Well, Father's Day 2017 is upon us (or here or gone, depending on when you read this post.) This is my 24th as a father, and I shared a total of 44 with my dad.
I like Father's Day. Lots. I have my two-part ritual, developed over the past 15 years or so and have missed it only twice. In 2009 I attended an old friend's memorial service back East in 2009. (RIP, SH; we miss you!) And last year I skipped half of my ritual, opting for Raider of the Lost Ark at the Loft Cinema. Details here.
Part one involves watching the last day of the U.S. Open. I don't play golf anymore. Too painful for me, and even more painful for those with whom I am paired. (I gave the clubs away.) And I only watch the one day of televised golf.
I really enjoy the last day of the U.S. Open. The schmaltzy commercials that play up father-son relationships and how serious golfers are about their golf. Stories that get created for every Open about the leaders' relationships with their dads. A very challenging course. And in most years there's one heckuva finish. Not always, but usually!
This year the Open will be played at Erin Hills in Erin, WI. Finished in 2006, the course was built for the purpose of hosting the U.S. Open. At the end of the second round, four golfers—Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, and Brooks Koepka—led at -7 to par.
Now, if I really tried to just watch the golf, I'd surely fall asleep. So there is part two: I polish all of my shoes. Every last pair, and it's one of my least favorite tasks! For some pairs, it's an annual event. (Others get periodic polish / Dr. Martens Wonder Balsam.) They all welcome the moisture and the chance to shine, and for me it's a little something that lasts, after the day has passed.
In 2014 I ran across a special piece by Mark Bittman, Bagels, Lox and Me, from the April 29, 2014 issue of the New York Times. I posted it, it's worth yet another mention, and I'll get back to it in a bit.
Food was a big deal in our house, growing up. I'm sure the Depression mattered. My dad was born in 1933, and his father was an attorney, so I think my dad caught the tail end of something that was less than awful for his family. Still, my American history knowledge tells me everyone—save some, and only some, of the wealthiest—felt the impact of the bad times. Maybe there was more to it. I never asked, and am wishing I had.
Food mattered in funny ways. We always had lots of cans. Canned food lasts, and I'm sure it was "in the genes" that no one will take it away.
Two food memories stand out for me. First, my dad liked smoked oysters. Actually, like many Jews whose grandparents observed Kashrut laws, he rebelled as an adult, so we ate plenty of traife: shellfish, pork, Chinese food, and pepperoni pizzas.
Smoked oysters were special, though. They were a delicacy, shared, but only on a "one child at a time" basis. Not so often that they became ordinary, but often enough that I have the memory of a shared treat. A special memory, and it's one which I suspect my sisters also recall.
And the other ritual involved Sunday brunch. I have very fond memories of brunch when I was in law school and my sister Pam was in college. Family, sorority sisters—cute—who my sister brought home, and plenty of good food! I don't know how much lox we had—I'm sure it was more than the half of a quarter the Bittman family bought for six in the 1930s—but we always had a nice spread, and lots of banter back and forth.
With these happy memories in mind, may you all have a delightful weekend, an especially fine Sunday, and a very happy Father's Day.
Mark, may the memories you have of your father be a blessing. I am so glad you have such a wonderful ritual around Father's Day. We never seemed to develop one in our family, unfortunately. But it is still a great day for me to reflect on the 20 Father's Days I had with my dad, and relish those memories.
Thanks. Struggling a bit, as three pairs of shoes are getting new heals and soles, and I can't find the Doc Marten grease for the remaining shoes. Still, the day works … and there is a tin of smoked oysters awaiting me.
My dad loved smoked oysters too. He was born 20 years before your dad and lived thru the depression. Happy Fathers Day!


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"It was a really sweet moment. Nina put her arms around his neck and kissed him."
Before that, they were seen watching the band Chase Atlantic perform at Ludlow House, also in New York City.
Nina and Leo travelled a lot during their relationship. At one point Nina spoke to Maxim magazine about her adventures.
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Plastic pollution is fixable, but the world needs a plan
Many governments and organisations are working hard to deal with plastic waste and pollution. But the problem's getting worse and efforts aren't keeping pace. We believe the world needs a UN treaty to truly tackle the issue.
Plastic is a valuable material. It is crucial for the safe and efficient distribution of products, and it has a lower carbon footprint than many alternatives. The problem is, far too much of it ends up in the environment.
In fact, it's predicted that the plastic pollution crisis will surge between now and 2040 with twice as much virgin plastic created and four times more in the ocean.
We can't let that happen.
But banning plastic altogether isn't the answer. The solution lies in reducing the use of virgin plastic (making as little as possible in the first place) while keeping all plastic that is produced in a circular economy (treating it as a resource rather than waste).
We're working hard on both these fronts because we fully accept that the plastic we produce is our responsibility. We have pledged to halve our use of virgin plastic by 2025 – partly by eliminating over 100,000 tonnes of plastic from our packaging – and design all our packaging to be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable. And we're making good progress.
We're also signed up to voluntary industry agreements, including the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment which aims to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source, and various Plastic Pacts which bring together governments, NGOs and businesses to accelerate progress towards the reuse and repurposing of plastic.
These agreements are working. According to the Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report, the brands and retailers involved have collectively reduced their consumption of virgin plastic in packaging for the second year running. This trajectory will be accelerated by new commitments that are set to see virgin plastic use fall by almost 20% in absolute terms by 2025 compared to 2018.
But while things are moving in the right direction and gaining momentum, these types of commitments alone aren't enough: we need to go much further and much faster.
Without changes to how nations use, recycle and ultimately reduce plastic usage, we will not fix the problem. We need tough, global action that gets to the root cause. And in some cases that means moving from voluntary to mandatory measures.
That's why, alongside more than 70 other businesses, we're calling for an ambitious and legally binding UN treaty – based on a circular economy approach – to tackle plastic pollution on a global scale, similar to how the Paris Agreement put us on a path to tackle the climate crisis.
We're at a critical point in time to establish an ambitious UN treaty on plastics. One that cuts down virgin plastic production, fosters collaboration for systemic solutions, and speeds up the transition to a circular economy globally.
Alan Jope, Unilever CEO
We all need a shared goal and approach
Plastic pollution doesn't start and finish at national boundaries, so the world needs a cohesive and coordinated international response that deals with the problem at its source. A circular economy for plastic will also help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, while at the same time bringing positive social and economic impacts.
We believe the treaty should align everyone – governments, businesses and civil society – behind a common understanding of the causes and a shared approach to address them. For companies and investors, this creates a level playing field and prevents a patchwork of disconnected ambitions and solutions, while establishing the right conditions for a circular economy for plastic to work in practice, at scale.
We also believe that it must be legally binding and include mandatory targets to limit virgin plastic production – at national government level to drive accountability. Ensuring that every country participates and complies will unlock the investment required to scale innovations, infrastructure and skills in those places most in need of support.
And there's good reason to be optimistic that such a treaty can be created and adopted: three-quarters of UN member states – over 150 countries – already back the idea, as do an increasing number of businesses and investor groups. People are also demanding action. WWF's petition calling for the treaty has so far been signed by over 2 million people. But we need more organisations and people to show their support – to exert pressure on all governments to get to work on delivering the treaty.
We already have the solutions needed to reduce the annual flow of plastic into the ocean by about 80% by 2040. As the Breaking the Plastic Wave report by The Pew Charitable Trusts points out, it's not the lack of technical solutions that's preventing us from addressing plastic pollution, but rather inadequate regulatory frameworks, business models and funding mechanisms.
"We're at a critical point in time to establish an ambitious UN treaty on plastics. One that cuts down virgin plastic production, fosters collaboration for systemic solutions, and speeds up the transition to a circular economy globally," says Unilever CEO Alan Jope.
"At the upcoming UN Environment Assembly, a process to deliver legally-binding goals must be agreed before it's too late. The scale and complexity of the crisis is well understood. Momentum is there, and we know what needs to be done. Now is the time to take those tough decisions, to tackle plastic pollution once and for all."
Add your voice to the call
We urgently need a global legally binding agreement that involves every country in ending this crisis by 2030. There is no time to waste.
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For the first time ever, school students are being given the opportunity to perform a live concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Held in 2015, the SSO are giving schools in the Western Suburbs and the greater Parramatta region an exclusive opportunity to perform with the Orchestra at the annual concert held at Parramatta Park. This year's concert will showcase Viennese and Latin American music.
Teachers that are interested are invited to attend the free workshop on Saturday the 14th of February to prepare themselves for the performance which is to be held on Saturday the 14th of March at 8pm. The workshop runs from 1-5pm.


