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DESIGN RESEARCH + CONCEPT
EXPERIENCE + INTERFACE
INNOVATION + AIMS
Culture Collaboratory is structured into two levels of interaction: the level of the whole collection and the level of an individual object. On both levels, the user interface consists of the collection or object browser in the center, a tool bar to the left and a workbench to the right. The tool bar adjusts to the selected level by providing specialized tools to interact with either the whole collection or the individual object. The context browser incorporates a timeline as well as the media and provenance browser.
The workbench is divided into my work, visible only to the individual researcher; group work, which shows entries shared among the research group; and publish, which lists entries that have been published online and are accessible to external users. A light table can be opened between the tool bar and the collection or object browser. The interface is adjustable to the disciplinary background and research interests of the user.
Explore + Edit
Culture Collaboratory offers two modes of operation to interact with the collection as a whole or with an individual object. The explore mode allows to view and assess information and is accessible to both internal and external users. The edit mode allows to edit entries and add research data and is accessible to internal users only.
Opening Culture Collaboratory, the program is set in explore mode by default and the landing page displays an overview of the collection.
A mouseover shows basic information about individual objects and the light table can be used to select and save multiple objects for further research or comparison. Detailed filter and search options help navigate large collections according to chosen parameters.
Different sort and view options can be used to get an understanding of the whole collection and the relation of individual objects to each other. Activate captions to view basic information about the works or juxtapose recto and verso.
Proportionate view shows the relational size of the objects.
Proportionate view with captions.
View as same size allows to ignore proportionate size and focus on visual content instead.
View as same size with captions and recto and verso.
View relations highlights relations between objects, e.g. generated by matches in metadata fields or by defining groups.
View state of research gives an overview of the information attached to each object using thumbnails for media and lines for entries.
Grouping objects is a central tool for collections research. It helps to identify relations and to make them visible. Select objects per drag-and-drop and move them to the light table for further research. Add notes about the selection and click save. The selection will be shown in the collection overview.
Explore Object
Double-clicking opens an individual object from the collection overview. In the explore mode, the artifact is presented as a layer object, replicating its physical structure and locating all related research data on their respective layers. The context browser below, consisting of provenance browser, timeline, and metadata thumbnail (learn more about it here), and the detail explorer on the right contain all information about the object.
Layer Object
The layer object is a 3D digital recreation of the physical artifact using high resolution 2D photography. Information layers are arranged around the object, containing information about support, priming, or underdrawing on the inner layers or about subject matter on the outermost layer.
Several tools help to navigate the layer object and access its information content. A mouseover summarizes information given on the individual layers. The detail explorer shows detailed research data and information and is interactively synchronized with the information layers. The object can be rotated, the layers can be exploded, and panned while the navigator helps to keep orientation in the layer structure.
The context browser can be opened to full view to allow for a closer look at the timeline. The timeline is a spread notation of all events related to the object.
The mouseover gives brief information about the event. Associated media are shown in the media browser and are linked to the events. Click on an event and review detailed information and media in the detail explorer.
Quality of Time Designations
While language is able to support different qualities of time designation, existing software requires clear specifications. Due to this demand for strict definition, subtle differentiations can get lost. The visual codification of different qualities of time allows for more variance and accurately reflects the uncertainty of dating cultural artifacts.
Compare Objects
Multiple objects can be selected and their individual timelines can be compared. The timeline code helps to identify similarities and differences at a glance. Different tools support the exploration like the zoom-and-align tool that can be used to view events in relation to each other.
Use the dual screen mode to split the interface and explore or edit multiple artifacts simultaneously.
Edit Object
Switch from explore to edit mode by choosing edit in the tool bar. The edit mode allows researchers to add data, notes, and images or other media. Different view options and actions to review existing data, media, or annotations can be selected from the tool bar. Using the publish function, entries can be selected and published for defined groups of internal or external users.
Scaling Objects
One possible use case from the edit mode is the scaling of objects. Existing databases do not allow for much variance in recording the dimensions of an object. Most commonly maximum height x width x depth is used. However, most artifacts are not geometrically even. In order to reflect these inconsistencies and to be able to describe objects accurately, Culture Collaboratory uses object- and context-centered interactions.
Choose scale from the tool bar and select the starting point of your measurement. A smart zoom will zoom in on the reference point as closely as the resolution of the digital image allows to insure the exact replication of the measurement. Selecting the end point of the measurement will open a window to enter the dimension. Click save and review in my work.
Filing an Artist
The second use case shows the filing of a new artist. Choose new aspect in the tool bar and select artist. Enter the name and relevant information manually or copy-and-paste the corresponding GND link - the integrated authority file for persons and corporate bodies provided under an open access license by the German National Library. Saving will create an entry in my work.
Documenting Testings
Documenting testings and results is key to transparent and replicable research. In order to maintain the relationship between the artifact and research data all result can be mapped directly onto the object.
Choose a mapping tool from the tool bar and select the relevant area on the object. Selecting measurement will open different options of measuring methods from the material sciences. Enter the parameters, instrument settings, and research question to document the testing or measurement. Upload related images and save to my work.


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Elaine Esposito (December 3, 1934 – November 25, 1978) held the record for the longest period of time in a coma according to Guinness World Records, having lost consciousness in 1941 and eventually dying in that condition more than 37 years later. Edwarda O'Bara and Aruna Shanbaug later exceeded Esposito's record of having been in the longest comas.

History
Elaine was the only child of Louis and Lucy Esposito of Chicago, Illinois. At age six she was taken to a hospital having suffered a ruptured appendix, where she underwent an appendectomy on August 6, 1941. She never awoke after being anesthetized. As the surgery was coming to an end, she went into convulsions, her temperature rose to , and doctors feared that she would not survive the night. The cause of the complication was debated, with some suggesting that Elaine had encephalitis, and others saying that her brain was not receiving enough oxygen during the operation.

The first ten months of her coma were spent in a Chicago hospital until her parents could no longer afford her care, at which point they took her home so her mother Lucy could care for her day and night. In her lengthy coma, she showed states of both deep sleep and open-eyed unconsciousness and she grew slightly to . Elaine survived numerous other conditions over the years, including additional abdominal surgery, pneumonia, the measles, and a collapsed lung. The family eventually moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida, and she was also taken to visit the Grotto at Lourdes, France, where her parents hoped for a miracle. Her father, Louis, who had been working multiple jobs, died from cancer in January 1978.  Elaine died later that year at the age of 43 years and 357 days, having been in a coma for 37 years and  111 days.

Esposito's story was brought back into attention in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the controversy surrounding the case of Terri Schiavo, who was in a persistent vegetative state. Coincidentally, Schiavo and Esposito were both being cared for in Pinellas County, Florida, at the time of their deaths, and they shared a birthday, December 3.

