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package com.speedment.common.tuple.internal.nullable.mapper;

import com.speedment.common.tuple.Tuple2;
import com.speedment.common.tuple.TupleMapper;
import com.speedment.common.tuple.TuplesOfNullables;
import com.speedment.common.tuple.internal.AbstractTupleMapper;
import com.speedment.common.tuple.nullable.Tuple2OfNullables;

import java.util.function.Function;

/**
 * An implementation class of a {@link TupleMapper } of degree 2
 * <p>
 * Generated by com.speedment.sources.pattern.tuple.TupleMapperImplPattern
 *
 * @param <T>  Type of the original object for the mapper to use when creating a
 *             {@code Tuple }
 * @param <T0> type of element 0
 * @param <T1> type of element 1
 *
 * @author Per Minborg
 */
public final class Tuple2OfNullablesMapperImpl<T, T0, T1>
extends AbstractTupleMapper<T, Tuple2OfNullables<T0, T1>>
implements TupleMapper<T, Tuple2OfNullables<T0, T1>> {

    /**
     * Constructs a {@link TupleMapper } that can create {@link Tuple2 }.
     *
     * @param m0 mapper to apply for element 0
     * @param m1 mapper to apply for element 1
     */
    public Tuple2OfNullablesMapperImpl(Function<T, T0> m0, Function<T, T1> m1) {
        super(2);
        set(0, m0);
        set(1, m1);
    }

    @Override
    public Tuple2OfNullables<T0, T1> apply(T t) {
        return TuplesOfNullables.ofNullables(
            get0().apply(t),
            get1().apply(t)
        );
    }

    public Function<T, T0> get0() {
        return getAndCast(0);
    }

    public Function<T, T1> get1() {
        return getAndCast(1);
    }
}

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Microsoft Explores Holographic Storage as a Cloud Solution
Sumbo Bello Sep 25, 2020 at 6:20 am GMT
Sumbo Bello
Sep 25, 2020 at 6:20 am GMT
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The first thing that comes to mind when you think of hologram might be stage performances featuring dead musicians. And that's not surprising.
One of the earliest subjects of the technology was 2Pac Shakur, appearing at the 2012 Coachella festival. Since then, 3D performances by Whitney Houston, Roy Orbison, and Ronnie James Dio have followed.
However, hologram's application extends beyond bringing dead singers and celebrities back to "life." According to Microsoft, it could also solve an existing problem — storage.
The tech giant noted that the current storage technologies are not improving at a sufficient pace. What's more, their mechanical moving parts makes them prone to reliability and performance issue.
Meanwhile, the demand for long-term storage in the cloud has surged to unprecedented levels — growing into the zettabytes.
Microsoft explained at its virtual Ignite 2020 conference this week:
"Operating at such scales in the cloud requires a fundamental re-thinking of how we build large-scale storage systems, as well as the underlying storage technologies that underpin them."
To solve this problem, the company has turned to holographic solutions for cloud storage. Hence, project HSD (Holographic Storage Device).
Using Holographic Storage to House Digital Content
With holography, storage media will no longer be restricted to two surfaces of a storage disk. Instead, we'll be able to take advantage of the media's volume.
Holographic storage relies on an optical crystal to read and write data. Since it uses the entire crystal's volume, users can conveniently store a massive amount of data. Also, erasure is possible through UV light.
Flash devices are less efficient by comparison. Not only are flash storages pricier, but they also have limited read and write capacities. Similarly, hard drives depend on movable parts that are prone to wear and tear.
Microsoft noted:
"The hologram occupies a small volume inside the crystal, which we think of as a zone, and multiple pages can be recorded in the same physical volume or zone."
Thanks to software improvements through AI, the team managed to achieve one-to-one pixel matching. That means simpler and less expensive optics can produce even better results than before.
Microsoft Research says it has attained an almost 100 percent increase in density in holographic storage tests. Furthermore, it expects the compression and access rates to improve in the coming months.
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TAMEX
TAMEX: The Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment
The Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment (TAMEX) was a cooperative research program between scientists of the Republic of China and the United States to understand the mesoscale dynamics and microphysical processes responsible for heavy precipitation that leads to flash floods in Taiwan, and to improve the forecasting of such events. The three primary scientific objectives of TAMEX were to investigate 1) the mesoscale circulations associated with the Mei-Yu front; (2) the mesoscale convective system that develop within the front; and (3) the effects of topography of Taiwan on the mean flow, the Mei-Yu front, and mesoscale convective systems.
The field phase of the TAMEX Program operated from 1 May to 29 June 1987 with 13 Intensive Observational Periods (IOP)s. In addition, soundings were taken every 6-hours within the network for a one month period from 15 May to 15 June. This provided an unique opportunity to also study the diurnal cycle and other mesoscale circulations over and around Taiwan during non-disturbed periods as well as disturbed periods. Meteorological phenomena on which special observations were collected include: the Mei-Yu front, low-level jet, pre-frontal squall lines, open-ocean measoscale convective systems, mountain convection, terrain induced mesoscale circulation, frontal deformation due to orography, nocturnal convergence lines, and land-sea breeze. In a few cases, heavy precipitation (6-h rainfall exceeding 150 mm) was recorded within the observing network.
TAMEX, with more than 125 scientists involved, was the first scientific effort of its kind involving several research organizations in the Republic of China and the United States. These included NOAA, The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, NCAR, and the following Universities: Alabama, Colorado State, Florida State, Hawaii, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Purdue, St. Louis, Washington, and Yale.
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The rate of violent crime in Newark rose by more than 11% in 2011 compared with 2010. Street crimes increased, with robberies up 23%. Its robbery rate was the third highest.
In Atlanta, aggravated assaults, typically attacks with deadly weapons, were up 3% since 2010, to the fifth-highest rate among U.S. cities. Robberies increased even more, up 8%. However, there were five fewer murders in 2011 and property crimes edged slightly lower.