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Review: Taste of Texas flavors romantic thriller
By Gail M. Williams | Herald Lifestyles Editor
Published 11:07 am CDT, Saturday, April 13, 2013
"Saving Grace" by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
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A pulled-together, well-off lawyer nears meltdown in "Saving Grace" by Pamela Fagan Hutchins, who recently held a book-signing at Hastings in Amarillo.
Hutchins describes red-haired Katie Connell, her lead character, as "Katie that I have loved and wanted to slap."
A Dallas lawyer, perfectionist and clotheshorse, Katie struggles with her job, her crush on an almost-divorced private eye and a burgeoning alcohol problem. As all these things come to a head, she escapes to a romantic tropical island — much as you and I might like to. However, she can't escape her own nature, and she doesn't want to escape the pain of her parents' death on the same island a year ago. She wants, instead, to learn the facts and put her mind at rest about the suspicious nature of their "accident."
Throughout the book, Katie is buoyed up by two woman friends — Ava, an energetic, outgoing island native who happens to be a bit of a tramp, and Emily, Katie's paralegal assistant, who happens to come from Amarillo.
Hutchins at first thought of having Emily come from Dallas, as Katie does. However, as she was writing, she realized that Emily needed to be a bigger character to stand out on the same pages with Ava.
Emily has big, blonde, back-combed hair, wears boots and enjoys barrel-racing. She also has a working knowledge of dogs, enough to see that Katie's new pup is trained just fine — it's Katie that needs training.
Hutchins, who graduated from high school in Amarillo, is well-qualified to create an Amarillo character.
"Emily's a character that will appear again," promises Hutchins, who is working on a series of Katie books.
The reader quickly begins to feel protective toward Katie, whose story is told in the first person. This is deliberate on Hutchins' part. "I kick her on this page, then I kick her some more," she said.
Katie's saving grace is a big, rambling, not-half-finished house on St. Marcos. She falls in love with the house and buys it, though even the real estate agent tries to talk her out of it. The house is haunted by a spirit, or jumbie. Fortunately, the jumbie seems to be on Katie's side — and Katie needs all the help she can get.
The novel is a romance, and the guy characters are definitely attractive. However, steamy sex scenes are notably absent.
"My mother would kill me," Hutchins said.
Hutchins explained that her husband and her mother are the first two people to read her manuscripts.
"My mom will say, 'Did you remember on page such and such, that character used that bad word' and I'll say, 'Mother, it's appropriate for that character,' and she'll say, 'Remember, some of your readers have the same sensibilities I do.' "
Fairly often, Hutchins said, she goes back and changes the manuscript, thinking, "Really, it's better that way."
Two scenes in particular are well-rendered action sequences, one involving a criminal trial that falls apart with Katie as the lead lawyer, and the other a good-guy, bad-guy sequence that involves a machete, a broken wrist, a judo chop and child-resistant locks.
At first, Hutchins thought writing an action sequence would be hard, but found it was easy once she tried.
"It's the easiest thing to write," she said. "Every time since then when there's a scene with a lot of action, I just start running with it, I type as fast as I can go and it comes out."
"Saving Grace" was the Romance category winner in the 2010 Writers' League of Texas Manuscript Competition and was voted Top Ghost Story in 2012 by the Houston Writers Guild.
You can buy "Saving Grace" and other books by Pamela Fagan Hutchins online or at most bookstores.
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Bubble Tower 2 - fun gameplay elements, new challenges - popping the tower of bubbles to land the blue box on the green platform. Here's what a has been said about Bubble Tower 2: "It had me addicted for days! It's definitely worth the download."


