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Tears of a Tiger
By: Sharon M. Draper
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson, Cornell Womack, Kevin R. Free, Sisi Aisha Johnson, Susan Spain, Caroline Clay
Series: Hazelwood High, Book 1
Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson,Cornell Womack,Kevin R. Free,Sisi Aisha Johnson,Susan Spain,Caroline Clay
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Knootz-lite
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A perfect choice for my 7th grade science class!
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When the Imagine Network commissioned a documentary on mermaids, to be filmed from the cruise ship Atargatis, they expected what they had always received before: an assortment of eyewitness reports that proved nothing, some footage that proved even less, and the kind of ratings that only came from peddling imaginary creatures to the masses.
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Kristy's Great Idea
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Coretta Scott King award-winner and National Teacher of the Year, Sharon M. Draper uses a brilliant variety of styles and voices to tell this compelling first story of her Hazelwood High trilogy. The night that changes everything in Andy's life begins as a great time. His basketball team wins a big game, and he and his best friend have some cold brews stashed in the car, just waiting for the rolling party to begin. Nothing anyone can say or do afterwards will convince Andy that what happens next isn't his fault.
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What listeners say about Tears of a Tiger
vfw1982
Thankful that my child didn't read it!!
When school was about to start, I saw a reading list posted on our school board website. 9th graders could pick one of 3 books listed, if they chose. Well I made a huge mistake and bought the book, Tears of a Tiger, for my 14 year old to read. Thankfully she never got around to reading it!!
Last night, I stayed up reading the book myself, and I'm horrified that anyone would think that 14-15 year olds could handle such a read. Shockingly, the age level of this book is 12+.
Maybe I'm bothered so much by this book because teen suicide has impacted my family; or may it's because the teen is judged so harshly for his decision, yet he had tried to reach out, but no one was available; or maybe it's because the author is very misinformed about mental health; or maybe it's the way that everyone forgave the teen for a fatal drinking and driving accident that he caused, but couldn't forgive him for ending his own life due to his mental and emotional trauma; but whatever it is, I'm so thankful that my 14 year old, who has been so profoundly effected by suicide did not read this!!
Normally, I'd never say anything negative of informative reading materials for students, from any educator, but Tears of a Tiger, is definitely not a book that should be on any students reading list.
Parents, always be proactive, because what might be ok for one student, might greatly effect yours.
DT3.14
Light Praise Review
I have never read a novel that caused me to become so emotionally invested in it. This is a real life novel depicting real life situations that people, young and old, face on a daily basis. Wonderful, wonderful literature.
MCLARK
Very Symbolic
The narrator changes frequently, but I cried at the very end. The middle of the story was a little slow, though. Great book all in all!
Best Book
I read this book before but I never got to finish and I'm glad I did🥺👏🏽
Amazing!😭
I just finished reading this book today and it is very emotional. I couldn't stop crying aloud towards the end.
Tears of a reader
This book, this series, has always been a favorite of mine. It talks about the ways that people try and cope with death and depression. I am so glad that I am able to retread this book. Strongly recommend.
powerful story, wrong category
this is not a sports story. also, the effect of multiple narrators disturbed me (particularly women doing male voices).
ryan mack
The best book
This was the best book I read and the drama is very intense and very deep in emotion
Han Moreno
A memory of my high school book I read.
I was so surprised to remember I used to read this when I was in high school for the first time. Sharon Draper was my favorite author at the time since "Copper sun" became one of my favorite read. I am a person with good memory and want to collect the books that I once read in high school and have them in my audible library. This is definitely a good read and listening to it makes be proud and happy.
Ropaj
Good story; confusing performance
This is a good story; definitely a high interest novel for high schoolers, but anyone would like it. Some of the subtle preachiness wasn't so subtle. It was a nice audio to listen to on my 3hr drive.
The performers were good...especially during the first half. I prefer audios that feature a cast of voices rather than the reader performing all of the parts. Unfortunately, there were a few parts were the male and female dialogue was read by the man and similarly there were segments that had the a female reading both parts of a dialogue. I do not understand why because for most of the rendition each character had the same person assigned to read. Maybe they had a schedule to keep and a couple of people were absent so characters were double assigned. That was slightly annoying but overall a pretty authentic performance.
At any rate, I'm not disappointed to have purchased this audio.


