO Yoon wins Montblanc award
Yoon Young-dal, CEO of Crown-Haitai Confectionary, has been selected the winner of this year's Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award, announced Euro Trading Co. on Wednesday. The foundation recognized Yoon's contributions to developing and promoting "gugak," or Korean traditional music, worldwide and his efforts to discover and foster young gugak musicians. Yoon established RaGeum Orches...
Paris K-pop concerts will be posted online
The highlights of two upcoming K-pop concerts in Paris will be broadcast on YouTube and Facebook. SM Entertainment plans to hold the "SM Town World Tour in Paris" concerts on June 10 and June 11 at Le Zenith de Paris as part of the 2010-2012 Visit Korea Year(s), the country's largest entertainment agency said. The company added the June 11 show after hundreds of French K-pop fans in May rallied...
U.S. hospital puts healing power of art to work
KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― When you push through the revolving doors of an inner-city hospital, you don't expect modernist sculptures in Popsicle colors between the glass doors. But at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, glazed ceramics in abstracted flower shapes twirl around with the human traffic 24 hours a day. The display shelves are positioned low, at wheelchair level. Or scared-kid level. ...
'Suck it and See' feels more human: Arctic Monkeys
S. Korean girl group Girls' Generation tops Japanese chart
TelevisionJun 7, 2011
South Korean girl group Girls' Generation topped a weekly Japanese music chart with their first Japanese album, the music statistics company Oricon said Tuesday. The eponymous Japanese debut by the nine-girl group, released on June 1, sold 232,000 copies in its first week, according to the Oricon Weekly Charts. Oricon said it was the best first-week performance for a foreign artist's Japanese de...
Michael Jackson's Thriller Jacket on sale
Michael Jackson's iconic "Thriller" jacket will be up for sale this month at an auction house in Los Angeles, according to reports. The red and black calf-skin jacket with the famous winged shoulders is expected to be sold between $200,000 and $400,000, the auctioneer Julien's Auctions said. In a press release, Julien's Auctions said the jacket caused a "fashion craze" during the 1980's as it w...
Traditional and contemporary Korean art under spotlight in L.A.
LACMA expands Korean art gallery and REDCAT Gallery showcases works by Kim Beom LOS ANGELES ― Four conservators were sprawled on the floor at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Korean art gallery, concentrating on their brush tips. They have been restoring "Buddha Shakyamuni Preaching to the Assembly on Vulture Peak," an 18th century Korean Buddhist painting, since last August. "Since 2000,...
Chicago school fights to save orchestra amid cuts
CHICAGO (AP) ― The violin isn't pretty, but its scratched frame has been well-loved by the girl who cradles it now, and those who played it before her. Her mother calls it her daughter's "soul mate." The instrument doesn't belong to Nidalis Burgos. It is on loan from her school, where the seventh-grader packs it up each weekday to bring it home. She practices anywhere she can ― in her bedroom, ...
'Moby Dick' a well-made conspiracy flick
FilmJun 6, 2011
Director says film inspired by a true case from 1990 adds new genre to Korean cinema Back in 1990, a private named Yoon Seok-yang, who had been serving in the Defense Security Command of Korea's Armed Forces, ran away from his camp with a floppy disk. The disk had a list of the country's big figures, including former presidents, religious leaders, politicians, and social activists that the DSC ...
Robert De Niro plays elder statesman at Guys Choice
CULVER CITY, California (AP) ― Fresh from leading the Cannes film festival jury, Robert De Niro found himself on stage at the Guys Choice Awards praising Keith Richards' "big brass balls" and telling an audience that Sean Penn peaked with "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." De Niro played the dirty-mouthed elder statesman at Saturday night's Spike TV honors, a sort of brash, puerile younger brother ...
Quality cinema notches two victories in the U.S.
Are people in like with Woody Allen again, after all these years? The limited-release box-office performance of Allen's latest, "Midnight in Paris," suggests as much. In 58 theaters nationwide last week, the romantic fantasy starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard made $2.6 million, averaging more than $45,000 per screen. In Chicago, even better: on four screens, an average of ...
Twilight star Pattinson takes limelight at MTV Awards
UNIVERSAL CITY, California (AP) ― The MTV Movie Awards was more like "The Team Edward Show." "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson sucked up the spotlight ― and the popcorn-shaped trophies ― at Sunday's shenanigan-packed ceremony. Among the goofy actor's moments: winning three different awards, unexpectedly kissing co-star Taylor Lautner, and slipping the F-word past censors when presenting Reese Wit...