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Nestled in a country setting, this has been a home and farm since 1920. Five bedrooms and five private baths. Complimentary continental breakfast.
This plantation style home built in 1904, offers all the modern conveniences expected in comfortable and pleasant accommodations. The century old front porch is perfect for watching the hustle and bustle of the community. The Inn is also a blues and jazz museum which contains the Dave CC Club Library for researching the blues. Throughout the inn are numerous pieces of art and collectibles that reflect the innkeeper's passion for the blues. Other amenities include 6 coal burning fireplaces, 10-ft. ceilings, and a front porch with rocking chairs to experience small town comings and goings. Cable is available in every room along with complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi access. Located in the historic district, the inn is within walking distance to the quaint and historic downtown and within easy driving distance of other area attractions.
This historic home has been transformed into a B&B and an event venue. A step back in time awaits you as antiques and nature blend to offer a relaxing and cozy visit. Offers spacious gathering areas indoors and out with dining and shopping within walking distance of the front door. Plus a screened in porch that can't be beat, all on 2.5 acres of gardens and grounds to explore. Many adventures within a short drive.
Stately 1912 William Morris-style home built by local businessman and entrepreneur Marcus W. Doty is a showplace of fine craftsmanship from the imported pressed brick exterior and sweeping verandah with detailed ceiling to the elegant molded plaster ceilings in main rooms, extensive oak wainscoting, moldings and staircase, 8 foot chestnut pocket doors and mahogany inlays. Five beautifully decorated guest rooms with private baths (three with original claw foot tubs), fireplaces, TV and telephone. Guest refrigerator and coffee service upstairs, full breakfast. Smoking outside. Located in the historic district within easy walking distance of shopping, restaurants and attractions.
Offers four bedrooms each with a private bath. Guests have the use of the parlor, dining room, and kitchen. Gas grill and Wi-Fi available. Ideal for groups and business travelers. Corporate and extended rates. Continental breakfast. Two corporate apartments also available.
This 1855 Greek revival mansion has 5 guest rooms with private baths (two with whirlpool tubs for 2) and many interesting architectural details. Located on 9 wooded acres, the Inn is only a 5-minute walk to downtown Union. Evening dessert and a full country gourmet breakfast are included in the rates; dinners available most evenings by prior appointment. The Inn was featured in Southern Living 1998 and was chosen by the Atlanta Journal & Constitution in 1999 as one of 10 Great Inns in the Southeast. Miss Fannie's, A Yesteryear Tea Room--where teas for groups of 15 or more can be scheduled at most anytime--is on the premises. Reservations required.
A respite in the woods, purposefully designed so that many would take an opportunity to reflect on what God has done and is doing in their lives and, after being renewed in spirit, to return to that which God calls them. Guests from all over the world benefit from both the peaceful environment and welcoming innkeepers. Whether reserving individual rooms or the whole house for retreats, family reunions, wedding parties, or a variety of other special celebrations, guests will find a most comfortable setting. There are five spacious (350-700 sq. ft.) rooms with private baths. See specific rooms for air spa/tub/shower combos and microwave/fridge availability. The innkeepers take special joy in serving a specially-prepared breakfast to be enjoyed in either the main house sunroom or in the privacy of your guest room. Stroll on our wooded trails or take a short drive to nearby picturesque towns and shops. (I-77, Exit 32).


Apple has finally announced the prices of the six iPad models in the UK and as expected, they do not come cheap when compared the US.
According to the official press release, the cheapest model will be available for £429 for the 16GB WiFi version, £499 for the 32GB and £599 for the 64GB model. For the 3G model, add £100 across the board, which means that the top of the range model will cost £699.
The iPad will be available for pre-order from the 10th of May with delivery towards the end of the month. The iBook app for the iPad will be available as a free download from the App store from the 28th of May.
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland have also been included in the second batch of countries where the iPad will be released. An additional nine other countries will follow in July.
The iPad will go on sale on the Apple online store, the high street stores as well as selected Apple retailers; there are already dozens of retailers selling the iPad although most, if not all of them, are likely to be grey importers.
The tablet PC has already sold more than one million units in less than a month, managed to wow consumers away from netbooks and even inspired a 100 year old lady to write a poem about it.


Students have the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school through Central Arizona College. Students can take dual enrollment classes at Vista Grande or attend class at the CAC campus through Early College.
Dual Enrollment Classes allow students to earn college credit for specific college-level courses taught at Vista Grande during school hours. At Vista we offer English 101 and 102 for Seniors.
Early College allows students the opportunity to get an early start into college by taking classes while still enrolled in high school. Students accepted into the Early College program receive a tuition waiver from CAC for up to 5 credit hours for each semester (fall, spring, and summer). The tuition waiver covers regular in-state tuition and fees. Students will be responsible for the purchase of textbooks, class materials, and their own transportation to and from campus. These classes will need to be taken outside of the regular school hours.


