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package com.edify.config;

import com.jolbox.bonecp.BoneCPDataSource;
import liquibase.integration.spring.SpringLiquibase;
import org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.*;
import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateExceptionTranslator;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;

import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider;
import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * @author jarias
 * @since 9/2/12 11:25 AM
 */
@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.edify",
        excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.ANNOTATION, value = Configuration.class))
@ImportResource({"classpath:META-INF/spring/applicationContext-security.xml",
        "classpath:META-INF/spring/applicationContext-repositories.xml"})
@EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ)
public class ApplicationConfig {
    @Value("${DATABASE_URL}")
    private String databaseUrl;
    @Value("${DATABASE_DRIVER_CLASSNAME}")
    private String databaseDriverClassname;
    @Value("${DATABASE_USERNAME}")
    private String databaseUsername;
    @Value("${DATABASE_PASSWORD}")
    private String databasePassword;
    @Value("${HIBERNATE_DIALECT}")
    private String hibernateDialect;

    //DataSource properties
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_IDLE_CONNECTION_TEST_PERIOD_IN_MINUTES}")
    private Integer idleConnectionTestPeriodInMinutes;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_IDLE_MAX_AGE_IN_MINUTES}")
    private Integer idleMaxAgeInMinutes;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_PARTITION}")
    private Integer maxConnectionsPerPartition;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_MIN_CONNECTIONS_PER_PARTITION}")
    private Integer minConnectionsPerPartition;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_PARTITION_COUNT}")
    private Integer partitionCount;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_ACQUIREINCREMENT}")
    private Integer acquireIncrement;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_STATEMENTS_CACHE_SIZE}")
    private Integer statementsCacheSize;
    @Value("${DATASOURCE_BONECP_RELEASE_HELPER_THREADS}")
    private Integer releaseHelperThreads;

    @Value("${MAIL_SMTP_HOST}")
    private String mailSMTPHost;
    @Value("${MAIL_SMTP_PORT}")
    private Integer mailSMTPPort;
    @Value("${MAIL_SMTP_AUTH}")
    private Boolean mailSMTPAuth;
    @Value("${MAIL_SMTP_USERNAME}")
    private String mailSMTPUsername;
    @Value("${MAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD}")
    private String mailSMTPPassword;

    @Bean
    static public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer placeholderConfigurer() throws IOException {
        PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer p = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
        PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver resourcePatternResolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
        p.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);
        List<Resource> resourceLocations = new ArrayList<Resource>();
        //Read from class path properties first
        resourceLocations.addAll(Arrays.asList(resourcePatternResolver.getResources("classpath*:META-INF/spring/*.properties")));
        //Read from a file location (user for servers)
        resourceLocations.addAll(Arrays.asList(resourcePatternResolver.getResources("file:/srv/config/*.properties")));
        //This resource allows developers to override any app property for their development environment
        resourceLocations.add(resourcePatternResolver.getResource(String.format("file:%s/.gradle/changeme.properties", System.getProperty("user.home"))));
        Resource[] resources = new Resource[resourceLocations.size()];
        p.setLocations(resourceLocations.toArray(resources));
        return p;
    }

    @Bean
    public DataSource dataSource() {
        parseDatabaseUrl();

        BoneCPDataSource ds = new BoneCPDataSource();
        ds.setDriverClass(databaseDriverClassname);
        ds.setJdbcUrl(databaseUrl);
        ds.setUsername(databaseUsername);
        ds.setPassword(databasePassword);
        ds.setIdleConnectionTestPeriodInMinutes(idleConnectionTestPeriodInMinutes);
        ds.setIdleMaxAgeInMinutes(idleMaxAgeInMinutes);
        ds.setMaxConnectionsPerPartition(maxConnectionsPerPartition);
        ds.setMinConnectionsPerPartition(minConnectionsPerPartition);
        ds.setPartitionCount(partitionCount);
        ds.setAcquireIncrement(acquireIncrement);
        ds.setStatementsCacheSize(statementsCacheSize);
        ds.setReleaseHelperThreads(releaseHelperThreads);
        ds.setDefaultAutoCommit(false);
        return ds;
    }

    /**
     * This method parses Heroku style database URL if present
     */
    private void parseDatabaseUrl() {
        // If we are in Heroku the database URL should match postgres://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?):(.+?)/(.+)
        // This URL includes username = $1, password = $2, hostname = $3, port = $4, database = $5
        Pattern herokuDatabaseUrlPattern = Pattern.compile("postgres://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?):(.+?)/(.+)");
        Matcher herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher = herokuDatabaseUrlPattern.matcher(databaseUrl);
        if (herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.matches()) {
            //We are in Heroku or our at least the database URL uses the same PostgreSQL format
            databaseUsername = herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.group(1);
            databasePassword = herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.group(2);
            //Now we need a valid JDBC PostgreSQL
            databaseUrl = String.format("jdbc:postgresql://%s:%s/%s",
                    herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.group(3),
                    herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.group(4),
                    herokuDatabaseUrlMatcher.group(5));
        } //Else nothing use the properties as they come.
    }

    @Bean
    public PersistenceProvider persistenceProvider() {
        return new HibernatePersistence();
    }

    @Bean
    public HibernateExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator() {
        return new HibernateExceptionTranslator();
    }

    @Bean
    public HibernateJpaVendorAdapter jpaVendorAdapter() {
        return new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
    }

    @Bean(name = "entityManagerFactory")
    @DependsOn("liquibase")
    public EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory() {
        LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.setDataSource(dataSource());
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.setPersistenceProvider(persistenceProvider());
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.setPackagesToScan("com.edify.model");
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.setJpaVendorAdapter(jpaVendorAdapter());
        Properties jpaProperties = new Properties();
        jpaProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", hibernateDialect);
        jpaProperties.setProperty("hibernate.ejb.naming_strategy", "org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy");
        jpaProperties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.charSet", "UTF-8");
        jpaProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", "validate");
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.setJpaProperties(jpaProperties);
        localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
        return localContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.getObject();
    }

    @Bean(name = "transactionManager")
    public JpaTransactionManager transactionManager() {
        JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory());
        return transactionManager;
    }

    @Bean(name = "liquibase")
    public SpringLiquibase springLiquibase() {
        SpringLiquibase springLiquibase = new SpringLiquibase();
        springLiquibase.setDataSource(dataSource());
        springLiquibase.setChangeLog("classpath:db/changelog/db.changelog-master.xml");
        return springLiquibase;
    }

    @Bean(name = "mailSender")
    public JavaMailSenderImpl mailSender() {
        Properties javaMailProperties = new Properties();
        JavaMailSenderImpl mailSender = new JavaMailSenderImpl();
        mailSender.setHost(mailSMTPHost);
        mailSender.setPort(mailSMTPPort);
        if (mailSMTPAuth) {
            mailSender.setUsername(mailSMTPUsername);
            mailSender.setPassword(mailSMTPPassword);
            javaMailProperties.setProperty("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        } else {
            javaMailProperties.setProperty("mail.smtp.auth", "false");
        }
        mailSender.setJavaMailProperties(javaMailProperties);
        return mailSender;
    }
}

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Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This huge collection of scales is perfect for guitarist's everyday use. They are all covered here: major; natural, melodic and harmonic minor; diminished; whole-tone; bebop; blues; altered; pentatonic; Hungarian; Neapolitan; Japanese; Arabian; Balinese; Byzantine; and many, many more. This is a must-have for any guitarist's collection!


