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Books I Read May 2021
by Jess - Wednesday, June 02, 2021
May was a great month of reading. I finished 11 books -- 8 regular books and 3 audio books -- and 3 of them were five star reads!
I credit all the extra reading with the week I spent working at the beach earlier in the month. I loved shutting down my computer at the end of the day and plopping onto the sand with a book.
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
I could not put this book down and tore through it in two days mainly because I had to stop reading for work and sleep. This book tells the story of Rose and Fern and their unique relationship as twins. We get Rose's point of view through her journal entries and Fern's story is told in real-time. Rose has always looked out for Fern. Fern feels she needs Rose because Rose knows just how to help when noises get too loud, lights get too bright or clothes feel scratchy or constricting. But when Wally enters the scene and expresses interest in Fern, the sisters' dynamic changes and you realize that there's something a bit darker going on behind the scenes. While I saw the twist coming, I still couldn't wait to see how things resolved themselves at the end. Highly recommend for a fun and suspenseful read.
I liked this book not only for the story, but for how much it makes you think about what constitutes a "good life." As the main character waffles in a suspended state between life and death, she visits a library, where each book represents a different version of her life depending on the choices she made at the time. She can revisit old regrets and see if her life would have turned out differently if she'd made different choices. This book will definitely leave you thinking.
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins
I just couldn't put this book down. It was beautifully written, flipping between first person and third person narration for the two main characters -- letting you dive deep inside their minds. After the death of two teenage boys rocks a small town, the young girl who mysteriously appears could further tear things apart. This book examines how people try to move on after a tragedy and rebuild a semblance of a new life.
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
I finally got some answers to some of the biggest questions I had after the first Truly Devious book. But of course, not everything was figured out and there's still the big lingering question of what the heck happened to Alice. I liked that this book tied up some of the loose ends from the first book, and didn't end with quite such an obvious cliffhanger. But there's still mystery to be solved in the third book that I'll hopefully get from the library soon.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
This book was equal parts depressing and inspiring. In a country as well-off as the United States, no one should find themselves forced to live in a van, traveling around the country looking for temporary work in unforgiving conditions. At the same time, hearing the stories of many people the author met in her years reporting this book, you can't help but be inspired by their outlook and at times very creative approach to unfortunate events in their lives.
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
This book gave me some serious Agatha Christie vibes. A group of guests all arrive at an isolated hotel for their vacations. Quickly a winter storm knocks out the power, and the guests are trapped together. Then one by one they start dying. Has someone secretly infiltrated the hotel or is one of the guests the killer? This book was fun, fast-paced and kept me guessing.
The Holdout by Graham Moore
Ten years ago, Maya was the lone juror who did not think Bobby Nock was guilty of murder. But despite the note guilty verdict, amateur detectives continued to investigate that case. When a true crime podcast brings the jurors back together to reveal a new big clue, one of Maya's fellow jurors ends up dead in her hotel room. As she fights to defend herself, we flash back and forth in time to the original trial. Though the ending was a bit predictable, this was an enjoyable book.
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
I really enjoyed this book -- a fictional account of the violence taking place today in Northern Ireland. It's a great companion to the nonfiction "Say Nothing." But while "Say Nothing" was set in the heart of the Troubles, Northern Spy is set in modern times. I had to keep reminding myself of that several times while I was reading this book because the way Berry portrayed the IRA operations read just like some of the real-life scenes in "Say Nothing." This book is a good reminder that just because history tells us the Troubles are over doesn't mean things are peaceful.
But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood by Kayleen Schaefer
This book had an interesting premise that I was excited to read about, but I felt its delivery was kind of meh. I think it was missing some deeper reporting on major societal shifts. While the stories told through the various people in the book, hooked around the five big milestones of adulthood, were interesting, I expected more research-backed fact and slightly less anecdotal story-telling.
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Despite that fact that this book got so much praise, it took a while for me to get into it and at times felt a little slow. Nina is a grifter who has followed in her mother's footsteps as a con artist. She's become quite good at ripping off the lavishly wealthy. She wants to get out of the game, but she needs to run just one last con in order to pay for her mother's cancer treatments.
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand
I've been slowly going back and reading some of Elin Hilderbrand's older books over time, and it's sometimes funny to see how certain things hold up (or don't) over time. The fact that not a single one of the characters in this book had a cellphone and had to keep running to the phone booth in town to make calls was one of those funny little quirks. Overall I thought this book was OK, but man did some of the characters drive me nuts. When a family returns to a summer house on Nantucket after just losing their dad/husband, they are all grieving and trying to heal in different ways. Eventually secrets come out that threaten to disrupt the healing process. This is a light and fast read, but I didn't love it as much of some of her other books.
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There were some early colonists who were just plain old evil and corrupt people. Living amongst the generally law-abiding Puritans were some vile folk unwilling to demonstrate even basic moral principles. Some of them were indentured servants, free men and women who somehow found their way to America, and a few pirates who infiltrated the towns and villages.
Thomas Billington as portrayed at Plimoth Plantation
The first recorded murder in the colonies was by the infamous Thomas Billington, a rogue who managed to board the Mayflower with his family in 1620. He was considered "a stranger" indicating he was not a pilgrim. His sons who are referred to as "the Billington boys" are well known in Pilgrim history for almost setting a fire to a barrel of gunpowder onboard the Mayflower. For the killing of John New-Comin, Billington was hanged and "so the land was purged from blood."
But murders and other mayhem continued. In 1638, Dorothy Talby was hanged for the "unnatural and untimely death of her daughter Difficult Talby. One must wonder if Dorothy had a premonition about her poor daughter's fate when she named her.
Robert Hunt's crime story resembles those we hear today on the news. Hunt, a lime seller in Boston, was differing with a man, drew a sword and made two or three swipes at him. The victim managed to wrangle the sword from Hunt and went to the authorities so they could issue a warrant for Hunt's arrest.
Locked in his house, Hunt was determined to defend himself. He found a loaded gun and two pistols and began to fire when the constables appeared. Two boys were injured in the standoff. Finally apprehended, Hunt was taken to prison where he committed suicide by hanging "with an old single garter." After a stake had been driven through his body, Hunt was buried near the gallows. A fitting end for a scoundrel.
Walter Bagnall was known as a "wicked fellow" and for his dishonest trading practices, especially with the Natives. Although it was against the colonies' laws, Bagnall sold liquor and English guns to the local tribes. On one fatal occasion, the natives came to seek revenge because they felt they were cheated. Bagnall was killed and his trading post was set on fire. Centuries later, 52 gold and silver coins and a gold signet ring were found buried in a jar on land that he inhabited.
The much-maligned Lydia Ballat Gilbert (my 9th great grandmother) was one victim of a scurrilous rogue named Thomas Allyn who accused her of witchcraft. Her story illustrates how the phrase "follow the money" was played out in a despicable way. This scenario happened all too often when people were accused of witchcraft: there was a financial motive or revenge behind the charge.
The origins of the tragedy began when Thomas and Lydia Gilbert innocently became involved with Henry Stiles. He had been a boarder in the Gilberts' home, and there appeared to be some animosity between Stiles and the Gilberts. The lands the Gilberts lived on once belonged to Francis Stiles, Henry's father.
In the autumn of 1651 in Windsor, Connecticut, an unfortunate accident took place during training exercises by a group of local militiamen. Thomas Allyn of Windsor was carrying his musket in a cocked position and inadvertently hit it against a tree causing it to fire. It struck Henry Stiles and mortally wounded him. Thomas Allyn was taken before the court and indicted for this accident. He confessed and was found guilty of "homicide by misadventure." He was ordered to pay a substantial fine and was "bound to good behavior" for a period of one year and was not allowed to bear arms for that period of time. We might think that would mark the end of the story.
Apparently, the tale of Henry's death continued for about three years. Stories and accusations against Lydia Gilbert emerged in an attempt to fasten the blame for the accident on witchcraft. Lydia was accused by her neighbors of the charge that her demonic abilities had enabled her to cause the musket of Thomas Allyn to discharge. A special session of the court was held starting on November 28, 1654, to try the case of witchcraft against her.
Lydia's verdict was announced: " ye Party aboue mentioned found guilty of witchcraft by ye Jury[.] Thou deservest to dye…" (Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639– [Hartford 1928] p. 131).
Not all the rogues were men. Mary Oliver enjoyed provoking authorities and was twice ordered out of the colony. Over twenty years time and dozens of court appearances, Mary accused the governor of being "unjust, corrupt and a wretch." She challenged the church authorities about membership and accused them as "bloodthirsty and 'contemning' the ordinance of God." (Puritans often made up the spelling of a word or invented new ones.)
Mary came to the home of Robert Gutch in a strange mood, bordering on delusional. Mary threatened him by saying "she did hope to live to tear my flesh in pieces and all such as I were."
Mary Oliver's numerous run-ins with the law resulted in whippings, fines and finally banishment from the colony when she was told to go back to England on the next ship. Mary reappeared a year later in court accused of stealing goats. Banished once again, Mary found herself in front of the court thirteen years later for fighting with her husband. Mary Oliver obviously loved the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Grave of Sagamore of Agawam
Robert Crose Junior earns the title a "rogue of the first degree" from his horrible and disgusting stunt that could have caused the deaths of many in the colony. Crose exhumed the body of the Sagamore of Agawam and hoisted his skull upon a pole. He then carried it into Ipswich to display to the villagers and intended to gift it to his wife to use as a cooking vessel. His actions were considered highly offensive, and he was put in the stocks, imprisoned and then fined. Crose also had to rebury the body and place a two-foot high pile of stones over the grave.

