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1 year after crash kills 5 young people, fundraiser planned for memorial bench
Will Greenlee
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A fundraiser is scheduled Saturday at St. Lucie Lanes as part of efforts to erect a bench memorializing five young people who died in a fiery crash one year ago.
St. Lucie Lanes, in the 6700 block of South U.S. 1 just south of Kitterman Road, is where Anthony Martin, 16, one of those who died in the Nov. 23, 2018, crash, grew up bowling.
"We wanted to have something that would serve as a memorial for the families, a reminder for the community for safety precautions, responsible choices, and also a way to honor the deceased," said Mercadez Estime-Connelly, 37, of Fort Pierce, who said she has connections to the five families.
"I believe it would be safe to say probably each and every family individually would like to see something done."
More: Arrest made in fiery crash that killed 5 in St. Lucie County
Melissa Goodrich, bookkeeper/manager of St. Lucie Lanes, has been with the business for 12 years — about when Martin started bowling there.
"His grandmother would bring him there all the time," Goodrich said, noting Martin bowled with her children. "He always bowled on the Saturday morning leagues and the Tuesday scholarship league."
The crash happened as Tanner Dashner, 21 at the time, drove an estimated 97 mph south on South 25th Street when his GMC sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a 2002 Dodge Dakota at Midway Road.
More: Families of five killed in fiery Black Friday crash share their grief
The Dodge caught fire, killing the driver, Kedan Tillett, 27, of Fort Pierce, and four passengers — Alexis Chaney, 17; Anthony Victor, 21; Martin, all of Fort Pierce; and Darien Douglas, 21, of Port St. Lucie. A sixth person, Ari'yonnia Stanberry, 14 at the time, was pulled out by a bystander.
Blood taken from Dashner showed a blood-alcohol content of more than triple the legal limit, records state.
Dashner, in the St. Lucie County Jail on more than $7.5 million bond, faces five counts each of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter and two other DUI related charges.
A court hearing is scheduled Jan. 21, according to Assistant State Attorney Brandon White.
For the fundraiser, Estime-Connelly said there are two time blocks available: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $25 per hour, which includes shoe rental. She said they also hope to have raffles.
More: FHP: Driver in fatal crash that killed five was under the influence, driving an estimated 97 mph
Estime-Connelly said they hope to raise $3,000 for the bench, which they would like to place at the crash site, though she said she's working with local government officials to learn about the policies and procedures.
If it's not possible to place a bench at the crash location, Estime-Connelly said they could explore the possibility of installing it at St. Lucie Lanes or another location in the county.
Goodrich said Martin in the January before his death bowled a 300 — a perfect game.
She also said he bowled an 800, averaging 267 or better in three consecutive games, which is difficult.
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Q: Understanding bitwise operations in javascript I am currently storing data inside an XML doc as binary, 20 digits long, each representing a boolean value.
<matrix>

    <resource type="single">
        <map>10001010100011110000</map>
        <name>Resource Title</name>
        <url>http://www.yoursite.com</url>
    </resource>

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I am parsing this with jQuery and am currently using a for loop and charAt() to determine whether to do stuff if the value is == "1".
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    }
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This takes place a few times as part of a HUGE loop that has run sort of slow.  Someone told me that I should use bitwise operators to process this and it would run faster.
My question is either:
Can someone offer me an example of how I could do this?  I've tried to read tutorials online and they seem to be flying right over my head.  (FYI: I am planning on creating a Ruby script that will convert my binary 0 & 1's into bits in my XML.)
Or does anyone know of a good, simple (maybe even dumbed down version) tutorial or something that could help me grasp these bitwise operator concepts?

A: Single ampersand (&, as opposed to &&) does bit-wise comparison. But first you need to convert your strings to numbers using parseInt().
var map = parseInt("10010", 2); // the 2 tells it to treat the string as binary

var maskForOperation1 = parseInt("10000", 2);
var maskForOperation2 = parseInt("01000", 2);
// ...

if (map & maskForOperation1) { Operation1(); }
if (map & maskForOperation2) { Operation2(); }
// ...

A: Be extremely wary. Javascript does not have integers -- numbers are stored as 64 bit floating-point. You should get accurate conversion out to 52 bits. If you get more flags than that, bad things will happen as your "number" gets rounded to the nearest representable floating-point number. (ouch!)
Also, bitwise manipulation will not help performance, because the floating point number will be converted to an integer, tested, and then converted back.
If you have several places that you want to check the flags, I'd set the flags on an object, preferably with names, like so:
var flags = {};
flags.use_apples = map.charAt(4);
flags.use_bananas = map.charAt(10);

etc...
Then you can test those flags inside your loop:
if(flags.use_apples) {
    do_apple_thing();
}

An object slot test will be faster than a bitwise check, since Javascript is not optimized for bitwise operators. However, if your loop is slow, I fear that decoding these flags is probably not the source of the slowness.

A: Assuming you have no more than 32 bits, you can use JavaScript's built-in parseInt() function to convert your string of 1s and 0s into an integer, and then test the flags using the & (and) operator:
var flags = parseInt("10001010100011110000", 2); // base 2

if ( flags & 0x1 )
{
   // do something
}

...

See also: How to check my byte flag?
(question is on the use in C, but applies to the same operators in JS as well)

A: Bitwise operators will certainly be faster but only linearly and not by much. You'll probably save a few milliseconds (unless you're processing HUGE amounts of data in Javascript, which is most likely a bad idea anyway).
You should think about profiling other code in your loop to see what's slowing it down the most. What other algorithms, data structures and allocations do you have in there that could use refactoring?