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When adding to my collection of music, I find that it is necessary to listen to the whole lot in order to weed out duplicates. The scenario goes something like this: I am handed a CD full of ripped stuff with the comment that there might be something in there that I like. Sure, there is. Our tastes are similiar. But that CD is about 12 hours long and that is how long it will take for me to listen to all of it.
So it is copied to somewhere on the hard disk, in quarantine, so as to speak, until I get to listen to it and add it to my collection. What I need is some proggy which will listen to the whole lot, sort of, and notify me of duplicate tunes.
A simple file compare does not do the job. Two rips of the same audio track rarely match. Then again, when two different people rip the same track using different software and hardware even the playing time and file size would differ. Then there is the difference in bit rates, VBR etc to be taken into account.
The program would take the first few seconds of each song, decode to raw and then do a shift/multiply/add operation on each pair (ie, correlation). This would have to be repeated for a few different time offsets also, to allow for tracks clipped differently at the start.
The results would be presented as rankings: A table showing the highest few scores for each. A new song will have low scores. A duplicate will have a high score against ONE tune in my collection. If a song has high scores against many tracks there is something wrong.
There must be something like this out there. If not, it is heigh, ho, with a C and a song, off to code a new prog.
I've seen programs that do just this for images, so it should be quite feasible for music as well.
Welllllllll, there's quite a few different recordings of John Coltrane's "Naima" - 40, in fact. A few of those are on compilation sets, but the vast majority are separate and distinct performances of the same tune. "Giant Steps" appears on 23 albums, this time - a smaller percentage are *different* performances. Both songs also appear on a few albums twice, though performed a bit differently -the ol' *alternate takes* trick. That's just 2 songs by 1 jazz legend - 'Trane.
How about something that checks a song by bassline and tempo. For most music the bass and drums are distinct and easy to recognize by amplitude peaks. These would stay more or less constant even in different live versions of the song.
There are already programs that can search directories on your computer for duplicate files in general, one of those would probably help considerably, as long as most of your music is in the same format.


No matter how young your child is, you can never instill too much confidence. Here are three ways you can help encourage a positive self-image.
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FCS 2019 PREVIEW: Kennesaw State Football Looks To Squeeze Opponents
HERO Sports welcomes you to "Three-a-Days", where we will preview every single one of the 126 FCS programs, with three teams being released each day from June 17 to July 28. Then, we'll preview all 13 conferences from August 1-4. Today, we present … Kennesaw State.
KENNESAW STATE (11-2 IN 2018)
The Big South (KSU was 1st in 2018)
COACH: Brian Bohannon – At School: 5th year (37-12 record) Overall: Same
LAST FCS POSTSEASON: 2018 (Quarterfinals loss to South Dakota State)
2018 OFFENSE: 43.5 ppg. (3rd in FCS)
2018 DEFENSE: 15.4 ppg. (7th in FCS)
KEY GAME: Nov. 2 – vs. Monmouth: This could end up being for the Big South championship. The Hawks have a nice contingent returning from last year's 8-3 team, and the Owls are doing a complete overhaul on offense — so don't expect a repeat of the 37-point KSU win last year. It should be a better game this time around.
SUM IT UP: No team in the country has had as much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball as Kennesaw State will deal with this year, and the spring game was indicative of that, as the defense dominated. Still, the Owls have a program based more on scheme than just individual, and you have to think this will be a plus. The Owls have recruited exceptionally well over the years, so we may see success, just with completely different names this year.
As is the question around the FCS at other programs, people are probably wondering who will replace Chandler Burks' 29 rushing TDs and 10 passing TDs? The front runner coming out of spring is Daniel David, who threw for 201 yards and two scores last year, while also rushing for 206 yards and five TDs. He has played in 27 career games for the Owls as the backup to Burks, and it is his turn in this offense — and don't be surprised when he flourishes. He's a former Appalachian State 3-star signee who held offers from six FBS schools. David is a good starting point, and having a RB like Shaquil Terry — who is a weapon in the run game and pass game — is also another key component. The offensive line is a massive question, as all positions will need to be filled — and having a good OL is critical in this option offense.
Now, the defense is going to be brutally tough this fall. Almost everybody is back (eight starters) and when it comes to negative-yardage plays and interceptions, lots of those playmakers from last year return. Not surprisingly, thanks to KSU's style of offense and its clamp-down defense, this program owned the time of possession, and that's always big for the defense. Look for the Owls to be stingy on 'D' all season long.
OUR TAKE: Kennesaw State may be rebuilding on offense, but this is still a top program and that's why it's in the preseason poll. But the Owls' No. 22 spot is based on our curiosity about how good this offense will be. Last year, we had the Owls at No. 3 in the preseason and felt certain this was a top FCS program, which it proved to be — reaching the quarterfinals. This year in the nonconference schedule, there is a 2-10 FBS team (Kent State), two lower division schools and the FCS' Alabama State and Missouri State — a deceptive MVFC team that could be tricky for the Owls (ask Northern Arizona after it lost 40-8 in the MVFC-Big Sky Challenge). Within the Big South conference, KSU should be considered the favorites again. The truth is? Kennesaw State may be rebuilding … but it still will probably win about nine to 10 games this year in this 12-game season. The question isn't the win total as much as how much of a factor can the Owls be in the postseason? It'll depend on how quickly the offense gets rolling.
TOP RETURNEE: Jr./LB Bryson Armstrong (HERO Sports Preseason All-American – 75 tackles, 10 TFLs)
THE FOUNDATION: Sr./DB Dorian Walker (1st Team All Big South – 3 INTs, 38 tackles, 7 passes defensed); Sr./DL Andrew Butcher (1st Team All Big South – 34 tackles, 9 TFLs, 4 hurries); Sr./DL Desmond Johnson (1st Team All Big South – 33 tackles, 8.5 TFLs); Soph./RS Isaac Foster (HERO Sports Preseason All-American – 38.9 yards per kick return, 2 TDs); Jr./LB Charlie Patrick (2nd Team All Big South – 55 tackles, 10.5 TFLs); Jr./RB Shaquil Terry (2nd Team All Big South – 576 yards rushing, 5 TDs; 215 yards receiving, 1 TD); Sr./DB Le'Vonte Larry (43 tackles, 5 PBU); Soph./DB Cincere Mason (4 INT; 7 passes defended)
TOP NEWCOMER: Fr./QB Xavier Shepherd (No. 104 ranked signee in the HERO Sports 2019 Recruiting Rankings – 5 FBS offers).
THE QUOTE: "I think you saw defensively, before we got tired, I think we were flying around there and playing with a lot of energy which is what you would expect them to do. Offensively, we got a lot of work to do. We are replacing nine of 11 starters. There is some youth out there. A lot of youthful moments under the lights. We have a lot we can learn from and a lot we can get better at. There are a lot of positives out of spring ball. We have an awful lot of work to do before we can play a college football game, but I have said that for the past 15 practices, and I will probably say it for quite a while. But guys were getting better and that's the goal." — Head Coach Brian Bohannon said during spring ball
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American women spend more than $3 billion dollars every year on surgical foot repair and due to women cramming their feet into smaller shoes, 80% of all foot ailments like bunions, corns, hammertoes, and calluses, are caused by ill-fitting shoes.
Plus size women's shoes used to be extremely difficult to find. Many women would have to locate specialist stores and wait on orders for their size. However, Larger feet are no longer considered to be abnormal as they once were. The average women's shoe size is now around a US size 9 [UK size 7] compared to a US size 6 or 7 [UK size 4 or 5] in the sixties and seventies.
Nowadays Plus size women shoes are widely available like never before. Whether you want a dressy pump or a comfortable athletic trainer, retailers and manufacturers are figuring out that there is an ever-growing market in Plus size women shoes. The fact is women's feet are getting bigger. While women over the age of 35 have an average shoe size of seven and a half, their younger counterparts average a shoe size of eight and a half.
Twenty years ago, a woman with big feet had very limited options in shoes, felt embarrassed and singled out for having larger feet. The only styles available to them were boring, plain and frankly quite old fashioned. Fortunately, designers and manufacturers have finally introduced Plus size women's shoes into their ranges and Now, she can choose from a vast array of business, casual, and even golfing shoes.
Make sure that you have both of your feet sized every time you buy shoes.
Take the measurement standing up and sitting down.
Ask the salesperson for suggestions on shoe brands that might work with your foot size and shape.
If you are trying to minimize the size of your feet, look for shoes with rounded toes and moderate heels.
It is better to stick to neutral tones or colors that blend well with hose or pants.
The old saying big is beautiful has never been more prevalent than now and if you do need to look for Plus size women's shoes shopping for them online will take away the hassle and get you just what you need. This is a welcome relief for the many women who have bought shoes in a too-small size because there was no other option.


