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Die Doria sind eine Patrizierfamilie der Republik Genua, die zu den bedeutendsten Geschlechtern des italienischen Adels zählt. Ab Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts erwarb die reiche Kaufmannsfamilie Besitz am Golf von Genua, gründete Burgen und Orte im Norden Sardiniens und übernahm im 13. Jahrhundert Herrschaften im Piemont. In Genua selbst waren sie im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert die führende Familie.

Häufig kommandierten Dorias bei kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Erzrivalen Republik Venedig die Genueser Flotte. In den Kämpfen zwischen Kaisern und Päpsten (siehe: Ghibellinen und Guelfen) stellten sie sich auf die kaiserliche, ghibellinische Seite. Sie errichteten und bewohnten zahlreiche Paläste in Genua.

Der Admiral Andrea Doria, inoffizieller Machthaber in Genua, wurde 1531 von Kaiser Karl V. mit dem Fürstentum Melfi in Süditalien belehnt, wo er und seine Nachfahren weitere Herrschaften ankauften; die Fürsten von Melfi erbten 1630 das Tal des Taro im Ligurischen Apennin von der Adelsfamilie Landi und nannten sich fortan Doria-Landi. 1760 erbten sie außerdem den Besitz der Familie Pamphilj in Rom und im Kirchenstaat. So entstand der Name der bekannten römischen Linie Doria-Pamphilj-Landi.

Andere Linien erwarben eine Reihe weiterer Grafschaften, Marquisate, Fürsten- und Herzogtümer. Zweige der Familie bestehen bis heute.

Ursprünge

Die Doria besaßen in der Altstadt von Genua eine insula, ein von ihnen beherrschtes Quartier nahe der Kathedrale von Genua, rund um die Piazza San Matteo. Um diesen Platz standen im Mittelalter die Häuser der Familie und noch heute befindet sich dort der gotische Palazzo di Branca Doria von 1276 sowie angrenzend die Hauskirche der Familie, San Matteo. Gestiftet hat sie 1125 Martin Doria, der als Witwer Benediktinermönch wurde und in die Abtei von San Fruttuoso eintrat. Der heutige Bau stammt von 1278.

Laut einem in dieser Kirche aufbewahrten, späteren Dokument sollen die Doria urkundlich im Jahre 941 beginnen. Das erste gesicherte Familienmitglied ist jedoch ein kurz nach 1100 geborener Ansaldo, Sohn eines Zenoaldo (oder Genoaldo) und einer Sofia di Ugo Embriaco, der über Grundbesitz in dem genannten Quartier verfügte. Nach einer anderen Quelle habe ein früherer Ansaldo, der bereits 1044 lebte, eine Auria, Tochter eines Morino, geheiratet und noch 1085 gesiegelt. Eine weitere, häufig zitierte, aber verlorene Urkunde von 1109 bis 1110 erwähnt "Martin und Genoaldo, Söhne der Aurie". In jedem Fall leitet sich der Name offenbar von d'Auria bzw. d'Oria, das heißt Kinder der Oria, ab. Mittelalterliche Chronisten bezeichneten die Familienmitglieder als illi de Auria.

Wahrscheinlich handelte es sich um eine wohlhabende Kaufmannsfamilie, die in innerstädtischen und ländlichen Grundbesitz investierte. Eine viel spätere Legende, die der Familie eine feudalere Herkunft zuschreiben sollte, ließ einen Arduin von Narbonne aus dem Geschlecht der Arduine, Markgrafen von Turin, auf dem Weg zum Ersten Kreuzzug 1096 in Genua Station machen und sich im Hause des Corrado Della Volta (Vorfahre des späteren Genueser Fürstenhauses Cattaneo) in dessen Tochter Orietta (oder Oria) verlieben, sie heiraten und einen Sohn mit ihr zeugen.

Die Doria, ebenso wie die Spinola und die Negrone, repräsentierten einen neuen städtischen Adel, der den kaisertreuen Ghibellinen anhing, während die Fieschi und Grimaldi den alten Feudaladel anführten, der auf der Seite der papsttreuen Guelfen stand, was diese mächtigsten Familien der Republik freilich nicht davon abhielt, meist untereinander zu heiraten. In jedem Falle vermehrten sich die Nachfahren stark und es soll schon im Mittelalter 40 Familienzweige gegeben haben; im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert waren sie die führende Familie der Republik Genua. 1284 sollen an der Seeschlacht bei Meloria 250 männliche Doria teilgenommen haben. Das Geschlecht gehörte zum Patriziat, trieb Handel, stellte Feldherren und Politiker der Republik und spielte eine herausragende Rolle im Albergo dei Nobili, der Vereinigung der führenden Familien. Insbesondere waren die Doria darauf bedacht, ihr Vermögen außerhalb der Stadtrepublik zu investieren, vor allem in Reichslehen an der Riviera di Ponente rund um den Golf von Genua, später auch im südlichen Piemont sowie auf Sardinien. Dort rangen sie gemeinsam mit den Malaspina gegen die Pisaner um die Vorherrschaft. Schon Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts hatten sie Alghero unter ihrer Kontrolle, das sie mit einer Stadtmauer umgaben, 1102 gründeten sie Castelsardo (damals Castel Genovese), es folgten Giave, Monteleone Rocca Doria (Ruine der Doria-Burg) und das Castello di Casteldoria (Ruine) in Santa Maria Coghinas. 1259 teilten sie sich das Judikat Torres mit den Malaspina und den Spinola.

Bekannte Familienmitglieder
 Oberto (1230–1295) unternahm 1266 einen erfolgreichen Zug gegen Candia sowie später zwei Seekriege gegen Venedig, vernichtete durch den Sieg bei Meloria am 6. August 1284 die Seemacht Pisas und erhob die genuesische Seemacht zur ersten ihrer Zeit. Er beherrschte mit den Spinola den Staat unumschränkt. 1270 erwarb er die Markgrafschaft Dolceacqua.
 Branca (ca. 1233–1325), Erbauer des Palazzo Branca Doria an der Piazza San Matteo, wird in Dantes Göttlicher Komödie erwähnt (XXXIII. Gesang des Höllenkreises).
 Lamba (1245–1323), Bruder Obertos, schlug am 8. September 1298 in der Seeschlacht bei Curzola die weit überlegene Seemacht der Venezianer unter Andrea Dandolo vollständig, doch mit großen eigenen Verlusten. Zu seinen Gefangenen zählte Marco Polo, der einem Mithäftling seinen Reisebericht "Il Milione" diktierte. Lambas Nachfahren, die Marchesi Doria Lamba und Doria Colonna existieren bis heute.
 Valentina, Tochter des Bernabo, heiratete 1318 Stefano Visconti. Ihre vier Söhne teilten sich die Herrschaft über Mailand und seine lombardischen Provinzen.
 Filippo, unternahm 1350 einen verheerenden Kriegszug gegen die venezianischen Küsten. Später mit 15 Galeeren ausgesandt, um die aragonischen Plätze in Sardinien zu erobern, fand er diese zu stark, segelte deshalb nach Tripolis, eroberte diese Stadt  und verkaufte sie an einen muslimischen Fürsten für 50,000 Golddublonen. Darauf erfocht er mehrere Siege gegen die Aragonier in Sardinien.
 Luciano, erhielt 1379 den Oberbefehl über die genuesische Flotte im Chioggia-Krieg gegen die Venezianer, eroberte den Hafen von Zara (kroat. Zadar) und brachte dem berühmten Seehelden Vettor Pisani am 7. Mai eine Niederlage bei. Ein zweiter Seesieg bei Pola (kroat. Pula) kostete ihn das Leben.
 Ceva, tat sich in den Unruhen, die gegen das Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts Genua zerrütteten, hervor und trug dazu bei, dass sich Genua der Schutzherrschaft Frankreichs unterwarf. Als 1409 die Franzosen verjagt und die Mailänder als Oberherren anerkannt wurden, erhoben sich die Doria und Fieschi zur Befreiung ihres Vaterlandes, worauf Ceva mit anderen Patriziern an die Spitze der Regierung kam.

 Andrea (1466–1560), Fürst von Melfi. Der vom Condottiere zum genuesischen Admiral aufgestiegene Andrea gilt als das bedeutendste Mitglied seiner Familie. Er kämpfte gegen Osmanen und nordafrikanische Piraten und wechselte im Bestreben Frankreichs und des Heiligen Römischen Reichs um die Vorherrschaft über Genua wiederholt die Seiten, um die Unabhängigkeit seiner Vaterstadt zu sichern. Er stellte die Republik unter kaiserlichem Schutz wieder her, reformierte die Verfassung, überwand die Spannungen zwischen Ghibellinen und Guelfen und schuf die Grundlagen für eine aristokratische Regierungsform. Obwohl nie zum Dogen gewählt, war er der faktische Stadtherr. Ihm zu Ehren erhielt das Castello Doria über Portovenere seinen Namen. 1530 wurde er von Kaiser Karl V. in seiner Eigenschaft als König von Neapel mit großem Grundbesitz in Süditalien (Basilikata und Apulien) belehnt, darunter dem Fürstentum Melfi.
 Gianettino, Neffe von Andrea, wurde von diesem zum Stellvertreter zur See und als Erbe eingesetzt. Durch Übermut und Anmaßung erbitterte er aber die Bürger und den Adel Genuas so sehr, dass Giovanni Luigi Fiesco, Graf von Lavagna, eine Verschwörung gegen die Doria anzettelte, die am 2. Januar 1547 zum Ausbruch kam, und bei welcher Gianettino ermordet wurde.
 Giovanni Andrea Doria, Sohn Gianettinos und nach dessen Tod Adoptivsohn von Andrea, übernahm 1556 den Oberbefehl über die im spanischen Dienste stehende genuesische Flotte und überwand den Seeräuber Dragut, befehligte 1560 das spanische Belagerungsheer vor Tripolis, gewann 1564 eine Seeschlacht bei Korsika, führte 1570 den Befehl über die spanische Flotte, die den Venezianern gegen die Türken zum Entsatz von Zypern zu Hilfe gesandt wurde, verursachte aber durch die absichtliche Verzögerung seiner Ankunft den Verlust der Insel. Auch an der Seeschlacht von Lepanto nahm er wenig ruhmvollen Anteil. Er starb 1606. Von seinem Sohn Andrea stammen zahlreiche Linien der Doria ab, wie die Doria Pamphilj Landi, Fürsten von Melfi, in Rom, die Doria Angri, Fürsten von Angri, in Neapel sowie die Doria Lamba in Genua.

