If you were wondering whether to come hopefully this will make up your mind – but given that almost 1000 SQL Server professionals from all round the world have already registered, so you'd better book fast if you want to be sure of a space. There are loads of SSAS-related sessions to choose from, including ones from Cathy Dumas, Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari, John Tunnicliffe, Erika Bakse, Akshai Mirchandani, Stephan Stolze, Bob Duffy and, errr, me. Trust me, it's going to be great!
(In the interests of full disclosure let me state that I know James Rowland-Jones pretty well because we're both involved in running SQLBits, but the first I knew about his being appointed to a voting position on the PASS board were the above posts. What follows are my opinions alone, written without consultation with James or anyone else).
For too long PASS (and SQLSaturday) have been US centric.
In my opinion the big problem with PASS is that on one hand it's a self-described international organisation (number #3 on its list of current and future strategic objectives is to "Focus on International Growth and Consolidation") but it is, in effect a North American user group with a North American focus, run by North Americans. As far as I know the vast majority the membership of PASS is in North America and therefore it's not surprising that North Americans dominate the board: PASS members vote for candidates they know and can relate to, and who address their concerns. And that also, to me, explains why despite its good intentions PASS has had such problems with its international role: the only way it can be successful internationally will be if it has a genuinely international element in its leadership, but that's clearly never going to happen while membership is so skewed towards North America. It's a vicious circle.
You could argue that as PASS, and especially SQL Saturday, expands internationally it will attract more members from outside the US then more international candidates will make it onto the board through democratic means. Indeed, Rob Farley's success in the recent elections could be a sign that this is happening. I certainly voted for Rob not only because I know, like and respect him but because of his stance on international issues. The problem is that even if the level of participation in PASS elections everywhere in the world reached the same level as it has reached in the US today (and even an optimist would accept that we're still a long time away from this happening) the PASS board would still be dominated by North Americans simply because it's the biggest single market for SQL Server. Moreover some countries and territories would never have any effective representation because they would be simply too small. The world isn't divided into the US and 'everywhere else' but each SQL community has its own identity and its own challenges and deserves representation. Not every community is as lucky as Australia to have someone like Rob who is a native English speaker, has an impressive technical reputation and can spend the time and yes the money (those plane tickets to the PASS conference aren't cheap) to become sufficiently well-known in the North American community to win a PASS election.
So why should, say, the UK SQL Server community get a voice on the board that is out of proportion with its relative size? That is what I'm arguing for and it might seem fundamentally undemocratic. However the challenge of effectively representing different, geographically distributed subcommunities inside a larger community is one that all large, diverse democracies have to deal with. Why should Rhode Island have the same number of seats in the US Senate as California? The answer is that this has to happen for the larger community to gain democratic legitimacy within the smaller subcommunities. If this doesn't happen in PASS it risks disinterest, disengagement and at worse resentment in its non-US chapters – the smaller communities will quite rightly realise they are better off on their own because their interests are not being considered. Unfortunately I've already encountered a certain amount of resentment towards PASS for exactly this reason over the years I've been involved in the SQL community in Europe and I would hate to see that grow; it's certainly the reason for the historic weakness of PASS in the UK.
The appointment of James and Raoul Illyés as international advisers to the PASS Board of Directors was clearly an attempt to address the problems of international engagement and break the vicious circle I describe above, and I'm sure the same motives were behind James's appointment to a voting position. I strongly believe that this move was the only way that any traction on the international issue could be gained. But as I said I can understand why Steve and Andy are upset and that's not acceptable either. What can be done? I suggest that if PASS is serious about becoming an international organisation then wholesale constitutional reform is necessary to ensure that international chapters have a voice and a vote. To use a US-friendly analogy, PASS needs its own Connecticut Compromise: alongside the board we need another, parallel body with equal representation for each chapter in the world. I would like to see discussion on how such reforms could take place as soon as possible, otherwise there's a risk each SQL community in each country will end up going its own separate way and that won't be good for anyone. Whatever our nationalities and whatever our cultural differences we all have SQL Server in common and working together will bring benefits to all of us.
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Function CROSSJOIN does not allow two columns with the same name 'DimProductCategory'[EnglishProductCategoryName].
The reason why DateAdd was returning a value for September 22nd 2006 was that the value December 31st 2006 existed in the FullDateAlternateKey column; it was not returning anything for September 23rd 2006 because the date January 1st 2007 did not exist in FullDateAlternateKey.
So, not a great discovery and certainly nothing that wasn't known about before, but I thought it was worth mentioning because I'm sure other people (as here, for example) will fall into the same trap as me.


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package net.elodina.mesos.zipkin.utils

case class Range(start: Int, end: Int) {
  def overlap(r: Range): Option[Range] = {
    var x: Range = this
    var y: Range = r
    if (x.start > y.start) {
      val t = x
      x = y
      y = t
    }
    assert(x.start <= y.start)

    if (y.start > x.end) return None
    assert(y.start <= x.end)

    val start = y.start
    val end = Math.min(x.end, y.end)
    Some(Range(start, end))
  }

  def values: List[Int] = (start to end).toList

  def dropFirst: Option[Range] = {
    if (start != end) {
      Some(Range(start + 1, end))
    } else None
  }

  def dropLast: Option[Range] = {
    if (start != end) {
      Some(Range(start, end - 1))
    } else None
  }

  def removeValue(value: Int): List[Range] = {
    if (value == start) {
      dropFirst.map(List(_)).getOrElse(Nil)
    } else if (value > start && value < end) {
      val headRange = values.takeWhile(_ < value)
      val tailRange = values.dropWhile(_ <= value)
      List(
        Range(headRange.head, headRange.last),
        Range(tailRange.head, headRange.last)
      )
    } else if (value == end) {
      dropLast.map(List(_)).getOrElse(Nil)
    } else Nil
  }

  override def toString: String = if (start == end) s"$start" else s"$start..$end"
}

object Range {
  def apply(s: String): Range = parse(s)

  def apply(start: Int): Range = Range(start, start)

  private def parse(range: String): Range = {
    val idx = range.indexOf("..")

