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Die Gepiden (auch Gepidi, Gebidi; lateinisch Gipedae, Gepidae) waren ein ostgermanischer Stamm im Gebiet der heutigen Staaten Ungarn, Serbien und Rumänien, der möglicherweise mit den Goten verwandt war. Sie wurden bekannt, als sie unter Ardarich in der Schlacht am Nedao (454 oder 455) die Söhne Attilas aus dem heutigen Ungarn vertrieben. Das danach errichtete Gepidenreich an der mittleren Donau bestand noch bis ins 6. Jahrhundert.

Geschichte
Die Gepiden werden in spätantiken Quellen oft als Verwandte der Goten bezeichnet, doch ist ihre genaue Herkunft unbekannt. Annahmen in der älteren Forschung, sie könnten aus Skandinavien stammen, haben sich als nicht fundiert erwiesen, zumal diesbezügliche Aussagen in manchen Quellen als Topos zu werten sind. Im Rahmen solcher gentiler Erzählungen (siehe Origo gentis) wurden oft derartige Abstammungen konstruiert. Es ist aufgrund der archäologischen Befunde nicht möglich, eindeutig gepidische Funde aus der frühen römischen Kaiserzeit zu erfassen. Es ist daher gut möglich, dass sich die Gepiden erst im 3. Jahrhundert als eigenständige Gruppe herausbildeten.

Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts, zur Zeit der Reichskrise des 3. Jahrhunderts und der damit einhergehenden Schwächephase des Imperiums, stießen die Gepiden unter ihrem König Fastida über die Weichsel nach Süden vor. Sie sollen in diesem Zusammenhang die Burgunden vernichtend geschlagen haben und erreichten schließlich das nördliche Siebenbürgen. Ein Teil zog dann mit den Goten ans Schwarze Meer. Es ist aber unwahrscheinlich, dass sich die Gepiden an den damit zusammenhängenden Einfällen ins Imperium beteiligten. Nur in der sehr umstrittenen Historia Augusta werden sie diesbezüglich zweimal erwähnt. In den Quellen wird aber berichtet, dass die Gepiden Ende des 3. Jahrhunderts in Kämpfe mit den Goten verwickelt waren.

Über Auseinandersetzungen mit den Römern im 4. Jahrhundert liegen keine Berichte vor. Anscheinend waren die Gepiden damit beschäftigt, sich im Konflikt mit ihren Nachbarn zu behaupten. In der Zeit der Völkerwanderung zog im frühen 5. Jahrhundert vielleicht ein Teil der Gepiden mit den Vandalen nach Gallien (siehe Rheinübergang von 406). Der Großteil der inzwischen unter die Herrschaft der Hunnen geratenen Gepiden blieb aber im Theißraum zurück. In der Schlacht auf den Katalaunischen Feldern wurden die auf hunnischer Seite kämpfenden Gepiden von den auf römischer Seite stehenden Franken vernichtend geschlagen.

Ardarich und sein ostgotischer Gegenpart Valamir waren enge Anhänger Attilas gewesen. Als Attila 453 starb, hinterließ er eine Anzahl jugendlicher Söhne, deren ältester Ellac war. Die neuen, untereinander uneinigen Hunnenführer verteilten dabei kriegserfahrene Könige wie die Dienerschaft eines Hauses und provozierten so einen Aufstand der Skiren, Rugier, Heruler, Goten, Gepiden und anderer Gruppen, an dessen Spitze sich der Gepide Ardarich setzte. Ardarich erlangte die wohlwollende Neutralität Valamirs und siegte am Nedao (454 oder 455). Ellac fiel mit mehreren seiner Krieger. Damit war die hunnische Vorherrschaft in diesem Raum gebrochen und das ohnehin nur locker aufgebaute Hunnenreich zerfiel rasch. Die Gepiden übernahmen das heutige Siebenbürgen. Das so entstandene Gepidenreich unter Ardarichs Führung etablierte sich rasch als wichtiger Machtfaktor in diesem Raum. Doch schon bald begann auch der Verfall ihrer gerade errungenen Machtstellung. Die Ostgoten ließen sich in Pannonien nieder und übten einigen Druck auf ihre Nachbarn aus. Im Jahr 469 unterlag eine Koalitionsstreitmacht, zu der auch die Gepiden gehört hatten, in der Schlacht an der Bolia den Ostgoten. Dennoch gaben diese um 473 ihren pannonischen Herrschaftssitz auf. Einige Teile traten in römische Dienste über, andere bildeten ein römisches Föderatenreich auf dem Balkan. Nach dem Abzug der Ostgoten konnten die Gepiden wieder einigen Einfluss in diesem Raum gewinnen. Sie besetzten auch Sirmium, wo die gepidischen Könige in der Folgezeit residierten.

Im Jahr 488 stellten sich die Gepiden erfolglos dem Zug des Ostgoten Theoderich entgegen, der mit oströmischer Billigung in Italien einfallen wollte, um dort Odoaker zu stürzen. Der Gepidenkönig Thraustila fiel in diesen Kämpfen. Nach dessen Tod scheint das Gepidenreich geteilt gewesen zu sein: Während Thraustilas Sohn Thrasarich weiter in Sirmium residierte, herrschte ein gewisser Gunderith über die Theißgepiden. Im Jahr 504 wurde Thrasarich von Theoderich, der sich inzwischen in Italien durchgesetzt hatte, aus Sirmium verjagt. Nach dem Tod Theoderichs versuchten die Gepiden, Sirmium zurückzuerobern. Nachdem dies 530 zunächst gescheitert war, gelang die Einnahme schließlich doch noch, nachdem die Goten in Italien gegen oströmische Truppen zu kämpfen hatten (siehe Gotenkriege). Die Stellung der Gepiden an der mittleren Donau schien wieder gestärkt zu sein, doch wurden gegen Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts die Langobarden zu Gegenspielern der Gepiden, wobei Ostrom die Langobarden als Gegengewicht zu den Gepiden aufzubauen versuchte.

