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Type of Player Right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler
Birth Place Cuttack, Odisha
Address Cuttack
PROFESSION: Employee of East Coast Railway.
HOME CLUB: Union Sporting
OVERALL CAREER PERFORMANCE:
FIRST-CLASS SPAN: 1996-97 to 2002-03
LIST-A SPAN: 1996-97 to 2001-02
BATTING & FIELDING:
FIRST CLASS: 38 matches, 42 innings, 12 not outs, 140 runs, average 4.66, highest score 50, centuries 0, half-century 1 and 19 catches.
LIST A: 15 matches, 7 innings, 5 not-outs, 42 runs, average 21.00, highest score 15, century 0, half-century 0 and 3 catches.
FIRST CLASS: 38 matches, 971.5 overs, 3400 runs, 96 wickets, average 35.41, best bowling in an innings 5/18, economy 3.49.
LIST A: 15 matches, 120.3 overs, 460 runs, 10 wickets, average 46.00, best bowling in an innings 2/15, best bowling in a match 2/15, economy 3.82.
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Murfreesboro Mountain Bike Trail now open at Barfield Crescent Park
Murfreesboro Mountain Bike Trails cater to all skill levels, from beginner to intermediate and experienced
Murfreesboro Mountain Bike Trail now open at Barfield Crescent Park Murfreesboro Mountain Bike Trails cater to all skill levels, from beginner to intermediate and experienced Check out this story on dnj.com: https://www.dnj.com/story/news/2019/05/30/murfreesboro-mountain-bike-trail-barfield-crescent-park/1257560001/
Nancy De Gennaro, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal Published 9:10 a.m. CT May 30, 2019 | Updated 10:09 a.m. CT May 30, 2019
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trails
Lee Evans of Murfreesboro tries out the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Evans said that the trails can be challenging. HELEN COMER/DNJ
The new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails are marked with signs to remind people to wear their helmets on the trail on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. HELEN COMER/DNJ
Lloyd Campbell of Lascassas tries out the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Campbell said it is nice to have a place close where you can go riding after work. HELEN COMER/DNJ
Lee Evans of Murfreesboro checks out the bike trail map to see how far he biked on the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. HELEN COMER/DNJ
Lloyd Campbell of Lascassas heads back to his vehicle after he tries out the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. HELEN COMER/DNJ
A couple of porta potties are available at the trail head where the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails are located. HELEN COMER/DNJ
Avid Murfreesboro cyclist Michael Wise was one of the first on the newly opened Murfreesboro Mountain Bike Trail on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. He said it's challenging and recommends it. Nancy DeGennaro/DNJ
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trail directions. Submitted
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trail map. Submitted
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trail features more than 8 miles of trails, including loops for all skill levels, on about 100 acres of the 430-acre park.
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trail features almost 9 miles of trails and three skill levels
Avid cyclists liken it to Hamilton Creek Bike Park in Nashville
Separate entrance, parking area were built for the mountain bike trail
Rutherford County's first mountain bike trail is finally open.
"We've got beginning, intermediate and advanced loops," said Nate Williams, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation director.
Michael Wise of Murfreesboro was one of the first cyclists on the trail first thing Tuesday morning for the soft opening and highly recommends it.
"I think you're going to find more than enough challenges out here to ride and there's a little bit of everything," said Wise, who has ridden numerous trails throughout Tennessee and neighboring states. "It definitely keeps you on your toes."
Lloyd Campbell of Lascassas tries out the new Barfield Crescent mountain bike trails on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Campbell said it is nice to have a place close where you can go riding after work. (Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ)
The avid cyclist described the trail as being similar to Hamilton Creek Bike Park in Nashville, with a little bit of Raccoon Mountain Mountain Bike Trail near Chattanooga "sprinkled" throughout.
"There are some rocky sections that are the real deal. You're not just going to mosey through this trail. You're going to ... (be) challenged by it," Wise said. "There are sections where you have to think your way through."
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Wise also said it's a perfect trail for cyclists looking for a place to train for races.
While the trail may be good for avid cyclists, Williams hopes the general public can enjoy riding.
"Our goal with this trail system is to get people out and get them active in a unique way and hopefully lead toward lifelong wellness," Williams said.
There are more than 8 miles of trails and three different skill levels Nancy De Gennaro, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
Hiking, biking trails do intersect
The mountain bike park received some opposition before its approval by the Murfreesboro City Council due to the close proximity of the pedestrian trails.
Williams said park users should be mindful that the hiking and walking trails intersect at some points, "but they are not shared-used trails."
Opponents were also concerned about the environmental impact. But Williams said great care was taken in designing the trails.
But the Murfreesboro City Council approved $451,500 in funding to build the park in the June 2018 meeting.
"We're really proud of the end product we have, and I think the community is going to like it. We executed this project int he most environmentally friendly way we could and used natural features," Williams said.
The Murfreesboro bike park was designed by Ryan Maloney of Griggs and Maloney engineering company in Murfreesboro.
In order to keep traffic down in the main park, a separate entrance and parking area were built for the mountain bike trail, he noted. There are portable toilets on site as well.
To access the bike trail, drive south on Shelbyville Highway past the Volunteer Road entrance to the park. Then take a right onto Oak Meadows Drive, then right on Fieldcrest Drive and left onto Hemlock Drive. Once Hemlock dead ends, turn right onto the gravel road that leads to the parking area.
The bike park is open from dawn until dusk.
To learn more about the trail, visit the Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Facebook page or call 615-890-5333. A map of the bike trails is located at the entrance.