    if (idx == -1) {
      val value = range.toInt
      Range(value, value)
    } else {
      val start = range.substring(0, idx).toInt
      val end = range.substring(idx + 2).toInt
      if (start > end) throw new IllegalArgumentException("start > end")
      Range(start, end)
    }
  }

  def parseRanges(ranges: String): List[Range] = {
    if (ranges.isEmpty) Nil
    else ranges.split(",").map(parse).toList
  }

  /**
   * Overlaps one list range against another, seeking single Int value.
   *
   * @param ranges first list range to overlap against
   * @param rangesToUpdate ranges to subtract found value from
   * @return found value and updated list range
   */
  def overlapAndUpdate(ranges: List[Range], rangesToUpdate: List[Range]): (Option[Int], List[Range]) = {
    var value: Option[Int] = None
    if (ranges == Nil) {
      var updRanges = rangesToUpdate
      rangesToUpdate.headOption.foreach { headRange =>
        value = Some(headRange.start)
        updRanges = headRange.dropFirst.map(_ :: rangesToUpdate.drop(1)).getOrElse(rangesToUpdate.drop(1))
      }
      (value, updRanges)
    } else {
      var rangesToAdd: List[Range] = Nil
      var updRanges = rangesToUpdate.takeWhile {
        range =>
          ranges.flatMap(range.overlap).headOption.foreach { headRange =>
            value = Some(headRange.start)
            rangesToAdd = range.removeValue(headRange.start)
          }
          value.isEmpty
      }
      val leftToAdd = rangesToUpdate.size - updRanges.size - 1
      updRanges ++= rangesToAdd
      if (leftToAdd > 0) {
        updRanges ++= rangesToUpdate.view.zipWithIndex.foldLeft(List[Range]()) {
          (list, elem) =>
            if (elem._2 >= rangesToUpdate.size - leftToAdd) {
              elem._1 :: list
            } else list
        }
      }
      (value, updRanges)
    }
  }
}

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The Government has signalled a possible crackdown on piracy in Australia, with more info here. The Australian government looks set to overhaul the country's copyright laws with a view to force internet service providers to begin cracking down on users who download TV shows and films over BitTorrent. Discussion here and the actual report is here.
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter have been hacked, with user data compromised, thanks mpot. Though no credit card information was taken, the site said, attackers made off with usernames, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. So, you should change your password, and change your password on other places where you used the same one (which is a bad idea). More info on their site.
I didn't realise the new joking-but-serious cryptocurrency Dogecoin is Australian. The rise of virtual currency 'Bitcoin' is changing the way we think about money. But there are plenty of other contenders with an Australian digital coin stamped with the head of a cute Japanese dog leading the pack.
Meanwhile bitcoin has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, with cyber attacks, including a major marketplace and exchange being exploited. Put simply, Mt. Gox has been suffering from a sort of hack that makes its transactions vanish, allowing aggrieved customers to come back and ask for their money again. In fact, however, these vanished transactions are properly processed and the customer is paid twice.
Also close to home, the Government is spending $4.3M on market research, including social media. Among contracts the government has commissioned from dozens of market research agencies are $38,500 to research a possible West Australian Senate election, $20,400 to monitor social media for the Department of Communications and $67,300 to track and monitor the government's ''no boat no visa'' campaign.
Tweaktown have some 3D printing tips and some essential tools for this emerging technology. If you are thinking about getting into 3D printing, I recently asked for an update on the state of things and got some useful replies. For a community printer, I'd suggest not buying a cheap printer. Great for a hobbyist that quickly learns to deal with the various quirks, but for community use it'll just be annoying. The high-end ones are great but can be very expensive to run (mostly because their abilities mean that people print horribly complex jobs on them) and obviously setup cost is high.
Currency mining is affecting video card prices, and Tech Report look into why. The problem is one of supply and demand, of course. While our sources suggest that supply is healthy, demand from crypto-currency miners seems to be very strong. This puts AMD in an awkward position. The company could order additional wafers, which would put more GPUs in the market in a few months. By then, however, the crypto-currency bubble might burst, and AMD might find itself with excess inventory as miners unload second-hand Radeons on eBay.
AOL have sold Winamp and Shoutcast, possibly extending their lives. Returning from the brink of death, music services Winamp and Shoutcast are now officially with a new owner: Digital audio business Radionomy has acquired the both media player and radio platform from AOL. We understand from a reliable source that it is a cash and share deal, worth between $5 million and $10 million, with AOL taking a 12% stake of Radionomy in the process.
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Home » the locker room ignites for Hazard
the locker room ignites for Hazard
Eden Hazard's performance at Celtic Stadium Glasgow (3-0), in the Champions League, was unanimous among the Meringues. The Belgian attacking midfielder enjoys the full confidence of his coach and teammates.
Show the coach he can count on him.
Karim Benzema's injury made Eden Hazard happy. Substitute in the first match, the Belgian attacking midfielder replaced the French striker against Celtic Glasgow (3-0, the first day of the Champions League group stage), last Tuesday. The presence of the Red Devil on the pitch will pay off, as the former Chelsea player provided a crucial pass to Luka Modric before scoring Real Madrid's third goal. "In training, he has the motivation, he is good. It was not easy after the switch and he struggled in the first half, but he was effective in the second half as he gave the decisive pass to the second goal and scored the third. He is an important player for us and now he has to continue."Merengo coach Carlo Ancelotti welcomed the journalists.
7 goals in 69 matches
Although still barred from the competition, the No.7 Madridista finds sensations and can count on the support of his teammates, including fellow countryman Thibaut Courtois. "He's very important for us and he feels good, he's great (…) When he got on the pitch and got into the rhythm of the game, he was very important for us. He showed the coach that he can count on him. German midfielder Toni Kroos is equally excited: "He's a great player, it was never about quality, more because of injuries and because he wanted to get back to his best…but he entered the game amazingly." Eden Hazard was bought in the summer of 2019 for 115 million euros, and he has 69 matches in all competitions, for 7 goals. His lease expires in June 2024.
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F2 took me back to NNN, Malliswari days: Venkatesh
Published on Jan 8, 2019 4:00 am IST
Finally, after keeping the fans waiting, the makers of Venkatesh and Varun Tej' multi-starrer, Fun and Frustration (F2), finally unveiled the film's theatrical trailer last night. Speaking at the trailer launch event, Venky went nostalgic while talking about his role in F2.
"I have done comedy after a longtime. I must thank director Anil Ravipudi for designing such a hilarious role. F2 took me back to the Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu, Nuvvu Naku Nachav and Malliswari days. F2 will surely entertain fans and audiences this Sankranthi season," said Venky. The film is releasing on January 12.