Bei dem Streit um die Nachfolge des langobardischen Königs Wacho und der Ermordung seines Sohnes Walthari stellte der Enkel Tatos, Hildigis, Ansprüche auf den Thron, musste aber von dem Usurpator Audoin zu den Gepiden fliehen. Umgekehrt musste auch der gepidische Thronprätendent Ostrogota vor dem gepidischen Usurpator Turisind in das Reich der Langobarden fliehen. Diese beiden Störenfriede des damals herrschenden Machtgefüges wurden von ihren Gaststämmen kurzerhand umgebracht. Damit hätte also wieder Friede herrschen können, aber beide verfeindeten Könige rüsteten auf. Im Jahr 547 brach zwischen Gepiden und Langobarden ein erster Krieg aus. Dieser wurde aber vertraglich beendet. Bereits 549 kam es zu der nächsten Auseinandersetzung, die aber höchst merkwürdig durch einen Streik der Krieger endete, die Kämpfer verweigerten ihren Königen den Gehorsam und flohen in Panik vom Schlachtfeld; vermutet wird, dass eine totale Mondfinsternis vom 25. auf den 26. Juni 549 der Grund war, es könnte aber auch sein, dass die Krieger den beiden Usurpatoren die Gefolgschaft verweigerten.

Der oströmische Kaiser Justinian I. war offenbar vor allem daran interessiert, die Gepiden als störenden Machtfaktor in diesem Raum auszuschalten, wobei er teils vorgab, die Gepiden zu unterstützen, aber heimlich den Langobarden half. Drei Jahre später (552) erlitten die Gepiden in einer entscheidenden Schlacht eine schwere Niederlage, der Sohn ihres Königs Turisind fiel. Daraufhin kam ein Friedensvertrag zustande, doch blieben die Spannungen bestehen. Im Jahr 567 wurden die Gepiden unter ihrem König Kunimund von den Langobarden unter Alboin vernichtend geschlagen und dieser getötet. Vorher hatte Alboin ein Bündnis mit den Awaren, dem neuen Machtfaktor in diesem Raum, vereinbart, wodurch die Gepiden von zwei Seiten bedroht wurden. Um einen Zweifrontenkrieg zu vermeiden, hatten die Gepiden die Langobarden angegriffen, wobei sie unterlagen. Angeblich wurde der Gepidenkönig eigenhändig von Alboin erschlagen. Bereits diese Niederlage brachte das Gepidenreich zum Einsturz, weshalb die Awaren gar nicht in die Kämpfe eingreifen mussten. Der Untergang des Gepidenreichs hing auch mit dem Tod Justinians und der veränderten oströmischen Außenpolitik unter dessen Nachfolger Justin II. zusammen. Bereits im Jahr 565 lehnte dieser ein Hilfsgesuch der Gepiden ab. Die Langobarden wiederum überließen nach ihrem Sieg den Awaren das Gepidenreich sowie auch ihr eigenes Stammesgebiet in Westpannonien und zogen 568 nach Italien ab.

Der Hauptteil der überlebenden Gepiden (und Kunimunds Tochter Rosamunde) zog mit den Langobarden nach Italien ab, andere verblieben unter awarischer Herrschaft zurück oder traten auf oströmisches Reichsgebiet über. Denkbar ist, dass Alboin mit der vereinbarten Besetzung der Gepidia durch die Awaren erreichen wollte, dass sich ein Großteil der Gepiden ihm anschloss. Möglicherweise plante er bereits zur Zeit des Gepidenkrieges den Marsch nach Italien, wobei es von Vorteil war, möglichst viele Kriegerverbände des Karpatenbeckens in seinen langobardischen Verbund zu integrieren.

Die gepidische Königsstadt Sirmium fiel nach der Niederlage gegen die Langobarden anscheinend kampflos in oströmische Hand. Ihr gepidischer Kommandant Usdibad sowie Kunimunds Neffe Reptila und der arianische Bischof Thrasarich hatten den Königsschatz der Gepiden an Ostrom ausgeliefert und waren ins Exil gegangen. Als die Awaren das Gepidenland in Besitz nahmen, belagerten sie erfolglos die Stadt und forderten die Herausgabe Usdibads. In den Jahren 599 und 601 wurden viele gepidisch besiedelte Landstriche im Rahmen der Balkanfeldzüge des Maurikios, der schon zu Beginn seiner Regierungszeit als erster oströmischer Kaiser den Triumphalnamen Gepidicus angenommen hatte, durch die  Feldherren Priskos, Petros und Komentiolos verwüstet. Danach verlieren sich die Spuren der Gepiden.

Anführer und Könige der Gepiden

 Fastida – Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts
 Ardarich – Mitte des 5. Jahrhunderts
 Thraustila – 488 im Kampf gegen die Goten gefallen
 Thrasarich – um 500
 Turisind – bis 560
 Kunimund – bis 567

Archäologie
Aus dem historisch überlieferten Siedlungsgebiet der Gepiden östlich in Siebenbürgen und im Ungarischen Tiefland östlich der Theiß sind Schatzfunde und Gräberfelder bekannt, die mit diesem Volksstamm in Verbindung gebracht werden können. Dazu gehören der Schatzfund von Szilágysomlyó und die reichen Gräber von Apahida, frühmittelalterliche Reihengräberfelder mit zahlreichen Grabbeigaben wie Waffen oder Fibeln fanden sich beispielsweise in Szentes-Nagyhegy und in Hódmezővásárhely-Kishomok.

Quellen
 Pál Lakatos: Quellenbuch zur Geschichte der Gepiden (= Opuscula Byzantina. Bd. 2, ; = Acta Universitatis de Attila József Nominatae. Acta antiqua et archaeologica. Bd. 17). JATE, Szeged 1973 (lateinische und griechische Quellen, keine Übersetzung).