Dr. Nykjaer: It is well known that ADHD is a complex condition caused by a number of factors including genetic and environment. However, approximately 75% etiology is considered to be genetic and a large body of investigations suggests that it is multiple genes each with a moderate effect that is responsible for conferring susceptibility to ADHD. We have here found one single gene the dysfunction of which is sufficient to trigger the disease. The gene encodes a receptor, SorCS2, which ensures correct wiring our reward system during embryonic development. Malfunction of the receptor causes ADHD-like symptoms in mice. It is well accepted that ADHD predisposes to psychiatric disorders and genetic reports have linked variations in the SorCS2 gene with schizophrenia. Studies are currently ongoing to evaluate if mutations disrupting the function of SorCS2 may also result in schizophrenia. If this is the case we have come closer to an explanation for the link between ADHD and psychiatric disorders. In the future when prenatal genetic screening becomes established, non-sense mutations in the SorCS2 gene can be used to predict that the child will develop ADHD with 100% certainty.
Dr. Nykjaer: Yes, that a mutation in single gene is sufficient for development of ADHD. Moreover the function of the gene was completely unknown to us when we started the project. We suspected that SorCS2 is important in the brain. We just didn't know what it was doing.
Dr. Nykjaer: With our study, we come a little closer to understanding the underlying causes of ADHD. Rather than just treating the symptoms of the disease as is done today, we can now start to think about how to reverse the potential miswiring in the brains of ADHD patients.
Dr. Nykjaer: Exactly the above. We need to increase the knowledge of how the connections in the brain are formed, maintained and even changed. Facilitating these processes by therapy may be a potential treatment for ADHD. Moreover, we need to understand whether mutations in SorCS2 may also result in schizophrenia. Genetic studies suggest this could be the case and if confirmed in animals models and large genetic screens it may explain the comorbidity of ADHD and schizophrenia.
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To kick off the holidays, I invited a group of families in our church to join us in stuffing stockings for the underprivileged children at Danita's Children Orphanage in Haiti.
What transpired blew me away!
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A Tallgrass New Year
Posted on December 28, 2021 | 13 comments
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." —Hal Borland
And so 2021 comes to a close.
On the prairie, the tallgrass colors transition to their winter hues.
The prairie is stripped to bare essence.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)and Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
The deep roots of prairie plants continue to hold the tallgrass through the winter.
As Paul Gruchow wrote, "The work that matters does not always show."
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
2021 has been another tough year. We've attempted to make each day meaningful in the midst of uncertainty and loss.
Ball gall, Lyman Woods prairie kame, Downers Grove, IL.
We've pulled from our reserve strength until we wonder if there is anything left. Trying to keep a sense of normalcy. Trying to get our work done. Trying. Trying. It all seems like too much sometimes, doesn't it? In When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chӧdrӧn writes, "To be fully alive, fully human, is to be continually thrown out of the nest." The past two years have made us realize how comfortable that "nest" used to be.
Prairie dock (Silphium terabinthinaceum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
But we keep moving forward, little by little. Reaching for that extra bit of patience. Putting away the media for a time out. Setting aside a morning to go for a walk and just be.
Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Listening to our lives. Listening to that interior landscape.
We've learned we are fragile.
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downers Grove, IL.
We've also learned we are more resilient than we ever knew we could be.
Thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica), Lyman Woods, Downers Grove, IL.
In 2019, we had no idea of the challenges ahead.
Lyman Woods, Downers Grove, IL.
And yet, here we are. Meeting those challenges. Exhausted? You bet! It's not always pretty, but we keep getting up in the morning and getting things done.
Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downers Grove, IL.
We're making the best of where we find ourselves.
Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Trying to keep our sense of humor, even when there doesn't seem to be much to laugh about.
Random tree creation found in Lyman Woods, Downers Grove, IL.
With less margin, we are learning to untangle what's most important from what we can let go of.
Dogbane or Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
We are making life work, even if it's messy. Knowing that whatever is ahead in 2022, we'll give it our best shot.
Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downers Grove, IL.
We'll hike—the prairies, the woodlands, or wherever we find ourselves—aware of the beauty of the natural world. We've never appreciated the outdoors spaces like we have these past months.
We'll give thanks for joys, big and small. Grateful in new ways for what we have.
And we'll encourage each other. Because we need community, now more than ever before.
Keep on hiking. The road has been long, but we've got this. Together.
New England asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) in late December, Lyman Woods, Downers Grove, IL.
Hal Borland (1900-1978) was a naturalist and journalist born in Nebraska. He is the author of many books of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and plays, and wrote a tremendous number of nature observation editorials for The New York Times. He was also a recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing. I'm so grateful for his "through the year" books— I love books that follow the months and seasons! Thanks to blog reader Helen Boertje, who generously shared her copies of Borland's books with me. I'm so grateful.
Making a New Year's resolution? Don't forget Bell Bowl Prairie! Commit to doing one action on the list you'll find at Save Bell Bowl Prairie, and help us save this rare prairie remnant from the bulldozers.
Happy New Year, and thank you for reading in 2021. What a year it's been! I'm grateful to have this community of readers who love the natural world. I'm looking forward to virtually hiking the prairies with you in 2022. Thank you for your encouragement, and for your love of the natural world.
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A Tallgrass Prairie Thaw
"To the mouse, snow means freedom from want and fear…. To a rough-legged hawk, a thaw means freedom from want and fear." —Aldo Leopold
Drip. Drip. Drip.
I'm raking snow off our roof when I hear it. The sun broke through the gray haze like a white hot dime an hour ago, and I'm grateful for its feeble warmth. The gutters groan and bend under their weight of ice. I've knocked most of the icicles down, pretty though they are—-lining the roof's edge like a winter holiday postcard.
Icicles, Cindy's backyard, Glen Ellyn, IL.
We have a foot and a half of snow on our roof. Uh, oh! For the first time in our 23 years of living in the Chicago Region, we're concerned enough to borrow a friend's roof rake and try to do something about it. As I rake, the snow avalanches down the shingles and I'm sprayed with white stuff. It's like being in a snowball fight with yourself. The squirrels wait in the trees nearby, ready to return to their assault on the birdfeeders when I finish. I try to imagine what they're thinking.
Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Then I hear it again. Drip. Drip. Drip.
The sound of thaw.
Icicle, Cindy's backyard, Glen Ellyn, IL.
The prairie, slumbering under her weight of white, hears the sound. There's a faint stirring in the ice, especially where the sun strikes in full.
Willoway Brook, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Winter is far from over; its icy clasp on the prairie will linger for many more weeks. And yet. There's something in the air this week, despite the cold haze that hangs over the tallgrass.
Russell R. Kirt Prairie in late February, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Certain sounds—that "drip!" Water trickling in a prairie stream under the ice. Snow melt. The smell of something fresh.
Ice on the Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL. (2019)
A male cardinal sings his courting call. I stop in my tracks. He doesn't seem to be daunted by the snow flurries, seemingly stuck on "repeat" this week. He knows what's coming.
Above the ground, the prairie grasses and wildflowers are smothered in snow drifts. They look bowed and broken by the wild weather thrown at them over the past few months.
Cindy's backyard prairie patch at the end of February, Glen Ellyn, IL.
A few stalwart plants stubbornly defy the storms and stand tall.
Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Their long roots—-15 feet deep or more—begin to stir. You can almost hear a whisper in the dry, brittle leaves. Soon. Soon.
It's been a beautiful winter.
Ice on Willoway Brook, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
But a long one, as winters tend to seem when you're half past February and not quite close enough to March.
Russell R. Kirt Prairie, viewed through the piled parking lot snow at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Even as the snow is grimed with soot by car exhaust along the streets, there's beauty. All around, the particular delights of February. The stark silhouettes of grass stems…
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL.
…the prairie's geometric lines and angles; devoid of frills and flounces.
Winter at Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL. (2016)
The gray-blues and rusts of the prairie landscape, seem intensified at this time of year. Everything is clarified. Distilled.
Perhaps because of the long grind of the pandemic, this winter has seemed longer and gloomier than usual. Colder. More difficult.
Hidden Lake prairie plantings, Downers Grove, IL (2019).
But when I open the newspaper over breakfast, the headlines seem less grim. A faint whiff of optimism tinges conversations with friends. I feel hope in the air; hope that we are nearing the end of our long haul through this dark night.
My spirits lift when I see the signs, scent the smells, hear the sounds of a new season on the way.
Spring is coming. Do you sense the thaw? Can you feel it?
Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL. (2017)
I'm ready.
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), whose quote opens this blog post, is best known for his book of collected essays, A Sand County Almanac, published a year after his death. Today, it is considered a critical foundation for conservation and wilderness thinking. Leopold's book has sold more than two million copies and influences many who work in wildlife and prairie conservation today. Another favorite quote: "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Read more about him here.
Last Chance to Register for February 24 Program! Join me online from anywhere in the world via Zoom.
