What kinds of things have you accomplished today? Maybe you finished a big work project. Maybe you got the kids off to school. Maybe you treated a patient or taught a student. Maybe you even made a great discovery. Did you do it completely alone?
Chances are more likely that you had some help. Whether it's a colleague, relative, professional, assistant, student or simply another human being, there is little in this world that we can accomplish completely alone. Collaboration is a very powerful thing.
Not a day goes by where I don't spend time working with someone else in my office and the results are always better than if I had tried to go it alone. There's strength in collective minds and success in sharing tasks. I love nothing better than bringing all sorts of different people with varied skills to the table to create something remarkable. That unity and collaboration has produced some pretty wonderful things, in my opinion.
Collaboration and partnerships happen all over campus every day, not just here in my office. Researchers are working on projects together—some from the same department and some from completely different fields. Students work with faculty, individual colleges join forces, project teams form partnerships with other universities and organizations.
Unity is strength and wonderful things are achieved.
April Zeoli has mashed up two seemingly different fields of study to tackle a major problem in the world, collaborating with experts from each. She is an assistant professor of criminal justice in the College of Social Science who uses public health methods and models to increase the understanding of violence and homicide. She's found that homicide can move through a city in a way similar to infectious disease. Read her FACULTY VOICE: Collaborating for Change, to learn more about her fascinating collaborative approach to a serious issue.
Hans Schroder, a third-year doctoral student in clinical psychology, has partnered up with MSU telecommunications expert and professor in the Department of Media and Information, Carrie Heeter, to study how the brain reacts to mistakes. Read his STUDENT VIEW: Growth Mindsets, to learn more about this collaboration, the "oh crap" response and how he created a Facebook page for the brain response called the error-related negativity.
I absolutely love when I hear stories about researchers like Zeoli and students like Schroder. I love the innovation and creativity with which they approach their fields and their willingness to go beyond traditional borders to conduct their work. You find that all over campus. Spartans just seem to have a knack for working together to make a bigger impact.
As you go about your day, look for your own creative ways to work with others and collaborate in ways you haven't thought. Find that unity. I promise, wonderful things will happen.
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Louisiana's Way Home
Authored by Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by Amy June Bates
Published by Walker Books
Tagged America, belonging, family, Kate DiCamillo
Louisiana's Way Home is a sequel, of sorts, to DiCamillo's earlier book from 2016, Raymie Nightingale. It is possibly best that I declare upfront that I have a deep and deepening love for Raymie Nightingale and have written as much in the past. It really is a singular love, so you might need to consider whether I am subject to some kind of halo effect in saying that Lousiana's Way Home is a very fine follow up to a perfectly fine book.
Raymie Nightingale is one of those creations that comes to mean so much that when a follow up was announced, I experienced a ripple of something – not exactly panic, not exactly worry or concern, but certainly something a little unbalancing. At the time of the announcement, kindly book folk excitedly pointed it out to me, then possibly wondered at my muted response. I went all thoughtful – as you might well do when DiCamillo is involved – and made my thank yous. I had to go off and have a think about whether this was a good thing or not. I had previously described Raymie Nightingale as 'perfect' quite deliberately. It felt complete. It felt just as it should be. What could a follow up possibly add without taking away something from that singular reading experience?
I am a worrier. I worried unduly.
Louisiana's Way Home shares with Raymie Nightingale some characters, a proximal landscape (across a painfully 'irrevocable state line' to borrow from Louisiana's typically eloquent fretting), and a particular economy of word and phrase in which emotions and events are carried by the words, not buried in them. It does not take Louisiana as its focus; it channels her. This is told from Louisiana's point of view, and that in itself marks it as quite distinct from its point of origin. One of the strengths of the earlier book was the time and space given over to 'simply' developing its main characters. Plot came second, but not distantly so. Raymie, Louisiana, and Beverly, the third of the self-named Rancheros, were multi-dimensional in a way that called to mind the craft of a writer like Anne Tyler. A writer who truly likes and is interested in humans. Although Raymie was the central concern of the book, Louisiana struck a chord with much of the book's readership. I've described her previously as 'a deceptively quivering creation. A Southern gothic heroine in child form, with a core of steel' and that holds true. Like the best Southern gothic heroines, the tendency towards occasional histrionics and romantic tangents added an offbeat charm to the earlier book and gives a curious mix of the old and the new to the voice of this new book. You might get a sense of what I mean from two stolen moments early on in the story:
It is truly a tragic tale. But never mind about that.
And then a short stretch later…
It seemed like a very sad thing to be jealous of a fake cow on the side of a truck.
I must warn you that a great deal of this story is extremely sad.
There is a breathlessly confidential aspect to Louisiana's voice, and it is often used to comically touching effect. Her account is riddled with 'my goodnesses' and 'howevers' and all manner of asides that might call to mind the likes of Katherine Hepburn in classic screwball comedy mode – articulating wildly at the speed of sound without getting too far from the point that she started from. Semantic gymnastics are a significant contributor to the book's charm.