Feast for the senses on the Venice lagoon
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― An array of sometimes disconcerting sights and sounds went on public display Saturday on the shores of the Venice lagoon for the Biennale contemporary art festival. From a picture of Jesus in his underwear to a human skull decorated with pearls, the images at the festival provoke, bemuse or titillate. "This is completely amazing!" exclaimed Edouard Duval-Carrie, an artist ...
[Herald Interview] Top attorney calls for stronger protection of foreigners, fairer trials
Seoul city to crack down on teen use of 'Room cafes'


From the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (E.D., E.P., K.C., A.H., M.P., T.K.), Nicosia; Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics (E.D., V.S., A.-M.A.), University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa; Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine (E.P., K.C., A.H., T.K.), Nicosia; 2nd Department of Neurology (N.G.), AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; and Department of Neurology (G.M.H.), Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Greece.
Objective To examine the effect of variants in genes encoding molecules that are implicated in leukocyte trafficking into the CNS on the development of MS.
Methods A total of 389 Greek MS cases and 336 controls were recruited by 3 MS centers in Cyprus and Greece. In total, 147 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms across 9 genes encoding for P-selectin (SELP), integrins (ITGA4, ITGB1, and ITGB7), adhesion molecules (ICAM1, VCAM1, and MADCAM1), fibronectin 1 (FN1), and osteopontin (SPP1) were genotyped. The clinical end point of the study was diagnosis of MS according to the 2005 revised McDonald criteria. Permutation analysis was used for adjusting for multiple comparisons.
Results Overall, 21 variants across SELP, ITGA4, ITGB1, ICAM1, VCAM1, MADCAM1, FN1, and SSP1 genes were each associated with MS (pperm < 0.05). The most significant were rs3917779 and rs2076074 (SELP), rs6721763 (ITGA4), and rs1250258 (FN1), all with a permutation p value of less than 1e-004.
Conclusions The current study provides preliminary evidence that variants across genes encoding adhesion molecules, responsible for lymphocyte adhesion and trafficking within the CNS, are implicated in the risk of developing MS.
Accepted in final form November 5, 2018.


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Signarama Celebrates Third Consecutive Year as Title Sponsor for World Axe Throwing League Championship
Oct 7, 2021 | News, Press
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – September 30, 2021 – Signarama, a part of the United Franchise Group and the world's leading sign franchise, is proud to announce that it is the official title sponsor of the World Axe Throwing League's (WATL) Championship event for the third consecutive year. The 2021 Signarama World Axe Throwing Championship event will take place December 12 at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth, TX. The sponsorship stands as the culmination of Signarama's 35-year anniversary that has taken place all year long, which also included a special "We Love Signs" social media contest among their United States locations, setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® at Signarama's annual convention for "most signatures on a banner in one hour," and most recently, hosting a virtual zoom birthday party with attendees from around the world.
"We are excited to be partnering with WATL for the third year in a row! Signarama has watched this event gain popularity since we first sponsored the event in 2018, reaching new audiences and gaining a loyal fan base. This is the perfect event to mark the close of our 35th year in business and our most successful year yet," said A.J. Titus, President of Signarama.
The 2021 Signarama World Axe Throwing Championship will air live on ESPN+ on December 12th, 2021 at 1PM EDT.
In addition to this exciting sponsorship announcement, Signarama is also unveiling a new preferred partnership program with the World Axe Throwing League. The goal of this program will be to provide expert guidance on signage and other critical branding materials needed by all new and existing axe-throwing venues, leagues, and recreational facilities opening throughout the United States. With over 300 axe throwing venues and dozens opening each quarter, Signarama is uniquely positioned to provide creative support to help continue the growth of the axe throwing sport into 2021, and help these locations further develop their brand.
The World Championship brings together the top throwers globally, out of tens of thousands of throwers, in 3 major disciplines: Hatchet, Big Axe and Duals. This year features a total Prize Pool of $50,000. The World Axe Throwing League continues its role in this growing sport by bringing together axe throwing clubs and setting standards for league rules, safety protocols, training and more.