A valid grant was made in this case which it was not within the power of a temporary dictator to destroy by an arbitrary declaration.
This government discharges its full duty under the Gadsden Treaty when it recognizes a grant as valid to the amount of the land paid for.
"Jose Maria Mendoza, Treasurer General of the Free, Independent and Sovereign Sonora, Greeting:"
"Inasmuch as Article 11 of the sovereign decree number 70 of the general congress of the union, dated August 4th of 1824, concedes to the states the revenues which in said law it did not reserve for the federation itself, and one of them being that derived from the lands within their respective territories, which in consequence belongs to them, for the disposition of which the honorable constitutive congress of the state that used to be joined of Sonora and Sinaloa enacted the law No. 30 of May 20th of 1825, as well as the decrees relative thereto passed by other succeeding legislatures, and the citizen Rafael Elias, a resident of this capital, having made due application on the 12th of March of 1827 at the treasury general that was then of the United States for the lands named 'San Rafael del Valle,' located in the jurisdiction of the presidio of Santa Cruz, which was allowed according to law on the date of July 1st of the same year, and the petition of entry, the order for the commission, and the act of accepting the charge being as follows, to-wit,"
"In which terms I issue the present title of grant in due form in favor of the citizen Rafael Elias, his heirs and successors, delivering it to them for their protection, previous memorandum of the same being entered in the proper book."
"Given at the capital of Arispe on the twenty-fifth day of the month of December of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two."
"Attested and signed by me, sealed with the seal of the treasury general, before the undersigned witnesses of my assistance, with whom I act in default of clerk, there being none, according to law."
"[Seal of the Free Sonora, Treasury General]"
The amount of land within the tract as now surveyed, according to the testimony, is 20,034.62 acres. The petition did not state the area applied for, but, as has been seen, the survey and appraisement called the tract four sitios, or 17,353.85 acres.
deem it unnecessary to review this discussion, or attempt to settle the disputed question as to the location of the title. In this expediente, the treasurer general refers to "Article XI of the sovereign decree number 70 of the general congress of the union" as conceding to the states the revenues derived form the sale of lands within their respective limits, and upon that and law No. 30 of the congress of the state relies as the sources of his power to make the conveyance. The state having undoubtedly vested its authority in the treasurer general, the inquiry comes back to the effect of said article XI.
"Art. 5. The nation adopts for the form of its government a popular representative and federal republic."
"Art. 6. Its integral parts are free, sovereign and independent states in as far as regards exclusively its internal administration, according to the rules laid down in this act, and in the general constitution."
1 White's New Recopilacion p. 375.
"The laws or decrees which emanate from the general congress shall have for their object:"
"(1) To sustain the national independence and to provide for the preservation and security of the nation in its exterior relations."
"(2) To preserve the federal union of the states and peace and public order in the interior of the confederation."
"(3) To maintain the independence of the states among themselves so far as respects their government according to the constitutive act and this constitution."
"(4) To sustain the proportional equality of obligations and rights which the states possess in point of law."
accomplish the objects spoken of in the forty-ninth article without intermeddling with the interior administration of the states."
"(1) To take cognizance of disputes, which may arise between the different states of the union whenever there arises litigation in relation to the same requiring a formal decree, and that arising between a state and one or more of its inhabitants, or between individuals in relation to lands under concessions from different states, without prejudice to the right of the parties to claim the concession from the party which granted it."
It cannot, of course, be pretended that these provisions either operated to transfer the title to vacant public lands from the nation to the respective states or amount to a declaration that the title to such lands is vested in the state. All that can fairly be inferred from them is that the supremacy of the several states in matters of local interest was recognized, and further, that conflicting cessions of lands from different states might be expected, and that the settlement of disputes respecting them should be by the Supreme Court of the nation. These inferences are by no means determinative of the question here presented, and yet it must be conceded that they at least point to some control by the states over vacant lands within their limits, and suggest the exercise by those states of the right to make concessions of those lands.
"Art. 1. The Mexican nation offers to foreigners who come to establish themselves within its territory security for their persons and property; provided they subject themselves to the laws of the country."
not the property of individuals, corporations, or towns, which can be colonized."
"Art. 3. For this purpose, the legislatures of all the states will, as soon as possible, form colonization laws or regulations for their respective states, conforming themselves in all things to the constitutional act, general constitution, and the regulations established in this law."
"Art. 10. The military who, in virtue of the offer made on the 27th of March, 1821, have a right to lands, shall be attended to by the states in conformity with the diplomas which are issued to that effect by the supreme executive power."
"Art. 11. If, in virtue of the decree alluded to in the last article, and taking into view the probabilities of life, the supreme executive power should deem it expedient to alienate any portion of land in favor of any officer, whether civil or military, of the federation, it can do so from the vacant lands of the territories."
"Art. 16. The government, in conformity with the provisions established in this law, will proceed to colonize the territories of the republic."
to grant to a military or civil officer any public lands, it was to be made from vacant lands in the territories. or civil officer any public lands, it was to be the administration of the public lands in the states from those in the territories, it is distinctly declared that the national government will colonize the territories of the republic. As heretofore said, all this, of course, amounts only to assigning to the states the administration of the vacant lands for purposes of colonization.
"8. That from the territories of the federation."
"9. National property, in which is included that of the inquisition and temporal property of the clergy, or any other rural or urban property that belongs, or shall hereafter belong, to the public exchequer."
"10. The buildings, offices, and the lands attached thereto, which belong, or have belonged, to the general revenues and those that have been maintained by two or more of what were formerly provinces, are at the disposal of the government of the federation."
"11. The revenues not included in the foregoing articles belong to the states."
The eighth article gives to the national government all the revenues derived from the territories. Obviously the entire management of the affairs of the territories was reserved to the general government, and any revenue derived therefrom passed into the general treasury.
the colonies already established as they may deem proper for the security of the republic, to see to the exact compliance with the contracts upon the entry of new colonists, and to examine as to how far those already entered into have been complied with."
"4. The executive shall have the power to take the lands he may consider suitable for fortifications and arsenals and for new colonies, and shall give the states credit for their value on the accounts they owe the federation."
other way in which to give reasonable force to the language of this decree of 1830, and it must be held to be a national interpretation of the revenue decree of 1824.
But we are not limited to this authoritative national exposition of the meaning of the revenue law of 1824. The testimony in the several cases of a similar nature now before us, including therein the reports of the officers of this government sent to examine the archives of Mexico, discloses that the State of Sonora at least, assumed that the revenue act of 1824 authorized its disposal of the vacant public lands, and, acting on that assumption, did in a multitude of cases make sales thereof. In this connection, it may be observed that the constitution of the State of Sonora, or State of the West, declares, article 47, that the right of selling lands belongs to the state. This constitution bears date May 11, 1825. Law No. 30 of that state, of May 20, 1825 -- the law referred to by the treasurer general in the expediente -- recites that "the congress has seen fit to decree the following provisional law for the purchase of the lands of the state." Subsequent legislation of the state is in the same line.
"to present annually to each one of the houses of the general congress a minute and comprehensive report of the amounts that are received and paid out at the treasuries within their limits, together with a statement of the origin of the one and the other, and touching the different branches of agriculture, commercial and manufacturing industries,"
"to forward to the two chambers [of the federal government], and when they are in recess to the council of the government, a certified copy of their constitutions, laws and decrees."
"In the first place, we observe that the law has received the implied sanction of congress. It was adopted in 1859. It has been upon the statute book for more than twelve years. It must have been transmitted to congress soon after it was enacted, for it was the duty of the secretary of the territory to transmit to that body copies of all laws on or before the first of the next December in each year. The simple disapproval by congress at any time would have annulled it. It is no inference, therefore, that it was approved by that body."
We are not insensible of the fact that the provisions of the Act of September 21, 1824, creating the office of commissary general -- an act which we had occasion to consider in Ely's Administrator v. United States, ante, 171 U. S. 220 -- seem to make against the idea of the administration of vacant lands by the states, and it is difficult to work out from all the statutes a consistent, continuous, and harmonious rule. We must in each case endeavor to ascertain what the Mexican government recognized as valid, and, when that is done, the duty of respecting and enforcing the grant arises. Other matters are referred to by counsel in their briefs, but it would needlessly prolong this opinion to refer to them. Our conclusion is that, at the time of these transactions, the several states had authority to make sales of vacant public lands within their limits, and that such sales, unless annulled by the national government, must be considered as grants to be recognized by this government under the terms of the treaty of 1853.
"Art. 1. It is declared that the public lands, as the exclusive property of the nation, never could have been alienated under any title by virtue of decrees, orders, and enactments of the legislatures, governments, or local authorities of the states and territories of the republic."
"2. Consequently it is also declared that the sales, cessions, or any other class of alienations of said public lands that have been made without the express order and approval of the general powers, in the manner prescribed by the laws, are null and of no value or effect."
"3. The officials, authorities, and employees upon whom devolve the execution of this decree shall proceed as soon as they receive it to recover and take possession in the name of the nation of the lands comprehended in the provisions of article 1, and that may be in the possession of corporations or private individuals, whatever may be their prerogatives or position."
"4. The judicial, civil, or administrative authorities shall admit no claims of any kind nor petitions whose purpose is to obtain indemnifications from the public treasury for the damages the unlawful holders or owners may allege under the provisions of the preceding article, and they shall preserve their right only against the persons from whom they have the lands they are now compelled to return."
"Art. 1. The titles of all the alienations of public lands made in the territory of the republic from September, 1821, till date, whether by the general authorities or by those of the extinguished states and departments, shall be submitted to the revision of the supreme government, without which they shall have no value and shall constitute no right of property."
"5. The alienations of public lands, of whatever nature they be, that have been made by the authorities and officials of the departments without the knowledge and approval of the general government, during the epoch when the central system was in force in the republic, are void. "
"6. Those made by said authorities in the epoch of the extinguished federation are likewise void, provided they were not made for the purpose of extending and promoting colonization, which was the purpose proposed by the law of August 18, 1824."
"7. Grants or sales of lands made to private individuals, companies, or corporations under the express condition of colonizing them, and the holders of which have not complied therewith in the terms stipulated, are declared to be of no value."
"Art 1. The decrees of November 25, 1853, and July 7, 1854, which submitted to the revision and approval of the supreme government the grants or alienations of public lands made by the local governments of the states or departments and territories of the republic from September, 1821, to that date, are repealed in all their parts."
"Art. 2. Consequently, all the titles issued during that period by the superior authorities of the states or territories under the federal system, by virtue of their lawful faculties or by those of the departments or territories under the central system, with express authorization or consent of the supreme government for the acquisition of said lands, all in conformity with the existing laws for the grant or alienation respectively, shall for all time be good any valid, as well as those of any other property lawfully acquired, and in no case can they be subjected to new revision or ratification on the part of the government."
"Art. 1. The decrees of November 25, 1853, and July 7, 1854, are void."
Santa Anna in negotiating with and purchasing from him the territory within the Gadsden purchase, the courts must also recognize his declarations in respect to titles as authoritative, citing in support of these general propositions Wheaton's International Law, secs. 31, 32, and Halleck's International Law, pp. 47, 62. Without questioning the general propositions laid down in these authorities, we are of opinion that too much weight was given to the decree of Santa Anna of November 25, 1853, the only one announced before the cession, and that that decree should not be considered as absolutely determinative of individual rights and titles.
to rest this case upon the fact disclosed that these decrees of Santa Anna were immediately thereafter revoked. It is not significant that the substance of them was thereafter reestablished. We are compelled to inquire whether, prior to such decree, there were rights vested -- rights which the Mexican government recognized -- and then determine whether those rights were by such decree absolutely destroyed.
Turning to the decree of November 25, 1853, the first and second articles are mere declarations of law. The third article directs the officials to proceed to the execution of the decree and to recover and take possession of the lands coming within the scope of the prior articles. It does not appear that any steps were taken by any officials to carry into execution this decree. Whether this particular grant came within the scope of the two declarations of law was a question to be considered and determined. On that question, the grantee never was heard. There never was a judicial adjudication that his grant came within the scope of the first two articles. He was never dispossessed. His property was never taken possession of. It is going too far to hold that the mere declaration of a rule of law made by a temporary dictator, never enforced as against an individual grantee in possession of lands, is to be regarded as operative and determinative of the latter's rights.
As, for the reasons heretofore mentioned, we are of opinion that a valid grant was made in this case, we think this arbitrary declaration by a temporary dictator was not potent to destroy the title. The decree of the Court of Private Land Claims must therefore be reversed. As shown by the statement of facts, the survey of the land claimed in the petition is in excess of the four sitios granted and paid for. While the excess is not so great as in many cases, yet we think the rule laid down in Ely's Administrator v. United States, ante, 171 U. S. 220, should control, and that this government discharges its full duty under the treaty when it recognizes a grant as valid to the amount of land paid for.
The decree of the Court of Private Land Claims will be reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings.