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Palaeophytocrene piggae es una especie extinta basada en diez endocarpios de varias localidades de las formaciones Fort Union y Sentinel Butte. Pertenece a la familia Icacinaceae, tribu Phytocreneae. Los endocarpios de Phytocreneae muestran una serie de características compatibles con Palaeophytocrene piggae. Son uniloculares, elípticos-ovoides y poseen pits en la superficie externa creadas por el núcleo hueco de las protuberancias tuberculadas de la pared del endocarpio en el lóculo. Estas características proporcionan evidencia sólida para la colocación dentro de las Phytocreneae.

Etimología
El epíteto específico, piggae, se estableció en honor a Kathleen B. Pigg, reconociendo sus contribuciones a la paleobotánica, incluido el estudio de Icacinaceae en el Paleoceno de América del Norte.

Distribución
Palaeophytocrene piggae se ha recolectado en varias localidades en el Paleoceno de las Grandes Llanuras del oeste de América del Norte. Se recolectaron dos muestras permineralizadas de la localidad de Almont, condado de Morton, Dakota del Norte (Formación Sentinel Butte). Otro espécimen permineralizado se recuperó de Beicegel Creek, Condado de McKenzie, Dakota del Norte. Los otros especímenes, que consisten en impresiones de endocarpio y moldes, fueron recolectados de la Formación Fort Union en Montana y Wyoming.

Paleoclima y ambiente
Palaeophytocrene piggae vivía en un ambiente lacustre, representando un pequeño lago o estanque, o parte de un lago de una especie de arroyo meandriforme.

Referencias

Icacinaceae
Fósiles vegetales

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Q: How to use react-router transitionTo with react-slick? I am using react-slick(https://github.com/akiran/react-slick) to make a carousel. On each slide of the carousel I want to change the react-router(https://github.com/rackt/react-router) handler.
Here is my Carousel:
var Carousel = React.createClass({
mixins: [ Navigation],

render() {
    var settings = {
        dots: false,
        infinite: true,
        arrows: true,
        speed: 500,
        slidesToShow: 1,
        slidesToScroll: 1,
        beforeChange: function(event){
            transitionTo('about') // this is where I want to transition to different paths
        },
        initialSlide: 3
    };
    return (
        <Slider {...settings}>

2

3

4

5

6

        </Slider>
    );
}
});

Here is my react routes code::
var routes = (
  <Route name='app' path='/' handler={App}>
    <Route name='home' handler={Home}/>
    <Route name='about' handler={About}/>
    <DefaultRoute handler={Home}/>
  </Route>
);

Router.run(routes, Router.HistoryLocation, function (Handler) {
  React.render(<Handler />, appContainer);
});

A: I nested the carousel component in the parent component and called this.context.router.transitionTo().
var App = React.createClass({
  mixins: [ Navigation ],

  render() {
    console.log(this);
    var self = this;
    var settings = {
        dots: false,
        infinite: true,
        arrows: true,
        speed: 500,
        slidesToShow: 1,
        slidesToScroll: 1,
        initialSlide: 0,
        afterChange: function(event){
            console.log(event);
            var path = event.toString();
            self.context.router.transitionTo(path);
        }

    };
    return(

Nav

<Link to="home">Home</Link>

<Link to="1">About</Link>

                <Slider {...settings}>

1

2

3

4

5

6

                </Slider>

                <RouteHandler />

        );
}

});

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Feeling French and escargots, Bud and I decided today is French food day and so we decided to head to Saybons! You know how one always have the misconceptions about French food being expensive and incredibly gibberish clueless French filled menu?? You don't have to worry about that at Saybons! Infact, anyone and everyone who wants to try an affordable, fuss-free, menu friendly French food should head to Saybons!
To celebrate their big 5 birthday, they are having some $5 promotion from now till 30th Aug 2012.
Saybons is inspired from the French phrase- C'est Bon which means 'it's good' in French. To make it a little easier and unique, we anglicized the phrase and added a 's' at the back. Most people should be able to pronounce this one we guess.
We started Saybons with the objective of making French food affordable and accessible to everyone. No more exorbitant 'ambience charges' nor 3-hour course-after-course dinners. Using the freshest of food ingredients, classical French culinary techniques, and a collection of fresh insights, we bring French food to you in a way not seen very much in this part of the world. We have packed the goodness of French food into convenient takeaways, one that allows you to enjoy on the go, in your office or in the comforts of our cafes. We hope everyone in this time-pressed world can enjoy French goodness without fuss.
We plan to gradually introduce more French classics in time to come. Of course, we will keep to our plan of bringing the goodness of authentic French food to you in the most fuss-free manner.
seafood bisque S$4.80 – thick and so very tasty! its been quite a while since I last tasted one that is as good as this! Drink the soup from the cup, just stir and sip away!
ham and cheese crepe S$4.60 – love it! My favorite ingredients come together!
Mushroom Duxelle Escargot S$9.50 – thick, fresh and absolutely juicy! Did i mention bread is served along with each order of escargot? Don't waste the yummy olive oil and dip your bread in them!
Creamy Chicken and Fish pot pie S$8.50 – I should have dug deeper, all the big chunks of fish and chicken meat are at the bottom! Very very generous servings.
Avoir for now Saybons. I will be coming back for more!
you should krystal! the food is really yummy!


