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Legislative Update April 23, 2019
SB28/HB37
Creates the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia advisory council.
Sen. Crowe, Rusty , Rep. Whitson, Sam
Creates the state Alzheimer's disease and related dementia advisory council and specifies membership of council and terms of members. Specifies that the council is attached to the commission on aging and disability for administrative purposes. Requires the council to develop and submit an Alzheimer's disease state plan to the general assembly that identifies barriers to Alzheimer's disease care, analyzes service utilization data, and includes recommendations, metrics, and best practices to address gaps in service no later than January 15, 2020.
Amendment Summary:
House Health Committee amendment 1 adds the Tennessee Association for Home Care and the Tennessee Nurses Association to the list of groups who may submit qualified nominees to be appointed to the Council. Deletes language of the printed bill that authorized private citizen members of the Council be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for attending meetings. Deletes requirement that members of the Council attend at least 50 percent of all meetings. Specifies the legislative committees to which the annual report must be submitted.
Fiscal Note:
Increase State Expenditures - $6,100
Senate Status:
04/01/19 - Senate passed with amendment 1.
House Status:
04/18/19 - Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee 04/23/19. (The small fiscal note is not expected to be a problem in terms of ultimate passage.)
SB199/HB249
Creates elder abuse task force.
Sen. Briggs, Richard , Rep. Carr, Dale
Creates elder abuse task force charged with examining the current state of financial elder abuse, determining its economic and human impact, and developing recommendations to address problems associated with financial exploitation of the elderly. The task force will consist of 12 members, appointed by the health and financial commissioners, speakers of the legislative houses, district attorney, and TBI, as well as representatives from health and banking associations. The task force will submit its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly no later than January 15, 2021.
House amendment 1 deletes and rewrites all language after the enacting clause such that the only substantive change is removing the legislative members from the taskforce.
03/18/19 - Senate passed.
03/14/19 - House passed with amendment 1.
Executive Status:
04/15/19 - Enacted as Public Chapter 0135 effective April 9, 2019.
SB232/HB57
Registration exemptions for charitable organizations.
Sen. Lundberg, Jon , Rep. Hulsey, Bud
Increases from over $30,000 to over $50,000 the amount of gross contributions that must be raised or received from the public by a charitable organization in order to trigger registration and reporting requirements with the secretary of state.
(Dated February 9, 2019) Decrease State Revenue - $46,000/Secretary of State
03/14/19 - House passed.
04/15/19 - Enacted as Public Chapter 0132 effective July 1, 2019.
Exemptions for certain non-profits.
Sen. Stevens, John , Rep. Cepicky, Scott
Authorizes property tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities that occupy and use real property owned by another tax-exempt institution, including property occupied by an exempt institution that originated as part of a single exempt institution and continues to use the property for the same purpose or property occupied and actually used by the U.S. government, the state, or any agency or political subdivision of the state. Makes other revisions related to property tax exemptions for nonprofit entities.
04/18/19 - Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee 04/23/19.
Establishes a new TennCare eligibility category for children.
Sen. Roberts, Kerry , Rep. Whitson, Sam
Senate Commerce & Labor Committee amendment 1, House Insurance Committee amendment 1 establishes the Katie Beckett program to provide a Medicaid services eligibility pathway by waiving the parents' income and resources requirements for children under 18 years of age and with medical needs that result in severe functional limitations, would qualify for institutionalization in an acute care hospital, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility, and are likely to last at least 12 months or result in death provided they are not receiving benefits from any alternative waiver, would otherwise qualify for supplemental security income but for the income or resources of the parent, and for whom the cost of care outside of the institution does not exceed the estimated Medicare cost of appropriate institutional care. Requires the Katie Beckett program to provide an integrated program which provides such children, funding permitted, respite care, care coordination, medically necessary care and supporting services.
This important bill seems to have a chance to pass. It has strong bipartisan support even though it expands Medicaid. In spite of a fiscal note indicating no significant cost, the bill as amended apparently has a revised fiscal note and would cost the state around $27,000,000. Still, it has strong support and may pass. Funding was not included in Governor Lee's supplemental budget, but there could be a big push to include this proposed program in legislative budget decision-making.
04/17/19 - Set for Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee 04/23/19.
Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Sen. Yarbro, Jeff , Rep. Shaw, Johnny
Defines reasonable accommodations in respect to employees who are pregnant. Declares that an employer is not required to construct a permanent, dedicated space for pressing milk. Establishes what an employer is not required to do unless the same accommodations are made for other employees including creating a light duty position and compensate an employee for more frequent or longer break periods. Declares it to be discriminatory based on sex for an employer to fail to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees, require an employee to take leave if a reasonable accommodation can be made, and take adverse action against an employee for requesting reasonable accommodations. This bill will not pass this year.
House Employee Affairs Subcommittee amendment 1 requires the department of labor and workforce development to provide online educational materials explaining existing employer responsibilities, under both federal and state law, and all rights of employees who have a pregnancy-related health condition. The attorney general must investigate complaints related to the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act or Americans with Disabilities Act and annually report finding to the general assembly and the governor.
02/07/19 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee.
03/25/19 - Taken off notice in House Consumer & Human Resources Committee.
TN Education Savings Accounts Act (ESA) also referred to as the voucher bill
Sen. Johnson, Jack , Rep. Lamberth, William
This bill has seen a huge number of changes as the House and Senate have adopted many amendments. I will not attempt to summarize here. The two bodies have very different amendments at this point as supporters seek a way to find a bill that will pass by keeping the program out of counties that don't want it. The Senate version is now down to two counties, Davidson and Shelby. The overwhelming majority of legislators representing those two counties don't want it either, but they do not have veto power if the rest of the General Assembly decide to go that way.
04/18/19 - Set for House Floor for 04/23/19.
Public Charter Schools Act revision creating state charter school commission.
Senate amendment 6 (007867) adds language to require that a majority of the Commission members must reside within the geographic boundary of an LEA in which at least one public charter school operates. House amendment 3 (007750) revises various provisions of the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002, including the following: (1) This amendment creates a nine-member public charter school commission, which will serve as an appellate charter school authorizer and as the LEA for any public charter school that it authorizes.
04/18/19 - Senate passed with amendment 6 (007867), which adds language to require that a majority of the Commission members must reside within the geographic boundary of an LEA in which at least one public charter school operates.
04/18/19 - House concurred in Senate amendment 6..
04/18/19 - Sent to the speakers for signatures.
SB1407/HB658
Limits authority of community oversight board.
Sen. Bell, Mike , Rep. Curcio, Michael
Limits the authority of a community oversight board to the review and consideration of matters reported to the board and the issuance of advisory reports and recommendations to the duly elected or appointed officials of the agencies involved in public safety and the administration of justice within the jurisdiction for which the community oversight board is established. Specifies that a community oversight board does not have the power to issue subpoenas for documents or to compel witness testimony. Requires any employee or member of a community oversight board to be a registered voter of the jurisdiction for which the community oversight board is established. Specifies other requirements for a community oversight board.
After the House and Senate passed conflicting amendments regarding subpoena power, a conference committee and subsequently the House and Senate settled on allowing oversight boards to request subpoenas but required the local legislative body to approve.
04/18/19 - Senate adopted conference committee report (008273).
04/17/19 - House adopted conference committee report (008273).
B1428/HB1280
Medicaid Block Grant Mandate
Sen. Bailey, Paul , Rep. Hill, Timothy
Requires the governor acting through the commissioner of finance and administration to submit to the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services a waiver amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver, or to submit a new waiver in order to provide medical assistance to the TennCare II waiver population by means of a block grant no later than 180 days (amended from 120) after the effective date of this act. Orders the block grant to convert the federal share of all medical assistance funding into an allotment that is tailored to meet the needs of the state and that is indexed for inflation and population growth. This approach has
04/17/19 - Set for Senate Health & Welfare Committee 04/23/19.
04/11/19 - House passed with amendment 1 (004786).
HJR54
Opportunities for mentorships and apprenticeships for students.
Rep. Sparks, Mike
Encourages schools, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based organizations to increase opportunities for mentorships and apprenticeships for students.
(Dated February 21, 2019) NOT SIGNIFICANT
04/17/19 - House adopted.
Constitutional amendment - annual charitable gaming events.
Rep. Faison, Jeremy
Amends Article XI, Section 5 of the state constitution to increase, from one to two, the number of charitable gaming events that a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organization may conduct for the benefit of the organization per year with the approval of two-thirds of each house of the general assembly.
01/30/19 - Referred to House Department & Agencies Subcommittee.