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Åge Lundström, né le  à Stockholm et mort le  à Landskrona, est un cavalier suédois de concours complet et de saut d'obstacles, et un général de l'Armée de l'air suédoise.

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Åge Lundström participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920 à Anvers. Il remporte avec le cheval Yrsa la médaille d'or en concours complet par équipe et la médaille d'argent en concours complet par équipe. Aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924 à Paris, il remporte le titre par équipe en saut d'obstacles avec le cheval Anvers.

Officier en 1910 puis lieutenant en 1910, Lundström  devient pilote en 1924 et devient capitaine de l'Armée de l'air suédoise en 1924.Il sera promu au rang de général. En 1948, Lundström devient chef d'état-major de la délégation des Nations unies en Palestine.

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Cavalier suédois
Cavalier suédois de saut d'obstacles
Cavalier suédois de concours complet
Cavalier aux Jeux olympiques de 1920
Cavalier aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924
Champion olympique suédois
Champion olympique d'équitation
Médaillé d'argent olympique suédois
Naissance à Stockholm
Naissance en juin 1890
Décès en septembre 1975
Décès en Suède
Décès à 85 ans
Général suédois
Commandeur de 1re classe de l'ordre de l'Épée
Chevalier de l'ordre royal de l'Étoile polaire
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Lyft continues to expand its scooter service, announcing today that it's now available in Austin, Texas. This is the the fifth region where Lyft has deployed its scooters and its first launch in Texas. While the companystruck out earlier this year when it tried to get a permit to operate in San Francisco, it has since launched its scooter service in Denver, Santa Monica, Washington, DC and, as of yesterday, Arlington.
Lyft said that it has teamed up with multiple Austin organizations as part of its arrival in the city. It will donate part of its proceeds to Austin's Farm & City nonprofit group, which is focused on sustainability, transportation and urban planning, and Lyft will work alongside agencies like the Austin Area Urban League when recruiting workers for its operations positions.
Additionally, Lyft is partnering with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin as well as Austin Pathways in order to educate individuals about its $5 monthly Community Pass, which allows lower income individuals an unlimited amount of 30-minute rides.


The BaumAs if writing scores of books, plays and comics under his own name wasn't enough, L Frank Baum also wrote books under a number of pseudonyms. These included Floyd Akers (Boy Fortune Hunters series), Edith Van Dyne (Aunt Jane's Nieces and Mary Louise), Laura Bancroft (Twinkle Tales) and a few others. Find a comprehensive list of these books here.
Despite its name, Annabel has both a male and female main character and also introduces Mary Louise, a character named after Baum's favorite sibling.The publisher's catalog says Annabel "breathes the purest thoughts and impulses of a girl blossoming into womanhood and her gentle influence on the life of a struggling boy". Well, apparently pure thoughts didn't sell much better 100 years ago than they do today!
Right now, I have a well-loved 2nd edition in my Wild & Homeless Books category (reading copy). Also check out other interesting Wizard of Oz and Roycroft items under New Listings. And don't forget the ever-expanding Sale Items!