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You still need a little know-how on drawing landscapes.
First thing is you start off by sketching very small images.
Step One: Draw a small rectangle about 3 inches wide by about 2 inches tall. Use a soft pencil about a 2B or charcoal.
Step Two: Get a piece of light cardboard and cut a rectangle hole also about 3" x 2".
Step Three: You can either draw from a photo image or go outside and sketch the landscape if you think it looks interesting.
Step Four: Draw the horizon line which is the line that divides the earth and the sky. This line must NOT be in the center dividing the sky and earth in equal proportions. It must be higher or lower than the center.
Step Five; Now draw 2 vertical lines and 2 horizontal lines - so you should now have 9 small squares inside your rectangle. Notice the 4 points where the lines cross. Place a dot right there. You now have the "rule of thirds" See image here.
Step Six; Your focal point should be at any one of those 4 dots. This is important to use one of these points.
Step Seven; If there is a building anywhere when viewing, place it on one of the dots. It does not have to be a building but anything - like a big tree - even a cow or tractor or a stream. Then draw that in. Do NOT have your drawing "balanced" for example a large tree on the left and the same size tree on the right. Use the rule of thirds and you can't go wrong!
Step Eight; To create contrast with your focal point, put a really dark area around the white paper. Sketch loosely and free. All others areas should have less contrast - and further, less contract until it fades in with the white paper.
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Made in Minsk – Where the Truth Lies
Posted: 26 February 2019 in Singles and EPs
Tags: I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan, Made in Minsk, Music for Voyeurs, New Wave, Post-Punk, Rick Senley, Single Review, Skeletal Family, The Cure, Where the Truth Lies
Hangman Ho Records – 14th March 2019
Christopher Nosnibor
Every 18 months or so, I get contact from Rick Senley. This has been happening for a good few years now. I like him, and I like his work. There's a pattern of sorts. He seemingly hibernates for a while, then emerges with a brace of albums, one each from his main projects, Music for Voyeurs and I Am A Man With A St Tropez Tan. Both different sides of the same coin, they tend to be contrasting but complimentary.
So this latest arrives came as something of a surprise: not an album but a single, and representing a new project. Made in Minks sees Senley return to the fold of a band-orientated project after many years operating in a solo capacity, and the international quintet, which initially coalesced in 2014, they've been honing their sound before declaring that 'now is the time'.
Citing influences from Pixies to The Cure, Kate Bush, Black Sabbath and Aztec Camera, Made in Minsk claim to 'sculpt a unique sound of psychedelic indie thrash folk'. If that sounds deranged, well, yes, it is.
'Where the Truth Lies' starts with darkly atmospheric muttering that calls to mind the Cure's 'Pornography', before breaking out into a muscular riff that builds on a thunking bass throb and insistent rhythm that contains elements of The Fall but combines it with the snaking reverby bleakness of The Cure circa Faith and the fiery goth favours of Skeletal Family. It's retro as, and it's all the better for it: whereas so many contemporary acts play post-punk through a post-millennial filter of Interpol and Editors, MIM return to source to deliver something that feels authentic in every way, from the sentiment to the production.
Dark, stark, and angular, it's also hypnotic and catchy, and a really strong song.
musicforvoyeurs – Encounter
Posted: 3 February 2018 in Albums
Tags: Album Review, Ambient, Encounter, I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan, Melody, musicforvoyeurs, Rick Senley
Hangman Ho Records
Rick Senley doesn't do things by halves. Invariably, when I receive mail from him, it contains not one, but two CDs released in close proximity. His two solo musical vehicles, I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan and musicforvoyeurs reflect quite different facets of his creative bent, and this has never been placed in sharper relief than on his two latest releases. I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan's The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed is an abrasive, at times harrowing affair; its counterpart, musicforvoyeurs' Encounter, which emerged off the back of a film project of the same name for which Senley created the soundtrack, is altogether lighter and softer, and as such, represents an almost polar contrast. That isn't to say it's a happy-clappy skip through summer meadows. Encounter explores the spaces between ranging depths of shade in a moving and thought-provoking way.
The eight tracks drift and flow into one another, as brooding strings forge cinematic sonic vistas over which samples pass, creating not so much a narrative, but a sense of meaning, however submerged or allusive. Death provides the primary focus of the snippets of dialogue, and while Encounter is a deeply melancholy work, its tone is ultimately reflective and contemplative rather than dark or depressing.
It begins softly, vaporous ambience washing beneath an extended sample. It concludes dramatically, with a flourish. In between, there is undulating movement and turns of atmosphere.
A humming, thrumming low-end buzz hangs heavy for a time on the second track, before majestic light and choral sweeps cascade forth. The frantic, agitated raised voice which cuts in toward the end changes the perspective and raises the tension, but Senley brings it down with a delicately picked guitar that's dainty and soothing. Notes ripple and cascade in mellifluous glissandos. But burred edges and rumbling tones lurk just a little way beneath the surface. However pleasant and mellow any given segment of the album is, there is always a nagging reminder of an underlying tension, an insistent sense of doubt that refuses to dissipate or be shaken off. It's this dynamic which renders Encounter such a compelling album.
Click on the image to hear tracks from Encounter.
I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan – The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed
Posted: 30 January 2018 in Albums
Tags: Ambient, Avant-garde, Collage, Dance, electronica, I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan, Industrial, Rick Senley, Techno, The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed
Sidestepping any comparison of the title to Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water and perhaps clocking a nod to Cinema Cinema's Manic Children and the Slow Aggression, The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed stands not only as one of the most intriguing juxtaposed item album titles I can think of, but is probaby one of the best you'll hear all year.
It's been some time in coming, but Rick Senley's fourth album under the I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan guise. He has many, including musicforvoyeurs, alongside his work as a photographer, journalist, writer, teacher, actor and guitarist in a number of bands. I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan is – according to Senley himself – 'the sound of aggression borne of death, mental health struggles and addiction. It's also a project centred around one man and his Dictaphone, a magpie-like approach to lifting and combining snippets of sound to create a nasty, messy and quite abrasive collage.
The biographical context to The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed is genuinely harrowing, and I shall quote without abridgement: 'After the death of his girlfriend and an accident left Rick housebound for months he channelled his rage and despair though electronic sounds and screams – a Chemical Brother nightmare put to sleep by Apex Twin's downers, a bed-bath by Depeche Mode with Nine Inch Nails glaring through the keyhole and The Prodigy banging on the door.'
It's a challenging mess of splintered noise, fragmented and disjointed, with pumping technoindustrial beats and dark club-orientated grooves pounding insistently beneath it all.
The whole thing has a nightmarish quality about it. Warped vocal samples taper in the way for a juddering beat and warping bass groove on the first track, 'Killing Seals', and thins become only more challenging from hereon in. the second Senley seems prepared to offer an inroad, an accessible structure centred around a solid rhythm and consistent bassline, he tears it to shreds and throws it all up in the air.
Senley pitches the album with the summary 'Bursts of Burma, Thai ladyboys, Egyptian dogs and kittiwakes from Iceland join forces in equally disturbing measure.' It's perhaps a slanted perspective of the actual contents of The Tattooed Aunts, but it does give some indication of the wide-ranging sourcing of material Senley has engaged in in order to formulate this near-Burroughsian cut-up collage of sound. It's disruptive, disturbing, a soundtrack of dissonance and dislocation. And it very much captures and conveys a mood of a difficult headspace, making for an album that's at times tough, but ultimately rewarding.