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all my routes are running, so having it sorted by that every time I login isnt particularly enlightening, I ususally sort by distance, and sometimes by most recently updated. it would be good to choose the default column to sort by in the settings. maybe a pay for feature?
How would you feel about simply remembering the last sort order you used and applying that automatically?
That could be done simply with a cookie.


Sedimentary rocks are rocks formed by the deposition, burial and compression of weathered rock fragments. Examples are sandstone, mudstone and limestone.
The rock is cemented together by a combination of pressure, heat from radioactivity and minerals such as calcium carbonate and silica which is deposited by circulated water.
Many fossils are found in sedimentary rocks. Some fossils are actually part of a creature e.g. teeth or bones. Others are trace fossils e.g. footprints or burrows. But most are casts. Dead remains decay leaving behind a hollow that keeps its shape. This acts as a mould and fills up with deposited salts etc which harden to form the cast.
If you know when a species lived, its fossil will give you a clue about the age of the rock. Plants and animal species which were only around for a short time and their fossils can be used to date rocks more accurately are called. index fossils.
Limestone is formed when the hard parts of sea animals drop to the sea floor as sediment. These animals have removed calcium and bicarbonate ions from sea water to build their shells and skeletons of calcium carbonate.
Chalk is formed when algae (tiny single cell sea plants) die and the tiny castings made of calcium carbonate which they use for protection fall to the sea floor as sediment which forms chalk.