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Few things are more cringe-worthy for CEO's and heads of HR alike than churning a "rock star" executive only a few months after they've come on board. Given the extraordinary amount of time and expense associated with recruiting an executive hire, this kind of departure hurts the business and the bottom line in painful ways.
What drives new leaders out the door? As a recent study featured in the Harvard Business Review detailed, "According to a global survey of 588 senior executives who had recently transitioned into new roles, organizational culture and politics, not lack of competence or managerial skill, were the primary reasons for failure. Almost 70% of respondents pointed to a lack of understanding about norms and practices—and poor cultural fit was close behind."
So what can talent and business leaders do better to ensure lasting success with critical hires? In our work with clients, we emphasize two key areas:
First, leaders need to truly understand their leadership culture so they can recognize and attract the best talent "fit" for their organization.
Next, every leader needs to help a new strategic hire to build a successful "first 90 days" onboarding plan to ensure the executive learns the people, processes, nuances and norms of the business.
This kind of executive onboarding partnership becomes the foundation of new hire success. Why? Because it builds a roadmap that helps reduce failure rates, and it empowers a new executive to more easily acclimate to their new environment — and commit to stay. The same HBR-featured research study cited "navigating internal networks and gaining insight into organizational and team dynamics" as some of the most crucial elements of onboarding success, so it's incumbent on existing leadership to partner with new executives to avoid these pitfalls and ensure onboarding success.
When an employer gets executive onboarding right, it of course benefits the bottom line, but moreover, it contributes to a much more engaging employee experience for everyone – not just the new leader. Teams can sense when a new leader is struggling, and conversely, teams can feel the energy when a new leader finds their way quickly and starts making an impact early. This improves retention across the board, because new leaders are more quickly contributing to business success, and direct reports can more easily prioritize their work and exceed expectations with a strong new leader guiding the way.
At Ridgeway Partners, we are all too aware of how much time and work and effort our clients put into hiring a critical new executive. Yet the overarching goal isn't simply to attract the best leadership talent, but to retain them. Executive onboarding is about building the business, one new leader at a time, with a commitment to long term organizational alignment and success.
If you'd like to learn more about Ridgeway Partners Executive Search and how we partner with our clients to attract and retain top leadership talent, drop me a line at Kevin.McKeon@ridgewaypartners.us
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CHELSEA'S hopes of bringing former manager Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge were given a huge boost after the Portguese dropped a big hint about his future plans.
The Real Madrid manager has been widely tipped to leave the Bernabeu this summer, with speculation gathering pace that he could complete an emotional return to Chelsea.
Current Blues boss Rafa Benitez is set to vacate the job at the end of the season, and owner Roman Abramovich knows that hiring his ex-manager would be welcomed by supporters who have publicly aired their distaste for the current coach.
Mourinho is currently back in London during the international break, and was spotted in Harrods shopping centre ahead of his visit to Chelsea tonight to take in Brazil's friendly with Russia.
With reports suggesting he is set to buy a property in the capital, Mourinho revealed: "I have an adventurous spirit and do not know what will happen next season.
"It's not easy to choose a new destination after working in England, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Maybe I could return to somewhere I've already been. Watch out for surprises.
"If God keeps me healthy, then I am only halfway through my management career."
The 50-year-old is also attracting interest from PSG and former club Inter Milan, but Chelsea remain the frontrunners for his services with Mourinho's ex-Porto youth coach Rui Sa Lemos claiming on Twitter he will re-join the West London club.


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package dmays.potentialarcher.persistence;

import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.location.Location;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

import dmays.potentialarcher.R;

public class LocationDbHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

    public static final String TAG = LocationDbHelper.class.getSimpleName();

    public static final int DB_VERSION = 2;

    public static final String DB_NAME = "locations";

    private static final SQLiteTable LOCATIONS_TABLE = new LocationsTable();

    private final Context mContext;

    public LocationDbHelper(Context context) {
        super(context, DB_NAME, null, DB_VERSION);
        mContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        LOCATIONS_TABLE.onCreate(db);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
        LOCATIONS_TABLE.onUpdate(db, oldVersion, newVersion);
    }

    public long insert(String table, ContentValues values) {
        SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();

        boolean bulk = db.inTransaction();
        if (!bulk) {
            db.beginTransaction();
        }

        try {
            long result = db.insert(table, null, values);
            if (-1 != result) {
                db.setTransactionSuccessful();
            }
            return result;
        } finally {
            if (!bulk) {
                db.endTransaction();
            }
        }
    }

    public Cursor queryAll() {
        SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();

        boolean bulk = db.inTransaction();
        if (!bulk) {
            db.beginTransaction();
        }

        try {
            Cursor cursor = getReadableDatabase().query(LocationsTable.TABLE_NAME, LocationsTable.ALL_COLUMNS, null, null, null, null, null);
            db.setTransactionSuccessful();
            return cursor;
        } catch (SQLiteException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Could not query locations", e);
            return null;
        } finally {
            if (!bulk) {
                db.endTransaction();
            }
        }
    }

    public long countRows(Class<? extends SQLiteTable> tableClass) {
        long count = -1;
        try {
            SQLiteTable table = tableClass.newInstance();
            count = table.countRows(getReadableDatabase());
        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Could not count rows in " + tableClass.getSimpleName(), e);
        }

        return count;
    }

    public long countRows() {
        return LOCATIONS_TABLE.countRows(getReadableDatabase());
    }

    public void exportToSql() {
        // header
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;\nBEGIN TRANSACTION;\n");

        // create a table
        sb.append(LOCATIONS_TABLE.getSchema()).append("\n");

        // insert records into current table
        Cursor cursor = queryAll();
        if (cursor != null) {
            try {
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    do {
                        Location loc = LocationsTable.fromCursor(cursor);
                        sb.append("INSERT INTO \"").append(LOCATIONS_TABLE.getName()).append("\" VALUES(");
                        sb.append(cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(LocationsTable._ID))).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getLatitude()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getLongitude()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getTime()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getAccuracy()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getAltitude()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getBearing()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getSpeed()).append(',' );
                        sb.append('\'').append(loc.getProvider()).append('\'');
                        sb.append(");\n");
                    } while (cursor.moveToNext());

                    // commit the transaction
                    sb.append("COMMIT;\n");

                    File outFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS), "database.sql");
                    FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(outFile);
                    BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fileWriter);
                    out.write(sb.toString());
                    out.close();
                    Log.i(TAG, "Database exported to " + outFile.getAbsolutePath());
                    Toast.makeText(mContext, String.format(mContext.getString(R.string.var_database_exported_message), outFile.getAbsolutePath()), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't export", e);
                Toast.makeText(mContext, R.string.unable_to_write_file, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            } finally {
                cursor.close();
            }
        }
    }

    public void exportToCsv() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for(int i = 0; i < LocationsTable.ALL_COLUMNS.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) {
                sb.append(',');
            }
            sb.append("\"").append(LocationsTable.ALL_COLUMNS[i]).append("\"");
        }
        sb.append('\n');
        Cursor cursor = queryAll();
        if (cursor != null) {
            try {
                File outFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS), "database.csv");
                FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(outFile);
                BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fileWriter);
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    do {
                        Location loc = LocationsTable.fromCursor(cursor);
                        sb.append(cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(LocationsTable._ID))).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getLatitude()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getLongitude()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getTime()).append(',');
                        sb.append(loc.getAccuracy()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getAltitude()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getBearing()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getSpeed()).append(',' );
                        sb.append(loc.getProvider()).append('\n');
                    } while (cursor.moveToNext());
                    out.write(sb.toString());
                    out.close();
                    Log.i(TAG, "Database exported to " + outFile.getAbsolutePath());
                    Toast.makeText(mContext, String.format(mContext.getString(R.string.var_database_exported_message), outFile.getAbsolutePath()), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't export", e);
                Toast.makeText(mContext, R.string.unable_to_write_file, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            } finally {
                cursor.close();
            }
        }
    }
}