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Boca Juniors 2×1 Unión Española: Late Silva header saves Boca's blushes
In my opinion, what makes the Copa Libertadores such an intriguing tournament is the constant clash of styles from around this fascinating continent. In Europe, the playing style is, on the whole, rather homogenised. For example in this season's Champions League group stages, Group F comprised of Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Olympiakos and Olympique Marseille, four teams that play very similar styles in the popular 4-2-3-1 formation.
In the Libertadores though, tactical variation is alive and well. In fact, it is very rare for a Copa Libertadores match to include two teams from different countries playing the same formation.
Wednesday's Last 16 tie was no different, with brave Chileans Unión Española facing Boca Juniors in La Bombonera. Still as one of the favourites to win the tournament, Boca went into the match in their usual 4-3-1-2 formation, hoping to open up a nice advantage at home in the first leg.
Unión Española have been one of the most interesting sides to watch in this year's Libertadores so far. They stormed to top spot in Group 3, with an effective mix of fitness, speed and creativity.
Unión play a 4-3-3 formation, something not seen terribly often in South America, with Gonzalo Villagra as the holding defensive midfielder and the classy duo of Braulio Leal and Mauro Diaz on either side of him, sharing the creative workload.
Unión's inverse wingers
What was interesting about Unión Española's formation was their decision to play with two 'inverse wingers' – that is, wingers playing on the opposite flank to that of their strongest foot. The left-footed Fernando Cordero played on the right, while right-footed Sebastián Jaime started on the left.
The main aim of such a tactic was to occupy Boca Juniors' full-backs Clemente Rodríguez and Franco Sosa, two players whose forward runs are key to Boca's attacking proficiency. Moreover, it also helped narrow the play, which was favourable to Unión as even though Boca's 4-3-1-2 encourages possession to be focused in the middle of the field, it is their ability to stretch the play at any given moment that makes them so threatening going forward.
In an attempt to remedy this, Boca coach Julio César Falcioni encouraged his carrileros (particularly Walter Erviti on the left) to push slightly wider when attacking. This did help them slightly, but they appeared to be lacking the threat of someone like Pablo Mouche who, despite his inconsistent final ball, is crucial to creating gaps in opposition defences with his incisive runs into the channels.
Boca take the lead
Despite Unión Española's minor tactical 'victories' in the first half, it was Boca Juniors that scored the game's opening goal after 25 minutes through their evergreen enganche Juan Román Riquelme.
In a move that perhaps justified Unión's decision to play with inverted wingers, Boca's left-back Clemente Rodríguez was found unmarked high on the flank by a glorious square pass from Pablo Ledesma, before delivering a cross which fell to the unmarked Riquelme to score.
Although the goal may have appeared to have come as the result of some sort of frailty in the Unión defence, it was in fact due a very risky gamble from Boca Juniors. Clemente Rodríguez on the left appeared to throw all caution to the wind, marching forward into attack, and if Boca hadn't come away with a goal, he would have been left terribly exposed on the counter-attack.
Unión draw level
Going into the second half, Unión improved their possession play by working some tight passing triangles in the middle of the field and gradually bringing their full-backs forward to attack. It may have taken them slightly longer than they had hoped, but after a 15-minute period of sustained pressure and possession they managed to score an equaliser on the 72nd minute.
The goal itself came as a result of Unión's inverted winger tactic, with Argentine winger Sebastián Jaime darting infield from the left touchline to latch on to a slack clearance from Boca's Sosa, before finishing well with his dominant right foot.
Falcioni introduces Mouche
Not long before Unión Española's equaliser, perhaps noticing what I mentioned earlier, Falcioni resolved to bring Pablo Mouche off the bench and into the fray, replacing the visibly frustrated Dário Cvitanich in attack.
Mouche was deployed high up the field, playing on the shoulder of the Unión centre-backs, while Santiago Silva tucked in behind him looking to provide flick-ons and generally hold up play.
Mouche also tended to drift out to the right, trying to go one-on-one with Unión's left-back Leonel Mena, who was carrying a yellow card and having an altogether poor match. The 24-year old's movement improved Boca almost instantly, throwing Unión's back line into disarray and opening up gaps for Silva and Boca's midfielders to exploit.
Boca control and steal the winner
In the ten minutes that followed Unión's equalising goal, Boca were completely dominant and mustered several good attempts on goal, including an Erviti shot that came back off the upright and Silva heading wide from a Mouche cross (a sign of things to come…).
The home side attempted to stretch their opponents further, bringing on energetic midfielder Juan Sánchez Miño in place of the tiring Cristián Erbes. Sánchez Miño took Erviti's role on the left of midfield, adding fresh legs and another useful left foot to further open up the play.
Unión meanwhile – content with their away goal – started to retreat into defence, bringing their wingers back into midfield and defending in a 4-1-4-1 shape. This allowed the Boca Juniors full-backs to wander forward across the half-way line, and for the remainder of the match the home side were in complete control.
Boca grabbed the winning goal right on 90 minutes through a Santiago Silva header. The move started with Riquelme picking out an intelligent cross-field run from Mouche, who delivered a lovely left-footed cross into the area, which was met by a crashing header from 'el Tanque'. With the goal coming just before full-time, Unión Española didn't have time to rally a reply, but there was still time for Uruguayan Diego Scotti to be sent off for a vicious kick on Riquelme.
Although Boca Juniors were certainly relieved to come away with the win against a tricky Unión Española side, it is a very fragile lead to try to protect in the second leg away in Santiago.
Unión have been an interesting side to watch in this year's Copa Libertadores, as even though the attacking 4-3-3 is so popular in the European game, it is still rarely seen in South America. The biggest clubs (especially Brazilian sides) often have real problems when facing three attackers and Boca, whose attack relies heavily on support from their full-backs, in fact did very well to improvise and pick holes in their Chilean opponents.
Header image: Damián Schiavone
Posted on May 7, 2012 November 4, 2012 Author Euan MarshallCategories Continental, Copa Libertadores, Match analysisTags 4-3-1-2, 4-3-1-2 vs 4-3-3, 4-3-3, Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores, enganche, inverse wingers, Julio César Falcioni, Pablo Mouche, Unión Española
3 thoughts on "Boca Juniors 2×1 Unión Española: Late Silva header saves Boca's blushes"
ali mclauchlan says:
Excellent coverage of the game…really in-depth
hoping to do the same soon
http://footballintheclouds.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/copa-libertadores-1st-leg-last-16-deportivo-quito-shine-6/
ilikefootballme says:
Thanks Ali. Had a look at your post there, was a really wild game in Quito!
yeah, Quito really surprised me. Unfortunately, i had to teach despite being 500 metres from the Atahaulpa. I got to El Nacional vs LDU Quito yesterday and plan to hit all the other teams/stadiums in the coming weeks.
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Vocational Education courses are vitally important to so many students from Years 9-12. Providing more opportunities for students to undertake school-based VET courses is a strong priority for Sydney Catholic schools.
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I did complain and they replied that they hadn't fixed the transmission time. Can't believe schedules aren't set up weeks in advance, and why advertise without info?
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Chelsea lost Sarri's first game in charge, August's Community Shield with Manchester City, before embarking on an 18-match unbeaten run.
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Prussian Army in the Second Schleswig War
Coming into 1863, the conflict between Prussia and Denmark had been escalating for quite some time. The main issue was about the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Although the population was dominantly German in these regions, they were the territories of the Kingdom of Denmark at the time. As the first step towards the German Unification, Bismarck wanted to "liberate" the Germans in the area and annex them. It wasn't, however, such an easy task to do so as the British had been backing and supporting Denmark against the Germans for a long time. They wanted to contain German influence in the Baltics by keeping Denmark as a strong regional power.
To circumvent the British threat, Bismarck applied his Realpolitik diplomacy as always: He used the Polish rebellion of 1863 to alienate Russia from Western great powers. Russia became diplomatically outcast in a short time and was only encouraged by Prussia. Thus, these two nations created an informal alliance. Bismarck now could wage war against Denmark as he wished, since the British wouldn't take the risk of fighting against an alliance of Prussia and Russia. Still, the British never officially withdrew their support from Denmark. Confident with the supposed British support, Denmark refused to back up against Prussia. This caused the entire German Confederation, including Austria, to side with Prussia in the quest to liberate the Germans in the area.
On 19 February 1964, Prussia and Austria declared war on Denmark. The British immediately asked both the French and the Russians to intervene but both sides rejected. Fearing of a diplomatic isolation, the British refrained from intervening as well. At the start of the war, the German side had the absolute superiority in manpower and cannons. After a few small battles in the Schleswig-Holstein region, the Danish Army was forced to retreat all the way to Dybbøl. The amount of territory Denmark gave up without fighting was huge and the retreat wasn't well-organized either. It cost many casualties among the army. Prussian Army reached Dybbøl in mid-April and stormed the Danish positions. The outcome was a clear and decisive Prussian victory. The swift victories of the Germans was so alarming to Brits that they called for a conference in London with the participation of Prussia, Austria, Denmark, Russia and France.
London Conference lasted until June and as no one wanted to face up directly against a unified German coalition, all sides remained neutral. From April to June, during the entire Conference, the war was ceased and Germans didn't advance further into Denmark. As the Conference ended on 22 June without a proper conclusion, Prussia and Austria made an agreement to completely separate the German Duchies from Denmark. On 29 June, Germans caught the Danish forces and defeated them once again at the Battle of Als. In July, Prussians managed to invade almost the entire Jutland region of Denmark. It became quite clear that the war was lost. King of Denmark renounced all his claims and rights from the German duchies at the beginning of August and accepted peace negotiations.
With the Treaty of Vienna, on 30 October 1864, Denmark officially ceded Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. The future of these duchies later became a big problem between Prussia and Austria. Initially, Schleswig was annexed by Prussia and Holstein was annexed by Austria. Lauenburg was purchased by the Prussians from Austria. Yet the power dynamics within German Confederation and the conflict of German Dualism was forcing its limits. In 2 years' time, these two sides fought another bloody battle but this time between themselves and shaped the destiny of Germany forever.
For Prussia, this was the first war since the reorganization. The army and military staff definitely proved capable and showed signs of their future glorious victories. The Second Schleswig War is considered the first step to the Unification of Germany, which was concluded in 1871 with the coronation of Wilhelm as the German Kaiser. Prussia gained confidence, proved effective both diplomatically and militarily, while gaining a vast amount of territory and population. The next decade brought even more glory and fame to Prussia and Prussian Army.
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Q: How to translate pivot values with laravel-translatable? I just started using laravel-translatable  package from dimsav which enables to set and retrieve translated strings from the database using Eloquent models. It works great but I still have trouble translating pivot values from belongsToMany relationships.
I have a model called Combination defined as shown below:
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Combination extends Model {
   public function product() {
      return $this->belongsTo('App\Product');
   }

