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Southhaven, Miss. -- The Terrebonne Parish 17-19 year-old Dizzy Dean All-Star team was scheduled to play a 4:30 p.m. contest in the league's World Series Sunday, but Mother Nature had other plans.
After five players competing in the 2 p.m. contest were injured from lightning, a weather delay sent TPR's start time past midnight.
If TPR would have lost its game Saturday, it would have been on the same field in which the players were injured.
Once TPR finally hit the field agaisnt the Tallahasse Florida Panhandle Club, it fell 2-1.
TPR, which was limited to two hits in the contest, drew first blood in the top of the fourth inning as Shawn Leblanc hit a solo home run.
The Panhandle Club scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning, to tie the game at 1-1.
Tallahassee shut down TPR in the top of the seventh inning and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh frame to take the 2-1 victory.
Leblane was saddled with the loss, as he allowed five hits, struck out nine, walked three batters and hit three others.
TPR All-Stars 4, Maryland 2
TPR was able to redeem itself with a 4-2 win over Maryland Monday.
Shawn Fabregas hit a three-run homer in the top of the second inning, to give TPR a 3-0 lead.
Maryland narrowed the margin to one run, as it scored runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings.
Matt Leblanc sealed the win with an RBI in the seventh to make the final tally 4-2.
Matt Leblanc, who went 2-for-4, was TPR's leading hitter.
Bubba Breaux pitched four innings and got the win and Simon Badeaux recorded the save.
TPR, one of six teams left in the tournament, will play the winner of the Helena, Ala., and Houlca, Miss. at 2 p.m. today.
15-16 year-olds split
The TPR 15-16 year-old All-Stars split a pair of games Monday.
TPR beat Horn Lake, Miss., 11-10 and fell, 8-0, to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., in the second game.

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Under Code Section 2032, an estate can elect to value its assets for estate tax purposes on a date that is six months after the death of the decedent, instead of on the date of death. Thus, an estate can reduce its estate taxes if the overall value of those assets has declined in that six month period. In 2006, the Tax Court held that post-death changes in the character of stock owned by a decedent pursuant to a tax-free reorganization would be allowed to affect the alternative valuation date value of the stock for estate tax purposes. Herbert V. Kohler, Jr., et al., TC Memo 2006-152.
The IRS, in a direct attack on the Kohler decision, has announced that it will soon be issuing regulations that will limit Section 2032 value adjustments to those that occur to changes in market conditions. Thus, voluntary actions by interested persons that affect post-death value will not allow for the use of alternatve valuation. The regulations will define "market conditions" as events outside of the control of the decedent (or the decedent's executor or trustee) or other person whose property is being valued that affect the fair market value of the property being valued.


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Konopnica () is a village in the municipality of Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia. One of the largest settlements in the municipality, it is located just west of Kriva Palanka town.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,398 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

Macedonians 1,395
Serbs 2
Other 1

References

Villages in Kriva Palanka Municipality

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The WSK Open Cup weekend is colored red and white with two wins signed BirelArt. Longhi and Coluccio illuminate KZ2 and OK.
Super weekend for the folks at BirelArt, absolute masters of the trophy, taken home in two of the four different categories available. A success built right from the start of the match to the very final act.
Luigi Coluccio dominates in Senior with an almost clearcut path. After a qualification ending in third place overall, in the direct matches, he took a third, a fourth and a tenth place. Sixth place for the pre-final and off to the Italian's masterpiece, able to gain five positions in the prefinal, and then first place, never questioned, at the end of the twenty-one final laps. Two seconds on his opponents and leadership from start to finish.
At the end of the race, the Italian commented: «It's been a practically perfect weekend right from the start. It wasn't especially difficult to find the right setup, because it was already well-suited to the track. With Birel we're developing a lot. Now we're always very competitive with the whole package. I didn' texpect to win so far ahead. I didn't feel I could do it and instead I did it. Let's say that, after winning the pre-final, I believed it even more. That victory, it allowed me to start first for the final ... this clearly allows you to stay out of trouble and go away, especially in the first few laps. From then on I managed, I always went with the same times».
Second pearl of the weekend, the one "packaged" by Riccardo Longhi. The man from Emilia, always on the top floors of the standings, starting from the first place in qualifying, did well in the heats, all ending in second place. A magic Sunday for him, too, with success in Prefinal B, securing second place on the grid for the final. The second and last masterpiece would come later with a Longhi immediately dangerous against Ardigò, then astute in overtaking him already on the second lap. Triumphal end of the race for driver number 129, three seconds on the direct opponent, alone under the checkered flag. In light of the success just won, Longhi automatically places himself in a leading role during the last leg of the CIK FIA European Championship.
Of note, also, the third trophy and the great performance of Marijn Kremers, bronze medal of the final, from fourth place.
Longhi on the weekend: «It was a tough race but dominated at the end! I was at the top all weekend, making the absolute pole position, won pre-final and final both with a fast lap. On Saturday I committed, in all the heats, errors at the start, closing them all with a second place. I expected to be competitive ... honestly on Saturday I saw that with Ardigo, it could be very hard. I had a good race pace, but on Sunday morning maybe we found a little something more. Also I expressed myself at 110%, which Saturday, maybe, I couldn't. Taking home this WSK title, and after having beaten the KZ drivers, I have a lot more drive! I know that we'll race with different tires but, I think if everything's in right place, I'll be as fast as ever in Lonato! Even in Salbris I was in front but, because of my bad mistake, I compromised the race. I absolutely want to make up for it again».


We still have a few peppers in the vegetable garden, a few tomatoes, and a whole lot of weeds! Summer is gone , it's getting cooler at night. It's time to think over or review what we did in the garden this year.
Marilyn and I set out this morning on one of our favorite local adventures, a trip to the Cincinnati Nature Center. The C.N.C. is about a thousand acres of woods, ponds, fields, streams, trails, and quite a bit of wildlife. As always, we were hopeing to spot a Pileated woodpecker, a bird that we do not often see.