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2/11    Is anyone watching Caprica.  Is it worth it? Do you like it?
I recently started watching SG:U and it's not bad, oddly.
writing for SG:U, so... maybe worth checking out?
consulting for SG:U, so... maybe worth checking out?
written for SG:A.  Atlantis was that bad. and they know it.
\_ Yeah, I work in the industry.
1/10    Finally reading Freakonomics: Not terribly impressed. Your thoughts?
any of the original papers that Levitt wrote or referenced?
out of me. From here to "weighs the same as a duck"
is not a large leap.
attempted to answer similar questions w.r.t.
gain an understanding of causality issues?
go take a stats class.
then it doesn't matter, I guess.
to recount the scientific method here.
cost involved when explaining the complex to the dull minded.
at your disposal, to better your motd classifying.
at your disposal, to improve your motd classifying.
\_ Viewing source on that's more fun than actually using it.
2/28    Pics of an elaborate underground weed growing facility in TN.
\- wow, DIY hydraulic door.
\_ I can't wait to read the details on all of this.
\_ Doesn't look like it helped.
they were ahead.  They could've gotten away clean.
worthwhile than arresting people who grow a plant.
\_ Don't try to apply logic to the War on Drugs.
\_ Yeah, like catching all those music pirates!
down on employers of illegal aliens etc.
people over estimate what "body language"
people overestimate what "body language"
common p2p [ephemeral] ports open. ok tnx.
\_ psb, do you have a blog?
\_ Beautiful! Can't wait for these to hit the market!
So you see, if [H3O+] increases, [OH-] decreases, and vice versa.
If there's more [H3O+], it's acidic; more [OH-], alkaline.
\_ It's like asking if hotness and coldness are the same thing.
\_ Oxidation/reduction is actually different than acidity.
at peak.  Anyone have some thoughts?
\_ Jeez!  Who pissed in your coffee?
\_ Doesn't setting the clock forward make people go home earlier?
\_ HEIL John! Der Spezielle Kraft Deutch Agent! HEIL!!!
can no longer operate outside of Germany, KSK has taken overn.
You forgot OPeration Jonathan in Entebbe, only 1 KIA operator.
in 9-11, co-founder,CTO of Akamai.
4/30    Given that the Fed now has huge databases about us (like the info.
spammers probably have better data technology than FBI.
\_ The IRS does not have my c.c. #.
12/5    Bush Backdrop Generator: Fun for the Whole Family!
10/9    I just want to say the technology behind OSes is cool.
\_ really? try reading an abstract or linear algebra book sometime.
\_ No no no, its NEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDS!!!!!!
ever see are fixes for it, and it seems hard to implement.
\_ i prefer secure pam.
\_ looks like spam. Heh. Ok I'll stay outa booze.
interest you, there will be free food! Be there.
Rabbit", but lyrics about technology?


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This blog is written by a Japanese friend (former Nei Da classmate) about the time she spent in our lovely Hohhot. It's in Japanese, but isn't that what google translate is for?
There's a hilarious story about a time I fed her chocolate cake and much more about her travels around the province.


[Bug 3276] warhammer 40 k failed to initialize video card - Initialisation of Graphics driver fails in W40K: Dawn of War.
I've been getting that stack overflow with quite a few demos and applications.
I think it's regression outside of wined3d.
it's been stopping quite a few games that used to work really well.


Then, Gary Johnson was added.
Not so tight, anymore. And Johnson's numbers are up from September 7-8, when he pulled 4.5% in Ohio.
If the current trend continues, Johnson could be more than the mere "spoiler candidate" this year in many states. Now if only the media would take note of the electorates' thirst for a truly sane foreign policy.
I love it. I'm doing my part in getting his name out, so should all of you.


I don't know why I do what I do. If I did know, I probably wouldn't feel the need to do it. All I can say, and I say it with utmost certainty, is that I have felt this need since my earliest adolescence. I'm talking about writing, in particular, writing as a vehicle to tell stories, imaginary stories that have never taken place in what we call the real world. Surely it is an odd way to spend your life - sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, struggling to put words on pieces of paper in order to give birth to what does not exist - except in your head. Why on earth would anyone want to do such a thing? The only answer I have ever been able to come up with is: because you have to, because you have no choice.
This need to make, to create, to invent is, no doubt, a fundamental human impulse. But to what end? What purpose does art, in particular the art of fiction, serve in what we call the real world? None that I can think of - at least not in any practical sense. A book has never put food in the stomach of a hungry child. A book has never stopped a bullet from entering a murder victim's body. A book has never prevented a bomb from falling on innocent civilians in the midst of war.
Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true - in certain rare, isolated cases. But let us not forget that Hitler started out in life as an artist. Tyrants and dictators read novels. Killers in prison read novels. And who is to say they don't derive the same enjoyment from books as everyone else?
Fiction, however, exists in a somewhat different realm from the other arts. Its medium is language, and language is something we share with others, that is common to us all. From the moment we learn to talk, we begin to develop a hunger for stories. Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father would sit down beside us in the semi-dark and read from a book of fairy tales.
Those of us who are parents will have no trouble conjuring up the rapt attention in the eyes of our children when we read to them. Why this intense desire to listen? Fairy tales are often cruel and violent, featuring beheadings, cannibalism, grotesque transformations and evil enchantments. One would think this material would be too frightening for a young child, but what these stories allow the child to experience is precisely an encounter with his own fears and inner torments in a perfectly safe and protected environment. Such is the magic of stories - they might drag us down to the depths of hell, but in the end they are harmless.
We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next. For years, in every country of the Western world, article after article has been published bemoaning the fact that fewer and fewer people are reading books, that we have entered what some have called the 'post-literate age'. That may well be true, but at the same time, this has not diminished the universal craving for stories.
Novels are not the only source, after all. Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories. They need them almost as desperately as they need food and however the stories might be presented - whether on a printed page or on a television screen - it would be impossible to imagine life without them.
Still, when it comes to the state of the novel, to the future of the novel, I feel rather optimistic. Numbers don't count where books are concerned, for there is only one reader, each and every time only one reader. That explains the particular power of the novel and why, in my opinion, it will never die as a form. Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.
I have spent my life in conversations with people I have never seen, with people I will never know and I hope to continue until the day I stop breathing.
Born: 3 February 1947 in Newark, New Jersey.
Education: Attended school in Maplewood, New Jersey, and graduated from Columbia University in 1970 with a master's in comparative literature.
Family: He lives in Brooklyn with his second wife, Siri Hustvedt, author of three novels including What I Loved, and their daughter, Sophie, 18, a singer and actress. He has a son, Daniel, 28, by his first wife, Lydia Davis.
Early career: Auster worked on an oil tanker after university and spent four lean years in France, where he translated French literature for a living and wrote poetry. He returned to America in 1974. The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, The Locked Room and Ghosts) was first published as a single volume in the UK in 1986.
Film: In addition to 11 novels and collections of essays and poetry, Auster has had four of his screenplays filmed. Smoke and Blue in the Face were made with director Wayne Wang, and Auster himself directed Lulu on the Bridge and the forthcoming The Inner Life of Martin Frost.