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Seminar on changing topics in contemporary art.
ARH 411. Special Topics: Museum Studies. 3 Credit Hours.
Seminar on changing topics in Museum studies.
Prerequisite: ARH 225. Requisite: Two additional art history courses.
ARH 420. Cuban Art, Art History, and the Creation of the Modern Cuban Subject. 3 Credit Hours.
This seminar focuses on the fine art, visual culture, and performance history of Cuba during the 19th and 20th centuries.
ARH 421. Reimagining Modernity: Haitian Art and Art History. 3 Credit Hours.
Haiti is a revolutionary society born out of the violence of slavery and revolution during the age of Enlightenment. It can be argued that it is a site of a double artistic modernity; post 1804 with the establishment of the Republic of Haiti and later the first art school in the Americas, and post 1943 following the founding of the Centre d'Art. However, Haiti is rarely considered as a site of modernity. Instead historically afflicted by incalculable crises and unspeakable violence at the hands of man and nature, the nation has been sidelined in art historical narratives in the Americas before and arguably since the 1943 renaissance. This class re-centers Haiti in the discipline of art history as a space that offers fascinating challenges to and possibilities for decentered global art histories. Drawing on seminal scholarship, unique archival resources and art collections at the University of Miami, the city of Miami and beyond, this seminar traces artistic practices and philosophies in and from Haiti that were trans-Atlantic in their formation and always global in their relations.
ARH 450. Seminar in Methodology and Theory in the History of Art. 3 Credit Hours.
Basic methodologies that inform the discipline of art history and an introduction to the key authors and ideas that have shaped and continue to shape how critics and art historians write about art.
ARH 505. Problems in Art History. 3 Credit Hours.
A means by which the student of advanced standing may investigate areas of a specialized nature, or those which are not offered as a regular part of the curriculum. Course content will be decided in joint conference between student and instructor.
ARH 507. Museum Studies Seminar. 3 Credit Hours.
The museum as an institution and as a site for the construction of knowledge. Students will also explore the relationship between museums and academia.
ARH 508. Museum Exhibition. 3 Credit Hours.
Organizing an art museum exhibition, and participating in the installation. Writing and composing the catalogue.
ARH 509. Museum Internship. 1-3 Credit Hours.
UM sponsored internship with Miami-area museum.
ARH 510. Arts Administration Internship. 1-3 Credit Hours.
UM sponsored internship with Miami-area arts institution.
ARH 511. Artlab @ the Lowe. 3 Credit Hours.
Organizing an art exhibition at the Lowe Art Museum. Taught by a different faculty member each year.
Prerequisite: ARH 131 and ARH 132.
ARH 530. Seminar in Art History. 3 Credit Hours.
Special topics in western and nonwestern art. Semester's topic will be announced.
ARH 540. History of Museums and Collecting. 3 Credit Hours.
History of museums and collecting practices in western Europe and the United States from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
ARH 560. Seminar in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art. 3 Credit Hours.
Special topics including museum practices and theory, women's art and contemporary issues.
ARH 570. Seminar in Non-European Art. 3 Credit Hours.
ARH 598. Seminar in Contemporary American Art. 3 Credit Hours.
Issues in Art since 1960: Aesthetic theories and ideological issues generated in contemporary art as expressed in the writing of artists and art critics.
Students conduct independent, graduate research on an art historical topic approved by faculty.
ARH 609. Museum Internship. 3 Credit Hours.
ARH 650. Seminar in Theory and Methodology in the History of Art. 3 Credit Hours.
ARH 698. Seminar in Contemporary Art. 3 Credit Hours.
ARH 810. Master's Thesis. 1-6 Credit Hours.
ARH 820. Research in Residence. 1 Credit Hour.
Used to establish research in residence for the thesis for the master's degree after the student has enrolled for the permissible cumulative total in ARH 710 (usually six credits). Credit not granted. May be regarded as full time residence.


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Deutsche Bank è una banca tedesca, con sede a Francoforte sul Meno, in Germania, presso le Deutsche Bank Twin Towers. È uno dei principali gruppi bancari mondiali, con sedi in Europa, America, Asia e Pacifico.

Dal 2012 al 2015 è co-presieduta da Juergen Fitschen e Anshu Jain, dal 2015 all'inizio del 2018 dal britannico John Cryan, dall'aprile 2018 da Christian Sewing, tedesco e, con i suoi 47 anni, il più giovane amministratore delegato nei 150 anni di storia della banca. La nomina di Sewing rappresenta il terzo cambio in sei anni al vertice della banca dopo tre anni consecutivi di perdite. Dal maggio 2017 il maggiore azionista è un conglomerato cinese, HNA Group, con una partecipazione del 10% del capitale, ridotta all'inizio del 2018 al 7,9%.

Storia

Sotto il Regno di Prussia e l'Impero Germanico
Fino al 1870 gli importatori ed esportatori tedeschi dipendevano dagli istituti di credito inglesi e francesi, e ciò rappresentava uno svantaggio per loro in quanto gli effetti finanziari tedeschi erano quasi sconosciuti nel commercio internazionale e perciò malvisti e soggetti ad un tasso di sconto superiore a quello applicato agli effetti inglesi o francesi.

Nel 1869 Adelbert Delbrück aveva cercato inutilmente di convincere la Banca Mendelssohn a fondare "una grande banca per operare, soprattutto nel commercio d'oltremare, che ci renda indipendenti dall'Inghilterra". La sua idea trovò invece accoglienza presso il banchiere e politico Ludwig Bamberger, che aveva viaggiato molto e che fino a quel momento aveva dovuto gestire i suoi crediti sul Sudamerica e l'Estremo oriente sulla piazza di Londra: perciò il problema sollevato da Delbrück l'aveva provato personalmente.

La Deutsche Bank fu fondata perciò nel 1870 come banca specializzata nel commercio estero. L'istituto di credito fu autorizzato a costituirsi in forma di società per azioni: fino ad allora in Prussia c'era una sola altra banca per azioni, la A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bankverein. La sede dell'istituto dovette essere fissata a Berlino, non ultimo perché la fondazione della Banca "nasceva da intenzioni sinceramente patriottiche": al momento della fondazione la sede era in una casa in affitto in Französischen Straße 21, ma già dopo un anno la Banca si trasferiva in Burgstraße 29, nelle immediate vicinanze della Borsa.

Nei primi anni la organizzazione di una rete di agenzie era considerata un obiettivo secondario e le operazioni più importanti venivano seguite dalla sede berlinese. Dalla vocazione al commercio estero derivò che le prime filiali nazionali della Banca fossero aperte a Brema (1871) e Amburgo (1872): entrambi i porti, peraltro, non appartenevano inizialmente al territorio doganale tedesco. Successivamente fu incorporata la banca privata Dellbrück di Francoforte, ribattezzata nel 1886 Frankfurter Bankverein.

Ma soprattutto appariva necessario essere presenti in quello che era allora il maggior mercato finanziario del mondo, Londra. Così nel 1871 venne fondata nella capitale inglese la German Bank of London, di cui la Deutsche Bank  era socia accomandante per più del 40%. Nel 1873 fu aperta una vera filiale londinese della DB.
Nel 1872 furono aperte le succursali di Shanghai e Yokohama, ma dovettero esser chiuse nel 1875.
Nel 1882 la Deutsche Bank divenne socia accomandataria in società di Parigi e New York.

Dopo la crisi del 1873, la Deutsche Bank assorbì altre banche; in particolare nel 1876 incorporò la Deutsche Union-Bank, nel cui edificio all'angolo fra Behrensstraße e Mauerstraße trasferì la propria sede..

Negli anni successivi la Banca intervenne nei mercati d'oltremare attraverso la fondazione di banche consociate. Le pressioni del Ministero degli esteri ebbero un certo peso nella fondazione della Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank e nella partecipazione alla Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, ma il successo di queste società dimostrò che corrispondevano a una reale esigenza economica.
La Deutsche Überseeische Bank fu fondata nel 1886 per sfruttare i mercati sudamericani.

Nel 1889 fu la volta della Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, costituita da un consorzio di tredici banche. La nuova banca, con sede a Shanghai, doveva competere con la forte concorrenza britannica. La Deutsch-Asiatische Bank aprì sette filiali in Cina (fra cui Hong Kong e Tsingtao), due in Giappone (Yokohama e Kōbe), una a Singapore e una a Calcutta.

Al tempo della fondazione la Deutsche Bank era diretta da un Direttorio. Con la riforma del diritto societario del 1884 fu introdotta la distinzione di compiti, tuttora rispettata, fra Vorstand (Consiglio d'Amministrazione) e Aufsichtsrat (Consiglio di Vigilanza).

I maggiori investimenti all'estero effettuati nei primi decenni furono quelli nelle ferrovie: la Northern Pacific Railway negli Stati Uniti e la ferrovia di Baghdad nell'Impero ottomano (1888).
Nella costruzione della ferrovia anatolica la Deutsche Bank era coinvolta anche indirettamente, in quanto vi partecipavano industrie tedesche come la Philipp Holzmann (costruzione), Krupp (rotaie), Krauss & Co., J.A. Maffei (locomotive).