Literatur
 István Bóna: Der Anbruch des Mittelalters. Gepiden und Langobarden im Karpatenbecken. Corvina, Budapest 1976.
 István Bóna, Margit Nagy, János Cseh u. a.: Gepidische Gräberfelder im Theissgebiet. (= Monumenta Germanorum Archaeologica Hungariae. Band 1–2). 2 Bände. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest 2002–2005, ISBN 963-9046-77-9 (Band 1); ISBN 963-7061-17-7 (Band 2).
 Wilfried Menghin, Tobias Springer, Egon Wamers (Hrsg.): Germanen, Hunnen und Awaren. Schätze der Völkerwanderungszeit. Die Archäologie des 5. und 6. Jahrhunderts an der mittleren Donau und der östlich-merowingischen Reihengräberzeit. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg 1987, ISBN 3-9801529-4-4 (Ausstellungskatalog).
 Walter Pohl: Die Gepiden und die Gentes an der mittleren Donau nach dem Zerfall des Attilareiches. In: Herwig Wolfram, Falko Daim (Hrsg.): Die Völker an der mittleren und unteren Donau im fünften und sechsten Jahrhundert. (= Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften. Band 145 = Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Frühmittelalterforschung. Band 4). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1980, ISBN 3-7001-0353-0, S. 239–305.
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 Walter Pohl: Die Awaren. Ein Steppenvolk in Mitteleuropa 567–822 n. Chr. 2., aktualisierte Auflage. Beck, München 2002, ISBN 3-406-48969-9.
 Dieter Quast: Goten und Gepiden. Textfragmente aus der Wulfila-Bibel. In: Matthias Knaut (Hrsg.): Die Völkerwanderung. Europa zwischen Antike und Mittelalter (= Archäologie in Deutschland. Sonderheft 2005). Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1574-X, S. 46–48.
 Roland Steinacher: Rom und die Barbaren. Völker im Alpen- und Donauraum (300-600). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2017.
 Ágnes B. Tóth: Gepidische Siedlungen im Theissgebiet (= Monumenta Germanorum Archaeologica Hungariae. Band 4). Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest 2006, ISBN 963-7061-33-9.

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Germanischer Stamm
Antike Ethnie
Historische europäische Ethnie


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Value-Add Multifamily Properties Outside Los Angeles Downtown Attract Investors
Investors are expected to buy more than $10 billion in multifamily properties in Los Angeles this year.
Bendix Anderson | Dec 05, 2018
The apartment business has split the city of Los Angles into two very different parts. "It's a tale of two cities," says Steve Basham, senior market analyst in the San Diego office of research firm the CoStar Group.
In Downtown Los Angeles, apartment developers are opening thousands of new luxury units in high-rise towers. Property managers now have to offer steep concessions to attract potential renters. "It seems like there is a new tower opening every month," says Basham.
Outside of Downtown, very few vacant apartments are available and rents are still rising quickly at the nicer class-B buildings. Investors are profiting from the rising rents by buying and renovating Class-B properties in good locations.
"There is quite a bit of older apartment product appropriate for upgrades in some of the gentrifying neighborhoods across Los Angeles," says Greg Willett, chief economist and research head for MPF, a RealPage company.
The building boom downtown continues
Nearly all of the new apartments being built in Los Angeles are in luxury towers rising over the city center. "Downtown is the only place where there is supply pressure and competition for renters," says CoStar's Basham.
Developers now have 5,147 new units under construction Downtown, according to MPF. That's nearly twice the amount under construction in neighborhoods like Mid-Wilshire or Hollywood, which are the next largest submarkets for new development.
"It seems likely that the influx of new product will cool Downtown rent growth to only around 1 percent or so for a couple of years," says Willett.
Downtown landlords now have to offer concessions such as months of free rent to attract and keep tenants. "A month of free rent is the least you will see," says Basham. "Lots of other properties offer two months, gym memberships or free parking."
Currently, rents at class-A apartment buildings in Los Angeles are rising slowly—just 2.2 percent on average over the last 12 months, according to CoStar. The residents who chose these luxury buildings can typically easily afford to pay the high rents. But these renters also have lot of other choices for their housing, thanks to all the new development.
Outside of Downtown Los Angeles, nearly all the new apartment projects being built are located near stops on the growing L.A. subway system in places like Pasadena and Culver City. "Most new construction is within striking distance of a transit stop," says Basham. Local officials often encourage transit-oriented development with incentives like reduced parking requirements.
These new developments are not enough to create much competition for renters outside of Downtown, so there is no need to offer concessions. "In most other parts of the metro area, landlords don't really need to do much to stay at a 95 percent occupancy rate," says Basham.
Value-added investment fuels the boom in property sales
Outside of Downtown, there are very few vacant apartment units available for rent. Less than 4 percent of the apartments in the Los Angeles market were vacant in the third quarter. "It's a very tight market—3 percent is about as low as we have ever seen," says Basham.
The largest rent increases over the last 12 months—at 3.7 percent—were recorded at class-B properties, according to CoStar. These buildings don't have much competition from new construction.
