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Estrellita (Little Star) - For Concert Band
By Manuel María Ponce
Score and Parts
Arte Nova Music Lab
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Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Horn in F, Euphonium, Marching Drum Line, Concert Band - Intermediate - Digital Download
Composed by Manuel María Ponce. Arranged by Fausto Martinez Figueroa. 20th Century, Repertoire, World, Recital. Score, Set of Parts. 31 pages. Published by Arte Nova Music Lab (S0.105029).
Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a Mexican composer active in the 20th century. His work as a composer, music educator and scholar of Mexican music connected the concert scene with a usually forgotten tradition of popular song and Mexican folklore. Many of his compositions are strongly influenced by the harmonies and form of traditional songs. An important group of Ponce's works were previously unknown to the public, as self-proclaimed heir Carlos Vázquez, a Mexican piano performer and educator who studied with Ponce, kept most of the original manuscripts in his possession. Most of them were finally donated to the National School of Music (UNAM) in Mexico City, as an analytic catalogue of his works could still be published.One of Ponce's melodies still heard today in various arrangements is "Estrellita" (1912). (Taken from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Ponce).
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one and one-half months after taking office as the new CDU leader, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, according to a survey by Germany's most popular politician.
According to the magazine "Focus", citing a survey by the Institute Insa Kramp-karrenbauer reached a consent value of 121 points in the population. You've replaced for the first time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) at the top of the "Focus"-politicians-rank list.
Kramp-Karrenbauer had been elected at the beginning of December to the new CDU Minister and Merkel had succeeded to the party leadership. The former Saarland Minister-President had set at the CDU party Congress in Hamburg in a runoff against Ex-Union parliamentary leader Friedrich Merz.
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Win or lose, the outcome of this election is on the GOP establishment
There's no blaming the Tea Party if the party falls short in November
byW. James Antle III
Are the pollsters just trolling us pundits now? Just as a consensus emerged this summer that Republicans were probably going to capture the Senate, a new round of polling was released showing a Democratic rebound in several key races. But the new received wisdom that Democrats were probably going to hold the Senate barely had time to harden before polls emerged that were more favorable to Republicans. Now the prognosticators give the GOP a better-than-even shot of seizing the Senate.
Despite the pendulum-like conventional wisdom on which party will control the Senate come 2015, at least a couple things are abundantly clear. First, Republicans will gain Senate seats in November. And secondly, this GOP-friendly election cycle rests on the Republican establishment, not the Tea Party.
This isn't 2010. Unmistakably, in essentially all the competitive Senate races, the party leadership has gotten the nominees it wanted.
Mitch McConnell vowed the party would "crush" the Senate Conservatives Fund's candidates everywhere. He certainly crushed his own primary challenger, Matt Bevin. Lindsey Graham flattened a field of upstart conservatives in South Carolina. Thom Tillis in North Carolina similarly avoided even a runoff against his main Tea Party rival, Greg Brannon.
The list goes on: Pat Roberts easily dispatched Milton Wolf in Kansas. Scott Brown won his primary in New Hampshire. Establishment Republicans got their man in David Perdue in Georgia. James Lankford won in Oklahoma.
In Mississippi, Thad Cochran did end up having to fight conservative challenger Chris McDaniel in a runoff after actually winning fewer votes in the first round of balloting. But Cochran got the majority when it counted. And although his efforts to turn out traditionally Democratic constituencies and some controversial attack ads riled conservatives, it doesn't seem to have hurt the longtime incumbent in the general election polling.
Across the country, the GOP establishment roared back to life and got its way in every Senate race that mattered. And without pesky Tea Party candidates, Republicans should be on their way to a Senate majority — right? Well, it's not that simple.
The Tea Party's reputation for costing Republicans Senate seats is not entirely undeserved (looking at you Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell), though in both 2010 and 2012, the Tea Party had plenty of general election victories, too (Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee...).
Establishment-backed Republicans have lost their share of winnable Senate races, too. Think Rick Berg in North Dakota, Denny Rehberg in Montana, George Allen in Virginia, and Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin.
Moreover, the two biggest Tea Party flops — O'Donnell in Delaware and Angle in Nevada — only won their primaries after the establishment frontrunners blew significant leads.
Especially in the 2010 Nevada Senate race, that means the establishment candidate probably wouldn't have been the November shoo-in many assumed.
All of this is to say that there is no one faction of the party that is to blame for the GOP's longstanding difficulty in knocking off Mary Landrieu in Louisiana or keeping Kay Hagan's North Carolina Senate seat securely in the Republican column. Abandoning Tea Party candidates in favor of "safe" establishment picks isn't always a winning trade-off.
Indeed, it's ironic that the GOP-held Senate seat Republicans are now most in danger of losing is Pat Roberts' in Kansas. That's not to say the Tea Party-backed Wolf would have been a stronger candidate or that any establishment miscalculation necessarily led to the Democrat withdrawing and giving a liberal-leaning independent a cleaner shot at the incumbent. But it is an example of how the Republican establishment isn't exactly infallible.
And the next most vulnerable Republican incumbent? Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader and Tea Party slayer.
In recent cycles, Republicans have failed to lock down the competitive Senate races they need to win. That is the difference between being in the majority or minority. And both the Tea Party and the establishment are to blame.
That won't be true this year. If the GOP can't capitalize on Barack Obama's anemic approval ratings to achieve a Senate majority in a GOP-friendly year, it will be on the establishment.
If Republicans retake the Senate, it will certainly be a feather in the establishment's cap. But if they don't, they will have no one to blame but themselves.
W. James Antle III
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Eddie Murray - 1B
1 (1988) / $2,142,904
Salary: $2,142,904
AVG Annual: $2,142,904
Player Salaries (1B)
Avg Annual
Eddie Murray
BAL 1B $2,142,904 1 (1988) $2,142,904 $2,142,904
KC 1B $2,138,661 1 (1988) $2,138,661 $2,138,661
NYY 1B $2,000,000 1 (1988) $2,000,000 $2,000,000
NYM 1B $1,850,000 1 (1988) $1,850,000 $1,850,000
Pedro Guerrero
STL 1B $1,720,000 1 (1988) $1,720,000 $1,720,000
Kent Hrbek
MIN 1B $1,410,000 1 (1988) $1,410,000 $1,410,000
Leon Durham
CIN 1B $1,383,333 1 (1988) $1,383,333 $1,383,333
Von Hayes
PHI 1B $1,300,000 1 (1988) $1,300,000 $1,300,000
Keith Moreland
SD 1B $1,243,333 1 (1988) $1,243,333 $1,243,333
Bob Horner
STL 1B $950,000 1 (1988) $950,000 $950,000
Alvin Davis
SEA 1B $922,500 1 (1988) $922,500 $922,500
Willie Upshaw
CLE 1B $900,000 1 (1988) $900,000 $900,000
Darrell Evans
DET 1B $885,000 1 (1988) $885,000 $885,000
Greg Walker
CWS 1B $682,452 1 (1988) $682,452 $682,452
Pete O'Brien
TEX 1B $612,500 1 (1988) $612,500 $612,500