"We're excited to continue our close partnership with Signarama and expand it even further with the inclusion of a preferred partnership program," shared Mario Zelaya, Commissioner of the World Axe Throwing League. "It will greatly benefit all entrepreneurs in the axe throwing space. Signarama is the perfect partner for WATL, and we look forward to our continued collaboration with them."
Signarama, the world's leading sign and graphics franchise, offers branding and messaging solutions in addition to comprehensive sign and graphic services to consumers and commercial customers – from business signs, vehicle wraps, and digital signs, to advertising and marketing services. Signarama is part of a successful system of business-to-business franchise brands and development services under the United Franchise Group (UFG). For more information, visit signarama.com. For more information on the Signarama franchise opportunity, visit SignaramaFranchise.com.
About United Franchise Group
Led by Founder and CEO Ray Titus, United Franchise Group is home to an affiliated family of brands, including Signarama, Fully Promoted, Jon Smith Subs, Transworld Business Advisors, Accurate Franchising, Venture X, The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, Network Lead Exchange, Resource Operations International (ROI) and Graze Craze. With over three decades in the franchising industry and more than 1,600 franchisees throughout the world, United Franchise Group offers unprecedented leadership and solid business opportunities for entrepreneurs.


Home > Apartments rental – Val d'Isère > The 3 rooms (4/6 pers.)-2 bedrooms.
The 3 rooms (4/6 pers.)-2 bedrooms.
The 3 rooms (4/6 pers.) are between 45 and 66m2.
They have an entrance, 2 bedrooms, one with a double bed, and one with twin beds, the main room include the kitchen and the living room with a sofa that becomes a double bed when you open it, 2 bathrooms, one with bath and the 2nd one with a shower, and 2 WC, 1 at least is separated.
Thanks to the 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms, it is ideal for a family with 2 children, or 2 couples. We can make a double bed with the twin beds when we prepare the beds. Some of those apartments are south with a balcony south-west, and 1 of the apartments is duplex, with the charm of the last floor under the roof. See photos in the photo library at the bottom of the homepage.
All apartments have a balcony, loggia or terrace with sun chairs.
They are mainly situated west with a magnificent view on the Bellevarde massif.
Some of them are south facing the Manchet valley.
They are all equipped with a modern kitchen with dishwasher, induction cooker, cooker hood, fridge of different size depending on how many people can stay in the apartments, freezer (70L approx.) micro-wave, a large traditional oven, and cupboards, dishes necessary for meals, Nespresso coffee machine, toaster, and kettle.
All apartments also have a large flat TV screen in the living room, direct phone, and safe.
Double beds are mainly 160X200cm, and single beds are 80X200cm with some exceptions depending on the rooms. Beds are done on arrival with duvets.
From the 3 rooms (4/6 pers.), most of the apartments have small desk and armchairs in the bedrooms as well as numerous cupboards, and a second TV.
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Read More Stories From Adoptees
Living My Own Story
Posted on September 28, 2015 Updated on February 24, 2022
Holt adoptee and recent college graduate Lydia Pomeroy-Hale drops the typical storyline and starts crafting her own.
My concept of how stories progress is one shaped by the bedtime stories my mother told me every night. I never had a traditional bedtime story growing up, although I didn't realize this until I got older. Instead, my mother would tell me the story of imperial influences on Australian aboriginals; of the Battle of Wounded Knee. I grew up oblivious to Green Eggs, but heard of the Arduous March and Yugoslavian collapse. As meandering as these stories were, my mother would always end the night by answering my questions, explaining things I couldn't understand and pondering what neither of us grasped. Through a somewhat convoluted process, my concept of a story formed. I think of stories as circular, where characters begin in one place, in one state. Taken through the story, they return to the original place, somehow changed.
Stories were how I learned about nuances and grey areas that fill the frame in our daily lives. Learning to share, to be a good friend and to work as a team were lessons I understood and accepted from stories, no matter what outlandish package they were delivered in. As I grew older, I began to move from my mother's oral histories to books with inadequate lessons on the meaning of family, much to my disappointment. The Danish story of the ugly duckling didn't work for me as he found his family based on others' perceptions of beauty. There was nothing random or haphazard about my placement, and the themes of what it meant to be ugly struck a nerve with me, with a cleft among other birth defects. Charles Dickens lent thoughtful prose to the plight of displaced children, but focused on politically satirizing a Victorian England I couldn't apply to my life in the Pacific Northwest. I gave up searching for a tailored story of transplantation, although I ran into stories involving adoption at every turn.