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Mr. Joyce joins Dine Brands from Choice Hotels International, which he joined in 2008, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, the company revitalized and reinvigorated its hotel brands and drove significant growth in a challenging market place, ultimately franchising over 6,700 hotels in more than 45 countries and territories.
Prior to joining Choice, Mr. Joyce spent over 25 years with Marriott International, Inc., the world's largest hotel company in several positions including Executive Vice President of Global Development, Owner and Franchise Services.
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Controversial rapper, 21 Savage who was arrested on Sunday by US immigration officials risk been deported as new document provided prove the rapper is actually an illegal immigrant.
The rapper's birth certificate released proves 21 Savages' real name is Sheyaa bin Abraham and born to British-born parents Heather Joseph and Kevin Emmons was born on October 22, 1992, at Newham Hospital, in east London.
Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, came to the US in July 2005 aged 12 and failed to leave when his visa expired a year later, officials said.
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Parents of students in high-poverty elementary schools tend to have far different expectations for teachers than parents of students in low-poverty elementary schools, a research study concludes.
"What Do Parents Value in Education: An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers" is available from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
The study—conducted by Brian A. Jacob of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Lars Lefgren of Brigham Young University's department of economics—found that higher-income parents strongly prefer teachers that principals describe as good at promoting student satisfaction, and put less stock in a teacher's ability to raise standardized-test scores. Low-income parents, in contrast, strongly value teachers who raise test scores, but care little about a principal's report of a teacher's ability to make students feel satisfied.
The paper was based on data that included the number of parent requests for individual teachers in a midsize district in the Western United States where about half the children are from families living under the poverty line.


Jeff was drafted as the number one pick in the 1994 AFL draft, and after three years with the Fremantle Dockers, went on to play football for the Melbourne Demons, a club he stayed with for 11 years. During his professional football career, he won the Melbourne Football Club's Best and Fairest count and achieved All-Australian selection. He is now a life member of the club.
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Jeff discovered a need in the market when he first started his own Twitter account @JeffWhite34 back in March 2009. It was there that Jeff noticed the power of instant interaction. Through intensive research, through helping friends such as Gary Ablett Jnr, Pro Golfer Adam Scott and various local businesses, Jeff established a simple way to assist those looking to increase their social media presence.
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Suzie Fish met Jeff when they worked together at 102.9 Hot Tomato. Suzie came on board with White Echo back in 2011 as a Freelance Graphic Designer while also balancing her full time position at Cooper McKenzie Marketing. Since having her gorgeous daughter Rosie in 2012 Suzie returned to White Echo in 2014 as a permanent part of the team!
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Steam came to Mac OS X this year, and it was good. But as of today, it might get a bit better. Gaming giant Valve has announced the "Recommended For You" referral services on Steam.
The "Recommended For You" services on Steam are designed to help gamers discover new games and DLC (downloadable content) based upon their tastes, recent purchases and recent recommendations by friends.
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I was a tax officer for over eighteen years. I was a union delegate, CPSU conference delegate, national executive member and was elected as a vice president CPSU tax division.
I am an active member of Darebin Ethnic Communities' Council (DECC) for many years and in recent times, a chairperson. DECC's principal role is advocacy on behalf of migrants to all three tiers of government. My time in DECC has profoundly reinforced my commitment to diversity, social inclusion and human rights.
DECC under my aegis has organised activities to raise awareness of Islamophobia and racism and to strengthen community harmony. DECC also played a role in supporting asylum seekers to settle and connect with the municipality of Darebin.
I am a member of the Victorian Tamil Association and a Sri Lankan Association of People for Human Rights and Equality. I am also an executive member of the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria since 2018.
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*in the case of the previous two questions, assuming the answer is yes, does the secure attribute prevent this if the connection with the server isn't HTTPS?