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This article is about the North American region. For the African region, see African Great Lakes region. For other uses, see Great Lakes (disambiguation).
A region that includes portions of eight U.S. states and one Canadian Province
The states and provinces shown in red all have shorelines on at least one of the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes region of North America is a bi-national Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. The region centers on the Great Lakes and forms a distinctive historical, economic, and cultural identity. A portion of the region also encompasses the Great Lakes Megalopolis.
The Great Lakes Commission, authorized by the region's American states and Province of Ontario, and the additional Canadian Province of Quebec, comprises a bi-national authority with specified powers to protect and preserve the water and environmental resources of the Great Lakes and surrounding waterways and aquifers. The Commission's authorities are confirmed by the Canadian and American federal governments, and by its constituent states and provinces. The states and provinces are represented in the Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers.
The Great Lakes region takes its name from the corresponding geological formation of the Great Lakes Basin, a narrow watershed encompassing The Great Lakes, bounded by watersheds to the region's north (Hudson Bay), west (Mississippi), east and south (Ohio). To the east, the rivers of St. Lawrence, Richelieu, Hudson, Mohawk and Susquehanna form an arc of watersheds east to The Atlantic.
The Great Lakes region, as distinct from the Great Lakes Basin, defines a unit of sub-national political entities defined by the U.S. states and the Canadian Province of Ontario encompassing the Great Lakes watershed, and the states and Province bordering one or more of the Great Lakes.
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Map of the Great Lakes Basin.
Prior to European settlement, Iroquoian people lived around Lakes Erie and Ontario, Algonquian peoples around most of the rest, and a variety of other indigenous nation-peoples including the Menominee, Ojibwa, Illinois, Pottawatmie, Huron, Shawnee, Erie, Fox, Miami, Meskwaki and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago). With the first permanent European settlements in the early seventeenth century, all these nation-peoples developed an extensive fur trade with French, Dutch, and English merchants in the St. Lawrence, Hudson and Mohawk Valleys, and Hudson's Bay, respectively.
The prospects of fur monopolies and discovery of a fabled Northwest Passage to Asia generated sporadic but intense competition among the three most powerful northwest Europe imperial nations to control the territory. A century and a half of naval and land wars among France, The Netherlands and Britain resulted finally in British control of the region, from the Ohio River to the Arctic, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Beyond the region, North American claims remained disputed among Britain, France, Spain and Russia.
Britain defeated France decisively at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City in 1759, and the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended The Seven Years' War, known in America as the French and Indian War ceded the entire region to the victor. Britain's claims were intensely disputed by a confederation of Indians during Pontiac's Rebellion, which induced major concessions to still sovereign Indian nations; and by the Iroquois Confederacy, whose six member nations-Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora-never conceded sovereignty to either Britain or, later, The United States.[1]
During the American Revolution, the region was contested between Britain and rebellious American colonies. Hoping for favorable claims of territorial control in an eventual peace treaty with Britain, American adventurers led by Kentucky militia leader George Rogers Clark briefly occupied village settlements, including Cahokia, Kaskaskia and Vincennes unopposed, with passive support from Francophone inhabitants. In the Peace of Paris (1784) Britain ceded what became known as The Northwest Territory, the area bounded by Great Lakes, Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and the eastern colonies of New York and Pennsylvania, to the fledgling United States. Britain, which may have entertained ambitions to repossess the area if America failed to govern it, retained control over its forts and licensed fur trade for fifteen years.
During the Confederacy Period of 1781–1789, the Continental Congress passed three ordinances whose authority was unclear regarding the region's governance on the American side. The Land Ordinance of 1784 established the broad outlines of future governance. The territory would be divided into six states, which would be given broad powers of constitutional instituting, and admitted to the nation as equal members. The Land Ordinance of 1785 specified the manner in which land would be distributed in the Territory, favoring sale in small parcels to settlers who would work their own farms.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 defined the political protocols by which American states south of the lakes would enter the union as political equals with the original thirteen colonies. The ordinance, adopted in its final form just before the writing of the United States Constitution, was a sweeping, visionary proposal to create what was at the time a radical experiment in democratic governance and economy. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery, restricted primogeniture, mandated universal public education, provided for affordable farm land to people who settled and improved it, and required peaceful, lawful treatment of the Indian population. The ordinance prohibited the establishment of state religion and established civic rights that foreshadowed the United States Bill of Rights. Civil rights included freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, trial by jury, and exemption from unreasonable search and seizure. States were authorized to organize constitutional conventions and petition for admission as states equal to the original thirteen. Five states evolved from its provisions: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The northeastern section of Minnesota, from the Mississippi to St. Croix River, also fell under ordinance jurisdiction and extended the constitution and culture of the Old Northwest to the Dakotas. The surge of settlement generated tension culminating in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
Britain, fearing that fast American settlement could lead to annexation of its western provinces, countered with The Constitution Act of 1791, granting limited self-government to Canadian provinces, and creating two new provinces out of Canada: Lower Canada (today's Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
Settlement and economic expansion on both sides accelerated after the 1825 opening of The Erie Canal, an astonishingly successful public venture that effectively integrated markets and commerce between the Atlantic seaboard and the region. The region on both sides of the border became a vast research and design laboratory for agricultural machinery and techniques. Owner-operator family farms transformed both demographics and ecology into a vast terrain of farmlands, producing primarily wheat and corn. In western New York and northeast Ohio, the St. Lawrence, Mohawk, and Hudson rivers provided outlets for commercial corn and wheat, while The Ohio River let agricultural products from western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois journey downstream to New Orleans. Mining, primarily soft metals of copper, zinc, and lead; and timber to supply rapidly expanding sawmills that supplied lumber for new settlements.
Agricultural and industrial production generated distinctive political and social cultures of independent republican producers, who consolidated an ideology of personal liberty, free markets, and great social visions, often expressed in religious terms and enthusiasms. The region's alliance of antislavery with free soil movements contributed troops and agricultural goods that proved critical in the Union's victory. The Homestead and Morrill Acts, donating federal land to extend the agrarian economic franchise, and support state universities, modeled western expansion and education for all future states.
The British-Canadian London Conference of 1866, and subsequent Constitution Act of 1867 analogously derived from political, and some military, turmoil in the former jurisdiction of Upper Canada, which was renamed and organized in the new dominion as the province of Ontario. Like the provisions of the ordinance, Ontario prohibited slavery, made provisions for land distribution to farmers who owned their own land, and mandated universal public education.
Ford's River Rouge assembly plant 1941
Industrial production, organization, and technology have made the region among the world's most productive manufacturing centers. Nineteenth-century proto-monopolies such as International Harvester, Standard Oil, and United States Steel established the pattern of American centralized industrial consolidation and eventual global dominance. The region hosted the world's greatest concentrations of production for oil, coal, steel, automobiles, synthetic rubber, agricultural machinery, and heavy transport equipment. Agronomy industrialized as well, in meat processing, packaged cereal products, and processed dairy products. In response to disruptions and imbalances of power resulting from so vast a concentration of economic power, industrial workers organized the Congress of Industrial Organizations, a coherent agricultural cooperative movement, and the Progressive politics led by Wisconsin's Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr.. State universities, professional social work, and unemployment and workers' compensation were some of the region's permanent contributions to American social policy.
The Great Lakes region has produced globally influential breakthroughs in agricultural technology, transportation and building construction. Cyrus McCormick's reaper, John Deere's steel plow, Joseph Dart (Dart's Elevator), and George Washington Snow's balloon-frame construction are some of innovations that made significant, global impact. The University of Chicago and Case Western Reserve University figured prominently in developing nuclear power. Automobile manufacture developed simultaneously in Ohio and Indiana and became centered in the Detroit area of Michigan. Henry Ford's movable assembly line drew on regional experience in meat processing, agricultural machinery manufacture, and the industrial engineering of steel in revolutionizing the modern era of mass production manufacturing. Chicago-based Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck companies complemented mass manufactures with mass retail distribution.
Chicago and Detroit carry important roles in the field of architecture. Chicago pioneered the world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building designed by William LeBaron Jenney. Engineering innovation established Chicago from that time on to become one of the world's most influential epicenters of contemporary urban and commercial architecture. Equally influential was the 1832 invention of balloon-framing in Chicago which replaced heavy timber construction requiring massive beams and great woodworking skill with pre-cut timber. This new lumber could be nailed together by farmers and settlers who used it to build homes and barns throughout the western prairies and plains. Wisconsin-born, Chicago-trained Sullivan apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright designed prototypes for architectural designs from the commercial skylight atrium to suburban ranch house.
German-born Pennsylvania immigrant John A. Roebling invented steel wire rope, a pivotal part of suspension bridges he designed and whose construction he supervised in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Buffalo, based on earlier successful canal aqueducts. His most famous project was the Brooklyn Bridge.
Contributions to modern transportation include the Wright brothers' early airplanes, designed and perfected in their Dayton, Ohio mechanics' workshops; distinctive Great Lakes freighters, and railroad beds constructed of wooden ties and steel rails. The early nineteenth century Erie Canal and mid-twentieth century St. Lawrence Seaway expanded the scale and capacity of massive water-born freight.
Agricultural associations joined the nineteenth century Grange, which in turn generated the agricultural cooperatives that defined much of rural political economy and culture throughout the region. Fraternal, ethnic, and civic organizations extended cooperatives and supported local ventures from insurance companies to orphanages and hospitals. The region was the political base, and provided much leadership political parties in the region.
The region's greatest institutional contributions were major corporate, labor, educational and cooperative organizations. It hosted some of the most influential national and international corporations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century monopoly age, including John Deere Plow, McCormack Reaper, New York Central and Erie railroads, Carnegie Steel, U.S. Steel, International Harvester and Standard Oil. In part to balance democratic representation against the economic and political power of these corporations, the region hosted industrial labor organization, consolidated agricultural cooperatives and state educational systems. The Big Ten Conference memorializes the nation's first region in which every state sponsored major research, technical-agricultural, and teacher-training colleges and universities. The Congress of Industrial Organizations grew out of the region's coal and iron mines; steel, automobile and rubber industries; and breakthrough strikes and contracts of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.
During World War II, the region became the global epicenter of motorized land vehicles, including cars, trucks and jeeps, as well as a major supplier of engine, transmission, and electrical components to the wartime aeronautics industry. Despite extreme labor shortages, the region increased mechanization, and absorbed large numbers of women and immigrant labor, to increase its food production.
2008 GDP
of USD
New York 1,141,088 25.2
Illinois 633,697 14.0
Ontario 584,460 12.9
Pennsylvania 553,301 12.2
Ohio 471,508 10.4
Michigan 382,544 8.4
Minnesota 262,847 5.8
Indiana 254,861 5.6
Wisconsin 240,429 5.3
TOTAL 4,528,128 100.00
Navigable terrain, waterways, and ports spurred an unprecedented construction of transportation infrastructure throughout the region. The region is a global leader in advanced manufacturing and research and development, with significant innovations in both production processes and business organization. John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil set precedents for centralized pricing, uniform distribution, and controlled product standards through Standard Oil, which started as a consolidated refinery in Cleveland. Cyrus McCormick's Reaper and other manufacturers of agricultural machinery consolidated into International Harvester in Chicago. Andrew Carnegie's steel production integrated large-scale open-hearth and Bessemer processes into the world's most efficient and profitable mills. The largest, most comprehensive monopoly in the world, United States Steel, consolidated steel production throughout the region. Many of the world's largest employers began in the Great Lakes region.