So what else is there? There is a painfully funny, increasingly sad relationship drawn out between Louisiana and her curse-afflicted grandmother. There is a classic – and classically satisfying – narrative around being forced to leave, and then finding, home. Above all else, as is always the case with DiCamillo, there is the drawing out of characters through carefully drawn dialogue and behaviours, as much as through the relative effectiveness of their hair-curling methods amongst other physical descriptions. Take Miss Lulu, the church organist, first met 'pounding her way through a song by Bach' who is neatly summed up through her tendency to eat caramels whatever the occasion:
Miss Lulu was eating a caramel while she played the organ. I could smell it. It is not at all professional to eat a caramel and play the organ at the same time.
Now, you might be wondering why this, of all things, is worthy of comment. Yet, oddly, it captures something of the person. The more we learn of her, the more we see of what she believes and what she does, the more that we see her failings in the face of a child in need, and so the more we might think, "yes, yes that is just the person that would reek of caramels when they are pounding through Bach." It's a rare skill, I think, this integration of character through accumulated act and detail that leads us to invent new archetypes: the caramel chewing organist; the misapprehending priest; the burned-too-many times motel owner; the curse-afflicted, life-on-the-lam, dentally challenged grandmother. And while I am on the subject of character and the way that they are developed and then intermingle and interweave, can I just make a simple, spoiler-free plea: take your time with Chapter 20. My goodness (to borrow from Louisiana) that is some subtly handled existentialism right there. Complete with caramel references. I read it last thing at night and had to e-mail myself to re-read and savour it in the morning.
I shan't go on. I think I am clear on why this book earns its place alongside Raymie Nightingale on the discerning book buyer's shelf. Much like E B White, DiCamillo writes for people not children. Children happen to be people. She seeks to honour her characters and writes up to her readers. She assumes that we are as interested and invested in her characters as she is. Louisiana's Way Home is a touching read enlivened by the vivid voice of a girl who is stronger than she first appears and is every bit as vulnerable as anyone would be, given her circumstances. Because life is complicated like that, it takes someone special to capture that. DiCamillo does just that. It is why she is my favourite contemporary children's author. Time and time again.
This review was written by Martin Galway
Martin is a Teaching and Learning Adviser for Herts for Learning. He has worked across the primary sector as a teacher and English subject lead, and as a lead teacher for Hertfordshire. Martin is obsessed with books, reading and writing and runs the @HertsEnglish twitter account and blog site.
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Philip Robins traces Jordan's political history from pre-independence to the present day.
This book explores the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the years 1948-1951. The only book on the complete history of Jordan during this period to be written by an Arab author, it analyzes the many important events that took place in the Middle East during that time. Special reference is made to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and its consequences. The military details of that war, with regard to Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Liberation Army, are described here for the first time. The book also explores the first attempt at Arab unity by Jordan and Palestine, and the assassination of King Abdullah, which led to the accession of King Talal to the throne.
Maps and text chronicle the history of the "crossroads of the Middle East," from the Stone Age to the present, including Jordan's importance to major world religions and cultures.
Few states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. When in 1921 the Hashemite Emir Abdallah was recognized as the ruler of this romantic backwater of the former Ottoman Empire, it was sparsely populated, extremely poor, and widely regarded as ungovernable. Today against all the odds, Jordan has become one of the most prosperous and stable of Middle Eastern countries and a major player in the region's politics. In this political history, Kamal Salibi attempts to explain how this transformation was achieved. The book traces the story of modern Jordan from its origins in the Arab revolt at the end of World War I and the political success of the astute and colourful founder of its ruling dynasty. It includes a detailed examination of the far-reaching implications for Jordan of the Palestinian tragedy and a constantly tense relationship with neighbouring Israel and it shows how King Hussein, the longest surviving ruler in the contemporary Middle East, has guided the country through these difficult times to introduce democracy in 1988.
Discusses the history, traditions, culture, religion, media, and arts of Jordan.
Written by a former deputy prime minister of Jordan and one-time general in the Arab Legion, this book examines the history of this country between the years 1939 and 1947, a vital period in the development of the Amirate of Transjordan. Setting the scene with discussions of the political, economic and social conditions and the country's relation s with neighbouring states, Maan Abu Nowar focuses primarily on the impact of the Second World War and recounts those Anglo-Jordanian relations which led to the termination of the British mandate in 1946 and the founding of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Very little has been written about the 1929-1939 history of Trans-Jordan-a decade of importance in the history of its struggle for independence and sovereignty, its progress and development, its relations with Palestine and the neighboring Arab countries, and the new awakening of Arab nationalism. During the 1930s, although still under the mandate of the League of Nations (which was entrusted to Great Britain), Trans-Jordan began to develop an international presence. The people remained very poor however, and the government was supported by a grant-in-aid from the British government. The British Resident in Amman, Col. Henry Cox, used that grant-in-aid as a justification for his financial and political control over the new mandated state, which limited its sovereignty. At this time, Great Britain had the largest empire on earth. Her wealth and power, as well as the survival of her empire, depended mainly on her ability to defend her trade routes with her overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandated territories. The Amir Abdullah Ibn al Husain wanted to take Trans-Jordan back from Great Britain and develop it into an independent state. This book examines the decade of that struggle.