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This recipe for Blackberry Meringue Cake with berry sauce, that I have created for Carrs Flour, is a perfect recipe for celebrations with family and friends.
You can watch the video to see how I make this recipe and also find the detailed recipe here.
I hope you will try and enjoy this recipe!
The Blackberry Meringue Cake looks beautiful and delicious, and the Berry sauce looks scrumptious, too! Cannot wait to try this recipe. Thank you!
wow looks amazing. watched you on tv recently here from the USA, thru netflix. Loved you. will watch your videos.
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Enjoy the cooking and have ordered the book in Australia.
Learning a whole new way of cooking.


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Two killed by miscreants in Chattogram
Two persons were killed by miscreants in two separate locations in Chattogram's Banshkhali and Rangunia upazilas on Tuesday night, reports UNB.
The victims were identified as Muzahid, 32, of Sharafbhata of Rangunia upazila, and Dudu Mia, 38, of Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district.
Abdul Monaf, a member of Sahrafbhata union perished (UP), said Muzahid along with six others were injured around 7 pm on Tuesday when a group of miscreants came to the house of one Ajhar Mia to attack Muzahid's brother Didar following an old enmity and opened fired. At that time, locals came forward and tried to hold the miscreants but they managed to flee the scene after stabbing some of them.
The injured were first rushed to the Rangunia Upazila Health Complex and later were shifted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Muzahid died while undergoing treatment at the CMCH around 9.00pm, he added.
Alauddin Talukdar, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of CMCH police camp, said a youth named Muzahid with bullet injuries was taken to the Chattogrtam Medical College Hospital from Rangunia. He died while undergoing treatment at the hospital around 9:30pm. Also, six others injured in the incident were taking treatment in different wards of the hospital.
Meanwhile, a sales representative named Dudu Mia was killed by miscreants when he was returning home after collecting his company's money at the Banshkhali upazila of the district.
Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Banshkhali police station, said, a group of miscreants stabbed Dudu Mia when he was returning home after collecting his company's money from different shops of Gondamara Bazar of the Banshkhali upazila around 8:30pm and left him there injured.
Local people along with police rushed him to the Banshkhali Upazila Health Complex but he died there while undergoing treatment.


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Home » Alexey Khodjakov, Ph.D.
We use laser microsurgery and sophisticated imaging techniques (light- and electron microscopy) to study molecular mechanisms responsible for faithful segregation of chromosomes during mitosis (cell division). The mitotic apparatus, a.k.a. the spindle, is a dynamic, self-assembling molecular machine and the goal of mitotic spindle assembly is to connect each chromosome to the centrosomes that form two opposite poles of the spindle via bundles of special polymer fibers (microtubules). Attachment of microtubules to the chromosomes is mediated by a macromolecular assembly on the chromosome body termed the kinetochore. When a human cell enters mitosis the 46 chromosomes are randomly scattered in space. In just a few minutes microtubules growing from the spindle poles manage to find each and every kinetochore and attach it to the spindle.
The question we seek to answer is how this seemingly impossible task is achieved. Laser microsurgery allows us to selectively ablate individual centrosomes, kinetochores, or break microtubule bundles and then observe the consequences of these specific perturbations. In essence, we are trying to understand how the system operates by breaking its individual components. Our research has revealed that cells lacking centrosomes still enter mitosis and form a functional mitotic spindle. Under this condition, microtubules are assembled directly at the kinetochores. This finding demonstrates that cells possess multiple mechanisms for mitotic spindle assembly but the existence of the additional mechanisms is normally obscured in the presence of centrosomes.
Currently we are investigating to what extent centrosome-independent microtubule assembly contributes toward normal spindle formation. To this end we recently developed a new assay that allows us for the first time to follow the movements of centrosomes and individual kinetochores in diploid human cells with high temporal resolution and in 3-D space. Analyses of chromosomal trajectories and the changes induced in the chromosome behavior by siRNA inactivation of different molecular motors will shed a new light on the contributions of centrosomal and vs. kinetochore-mediated microtubule organization pathways.
Our laser-microsurgery experiments also established that centrosomes can form in human somatic cells via de novo assembly. This de novo pathway leads to formation of multiple centrioles and thus its activation leads to pathological conditions due to an improper number of spindle poles (multipolar mitosis). In fact, the presence of supernumerary centrosomes is a hallmark of malignant tissues. Fortunately, centrosome de novo assembly is completely inhibited in the presence of mature centrosomes but it activates immediately upon ablation of the last resident centrosome. Together these results demonstrate that cells possess a mechanism that monitors the presence of a centrosome in the cell. The nature of this mechanism is unknown and we are investigating potential molecules and pathways that might be responsible for the coordination between centrosome duplication and de novo assembly.
Magidson V, He J, Ault JG, O'Connell CB, Yang N, Tikhonenko I, McEwen BF, Sui H, Khodjakov A.
Unattached kinetochores rather than intrakinetochore tension arrest mitosis in taxol-treated cells.
Magidson V, Paul R, Yang N, Ault JG, O'Connell CB, Tikhonenko I, McEwen BF, Mogilner A, Khodjakov A.
Adaptive changes in the kinetochore architecture facilitate proper spindle assembly.
Sikirzhytski V, Magidson V, Steinman JB, He J, Le Berre M, Tikhonenko I, Ault JG, McEwen BF, Chen JK, Sui H, Piel M, Kapoor TM, Khodjakov A.
Direct kinetochore-spindle pole connections are not required for chromosome segregation.
Magidson V, O'Connell CB, Lončarek J, Paul R, Mogilner A, Khodjakov A.
The spatial arrangement of chromosomes during prometaphase facilitates spindle assembly.
Loncarek J, Hergert P, Magidson V, Khodjakov A.
Control of daughter centriole formation by the pericentriolar material.
Kapoor TM, Lampson MA, Hergert P, Cameron L, Cimini D, Salmon ED, McEwen BF, Khodjakov A.
Chromosomes can congress to the metaphase plate before biorientation.
Loncarek J, Kisurina-Evgenieva O, Vinogradova T, Hergert P, La Terra S, Kapoor TM, Khodjakov A.
The centromere geometry essential for keeping mitosis error free is controlled by spindle forces.