In Germania la Banca operò il collocamento delle obbligazioni delle acciaierie Krupp (1879) e seguì la quotazione alla Borsa di Berlino dell'industria chimica Bayer. Un'altra cliente fu la BASF.
La Deutsche Bank fu anche azionista di maggioranza della AEG e della Siemens & Halske, inoltre era azionista della Mannesmann.

Negli anni Novanta dell'Ottocento la DB cambiò strategia: fino ad allora si era concentrata nel finanziamento del commercio estero, delle industrie e nell'emissione di banconote. Queste attività venivano svolte benissimo dalla sede centrale di Berlino. Ora era necessario un aumentare i contatti in provincia per assicurare un'ulteriore crescita all'istituto. La Banca intrecciò alleanze con le grandi banche regionali, ottenendo in questo modo accesso alle principali regioni industriali tedesche. Fino ad allora c'erano solo le filiali di Brema, Amburgo e Francoforte. Il nuovo sviluppo cominciò con l'apertura delle agenzie di Monaco (1892), Dresda e Lipsia (1901), Norimberga (1905), Augusta (1906).

Il Banco Alemán Transatlántico si dimostrò essere il principale sostegno degli affari della Deutsche Bank. La struttura economica decentrata del Cile rese necessaria l'apertura di varie filiali: nel 1897 a Iquique e Santiago del Cile, poi a Concepción e Valdivia. In Argentina prima della prima Guerra mondiale furono aperte le agenzie di Bahía Blanca, Cordoba, San Miguel de Tucumán, Bell Ville, Mendoza e Rosario. rapidamente la banca si diffuse in tutta l'America Latina: Messico (1902), Perù e Bolivia (1905), Uruguay (1906) e Brasile (nel 1911 San Paolo e Rio de Janeiro).

Nel 1903 la Deutsche Bank, la Wiener Bankverein e il regno di Romania conclusero un accordo con cui la banca tedesca si assicurava la maggioranza della compagnia petrolifera rumena Steaua Romana. Un anno dopo le attività petrolifere della DB furono riunite in una holding, la Deutsche Petroleum-Aktiengesellschaft (DPAG).

La prima Guerra mondiale e la Repubblica di Weimar
A partire dal 1914 e durante la repubblica di Weimar la politica della Banca fu quella dell'espansione interna mediante l'incorporazione di molti istituti regionali.

Durante la prima guerra mondiale la Deutsche Bank partecipò alla costituzione della nuova compagnia cinematografica, la Universum-Film-Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), sorta come mezzo di propaganda militare.

La sconfitta tedesca dopo la prima guerra mondiale ebbe conseguenze anche sulla Deutsche Bank in molti sensi. Già all'inizio della guerra erano state chiuse le filiali nei paesi nemici, la più importante delle quali era quella di Londra. Poiché il commercio estero era uno dei punti di forza della banca, ciò significò non aver più accesso al mercato internazionale. Gli investimenti all'estero nelle ferrovie, petrolio e elettricità dovettero essere parzialmente abbandonati. Da allora in poi la Banca si dovette concentrare sul mercato interno.

Gli investimenti esteri della Germania erano impediti soprattutto dal peso delle riparazioni di guerra. Queste chiedevano troppo alla potenza economica tedesca: ne derivò il mancato adempimento delle direttive sulla Occupazione della Ruhr e la iperinflazione. La Deutsche Bank, come le altre Großbanken, non ebbe grossi danni: a perderci furono i piccoli risparmiatori, che avevano investito il loro denaro su libretti di risparmio e prestiti. A guadagnarci furono, invece, le industrie, che avevano potuto conservare i loro patrimoni in valori e valuta: prima della guerra la Deutsche Bank era ancora la più grossa impresa tedesca per capitale e riserve, mentre nel 1924 si classificò dopo otto imprese industriali.

Il primo dopoguerra fu un'epoca di insolvenze bancarie. Avendo già perso molte delle sue attività estere, la Deutsche Bank fu obbligata a vendere altre partecipazioni.

Negli anni successivi fra le imprese industriali si verificò una serie di fusioni, che le banche gestirono e la Deutsche Bank spesso promosse. Fusioni esemplari furono quelle che portarono alla costituzione della Vereinigte Stahlwerke e della I.G. Farben (1925). La Banca svolse un ruolo rilevante nella fusione fra Daimler e Benz nel 1926.
Inoltre si costituirono grandi industrie come Flick o Stinnes. Le fortune di queste ultime provenivano da profitti di guerra o dell'epoca dell'inflazione e perciò questi soggetti non avevano legami tradizionali con le banche.

Il paesaggio bancario tedesco prima del 1929 vedeva sette Großbanken, che avevano però scarsa importanza internazionale. Le più importanti erano le quattro cosiddette "D-Banken": Deutsche Bank, Disconto-Gesellschaft, Danat-Bank e Dresdner Bank.
Nel 1929 venne rapidamente operata la fusione con la storica rivale, la Disconto-Gesellschaft, in quella che prese il nome di Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft, che aveva 289 agenzie. La nuova banca nel linguaggio popolare divenne nota come "DeDiBank". Essa divenne la banca dominante in Germania e a livello internazionale divenne solamente un bel pezzo dietro alle principali concorrenti: le capoclassifica erano la National City Bank in New York, la Midland Bank, la Lloyds Bank, la Guaranty Trust, la Barclays Bank, la Westminster Bank e la National Provincial Bank.
Una delle ragioni della fusione fu il risparmio di costi, un'altra la tendenza alla concentrazione che si era avuta negli anni venti. La fusione avvenne al momento giusto per aiutare a fronteggiare la crisi mondiale emergente. Grazie al taglio dei costi la DeDiBank fu l'unica Großbank ad evitare il ricorso ad aiuti pubblici durante la crisi bancaria tedesca del 1931. Al contrario, lo Stato dovette rilevare il 90% del capitale sia della Dresdner Bank (che nel 1931 si era fusa con la Danat-Bank) che della Commerzbank.
Durante la crisi bancaria la DB incorporò addirittura alcune banche locali.

L'evoluzione della crisi, e in particolar modo la stretta creditizia, danneggiò gravemente la reputazione delle banche presso il pubblico. Molte imprese di medie dimensioni in quest'epoca dovettero chiudere per mancanza di liquidità, cosa che aggravò la disoccupazione. Tutto ciò rafforzò la critica al grande capitale sia da parte dei comunisti che dei nazionalsocialisti e portò alla radicalizzazione della politica. L'abbandono della politica deflattiva da parte del gabinetto von Papen – Schleicher nel 1932 non riuscì a fermare gli ulteriori sviluppi politici.

Sotto il Terzo Reich

Dopo l'ascesa del Nazismo nel 1933 la DeDiBank licenziò i tre consiglieri d'amministrazione ebrei. Inoltre, furono esercitate sulla Banca forti pressioni, interne ed esterne, contro i dipendenti non ariani.

Negli anni seguenti la Deutsche Bank prese parte all' "arianizzazione" dell'economia tedesca, ovvero alla confisca delle attività imprenditoriali di proprietà giudaica. Secondo gli storici, la DB fu coinvolta in 363 di queste confische, fra cui quella della banca Mendelssohn.