February 24, 7-8:30 p.m. CST: The Prairie in Art and Literature– Online. The tallgrass prairie is usually thought of for its diverse community of plants, animals, and insects. Yet, it is also an inspiration for a creative community! In this interactive online talk, natural history author and prairie steward Cindy Crosby will explore historical and contemporary writers and artists, musicians, and other creatives working in the prairie genre: from Neil Young to Willa Cather to graphic comic artists, quilters, and jewelers expressing the prairie through their work. See the prairie in a new light! Come away inspired to appreciate and express your love of the tallgrass as you enjoy learning about this prairie "community." Offered by The Morton Arboretum: Register here.
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The Prairie at Twilight
Posted on April 28, 2020 | 16 comments
"Observation is a great joy." –Elizabeth Bishop
Riiiiiiiinnnnnnggggg! It's time for recess at the elementary school down the street from our house. The bell echoes in an empty playground, roped off with yellow hazard tape. No one sits at the desks inside. No games of hopscotch and tetherball. No lines of cars with parents, waiting to pick up little ones.
Jeff and I are walking the neighborhood, something we've done more of in 2020 than in the 22 years previous. As the pandemic has gradually closed off everyone's normal routines of work, school, play, shopping and eating out over the past two months, we've become a bit hardened to some of our losses. But the school bell, ringing endlessly over an empty playground, caught us off guard.
Unexpectedly, my eyes fill with tears.
Time to go for a prairie hike.
Evening has come to Belmont Prairie Preserve.
This 10-acre remnant in Downer's Grove, IL, is one of my favorite local prairies to hike, yet we've avoided it since early April because of the crowds of people on its narrow trails. I've found myself thinking about Belmont since our last hike there. A lot. I miss it. Why not go see if it's less congested? We can always turn around and go home. I argue with myself. It's getting late. Why not, indeed?
We get in the car and go.
A crescent moon glimmers high over the prairie.
The parking lot is empty. Cheers and fist bumps! We still have an hour before sunset, although the grasses are backlit with the lowering light.
And….we're off.
Belmont Prairie Preserve at the end of April 2020 is a different prairie to the eye than when I've seen it in previous years. Without prescribed fire, to the casual observer the it looks similar to the tallgrass in fall or winter. Until you walk the trails and look closely.
There! Wild strawberries are in bloom.
There's the old husks of rattlesnake master…
…juxtaposed with its new spring growth. I'm not sure I've seen this in such profusion before. Most of the prairies I hike in the spring have been fire-washed of their past year's finery.
It's a new perspective.
Overhead, the crescent moon scythes its path through the darkening sky. I notice Venus—a chipped crystal—barely visible in the deepening twilight, seemingly falling in synchronization with the moon toward the horizon.
In the gathering dark, the prairie seems dreamlike.
Along the path, shoots of tall coreopsis leaf out…
…otherworldly in the dusk.
It almost looks like it's underwater; its graceful leaves lightly swaying in the wind currents. Or maybe it's the illusion of this half-light.
Golden Alexanders is up; its leaves, even in the dimness, standing out against the ruined grasses.
Everywhere, sprouts of new life mingle in random groups; to sort them out would be the delightful work of several hours…
Some identifiable in the dusk, like the bastard toadflax…
…or the meadow rue…
…and, that prairie denizen, the familiar bee balm.
Here and there are a few undesirables, like yellow rocket…
..and the ubiquitous garlic mustard. I crush a leaf and sniff it. I have known neighbors to carefully mow around patches of this in suburban yards, mistaking it for a wildflower.
As I walk, I yank whatever garlic mustard I can see. It's a ritual of spring on the prairies where I'm a steward—now closed for that activity. Such deep satisfaction to make a small difference here in the health of a prairie that's given me so much!
Not far from the garlic mustard is another plant. Look! Is it the prairie violet? Or the birdfoot violet? Difficult to tell in the fading light. Violets are so variable.
Jeff holds the half-closed bloom open so I can examine the throat.
Prairie violet, it appears as I puzzle over it, then pore over my field guides. The flower looks correct, but the leaves look…wrong. Finally, I take the photos and my question to the Illinois Botany Facebook page. Yes. It is.
Or what about this one, in the wetter areas? A buttercup…."small-flowered buttercup"? The buttercups, like the violets, are difficult. I can barely make out the bloom.
Small-flowered buttercup, I decide, with iNaturalist offering support for the ID. I double-check it with Illinois Wildflowers on my return home later. Looks good. Every spring, I'm aware of how much I need to re-learn and remember. Makes me grateful for good ID tools both in the field and at home.
I pause in my ID conundrums to look around me. A red-winged blackbird calls. Oka-leee! The stream is bright in last light.
I walk alongside it for a bit, watching my step.
…then turn back to the path. The dusk pixels everything; the air itself seems grainy. Then, the grasses light up…
…the last glints of sundown sparking the dry, brittle leaves and stalks.
Gradually, the prairie grasses lose the light and become silhouettes…
…as the sun free-falls through the cloudless sky.
Jeff has made his way to the car. I can't help but linger. This opportunity to be here—so longed for—is difficult to bring to a close. This hour—this concentration on prairie, instead of the news—has been a consolation.
I notice a kite, stuck in the treetops.
I imagine how that person must have felt to see it aloft, then, their dismay as they watched it plummet into the tree. The end of something free and wild.
My absence from Belmont Prairie these past weeks makes this visit so much the sweeter. With the dusk, however, comes melancholy. When will I find this prairie so uncrowded again? I think of the prairie where I am a steward, closed. Did the painted skimmer dragonfly return this spring? Are the killdeers nesting in their usual spots? In Illinois, our shelter-in-pace has extended to the end of May. The weeks stretch ahead, uncertain.
I think of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "One Art:"
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
I'm becoming more intimate with losses, big and small, as the weeks go on. In some ways, the pandemic has seemed like a dream. Surely, we'll wake up and turn to our partner and say–wow–you won't believe the nightmare I just had…
… but we wake, and we remember. For now, there is no end in sight.
Darkness is falling fast. A great-horned owl calls in last light.
The sunset tats the tree branches into lace.
Good night, Belmont Prairie Preserve.
Later that night, right before bed, I step onto my front porch. The darkness is absolute, except for a few lights in the windows along our street. And—that sky! Deep in the west, falling to the horizon, the crescent moon holds steady with bright Venus in alignment. Tuesday, Venus will be at its brightest for the year.
I watch for a while, until the cold drives me back inside.
I made it through the past 24 hours. Tomorrow, I'll get up and pay attention to whatever the day brings. There will be prairie walks, and work in my backyard prairie patch and garden, and plant ID's to reacquaint myself with since last year and new ones to learn. I'll pore over my field guides. Then, I'll call my loved ones to see if they are well.
The peace and promise of the spring prairie has calmed and centered me today. Now, sleep beckons.
Sweet dreams.
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was an award-winning poet who overcame a tragic childhood of losses to give us beautiful poems. Her father died when she was in infancy; her mother was committed to a mental institution when she was five and never recovered. Virtually orphaned, she was then shuttled between relatives, some abusive. She lost several loved ones—including her partner of many years—to suicide. Bishop's poetry collection Poems: North & South/A Cold Spring (1955) won the Pulitzer Prize. Haven't read her? Start with "The Fish" , or "One Art."
All photos and video copyright Cindy Crosby and taken at Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve in Downer's Grove, IL, unless marked otherwise (top to bottom): school, Glen Ellyn, IL; empty playground, Glen Ellyn, IL; path through Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve; crescent moon over the prairie; path through the prairie; wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana); rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium); rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium); crescent moon and Venus; the prairie at sundown; tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris); tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris); possibly heart-leaved golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera); mixed prairie plants; bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata); one of the meadow rues (uncertain which species); bee balm (Monarda fistulosa); non-native yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris arcuata); garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata); prairie violet (Viola pedatifida); prairie violet (Viola pedatifida); small-flowered buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus); Belmont Prairie creek; Belmont Prairie creek; sunset and grasses; sunset and grasses; sunset and grasses; bench at Belmont Prairie; kite in a tree at sunset; grasses at Belmont Prairie; trees and sunset; trees and sunset; trees and sunset; Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve sign; Venus and a young moon in alignment, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Thank you to Kathleen Marie Garness and the Illinois Botany Facebook page for help with variable violet ID's! Check out her work for the Field Museum on the awesome violet family and guides to other common families of the Chicago region here.
Join me for "Enchanting Spring Prairie Wildflowers," an online webinar, Friday, May 8 1-2:30 p.m. CST, through The Morton Arboretum. Click here to register.
The next "Tallgrass Prairie Ecology" class online begins May 4 through The Morton Arboretum. Take 60 days to complete the course! See more information and registration here.
Several of Cindy's classes have moved online! For updates on classes and events, please go to http://www.cindycrosby.com.
Want more prairie while you are sheltering in place? Follow Cindy on Facebook, Twitter (@phrelanzer) and Instagram (@phrelanzer). Or enjoy some virtual trips to the prairie through reading Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit and The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction.
Posted in Pandemic, Prairie Restoration, tallgrass prairie, Uncategorized
Tagged bastard toadflax, bee balm, belmont prairie nature preserve, crescent moon, downer's grove, Elizabeth Bishop, garlic mustard, grasses, heart-leaved golden alexander, Illinois, Illinois botany, Illinois Nature Preserve, Illinois quaranteen, loss, meadow rue, nature photography, online prairie classes, Pandemic, plant id, prairie grasses, prairie violet, rattlesnake master, school, school closure, shelter in place, small-flowered buttercup, sunset, tall coreopsis, trees, venus, wild strawberry, wildflower webinar, yellow rocket
The Prairie Whispers "Courage"
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 26 comments