Because of this rent growth at class-B buildings, value-add investments are very common now in Los Angeles. "In a lot of places, value-added properties can quickly become the property at the top of the market, because nothing new has been built there in a long time," says Basham.
Investors are expected to spend more than $10 billion to buy apartment properties in Los Angeles in 2018, largely because of these value-add opportunities. "This is going to be another record-setting year," says Basham.
That's especially true in communities like Long Beach, where $1 billion in apartment properties have traded in the last 12 months, including many older properties slated for renovation. Only a few new apartment communities have opened in the port city on the southern edge of Los Angeles County.
These properties are selling at high prices relative to their incomes, working out to an average cap rate of 4.1 percent over the 12 months that ended in November, according to CoStar.
Rent growth slows at class-C and -D properties
At less expensive class-C and -D properties, where landlords depend on residents who earn lower incomes, rent growth has ground to a halt. "We chalk that up to affordability—rents have been growing faster than incomes. That is only sustainable for so long," says Basham.
Rents grew at an average of 2.5 percent at class-C and class-D apartments. Even though many of these properties have few vacancies, many property managers hesitate to push the rents higher for residents who may already be spending a large share of their income on housing.
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Former DNC Chair Urges 2020 Dems to Condemn Maduro, Support Israel
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David Rutz - June 24, 2019 5:30 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.), the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, is urging 2020 presidential candidates to support Israel and condemn the authoritarian socialist government in Venezuela if they want to win Florida.
Her comments come as 20 of the candidates in the 25-deep Democratic field descend on Miami for two nights of debates. The winner of Florida has won every presidential election since 1996 and all but one since 1964, and it is sure to be a significant battleground state in the 2020 election.
Miami-area Democrats like Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Donna Shalala (D., Fla.), and Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D., Fla.) told the Miami Herald that the sprint to the left occurring in the Democratic primary isn't conducive to winning their areas, which have high Jewish and Cuban-American populations.
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Wasserman Schultz, who represents one of 12 districts in the United States with at least 100,000 Jewish residents, said "any smart campaign" should look at the last two elections in the state, where Republicans President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis triumphed, albeit narrowly.
"A serious campaign for the presidency in Florida will micro-target and hyper-focus on the vast, diverse ethnic issues that are important to our base communities," she said.
The Miami Herald reports:
For Wasserman Schultz, that includes a pro-Israel message and lots of talk about Venezuela.
Both Democrats and Republicans from Miami-Dade supported Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2017.
But five of the seven U.S. senators running for president voted against a measure sponsored by Rubio in February that allows state and local governments to refrain from doing business with companies that support boycotting, sanctioning and divesting from Israel. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, neither of whom are in the top tier of candidates, supported it.
And some of the Democratic candidates, notably Sanders, have refused to call Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro a dictator or declare Juan Guaidó as the nation's legitimate leader, which Wasserman Schultz says is a political mistake.
"On the debate stage next week it'll be absolutely essential, particularly because of how narrowly our state is won and lost, for our candidates to talk about the importance of how we can transition Venezuela to a democracy," she said.
President Donald Trump has worked with Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) in his administration's pressure campaign on Maduro, a far-left dictator who is not seen as Venezuela's legitimate president by the United States. Rubio, who performed well by GOP standards in Miami when he was re-elected in 2016, said he believed Trump had strengthened his support among Cuban-American Republicans.
Mucarsel-Powell said many of the area's residents "don't have a lot of trust in institutions," given the violence and corruption-plagued places they've fled, such as Cuba. She said the candidates "must understand what is happening in Venezuela and Colombia and talk about what affects us here locally."
"I do think that a lot of the Democratic candidates don't understand the makeup of South Florida," Mucarsel-Powell said. "Most people here come from a different country. There's not this party loyalty they may find in other areas."
Shalala said "every issue has been all over the place" when asked by the Herald about the leftward policy shift marking the primary debate.
Candidates have called for eliminating private health insurance, paying slavery reparations, packing the Supreme Court, abolishing the Electoral College, and eliminating all student loan debt.
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David Rutz is managing editor of the Washington Free Beacon. He was previously a sports reporter for two years in Atlanta and has done freelance sports reporting for the Washington Post. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2010 and lives in Roswell, Ga. His Twitter handle is @DavidRutz.