Mass marketing in the modern sense was born in the region. Two competing Chicago retailers—Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck—developed mass marketing and sales through catalogues, mail-order distribution, and the establishment of their brand names as purveyors of consumer goods. The region's natural features, cultural institutions, and resorts make it a popular destination for tourism.
Advantages of accessible waterways, highly developed transportation infrastructure, finance, and a prosperous market base make the region the global leader in automobile production and a global business location. Henry Ford's movable assembly line and integrated production set the model and standard for major car manufactures. The Detroit area emerged as the world's automotive center, with facilities throughout the region. Akron, Ohio became the global leader in rubber production, driven by the demand for tires. Over 200 million tons of cargo are shipped annually through the Great Lakes.[2][3][4]
According to the Brookings Institution, if it stood alone as a country, the Great Lakes economy would be one of the largest economic units on Earth (with a $4.5-trillion gross regional product). This region also contains what area urban planners call the Great Lakes Megalopolis, which has an estimated 59 million people. Chicago is emerging as the third megacity in the United States, after the New York City and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, with a metro population approaching ten million. Cities along the Great Lakes have access to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence Seaway, making them international ports.
Population centers[edit]
State/
CSA/CMA
2009 population
Projected[5][6][7]
Projected increase
1 Chicago IL-IN-WI 9,804,845 10,935,100 1,130,255
2 Toronto ON 5,741,400 7,408,000 1,666,600
3 Detroit MI 5,327,764 6,191,000 863,236
4 Cleveland OH 3,515,646 3,795,658 280,012
5 Milwaukee WI 1,760,268 1,913,000 157,732
6 Ottawa – Gatineau ON-QC 1,451,415 1,596,556 145,141
7 Grand Rapids MI 1,327,366 1,530,000 202,634
8 Buffalo NY 1,203,493 1,040,400 -163,093
9 Rochester NY 1,149,653 1,248,600 98,947
10 Hamilton ON 740,200 954,858 214,658
11 Toledo OH 672,220 672,220 0
12 Kalamazoo MI 524,030 540,000 15,970
13 Lansing MI 523,609 547,325 23,716
14 Kitchener – Cambridge – Waterloo ON 492,400 635,196 142,796
15 London ON 492,200 634,938 142,738
16 Fort Wayne IN 414,315 455,623 39,366
17 St. Catharines – Niagara ON 404,400 521,676 117,276
18 Windsor ON 330,900 426,861 95,961
19 South Bend-Mishawaka IN 319,224
20 Erie PA 280,985 N/A N/A
The Palaeozoic strata are but parts of a great area of similar strata hundreds of feet in thickness. These strata decline gently southward from the great upland of the Laurentian Highlands of eastern Canada. The visible upland area of today was but a small part of the primeval continent with the remainder of it still buried under a Palaeozoic cover. The visible part was the last part of the primeval continent to sink under the advancing Palaeozoic seas. When the upland and its overlap of stratified deposits were elevated again, the overlapping strata must have had the appearance of a coastal plain. Of course that was long ago; since then the strata have eroded substantially and today possess neither the area nor the smooth form of their initial extent. This district may be considered an ancient coastal plain. As is always the case in the broad denudation of the gently inclined strata of such plains, the weaker layers are worn down in sub-parallel belts of lower land between the upland and the belts of more resistant strata, which rise in uplands.
Niagara Escarpment (in red)
Few better illustrations of this type of forms are to be found than that presented in the district of the Great Lakes. The chief upland belt or escarpment is formed by the firm Niagara limestone/dolomite, which takes its name from the gorge and falls cut through the upland by the Niagara River. As in all such forms, the Niagara Escarpment has a relatively strong slope or infacing escarpment on the side towards the upland, and a long gentle slope on the other side. Its relief is seldom more than 200 or 300 feet (91 m) and is generally small. Its continuity and its contrast with the associated lowlands on the underlying and overlying weak strata suffice to make it an important feature. The escarpment would lie straight east-west if the slant of the strata were uniformly to the south. However, the strata are somewhat warped and so the escarpment's course is strongly convex to the north in the middle, gently convex to the south at either end.
The escarpment begins where its determining limestone/dolosmite begins, in west-central New York. There, it separates the lowlands that contain Lake Ontario from Lake Erie. It curves to the northwest through the Ontario province to the island belt that divides the Georgian Bay from Lake Huron. From there, it heads westward through the land-arm between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and southwestward into the narrow points dividing Green Bay from Lake Michigan. Finally, it fades away with the thinning out of the limestone and is hardly traceable across the Mississippi River.
The arrangement of the Great Lakes closely matches the course of the lowlands worn on the two belts of weaker strata on either side of the Niagara escarpment. Lake Ontario, Georgian Bay and Green Bay occupy depressions in the lowland on the inner side of the escarpment. Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan lie in depressions in the lowland on the outer side. When the two lowlands are traced eastward, they become confluent after the Niagara limestone has faded away in central New York, and the single lowland is continued under the name of the Mohawk Valley. This is an east-west longitudinal depression that has been eroded on a belt of relatively weak strata between the resistant crystalline rocks of the Adirondacks on the north and the northern escarpment of the Appalachian plateau (Catskills-Helderbergs) on the south. Early in U.S. history, this provided a vital economic route between the Atlantic seaports and the U.S. interior.
In Wisconsin, the inner lowland has an interesting feature. It is a knob of resistant quartzites, known as Baraboo Ridge, rising from the buried upland floor through the partly denuded cover of lower Palaeozoic strata. This knob or ridge can be thought of as an ancient physiographic fossil, as it is an ancient monadnock having been preserved from destructive attacks of weather by burial under sea-floor deposits. It has been recently re-exposed through the erosion of its cover.
The occurrence of the lake basins in the lowland belts on either side of the Niagara escarpment is an abnormal feature. Ordinary erosion does not explain it. Glacial erosion has formed them through the glacial drift obstructing the normal outlet valleys and to crustal warping in connection with or independent of the glacial sheet.
Lake Superior is unlike the other lakes. The greater part of its basin occupies a depression in the upland area, independent of the overlap of Palaeozoic strata. The western half of the basin occupies a trough of synclinal structure. The Great Lakes are peculiar in receiving the drainage of but a small peripheral land area, enclosed by an ill-defined water-parting from the rivers that run to Hudson Bay or the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the north and to the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
An upbound lake freighter passing the Detroit riverfront including the Renaissance Center.
The three lakes of the middle group stand at practically the same level:
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are connected by the Straits of Mackinac with the Mackinac Bridge spanning the straits. Lake Huron and Lake Erie are connected by the St. Clair River and Detroit River, with the small Lake St. Clair between them. The land northeast of the rivers is undergoing a slow elevation. The Niagara River connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, with a fall of 326 feet (99 m) (160 feet (49 m) at the cataract) in 30 miles (48 km), is of very recent origin, as an older river would have a mature valley. The original valley that is thought to have connected the two depressions through the Niagara Escarpment is thought to have been at the present route of the Welland Canal, and to have been completely filled with glacial drift. The same is true for the St. Lawrence, where there may not have been an original valley. The Ontarian River that was a precursor to Lake Ontario is thought to have drained westward, and the St. Lawrence drainage to have been created by subsidence due to the weight of the ice sheet.
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^ "Economy of the Great Lakes Region". Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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Chandler, Alfred D. and Hikino, Takashi (1994), Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism, Harvard University Press.
Chandler, Alfred D., (1977) The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, Harvard University Press.
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Foner, Eric (1970). Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War, Oxford University Press
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Taylor, Alan (2007), The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, Vintage Books.
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Did Mickey Mantle Cork His Bat?
Thanks to the good people over at Deadspin.com, we may have shed some light on the unsavory tactics of one of baseball's greatest heroes. X-Rays from the same expert who found cork in a game-used Pete Rose bat a few years ago confirmed that there was cork in a Mantle bat that was going up for auction.
With all the PED allegations swirling around modern superstars like Ryan Braun and Robinson Cano, spitball accusations flung at the AL's best pitcher, and the general degradation of the sport's reputation over the last 15 years of steroid use, this is a frustrating, hard-to-ignore development.
We may brush this aside because it's from half a century ago, and we couldn't possibly tarnish the great Yankee's legacy, but it really shouldn't be taken lightly.
Rose is banned from baseball forever for betting on the game, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and more are pseudo-banned from Cooperstown for their involvement (allegedly, in many cases…but let's be real) with PED's in the late 90's and early 2000's, and multiple other players have been blacklisted by MLB for other significant scandals.
I'm not calling for action against the deceased Mantle or any alteration to his Hall of Fame plaque, but we must wonder at what point we accept all forms of cheating as part of the sport, and at which point we go 100 percent intolerant of it.
According to the MythBusters August 8, 2007 baseball special, the ball hit by a corked bat travels at only half the speed of a ball hit by an unmodified bat, causing it to go a shorter distance. The cork inside the bat actually absorbs the kinetic energy like a sponge, hindering the batter's performance. In addition, because corked bats are lighter, they have less momentum to transfer to the ball, bringing them to the conclusion that the use of a corked bat had fewer benefits over a regular bat. The show also notes that while filling a bat with cork makes it lighter, there is nothing in the rule book that prevents a player from simply using a lighter, uncorked bat. However, contrary to the last note in the episode, the reason players "cork" a bat is to keep it as long as a heavier bat, but make it lighter; which cannot be done without some kind of non-wood filler in the sweet spot of the bat.
Does that mean it's forgivable? Not necessarily. But it certainly seems to be one of the most tame forms of cheating.
Share your thoughts below by voting in the poll or posting a comment.
MLB Pop Quiz: Name That Scouting Report!
Jeff Idelson, the current MLB Hall of Fame President, tweeted out pictures this week of three old scouting reports that will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in Cooperstown.
You could go to his Twitter page and find all the answers easily, but then the "quiz" aspect of this blog is completely ruined. So don't do that. Don't be that guy. Let's do this without cheating, huh?
Let's just break it down one photo at a time to test your baseball knowledge. I'll put the three scouting reports below (with names deleted), and give three hints about each.
At the bottom, you can see answers to all three and add up your total to determine what level of baseball awesome you really are. If those instructions are too unclear still, there's nothing I can do to help you. And sorry, no prizes. We don't make money. So you just get the honor of knowing you are a brilliant human being and baseball fan.
Hint #1 (3 points): This player was his team's first black player and formed the first-ever black double play combination in MLB history.
Hint #2 (2 points): He won the NL MVP in 1958 and 1959 and retired with 512 home runs, yet never won a World Series ring.
Hint #3 (1 point): The mystery player above was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1977 and is one of only six players in franchise history to have his number retired (#14).
Hint #1 (3 points): The Houston Astros' failure to draft him first overall in the 1992 draft (Phil Nevin was their eventual choice) caused one of their best talent evaluators and scouts, Hal Newhouser, to quit his job in protest. This player went later in the first round to the team he still plays for today.
Hint #2 (2 points): Despite numerous top-ten finishes in the MVP voting, this player has never won the hardware. He has, however, won a Rookie of the Year award, All-Star Game MVP, World Series MVP, five Gold Gloves, five Silver Sluggers and the Hank Aaron Award so far over his career.
Hint #1 (3 points): This 1983 Hall of Fame inductee won more games than any other pitcher in the 1960's, but was often overshadowed by Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson during that time frame. Though the report lists him as "Cuban or Puerto Rican," he is actually Dominican.
Hint #2 (2 points): Well known for intimidation techniques involving throwing at batters' heads, this backfired on the pitcher in a 1965 game against a rival club. After he threw at a player early in the game, tensions rose and a brawl ensued, in which this pitcher used a bat to hit the un-helmeted head of the opposing team's catcher.
Hint #3 (1 point): The ten-time All-Star threw a no-hitter in 1963 and had his number (#27) retired by the team he spent all but two of his professional seasons with. That same team now honors this pitcher with a statue outside its ballpark on the West Coast, depicting his iconic leg kick.
11-12 points: You ARE a demi-god. Like Yoenis Cespedes, but with baseball trivia instead of a bat.
9-10 points: You are Mr. Consistency. Pretty much Todd Helton, minus the DUI (we assume).
7-8 points: You are a scrapper, much like Bryce Harper. Very impressive, but still room to improve.
4-6 points: You really let us down. We might as well call you Matt Bush, Jr.
1-3 points: You can't be serious. You strike out more often than Mark Reynolds blindfolded.
0 points: You need to leave. Exit our blog, right now.
Thanks for taking our scouting report pop quiz! We appreciate all feedback, positive or negative, in the comments section below!
Our off-season podcast series continues with the Hall Of Fame recap where we break down our 1st Annual 3U3D Hall of Fame Ballots and discuss why some of the other players didn't get in. We also hit on the tough subject of what to do with the PED players. Should they get in? Will they get in? Take a listen and find out!