Global licensing agency, Beanstalk, is set to represent the personality rights of film star Farrah Fawcett.
The Farrah Fawcett Foundation signed the exclusive partnership with the agency, which will represent Fawcett in advertising, media and long-term brand associations.
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Up and Down Wall Street
It's Good to Be Goldman
Randall W. Forsyth
July 20, 2009 12:01 am ET
PITY POOR GOLDMAN SACHS. WELL, MAYBE not exactly poor, after raking in a stunning $3.44 billion in profits in the June quarter. But not since the public wanted to pillory the oil companies for having to pay four bucks a gallon at the gas pump has such opprobrium been heaped on a company as last week, when Goldman reported its blow-out earnings.
Of course, the rabble already was roused by a polemic in a rock-and-roll rag blaming Goldman for virtually every financial catastrophe since the South Sea Bubble, especially the current housing bust. With so many miscreants participating in arguably the biggest financial catastrophe in history, it's all but impossible to point to the chief perpetrator (although Michael Lewis makes a good case for American International Group in his excellent piece in Vanity Fair, "The Man Who Crashed the World").
In truth, there was a suspension of disbelief all down the line: by mortgage brokers who arranged loans for delusional borrowers who bought houses they both knew they couldn't afford; bankers who collected, pooled and sliced and diced the junk mortgages into triple-A securities; ratings agencies who provided that Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval to those defective products; investors who credulously bought these mortgage-backed securities with gilt-edged ratings and junk-bond yields; sellers of credit-default swaps who never thought they'd have to pay off on the insurance they'd written. And don't forget Fannie and Freddie, which leveraged the implicit (and later explicit) backing of Uncle Sam to use cheap credit to balloon their balance sheets. And it was all fine, of course, because house prices never went down.
No less an authority than Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, saw no problem with this because, firstly, scattering all these loans to the wind meant the risk was dispersed and therefore nobody needed to worry about the all these dubious loans threatening the financial health of any one institution. Moreover, there was no need to worry about bubbles; though they inevitably burst, the damage can be contained by reinflating a new one.
In that, Greenspan had empirical evidence on his side, after having reflated successive burst bubbles over his tenure. The Fed had done just that after the 1987 stock-market crash, which led to the commercial real-estate and junk-bond booms and busts of the late '80s. And after the dot-com bust of 2001 (which was helped importantly by Fed pumping to stave off the supposed Y2K threat), Greenspan countered by slashing rates to 1% by 2003 and leaving them at preternaturely low levels for a couple of years, which inflated the housing bubble.
Now, two years after the first hiss of air coming out that bubble with the swoon of a couple of Bear Stearns hedge funds, and trillions of dollars later, it seems that Goldman's boffo numbers are signaling the financial crisis is over.
Having repaid its capital injection under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Goldman allocated some $11.4 billion for compensation in this year's first half, which works out to an annualized $770,000 for each chief, cook and bottle-washer at the firm.
Those 770 G's don't sound outrageous compared with the average Major League baseball player pulling down $3 million. Or compared with any of the New York Mets, who would be overpaid at minimum wage these days. Or compared with what Michael Jackson is raking in after what may have been the best possible career move left to him (see Elvis).
Goldman's profits and compensation wouldn't cause such a stir were the firm not the recipient of massive government subsidy for the key raw material for its business -- free, or nearly free, money. While Goldie repaid the TARP money, it has been able to issue bonds backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. under its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.
As Andrew Bary detailed in these page three months ago ("How Do You Spell Sweet Deal? For Banks, It's TLGP," April 20), Goldman probably saved up to $600 million by issuing FDIC-backed debt with yields reflecting Uncle Sam's guarantee. "TLGP, not TARP, is the feds' biggest source of largesse to financial firms," Bary concluded.
Goldman took that largesse and made the most of it, generating $3.44 billion of profit in the second quarter, mainly as a result of massive trading gains. Indeed, Bianco Research points out that Goldman appears to behave like a giant credit portfolio. Since the peak of the credit cycle in early February 2007, the price of Goldman shares (ticker: GS) has moved in lock-step with corporate investment-grade and junk-bond spreads. Goldie's stock plunged in last year's crisis and rode up the credit recovery this year, which was fueled by the massive liquidity injection by the government via the Fed's myriad facilities -- TARP, TLGP, etc., etc., etc.
All of which suggest a modest proposal: If Goldman now can wring out nearly $14 billion in annualized profits a year, why not have the government give it a portfolio to manage that's six times its current size? Then the federal government could generate $100 billion a year, which would cover the $1 trillion tab the Congressional Budget Office reckons government-run health-care will cost over the next decade. That's about the only credible way that health-care reform would pay for itself.
And it would be a lot less painful than the tax increases proposed to pay for health-care reform. As the table in D.C. Current shows, the top marginal income-tax rate could be as high as 58.7% for residents of New York City after counting city, state and federal levies under the plan being considered by the House of Representatives (which would include lots of Goldman bankers and traders). That would be the effect of a proposed surtax starting at 1% for couples with adjusted gross incomes over $350,000 to 5.4% for those making over $1 million, along with reversion of the top bracket for ordinary income to 39.6% from 35% in 2011. Moving to bucolic Oregon or blue Hawaii would still mean a top marginal rate over 57%, followed by New York and California just below that.
Not that that conjures much sympathy for Wall Streeters, but the real burden of these higher taxes falls on small businesses, most of which file 1040s, not corporate returns. Moreover, many of them felt doubly beleaguered with CIT Group (CIT), a lender to thousands of small- and medium-sized businesses, failing to win further federal assistance, most notably the company's reported request to issue FDIC-backed debt of the sort that has benefited Goldman and other Wall Street firms so handsomely. Evidently, CIT was deemed not too big to fail. And unlike California, it can't issue IOUs once it's tapped out.
Indeed, some of CIT's creditors might actually be rooting for CIT to go bust. According to Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's Situation Room research report, a portion of CIT debt is held by creditors who are hedged through protection from credit-default swaps. Thus, they would face no risk from a default or would actually welcome one since their CDS insurance would then pay off. BofA-Merrill estimates a net CDS exposure of $3.46 billion, versus $33.5 billion of unsecured CIT debt. While that represents less than 10%, those holding credit protection might profit from a CIT bankruptcy .
While the specter of a CIT filing loomed, by Friday, Goldman, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Barclays were working on a $2 billion-$3 billion package for CIT, Dow Jones Newswires reported. But CIT may need as much as $6 billion to avoid bankruptcy. A filing would most seriously crimp smaller retailers who rely on CIT for working capital.
It's clear that the government's massive exertions have gone a long way to stabilize the financial system and, in some cases, reverse the worst effects of the crisis. The Fed's cut in its fed-funds target to 0-0.25%, along with massive injections of liquidity, has brought the key three-month London interbank offered rate all the way down to a hair over 0.5%. Although Treasury yields are up from their lows, investment-grade corporate bond spreads have narrowed sharply while mortgage rates have come down.
And those efforts are evident in the stock market as the first returns of the current earnings season helped erase the June-early July swoon with a 7% rally last week. That put the Standard & Poor's 500 right up to the 940 resistance level, around where it topped out in early June and where it started 2009.
But the monetary and fiscal stimuli have been far more successful in boosting the stock and credit markets, and by extension, Wall Street, than arresting the decline in the economy on Main Street. ISI Group points out the decline in payrolls over the past 18 months has been a record, some 3.1%, about half-again the plunge in the early 1980s. Meanwhile, productivity was at a record high in the first quarter -- good for profits, less so for the wage slaves who are working more for less.
Yet, the declarations of the end of the recession are growing by the day. And as each day passes, we are by definition one day closer to its end (not to mention our own). Even Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini, was quoted as saying that he had upgraded his outlook last week. Roubini, however, reiterated his long-held view this recession would last two years; it's in its 19th month and so has five months to go.
But, he emphasizes, the recovery will be a meager 1%, far below the economy's potential growth of 2.75%, because of the debt overhang among households. Roubini adds the labor market is very weak, with unemployment likely to hit 11% next year, up from 9.5% currently, with the potential of the second phase of a W-shaped recession starting in late 2010.
Wall Street should enjoy its good fortune while it lasts.
PITY POOR GOLDMAN SACHS.