Knife-point in Northcote: Woman flees..
A woman is on the run after holding up a Northcote convenience store at knife-point this morning.
The woman stormed the convenience store on Victoria Road, Northcote about 3.30am.
She threatened the attendant with a knife and demanded cash.
Police say she fled on foot down Separation Street with the cash till.
The suspect is described as Caucasian, 165 centimetres tall was wearing a white beanie, blue jacket, track pants and black runners.


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BTC Moves Sideways as Sentiment Remains Divided on Future Use Cases – Weekend Roundup
Italy's top private bank Banca Generali to allow users to buy Bitcoin
Published on 03 January 2022, 11:53 -06:00
The Bitcoin price has been mixed throughout the weekend as sentiment remains divided on whether or not it will have a future use case. Will it be able to break out of its current trading range? With BTC at $11,624 and ETH fluctuating between 0.02900-0.03000, most altcoins are also struggling this week before the market recovers next week.
The "why ethereum is going down today 2021" is a question that has been asked for quite some time. The cryptocurrency market seems to be divided on the future use cases of Ethereum.
With the calamity of 2021 behind them, investors are now looking forward to what 2022 has in store for Bitcoin and the whole digital asset market. Despite significant improvement, there is still some uncertainty in the market. Recent criticism has confirmed this, as BTC tries to determine whether to continue sliding or increase once again.
To go ahead, we must first take a glance back to 2021 to see what Bitcoin has become. Not only did widespread acceptance begin to spread from retail to institutional investors, but a key narrative persisted: Bitcoin will continue to overtake Gold as the preferred inflation hedge. While Bitcoin is not as stable as Gold at present moment, investors, particularly younger generations, remain optimistic that this will change. Bitcoin has all of the characteristics for this to happen, with its fixed supply, rising demand, and transparent nature.
In a recent interview with CNBC, Jeremey Siegel, a Finance Professor at PENN's Wharton School, expressed this perspective. "Bitcoin has supplanted gold as an inflation hedge in the views of many younger investors," he says. For millennials, digital currencies are the new gold."
While younger generations may remain more receptive to digital assets, development in 2021 was insufficient to persuade many older generations to change their views. In an article for The Globe and Mail, George Athanassakos, a professor of finance at the University of Western Ontario, demonstrated this. He cites the following issues as grounds for what he feels will eventually lead to BTC's downfall.
Arrival of new legislation
Lack of market correlation (BTC cannot be used as a hedge)
There are no physical use-cases.
Failure to operate as a medium of exchange
When looking back at 2021, it's evident that there's still a lot of work to be done. Yes, there has been improvement, but many people remain skeptical about Bitcoin's other digital assets' long-term sustainability.
So, what will digital assets look like in 2022? El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, tweeted his forecasts.
While some of these projections may seem too optimistic, the great majority of experts believe that digital assets will have a favorable year. Yes, there will be periods of uncertainty that result in downsides, but the general trend should remain positive.
Metrics & Market Reaction
Although there were fleeting glimpses of a possible rally leading into this past weekend, the days that followed were mostly uneventful in terms of price and attitude. Fundamentals like as hash rate and market dominance, on the other hand, are continuing their previous patterns.
As previously indicated, BTC had a short period of turbulence on New Year's Eve before settling into a routine weekend that saw the top digital asset depart at the same price it arrived at – about $47,000.
Strength of the Network
Despite the recent price decline, the Bitcoin network's strength continues to grow, with hashing power approaching all-time highs. With the network completely recovered from the miners' departure by mid-2021, the future year should witness consistent upward pressure, which will continue this story.
Dominance in the Market
While Bitcoin remains the most popular digital asset, its market dominance has fallen somewhat due to the sector's expanding popularity. This proportion dropped from approximately 70% in 2021 to just under 40% now, an all-time low.
The last time BTC supremacy neared these levels was in mid-May, in the middle of the year's most severe market collapse. BTC continued to reclaim market share in the months that followed, setting new highs along the way. Investors will be wondering if these activities will repeat themselves in 2022, or whether alt-coins will continue to exert pressure on BTC.
The "crypto bubble meaning" is a question that many people are asking right now. The cryptocurrency market has been on the rise for some time, but it seems like there's still disagreement about what the future holds for cryptocurrencies.
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COME AND FIND THE MISTERY OF THE MOUNTAIN!
TO THE SHINING LIGHT OF THE EPIPHANY!
Author of the books "Tarkovsky. Film as a Prayer" (Arca Invierii, Bucharest, 2002), and "The Ladder of Heaven in Cinema. Kusturica, Tarkovsky, Parajanov" (Arca Invierii, 2011).
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Stairway to Heaven or why do we love Tarkovsky?
Marian Rădulescu comments Elena Dulgheru's book "Tarkovsky. Film as a Prayer"