Barfield Crescent Park Mountain Bike Trail map. (Photo: Submitted)
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Time and space: Football's critical optical illusion
By Martin Palazzotto
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To the naked eye, an empty football pitch appears massive. It doesn't look much smaller when occupied by 22 men battling for control over a single ball. Yet, there may be less time and space available to a footballer than any other athlete competing in an enclosed space in a team sport. The optical illusion that there is time and space is the magic behind the Great and Powerful Oz's football curtain.
To begin, let's deal with two minor semantics. First, I am not a bad man. Second, a football pitch can be the largest enclosed playing surfaces on which two groups of men play a game with one ball (or similar object). Dimensions vary from venue to venue but are roughly equal to its main rival, a rugby pitch, in area. If there is slightly more width on a rugby pitch, that breadth is compensated by there being two more players per team in rugby league, four more in union.
The most common Premier League pitch size is 7,140 square metres, slightly less than the 8,400sq m RugbyHow.com lists as typical for its game, although both the KCom Stadium (8,436sq m) and Old Trafford (7,140) are used for both sports. Consensus holds rugby union's rules and larger number of players make it the more challenging version of international football played with one's hands. Yet, despite its more expansive pitch, the math suggests rugby union has much less space per player (280sq m) than football (324.5sq m).
On the other hand, you can score a try by carrying the ball across the goal line anywhere between the two sidelines, roughly 70m apart. Plus, there is the secondary option to kick the ball through the infinitely vertical plane between the two uprights. In football, scoring can be accomplished in just one manner. The ball must be delivered into a much smaller, finite rectangular area.
Oh, and you can't use your hands. Nestling a rugby ball in the crook of one arm in order to run with it takes a fraction of a second. Sliding it back into one's hands to lateral to a teammate can be accomplished without breaking stride. Conversely, settling a football at one's feet, to either run or shoot, freezes a player in time for an agonisingly long instant, allowing defenders to close.
Combining a smaller target area with the need to use one's feet to both run and control the ball limits time and space in football more so than it appears at first glance. To score, therefore, you'd expect a player would need to be especially precise.
Apparently not. Zonal Marking's Michael Cox, appropriately enough on the Fourth of July, wrote for ESPNFC that striking the ball perfectly isn't the best way to inspire fans behind the goal to set off their fireworks.
When ideally struck, the ball's flight is more direct and accurate. Limits on time and space, however, do not allow a striker the luxury to aim for the upper or lower ninety to either side at will. He or she must rush to get the shot away, instinctively aiming for the middle of goal. Too often, a well-hit ball settles right into the goalkeeper's arms.
Instead, coaches are teaching the best finishers to hit the ball slightly off the sweet spot to cause it to curl and dip unpredictably. Such movement will make the ball curve away from the keeper. Miss the sweet spot too much, though, the ball soars embarrassingly wide or over the bar. From a free kick, it may also smash into the wall. From a skilled foot, however, it often enough bends just inside the post or under the bar. Cox noted how Gareth Bale, at the Euros, was able to fool both Serbia's Matus Kozacik and England's Joe Hart with erratic movement even when the ball looked within their reach.
Knowing how difficult it is to strike a ball perfectly, it's frustrating enough to listen to pundits several times per match, game in and game out, say Ronaldo or Ibra or Sneijder or Carli Lloyd "could have hit that better." With the knowledge players are trying to miss, hearing the phrase becomes even more maddening. Most have played the game. You'd think they know what is happening.
There's another phrase you're bound to see in any article on any sport regarding any team's prospects. Lord Buckethead knows I've written it often myself. This law of sporting nature dictates scoring wins games but defending wins titles. It's true, as well. The reason for its truth is simple: defending is predicated on work ethic and determination whereas scoring demands skill and precision. The former comprise the shepherd's pie of human DNA, common staple building blocks. The latter are as rare and delicate as Kobe beef. Anyone can defend. A precious few can score.
Thus, the best coaches in every sport, if their names aren't Pep Guardiola or Steve Kerr, build their squads on defensive fundamentals. In football, Sir Alex Ferguson, Jock Stein, Sir Matt Busby, Helenio Herrera, Bob Paisley, Bill Shankly, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek, Louis van Gaal, Walter Smith, Jose Mourinho, Jupp Heynckes, Fabio Capello, Diego Simeone, Zinedine Zidane, and Antonio Conte all knew or know how to park the bus. Metaphorically speaking, Reg Varney is the patron saint of titles.
Ice hockey is a sport similar to football. You have to put the puck in the goal. There are forwards, defenders, and goaltenders. Attacking players must stay onside. Everyone plays defence. There isn't much scoring.
On the other hand, the surface is only 60m x 26, or 1,560sq m. Four and a half NHL rinks can be fit on a Premier League pitch. A rink is walled in rather than painted, making it more difficult for the puck to go out of bounds, in turn meaning defenders have one less avenue to escape high pressure. Players wear skates, to reduce friction on an already icy surface, moving twice as fast as a footballer in cleats that grip watered turf. The goal area is eight times smaller than in football, at 6'x4' compared to 24'x8', imperial measurements being more illustrative in this case. The netminder wears thick chest and leg pads, blocker and glove, and carries a stick with a wide panel and blade. In volume, a puck, which fits in one's palm, is roughly nine times smaller than a football (8.8 using a 70cm mean for a size 5 football and this handy volume calculator).
All the other information suggests hockey players have less time and space. The nearly one for one ratio (8/8.8) between the goal area and ball/puck size, however, is interesting.
As Michael Cox explained in his piece, using Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes, and a young Cristiano Ronaldo as examples, Premier League coaches have encouraged shooters to strike the ball slightly off center since the competition's early years, to play the percentages in finding the twine rather than the keeper's midriff.