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" The Songbird, My Friend "
grand prize in an international song festival, and now as a host of "SOP,"
abroad. To them, she is a celebrity.
To me, she's a friend.
everyone gets to know the person behind the superstar singer.
I am one of the privileged few.
powerhouse talent. I had no doubt that she would make it big.
Regine Velasquez is truly a star.
who produced Regine's first concert, "Regine ar 17,"
was all praises for her.
did a duet with Bay Watch star David Hasselhoff.
the simple, down-to-earth person I have always known.
Her simplicity was the first thing that struck me about Regine.
When I first heard her Cinderella story, I couldn't believe it.
in Bulacan. where she first started joining amateur singing contests.
she discovered that her borrowed half-slip had fallen to her ankles!
most of her career), I had the opportunity to get to know her better.
and made me a friend ( and fan ) for life.
of my wallet. ) laughs Kuh. What a friends she is!
four-bedroom townhouse for them in Sikatuna Village, Quezon City.
her into trouble, when unscrupulous people take advantage of her.
US Embassy that resulted in her visa being cancelled for a year.
fault. As a matter of fact, she knew nothing about what happened.
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A: I fixed the issue, I restarted the installation and allocated a swapspace, I guess it was a RAM issue

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WATCH: James Harden Outduels Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook
by Marcel Mutoni November 03, 2015
The real James Harden finally showed up Monday night, and not too surprisingly, the Houston Rockets at last registered a victory.
Harden dropped 37 points in the 110-105 win against the visiting OKC Thunder, holding off former teammates Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook (who combined for 54 points in the loss.)
The Rockets had lost their first three games of the season, each by twenty points.
Per the Houston Chronicle:
With the Rockets dragging their way back to Toyota Center after their third-consecutive 20-point loss to open the season, and facing a 15-point second-half deficit to the unbeaten Oklahoma City Thunder, the Rockets battled as if they could not take it any longer. […] From there, Harden rolled to a far, far greater game than he had in the season's first three, and the Rockets broke through with a 110-105 win over the Thunder. Harden had 37 points, making as many field goals (12) as in the season's first three games combined.
His final 3-pointer, with 2:17 left, gave the Rockets a seven-point lead, but the Rockets did not clinch the win until Dwight Howard nailed a pair of free throws with 5.7 seconds left.
While Harden continued his success against his former team, averaging more points against the Thunder than any opponent since he joined the Rockets, the Rockets also got Ty Lawson's best game with his new team. Lawson had 14 points on 6 of 10 shooting, adding 11 assists. […] The Rockets had trailed by 15 in the third quarter when they drove themselves back into the game by scrambling defensively as they have not all season. They helped force 10 third-quarter turnovers, held the Thunder to 33 percent shooting and rallied to take their first lead into a fourth quarter this season.
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The year 2020 is proving to be one where the values of people, organizations, and businesses of all kinds are in the spotlight. For 1st Source Bank, that means following the same principles that made them one of the largest and most trusted banks around Michiana – integrity, teamwork, superior quality, outstanding customer service, and community leadership.
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"Our values capture the essence of who we are, and how we do what we do. They're not acted out. They're fundamental to everything we do, and are weaved into the fabric of our culture," he added.
1st Source Bank, founded in South Bend in 1863, operates 80 banking centers around northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. They cover a lot of territory, but remain committed to operating as a local, community bank in every way.
"When I think local, I think about the fact that the bank is organized in five distinct regions, each of which has senior leaders equipped and empowered to execute on a local level, while relying on corporate support to drive the operational side of business," Vessely said. "That puts us in a unique position to make local decisions and operate in a way that suits our local market, while efficiently leveraging the unique strengths and capabilities of the bank as whole."
That leadership structure allows 1st Source Bank to serve as a community leader that can help locally in all kinds of ways. In Northwest Indiana for example, Vessely and his team look to support causes championed by their branch managers and other staffers. Over the years they have sponsored local high school athletes in the Porter County Conference, helped fund Valparaiso's new Horticulture Center, and much more.
But their values are reflected in more than charitable giving. As Vessely noted, they are fundamental to everything – including client service.
"We take pride in living our values, and that comes through in the way we deliver the services we provide," he said. "Banking products and services are generally viewed as commodities – so the people and the organization behind the products and services are the differentiating factors. In our case, we think our values set us apart in a special way."
To learn more about 1st Source Bank, visit www.1stsource.com.
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Showed up at the right time visiting a local preserve to watch lunch being caught. I was pretty impressed with the size of the fish the great blue heron had.
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Nice images but standing on someone else's house?