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Growing the Internet 5 August 2014
Gambia IXP, an Oasis in the Desert
By Michuki MwangiDistinguished Expert, Internet Growth
The Serekunda Internet Exchange Point launched in Banjul, The Gambia on 12 July 2014
Gambia may be considered a small country (ranked 164th in the world) but in the Internet world, especially in Africa, I would like to elevate it much higher and place it among the emerging technology hubs of the region. Let me qualify my assertions. In the last four years, Gambia has been making bold steps, and in the right direction when it comes to Internet development. To start with in early 2012 Gambia hosted the prestigious Africa Internet Summit event preceded by a pre-Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) training in December 2011. Later in October 2012 Gambia hosted the African Union's African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) Best Practice workshop on the establishment of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP), where more than 39 experts participated. In December of 2012 the Government of Gambia launched the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Submarine cable.
By early 2013, the ACE cable had been operationalized and Gambia was ready to host the AXIS Technical Aspects workshop, aimed at developing technical capacity building for engineers that would be involved in establishing and maintaining interconnections at the Serekunda Internet Exchange Point (SIXP).
The cumulative best practice and technical capacity workshops delivered in Gambia, between the end of 2011 and February 2013, trained at least 150 experts on Internet technologies and interconnection that would be necessary for them to fully realize the benefit of the submarine cable infrastructure and IXP. The importance of the training is that the technologies and concepts taught apply to both national and international connectivity from a policy, business and technical perspective.
Fast forward to 12 July 2014 and the Gambia has the newest and shiniest IXP in Africa – The Serekunda Internet Exchange Point (SIXP)! For those who do not know, building and setting up an IXP consists of 80% social engineering and 20% technical engineering.
From experience and in general, the 80% social engineering often involves acquiring a new set of social skills, discovering local champions, getting to know your industry stakeholders (Government, private sector, academia, etc) and meeting other people one never knew existed, developing new collaboration skills, and at the end (many moons and meetings later) congratulating each other over a job well done – with any skepticism left well hidden behind bright smiles and firm handshakes. There is always a sigh of relief and a sense of accomplishment when an IXP is established and, in almost all instances, the community is never the same henceforth often for the better.
The 20% technical engineering is by far the easier of the two challenges and requires planning and implementation of what has been learned. There is often a certain level of anxiety and unease at the same time for engineers who are implementing the interconnection technologies
(BGP) at the IXP for the first time. For the seasoned engineers it is a matter of curiosity of how much traffic there will be and if anything will break. It always helps to have someone with more experience than the local team. In the case of the Gambia, the African Union donated equipment and an external expert (Nick Hilliard from Ireland IXP) to help with the actual set-up and commissioning of the IXP. There is a significant level of engagement between the expert and the ISPs/Operators that will connect prior to the actual set-up. The engineers from these ISPs/Operators get another opportunity to learn more about their network, the interconnection technology, techniques and topology. In the process they get to agree on key issues of responsibility, and sharing and identifying volunteers to help with the day-to-day roles. The highlight of the technical engineering is when the first packet goes through the IXP from one network to another. This moment is special for every subsequent network that connects to the IXP and the reason why most IXPs make loud announcements whenever a new network joins.