La DeDiBank svolse un ruolo importante nella gestione del debito estero tedesco durante la crisi degli anni trenta. Per evitare un'ulteriore fuga di capitali, si giunse a un accordo temporaneo con i creditori esteri con l'aiuto della Golddiskontbank (banca per il commercio estero). Furono dirigenti della DeDiBank a dirigere il comitato del debito tedesco, che annualmente negoziava per la continuazione dell'accordo.

Nel 1937 l'istituto di credito tornò a chiamarsi Deutsche Bank.

Durante la seconda guerra mondiale la Deutsche Bank fu incaricata di gestire la "Banca dell'Unione Boema" di Praga, con filiali nel Protettorato e in Slovacchia; la "Unione Bancaria" in Jugoslavia; la "Banca Albert de Barry" di Amsterdam; la Banca Nazionale di Grecia di Atene, il Creditanstalt di Vienna; la "Banca di credito Germano-Bulgara" in Bulgaria e la Banca Comercială Română di Bucarest.

Sotto la Repubblica Federale

Dopo la sconfitta tedesca nella seconda guerra mondiale le autorità d'occupazione alleate imposero nel 1948 che la Deutsche Bank fosse smembrata in dieci banche regionali.
Nel 1952 queste dieci banche furono riaccorpate in tre banche più grosse: la Norddeutsche Bank AG; la Süddeutsche Bank AG; e la Rheinisch-Westfälische Bank AG. Nel 1957, finalmente, queste tre banche furono riunite per formare la Deutsche Bank AG con sede a Francoforte.

Negli anni settanta la Banca tornò ad espandersi internazionalmente, aprendo uffici di rappresentanza a Milano (1977), Mosca, Londra, Parigi e Tokyo.

Negli anni ottanta la penetrazione nei mercati esteri divenne più profonda: nel 1986 fu acquisita la Banca d'America e d'Italia, fu la prima espansione significativa in un altro paese europeo. Nel 1989 venne compiuto il primo passo verso la creazione di un'importante presenza nel settore delle banche d'investimenti con l'acquisizione della banca d'affari inglese Morgan Grenfell.

Negli anni novanta le tendenze dei decenni precedenti proseguirono: fu acquisita la società americana Bankers Trust. mentre in Italia fu rilevata nel 1993 la Banca Popolare di Lecco e nel 1999 acquisì una quota di minoranza nella Cassa di Risparmio di Asti.

Nel 2001 la Deutsche Bank è stata quotata alla Borsa di New York. Negli anni successivi continuò la politica di acquisizioni in Europa: nell'ottobre 2009 rileva Sal. Oppenheim, la terza banca privata più antica della Germania (dopo Berenberg Bank e Metzler Bank) con sede a Colonia e 220 anni di storia. La banca, a conduzione familiare, è vicina al fallimento ed è acquisita al prezzo di 1 miliardo di euro. Nel 2010 è la volta di Deutsche Postbank.

A partire dal 2011 la banca si lancia in una serie di speculazioni, in particolare negli Stati Uniti, che avranno conseguenze negative sui suoi conti. Nel 2015 il Ceo John Cryan presenta a settembre al supervisory board un piano di riorganizzazione che prevede il taglio di circa 23.000 posizioni a tempo indeterminato, circa il 25% del totale della forza-lavoro. L'8 ottobre comunica alla stampa che prevede nel terzo trimestre 2015 accantonamenti per 1,2 miliardi al fondo contenziosi, e svalutazioni straordinarie per 5.8 miliardi nel settore dei servizi bancari per le imprese (corporate banking), perché la banca ha adottato requisiti patrimoniali più stringenti in vista di innovazioni legislative in merito.

Dopo aver chiuso il 2017 in rosso per il terzo anno consecutivo, nell'aprile 2018 Cryan è costretto a lasciare prima del tempo l'incarico di Ceo a Christian Sewing il quale decide subito un forte riposizionamento dell'attività della banca, fortemente esposta sull'attività di trading: ridimensionamento delle attività internazionali, in particolare negli Stati Uniti, e maggiore attenzione alle attività di banca commerciale e asset management in Europa con una significativa riduzione del numero dei dipendenti nel 2018 in modo da contenere i costi sotto i 23 miliardi di euro.

Nell'estate 2018, dopo aver perso in un anno il 38% della capitalizzazione di Borsa scendendo a 20,2 miliardi di euro, Deutsche Bank esce dal principale indice europeo, l'Euro Stoxx 50, un paniere che raccoglie i primi cinquanta titoli.

Salta la fusione con Commerzbank
All'inizio del 2019 sono avviate le trattative per attuare il piano di cui si parla da tempo: fondere Deutsche Bank e Commerzbank, le due maggiori banche tedesche ed entrambe con problemi di scarsa redditività e crediti in sofferenza. Stando al progetto, sarebbe dovuto nascere un mega gruppo bancario da quasi 2.000 miliardi di attivi, secondo in Europa dopo Bnp Paribas, con 2.500 filiali, 845 miliardi di depositi e 141.000 dipendenti. Una fusione, con il governo tedesco indicato come grande sponsor dell'operazione in quanto ha in mano il 15% di Commerzbank, vista da molti come l'unione tra due giganti malati nella speranza che insieme si sarebbero sorretti l'un l'altro. Deutsche Bank ha accumulato tra il 2011 e il 2018 sei miliardi di perdite nette con in portafoglio derivati pari 14 volte il Pil tedesco e ha dovuto pagare sempre nello stesso periodo 14,5 miliardi di dollari di multe per essere stata coinvolta in una serie di scandali bancari. La capitalizzazione di Borsa registra un meno 16 miliardi per Deutsche Bank e un meno 10 miliardi per Commerzbank, anch'essa in difficoltà finanziarie.

Nel marzo 2019, la banca comunica un utile di 201 milioni a fronte di ricavi per 6.341 miliardi, con una flessione del 9% su base annua. Il ministro delle finanze tedesco, Olaf Scholtz, dà la fusione per cosa fatta, ma i principali azionisti la pensano diversamente e il 25 aprile 2019 l'annuncio con due comunicati separati: salta la fusione a causa principalmente del robusto aumento di capitale previsto di almeno 10 miliardi e dei 30.000 esuberi.

Ristrutturazione e licenziamenti
Domenica 7 luglio 2019 il board della banca vara un maxi-piano di ristrutturazione: taglio di 18.000 posti di lavoro entro il 2022 (un quinto del totale); ridimensionamento nell'investment banking con l'uscita dalle attività di vendita e intermediazione di titoli e dal reddito fisso (equivalente ad un taglio del 40% dell'attività di investment banking); creazione di una bad bank in cui raccogliere le attività in sofferenza (74 miliardi di euro, non tutti deteriorati). La ristrutturazione costerà 7,4 miliardi. "Un passo doloroso ma inevitabile. Deutsche Bank si reinventa", il commento dell'amministratore delegato Christian Sewing. Il piano scatta già all'indomani con i primi licenziamenti in Asia, Gran Bretagna e Stati Uniti. Lasciano il capo del retail, Franck Strauss, e il capo dell'investment banking, Gart Ritchie.

Dati economici
Nel 2017 la banca ha registrato ricavi per 26,44 miliardi di euro e una perdita di 735 milioni. Nel 2018 il fatturato è sceso a 24,79 miliardi di euro ed è ricomparso l'utile pari a 341 milioni.