   public function product_attributes() {
      return $this->belongsToMany('App\Attribute')->withPivot('value');
   }
}

Here is my Attribute model:
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;

class Attribute extends Model {
   use Translatable;

   public $translatedAttributes = ['name'];
}

class AttributeTranslation extends Model {
   public $timestamps = false;
   protected $fillable = ['name'];
}

For instance, I have a Product called "T-Shirt" with two Attributes:

*

*Color

*Size
This Product has two combinations:

*

*Black / M

*Black / L
These values are stored as pivot values in an intermediate table called attribute_combination like this:
+--------------+----------------+-------+
| attribute_id | combination_id | value |
|--------------+----------------+-------|
| 1            | 1              | Black |
| 2            | 1              | M     |
| 1            | 2              | Black |
| 2            | 2              | L     |
+--------------+----------------+-------+

I have no problem retrieving the translated attribute's name using $attribute->name but I can't find a way to retrieve the translated pivot values. I tried to create a table called attribute_combination_translations and its AttributeCombination model as shown below but it does not work.
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;

class AttributeCombination extends Model {
   use Translatable;

   protected $table = 'attribute_combination';
   public $translatedAttributes = ['value'];
}

class AttributeCombinationTranslation extends Model {
   public $timestamps = false;
   protected $fillable = ['value'];
}

Maybe anyone using this package could help me get through this?

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Hand massages are an enjoyable instant activity for senior residents at all levels. They are an easy, inexpensive and great way to help residents feel loved and calm. They can even help ease some behavior associated with dementia. Physical touching is very important to wellbeing and is a fundamental human need. Many persons with dementia struggle to express themselves verbally.
Most forms of communication are non-verbal. Finding ways to communicate with persons in your care is a vital part of improving their quality of life. As caregivers, therapeutic touching is one of the most important and underutilized tools available at all times. The following are some tips that help make the most of a soothing, therapeutic hand massage activity.
Have a room or area designated for your hand massage activity. Play calming and soothing music to help create a relaxing environment.
Get a large container or caddy to keep all your supplies together.
Ask your resident to sit in a comfortable position where they are able to rest their arm and relax. You may want to have them rest their hand on a rolled towel for extra support. Because elderly people have fragile skin be very gentle.
Offer your resident water, juice, tea or decaf coffee.
Warm the lotion in your hands and add one drop of the lavender oil blend to the lotion. Use lavender oil that is pre-mixed in carrier oil, like jojoba oil. This makes it gentler on the skin. These blends are available at most stores that sell essential oils.
Start by using your thumbs to push gently on the palms in upward strokes.
Massage gently around the wrist bones, knuckles and fingertips.
Use your thumbs in a circular motion on the inside of the palm.
Hand massages should last from 3 to 10 minutes depending on the resident's preferences, number of participants and amount of time you have for this activity.
Make sure you know your resident's preferences and specific needs. Some people have allergies or don't like certain fragrances. Some simply do not like to be touched. Invite these folks to sit and chat with you anyway!
Tending to the person's nails after a hand massage is a great time to preserve dignity and assist with hygiene.
Some residents may also enjoy having their nails painted. It is an easy way to make female residents feel glamorous.
Gather a few residents at a table to have a manicure pampering session.
Have at least three choices of quick dry nail polish colors, including a natural or clear tone.
Use a manicure stick to clean under and around the fingernails. Gently file the nails and clip, if needed.
Make sure to check with the nursing department before clipping a resident's nails, especially if the person is diabetic.
Hand massages are a rapid and simple activity that brings many lasting benefits. It can be an activity that is done daily, with a group, or one-on-one. It provides an opportunity to bond and communicate with residents with a therapeutic touch. They enjoy being pampered… and they deserve it!
Remington, Ruth, "Calming music and hand massage with agitated elderly" (1999). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9920645.