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'Solar trees' shine on Mexico City
MEXICO CITY -- "Solar trees" have sprouted in Mexico City's historic district.
Written by Lauren Villagran, Correspondent (Mexico City) on Jan. 27, 2012
Three solar-powered lampposts shaped like towering palms are illuminating a pedestrian street downtown, thanks to the technology of a company called Energetika and a city pilot program experimenting with renewable energy sources.
Solar panel discs bloom at the end of 16-foot fronds. When charged with six hours of sunlight, they can shine for nearly 10 hours straight.
Along Alhóndiga street, the "solar trees" appear like an outdoor sculpture during the day. In the evening, they illuminate a tree-lined corridor packed with vendors of low-priced clothes and goods and buyers looking for a good deal.
The trees echo the design of Ross Lovegrove, the U.K. designer who first put solar trees on the scene in Vienna with an exhibit outside that city's MAK Museum in 2007.
The Mexican version, called Na2Light, draws its power from 11 solar cells of 15 watts apiece for a total of 165 watt-hours of energy. The solar power illuminates LEDs. The "solar trees" are built to last 10 years.
Creators Roberto Calderón and Alejandro Chico told Mexico City's Reforma newspaper their innovation is not just about aesthetics but responds to the needs of a major urban area.
The city is in talks with Energetika to continue the program, which in this initial stage cost the city nothing. The "solar trees" were manufactured by prisoners in a city jail.
Photo: Lauren Villagran
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Here's another recipe from Chef Purviance that I've grilled twice in the past few months, most recently for Sunday Dinner. I don't make the Jalepeno slaw, but the Chorizo/Pork burgers are a delightful departure from typical burger fare. I also make some of the patties without Chorizo for my daughter and others who don't like as much spice.
This has been one of our favorite desserts all Summer. I simply sprayed the peaches with a little canola, grilled them for a couple minutes flesh side down, rotated them to get nice grill marks, and then flipped them over and added the Mascarpone and a dusting of cinnamon/sugar. We made these many, many times starting when the early peaches came in.
P.S. – A little drizzle of honey on top doesn't hurt either.
I'll be honest. The only part of this dish that was done on the grill was the quesadillas, but I had to share the photo anyway.
I fixed this last Friday evening and it truly was delicious. Here are the ingredients.
Just mix all of that together in a big glass bowl and let it cool in the refrigerator for an hour or so. Although ceviche is traditionally made with raw seafood, the taste and texture of the shrimp was just right, and the dish was perfectly balanced — bright, fresh-tasting, savory.
The quesadillas were dead easy too. I simply sandwiched some shredded Mexi-cheese between two flour tortillas and grilled the for a few minutes over low heat.
This is definitely a meal that we'll keep in mind, particularly for warm weather when we want something light and tasty.
We've grilled several batches of stuffed peppers this Summer, but these were my favorites. I grilled the peppers for a bit to soften them up, then my wife stuffed them with a combination of quinoa and sauteed zucchini with other delightful veggies before we put them back on the grill to warm. I'm honestly not sure what all she put into them. I almost grilled them too long prior to stuffing, so we had to be careful not to tear the flesh before we were ready to serve them.


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Be Healthy! Keep It Simple!
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
When I was in my 20s, I worked at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Initially, I was impressed when I heard the interns and residents spicing their diagnostic conversations with impressive sounding Latin words.
It made me feel like I was in the presence of experts -- people in the know -- professionals to whom I could entrust my life should I ever get really sick.
In time, it became clear to me that the Latin name dropping routine was just a game -- a way that insecure medical students could instantly feel better about themselves, somehow justifying all those long nights of studying while, at the same time, raising their perceived value in the eyes of their overwhelmed patients.
It's not just medical students who are enamored of complexity. We all are. Somehow, in our over-caffeinated, multi-tracking, digitally-assisted life, we have come to equate complexity with wisdom.
Complexity is not wisdom. Complexity is complexity. Simplicity is where it's at.
All the savvy people I know have a knack for keeping things simple. They demystify. They speak in the language of the people. They cut to the chase in a way that cuts no one in the process.
My invitation to you today? Keep it simple -- no matter what path you're on. You will feel way better at the end of the day -- and so will all the people around you.
Want to know what Einstein, DaVinci, Tolstoy, and others had to say about the topic? Keep reading...
"Everything should be as simple as possible -- but no simpler." Albert Einstein
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Leonardo DaVinci
"Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Henry David Thoreau
"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." Fredrich Chopin
"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity." Leo Tolstoy
"Nothing is true, but that which is simple." Goethe
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Live, virtual VIP tours planned for Idaho-E. Oregon in 2021
Featured image: VIP photo from 2011 Idaho-E. Oregon "In-Person" VIP Field Tour event
Drawing on the successes of past in-person VIP tours as well as last year's virtual event, the Idaho-E. Oregon Onion Committee's Promotion Committee has opted to host one of each this season.
The live tour is being planned for late September or early October, with a firm date to be announced soon. Organizers said they are prepared to host up to 18 buyers and can tailor the event for any group size up to that number, with a full slate of activities being considered. The Virtual VIP Tour will take place this year Oct. 10-25, with the goal to build on last year's presentation that involved eight shippers and more than three dozen buyers.
The return to the in-person VIP tour comes after several years' absence, although funding for just such an event had been secured in 2020. Traditionally 15-18 buyers from across the nation have visited the Treasure Valley during the live tour years, taking part in networking opportunities such as luncheons and dinners and also visiting several shippers' facilities and onion fields. The tours were hosted during the fall and late season harvest, which provided a comprehensive view of how onions make it from field to receiver. Outside activities such as Boise State football games and whitewater river rafting were also frequently included.
However, in the 2020 wake of COVID-19 and its travel and gathering restrictions, federally secured grant funding through the Idaho Department of Ag for the live tours was redirected, and a comprehensive virtual tour was developed. It featured video visits to numerous Treasure Valley shippers, with sales and other personnel providing voice-overs and filmed interviews. The late-October to mid-November Virtual VIP Tour also gave each participating shipper a separate and secure welcome page on the USAOnions.com website, with downloadable contact/information sheets available.
More than three dozen invited and approved buyers from around the country took part during the tour's three-week posting.
Explaining the Promotion Committee's decision to host both a virtual and live tour in 2021, Chairman Marc Bybee said, "While we hope to be entering a post-COVID world, we all still face a lot of unknowns going forward. So having both options should facilitate everyone's concerns while showing our optimism that normality can resume."
The virtual tour, he went on to say, "is a great opportunity for each individual shed to plan, present and edit their unique spin on what they might have to offer. It's a chance to make and star in your own infomercial while utilizing some professional guidance."
Marc is with Eagle Eye Produce and heads up the shipping operation at Fiesta Farms in Nyssa, OR. He took part in 2020's virtual tour and commented, "I can say it's a fairly painless production, and shippers should not feel intimidated by the process."
He also pointed out the well-recognized benefits of in-person visits, saying they go far beyond "a vacation for our customers." Marc said, "This is a chance to educate and inform. While we know this can be done well virtually, we believe there is nothing better than an in-person visit, a chance to walk in the field or shed, to hold an onion in hand and have its characteristics explained by someone with generational knowledge."
Also, Marc said, "We always hope these tours create stronger relationships between the shipper and buyer but these visits undoubtedly also make the visiting buyer into a better asset for their own company."
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Kevin Na denies commitment to Saudi Golf League: 'I haven't signed anything'
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Earlier this week, the Telegraph reported that the Saudi Golf League was on the verge of launching a $225 million tour. The timeline for the announcement was kept vague—"the coming weeks"—but the four names listed in the article as signees or near-signees were Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Kevin Na.
Greg Norman was quoted extensively in the story, but the source who gave the Telegraph the four names was not clear.
Na is playing at this week's RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links, and following his opening-round 70, he spoke briefly about the rumors.
"I haven't signed anything," he said. "I haven't signed anything. It's amazing how rumors ... you know, people come up with rumors and they write things."
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As to whether he had considered the offer—for weeks, Na has been wearing the Saudi Golf flower logo on the collar of his shirt—he didn't deny it.
"As an athlete," he said, "you always look at your options, that's all."
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That's as far as he'd go. When asked whether he was leaning in a particular direction, or when he might finalize a decision, or whether Norman was responsible for giving his name to the press, he reverted back to a more standard brush-off.
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"Right now I'm focused on this week, trying to play the best I can," he said. "I haven't played much this year with a couple of injuries and having a kid, so I need to play more out there and try to get my FedEx Cup ranking up."
At one-under 70, Na trails current leader Cameron Young by seven strokes.
Reached later in the afternoon, Ian Poulter told Digest that he wouldn't "speculate about speculation."
"I have no interest in talking about it," he said.
Watson curiously sent out a tweet on Wednesday that showed eight PGA Tour events that he's planning to play through the end of July.
"Hoping to qualify for U.S. Open and The Open Championship and will move some things around if I do," he said at the end of the message.
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Q: Automapper multiple source to single target in v8.0 I'm new to the whole Automapper world in .net core 3.1 and was going through the docs and SO, but couldnt' find anything for my use case from their latest version 8.0.
Borrowing from another SO post, how could I do this in the new v8.0 configuration?
public class People {
   public string FirstName {get;set;}
   public string LastName {get;set;}
}