Submitted by warmerdam on Mon, 2007-08-20 22:07.
The new Mapbender-release 2,4.2 is available for download. Thanks to all developers who were involved.
Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2010-04-09 18:37.
Submitted by warmerdam on Fri, 2008-03-07 17:59.
The Moose herd is pleased to announce that GeoMoose 1.2.0 has been officially released.
A client interface for MapServer, but designed to be open to other server engines.
Submitted by warmerdam on Tue, 2012-01-10 07:24.
The GDAL/OGR team is pleased to announce the release of GDAL/OGR 1.9.0.
Submitted by tmitchell on Wed, 2011-06-15 21:52.
DENVER, June 15, 2011 -- The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference has just announced the lineup of presentations that features more than 140 individual talks with noted plenary speakers. FOSS4G is the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software. The selection of presentations was very competitive, with 300 submissions for roughly 150 session slots.
The five-day event includes two days of workshops followed by three days of sessions that cover a broad range of technical topics, tool-specific tutorials, application case studies, lightning talks, panel discussions and overviews. The breadth of content address a full range of technical expertise, applications, regional interests, and business purposes.
Workshops and tutorials on popular open source geospatial tools such as PostGIS, GRASS, GeoServer, GeoNode, MapFish, Geomajas, Spatial Wiki, GeoTools, etc.
The event has strong support from major sponsors that include Esri, Google, OpenGeo, MapQuest, Newmont, RadiantBlue, and Safe Software. Additional support at the bronze level include AppGeo, Azavea, Camptocamp, EOX, GeoCat, GeoIQ, GeoSolutions, Korem, MapGears, Metaspatial, Oracle Spatial, SkyGone, Spatial Networks, Spatialytics and Terrestris.
You can view the full program at http://2011.foss4g.org/program/session-schedule. The deadline for early registration, with the cheapest price, is June 30.
FOSS4G is the global conference focused on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial that is organized by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) with support from an all-volunteer organizing committee and professional conference management from the Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA). The 2011 FOSS4G event in Denver marks the first North American event in four years, with the prior three events taking place in Barcelona, Sydney and Cape Town.
Submitted by jsanz on Thu, 2015-06-25 17:45.
The local active OSGeo members from Belgium are proud to announce the birth of the Belgian local Chapter.
Belgium is, as a country divided in at least 3 speaking languages and 3 official languages. The active OSGeo community members today are either active in the OSGeo.nl, the OSGeo.fr or in several OSGeo communities.
The Belgium chapter will actively work on the promotion of open source Geo solutions and the continuation of all the good work based on the existing software stacks.
Together with the Belgian eco-system of administrations, industry and schools, we want to build a more open world.
On 29 October, 2015, we will organise a first FOSS4G-BE and announce the birth of the (legal) organisation to the Belgium public.
You want to leave us a message or join us ?
You can find us on the wiki or on the Belgian mailing list.


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Last Update May 23, 2017
Marine vet, girlfriend found dead in Belize were strangled, police say
Drew DeVoursney, 36, was found dead in Belize, a week after he was last seen leaving a bar with his girlfriend, Francesca Matus. (GoFundMe)
A U.S. Marine veteran and his Canadian girlfriend whose bodies were found this week in Belize died of strangulation, police said Tuesday.
The bodies of Drew DeVoursney, 36, and Francesca Matus, 52, turned up in a sugar cane field in an "advanced state of decomposition" a week after they went missing, The Toronto Star reported. DeVoursney's body was on top of Matus' and both had duct tape wrapped around their wrists.
The couple was last seen leaving Scotty's Bar and Grill in Corozal the night of April 25. Matus was scheduled to fly back to Toronto the next day. A friend reported them missing after he went to Matus' home to drive her to the airport and couldn't find her. Matus' car was also gone.
Police found the vehicle Sunday in a sugar cane field, about 10 miles from the bar, the Star reported. Their bodies were found the next day.
MEXICAN NAVY: 1 MARINE, 7 CRIME SUSPECTS KILLED IN SHOOTOUT
The U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs told the newspaper that it was "aware of reports" that a citizen had died in Belize, but did not comment further. Global Affairs Canada offered its condolences and said officials are working with authorities in Belize to gather more information.
DeVoursney's mom, Cher, said the U.S. Embassy in Belize informed her of her son's death. DeVoursney, who is from Atlanta, served several tours in Iraq and had been in Belize since December.
POLICE: SUSPECT IN FATAL SHOOTING ON RUN WITH TEENAGE GIRL
"He's a real adventure boy, that's what I call him, my adventure boy because he's done so many different things," Char DeVoursney told the newspaper.
Drew DeVoursney was expected to fly back to Atlanta on Friday, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
Matus, a mother to twin boys, lived in Belize from December to April.
"She only said really good things about Belize. She loved it there," Matus' friend Robert Di Matto said.
"She loved the bay, she loved lying in her hammock, she loved the spirit and the energy that it brought."
Matus and DeVoursney had been dating for a few months before their deaths.
Drew DeVoursney's brother, David, and friend, Brandon Barfield, flew to Belize to bring the marine veteran's remains home.
Barfield, who initially set up a GoFundMe page to cover expenses for the search, wrote in a Tuesday update that the family want a private investigation into the couple's death.
"We are, now, seeking to hire a private investigation firm to have a second look into his death because we want to truly exhaust all resources for Drew and his family," Barfield wrote.
"They deserve justice and peace."

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Yuichi Toyoshima was born in Hokkaido. He graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae and its graduate school. He studied in Italy in '93 as a recipient of the Hokkaido International Music Exchange Society scholarship, from '99 to '01 as recipient of the 8th Ezoe Memorial Foundation Opera scholarship and in '03 through the Agency for Cultural Affairs Artist Overseas Training program. He has won numerous awards including the 1st prize in the 5th HIMES Competition. His debut in Italy was in '98 in Milan singing the title role of "Rigoletto". He performed in "La Traviata", "Madama Butterfly". His debut with the Fujiwara Opera was in '99 as Schaunard in "La Bohéme". His performances as Bonzo in "Madama Butterfly", Capellio in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" have been highly acclaimed. He has appeared in numerous productions of the Japan Opera Association such as "Tale of a Castle Keep", "A Portrait of Shunkin", "Kesa and Morito", "Yosakoi Song" among others. He received the Ningenryoku Taisho Award from the Junior Chamber International Japan. He is a member of the Fujiwara Opera.
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Students were tasked with creating infographics for one of 14 local and national companies, which were then displayed on screens at the University's Kedleston Road site.
The live project was given to students at the start of their degree course, as part of their 'Marketing Fundamentals' module, and builds upon the University's real world learning ethos.
Marketing Derby, Sinfonia Viva, EPM Technology, Flint Bishop LLP, NatWest and Quad were among the businesses that took part in the project and attended on the evening, which was sponsored by social media agency, Status Social.
Mark Saxby, Social Media Consultant at Status Social, opened the evening along with Dr David Russell, Dean of the College of Business at the University of Derby.
Speaking after the event, Mark said: "I spoke to the students about the importance of having passion to launch the evening. The very fact that more than 150 of them turned up on a very cold Wednesday evening to display their work and meet local business people showed passion straight away.
"As a fast-growing social media agency, Status Social is always on the look-out for new talent. Some of Status Social's best employees have studied or are studying at the University of Derby so it was great to meet potential team members of the future."
Dr Russell, added: "The event gave our students an opportunity to showcase their work and demonstrate their marketing credentials to employers, University stakeholders and our sponsors, Status Social.
"The standard of work was very high. It was particularly pleasing to see so many of our students in attendance, to engage in some serious discussion about their work and take the opportunity to network and engage with the local business community.


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Target's holiday season was a letdown. Costco's wasn't
Posted 7:07 AM, January 15, 2020, by CNN Wire
(Photo credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Target reported lackluster sales during the critical holiday stretch, raising some concerns about whether the retailer can keep growing as it faces rising competition.
Target has been one of the few traditional brick-and-mortar retailers thriving against Amazon. But it reported a sales gain of only 1.4% in November and December at stores open at least a year, a key measure of the retailer's health. That was below the company's guidance for the period and well short of the 5.7% growth it had a year earlier.
While the company said it should still be able to hit its profit target for the fiscal fourth quarter, the sales report drove down shares of Target 6% during trading early Wednesday.
"Holiday sales did not meet our expectations," Target CEO Brian Cornell said. The company "faced challenges" in electronics, toys and home goods, he said. Together, those divisions make up around one-third of the company's holiday sales. Target did enjoy a 19% bump in online sales.
The sentiment among several Wall Street analysts Wednesday was that Target's holiday results did not signal a systemic problem at the company, but rather a slowdown in key holiday areas like toys.
"Target remains a good retailer on the right trajectory," said Neil Saunders, analyst at GlobalData Retail.
Overall holiday sales had been reported to be strong this past year, as low unemployment helped spur consumer spending. Costco said its sales in December increased more than 9%.
Target, the nation's third largest general retailer behind Walmart and Costco, is not the only traditional brick-and-mortar retailer to report struggles. Department store chain Macy's announced last week that it would close 29 stores. JCPenney, Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond and other mall staples also reported weak holiday sales.
Walmart and Best Buy do not report holiday sales until next months, but shares of both companies fell during Wednesday trading as Target's results weighed on investors.
Target has been on a winning streak since 2017, drawing shoppers with private-label brands, remodeled stores and new small-size stores in cities.
But the company also announced a shake up of its executive ranks Wednesday in the wake of the disappointing holiday sales.
Janna Potts, a 30-year veteran of the company, is retiring as executive vice president and chief stores officer, to be replaced by Mark Schindele, a 20-year veteran of the company himself. It also announced two chief merchandising officers. Christina Hennington will oversee merchandising for hardline and essentials, while Jill Sando will be in charge of merchandising for style.
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Věra Georgijevna Dulovová ( Вера Георгиевна Дулова, 27. ledna 1909 Moskva – 5. ledna 2000 tamtéž) byla ruská harfistka.