Baltimore has seen an increase in gang-related activity over the past several years. The city recorded 196 murders in 2011, the fifth-highest murder rate in the nation, and roughly 70% of the victims were involved in the drug trade, according to the Baltimore Police Department. It was also in the top 10 for both robberies and assaults.


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Ralph McGill
February 3, 1969	- Augusta
His was a voice of moderation during one of the South's most racially divisive periods.
Ralph McGill was born in Tennessee in 1898. His sports columns in the Nashville Banner caught the eye of Atlanta Constitution editor Clark Howell, who hired McGill in 1929. By 1941, McGill was the paper's editor, and over the next 30 years his columns brought him national fame and made him a target for the region's die-hard segregationists during the civil rights era.
McGill reported on everything from the Great Depression to the Vietnam War. He never outwardly called for integration, knowing he would lose his readership, but was branded as a traitor to the white south for urging Georgians to obey federal law and shun violence. He took on Governor Eugene Talmadge and the Ku Klux Klan and his 1958 columns on the temple bombing in Atlanta earned him the Pulitzer Prize. Readers either reviled or revered him.
The crusading editor who was a voice for tolerance died on February 3, 1969, Today in Georgia History.
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"We are talking too much about farming and what farmers want, when we need to talk more about the wider debates that are relevant to the public," she said. Health, the growing diabetes epidemic, global climate change, water scarcity were all topics farming could, and should be contributing to, to show its relevance to society, she insisted.
NGOs attending London Mayor Boris Johnson's Food Board forums highlighted the problem, repeatedly calling for the countryside to be allowed to return to its 'natural state' and to 'make space for nature'.
With a majority government the industry had a colossal expectation that issues like bovine TB, neonicotinoid insecticides and the wide chemical toolbox would be resolved. But that was completely unrealistic, she said.
The UK's stand at the hugely influential World Expo exhibition in Milan, which is focused on feeding the world, highlighted the problem. Put together by an NGO (at a cost of £6m), it focused on bees, with a brilliantly conceived beehive concept the size of a two-storey house, but utterly failed to explain the role of pollinators in crop production, or even show honey as an output. "I felt completely lost – it was quite a stark moment," Mrs Batters noted.
"We are part of the 3% feeding the global 97%, and that is a pretty profound statistic. And if we are going to deal with issues like climate change and water resources we have to get government to engage with agriculture. It can't be left to focus on urban society and ignore farming.
"The industry needs the NFU more than it has ever needed it," she concluded.
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Speed Cam Data: See How Enforcement Drops Off a Cliff Each Afternoon
State law keeps the city's speed cameras from issuing tickets beyond one hour before and one hour after school events. 20 cameras are allowed by Albany; five are currently operating. Source data via NYC Open Data
New data offers a glimpse of how New York's small speed camera program is performing under the restrictions of current Albany legislation. Among other things, you can see that the cameras don't issue any tickets at night, when fatal crashes are most prevalent.
The speed camera law Albany enacted last year allows up to 20 cameras, but there are only five cameras in operation since the city starting issuing tickets on January 16. DOT didn't say why the other 15 cameras aren't up and running, but the agency did say that as of this week, cameras have issued 11,500 tickets to drivers speeding near schools.
A peek inside the data, some of which is available through the city's open data portal, shows that the five cameras were turned on for the 27 school days between January 16 and February 25, issuing tickets no earlier than 7:01 a.m. and no later than 4:10 p.m. That means that thanks to Albany's school-hour restrictions, the cameras are functioning less than half the day.
While speeding was the leading cause of NYC traffic deaths in 2012, the cameras aren't on at all between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., when three-quarters of all NYC traffic fatalities occur, according to 2012 DMV data [PDF].
To maximize their deterrent effect, DOT does not identify locations where it will place the cameras. But we can see where the cameras have been located in the past.
As of February 25, the city had placed cameras at 15 different locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. While seven locations had speed cams for four or fewer days (including five places that had the cameras for only one day each), four locations had cameras for about three-quarters of the 27 days they were operational. The sites that received cameras, in descending order of number of tickets issued, are:
Westbound Queens Boulevard between 58th and 53rd Streets
Northbound Woodhaven Boulevard at 62nd Road
Southbound Woodhaven Boulevard at Furmanville Avenue
Eastbound Hylan Boulevard at Tysens Lane
Southbound Ralph Avenue between Snyder Avenue and Clarendon Road
Southbound Pennsylvania Avenue at Twin Pines Drive East
Eastbound Queens Boulevard between 53rd and 58th Streets
Northbound Kings Highway between 92nd and 96th Streets
Northbound Midland Avenue between Freeborn Street and Hylan Boulevard
Westbound 4th Avenue at 41st Street
Eastbound Hylan Boulevard at Burbank Avenue
Southbound Soundview Avenue between Taylor and Lacombe Avenues
Northbound Soundview Avenue between Lacombe and Taylor Avenues
Eastbound Queens Boulevard between 32nd and 39th Streets
Eastbound Metropolitan Avenue between Woodhaven Boulevard and 70th Avenue
What most of these locations have in common is that they are high-speed arterial streets that frequently rank as the city's most dangerous places for pedestrians. The list includes Hylan Avenue at Burbank Avenue, which DOT removed from rotation after complaints that the camera was not located on a street with a school entrance or exit within a quarter-mile, as required by the state. That camera stopped issuing tickets on February 6, and drivers who received tickets there can have them refunded.
As of February 25, the site with the most camera-issued tickets is on Queens Boulevard outside the entrance to Razi School. Photo: Google Maps
The number of tickets issued each day peaked during the program's first two days but fluctuated widely during the next six weeks. It's still early to draw conclusions about the impact the cameras are having on deterring speeders in NYC, though evidence clearly shows they have cut speeding, crashes, injuries, and deaths in cities that use them.