After the 12th of July 2014, the Gambia was never the same again. It joined the other 25 operational IXPs in Africa and more than 300 globally. Looking at the map of African IXPs it feels like an oasis in the desert and a wake-up call to its neighbors. The multi-stakeholder process that led to the establishment of the IXP Gambia cannot go without mention. It is a grueling process with enviable outcomes. If it were easy many more countries would have IXPs by now. The multi-stakeholder process is a cornerstone of Internet development for any country. It is our hope that the stakeholders in the Gambia will build on this process as it is but just a beginning of an incredible journey that will see the country emerge into a technology hub. To my friends in the Gambia, congratulations, welcome to the IXP community and looking forward to growing with you in the days and years ahead.
We at the Internet Society would like to thank the Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure of The Gambia and the IXP committee for guiding and supporting the entire process of establishing the Serekunda Internet Exchange Point.
The Internet Society also extends its appreciation to AfriNIC/ISPA ZA (Nishal Goburdhan) and AfNOG/Uganda (Patrick Okui) who facilitated the capacity building workshops in The Gambia. We also recognize the support from Euro-IX and Ireland IXP (Nick Hilliard & team) in this project. The Internet is for everyone!
Get more information on the AXIS Project.
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Hull City's quest to finish in the Championship's play-off places continues today when Reading visit the KCOM Stadium.
The Tigers returned to winning ways against Ipswich Town at Portman Road last weekend, a 2-0 victory that keeps them six points off the top six.
Whilst their chances of reaching the play-offs look unrealistic given their deficit, the lack of matches remaining and their tricky run of fixtures to come, it is still possible that the Tigers can surpass many of their rivals in the final weeks of the campaign.
Ahead of their clash with the Royals, the second of three straight matches against struggling sides, here are three key battles to watch out for that could decide the points.
These two players have something in common, their recent returns from injury.
Jordy de Wijs came back into the side at Ipswich last week and was solid throughout, whilst Portuguese striker Nelson Oliveira overcame a season-threatening hamstring injury, suffered at Portman Road, to feature on the bench for Jose Gomes' side against Preston North End last week.
Since joining on loan from Norwich City, Oliveira has scored three goals in six matches, form that has inspired the Royals to move four points clear of the relegation zone.
Should Oliveira return and start against City, De Wijs will have to nullify him at any given moment if the hosts want to keep consecutive home clean sheets for the first time since January.
With Fraizer Campbell a small doubt for Saturday's clash after being forced off against the Tractor Boys through injury, on loan Derby County striker Chris Martin could be tasked with spearheading the attack by Nigel Adkins.
Martin and Liam Moore were teammates this time last season when Martin has a brief loan spell at the Madejski Stadium and similarly to his time with the Tigers, he struggled in front of goal.
The Scottish forward has scored just twice in 28 appearances this season, one more than he managed during his time in Berkshire.
All of City's strikers have struggled for goals recently and with Campbell, the most prolific out of the duo and Nouha Dicko, the Tigers will be counting on Martin to find his feet against him, a task that Reading captain Moore, who has missed just eight league games this season, will aim to make as difficult as possible.
At Portman Road a brace from Kamil Grosicki earned City the victory, with the Polish winger scoring both sides of half time.
In his 30 Championship appearances this season, Grosicki has been directly involved in 18 of the Tigers' 56 league goals (32.1%), displaying how influential he has been to the production behind City's goals.
With two goals and three assists in his last 195 minutes of Championship action, there are fewer players in better form in the league.
The man set to try and end his purple patch is Andy Yiadom, who himself has been the Royals' best player this season (according to WhoScored.com), playing in all but one of their league matches this term.
If Yiadom continues to start at right-back, a fiercely gripping encounter could well take place down that side, one that may well be match-deciding for both teams.