Our county is well known for its elegant towns and pretty villages and we think we have the finest Suffolk towns and villages of them all! Names such as Lavenham, East Bergholt, Chelsworth and Eye are instantly recognisable to many people and conjure up images of thatched roof cottages, medieval architecture and quintessentially English village life.
Many of the Suffolk Wool Towns are in the Heart of Suffolk and much of the fine architecture of the houses and churches, owe their grandeur to the wealth generated by the manufacture in the 13th century, of woollen cloth.
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Along a similar vein, the Suffolk village of East Bergholt is the birthplace of John Constable and Flatford is the place where he lived and did many of his most well known paintings, such as the Hay Wain and Willy Lott's Cottage. The area is known as Constable Country and lies within the Dedham Vale (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).
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Lavenham, with over 300 listed buildings, is a medieval gem of a village and is often quoted as being 'one of the finest medieval villages in England'. It certainly is magnificent and the sort of place that makes your jaw drop when you first visit. Full of half-timbered houses, some of them leaning at alarming angles, the stupendous Guildhall of Corpus Christi (owned by the National Trust) and a very grand church, this Suffolk village is definately one to spend some time in or better still, to base yourself for a few days.
The pretty village of Chelsworth, has an annual open garden event which draws visitors from across the region. The event is so popular because the village is such a quintessentially English village and the gardens are so different from each other but all exceptionally beautiful and well-tended.
The village of Eye with its castle ruins and nearby Thornham Walks is another gem not to be missed.
Have a browse through the information about our Suffolk towns and villages and discover the fascinating history that lies behind their facades.
Haughley developed within the outer bailey of a Norman castle. This gives the village its distinctive shape. Only the earthworks remain (a privately owned and protected site).
Polstead is a picturesque village across the River Box from Stoke by Nayland at the point where the south Suffolk plateau breaks up into a number of small valleys.
Laxfield became a settlement on the edge of some flat land where there was a stream big enough to support it.
This part of Suffolk has a fascinating heritage and much of the fine architecture of the houses and churches, owe their grandeur to the wealth generated by the manufacture in the 13th century, of woollen cloth. This was a major industrial area several hundred years and included the bigger towns of Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury as well as the small, outlying villages, which are known as the Suffolk Wool Towns.
Situated in the lovely Suffolk countryside in the Stour Valley, is the Suffolk wool town of Clare. The town has a fascinating history and several interesting places to visit.
If you followed the BBC's "Great British Story" with presenters Michael Wood and Dr Carenza Lewis, you will have seen that Long Melford was featured a while ago. Being involved in the community Big Dig was an exciting time in the village and as a result, two local amateur archaeologists John Nunn and Rob Simpson were inspired to set up the Long Melford Heritage Centre in 2011.
Debenham is a Suffolk wool town in the heart of the countryside, just over 11 miles north of Ipswich. It lies near to the source of the River Deben and is a large, peaceful village with a rich past as a thriving wool centre. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and its name is thought to mean 'the village in a deep valley'.
Situated in the high street in the medieval town of Lavenham, this light and modern gallery is filled on two floors with the wonderful, vibrant work of Suffolk artist Paul Evans, one of the leading landscape painters in East Anglia.
What better place is there to attend a creative course, than Flatford Mill in Suffolk, where artist John Constable gained so much of his inspiration? Flatford Mill was owned by Constable's father and John grew up there, walking across the fields from Flatford to Dedham to attend school each day. It is the gentle landscapes around the River Stour and throughout the Dedham Vale (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), which inspired him to become a painter, and you can follow in his footsteps!
Join Deborah Baynes on the lovely Shotley Peninsula for one of her pottery courses. Learn to throw a pot with different types of glaze and in all sorts of different styles. Deborah's course can be either residential or non-residential, they are friendly, relaxed and informal.
The village of Wingfield lies in the northern part of Suffolk and is widely scattered with many medieval houses.
Stoke By Nayland is a pretty village between Sudbury and Colchester and was a favourite with artist John Constable. He was a frequent visitor there and made many sketches and paintings of the area. He was particularly fond of painting the church in the village and the imposing church tower features in many of his works.
A pleasant market town in Suffolk, Needham Market has a fascinating history. The town and market were founded in around 1245 to take commercial advantage of the road that goes from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds.
East Bergholt lies in the heart of the Dedham Vale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the area often referred to as 'Constable Country'. It is the birthplace of John Constable and you can still see (from the outside) his studio and the place where his house once stood.
St Peter and Saint Mary's Church in Stowmarket is part of the Church of England and has stood in the centre of this Suffolk market town for over 700 years, although there has probably been a Christian Church here since 637AD.
The lofty 15th century tower of Stradbroke Parish Church can be seen for miles around and will guide visitors through winding country lanes to the heart of this rural community. Inside, All Saints' Church is beautifully proportioned with fine 15th century Gothic arcades and high quality Victorian glass and woodwork reflecting its 1870s restoration.
The painter John Constable was born in the village of East Bergholt and one of his finest works is of the church porch. The house where he was born was destroyed in a fire, but a plaque in the main street shows where the house once stood. Members of John Constable's family are buried in the churchyard as family friend, Willy Lott, made famous because of John Constable's painting 'Willy Lott's Cottage' in Flatford.
Woolverstone Hall is a beautiful, large country house, now in use as Ipswich High School for Girls, educating over 500 3-18 year olds. The hall was built in 1776 for London property developer William Berners by the architect John Johnson. Johnson's design is classically Palladian, consisting of a central block with the main living areas, flanked by two smaller wings containing the domestic offices: kitchen, larders, laundry, brewhouse and so on, which made the typical English country house a self-sufficient community.
Sitting proudly at the top of the Shotley Peninsula, Shotley Marina provides a safe harbour for yachtsmen and women and a wonderful base for exploring the rivers and inland of this lovely corner of Suffolk.
The Bristol Arms is situated at the bottom of Bristol Hill at Shotley Gate, on the very tip of the Shotley Peninsula. From here you can look across the River Stour towards Harwich and the bustling international port, or turn your gaze westwards and look down the river where the sunsets can be so stunningly beautiful.
The Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers the area around East Bergholt, Dedham and Flatford where the artist John Constable was born and which is often referred to as Constable Country. It remains remarkably unchanged since the artist lived and worked there and it is obvious to see what inspired him to paint the Suffolk countryside as he did.