On most days, four or five cameras are operating, though on some days just one or two issue tickets. Only a few days appear to show six cameras in operation. There is a discrepancy between the open data website and a DOT stat from January, when the agency said the school zone speed camera program had issued 900 tickets in its first two weeks of operation. The data portal, clearly listing photo-issued school zone speed violations in the parking violations database, has a figure closer to 2,800 tickets. DOT stood by the 900 number. Spokesperson Nicholas Mosquera suggested that the higher number could measure all tickets that were captured by the cameras, not those that were reviewed and mailed.
The cameras are a significant supplement to NYPD's manual enforcement efforts. Last month, the police issued 7,702 speeding tickets, up 18 percent over the same time last year. One in three were issued by local precincts [PDF], while 70 percent were issued by a unit focused on expressways and parkways [PDF]. Speed cam data from a public database is available only until February 25, leaving out the final three days of the month. For that period in February, city data says speed cams issued 2,131 tickets — almost equal to the total number of speeding tickets issued by precincts over roughly the same period.
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By Brad Aaron	| Jul 16, 2014
Traffic enforcement cameras are far outpacing NYPD in ticketing drivers who speed, run red lights, and encroach on bus lanes — pointing to the need for more automated enforcement to make streets safer. A report from the city's Independent Budget Office finds that FY 14 revenue from camera-generated tickets in those three categories was $41 million, […]
Trottenberg: "So Many Locations" Where Albany Prohibits NYC Speed Cams
By Stephen Miller	| Apr 10, 2014
Since being turned on in mid-January, New York City's limited speed camera program — five cameras near schools, turned on only during weekday school hours — have caught 14,500 drivers hitting at least 40 mph as of Tuesday, according to DOT. After 15 more cameras come online later this spring, the city will have reached […]
So Far Suburban Opposition to Safety Cameras Isn't Playing in NYC
Well, that was quick. Two nascent safety camera programs on Long Island have been shut down, despite demonstrable success in Nassau, after elected officials turned tail in response to complaints from law-breaking motorists. Meanwhile, red light cameras in New Jersey were turned off this week after that state's five-year demonstration failed to secure renewal in the legislature. […]
NYC Speed Cams Only Nabbing a Fraction of Speeders
By Brad Aaron	| Feb 3, 2014
After two weeks, it's clear that NYC's new automated speed camera program needs much more leeway from Albany in order to wrestle the city's dangerous speeding problem under control. Under the law that state legislators passed to enable the program, speed cameras are currently operable only from one hour before the school day begins to […]
De Blasio and DOT Ring In the New School Year With More Speed Cameras
Mayor de Blasio and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today officially announced the expansion of the city's speed camera program, which will eventually bring automated enforcement to 140 school zones across the boroughs. Today's event also underscored the fact that streets around schools won't be as safe as they could be, thanks to restrictions imposed by […]
Steve Matteo and NY1: A Speed Camera Is Working, So Vision Zero Is a Scam
By Brad Aaron	| Jan 9, 2015
Speeding is the leading cause of fatal traffic crashes in New York City, and with unreliable police enforcement, cameras are essential to protecting New Yorkers from reckless drivers. Data released last summer showed that 20 speed cameras, covering a tiny fraction city streets, issued roughly as many speeding tickets in one month as NYPD did in […]


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The guide aims to present to the reader the basic steps for him/her to create a small-scale business in the sanitation sector in four steps.
The guide can be used for self-study as it is an interactive document with theory and around 30 related exercises and answers.
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The first time I had a paczki was a few years ago. My friend Dobra owns a successful Polish bakery here in Chicago and she had invited some folks over to her bakery to learn all about paczki. Here's a link to that fun and delicious day. Fast forward a few years, I decided to try my hand at making them at home. Perhaps they're not quite as perfect as Dobra's but they're still pretty wonderful. I filled them with raspberry jelly but I plan on making them again soon to try out other flavors. If you've ever wanted to make homemade jelly filled doughnuts, I would definitely recommend this recipe!
* If making the gluten free version, you only need to let the dough rise/rest once so continue on to the next step. No need to let the gluten free rise for 1 hour as stated in the previous step.
Fry the paczki, two to four at a time (depending on the capacity of your pan) for 3 minutes on each sideor until they're a deep brown, but not burned. Transfer them to a paper towel lined cooling rack to drain.
When the paczki are cool enough to handle, fill them with about 2 tablespoons of raspberry jam or jelly each. An easy way to do this is with a cookie press pr pastry bag equipped with a filling tube. Or you can use a thin spoon and make a hole in the doughnut and spoon the jam/jelly in the middle. After filling, roll the paczki in sugar.
Hello baybeh!! Wow, those look yum!
Oh my they look like they pack a punch! These Raspberry Paczki look soo dam delicious. I wonder what it would taste like with Jelly rather then jam? I would think jam would be the most common filling.
Have you make these in a gluten free batch? If so, what flour(s) do you like to use?


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Build-to-rent surge will change apartment living for Australians, but for better or worse?
Australia's emerging build-to-rent sector is growing — "booming" by some accounts with a 70% jump in value in the past year.
Originally published on The Conversation – March 11
Under this model, institutional investors develop purpose-built rental apartments to retain and operate under single ownership. In Australia, it will change how apartments are designed and developed, how we are housed and how our tenancies are managed.
With 40 projects under way, an estimated 15,000 units worth more than A$10 billion are in the pipeline. Site availability has made Melbourne popular, with over 50% of the national market. Investors are active in Sydney, Perth and Queensland too.
Sought-after neighbourhoods are earmarked for large developments. Many have 300 or more units, most at market-rate rents.
Build-to-rent is new to our shores, but hardly uncharted territory abroad. In the UK, the sector expanded exponentially from 2013 with government support. It now accounts for one in five new homes built in England and one in four in London.
In the US, the built-to-rent sector is relatively mature. It makes up almost two-thirds of the rental stock in many of the largest cities. Heavyweight corporate landlords operate as many as 400,000 units each.