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." —Viktor Frankl
I look out my kitchen window at my prairie planting and see something purple. It's the first hyacinth in bloom. I'm a native plant aficionado, so hyacinths aren't really my thing—and I planted prairie over the old garden bulbs that came with the house we purchased 20 years ago. But I welcome hyacinths this week. I welcome their fragrance. Their beauty. That purple.
As I look out the window, I'm folding a piece of parchment paper to reuse. I've been baking. A lot. Comfort baking, I imagine. I'm also trying to minimize trips to the store during this time of Covid-19 uncertainty. "Shelter in place" means making the most of what we have on hand.
I think of my grandmother, now long passed, who would have recognized this moment. One of my early memories is of her washing a piece of foil, then folding and putting it away to reuse later. As a child, I scoffed at this, impatient. There is always more than enough of everything, wasn't there? An endless supply. Little did I know. But she knew.
Grandma also had a victory garden. Long after World War II was over, her garden gave her a sense of food security. Today, I feel a kinship with her as I start vegetable and flower seeds; spade my soil to plant lettuce, peas, potatoes.
I feel the ghosts of my grandmothers in my kitchen as I plan meals using the ingredients I have on hand, plant a garden, struggle with uncertainty, just as they once did during the Great Depression and wars. This March, I've remembered—and marveled at—the courage they showed as they lived through times of insecurity, fear, and uncertainty. Courage I didn't appreciate before. Courage I didn't really understand when I was a child, or even a young adult. Courage I didn't understand until now.
I wish both my grandmothers were here so we could talk.. They'd tell me their stories of these times, and I could ask them for advice. As a child, I squirmed when they hugged me. What I wouldn't give to hug my grandmothers now.
Jeff and I hiked the Schulenberg Prairie Sunday in 50-mph wind gusts, needled by sharp darts of drizzle that stung our faces and soaked our jeans. It was cathartic. And invigorating. We hiked staying "present to the moment" by necessity—aware of the cold we felt as we sloshed through the flooded prairie trails.
I noticed the way the black walnut and oak trees were darkened on one side from the slashing rain, and bone dry on the other.
Shadow and light.
The tallgrass is flattened now. In previous years, its tinder would be gone to ashes from the prescribed burn that happens here each spring. For perhaps the first time in its almost 60-year history, this planted prairie I'm hiking through may not see fire when it needs it. A prescribed fire here calls for a team of two dozen people or more working together, and it's difficult to envision those simple gatherings happening anytime soon. By the time our Illinois shelter-in-place guidelines are lifted, it will likely be too late.
I walked, and I wondered, and I looked. In the savannas and woodlands this week…
…I found sharp-lobed hepatica, nodding in the rain.
I'm looking for a different wildflower today, the pasque flower. Its newer scientific name is Pulsatilla patens, synonymous with the older name, "Anemone patens." It's one of the first native wildflowers to bloom on the prairie. "Pasque" comes from the Hebrew word "pasakh," "passing over." The flower blooms despite the flames of early prescribed burns, usually during the Easter season (thus the name "pasque" is also associated with this holiday from the old French language.). When the pasque flower blooms, I feel as if winter has passed.
Last year, the few blooms we had were memorable, perhaps for their scarcity.
"Anemone" means "windflower." "Pulsatilla" means "sway" or "tremble" which the pasque flower does in March and April breezes. Appropriate names for a flower that faces down cold, brutal winds, prescribed fire, and seasonal instability. Our population of these fuzzy-leaved lavender bloomers had dwindled in previous years; down to just one clump plus a few stragglers. Since then, I've sown seeds to re-invigorate our plant population from another preserve.
Would anything be up? Jeff and I slogged through the mud and peered closely. And there! One tiny fuzzed green shoot. And another! Barely detectable in the wind and drizzle.
Life was going on, despite the chaos of the outer world. Nature calmly follows the rhythm of spring. It was a shot of hope in a dismal month. Brave little pasqueflower. It seemed to whisper to me. Courage.
I find myself trying to summon courage for each day. Not for tomorrow, or for next week, but for the 24 hours ahead of me, in which I need to make good choices. Courage right now, as Governor Andrew Cuomo has said in one of his binge-worthy news conferences on Covid-19, means "looking for the light." I desperately want to be strong, but some days, it's tough to know where to start. Looking for the light seems like a good place to begin.
Courage.
The courage to get up each morning, get dressed, make a meal. Even if no one sees us.
Courage. The courage to rise each morning and school our children.
Courage. The courage of those who live alone, whether from necessity or from choice—and who ride this season out, bereft of their usual friendships and routines.
Courage. Those who work in a makeshift office in a bedroom, an attic, a basement, or from the kitchen table. We may deliver groceries, work in hospitals, fill prescriptions. We watch our businesses implode, our freelance work vanish, our jobs lost, our retirement savings plummet.
And still. We choose to take the next step. We teach a lesson on weather to our children. Go for a walk with the dog and wave to the neighbors—-neighbors we've never seen before until two weeks ago and suddenly have gotten to "know" from across the road—because they are out walking too. We realize that so much is out of our control.
And yet, the world goes on.
In the midst of it, we find courage to make the choices we can make. Courage to sit through another online meeting—trying to show up with our best game face, even though we feel like getting into bed, pulling the covers over our head, and not coming out for the next month.
Or maybe the next two.
Courage to be patient with our children as they sense the fear we feel and need us now—and our reassurances—more than ever.
Courage to be kind to our spouse and those we share space with—adult children, older parents, grandchildren. We find ourselves together 24/7, without the distractions of outside errands and activities. Our margin for patience gets slimmer each day. But we dig deep. We find new reserves. Because patience and kindness are the things that matter most. They are choices we can make.
We ask for courage to be patient with those who don't see this crisis the way we do, and act in ways we find irresponsible—or perhaps, overly-cautious.
Courage to bake bread, start learning a new language, clean out a drawer, begin a journal, plant garden seeds, laugh at an old sitcom, watch re-runs of classic baseball games because there is no opening day. Because the crack of a bat, the roar of the crowds— the memory of what once was normal is something that reassures us. We find humor in situations—-even when we don't feel like laughing. Why? Because those are choices available to us, when so many other choices are not.
We scrape up our last bit of bravery to find courage to live into the next hour, much less the next day. To think ahead? It's terrifying. We turn on the news, then turn it off. We need to know, but we don't want to know.
In a world where once we had so many possibilities at our fingertips —and just about anything we wanted was available to us at the tap of a computer key—we have different choices to make now. How will we live in this new reality? When we look back on this next year—in five years, ten years—what stories are we living out that we we tell our children, our grandchildren, and our friends? How will we use this time we are given? What chapter in our lives will we write? It's up to us. Today. Right now.
Don't surrender to fear.
We can choose to love. To be kind. To keep moving forward.
Take courage. You're not alone.
Together, let's keep moving forward.
The opening quote is from Viktor Frankl's (1905-1997) Man's Search for Meaning. Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and Austrian psychiatrist who lost his wife during their incarceration. A quest for meaning was what Frankl said helped him survive tremendous uncertainty and suffering. "Meaning," he says, came out of three things: work, love, and courage in the face of difficulty. Read more here.
All photos and video copyright Cindy Crosby (top to bottom): Dutch hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), author's backyard, Glen Ellyn, IL; rolling pin, author's kitchen, Glen Ellyn, IL; Willoway Brook, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; seed starting, author's office, Glen Ellyn, IL: flooded trail, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; tree lashed by rain, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba), Lisle, IL; pasque flower (Pulsatilla or Anemone patens) in bloom on the Schulenberg Prairie in 2019, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; pasque flower (Pulstilla or Anemone patens) seeds, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; pasque flower (Pulsatilla or Anemone patens) shoots, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Schulenberg Prairie; Schulenberg Prairie; shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia), author's backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL; bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), log on the Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; March on the Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; western chorus frogs (Pseudacris triseriata); The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; compass plant (Silphium laciniatum); mosses (unknown species, would welcome ID suggestions!); common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morotn Arboretum, Lisle, IL; switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; bridge over Willoway Brook, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; chalk art, author's driveway, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Cindy's classes have moved online! For updates on classes and events, please go to http://www.cindycrosby.com. The next Tallgrass Prairie Ecology class online begins in early May. See more information and registration here.
Have you always been curious about the native landscape of the Midwest, but didn't have time to read? Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit (order directly from Ice Cube Press) and The Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction from Northwestern University Press (order from your independent bookseller if they remain open or deliver, or from Bookshop or Amazon.com. I'm grateful for your support for prairie, books, small publishers, and freelance writers like myself.
Posted in Pandemic, Prairie, tallgrass prairie, Uncategorized
Tagged backyard prairie, Bookshop, bridge, chalk art, common milkweed, compass plant, cup plant, dutch hyacinth, fox squirrel, Great Depression, Ice Cube Press, Illinois, independent bookstore, lisle, mosses, Northwestern University Press, online prairie class, Pandemic, pasque flower, prairie dropseed, schulenberg prairie, sharp-lobed hepatica, shooting star, switchgrass, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit, The Morton Arboretum, The Tallgrass Prairie:An Introduction, western chorus frog, willoway brook, World War Two