Mommy got her product finished- wahoo!
House is a wreck- oops!
My entire store is 20 & off today to celebrate the beginning of fall and the completion of this unit!
If you want to see what is inside this packet (86 pages worth of addition STUFF :) ), simply scroll down.
When my kids come in to see why mommy isn't running around like a mad woman and it is 7:00 am, they realize it is Hangout Day.
What that means for us?
*My kids.... lots of snuggling in pj's on the couch!
Sound like a unit you may need? If your students are like mine, they could use a WHOLE lot more addition time, but your curriculum needs you to keep going. Hopefully these addition games/activities will be quick additions to your plans or math work stations that will help your students work on their number sense and addition automaticity.
Don't worry about me, I will take lots of snuggle breaks and I may make it out of my pj's, but there will be nothing rigorous (I am sure you all are hearing that word a lot right now) about my activity.
I promise I am still here... barely.
I joked last time I posted about trying to keep my ipad posts to once a week...I promise in my language it does not mean...never post again.
Like many of you all, my To- Do lists are a mile long...and keep getting longer. Not to kill you with metaphors, but I feel like I am constantly treading water. I promise you all that I am not a slacker...I work my tail off, but there is always something else that needs attention.
Sorry- enough whining. I have been dying to post a few ideas about teaching addition with a sum of ten. This is one of my favorite math ideas to teach. One of the fourth grade teachers called them "pb & j" facts...the ones that always go together. I LOVE that idea! (I have got to find some clipart to go with that!).
I told my kids that the more facts that we have automatically, the easier all addition problems will be for us. We have informally been talking about doubles facts, but we will tackle those soon as well.
Here are a couple visuals that I saw on pinterest and really liked. Click on the pictures to go to the sources!
This rainbow one has been in my head for awhile and I love the visual.
I love that it emphasizes the larger one addend is, the smaller the other one is.
So I made a really fast recording sheet for my kids to use, with a free image I found.
Nothing fancy, but I liked the math talk we had after we completed the activity.
Now for my favorite way to teach making ten.
We use the book Ten for Me. I found this book because it is from the publishing company that my sister works for, Sylvan Dell.
Please DO NOT skip on if you don't have this book, I highly suggest getting the ebook version from their website!
Last year I posted about using the book, but this year we went all out!
First we read the adorable book and took notes about all the addition facts we could create with a sum of ten.
Then we broke into our table groups of four. Two students worked with butterflies and jar that I had printed out, and two students wrote the addition fact and the turn-around fact that went with the visual their partners created.
If you are interested in any of these documents, CLICK HERE.
I used Scrappin' Doodles butterflies and a Fancy Dog Border!
After we spent a lot of time exploring, the next day we came back and created these adorable explorers to go with it!
Then we made our own versions.
Do I need to try and upload the template for the butterfly hunters??
Here is the final hallway display!
I promise I will be back soon!!!!
I know many of you are seriously craving this technology and don't have it available to you. I also know that many of you have one/a couple/ or several ipads. BUT the truth is the ipads are a huge part of my classroom this year; therefore, my blog must grow a little bit with me.
I can't tell you how amazing this facebook page is. They have the inside on when FABULOUS apps run free for a day or a few hours. I have gotten several Everyday Math games and many great ebooks. They also have a website where they rate apps. This website/facebook pack is an absolute must.
One of my best friends (3rd grade teacher) was admitting discussing how she bribes her intervention kids to come into her classroom quietly with M&Ms.
I told her I had something way better than candy. I have ipads.
My classroom engagement has gone through the roof.
We use ipads to learn, demonstrate learning, and to extend our learning when we have mastered the current content.
We do not JUST play.
3. Rules are a must.
Just like anything else in my classroom, you stay within the simple guidelines and respect your classmates/me/our tools you are golden!
You lie or deceive me by getting into forbidden apps during work time, and just watch how quickly Mrs. King can delete every fun app on your device.
4. Sometimes it is absolutely worth it to purchase an app when free versions just aren't cutting it.
Just like we turn to sites like TPT when we are in need of some quality activities/lesson plans, sometimes the apps that cost money are just that good. I will be back soon with a post packed full of wonderful free apps!
Click on the pictures to read full summaries and learn about costs.
It is officially 30 minutes past my bedtime (sadly 9:00) so I will be crawling up to bed now. Night night friends!
I know you have heard about SpellingCity.com.
I remember when I first started using the free version of Spelling City a couple of years ago, I thought I was in heaven! I could import Spelling City lists or create my own and my kids would get right to work during literacy centers or on our trips to the computer lab.
Here is a picture of what my homepage looks like when a student logs in and is getting ready to work on our spelling words!
I just figured out that I can group my lists according to what they are (spelling, sight, or vocabulary words) so that my students can easily look through the list possibilities. And I know you are going to ask so- yes, this aspect of Spelling City is a component of a premium membership.
You know how much I like my pictures, so here is some proof of our love!
The following are screenshots of some games (part of the premium membership) that I can't wait to get my higher kids interested in playing.
The next screenshot shows WordFind: a great way to work on making multiple words from one of the spelling words.
Two things happened with Spelling City made my experience with them even better: 1. I lucked out with a Premium Membership for my WHOLE class and 2. Spelling City came out with an app!
Now I can't help you out with access to the ipads, but I can help you out with the premium membership for your class of 25.
I hope you take the time to enter this FABULOUS giveaway!


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Sometimes it takes longer to close a deal than expected, but when the wait is worth it, you persevere. Atria Senior Living had its eyes on what is known as the Sterling Glen portfolio, owned by Cleveland, Ohio-based Forest City Enterprises (NYSE: FCE), for quite a while. Rumors swirled around the market last winter that the deal fell apart, was back on again and then off again, but apparently Atria never gave up. The assets involved were too strategic to walk away from, and while it may not have been a bargain, the acquisition solidifies Atria's New York City metro area foothold as the dominant assisted living provider, especially on Long Island.
Part of the reason for taking so long was that the transaction was quite complicated, with a few of the properties co-owned by the seller and an outside investor, and with most of them located in New York. As anyone who has tried to close a deal in the Empire State knows, you are at the whim of the Department of Health and the licensing bureaucrats who know how to take their sweet time to approve the license transfer, even if you are a provider in good standing in the state. Forest City is actually selling 12 facilities to Atria, including six on Long Island, one in Forest Hills, Queens, two in Connecticut, and one each in Westchester County, New York, Philadelphia and Florida. In addition, Atria is purchasing a thirteenth facility in Westchester County from the developer who was a co-owner with Forest City on two of the Long Island properties. Before Forest City could close on its deal with Atria, it had to buy out the interests of Hassett Belfer Senior Housing in two of the Long Island properties with a total of 222 independent living units. Allen McMurtry of CLW Health Care Services Group represented Hassett Belfer in that sale, which, based on a 100% interest, was valued at $82.8 million, or $373,000 per unit.
From what we have been able to determine from market sources, the approximate purchase price for all 13 facilities is $680 million, or about $383,700 per unit. The value of the New York metro properties is most likely above $400,000 per unit, because the Florida and Philadelphia communities combined may be worth closer to $250,000 per unit using a 6.5% cap rate. Of the 1,772 total units, 486 are assisted living and Alzheimer's and 1,286 are independent living, with a combined average monthly revenue per unit of about $5,000, which should be closer to $5,500 next year. But the average doesn't really tell the whole story, as one 158-unit independent living community on Long Island, which just opened on July 3, has studios that start at about $4,500 per month and two-bedroom units going for $11,000 to $12,000 per month. It opened with 80 reservations in place, and about 40 residents moved in during July. With that demand we would not be surprised if it filled by the end of next summer.
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Lars Isak Anders From, född 16 juni 1967 i Hörnefors församling, Västerbottens län, är en svensk politiker (socialdemokrat), uppväxt och boende i Norsjö. Sedan 1995 politiskt aktiv och förtroendevald i Norsjökommun och under åren 2006-10 Landstingspolitiker för socialdemokraterna i Västerbotten. Isak From är sedan  2010 invald som ordinarie riksdagsledamot, invald för Västerbottens läns valkrets. Han är engagerad i regionalpolitik, Klimat miljö och areella näringar, jakt och fiskefrågor.