In Australia, we need more data and more informed public debate to guide tax, design, planning and tenancy reforms to secure the best possible urban and social outcomes from the build-to-rent expansion.
The build-to-rent promise
Build-to-rent presents an enticing vision. For households, it promises several things:
flexible long-term tenancies
client-centric onsite management
hotel-style amenities and services
allowances for pets and personalisation, such as painting and decorating.
For cities, the model promises high-amenity, well-located, purpose-built rental apartments that cater to diverse and changing housing needs.
Proponents hail build-to-rent as a win-win. It's seen as a salve for various housing woes, including concerns about housing supply, affordability, the private rental sector (including insecure tenancies and inexpert property and tenancy management) and apartment quality.
Since the COVID-19 downturn, the model has been hailed as an economic lifeline too: good for the construction sector, good for jobs.
Rise of a new asset class
For build-to-rent investors, the rental revenue returns appear relatively modest. Under current market conditions, however, secure margins and "lower (but) for longer" investment prospects appeal.
Advocates continue to push for tax reforms. They point to a growing "weight of capital" awaiting more enticing returns. But many international build-to-rent behemoths, superannuation/pension funds, private equity firms and real estate investment trusts are entering our private rental sector regardless.
Institutional investors' entry into our rental sector contributes to a broader paradigm shift in urban housing systems dubbed the financialisation of (rental) housing.
States have endorsed build-to-rent, improving its viability with land tax concessions, exemption from foreign investor surcharges, privileged planning pathways and pilot projects (e.g. in Queensland). The federal government's position has been more ambiguous.
Crucially, the rise of build-to-rent sets in motion two important structural shifts
institutionalising the private rental sector
diversifying residential development models.
Historically, small-portfolio "mum and dad" landlords have owned and managed our rental stock. They are motivated by many of the same benefits (such as tax concessions and capital gains) and exposed to the same risks as owner-occupiers.
So we've had a high degree of integration between the private rental and owner-occupier sectors: few dwellings were purpose-built for renting and most homes were readily interchangeable between sectors.
Build to rent disrupts this integration. It replaces the fragmented ownership of apartment buildings under strata title laws with a single institutional owner.
Build to rent also diverges from familiar speculative build-to-sell development geared towards short-term profits. Its longer-term investment horizons give developers a new incentive to minimise a building's running costs and to create apartments that appeal to and retain tenants.
So will it deliver?
Will build to rent provide high-quality, high-amenity, professionally managed rental homes? And at what scale, for how long, and at what costs to whom?
In the longer term, will this model disrupt the socio-political twinning of home ownership and home?
Could build to rent be a catalyst for more progressive tenancy reforms, leading towards tenure neutrality/equality where ownership isn't seen as automatically superior to renting?
These questions matter. One in three Australian households now rent their housing. Some argue we're headed for a "post-ownership" society in which most people rent their homes.
Private rental was once a route to ownership. Now it's a destination. Ownership has been delayed, become unattainable or been "traded off" for flexibility and being able to live in desirable locations.
Tenants are also more diverse. There are more lower-income and higher-income earners and more families than ever before.
Renters endure short leases on often poorly maintained properties owned by a cottage industry of "mum and dad" landlords. Social housing options are few and far between in a sector that has been marginalised and residualised. More renters, uncapped rents, weak tenant protections and stagnating wages make for a toxic mix of housing stress and financial risk.
Reasons to proceed with caution
We don't have robust evidence to answer these questions, but limited evidence suggests caution is well advised.
In Australia, build-to-rent properties look set to attract rents of about 10-15% more than comparable non-BTR housing, just as they have in London. Without government subsidies, market-rate BTR will not provide more affordable housing.
Overseas, these rental premiums, alongside planning leniency (which reduced the affordable housing required of these developments), have been blamed for poor outcomes, such as residents being priced out of neighbourhoods they could once afford.
In Ireland, permissive planning concessions enable build-to-rent developers to circumvent design standards. This has raised concerns that build-to-rent may deliver smaller, less diverse and lower-amenity housing (less storage, for example) than standard build-to-sell development.
In New South Wales, BTR developments cannot be subdivided for 15 years (without clawback of land tax concessions). This ensures buildings remain in use as rental stock for that period. But what will happen after that?
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Shooting April and Max's wedding was an experience that I will never forget. This wedding may just be the most fun and energetic wedding I have ever shot in my career. April and Max got married in April's parents cottage in Long Point, Ontario, which is a beautiful small town on lake Erie. Other than the fact that it was a gorgeous August day to get hitched, the backdrop was every wedding photographer's dream.My second shooter, Shai Mendelsohn and I, started the day in a less than ideal (to say the least) way with getting our rental car for the day. Long story short, the rental company dropped the ball and we ended up driving to the wedding in a big white GMC van. We basically looked like movers (and not of furniture if you know what I mean). However as soon as we got to Long Point our day completely changed for the better.
We arrived at the bride's getting ready location, which was a beautiful house on a small riverbank. As it turns out, one of April and Max's relatives brought his boat to the wedding so we can use it for photos. You can probably imagine my face when I heard about that. Ecstatic. Right after April and the girls finished getting dressed we took that baby for a ride! It was so much fun and to be honest, I was quite shocked at the amazing energy levels so early on in the day. I definitely did not know what was coming! After I photographed the girls, I went down to see how the boys are doing, and took another boat ride with them. As you can see it was just as fun and crazy as the girls'!
We met up with the girls and took some fun wedding party photos, and then headed back to the cottage where the ceremony took place. As soon as we arrived April and Max insisted that I borrow swim shorts and flip-flops from someone, as it was way too hot out for my black-on-black ninja outfit. And so it began… I shot my first ever wedding in shorts and flip-flops! Can you believe it?! The ceremony was right on the beach so I took the liberty to snap some shots from within the water. I can't stop smiling writing this down.