Greg Brock
MIL 1B $600,000 1 (1988) $600,000 $600,000
Ray Knight
Ted Simmons
ATL 1B $470,000 1 (1988) $470,000 $470,000
CIN 1B $460,000 1 (1988) $460,000 $460,000
Gerald Perry
Ken Phelps
NYY 1B $410,000 1 (1988) $410,000 $410,000
Sid Bream
PIT 1B $360,000 1 (1988) $360,000 $360,000
Dave Bergman
Manny Trillo
CHC 1B $357,500 1 (1988) $357,500 $357,500
Will Clark
SF 1B $345,000 1 (1988) $345,000 $345,000
Wally Joyner
LAA 1B $340,000 1 (1988) $340,000 $340,000
HOU 1B $340,000 1 (1988) $340,000 $340,000
Mark McGwire
OAK 1B $280,000 1 (1988) $280,000 $280,000
John Kruk
SD 1B $250,000 1 (1988) $250,000 $250,000
Andres Galarraga
WSH 1B $240,000 1 (1988) $240,000 $240,000
Franklin Stubbs
LAD 1B $235,000 1 (1988) $235,000 $235,000
Mike Diaz
Terry Francona
Fred McGriff
TOR 1B $127,500 1 (1988) $127,500 $127,500
Cecil Fielder
Dave Magadan
NYM 1B $112,500 1 (1988) $112,500 $112,500
Wallace Johnson
Stan Jefferson
SD 1B $90,000 1 (1988) $90,000 $90,000
Gene Larkin
MIN 1B $83,000 1 (1988) $83,000 $83,000
Mike Laga
STL 1B $82,500 1 (1988) $82,500 $82,500
Jim Traber
BAL 1B $80,000 1 (1988) $80,000 $80,000
Tom Pagnozzi
Francisco Melendez
SF 1B $70,000 1 (1988) $70,000 $70,000
Joey Meyer
MIL 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Mark Grace
CHC 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Steve Balboni
SEA 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Ricky Jordan
PHI 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Benny Distefano
PIT 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Larry Parrish
BOS 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Bill Buckner
KC 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
Kelly Paris
CWS 1B $62,500 1 (1988) $62,500 $62,500
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Arik Aircraft in bad shape, Senate set up committee
The states of airline business in Nigeria is far from been the ideal way of handling the business especially when compared with other countries. Well, the long cry of the people has finally been experienced by a senator, who in quick reaction table the matter during a plenary section at the upper chamber. Senate has directed its committee on aviation to investigate an alleged recent malfunction of an aircraft belonging to Arik Air.
The upper chamber at plenary on Wednesday called for the investigation after the majority whip, Olusola Adeyeye, narrated his experience on board an Arik Aircraft, to the lawmakers.
Senator Adeyeye stated that there is a need for the upper chamber to take a second look at the safety standards of not just the airline, but the aviation sector as a whole.
He said, "In recent times as I've had to crisscross the length and breadth of Nigeria because of the frenzy of political activities, I've come to the sad observation that too many times, our aircraft are run with substandard services.
"In particular, often they are late, way too late. But I've had the misfortune of flying the same aircraft three times.
"It is labelled 'Queen of Angel' on Arik. All three times, the air condition did not work, and I approached the crew and they told me that they were aware and each time they would say, we were supposed to have serviced this aircraft today and they've said that three times.
"I believe I owe it to this republic and to myself to alert us that every time an aircraft is not serviced on time, it is danger waiting to happen.
"I believe it is good for us to have good aviation services but when the lives of passengers are at risk, something should be done".
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Graham Clark enjoyed his time out in the middle during Durham's T20 Blast campaign, finishing behind Alex Lees in top spot with the most runs. Clark smashed 261 runs with a highest score of 68 against Yorkshire.
His hard-hitting performances opening the batting for Durham saw him regular hit big during the powerplay overs throughout the tournament.
Known for his success in the shorter format, that is where Graham has demonstrated his ability in the past, first coming in the 2015 season, scoring 91* on his debut against Yorkshire Vikings at Headingly in the T20 Blast.
The Cumbrian born cricketer, was key to Durham progressing to the quarter finals of the Vitality Blast in 2018, scoring three half centuries in four games, to help Durham turn their T20 campaign around. His top score coming against Birmingham Bears with 65, which was a record breaking first-wicket partnership in Durham's T20 history.
Clark didn't feature for Durham in the Bob Willis Trophy during the 2020 season, playing limited red ball cricket in an already shortened season. He did however score a 114 ball 90 for Durham 2XI against Nottinghamshire in a three-day game.
He is the younger brother of Surrey all-rounder Jordan.
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Science!: iPads and Dolphins
By Lauren Admire Legacy Author June 7, 2010
Relocating Too Often as a Kid Makes You Neurotic
If you are one of those kids whose family relocates constantly, this study is for you. The next time your parents claim "Don't worry honey, you can always make new friends," just reference this article. A recent study has shown that relocating often as a child can make you more introverted and neurotic as an adult.
"We know that children who move frequently are more likely to perform poorly in school and have more behavioral problems," said lead author, Shigehiro Oishi, PhD, of the University of Virginia. "However, the long-term effects of moving on well-being in adulthood have been overlooked by researchers."
Oishi conducted a study on 7,108 adults between the ages of 20 and 75, surveying them on their general well-being and the number of times they had moved as a child. Those adults who had moved more often as children reported feeling less satisfied with their lives and well-being. They also had fewer genuine social relationships than other adults who did not relocate as much.
Further, introverts suffered more from frequent moves than extraverts. "Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain long-term close relationships," explains Oishi. "This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily. Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends."
Even more foreboding: Adults who moved frequently as children were more likely to die early. "We can speculate that moving often creates more stress and stress has been shown to have an ill effect on people's health," said Oishi. "But we need more research on this link before we can conclude that moving often in childhood can, in fact, be dangerous to your health in the long-term."
Source: Science Daily
Scientist Uses iPad to Communicate With Dolphins
The iPad might be getting flack for being nothing more than a glorified iPhone, but scientists now believe it could be used to successfully communicate with dolphins.
Scientists have been trying to communicate with cetaceans for years. Unfortunately, dolphins and whales have broad vocal ranges, and researchers have perpetually had trouble translating it to a language humans could understand. What scientists needed was a translator – a babelfish that spoke dolphin. It looks like the iPad might just be what we were looking for.
Jack Kassewitz, a dolphin researcher, explains: "For several years, we've recognized that part of the problem in creating an artificial language between humans and dolphins has been the speed of acquisition of the human brain; it's just not up to competing [with that of the dolphin]. [The dolphins] acoustic range is so broad and ours is so limited, and our speed to react to their sound is so slow, I think we were just plain boring."
Kassewitz has been trying to narrow down a selection of possible dolphin to human interfaces, and has decided to test both the iPad and the Panasonic Toughbook 19. Using a waterproof pouch, a dolphin can interact with the iPad or Toughbook screen and use it to communicate basic ideas.