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Electric Banana – unpeeled!
12 September 2016 Martin Ruddock Music 1
❉ Martin Ruddock presents an indepth look at proto-punk miscreants The Pretty Things' moonlighting activities as Electric Banana
In mid-1967, The Pretty Things were in the doldrums. They'd enjoyed some success with their brand of feral R&B, but the last 18 months had been a mess of arrests, court cases, deportations, and they had lost three band members due to drugs, alcohol, and general burn-out.
In the studio they'd initially flourished, as their early bluesy style mutated into a hard-as-nails garage punk sound, but the hits dried up and pop music became increasingly florid and sophisticated around them. The three remaining members, singer Phil May, guitarist Dick Taylor, and drummer Skip Allen completed their third, proto-psychedelic, LP for Fontana, Emotions, as a contractual obligation. After Emotions quietly flopped, they swiftly disowned the album, and the band found themselves in the market for a record contract shortly.
It's at this point that the broke Pretties, skint and disillusioned, received an offer they couldn't really refuse, reduced to posing as a different band entirely as a sideline to pay the rent.
"De Wolfe Music approached us and asked if we'd be interested in making an album of music for their library", Dick Taylor told Drowned in Sound in 2016. "Basically they licence music for films and television shows, so we had to do it under a different guise. Once we started doing it we made quite a few albums for De Wolfe."
"De Wolfe Music approached us and asked if we'd be interested in making an album of music for their library"
Thus, Electric Banana was born. As a money-making scheme, it seemed a sure thing. The pseudonym gave the band plausible deniability, and the records were only issued for licensed use on film and TV, therefore unlikely to trouble the charts. All the band needed do was keep it under wraps, once they signed another record deal, and make sure neither the new label or De Wolfe found out about each other.
The Pretties set to work, recording tracks for De Wolfe, producing themselves, but saving their preferred material for the road. De Wolfe released Electric Banana in mid-1967. It was a fairly undistinguished effort, except for the garage-ballad If I Needed Somebody, but as a bit of moonlighting, it paid the rent.
With the Electric Banana album in the can, the Pretties returned to work on their own, increasingly fried, material. Emboldened by self-producing the DeWolfe material, the band's sound mutated even further, concocting the dark-eyed, episodic Defecting Grey in a demo studio as a calling card to tout around prospective labels.
The Pretties ultimately signed to EMI, after Pink Floyd producer Norman Smith showed an interest in working with them, and the Pretties began work on their opus, the early rock opera S.F. Sorrow. They had creative control and all the studio time they wanted, with an enthusiastic, gifted producer. But it was a poor deal, and the band was still heavily in debt.
"Some people say 'Why did we sign to EMI for two-and-a-half-grand?' You know? A shitty advance and shitty money?" May told Louder Than War in 2015. "We signed to Abbey Road and Norman Smith! EMI didn't even come into the equation! Unlimited studio time. The money wasn't important. It was totally creative and selfish in some ways but because we felt we had something to say…"
The sessions for S.F. Sorrow were drawn out, and the pace of touring and maintaining two parallel recording careers was intense, but necessary to survive as a band. "We'd go away and do four days work for De Wolfe in Germany, then come back and spend four days on S.F. Sorrow. This went on for the best part of a year", May told Drowned in Sound.
"We signed to Abbey Road and Norman Smith! EMI didn't even come into the equation! Unlimited studio time. The money wasn't important. It was totally creative and selfish in some ways but because we felt we had something to say…"
Another two Electric Banana albums were recorded during S.F. Sorrow's gestation. More Electric Banana (1968) was a tougher, rockier offering. To disguise themselves further, the Pretties began to mix up the lead vocals, an innovation that would find its way onto their official albums. The lines between the Pretty Things and their shadowy alter ego began to blur with the inclusion of an early version of I See You, later re-recorded for S.F. Sorrow.
"It was a good way to try something out", May told Richie Unterberger in 2000. "It's only when some kids who worked at the company started selling them out the back door that that whole thing blew. The kids got sharp and started getting a good trade. They were doing like 50 copies a week up in Camden Market. We were under contract to people. We could have gotten sued."
"The kids got sharp and started getting a good trade. They were doing like 50 copies a week up in Camden Market. We were under contract to people. We could have gotten sued."
To be fair on the kids running the backdoor trade on Electric Banana records, the Pretties didn't exactly keep a low profile. They likely drew attention to themselves by re-using I See You on S.F. Sorrow, and risked their necks again when it came to making their last, and best, De Wolfe album of the 60s, Even More Electric Banana (1968). Uniquely, all the songs form a soundtrack album of sorts, to the low-rent Norman Wisdom vehicle, What's Good For the Goose? (1969).
The film stars Wisdom as a middle-aged banker who falls for Sally Geeson's pretty young student and 'drops out'. At one point he meets her at a 'Mod Discotheque', where the Pretties take the Electric Banana facade one step further by actually appearing as the house band.
The whole album, bar the title track, is energised heavy psychedelia, smeared with vicious fuzz and wah-wah, with apocalyptic lyrics to match. Tracks like It'll Never Be Me (later the soundtrack to Jo Grant's engagement party, Doctor Who fans) were arguably too good to throw away on De Wolfe and a bad Norman Wisdom film.
The band seem to have come to the same conclusion, as they soon began to claw back the Electric Banana material for their own use. With S.F. Sorrow finally out, they toured the album in early 1969. The album wasn't selling well, but EMI had greenlit a follow-up, so the Pretties put De Wolfe on the back burner to work on what would become Parachute (1970), losing founding guitarist Taylor in the process.
The Pretty Things would continue to fight, self-destruct, split up, tour, and make albums throughout the 1970s, before reforming for good in the 80s. They also continued to record Electric Banana albums for De Wolfe throughout the 70s, tracks from which would grace many a low budget horror or soft-porn film. Their fortunes as a band finally began to improve in the 1990s, first winning back control of their back catalogue, then experiencing a critical rebirth as S.F. Sorrow was discovered by a new audience. They're still out there, gigging and recording, over fifty years on.