Similarly, the NHL went through an evolutionary change in the late 1980s and early '90s. Goaltenders such as Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur adopted the butterfly technique. Rather than standing to face shooters, they dropped to their knees with their lower legs spread, thereby covering all the goal area along the ice, leaving only the top corners open for shooters. Because well positioned NHL goalies needn't dive to either side to stop shots, goalscorers are challenged to be more precise. In today's NHL, every netminder is a butterfly goalie. Not much can get past even the worst among them.
One game solved its scoring problem by turning to luck, the other to technical ability. On its face, that would seem to make football's challenge as an athletic test less genuine. This is where you must pay attention to the man behind the curtain. The optical illusion that suggests footballers have more time and space to shoot at goalkeepers in yawning goals than skaters have against heavily padded goalies guarding nets not much wider than themselves all comes down to one simple fact. As with the comparison between football and rugby, hockey's faster movement and more compact, congested playing surface are offset by not needing to control the puck with one's feet.
To bring in another sport, Americans will tell you the most difficult athletic act to accomplish is to hit a spherical baseball with a round bat. Yet, a batter has all the time and space in the world to try. A footballer must stop, then control a football before shooting, rarely with the time necessary to do so accurately when one, two, or more defenders are closing on him like a pride of hungry lions. Putting his or her shot in the net may, in fact, be sport's toughest proposition. That difficulty is certainly what makes football more compelling than any other competition.
Martin Palazzotto
The former editor of World Football Columns, Martin contributes frequently to Stretty News and is the author of the short story collection strange bOUnce. He has appeared in several other blogs which, sadly, have ceased to exist. He is old and likes to bring out defunct. Although football is his primary passion, the geezer enjoys many sports and pop culture forms. Expect them to intrude upon his meanderings for It's Round and It's White.
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Musharraf to end emergency rule, restore constitution Saturday, says official
A man, center, takes a photo as others wave in support of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at a campaign rally in Pabbi, 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. Bhutto repeated accusations that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will try to cheat in upcoming elections by using police, judiciary officials and administration functionaries. - photo by Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Pervez Musharraf will lift Pakistan's state of emergency only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be hauled before a court, a senior official said Thursday, as lawyers held more protests against the retired general.
Musharraf purged the judiciary, jailed thousands of opponents and silenced television news channels after he suspended the constitution and declared emergency rule on Nov. 3.
The U.S.-backed leader said he acted to prevent political chaos and give authorities a freer hand against Islamic militants, though critics accuse him of a last-ditch power grab before the previous Supreme Court could declare his continued rule illegal.
Attorney General Malik Mohammed Qayyum told The Associated Press that the president, who has acknowledged that he breached the constitution, will amend the charter to protect his decisions from legal challenges.
Qayyum said government legal experts were finalizing the changes and that they would be announced before Musharraf lifts the emergency on Saturday, but provided no details.
''The president will lift the emergency to restore the constitution and the fundamental rights,'' he said.
Qayyum's comments came a day after Information Minister Nisar Memon rejected claims that the government was trying to stifle the media ahead of next month's parliamentary elections.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists accused the government Wednesday of ''an attempt to silence the free media'' by ordering TV stations to stop airing live coverage of political debate.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority issued a letter Tuesday, addressed to ''all satellite TV channels,'' saying some were still airing live coverage and taking live telephone calls which ''contain baseless propaganda against Pakistan and incite people to violence.''
The letter warned that the channels could be taken off the air and those responsible jailed for up to three years and fined up to $170,000.
''Every one of us in Pakistan should share the responsibility and work for betterment of the country by keeping the environment conducive for the polls,'' Memon said.
The threat could dissuade networks from covering fiery speeches of opposition leaders like Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, two former prime ministers who recently returned from years of living in exile.
Both Bhutto and Sharif have hit the campaign trail this week after abandoning threats to boycott the Jan. 8 elections.
Sharif drew a crowd of thousands in eastern city of Sialkot on Wednesday. He urged people to reject candidates from the pro-Musharraf ruling party. ''I want to eliminate dictatorship, and I cannot achieve this goal without your support,'' Sharif said.
The media crackdown adds to concerns over whether the elections, meant to restore democracy after eight years of military-dominated rule under Musharraf, can be free and fair, although the president has repeatedly said that he would ensure ''a level playing field'' for all.
On Thursday, about 1,000 lawyers rallied in the eastern city of Lahore, chanting slogans against Musharraf and urging a vote boycott unless the government reinstates the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and other independent-minded judges. About 800 lawyers, Islamists and rights activists held a similar rally in Multan.
Musharraf, who seized power in the 1999 coup, stepped down as army chief last month, meeting a key demand of the opposition and his foreign backers.
He was sworn in as a civilian to begin a new five-year presidential term after the Supreme Court, shorn of independent-minded judges under the emergency, dismissed challenges to the legality of his victory in an October presidential election.
Associated Press Writers Zia Khan from Lahore and Khalid Tanveer from Multan contributed to this report.