All in all this was a once in a lifetime experience. I had the best time with April & Max. First clients – now friends. Until we meet again, thank you for the most epic wedding a photographer can ask for!


I was born in Whittier, California and was primarily raised in the city of Orange. My dad was born and raised in Germany and moved to the United States when he was eighteen to pursue the American Dream. My mom, who is one of the major role models in my life, is originally from the La Habra/Whittier area. I have one sister who is ten years younger, that was also born and raised in this same area.
While I was growing up, my parents were in property management for apartment buildings around South Los Angeles and North Orange Counties. In their professions, my dad focused on maintaining the units and my mom took care of the administrative side of the operations. My parent's examples of hard work and determination, as well as their involvement in property management, are definitely positive contributions to my career in real estate.
At five years old, I started playing baseball and was immediately 110% dedicated to the sport through junior college, lettering all four years at Orange High School. I played First and Third Bases, in addition to Catcher. I was named as Captain for my team, and the entire experience of the sport shaped who I would become for the rest of my life. I gained so many valuable lessons with regards to hard work, leadership, and discipline that are imperative to my success as a REALTOR®.
Following my baseball career, I decided to join the workforce. In 1995, I was hired on at Disneyland Resort and spent the better part of the next fifteen years there. I began my career at "the Happiest Place on Earth" as an hourly cast member on the operations side of the entertainment division. I enjoyed my work and quickly worked my way up into management roles where I oversaw the administrative elements of the creative cast members.
In 2005, after about ten years at the company, I moved from the Resort side to a Property Management Leadership role at Downtown Disney. In this position, I basically served as a Landlord to external tenants for the neighborhood, overseeing the operations, leasing, and administrative duties the successful operation and expansion of the community. I was the direct, in-person representative for the Executive Leadership for Disney Company, so this position carried a lot of responsibility, as well as a tremendous amount of pride!
Excelling at a company like Disney, one of the largest and most successful corporations in the world, taught me an unmeasurable amount about business and professionalism. While rising up the ranks of management, I learned even more about leadership, service, and hard work. If baseball was the foundation of who I would become as an adult, then the Disney company allowed me to apply those characteristics in a business environment, which has been instrumental to my current career in real estate.
During my time with Disney, I enrolled at California State University Fullerton, where I earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, which was a tremendous asset not only to my rapid rise in the ranks of the company, but also very useful in my current career in real estate. My education granted me the fundamental knowledge of business practices and processes, to add to the intangible skills I received from my Baseball career, and the application of that knowledge and those skills during my time at Disney, which I gives me a pretty well rounded and in-depth approach to business and real estate!
While I cherished my career at the Disney Corporation, I started to feel that I needed a change professionally. I had always been interested in Real Estate and while working as the Property Manager for Downtown Disney, my interest in the field peaked even more. Then I had a good friend who approached me about joining him in pursuing a real estate license, so I jumped at the opportunity, and in 2011 I earned my license, and never looked back!
My past career and experiences, as well as my six years in real estate, have led me to a motto that I live by every day, both personally and in business, which is that I am 100% dedicated to "Honesty, Integrity, and Professionalism." I am always completely open and honest with everyone that I encounter, because honesty is the foundation to any relationship. I also believe in integrity, because I will always do the right thing for my family, friends, and clients. Professionalism is also extremely important to me. I strive to set the highest standards in communication, attention, and service, because that's what my clients deserve!
Even though real estate is the tool that I utilize to achieve success, my family is the motivation that drives me professionally. Twenty years ago, I met my wife, Adriana while she was working for a telemarketing company. We started dating shortly after and were married in 2004. Five years ago, we welcomed our daughter, Sofia, and in 2015, our son, Sebastian, joined our family. While our children are obviously vital pieces of our family unit, it is not complete without our six year old Golden Labrador, KARMA, and our two year old cat, Mando.
Needless to say, our house is full of life and love, and I think that the balance between family and real estate is a very important aspect of my success in this field!
I would love nothing more than to lend my knowledge and experience toward helping you with your real estate endeavors, but I don't expect your business simply because of our relationship—I only ask that you take the time to reach out to me for any Real Estate needs you may have to enable me to provide you with the best guidance possible.


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Final Deal May Emerge Thursday Afternoon
September 24, 2008 / 10:16 PM / The Politico
Here's how things will go down tomorrow, which is shaping up to be a historic day in Washington.
First, House committee negotiators will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday morning to hammer out what may be the final deal on the bailout legislation. Then they'll take the bill to Senate Banking Committee members to try to get them to sign off. Then congressional leaders from both parties will take a look at the proposal.
The final step is for congressional leaders to take the deal to the White House for an extraordinary meeting involving President Bush, Barack Obama, John McCain and the key congressional negotiators. The White House meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m.
While there are no guarantees that the leaders will emerge with a deal in hand, a Democratic congressional source says the goal is to "draft a final bipartisan bill to be passed and signed into law."
The Democratic aide adds that "not too many unresolved issues remain" even though key negotiators like Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd say the deal isn't cooked yet.
All this is coming together rapidly, just 24 hours after some lawmakers _ mostly Republicans _ were on the verge of revolt against the bailout idea.
UPDATE: Harry Reid praises the come together moment being planned at the White House, but can't let it go without a dig at the White House and McCain, calling Bush's plan "deeply flawed" while warning McCain not to make this meeting out to be a "photo op":
Reid's statement:
"We have accepted the President's offer to meet tomorrow. At that time we will discuss the progress we have made to improve the Administration's deeply flawed plan to address this unprecedented crisis. We have heard Senator Obama's vision for enhancing this plan, and have already incorporated some of those ideas. I hope to hear President Bush and Senator McCain's plans for helping homeowners and middle-class Americans, and for gaining the support of the rank-and-file Republicans necessary to get this done. As I have said throughout, tomorrow's meeting and future deliberations must be focused on solutions, not photo ops."