Whether you're geeking out over Sir Patrick Stewart's return to the captain's chair in Star Trek or cheering Alex Garland's reboot of a classic miniseries, this episode is for you!
Plus in this week's Big Sell - Sean loves Chaka Khan - but how does he feel about the new song Amita Big Sold last week? Plus find out why he is Big Selling a podcast that combines info about trills, Gregorian chants and Frank Ocean.


The suplied default renderer for JTable columns of class Icon and ImageIcon, JTable.IconRenderer, is known to give rise to a ClassCastException when attempting to render an Icon whose implementation of paintIcon(…) requires a cast of its Component parameter to a specific subclass of Component. Several icons obtained from standard JDK classes trigger this ClassCastException.
IconTableCellRenderer addresses this issue by attempting to paint the Icon in 3 different ways before falling back on a default icon which can be customized via a parameter to the constructor.
First, an attempt is made to paint the Icon to the Graphics context of a BufferedImage with a reference to the renderer itself as the Component parameter.
In case of a ClassCastException, the desired class is identified by parsing the exception's message. An attempt is made to instantiate a Component of the desired class and use it as a valid reference.
In case an InstantiationException is thrown because the desired class is abstract, a final attempt is made to draw the icon with a concretized AbstractButton furnished with a DefaultButtonModel as the Component parameter.
All else failing, the icon is rendered as a crossed rectangle of the same size as the original icon, or the default icon if supplied as a parameter to the constructor.
Using IconTableCellRenderer is no different from using any custom renderer.
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– in your example, how did you force the actual loading of the icons?
Thank you for the insights, Jeanette.
The icons were obtained by scanning the UIDefaults for instances of Icon.
I understand your second point, but cannot see any alternative way to resize the table rows to accommodate each icon. A suggestion would be more than welcome.
And I've made the change to use one static instance of a concretized AbstractButton, the updated code will be available shortly.
The only safe place to do row (and/or column resizing if wanted) is external to the renderer. Some handler walking the model and adjust the heights as appropriate.
The reason I looked into this is that I wanted to see how SwingX would handle it: we don't really think in terms of renderer but in terms of "content" and "visual decoration". Typically, an Icon is considered part of the content with a custom converter: then the converter does all the nasty tricks around the CCEs (actually delegating the real work to a SafeIcon and keeping a cache of those wrappers). The big advantage is that we can re-use the converters, kind of small coin which is pluggable to any kind of renderer.
Jeanette, thank you again for the professional point of view and the link to the polished version. I still have a lot to learn about breaking up methods into smaller, more manageable units.
Have you noticed the first-ever post on this blog?
I just used your SafeIcon class to wrap all the Icons found in the UIManagerDefaults class mentioned above. It was a simple one line if statement added to the existing class. I know this is not the way you would use it in SwingX but it works great for what I need.
So, is it ok to use the class stand alone? If so, how should I credit you in the code? Just include the link provided above?
Yeah, sure – that's completely free code, free as in take-it-and-suffer-the-consequences Adding my name and/or a link to the code is good enough for me.
no, didn't yet reach the start of this series – just browsing around a bit, good work!. Will do.
Thats the way I offer all of my code, thanks.


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Q: Installing ode using Macports I am trying to install ode via Macports, but get this error:

On Mac OS X 10.5, ode 0.11.1 requires Xcode 3.1 or later but you have Xcode 3.0.
Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: incompatible Xcode version

Is there any way to install ode without xcode 3.1?

A: I think you can download XCode 3.1.x for Leopard @ http://connect.apple.com (registration required).
That might be the easiest way, or are you staying on 3.0 for a specific reason?
You could always try to alter / remove minimum_xcodeversion in the portfile itself, although chances are your compilation will then probably fail (somebody had a reason for adding it).

A: Xcode includes gcc and all the other developer command line tools - the minimum requirement for Xcode 3.1 is probably because a minimmum version of gcc is required. You should really just bit the bullet and get the latest Xcode (3.2.2) from http://connect.apple.com - it only takes a few minutes to download and install (depending on how fast your broadband connection is).

A: According to the change log for the ode Portfile, the minimum Xcode version was set to remove a libGL workaround. I suppose you could check out the patch and undo that change on the local copy of your Portfile, and see if that works.