public class Phone {
   public string Number {get;set;}
}

Convert to a PeoplePhoneDto like this:

public class PeoplePhoneDto {
    public string FirstName {get;set;}
    public string LastName {get;set;}
    public string PhoneNumber {get;set;}
}

Would I use still do this?
Mapper.CreateMap<People, PeoplePhoneDto>();
Mapper.CreateMap<Phone, PeoplePhoneDto>()
        .ForMember(d => d.PhoneNumber, a => a.MapFrom(s => s.Number));

A: Here is a working demo like below:
Model:
public class People
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

public class Phone
{
    public string Number { get; set; }
}

public class PeoplePhoneDto
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
}

AutoMapper profile:
public class AutoMapperProfile : Profile
{
    public AutoMapperProfile()
    {
        CreateMap<People, PeoplePhoneDto>();
        CreateMap<Phone, PeoplePhoneDto>()
             .ForMember(d => d.PhoneNumber, a => a.MapFrom(s => s.Number));
    }
}

Startup.cs:
services.AddAutoMapper(typeof(AutoMapperProfile));

Controller:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    private readonly IMapper _mapper;

    public HomeController(IMapper mapper)
    {
        _mapper = mapper;
    }
    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        var people = new People() { FirstName = "aaa", LastName = "bbb" };
        var phone = new Phone() { Number = "12345" };
        var model = _mapper.Map<PeoplePhoneDto>(people); // map dto1 properties
        _mapper.Map(phone, model);