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Paul Hartmut Würdig, better known by his stage name Sido, is a German rapper born on November 30, 1980 in former East Berlin.
In the early 21st Century, Sido was one of the very first German hardcore rappers, and along Bushido is often cited as the artist who established German hip hop in the mainstream, with his albums "Maske" and "Ich" being the most influential works of his discography. Much like American rapper Eminem, Sido was known for his crass, offensive and outrageous adult humor when his career began, often crossing the boundaries of good taste but with exceptional creativity that earned him good reviews. His trademark was a silver skull mask he almost always wore in the first years of his career. As the '00's ended, Sido departed from his previous style, becoming a conscious rapper with a much less provocative but more mature attitude, and tip toeing more and more towards the pop genre with every album he released since then. In 2016, he went back to his original style on the album "Das goldene Album".
Sido is widely regarded as one of the most groundbreaking and most influential German rappers of all time, even though his status slightly decreased when he became more present in pop oriented media, which included his change in style and his participation in talent search shows such as "Popstars" or "Die große Chance". In the 2000s, Sido was seen as one of the leading figures in German hip hop, while in the 2010s he is better received by pop audiences. Ever since his debut album, each of his major releases has been commercially successful.
Sido moved away from East Germany at the age of 8, and since then lived in West Germany, where he suffered from discrimination and poverty. This fact was not revealed until 2009 when Sido released the autobiographical song "Hey Du". Before that, he falsely stated to have been born in the West, and even has recorded a song called "Westberlin" early in his career.
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Fresh back from his trip to Europe's O&M conference in Munich, I sat down with Scott Thomson, Senior Consultant for Solar & Storage, EMEA to debrief on his findings and unpack the most pertinent talking points from the meeting.
We cover the pros and cons of in-house vs outsourced O&M, monitoring systems, the role of big data, and the organisational structures around the solar farm life-cycle.
Hi Scott, what was the big idea behind the conference?
The main thrust was to bring together key decision makers – CEOs, VPs and senior management – to develop and discuss ideas to develop O&M (Operations and Maintenance) services for solar farms. A lot of discussion over the 2 days centred around the pros and cons of managing O&M in-house or outsourcing it to an external contractor.
We also talked about the factors to consider when selecting a subcontractor and what works best for each company.
Solar asset management companies, asset owners, O&M contract managers and investments firms. Mainly people who own the assets and are looking to improve their current O&M strategy, and O&M managers looking for a way to better understand what the asset owners are looking for and what problems they are experiencing with O&M so they can improve their own service offerings.
Can you describe the high-level structure of the industry and how these various stakeholders fit into the lifecycle of a solar project?
Sure, the solar farm essentially has 3 main stages – develop, construct and O&M. And these phases are handled by different stakeholders at different times.
Typically, Developers obtain land agreements and develop the project. Depending on their size, might also take on the construction, otherwise, they sell it to an Investment Company.
Investment Companies invest in either operational assets, which are already built and up and running. Other investors, like Blackrock, invest in pre-construction so will acquire the asset before construction and oversee this phase.
Then there's the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Company who builds the project. They produce the electrical designs and mechanical designs, they layout the fencing, the security, and choose what products they'll use in construction – the panels, inverters, wiring, and cables.
Often the EPC will commission the project and have it generating power, then operate and maintain it for a period of 2 years under warranty, before handing it over to an investment company or asset owner who will handle O&M either internally or through an external contractor.
The asset owner, typically an Investment Company can split their work in different ways. Occasionally the investment company handles legal and finance, whilst outsourcing both O&M and Asset Management. More commonly, the investor will have an in-house technical team and need only to select an O&M provider or bring it internally.
A few investment companies have their own investment managers, their own commercial asset managers, making sure that they get the most out of the asset financially. They'll outsource asset management to a specialist company and outsource O&M to an O&M provider.
Essentially, the developer develops the project, the EPC builds the project, and the asset owner or investment company owns the asset. Then there's the asset management and O&M which are either outsourced or done in-house.
There are a few peripheral players too like banks, who provide capital for the build, and equipment manufacturers who manufacture the kit.
What big issues did the meeting aim to address?
From the asset owner side, they create a tender and several O&M companies typically bid for the work. The tender will cover quality, cost, health & safety, and a lot of other variables. There was a lot of dialogue between asset owners as to which variables they put into play when considering an O&M provider.
From the O&M service provider point of view, they were looking to understand some of the key things that aren't working on a solar farm, with the aim of providing better alternatives.
There was a lot each side could get out of the discussion.
The most refreshing thing for me was that – when selecting an O&M provider, quality was at the top of everybody's list of priorities whereas cost was closer to the bottom. It's encouraging because people are prepared to invest to achieve the highest quality performance in their solar farm instead of focusing on cutting costs.
A lot of companies talk about how to get the most out of your assets financially so it's really good to see quality being balanced with commercial awareness. In fact, asset owners suggested that if O&M companies were too cheap, they became wary and questioned the quality that was being delivered.
Response time was also a factor in terms of quality to help minimise any downtime and provide the best service possible.
As a recruiter, how does Taylor Hopkinson contribute to this conversation?
Ultimately, an investor wants to have the best-performing portfolio of assets, the best-performing solar farms. Our role is to source the best engineers, the the best O&M and Asset Managers to assist in the portfolio performance.
One of our clients was awarded the best-performing fund in the UK, so it's important to us that we understand the problems within the industry and help solve those problems by selecting the best candidates so that the portfolio runs to the best of its capability.
It's important for us to attend events like this. My speciality is in Solar O&M and asset management in Europe, which is a narrow niche. It really helps when we can contribute to this conversation and really understand the issues within the industry and learn more about our clients' needs.
To be honest, a few companies were surprised (pleasantly) to see us there.
We're also in a position where we can share a lot of knowledge with companies looking to grow their teams and expand into new regions or markets where we have experience.
How different is O&M for wind vs solar? are the differences purely technical?
I do have some experience in the wind sector and the best way to describe it is that wind uses large-scale rotating machinery. Although it's very mechanical and complex, the industry has really figured out how best to handle O&M.
In the opening session, Peter Raftery, Managing Director of BlackRock's renewables team talked about the maturity of the solar and wind industries (their $40bn portfolio is split at 50-50 wind and solar). Solar has been deployed relatively quickly in the UK over the last 5-6 years so there are still some parts of O&M to get to grips with. Because wind farms take years to build, there is much more time to focus on O&M and get it right.
Some providers will offer performance ratios while some asset owners will do that themselves. The performance ratio is one of the key variables – a silent factor if you like – of how well the solar farm is performing.
Troubleshooting issues is also different in solar. A wind farm might have 5 or 6 turbines but a solar farm has thousands of panels and inverters. Using a monitoring system to find a faulty panel, and accessing that panel can be a lot more difficult and time-consuming compared to wind.
What was the big conclusion from the conference?
One of the key takeaways for me was from a presentation by somebody I'd placed with an old client a few years ago. He talked about bringing O&M in-house or outsourcing it and the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches.
He now works for an asset owner, an asset management company with an investment arm. They have a large portfolio and as head of O&M, he is tasked with bringing 500MW of solar power internally by developing their own in-house team.
there are no margins making O&M fees cheaper. Outside contractors subcontract work to other subcontractors and so on. Handling all this internally reduces these costs.
You also get full control of your O&M system. You know exactly who is responsible and can minimise downtime that way.
it requires a higher head-count which means recruitment, recruitment fees (if you use an agency), training plans, increasing HSE and risk assessments. Normally the asset manager is office-based, using remote monitoring software to manage things. Bringing O&M in-house means there are a lot more people on-site, which means there's a massive increase in HSE.
The main advantage of outsourcing is choice. With so many options, you can choose the most suitable provider for your business, based on the criteria that matter to your business structure.
HSE is increasingly important as a selection factor and although, there are not as many accidents on solar farms as on wind farms where your working with large machinery, at height, often offshore, it's an important consideration. Being able to check the incident record for providers means you can choose one with a good HSE record.
You have to pay a margin which affects the returns of your portfolio.
You have to monitor the quality of the work provided by the O&M provider.
Although the HSE responsibility lies with the O&M provider, the asset owner is ultimately responsible for what happened on their site, so quality control is still important.
Ultimately, there's no universal answer to the question of in-house vs outsourced. It really comes down to the way you choose to structure your business.
What other important topics did you cover?
Monitoring systems and big data were big topics of discussion.
A monitoring system is a piece of software that an asset manager uses along with Excel and SCADA software from the office. But one of the problems is that there are almost too many monitoring systems to choose from.
One way to improve the area would be consolidation through M&A where smaller companies can merge to provide a better quality and more competitive service. In fact, we share a building in London with one of these companies who found synergy through a merger.
Monitoring systems can also have a slow learning curve where they take days, not hours to get up and running. And improvements in monitoring systems tend to be very linear. Companies could be much more innovative and stand out from the competition.
Big Data was one of the key conclusions of the conference. If you're an asset manager or an O&M provider and you're using a software platform, how do you manage that data? How do you store that data? How do you monitor it and report it back to the owners or to your board?
… How are your assets actually performing?
Big data is emerging as a potential solution and will become more relevant over the next few years.
There are so many factors that come into play when trying to build the best-performing portfolio.
The key is to find what works best for your company, based an the factors that matter most to your business model.