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Now that Brent and I are back from our honeymoon, it's time to get back on track! I recently joined Weight Watchers and can't wait to start eating healthy home-cooked meals now that vacation time is over.
This Weight Watchers Meal Plan covers 5 days and reflect my daily allocation of 42 points.
Not all of these sources include the Weight Watchers Smart Points value for each recipe, but just from looking at them, I can tell that they are all very healthy and low in points!
One big thing I'm changing up this week is weaning myself from my SlimFast addiction. Pretty much every morning for breakfast, I've been having a SlimFast shake (I'm obsessed with the High Protein Creamy Chocolate….so good!). But now that I've joined Weight Watchers, I'm realized how high in points it is (with 1% milk, it's 7 points!!).
So it's time for me to step out of my comfort zone and try something a little bit more Weight Watchers friendly. This week, I've chosen to adapt a chocolate banana shake recipe I found.
So tell me — what's your go-to breakfast recipe?
I could totally use your help on this! I just joined the digital version but I can't find anything that explains the points to me. How do they determine points now?
Hi Mary! I don't know the exact formula they use, but it's super easy if you download the smartphone app! That's what I use to track everything and I love how handy it is. It even has a barcode scanner – or you can search foods, or add them in yourself if they are not in the database.


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This eight-bedroom castle which appeared in Doctor Who is on the market for £1million
Penllyn Castle, an eight-bedroom mansion in South Wales' Vale of Glamorgan
Johanna Carr
The historic Welsh castle that once appeared in an episode of Doctor Who and is on the market for £1 million is attracting "huge amounts of interest" (Image: Knight Frank/PA Wire)
A historic castle with views of the Bristol Channel and that once appeared in an episode of Doctor Who and is on the market for £1 million is attracting "huge amounts of interest".
Prospective buyers are advised to "act quickly" if they want to be in with a chance of snapping up Penllyn Castle, an eight-bedroom mansion in South Wales' Vale of Glamorgan, according to Anthony Clay of estate agents Knight Frank.
Mr Clay said he doubted if the property would stay on the market for long as it was generating "huge amounts of interest".
He said hundreds of people wanted to view the property - parts of which date back nearly 1,000 years.
Mr Clay said the estate was "handsome but tired" and in need of refurbishment.
You could buy this top secret nuclear bunker
"It is priced to sell," he said. "But buying it for a million quid is just the start.
"It is going to take twice that to really refurbish it."
The original Penllyn Castle, now ruins, dates back to 1135, while the eight-bedroom main house, which boasts large living areas and a newly-refurbished kitchen as well as a servants' hall, was built in the late 18th century.
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Q: Efficient way of transforming an array of objects I have following data structure that I get from some api:
response = [{grade: 'A', frequency: 54, percentage: 24},
      {grade: 'B', frequency: 50, percentage: 10},
      {grade: 'C', frequency: 0, percentage: 0},
      {grade: 'D', frequency: 50, percentage: 20},
      ...
    ];