First published on September 24, 2008 / 10:16 PM
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The paradox of publicity — Haider Ali Ph.D.
Kovacs and Starkey (2014) investigate how an increase in status can lead to less favourable quality evaluations. They study reader reviews on goodreads.com and focus on books that either won prestigious awards or were shortlisted. Prizewinning books 'attract more readers once an award has been announced and readers ratings tend to fall faster compared to books that were nominated, but did not win. The authors identify two causes for this effect. Winning a prize can attract a more diverse audience to the book and the fact that a book has won may be off-putting to some readers and thus elicit negative reviews.
Kovacs, B and Sharkey, A. J. (2014) The paradox of publicity: how awards can negatively affect the evaluation of quality. Administrative science quarterly 59 (1), 1-33.


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June 01, 2005 Idaho Arts Quarterly » Southwest Idaho
Handmade Music
Luthier Lawrence Smart
By Erin Ryan
Smart holding one of his luminous creations.
When most people think of physics, they imagine Einstein's hair, Newton's apple and their homeroom teacher's unquenchable thirst for polyester. Maybe they remember the first law of motion or the grace of general relativity theory, but what about Domenico Dragonetti, Jean Hotteterre and Adolphe Sax? They were physicists of a certain stripe, but theirs was a science of sound-waves, tone, vibration, frequency, pitch and resonance coming together with wood and metal to create music. Much of their expertise was mathematically based, but the real skill was in knowing how the slightest curve shaped an instrument's soul.
In a cluttered workshop off the main drag in McCall, Lawrence Smart is one of a handful of artisans keeping that skill alive. He is a luthier, an ancient term for "lute maker" that now applies to hand-builders of any stringed instrument, including Smart's specialty, the mandolin. Looking at photographs of his finished pieces, the delicate craftsmanship and blend of traditional and modern design are striking. In person, they are almost too beautiful to be played, though Smart insists he is merely a liaison between artists and their musical mediums.
"I have a hard time viewing myself as an artist," he said. "Real art people consider [what I do] a craft. But it's fun to be able to build something for an artist that's going to create. Whether they're really great or like playing alone in their living room, they form an intimate bond with the instrument. It's a tool for artistic expression, a tool that they'll potentially draw inspiration from, and it's nice to hear them play really good music on something that I made."
While attending Utah State University, Smart taught himself how to play fiddle, mandolin and guitar, cutting his teeth with local musicians and doing carpentry jobs to pay tuition.
"There was an evolution. I started to become a musician. I was interested in playing and fascinated with instruments, so I started picking up funky, broken ones and taking them apart," Smart said. This habit continued, and his current studio is hung with what he calls the "Central Idaho Museum of Bogus String Instruments." The collection includes a series of plastic guitars based on the designs of the great Mario Maccaferri (a favorite of Django Reinhardt), faux balalaikas made by his students and a pop can fixed to a guitar neck, which Smart affectionately calls a "canjo." They tell the story of a man with a sense of humor and a love for relics, especially those that demonstrate the energy and reverence he feels for his work.
"I love the tactile experience, and I have days in here where I can't believe I get to do this for a living-that people will actually pay me to whittle on wood!" Smart said, still excited after 15 years and almost 180 instruments.
Despite his natural affinity for woodworking and bluegrass, Smart's first job was in special education at a high school in Driggs, Idaho.
"It was a great ticket into a small place, the kind of place I wanted to live, and I really enjoyed working with the kids," he said. In 1983, he moved to McCall, another "small place," and after many years of teaching, he decided to take a leave of absence. Smart needed some time away, which translated into a four-month guitar-making workshop in Vermont. When he returned home, he quit his job and never looked back.
Over the years Smart learned by doing, combining an intuitive sense of musical physics with tenacity for the craft. One of his regular exercises was to attend the Weiser Fiddler Festival, an event he first experienced as "a wild hippie kid" and came to rely on for inspiration. It was there that he met Bruce Harvey of Orcas Island Tonewoods. Harvey was the foremost tonewood cutter in the country and came to Idaho exclusively for its spruce. He showed Smart how to spot useable wood from felled and dying trees in the dense forests surrounding McCall, and Smart now says he can tell a good piece from the stump.
His workshop is piled with Engelmann spruce and small supplies of accent materials like walnut, ebony, Brazilian rosewood, abalone and mother of pearl. Built in the 1920s, the structure has a modest view of a quiet meadow and every bit of interior space is covered with postcards, antiques, tools and sawdust. In the middle of the somewhat artful mess, Smart dons one of the many pairs of glasses lying about and works alone, making four to five pieces at a time for a waiting list nearly three years long. His clientele ranges from wealthy collectors to professional musicians to regular people who appreciate Smart's custom style. He spends a lot of time talking to interested buyers about their wants and needs and shapes the instruments accordingly. His tools are simple, his methods painstaking and his ultimate goal something just shy of perfection.
"In the golden era of violin making in Europe, the Italians made the most exceptional instruments. Just in the design they had so much flair, so much soul and spirit and depth. The German counterpart was technically perfect, but so perfect it had no soul that spoke out," Smart said. So he foregoes the convenience of hi-tech tools and assistants not only to ensure the craftsmanship of his instruments, but also to give them soul. And the more involved in the process his clients become, the better the result, even if all they tell him is that they want an instrument worthy of Nickel Creek's Chris Thile (one of the world's premier mandolin players and a recent customer of Smart's).
Seeing his creations in the hands of accomplished professionals and passionate amateurs alike, Smart is pleased with the enduring quality of his work but feels a constant need to keep growing as an artist, which he undoubtedly is.
"The first time someone wanted to actually pay me for [an instrument], that felt kind of like success, but I'm not sure what success is. I'm still growing with every instrument I make. It's an imperfect medium and I'm a human with a real capability to screw up, but I'm getting better at predicting what's going to happen," he said. "I'm trying to be here and make this stuff now. I realize that it's going to outlive me, and that makes me think I have a responsibility."