Som nytillträdd riksdagsledamot blev From ledamot i kulturutskottet och suppleant i utbildningsutskottet. Från 2014 är han ledamot i miljö- och jordbruksutskottet och suppleant i näringsutskottet.

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Porting EPD into Neotoma, first steps…
News from the workshop (3-7/11/2017) in Göttingen, Germany
Background/History: The EPD was designed in the time before email and WWW as a Paradox database that would have a master copy on one particular computer with one person able to make changes to the database and distribute copies of it. The old system uses DOS programs to upload sites and the Paradox format itself is outdated. Discussions on how to continue with the database system started after the open meeting in 2007. At that time, our North American colleagues started to develop a database structure that could hold not only pollen data but also elements from other palaeoecological investigations (e.g. diatoms, faunal remains etc.). This platform, Neotoma, was developed as a database that would allow several people to upload and change datasets, which has many advantages, including better development of the Database. Therefore, the active EPD community with Richard Bradshaw as Chairperson made the decision to become a constituent database of Neotoma. This decision was not challenged during the 2016 open EPD meeting, where the bylaws were changed to be compatible with Neotoma. Although the EPD is formally a constituent database of Neotoma for some time now, the living database remains a Paradox version on a computer in southern France.
The process: The way to migrate the data from the EPD to Neotoma is to upload copies of individual datasets using a steward version of the Tilia program. One major obstacle for the data transfer was a long list of taxa names that were only used in Europe. Eric Grimm has now included the European taxa names and thus facilitated the migration of the database. Eric Grimm has put a copy of the EPD onto a server from which we download the data to Tilia. In the process, the MADCAP models are associated to the datasets and uploaded to Neotoma with the datasets. The process gives a good opportunity to check for inconsistencies in the data, however, the main importance now is the transfer and minor problems that cannot be fixed immediately are flagged to be solved later. We divided the pollen diagrams by country and the full list if initial assignments can be downloaded here. The minimum checking of the data before uploading includes checking the position of the site and a general scroll through the counts looking for obvious problems. The relevant citations are parsed out if the data stewards has the time. The decision that the core top is modern is made if the uncertainty that this is the case is less than 250 years. Workshop participants experimented with the down->upload process of sites and found a few problems, some of which could be solved on site while others will be addressed by Eric.
Decisions: A large number of EPD sites have made their way to Neotoma via the Global Pollen Database (GPD) prior to the year 2000. During the last 10 years datasets in the EPD were checked and errors amended (e.g. MADCAP activities), while the GPD datasets remained unchanged. We discussed pros and cons of checking for changes between the two datasets and retaining the data already in Neotoma or overwriting all EPD data with what is currently in the "living" EPD. The decision was made to take the latter choice and overwrite existing EPD data in Neotoma. The workload was divided between the participants reflecting regional knowledge. Each one has to check and move between 200 and 500 sites.
We also discussed age models for the new and old sites in the EPD and decided to continue with the "classical age models" and the star classification of uncertainties (see here), which Eric will implement into Neotoma. The reason for this choice was motivated by the fact that database applications will mainly need a single sample age. Moreover, we aim to analyse pollen accumulation rates for data sets in the EPD where that is possible and these are more robust when based on general trends for sedimentation rates rather than including sudden changes in sedimentation at a radiocarbon date. We will build Bayesian models for all data in the EPD in a second step benefiting from a review of control points and a general vetting of the age depth relationship. Simon Brewer volunteered to orchestrate the construction of new age models following the same procedure as the previous exercise: review control points -> two age models are constructed (linear and smooth spline) -> models are evaluated against the pollen diagram and limits for extrapolation set.
Oliver Heiri, representing the Alpine Pollen Database (ALPADABA), discussed with Thomas Giesecke possible future scenarios of that database. Currently most of the publicly available ALPADABA sites are already in the EPD, while the living version of that database is maintained as Paradox database in Bern. Willy Tinner decided with Oliver that there would be advantages to maintain the database in the future in Neotoma, however, since the database is supported by local funds it is necessary to maintain it as a separate entity. The easiest solution to this is for ALPADABA to become a constituent database of Neotoma, while sharing stewardship with the EPD (e.g. sites in ALPADABA can be curated by EPD stewards and vice versa).
Near Future: We hope that we will be able to complete the process of data migration by spring 2018. During this time new sites will not be uploaded to the EPD or Neotoma but made available via the internet with a link on the EPD page. If all goes to plan the downloadable version 2017-10-31 of the EPD will be the last Paradox version of the EPD and new versions will be maintained in Neotoma. However, we aim to extract an EPD only version from Neotoma at least 4 times a year and continue to exchange individual datasets with PANGAEA. The EPD will maintain its identity documented by the web page, the blog, Twitter and other community activity.
Participants: Graciela Gil Romera, Walter Finsinger, Martin Theuerkauf, Steffen Wolters, Petr Kuneš, Simon C. Brewer, Michelle Leydet, Eric Grimm, Oliver Heiri, Thomas Giesecke
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Fashion world mourns the death of Azzedine Alaïa
By Ellie Pithers 18 November 2017
The revered fashion designer was 77
The Tunisian-born couturier Azzedine Alaïa has died in Paris at the age of 77. The Sphinx-like designer, once dubbed "the King of Cling", was highly revered for his garments that moulded the body into extraordinary proportions, the product of an obsessive craftsman who bears more resemblance to a sculptor than a fashion designer.
"Azzedine Alaïa was a true visionary, and a remarkable man. He will be deeply missed by all of those who knew and loved him, as well as by the women around the world who wore his clothes," said Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful this morning. "The generosity of his spirit and genius of his designs will never be forgotten."
Born in Tunis on February 26, 1940 to wheat farmers, Alaïa was an early devotee to Vogue and cheated his way into the local Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts in Tunis to study sculpture. He noted that "when I realised I couldn't be an amazing sculptor, I changed direction" - segueing into fashion. He began assisting a dress-maker and, having built up a private client base, he moved to Paris in 1957. He soon got a job at Christian Dior, in the midst of the Algerian war, but was dismissed for having incorrect immigration papers.
From Dior he went to Guy Laroche, where he spent two seasons, then to Thierry Mugler, but a series of high-society patrons allowed him to set up his own workshop. Elegant swans such as the Comtesse of Blegiers offered him lodgings in exchange for dress-making and babysitting. Hollywood stars such as Greta Garbo and the Seventies jet-set, which included Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, came regularly for fittings.
He produced his first ready-to-wear collection in 1980, in conjunction with a move to a studio in the Marais. It was a smash hit: moulded in leather, it was as erotically charged as it was ground-breaking.
Over the years he continued to create collections to the beat of his own drum, eschewing the traditional seasonal calendars, from which he retired in 1992: "When the collection is ready, it's ready," was Alaïa's attitude. He showed a surprise couture collection in July, his first since 2011, in which Naomi Campbell made a rare catwalk appearance to rapturous reviews.
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Adam Okruaschwili (; * 1. Januar 1989) ist ein georgischer Judoka. 2015 war er Weltmeisterschaftsdritter und Europameister. 2013, 2014 und 2017 war er Europameisterschaftszweiter.