Pocházela ze šlechtického rodu Dulovových. Její otec učil na moskevské konzervatoři, matka byla pěvkyní v Mariinském divadle. Jejími učitelkami hry na harfu byly Xenija Erdelli a Marija Korčinská, v letech 1927 až 1929 studovala v Berlíně u Maxe Saala. Po návratu do Sovětského svazu hrála v moskevské filharmonii a v roce 1932 se stala sólistkou Velkého divadla, kde působila až do roku 1985.

V roce 1955 koncertovala na driftující výzkumné stanici Severní pól 4 a získala titul čestného polárníka. Spolupracovala s Dmitrijem Šostakovičem, Benjaminem Brittenem a Paulem Hindemithem, Alexandr Mosolov pro ni napsal Taneční suitu. Její repertoár zahrnoval více než tři stovky skladeb. V roce 1964 iniciovala vznik Všesvazové společnosti harfistů. Působila také jako hudební pedagožka a vydala učebnici hry na harfě. O její metodě výuky byl v roce 1986 natočen dokumentární film.

V roce 1973 jí byla udělena Státní cena SSSR, v roce 1976 byla jmenována národní umělkyní SSSR a v roce 1995 se stala nositelkou Řádu přátelství. Po její smrti se začala v Moskvě pořádat Mezinárodní soutěž harfistů Věry Dulovové.

Jejím manželem byl barytonista Velkého divadla Alexandr Baturin.

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Externí odkazy
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Harfenisté
Ruští hudebníci
Ruští hudební pedagogové
Národní umělci SSSR
Členové KSSS
Narození v roce 1909
Narození 27. ledna
Narození v Moskvě
Úmrtí v roce 2000
Úmrtí 5. ledna
Úmrtí v Moskvě
Pohřbení na Kuncevském hřbitově
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Q: GoogleAppEngine urlfetch timeout exception Has anyone got any experience with the following exception when using GAE urlfetch?
      DownloadError: ApplicationError: 2 timed out

I'm trying to send a HTTP POST request. Like so:
      result = urlfetch.fetch('http://api.nathan.com:8080/Obj/',
                              method='POST',
                              payload=postdata,
                              deadline=10)

I've tried setting deadline to the max (10 seconds). The request from the command line (using curl or httplib2) takes about a second.
       nchong@almond ~ $ time curl
                         -d "<Obj>1n</Obj>"
                         http://api.nathan.com:8080/Obj/
       agd1c2VyYXBpcgoLEgRTZXNzGAIM      #< key returned by call
       real 0m1.109s
       user 0m0.003s
       sys  0m0.009s

Here's the output from the dev appserver for the curl request (I'm using appengine-rest-server):
INFO     __init__.py:819] adding models from module __main__
INFO     __init__.py:867] added model Obj with type <class '__main__.Obj'>
INFO     dev_appserver.py:3243] "POST /Obj HTTP/1.1" 200 -
INFO     dev_appserver_index.py:205] Updating /path/to/index.yaml

Here's the output when I try to use urlfetch:
ERROR    __init__.py:388] ApplicationError: 2 timed out
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/path/to/webapp/__init__.py", line 507, in __call__
    handler.get(*groups)
  File "/path/to/myapp/main.py", line 62, in get
    result = urlfetch.fetch(...)
  File "/path/to/urlfetch.py", line 241, in fetch
    return rpc.get_result()
  File "/path/to/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 501, in get_result
    return self.__get_result_hook(self)
  File "/path/to/urlfetch.py", line 325, in _get_fetch_result
    raise DownloadError(str(err))
DownloadError: ApplicationError: 2 timed out
INFO     dev_appserver.py:3243] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 -
INFO     dev_appserver.py:3243] "POST /Obj/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -

A: The development web server is single-threaded. You can not make a request from your application running inside it to itself. Try running two instances on different ports.
By the way, this should not be a problem once it is deployed, as the actual AppEngine server is of course able to handle multiple simultaneous requests.

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Boys gymnastics vaults into new season with veteran leadership
courtesy of Zach Crandall
Senior Tyler Cho performs on the bars
Jake Harris, Assistant Sports Editor
This month, the boys gymnastics team began preparations for the upcoming season by holding free plays after school. Free plays are where veteran gymnasts could continue working on their routines and new gymnasts could begin to discover what their strong suit is.
This season, the team will led by returning seniors, including Jacob Kerman and Tyler Cho, and guided under head coach Zach Crandall, who will be entering his tenth season as a gymnastics coach and his third as the head coach.
The team will compete in their first meet of the season on March 5 at the Prospect Invite. The seniors will look to start their final season off on a high note, and will be looked upon to lead the younger members who will be competing in their first meet. However, Crandall knows that this is just one step in the long season ahead of them.
"We want to win the MSL East for the fourth year in a row this year," Crandall said. "We're also determined to become conference champions as well."
Unlike girls gymnastics, boys compete in different all around events such as pommel horse, rings and bars.
"One task I want to accomplish this year is to compete rings at every varsity meet," Kerman said. "I've been working very hard to accomplish this because it is my favorite event."
After qualifying for the IHSA State meet last season, Cho has taken it upon himself to work hard in the off–season to bring his skill to another level.
"This past off–season I went to a gymnastics summer camp three times a week," Cho said. "In additon to that, whenever I had free time, I made sure I worked out to get stronger."
According to Cho, he was introduced to the sport at the CAF night as an incoming freshman. He ended up talking to the coaches, who persuaded him to try out, and when he went to the free play he immediately fell in love with the sport.
As with most high school teams, the seniors are often looked upon to guide the way for younger members during the season, whether it's by motivating them during a routine, or pushing them to succeed during a practice.
"The seniors on this team are very committed to winning," Crandall said. "They've been great leaders for our younger members as well."
After a great season last year, the team has high hopes for this season and believes it can exceed expectations.
"This team has so much potential," Kerman said. "Our varsity team is a lot bigger, and the guys on the team are so close with each other, which gives us a huge advantage."
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Q: Is there any difference between .toNotEqual vs .not.toEqual Jasmine matchers? They look totally the same, only toNotEqual matcher does not work on my nodejs/protractor installation.

A: It could have been more useful if you specified the Jasmine Version you are using.
But anyway answer to your question is .. all Jasmine versions 1.3,2.0,2.1 to 2.5 don't support 'toNotEqual' and in case you want to check inequality you have to chain NOT to expect before the matcher
Jasmine docs


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Q: Is it possible to do alternating row background colours in FullCalendar? I applied an odd/even class to the fc-agenda-slot tr's, but the problem is the left/right "cell" border is on the fc-agenda-days table which is below, so it's not shown when I set the background on the fc-agenda-slot tr's.
Is there an option within FullCalendar itself that will allow alternating row colours or has someone found a way to do this outside of FullCalendar?

A: I'm fairly certain there is no solution to this problem.
The root of the issue is how week view is structured, which is arguably a rampant abuse of markup. It is basically a table that has columns, which then has a table overlapping it that has rows. There aren't individual cells for you to control only singular rows and columns. When you color the row you are hiding the column borders, more than likely unintentionally. As far as I can tell, this was either a design decision of the plugin or a major oversight.
In day view, this isn't a problem as you only have a single column.