Ironically, the only part of their catalogue that they've never wrested control over is the Electric Banana albums, for which De Wolfe still stubbornly cling to the rights. Periodically, the albums are compiled and reissued, but are currently out of print. A well-hidden selection of Electric Banana tracks can be found spread across the discs of The Rubble Collection Vol.11-20.
Ironically, despite not owning these albums, the Pretty Things managed something remarkable. They became another band, but didn't do a good job of hiding it. They signed another contract, which they flouted. But most remarkable of all, they got away with it. Keep 'em peeled.
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'Another Missed Chance': Three takeaways from the Brewers-Royals series
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The Royals are 21-29 after their most recent dominance of the Tigers at Comerica Park on Wednesday evening. The Royals win was mostly thanks to Brady Singer, who is showing the AL Central that he may be a pitcher to be feared in the near future. Despite the positive end to the two-game series and… Read More Will the Royals shake up the coaching staff this off-season?
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There was a certain amount of intrigue generated in Kansas City when the Royals signed Matt Harvey this season. After all, nobody is more symbolic from the Mets in the 2015 World Series than the "Dark Knight", who famously asked to stay in the game in the ninth, only to give up a run, which… Read More Is the Matt Harvey experiment in Kansas City already over?
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Doz is back…and that could have an effect on Starling and Gordo going forward
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At this point, the Royals need to "fully embrace" the rebuild (but will they?)
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Don't count out Franco or Phillips just yet
The Royals are only four games into the season (and they are 2-2 after a huge 14-6 win over the Tigers on Monday). But from early results, it appears that this season is going to push field and general managers to the brink when it comes to decision-making. In typical seasons, baseball fans are used… Read More Don't count out Franco or Phillips just yet
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It's hard to be optimistic about the 2020 outlook after the Royals lost their opening series to the Cleveland Indians two games to one. Yes, the Indians were the better and more favored team in the pre-season, so the idea that the Royals would win this series, on the road nonetheless, seemed like quite a… Read More Matheny has decisions to make on Royals bullpen after Indians series
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Sept. 17th, 2013: Ventura makes his debut for the Royals
On September 17th, 2013, the Kansas City Royals hosted the Cleveland Indians at Kauffman Stadium in a key late-season AL Central contest. Coming off a 72-win season in 2012, and nine straight losing seasons since an 83-79 mark in 2003, the Royals came into the game against the Indians 79-71. The Royals were eight games… Read More Sept. 17th, 2013: Ventura makes his debut for the Royals
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Remembering 1981, the Royals' "other" shortened season (and what it could mean for 2020)
After months of waiting, it seems like things are getting clearer for Major League Baseball when it comes to when play will resume. In the Tweet below, the Athletic's Ken Rosenthal outlined MLB's potential plan, which they hope will be agreed upon with the MLBPA sometime this week. Some of the details listed in Rosenthal's… Read More Remembering 1981, the Royals' "other" shortened season (and what it could mean for 2020)
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There are no two ways about it: Jo Packham is a creative catalyzer. She's thrived as a book and magazine publisher for more than 35 years, championing countless women who make the world more wonderful through their art and businesses. And even with so much on her plate, Jo is always professional, upbeat, and supportive every time we talk.
I can't say enough good things about her, which is why it was such an honor when Jo asked to run a story about our Carnival adventure in her flagship magazine, Where Women Create. The spring 2015 issue has six luscious pages of photos and a narrative of our journey to Venice last spring.
Beyond the thrill of reliving that magical trip, I love leafing through the rest of the issue and reading about other women's creative triumphs. This kind of sharing creates a social space that's easy to forget about when we're focused on our own worlds. Each of us is doing our own thing, but what Where Women Create reminds me is that we all have the chance to lift each other up by sharing ideas and rubbing elbows, whether we're all sat at a party in Venice or side by side in the pages of such a fantastic magazine. Thank you, Jo!
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But a circuit breaker isn't just a piece of your home's power delivery system for you to trip off and flip on. A circuit breaker's primary function is as a safety device. It's cuts power in the house if too much current flows through your wiring at any one time. So, it's important to check the circuit breaker even when power seems to be flowing just fine to ensure the breaker is in good shape. It is recommended that you check your panel every three months or so to keep your wires and your family safe.
If you've tripped a circuit, use the following information to guide you through a full inspection to get your system up and running again.
First, make sure the breaker hasn't just tripped. If any of the switches are in the OFF position, just switch them back to the ON position. If this solves the problem, the breaker works fine. If not, you have to perform more tests to see what the problem is.
Switch the breaker completely to the OFF position, then move it back to the ON position. If it doesn't stay on or there is a humming sound when you switch it on, pull the wire out of the circuit breaker and repeat. If this is the case, there is likely a problem with the wiring.
Remove the wire from the breaker. Test the active breaker with the voltmeter. If there is voltage, the breaker works fine, meaning your problem is with the panel, and you will probably have to replace it. If there is no voltage, the problem probably lies in the breaker itself.
Use the Wiggin's Tester attached between the screw and a ground in the panel. If the tester doesn't run, it means that the breaker is faulty and should be replaced.
Another way to test the breaker to see if it is bad is to move its wire to another breaker to see if it still works. This is the simplest and most effective test. You must ensure that both breakers are off when moving the wire, then turn the new breaker on. If the new breaker still has a problem, this means the wiring is faulty. If the new breaker works fine, this means that the previous breaker had the problem.
One final test you can do is to test it with an Ohm-meter. To do this, first turn the breaker off, then remove it, turn it back on, and use the ohm-meter to check between its screw and bus clip. If there is a reading above 5 ohms, this means that the breaker is faulty and must be replaced.