Lydia with her family on graduation day. From left: Lydia, brother Chris, mother Lucinda Muniz and father Dean Hale, who is also Holt's director of programs for India and Mongolia.
Stories with adoption are everywhere, complete with mixed, contradictory and questionable messages. Many of the stories I came across were whimsical, for children with simplistic ideas of what it means to be loved. The magical rags-to-riches stories of long-lost scions didn't help, especially when classmates told me they fervently wished to discover they were adopted and were actually royalty. Other stories are old myths or classic literature that involved lies and tragedy. Babies left in the woods to be found by old hags seemed unrealistic and sexist. Mystery writers and soap operas alike exploit adoption as a favorite plot twist. Oedipus comically scared me because it was the culmination of every "conceivable" thing that could go wrong in a birth search and reunion. Shakespeare provides slapstick jokes using separated twins who get over the implications of transplantation in time for curtain.
I arrived at college four years ago, certain I knew who I was and where I was going. I knew I would be an international relations major, take Arabic and maintain my French. Within my first semester, I had found a new wardrobe in the free bin, taken on a new nickname and declared my major in geology. I joined the few, the proud; the rocks and minerals crowd. I was over 3,000 miles from home and at the start of my blank slate.
Lydia with her big brother, Chris, on Lydia's graduation day from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA.
My college's campus is picturesque with meandering and well-tended paths that tell the story of a pioneering school for women. Walking by vine-draped castles and traipsing through hallowed halls lined with the school's historic artifacts made me feel all the more like I was starting a new adventure in my own story. I was the protagonist at the threshold of a series of events that would eventually bring me back to the beginning as a changed person.
For the first time, I was joining a tight-knit community where I could set the terms of my identity unimpeded by prompts to explain my adoption, surgeries or any aspect of my life. When someone tells a story, they share a piece of their humanity. We traded tales of ourselves, our mothers, dogs and cats, favorite books and classes. Whenever I shared more of my story, I was fascinated to see the assumptions and societal weight placed on adoption. Most non-adoptees I spoke to, when they really thought about adoption, instinctively realized it is complex and entails many components. Yet our literature and media portray archaic and simplistic views of the multiplicities encompassed in adoption.
Lydia participates in the Laurel Parade, a traditional procession at Mount Holyoke College where the graduating class walks through campus preceded by alums who have come before them — all symbolically linked by the laurel chain.
My classmates didn't understand how I could spend hours studying a single rock. My favorite is the size of my head, metamorphic and worn smooth, collected at the beach. In non-geology terms, this rock had been something else, somewhere else, before it was pressed into its new form. It scraped and tumbled its way under the belly of a glacier, becoming chipped and smoothed as it went. Finally, it was left behind in a pile of debris as the glacier receded, indelibly altered with a confidential past. I was bemused by the lack of answers in geology on rocks that mirror the lack of answers in literature on family. In glacial deposits, many rocks remain an accepted mystery. My concept of stories was challenged to the core. I did not have the vocabulary to sufficiently explain why I felt such a deep connection to this rock. If a rock, or anything else, has no known origin, how can its story ever come full circle?
Despite common conceptions that geology consists solely of dramatic, destructive events, my passion for geology derives from both the destructive and creative processes. In this context, I realized college gave me a chance to figure out who I might have been or who I might become. Even if it is as simplistic as identifying with a rock with an incomplete timeline, I have come full circle. I am equipped with a stronger sense of myself. Rather than piecing together a collage of myths and fairytales, I am looking forward to living my own story.
Lydia Pomeroy-Hale | Eugene, Oregon
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Colleen Kelley says:
Compelling and beautiful tale told by a compelling and beautiful young woman.
Steve Gilbert says:
As some one who has a degree in English Literature (now confined to the straight jacket of technical writing ), I am awestruck by your command of the English language and your skill as a story teller. Perhaps, the writing of short stories, novels, or journalistic articles may be part of your story going forward.
Unstoppable Samuel
Adoptees on Campus


Economics is an odd little pursuit. Although it has the patina of a science, it's actually an art. Often invoked by people who want to make taking your money seem like a good idea, it's perhaps best known as the major favored by those passing their undergraduate years in anticipation of law school. So it's surprising that one of the year's best-selling books is based on economics.