Besitzungen der Doria
Die Familie Doria besaß Grundherrschaften in verschiedenen Teilen Italiens:
 In Sardinien: ab 1102 Alghero, die Region Anglona mit Castelsardo (Castel Genovese), Monteleone Rocca Doria und Valledoria.

 In Ligurien und Piemont: Als Lehen des Herzogtums Savoyen: die Markgrafschaft Dolceacqua (mit dem Castello dei Doria, ab 1270, mit zwei später errichteten Palazzi), von 1298 bis 1576 das Fürstentum Oneglia mit dem Schloss Oneglia sowie dem Geburtshaus von Andrea Doria. Als ligurische Reichslehen: Grundbesitz in Genua, Buronzo, ab 1531 Montaldeo (ein Zweig der Familie führt bis heute den Titel Marchese di Montaldeo und bewohnt das dortige Schloss), Redabue, Savona (Palazzo Doria), Pinerolo, Loano (Palazzo Doria aus dem 16. Jh.), Torriglia, Garbagna, Grondona, Vargo, Carrega, Ottone, Santo Stefano d'Aveto, Cabella, Fontanarossa, San Sebastiano Curone, Cairote, Cremonte, Veppo, Calice al Cornoviglio.
 In Apulien: Candela (1530 als Lehen Kaiser Karls V. an Andrea Doria), Lacedonia (1566–1806), Ginosa
 In der Basilikata: Das Stauferkastell in Lagopesole (1530–1969), 1531 Melfi (mit dem Stauferkastell Castello di Melfi), ebenfalls 1530 an Andrea Doria, ferner Avigliano (Palazzo Doria), Forenza, San Fele (1613–1811).
 In Kampanien: Marcantonio Doria erwarb 1612 Angri, 1636 zum Fürstentum erhoben, erbaute das Castello Doria, die Linie lebte in Neapel (Palazzo Doria d'Angri, erbaut 1750–78) und der Villa Doria d'Angri (von 1833) in Posillipo (Neapel).
 In der Emilia: Durch Heirat 1626 das Fürstentum Val di Taro der Familie Landi (bis 1646).
 In Latium: Durch Erbschaft 1760 die Güter der Familie Pamphilj: Valmontone (mit dem Palazzo Doria Pamphilj) und San Martino al Cimino bei Viterbo (mit dem Palazzo Doria Pamphilj), ferner der Palazzo Pamphilj an der Piazza Navona in Rom, die Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rom und (bis heute) der Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj am Corso in Rom.

1576 erhielten die Doria das Marquisat von Civiez und die Grafschaft Cavallamonte, 1594 das Herzogtum Tursi, 1607 das Fürstentum Avella, 1613 das Herzogtum Avigliano, 1671 das Fürstentum Meldola. Von 1613 bis 1806 übte eine Linie im Königreich Neapel die Herrschaft im Fürstentum Angri aus. 1760 wurde einer Linie der Doria, in Verbindung mit der Herrschaft Torriglia und dem Marquisat von Borgo San Stefano, der Titel eines Reichsfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reichs verliehen.

Der Zweig der Fürsten von Melfi erbte 1630 die Güter der fürstlichen Familie Landi im Val di Taro (Tal des Taro) in der heutigen Provinz Parma, damals im Kirchenstaat gelegen. Der Genueser Giovanni Andrea III. Doria Landi heiratete 1671 Anna Pamphilj von Gubbio. Als deren Neffe Girolamo Pamphilj, Herzog von Carpineto, 1760 als letzter der Familie Pamphilj starb, vererbte er seine umfangreichen Besitzungen an seinen Neffen Giovanni Andrea Doria-Landi, Fürst von Melfi (1705–1764). Dazu gehörten der berühmte Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj in Rom sowie große Ländereien in Latium im Kirchenstaat. 1763 nahm Fürst Andrea IV. Doria daher den Namen Doria–Pamphilj–Landi an. Diese Linie ist im Jahre 2000 mit Donna Orietta, einziger Tochter des Fürsten Filippo Doria Pamphilj Landi, ebenfalls erloschen; den Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj in Rom, mitsamt der wohl bedeutendsten privaten Kunstsammlung Italiens, sowie die Villa des Andrea Doria in Genua erbten ihre Adoptivkinder Jonathan und Gesine, die sie bis heute besitzen. Die Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rom mit ihrem weitläufigen Park wurde 1957 an die italienische Regierung verkauft, mit Ausnahme der Grabkapelle der Familie.

Linie der Fürsten von Melfi

 Andrea I. Doria (1466–1560), Principe di Melfi (1531–1535), Marchese di Tursi, stammte aus der Linie der Doria di Oneglia; ⚭ Peretta Usodimare, Tochter von Gherardo und Theodoina Cybo, einer Tochter des Papstes Innozenz VIII.
 Marcantonio del Carretto (1513–1578), Sohn von Alfonso I. del Carretto, Marchese di Noli, und Peretta Usodimare, 1528 von Andrea Doria (dem zweiten Ehemann seiner Mutter) adoptiert, 1535 Principe di Melfi, Reichsfürst 1553
 Zenobia del Carretto (1541–1590), deren Tochter, Principessa di Melfi; ⚭ 1558
 Giovanni Andrea I. Doria (1539–1606), 1578 Principe di Melfi
 Andrea II. Doria (1570–1612), deren Sohn, 3. Principe di Melfi; ⚭ Giovanna Colonna († 1620), Tochter von Fabrizio Colonna, Fürst von Paliano
 Giovanni Andrea Doria (1606–1618), deren Sohn, Principe di Melfi unter Vormundschaft seiner Mutter
 Pagano Giovanni Andrea II. Doria (1608–1679), dessen Bruder, Principe di Melfi
 Andrea III. Doria-Landi (1628–1654), dessen Sohn, Principe di Melfi
 Giovanni Andrea III. Doria-Landi (1653–1737), dessen Sohn, Principe di Melfi
 Giovanni Andrea IV. Doria-Landi, ab 1760 Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1705–1764), dessen Sohn, 1760 Reichsfürst, Principe di Melfi
 Giorgio Andrea IV. Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1744–1807), dessen Sohn, Reichsfürst, Principe di Melfi
 Luigi (Giovanni Andrea) Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1779–1829/38), dessen Sohn "Reichsfürst", Principe di Melfi
 Andrea Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1810–1836), dessen Sohn, eventuell "Reichsfürst" und Principe di Melfi, je nach Sterbedatum seines Vaters
 Filippo Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1813–1876), dessen Bruder, "Reichsfürst", Principe di Melfi
 Giovanni Andrea VI. Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1843–1890), dessen Sohn, "Reichsfürst", Principe di Melfi
 Alfonso Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1851–1914), dessen Bruder, "Reichsfürst", Principe di Melfi
 Filippo II. Andrea Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1886–1958), dessen Sohn, "Reichsfürst", Principe di Melfi
 Orietta Emilia Maria Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (1922–2000), dessen Tochter, "Reichsfürstin", Principessa di Melfi; ⚭ Frank George Pogson (1923–1998)

Sonstige Familienmitglieder

 Simone Doria (auch Simon, * um 1135; † nach 1217), genuesischer Händler, Politiker und Admiral
 Girolamo Doria (1495–1558), Kardinal der Katholischen Kirche
 Giovanni Doria (1573–1642), Kardinal, Erzbischof von Palermo
 Sinibaldo Doria (1664–1733), Kardinal, Erzbischof von Benevent
 Giorgio Doria (1708–1759), Kardinal, Präfekt der Kongregation del buon governo
 Antonio Doria Pamphilij (1749–1821), Kardinal
 Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilij (1751–1816), Kardinal
 Giorgio Doria Pamfilj Landi (1772–1837), Kardinal, Präfekt der Ritenkongregation und Großprior der Malteser
 William Doria (1820–1889), britischer Diplomat
 Luca Doria (* 1977), Physiker

Andere Träger des Namens Doria
 Alberto Doria (1901–1944), italienischer Filmschaffender
 Enzo Doria (* 1936), italienischer Filmschaffender
 Luciano Doria (1891–1961), italienischer Filmschaffender
 Marina Doria (* 1935), Schweizer Wasserskifahrerin
 Mauricio Doria Medina (* 1988), bolivianischer Tennisspieler

Siehe auch
 Andrea Doria (Schiff, 1952), italienisches Passagierschiff der Linie Italia – Società di Navigazione mit Heimathafen in Genua

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Familie Doria di Cirié (englisch)
 Familie Doria di Melfi (1. Teil) (englisch)
 Familie Doria di Melfi (2. Teil) (englisch)