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Researcher Creates Preterm Growth Charts that are Used Globally
Two new apps give clinicians and parents an easy way to monitor the health of premature babies
By Laura Herperger
Tanis Fenton, researcher and registered dietitian, developed global preterm growth charts which are now available in app form. Calgary mother Maheny Lopez says the app allowed for easy monitoring of the health of her infant Melina in the neonatal intensive-care unit at the Foothills Medical Centre. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary
When you weigh less than five pounds, as preterm infants do, every growth spurt counts. So knowing what normal growth (weight, length, and head circumference) is for a preterm infant is really important.
Tanis Fenton is the researcher who is giving clinicians that reliable reference — a validated growth chart used in manuals and electronic medical records globally and now also available in app form.
"Of all hospital patients, preterm infants have the highest nutritional needs and the fastest growth rates. They can double their weight in just six weeks. That's why validated measurement charts are so important in their health care," says Tanis Fenton PhD, a registered dietitian and epidemiologist who has been working with pre-term infants much of her career.
Alberta has the most preemies in Canada
Alberta has a higher rate of preterm births than any other province, equal to 4,700 babies born every year. Fenton, an associate professor at the Cumming School of Medicine and a member of Alberta Children's Hospital Research, the O'Brien Institute for Public Health and the Department of Community Health Sciences, became aware of how difficult it was to evaluate infants while working in the neonatal intensive-care unit at the Foothills Medical Centre.
"A growth chart, as a reference, can provide the assessment of whether an infant is getting the necessary nutrition or indicate if an infant has needs that differ from the expected," says Fenton. "A reliable reference can help in early detection of problems and to ensure infants thrive."
Calgary mom grateful for app's role in her infant's health
Melina weighed only 620 grams when she was born at 23 weeks in April. She is now five times that weight and is being discharged from the Foothills Medical Centre
Maheny Lopez is a parent who is using the chart information. She feels more confident about the health of her preterm infant because of Fenton's data and research. Melina weighed only 620 grams when she was born at 23 weeks in April; she is now five times that weight and ready to be discharged from the hospital.
"It was so awesome to verify the growth of our daughter on a daily basis on the app to see how she was doing," says Lopez. "It allowed me to stay on top of her health and gave me some control."
Fenton's charts are available in two apps: one for parents to plot their babies' growth onto the growth chart and the other one for health professionals to calculate exact percentiles and z-scores.
Fenton charts are standard worldwide
For many years, the only existing preterm growth charts were more than 25 years old and had their limitations. The World Health Organization only publishes charts for term infants, but not preterm ones. In 2003, Fenton created the first Fenton Preterm Growth Chart based on the need she saw in Calgary. She and a colleague updated the charts in 2013 after studying the growth of preterm infants in Calgary, Regina and San Diego; the charts are now widely used locally and internationally.
Dietitians and healthcare professionals in 141 countries use Fenton's preterm growth charts. They are now available on two apps.
Fenton has been invited around the world to speak on this topic. The Fenton Preterm Growth Charts are used across Canada and have been included in 21 textbooks. The charts are in the Merck Manual and have been cited in 368 papers. The American Academy of Pediatrics 2014 Handbook on Nutrition notes the charts are "commonly used in NICUs." The website is also accessed by dietitians and healthcare professionals in 141 countries.
"I'm really pleased that this tool is used by so many clinicians to improve health outcomes for this vulnerable population," she says. "I honestly never expected that it would lead to such a high-user rate, which is absolutely fantastic."
Fenton is doing more assessments and validations through another follow-up project beginning this year. Her work is funded by the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research.
Engagement in the community is actively driven through the strategic Knowledge Translation Research Platform identified in the University of Calgary's Strategic Research Plan. This platform aims to address community priorities and develop close partnerships with various stakeholders.
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Elliott Sadler's "retirement" didn't last long.
The four-time NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver (2011, 2016-2018) will compete in two Xfinity races this season for Kaulig Racing, the team announced Thursday in a release.
"I'm back," Sadler, 43, said in a tweet this morning (see below).
Sadler, who has 13 wins in the NXS and three in the NASCAR Cup Series, will drive the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro SS in the Xfinity race April 12 at Richmond Raceway and the Sept. 14 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Emporia, Virginia, native will be sponsored in both races by Nutrien Ag Solutions.
Citing a desire to spend more time with family, he had wrapped up his full-time career in 2018.
"I said I would only return to the racetrack if the right opportunity came along, and this is it," Sadler said. "I'm thrilled to partner with Nutrien Ag Solutions and Kaulig Racing for these two races and team up with Ross Chastain behind the wheel of the No. 10 Chevy.
In addition to having Justin Haley run the full season in the No. 11, Kaulig Racing has plans to field the No. 10 as a second car for more than half of the 2019 Xfinity season. In addition to Sadler, Chastain also will pilot the No. 10 for at least three races.


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Q: Get the last occurrence of an object based on the value of a field From an array like:
[{'name': 'a', 'val': 1}, {'name': 'b', 'val': 2}, {'name': 'a', 'val': 3}]
I want to get to:
[{ name: 'b', val: 2 }, { name: 'a', val: 3 }].
This can be achieved for example by:
arrOut = _.uniqBy(arrIn.reverse(), 'name').reverse();
but I am looking for a faster/cleaner method without the need for reversing the whole array twice.

A: Here is an idea: Iterate over the array twice. First time count the number of occurences of each name, the second time filter out elements if their respective count isn't 1.
Example:

const arrIn = [{'name': 'a', 'val': 1}, {'name': 'b', 'val': 2}, {'name': 'a', 'val': 3}];

const counter = Object.create(null);
for (const element of arrIn) {
  counter[element.name] = (counter[element.name] || 0) + 1;
}

const arrOut = arrIn.filter(element => counter[element.name]-- === 1);
console.log(arrOut);

Another way would be to iterate over the array in reverse order, keeping track of the names you have seen and call .reverse on the result:

const arrIn = [{'name': 'a', 'val': 1}, {'name': 'b', 'val': 2}, {'name': 'a', 'val': 3}];
const arrOut = [];

const seen = new Set();
for (let i = arrIn.length; i--;) {
  if (!seen.has(arrIn[i].name)) {
    arrOut.push(arrIn[i]);
    seen.add(arrIn[i].name);
  }
}

console.log(arrOut.reverse());

A: Try with shift()
This method removes the first array element

A: If the original order should be preserved, one alternative approach is to use Array.filter() in conjunction with Array.some(). This is my attempt to preserve the original order of the elements:

let input = [
  {'name': 'a', 'val': 1},
  {'name': 'b', 'val': 2},
  {'name': 'a', 'val': 3}
];

let res = input.filter(
    ({name, val}, idx, arr) => !arr.some((o, j) => o.name === name && j > idx)
);

console.log(res);
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Alternatively, a more efficient approach can be done using Array.reduceRight() and a Set to keep track of already visited names (as @Felix Kling show in one of his examples)

let input = [
  {'name': 'a', 'val': 1},
  {'name': 'b', 'val': 2},
  {'name': 'a', 'val': 3},
  {'name': 'b', 'val': 12},
  {'name': 'c', 'val': 7},
  {'name': 'b', 'val': 22}
];

let res = input.reduceRight((acc, obj) =>
{
   if (acc.visited.has(obj.name))
       return acc;

   acc.visited.add(obj.name);
   acc.res.unshift(obj);
   return acc;

}, {res: [], visited: new Set()});

console.log(res.res);
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Megachile tutuilae is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Perkins & Cheesman in 1928.

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Russia's agriculture sector faces stagnation due to lack of funding
Russia's economic turmoil is casting doubts on the Kremlin's plans to boost domestic agriculture following the country's bans on foods earlier this year. With investors leaving Russia, stretched state budgets, and banks that are struggling under sanctions, many worry that the country's agricultural sector lacks funding to expand. CCTV America's Tom Barton reported this story from Moscow.
Russia's agriculture sector faces stagnation due to lack of funding
In August, Russia banned many western food imports in retaliation for western sanctions on Russia's finance, defense, and energy sectors over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
Inflation and food prices rose. Meat, fish and poultry prices saw increases as much as 15 percent in one month. While this has hurt consumers, it has benefited some of Russia's biggest food companies.
"If we look at shares for Russian agriculture companies that deal with food production, it's clear that after Russia's counter-sanctions were introduced, they underwent a substantial growth," vice president of BCS Financial Artem Argetkin said.
After the ban on western food imports, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced a drive to massively increase production to make Russia agriculturally self-sufficient.
However, Russia relies on imports for as much as 40 percent of its food supplies. Farmers said the taps can't simply be turned on and that it would take years investment in infrastructure to even start to make up that gap.
Alexander Kostikov is a leader at one of Russia's large farming groups. He said money for the planned expansion of the sector is difficult to find, especially with banks under sanctions.
The Heat discusses Nelson Mandela's legacy one year after his death »


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'use strict';

var CONST = require("./const"),
	utils = require("./utils"),
	Player = require("./player"),
	Cannon = require("./cannon"),
	Target = require("./target"),
	Countdown = require("./countdown"),
	CollisionHandler = require("./collision-handler");

function LevelManager(state) {
	var self = this;

	self.state = state;
}

LevelManager.prototype = {

	state: null,

	preload: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			Phaser = state.Phaser,
			game = state.game;

		Player.prototype.preload( Phaser, game );
		Cannon.prototype.preload( Phaser, game );
		Target.prototype.preload( Phaser, game );
		Countdown.prototype.preload( Phaser, game );
		CollisionHandler.prototype.preload( Phaser, game );