The results from the iPad trials are promising. In one trial, Kassewitz shows an image to a dolphin using the iPad. If the dolphin recognizes the object, he taps the screen with his nose, and then moves towards the same object that has been placed nearby. As it performs this task, the dolphin makes various noises, and these sounds are recorded using the iPad's SignalScope app.
SignalScope isn't the only app that appeals to dolphins. Kassewitz has talked to other computer programmers who are on board to create even more apps that would be helpful in deciphering dolphin code. I wonder, once we figure out what they're saying – will they say "So long, and thanks for all the fish?"
Source: Red Orbit
Earth's "Fractal Haze" Allowed Life to Develop
Got a few minutes? Try cracking this conundrum:
Three billion years ago, life began to arise on Earth. However, the sun was nearly 30 percent dimmer than it is today, meaning that our planet was likely covered in ice. These conditions aren't too favorable for the first signs of life to emerge, so there must have been another factor at work to make sure that life as we know it didn't freeze.
Carl Sagan tried solving this puzzle – twice, in fact. The first time, he proposed that an ammonia atmosphere could have trapped heat, only to find out later that UV radiation would have broken down ammonia. His second guess – a thick nitrogen-methane mix that also trapped heat, but blocked the UV rays – also failed, since the haze particles would have blocked visible light as well, effectively leading to a dead Earth.
Now, new scientists have stepped up to the plate and suggested a hydro-carbon haze, where particles protected potential life from harmful UV rays but also allowed visible light to come through. The result is a fractal haze, "an aerosol haze opaque enough to block the shortwave ultraviolet radiation that would have hindered or prevented life from arising," explains researcher Eric Wolf. "At the same time, it would have proven transparent enough in longer, visible wavelengths to let them keep the atmosphere warm and the planet wet enough for life to emerge. "It's surprising that molecules with complex shapes could make such a difference."
If this theory flops as well, there's another to take its place. In April, scientists suggested that Earth had fewer landmasses than previously believed. Fewer land masses means less reflected light, which means more heat absorption.
There's no reason that the two theories can't work together, though:
"Rather than being an alternate explanation to last month's theory about how Earth stayed warm under a faint young sun, the newly proposed haze layer may actually be a complement to it," says Wolf. "Researchers who conducted that study didn't include a haze layer, which probably would have helped keep their darker world warm enough to prevent water at Earth's surface from freezing. Future research could clarify the issue."
Source: Discover Magazine
Canadian Island Proves Life Could Exist on Mars
The question of whether or not there is life on Mars may have just been answered. Theoretically, at least. Dr. Lyle Whyte, a microbiologist at McGill University has been studying what survives in the Lost Hammer spring of Canada's Axel Heiberg Island. Bacteria exist in these springs, despite the fact the temperatures are sub-zero and there is no consumable oxygen. Bubbles of methane float to the surface, however, and these bacteria love them some CH4.
"We were surprised that we did not find methanogenic bacteria that produce methane at Lost Hammer," Whyte said. "But we did find other very unique anaerobic organisms – organisms that survive by essentially eating methane and probably breathing sulfate instead of oxygen."
We've found out that Mars harbors methane and frozen water on its surface. The hoopla surrounded what was making them – bacteria often produce methane as a byproduct, but it seems that we missed an even more interesting assumption: if bacteria can exist in a super cold, super saline solution on Earth, couldn't it exist in the same environment on Mars?
"There are places on Mars where the temperature reaches relatively warm -10 to 0 degrees and perhaps even above 0ºC," states Whyte, "and on Axel Heiberg it gets down to -50, easy. The Lost Hammer spring is the most extreme subzero and salty environment we've found. This site also provides a model of how a methane seep could form in a frozen world like Mars, providing a potential mechanism for the recently discovered Martian methane plumes."
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One Hit Wonders of the '80s: 1989 – Love and Rockets
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"So Alive" by Love and Rockets
When Love and Rockets first started at as mainly an alt rock/college rock band. Their first album, 1985's Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, is an example of this. Their second album, 1986's Express added a little more of a pop feel to it. The 1987 follow up, Earth, Sun, Moon, had a more acoustic sound.
Then in 1989, Love and Rockets released their self-titled album, which had more of an AOR sound. It was off of this album that the band had their only significant hit. "So Alive" was a T.Rex inspired song, and reached all the way up to #3 on August 5, 1989 [This was quite a feat considering I had never heard of this group, and the song doesn't ring a bell with me] But anyway…
After a grueling tour schedule in support of their big hit, Love and Rockets took a few years off before returning to the studio together. After 7 albums, the band split up in 1999. Then they reformed in 2007 for some live shows. Then they split up for good in 2009.
Let's Return to 1989 when Love and Rockets was "So Alive":
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Former Phillies Bobby Abreu, Cliff Lee, and Raul Ibanez make 1st time Hall of Fame Ballot
A number of Philadelphia Phillies appear on the 2020 Hall of Fame Ballot released on Monday, 11/18, including several players making the ballot for the first time. Bobby Abreu has the best chance out of the new comers to make it to the hall. Cliff Lee and Raul Ibanez are also on the ballot for the first time. They join Curt Shilling, Scott Rolen, and Billy Wagner who have been on the ballot a number of years. Players must receive votes on 75% of the ballots cast to enter Cooperstown. They must... Read More
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22-year-old Sean Kratz of Philadelphia was automatically sentenced to life without parole by a Bucks County judge today after prosecutors took the death penalty off the table. The DA consulted with the victims' families before making that decision. Kratz was convicted of first-degree murder, second degree murder, and robbery in the death of Dean Finocchiaro. He was also found guilty of two counts of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Thomas Meo and Mark Sturgis. He was convicted of... Read More
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Dozens of car windows were shot out on Sunday evening, 11/17, on one Olney street by vandals wielding BB guns. It happened around 5:30 p.m. on the 5700 block of North Howard Street. Surveillance video shows two young people running down the street supposedly shooting at each other. They left behind a swath of shattered glass. Neighbors are not happy to now have to foot a bill costing hundreds of dollars to repair the vandalism. If you have any information contact police.
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Q: Broken cast on compiling generic method with JDK 8 I have some legacy code with class Box to put and get Serializable data into a Map, which runs fine on Oracle JRE 1.8 Update 102 when compiled with Oracle JDK 1.7 Update 80. But it don't run properly when I compile it with Oracle JDK 1.8 Updater 102. I had some problems with a generic get function.
A SSCCE which outputs a formatted date from a Box instance using a problematic generic get function:
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class Box implements Serializable{