Italienisches Adelsgeschlecht
Patriziergeschlecht (Genua)

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Tyra Banks on reprising her 'Life-Size' doll, Lindsay Lohan and 'Next Top Model'
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If anyone could rival the number of careers Barbie has taken on through the years, it might be Tyra Banks.
She's had turns as a model, an actress, a TV show creator, a producer, a host, a singer, a teacher, an author — feel like a slacker yet? But actually playing a Barbie-like doll, again, is what has fans of a certain generation feeling like that wish they made in 2000 has finally come true.
Banks reprised her role as Eve, a doll that comes to life, in "Life-Size 2." The original TV movie, which aired on ABC before reruns made the rounds on the Disney Channel, starred Lindsay Lohan as a young girl coping with the death of her mother with the help of Eve. The sequel, which premiered Sunday on Freeform, revolves around Grace ("Grown-ish's" Francia Raisa), a curmudgeonly 20-something CEO of the company that manufactures the Eve dolls. The walking, talking doll Eve teaches Grace to embrace life and love. It's all part of the network's popular 25 Days of Christmas programming cycle.
Q: It's been nearly two decades since the original "Life-Size." What was it like to play Eve again?
A: I'd been working on the script with the Disney Channel, and later with Freeform, for about five years, so I've been with it a lot longer than a lot of the public is aware. It was just very exciting for me. I studied with a coach and really wanted to make sure that I didn't play [Eve] as a caricature and that I maintained a lot of the things that people liked about it in the beginning. But I wanted it to be a lot funnier. I wanted to make sure that it was speaking to the audience that had grown up with the original. And that's why we decided to put it on Freeform instead of Disney Channel, because we realized that the audience that was so obsessed with "Life-Size" is now grown up and they even have kids.
Q: Lindsay Lohan isn't in the sequel, but the movie finds a way to honor her character. What do you remember about working with her?
A: She really wanted to be in the movie. For months, we were texting back and forth. And then she got this MTV show (the reality show "Lohan Beach House," due in 2019) and she was stuck in Europe. Working with her when she was young was so much fun. Her whole family was there. So it's really weird for me to see her brother, or Cody and Michael (Jr.), and Ali, her sister, as adults now. They're frozen in time for me. In Vancouver, on weekends, we would go to my hotel room, and we would pop popcorn and watch movies on the floor in my hotel room.
As for Lindsay, she knew her lines. She was super professional. I remember, she would have to go to school all the time. And sometimes she would kind of be dodging the teacher, it was like a game for me to find her hiding behind a cupboard or something. I'd tell her to go to class. I remember it like it was yesterday. When I run into her today, no matter where it is, I see that little girl.
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Q: What helped you during those low points of self-hate or self-doubt when you were growing up?
A: I found solace in books. Even in the grocery store, adults would stare at me [because of my height and weight] in a very rude kind of way and I'd just put my face in a book. It's probably one of the saddest times in my entire life, to be honest. I didn't understand why I was so thin. I was stuffing myself with food.
Q: How do you pull yourself out of those moments now?
A: I look at memes, and different sayings on social (media), and I'll screen-grab them on my phone. Sometimes I need that. My dad sends me motivational quotes every other week. And I don't know what is going on with him, but it always is the right thing I need to hear at that moment. There are days when it's crazy … I might be having a really tough day, and I'm exhausted and my son is screaming. Maybe there's a business thing that didn't go the way I wanted it to go. And I have to get off social media because I'm looking at curated lives and it's making me feel bad with the type of life that I lead. Imagine what it's making a 15-year-old girl feel like?
I tell people, as you scroll through social, listen to what your body is feeling like, listen to what your mind is feeling like, what your heart is feeling like. Because there is a certain addiction to all this social media. I have a love/hate relationship with it. And there's a part of me that really, really loves it. And I get entertained by it. It helps me. You know, waiting for food in a restaurant and having something to scroll through. But if somebody's making me feel bad, you've got to unfollow. Sometimes you can't even understand why they're making you feel bad. But just unfollow. That should have been a line in the "Be a Star" remix.
Q: OK, we started with a fan favorite, "Life-Size," making its return. What's the status of another favorite: "America's Next Top Model"? You returned last season as host after fans demanded it. Is another season on the horizon?
A: I can tell you I have a phone call today about it. That's all I can say.
These reality TV newcomers were ready for fame. Then social media turned vicious.
"They were like, 'Don't go on the message boards. ... People can be really mean and cruel. So obviously, the first thing you do is go online and read the message boards."

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Q: Test Class covering only 75% coverage .How to increase coverage for this test class @RestResource(urlMapping='/convertlead/*')
global with sharing class LeadConvertRestAPI{
    public class ApplicantDetails {
        public String Application_Id;
        public String Applicant_Id;
        public String Record_Id;
        public String Verification_Flag;
        public String Applicant_Flag;
        public ApplicantDetails() {
            Application_Id = '';
            Applicant_Id = '';
            Record_Id = '';
            Verification_Flag = '';
            Applicant_Flag = '';
        }
    }

    global class ModelClass {
        public String Status;
        public String Message;
        public String Application_Id;
        public String Applicant_Id;
        //public List<ListApplicantData> List_Applicant_Data;
        public String Lead_Id;
        public String Opportunity_Id;
        public ModelClass() {
            Status = '';
            Message = '';
            //List_Applicant_Data = new List<ListApplicantData>();
            Application_Id = '';
            Applicant_Id = '';
            Lead_Id = '';
            Opportunity_Id = '';
        }
    }

    public static ModelClass checkValidation(String status , String message) {
        ModelClass modCls = new ModelClass();
        modCls.status = status;
        modcls.message = message;
        return modCls;
    }

    global static ModelClass LeadConvert() {
       Savepoint sp = Database.setSavepoint();
       try {
            RestRequest req = RestContext.request;
            RestResponse res = RestContext.response;

            ApplicantDetails appDetails = (ApplicantDetails)JSON.deserialize(req.requestBody.toString(),ApplicantDetails.class);

            List<Lead> listLead = [SELECT Id,Name,FirstName,LastName,
                                   Lead_Phone_Number_1__c,Residential_Address__c,
                                   Loan_amount_Required_Cust__c,PostalCode,
                                   Purpose_of_Loan_P__c,Status,Branch__c,Branch__r.Name,Comfortable_EMI__c,
                                   Location__Longitude__s,Location__Latitude__s,Convert_Flag__c,LO_Loan_Officer__c
                                   FROM Lead WHERE Id = :appDetails.Record_Id];
            if(listLead.size() == 0) {
                ModelClass modelClassObj = checkValidation('Error','Lead With This Record Id Not Found.');
                return ModelClassObj;
            }
            else {
                List<Branch__c> listBranch =[SELECT Id,Name
                                             FROM Branch__c WHERE Branch_PinCode__c = :listLead[0].PostalCode Limit 1];
                Customer__c cust = new Customer__c();
                cust.Branch__c = (listLead[0].Branch__c == null) ? 'Jaipur' : listLead[0].Branch__r.Name;
                cust.Name= listLead[0].Name;
                cust.Customer_Name__c = listLead[0].Name;
                cust.First_name__c = listLead[0].FirstName;
                cust.Last_Name__c= listLead[0].LastName;
                cust.Mobile__c = listLead[0].Lead_Phone_Number_1__c;
                cust.Lead__c = appDetails.Record_Id;
                cust.Loan_Amount_Applied__c = listLead[0].Loan_amount_Required_Cust__c;
                cust.Comfortable_EMI__c=listLead[0].Comfortable_EMI__c;
                cust.LO__c = listLead[0].LO_Loan_Officer__c;
                insert cust;

                List<Opportunity> listOpp = [SELECT Id,Purpose_of_loan__c,Loan_Amount_Required__c,Loan_Number__c,Customer_Location_1__Latitude__s,Customer_Location_1__Longitude__s,Household__c,(SELECT ContactId, OpportunityId FROM OpportunityContactRoles) FROM Opportunity WHERE Household__c=:cust.Id];
                System.debug('listOpp--->'+listOpp);
                listOpp[0].Purpose_of_loan__c = listLead[0].Purpose_of_Loan_P__c;
                listOpp[0].Loan_Amount_Required__c = listLead[0].Loan_amount_Required_Cust__c;
                listOpp[0].LM_Loan_Status__c = 'Pending';
                update listOpp;
                List<OpportunityContactRole> listRole = listOpp[0].OpportunityContactRoles;
                ModelClass modelClassObj = checkValidation('Success','Applicant Is Added Successfully');
                modelClassObj.Application_Id = String.valueOf(listOpp[0].Loan_Number__c);

                modelClassObj.Applicant_Id = String.valueOf(listRole[0].ContactId);
                Contact con = new Contact();
                con.id = listRole[0].ContactId;
                if(appDetails.Verification_Flag != NULL && appDetails.Verification_Flag.length() > 0) {
                    con.Verification_Flag__c = String.valueOf(appDetails.Verification_Flag);
                }
                update con;
                listLead[0].Convert_Flag__c = true;
                listLead[0].Status = 'Converted';

                update listLead;
                return ModelClassObj;
            }
        }
        catch(exception e) {
            System.debug('The following exception has occurred: ' + e.getMessage());
            Database.rollback(sp);
            ModelClass modelClassObj = checkValidation('Error','Something Went Wrong.');
            return ModelClassObj;
        }
    }
}