Now some UI javascript library requires this data to be formatted and presented as follows:
label: ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'];
data: [[54,50,0,50],[24,10,0,20]];
series: ['frequency', 'percentage'];

What would be the most efficient way to convert the response object to the above elements?
let label = response.map(data => data.grade);
let freqencyData = response.map(data => data.freqency);
let percentageData = response.map(data => data.percentage);
let data = [freqencyData, percentageData];

Would something like this this be efficient enough? Please not that this is an example and the response data in my case is too big and having the map done three times seems to be an overkill.
Thanks

A: You can use the function reduce to build the almost desired output in one loop.

*

*Separate the label attribute with the rest of the attributes.

*Group the values by the specific property-name (data, label, and series).

*The Object Set allows you to keep unique strings for the series.

*Object.from converts the object Set to Array.

*Object.values extracts from this: {frequency: [1,2,3], percentage: [1,2,3]} to this: [[1,2,3], [1,2,3]]

let response = [{grade: 'A', frequency: 54, percentage: 24},{grade: 'B', frequency: 50, percentage: 10},{grade: 'C', frequency: 0, percentage: 0},{grade: 'D', frequency: 50, percentage: 20}];
let result = response.reduce((a, {grade: label, ...rest}) => {
  Object.keys(rest).forEach(k => {
    (a.series || (a.series = new Set())).add(k);
    a.data = a.data || {};
    (a.data[k] || (a.data[k] = [])).push(rest[k]);
  });
  (a.label || (a.label = [])).push(label);

  return a;
}, Object.create(null));

result.series = Array.from(result.series);
result.data = Object.values(result.data);

console.log(result);
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A: You could just do an old fashioned loop:
let label = [];
let freqencyData = [];
let percentageData = [];

response.forEach(function(element) {
  label.push(data.grade);
  frequencyData.push(data.frequency);
  percentageData.push(data.percentage);
});

let data = [freqencyData, percentageData];

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Class loader type that can be configured to delegate to multiple internal class loaders. The THREAD_LOADER constant is a marker that will be replaced with the context loader of the current thread.
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Marker that will be replaced with the context loader of the current thread whenever it is discovered in the class loader list.
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Cinco de Mayo is almost here, so I have been busy wiping up some delicious, Mexican inspired dishes for you! Here's a really easy, hearty Cheesy Mexican Cornbread. It's just as simple to make as plain cornbread, but it's got a lot more going on.
Now, most people know of two kinds of cornbread. There's the sweet, cake-like cornbread that's made with white flour as well as cornmeal, and there's the heavier, crumbly cornbread that's made with all cornmeal and usually baked in a skillet.
Well, Mexican cornbread is different from both of these. It's made with fresh corn or creamed corn in the batter, which makes it light and moist at the same time. It's got both cheese and eggs, which makes it really hearty and satisfying. And it's spiked with chili peppers to give it a zesty Mexican flavor.
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9×9 baking pan or use a spring-form pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine corn meal, flour, cheese, onions, bell pepper and green chilis. Stir until well combined.
3. Next, stir in eggs, creamed corn and milk. Spread the batter out in your prepared pan.
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Cinco de Mayo is almost here, so I have been busy wiping up some delicious, Mexican inspired dishes for you! Here's a really easy, hearty Cheesy Mexican Cornbread recipe.
1 small can 4.5 oz chopped green chilis, drained.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9x9 baking pan or use a spring-form pan with cooking spray.
Combine corn meal, flour, cheese, onions, bell pepper and green chilis. Stir until well combined.
Next, stir in eggs, creamed corn and milk. Spread the batter out in your prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
If I need to leave out the corn how would I adjust the wet ingredients to make sure it still had enough liquid?
Sorry Candace, I have only made the recipe as written.


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Affordable housing offers real estate developers a range of financial advantages while also helping local communities. We examine the issues and solutions that can help you navigate this complex field.
Like many communities, Cincinnati, Ohio, is struggling with a shortage of affordable housing units for its residents. When two large affordable housing communities, both more than 43 years old and in need of significant renovation became available, it was another example of the challenges in maintaining safe and quality affordable housing for the long term.
The acquirer and developer, Related Companies, had to work diligently to obtain all of the financing tools needed to purchase, redevelop and preserve 409 units of affordable housing in the Avondale and Alms Hills Apartment properties.
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Q: How to rotate an object first up to 30 then in the opposite direction to -30 I make that the object rotates first to the left to 30 and then to the opposite side, that is, to the right to -30 and that this action is repeated
I tried to use this condition but it didn't work. The object always rotated counterclockwise.
if (this.transform.rotation.z >= 30)
        {