Logo

Nel 1977 la banca ha creato il logo blu conosciuto in tutto il mondo "Slash in a Square", progettato da Anton Stankowski. Un quadrato che simboleggia la sicurezza e il controllo dell'ambiente all'interno del quale c'è una barra che indica la crescita e lo sviluppo.

Controversie giudiziarie
Nel 2009 due dirigenti italiani di Deutsche Bank e altri manager delle banche UBS, JPMorgan Chase e Depfa Bank, sono stati rinviati a giudizio in seguito ad un'inchiesta sui derivati al Comune di Milano con l'accusa di truffa aggravata. Dopo la condanna di primo grado, il 7 marzo 2014 la Corte d'appello di Milano ha assolto le quattro banche e tutti i manager perché "il fatto non sussiste".

Scandalo Libor
Il 23 aprile 2015, la Deutsche Bank, è stata multata per un importo di 2,5 miliardi di dollari per lo scandalo Libor. Libor, Euribor e Tibor, vengono utilizzati per fissare il costo dei prestiti fra banche i mutui delle case verso la clientela. La truffa ha portato alle dimissioni di molti dipendenti e al licenziamento dei sette responsabili: un direttore generale, quattro dirigenti e un vice presidente, tutti della sede di Londra, e un vicepresidente della sede di Francoforte. La FED aveva ricevuto una delazione fin dal 2007 ma oggi dice che l'aveva considerata una voce inattendibile. Malgrado queste denunce, anche i vertici della Deutsche Bank non ne sapevano nulla, anzi hanno affermato: Nessun membro del Consiglio di Gestione di Deutsche Bank, attuale o passato, è coinvolto o era a conoscenza della condotta inappropriata dei trader.
Il risarcimento totale di 2,5 miliardi include 600 milioni di dollari che Deutsche Bank è stata condannata a pagare al New York State Department of Financial Services, 800 milioni di dollari li pagherà alla Commodities Futures Trading Commission, 775 milioni di dollari li pagherà al Dipartimento di Giustizia USA e 340 milioni di dollari alla britannica Financial Conduct Authority.
In conseguenza della sanzione, il 26 aprile 2015 la banca ha annunciato un dimezzamento dell'utile annuale.

Deutsche Bank in Italia
Per Deutsche Bank l'Italia rappresenta il primo mercato europeo, dopo la Germania. Dal 2008 al 2020 è stata guidata dal direttore territoriale Flavio Valeri, poi avvicendatosi con Roberto Parazzini.

Le prime attività di Deutsche Bank in Italia riguardano il collocamento di obbligazioni per il Governo italiano, diverse province, enti territoriali e società ferroviarie.
La prima collocazione risale al 1883 per il Comune di Roma con la conseguente quotazione presso la Borsa di Berlino.
Sette anni più tardi Deutsche Bank fonda, in partnership con il Berliner Handels Gesellschaft, il Consorzio di Garanzia e collocamento per il business italiano ed è tra i fondatori dell'Istituto di Credito Fondiario.
Nel 1894, affiancata da istituzioni finanziarie tedesche, austriache e svizzere, dà origine alla Banca Commerciale di Milano, operando attivamente fino al 1914.
Negli anni '60, la banca è protagonista come lead manager nella quotazione sia di FIAT che di Olivetti alla Banca di Francoforte e come co-manager nell'emissione di 15 milioni di dollari di Autostrade Concessioni e Costruzioni.

Nel 1977 apre a Milano il suo primo ufficio di rappresentanza che, due anni dopo, diventa la prima filiale italiana del Gruppo.
I due decenni successivi sono caratterizzati dall'acquisizione del 100% della Banca d'America e d'Italia, ceduta dalla Bank of America nel 1986 e della Banca Popolare di Lecco nel 1994, che – grazie a una continua crescita organica della banca negli anni - hanno portato il numero di sportelli oggi attivi sul territorio italiano a oltre 360.
Nel periodo tra il 1995 e il 1999 Deutsche Bank acquisisce Milano Mutui Spa, diventata poi la divisione Deutsche Bank Mutui, e Finanza & Futuro Banca, attuale rete dei promotori finanziari della Banca.
Nel 2002 nasce in Italia Dws Investments Italy Sgr a seguito dell'estensione del marchio Dws Investments, sotto il controllo di Deutsche Bank, a tutti i prodotti dedicati al risparmio gestito a livello europeo.
Negli anni successivi Finanza & Futuro Banca entra a far parte della divisione retail Private and Business Clients di Deutsche Bank e la sua divisione assicurativa, Finanza & Futuro Vita, cambia denominazione in Dws Vita Spa.
DWS Vita SpA viene poi venduta a Zurich Financial Services Group nel 2008.
Nel 2006 DWS Investments Italy cede ad Anima SGR SpA la gestione dei fondi d'investimento, stringendo inoltre una partnership attraverso la quale la Anima SGR ottiene l'autorizzazione alla distribuzione dei fondi Deutsche Bank.

Sedi e struttura
La Direzione Generale di Deutsche Bank in Italia è situata a Milano in Piazza del Calendario (Bicocca). La banca possiede altre due sedi centrali: una a Milano in via Filippo Turati e una a Roma in Piazza SS. Apostoli.

Deutsche Bank in Italia opera attraverso quattro divisioni: la divisione retail denominata Private & Business Clients (PBC) che propone alla clientela privata e alle aziende di piccole e medie dimensioni un'offerta completa in termini di prodotti e servizi bancari; il Corporate Banking & Securities (CB&S) che offre servizi finanziari e di consulenza alle aziende di medie e grandi dimensioni, alle multinazionali, alle istituzioni finanziarie e alla pubblica amministrazione; il Global Transaction Banking (GTB) che opera attraverso l'offerta di prodotti e servizi di banca commerciale rivolti ad importanti clienti aziendali e istituzionali a livello globale; la divisione Asset e Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) che offre una gamma completa di prodotti e servizi di risparmio gestito ad investitori istituzionali e individuali, oltre alla consulenza nella gestione dei grandi patrimoni.

Deutsche Bank e l'arte
Deutsche Bank possiede una delle più ampie collezioni di arte contemporanea a livello aziendale al mondo, grazie a una raccolta di oltre 60.000 opere, denominata Deutsche Bank Collection, dislocate in 900 sedi espositive delle banca tra le quali Francoforte sul Meno, Londra, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong e Milano.
A Milano la collezione è stata inaugurata nel 2007, oggi conta oltre 400 opere disposte nelle sedi di Milano (Bicocca e via Turati) e a Roma (SS. Apostoli). I poli di Milano aprono periodicamente al pubblico in occasione di eventi, visite guidate e incontri d'arte, come durante la manifestazione "Invito a Palazzo" promossa dal 2002 dall'Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI).
Nel 2012 Forbes ha inserito la Deutsche Bank Collection nelle migliori corporate collection al mondo, insieme a quelle delle banche JPMorgan Chase e UBS.

La Fondazione Deutsche Bank in Italia
Nel 2013 a Milano nasce la Fondazione Deutsche Bank Italia, la prima fuori dai confini tedeschi.
Il primo progetto realizzato dalla Fondazione, sviluppato insieme alla Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte, è stato l'iniziativa culturale "La Regola del Talento", che ha portato alla redazione di un volume da parte della casa editrice Marsilio Editori e della prima directory dedicati alle scuole d'arti e mestieri in Italia.
Le iniziative promosse dalla Fondazione rientrano nel più ampio impegno di Deutsche Bank in ottica di Corporate Responsibility (CR).