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Warning when mocking a class I am reading this article - https://www.dartlang.org/articles/mocking-with-dart/ - about mocking wiht Dart and have gotten this simple example working.
import 'package:unittest/mock.dart';

class Foo {
  int x;
  bar() => 'bar';
  baz() => 'baz';
}

class MockFoo extends Mock implements Foo {}

void main() {
  var mockFoo = new MockFoo();
  mockFoo.when(callsTo('bar')).
      thenReturn('BAR');

  print(mockFoo.bar());
}

The code prints 'BAR' correctly, so the mocking clearly works. But the Dart Editor generates a warning/error:
Missing inherited members: 'Foo.bar', 'Foo.baz' and 'Foo.x'

Despite this warning/error, the code seems to work but I would like to get rid of the error. How do I do that?

A: Since MockFoo implements Foo, you need to define x, bar() and baz(), even if you are only interested in the behavior of bar().  For your example, this is as simple as doing the following:
class MockFoo extends Mock implements Foo {
  int x;
  bar() {}
  baz() {}
}

For more substantial classes that contain a long list of members, this pattern can become quite tedious, but I don't know a better way of silencing the Editor warning. Hope this helps.

A: You can silence the warnings if you implement noSuchMethod()
class MockFoo extends Mock implements Foo {
  noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
    return super.noSuchMethod(invocation);
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Craigslist has been serving as one of the best marketing tool for most home owners. Since this website was inaugurated, more than one billion real estate adverts have been posted. The ever increasing traffic of over 50 million visitors every month has been one of the main reasons why most home owners have been able to reach out to a larger customer base.
The good thing about Craigslist's adverts is that they are free and you do not require a high level of computer knowledge to go about the process. You can only profit from this website by having the right strategies besides adhering to their terms and conditions. Remember, Craigslist users act as watchdogs and whenever they feel that the advert is inappropriate or violates some rights, then it they will flag the advert and it will be removed automatically.
You need to sign up for a Craigslist account which takes about 10 minutes since it involves only three main steps. Visit craigslist.org, go registration section, fill all the required details, confirm your account and your account will be active. You can only post an advert after you have signed up for an account. It is from this account that you will be able to manage your adverts. However, this does not imply that whenever you want to post another advert then you will be required to sign up for a new account. You only need one Craigslist account which you will use to post your future advertisements.
Ads about real estate will only attract potential buyers if they are accompanied with photographs. You need take a few photographs of some sections of your house which you will post alongside the descriptions about the house.
You need to give your buyers a very good impression of the house. There is no buyer who will be interested in buying a house which seems to have been abandoned several decades ago. There is only one secret which can make buyers to be interested in your house; clean the house and if possible, you can either remodel or repaint the house. Moreover, you need to ensure that the surrounding environment becomes attractive. If it the house had damaged patios, they have to be repaired taking the photos.
All photos must be well-lit and clean. You need to take all the important sections of the house such as the exterior sections, surrounding the compound and the rooms. If possible, you can also take a picture of the room when it has furniture; may be a dining or sitting room can do. This adds some life to the house and hence increasing the possibility of attracting more customers.
To post the advert, you need to log in to your account and select the option of posting a new advertisement. Craigslist offers a wide range of categories depending on the type of advert you would wish to post. In the case of a house, you will select a category indicated "housing offered". Under this category, there are two options; you can post the advert as "real estate –by owner" when you decide to sell the property without engaging a broker or you can also post under "real-estate-broker" when you decide to sell your home through a real estate agent.
When you post under "real estate-broker", it implies that as much as you are the one who is posting the advert, your buyers must be aware that they will not be dealing with you directly instead, they will deal with a real estate agent.
You need to be very cautious when it comes to this section. This is for the reason that if you happen to post your advert in under a wrong sub-category then, there are chances that it will be flagged as inappropriate and the ad will be removed by the administrator.
In situations where you do not trust the realtors within your locality, it is advisable that you go about the process on your own. On the other hand, the real estate agent can help you to go about various legal procedures, but, you will have to pay the agent for his or her services.
You need to select a title which will trigger potential buyer to click on your advert. Remember, Craigslist limits the title of the adverts to about 68 characters. Your title must be succinct. Normally, since these adverts are classified according to one location, take time to review various ad titles under the same category and be sure to identify the format which has been used.
You need to include every single detail about the house such as number of rooms, number of bedrooms, size of rooms, location, etc. You need to ask yourself one question as you make this list: If you were the potential buyer, what are some of the information you will require? By doing this, you will actually be in a position to list every single detail which will be essential to your customers.
You need to preview all information about the house you would wish to sell; this should include both pictures and descriptions. If possible, you can ask a friend to go through the advert before it goes to the public domain. Of course, you cannot post all your photos on Craigslist, try to get another photo hosting sites where you can upload all photos you fill will guide potential buyers in making up their mind. They will provide you with an html code.
Since you are not the only one who is using this free platform; as other users post their adverts, your advert will not remain at the top of this list. Remember to re-post it again. You can copy paste the content of the previous advert but remember to delete the old post since it will be considered as spam.
A number of homeowners have managed to sell their homes through Craigslist. Therefore, you can also seize this golden opportunity.


text:
<?php

namespace Rkulik\View\Test;

use Rkulik\View\View;
use Rkulik\View\ViewFactory;

/**
 * Class ViewFactoryTest
 * @package Rkulik\View\Test
 *
 * @author René Kulik <rene@kulik.io>
 */
class ViewFactoryTest extends BaseTestCase
{
    /**
     * @var ViewFactory
     */
    private $viewFactory;

    /**
     *
     */
    protected function setUp(): void
    {
        parent::setUp();
        $this->viewFactory = new ViewFactory();
    }

    /**
     *
     */
    public function testMake(): void
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(
            View::class,
            $this->viewFactory->make($this->getMockFilePath(self::FILE_WHICH_IS_VALID))
        );
    }
}

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text:
using FluentAssertions;
using NUnit.Framework;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace Shapeshifter.Tests.Unit.RoundtripTests
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class ArraySupportTests : TestsBase
    {
        [Test]
        public void IntegerArray_NullArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNumericArrays>();
            var source = new ClassWithNumericArrays { IntArrayValue = null };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.IntArrayValue.Should().BeNull();
        }

        [Test]
        public void IntegerArray_MultiElementArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNumericArrays>();
            var source = new ClassWithNumericArrays { IntArrayValue = new int[] { 2, 4, 8 } };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.IntArrayValue.Should().Equal(new int[] { 2, 4, 8 });
        }

        [Test]
        public void IntegerArray_SingleElementArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNumericArrays>();
            var source = new ClassWithNumericArrays { IntArrayValue = new int[] { 42 } };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.IntArrayValue.Should().Equal(new int[] { 42 });
        }

        [Test]
        public void IntegerArray_EmptyArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNumericArrays>();
            var source = new ClassWithNumericArrays { IntArrayValue = new int[0] };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.IntArrayValue.Should().BeEmpty();
        }

        [Test]
        public void DecimalArray_MultiElementArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNumericArrays>();
            var source = new ClassWithNumericArrays { DecimalArrayValue = new decimal[] { 2.4m, 8.16m, 32.64m } };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.DecimalArrayValue.Should().Equal(new decimal[] { 2.4m, 8.16m, 32.64m });
        }