For more information on Lawrence Smart, visit www.smart-instruments.com.
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If the first person to proclaim "print is dead" was correct, print would have died in the 1960s. That prediction from Marshall McLuhan wasn't true when he predicted television would displace books, it wasn't true when Harold Ramis' character uttered it in 1984's Ghostbusters—and it's certainly not true today. Living proof: the print rebirth of Mental Floss hits Barnes & Noble on June 21, in partnership with the Paper and Packaging Board.
It's true that magazines have taken a dip in the past decade, but print isn't dead, as shown by the crop of print magazines that have launched in the past few years. These ventures place faith in the benefits of reading on print: a stronger sense of context, deeper comprehension and enhanced memory retention. They also place faith in partnerships—many of the successful recent launches are branded content. Instead of buying ad space in someone else's magazine, companies are producing magazines themselves or with existing publishers, creating robust content that deepens readers' devotion to their brand without feeling like a glossy 96-page ad.
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The strategy's success makes sense for the future of print magazines. Print is a strong reinforcer of cross-platform ad campaigns. The Association of Magazine Media found that campaigns marrying print with online advertising improved an ad's effectiveness by more than 10 percent, and TV ads bolstered by print improved purchase intent by more than 17 percent.
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Pearce Family of Franklin County, NC
Martha Hawkins Pearce
According to family lore and scanty documentation, the Pearce family migrated into Franklin County sometime prior to 1780 via Northhampton County, NC, Isle of Wight, Virginia, and Bristol, England. Although the family and descendants spent many years in Franklin County (about 1780 – about 1840), family members after 1840 migrated back and forth among Franklin, Wake, and Granville Counties. This was likely due to the shifting county lines and that the family lived very near the "3 corners" where the three counties share a common boundary line.
Jeffrey Pearce was born about 1780 in Franklin Co., NC, and died after 1860 in Franklin Co., NC. He married his first wife, Anna Dent, 13 Sep 1808 in Franklin County, NC. Anna, born about 1790, was the daughter of John Dent and Sarah Hutchinson. Upon Anna's death, he married Adaline Falkner 23 Dec 1840 in Franklin Co., NC. Jeffrey and Anna raised a large and prosperous family in Franklin County. Their 11 children included John, Martha (Patsy) Kearney, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Enoch, Henry, James Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Willis, and Samuel.
Jeffrey's marriage to Anna is mentioned in her mother's will. Probated in Franklin County on 16 December 1824, Sarah Dent leaves all of her property – including cattle, hogs, household, and kitchen furniture - to "Jeffrey Pearce and his wife Anne for the purpose of maintaining my daughter Mary and after the death of Mary my will is that the above property shall go to above said Jeffrey and his wife Anna and their Heirs".
Jeffrey's will dated 27 January 1838 recorded in Franklin County is very generous to his family and clearly delineates his place in society as a plantation owner. He leaves all his real and personal property to his "beloved wife" Annie Pearce to support herself and their daughter Elizabeth. On the death of her mother, Elizabeth will inherit all his land and plantation. He leaves money as well to Elizabeth, Enoch, James, and Mary. He asks that his slaves be divided among Elizabeth, Enoch, James, Willis, and Joseph. Children Patsy, Mary Ann, William, Henry, and Benjamin each inherit a sum equivalent to the slaves' cash value. He names Henry, Enoch and James as executors. On 13 November 1859, Jeffrey signs a codicil leaving 1/8 of his estate to his daughter Patsy and her children, presumably because she was widowed.
According to the Extracts of Franklin Co., NC Court Minutes, 1838-1839, Jeffrey served on a jury in an apparent criminal trial of Thomas E. Yarborough et al, who was charged with Affray (modern day assault). The jury found the defendants not guilty and ordered that the prosecutor in the case pay all costs.
The family appears on the 1840 and 1860 US Federal Census in Franklin, NC. The 1860 Slave Schedule shows five slaves as belonging to the family ranging in age 9 to 53.
John Pearce, son of Jeffrey Pearce and Anna Dent, was born 1812 in Franklinton, Franklin County, NC, and died 08 Mar 1882 in Wake County, NC. He married Martha Williams 19 Jul 1831 in Franklin County, she was born 1810 in Wake County, NC, and died 1858. John and Martha appear on the 1850 and 1860 federal census in New Light District of Wake County, NC, which is just across the Franklin County line. He is listed as a farmer and carpenter. Their children, all born in Wake County, include James, Marcellus, John, Angeline, George, Sarah, and Vandelia. Son Marcellus served in the Civil War with Co I, 1st NC State Troops, was taken prisoner at Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864 and was released from the infamous Elmira Prison a year later.
George Wesley Pearce, son of John Pearce and Martha Williams, was born Jan 1843 in Wake County, NC, and died 1916 in Wake County, NC. He married Elizabeth Caroline Perry 14 Feb 1866 in Wake County, NC, daughter of William Perry and Delia Harrison. She was born 27 Mar 1831 in Wake County, NC, and died 16 Aug 1903 in Wake County, NC. George served in the Civil War with Co. D, 23rd Reg. NC Troops. George and Elizabeth had 6 children: Martha Hawkins, Dillithea, John, George, Annie, and Joseph.
Martha Hawkins Pearce, daughter of George Wesley Pearce and Elizabeth Caroline Perry, was born Sep 1870 in Wake County, NC. She married Allan H. Ray 03 Dec 1885 in Wake County, NC. Their children included Elizabeth, Loretta, Mary, and James.
Elizabeth Ray, daughter of Martha Hawkins Pearce and Allan Ray, was born 24 Dec 1886 in Wake County, NC. She married Eugene Narron Allen 02 Jul 1904 in Wake County, NC. Eugene (Bud) served in World War I. Elizabeth (Sissy) and Eugene had seven children: Vada Atlas, Mamie, Lois, Henrietta, Lucie, John, and Eugene. Sissy died in childbirth with Eugene on 18 Apr 1928 in Wake County.