   private HashMap<String, Serializable> values = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();

   public <T extends Serializable> T get(String key){

      return (T) this.values.get(key);
   }

   public void put(String key,
                   Serializable value){

      this.values.put(key,
                      value);
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){

      Box box = new Box();
      box.put("key",
              new Date());

      System.out.println(String.format("%1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY",
                                       box.get("key")));
   }
}

I get the following exception when it is compiled with JDK 1.8 and I run it with JRE 1.8:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.Date cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.Object;
          at Box.main(Box.java:31)

Some Methods like System.out.println produces a compiler error when used with the get function

error: reference to println is ambiguous

while other function runs fine with the get function.
The compiler prints out a warning about unchecked or unsafe operations and I noticed the main method is compiled to different byte code:
Compiled with 1.7:
  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
    Code:
       0: new           #8                  // class Box
       3: dup
       4: invokespecial #9                  // Method "<init>":()V
       7: astore_1
       8: aload_1
       9: ldc           #10                 // String key
      11: new           #11                 // class java/util/Date
      14: dup
      15: invokespecial #12                 // Method java/util/Date."<init>":()V
      18: invokevirtual #13                 // Method put:(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/io/Serializable;)V
      21: getstatic     #14                 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
      24: ldc           #15                 // String %1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY
      26: iconst_1
      27: anewarray     #16                 // class java/lang/Object
      30: dup
      31: iconst_0
      32: aload_1
      33: ldc           #10                 // String key
      35: invokevirtual #17                 // Method get:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/Serializable;
      38: aastore
      39: invokestatic  #18                 // Method java/lang/String.format:(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
      42: invokevirtual #19                 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/String;)V
      45: return

Compiled with 1.8:
  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
    Code:
       0: new           #8                  // class Box
       3: dup
       4: invokespecial #9                  // Method "<init>":()V
       7: astore_1
       8: aload_1
       9: ldc           #10                 // String key
      11: new           #11                 // class java/util/Date
      14: dup
      15: invokespecial #12                 // Method java/util/Date."<init>":()V
      18: invokevirtual #13                 // Method put:(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/io/Serializable;)V
      21: getstatic     #14                 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
      24: ldc           #15                 // String %1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY
      26: aload_1
      27: ldc           #10                 // String key
      29: invokevirtual #16                 // Method get:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/Serializable;
      32: checkcast     #17                 // class "[Ljava/lang/Object;"
      35: invokestatic  #18                 // Method java/lang/String.format:(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
      38: invokevirtual #19                 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/String;)V
      41: return

Can somebody explain why it is compiled differently?
PS: I already fixed it by giving Class<T> clazz as additional parameter to the get function.

A: Your method
public <T extends Serializable> T get(String key){

  return (T) this.values.get(key);
}

is fundamentally broken as it basically says "whatever the caller wishes, I will return it, as long as it is assignable to Serializable".
Interestingly, we have similar broken methods every few weeks here, the last one just yesterday.
The key point is, if your method promises to return whatever the caller wishes, I could write:
Date date=box.get("key");

but also
String str=box.get("key");
String[] obj=box.get("key");

As all these types, Date, String, or String[] are assignable to Serializable. Less intuitively, you can even write
Object[] obj=box.get("key");

despite Object[] is not Serializable, because there could be a subtype of Object[] that is Serializable. So the compiler will infer Object[] & Serializable for T (see also here).

The difference between Java 7 and Java 8 is that the Java 7 compiler did not perform this type inference when you put this method invocation as an argument to another invocation (aka "nested method call"). It always used the bounds of the type parameter, i.e. Serializable and found that it has to perform a varargs invocation.
In contrast, Java 8 considers all possibilities. It can infer a non-array type and perform a varargs invocation, but it can also infer an array type and pass it directly to the method String.format(String,Object[]). The rules are simple, a non-vararg invocation is always preferred.
The fix is simple. Don't make promises you can't hold.
public Serializable get(String key) {
   return this.values.get(key);
}

and let the caller do the type cast explicitly.
Date date=(Date)box.get("key");

or no cast when an arbitrary object is needed:
System.out.println(String.format("%1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY", box.get("key")));

which is by the way a convoluted variant of
System.out.printf("%1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY%n", box.get("key"));

Alternatively, you can use a Class object to specify the expected type:
public <T extends Serializable> T get(String key, Class<T> type) {
   return type.cast(this.values.get(key));
}

…
Date date=box.get("key", Date.class);

By the way, referring to Serializable explicitly has no real benefit. There are plenty of place, where serializable objects are returned, see Collections.emptyList(), for example, without declaring Serializable. Consequently, the JRE classes never refer to Serializable this way either. Most notably, not even ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(…) refers to Serializable in its signature, but just accepts Object.

A: Unless you're planning to make this code store a mixture of objects, then I would recommend making the class generic:
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class Box<T extends Serializable> implements Serializable {

   private HashMap<String, T> values = new HashMap<>();

   public T get(String key){
      return this.values.get(key);
   }

   public void put(String key,
                   T value){

      this.values.put(key,
                      value);
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){

      Box<Date> box = new Box<>();
      box.put("key", new Date());

      System.out.println(String.format("%1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY",
                                       box.get("key")));
   }
}

Having done that, I'd then ditch Box and just use HashMap<String, ...>

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Tim Hornyak
July 13, 2012 7:59 a.m. PT
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import { computeDefaultAppDirectory, getElectronVersion, use, getDirectoriesConfig } from "../util/util"
import { printErrorAndExit } from "../util/promise"
import * as path from "path"
import BluebirdPromise from "bluebird-lst-c"
import { DevMetadata } from "../metadata"
import yargs from "yargs"
import { readPackageJson } from "../util/readPackageJson"
import { installOrRebuild } from "../yarn"

async function main() {
  const args: any = yargs
    .option("platform", {
      choices: ["linux", "darwin", "win32"],
      default: process.platform,
    })
    .option("arch", {
      choices: ["ia32", "x64", "all"],
      default: process.arch,
    })
    .argv

  const projectDir = process.cwd()
  const devPackageFile = path.join(projectDir, "package.json")

  const devMetadata: DevMetadata = await readPackageJson(devPackageFile)
  const results: Array<string> = await BluebirdPromise.all([
    computeDefaultAppDirectory(projectDir, use(getDirectoriesConfig(devMetadata), it => it!.app)),
    getElectronVersion(devMetadata, devPackageFile)
  ])