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Jonathan Spalter
Chairman, Board of Advisors
Mobile Future
Jonathan Spalter Chairman, Board of Advisors Mobile Future Jonathan Spalter has a long track record building and leading innovative media, technology, and research companies in the U.S, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. He founded the independent investment research company, Public Insight, and was CEO of Snocap, the digital music licensing and company founded by the creators of Napster. Spalter has also held senior management roles at the Paris headquarters of Vivendi Universal, the global media, telecommunications, and entertainment group. He was senior vice president of the company's public policy team worldwide, and also served as executive vice president of business development and strategy for Vivendi Universal Net, and CEO of company affiliate Atmedica Worldwide. Spalter has also been a principal at Dewey Square Group, a Washington-based grassroots marketing firm. During the Clinton/Gore Administration, Spalter was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the position of associate director to the US Information Agency, where he also was appointed chief information officer. He also served in the White House as the director of public affairs for the National Security Council staff, and chief international affairs spokesman and speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. He also co-founded and chaired the non-profit animation studio Climate Cartoons, which produces media content about global warming. One of its productions, "Big Fun with Global Warming," recently won the Emmy Award for National Public Service Announcements/Broadband. Early in his career, Spalter held various production and editorial roles in broadcast and cable - among them, foreign affairs reporter for PBS' MacNeil/Lehrer, News Hour
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*HOMESCHOOLERS: I wrote this for my previous website targeted to college students. However the information is relevant also to homelearners who need to evaluate and adjust their approach to learning.
It's just about time to head back to college, and you'll be doing so either confidently, apprehensively, or maybe even begrudgingly. Either way, you've already achieved your first win of the semester by going back–congratulations! Why is this a win? Because it shows your dedication, persistence and self-value. You need to recognize these qualities in yourself because they're vital to your success. And you'll need them in larger doses throughout the semester.
Whether you're returning to college with a backpack full of confidence or apprehension, there's something useful for you here, so stick with me. Those of you who will start the new semester full of confidence, please help your fellow students by sharing any tips and advice you might have in the Reply section below. Indeed, part of being an Intentional Student is being a helpful member of your student community.
As you head back to class, keep in mind that college success is not just about academics: it's also about attitude, persistence, and character. When you leverage all of these, you become intentional about your learning, and the habits and mindset gained will be of tremendous advantage to you also in life and work. The actions listed below, when done consistently and sincerely, will be truly transformative for you. Not only will they lead to deep self-awareness and control, they will also transform you into (cue superhero music) an Intentional Student.
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African Americans having Gastric Bypass in Record Numbers
WEBWIRE – Sunday, May 21, 2006
Gastric bypass surgeries have increased dramatically in recent years, jumping more than 500 percent worldwide jumping from 16,800 operations in 1993 to 140,640 in 2004, according to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.
Between sixty and seventy percent of African Americans are considered overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
African Americans make up 9 percent of gastric bypass patients, and the average age is around thirty-nine, according to data complied by the International Bariatric Registry.
Robyn McGee, author of HUNGRY FOR MORE: A Keeping it Real Guide for Black Women on Weight and Body Image will be speaking about gastric bypass dangers and other weight-related matters Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the Congressional Black Caucus Health Empowerment Submit in Compton, Caliornia
Plastic and cosmetic surgery used to be frowned on in the African American community. "Being cut" tapped into both a mistrust of the medical profession and an aversion to altering one's features to look "more white" (Michael Jackson predictably comes up in that discussion). But high profile celebrities, like singing legend Patti LaBelle, have made so-called surgical makeovers more acceptable among blacks. In just two years, the number of black cosmetic surgery patients has grown by almost one-third, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, jumping from 375,025 in 2002 to 487,887 in 2004.
Gastric bypass surgery is far more serious than a cut and fold, however. Desperate to be thin, African American men and women are willing to risk their lives having their stomachs cut and reconfigured.
They see surgery as a shortcut to ridding themselves of all their problems along with pounds of fat. They view weight loss surgery as a magic bullet, a symbol for taking control of their lives, a renewal of hope. They consider hair loss, additional surgeries, and eating complications after gastric bypass operations are a small price to pay to be thin.
Fortunately, most people who undergo gastric bypass will not die. Weight loss surgeons quote the mortality rate as one death out of every two hundred patients. But a study by the University of Washington cites an even scarier statistic: one death in every fifty, when taking into account all weight loss surgery patients at all hospitals that will suffer and die from various surgery-related complications such as blood clots, fluid leakage, and infections. In addition, the people who want the surgery most--those with so-called "co-morbidities," such as diabetes and heart disease--face the greatest risk of having something go wrong.
For more about African Americans, weight and body image, pick up HUNGRY FOR MORE by Robyn McGee or logon
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Do you know that many Muslims are recently becoming Christians because of dreams and visions? According to Wendell Evans of the Billy Graham Center's Institute for Muslim Studies, "More and more stories are coming out of closed countries, of God supernaturally evangelizing Muslims through dreams and visions. Of the estimated thousands of new believers in Iran in the last few years, over half of them became believers after Jesus personally came to them in a dream or vision." Here's one example.
Madame Bilquis Sheikh was a high-born Muslim, former wife of a Minister of the Interior in Pakistan. God gave her dreams and visions about John the Baptist, about himself as God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. He led her to read the Bible. Her family came to know of her new beliefs and confronted her. She was so convinced of her newfound truth, however, that they plotted to kill her. They even tried to burn her house. Her family boycotted her, and the servants, who were Muslims, left her, calling her a traitor and an infidel. She received many threats from her family and outsiders. An Army General of Pakistan visited, asking her "Why did you do it?" She replied she has been called to witness Jesus Christ and she will obey Him, no matter what comes her way. She finally escaped to the United States and wrote a book about her experiences.