Sponsorizzazioni, collaborazioni e convegni
Deutsche Bank promuove il territorio italiano grazie a partenariati in diversi ambiti. La banca è partner del Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) con il quale sviluppa dal 2009 il progetto "Grandi Orchestre Sinfoniche Internazionali per Deutsche Bank a favore del FAI" con l'obiettivo di far esibire in Italia i principali ensemble del mondo della Comunità di Sant'Egidio; della Fondazione Cologni per i Mestieri d'Arte; della Fondazione con il Sud; della Fondazione Theodora Onlus e di altri.
La banca collabora anche con la Fondazione Banco Alimentare, a favore della quale il 2 luglio 2014 è stato emesso il primo social bond della banca in Italia per un ammontare complessivo di 20 milioni di euro, promuovendo lo sviluppo delle attività della Fondazione DB su tutto il territorio nazionale.
Deutsche Bank è anche partner della comunità di San Patrignano e dell'associazione italiana sindrome di Williams Onlus. A partire dalla stagione 2013-2014, Deutsche Bank è top sponsor e banca ufficiale della squadra di calcio FC Internazionale.
Nel 2013 è stata promotrice e organizzatrice, insieme ad Eni, della prima edizione in Italia della conferenza Women in Business & Society e, nel febbraio 2015, è stata main sponsor del 21º Congresso Assiom Forex, l'incontro annuale che vede coinvolti i principali operatori del mercato finanziario in Italia.

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Bibliografia
 Dieter Brötel, Hermann Wallich. Von Pariser Banken zum Asiengeschäft der Deutschen Bank (1850–1889), in Ulrich van der Heyden e Joachim Zeller (a cura di) '… Macht und Anteil an der Weltherrschaft' – Berlin und der deutsche Kolonialismus, Münster, Unrast-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89771-024-2
 Eberhard Czichon, Deutsche Bank – Macht – Politik: Faschismus, Krieg und Bundesrepublik, PapyRossa-Verlag, Colonia, 2001

 Lothar Gall, Gerald D. Feldman, Harold James, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Hans E. Büschgen, Die Deutsche Bank: 1870–1995, Monaco di B., C. H. Beck, 1995, ISBN 3-406-38945-7
 Harold James, Die Deutsche Bank und die "Arisierung", Monaco di B., C.H. Beck, 2001, ISBN 3-406-47192-7
 Harold James, Die Deutsche Bank im Dritten Reich, Monaco di B., C. H. Beck, München 2003, ISBN 3-406-50955-X.
 Historische Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank, Deutsche Bank – Eine Geschichte in Bildern, Monaco di B., Piper, 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-04580-3
 Christopher Kobrak, Die Deutsche Bank und die USA – Geschäft und Politik von 1870 bis heute, Monaco di B., C.H. Beck, 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57068-1
 Ingo Köhler, Die "Arisierung" der Privatbanken im Dritten Reich: Verdrängung, Ausschaltung und die Frage der Wiedergutmachung, Monaco di B., C.H. Beck, 2005, ISBN 3-406-53200-4.
 Bernhard Leitner, Manfred Pohl, Gilbert Becker, Taunusanlage 12, Dortmund, Busche, 1985
 Birgit Morgenrath e Gottfried Wellmer, Deutsches Kapital am Kap, Amburgo, Nautilus Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89401-419-9
 Office of Military Government for Germany (OMGUS), Ermittlungen gegen die DEUTSCHE BANK 1946/1947, Nördlingen, Verlag Franz Greno, 1985, ISBN 3-921568-66-8.
 Manfred Pohl e Angelika Raab-Rebentisch, Calendarium Deutsche Bank 1870–2002, Monaco di B., Piper, 2002, ISBN 3-492-22583-7
 Fritz Seidenzahl, 100 Jahre Deutsche Bank, 1870–1970, Francoforte, 1970
 Manfred Pohl, Josef Ackermann – Leistung aus Leidenschaft. Eine Würdigung, Zurigo-Francoforte, Buchverlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung/Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, 2012, ISBN 978-3-03823-797-6 (NZZ), ISBN 978-3-89981-283-1.

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package de.fuberlin.wiwiss.d2rq.nodes;

import java.util.Arrays;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.Node;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.AnonId;

import de.fuberlin.wiwiss.d2rq.algebra.Attribute;
import de.fuberlin.wiwiss.d2rq.values.BlankNodeID;
import de.fuberlin.wiwiss.d2rq.values.Column;

public class NodeMakerTest extends TestCase {
	private final static Attribute table_col1 = new Attribute(null, "table", "col1");
	private final static Attribute table_col2 = new Attribute(null, "table", "col2");

	public void testFixedNodeMakerToString() {
		assertEquals("Fixed(\"foo\")",
				new FixedNodeMaker(Node.createLiteral("foo"), true).toString());
		assertEquals("Fixed(\"foo\"@en)",
				new FixedNodeMaker(Node.createLiteral("foo", "en", null), true).toString());
		assertEquals("Fixed(\"1\"^^<" + XSDDatatype.XSDint.getURI() + ">)",
				new FixedNodeMaker(Node.createLiteral("1", null, XSDDatatype.XSDint), true).toString());
		assertEquals("Fixed(_:foo)",
				new FixedNodeMaker(Node.createAnon(new AnonId("foo")), true).toString());
		assertEquals("Fixed(<http://example.org/>)",
				new FixedNodeMaker(Node.createURI("http://example.org/"), true).toString());
	}

	public void testBlankNodeMakerToString() {
		BlankNodeID b = new BlankNodeID("classmap1", Arrays.asList(new Attribute[]{table_col1, table_col2}));
		NodeMaker maker = new TypedNodeMaker(TypedNodeMaker.BLANK, b, true);
		assertEquals("Blank(BlankNodeID(table.col1,table.col2))",
				maker.toString());
	}

	public void testPlainLiteralMakerToString() {
		TypedNodeMaker l = new TypedNodeMaker(TypedNodeMaker.PLAIN_LITERAL, new Column(table_col1), true);
		assertEquals("Literal(Column(table.col1))", l.toString());
	}

	public void testLanguageLiteralMakerToString() {
		TypedNodeMaker l = new TypedNodeMaker(TypedNodeMaker.languageLiteral("en"), new Column(table_col1), true);
		assertEquals("Literal@en(Column(table.col1))", l.toString());
	}

	public void testTypedLiteralMakerToString() {
		TypedNodeMaker l = new TypedNodeMaker(TypedNodeMaker.typedLiteral(XSDDatatype.XSDstring),
				new Column(table_col1), true);
		assertEquals("Literal^^xsd:string(Column(table.col1))", l.toString());
	}

	public void testURIMakerToString() {
		NodeMaker u = new TypedNodeMaker(TypedNodeMaker.URI, new Column(table_col1), true);
		assertEquals("URI(Column(table.col1))", u.toString());
	}
}