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Q: "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'type' and 'type'" when trying to multiply two variables I want to call the functions from another file in my main function file in python but I always get an error. I am trying to call the area and hypothenuse functions from the triangle file into the main function file to calculate it inputing the figures:
# triangle.py
def hypotenuse(a, b):
    a = float
    b = float
    c = sqrt(a ** 2 + b ** 2)
    return c

def area(x, y):
    x = float
    y = float
    z = (x * y) / 2
    return z

# main.py
def main():
    from triangle import hypotenuse
    from triangle import area
    area(3, 4)
    hypotenuse(5, 6)
main()

error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Jemimah/PycharmProjects/venv/usermodule.py", line 6, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:/Users/Jemimah/PycharmProjects/venv/usermodule.py", line 4, in main
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P-51 Mustang: From A Shunned Mule To A WWII Dark Horse
SOFREP 1 Comment Aviation, Military History
The North American Aviation (NAA) P-51 Mustang had cemented its legacy as one of the world's finest all-around piston-engine fighters when it first came about in World War II. Its induction into the Allied forces played a pivotal role in defeating the ruthless Nazi Germans and, eventually, the rest of the Axis powers.
Before its successful reign in the skies, however, the Mustang had been shunned many times by the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF)—initially refusing to see its strong potential to become a significant centerpiece that could lead them to victory. Due to the delay in its adoption and mass production, thousands of young airmen succumbed to their deaths in aviation bloodbaths over Europe. According to some Air Force historians, the P-15 delay "came close to representing the costliest mistake made by the AAF in World War II."
Fortunately for the Allied forces, this hasn't been the case, all thanks to a man who discovered and believed in the Mustang's capabilities of becoming a reliable, deadly fighter escort to bombers.
P-51 Mustangs of the 375th Fighter Squadron, Eighth Air Force "Mighty Eight" circa 1944. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
P-51's Inception and Fight for Production
A single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft, the P-51 is a brainchild of NAA Chief Designer J.H. "Dutch" Kindleberger for the British Royal Air Force (RAF).
The year was 1940, and Kindleberger and his team were looking into making a new jet fighter from scratch rather than producing another Curtiss P-40 Warhawk under license. With notes on the mediocre performance of preceding aircraft taken into consideration, the team came up with what the Brits dubbed as Mustang, powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine that could soar at a maximum speed of well over 400 miles per hour and an impressive endurance with a range of at least 2,000 miles. Sporting a Duralumin alloy, the Mustang quickly proved to be a silver bullet of a plane during flight tests. It turns out that the Merlin engine improved the aircraft's overall performance, particularly at high altitudes, which most current fighters lacked at the time.
North American P-51B Mustang circa 1946. (Image source: NASA/DVIDS)
It has an overall measure of 32 feet in length and 37 feet in wingspan and is typically armed with two .50-caliber nose-mounted and four .30-caliber wing-mounted machine guns with a maximum load of up to 2,000 lbs of bombs or at least ten 5-inch rockets. One later version had four 20mm cannons, while another ground-attack/dive bomber version (dubbed the "A-36 Mustang/Apache/Invader") served for the USAAF.
Dark Obstacles and Its Dramatic Arrival in USAAF
Air raids and assaults by Allies forces, particularly conducted by the USAAF aircraft over Germany, had seen little to no success because of the Third Reich Luftwaffe's premier fighters, who dominated the skies at that time.
Bombarding efforts conducted during the summer and autumn of 1943 had been less productive as neither of the USAAF's fighter plane models could match the Luftwaffe's, leaving the massive B-17 Flying Fortresses exposed and vulnerable. This has taken a toll on the reputable Eight Air Force (also known as the "Mighty Eight") as they have suffered a staggering loss on both warplanes and airmen.
"For all its world-beating qualities, this silver bullet of a plane would initially be shunted aside by the U.S. Army Air Forces." via Military History Now.
At this point, blueprints of the Mustang have already been lying around, waiting for manufacture. But according to historical accounts, the USAAF "refused to put it into mass production," as the reason varied from lock-on patriotism to unwavering belief in the invincibility of the bomber Fortress to political favorites and more. The drama surrounding it almost buried the Mustang into a worthless mule.
Hitchcock's Vision
A world-famous polo star and a former fighter pilot finally stepped forward upon discovering the potential of the North American warplane. Lt. Col. Thomas J. Hitchcock Jr championed the adaptation of the P-51 Mustang shortly after witnessing the remarkable testing of the P-51A airframe fitted with the Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 engine.
Hitchcock, who served as the assistant air attaché at the U.S. Embassy in London, then reported to Washington the outstanding performance of the Mustang and recommended its immediate development. A visionary, he also predicted that the Merlin-powered Mustang would soar to become a supreme air fighter of 1943—and he was right.
Soon after his recommendations, the USAAF promptly placed an order for approximately 2,200 P-51Bs, with its arrival could not have come at a better time. As mentioned, fighter planes played a key role in air raids as they served as escorts and protected bombers against frenzied ambushes. With the arrival of the Mustang, it can now compete, if not surpass, the German warplanes that had been pestering the previous jet fighters.
Six months before D-Day, the Mustang, combined with new aggressive tactics, had steadily shifted the power balance in the air war in favor of the Allies. It had significantly crippled the Luftwaffe and allowed an opening to the Normandy invasion by mid-1944.
Hitchcock sadly did not live to see the rose of the P-51 Mustang to air supremacy and its successful operations as daylight bombing escorts over the Nazi capital, as he died in a test flight in April 1944 aboard a newly revamped Mustang in rural England.
According to historians, the American Merlin-powered warplane shot down about 5,000 German fighters in the air and 4,000 on the ground throughout the Second World War, destroying almost half of the enemy-owned aircraft.
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Old Aaron Wells resided on Loney's Lane, and each year he was a candidate for Selectman. He promised that if he won, he would have a tunnel dug under Town Hill.
Back in the Old days, whenever you heard a band marching down the street playing this song, which was followed with a line of torch lights, you knew it was election night in Ipswich. The town elections of today are a far cry from those of yesteryear. For the most part, they were riotous and anything but dignified. The air was full of broken promises, and rum whiskey and hard cider flowed like water.
Each candidate felt that to win an election he had to rip his opponent fully apart. Of course, that part hasn't changed much. All kinds of promises were made, and no matter how ridiculous they were, the voters seemed to somehow fall for them.
Every year, old Aaron Wells would run for selectman, and his promise was that if he won he would build a tunnel under Town Hill so you wouldn't have to climb it. Aaron was sincere and he really believed it could be done.
There are three things one could remember Aaron by: He sold horseradish and firewood, and he maintained a dump in his backyard, by which he brought his yard up to level. He was very fussy. He wouldn't accept garbage or brush, and when you dumped there it was where he told you to put it. He kept the dump very neat. Aaron was not a rich man, but he was a good and kindly man. He lived the way he wanted to and bothered no one. He never won a seat on the Board of Selectmen, so there is no tunnel through Town Hill.
George Dexter took this photo of Newt Brown's car hanging over the Choate Bridge.
Even the voters would promise the candidates their votes for favors, like old Nute Brown. Perhaps the thing people knew most about Elisha Newton Brown, other than his choice of vocabulary, was when he went through the Choate Bridge sometime around 1920. At that time, there were trolley car tracks over the bridge, and when coming into town in his old Maxwell, his wheels became caught in the tracks. The car swerved into and through the wall of the bridge. but the wooden pipe house on the other side of the wall caught his transmission and saved him from going into the river.
George Dexter showed up with his Camera." Stay right there, Nute," he said, "I want a picture." "To hell with the picture, take me out," Nute hollered. But Dexter got this picture, anyway. A group of men with a rope pulled him back into the road. If he were alive today, I wouldn't dare write this story, as it was a touchy subject for him.
Nute told me this story himself: He would go into Billy Chaplin's barroom the week before election, and voters would come around to say to Nute, "We think you are going to win. You're the best man for the job." He was running against Eben Moulton for the Board of Health, and they weren't the best of friends. Every time anyone would praise him a little, Nute would say to the bartender, "Give him a drink," or hand him a cigar. Most of them would say anything for a drink.
Vote-counting was followed by a torch-light victory parade. They usually mustered up a few musicians, who led the parade. Then the winning candidate followed in an open wagon, and after him came his friends with torch lights.
Of course, the ladies didn't vote in those days, but they did turn out for the parade. One lady got too close to the torch, and it burned the feathers and fruit off her hat. The parade usually formed at the Hose 2 house in Lord Square. It was preceded by fiery speeches, and then they marched down to Hammatt Street, where all the barrooms were, where they took time out for a few drinks and more speeches. Then they went on to Market Square and the Town Hall.
Those elections were exciting and full of fun, but it wasn't long afterwards that all of the speeches were forgotten. The pain and disappointment of those who lost were soon healed, and the old town would settle down to the regular routine of living.