A: I had the same issue and I adopted this trick:
You can use an opacity attribute on the row's cssClass.
.fc-agenda-slots tr:nth-child(4n+1) td, .fc-agenda-slots tr:nth-child(4n+2) td   {
        background-color:#E7F3F4;
        opacity:0.5;
    }
.fc-agenda-slots tr:nth-child(4n-1) td, .fc-agenda-slots tr:nth-child(4n) td    {
    background-color:#F3F9FA;
    opacity:0.5;
}

This will show the border of cells, but only with cell background color opacized..
It's not the best solution ever, but it can be enough to get something fancy if you have no strong graphic constraints!
Cheers

A: Kind of late, but add this to your CSS
.fc-agenda-slots tr.d1 td {
    background-color: rgba(79, 129, 128, .2); color: black;
}

and this in your JS to execute right after you render your calendar.
$("table tr").each(function () {
     var i = $("table tr").index($(this));
     if (i % 4 == 1 || i % 4 == 2)
        $(this).addClass("d1");
});

btw this is only for week view.

A: Using
slots = $element.find('.fc-agenda-slots tr');

I was able to get the rows in weekview, which I then give a certain class.

A: I faced the same problem here. Although it is about the resource view in my case, I thought that it should be possible to add the table-striped class to the calendar, because it is using the bootstrap-theme. After studying the code for a while, I identified two tables that could be 'striped'. I added the following code after the render() command:
....
...
calendar.render();

$('.fc-datagrid-body').addClass('table-striped');
$('.fc-scrollgrid-sync-table.table-bordered').addClass('table-striped');

And it did the trick! I've got striped lanes. The default color was a little bit too dark for me, so I changed the color with the following code:
.table-striped > tbody > tr:nth-child(2n+1) > td, .table-striped > tbody > tr:nth-child(2n+1) > th {
    background-color: #f1f1f1; <!-- color I prefer above the default -->
}

I hope it works for you as well!

A: I succeeded with this code:
$('.fc-time-area.fc-widget-content').find('tr:even').css("background-color", "rgba(220,220,220,0.1)");


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Trump Becomes the Third President in U.S. History to Be Impeached
The voted capped a two-month investigation, but it was years in the making.
Russell Berman,
On Politics
By Russell Berman
When the time came for the House of Representatives to give Donald Trump his ignominious place in presidential history, lawmakers flooded into the well of the chamber. They had endured six hours of fiery debate. Votes in the House have long occurred electronically, but on this historic day, members of both parties wanted a keepsake: the written record of their vote. Some took selfies, while others chatted amiably as the clerks set about the more tedious task of counting the votes by hand. As Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the result, a few Democrats started to clap. She flashed a glare and gestured sharply in their direction. Under the speaker's carefully laid plans, there would be no celebration of impeachment—at least not on the House floor, and not in front of her.
By the time Pelosi brought the gavel down on the vote, it wasn't merely the outcome that seemed predetermined.
There was the 230–197 tally itself—nearly all Democrats voting in favor of making Trump the third president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, with every single Republican, as expected, in opposition. But there was also the sense that this moment—rancorous yet solemn, dramatic yet not suspenseful—had been building for much longer than the two and a half months since Pelosi dropped her long-standing opposition to impeachment and formally opened the Democrats' case against Trump. It began before the July 25 phone call in which Trump infamously asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the "favor" of investigating his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. And maybe it even began before last year's midterm elections, when voters across the country handed Democrats the House majority and, with it, the power to confront the president.
In truth, the inexorable march toward impeachment probably began on January 20, 2017.
That is, of course, the main Republican talking point. In speech after speech, hour after hour, GOP lawmakers this afternoon weaponized the Democratic "resistance" to blunt the wound of impeachment. "This should surprise no one," declared Representative Doug Collins of Georgia, who, as the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, has led the GOP's defense of the president. "From the very moment that the majority party in this House won, the inevitability that we would be here today was only a matter of what date they would schedule it. Nothing else."
Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania reached for a different comparison, likening the Democrats' December impeachment of Trump to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, which drew the U.S. into World War II. "Today, December 18, 2019, is another date that will live in infamy," he said.
Republicans said the Democrats had had it in for Trump from the minute he took office; that they could not countenance an election in which the states, through the Electoral College, overruled the popular vote of the people; that they would gin up any controversy as an excuse to impeach a president they just plain didn't like.
There was some truth in this. There were Democrats who saw Trump as a threat to the constitutional order from the outset, who called for his ouster for all manner of actions and statements, from the corporate profits he continued to rake in as president, to his various racist outbursts, to his drive to ban travel from majority-Muslim countries, to the allegations of obstruction of justice documented by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
If there was a mandate in Trump's slim 2016 victory, it wasn't for a particular set of policies but for a tough-talking dealmaker to dispense with the stale niceties of official Washington. The new president delivered on that promise with his Twitter feed alone, and if it were only a few cherished norms that he'd abandoned, perhaps today's vote would never have happened.
Opening the six-hour floor debate shortly after noon today, Pelosi said Trump was "an ongoing threat to our national security and the integrity of our elections." Standing alongside an image of the American flag and a quote from the Pledge of Allegiance, Pelosi struck the same somber, more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger tone that she has throughout the process. Impeachment was not a desire but an obligation. "If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty," she said. "It is tragic that the president's actions make impeachment necessary."
That message became a theme among Pelosi's members. "I did not come to Congress to impeach the president" was the refrain, uttered as a rebuttal to the GOP's argument that the whole thing was precooked and as a reminder that Democrats waited nine months before even launching their inquiry.
As the debate wore on and the votes drew close, Republicans began heckling Democrats, drawing reprimands for order in the chamber from the presiding officer. They jeered Representative Adam Schiff of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and they audibly scoffed as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer recounted the Democrats' reluctance to pursue impeachment until recently. "We did not want this," Hoyer said somberly. A Republican on the floor replied, "Oh, come on!"
It wasn't Trump's shirking of norms but his obvious and outspoken disdain for rules and even laws that made his impeachment, at least with the benefit of hindsight, inevitable. That, and his refusal to quit when he was ahead. Pelosi was ready to give Trump a pass for his profiteering, for his defiance of Congress in directing money to his border wall and in stonewalling Democratic oversight investigations, for his alleged misdeeds in the Mueller report. But it was lost on no one that Trump's call with Zelensky came on the day after Mueller's lackluster performance on Capitol Hill lifted, once and for all, the two-year cloud that had cast his presidency in shadow.
The Mueller investigation was a look-back at 2016; Trump's alleged quid pro quo with Ukraine was about 2020. A president who was exonerated—in part, if not in whole—for conspiring with Russia to interfere in his first election was now, apparently, soliciting foreign help for his second. When the call record came out in September, rank-and-file Democrats who had spent the summer deflecting demands for impeachment from progressive activists now turned quickly around. They saw a crime in progress, and no choice but to act.
"Make no mistake," Representative Susan Davis of California said as the debate wound down this evening. "We are not impeaching this president. He is impeaching himself."
By the time Pelosi announced her intention to move forward with an impeachment inquiry, support for the investigation within the Democratic caucus was nearly unanimous. Just two Democrats—freshman Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and veteran Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota—broke with the party on an initial vote setting up the rules for public hearings. Despite speculation that more Democrats would defect, the vote this evening was largely the same. Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, the long-shot presidential hopeful, voted present. One freshman Democrat, Representative Jared Golden of Maine, split his vote on the two articles, backing Trump's impeachment for abuse of power while opposing it for obstructing Congress.
The Democrats' push for impeachment did not come without a price. They will lose a member of their majority when Van Drew switches parties, as he reportedly plans to do. And weeks of compelling testimony from current and former Trump-administration officials did little to move public opinion, which remains divided but narrowly supportive of impeachment. Nor was it enough to persuade any House Republicans to go along, depriving Pelosi of the imprimatur of bipartisanship she had long sought for the impeachment process. (It was not strictly partisan, however, since Democrats had the support of an independent, Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, who abandoned the GOP over its steadfast support for Trump.)
In the Senate, the best Democrats likely can hope for are the votes of a few Republicans, such as Senators Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and/or Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and potentially one or two others, who could help them muster a slim majority for conviction. But that would still leave them far short of the 67 votes they'd need to remove Trump from office.
This reality is not news to Pelosi, nor to any other Democrat who voted to impeach Trump today knowing full well that his conviction in the Republican-controlled Senate was highly unlikely. This was an institutional stand, a message to future generations that at least they tried to check a president they view as an outlaw, even a danger. Nor is the House's action today meant to signal an irrevocable breach between Congress and the Trump administration. Indeed, tomorrow Pelosi will lead her members in approving a rewritten NAFTA that represents the president's top domestic priority, giving him a key policy achievement that—progressive activists fear—he'll use to boost his reelection campaign. For the more vulnerable Democrats representing districts Trump won, who might have taken a risk by backing impeachment, this second vote is something of a reward.
ut as my colleague David A. Graham writes, impeachment is a stain that no trade agreement will wash away. Trump may stay in office, but in their vote today, House Democrats have affixed a scarlet I to his legacy. No one knows this better than the president, whose six-page letter of protest to Pelosi represented a final projection of rage at a process he considered deeply unfair. "You are the ones interfering in our elections," Trump wrote. "You are the ones subverting America's Democracy. You are the ones Obstructing Justice. You are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our Republic for your own selfish, personal, political, and partisan gain."
In classic Trump fashion, the president accused his opponents of the very high crimes they were charging him with. It was a reaction fitting for a man who has not changed in office, as inevitable in its indignation as was the vote to impeach him that occurred this evening.
Elaine Godfrey contributed reporting.
NEXT STORY: Analysis: The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever