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Trending: Live Shopping is Now on Twitter
Twitter has finally joined us as a social media platform of the future. While in July of 2021 Twitter did in fact launch their Shop Module, which featured a shopping section at the top of a brand's profile, they've got something even bigger on the horizon.
On November 28, 2021 Twitter launched "Cyber Deals Sunday" stream, partnered with Walmart, further dipping its toe into direct shopping through the app.
The stream will be hosted by Jason Derulo, and will feature everything you want out of Black Friday. Twitter describes the livestream as a "30-minute variety show" that will feature "electronics, home goods, apparel, seasonal décor, surprise special guests, and much more."
Amazon, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube have already launched their versions of "live shopping." These events are mainly hosted by high ranking influencers, who showcase their favorite products for an hour, in hopes to gain commission from the sales. Influencers of this magnitude have already gained their follower's trust and respect, making it easy to make sales on products that they firmly stand behind.
"This live shopping with influencers, it's basically like you're shopping with a friend or somebody that you really aspire to be like," says Lauren Beitelspacher, an associate professor of marketing at Babson College. "I see that trend only escalating." These live shopping events mirror a modern day QVC for the younger Millennial and Gen Z audience.
These events are already huge in China, 60 million people tuned in to live shopping streams in March. Kim Kardashian reportedly partnered with an influencer's livestream and sold 15,000 bottles of perfume at the top of the hour.
Twitter is using this Walmart partnership as a test run, and has confirmed that for the time being they will only be hosting these shopping livestreams with brands and not with the average twitter user. Meaning that the partnership between the brands and the influencers hosting these events will rely heavily on the brands following and the influencers ability to promote.
Source: Watch, Chat, Shop: Live Shopping on Twitter
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Walmarts protests in 46 states don't appear to be slowing Black Friday shoppers, who instead lauded an earlier start to holiday buying by promising to spend more this season.
Organizers estimate 1,000 demonstrations happened Nov. 22 and today as Walmart workers push for better working conditions and rail against store openings on Thanksgiving.
Mary Pat Tifft, a member of workers group OUR Walmart, led a protest in Kenosha, Wisc. She's been working for the retail giant 24 years.
"Walmart has spent the last 50 years pushing its way on workers and communities," she told The Guardian.
Walmart brass, however, disagreed and said there were no more disruptions this year than any other year.
CEO Bill Simon said it was a record year.
"Only 26 protests occurred at stores last night and many of them did not include any Walmart associates," he said in a prepared release.
Walmart said it sold nearly 5,000 items per second during peak Black Friday shopping hours between 8 p.m. and midnight on Nov. 22.
Shoppers didn't seem deterred by Walmart workers and their messages, Reuters reported.
Many said they appreciated stores that decided to open Thursday night instead of early Friday morning.
"I think it is better earlier. People are crazier later at midnight," Renee Ruhl, 52, said outside Target in Orlando, Fla.
The most frenzied shoppers appeared in Moultrie, Ga., where dozens grappled over cellphones, The Associated Press reported.
The prepaid, unlimited plan deal caused an uproar, but nobody was hurt, store staff said.
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Lenovo, Stella McCartney name winner of Central Saint Martins' sustainable design contest
MA furniture design student Peter Nasielski has been crowed the overall winner of Central Saint Martins' sustainable design competition, supported by technology brand Lenovo and designer/conscious luxury pioneer Stella McCartney.
Peter Nasielski (left) received his prize from Stella McCartney (centre)
Nasielski was chosen for his innovative eyewear design, made from regenerative algae seaweed. The winning piece by the Californian student was revealed at an event held at McCartney's Old Bond Street, London, store.
The collaboration saw 38 MA Design students from Central Saint Martins "explore the relationship between fashion and technology to create a sustainable solution, [and] aimed to inspire and empower the next generation of eco-conscious designers through innovative Lenovo Yoga technology".
Throughout the eight-week project, the students "created extraordinary and futuristic designs" with Nasielski inspired by regenerative farming practices, which led to the development of his eyewear design made from bioplastic material.
Using cutting-edge technology powered by the Lenovo Yoga 9i, he used coding algorithms to mimic the aesthetics and dynamics of natural algae formations, creating the basis of his winning design.
Nasielski's has been awarded a three-month internship at Stella McCartney in a department of his choice, plus an internship with Lenovo's design innovation team at its headquarters in North Carolina.
McCartney said: "I was so inspired by the [overall] level of creativity and innovation. I chose Peter as my winner not only because his regenerative kelp and algae farming project touches on something we are already looking into, but it also seems the most viable as a material innovation for both my team and Lenovo.
She added: "I really want to continue this conversation and help to make some of their creations a reality because I see a lot of viable solutions in what I was presented. I am so inspired by and honoured to support this next generation of innovation!"
Nasielski said: "Throughout these eight weeks, I have been challenged and empowered to think beyond sustainability and, as a result, I have created something that aims to inspire and make change for the regenerative future of the fashion industry."


Discussion in 'Events' started by 432hz, Oct 11, 2018.
Hello, any events of camping and the like in the eastern side of West Virginia? Would love to know, Thankyou.
It's a bit of a drive but Pastor Chris has some great looking events in New Jersey...I how his next event fits into my schedule....just a thought.