Edward J. "Ed" Blough, 86, of Ellwood City, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in the Ellwood City Hospital.
He was born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 25, 1928 to the late William and Helene Colclaser Blough, Sr. and was married to Mildred Howard Blough, who survives.
Ed graduated from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. He served in the Army Air Force from 1946 to 1948 and in the Air Force from 1950 to 1951. He was employed by Pittsburgh Tube Company for over 30 years, retiring from their plant in Monaca as an Inside Sales Manager. For many years following his retirement, Ed worked in the Deli Department at the Franklin Township Giant Eagle. He enjoyed woodworking and working outdoors in the yard and garden.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred, and his daughter, Melinda (and Steve) Guzo. He is also survived by his wife's children, whom he loved dearly, Deborah Bennett, Karen (and Jim) Fogel, Kevin Christie, and Charles (and Sandy) Christie, and their families; and five brothers and four sisters: Daniel (and Mary) Blough, Donald (and May) Blough, Patricia (and John) Dinda, John (and Patricia) Blough, Philip (and Nikki) Blough, Lynn Blough, Kathryn Wood, Rosemary Kaus, and Helene Blough.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Rev. William Blough, Jr.
Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in the TURNER FUNERAL HOME of Ellwood City, Sixth Street at Park Avenue.
Friends may also call from 10 A.M. until the time of service at 11 A.M. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at TURNER'S with Rev. R. Tod Custer, of Christ Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville.
Memorial contributions may be made, in Ed's name, to the donor's favorite charity.


This one-day conference features a visit by the Brazilian Amnesty Commission (Comissão de Anistia ), which was formed in 2001 under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice. Its mission is to analyze the requests for indemnification of those persons who were unable to work or carry out other economic activities for political reasons during the period from 1946 until 1988. The conference will explore the Commission's activities and provide a forum for discussion with researchers and students who are studying questions related to human rights, transitional justice, and efforts to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses. The conference will also recognize the contribution of several people—both Americans and Brazilians—who, while living in the United States in the 1970s, were instrumental in denouncing torture and promoting human rights in Brazil.
This event is hosted by the Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research, Columbia University Libraries / Information Services.


POP vs IMAP: Which should you use?
POP and IMAP are different methods that your computer or device can use to communicate with your email provider. This guide highlights the main differences between connecting to your email via POP or IMAP as well as why most business/personal email users should be using IMAP.
POP: One-way communication path – The connecting device pulls the email data from the email server; but things you do on the device have no effect on the server. Eg. If you read a message on your iPhone, then log into email at home, that email will still be marked as unread.
IMAP: Two-way communication path – Your device talks back to the email server and syncs your changes automatically e.g. if you compose an email on your iPhone, then login to Outlook, you will see the sent item in your Sent Items folder.
Ok, but should I use IMAP or POP?
IMAP is the preferred email connection method nowadays due to it's portability and stability across multiple devices.
Unlike POP, IMAP allows for two-way communication between your email client (eg. Outlook, Macmail) and your hosting provider. What this means is, if you check your email at work, on your mobile device and again at home, IMAP will ensure that new email is accessible from any device at any time.
IMAP also offers a more stable experience due to its two-way syncing. POP is prone to losing messages or downloading the same message multiple times (especially in older versions of Outlook). There are also many issues that can arise when there are multiple devices are connecting to the same account under a POP connection. The POP-Lock issue, experienced by many frustrated iPhone users is a good example of this.


Get these for your mini items now.
If you ever dreamt of having cute little drawers to store your little items so they won't go missing easily, 7-Eleven stores may just get you covered with their new release.
From today (17 Apr) till 25 Jun, you can get ultra-kawaii Disney Tsum Tsum drawers with purchases at 7-Eleven stores island-wide.
Each mini drawer is stackable with the rest and is perfect for storing your tiny treasures.
Gone will be the days of worrying about where your hair accessories or small jewellery went.
We can't blame you for opening and closing the drawers multiple times just to get a feel of the adorable Tsum Tsum character knobs.
To get your hands on these drawers, simply collect 6 stamps at 7-Eleven and top up an additional $5.90. You'll have to spend $4 to earn 1 stamp, so that's $24 in total.
Alternatively, you can accumulate 20 stamps, which is an $80 spend.
Do note that each set consists of only 3 Tsum Tsum characters, so you'll have to repeat the above spending one more time for the complete set.
If you're facing difficulties hitting the required spending to redeem these drawers, simply drag your friends to the convenience store to help you reach that elusive amount.
Given their popularity, these adorable drawers are expected to be fully redeemed soon, so hurry down to the nearest 7-Eleven store to get your hands on these adorable drawers!
All images courtesy of 7-Eleven Singapore.


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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Capt. James Burt
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By Katie Lange, U.S. Department of Defense
While the Invasion of Normandy was the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime in Europe, the Battle of Aachen further solidified that. Aachen was the first major Germany city to fall to Allied forces during World War II — due in large part to the actions of young Army Capt. James Burt.
Burt was born in Massachusetts in July 1917 and, at 22, he graduated from Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
The new graduate was commissioned into the Army as a second lieutenant and began active duty in 1941, as U.S. concern over World War II was increasing.
Once the U.S. entered the war, Burt took part in major campaigns over the next few years in North Africa, Sicily and at D-Day, but he earned his Medal of Honor during the Battle of Aachen.
In September 1944, the U.S. Army pushed across Germany's Siegfried Line along Germany's western border near Aachen, the country's westernmost city, which borders Belgium and the Netherlands.
The battle for the city lasted a little more than a month. On Oct. 13, Burt was commanding Company B of the 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division in Wurselen, just north of Aachen. They were part of a coordinated attack to surround the Germans hunkered down inside the city.
On the first day of the mission, U.S. infantrymen were heavily bombarded by gunfire. Burt, who was in a tank about 200 yards behind them, calmly got out, walked in front of the infantrymen through a hail of gunfire, and waved his tanks into good firing positions.
He eventually got back on his tank and directed fire from its rear deck before being wounded. But even then, he didn't run for cover. He stayed in position out in the open until artillery knocked those weapons out, and he was able to move his tanks forward. The next day, Burt left his cover to help a wounded battalion commander 75 yards away.
For the next eight days, through miserable rain and heavy shelling, Burt held the combined forces together, ''dominating and controlling the critical situation through the sheer force of his heroic example,'' according to the award citation.
At one point, Burt took his tanks 300 yards into enemy territory, dismounted and then stayed on the ground for an hour to direct artillery fire. He went into enemy territory twice more that day for reconnaissance. Even when two tanks he was in were knocked out by the enemy, he hopped onto a third and pushed onward.
Despite the wounds he suffered, Burt continued to rescue wounded soldiers at great personal risk. He also continued to destroy enemy personnel and equipment.
The Battle of Aachen was bitter, and the conditions were awful. But Burt's courage and leadership served as a rallying point for his soldiers and others.
The capture of Aachen psychologically crushed the Germans and gave U.S. troops hope that the end of the war was in sight.
For his courage under fire, Burt received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman on Oct. 12, 1945, along with several other men.
After the war, Burt returned to civilian life. After a career in the paper industry, he earned a master's degree in education from New Hampshire's Keene State College in 1969 and worked as a mathematics and business instructor at Franklin Pierce College, also in New Hampshire.
He continued to be active with Norwich University throughout his life. In 1990, the university dedicated James M. Burt Drive near the Plumley Armory in his honor.
Burt had four children with his first wife, Edythe, whom he married during the war. He remarried in 1976. He died in February 2006 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, at the age of 88.
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