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Wall Street trading desks' revenue is on track for the best year since 2011, Q-2 earnings reports from big US banks revealed.
Trading revenue gains of up to 17% helped JPMorgan Chase & Co.(NYSE:JPM), Bank of America Corp.(NYSE:BAC), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:S) beat market expectations, and executives are cautiously optimistic about the trading environment.
Citigroup Inc.(NYSE:C) was the only major bank to report lower trading revenue, citing challenges in fixed income markets.
Those 5 Wall Street banks generated roughly $44-B in trading revenue during 1-H of this year, a 7-year high when adjusting for 1-time items, said a bank analyst with Autonomous Research.
Bank executives expressed some faith robust trading conditions will continue.
Escalating tensions between the United States and major trade partners, combined with the likelihood that the Fed will lift interest rates again in September, could encourage investors to protect their portfolios or seize opportunities, he said.
Wednesday, Morgan Stanley CFO Jon Pruzan warned conditions could deteriorate later in the year due to seasonal declines and international flare-ups.
Many consider an inverted yield curve to be a sign of a looming economic slowdown. The US yield curve has flattened in recent months due to concerns over the global economy. The Fed is not concerned.


Sue McCreeth is a jazz singer who has been universally acclaimed by the UK press as one of the most original, inventive and beautiful writing and vocal talents around. She has two critically acclaimed recordings, 500 miles high the air is blue and Just for Luxury (distributed by Proper Music).
Sue toured extensively around the the UK between 2002 and 2006 and received numerous press plaudits for her own original fusion songs, as well as her 'boldly punctuated' arrangements of contemporary jazz compositions. An impressive number of bookers also paid tribute to the way in which her passionate delivery of a Gershwin standard or a tribute to Nina Simone won over their audiences. Jazz Services supported and funded her touring for three years running, she sold out twice in one season at Live on the Park in London, and her appearance for the London Jazz Festival was a sell out.
In 2006, she disappeared from the limelight as promptly and emphatically as she had appeared in the first place. Infinite Sunday sees her return to the limelight stronger than ever; and as usual, lyrically and vocally captivating listeners, picking at the bones of human frailty with a gentle and concerned hand.
Mike Varty is best known for his internationally popular work on the progressive music scene, where he is regarded as a technical and keyboard wizard. He has a whole catalogue of recordings to his name with bands including Shadowland, Credo, Landmarq, Mick Pointer's Marillion, The Mighty Rooster and the multi-award winning Janison Edge. He regularly tours Europe and internationally with various combinations of all of these bands.
Mike also runs Gargoyle Studio where the Infinite Sunday project was recorded and produced by him. Mike has a particular talent for arrangement and production which draws heavily on his classical music training and natural musicianship. He has produced several albums and other projects, as well as lending his production skills to assist other bands. Mike has also written and produced the soundtrack for cult films Foiled, Fluffy the English Vampire Slayer and the recent spoof blockbuster Big Chimp and provided original music for a number of cartoons and shorts.
Mike is a classically trained pianist and violinist, who started studying at the age of 4, and he has a degree in electronics, both of which give him the broadest technical and compositional expertise to underpin his extreme musicianship.
With a huge record of highly acclaimed work and inspiring breadth of influences between them, their debut album together, released on 16 July 2012, can only be described as true fusion.
A few times round the block, natural musicianship, a genuine vibe between them and a real human story to boot, this is a collaboration that truly invites mass appeal as well as industry recognition. The CD lead track - 'Sunday' - is picking up interest from major advertisers and is tipped to 'go viral' this summer.
Ian Salmon is a session musician who works constantly around London and the UK and is regularly involved in touring work internationally. He is regarded as a musician's musician, equally at home playing funk, jazz or rock and is respected equally for his skills on electric and acoustic guitar and bass. He has been a member of various progressive bands, including Janison Edge, Arena and Mick Pointer's Marillion and has appeared as guitarist and/or bassist on many albums from a variety of rock bands, as well as touring all over the world. His performances in this field are a testament to his flexibility and versatility, as Ian's heart truly lies in jazz, funk and soul, where he is currently regularly playing around London in a variety of guises.
Ian grew up with music, his father was session musician Kenny Salmon who regularly played with the likes of Shirley Bassey, Burt Bacharach and Dusty Springfield. Ian started playing the piano at age 8, but soon found the guitar and his life long influences, Jimi Hendrix, Weather Report, Pat Metheney, John Scofield, Django Reinhardt and Miles Davis.
Ian also plays blues harp professionally, dabbles in keyboards and drums and knows his way around a mixing desk, as well as having a fine voice.