        //do your stuff...
        return View();
    }
}

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Frauke Aulbert, voice
Shanna Pranaitis, flute
Eva Zöllner, accordion
Francisco Castillo Trigueros, electronics
"These intrepid virtuosi are refashioning musical experimentation, and I definitely want to be there while they are doing it." -George Lewis
As a transatlantic ensemble based in sister-cities Chicago and Hamburg, Collect/Project specializes in experimental music and performance with an interest in unorthodox and deeply collaborative experiences grounded not only in classical and contemporary performance techniques, but also steeped in popular and folkloric traditions. Described as "intrepid virtuosi refashioning musical experimentation" by George Lewis, Collect/Project seeks to deploy the creativity of the performer beyond what might be considered normal boundaries.
Dedicated specialists and advocates of new music, Collect/Project regularly commissions new works, providing a wider exposure for the music of living composers, and participates in educational residencies with universities and festivals which seek to provide composers and performers an opportunity for experimentation and collaboration. Recent university appearances include the University of Minnesota, University of Illinois, Western Michigan University, University of Central Missouri, Northwestern, and UCBerkeley.
Collect/Project's flexibility and unique instrumentation has led to collaborations and performances in the US, UK, and Germany, with appearances at the Blurred Edges Festival (Hamburg), Radialsystem (Berlin), Sonic Fusion Festival (Manchester), Ear Taxi Festival (Chicago), and upcoming tours in the United States, Asia and Latin America.
The collection and projection of the music hidden within a score requires dedicated work of a most sensitive musician to give life to what existed, however intangible, before the committing to paper, and not merely reproduce the symbols on the paper. Collect/Project believes the art of music is desperate for interpreters with courage for such performances. Comprised of Shanna Gutierrez (flutes), Frauke Aulbert (voice), Eva Zöllner (Accordion), and Francisco Castillo Trigueros (electronics), Collect/Project is dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced.
Francisco Castillo Trigueros
Francisco Castillo Trigueros (b. 1983) is a composer of contemporary chamber, orchestral and electronic music from Mexico City residing in Chicago. He has received numerous distinctions such as the BMI Student Composer Award, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Young Composer's Forum Jury prize, two honorable mentions in the Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, and four nominations for the Gaudeamus Music Prize. He often works with ensembles that integrate instruments and performers from different parts of the world and also composes for traditional classical music formations, sometimes including the use of electronics. Francisco recently received a Ph.D at the University of Chicago, where he served as Computer Music Studio Manager for three years, and is currently teaching Digital Music Composition at Columbia College Chicago, and Theory and Composition at the New Music School. His mentors include Augusta Read Thomas, Shulamit Ran, and Howard Sandroff, among others. Current projects include a large-scale collaborative work with video artist Marco G. Ferrari, a new piece for Ensemble Dal Niente, and the music for a video-dance by Delfos Danza Contemporanea. www.franciscocastillotrigueros.com
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Shanna Pranaitis
As a specialist in contemporary performance practice and techniques, flutist Shanna Pranaitis is dedicated to promoting and advancing contemporary music in cultural life today through innovative performances and educational projects. She appears throughout the United States and throughout the world as a soloist, clinician, and in various chamber collaborations, including Collect/Project, Nova Musica, and Sonic Hedgehog. She has performed as a guest with the Collegium Novum Zürich, ensemble interface, and ensemble TZARA, in addition to concerts and residencies in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, The Netherlands, South Korea, Mexico, Colombia, and the United Kingdom.
An important part of her work is the close cooperation with composers of her generation. She is the co-founder of FluteXpansions, an e-learning laboratory for contemporary flute performance practice and techniques. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her performances including, prizes at the 2011 and 2013 Stockhausen Courses, the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, and NewMusicUSA project grants. She was a founding member of Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente and recipient of the 2012 Kranichstein Prize for Interpretation. Premieres and performances of pieces written specifically for her have led to appearances at such festivals as the Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Darmstadt New Music Courses, Blurred Edges, Omaha Under the Radar, Ear Taxi Festival, ICMC, Electronic Music Midwest, and the National Flute Association. Shanna studied contemporary music under Matthias Ziegler, Camilla Hoitenga, Eva Furrer, Philippe Racine, and Kathinka Pasveer. Such has served as indispensable enrichment to her performance studies at the University of Michigan (Amy Porter) and Northwestern University (Walfrid Kujala), where she received her masters and bachelors degrees, respectively. She performs on a Burkart flute and (open-hole) piccolo and Kingma open-hole bass and alto flutes. www.shannagutierrez.com
Frauke Aulbert
coloratura soprano, multivocalist
As "Hamburg's queen of avantgarde" (Hamburger Abendblatt), Frauke Aulbert boasts a vocal range of four octaves and has specialized in the contemporary vocal performance having mastered overtone- and undertone-singing, multiphonics and other timbre-altering techniques, in addition to her formal training in lyrical singing. As a vocal-sound-researcher she studies, describes and sings many different genres - including gamelan, jazz, dhrupad, beatboxing, – and applies those sounds to her interpretation of contemporary vocal music. Improvisation and performances of pieces specifically written for her voice have led to festivals all over Europe. International concert tours have included Brasil, Georgia, Tunisia and the USA. In 2015 she will sing (among others) in Australia, at the Biennale of Contemporary Music in Curitiba, Brasil, at Warsaw Autumn in Poland, and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She was awarded the first prize by the Stockhausen Foundation for interpreting the INDIANERLIEDER, and received long-term artists residencies in Rome and Paris (Goethe Institut and Cité International des Arts). Frauke Aulbert has collaborated with the composers Georges Aperghis, Vinko Globokar, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Simon Stockhausen, Geoffroy Drouin and Alexander Schubert. Her work and her concerts are supported (among others) by the Ministry of Culture of Germany, IMPULS, the Stockhausen Foundation and the Deutsche Auswärtige Amt. She studied in Kiel, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Hamburg (diploma) and has attended masterclasses with Lauren Newton, Sainkho Namchylak, David Moss, Michael Vetter, Michiko Hirayama, Linda Wise and Amelia Cuni. Her dissertation examined "Overtone Singing in Contemporary Music." stimmkuenstlerin.de
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Eva Zöllner
Eva Zöllner was educated as classical accordionist at the Academy of Music in Cologne and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen where she studied with Prof. Geir Draugsvoll. She is one of the most active accordionists of her generation and devotes herself to contemporary music. Eva has performed as a soloist in most European and Latin American countries, throughout Asia, Australia, Canada and in the USA. She appears in productions ranging from experimental solo performances to concerts with renowned contemporary music ensembles and opera companies (latest at the English National Opera in London). CD recordings and radio productions document her work. She is also active as guest lecturer and jury member for institutions all around the world. An important part of her work is the close cooperation with composers of her generation. She has premiered more 100 new works for accordion. Lately she has been particularly interested in the potential of the accordion within electroacoustic music and multimedia art. In 2015 Eva Zöllner received a prestigious grant from the German Government for 6 months of artist residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Currently she lives in Hamburg and as a nomadic musician, traveling around the world to explore her instrument in different cultures and contexts. www.eva-zoellner.de
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Everyone sees the world around them differently.
Remember when we introduced you to Rich McCor a while back?
You know, that photographer from the UK who brings the world to life with a variety of paper cutouts?
Well, last time we caught up with McCor, he was running around London with a bunch of Disney character cutouts and using his keen eye to turn ordinary sights into magical fairy tale scenes.
If you thought all of his dreamy Disney photos were pretty cool, you'll be glad to know that McCor hasn't showed any signs of slowing down.
That's right. It turns out McCor has been traveling across the globe with a whole new slew of paper silhouettes since then and he's been using his imaginative mind to capture whimsical scenes in every city along the way.
McCor has been posting the latest photos from his paper cutouts project on his Instagram account, paperboyo, and if one thing is for sure, all of his delightful photos will definitely inspire you to look at your surroundings with a whole new perspective.
Check out the pictures below to see his latest cutout creations.
Rich McCor isn't your average photographer from the UK.
...into all sorts of extraordinary scenes.
...and use some glowing jellyfish to add a groovy element to his Instagram uploads.
...McCor proves that all it takes to change the world around you is is some paper, a pair of scissors and a keen eye.


I posted some images from my "black box" series of shoots. This is the first set I've posted in this series, though not the first shoot I've done with this setup.
The shoot was relatively unscripted, and I ended up shooting a new model with her boyfriend. These two had a good vibe together, and I'm hoping to use them again for a couple of environmental type shoots.
The Black Box is a set I constructed in my studio earlier this spring. The set consists of a 16'x16'x16' half cube, which I've heavily textured with plaster and varying degrees of black paint. The result is a backdrop that can be lit in certain ways to emphasize either the harsh texture of the walls, or the graduation of tones embedded within the plaster textures.
For this shoot, I used a three light setup. The main light is a home made softbox, mounted on a boom above the set. The softbox is similar to a strip light, but the throw of the light can be varied depending on how it is rotated. I designed this so that I could have variable softbox quality light on the subjects, and also sometimes prevent the light from falling behind the subject, so I have more control over how the background is lit. The walls of the box are lit by two grid spots which, at times, are tuned much lower than the main. I changed the setup a few times during the course of the shoot.
All technical stuff aside - it's rare that I get to shoot with a couple, and so it's something that isn't really in the forefront of my mind when it comes to planning a shoot. I think this one came together well, and I'm hoping to use these two again soon.


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The Eeklo Yeti Bears were an ice hockey team in Eeklo, Belgium. They played in the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. The team ceased to exist in 2013 when their home rink closed and no other rink was found to take over the team. The players joined other ice hockey teams or transferred to inline hockey.