Ethel Davis Allen and
Vada Atlas Allen, son of Elizabeth Ray and Eugene Allen, was born 27 Jun 1905 in Wake Co., NC, and died 21 Oct 1964 in Raleigh, NC. He married Ethel Davis 14 Oct 1926 in New Light Township, Wake County, NC, daughter of Sidney Davis and Cordelia Davis. She was born 27 Dec 1906 in Granville Co, NC, and died 30 Jun 1965 in Raleigh, NC. At various points in their life together, they lived in Granville, Franklin and Wake Counties. Their oldest daughter, Ann Gladys, was born in Franklin County. Additionally, they had two other daughters, Elizabeth (Lib) Grace and Mary Joyce.
Ann Gladys Allen, daughter of Vada Atlas Allen and Ethel Davis, was born 01 Jul 1929 in Franklin County, NC, and died 13 Apr 1997 in Wake County, NC. She married Carl Donald Stancil, son of Jesse Stancil and Lou Ada Johnson, 03 May 1952 in North Street Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC. He was born 29 Jun 1930 in Wake Co., NC, and died 02 Feb 1997 in Wake Co., NC.
Sources: Census Records, Court Records, Wills, Clerk of Courts,
Marriage Records, Military Records, NC Archives Records,
Family Information.
This article was originally composed by Carla Stancil for inclusion in the Franklin County Heritage Book.
Labels: Military: Civil War, Place: Franklin County NC, Place: Granville County NC, Place: Isle of Wight VA, Place: Northhampton County, Place: Wake County NC, Surname: Dent, Surname: Pearce, Wills
Brooks Pearce September 19, 2014 at 8:13 PM
Good info, My great grandfather was George W Pearce as mentioned in the above post. Bp
Brooks Pearce June 19, 2016 at 9:03 PM
George W Pearce was actually in Co D 30th North Carolina Infantry. I see you have him listed in the 23rd. I saw this info also listed in the Franklin County Heritage Book at The Library in Louisburg. I have a copy of some of his Civil War papers as well as a picture of his head stone that says Co D 30th Infantry North Carolina. Thanks Bp
Martha Hawkins Pearce was my great-grandmother on my mother's side. I actually have the framed portrait of her that is pictured. What a surprise to be scrolling through and actually seeing it!
Looking for father of Malcom Henry Pearce born around 1922 in Wayne county nc. Mother Annie Myers.
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Wrecking Ball Headed For Iconic Buffalo Building
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It's the end of a long run for one iconic Buffalo building, as it faces the wrecking ball.
Plans to demolish Voelker's Bowling Alley and surrounding buildings are in the works.
Buffalo Rising reports Hannah Demolition has been hired to demolish four properties at the corner of Elmwood and Amherst in North Buffalo.
The bowling alley itself, located at 680 Amherst, along with three multi-family homes at 666 and 668 Amherst, as well as a mixed use property at 1634 Elmwood are all slated to be demolished.
The Preservation Board will be reviewing the plan, submitted by owner Krista Voelker, at its Thursday meeting.
Buffalo Rising reports there was no reason cited for the demolition, but noted the properties have been marked for sale for some time.
The for sale listing reads:
The site of this property has a city block of frontage starting at 666 Amherst and runs east up to the corner. 680 Amherst turns north on Elmwood to Marion ending at the dead-end of Marion. Marion encompasses the entire frontage on the south side of Marion to the dead end. This property is also included in a portfolio sale of ten separate parcels including the corner of Elmwood/Amherst and Marion Street Parcel as indicated in green. The portfolio consists of approximately 3.38 acres.
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The Global Goddess Fest is a celebration of the new year and a new era - where you get to re-claim your right to have a powerful voice, create the life of your dreams, and be a force for positive change starting in your life, then rippling out to your community, and eventually the world!
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We are a diverse community of top, high-level female leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives with an appreciation of culture, the environment, personal mental and physical health, and professional development - coming together as an eco-system united for peace. The Global Goddess Fest provides a virtual stage to share their expertise and wisdom in a creative and engaging way for our global audience.
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Tiger Brands, which faces two class action lawsuits over a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people, said results from an independent laboratory confirmed the presence of the deadly listeria strain in one of its food factories.
The government, which has been criticised for taking too long to find the cause, in March linked the outbreak to a meat product known as "polony" made by Tiger's Enterprise Food in the northern city of Polokwane.
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1 cup: 157 calories, 8g fat (5g saturated fat), 26mg cholesterol, 686mg sodium, 18g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 3g fiber), 7g protein.
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I made a double and added chunks of ham!
I did a mash-up of this recipe and a Weight Watchers recipe. I omitted the mushrooms (not a fan) and the evaporated milk, instead opting for using one 15oz can of drained and rinsed Navy Beans, and swapped the veggie broth with chicken broth (as I had no veggie broth on hand). When the soup was cooked, we pureed the soup in small batches to give it a "creamy" consistency closer to what it would have had with the milk. Loved the flavor profile - perfect blend of savory and sweet with just enough spicy kick...will definitely be sure to try the soup with the evaporated milk at least one time to compare!
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Great flavorful soup. I omitted the honey because I don't care for sweet soups, used a full teaspoon of curry powder and more mushrooms. I also added 1/4 teaspoon cayenne and 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger and I substituted coconut milk to make it vegan. Thanks very much.
I love this soup. I always make it for Thanksgiving. One of my favorite recipes.
I have made this soup for Thanksgiving since receiving my Oct/Nov 2000 issue. However, I make my vegie broth using vegetable bullion paste and make it a tiny bit strong...then I omit the salt and honey and use half and half instead of the evaporated milk. For a thicker soup I reduce the broth liquid by 1/2 a cup.