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CASH FOR LIFE LOTTERY WINNER AUCTIONS OFF HIS TICKET TO HIGHEST BIDDER
If you were to win a Cash For Life lottery ticket that paid out $1,000 per month for the rest of your life, you'd expect to be set, but not for this winner.
Donald Magett, 73, from Michigan, won the Cash for Life lottery prize in the 1980s and ever since has been receiving payments of $12,000 per year, but it's not been enough. The former lottery millionaire is now more than $1.5 million in debt and in auctioning off his winning ticket in desperation, as he needs cash now, whereas most lottery winners are in debt before they win the game, such as a couple of Canadian Lotto Max winners who vowed to pay off their mortgage and other debts with their $1 million pay-out. Mr Magett's story is starkly different to that of many other lottery winners, who go to auction after their win to buy things, rather than sell them, just like a couple of Lotto winners from New Zealand who won $1 million last year.
The Michigan resident has been allowed to legally sell off his Cash For Life ticket, and the winning bidder will receive the $1,000 per month payments, but only until the end of the original winner's life. With the minimum bid set at $30,000, whoever takes home the second-hand Cash For Life prize is taking a huge risk that could either pay off in a big way, or they could lose that $30,000 if Mr Magett were to die tomorrow.
The former police officer filed a bankruptcy petition in 2005 after a lawsuit from the federal government accused him of misusing the retirement funds of a private security firm that he owned and operated following his retirement from the police force. In 2007, he was convicted and sent to prison for six years, and is in good health following his release, according to his bankruptcy trustee. He's not the only lottery winner to have had trouble with the law, as a EuroMillions winner from Ireland was faced with community service or jail after a driving offence last year.
The auctioneer at Miedema Auctioneering who is in charge of the unique case, compared the bidding for the Cash For Life ticket to gambling. "I mean, the gentleman actually could die next week. He could die in 20 years, 30 years. We just don't know." He said that if Mr Magett lives for 10 more years, and the winning bidder is able to pay $30,000 or a little more, "it's been a great investment." Late last year another lottery winner, this time from Kansas, auctioned off his lottery prize, a motoped survival bike, in order to raise money for cancer charity.
Once bidding for Mr Magett's Cash For Life ticket is complete, he will use his proceeds to begin paying off his debt.
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Concierge medicine is a new care model that provides a unique, one-on-one experience with your provider. This personal approach allows your doctor to know you personally and devote more time to your healthcare without the limitations of traditional appointment scheduling.
What are the benefits of concierge medical care?
At Legacy Health, our concierge medicine practice, we bring you personalized care when you need it. You benefit from 24/7 access to your doctor, annual executive physicals to consistently monitor and manage your health, unlimited wellness coaching, and foreign travel consultation with appropriate vaccination recommendations to ensure your health and safety abroad.
Because of the limited spaces in the practice, you should be able to get a same-day or next-day appointment with your personal physician.
How does concierge medicine differ from a traditional medical practice?
Typically, traditional medical practices manage 3,000-4,000 patients and are limited to set appointment times. However, a concierge medicine model is designed to accept a small, exclusive number of patients so you get the personal attention you deserve and your doctor can accommodate appointments around your schedule.
This allows your doctor to know you and your medical history very well and treat you more appropriately and effectively. You can reach your doctor 24/7 with the concierge model to get the fastest care possible.
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American Thanksgiving is in 12 days.
The stuffing recipe I make for my turkey brings back memories from my childhood Thanksgivings. It is from the McCall's Cookbook that my dad executes every holiday that involves a turkey.
The McCall's Cookbook is one of the more popular collectible cookbooks from the 60s. It is a thick, over 700-page cookbook in the same vein as Betty Crocker Cookbook. In general, it is loaded with recipes and how-tos. Most of the recipes are short and easy-to-follow. A Betty Crocker Cookbook definitely had an edge up in terms of cookbooks from the 60s era since McCall's has no photos.
I presently use a beautiful bright pink printout of the stuffing recipe. One funny thing from the original recipe is that it calls for fine fresh-white breadcrumbs. Eeew! I can't even imagine that. It would be the consistency of mashed potatoes with onion and celery pieces. My dad always used cubed bread.
My Best Stuffing is a combination the bite-size pieces of the ingredients for texture and finely chopped in food processor. I chop half of each vegetable into ½ inch pieces with my knife and the other half I will place into a food processor to be very finely chopped.
Remove the root ends from the onions and dice 1 onion and the other onion cut into quarters for the food processor.
Remove the inside stalks and leaves from the head of celery. Set aside for the stock and gravy.
Cut 1 of the head celery stalk into ½ inch pieces, set aside. The remaining stalks cut so they will fit in a food processor.
Remove the stems from the parsley and reserve for the stock and gravy.
Place the bite-size pieces of celery and onion into a large microwavable bowl with melted butter.
Place the remaining onions, garlic cloves, fresh sage, celery and parsley into the food processor.
Pulse in the food processor until very finely chopped but not liquid.
Place in the microwaveable bowl with bite-size ingredients and butter; cook covered in the microwave for 5-7 minutes.
Note: At this point, the celery/onion mixture can be covered, refrigerated and stored several days in advance. On the day that you are stuffing the turkey, remove from fridge and bring to room temperature and then mix with dried out cubed bread.
Add the eggs, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, paprika, and honey to the cooked celery/onion mixture. Mix well.
Place the dried out cubed bread into a large mixing bowl.
Toss lightly the celery/onion mixture with the dried cubed bread.
Bend wings tips of the turkey under the body.
Spoon stuffing into the neck cavity of the turkey; fasten close with poultry pins.
Spoon stuffing into the body cavity of the bird. Do not pack.
With twine, tie ends of legs together and truss the turkey and using pins secure the stuffing in the cavity.
Never place a warm stuffing into the bird. Once the turkey is stuffed it should be placed in the oven immediately to begin roasting.
Bake any leftover dressing in a well-greased covered casserole.
* My local grocery store makes their own stuffing bread which is a flavourful bread baked with thyme, sage, marjoram, rosemary, black pepper, and nutmeg. A day or two ahead of making the stuffing, cube the 2 loaves of stuffing bread and spread out evenly on baking sheets. Leave on the counter to dry out overnight or bake the cubes in a low oven until lightly crisp and toasted.
Let's Cook Chicken in Milk! Really?
As I spent the weekend browsing through the food blogs and Instagram accounts that I follow, I came across the mention of Jamie Oliver's infamous recipe for "Chicken in Milk" as the best chicken dish they had ever tasted.
Chicken cooked in Milk!? Really?
When you look at the components of the recipe it is quite a peculiar combination. Lemons, cinnamon, sage and milk.
Season the chicken very generously all over with salt and pepper, and fry it in the butter/olive oil, turning it to get an even colour all over, until golden.
The tasty goodness at the bottom of the pan can be used to lightly saute the onions.
Add the remaining ingredients and place your chicken back in the pot, and cook covered in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
Baste with the cooking juice when you remember. Cook under covered for the last 40 minutes of cooking.
The lemon zest will sort of split the milk, leaving little curds bathed in chicken juices, and not homogenized; this appearance is less appealing. Remove the cinnamon sticks, and used an immersion hand blender to make sauce infused with lemon and balanced with an aromatic flavour from the cinnamon and sage.
To serve, pull the meat off the bones and divide it on to your plates. Spoon over plenty of the lemony sauce over the chicken.
Serve with wilted spinach and some mashed potatoes. And a crusty baguette would be great to sop up the delicious sauce.
Tip: Make sure that you season the chicken very generously. Any extra time that you take to brown the chicken on ALL sides will embark more flavour in the end product. Try to achieve a deep golden colour on the skin.