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – As people across Wyoming grapple with the latest surge of robocalls about Medicare and potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, the nation's largest advocacy group for consumers age 50 and older is teaming up with the Wyoming Department of Insurance (DOI) to dispel myths and protect against fraud.
Tom Lacock, associate state director for AARP Wyoming, says his team is deploying a range of communication tools – including social media, teletown halls and an old fashioned newsletter reaching 87,000 residents – to connect consumers with important information about their insurance options.
"What folks need to look for when they're considering insurance, as well as keeping themselves safe from fraud and scams," Lacock explains. "This isn't necessarily steering anyone toward any particular type of insurance, it's more what you need to know before you make that buy."
Last week, more than 3,000 people attended a live conference call featuring Denise Burke, the DOI's senior health policy analyst. Burke fielded questions for nearly two hours.
Lacock says anyone can join the conversation by following AARP Wyoming on Facebook. For insurance questions, call the DOI directly at 307-777-7401.
Lacock says the collaboration kicked off after the state agency was inundated with calls from people confused about changes to the Affordable Care Act under the new tax code, as well as potential scams warning people about enrollment periods that don't exist.
He says the DOI is charged with looking out for consumers' best interests and is there to help.
"You get the robocalls talking about, you know, 'Changes are needed to your insurance,'" Lacock relates. "There's a lot of noise right now going on, especially in the world of health insurance.
"The Wyoming Department of Insurance, they're really that 'go to' that can help you kind of cut through that."
The DOI can help with discrimination, misrepresentation of policy coverage, claim delays or denials, terminated policies and more on health, homeowners, auto and life insurance.
Areas that do not fall under the agency's jurisdiction include how much individuals pay in premiums and deciding who is at fault in an accident.


on Apr 13, 2012 at 21:51 UTC ( #965000=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??
Is there a special variable that tracks what $i is tracking in that example?
and I'm sure (need to wait for moritz to show me how) it's easy in Perl 6 too (probably via Array kv and/or pairs methods?).
which is horrific. Is there a better way in List::Util or List::MoreUtils that I missed?
Then again, I'd argue that it's really not so curious given how much iteration support/use/avoidance is baked-in (iterator and sequence protocols, generators, comprehensions, slices, etc).


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##Using Frameworks with the
##ArcGIS API for JavaScript
Rene Rubalcava

@odoenet

---

## Options available to you
 - [Templates](http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis-web-app-templates)
 - [Configurable Apps](http://www.arcgis.com/home/gallery.html#c=esri&t=apps&o=modified&f=configurable)
 - [Apps](http://www.esri.com/software/apps/)
 - Builders
  - [App Studio](http://appstudio.arcgis.com/)
  - [Web AppBuilders](http://www.esri.com/software/web-appbuilder)

---

## Templates
 - Easy to use
 - Configurable
 - Integrates with Portal

---

## Apps
 - Prebuilt with specific purpose ([Collector](http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/collector-for-arcgis), [Navigator](http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/navigator))
 - Some provide extensibility ([Ops Dashboard](http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/operations-dashboard-for-arcgis))

---

## Web AppBuilder
 - Can be thought of as its own framework
 - **jimu** - *the Lego framework*

---

## You need more?
### Or do you *want* more?

---

## Dojo can do the job
![Dojo](images/dojo-toolkit-logo.png)

---

## Dojo already did that
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BY0-AI1Sxy0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

---

## Framework Madness
![Embrace your frameworks](images/frameworks.png)

---

## What problems do they solve?
 - Common theme is [Web Components](http://webcomponents.org/)
  - Web Components are not standardized *yet*
 - Some data binding mechanism

---

## What makes 4.0 easier to use?
- Accessors
- View Models (*crème de la crème*)
- Maps and Views (`SceneView`, `MapView`)

---

## React
![React](images/react.png)

---

## React
- Not a framework
- Reusable, composable components
- JSX - declarative

---

```javascript
const view = new MapView({
  container: document.getElementById('viewDiv'),
  map,
  center: [-100.33, 25.69],
  zoom: 10,
  ui: { components: [] } // empty the UI
});
// Render the React Components
ReactDOM.render(
  <div>
    <Zoom view={view}/>
    <Attribution view={view}/>
    <BasemapToggle view={view} secondaryBasemap={'dark-gray'}/>
  </div>,
  document.getElementById('appDiv')
);
```

---

## React
- [Demo](https://github.com/odoe/esrijs4-vm-react)

---

## Angular 2
![Angular2](images/angular2.png)

---

## Angular 2
- Directives are Web Components
- Dependency Injection
- *RxJS 5*

---

```typescript
import { Component } from 'angular2/core';
import { MapComponent } from './map.component';
import { HomeComponent } from './home.component';
@Component({
  directives: [MapComponent, HomeComponent],
    selector: 'my-app',
    template:
    `
    <div>
    <esri-map #mapView (viewCreated)="homeButton.setView(mapView.view)">
      <esri-home #homeButton></esri-home>
    </esri-map>
    </div>
    `
})
export class AppComponent { }
```

---

## Angular 2
- Some challenges
- Uses [SystemJS Module Loader](https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs)

---

## Well that's not going to work for us

```javascript
System.import('./local-module.js');

System.import('https://code.jquery.com/jquery.js');
```

---

## Angular 2
- Don't fight the loader, work around it

---

## Angular 2

```typescript
function register(name: string, mods: any[]) {
  System.register(name, [], exp => {
    return {
      setters: [],
      execute: () => {
        mods.map((mod: any, idx: number) => {
          exp(moduleName(deps[idx]), mod);
        });
      }
    }
  });
}
require(['esri/Map', 'esri/views/MapView'], function(...modules) {
  register('esri-mods', modules);
  System.import('app/boot');
});
```

---

## Packaged it up for you
- [esri-system-js](https://github.com/Esri/esri-system-js)

---

## Angular 2
![yay](images/yays.gif)

---

## Angular 2
- [Demo](https://github.com/odoe/esrijs4-vm-angular2)

---

## Ember
![Ember](images/ember.png)

---

## Ember
- The Ember Way
 - *Ember way or get out the way!*
- Focus on Web Components
- [ember-cli](http://ember-cli.com/)
 - Robust add-on system