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The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The Gambling Spot » » Best Books on Catching Bluffs (0 Likes)
Posted: Oct 15, 2008 03:12 am
What do you guys recommend? Not just for professional players, but catching every day players? And in various games?
Any books on catching bluffs that you would recommend?
Thanks, appreciate it...
Read 'em & Reap - Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins (presented by Phil Helmuth)
Caro's book of poker tells - Mike Caro
That ought to cover it.
stacking for food!
Beyond bluff - Don't remember the author (Mc Kenna maybe), but was cool.
www.arnoldmcdonald.org
Expertmagician
You know that I had to say this.....
By far, the best way to catch someone bluffing is to use marked cards. But, that would not be fair to use in a money game .... just use it for demos.
Long Island,
Nerdini
You need to look at "Caro's Book of Tell's - The Body Language of Poker" by "The mad genius of Poker" Mike Caro. Caro is a well known poker authority, theorist, and trainer.
There's more to gaging your opponent than just knowing when they are bluffing. Just as important, or probably even more so, is knowing when they are feigning weakness, but in fact have a really strong hand--meaning even though you may also have a good hand, you are still an underdog and should fold.
Caro's books have photos of players in all types of situations with detailed psychological studies of their body langauge, facial expressions, and general actions to give one clues on their hand strength of weakness.
Here is a link to his site where he has both the book mentioned and several videos on the subject.
http://www.poker1.com/home.aspx
P.S. If you've ever seen the movie "Rounders"--you will remember a scene where Matt Damon is in his apartment in gathering up his bankroll to go play the Russian. I thought it was kind of neat that one of the packets of money was hidden in a Mike Caro "Poker Tells" VHS video box.
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There are some who might suggest that Caro's book is dated, and somewhat simplistic.
There are also many who could (and in fact DO) sum the books general tone up in one sentence, "strong is weak, and weak is strong".
It's important to note that most of what Caro talks about was brand new when the book was first published, and like Brunson's "Super/System", it was material that poker players had never actually seen as words put to paper before.
A few books (like Caro's book and Super/System) changed the game for good when they first came out. People started playing poker differently after reading them.
But we've been playing in those "changed games" now for a couple of decades, and most newer players have long ago learned these kinds of strategies as part of their general instruction in today's game.
I find the book of little help in today's game.
Reading tells (and by default, catching bluffs) benefits from playing in bricks 'n mortar games with players actually sitting across from you.....or put simply, experience in live games.
There's far more information to be acquired in a persons betting patterns on any given hand than there is watching them squirm in their seat.
Body language is part of it, but it's a small part of it.
Vandy Grift
Posted: Oct 15, 2008 12:23 pm
On 2008-10-15 12:44, silverking wrote:
I tend to agree. I don't remember the first time I saw one of Caros books, but the info didn't blow me away at the time.
I was in Dunhams a while back and they had this DVD sitting by the register for 1.99 or something like that. Less than 3 bucks, so I snagged it. I thought it was supposed to be about tells, but I found it to be mostly a beginners guide to No Limit Hold Em. I didn't get much, if anything from the DVD.
http://www.pokerlistings.com/howard-lede......rer-7240
I'm only showing it here in case the OP stumbles across it in his search. I don't recommend it.
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
While I agree that the first Super Systems book is quite dated since it was published in the 70's, both it and Caro's books have been revised in the last few years although I haven't been inclined to read the newer versions.
Obviously most of the pros and semi-pros have all read these books, or at least should have, and many, as I sometimes do, actually use some of the info to create false tells, but the man asked about catching everyday players in all sorts of games.
I still find Caro's book a decent basic look in the body language and playing psychology of typical non-sophisticated players that populate the card rooms and home games that I play in.
Just my opinion after playing the game for just over 46 years, and you know what your proctologist says about opinions.
On 2008-10-15 17:14, Nerdini wrote:
If not for opinions we wouldn't have horse races. It's all good.
Yep. Little, but not necessarily non-existent.
That also was the reason why I listed the Navarro book first. That one is very interesting.
Devil's Island
I have never seen so much fish! Caro is fine if applied to average game today.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
I agree that if you started off with nothing, the Caro book would teach you something.
But let me save somebody $26.95 and tip the book in almost its entirety:
"weak is strong, and strong is weak"
Yes but Caros books have apparently been revised. So maybe now it's:
"weak is strong, and strong is weak. Except in cases where the opposite is true"
Actually Vandy, I think you've captured it better than I did!
The thing is, while that sentence may be the very core of the idea the book tries to get across, it encompasses more than just this sentence.
It's hard to explain what I mean, but it does remind me of a similar phenomenon with traditional japanese martial arts. The ultimate, final teachings of a number of styles are one sentence, a poem, a haiku or something similar. For example, one of the ultimate teachings of Jigen Ryu is "tombo no kurai". Translated directly, it means something like "dragonfly on a post". To anyone who hasn't had the teachings, this is meaningless at best. But to a dedicated student, that sentence will bring to mind the core ideas of the style.
I feel "weak is strong and strong is weak" is like that. You can infer various things from it by just hearing it. But without reading the book you may not get the full range of what it means and how it applies.
Besides all that, I think the Navarro book is just better.