@istest
public class LeadConvertRestAPITest {

    public static testmethod void mytest1(){
        Account acc = new Account();
        acc.FirstName='Fanindra';
        acc.LastName = 'Fanindra';
        acc.Employee_Id__c = 'EMP-1004';
        acc.Branch__c='a0D3K000000yAk2UAE';
        acc.Address_Line_1__pc='noida';
        acc.Address_Line_2__pc='addl2';
        acc.Address_Line_3__pc='addl3';
        insert acc;

        Contact con = new Contact();
        con.LastName='choudhary';
        con.FirstName='fanindra';
        con.Aadhar_Card__c='test';
        con.Mobile__c='rest';
        con.Is_Property_Identified__c=false;
        con.is_Property_Owner__c='Yes';
        con.Created_By_Employee__c=acc.id;
        con.Address_Line_1__c='address1';
        con.Address_Line_2__c='address2';
        con.Address_Line_3__c='address4';
        con.Date_Of_Birth__c=system.today();
        con.Personal_email__c='fmc@tmc.com';
        insert con;

        lead ld = new lead();
        ld.LastName='test';
        ld.Branch__c = 'a0D3K000000yAk2UAE';
        ld.RecordTypeId = Schema.SObjectType.Lead.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Call Centre').getRecordTypeId();
        ld.Lead_Phone_Number_1__c='test';
        ld.Lead_Current_Status__c='New';
        ld.LeadSource='Door to Door Marketing';
        ld.Applied_Loan_Amount__c=1000000;
        ld.Comfortable_EMI__c=5000.0;
        insert ld;
        Customer__c cust = new Customer__c();
        cust.Branch__c =ld.Branch__r.Name;
        cust.Name= ld.Name;
        cust.Customer_Name__c = ld.Name;
        cust.First_name__c =ld.FirstName;
        cust.Last_Name__c= ld.LastName;
        cust.Mobile__c = ld.Lead_Phone_Number_1__c;
        cust.Lead__c = ld.Id;
        cust.Loan_Amount_Applied__c =ld.Applied_Loan_Amount__c;
        cust.Comfortable_EMI__c=ld.Comfortable_EMI__c;
        insert cust;
        Config__c cf = new Config__c();
        cf.Name__c = 'Test Config';
        cf.Value__c = '009870';
        insert cf;
        List<Opportunity> opplist = new List<Opportunity>();

        Opportunity opp = new Opportunity();
        opp.Phone_No__c='9875678910';
        opp.Sanc_EMI__c=2000;
        opp.Date_Cibil_completed__c=system.today();
        opp.Name='test';
        opp.Loan_Number__c='AP-rrrrr';
        opp.AccountId=acc.Id;
        opp.ColPin__c=872344;
        opp.CloseDate=system.today();
        opp.StageName='closed Won';
        opp.LM_Loan_Status__c='Cheque Pending/Not Cleared';
        opp.Loan_Amount_Required__c=50000;
        opplist.add(opp);
        insert opplist;
        opp.Loan_Number__c=opp.id;
        update opp;
        update opplist;
        list<Opportunity> opList = [select Id,Name,Loan_Number__c from  Opportunity where Id =:opplist[0].Id];
        OpportunityContactRole ocr = new OpportunityContactRole();
        ocr.ContactId = con.Id;
        ocr.OpportunityId = opp.Id;
        ocr.IsPrimary = TRUE;
        ocr.Role = 'Main Applicant';
        insert ocr;

        Test.startTest();
        RestRequest req = new RestRequest();
        RestResponse res = new RestResponse();

        req.requestURI = '/services/apexrest/ControllerFunction';
        req.httpMethod = 'POST';
        string val='{"Record_Id" : "'+ld.id+'"}';
        System.assert(ld.id !=null );
        req.requestBody = Blob.valueOf(val);

        RestContext.request = req;
        RestContext.response= res;
        Test.setMock(HttpCalloutMock.class, new WebSermockTest());
        LeadConvertRestAPI.LeadConvert();
        req.requestBody = Blob.valueOf('{"Record_Id" : "'+ld.id+'"}');
        LeadConvertRestAPI.LeadConvert();
        req.requestBody = Blob.valueOf('{"Applicant_Id" : " "}');
        LeadConvertRestAPI.LeadConvert();
        req.requestBody = Blob.valueOf('{"Applicant_Id" : "'+con.id+'"}');
        LeadConvertRestAPI.LeadConvert();
        req.requestBody = Blob.valueOf('{"Application_Id" : "'+opplist[0].id+'","Record_Id" : "'+opplist[0].Loan_Number__c+'"}');
        LeadConvertRestAPI.LeadConvert();
        LeadConvertRestAPI.ApplicantDetails objCd1 = new LeadConvertRestAPI.ApplicantDetails();
        test.stopTest();
    }

}

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text:
Саманта Брисио Рамос (; р. 22 ноября 1994, Гвадалахара, штат Халиско, Мексика) — мексиканская волейболистка. Нападающая-доигровщица.

Биография
Саманта Брисио родилась в Гвадалахаре (столица штата Халиско) в спортивной семье. Её отец занимался баскетболом, мать — волейболом. В 2006—2009 за национальную волейбольную сборную Мексики выступал брат Саманты — Ирвинг Брисио. В детстве Саманта посещала школу при Университете долины Атемаяк (Universidad del Valle de Atemajac — UNIVA) города Гвадалахары, где и начала заниматься волейболом.

Своей первой победы Саманта Брисио добилась в 2008 году, выступая за команду штата Халиско на Национальной мексиканской Олимпиаде (в категории 13-14-летних спортсменов). В том же году 13-летняя волейболистка была включена в состав сразу двух сборных Мексики — молодёжной и юниорской, в составе которых приняла участие в чемпионатах NORCECA, став серебряным призёром континентального первенства среди девушек (до 18 лет), а на чемпионате континента среди молодёжных команд (до 20 лет) получила приз «Восходящая звезда», как самая молодая участница.

В последующие несколько лет Саманта Брисио играла сразу за три сборные Мексики — национальную (с 2010), молодёжную (до 2013) и юниорскую (до 2011). На чемпионате NORCECA 2010 года среди девушек волейболистка получила приз самого ценного игрока, а в июле того же года дебютировала в национальной команде страны на Играх Центральной Америки и Карибского бассейна в Пуэрто-Рико, став в свои 15 лет самой молодой волейболисткой сборной за всю историю. При этом на волейбольном турнире Игр Брисио стала лучшим бомбардиром и лучшей на подаче.

2011 год принёс Брисио «серебро» молодёжного Панамериканского Кубка и приз самого результативного игрока турнира. Лучшим бомбардиром она стала и в розыгрыше Панамериканского Кубка среди девушек. Кроме этого, Саманта была включена в основную сборную страны на чемпионате NORCECA и Панамериканских играх. В том же году Брисио поступила в Университет Южной Калифорнии, за команду которого играла в студенческих соревнованиях США до окончания этого учебного заведения в 2016.

2013 год был для Брисио последним, когда она была вынуждена играть сразу за несколько сборных Мексики. Получив напоследок приз самого результативного игрока молодёжного чемпионата мира, в дальнейшем она выступала только за взрослую национальную команду страны, став несомненным её лидером.

В 2016 Брисио стала бронзовым призёром чемпионата США в составе команды «Чесапик Райсинг Тайд», после чего заключила контракт с итальянской «Имоко Воллей» из Конельяно, с ходу выиграв Суперкубок Италии и получив при этом приз самого ценного игрока. Дебютный сезон в Италии мексиканская волейболистка завершила победителем розыгрыша Кубка страны и «бронзой» чемпионата. А вот стать призёром Лиги чемпионов ЕКВ Саманте помешала травма, полученная ею в четвертьфинале главного клубного турнира Европы.

2018 год принёс Брисио в составе команды из Конельяно золотые награды чемпионата, серебряные — розыгрыша Кубка страны и бронзовые — Лиги чемпионов. В составе сборной Мексики Саманта впервые приняла участие в чемпионате мира. После этого Брисио покинула Италию и один сезон (2018—2019) отыграла в турецком «Фенербахче», с которым стала финалисткой Кубка Турции и бронзовым призёром турецкого чемпионата. По итогам первенства Турции Брисио вошла в символическую сборную.

Недоигранный из-за пандемии COVID-19 сезон 2019—2020 Брисио вновь провела в Италии — в команде «Савино Дель Бене» (Скандиччи), после чего заключила контракт с российской командой «Динамо-Казань».

Клубная карьера
 2008—2012 —  «Халиско» (Гвадалахара);
 2012—2016 —  «USC Траджэнс» (Лос-Анджелес);
 2016 —  «Чесапик Райсинг Тайд» (Чесапик);
 2016—2018 —  «Имоко Воллей» (Конельяно);
 2018—2019 —  «Фенербахче» (Стамбул);
 2019—2020 —  «Савино Дель Бене» (Скандиччи);
 2020—2022 —  «Динамо-Ак Барс» (Казань);
 с 2022 —  «Шанхай Брайт Юбест» (Шанхай).

Достижения

С клубами
 бронзовый призёр чемпионата США 2016.
 чемпионка Италии 2018;
 бронзовый призёр чемпионата Италии 2017.
 победитель розыгрыша Кубка Италии 2017;
 серебряный призёр Кубка Италии 2018.
 победитель розыгрыша Суперкубка Италии 2016
 бронзовый призёр чемпионата Турции 2019.
 серебряный призёр розыгрыша Кубка Турции 2019.
 бронзовый призёр чемпионата России 2021.
 двукратный победитель розыгрышей Кубка России — 2020, 2021.
 обладатель Суперкубка России 2020.
 серебряный призёр чемпионата Китая 2023.