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Garry Winogrand. The Man in the Crowd
Winogrand belongs to a group of early explorers of that borderland between documentary and art photography, sharing space with Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, and Diane Arbus and building on the work of Walker Evans and Weegee. Yet despite a 1988 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art and a huge influence on a younger generation of art photographers, he remains underappreciated by the general public. Hopefully, this lavish publication, concentrating on his most important body of work, the street scenes, will begin to change that. Winogrand took the workaday street tableau and revealed there an intensity and humanity as clear as in any image in a museum. The majority of the 107 photos capture New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and they now serve the purpose of a time capsule. But more than that they evoke a timeless spirit of individual alive in the city.
Text: Lifson Ben, Lebowitz Fran et al. cm 27 x 28; pp. 168; BW ills.; hardcover. Publisher: Fraenkel Gallery, New York, 1999.
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10 Most Successful Entrepreneurs that Started with Little to Nothing
Do a quick search through the business archives and you can find lists of successful entrepreneurs that started with nothing and still hit dizzying heights of business success. You might be sitting there today wondering how you can possibly get your idea off the ground, but in 2019, with technology at your fingertips, it's never been easier to get your product developed and your brand into the minds of potential customers. If you're in need of some inspiration, don't worry. Just take notes from these ten famous entrepreneurs and their incredible life stories.
1. John Paul DeJoria
Entrepreneur John DeJoria is entirely self-made. He is most well known as the founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair-care products. But his early life was not characterised by riches: he started his career as a truck driver, janitor and even sold Christmas cards door-to-door. He was fired from his first job in haircare — while working for Redken Laboratories. Then, in 1980, he formed John Paul Mitchell Systems with hairdresser Paul Mitchell, with a loan of just $700. He is now worth $3.1 billion!
His thoughts on success? Dejoria once said, "The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face." Sounds like wise words to us.
2. Jan Koum
Could you live without Whatsapp? No, we couldn't either. Thankfully Jan Koum, a Ukrainian emigree to the USA, invented the communication app in 2009. After being born into poverty, Koum began learning about computers. At 18, he already had high-level skills, and in 1997, he began working for Yahoo! as an infrastructure engineer. He launched Whatsapp to great acclaim after buying his first smartphone and having the idea for the product, which allows people to send messages between mobile phones via the web, regardless of what country they are in. Facebook recently bought the app for a staggering $19 billion. His top tip? "Do one thing, and do it well."
3. Howard Schultz
Starbucks founder Howard Schultz may be synonymous with entrepreneurial success, but life wasn't always so rosy. His family didn't have much money and he grew up in a housing estate. He paid for college with government loans and money earned from part-time jobs. He was also the first person in his family to go to college. It was while working for a coffee company that Schultz first came into contact with Starbucks brand. He visited a branch of the new company in Seattle. Soon after, he joined the company as marketing director. In 1985, Schultz left Starbucks and decided to open his own coffee house. He raised the $500,000 he needed to open the first store and started his business. Two years later, the original Starbucks management decided to sell its retail unit to Schultz and Starbucks as we know it today was born. Schultz is now worth in excess of $2.9 billion — not bad for an empire that he dreamed up over an afternoon cup of coffee!
His experiences have led him to develop a philosophical approach to life. "I believe life is a series of near-misses," he once said in a speech. "A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see and pursuing that vision."
4. Oprah Winfrey
The powerful woman we know today as a talk-show host, writer, campaigner, Golden Globe winner and global icon was actually born into poverty in rural Mississippi and raised in inner-city Milwaukee. Yet she didn't let her past define her future. After a troubled childhood, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Soon after, she became a daytime talk-show host and went on to launch her own production company. By 32 years-old, Winfrey was a millionaire. By 2000, she had a net worth of $800 million, making Winfrey the richest African American of the 20th century. By 2008, her yearly income had increased to $275 million. By 2014, Forbes claimed that Winfrey had a net worth in excess of 2.9 billion dollars. The reason she did so well? Because she aligned her work with her passion.
In a speech at the Golden Globes, Oprah explained, "The single greatest wisdom I think I've ever received is that the key to fulfillment, success, happiness, contentment in life is when you align your personality with what your soul actually came to do. I believe everyone has a soul and their own personal spiritual energy. When you use your personality to serve whatever that thing is, you can't help but be successful."
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5. Do Won Chang
Won Chang might not be a household name, but his fashion chain Forever 21 certainly is. Before launching the retail empire in 1984, Won Chang worked as a janitor, at a gas station and in a coffee shop when he first moved to America from South Korea. The first store he opened with his wife was 900 square feet in LA, and they opened with only $11,000 in savings, plunging it all into the business. At first the shop was called Fashion 21 and customers mainly came from the Korean American community. But soon the customer base expanded and after a name change to Forever 21, the business flew. It's now an international, 790-store empire and Do Won Chang is said to be worth $3.2 billion.
His top tip? Never forget where you come from. Speaking to the LA Times, Won Chang said: "Forever 21 gives hope and inspiration to people who come here with almost nothing… The fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a Forever 21 and know that all of this was started by a simple Korean immigrant with a dream."
6. Ralph Lauren
Household name and fashion industry titan Ralph Lauren graduated high school in the Bronx, New York, but later dropped out of college to join the US Army. He was working as a sales assistant at US menswear store Brooks Brothers when he began to wonder if men were ready for something more colourful, specifically when it came to ties. In 1967, he decided to try his hand at running his own business and he started selling ties. In his first year of trading, he sold $500,000 worth of merchandise.. He started Polo the next year. The Ralph Lauren Corporation is now a global multibillion-dollar enterprise and Lauren is a household name, counting A-list models and actors as close friends. As of 2018, Forbes estimates his wealth to be $7.2 billion, which makes Ralph Lauren the 91st richest person in America.
His advice to would-be entrepreneurs? "You have to create something from nothing," and, "The world is open to us, and each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves."
7. Sophia Amoruso
Inspiration to many female entrepreneurs and fashion-followers, Sophia Amoruso is the founder of Nasty Gal. She began her empire by scouring the racks at second-hand stores and selling her vintage finds on eBay. She used the money from her sales to move her stock into a warehouse and used MySpace and other social media platforms to attract customers. In 2016, her net worth was $280 million. But life wasn't always an entrepreneurial journey. As a young adult, Amoruso lived a nomadic lifestyle, hitchhiking on the West Coast and grabbing food from bins to make ends meet. More recently, Amaroso has lost half of her fortune but her star is still rising. She continues to evolve her personal brand, focusing on a best-selling memoir, a coffee table book and a binge-worthy Netflix series about her past, Girlboss.
Her advice? "Everyone has a different personality in the workplace," Amoruso told CNBC.com. "By bringing your best self and not letting the small things sway you, that will allow you to keep rolling ahead in work and in life."
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8. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
The story of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak starting Apple Computers in a garage in Los Altos, California, is well-known. The pair had pulled-out from their respective college courses and began developing consumer computer devices in Jobs' parents garage in California. But before this, Steve worked an assortment of low-paid jobs, including one when he was 13, for Hewlett Packard. After developing a couple different models with Wozniak, the pair knew they would need more financing. So Jobs had to find a guarantor to get a bank loan for $250,000. But he more than succeeded: When he died, in 2011, he was said to be worth $10.2 billion. He'd built this up over time. He had a million dollars to his name in 1978, when he was just 23. As for his legacy? Well, it's in our pockets, on our screens, at the cinema in the 2015 film Steve Jobs, and all around us.
His advice to you? Persevere when times get tough. "Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith," he is quoted as saying.
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9. Richard Branson
British businessman Richard Branson may be synonymous with entrepreneurial success, but he came from a humble beginning, at one point believing he was "the dumbest person at school." His first attempt at business was by founding Student Magazine that he launched in 1966. The youth magazines of that period was too "boring" and his ideas for the magazine was too "revolutionary" for that time. So he created a space that will allow fresh and new content that will interest the student audience. At first he was very short of cash, but after a stroke of luck, which saw him inherit £100 (which is the equivalent of $1500 today), he was able to pay his bills and keep the publication going for a few issues. The magazine was a success, and from this tiny acorn the seeds were sown for his future success. He's now the founder of brands including Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Money and his latest venture, Virgin Galactic — which he believes will be the world's first space tourism company.
His advice to future billionaires in the making is simple: don't wait to start until you have all your investment in place. He says he often receives letters from start-ups saying: "I need x amount of money to get started." But he believes this is not the way to start. "There's no doubt it can be easier to achieve lofty ambitions if you already have financial backing," he said, "but in many cases you don't need lots of money to start a business. Rather than commit to pricey premises you can set up online with no technical expertise using a website builder, and start selling from your kitchen table." Plus, "raising finance to start a business from a bank has gained a reputation for being difficult, but today you can bypass this all together with schemes that are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs launch, such as crowdfunding or Start Up Loans. We didn't need lots of money to start our first business and that's even truer today than it was back then." Branson must know what he's talking about. His personality and unconventional business style has won him awards, global fame and fortune; he is now said to be worth $4.2 billion.
10. Sam Walton
Founder of Walmart, one of the biggest superstores in the USA, Sam Walton, had just returned to private life after serving in the US army during World War II, when he opened his first retail store in 1945. His father-in-law lent him $25,000 which was used to buy his first store, and thankfully he became an immediate success. By the mid-1970s, Walmart was valued at more than $176 million. Today, it has more than 11,000 stores across the globe and has an operating income of more than $21 billion in 2019.
Walton's tips for success? These are explained in detail in his book, Made In America, but one of his key principles is to follow your own path, not the path followed by others. "Ignore the conventional wisdom," he says here. "If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction."
Key Lessons To Learn
So what can we learn from these successful people?
Firstly, no idea is too small to start with. A student magazine might not sound like a money spinner in 2019, but it didn't really sound like one in 1966 either. Yet Richard Branson believed that students wanted to read something less conventional than they'd seen before so he launched his magazine and it set him on the path to business success and, later, extreme wealth. Not bad from a small idea for the student community.
You don't need piles of cash to get started. Sure, you may need a small loan. Or some working capital at the bank so you can pay your bills and buy a new laptop. But raising thousands of dollars in capital is not required for business success. And actually, having too many backers can lead to too much pressure on you and your idea. Instead, start small and see what you can achieve from a humble, low-budget start. You might be surprised.
Higher education can help, but it shouldn't be a barrier to entrepreneurialism. Why not study entrepreneurship at the same time you develop your own life-changing plans, with tuition-free degrees such as those from UoPeople? We offer an associate's, bachelor's, and master's programs in Business Administration for those who are interested to take a deeper dive into understanding the business world of today. UoPeople is the first non-profit, 100% online university that believes that education is a basic right for all, despite personal, financial or social constraints.
Your background doesn't need to define your future, as these inspiring stories show. Some of the people profiled in this article were adopted or born into poverty, or raised by single parents, or caught shoplifting when they were teenagers. And yet none of them let these supposed "disadvantages" hold them back in later life. Successful entrepreneurs understood this well: the only way to truly learn and move forward is through action. The lack of wealth, in many cases, has shown to be a motivator for those who desire to build a better future. So don't let your own life's setup or setbacks hold you down. Use them as fuel to power you forward on your own entrepreneurial journey, too.
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Have you ever wondered about planting spring bulbs? We get many questions about when and how to plant them this time of year and lots of "Is it too late?" so we gathered all the questions and answers for you below. Hint, it's not too late – yet!
Why plant spring bulbs in the Fall?
Fall is the best time to plant spring bulbs because they need to undergo a hard freeze to help them with a successful and delightful flower in the spring. While you want to try and plant spring bulbs before the first hard freeze, you can still plant them after a freeze if the weather warms up enough. The ground will just be a lot tougher to penetrate due to the freezing temperatures.
How do I plant spring bulbs?
There are a few factors that come into play when planting spring bulbs. You will want to make sure the area you are planting is well-tilled. Compost is great for helping enrich the soil, which can boost the bulb's growth. The depth of your hole depends on the size of the bulb. You will need a deeper hole for a Tulip, which has a larger bulb than say, a Crocus. Be sure to make the hole twice as deep as the bulb is tall, roots facing down. Once planted, recover with remaining soil and water them. Now you patiently wait for their arrival in the spring. Some bulbs first hardy leaves may start to appear in late February-March but don't worry if the snow gets on them that doesn't affect them.
Are there any deer resistant spring bulbs?
A common request in the garden center is for bulbs that are deer resistant. A few deer-resistant bulbs are Daffodils, Hyacinths, and Crocuses. Deer typically steer clear of these because they don't like their scent, but sometimes if they are hungry enough, they will still eat them.
Why should I plant spring bulbs?
The better question is why wouldn't you? A lot of people plant them for a wonderful spring color to help ready for soon to arrive warmer weather. Planting different bulbs so that they bloom at different times gives color throughout spring. Floral accents are ones we consider to be very common due to their display of color and aroma. Daffodils, Tulips, and Alliums make wonderful cut flowers.
What spring bulbs will come back year after year?
Daffodills, Hyacinths, and Crocus will generally naturalize an area for years to come. Now with tulips you need to do a little more due to the maintenance of regrouping them. The bulblet needs to be removed to let them grow again then plant the original bulb back in the ground. They are offsets that develop above or below the mother bulb.
Which bulbs are right for my space?
If you like to change things in your yard quite frequently, Tulips would be the best way to go. If you are looking for less maintenance, we recommend Daffodils, Hyacinths, and Crocuses.
Where do I plant spring bulbs?
Bulbs can either be planted in the ground or in a container or pot. There are a few things you must look out for if you prefer to plant bulbs in containers. If planting them in terra cotta containers, place them in a warm area so the soil doesn't expand, causing the pot to crack. If you do not have a warm space, place the bulb towards the middle of the pot so the cold temperatures can't get to them as easily.
We hope this post has helped you learn a thing or two and inspires you to grab some bulbs and plant them this weekend! Please share photos of the bulbs you plant on our Facebook page.