Belgian Hockey League Results

External links
Official website

References

Ice hockey teams in Belgium
Sport in East Flanders
Eeklo


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Midtown KC Post Schools
District offers update on middle school project
Apr 24th, 2014 – by midtownkcposter0
The school district will provide an update on its Middle School Project during a community meeting 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24 in the cafeteria at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.
The district says in a press release it is working in partnership with parents, community members, and its employee team to renovate and reopen two middle schools in the fall of 2014. More than 400 seventh graders will attend Central Middle School and Northeast Middle School for the 2014-2015 school year. The schools will grow into seventh and eighth grades during the 2015-2016 school year.
This effort will provide facilities, teachers, programs and social supports needed to best improve student achievement for the "tween-age" population (students in grades 7 and 8). The project began about a year ago. It marks a major step forward towards achieving the goals set by Superintendent Dr. R. Stephen Green, especially in the areas of student achievement, college and career readiness, student attendance and parent and community engagement, the district says.
KCPS administrators and staff members will explain the status of the project and be on-hand to answer questions during the April 24 meeting. All interested members of the public are encouraged to attend.
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Shortly past McKay, after turning on to Highway 20, I saw an interesting warning sign: "No hunting either side of highway - next 10 miles". Where the hell am I? Well, apparently I was close to the Idaho National Laboratory. The highway flew across the plain toward Idaho Falls, but presented some learning opportunities along the way.
In Idaho Falls, I stopped for lunch at The Hi-Way Cafe, near downtown. I highly recommend this stop if you're traveling through the area. From Idaho Falls, I continued on Highway 26 along the banks of the Snake River until I entered Alpine for the second time. It's another somewhat tame stretch of highway, giving you plenty of time to enjoy the view. Once in Alpine, I briefly connected back to Highway 89 until I could get to Highway 191,which would take me into Rock Springs.
Highway 191 never disappoints. From the Hoback junction, it first drops into a canyon with spectacular views and twisty roads. I was met with a wicked thunderstorm just past Bondurant which slowed me down, but the roads weren't nearly as curvy as what I had left behind and the rain didn't last for long. Getting fuel at Daniel Junction, I kept riding and got caught in another storm that was a bit weaker than the first, but lasted longer. Still, the plains of Wyoming were colorful when the sun broke through the clouds and gave me a dazzling display for the ride into Rock Springs.
The Nuclear Navy was born in Idaho at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). In the 1950s, navy sailors trained at the INL on prototype reactors to pilot the world's first nuclear submarines. Today, the INL is constantly researching peaceful uses of nuclear power.


Trevor Benson is the Leadership Institute's Pacific Northwest Regional Field Coordinator for the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Over the years Trevor has worked extensively for various political campaigns and issue advocacy groups across the U.S.
Before joining the Leadership Institute as a Field Representative in Kentucky, Trevor served as a Field Director for Ron Paul's Presidential Campaign from 2011-2012 in North Dakota, and later as a Director for a Conservative Political Action Committee during the Republican Presidential Primary in South Dakota. In his native State of Virginia, Trevor was elected by over 1,400 delegates at the Republican State Convention to serve as an At-Large Alternate National Delegate to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. He's also worked as Field Staff for the National Right To Work Committee in Montana, and for various local political campaigns in Virginia.
In his spare time outside of politics, Trevor enjoys traveling to new places with friends and family, studying history, and spending time outdoors.


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Biografický slovník českých zemí (BSČZ) je český mnohosvazkový biografický slovník vymezený geograficky na české země. Chronologicky zasahuje do současnosti, ovšem zařazovány jsou pouze biogramy (slovníková hesla) zemřelých osob.

Za přípravou stojí Historický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, intenzivně se na něm pracuje od roku 1990 a vydáván je od roku 2004 v podobě jednotlivých sešitů. Od prvního do patnáctého sešitu (2004–2012) vydávalo slovník nakladatelství Libri, poté ho vydává nakladatelství Historického ústavu ve spolupráci s nakladatelstvím Academia.

Na webu projektu jsou hesla slovníku zveřejňována zhruba rok po jejich vydání v sešitové podobě.

Sešity
Libri
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 1. sešit A (2004)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 2. sešit B–Bař (2005)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 3. sešit Bas–Bend (2005)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 4. sešit Bene–Bez (2006)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 5. sešit Bi–Bog (2006)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 6. sešit Boh–Bož (2007)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 7. sešit Bra–Brum (2007)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 8. sešit Brun–By (2007)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 9. sešit C (2008)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 10. sešit Č–Čerma (2008)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 11. sešit Čern–Čž (2009)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 12. sešit D–Die (2009)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 13. sešit Dig–Doš (2010)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 14. sešit Dot–Dvo (2011)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 15. sešit Dvořák–Enz (2012)

Academia – Historický ústav
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 16. sešit Ep–Fe (2013)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 17. sešit Fi–Fn (2014)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 18. sešit Fo–Fr (2015)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 19. sešit Fu–Gn (2016)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 20. sešit Go–Gz (2017)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 21. sešit H–Ham (2018)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 22. sešit Han–Hau (2019)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 23. sešit Hav–Hel (2020)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 24. sešit Hem–Hi (2021)
 Biografický slovník českých zemí, 25. sešit Hl–Hol (2022)

Literatura
 Jaroslav Kříž. Diskuse. Český časopis historický 1/2018, s. 191–194.
 Marie Makariusová. Diskuse: K pojetí Biografického slovníku českých zemí. Český časopis historický 1/2018, s. 195–197.
 Ivan Hlaváček. Diskuse: Několik poznámek k diskusi o Biografickém slovníku českých zemí (BSČZ). Český časopis historický 2/2018, s. 515–520.