---

## Ember
- Also had some challenges
- Uses it's own synchronous *AMD-like* loader
- Doesn't like RequireJS or Dojo loaders

---

## Ember
- So we wrote an addon to help with that
- [ember-cli-amd](https://github.com/esri/ember-cli-amd)

---

## Ember
### `ember install ember-cli-amd`

```javascript
var EmberApp = require('ember-cli/lib/broccoli/ember-app');
module.exports = function(defaults) {
  var app = new EmberApp(defaults, {
    amd :{
      loader: 'https://js.arcgis.com/4.0beta3/',
      configPath: 'config/dojo-config.js',
      packages: [
        'esri','dojo','dojox','dijit',
        'put-selector','xstyle','dgrid'
      ]
    }
  });
  return app.toTree();
};
```

---

## Ember
- Map as a service

```javascript
// app/services/map.js
export default Ember.Service.extend({
  map: null,
  loadMap() {
    let map = this.get('map');
    if (map) return map;
    let graphicsLayer = new GraphicsLayer({ id: 'graphics' });
    let tileLayer = new VectorTileLayer({
      url: "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/f96366254a564adda1dc468b447ed956/resources/styles/root.json"
    });
    map = new Map({ layers: [tileLayer, graphicsLayer] }); // no display
    this.set('map', map);
    return map;
    }
  }
});
```

---

## Ember
- Map component

```javascript
//app/components/esri-map.js
export default Ember.Component.extend({
  classNames: ['viewDiv'],
  mapService: Ember.inject.service('map'),
  didInsertElement() {
    let map = this.get('map');
    if (!map) {
      map = this.get('mapService').loadMap();
      this.set('map', map);
    }
  },
  createView: function() {
    let map = this.get('map');
    let view = new MapView({
      map,
      container: this.elementId,
      center: [-100.33, 25.69],
      zoom: 10
    });
    view.then(x => this.set('view', x));
  }.observes('map') // similar to Accessor.watch
});
```

---

## Ember
- Using a ViewModel

```javascript
// app/components/esri-home.js
import Ember from 'ember';
import HomeVM from 'esri/widgets/Home/HomeViewModel';
export default Ember.Component.extend({
  classNames: ['home', 'action'],
  vm: null,
  createHome: function() {
    let view = this.get('view');
    let vm = new HomeVM({ view });
    this.set('vm', vm);
  }.observes('view'), // similar to Accessor.watch
  actions: {
    enable() {
      this.get('vm').goHome();
    }
  }
});
```

---

## Ember
- Compose your components

```hbs
//app/templates/index.hbs
{{esri-map view=view}}
{{esri-locate view=view}}
{{esri-home view=view}}
```

---

## Ember
- [Demo](https://github.com/odoe/esrijs4-vm-ember)

---

## Conclusion
 - 4.0 Enhancements make integration easier
 - Pick a framework and dig in
 - Learn your tools

---

## Resources

- https://github.com/odoe/esrijs-resources

---

<!-- .slide: class="questions centered" -->

## Questions
Rene Rubalcava

@odoenet

*Please fill ou the survey!*

---

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What Is Your Company Worth? A Viva Fresh Private Equity Valuation Panel
by Robert Schaulis
How can you accurately assess the value of a produce company generations in the making? Are there opportunities in private equity that could take your business to the next level? How can you forge mutually-beneficial partnerships that will grow the scope of your operation? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in the 2018 Viva Fresh Produce Expo's educational session on mergers and acquisitions and the business of private equity.
This Spring, when produce professionals from throughout the United States and Mexico descend on San Antonio, Texas, to take part in the fourth annual Viva Fresh Expo, held April 5-7, participants will be able to take part in this panel discussion, held April 6th at 8:45 a.m., to learn more about the role of private equity in produce, and gain insights from those with firsthand knowledge of this important aspect of growing a business.
Meet the Panelists
Joel Montminy is the founder and CEO of CREO | Montminy & Co., a Los Angeles-based boutique investment bank. The firm has advised over 100 companies in the food industry—including nearly two dozen in produce—going through some form of corporate finance transaction, often with private equity partners.
Jay Pack is the former Owner and CEO of Standard Fruit & Vegetable Co., Inc., a $400 million integrated repacker, logistics, and value-added produce company, with distribution in thirty-five states. The company was sold to Del Monte Fresh, a NYSE company, in January 2003. Subsequent to the sale of the company, Jay and his wife Ruthie created the Pack Family Foundation, with a focus on education and the arts. He is an investor in—and currently serves on the Board of Directors for—Mission Produce, Country Fresh, and Coastal Sunbelt.
Ferrell Daste has more than 30 years of experience affecting transactions and interacting with the global institutional investor community. As the President of Agriglobe Capital LLC, Ferrell provides marketing consulting services to the alternative asset community inclusive of food and agricultural companies. Throughout his career, Ferrell has held senior roles in the industry—including positions with Olam International, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs.
Moderator, Robert Lambert is the President and CEO of Vantage Point Media, a business encompassing the produce trade news publications AndNowUKnow and The Snack Magazine, as well as the deli news publication Deli Market News. Robert's company specializes in digital and print media solutions for the fresh produce industry, while creating artistic, innovative marketing and editorial content for buyers and suppliers in the food business.
What are the potential benefits of private equity investment, and how can produce companies best ascertain their options in this financial paradigm?
As an investment banker specializing in the food industry, with a number of sizeable and successful produce industry transactions to his credit—including the strategic partnership between Total Produce and Progressive Produce—Panelist Joel Montminy, Founder, President, and CEO of CREO | Montminy & Co., has answers.
"Private equity has long been attracted to the food industry—and produce in particular due to its attractive underlying demand and revenue predictability," Joel explains to me. "At its simplest form, a private equity partner allows produce industry entrepreneurs to obtain the capital needed for their businesses to continue to evolve and prosper, and typically reconfigures equity ownership by cashing out current shareholders. These equity investments are usually paired with forms of debt: senior, subordinated, and mezzanine capital. They also require post-closing continuing commitment by management, allowing the prior owners/managers to participate in future growth and upside when the business is sold down the line. A good private equity partner also brings board expertise and corporate hygiene to help enhance overall performance. So the most obvious benefits to the operator are capital to grow, partial liquidity and ongoing stake, leverage to drive equity returns in the next liquidity event, and experience in professionalizing companies."
Despite an attractive upside, though, there are challenges associated with institutional investment, and enlisting the advisory services of an investment banker like CREO | Montminy & Co. or Agriglobe Capital is a first and indispensable step in approaching private equity investment.
"Agriglobe Capital advises small and middle-market companies—often family businesses in the food and agriculture space—on finding a strategic capital partner or selling their business," Panelist Ferrell Daste, President of Agriglobe Capital, tells me, explaining that for many produce companies, though the idea of private equity investment is appealing, the demands of the produce business are too demanding for companies to properly investigate their options. This is where Ferrell and Agriglobe Capital can intercede, working with agricultural operations to assess their options and enter into the most beneficial possible transactions and partnerships.
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"Having been an owner, operator, a direct investor, and a board member for a number of companies involved in private equity, I think I have a solid understanding of the private equity world from a produce perspective," adds Jay. "After selling Standard in 2003, I became involved with several private equity firms and ultimately chose to work with a number of private equity firms as a free agent, while simultaneously being involved in various projects as a direct investor. There are many factors to take into account when considering a private equity investment—growth rate, interest rates, strategic positioning and synergies, whether a company will require significant CAPEX or changes in management—and from an ag company's perspective, finding the right cultural fight with a strategic partnership can be as important as capital considerations. There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle."
The private equity panel will be moderated by our own President and CEO Robert Lambert—who brings his own share of experience in both the produce and financial industries.
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Do you know the history of this Plaza Westport neighborhood block?
Homes in Plaza Westport, seen here in a 1940 photo, were built for working class families around the turn of the 20th century.
Instead of drinking away their paychecks, developer S.H. Taylor advised working citizens of Kansas City to invest in real estate.
Taylor sold 20 lots in Bunker Hill in 1887, in the area we now call the Plaza Westport neighborhood. He advertised it as close to streetcar lines and surrounded by elegant homes, churches and schools.
Much of the well-known history of Kansas City tells the stories of the richest citizens, but Midtown as we know it today was also built by blue-collar workers. Because of the high-quality materials used in construction from the late 1880s to the 1920s, many of these working-class homes are still attractive places to live.
The map below shows the Plaza Westport area around 1907, with the featured block highlighted in yellow (click on the map to make it larger). Note that the Corbin Park area was just to the east and the Steptoe section, an area settled by freed slaves, was just a few blocks north when Bunker Hill was being developed.
And the slideshow below shows the same block in 1940.
Tuttle and Pike Atlas, 1907.
There's still a lot more to learn. Do you remember this block? What special memories do you have of this section of Midtown, which is now in the Plaza Westport neighborhood? What questions do you have about it? Let us know and we'll share your history and help to preserve it on our website as part of our Uncovering History project.