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Adam Okruaschwili kämpft im Schwergewicht, der Gewichtsklasse über 100 Kilogramm. 2011 und 2014 war er in dieser Gewichtsklasse georgischer Meister.

Okruaschwili war Zweiter der Kadetteneuropameisterschaften 2004 und Dritter der Junioreneuropameisterschaften 2005. 2007 gewann er eine Bronzemedaille bei der Universiade in Bangkok. 2009 fanden die Europameisterschaften in Tiflis statt. Okruaschwili belegte den siebten Platz, nachdem er im Viertelfinale gegen den Niederländer Grim Vuijsters verloren hatte. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2010 schied Okruaschwili sowohl im Schwergewicht gegen den Deutschen Andreas Tölzer als auch in der offenen Klasse gegen den Japaner Keiji Suzuki frühzeitig aus. Im Jahr darauf erreichte er bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2011 das Schwergewichts-Achtelfinale und unterlag dann dem Südkoreaner Kim Sung-min. Bei den Europameisterschaften 2012 unterlag er im Viertelfinale dem Litauer Marius Paškevičius und im Kampf um eine Bronzemedaille dem Polen Janusz Wojnarowicz. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 2012 in London schied er in der ersten Runde gegen Andreas Tölzer aus.

2013 erreichte Okruaschwili bei den Europameisterschaften in Budapest mit einem Sieg über den Slowenen Matjaž Ceraj das Finale, dort unterlag der 1,89 m große Georgier dem 2,03 m großen Franzosen Teddy Riner. Okruaschwili und Riner trafen auch im Halbfinale der Weltmeisterschaften in Rio de Janeiro aufeinander und erneut siegte der Franzose. Okruaschwili belegte den fünften Platz, nachdem er den Kampf um Bronze gegen den Tunesier Faicel Jaballah verloren hatte. 2014 erreichte der Georgier mit einem Halbfinalsieg über den Deutschen André Breitbarth das Finale bei den Europameisterschaften in Montpellier und gewann wie im Vorjahr Silber hinter Teddy Riner. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2014 schied Okruaschwili im Achtelfinale gegen den Niederländer Roy Meyer aus. 2015 fanden die Europameisterschaften im Rahmen der in Baku ausgetragenen Europaspiele 2015 statt. Okruaschwili bezwang im Viertelfinale seinen Landsmann Lewani Matiaschwili und im Halbfinale den Litauer Marius Paškevičius. Den Titel gewann er gegen den Israeli Or Sasson. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften in Astana bezwang er im Viertelfinale den Deutschen Sven Heinle und verlor im Halbfinale gegen den Japaner Ryū Shichinohe. Im Kampf um Bronze besiegte er den zweiten Deutschen André Breitbarth. Bei den Europameisterschaften 2016 unterlag er im Achtelfinale dem Ukrainer Oleksandr Hordijenko (). Bei den Olympischen Spielen 2016 in Rio de Janeiro verlor er wie vier Jahre zuvor seinen Auftaktkampf, diesmal gegen den Japaner Hisayoshi Harasawa.

2017 erreichte Okruaschwili mit einem Sieg über den Polen Maciej Sarnacki das Finale bei den Europameisterschaften in Warschau. In einem rein georgischen Finale unterlag er dem sechs Jahre jüngeren Guram Tuschischwili. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2017 belegte Okruaschwili nach einer Viertelfinalniederlage gegen den Ungarn Barna Bor den siebten Platz. In den Jahren 2018 und 2019 nahm Okruaschwili nicht an internationalen Meisterschaften teil, kämpfte aber bei Grand-Prix-Turnieren.

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Q: Assigning random integer to selected rows within certain range I want to assign an integer to a set of rows in a MySQL Database table.  I want the integer to be unique for each row from 1 to the number of rows in the table.  So if there are twenty rows matching specific criteria in the table I want to assign them each a number between 1 and 20 so that if selected by this number they will be returned randomly and not in the order they were entered.
Can anybody recommend a solution for this?
Thanks,
Mick

A: There's a naive way to solve this and also a very cool and efficient way to solve this.
The naive way would be to make a list in memory of 0-20, shuffle it using a random number generator, and store the results back in the table.
The better way involves something called format preserving encryption, which is used in the real world for things like generating a new, cryptographically secure "random" credit card number and being garaunteed that the number hasn't been used before.
Basically using format preserving encryption, you'd transform each value 0-N into a new number that will also be 0-N using cryptographic techniques.  Due to the nature of encryption (mainly, that its reversible) you are guaranteed to not get duplicates (unlike a hash function). This gets to be amazingly more efficient than actually shuffling when N gets very large.
I suggest reading up on the topic.  In case it helps, check out my blog post on the subject:  http://blog.demofox.org/2013/07/06/fast-lightweight-random-shuffle-functionality-fixed/

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Preleukemia is defined as a hematological disorder preceding the clinical recognition of leukemia. Up to now, some cases of preleukemia have reported. However, systematic studies on preleukemia have been rare. This paper describes clinical data of 62 cases of preleukemia in Japan, which may be summarized as follows. 1. Hypoplastic anemia-like hematological disorder (hypoplastic preleukemic stage) was the most frequent type among various preleukemic disorders (41 of 62 cases). Secondly, dyserythropoietic conditions, including pernicious anemia and sideroblastic anemia, were seen in preleukemic disorders (8 of 62 cases). 2. Preleukemia tended to occur in rather elderly males. This tendency was also recognized in hypoplastic preleukemic cases. 3. Preleukemic stages tended to persist for a relatively long period and survival times from the point of diagnosis of leukemia were relatively short. 4. Fifty-one of 62 cases terminated into acute lekemia, of which 31 cases were acute myelocytic leukemia, 7 cases monocytic leukemia, 5 cases acute lymphocytic leukemia, 2 cases acute erythroleukemia, 6 cases unknown type. Chronic leukemia was seen only in 6 cases of 62 cases and they were all myelocytic. Particularly, all hypoplastic preleukemic cases, excluding 4 unknown cases, terminated into acute leukemia. 5. The appearance of erythroblasts in the peripheral blood, a slight increase of myeloblasts and a relative erythroid hyperplasia in the bone marrow were noted at the hypoplastic preleukemic stage. On the other hand, some of hypolastic preleukemic cases tended to show aleukemic finding and hypocellular marrow at the time of diagnosis of leukemia.


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