		// preload level
		game.load.tilemap( "tilemap", "assets/levels/tilemap.json", null, Phaser.Tilemap.TILED_JSON );
		game.load.image( "tiles", "assets/levels/tileset.png" );
	},

	create: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			game = state.game,
			Phaser = state.Phaser;

		// This will run in Canvas mode, so let's gain a little speed and display
		game.renderer.clearBeforeRender = false;
		game.renderer.roundPixels = true;

		game.physics.startSystem( Phaser.Physics.ARCADE );

		var map = game.add.tilemap( 'tilemap' );
		map.addTilesetImage('tile-set', 'tiles');
		state.map = map;

		state.collisionHandler = new CollisionHandler();

		self.createLevel();

		//  This resizes the game world to match the layer dimensions
		// layer.resizeWorld();
	},

	update: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state;

		if ( state.gameOver ) {
			var map = state.map;
			map.createLayer( "game-over" );
			self.recycleLevel();
			state.gameOver = false;
		} else if ( state.restartLevel ) {
			self.restartLevel();
			state.restartLevel = false;
		} else if ( state.levelUp ) {
			self.levelUp();
			state.levelUp = false;
		}

		state.collisionHandler.update( state );

		state.objects.forEach( function(element) {
			element.update( state );
		} );
	},

	render: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state;

		state.collisionHandler.render( state );

		state.objects.forEach( function(element) {
			element.render( state );
		} );
	},

	levelUp: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = this.state,
			map = state.map;

		self.recycleLevel();

		if ( state.level < CONST.LEVELS_COUNT ) {
			state.level += 1;
			self.createLevel();
		} else {
			map.createLayer( "win" );
			self.recycleLevel();
		}
	},

	recycleLevel: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			objects = state.objects;

		objects.forEach( function(object) {
			object.recycle();
		} );

		state.objects = [];
		state.player = null;
		state.cannons = [];
		state.target = null;
		state.selectedCannon = 0;
	},

	restartLevel: function() {
		var state = this.state,
			player = state.player,
			objects = state.objects,
			cannons = state.cannons,
			selectedCannon = cannons[ state.selectedCannon ];

		if ( state.selectedCannon !== 0 ) {
			selectedCannon.detachFromPlayer();
			cannons[0].loadPlayer( player );
			state.selectedCannon = 0;
		}

		objects.forEach( function(object) {
			object.reset();
		} );
	},

	createLevel: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			level = state.level,
			map = state.map,
			backgroundLayerName = level + "-background",
			objectsLayerName = level + "-objects";

		map.createLayer( backgroundLayerName );

		var levelObjects = map.objects[ objectsLayerName ];

		levelObjects.forEach( function( element ) {
			var customProps = element.properties,
				position = utils.getMidPoint(
					element.x,
					element.y,
					element.width,
					element.height,
					customProps.rotation
				);

			position.angle = customProps.rotation;

			switch( element.name ) {
				case "start":
					self.createStartPoint( position );
					break;
				case "cannon":
					var index;
					try {
						index = JSON.parse( customProps.index );
					} catch(exception) {
						throw new Error( "Error: can't parse cannonObject.properties.index: " + exception.message );
					}
					self.createCannon( position, index );
					break;
				case "time":
					var durationInSeconds;
					try {
						durationInSeconds = JSON.parse( customProps.time );
					} catch(exception) {
						throw new Error( "Error: can't parse cannonObject.properties.time: " + exception.message );
					}
					self.createCountdown( customProps.time );
					break;
				case "target":
					self.createTarget( position );
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
		} );

		self.verifyLevelIsLoadedCorrectly();
		state.countdown.start();
	},

	createStartPoint: function(position) {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			Phaser = state.Phaser,
			game = state.game,
			player = new Player( Phaser, game, position, state );

		state.objects.push( player );

		state.player = player;

		var indexInCannonsArray = 0;
		self.createCannon( position, indexInCannonsArray, player );
	},

	createCannon: function(position, index, player) {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			Phaser = state.Phaser,
			game = state.game,
			cannon = new Cannon( Phaser, game, position, index, player );

		if ( index === undefined || index < 0 ) {
			throw new Error( "Level is not valid - cannon object with .properties.index = " + index );
		}

		state.objects.push( cannon );
		state.cannons[ index ] = cannon;
	},

	createTarget: function(position) {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			Phaser = state.Phaser,
			game = state.game,
			target = new Target( Phaser, game, position );

		state.objects.push( target );
		state.target = target;
	},

	createCountdown: function(duration) {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			Phaser = state.Phaser,
			game = state.game,
			countdown = new Countdown( Phaser, game, duration );

		state.countdown = countdown;
		state.objects.push( countdown );
	},

	verifyLevelIsLoadedCorrectly: function() {
		var self = this,
			state = self.state,
			player = state.player,
			cannons = state.cannons,
			target = state.target,
			countdown = state.countdown;

		if ( !player ) {
			throw new Error( "Level is not loaded correctly - no player!" );
		}
		if ( !target ) {
			throw new Error( "Level is not loaded correctly - no target!" );
		}
		if ( !cannons || !cannons.length ) {
			throw new Error( "Level is not loaded correctly - no cannons!" );
		}
		if ( !countdown ) {
			throw new Error( "Level is not loaded correctly - no time object!" );
		}

		for ( var i = 0; i < cannons.length; i++ ) {
			if ( cannons[i] === undefined ) {
				throw new Error( "Level is not loaded correctly - empty cannon index!" );
			}
		}
	}

};

module.exports = LevelManager;

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An experimental investigation was conducted subjecting Hastelloy X plates to shock loadings. The study seeks to understand the structural response of these aerospace materials when subjected to a combination of high temperature and shock loading with different boundary conditions.
First, an exhaustive series of experiments was conducted simultaneously subjecting Hastelloy X plates to extreme temperatures, in-plane tensile loading, and transverse shock loading. To achieve these loadings, a shock tube apparatus was used in conjunction with a novel hydraulic pre-loading fixture outfitted with propane flame torches. Experiments were carried out at peak shock loads of 1.7 and 3.1 MPa, temperatures up to 900°C, and in-plane tensile loads up to 80% of the yield strength of the material at the given temperature. High speed photography and Digital Image Correlation (DIC) was used to obtain full-field, three-dimensional deformation information during the event. It is evident that the addition of a tensile pre-load reduces the maximum deflection for all temperatures. However, further increasing the magnitude of a pre-existing tensile pre-load has diminishing returns at temperatures above 400°C. It was seen that the specimen experiences a decrease in resistance to deformation caused by a blast loading for temperatures until 800°C. However, at 900°C, the specimen's resistance was observed to be greater than at 800°C. It was also observed that an indentation mode of deformation occurs at high temperatures in the case of 3.1 MPa peak load case but for no temperature in the 1.7 MPa peak load case.
Next, a comprehensive series of experiments was conducted subjecting cantilevered Hastelloy X plates to extreme temperatures and oblique shock loadings. A shock tube was used to achieve consistent planar shock waves and was supplemented by four propane torches to obtain high specimen temperatures. To capture the deformation event, high speed photography was used in conjunction with DIC to attain full-field, three-dimensional deflections, velocities, and strains. Experiments were conducted at temperatures of 25°C, 400°C, and 800°C and shock angles of 0° (normal), 15°, and 30°. It is evident that an increase in temperature causes an increased magnitude in out-of-plane deflection and in certain cases causes the deformations to occur in mode II. It is also observed that increasing the angle of the specimen relative to the shock decreases the magnitude of out-of-plane deformation.
Tilton, Craig, "Dynamic Response of Aerospace Materials Subjected to Extreme Environments" (2016). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 825.