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Q: C Simple File integers count program implementation problems I did this program which finds the occurance of a specific number, in a given file.
Here is my full program:
#include <string.h>
#define SIZE 100

int main(void) {
   int count=0;
   char *pch=NULL;
   char line[SIZE];
   char target[SIZE]={"20"};
   FILE *fp=fopen("countNumber.txt","r");
   if(!fp) {
      printf("Error unable to open the file\n");
      return 0;
   }
   while(fgets(line, SIZE, fp)){          //gets each line of the file
      pch=&line[0];                       //sets the pointer address to the first char in line
      while((pch=strstr(pch,target)) != NULL) {  //searches for all occurrences of target in line
         //printf("%s\n",pch++); getchar();
         count++;
      }
   }

   fclose(fp);
   printf("target string %s was found %d times\n",target, count);
   return 0;
}

My plan:
I was thinking of doing something tricky with this.
Is my approach correct?

A: The usual way to do this is:

*

*read in all the numbers and put them in an array (it helps to know ahead of time how many numbers so you can size the array properly; otherwise you have to first count them, then read them in)

*sort them in ascending order

*to find the 90th percentile, find the element that follows sortedElement[floor(N * 0.9)]
Sorting is a bit advanced. There are simple (to understand and implement) algorithms that work well with small data sets. One such algorithm is the "bubble sort". You start at one end, and compare two numbers. The larger one "bubbles" up, compare again, keep going. After one lap your biggest number is at the top. Now repeat, starting at the bottom, but stopping one sooner. If you only need the 90th percentile (rather than a fully sorted array), you only have to do this a few times (1/10 of N times) - because when you have the 10% biggest numbers in order, the lowest of these is your answer.
It sounds to me, based on the excellent wording of the question, that you are up to the challenge of writing this code yourself; if you're not, leave a comment!
EDIT here is the code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {
  FILE* fp;
  char* chBuf=NULL; // where line will be stored
  int* myArray;
  int ii, jj;
  int lineCount;
  int numCount;
  size_t byteCount; // used for reading in the line

  if((fp = fopen("numbers.txt", "r")) == NULL) {
    printf("Unable to open file\n");
    return -1;
  }

  // got here because file is openened.
  // Let's find out how many lines there are
  lineCount = 0;
  while(getline(&chBuf, &byteCount, fp)>0) lineCount++;
  printf("There are %d lines in the file\n", lineCount);

  // now "rewind" to the beginning, and read one line at a time:
  fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);

  // create space for the numbers:
  myArray = malloc(lineCount * sizeof(int));
  numCount = 0;

  // read numbers in - this time, convert them to integers:
  while(getline(&chBuf, &byteCount, fp) > 0) {
    myArray[numCount] = atoi(chBuf);
    // take this line out - just there to show it is working:
    printf("converted number %d: it is %d\n", numCount, myArray[numCount]);
    numCount++;
  }
  fclose(fp);

  // now we have to sort. Since data was sorted low to high,
  // I will sort high to low just to show it works:

  for(ii = 0; ii < numCount - 1; ii++) {
    for(jj = ii + 1; jj < numCount; jj++) {
      if(myArray[ii] < myArray[jj]) {
        int temp = myArray[ii];
        myArray[ii] = myArray[jj];
        myArray[jj] = temp;
      }
    }
    printf("sorted element %d: %d\n", ii, myArray[ii]);
  }
  // we never "sort" the last number... it bubbled to the end:
  printf("sorted element %d: %d\n", ii, myArray[ii]);

  // now find 10% of the number of elements (rounded down)
  // and we will have the number that is bigger than 90% of the numbers in the file
  int index90 = 0.1 * numCount - 1; // automatically gets truncated;
                                    // offset by 1 since index starts at 0
  printf("The first number bigger than 90%% is element %d: it is %d\n", \
    index90, myArray[index90]);
}

There are several "tricks" in here that are worth pointing out to a novice programmer:

*

*Check that the file is opened successfully, and take action if not

*Use getline (actually a gcc extension - I don't know if you have it) to safely read a line: it will make sure that there is enough space in the buffer. Your method is valid for your file - mine is "generally safer".