 бронзовый призёр Лиги чемпионов ЕКВ 2018.

Со сборными Мексики
 серебряный призёр Панамериканского Кубка 2021.
 двукратный серебряный призёр чемпионатов NORCECA среди девушек — 2008, 2010.
 серебряный призёр Панамериканского Кубка среди молодёжных команд 2011.

Индивидуальные
 2008: приз «Восходящая звезда» самому молодому участнику молодёжного чемпионата NORCECA.
 2010: MVP чемпионата NORCECA среди девушек.
 2010: самая результативная и лучшая на подаче волейбольного турнира Игр Центральной Америки и Карибского бассейна.
 2011: самая результативная Панамериканского Кубка среди молодёжных команд.
 2011: самая результативная Панамериканского Кубка среди девушек.
 2013: самая результативная Панамериканского Кубка.
 2015: лучшая на подаче чемпионата NCAA (Национальной ассоциации студенческого спорта США).
 2015: волейболистка года Мексики.
 2016: MVP Суперкубка Италии.
 2019: лучшая на подаче Кубка Турции.
 2019: лучшая нападающая-доигровщица (одна из двух) чемпионата Турции.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте ВК «Динамо-Казань»
 Профиль на сайте Женской волейбольной Лиги Италии
 Профиль на сайте ФИВБ
 Профиль на сайте ЕКВ
 women.volleybox.net

Волейболисты Мексики
Игроки ВК «Динамо-Ак Барс»