Hi, my name is Master Annette Palacios and I am the owner of Master Palacios ATA Martial Arts. While attending college at the University of Notre Dame, I began my martial arts journey and the positive impact it had on my life was remarkable. It was always my dream to someday own my own school, and when I opened Master Palacios ATA Martial Arts in 2000, I made a commitment to our community in Austin to create an enjoyable environment for students to improve their fitness while building confidence they can carry into their everyday lives.
Our children's martial arts program creates leaders. We do this by teaching the same values you teach at home. Our adult program is second to none. From traditional martial arts to more modern self-defense styles, there is something for everyone at Master Palacios ATA Martial Arts. If you are looking to burn major calories, learn self-defense moves and get in the best shape of your life, you must come and check out our program.
I signed my grandson up to have "our" thing to share. Before long, I signed up for self defense here as well. Now I'm at the point off wanting to be here every day to be around the positive atmosphere, training and overall friendship. This was by far the best decision I've ever made for my family.
This is a fantastic martial arts school, offering a variety of options for not just becoming more fit, but also improving your life. My family have been members for almost 2 years now and it has been awesome watching my kids grow stronger, more confident, and more respectful, as well as improving my own strength, confidence, flexibility, and health. I highly recommend this program to individuals and families looking to get in shape, improve attitudes, and have FUN!
Palacios ATA Martial Arts is the most rewarding extracurricular program in Austin I have found for my children.
While we first enrolled them in ATA for the self-defense, we quickly learned that our kids were learning subtle lessons about such topics as self-esteem, respect, leadership, bullying, selflessness, etc. While I think most parents try to teach these same things to their kids on a daily basis, the professionals at ATA are able to message much more effectively than I can. When we have a "teaching moment" at home, my wife and I are often able to use the ATA lessons as a reference point they understand. And my kids have never been more motivated to stick with an extracurricular activity - each is determined to get a black belt.
I should mention, the gym was recently renovated, which allows me to watch comfortably (and knock out urgent work with on the wireless network - yeah, sometimes I'm that parent).
Bottom line: As a life-long boxer, I enrolled my kids in Tae Kwan Do so they would have exposure to a form a self-defense. While they have certainly learned to defend themselves quite effectively, the reason why I will remain so loyal to ATA is the life-skills that my children are learning.
We love Ms. Palacios and Palacios ATA Martial Arts!
Our first grader started taking taekwondo (TKD) lessons from Ms. Palacios one day per week in his after-school program at Magellan International school. We were so impressed with the resulting positive changes in our son, we soon had him attending additional evening and weekend classes at her studio on South IH 35 between Wells Branch and Howard Lane. He's preparing to test for his 3rd belt in just a few weeks and TKD has become a huge part of our family life.
The gym space in a North Austin industrial park is nothing fancy, but it has everything a TKD student at any age from 3+ needs to progress, especially caring, knowledgeable, and motivating instructors. While Ms. Palacios (5th degree black belt with 20 years of experience) is the owner and primary teacher, there are several other advanced black belts on staff (all of whom have undergone background checks) who take turns leading different aspects of each class. Further, during each class, students at all belt levels are challenged to take on responsibilities and lead small groups of others below their belt levels, a great way to foster leadership skills.
Beyond the fitness, self-defense, and discipline aspects of TKD, Ms. Palacios emphasizes academics, leadership, and good citizenship. She even teaches bullying prevention at local schools and incorporates many of those lessons into her TKD classes.
Another thing we love about Palacios ATA: they offer summer and school holiday day camps for elementary school ages. These camps aren't just about martial arts and character building, but also offer other fun activities like tumbling, inflatables, and popcorn flicks with a good lesson.
I've been so happy with the positive experience for our child, I'm now considering taking up lessons myself. When I do, I'll update this review with more info on the adult TKD beginner experience at Palacios ATA.
Note: this business has another listing as ATA Blackbelt Academy, but it is the same gym as Palacios ATA. I've asked Yelp HQ to merge the two pages, but that may take a while to happen.
My 5 year old daughter was telling me a story about a kid experience in school. It was unpleasant and involved some boys pinching her. She said, when the teacher was talking to the boys she knew the boys were lying to the teacher about what happened. I asked her how she knew they were lying? She said, "I was watching their eyes move and well, they sounded scared." I asked, well, maybe they were scared and that is it, maybe they were not lying. She says, "in Karate class, they taught me this, speak confidently and hold your head up. I use to hold my head down, (demonstratively) like this. But, when I know something and when I am confident, I know I am telling my truth." This was from a year ago and she reamains a student of ATA through Magellan International School. When we re-register and ask her what she would like to do after school, Karate is always first on her list. She now has an orange belt and is super proud of her accomplishments in class.
We love Ms. Palacios and ATA. The after-school Tae Kwon Do program (at Magellan International School) has been wonderful for our kindergarten-aged daughter.
Although we originally enrolled our daughter to pick up some basic lessons in self-defense, she has learned so much more in just a half a year in the program. At first, our daughter thought the program was not right for her; "it's for rough boys," she said. And after the first class, she didn't want to attend future classes and refused to participate. Ms. Palacios immediately informed us about our daughter's progress and asked if we wanted to keep trying. We said we did. Through gentle patience and positive reinforcement, Ms. Palacios and her instructors brought our daughter into the class and won her over to Tae Kwon Do! Our daughter absolutely loves it now! And she has learned (and continues to learn) wonderful, valuable lessons about perseverance, trying new things, discipline, hard work, and (of course) self-defense.
We could not be more impressed with the quality of the program and the instructors leading it.
My 6 year old son has been attending for a little over four weeks and his behavior at home and school has improved so much. I really enjoy watching Ms. Palacios teach class because you can see the passion she has for all that she teaches. I love that her classes teach life skills she is able to teach things to my son that I have tried several times but since it's not coming from me he has finally picked up. She has helped raise my sons self confidence so much since he has started. He remembers his class schedule and reminds me that he needs to be on time every time. I'm so glad Ms. Palacios has entered into our lives as she has already made a huge impact on my son and she doesn't even know it. He strives to work hard and do well because he says she is someone who is very important to him.
Nosotros estamos muy contentos con los resultados que hemos visto en nuestros dos hijos. Uno de ellos era muy tímido y las clases que ofrece Mr. Palacios han hecho que aumente su autoestima. El personal de la academia es servicial y amable, además de que algunos de ellos son bilingues y eso para nosotros en importamte también.
Lo más importante es que nos sentimos como familia parte de esta comunidad donde la disciplina, la honestidad y el trabajo constante son partes fundamentales de la practica de artes marciales. Soy fan!
Ms. Palacios is tough, motivating, and encouraging. I learned so much in my month of attendance. Looking forward to returning. "Ha!"
Ms. Palacios, I wanted to share my tremendous thanks to you, your instructors and your students for all that you have done for Seth. Although you would not be able to tell today, but at 6 years old, Seth was a very shy and unassuming child, and honestly was not very confident. It was at age 6 that our family went through some significant changes that would have caused some issues for almost any child. At this point, my friend, Carmichael Simon, suggested that Seth start a martial arts program to help him get through this rough time. Carmichael, with his history in the martial arts, researched the right school for us to attend, and selected Palacios ATA as the school that Seth would fit in best at. Looking back, it was a tremendous recommendation. Over the past 1 and a half years, Seth has not only progressed as a martial artist, which is great, but the real progress was on this shy 6 year old to turn into a very confident, respectful child. Seth is currently aspiring to be the next big action movie star and you have helped teach him about setting goals, the work ethic and patience to achieve those goals and the confidence in himself to push forward. Seth recently performed a dance routing in front of 2500 people (and was awarded dancer of the year) and walks into ANY audition in front of agents and casting directors much more confident than the other kids. I have told you many times, but I sincerely thank you, not just for the martial arts that Seth is learning, but the life skills. It is going to carry him a long way in life and these are lessons that he will never forget. He will always be a confident and disciplined young man, who will be successful in life.


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Amazon Prime Video App for Windows 10 Launches in Canada
by Gary Ng – Thu, July 2, 2020
Amazon has announced it has launched a Prime Video app for users in Canada and worldwide. The Prime Video app for Windows 10 can now be downloaded from the Microsoft Store for desktop PCs, laptops and tablets.
With a dedicated Prime Video app for Windows 10 users, content can now be streamed online and offline, while also offering search and in-app transactions for Prime Video Channels subscriptions and other media rentals.
The Prime Video app brings the same web experience but in an app form for Windows 10 users, says Amazon. Prime Video has over 150 million paid users, according to the company.
Click here to sign up for Prime in Canada and get full access to streaming content from Prime Video.
COVID Alert iOS and Android App Download Delayed by Ontario Government [u]
Thu, July 2, 2020