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LeBron James And Maverick Carter's Uninterrupted Brings Athlete-Curated Playlists To Pandora
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SIRIUSXM and LEBRON JAMES and MAVERICK CARTER's UNINTERRUPTED have teamed to bring athlete-curated playlists to PANDORA. The program has launched with playlists from JAMES, ROB GRONKOWSKI, ODELL BECKHAM JR., ANGEL MCCOUGHTRY, DION WAITERS, LEXIE BROWN, LONZO BALL, MO BAMBA, DRAYMOND GREEN, NATE BURLESON, CHINEY OGWUMIKE, and ADAM RIPPON. The playlists will be available in real time as the players listen to them to prepare for game time.
"There's a real and deep emotional connection between athletes and music," said CARTER. "I was honored and inspired to be an early part of BEATS and to work with JIMMY IOVINE and DR. DRE to develop something unique that furthers that emotional connection. Together with SIRIUSXM and PANDORA, we're taking that to a new level, giving fans a new way to connect with the athletes they love."
"We are very excited to collaborate with UNINTERRUPTED, a unique and innovative content creator, to allow listeners to make a deeper connection with their favorite athletes. Through this exclusive offering, we are providing listeners with access to the music the athletes are listening to, whether warming up or working out to prepare for a game or just what they listen to in their free time," said SIRIUSXM President and Chief Content Officer SCOTT GREENSTEIN. "As MAVERICK said, music and sports are strongly linked and this creative partnership will create a unique listening experience that brings together both worlds."
UNINTERRUPTED and SIRIUSXM previously partnered for the "17 WEEKS" podcast hosted by NATE BURLESON with NFL players LE'VEON BELL, JALEN RAMSEY, and COLE BEASLEY.


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Items Park Row from Barnum's Museum. The City Hall Park on the left.
Park Row from Barnum's Museum. The City Hall Park on the left.
Stereoscopic views of streets in New York City.
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Content: Views are numbered: 107, 289, 309-311, 313, 3695, 3696, 3923, 3924, 4103, 4112, 5573, 5951, 8657.
Content: Views of streets in Manhattan: Centre and Chatham Sts.; Chambers Street; Cortlandt St. Ferry from Washington Street; Madison Avenue north from 34th; laying Nicolson pavement, Mercer Street; Park Place;, Park Row from Tyron Row, from Barnum's Museum; 38th street east from 5th; South Ferry, showing arrival and departures of omnibuses.


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Barry Merchant Seamen
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www.barrymerchantseamen.org.uk
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Welcome to this history and tribute site for Barry Merchant Seamen. Our concern is the lack of recognition given to those in the Merchant Navy for their work, particularly during the World Wars. We are interested in the port of Barry (in South Wales, UK), once a major coal exporting facility, and the way that had an impact on the town's seamen, resulting in their disproportionately high casualty rate.
Please note that we make use of both JavaScript (JS) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and having these enabled on your browser will allow you to see it as intended, and Google maps need JS in order to display at all. Both are on by default in most browsers.
There will be an exhibition/display, arranged by local military historian Dr Jonathan Hicks, looking at various aspects of Barry in the Second World War. It will be in the Arts Central hall of the town library during September, from the 12th to the 26th.
Our own David Simpson (and friends) will also have a presence in the town library from Monday 21st September until 17 October. Drop in to say hello and sign the petition asking for a Barry Museum.
Latest changes (30 September 2009):
Added display and petition page with a picture of our display at the town library.
Major change to the site's file structure. Some existing bookmarks may fail.
Added section for notable Seamen and page for the SS Philipp M. Added website map.
Expanded the Merthy Dyfan Cemetery page and added local download links for the tour booklets.
Added notice of WW2 display at Arts Central (Barry Library Ehhibition Hall) during September 2009, and a notice for National MN day, 2009. Reformatted "Articles" page.
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Contents page includes:
Sailors and ships lost during WW2.
Pictures of the Memorial.
The Plaques on the Memorial.
Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery.
Possibilities for non-virtual, future development .
Essays and articles.
Ship notes.
Pages not here yet but planned...
Liberty ships and the "Sam..." names.
The SS Anglo Saxon.
Why convoys?
Non convoyed (independent) ships.
Barry docks - growth and decline.
Contributor biographies (brief!).
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Allegations of Sexual Assault in Canadian Tattoo Shops Posted on Instagram
Over the last couple of weeks, Instagram pages have popped up denouncing acts of sexual violence and harassment in the tattoo industry in Canada. An account called @victimsvoicestattoo_canada writes in a post dated July 10, 2020 that their goal is to "shine a light into the dark recesses of our tattoo community in the hopes to affect positive change. Times up tattooing". Similar pages have emerged for particular provinces, for example, @victims_voices_alberta and @victims_voices_bc are both active and appear to provide the same platform. These pages and other similar pages include numerous accounts, mostly from women, and mostly anonymously, of tattoo artists at various shops who have sexually assaulted clients. In some instances, tattoo shops and individual tattoo artists have responded to these allegations through their own social media channels.
News coverage of these allegations and the Instagram accounts has so far been sparse, but a recent article from Radio Canada provides a summary of some of the allegations made and notes that the limitation period for filing a civil claim of sexual assault or battery was recently eliminated in Quebec pursuant to Loi 55, which received Royal Assent on June 12, 2020. It is important to note that this is also the case in other provinces, including Alberta. This means that a person who has experienced a sexual assault, has suffered an injury (including a psychological injury), and wants to pursue a civil claim against the perpetrator of the assault are not subject to the ordinary 2-year limitation period. While people who have experienced sexual assault are, of course, able to report these incidents to police, the civil process offers an alternative that can compensate victims for losses or injuries they have suffered.
According to another story from the CBC, a low-cost legal clinic in Montreal called Juripop has seen a staggering increase in calls since the Instagram accounts became active. The executive director of Juripop, Sophie Gagnon, told the CBC that they opened close to 100 new files last week with calls coming in every 15-20 minutes.
The Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (AASAA) reports that up to 97% of sexual assaults are never reported to police and that nearly 40% of Canadian women will experience some form of sexual assault in their lifetime. Individuals who have experienced sexual assault in Alberta can find out more about services available to them through organizations such as the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services.
Pursuing a civil lawsuit can play an important role in the healing process and for certain individuals. If you have questions about bringing a civil claim for sexual assault or sexual abuse, contact HMC Lawyers online or by phone at 1-800-480-3534 to arrange a confidential discussion.