        [Test]
        public void StringArray_MultiElementArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithStringArray>();
            var source = new ClassWithStringArray { StringArrayValue = new string[] { "one", "two", "four" } };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.StringArrayValue.Should().Equal(new string[] { "one", "two", "four" });
        }

        [Test]
        public void ObjectArray_MultiElementArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithObjectArray>();
            var personArray = new []
            {
                new Person() {Name = "Jack"},
                new Person() {Name = "Jane"},
            };

            var source = new ClassWithObjectArray { PersonArray = personArray};
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.PersonArray.Should().Equal(personArray, (p1, p2) => p1.Name == p2.Name);
        }

        [Test]
        public void NestedArrayTest()
        {
            var machine = GetSerializer<ClassWithNestedArrays>();
            var input = new[]
            {
                new[] {"one", "two"},
                new[] {"four"},
                new string[0],
                new[] {"eight", "nine", "ten"}
            };

            var source = new ClassWithNestedArrays { NestedStrings = input };
            string packed = machine.Serialize(source);
            var unpacked = machine.Deserialize(packed);
            unpacked.Should().NotBeNull();
            unpacked.NestedStrings.Should().Equal(input, StringArrayEquals);
        }

        [DataContract]
        [ShapeshifterRoot]
        private class ClassWithNumericArrays
        {
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Нью-Гемптон () — місто () в США, в окрузі Чикасо штату Айова. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Географія
Нью-Гемптон розташований за координатами  (43.057166, -92.316357).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 8,19 км², уся площа — суходіл.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкала  особа в  домогосподарствах у складі 943 родин. Густота населення становила 436 осіб/км².  Було 1697 помешкань (207/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,4 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 3,9 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 22,9 % — особи молодші 18 років, 54,1 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 23,0 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 44,8 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 89,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 86,7 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 8,1 % осіб, у тому числі 10,0 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 3,7 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: виробництво — 28,3 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 22,6 %, роздрібна торгівля — 8,8 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 8,0 %.

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Джерела

Міста Айови
Населені пункти округу Чикасо (Айова)
Окружні центри Айови


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When I was in the market for a new cell phone a while ago, I did a lot of research. My last phone was OK, but I realized later that I had much better options available. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. After much thought, I finally settled on an LG G3 Smartphone.
Now, without getting into all the specs and stuff, the phone is pretty sweet. There is one thing, though, that I neglected to look into, among all of my research – what happens if your small children get a hold of the phone? I don't know about you, but my kids are always fiddling with various electronic devices, usually to negative results ( ie. Hmm. That's weird. I thought I taped Better Call Saul last night. Where'd it go? And why did someone record two minutes of an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?). Here's what you're probably wondering, then: just how "kid-proof" and '"parent-friendly" is the LG G3?
Excellent question, you brilliant reader. I'll try to answer.
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B does this thing, where he'll steal my phone, and take off with it, which causes me to chase after him. When I catch up to him, he panics and drops it. Haha. Hoho #Boyswillbeboys. So far, my LG G3 has survived numerous drops on carpeted and tile floors, without a dent.
B and J are fans of the selfie, both in taking them, as well as looking at them. The LG G3 has this feature where if you hold your hand out in front of the screen and then make a fist, it sets off a timer. This allows you a few seconds to adjust the camera and get into your pose, prior to the shot being snapped. Once I got the hang of it, taking the perfect selfie couldn't be easier. It even works with two hyperactive kids. Check it out!
That's not a a very good picture.
Bad example. Alrighty, here we go!
This one's even worse! None of you are ready for the shot.
Never mind. Let's just move on.
I've lost track of the number of times that K has come to me, complaining that B or J got into her phone, and deleted a bunch of stuff. The problem is the security feature. It is just a password, which B and J, against all statistical probability, have somehow figured out. With the LG G3, however, I've set it up so that my security feature is a custom series of knocks. You can't unlock my phone unless you know the way to tap the screen. This has totally thrown B and J for a loop. I remember one time, when I couldn't find my phone. Eventually, I found J with it, in a closet, sadly mashing the screen, to no avail. My fantasy baseball team super important personal information is safe from curious children.
Me: And then I had pizza for lunch.
J: You don't have lunch at work!
Me: Yes I do. Everyday!
J: Can you show me?
J: Show me you eating pizza.
J: On your phone. Show me a picture of you eating pizza.
Me: I didn't take a picture.
Me: I….don't usually take pictures of me eating.
J ( while laughing hysterically): You're tricking me! You don't eat lunch at work!
And that was that. Without physical evidence, I could not prove my case. If only I had a picture. Unfortunately, The LG G3 lacks the ability to randomly snap shots without your involvement. It should know what future arguments you are going to have, and act accordingly. Maybe the new LG G4 has this feature.
No Magic? What's Up Wit' Dat?
One day, I asked J what she wanted for breakfast one morning, She said cereal. Perfect! Nice and easy. I then asked her what kind she wanted and listed off the options in the pantry.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Which I didn't list, because we didn't have it.
Her reaction to this? She dropped to the ground and cried uncontrollably. After a few minutes, she stopped sobbing and blubbered "Check it on your phone." Needless to say, the fact that my phone was not able to save the day and magically pull a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch out of the air was pretty disappointing. Step your game up, LG.
On another occasion while driving home with J, the conversation turned to my favorite stuffed animal when I was her age (three). After I told her a bit about Mr. Wrinkles The Stuffed Dog, she casually asked to see him on my phone. I casually said that wasn't possible, and she causally got ticked off. This is another drawback. The LG G3 can't go back in the past to document every important event in your life. Sorry, McFly, reliving memories is not just a click away. I'm pretty sure Apple is working on an iPhone which is able to time travel, though.
Time travel? There's an app for that.
The LG G3 does a lot of stuff well. However, for a smartphone, it really isn't that smart.
I don't know. I'm really not qualified to be reviewing phones. There are a million better places to turn to, for that kind of advice.
That's all that I got. Before I go, let's try one more selfie!
How many times have you tried to do this? And this is your best shot?


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THE RING FLAP IS HOPEFULLY OVER
Joe Schad, Sentinel Staff WriterTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL
HOOVER, Ala. -- They say the ring is the thing, but in the case of nine Georgia football players, getting a few dollars for their Southeastern Conference championship rings on eBay sounded like a good idea.
That disgusted Georgia fans who had waited 20 years between titles. It also offended and upset some Bulldogs players who took pride in the brass. And so on the first day of summer, a meeting was called.
Some players cried. Others yelled. And some explained.
"Speak now or forever hold your peace," Georgia Coach Mark Richt said.
Richt believes in turning negatives into positives, and so with his players basking in their glory, he has taken a creative approach on the scandal. "Well, the back-patting stopped," he said. "We walked out of that room a more focused group. This will help us avoid becoming a complacent group."
The players briefly were suspended before the NCAA ruled that fair market value on the rings -- going for up to $1,500 -- could not be determined. The rings were returned, and all order seems to have been restored in Athens.
"When I graduate or leave, I want this thing on my hand," Georgia tight end Ben Watson said Thursday, pointing to the ring on his right hand. "I wouldn't sell it."
In his third season at Georgia, Richt has a new contract and more respect. The guy is so convincing, he talked sophomore quarterback D.J. Shockley out of transferring even though starter David Greene is a junior.
"All it takes is for one of those guys to say, 'This stinks' and you have a controversy," Richt said. "But they're mature. They can handle the pounding from the media on the issue."
The Bulldogs are devoid of the senior leadership that helped them finish 13-1 last season. Georgia is particularly thin on the offensive line and at linebacker, with new starters across the board at those positions. And there's still this little matter of beating Florida.
"Oh, yeah, people still ask about it," Richt said. "I'm 0-2 against them as a coach. We're on a 1-12 streak, so there's not a whole lot I can say about it except that we will do our best to beat them."
Asked about Florida, All-SEC defensive end David Pollack scowled and said, "I'm thinking about Clemson. I'm thinking about Clemson."
The Bulldogs open at Clemson on Aug. 30.
Richt said he grew leaps and bounds as a coach between his first and second seasons.
Last season, Richt was praised for pushing nearly all the right buttons. And he was lauded for maintaining his composure on the sidelines and with the media.
"You know what I really learned last season?" Richt asked. "I learned how precious a victory is. At Florida State [as an assistant for 11 seasons], I was spoiled. I knew we were going to win games; it was just a matter of how we did it. In this league, style points don't matter. Right now, I don't think Georgia fans care, either."
If Georgia lives up to its preseason billing as the SEC East favorite, it again will be playing for the title in Atlanta.
And players could have another decision as to what to do with their rings.