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Apart from waiting for next steps in the clash between the United States and Iran, several big economic reports are on the schedule this upcoming week that could move markets. The headliner is Friday's jobs report from the government.
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Can the End Really Justify the Means?
Often when we come across this phrase, it is meant to emphasise the importance of bottom line results, disregarding the means used to achieve them, as if the path of our actions isn't important at all; only the outcome is. Sometimes it is used in order to justify an unethical act with regards to a right cause, or even a noble ideal.
Practically, one may say that a small evil is acceptable, in order to prevent a greater one, or to bring some good. But what starts with good intention may easily grow into an undesirable reality; planting the seed of a certain tree can't result in a different type of tree, no matter how much we wish for it.
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Q: How to save and load keys of a custom object locally? I have a custom object questionObject and I load a list of about 100 such objects from firebase and store it in an ArrayList<questionObject> result. I then sort the list result in descending order and pass it to a function selectQuestionSet in which I have to extract the first 5 questions which haven't been previously shown to the user. I need to store the keys of the objects which I have already shown and load them the next time I have to select another 5 questions to ensure there is no repetition.
How do I achieve this? I tried using SharedPreferences but it stores only primitive datatypes so it wasn't of much use to me.
Here is my customObject:
public class questionObject implements Comparable<questionObject>{
    public String question;
    public String option1;
    public String option2;
    public String option3;
    public String option4;
    public String explanation;
    public String correct_attempts;
    public String total_attempts;
    public int key;

    public questionObject(String question, String option1, String option2, String option3, String option4, String explanation, String correct_attempts, String total_attempts, int key) {
        this.question = question;
        this.option1 = option1;
        this.option2 = option2;
        this.option3 = option3;
        this.option4 = option4;
        this.explanation = explanation;
        this.correct_attempts = correct_attempts;
        this.total_attempts = total_attempts;
        this.key = key ;

    }

    public String getQuestion() {
        return question;
    }

    public String getOption1() {
        return option1;
    }

    public String getOption2() {
        return option2;
    }

    public String getOption3() {
        return option3;
    }

    public String getOption4() {
        return option4;
    }

    public String getExplanation() {
        return explanation;
    }

    public String getCorrect_attempts() {
        return correct_attempts;
    }

    public String getTotal_attempts() {
        return total_attempts;
    }

    public int getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(questionObject comparestu) {
        float compareRatio= Integer.valueOf(((questionObject)comparestu).getCorrect_attempts ())/Integer.valueOf(((questionObject)comparestu).getTotal_attempts ());

        return Float.compare(compareRatio,  Integer.valueOf(this.total_attempts)/Integer.valueOf( this.total_attempts ) );

    }
}

And these are the functions I am using:
public void selectQuestionSet(ArrayList<questionObject> result){
        int count = 0;
        Collections.sort(result);
        for (questionObject object: result) {
            if(count < 4 && checkUsage ( object.key )){
                //display the question
                //append key to stored list
            }

        }
    }

    public boolean checkUsage(int key){
        //Check whether key already used or not here
        return false;
    }

What should I write in the above functions to get 5 questions from the result object whose key is not in the stored keys?

A: One approach could be to store the keys in SharedPrefernces
As the keys are of int type, you could store them in the SharedPrefrences
Or another approach would be serialize the object and then store the entire object. For that you can refer to How to save List<Object> to SharedPreferences?


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But Skinner, a Masters champion, also works his upper body. "I do upper body, arm and shoulder machines for upper-body strength—not mass—using a larger number of reps rather than a larger weight. I work triceps for starts and pole plants. You want well-coordinated body strength. You're moving in all directions on a race course; it's a very dynamic sport." He also advises working hamstrings, which many racers don't do enough, despite the fact that hamstrings protect your knees while you're skiing or snowboarding.
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