But University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt isn't your garden-variety economist; he's the rock star of the field, having taken on some topics way outside the norm. After being profiled in a New York Times Magazine article by Stephen Dubner back in 2003, the pair hatched an experiment: They wanted to find out if their incomes would increase if they expanded their previous collaboration and bound the results in a hardcover format. It worked! Freakonomics is currently Amazon.com's third best-seller, behind 1776 and something about a Half-Blood Prince.
It's compelling work. Levitt sees the world through a lens that reduces everything down to how humans respond to incentives. And rather than figuring out why pork belly futures are up in summer, he tackles much more interesting topics, like how parents choose names for their children, why some sumo wrestlers cheat, why swimming pools are more dangerous to children than guns, why the Ku Klux Klan failed to thrive after World War II and why the crime rate plummeted in the 1990s. The book promises that the answers are counterintuitive, but they aren't always -- parents, they find, name their children to reflect how successful they want them to be. No surprise there. But on the crime question, Levitt proves that the crime rate drop, in large part, can be traced to the legalization of abortion. Now there's a hot potato.
This is a fun, breezy read, even if Dubner has a habit of padding out his chapters. And at the beginning of each chapter, he also quotes from the New York Times Magazine story he wrote about Levitt. It's an odd choice.
The world is awash in statistics, and if nothing else, Freakonomics proves that any raw number you hear on the evening news is -- to someone like Levitt -- the tip of the iceberg.


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Eric Heumann CV
Eric Heumann is a composer, pianist, organist, and teacher. His compositions have received notable awards, honors, and many performances across the United States. Of special note, Eric's composition, The War in Heaven (2019), was premiered by The Florida Orchestra in February 2022, directed by Michael Francis. This work was chosen as the winning composition in The Florida Orchestra's 2019 Student Composer Competition. Eric's recent solo organ work, In Memoriam A.C. (2021) has received multiple honors, including winning the 2022 Chattanooga AGO Young Composers' Competition and being selected for SCI Region II's 2022 annual conference.
Other notable performances of Eric's orchestral works include premieres of his two chamber orchestra works, Celestial Objects, in 2021, and Gateway to the West, in 2017, both under the direction of Victor Huls. Additionally, Eric received premieres of his August Overture and Piano Concerto by the Rollins College Orchestra directed by John Sinclair. Upcoming engagements include The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (Florida), who is set to perform a movement of Eric's oratorio, The Book of Revelation, in Spring 2023.
Outside of orchestral music, Eric recently finished a solo piano piece, Shining Sun, commissioned by Kent Fuchs, President of the University of Florida, as well as Cosmos, a piece for pierrot ensemble, which was hand-picked by the Bold City Contemporary Ensemble for a United States tour. Eric also served as the artist-in-residence for the Foundation for Modern Music in Houston in 2018, where he received additional performances of his work, including a premiere of a string quartet work, NeveroddoreveN. In addition to these performances, Eric has worked closely with prestigious ensembles such as the JACK quartet, the Unheard-of//Ensemble, the Apollo Chamber Players, and Formosa Duo, as well as well-known solo artists such as Irvine Arditti, violin, and Anne Laver, organ.
Eric's compositional drive has often been fueled by collaborations. He has arranged seven works for the Rollins Christmas Vespers Services as well as four more for the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. Additionally, Eric has created film scores for local short films and even some jingles for commercials.
A native Floridian, Eric Heumann received a PhD in Music Composition at the University of Florida in 2022, where he studied with Paul Richards, James Paul Sain, and Scott Lee for music composition, and Laura Ellis for sacred music. Before this, Eric earned a Master of Music at the University of Houston, where he studied music composition with Rob Smith, Marcus Maroney, and David Ashley White; and a Bachelor of Arts in music at Rollins College, where he studied music composition with Daniel Crozier, piano with Gloria Cook, and organ with George Atwell. Along the way, Eric has had the privilege of participating in master classes with composers such as John Harbison, Stephen Montague, Stephen Paulus, Kamran Ince, and Chris Rogerson among others.
Eric currently resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, mezzo-soprano Emily Heumann, and their son, Lucas. Eric currently serves as Assistant Director of Music at Woodlands Lutheran Church in Montverde, Florida and as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Florida.


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