If it is flat, that is a bad sign. This video fails the "be careful in the bush" concept. What if you get really sick? The reward is not nearly as big as the risk. Would you eat a can of beans with the end pushed out?
This reminds me of a trip to the BWCA. After a week we had some gin to drink and little else except water. Late one afternoon we finished a long portage and I asked my friend if he would like some gin on the rocks. I put some clean round pebbles in the bottom of a tin cup with gin and some lake water. He tasted it and said "this is one of the best drinks I have ever had."
I recall telling this story before in another thread...so if that is true sorry for the repeat. I was hiking up a mountain on the AT in Georgia in the hot summer and thought I saw a mirage ahead...a six pack of beer still relatively cold...water beading up on the outside. Noone was around so I decided it was unamerican to let cold beer go to waste and downed one on the climb while carrying the rest. A while later a couple of guys came down the trail looking for their "extra" beer that didn't fit in their cooler. They didn't mind that I had taken one for the effort of carrying the rest and shared another at the top of the mountain. I almost camped with them since they had so much it looked like they would need my help, but decided wisely to move on and be ready for a 15 mile hike out the next day.
I have taken a little red wagon with a cooler full of beer and fresh food twice on backpacking trips. The trail was relatively easy but still required hoisting the wagon a few times with the handle and a rope tied to the rear axle. We hiked to a lake with no one around and had the wives along. Some of the really fun trips.
I have found lots of stuff by eddy shopping on rivers.
While hiking in Kauai, Hawaii, many years ago, we came across cans of beer in several streams. Turns out there was a hash house harriers running event at the same time. I think they gave us some.
That said, I'd have to be pretty thirsty to drink out of a random can I found.
I once came across a can of beer held down in a stream with a rock on top of it. It was the Jenkins Ridge trail in the Smokies; a very remote trail that doesn't get much traffic. I waited for about 30 minutes and went for it. I think it was a gift, but admittedly will never know. I normally don't drink watery beers and this was a Bud Light; but sometimes beer is about the moment. It was good.
I have found beers, cameras, a baggie of weed and other booty on the trail, availing myself to some of these gifts. I once stumbled upon a pot plantation in a rugged section of the San Gabriel Mountains. My reaction was more of fear than good fortune on this discovery, and high tailed it out of there!
I would drink it in most cases (unless there is an owner near). I like such gifts. Depends on how it looks though.
Jeffrey hit it on the head=hows' it look? I might drink it but have never found a can of pop or beer that wasn't rusty or had a bullet hole in it. I have found many things tho like 5 scythe blades in a bundle in the deep woods, a chunk of coal where coal shouldn't be, a tractor part, broken skidder chains, a golf ball sized piece of garnet on a mountain top, tools, chairs, an ancient cage, chicken coop, glass, 2 35mm cameras which got returned to owners, a trail of food which I think a bear had stolen the night before and the bag was ripped and I happened to be the first one on the trail the next day-I took all that and ate it. Found full unopened liquor bottles and took them, found a pile of US Mail bags under a brush pile, empty I believe a power line crew had stolen them and took what they wanted burned the mail and buried the bags-, found clothes, found water bottles, trash, glasses, a ski, found a person on a search barely alive but lived, found a rock hammer, signs, license plates, a motorcycle gas tank, woodstove and more, much of which I dragged or carried out.
A few years back, Barbara and I had gone backpacking in the Sierra. On the way back to the trailhead, as we got to the final fork in the trail I spotted something green on the trail. I picked up the wad of paper, and discovered that the green paper had a picture of Andrew Jackson and several "20" numbers. Some poor soul had dropped a $20 bill. I looked around in all directions, then shouted a "HALOO!" Hearing no answer and no other human in sight, we hiked back to the car. I asked the one person there if he had lost anything on the trail. He said no, so we put all our gear in the car and headed toward home, stopping at a favorite restaurant, The Black Bear, one of a chain in California. We made good use of the $20.
While hiking in the Grand Canyon I found a can of something along the edge of the Colorado River. The aluminum can's label had completely worn off from being in the river for who knows how long, perhaps lost by a rafting party. The tab on top was still intact. So I opened it and it turned out to be some kind of beer, it was very cold from from being in the river. It tasted okay, though I could not tell what brand it was. I was thirsty so I drank it!
On a bicycle tour once I found a bottle of Coke sitting along the road just near a rest area. It had not been opened yet and being early morning it was still cold. I stopped, picked it up and drank it. I see a lot of things along the road when cycle touring, usually figure lost by someone who stopped, got out, sat it on the car top and then forgot it was there and drove away as it dropped off.
Once in Yosemite valley I was day hiking along the Mirror Lake trail below Half Dome. I found a down jacket (it was winter) laying on the ground. I picked it up and laid it on a rock beside the trail, saw no one around and left it thinking the owner was closeby. An hour later I came back by and it was still laying there. So I thought I would take it to the ranger station. When I went to carry it I found a passport, 2500 dollars in travelers checks and 20 pin joints of pot inside the inner pocket. I decided to keep the joints and when I got to the village turned it over to the rangers at the back country office. I figured whoever the owner was did not need the hassle of the feds for the weed. I never heard any more about it.
Another trip in the Grand Canyon, I was down at the Little Colorado River and found a old metal 5 gallon can with about two weeks of food inside. Most was in baggies, some was still in the original can's. Along side the can, stashed in a rock ledge was a inflatable sleeping pad or simple raft. I inventoried the food and put everything back inside the can with the list I wrote down of the contents on top and sealed it again, placing it back where I found it. Years later I looked and found the can still there and opened it, everything was just as I had left it. Later I saw a old photo of Harvey Butchart, who was a 45 year math professor at NAU (Northern AZ University) down in Flagstaff. He was standing along the Colorado River with a raft that looked just like the one had found with the food cache. I imagined the cache was one of his. That was about 15 years ago I last saw the cache, Butchart died in the late 80s so I bet the cache is still there? This is the photo I saw of him.
I bet whoever lost that jacket with their passport and travelers checks was very grateful you found and returned it, Gary. That is, unless they were too nervous (paranoid?) to return for it due to the other contents.
I guess this is like finding a "Message in a Bottle". I'm guess the message is saying...Don't drink it! I diid find a bottle with a message in it when hiking at the lake and it looked like a child letter to its Mom. It was about loving Mom.