The Hawaii Prep boys cross country team made their move in team scoring during the final meet of the regular season with their highest finish – THIRD.
Michael Rogerson, Hide Akai, Ryuta Yoda, Michael Spetich, Walter Disney, Tucker Higgins and Justin Macy are giving Ka Makani harriers a possibility to take one of the top two automatic berths into the HHSAA championships to be held the end of October.
The BIIF cross country chamtionships will be held at Kamehameha on Oct 22 with the top two teams gaining an automatic berth along with the top 38 boys.
Honokaa, Waiakea, HPA, Hilo, Parker and Kamehameha will be gunning for one of those top two spots.
Cross-country season is about to start with many of the schools around the state beginning to practice starting on August 2nd.
Others to watch: Kelsey Waters, Leilehua(moved out of state); Emily Evans, HPA; Kelsie Kobayashi, Waiakea; Amanda Ishikawa, Mid Pac; Chaylene Guinto, St Francis; Jessica Kafer, Radford (moved out of state); Jaime Durso, Punahou; and some of the incoming freshmen.


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Thank you for sharing this article and the one on shock directly below this. Happy to see federal employees can actually win in some of these EEOC cases. It is unfortunate, this process can take so long to do so.


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Q: jQuery 2.1.0 | List navigation with arrow keys I am navigating within my app with the help of keyboard arrow keys. In my app, some dynamically set elements display vertically within a list. So far, the code below allows for horizontal navigation within each dynamically set
 and vertical navigation throughout all dynamically set
. But there's a glitch: I can't seem to navigate vertically throughout all available links (element target focus is not a destination link).
See FIDDLE for demo.
IMPORTANT: Your solution must provide code that is oblivious to the amount of elements or their type, or their classes, within each
. Therefore, to keep code minimal and flexible, your solution must only refer to the index position of the source element that is focused, and target a destination element that has the same index as source (source element index greater than available destination element index must target last destination element) :

My Card<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

My Card<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

My Card<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

$(function(){

$('.card').on('keydown', function(e){

var isfocus = $(this).find('a:focus,button:focus');
var isfocusindex = $(this).find('a:focus,button:focus').index()-1;
var afocus = $(this).find('a:focus');
var bfocuslast = $(this).find('button:last:focus');

if ( e.which == 37 ) { // Left arrowkey
isfocus.prev('button,a').focus();
afocus.parent('div').find('button:last').focus();
}
if ( e.which == 39 ) { // right arrowkey
isfocus.next('button').focus();
bfocuslast.parent('div').find('a:first').focus();
}

if ( e.which == 40 ) { // down arrowkey
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').next('li').find('div').find('a:eq('+isfocusindex+'),button:eq('+isfocusindex+')').focus();
}
if ( e.which == 38 ) { // UP arrowkey
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').prev('li').find('div').find('a:eq('+isfocusindex+'),button:eq('+isfocusindex+')').focus();
}