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June 6, 2019 | By Chris Kerr
More: Console/PC, Business/Marketing
Naughty Dog is shutting down the PlayStation 3 servers for Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us after almost 10 years.
Although it's hardly surprising to see a developer switch off the servers for aging titles on a last-gen console, the news will be bittersweet for anyone who remembers tucking into the acclaimed trifecta -- which were some of the PS3's most iconic games.
For those who enjoy feeling old, Uncharted 2 launched all the way back in October 2009, while the youngest of the trio, The Last of Us, arrived six years ago in June 2013.
To ensure the trinity gets a proper send off, Naughty Dog is making every single piece of multiplayer DLC for each title free until the servers are turned off on September 3 at 5pm PT. That means there's never been a better time to take one last stroll down memory lane.
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Not every beach resort has a yoga instructress who once was Miss Paris. 'Hear the birds and feel the breeze on your skin,' says Isabelle Lamant.
It's 8.15am at the Constance Prince Maurice hotel on Mauritius's east coast, and a British trio is responding to Isabelle's Gallic-accented directions with varying success. One is curving flawlessly into position — while two of us exhibit the flexibility of flagpoles caught in a gale.
But what a gorgeous start to the day — the sponginess of the broad-bladed grass beneath our feet, the sun already hot.
Each session is apparently designed to show how guests can integrate exercises into their daily routine for 'a more healthy, balanced lifestyle' when they return home - I will try to remember!
Isabelle has even designed a fun-filled program for younger guests, with an accent on posture. And just to stay competitive, Isabelle has also trained contestants for Miss France and Miss Tourism International in Malaysia.
Thirty yards away, amid banyan trees, palms, cinnamon and hibiscus, the hotel's Doric columns rise upwards, supporting a roof thatched with reeds of sugar cane. Another 50 yards and white sand is washed by the warm water of a lagoon, which opens onto the Indian Ocean. Twin terraces encase an infinity pool.
Although just an hour's drive from the airport, through fields of cane and villages speckled with stalls of vanilla and spices, the hotel's 60 acres, carved from a former sugar plantation, are entirely insulated from reality. By day two, it seems normal to be on the beach ordering Madagascar crab, followed by a chocolate fondant.
It's an appropriate reward, surely, for a dip during which a pick-handle barracuda has been identified, along with four-saddle grouper, threadfin butterfly fish, scissor tail sergeant and convict surgeon fish — the latter's silver flanks scored with black lines like the bars of a prison cell.
This sudden piscatorial expertise is the result of rifling through a Field Guide To Coastal Fishes Of Mauritius, produced by Fabrice, head-man in the marine hut, from where he co-ordinates water-skiing from my remedial wobble to 007 standard.
Along from the hut, the lagoon narrows and there's a roped walkway through a canopy of mangrove. As dusk falls, this is starrily lit, delineating the path towards a floating bar and restaurant — a Hollywood touch for guests emerging from their villas, many of which stand on stilts.
I can see only one discernible trophy wife, attached to a chap with a Jason Statham scowl - and a very un-Statham paunch. Perhaps he's here for the golf.
There are two 18-hole courses, and it's on the Links that Alexandre, the French pro, provides conclusive proof that, at the Prince Maurice, pretty well anything is possible.
He explains that visualisation is the key and, to demonstrate, he instructs me, a complete novice, to close my eyes — then swing. Miraculously, the ball stops a couple of yards from the pin.
Yet even that is eclipsed in the spa, where I submit my feet to Franck for a pedicure. He flicks on an instrument whose howl suggests impending amputation.
But no, it's a nail machine. An hour and a gallon of Sisley products later, and Franck announces: 'New feet.' Good enough, even, to be paraded at open-air yoga.


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They call it 'Project Zoom' inside Rivigo, a tech-enabled logistics company headquartered in Gurgaon. Essentially, if a family wants to move from Delhi to Mumbai, you notify Rivigo online, listing the items to be transported.
Rivigo's staff of loaders, known as faujis, come to your house to pick up the goods and deliver to your destination.
"Anyone can be client for Project Zoom," says a source who has been directly involved in the project. Over a third of this 3,000-employees company has been working on it.
"The Zoom pick-up connects with our Prime vehicles (that connect warehouse to warehouse across states)," he says. Zoom warehouses are on Rivigo's books— as are its 2,500 trucks, drivers ('pilots') and faujis—not to mention the tech team.
Rivigo wants the control, hence it's taken these costs on board. Project Zoom is among a spate of experiments in long-haul trucking, which has got regulatory fillip over the past year. The logistics industry had anticipated the goods and services tax (GST) from late 2015 onward.
But what no stakeholder expected was demonetisation on November 8, 2016, which caused pain and also nudged the $260-billion domestic logistics industry toward a cashless economy.
The Electronic Way Bill (E-way Bill) is on the anvil under the GST Act, which requires transport companies and small fleet owners to furnish information on the consignment electronically on a portal – before the journey.
The government is aiming to organise the logistics industry and bring it into the formal economy, expected to grow to $462 billion by 2020. The technology push from companies such as Rivigo is enabling this complex migration. It is also an opportunity to make the industry more efficient.
Accel's second investment was in a company in which Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani had also invested — 4tigo. As against freight marketplaces, 4tigo network is an exchange catering to transport owners who want spot trades.
This need arises when they have excess load because of committed consignments. 4tigo doesn't engage with the consigner or receiving party—it caters to the transporter.
"A transport company may have 10 trucks but contracts that require more," says Vivek Malhotra, 52, co-founder of 4tigo.
Think about it. A single large consignment can involve the party (say, ITC) commissioning the transport company. A spot trade expands number of parties, sometimes involving two or three brokers.
There is a receiving party, a warehouse (consignee). "A contract runs for several days. The whole thing has to be managed and settled. We manage the trade and fulfilment," Malhotra explains.
More than 80% of overall logistics spend in India lies in the unorganised sector, according to a KPMG report, India Warehousing, Transportation and Logistics. Trucking forms the largest share of the industry.
This is where technology companies are looking to bring in efficiencies with their approach. Both Rivigo and Blackbuck are products of the digital economy. Blackbuck was funded by Flipkart, while Rivigo counts Amazon India among its largest customers.
While ecommerce companies mostly depend on captive logistics arms, rising costs are an issue. "Today, 80-90% of intercity etail orders in India are being transported by air, driven by the need for fast fulfilment, coupled with poor efficiencies of road transportation," the Avendus report states.
With increasing margin pressure and high congestion at airports, ecommerce players are likely to turn to road freight in the GST regime. While scaling, technology platforms discover granular real-time data because everything is measurable. Rivigo is differentiating with its 'relay' system for better truck utilisation.
No single driver does more than 400 km and ceases his journey at a 'pit stop.' Drivers are identified based on their familiarity with a number of cities. "Earlier, duty was assigned manually (by phone). Now, there is a pit-stop app, which assigns duty for the driver automatically," a source says.
Driver loyalty gets built in because they tend to repeat transit on familiar routes and get adequate rest, as against driving the whole journey. For Rivigo, time efficiencies stem from driver knowledge.