  // if two package.json — force full install (user wants to install/update app deps in addition to dev)
  await installOrRebuild(devMetadata.build, results[0], results[1], args.platform, args.arch, results[0] !== projectDir)
}

main()
  .catch(printErrorAndExit)

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Q: OpenCV Assertion Error in detectMultiScale I'm trying to test out the facial recognition API in OpenCV. I have imported the .jar provided and it loads the DLL's correctly. The imageLibIit() function will load the DLL. I also have the provided XML files in a directory:src\main\resources\opencv

public boolean faceDetect(String inputFilename, String outputFilename){
    if(!loaded){
        if(!imageLibInit()){ // initializes and loads the dynamic libraries
            return false;
        }
    }
    //TODO @Austin fix image resource issues
    ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
    String xmlResource = loader.getResource("opencv/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml").getPath();
    CascadeClassifier faceDetector = new CascadeClassifier(xmlResource);
    Mat inputImage = Imgcodecs.imread(inputFilename);
    ErrorUtils.println(xmlResource);
    if(inputImage.empty()){
        ErrorUtils.println("image is empty");
        return false;
    }
    MatOfRect facesDetected = new MatOfRect();
    faceDetector.detectMultiScale(inputImage, facesDetected);
    Rect[] detections = facesDetected.toArray();
    ErrorUtils.println("Faces detected in '" + inputFilename + "': " + detections.length);
    for(Rect detection : detections){
        Imgproc.rectangle(
                inputImage,
                new Point(detection.x, detection.y),
                new Point(detection.x + detection.width, detection.y + detection.height),
                new Scalar(0, 0, 255)
        );
    }
    Imgcodecs.imwrite(outputFilename, inputImage);
    return true;
}

I'm still getting an error:
OpenCV Error: Assertion failed (!empty()) in cv::CascadeClassifier::detectMultiScale, file C:\builds\master_PackSlaveAddon-win64-vc12-static\opencv\modules\objdetect\src\cascadedetect.cpp, line 1639

I have researched this error and each time the solution seems to be something with the resources. It's more than likely an incredibly simple issue, but I am stuck as of now.

A: Inspecting the OpenCV source code, we can find the following:

*

*Internally the CascadeClassifier implementation uses class FileStorage to load the data. [1]

*Class FileStorage internally uses the function fopen(...) to open the data file. [2] [3]

Since the path returned by the resouce loader ("/D:/Programming/workspaces/github/project1/HomeServer/target/classes/opencv/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml") is a little odd, containing the leading slash, the first suspicion leads to some issue with opening the file.
I wrote a simple little test to check this with Visual C++:
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>

bool try_open(char const* filename)
{
    FILE* f;

    f = fopen(filename, "rb");
    if (f) {
        fclose(f);
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

int main()
{
    char const* path_1("/e:/foo.txt");
    char const* path_2("e:/foo.txt");

    std::cout << "fopen(\"" << path_1 << "\") -> " << try_open(path_1) << "\n";
    std::cout << "fopen(\"" << path_2 << "\") -> " << try_open(path_2) << "\n";

    return 0;
}

Output:
fopen("/e:/foo.txt") -> 0
fopen("e:/foo.txt") -> 1

Therefore the path is a culprit. According to this answer, one platform independent way is to modify the code as follows to generate a valid path:
// ...
ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
String xmlResource = loader.getResource("opencv/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml").getPath();
File file = new File(xmlResource);
xmlResource = file.getAbsolutePath());
// ...
CascadeClassifier faceDetector = new CascadeClassifier(xmlResource);
if(faceDetector.empty()){
    ErrorUtils.println("cascade classifier is empty");
    return false;
}
// ...


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Further continuing its philosophy of choice, Explore Academy utilizes a flexible dress code, allowing students extensive options in how they dress.
Students are expected to dress in accordance with the school dress code while on school property during the interval of the established school day. The type of dress worn is up to the discretion of the student as long as it is from the list of approved Explore Academy apparel.
Student dress must always display either the Explore Academy logo or Explore Academy title on the most outward piece of clothing. The school logo or title must not be covered by another piece of clothing (jacket, sweatshirt, etc.) while inside the school building. If a student requires extra layering to remain warm, he or she may wear a jacket to school but the jacket must be removed upon entering the school building. If a student requires extra layering while in the school building, he or she may wear additional layers underneath the required Explore Academy shirt. The school's apparel catalog can be found HERE.
Students may wear pants of any type, including jeans, slacks/khakis, capri pants, sweat pants, cargo pants, etc. Pants with excessive holes or ripped areas are not allowed. Shorts, skirts, and dresses are allowed provided the length of leg hits below the knee.
Students are allowed to wear whatever type of shoes they prefer, however certain seminars may require specific types of shoes (ie: close-toed) on specific days for safety reasons.
Explore Academy's online school store can be found HERE.


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Dystonia Reversal by Operation on Basal Ganglia
IRVING S. COOPER, M.D.
From the Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine and the Department of Neurosurgery, St. Barnabas Hospital.; Professor of Research Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, and Director, Department of Neurosurgery, St. Barnabas Hospital.
Arch Neurol. 1962;7(2):132-145. doi:10.1001/archneur.1962.04210020054007
In earlier reports the author has reported the alleviation of dystonia by means of lesions surgically placed in the basal ganglia.1 The present paper represents an extension of the work with dystonia and is based on 100 consecutive cases, 50 with idiopathic dystonia (dystonia musculorum deformans) and 50 with dystonia secondary to other known syndromes.
The movements of dystonia are slow and involuntary and are initiated or exaggerated by voluntary action. The apparently purposeless movements are like those of athetosis, but, unlike those of athetosis, usually involve the trunk and often lead to a twisting action in the entire body. Characteristically, the symptoms develop during childhood or early adolescence, beginning in one lower extremity with plantar flexion, inversion, and adduction of the foot. The dystonia gradually spreads throughout that extremity, then involves the other lower extremity. In some instances the hand is first affected, most commonly manifesting hyperflexion during
COOPER IS. Dystonia Reversal by Operation on Basal Ganglia. Arch Neurol. 1962;7(2):132–145. doi:10.1001/archneur.1962.04210020054007