            isCanRotate = true;
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        if (this.transform.rotation.z <= -30)
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            isCanRotate = false;
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The movement and power of your hand and wrist are controlled by muscles and tendon. Hand and wrist surgery is refered to the treatment of bones and soft tissue injuries with the use of the latest technology and tools.
Hand surgery is an orthopedic process which deals with problems with the fingers, hands and wrists. This surgery helps in improving the range of motion, for repairing muscles, tendons or damage in bones due to injury or disease. It also helps in restoration of the appearance of hands and fingers, due to any reason.
You may be referred to a hand therapist for a splint to be made for you to stop your finger triggering while you're using it. A local injection helps in most cases. If this fails, you may need a minor day-case operation to open the tunnel and free the tendon.
are commonly associated with osteoarthritiswhen seen on the tips of the backs of your fingers and in your wrist.
The MCP joints are the large knuckles at the base of your fingers, often referred to as 'back knuckles'. These joints enable us to position our fingers correctly during tasks as well as allowing for strong gripping and pinching. We use our hands in this way throughout the day so these joints can wear down and become painful. Some conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, can also cause joint changes. You may have noticed some deformity at these joints, a loss of movement and less ability to use your hand normally. A MCP joint replacement involves removing the old joint and replacing it with a new silicone hinged joint.
In its early stages, arthritis at the base of the thumb will respond to nonsurgical treatment.
Ice the joint for 5 to 15 minutes several times a day.
Take an anti-inflammatory medication, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, to help reduce inflammation and swelling.
Wear a supportive splint to limit the movement of your thumb, and allow the joint to rest and heal. The splint may protect both the wrist and the thumb. It may be worn overnight or intermittently during the day.
Because arthritis is a progressive, degenerative disease, the condition may worsen over time. The next phase in treatment involves injecting a steroid solution injection directly into the joint. This will usually provide relief for several months. However, these injections cannot be repeated indefinitely.
The most common joint replacement procedure for the thumb base is done with natural material. The procedure is termed the ligament reconstruction-tendon interposition procedure (LRTI). This procedure uses the patient's own tendon to stabilize the thumb and resurface the joint. LRTI provides stability and pain relief. Long-term results have been excellent. This has also been called the tendon roll or "anchovy" procedure because the tendon used is curled to form the new joint cushion. When nonsurgical treatment is no longer effective, surgery is an option. The operation can be performed on an outpatient basis, and several different procedures can be used.
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Tunbridge Wells tunnel embankment works to prevent landslips for 60 years
Updated Tuesday, 12 January by www.railadvent.co.uk
Preventative work to help against future landslips is about to start on the entrance to Wadhurst Tunnel.
The site, near Tunbridge Wells, will have improvements made that will last 60 years after recent years saw a high level of landslips.
Incidents at the side near Wadhurst have occurred in 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020 and led to lots of disruption for passengers.
Fiona Taylor, Network Rail Kent route director, said: "We know passengers on the Hastings line have endured disruption over the years as a result of the way the railway was constructed many years ago, with changing weather patterns adding to the problems. For that reason, we've developed a programme of work to improve the most vulnerable sites on the route. We're starting on one end of Wadhurst tunnel now and will move on to other locations later this year."
Derek Butcher, Route Asset Manager at Network Rail, said: "This cutting was originally dug over a hundred and seventy years ago and is now in need of renewal to ensure that it is resilient for the future. The work uses soil nailing which is tried and tested as it allows for the slope to be strengthened and allows for some vegetation to grow while keeping the railway safe from landslips."
Cameras, remote sensors and a catchfence have been in place to reduce the risk of landslips. However, special anchors will now be used to prevent landslips in the future and will be combined with netting across the top of the cutting to keep soil and vegetation in place.
This article first appeared on www.railadvent.co.uk
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"Good Lord Lorrie"
Written by Reid Thompson. 15 April 2015.
In some ways, "Good Lord Lorrie", off of the Turnpike Troubadours' 2012 album Goodbye Normal Street, is an incredibly unoriginal song. A classic tale of forbidden love ending in heartbreak: a theme that dates back hundreds of years and one that has been remade, restyled, and rewritten a countless number of times through every form of media. From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to James Cameron's The Titanic, the romantic tragedy appears in entertainment everywhere.
Because of this, the story behind the song "Good Lord Lorrie" runs the risk of slipping into the incredibly vast and always growing category of love story songs gone wrong. Without incredible song writing tactics and appealing effects, the song could easily be written off as not anything special. In the song, the narrator is in love with Lorrie, a girl that apparently comes from some money across the Oklahoma/Arkansas state line. After a brief relationship, Lorrie breaks up with the narrator, regretting ever getting involved with him in the first place. Evan Felker, lead singer of the group and writer of the song, uses interesting strategies in composing and performing the song in an attempt to distinguish this love story from the ranks.
While the song is constructed with a slightly unique structure, it is not enough to make the song a hit on its own. With a verse-chorus structure, but uniquely ending on a verse, "Good Lord Lorrie" sends the listener details about the story in the verses and delivers Felker's raw emotions through the chorus sections.
Felker's true brilliance as a songwriter and his distinguishing skills lie in the lyrics of the song. For those that are familiar with how the vast majority of Turnpike Troubadours' songs play out, and even for those that are not, the heart break and loss at the end of the song seems to be inevitable from as early as the first few lines. Unlike some Hollywood fairytales like Cinderella that end in almost impossible fashion, Felker sticks to his authentic Americana roots nearly religiously.
While this style of hinting at a disappointing ending might be slightly unique to Felker, it still does not separate him from the pack. Ironically, the effect that makes "Good Lord Lorrie" stand out might not be something Felker does at all, but rather something he intentionally leaves up to each individual listener.
Felker puts the power in the hands (or rather ears and minds) of his audience in two distinct ways. First, he adds incredibly elaborate and detailed visual elements into the song to not only allow his listeners to hear the song, but to also create a lasting, real, and visual image. According to Thomas D. Mooney, editor-and-chief of the Lubbock based "New Slang Music", details like "Lorrie lit a cigarette and smiled and waved the smoke out of her face" build upon themselves and help the audience create something more than just what is given.
Second, and along the same lines, Felker gives no insight on why this relationship went to hell. As listeners, we know the two characters come from different classes and family opinions are a factor, but until the end of the song, only hints in earlier lyrics lead us to believe that something is going to happen. And when Lorrie breaks, she does it with full emotion and no explanation. This effect from Felker gives this song, story, and genre of story telling a dynamic untouched by those before him. Felker provides no clue as to why the relationship blew up, leaving it to the audience to fill in the missing pieces.
Every choice Felker makes in writing this song is related to his target audience. As was discussed in the album analysis of Goodbye Normal Street, the Turnpike Troubadours are a band for the every day American living through tough times in Middle America. This song is so effective because the character that loses Lorrie is incredibly relatable to the audience. Some listeners may even know the heartbreak of loving someone they cannot have due to social politics.
Whether we do it intentionally or not, we as humans are attracted to things with which we know and feel comfortable around. For many Americans, the story behind "Good Lord Lorrie" is familiar, real, and hits close to home. Maybe Felker does not include the details behind the breakup because they are not important: the story about the unobtainable, whether it is love, work, or money, is what people know and can relate to.
For the Turnpike Troubadours and Evan Felker, "Good Lord Lorrie" is about so much more than a messed up relationship. It's about a life that so many Americans know and live. According to Trigger, the creator, editor, and head writer for "Saving Country Music", the song "gives us all a situation and characters to relate to." This ability to not only tell a story, but to bring the characters, setting, and emotions of the story to life is how the Turnpike Troubadours' make "Good Lord Lorrie" a standout romantic tragedy song.
Time Form Listening Cues Discussion
0:02 Intro Drumroll A brief drumroll starts the song
0:25 Verse 1 "Lorrie lit a…" A soft guitar and drums accompany Felker's dominating voice
0:37 Instrumental Dominating Fiddle A fiddle takes the lead in this instrumental portion
1:01 Verse 2 "Well Lorrie said…" Second verse sounds similar to the first with a soft beat and background music
1:48 Chorus "And I've been…" The chorus starts right as verse 2 ends and Felker sings with more passion now
1:59 Instrumental Harmonica Felker plays the harmonica in this portion
2:23 Verse 3 "Well D-Queens…" Verse 3 sounds similar to the other previous two verses
3:10 Chorus "Well I've been…" The chorus starts right as verse 3 ends and again is sang with more passion
3:21 Instrumental Harmonica Again Felker plays the harmonica
3:58 Verse 4 "Well Lorrie said…" This verse sounds slightly different and Felker sings it with more emotion than the previous verses
4:14 Closing "Well Goodnight…" Felker repeats this phrase a couple of times to end the singing portion of the song
5:01 Instrumental Fiddle Fiddle and Harmonica play the song out
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Mooney, Thomas D. "Turnpike Troubadours Song Tournament: Day IV." New Slang. WordPress, 11 Apr. 2013. Web. 6 Apr. 2015. <http://newslanglbk.com/2013/04/11/turnpike-troubadours-song-tournament-day-iv/>.