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Home Churches and devotionals Tarkington church still digging out from Harvey
Tarkington church still digging out from Harvey
The sanctuary at Hi-Way Tabernacle Church in Tarkington is slowly being restored from Hurricane Harvey. At the height of the storm, the sanctuary was filled with 30 inches of rain.
A year after Hurricane Harvey, progress is being made to repair damage at Hi-Way Tabernacle Church in Tarkington where rain pushed through the church doors and rose to about 30 inches inside the sanctuary.
"We had water coming through our church with a current. It broke the back sanctuary doors as it moved through," said Pastor Charles Stoker. "It was devastating to see that much floodwater in the church. The water was all the way up to the pads on the pews. There were hymn books floating. Everything was ruined."
Thirty inches of rain rose inside of Hi-Way Tabernacle Church in Tarkington during Hurricane Harvey.
To mitigate any further damage to the church, Stoker used towels to block off the water in the sanctuary as it spilled into the hallways, and kept the water level down by using a pump.
"I pumped water through a 3-inch pump for nine hours. I was able to keep up with the water flow," he said.
About that same time, Stoker said he learned from Pct. 5 Constable David Hunter that the storm had forced the evacuation of some Tarkington area residents who had no place to go.
"I said, 'Bring them here.' He brought two to three school buses of people and dropped them off. They were staying in the rooms upstairs while all of this was going on downstairs," the pastor said.
Though the church was never intended to be a sanctuary, no one would be turned away.
"If you are interested in helping people, and being a minister is a people business, and you take your ministry seriously, then you couldn't ask for a better opportunity than a disaster," he said. "We wanted people who came to us to feel like they were among family, like they were visiting kinfolk."
Feeding the displaced families was the next challenge. Fortunately, the church had just helped with an annual teachers luncheon for Tarkington ISD and had some leftover supplies, such as food, paper plates and cups. The food supplies were meager but there was enough for an East Texas feast of pinto beans and rice.
"We were feeding about 150 people a day when we started, and that number grew to 200-250 a day," he said. "People were coming to eat at the church because their houses were messed up and couldn't cook."
Emergency services personnel also stopped by to get meals before heading out to the next crisis.
"We weren't technically a shelter but we were to a lot of people during the storm. What was I supposed to do? I am a pastor and my business is people," he said.
Before long and after the roads cleared, help began to arrive. The My Pillow company donated hundreds of pillows and Sealy contributed mattresses. Red Cross provided 100 cots, blankets and pillows, but for the first two weeks of the shelter's operation, beds were made using pillows pulled from the sanctuary chairs.
With all the local hotels and motels full, FEMA offered to relocate people to San Antonio or Austin, but most who stayed at the shelter weren't willing to leave their communities to resettle elsewhere, according to Stoker.
"Out of the people in the shelter, 30 percent were age 70 or older, with several in their 80s. It was too late in life for them to relocate," Stoker said. "We had every kind of person imaginable at the shelter. It was really awesome because we were brought together for the disaster and became one family."
Throughout the storm and in the aftermath, Stoker held prayer services for those living at the shelter. Following the death of one shelter occupant, who arrived in already failing health, Stoker preached her funeral.
"For about five months, we housed around 80 people. The number slowed went down as people were able to find new places to live," he said.
LAWSUIT VICTORY
Two weeks into the recovery, Stoker was contacted by attorneys with the Beckett Group of Washington, D.C. They wanted to represent churches who had felt discrimination from FEMA through the agency's Public Assistance Grant program.
While zoos, non-profits and museums qualify for the grant program, churches were denied the grants.
"We filed a lawsuit in family court in Houston. It went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It went to Justice Neil Gorsuch and he wrote an opinion that said FEMA was discriminating against churches and synagogues because they can't get help for their damages, even though that church has offered and assisted FEMA," Stoker said. "The record changed FEMA's discrimination against churches. Now that doesn't mean they will give us any money, but we did win the case."
Hi-Way Tabernacle decided to raise its own money for the church restoration. Other assistance came from churches in other parts of the country, including LIfe Mission in Kansas City, Mo. Bill Perez of Life Mission called Stoker one day and offered to send the church's construction team.
The Missouri church had heard about Hi-Way Tabernacle's troubles by reading an article on the Internet. Perez asked Stoker to get measurements of all the spaces in the church that needed repair, so he grabbed a tape measure and began.
A few days before the construction team was set to arrive, a truck carrying 400 sheets of sheetrock and lumber pulled up in front of the church.
"They even brought two lighting and sound experts. We had lost all of our sound booth and instruments to the flood. They hung all the new sheetrock in the sanctuary, replaced computers in the church offices, networked everything, put LED lights in the sanctuary, and they were here for only a week," Stoker said. "It was absolutely amazing."
The church now is more than halfway to completion. A new floor was poured in the sanctuary that raised the elevation by 25 inches, hopefully ensuring it never floods again.
"People who drive by our little church have no idea what happened to this place, what God has done to this church. I am amazed by it. It's unbelievable unless you were here and lived through it," he said.
Rain was streaming into Hi-Way Tabernacle's sanctuary during Hurricane Harvey. The water rose to a peak level of 30 inches.
Flooding in the hallway at Hi-Way Tabernacle was minimized by a pump that Pastor Charles Stoker monitored for nine hours.
Sheetrock was pulled from the bottom portion of Hi-Way Tabernacle Church after Hurricane Harvey rains flooded the church.
The sheetrock is repaired now thanks to some assistance of a Missouri-based church.
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package com.bv.eidss.utils;