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Ottawa Marathon 2019
May 27, 2019 May 28, 2019 / justinnonng	/ 1 Comment
At the starting pen, the first thing I notice is that the runners here don't really do the annoying thing they do in Singapore where they squeeze together to the point where no one can breathe properly. I am able to have space for myself, and space around me to stretch a bit, do some arm rotations. Szu was standing by the side of the start pen, so I felt slightly less nervous. I had already done my warm up and stretches up to this point, taken the pre-race dump, and so all there was to do was to just go. I took out my first gel and ate it right before the runners all crowded to the start line.
At the start line!
When the starting gun fired, I could only think of one thing: don't go out too fast. My plan was to run the first km in 4:20, so I scanned the crowd for the 3-hour pacer, and just ran beside him. He was of African descent (though I never got to find out exactly from where, I am aware that Africa is a continent made up of many countries, each with her individual identity) and looked like he was just jogging, graceful as can be as if he were running at 5 min pace. And so I felt assured that we weren't going that fast, and for the first km I felt smooth, really smooth, and felt like 4:20 was probably the pace I was going at. But at the kilometre marker, the watch showed that I was running at an astonishing 4:04 per km.
I was worried, but everything just felt so smooth. I decided to have faith and continue following the pacer. Things evened out eventually. The first 5km goes along the river, a pleasant scenery to my left, so I just cruised along beside the pacer, and enjoyed myself. Though 2km was still at 4:07, he ran 3, 4, 5 km at 4:13, 4:13, 4:13. To add to that, my GPS watch tended to overmeasure the distance, so the km markers on the route got further and further ahead from when my GPS watch made the km splits. Still, I passed through 5km in 20:56, 19 seconds faster than my goal pace of 21:15, or 4:15 per km (which translates to a barely sub-3 hour marathon).
At 6km, the route makes a turn away from the river and into a neighbourhood of houses and shops that winds through west Ottawa (or Westboro, as they call it). This is the part of the race I enjoyed the most. There were people who came out of their houses to cheer the runners on, and I still had a lot of energy left in me to appreciate these cheers, and really take in the race atmosphere. They called the pacer a rabbit, and when he passed by there were cheers of "THE THREE HOUR RABBIT!!" which made the sub-3 dream seem suddenly very real, although I was only in the 8th km of the run.
It was at this juncture that I felt incredibly blessed that I was even running at all. Just a week before, I came down with a terrible bout of stomach flu while I was travelling with Szu in London (of all places in the world to get stomach flu). I could hardly eat properly, and could only do soupy foods and water. There was no carb loading to be entertained, and there was one day that I could hardly walk, with buy-two-get-one-free stomach cramps hitting me like I was a punching bag. I doubted if I could even be at the start line of the marathon, which made me angry at first. But I decided that there was nothing I could do but to hope for the best. And sure enough, with just three days to go before the race, the sickness cleared, and I could (most importantly) eat as much pasta as my heart desired without fearing that it would all be expelled in explosive diarrhoea.
So the sub-3 dream aside, I was thankful to be running down the streets of Westboro, cheered on by an insane number of spectators and race volunteers. I was running with a group of like-minded runners who had trained hard and we were all following the 3 hour pacer, having formed a large pack and were just cruising along with him, all gunning for that Boston qualifier. At that moment, it felt really good to be running, the activity that made the most sense to me, and it felt even better that I was smooth and able to enjoy this spring day.
10km passed in 42:04, 26 seconds faster than my goal pace. I kept calm and told myself again to trust in the pacer, that he would bring us through in good time. Everytime I would speed up a bit, I would force myself to slow down and be "eaten up" by the pack again. At 12km, however, the plan changed. While taking in a gel and running to the side to get water, I unintentionally sped up. I opened a 10 meter gap ahead of the pacer, and was suddenly running with a different pack of runners that was just slightly faster. I made a gamble, and decided to follow this pack. I was feeling good, but more than that, this decision was based on a book that I had read about marathon tactics, about how runners at the amateur level should be running the first half slightly faster than the second due to glycogen depletion. And so, to run a sub 3-hour marathon, I had to run a considerably faster than 1:30 for the half marathon. It was a gamble for sure, and at a bad timing: just as I made this move, we turned away from Westboro at 14km, and onto a desolate highway with almost no supporters, and just a strong, cold headwind.
It was on this highway that a runner that was in the pack I was following spat on the floor, and narrowly missed me, at which he offered an apology. With this opening, I asked him for his goal time (so as to gauge if it was a good idea to follow him), and he said that he had just run a 2:56 seven weeks prior, so he was aiming for the same time (turns out this 2:56 was run at Boston!). But, he told me, that he didn't do well in heat, and so might need to adjust his goal later in the run. I would understand why he would say that, today was slightly warmer than the previous two days I had been in Ottawa, with the temperature lingering between 16-18 degrees through the duration of the race. Having been through a harsh Canadian Winter, 17 degrees might be warm, but to me it was a slice of heaven, having trained exclusively in the high twenties with roaring humidity back in Singapore. But I wasn't about to belittle the heat soon, because at this point, just 16km into the race, there was no telling what might be a factor in the later stages in the race, of which I had no idea about.
I told the runner (I later found out that his name was also Justin) that it was my first marathon and he looked at me and said "you're doing good, you look really smooth". I told him that I came from a middle distance background, and had no idea what happens after 30 km, and he responded with some advice. "You want to go through the first half feeling totally fine. 20-30km you have to work a bit to keep your pace, and then at 30 – 40 km it gets really hard. the last two km is just about making it to the finish line." I hoped that I could still be in a position to push towards the finish line, because all that lay ahead was indeed dark and murky; my longest training run was only 36km, and so there was no telling what would happen after that.
After taking another gel, Justin and I ran across the bridge towards Gatineau, towards 20km. Things were still feeling smooth, my legs were moving fine, and my breathing was well regulated. It felt like only a stray car coming to run me over could stop me at this point. I passed the halfway point (21.1km) in 1:28:43, which was an optimal amount of time under 1:30 to positive split. In the short distance between 20km and the half, there was a slight uphill, and in that time somehow Justin had forged a 20m gap in front of me while I was zoning out and trying to maintain a constant effort.
The view of Ottawa from Gatineau
I was running alone now, not really wanting to chase Justin because he was aiming for a 2:56 which was way too fast to strive for. The next few kilometres I could not help but think to myself that by 30km I had to feel good, I had to feel good, I had to feel good. I repeated this in my head with every km that passed, making sure that I still felt good. I took a gel at 24km, and kept telling myself even up to this point that though I had a lot of energy left I had to conserve all the energy I had for the assault coming up past 30km.
The 20-28km section of the course was a lonely one, not only was I running on my own, it was also through a neighbourhood where not many came out to support. It was also a decidedly hillier neighbourhood, and I suddenly recalled from all the race reviews that I read that the second half of this race was generally hillier. I wasn't so worried, because I had done a few 6am long runs up and down the hills of rifle range road, all for the purpose of preparing for this part of the marathon. I also remembered this piece of advice I'd heard, to not go too fast uphill but maintain the same effort so as to not build up lactic. There was also no sense in sprinting the downhills, because it might result in calf cramps, and so I took that slightly quicker but not too fast. I had to keep thinking about these things, measure every step, and so in a sense I never got bored when I was running, there was always something new to see around me and always something to think about.
At 27 km we crossed another bridge back to Ottawa, and it was here that I began to overtake a few runners who had been overzealous from the start. I tried to sit behind a small group of runners at about 28km, but realising that they were too slow, elected to speed up and just overtake them. I was still feeling good up to this point, which honestly does not make for a good story, and so far you might notice that this whole time has just been me asking myself if I feel good and me actually feeling good. Well, that's all about to change. I passed the 30km mark at 2:06:45, 45 seconds faster than goal pace. I took another gel, and at this point I must admit, I still felt good. I overtook a few more runners, saw a few who had walked and tried cheer them on but saw that it was as good as reviving ashes, with their faces of defeat looking resigned to the wall.
The Giant Spider that greeted us as we crossed the bridge back to Ottawa. Hitting the wall is still scarier though.
The 30-35km section winded through Rockcliffe park, and as the name suggests, to was quite a bit hillier, but I already knew what was ahead for I did a practice jog around this segment two days before to get used to the hills. I knew every uphill and downhill of this section and so I was never caught off guard by the course. What I was caught off guard by, however, was a sudden twitch in my hamstring at 33km. I had just passed by a sponge station and had cold water stream down my face, when the first hint of possible cramps came about. And I had 9km left to run. I was still ahead of pace, but I had read up a lot on how people could slow to a 5 minute pace within a short span of a km despite feeling perfectly fine the km before. I told myself again not to panic, that all my training had led up to this moment and that I was well prepared to forge ahead without incident. I couldn't slow down to a 4:40 pace to accommodate these doubts, and so had no choice but to keep up 4:15 per km and just hope that these cramps didn't knock on the door again.
The hills of Rockcliffe Park
I passed 35km, and began to understand why this was the worst part of the marathon. My breathing became heavier all of a sudden, and I started to adopt a slight grimace. The neighbourhood I was running through was lively, and that helped tremendously. A woman cheered me on from the sidelines, and upon reading my name on my race tag, said "come on Justin", which was a simple cheer but it helped a lot to keep me focused. "Come on, Justin" was exactly what I needed to tell myself as well.
With 7.2km left in the race (which feels like an eternity after you've run 35), I began to carry out a visualisation technique that I had read up on, where you imagine that you're running a short loop that you're familiar with, so that seven km can seem more bite-sized and manageable. My mind wandered back to the 7.2km route that I would run around my neighbourhood, the route that introduced me to running proper, and a route that I had found myself through exploring the neighbourhood. I had run this route countless times from when I was younger, sometimes I failed, but eventually I conquered the route and could do a sub 30 minutes easily on it. I looked at my watch and saw that I just had to run under 32 minutes to break 3 hours, and so I just kept thinking of myself as that kid again, trying his best to conquer this 7.2 km run, trying again and again and loving running more and more as I did.
As soon as I began this visualisation, my left calf began to twitch, and a full blown cramp threatened to hit me. I quickly took my last gel and drank an electrolyte drink they offered at the next station to battle the cramps. At 37km, the twitch in my calf became more pronounced, and I thought about stopping to stretch my calf at the side, thinking if that would be a good idea to help assuage the cramping. I then thought back at my various attempts at the half marathon, and how stretching at the side did me no favours, not only did it slow me down, but it also made other parts of my legs cramp up from stopping and starting again. I had to keep my body in fight mode all the way or it would crumple and give in altogether, there would be no in between. And so I decided to continue. Every time I cramped up, I would transfer by body weight to the other leg, and try to shake up the cramp in my calf. There would be a few hundred meter stretches that it wouldn't be a problem at all, and I could run smoothly, and then it would hit me again as if reminding me that it won't be so easy to run that sub-3, that a huge cramp could reduce me to a walk at any time it fancied, and crush all my hopes. I kept thinking about my running form, and kept telling myself to maintain good form and to not let bad biomechanics get in the way and induce more cramps in other parts of my leg. The 38km split was the slowest thus far: 4:27 per km. I didn't panic or try to increase my pace, I remembered that I had already given myself some leeway from the first half by running more than 1 minute faster than the target split, and so had all that time to spare.
Not that I could go much faster; at 38km I was already in a full on grimace. I passed by Justin, who was reduced to a short walk to take in a gel, the weather probably getting the better of him. He looked over and told me "good job", which helped a little. With 4km left, I thought about another run I always did, which was my 4km warm up. I thought about how easy it was to run 4km, and how I did it before and after most workout sessions. With only 4km left, it seemed silly to slow down now. The crowd around this part of the route, known as Sussex drive, was teeming with what seemed like the entire town. There was a wedding going on at a church and some of the guests came out to cheer. There female students with banners around their necks saying "You can have a piece of this after you're finished" (which was of no motivation to me because my allegiance is only to Szu) and even little kids and old ladies cheering on. The atmosphere was immense, something you'd never find in Singapore for numerous reasons.
The pain at 39km
My calf threatened to cramp a few more times; but I limped it off, let out a silent scream, or ignored it altogether. At 39km, we were back at the canal again. We were to run down the canal, and then turn back via Pretoria bridge and to the finish line. I had this all in my head, having done another practice jog here the day before. However, I had done that little recce on fresh legs, and so it was particularly torturous to see the same sights that I saw but in such an excruciating filter. This part of the race was strange, there were a couple of people who tried to overtake, but they too seemed to succumb to cramps and I was overtaking them again within a few hundred meters. We were all trying to claw our way to the finish line; everyone that was around me all had the same dream, to break 3 and get that Boston qualifier.
The finishing stretch.
At 40km, I felt a different sensation, my legs felt like they were on fire, so numb and stinging with exhaustion as they were. Forget calf cramps, my entire lower half was threatening to give way and reduce me to a heap on the ground. Every muscle involved in running was burning. I was at 2:49:59 at 40km, which gave me a grand total of 10 minutes to run 2.2km. It would have been easy in any other circumstance, but running 40km prior did not happen to be one of them. I had faith though, that I wasn't entirely out of it, for I had run a 4:18 min 40th km, and so just kept my head down and told myself that I had the mettle to finish this off. I told myself that I had to give this everything. I thought about all the kilometres I had put in to make these last 2 km survivable. I limped when my calf threatened to cramp up, and tried to actually run when there were windows of respite. I crossed Pretoria bridge, and turned around where there was 1km left. In that last km, I thought about every last km I had ever done in my life and decided that none were as painful as this one. I probably looked like I was running to the toilet, or that I had just survived a bomb blast and was jog limping away from the blast. I tried to follow this guy who was also finishing, then decided that i would just run my own pace. I looked at my watch and saw that I had a little less than 5 minutes to run the last km, so I looked down and took it one step at a time.
And then, I saw it. The finish line. It was 400m in front of me, yes, but there it was. There was no indication prior to this that the finish line was anywhere within reach, but there it was, in all its glory on a sunny Sunday morning. I had about 2 minutes left to run 400m, and so I just opened up my stride. I felt like I was stepping on coals, every impact of my leg on the ground felt like I was punching myself, but it didn't matter anymore. I was at once the heaviest and lightest I'd ever felt, as if all the weight of the past 4 months of training, the last 1660 km I had run, was lifted off me. I ran past all the spectators, past a screaming Szu, and onto the carpet that led to the end. I looked at the clock as I neared the end, and it read 2:59:30 as I was running the last 20 meters or so. I clenched my fists and pumped them into the air, and crossed the finish at 2:59:34.
Typing this exactly 24 hours after I crossed the finish line, it still feels like a dream. I still don't know how I did it. I remember the last two workouts I tried to do involved trying to hold 4:15 pace and I could not even complete them both, stopping approximately 15km into both. How I could maintain that pace for 42 km will always be a mystery to me. I shook hands with some people, and then with an exhausted Justin who finished just behind me (I had beaten a 2:56 marathoner!) and he told me "you did it". At this, I began to tear. I was embarrassed at first and tried to hold it back. I walked on and composed myself, took some water, walked to collect the medal. It was the most ceremonious medal collection ever; there were a large group handing out medals that cheered loudly as I arrived. I thought there was someone behind me that was being cheered for, but I looked behind and it was just me. I hobbled over to receive the medal, and finally began to cry when I walked past them.
I thought about all the sacrifices, and the distant belief that I had in myself from the start that given the perfect conditions, that this feat would just have been possible. I thought about all the 4:30 am alarms I had to set every Saturday, the 30 plus km runs I did with Yik Siong at East Coast park, at West Coast Park, at Punggol. I thought about how I trained 6 times a week, hardly had rest days. I thought about all the sacrifices I had to make, the times I had to say no to drinking sessions, that I had to have late dinners with a super understanding Szu whom I could not feel more grateful for, who came all the way down with me to obscure Ottawa to support me. I thought about the group of people I trained with: Yik Siong, Josh, Wen Sheng, who were all stronger that me in various ways and had pushed me beyond my limits, my training buddy in y1 -y3 Philip who had always shown me what running was all about. I thought about my parents who supported me all the way, providing me the resources and space to succeed, who would never stop me from achieving this crazy dream though it was precisely the kind of activity that I knew would worry them.
Last of all, I thought about my love for running. It all began when I was 13, progressed till I was 17 and then it became murkier during army when I had an injury, and then even murkier coming into uni when I could not get my priorities right. After failing to make the Sunig team for the 3rd time, I sat myself down last August and decided that I wanted to achieve something amazing in my last year of university. It was with this renewed focus and planning that I began to enjoy every workout I did, qualified and did well for my 1500 IVP and then decided foolhardily to go for the marathon because i wanted to feel like I did everything I could in running before I graduated. I followed a strict training plan, and loved every minute of the journey. The joy of running never left me, but had stayed dormant for a few years before erupting in its full glory. I could not stop thinking about running, about what I needed to do to rest, to fuel up for the next workout, to be my best at every run I did in any small way possible. I made no excuses. I constantly reflected on the journey, read up about the marathon and watched a lot of races. This sub-3 journey, in a way, isn't just about running, it was pretty much about a lifestyle that I consciously chose to keep up despite every temptation to just take my final year easy and not dream such big dreams.
I cried maybe because it hurts to love something so much only to finally be validated in some form or another.
I soon discovered that I could not really walk, and so hobbled my way to the meet up point where Szu was waiting for me with open arms. I raised up my hands with a medal in one and a banana in another, and she walked towards me with a big smile on her face, the smile of someone who had never doubted me for a second even though I had doubted myself a thousand times over.
"I did it," was all I could manage.
I DID IT!
The best part: the beer after the race
This is the Fire of Leaving Pain
May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019 / justinnonng	/ Leave a comment
Time passes. Collect a scroll and kingfisher plush toy when you pass go. Roll the die. Pick up the community chest card. Pay rent. Collect wealth.
As much as we like to see transitions as emotional farewells, they too, are transactional. After all, a transition is a transaction, you exchange your time in college for a place in another firm, another company, another higher institution of learning. The time here is but wind that billows up our sails, that pushes us along to the next destination, the next port of calling. Our time was a transaction from the start; we pay school bills to get food and housing and education, we talk in class to engage our ideas with others, to better learn, to get that better grade. We get that better grade to attain a number on a transcript, to show our future bosses that we know what we are talking about and aren't just filling pillows with fluff. We send emails that start with "I hope you've been well" to professors we might not even want to know anything more about other than how much they're going to care if we submitted an assignment 2 hours late, or if the final exam would be testing so and so topic. Our time here, if put bluntly, is a transaction. Four years of accruing knowledge, forming relationships that will bolster us into the future. We work hard and play hard in order to say that we gained something when we finally put on our robes and walk onto the stage sheepish and awkward, in front of some people who matter and many who don't. We shake hands, we receive a scroll not even real.
What a waste it would be to think of everything as transactional, to think of everything as just passing through and so not worth holding on to. Looking at the line of students walking forward to collect their scrolls, one might think of this entire endeavour as that of a production line, producing fresh graduates to churn out into society. Cliche, but many cliches turn out to be true.
The only way to burn down this notion of transaction is by using fire. This is not your primary 5 camp campfire, but the fire of leaving pain. It is what burns and cooks you from the inside as you walk out of a place you thought you could never get used to. It is the warmth of conversations with one another late into the night. It is the first conversation to the last, every one of them leading to this final reckoning like breadcrumbs that form a beautiful trail. This fire is the sting of absinthe that made us honest. It is our acts of kindness that touch us and made us cry, of coming together in times unimaginably tough as we held candles in Elm and remembered. It is every argument we had, drunk punch we flailed, heartbreak we experienced, people we swore never to talk to again, people we swore to fight for till the very end until we cannot fight any longer and our muscles all ache with trying.
Have you ever stayed up with someone till 3am? Talked to them about nothing at all yet everything? Held each other's emotions on the edge of a knife? It appears that graduating from a place like this is precisely like a 3am talk, where time flows slow to the point of almost-stillness. Both of you still know that the inevitable morning will come, but the magic of 3am keeps our reservations suspended, we believe that we are, for lack of all better expression, eternally bound in the moment. What is it about transitions that prompts us as such?
Suspension is just the word for the occasion. We are indeed suspended, within our own thoughts, with the place we inhabited, with each other. It is a stubborn suspension that refuses to let go just yet, that still believes, like a 3am conversationalist, that there will be time yet. As I walked up the stage, received the scroll, I looked to the crowd and felt suspended, felt very light as if something was carrying me somewhere which I had no knowledge of.
Notions of suspension aside, I want to ping back to the notion of fire. The fire of leaving pain, that burns and swallows, that stays in our minds longer than the duration of the carnage, which sometimes is only for a short while, that last all of a few seconds when your chest constricts when you realise that this may actually be the last time, that this conversation, this drinking session, this confession, this farewell glance, is all that this school could offer until security stands at the door and asks you to leave. This is the fire that burns and warms, it is the fire that destroys all notions of transaction.
Because, put simply, what transaction can there be that places this burning sensation in our chests? We transact to feel secure, to feel like we have garnered enough resources to live a good life. The fire of leaving does the opposite, it makes us do stupid things that may potentially hijack our well being. It makes us stay up too late, drink too much, talk too much, feel too much. The burning sensation in your chest, the warm afterglow we feel as we walk off the stage and say goodbye to all our friends, is entirely counterproductive to what a transaction aims to achieve.
And for that, may we forever have a part of ourselves suspended. May we never let this fire burn out.