Externí odkazy

 Generální heslář BSČZ s obsahem starších sešitů (biography.hiu.cas.cz)
 Popis projektu na webu Historického ústavu Akademie věd (archivováno na Archive.org)

Biografické slovníky
České encyklopedie
Knihy z roku 2004


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Documentary by Benjamin Neilson
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The Old Jail
Military Room
Adult's Room
Changing Exhibit
"The mission of the Hendricks County Historical Museum is to collect, preserve and interpret items relating to the people, places and events of Hendricks County and to stimulate public interest in the heritage of the county through education, exhibits and special programs."
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The two-story brick structure is the only surviving example of the Second Empire style of architecture in the county. The Second Empire style was popular after the Civil War and has as defining elements, a central tower and a mansard roof. The museum was the first building in Hendricks County to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. An exterior renovation of the building, which included restoration of the decorative band of rosettes on the mansard roof, was completed in 1996.
The Hendricks County Historical Museum is a fascinating place filled with artifacts dating back to 1866 when the Museum served as the Sheriff's Residence and jail. There are several rooms decorated in the period of early 1900's, including the kitchen, parlor and bedrooms. Come and experience the rich history of Hendricks County, Indiana.
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If you would like to lend time with a tour, exhibits, collections there is a place for you. Contact the museum (see below) and we will fit you with your interest. The museum's financial operation is dependent on memberships, donations and grants. Please consider supporting the museum. Gifts can be given "In memory" of a loved one or "In honor" of a friend.
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Surprising Approaches to Achieving Density
In Building Dense Does Not Have to Be Dense I compared two directions we can take to achieve density: the Le Corbusier Model (which advocated for large-scale high-rise buildings and wide roads) versus the Provincetown Model (a community with many small homes built close together).
The Le Corbusier Model.
The Provincetown Model.
I prefer the Provincetown style density. In a Strong Towns podcast episode last summer featuring Scott Beyer of the Market Urbanism Report, it was interesting to listen to a similar debate play out, with Chuck Marohn (podcast host) and Scott considering towers, height limits, and economics.
The Brickell Neighbourhood of Miami
In the podcast, Scott was holding up Brickell in Miami as a model neighborhood to achieve economic prosperity and density. I have no doubt that compared to the surrounding single family homes, Brickell generates incredible tax revenue per acre. My main concern with pursuing the Brickell model is the inflexibility and high cost of entry that comes with building around large towers on huge lots.
Aerial view of Brickell.
What 27,302 people per square mile looks like at street level.
We can criticize the walkability, aesthetics, and safety of building a neighborhood of stroads and towers, but I'm going to focus purely on economics. Building a tower is expensive; the cost of construction is in the hundreds of millions of dollars (goodbye, small developers), and the larger the project, the more expensive it is to adapt or rebuild for the next generation of owners of that parcel of land.
Condominiums can get around the concentration of ownership, but large condominiums pose their own problem; you are locking your city into having this building permanently because they are nearly impossible to redevelop in the future. In most cities, to redevelop a 250 unit condominium, you'd have to purchase all 250 units at market rate.
Union City, New Jersey
I'm not anti-towers, but building up is not the only way to achieve density. Brickell achieves a population density of 27,302 people per square mile. In contrast, Union City, New Jersey has a population density of 51,810 people per square mile (89% higher) without resorting to towers.
Aerial view of Union City.
Most buildings in Union City are low-rise (two to four stories) plus a handful of midrises, all on on small lots. There are many single family homes, and many small-scale apartment buildings and condominiums with a single digit number of units. The cost of developing one of these buildings is within the range of a mortgage for a middle-class family.
The 11th Arrondissement of Paris
You can achieve extremely high population densities before having to build up. The 11th arrondissement of Paris houses an astounding 110,000 people per square mile (4x that of Brickell and 2.1x that of Union City) without building up.
Aerial view of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
What 110,000 people per square mile looks like at street level.
Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York
The most densely populated zip code in the United States is 10162 in the Upper East Side of Manhattan with 151,835 people per square mile (5.6x that of Brickell and 2.9x that of Union City). Tall buildings make sense at these high densities, but you can tell they started with mid-rise buildings similar to the Union City development pattern, with every few properties redeveloped over the century into taller towers. That's a much more incremental transition than jumping straight to towers from parking lots and single family homes.
Aerial view of 10162 in Manhattan.
Again, I'm not against towers, but I want to show you that there are cheaper, more adaptable, and more economically inclusive development patterns that achieve high population densities without having to jump straight into high-rise towers financed by big banks and built by huge development companies. The secret starts with looking at the development pattern's granularity.
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Q: Can not find ProxyFrameworkImpl by name I work on Android Studio 1.3.1 with gradle 2.2.1.
My app was created on eclipse and then moved to AS. I am making tests using Mockito, PowerMock and JUnit. I got problem with ProxyFrameworkImpl, I am sure that my jars contain this class - I found it in the project explorer in section External Libraries.
Log from Debug:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Extension API internal error: org.powermock.api.extension.proxyframework.ProxyFrameworkImpl could not be located in classpath.
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.registerProxyframework(AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:142)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.chunkClass(AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:173)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:92)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:85)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:49)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.<init>(AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.java:32)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner.<init>(PowerMockRunner.java:34)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:104)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:86)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.junit4.AndroidAnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AndroidAnnotatedBuilder.java:51)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:26)
at org.junit.runner.Computer.getRunner(Computer.java:40)
at org.junit.runner.Computer$1.runnerForClass(Computer.java:31)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.runners(RunnerBuilder.java:101)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.runners(RunnerBuilder.java:87)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.<init>(Suite.java:81)
at org.junit.runner.Computer.getSuite(Computer.java:28)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestRequestBuilder.classes(TestRequestBuilder.java:598)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestRequestBuilder.build(TestRequestBuilder.java:578)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.buildRequest(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:542)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.onStart(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:269)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1837)

Dependencies in my gradle.build file consist of jars with powermock, mockito, junit and espresso:
    compile fileTree(include: '*.jar', dir: 'libs')
    compile project(':google-play-services_lib')
    compile('junit:junit:4.12') {
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
        exclude group: 'org.objenesis'
    }
    compile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.0') {
        exclude group: 'javax.inject'
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
        exclude group: 'org.junit'
        exclude module: 'junit-dep'
    }
    compile('org.powermock:powermock:1.6.2') {
        exclude group: 'org.objenesis'
        exclude group: 'org.junit'
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
    }
    compile('org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:1.6.2') {
        exclude group: 'org.objenesis'
        exclude group: 'org.junit'
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
        exclude module: 'powermock-core'
    }
    compile('cglib:cglib:2.2.2') {
        exclude group: 'org.objenesis'
        exclude group: 'org.junit'
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
    }

    compile('org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:1.5.5') {
        exclude group: 'org.objenesis'
        exclude group: 'org.junit'
        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
    }

I have tried to add this class to another jar in the gradle's cache but I got an error like "duplicate dependency".


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Q: git commit -a isn't skipping the staging area Hello I'm a beginner and I'm learning to use Git with a Youtube toutorial. The instructor did git commit -a to directly commit files without using git add command.
But, when I used the command on my system, I get this for some reason -
screenshot of git bash.
Output -
$ git commit -a
On branch master
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        file1.txt

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Can someone tell why is it happening.
Thanks.