import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewParent;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.bv.eidss.App;
import com.bv.eidss.R;
import com.bv.eidss.ReferenciesProvider;
import com.bv.eidss.data.EidssDatabase;
import com.bv.eidss.model.Options;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.text.Format;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

public class EidssUtils {
    public static Date ParseDate(Cursor cursor, Format formatterDate, String fieldName) throws ParseException {
        String strDate = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(fieldName));
        if (strDate != null && !strDate.equals("")){
            return  (Date)formatterDate.parseObject(strDate);
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static void putToJson(JSONObject json, String name, String val) throws JSONException {
        if (val != null)
            json.put(name, val);
    }
    public static void putToJson(JSONObject json, String name, Date val) throws JSONException {
        if (val != null) {
            json.put(name, DateHelpers.FormatWithT(val));
        }
    }
    public static void putToJson(JSONObject json, String name, long val) throws JSONException {
        if (val != 0)
            json.put(name, val);
    }
    public static void putToJson(JSONObject json, String name, Double val) throws JSONException {
        if (val != 0)
            json.put(name, val);
    }

    public static String getCurrentLanguage()
    {
        return EidssDatabase.getAppLang();
    }

    public static String getLocale()
    {
        String lang = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
        //String country = Locale.getDefault().getCountry();
        if (lang.compareTo("ru") == 0)
            return "ru";
        else if (lang.compareTo("ar") == 0)
            return "ar";
        else if (lang.compareTo("az") == 0)
            return "az";
        else if (lang.compareTo("hy") == 0)
            return "hy";
        else if (lang.compareTo("ka") == 0)
            return "ka";
        else if (lang.compareTo("kk") == 0)
            return "kk";
        else if (lang.compareTo("th") == 0)
            return "th";
        else if (lang.compareTo("ua") == 0)
            return "ua";
        return "en";
    }

    public static String getReference(final long def, final String lang){
        String ret = "";
        Uri uri_sel = ContentUris.withAppendedId(ReferenciesProvider.CONTENT_URI, def);
        String[] sels = new String[2];
        sels[0] = lang;
        sels[1] = String.valueOf(def);
        Cursor c = App.getContentResolverStatic().query(uri_sel, null, null, sels, null);
        try {
            c.moveToFirst();
            if(!c.isAfterLast())
                ret = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name"));
        }
        catch(Exception e){
            Log.d("getReference", e.getMessage());
        }
        c.close();
        return ret;
    }

    private static void setReadOnlyHeader(View control, boolean isReadonly)
    {
        setHeader(control, isReadonly, false);
    }
    public static void SetMandatoryHeader(View control)
    {
        setHeader(control, false, true);
    }
    private static void setHeader(View control, boolean isReadonly, boolean isMandatory){
        ViewParent parent = control.getParent();
        while (parent != null){
            View v = (View)parent;
            if ("controlContainer".equals(v.getTag())){
                LinearLayout p = (LinearLayout)v;
                for(int i = 0; i < p.getChildCount(); i++){
                    View c = p.getChildAt(i);
                    if ("controlHeader".equals(c.getTag())) {
                        EidssContextUtils.setTextAppearance((TextView) c, isReadonly ? R.style.DetailItem_Header_Readonly :
                                (isMandatory ? R.style.DetailItem_Header_Mandatory :
                                        R.style.DetailItem_Header));
                        break;
                    }
                }
                break;
            }
            parent = parent.getParent();
        }
    }

    public static void setEnabled(Spinner spinner, boolean isEnabled)
    {
        setReadOnlyHeader(spinner, !isEnabled);
        spinner.setEnabled(isEnabled);
    }

    // most generic function to use
    public static void setEnabled(Spinner spinner, boolean isEnabled, boolean isMandatory)
    {
        setHeader(spinner, !isEnabled, isMandatory);
        spinner.setEnabled(isEnabled);
    }

    // most generic function to use
    public static void setEnabled(TextView text, boolean isEnabled, boolean isMandatory)
    {
        setHeader(text, !isEnabled, isMandatory);
        text.setTextColor(EidssContextUtils.getColorStatic(isEnabled
                ? R.color.DetailItem_TextColor
                : R.color.DetailItem_TextColorHint));
        text.setEnabled(isEnabled);
    }

    public static void setEnabled(TextView text, boolean isEnabled) {
        setEnabled(text, isEnabled, false);
    }

    public static Boolean SetMandatoryAndInvisible(final View control, final String fldName, final List<String> mandatoryFields, final List<String> invisibleFields, final boolean isReadonly){
        if (mandatoryFields != null && invisibleFields != null) {
            SetMandatoryAndInvisible(control,
                    fldName != null && mandatoryFields.contains(fldName),
                    fldName != null && invisibleFields.contains(fldName),
                    isReadonly);
            if(fldName != null && invisibleFields.contains(fldName))
                return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    public static Boolean setInvisible(final View control)
    {
        ViewParent parent = control.getParent();
        while (parent != null) {
            View v = (View) parent;
            if ("controlContainer".equals(v.getTag())) {
                    v.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    return false;
            }
            parent = parent.getParent();
        }
        return true;
    }

    public static void SetMandatoryAndInvisible(final View control, final Boolean isMandatory, final Boolean isInvisible, final boolean isReadonly) {
        if (isInvisible)
            setInvisible(control);
        else if (isMandatory && !isReadonly)
            SetMandatoryHeader(control);
        else if (isReadonly) {
            if (control instanceof TextView)
                setEnabled((TextView) control, false);
            else if (control instanceof Spinner)
                setEnabled((Spinner) control, false);
        }

    }

    // deprecated
    public static String getStringFromDB(final Context context, final Uri uri, final long def) {
        return getStringFromDB(uri, def);    }
    public static String getStringFromDB(final Uri uri, final long def) {
        String ret = "";
        if (def > 0L) {
            Uri uri_sel = ContentUris.withAppendedId(uri, def);
            String[] sels = new String[2];
            sels[0] = getCurrentLanguage();
            sels[1] = String.valueOf(def);
            Cursor c = App.getContentResolverStatic().query(uri_sel, null, null, sels, null);
            try {
                c.moveToFirst();
                if (!c.isAfterLast())
                    ret = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name"));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.d("getStringFromDB", e.getMessage());
            }
            c.close();
        }
        return ret;
    }
}

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