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Papa-Nicholas (Planas) of Athens
Icon of Papa Nicholas Planas in the church of Panagitsa, Paleo Faliro, Athens
The holy saint Papa-Nicholas (Planas) of Athens (1851-1932) was officially glorified as a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1992. He was born in 1851 on the island of Naxos in Greece. His feast day is celebrated on March 2, except when it falls during Great Lent period; then it is celebrated on the first Sunday following March 2. As a local saint of Paronaxia, he is also celebrated on the first Sunday of September, as part of the celebration of the island's five key saints at the Church of St. Nikodemus of the Holy Mountain on the island of Naxos in Greece.
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Papa Nicholas was married and the father of one child. He was married at 17, but his wife died only a few years later, and so he spent the rest of his life in celibacy, his only aspiration being to serve the Church. He was ordained a deacon on July 28, 1879, at the Church of the Transfiguration in Plaka, Greece, and a priest on March 2, 1884, at the Church of the Holy Prophet Elisha.
His focus for over 50 years was to serve daily the Divine Liturgy, vigils, and other services. He never missed a Liturgy and spent most of his time in the very small church of Church of St. John the Hunter in Athens, Greece. The parish initially contained only eight families. He never refused to commemorate and pray for anyone when he served, and he carried in his pockets slips of paper containing thousands of names whom he would pray for during the proskomedia and the Liturgy.
Holy relics of Papa Nicholas Planas in Athens
Numerous stories are told of his being lifted in prayer and of the acolytes seing him raised off the ground in front of the altar during the Liturgy. While he would begin Liturgy at eight in the morning, he typically would not finish until two or three in the afternoon. When he was not able to serve at the church of St. John, he would always serve elsewhere.
He was famously absent-minded and was also well known for giving to the poor anything that anyone might give him. He was not an educated man but was considered immensely enlightened, an example of great holiness and humility.
Papa-Nicholas is recognized as a saint by the official Orthodox Church, as well as by many Old Calendarists. While he blessed the headquarters of the newly-founded Old Calendarist "Religious Community of Genuine Orthodox Christians" in Athens in 1926 and never personally accepted the liturgical calendar reform, he also never ceased commemorating his bishop over the issue. When notified of his non-compliance, his humility and simplicity prevented any action being taken against him.
He reposed in February 1932. A new St. John the Hunter Church, which contains his relics, has now been built.
Philotheos (Zervakos)
St. Nektarios of Aegina
Kontakion (Tone 3) [1]
Humble of spirit and pure of heart, illustrious in life and dispassionate of a truth, wast thou, O wise one. Thou didst illumine all by the virtues and dost grant grace unto them that draw nigh unto thee; and by thine intercessions, thou dost heal them that call upon thee, O Father Nicholas.
Megalynarion [2]
As a simple shepherd of Christ God's lambs, thou didst tend thy flock well on the pasture of piety, nourishing their spirits with ceaseless supplications and leading them to Christ, O wise Father Nicholas.
Papa-Nicholas Planas, by the Nun Martha; translated from Greek and published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 1981.
Official Biography of St Nicholas Planas in Greek by the (Metropolis of Paronaxia, Church of Greece)
Biography of Nicholas (Planas) by Father Nektarios Serfes
Canonisation Announcement by Fr. Jacob Meyes
The Simple Shepherd - Papa Nicholas Planas by Fr. Alexey Young (Orthodox America)
Papa Nicholas Planas: Another Modern Saint
Retrieved from "https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Papa-Nicholas_(Planas)_of_Athens&oldid=126623"
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Complete sense. I was thinking the same thing. Then I thought maybe both the best AND the worst should get it....the best because they worked hard and deserve a "cookie" for their efforts and skill, the worst, well, because they need some help and know that we still love them lol.
Great song and great band. Anyone know what was used to track the bass?
Bass - Custom Lowend Jazz Hollowbody Bass plugged into an Orange Tiny Terror 500 head and a Glockenklang Double 12 cab. Effects used: Dave Hall VT1 EQ Bass Preamp and a Dave Hall VT1 Mk3 Bass Overdrive.
Guitar - Maton MS2000 Deluxe plugged into an Orange RV50 and an Orange PPC212 cab. Effects used: Eventide Timefactor, Xotic RC Booster, Barber Trifecta Fuzz. The fuzz was only used in the outro (w/ clean channel), rest of the song used the Dirty channel. The bridge was over dubbed with a Vox AC15.
As a side note, we are all really enjoying listening to all the mixes and reading Mike's in depth critiques. There is a lot of great hard work in these mixes and some very creative ideas as well. Keep 'em coming!
Would you know specifically what bass was used? Including pickups? I personally thought even the DI tone was great.
Thought I'd contribute a mix, though I have the book already!
Glad to see so much excitement about the contest!
Here is a link to specs, images and review by our own, Mat Gilroy.
There's something very odd about the timing at the outset of this mix -- the guitar line sounds like it's slipped out of line. If this was intentional, then I'd be interested in knowing the thinking behind it. It does make it a bit trippier, I suppose, but it doesn't really work for me as it stands. Your dramatic reinvention of the bass sound makes for a nice swirly atmosphere in the verses, and also makes the contrast with the aggression of the chorus great. The downside, of course, is that it does also inevitably lose most of the rhythmic momentum of the verse part, and there are also phase mismatch issues at the low end on account of the deep stereo chorusing.
Before being able to judge anything else in the mix, I first had to adjust for the overall mix tonality, which is unfortunately very boxy, with a low-midrange emphasis and recessed frequency extremes -- a long way away from the references. Turning the playback volume up makes much more sense of the balance, though, which makes me think that you're monitoring too loud. Once I'd adjusted this frequency imbalance with some broad-brush master EQ, the mix was a lot easier to deal with.
The overall balance is also pretty well-judged once the mix tonality is taken out of the equation. I think you could balance the main guitar during the verses a little lower compared with the vocal, because it feels like it's stealing a shade too much of the limelight. I like the sound of the guitar, though, because it's a nice contrast to the bass and drums, ringing out nice and clearly. The overall stereo width of the mix is also rather well-judged, although it's difficult to ascertain how the mono-compatibility holds up given the mix tonality issues.
You've introduced some interesting production touches here as well, although I think they could probably still do with some polishing as far as execution is concerned. I liked the delay overlap into the second chorus, for instance, especially because the chorus vocal melody doesn't start until the middle of the first bar of the chorus. However, the delay's timing feels a bit out of sync with the chorus, subjectively speaking, and that bugs me a bit. The alternating panning was also cool in the first mid-section, but the editing needs to be cleaner for this to really work properly, I think -- especially bar six, which rather stumbles over itself as a result. The reverb features on the drums in the second verse are also nice, but I reckon there's a danger of dating the whole production unless you differentiate these a bit more from the overall drum/production sound. Finally, is the lump in the final cymbal tail meant to be a production feature, or is it a dodgy edit?
On the whole I think you've explored lots of interesting new angles here, and you've clearly got a good ear for balance and blend already, so just paying a little more attention to your monitoring/referencing technique should hopefully improve things no end.
The first problem with this mix hits me straight away: the stereo image is very wide indeed. While there's an understandable tendency to think that 'more is more' in this respect when working on stereo systems, you put yourself at the mercy of serious balance side-effects on mono systems. Your bass guitar in this case suffers tremendously in mono, for example. It's not that surprising that you say you're working on headphones, as cans won't provide nearly the same giveaway 'beyond the speakers' stereo-imaging clue about potential mono-incompatibility, plus you're already used to hearing much wider images on headphones simply by nature of the lack of L/R crossfeed between your ears. My advice would be to get yourself a good stereo vectorscope plug-in to give yourself a bit more visual information to go on while mixing -- there are some suggestions under the 'Affordable Middle & Sides (M&S) Plug-ins' heading here, as well as lots of other examples/resources on that page relating to stereo-enhancement tricks.
Having reduced the stereo Sides signal by 6dB for auditioning purposes, I was able to concentrate more on other aspects of the mix. The top of my list of tweaks would be to bring the bass and drums up in the balance, because they're currently not very representative of the reference tracks. In my experience listening volume is much more critical when trying to mix on headphones, and you can often end up with low drum levels just like this if the listening volume is turned up too high -- it's natural to avoid sharp transients when the headphone drivers are only a fraction of an inch from your ears. You might expect bass to be overcooked and/or uncontrolled on headphones normally, but in my experience it's usually the other way around, for any number of potential reasons: mass-market headphones often incorporate an enormous bass boost to give them a flattering sound, and often distort the LF too; overloud monitoring is especially easy on headphones, leading to a natural low-end tip-up in your hearing system; and the anticipation of bass lightness by headphone users often leads them to over-egg the low end in an attempt to compensate. Your best tool here (other than a set of decent full-range monitors ) is a decent spectrum analyser. Again, you can find some affordable suggestions here. Having said that, there are other balance issues too (the lead vocals are ducking and diving into the balance, and the backing vocals are all but buried in the choruses), so I'd very much recommend you start checking your mixes in single-point mono as a matter of course to evaluate this aspect of the production more easily. You can find some little speakers I personally recommend for this here.
Despite the moderate use of different reverb/delay effects in your mix, the blend could be improved further, I think. It sounds to me like you're currently running different reverb effects for every part, which won't help. Try setting up a couple of global effects and then use your mixer's send controls to share them between a number of different tracks. That should help pull things together a bit more without washing everything out. (Having said that, the drums seem to blend with themselves pretty well already, albeit at the expense of a sound which feels a bit wet/distant most of the time.) The vocal ambience patch you've applied in the verses feels too prominent, and too audible as an artificial effect. This makes me think that you're trying to use it to achieve an enhancement which it's not good at providing. I'm guessing that you need to add some longer reverb/delay to give a sense of size and/or sustain, and then pull back the ambience into a more subtle blending role -- this might require EQ in addition to fader adjustment on the reverb's return channel.
All in all I think your choice of monitoring is currently holding you back in your quest for the perfect mix. While it's actually possible to create effective mixes when working primarily on headphones, you do need to be familiar with all the various workarounds to avoid various inherent stereo, EQ, and balance traps. As far as the low end is concerned, you might want to have a look at Chapter 3 of my book (which is one of the two free sample chapters I've put on my site), as that goes into a lot more detail about this than I have space to do here.