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Quick apple coffee cake: A classic breakfast recipe from the '70s
Easy vintage crafts: How to make wooden clothespin trivets & coasters
The Titanic sank fast – and these are some of the 1,500 people she took with her (1912)
If you lived during the '70s, you probably had a drink from one of these 34 vintage Libbey glasses
Thomas Edison says electricity will cure everything (1914)
How to be a perfect '50s housewife: Love your refrigerator!
Simple one-piece hats you can make: How to sew yourself some style! (1955)
How the original Twilight Zone began, plus see the TV show's iconic opening (1959-1965)
See what California rush hour traffic was like in the '50s
About WWII's Battle of the Bulge, plus see 14 photos from the successful military counteroffensive (1945)
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Let's stop this silly worship of youth! (1959)
1950s, Culture & lifestyle, Vintage magazines
Let's stop this silly worship of youth!
by Lester and Irene David
Overemphasis on youth, say authorities, has created a cult that is producing unhealthy attitudes. Here are ways that the picture of youth vs. maturity can be put into proper focus
When an authority on social behavior and marriage relations expresses concern over a situation he terms "unwholesome and damaging," we think the problem is worth investigating.
Dr Abraham Stone, director of the Marriage Consultation Center of New York's Community Church, believes that the country is over-worshiping feminine youthfulness — to an alarming extent. Challenged by this charge, we decided to discuss the subject with psychiatrists, psychologists, and sociologists in various parts of the country.
We're presenting here a distillation of their views. And as a result of our research, our own conviction is: Dr Stone is right. There is a strong current of feeling in our society that the world spins mainly for the teens and 20s, and that anyone over 30 — especially the woman over 30 — had better take a back seat. Americans today are not only putting a too-high premium on youthfulness; they are relegating maturity to a second-class status.
Dr Dan W Dodson, director of New York University's Center for Human Relations and Community Studies, told us, "In my work at the center, I have noted a definite over-emphasis on youth and glamour, and this is not only an unrealistic but an unhealthy attitude. It tends to make young girls so self-centered about their appearance that they have difficulty adjusting to their roles as normal human beings. And it makes women not of the youth group feel inferior."
In how many of the movies and TV dramas you've seen is a middle-aged woman the romantic heroine? Aren't love and romance in these plays almost always portrayed as the exclusive province of the young-in-years?
(Article continued in the print magazine)
Photos: The woman on the [first photo] can underact her years, but… in accepting her maturity, she reveals rich qualities that youth cannot match
A treasury of 150+ vintage Christmas cookie recipes
The amazing Annie Oakley, expert shot (1890s)
Chrysler cars for 1956: Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto have the forward look with Flight-Sweep
Pushbutton magic on the '56 De Soto Firedome station wagon: Easy as ringing a doorbell
Categories: 1950s, Culture & lifestyle, Vintage magazines
Source: Family Circle
Original publication date: May 1959
Tags: 1959, aging, beauty, teens
Added or last updated: October 6, 2013
Campfire: Full-size, full-flavored eating marshmallows (1959)


This page displays sold house prices for Clarendon Park Road in Leicester.
Clarendon Park Road in Leicester LE2 consists predominantly of terraced houses. Properties on Clarendon Park Road typically have values around £150,000 - £250,000, but larger detached houses can command upwards of £500,000.
Map showing Clarendon Park Road in Leicester.


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Q: ExcelResponse doesn't send file correctly I'm using django-excel-response 2.0.5 to download Excel sheet using Django.
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A: Bytes shown are likely to come from ZIP files.
Office OpenXML format is a ZIP file of several XML files. So by renaming the file as XLSX you should be able to read it.
If you want to get directly XLSX files you should define content disposition and type in your header.


Organizers of the Seattle Home Show 2 that opens Thursday at Qwest Field Event Center say the economy is affecting home projects, but it's not stopping them.
Remodeling is up, small projects and simple lines are in, and more homeowners are financing their own projects, rather than getting loans.
As has been the case for a number of years now, more homeowners are looking to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Hot trends at this year's shows include residential solar power systems, whole-house energy audits and rain gardens for managing water runoff and eliminating pollutants.
If you want to know more, you can visit the show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 23-24 and 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $9 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for children 7 to 15, and free for children younger than 7.
"Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators" film and discussion: Doors open atz 2 p.m. and film starts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. S.E., Olympia. Narrated by Peter Coyote, this documentary goes behind the scenes with leading scientists to explore the role top predators play in restoring and maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity. Part of National Wolf Awareness Week. $5 general admission, $4 for Olympia Film Society members. Call 360-264-4695.
A Night of Open Mike sponsored by The Olympia Poetry Network: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Traditions Cafe, 300 Fifth Ave. S.W., Olympia. There is a three-minute or two-poem limit (whichever comes first). For more information, call 360-456-4862.
Zoo Boo: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Sunday, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma. Activities for young trick-or-treaters include a scavenger hunt, face painting and treats. Free with paid admission to the zoo. Come in a costume to receive $2 off admission. Call 253-591-5337 or go to www.pdza.org.
Howl-O-Ween costume contest and photo event, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, PetSmart, 719 Sleater-Kinney Road S.E., Lacey. Join in the pet parade from 7 to 7:15 p.m. and compete in the Best Pet Costume Contest from 7:15 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 360-493-0228.
My Morbid Mind Haunted House: 7 to 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in October, 4548 Marvin Road S.E., Olympia. $8. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Lacey Fire Department. Bring a pet food donation for Thurston County Animal Services to receive $1 off admission. Go to www.mymorbidmind.com.
In 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.
Ten years ago: The FBI reported that serious crimes reported to police in 1998 declined for the seventh straight year, and murder and robbery rates reached 30-year lows.