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Are People Fleeing California?
Are People Leaving California in Droves?
I'm sure people have seen headlines and videos of "people are fleeing California!" and "Mass Exodus!" and "Texes/Idaho/Nevada/Florida, etc are being overrun with Californians!"
And obviously there are a lot more people moving to those locations than in past years. The ability to work remotely, retired people cashing out, cost of living; these all play a factor.
Researchers analyzed credit bureau information to determine where people moved during 2020. They found that most people were moving within California. People leaving San Francisco has certainly been the case. Rents have dropped and I looked at the MLS data of available properties in 2020; it was the highest number of properties for sale in San Francisco since the peak of the housing crash in 2010. (Surprisingly, this had little impact on prices; the median sales price actually increased 1.8% from 2019 to 2020. It rose for single family homes, dropped for condos/townhouses).
But where are they going? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the top 5 destinations of those leaving SF were 1. Alameda County 2. San Mateo County 3. Marin County 4. Santa Clara County 5. Sonoma County. In fact, the top 15 destinations are all in California. With those top 5 destinations being other SF Bay area counties, it has had an interesting affect on the housing market. I spoke with a client who owns in Sunnyvale but lives in LA, and her perception because of many of these articles was that our housing prices must be getting hammered. It's almost $300k in the opposite direction...
The median sales price in Santa Clara County for a single family home in December was $1,355,000. For the first 10 days of March, it is $1,650,000. That is a 22% increase. The townhouse and condo market has been slower, which was typical of all of last year, but still appreciated 7% in that same timeframe. I think the biggest contributing factors to that is that for people having to deal with Shelter In Place, they wanted space. They wanted yards. They wanted more privacy when working from home. People disproportionately pursued single family homes instead of condos and townhomes for much of last year. That will likely change moving forward when things normalize again.
I wanted to address this because it is confusing for people to see the perception in the media that everyone is leaving, and then be trying to buy a home and think, "Then why are there multiple offers on every single property I'm interested in, and why did I just get outbid by $500k?!"
The answer is, already low inventory, low interest rates, money from stocks and people moving from the city to the suburbs, but still remaining fairly local. It has created the perfect storm for a market that I think is more competitive than in 2006 or 2018.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/03/07/california-exodus-did-not-happen-uc-study/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/People-are-leaving-S-F-but-not-for-Austin-or-15955527.php