It's novena time once again! Please join me and the community at PrayMoreNovenas.com in praying to a powerful intercessor, St. Philomena. Learn more about her and sign up for daily email reminders here.
The novena starts tomorrow, Sunday, August 2. Personally, I am not familiar St. Philomena, and am enjoying learning more about her reputation as a healer and miracle worker. And I'm looking forward to getting to know her better through prayer!


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Vid olympiska sommarspelen 1908 och 1912 tävlade Australien tillsammans med Nya Zeeland som Australasien. Detta var första gången Nya Zeeland deltog i olympiska spelen. Efter första världskriget deltog länderna separat och har gjort det sedan dess.

Sammanlagt vann Australasien 12 medaljer, 3 guld, 4 silver och 5 brons. Dessa medaljer har vunnits i fem olika sporter.

Medaljer

Medaljer efter spel

Medaljer efter sport

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Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in the shootings. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incident as a terrorist attack and one of New Zealand's "darkest days".
"Places of worship can also use our online training package 'ACT Awareness eLearning' for advice on Protective Security and how to react should the worst happen. It can be found at www.gov.uk/government/news/act-awareness-elearning. I'd also encourage everyone to be aware of our run, hide, tell advice.


Talk - "Eating out experience: how beers and drinks are revolutionizing food and the world of the out of home"
How the beverage sector – starting with the craft beer boom – is revolutionising the eating-out food world. Opening and conducting the talk will be the CEO of IEG Italian Exhibition Group, Ugo Ravanelli in a journey of discovery of global scenarios and prospects in the eating-out sector, the evolution of premises and spaces dedicated to food, the importance of training in the "Food Revolution" and finally an overview of new eating-out consumer trends in America.
At the end of the talk, "Cocktail & Finger Food" tasting organised by Angelo Donnaloia, President of AIBES and Nicola Michieletto, chef of CAST Alimenti.
He began his career in September 1973, at Diversey SpA, a company belonging to a North American multinational group. Here he held various positions until becoming, in 1982, Central Marketing Director.
Born in 1976, has been dealing with market research for over 10 years. He has always worked in prestigious institutes such as Demoskopea and Ipsos. He specializes in research methodology and matures his experience in consumer goods. He has been in NPD since 2011 and is currently head of the Foodservice Italy.
President of the Spazio Futuro Group and CNCC, Food & Food Court Advisory Committee. Doctor in Architecture, he founded Spazio Futuro, a reality that, under his guidance, has designed and followed many of the most important food courts in malls. A point of reference in mall design both in Italy and in Europe,during forty years of experience, it has expanded the scope of its activities to an undisputed leadership in the pilotage of retail spaces, in particular for chains and restaurants.
Business Developer of CAST Alimenti, President of Magazzino Alimentare Innovethical Food Initiative, publicist journalist, member of Società Italiana di Scienze Sensoriali, member of Osservatorio sui Consumi Alimentari e sulle Professioni Gastronomiche established c/o Brescia University. Former head of Training and Development of Human Resources of a large Multi Utility company, for almost 20 years he directed a leading management training institute in Brescia.
Adam Dulye is the Executive Chef of the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, and CraftBeer.com, the BA website for beer lovers. Dulye uses his culinary background to promote the value and compatibility of craft beer and cuisine.