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The James Castle Primer and Exhibition
By ed
The James Castle Collection and Archive (JCCA) is pleased to present a new book and exhibition about American artist James Castle. The James Castle Primer, published by JCCA and produced by Lucia|Marquand is an 80-page book, with 54 color plates. It provides readers with concise, yet thorough overview of Castle's life and art career. Nicholas…
Outliers and American Vanguard Art exhibition opens at LACMA
By James Castle Collection Administrator
Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted in October of 2018 the West Coast presentation of Outliers and American Vanguard Art. The exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, features James Castle's works along with 80 self-taught and trained artists in the first major exhibition to explore key moments in American art history…
Outliers and American Vanguard Art
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Self-taught artists—variously termed folk, primitive, visionary, naïve, outsider, and isolate—have played a significant role in the history of modernism, yet their contributions have been largely disregarded or forgotten. Organized by the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), this exhibition of 250 diverse works by more than 80 trained and untrained artists reveals how the mainstream…
JAMES CASTLE HOUSE
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The opening of the James Castle House will feature a community party at the historic Egyptian Theatre, a three-day inaugural symposium, citywide exhibitions and receptions, and culminate in the public opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Visit our Events calendar for details. Serving as a testimony to the life and work of American artist, James Castle,…
James Castle: People, Places and Things, New York Studio School, NY James Castle: People, Places and Things will be shown at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from January 29 to March 4, 2018. Curated by Karen Wilkin, the exhibition will feature over 50 important works and ephemera, including rarely seen…
Boise City Hall Special Exhibition Opening
Exhibition Celebrates New Acquisitions and Select Works by James Castle The Boise City Department of Arts & History opens a special exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, from 4-6 p.m. to celebrate the new acquisitions to the Boise Visual Chronicle and Portable Works Collections, and select works by internationally recognized artist, James Castle. Sixteen…
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One perhaps surprising field that has taken advantage of the shift to technology is the restaurant industry, where a shortage of available workers has driven up costs and limited the ability of some restaurants to open additional locations. Spyce, a casual fast-food place begun by four MIT graduates, is set on opening the first truly robotic restaurant chain in the US. Its founders say the robots help improve consistency and speed and prepare food in three minutes or less, while enabling the company to serve its food at reasonable prices.
Another example is the Chinese restaurant chain Haidilao, which has partnered with Panasonic to open up a fully automated kitchen in Beijing. The new establishment will feature robots that take orders, then prepare and deliver raw meat and fresh vegetables to customers to put into soups prepared at their tables. The automated kitchen will reportedly be used to help Haidilao expand to as many as 5,000 locations around the world.
You needn't go all the way to a robotic kitchen to encounter Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the food world. When commanded, Google Duplex will call a restaurant and make reservations. The software is very advanced, with a realistic human voice that mimics the "uhhs" and "umms" typical of most conversations. It's undoubtedly a harbinger of things to come, as this software could easily expand to booking appointments for other businesses such as hair salons, doctor offices, and hotels.
There is no arguing that machines and AI are faster, cheaper, more efficient, and make fewer mistakes than humans. When a bank started using chatbots to handle more than 1.5 million claim requests each year, it found that the work of 85 bots was equal to the output of 200 full-time human employees at only 30 percent of the cost. As for the future, Juniper Research predicts that chatbot conversations will be responsible for cost savings of more than $8 billion per year by 2022, up from $20 million in 2017.
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Collits, Pierce (1769–1848)
Pierce Collits (1769?-1848), settler and innkeeper, was convicted in July 1800 at the Old Bailey of receiving a quantity of stolen muslin, lace, handkerchiefs, and other goods, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. He arrived in Sydney in the Minorca on 14 December 1801. His wife, Mary, came free at the same time, and though she could not sign her name, Philip Gidley King granted her in July 1803 seventy acres (28 ha) at Evan on the Nepean, where her husband joined her. Over the years they had three sons and six daughters and became prosperous and respectable settlers. In November 1810 Lachlan Macquarie included their farm among those he described as 'good … well cultivated'; perhaps this helped Collits to gain his conditional pardon the following May. In the next few years he subscribed to the school at Castlereagh in 1814, to the Waterloo fund in 1816 and to the flood relief fund in 1817; in 1815 he was made chief constable at Evan, in 1820 poundkeeper and inspector of cattle, and in August 1821 a member of the Evan District Committee of Emancipated Colonists. Throughout this period he had supplied large quantities of meat to the government store and in 1819 was granted a further fifty acres (20 ha) at Prospect.
By this time he was contemplating a move into the interior, for which he was given permission in 1821. In 1823 he was settled in the Vale of Clwydd (near Lithgow) where he had built his famous Collits Inn, The Golden Fleece, at the foot of Mount York, four miles and a half (7.2 km) from the ford over Cox's River. This was a great boon to travellers, affording them shelter at the end of their second day's journey from Sydney. He received a grant of 200 acres (81 ha) there in 1825 and by 1828 had cleared 54 (22 ha) and cultivated 36 (15 ha), and owned 360 cattle and 300 sheep. In 1830 (Sir) Ralph Darling, who had visited and praised his inn the previous year, ordered him another 150 acres (61 ha), and appointed him a deputy-postmaster, but his prosperity was threatened by Surveyor-General (Sir) Thomas Mitchell's building the new road through Victoria Pass. In 1833 he resigned as postmaster and next year selected a site for a new inn on the River Lett near Hartley. Offered a further grant in substitution for his former land, after some intricate manoeuvring in which he seems to have been anxious to get a double issue, he selected 317 acres (128 ha) on the Belubula River at Canowindra, so as well as pioneering in the Hartley district his sons were among the earliest settlers on the Lachlan River. In 1841 when his wife died he transferred his new inn to his daughter, Sophia Morris. He died on 19 September 1848, aged 79, and was buried behind his first inn.
W. L. Havard, 'Pierce Collits and his Inns', Journal and Proceedings ( Royal Australian Historical Society), vol 23, part 5, 1937, pp 392-410
Sydney Gazette, 25 Mar 1824.
Collits, James (son)
Collits, Sophia (daughter-in-law)
Collits, Eleanor (assigned convict)
'Collits, Pierce (1769–1848)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/collits-pierce-1914/text2273, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 29 January 2022.
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Below is an essay on "Marketing 1102 – Case # 4 – British Columbia Lottery Corporation – "Ivana New Campaign."" from Anti Essays, your source for research papers, essays, and term paper examples.
As consumers we tend to view Lotteries and games of chance as relatively recent phenomena.
•	Benjamin Franklin used lotteries to finance cannons for the Revolutionary War.
•	John Hancock operated a lottery to rebuild historic Faneuil Hall in Boston.
•	George Washington operated a lottery to finance construction of the Mountain Road, which opened westward expansion from Virginia.
•	Thomas Jefferson, $80,000 in debt at the end of his life, used a lottery to dispose of the bulk of his property.
During the 1700's, lotteries flourished with the revenues used for a broad range of personal and public financing including the colonial army in the Thirteen Colonies as a means to fight the war with Britain and further including the financing of fifty colleges, 300 schools and 200 churches including universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia. In 1726, the Netherlands formed a lottery that is still in operation today.