about preparing for Lent and trying to really get the most from it this year. Now in my 51st year, I realize that I probably have more Lents behind me than in front of me - so if not now, then when?
that my knee is feeling better and hoping that I'll be over this stomach bug soon.
Sam took a practice test yesterday on General Science and did not do so well. He admitted to me that he really does not know how to study effectively. So we are going to get up every morning and work on simply studying the things he has to know, and I'm going to start with biology because that is my strong suit.
Barbecue chicken with rice and salad.
Still wearing my jammies - just not feeling very good today.
5-mile walk . I am hoping with one more week of babying my knee I can add some step-aerobics back next week.
to actually get my home ready for Lent with a new table cloth and sparse decorations before Wednesday.
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Books on prison camps, daring escapes and life with the Resistance abound. Pat Spooner's story is different and more compelling in one important respect. It recounts the gripping and dramatic rescue of two senior British generals (one a VC) and an air vice marshal from occupied Italy by the author and his companion who had themselves both escaped from an Italian PoW camp.
This book covers a range of wartime exploits from operating behind Japanese lines in Burma and Malaya to laying secret dumps on remote islands in the Bay of Bengal for the benefit of RAF aircrew unable to reach their base.
At the war's end, Pat Spooner, a 25-year-old lieutenant colonel, commanded a war crimes investigation unit in Java and Burma. He describes his personal experiences of the intensive efforts to track down and bring to justice the perpetrators of some of the foulest crimes ever committed by Man. Then, as a senior staff officer (Assistant Adjutant General) he spent a further twelve months controlling the nerve centre, in Singapore, of the entire war crimes organization in Southeast Asia involving 18 investigation units.
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A remarkable war, vividly described.
Military Historical Society
In his forward to this memoir, Sir John Chapple, notes that Tim Spooner 'packed in a lot during his War'. Whichever way you examine it, this is indeed true.
This is a genuinely enlightening memoir, told with a mild humour and self deprecation of tone which keep any hint of pomposity – an ever present threat in conventional autobiographies – well at bay. The author certainly believes in placing credit where credit is due, from Italians who helped him escape, to fellow officers and colleague investigators. A truly enjoyable read.
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An adventurous and diverse set of military exploits" is how Field Marshal Sir John Chapple characterises this book in his Foreword. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 0ctober 1939, author Pat Spooner's exploits began when he went from Sandhurst to join the 8th Gurkha Rifles. His story takes in several campaigns. Diverted to Iraq, he narrowly escapes the Fall of Singapore and captivity in Japanese hands but is captured instead by crack German Panzer troops near Tobruk in June 1942 and transferred into Italian custody, first at Campo PG 21 in Chieti and then at PG 19 in Bologna. A unique and at times entertaining account of time spent as a "guest of Mussolini" follows, and it is interesting to contrast this with conditions in the POW camps run by other Axis powers during WWII. The reader then experiences all the high drama of the escape, and the episode in which Pat and friend urgently seek sanctuary at the great door to the Convent of San Giovanni with German troops heading in their direction down the street, just yards away, is a real cliffhanger and one worthy of an action movie. The two are later enlisted by British Intelligence to come to the aid of senior officers in 0ccupied territory and this sequence of events from 1943 is a story all of its own.
In early 1945, with the Japanese coming under heavy pressure in Burma, Pat, by then an 0perational Intelligence 0fficer, is sent on another mission, one devised by the RAF, and something of a "first." What happened when he went to the Andaman Islands is the subject of Chapter 6, 'Clandestine Catalinas', and covers ground seemingly neglected by the 0fficial histories.
0ne of the first British 0fficers to venture into the Dutch East Indies after Japan's surrender, Pat then becomes involved in a war crimes investigation team, serving in conditions akin to those on active service owing to the eruption of terrorist violence. The task of bringing Japanese war criminals would also take him to Burma and, ultimately, Singapore where as a senior staff officer he had responsibility for nearly 18 war crimes investigation teams. The author's descriptive and analytical account of these operations and the difficulties that had to be faced is comprehensive without being laboured, and makes absorbing reading. It also draws upon documentary evidence, including one source giving a rare glimpse of the doings of the British War Crimes Section in Japan, something generally overshadowed by attention given to the US 0ccupation Administration under MacArthur (see pp. 203-204). All of this should prove indispensable to future historians. It should also provide a useful corrective to the myth that the war crimes trials of that era were merely "victor's justice" or that they were concerned only with crimes committed against white European victims. A 'must-read' for anyone interested in WWII and its aftermath. Highly recommended.
Stephanie A. Jefford
Nestled in a leafy Guildford side street is the quiet home of a former M19 secret agent, who was fat tracked to military honours after his adventurous escapes, raids and rescue missions during the Second World War.
A grandfather now, and more than 70 years since the war broke out and Lieur-Col Spooner was captured in Tobruk, but the stories he has to tell are as gripping as any Hollywood blockbuster.
When you read Pat Spooner's wartime story you realise that most of us really don't understand the meaning of the word adventure.
A Sandhurst graduate whose first posting was with the 8th Ghurkha Rifles in India, Spooner was then sent to Iraq to protect the oil fields from the Germans. From there he was sent to North Africa and was taken prisoner by the Germans near Tobruk. He was sent to a POW camp in Italy where he stayed until the armistice. As he and his friend Jimmie Ferguson made their getaway they were given the task of getting two high ranking British officers back to safety.
Spooner's war continued in Burma and Malaya and ended up Investigating war crimes in Java and Burma. He then ran the war crimes commission in Singapore.
This is a well written book and one well worth reading if only to make one realise the lack of real adventure in their own life.
In a typically British manner, it would be nice to describe this book as a 'spiffing yarn' except it's all true in this case.
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In front of St. Vibiana's Cathedral, its facade cracked and peeling and sprouting weeds, the scene these days is one of homelessness and neglect squatting just a few blocks below the glinting towers of Bunker Hill.
But Tuesday, at the 123-year-old building that once marked the city's expansion from a dusty old pueblo, dignitaries and activists came to celebrate a vision of downtown's future that recycles pieces of its past.
They praised an ambitious plan by developer Tom Gilmore to rehabilitate the abandoned church, as well as the adjacent school and rectory buildings, into a multiuse complex called Cathedral Place. The project would include a school, a boutique hotel and restaurant and an adjacent building with 150 apartments, all of that surrounding a new performing arts center in the church.
Gilmore recently signed a deal to buy the property for $4.6 million as part of his ongoing push to bring life and money back to an area that has fallen into decay. He said he expects the project to cost $40 million, and construction will not begin for at least 18 months at the site, which sits on 2nd and Main streets, just off skid row.
At Tuesday's ceremony, Mayor Richard Riordan likened Gilmore's project to Staples Center and the Walt Disney Concert Hall, lauding it as another magnet to draw people to downtown.
"With this project, Gilmore & Associates will safeguard the legacy of our beautiful cathedral, which has given us so much for so many years," Riordan said. "Cathedral Place will also provide a crucial link between Little Tokyo, the historic core and El Pueblo."
Riordan previously supported a plan by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to demolish St. Vibiana's and build a new cathedral on the site. After losing court battles with preservationists, the archdiocese found another location downtown, where it is now building the $163-million Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), who did not attend Tuesday's conference because he was tending to an ailing family member, said he would seek state money to help bring the project to fruition but added that it was too soon to discuss specifics. He said a small but growing number of developers see opportunities in moribund downtown areas he represents.
"I really respect them because they've got moxie," said Cedillo. "They've got a vision and they're stepping up. . . . There's easier ways to make money than these visionary projects."
Gilmore is in discussions with Cal State Los Angeles to use church and class buildings as performance and teaching facilities, and is talking to another group about a charter school there.
He showed preliminary drawings of Cathedral Place to those gathered in the church parking lot. The designs featured a new pedestrian entrance to the complex, with the church-turned-performance center set in a courtyard and flanked by the school and hotel. Throughout the property would be gardens and cafes.
Though some say that Gilmore's projects are longshots, his purchase of the cathedral effectively ends a three-year feud between the archdiocese and preservationists, who saw different futures for the brick-and-limestone church. Officials of the Los Angeles Conservancy, which championed saving the church building, praised the project.
"Tom Gilmore is a rare breed," said Ken Bernstein, director of preservation issues for the group. "He puts the revival of the urban core ahead of profit."
Msgr. Terrance Fleming, vicar general of the archdiocese, said it was no easy task to sell the church. "Many people came to look at the cathedral," he said. "But the only one with a checkbook was Tom Gilmore."
Gilmore also is working on a nearby $32-million project that will include 245 lofts in historic office structures on 4th Street, between Spring and Main streets.
Asked if his religion drove him to pick the St. Vibiana's property, Gilmore joked: "I'm an old Irish Catholic. But I'm not holding that against the church."
In a related matter, a Native American conservation group, which includes one of numerous Gabrielino tribal factions, said it had presented its argument in the 2nd District Court of Appeal against construction of the new cathedral between Temple Street and the Hollywood Freeway. The Spirit of the Sage Council said the building is illegal because it is on a known Indian burial ground and on land that is zoned for a public open space or government center.


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