text: Q: I18next load resources from different sources I want to load resources for some locales from the local context (precompiled js  data on the page) and rest of resources load from the rest service. I18next allows  to provide resources at init time and also it has 'backend' plugin to load resources from the fs or XHR. Both methods work fine but they are not working together. If  I  provide resources for one locale at init time then backend plugin doesn't load resources at all. How can I provide translation for one language at init time and load others on demand? This should be quite a common problem as I just want to have at least fallback locale available at first rendering to avoid showing keys to the user. My translations are stored in the DB so loading fallback locale other ajax is not acceptable as it could take a while to load and also I don't want to preload all the locales as it could be many of them.


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require 'test_helper'

describe 'Apple admin pages' do
  include AcceptanceHelper

  describe 'index' do
    describe 'without apples' do
      it 'should not error' do
        admin_page '/apples'

        assert_equal 0, Apple.count
        assert page.has_content? 'There are no apples in the database.'
      end
    end

    describe 'with apples' do
      before do
        21.times { Apple.create }
        admin_page '/apples'
      end

      describe 'correct attributes' do
        let(:attributes) { Apple.new.attributes.keys }

        it 'should have the right number of headers' do
          headers = page.all('table thead th')
          assert_equal attributes.size + 2, headers.size # 2 function headers (edit & show)
        end

        it 'should have the right header names' do
          assert page.has_css?('table thead tr th', text: 'ID')
          assert page.has_css?('table thead tr th', text: 'Name')
          assert page.has_css?('table thead tr th', text: 'Fruit')
        end

        it 'should have all IDs shown' do
          Apple.all.each do |a|
            page.has_css?('table tbody tr td', text: a.id.to_s)
          end
        end
      end

      it 'it should include a new button' do
        assert page.has_link? 'New Apple'
      end

      describe 'pagination' do
        it 'shows 20 apples per page' do
          assert_equal 20, page.all('table tbody tr').size
          refute_equal 20, Apple.count
        end

        describe 'pagination links' do
          describe 'first page' do
            it 'should have a disabled link' do
              assert el = find('ul li a', text: '1')
              assert el['href'].nil?
            end

            it 'should have a link to the next page' do
              assert all("a[href='/admin/apples/page/2']").length > 0
            end
          end

          describe 'second page' do
            before { visit '/admin/apples/page/2' }

            it 'should have a disabled link' do
              assert el = find('ul li a', text: '2')
              assert el['href'].nil?
            end

            it 'should have a first page button' do
              assert all("a[href='/admin/apples/page/1']").length > 0
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


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Chandra Mohan, MBBS/MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics
Following his medical training in Pathology and Rheumatology at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore, Dr. Mohan undertook his doctoral thesis work focusing on the cellular immunology of lupus at Tufts University, Boston. His post-doctoral training had focused on the genetic analysis of murine lupus. As an independent investigator, his laboratory's research efforts have concentrated on elucidating the cellular, molecular, and genetic players leading to murine lupus, with corresponding translational studies in human lupus. His more recent work has focused on translating findings from basic biology towards the early diagnosis of end-organ involvement in autoimmune diseases. Dr. Mohan's ongoing studies are aimed at tapping leads from proteomic and metabolomic platforms to mine new biomarkers and targets in chronic rheumatic diseases.
In his recent tenure as an endowed Professor of Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Mohan held the McGee Chair in Arthritis Research and the Walter and Helen Bader Professorship in Autoimmunity. He currently holds an Adjunct Professor appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at UTHSC-H and the Cullen Distinguished Professorship at the University of Houston, in Houston, TX, where he is the Vice-Chair of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Mohan is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Henry Kunkel Society. He has published more than 170 articles, largely in the area of autoimmune diseases.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, Medical Degree
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tufts University, Boston MA
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago IL


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New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1818
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The coastal Massachusetts town of New Bedford is nestled into Buzzard's Bay, 50 miles south of Boston and was one of the most important whaling communities of the early 19th century. New Bedford was established in 1787; prior to this it was a part of the town of Dartmouth. The highly lucrative whaling industry allowed New Bedford, along with its neighbor Nantucket, to enjoy considerable success. An early geographical gazetteer of New England indicated that New Bedford was "laid out into beautiful streets, which contain many costly and superb dwelling," and further indicated that "the inhabitants of this town have manifested a commendable liberality in providing the means of education."
New Bedfordand Nantucket each supported a substantial Quaker population. Within this area lived the family of Capt. William Meader and his wife Phebe Brightman Tripp Meader. When still a teenager and living in Nantucket, William Meader, in 1765, made a whaleship model which is in the collection of the Nantucket Historical Society and acknowledged to be the oldest existing American whaleship model (see The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket by Charles H. Carpenter Jr. and Mary Grace Carpenter, pages 216 and 217, figure 207). Capt. William Meader removed from Nantucket to New Bedford where he married in 1789 and where his youngest child, Susan Meader, was born.
When she was twelve years old, Susan worked this excellent sampler, one of a significant group of New Bedford samplers made between 1817 and 1835 that evidence strong Quaker characteristics. Interestingly, these needleworkers generally included in their inscriptions the fact that the samplers were "performed by" their makers. Another strikingly similar New Bedford sampler was made by Martha Rogers in 1819 and is published as figure 24 in American Needlework Treasures by Betty Ring.
In 1827, Susan Meader married Edward Colesworthy Barnard, of Nantucket and they became the parents of two daughters. The family removed to Buffalo, where Susan died in 1843.
Her sampler was worked in silk on fine linen gauze and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into its original mahogany frame.


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#pragma once
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
    @class Oryol::TBUIFontInfo
    @brief holds path and name of a font
*/
#include "Core/String/StringAtom.h"
#include "IO/Core/URL.h"

namespace Oryol {

class TBUIFontInfo {
public:
    /// constructor
    TBUIFontInfo(const URL& loc, const StringAtom& name);

    URL Location;
    StringAtom Name;
};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
inline
TBUIFontInfo::TBUIFontInfo(const URL& loc, const StringAtom& name) :
Location(loc),
Name(name) {
    // empty
}

} // namespace Oryol


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@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.0.0")
package osgi.enroute.trains.stations.api;