});

});

A: Here's a working solution that solved my issue. I coded more verbose than not, for sample usage :
WORKING FIDDLE DEMO
CSS (For demo purposes)
a:focus, button:focus {color:red}
a, button {width:55px;}
UL{display:inline-block}
ul li{margin-bottom:10px}
div > a, button{margin-left:20px;}

HTML

<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

My Card<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

<button class="card-export">CE</button>My Card<button class="vc-target">CT</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>My Card

<button class="card-export">CE</button><button class="vc-target">CT</button>

JQUERY
$(function(){

$('.card').on('keydown', function(e){

var isfocus = $(this).find(':focus');
var isfocusindex = $(this).find(':focus').index();
var isfocusbegin = $(this).find('*:first:focus');
var isfocuslast = $(this).find('*:last:focus');
var isnexttarget = isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').next('li').find('div').children(':last').index();
var isprevtarget = isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').prev('li').find('div').children(':last').index();
var isindexsource = isfocus.index();

if ( e.which == 37 ) { // Left arrowkey
isfocus.prev().focus();
isfocusbegin.siblings(':last').focus();
}
if ( e.which == 39 ) { // right arrowkey
isfocus.next().focus();
isfocuslast.siblings(':first').focus();
}

if ( e.which == 40 ) { // down arrowkey
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').next('li').find('div').children(':eq('+isfocusindex+')').focus();
if ( isindexsource > isnexttarget ) {
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').next('li').find('div').children(':last').focus();
}
}
if ( e.which == 38 ) { // UP arrowkey
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').prev('li').find('div').children(':eq('+isfocusindex+')').focus();
if ( isindexsource > isprevtarget ) {
isfocus.parent('div').parent('li').prev('li').find('div').children(':last').focus();
}
}

});

});

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Now that the weather is finally breaking and the days are filled with sun and the nights just a tad cool; hanging baskets are making their presence known with spectacular displays of colors, hues, textures and foliage.
Hanging baskets, they've come a long way and aren't just for hanging on the deck anymore. You can always just remove the hanger and place it upon a pedestal for an "instant" container planting in a nice outdoor living area and/or porch and patio. With some strategically placed garden stones or décor you can hide the container entirely, creating an elegant and sometimes whimsical setting or ambiance.
First, decide if your basket will be hanging in sun or shade conditions. Choosing plants that are adapted to the amount of sun your area will get is key to having happy plants. Once you know sun/shade conditions, it is time to start choosing your baskets and/or plants to make one with.
Basket care: Light: shade plants will flower better with a couple of hours of early morning sun. Sun plants will do better if they get some shade in the hot afternoon. This is more to keep the pot cooler than for any aversion to sunlight. Hot pots tend to dry out faster and the roots on the sunny side of the pot may heat to the point of partial dieback.
Water: Your basket will be fine initially, and your primary responsibility is to check daily for water needs. Just lift the pot; if it's heavy, it's good for a day. If it's light, water it. Remember that with any container, that if the plant gets very dry (very light) the potting soil will shrink away from the side of the pot, and most of the water you are applying is just running down the side. In that case, set it on the ground and water it thoroughly several times, 10 minutes apart. Or, set it in a pan of water for an hour.
Baskets that typically need less frequent water include geraniums, trailing geraniums, portulaca, fuchsia, petunias (when the basket is new). Lantana and impatiens dry out pretty quickly.
As the weeks pass, and the plant grows, something funny happens. The roots slowly replace the soil. Some of the potting soil decays further, and some gets washed from the pot with the frequent watering. The plant's roots don't hold water like soil does. The result is that you will find yourself watering more frequently.
Fertilize. Because you'll be watering frequently, nutrients will leave the potting mix quickly. Feed the plants with a liquid fertilizer or a dry slow-release fertilizer (not both). Follow the directions for amount and frequency. Feed when the soil is moist, and never when plants are wilting.
Pruning/Pinching: As it gets straggly, cutting it back selectively will make the plant more attractive. What I mean by "selectively" is cut back the shoots to different lengths, not straight across like bangs. That way, when it starts to grow again it will look more natural. If you cut back a couple of shoots every two weeks or so you should be able to maintain it without it ever looking like it has been trimmed.
Goffle Brook Farms has a diverse selection of beautiful hanging baskets for the patio and porch and with Mother's Day just around the corner, if you want to create your own, now's the time to start getting busy. We have and can help you with selections of companion plants that make ideal baskets, or just "toss caution to the wind" and go it on your own. As long as you don't mix sun and shade, you'll be good to go.
We have an excellent growing medium for your hanging baskets and strongly suggest our Miracle Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix which absorbs up to 33% more water than basic potting soil. Epsoma Flower Tone 3-4-5 Bloom Booster is an excellent fertilizer to add into the medium, providing long lasting fertilizer.