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UK News by Tom Wills
Telling my friends I had secured an internship at the FT elicited a range of responses. One thought immediately of what she saw as the amoral, greed-driven world of banking and finance, and condemned me as guilty by association. Another asked if I would be wearing a pinstripe suit. But the reality of life at the Financial Times is a world away from any of these stereotypes.
I arrived at the UK news desk to a lively debate - not the validity of the recent bank stress tests, or austerity vs stimulus – but the merits of eating out of dustbins. Of course, the constant discussion that takes place in the newsroom more often takes in weightier topics, as I soon discovered. But FT journalists' interests are wide ranging, as is their encyclopaedic general knowledge, and listening in on editorial conferences and the like has been fascinating and highly instructive.
This is not to say that I've been a mere observer. As previous FT interns have written, interns are regarded as part of the team and given
fantastic opportunities to contribute to the paper and work with reporters. The consistency with which the FT's journalists turn ideas into authoritative, meticulously researched and well written stories in the space of hours is impressive, and it has been a privilege to play a small part in that endeavour.
This is my first experience of a daily paper's newsroom and it is quite different from a typical office environment. In many ways the newsroom is organised as a production line. Articles move in turn from the desks of reporters, to section editors, to subeditors, before being sent either to a real production line to be printed or to the web. The nightly deadline imposes a mechanical imperative on a production process which is by definition unpredictable. News journalism is about creativity, human relationships and good judgment. The work is anything but routine, and it is amazing to see the skill and co-ordination entailed in marshalling these elements to schedule into a tangible product. I get a sense that this unpredictability is what makes the work of the newsroom stimulating (and challenging).
If any member of the production line falters – as is sometimes inevitable given all the variables – it affects the rest. This is where the constant discussion comes in, with reporters and editors collaborating on stories and negotiating deadlines. Occasionally this turns to friction but for the most part it seems to generate a sense of collegiality and egalitarianism. The latter is also a corollary of the culture of critical debate here that produces a level of journalistic rigour which few of the FT's peers are able to match.
I'm very grateful for the encouragement, patience and advice the reporters and editors have given me, which more than anything else made the internship rewarding and valuable.
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> Vocational training for ultra-orthodox men
Vocational training for ultra-orthodox men
Research output: Working paper
Yohai Hakak
School of Health & Care Professions
This research examines the interaction between young ultra orthodox men who come from a yeshiva background, and a technological vocational training program – The Haredi Center for Technological Studies. The characteristics of the student group were examined, their initial dilemmas, their decisions and explanations for choosing a new direction in life. The research finds that the new students at the center are mainly ex students from Lithuanian yeshivas, which are part of the Haredi hegemonic center. Others are part of the social margins of the Haredi community, whether because of their family background, or their own unsuccessful yeshiva career. Entering the Haredi Center for technological studies is paving their way back closer to the social center – both the Haredi and the general Israeli. The transition into vocational training appears to stem from two main reasons: the reluctance to spend daily long hours studying the holy scriptures, and the refusal to come to terms with a reality of poverty. Some of the interviewees interpreted the difficulties of adjusting to the strict demands of the Torah world as implying less on their individual limitations rather than on the shortcomings of this particular male model, and its inability to embrace every Haredi man. They also claimed that the rabbis are shutting their eyes to the distress of many young men, and, guided by their own narrow personal interests, prefer to cling to the cultural hegemonic model of the religious scholar as the only alternative for all young Haredi men. Several aspects in the structure and activity of the Haredi Center were examined. It was found that the power relationships characterizing the three main Haredi groups (Lithuanian, Hassidic and Sephardim groups) are reconstructed and maintained also within the Haredi Center. The Lithuanian hegemony is manifested in the central role which the Lithuanian Hallahic leaders play in shaping the center's character and root. Within the rabbinical committee, which is subordinated to the Lithuanian Halachic leaders, there is a majority of Hassidic rabbis and no Sephardic rabbis at all. The center's administration is also composed of a majority of Ashkenazi-Lithuanians. Identification with one of the three Haredi main groups is also clearly expressed through the staff and student body of other Haredi institutions for vocational training. In stark contrast to this tendency, rabbi Fogel, the head of the Haredi Center tried to introduce meritocratic and egalitarian norms, by which the Haredi Center is meant to serve equally students from all Haredi streams. Under these new egalitarian norms, the process of selection does not take into consideration elements such as ethnicity, or belonging to a specific religious group, but only the candidates' abilities and qualifications, thus conforming with a modern labor market and Western higher education systems. Examining the interaction between the hegemonic cultural model of the Haredi community and the cultural model of a modern labor market exposed the disparity in attitudes towards the concept of time, its organization and management. In a modern labor market, a businessman will examine rationally the options he is facing, and will prepare himself in advance, using his autonomy, initiative and assertiveness, and will avoid irrational dependence on factors such as chance. Several official Haredi spokesmen further entrenched any disapproval of such an approach. They all saw in the individual's attempts to plan his, his group's or the state's future a presumptuousness, which ignores the fact that God is the first and last ruler. The deep disparity between the two cultural models is also expressed in the activities of the directors of the Haredi Center. For example, one of the heads of administration decided to completely give up on his salary, and devote himself and his work to his community, rejecting material gain and ambition, so very central to the modern labor market. Surprisingly, this loyalty to community values proved worthwhile to many of the Center's graduates, who, because of these qualities, did not lose their jobs in the wave of cutbacks in the Hi-Tech market during 2000-2001. The willingness to suspend present joys in favor of the future, which is central in both the labor market and the religious Jewish cultural models, was found to be another relative advantage of the Haredi students. It strengthened the student's resolve and perseverance, and their ability to invest long hours in their studies. Several other components of the Haredi cultural model were found to be especially close to the capitalist cultural model. Among them is the belief in the individual's ability to aim and accomplish high – whether in capital accumulation or in Torah studies, regardless of social status and background, ethnicity or religious group, relying only on personal commitment and efforts. As to the tension between the Haredi cultural model and the higher education cultural model it was found that the individual in the Haredi educational system is perceived as an incomplete unit, a contributing factor for the centrality of studying in pairs (Hevruta) in the yeshivas. By contrast, the higher education model emphasizes the unique talents of every individual, and attempts to develop a variety of talents in him, but has no pretensions to shape his entire identity. The studies are meant to achieve concrete goals, whether internal or external, but are not in any way a means of worship. These differences between the two systems force the students to go through a long process of adjustment. They have to make up for gaps in secular studies, especially in Arithmetic and English. Between 20 to 30 percent of the students drop out during the initial period, in which pursuing these gaps carries the main emphasis. The huge gap between the two cultural models is expressed in the students' remarks, censure and rejection of some of the materials they are studying. They do not, however, reject the new cultural model of a modern labor market. A major reason for this is the fact that this new model emphasizes the centrality and importance of the individual and his actions as directed toward his own personal and private interest, and is not perceived as part of an alternative ideological system that might threaten the ultra orthodox community. By sharp contrast, the perception of labor as a 'religion' or other socialist perceptions evoke sharp ideological resistance within the ultra orthodox community.
Floersheimer Institute
Vocational_Training_for_Ultra-Orthodox_Men_11603.pdf
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As a result of public and state agency closures due to COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced the application deadline for the Public Museum Capital Grants Program would be extended until May 29, 2020 at 5 p.m.
The program, which is administered by IDNR, grants funding to public museums in Illinois to improve museum facilities and develop new exhibits.
A total of $25 million in funding from the state's Rebuild Illinois capital program is available for public museum capital grants for Fiscal Year 2020. Grant awards for qualifying projects can range from $25,000 to a maximum of $750,000.
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations
STOCKTON RUSH BARTOL FOUNDATION AWARDS
22 GRANTS TO PHILADELPHIA ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
Five Micro-grants Also Awarded to Teaching Artists through
New Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation announced today that it will distribute $125,000 in grants to 22 Philadelphia arts and cultural organizations. The Foundation supports organizations in a range of artistic disciplines with an emphasis on arts education and community-based arts programs. A complete list with information on each grantee is available here.
In addition, the Foundation approved $2,500 in its first of two rounds of micro-grants. Grants of $500 each were awarded to five individual teaching artists through a new partnership with Small But Mighty Arts (SBMA.) SBMA supports members of the creative community by connecting artists directly with resources and networks. Information on these grantees is available here.
The 2018 roster of grantees reflects the Bartol Foundation's commitment to supporting cultural organizations that provide exceptional, sustained arts experiences to children, teens and adults throughout Philadelphia's neighborhoods. The Bartol Foundation supports diverse organizations from large to small, established and emerging. The Foundation made 18 grants of $5,000 each. Four grants of $7,500 each were made to:
Sister Cities Girlchoir for their Saturday Girlchoir Academy that builds singers and leaders;
PhillyCAM for their development of "people-powered media";
The Tibetan Association of Greater Philadelphia for programs which preserve traditional Tibetan dance, music and song; and,
Warrior Writers to bring together veterans and members of the Iraqi community to collaborate.
Three first-time grantees bring new perspectives and audiences to the roster of grantees:
ArtSphere for their pre-school program in Philadelphia neighborhoods;
Dehkontee Artists Theatre serves the Liberian community with a project that will address issues of domestic and gun violence; and,
Power Street Theatre Company, a collective of multicultural and multidisciplinary artists that empowers marginalized artists and communities of color.
"Bartol has a new strategic vision through which we are re-affirming our commitment to organizations which engage and amplify voices that might otherwise be marginalized or silenced," said Toni Shapiro-Phim, Chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees and Director of Programs for the Philadelphia Folklore Project. "We are also pursuing new partnerships such as our micro-grant program with SBMA that will increase our impact through collaborations."
"There are many organizations, especially representing communities of color, that have a vibrant cultural life but do not have the same access to resources," added Beth Feldman Brandt, Executive Director of the Foundation. "We are committed to supporting the organizations and teaching artists who are part of these communities."
The $5,000 George Bartol Arts Education Award, given annually to an organization that exemplifies the Foundation's priorities, will be announced in the fall of 2018.
Grants distributed to organizations this year also include $10,000 in funds from Waterman II Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation.
Updated guidelines and applications for the next round of grants will be available in the winter of 2019 on the Foundation's website at www.bartol.org with an application deadline of May 1, 2019.
The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation works at the intersection of arts, education, community and philanthropy, grounded in our belief that deeply meaningful arts experiences strengthen people and communities. The Bartol Foundation advocates for and facilitates partnerships in which cultural organizations, teaching artists, community partners, and funders work toward the common goal of providing high-caliber, equitable arts education to people in Philadelphia, especially those in the most under-resourced or under-served communities. We utilize our knowledge and resources to create to generate more resources and opportunities for all.
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Q: Dplyr and Summarising according to presence or not of an element I am trying to carry out a simple operation (everything is explained in the reprex).
I just want to be able to summarise a grouped tibble according to whether a certain element appears in a group (in that case, I want to have its corresponding ranking). The element I talk about appears at most once in each group, so it should be easy, but I am banging my head against the wall.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
library(dplyr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#>     filter, lag
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
#>
#>     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union

df <- tibble(year=rep(seq(2017, 2020),6),
                 ranking=seq(24)) %>%
    arrange(year) %>%
    mutate(x=c(letters[1:12], letters[1:12]))

##I want to summarise the tibble this way: for every year, if there is "d" in
## the group, I want the ranking of d. If not, I want to put e.g. -1.

##this is my attempt, but it does not work

df_summary <- df %>%
    group_by(year) %>%
    summarise(my_summary=if_else("d" %in% x, ranking, -1 ))
#> Error: Problem with `summarise()` input `my_summary`.
#> ✖ `true` must be length 1 (length of `condition`), not 6.
#> ℹ Input `my_summary` is `if_else("d" %in% x, ranking, -1)`.
#> ℹ The error occurred in group 1: year = 2017.

Created on 2020-09-18 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

A: With the same methode idea as you, and a verification that your variable do not appear more than one time (else you get -1)
       df %>%
          mutate(is_d = (x=="d")*1) %>%
          group_by(year) %>%
          summarise(Val=if_else(sum(is_d)==1,
                                sum(is_d*ranking),
                                -1))

A: has_d <- df %>%
    filter(x == "d") %>%
    select(year, ranking)

df_summary <- df %>%
    distinct(year) %>%
    anti_join(has_d, by = "year") %>%
    mutate(ranking = -1L) %>%
    bind_rows(has_d) %>%
    arrange(year)


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