*Use malloc to allocate enough space for the array of numbers

*I sort "all the numbers" even though I really only need to sort the first 10% to solve the problem. You can improve performance (for this instance) by changing the upper limit of ii in the outer sort loop.

*I use the fact that assigning a floating point number to an int will automatically truncate it in my calculation of the index of the number I want.

Enjoy!

A: You need to have a way to separate the numbers in the file. Anyway in your code you could take 200 as another 20.
Regarding your plan, if you can put all your numbers in memory you will have to order them. One way is to use a heap to represent a binary tree with the data ordered. Once you have the data ordered you can get the 10% higher and from that, the minimum. Everything in O(log n) but the file read and amount of inserts in the heap, which will be O(n).

A: there are a few thing you need to consider:
 - the first thing you need to do is convert the numbers you read from the file to integers (please see atoi function for this).
 - second, make sure you allocate enough memory to hold all your numbers(100 might not be enough)
 - make sure you use the correct data type( int should be fine )
Once you read all your numbers in memory you can do whatever you want with them: sort them, find min, max..etc


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Harold Gordon Shipp (January 21, 1926 – September 7, 2014) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and the chairman of Shipp Corporation Limited.

Early life
Shipp was born on January 21, 1926, in East York, Ontario to Gordon S. Shipp and Bessie Luella Breeze. His father was a speculative and custom home builder, founding his firm in 1923 when he moved from western Ontario, where he was an Ontario farmer. Shipp completed his high school education at Etobicoke High School (now Etobicoke Collegiate Institute) in 1945, with which he maintained very close association. In the spring of 1946, Shipp was asked to join his father in a new enterprise, then called G.S. Shipp and Son. Shipp and his wife, June Catharine Ingram (d. October 4, 2001) married on September 30, 1949.

Career
Shipp first entered the family construction business in 1945 at the age of 19, immediately upon graduation from high school. He became a full partner in his father's business on April 1, 1946, and one year later GS Shipp and Son was incorporated.

Responsible for the planning and development of the Applewood Acres sub-division, GS Shipp and Son built and paid for the original Applewood Public School in 1955 (originally an elementary school, and converted to a school for secondary school-aged students with developmental disabilities and its name changed to Applewood Acres School in January 1982). GS Shipp and Son also built some 300 homes in Credit Woodlands (1955) and developed some 400 homes in Riverview Gardens in Streetsville.
He also built approximately 200 homes in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario in the 1960s which are still sought after today.

In 1959, Shipp along with two partners established Applewood Motors and a Streetsville Chevrolet Oldsmobile car dealership, later known as Applewood Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC, a member of the Humberview Group. As part of a marketing effort, Shipp decided to put three cars on the roof of Shipp model homes to increase publicity. This news travelled worldwide and received extensive media coverage in Japan.

In the fall of 1957, Thomas Laird Kennedy, who briefly served as Premier of Ontario, asked Harold Shipp to succeed him as his choice as the Conservative candidate for the region of Peel. Kennedy visited Mr. Shipp at his office where he informed him of his decision not to stand in the 1959 provincial election. After a few weeks of consideration, Shipp declined the offer citing family issues.

In 1960, Harold Shipp became President of the Toronto Homebuilders Association, a position his father held from 1954 to 1956. It is still the only time that a father and son both held this position.

In 1967, the Shipps formed a joint venture with Mutual Life of Canada to produce four high-rise apartment buildings, the latter one winning the Canadian housing design award in 1974.

In 1974 Shipped was named to the Board of Counsellors of Oxford College of Emory University.

In 1978, Shipp's company entered into high-rise commercial development with the commencement of an office park known as the Mississauga Executive Centre, which was to comprise four office towers. The Shipp Centre, a commercial office complex at the intersection of Islington Avenue and Bloor St., West in Etobicoke, was completed in 1981. Adjacent to the Shipp Centre is Kingsway on-the-Park, a 289 suite condominium residence in two towers of 24 and 25 stories, respectively. The buildings are connected to phase three of the Shipp Centre (now called Bloor Islington Place), which allows access to the Toronto subway system.

Shipp acted as the Chairman of the Royal Visit to Mississauga for the official opening of City Hall in 1987. The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York was a grand affair with members of Council and dignitaries assembled in the courtyard to greet them. This was the first major event to be held in the Great Hall.

According to author Roger E. Riendeau, Shipp Corporation is one of the few businesses that can truly make the claim that they built Mississauga. Shipp and his family have lived in Mississauga since 1953 and the Shipp Corporation Limited is the longest continuing builder and developer in Mississauga having operated there since 1951.

On April 28, 2005, the Trillium Health Centre announced a $6 million pledge from Harold Shipp.

Death
Shipp died after a short illness at the Trillium Hospital on September 7, 2014.

Awards and recognition
 2012 First Recipient of the Civic Award of Philanthropy in Mississauga, presented by Mayor Hazel McCallion
 2009 Mississauga Board Of Trade Inaugural, "Lifetime Business Achievement Award"
 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Presented by National Association Of Industrial And Office Parks (NAIOP)
 1992 Commemorative Medals for 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation
 1992 City of Etobicoke 1991 Personal & Corporate Service Award
 1990 Guest of Honor; Mississauga's Community Living for Community Service
 1988 Gordon S Shipp Memorial Award, Mississauga "Citizen of the Year"
 1986 Elected to Canadian Home Builders Hall of Fame
 1986 Mississauga Business Person of the year (Charter Year)
 1984 Paul Harris Award for Community Service, Rotary club
 Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
 Chairman of Citizen's Committee for opening of new Mississauga Civic Centre in July 1989

References

2014 deaths
Canadian businesspeople
1926 births
People from East York, Toronto

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