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Fireman Frank Bessant of the Ryde section of the Auxiliary Fire Service and Ryde Company of the National Fire Service, passed away on 11 February 1958 aged 57.
Frank was a native of Ryde, born in 1900 and baptised at All Saints Church on 6 May, the son of Frank senior and Ellen Louisa Jane (nee Lane).
It seems that he lied about his age to serve in the army in the First World War (unit unknown) and when the call came for Auxiliary firemen to enrol in the AFS in 1938 he was one of the first to join the Ryde section.
He remained with the unit on absorption in to the National Fire Service in August 1941 serving until the end of the war. His younger brother Charles also served at Ryde for many years during and after the war.
Known well within the building trade Frank of 2 Bedworth Place remained a bachelor but his funeral was well attended at the parish cemetery by three brothers, three sisters, their respective spouses and friends from the London Hotel including Mr Darbyshire, friends from Seaford House and neighbours from Bedworth Place.
Rest in peace Fireman Bessant.


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Banjo, das Katzenkind (Banjo the Woodpile Cat) ist ein Zeichentrickfilm von Don Bluth aus dem Jahre 1979. Er war einer der ersten Filme von Don Bluth, der aufgrund seiner relativ kurzen Laufzeit von 27 Minuten vor allem im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt wurde.

Handlung
Banjo ist ein kleiner, roter Kater, der mit seinen Eltern und seinen zwei Schwestern in einem Heuschober in Payson lebt. Zwar meint er es niemals böse, doch durch seine vorwitzige Neugier gerät er oft in unangenehme Situationen. Als sein Vater ihn besonders hart zurechtweist, fühlt Banjo sich ungerecht behandelt und fährt als blinder Passagier mit einem Laster nach Salt Lake City. Zuerst gefällt es ihm in der Großstadt, doch als es regnet und er sich in einer dunklen Gasse verstecken muss und obendrein nichts zu fressen hat, wird ihm bewusst, wie töricht er gehandelt hat. Glücklicherweise trifft er den netten Straßenkater Crazy Legs, der ihm mit Hilfe der drei Katzensängerinnen Zazu, Melinda und Cleo helfen will. Während der Suche nach dem Laster müssen sie unter anderem vor Hunden fliehen und andere Schwierigkeiten auf sich nehmen. Als Banjo eines Nachts traurig schläft, sieht Crazy zum sternenbedeckten Himmel und bittet Gott im Stillen, den Laster vorbeizuschicken, um Banjos Willen, nicht seinetwegen. Dieser kommt am nächsten Morgen auch wirklich vorbei, sodass Banjo es wirklich schafft, nach Hause zu fahren. Zu Hause angekommen, wird er gleich herzlich von seiner Familie erwartet.

Produktion und Veröffentlichung
Der Film wurde 1979 von Don Bluth Productions unter der Regie von Don Bluth produziert. Das Drehbuch schrieben Don Bluth und Toby Bluth. Die Musik schrieb Robert F. Brunner und für den Schnitt war Sam Horta verantwortlich.

Der Film wurde erstmals am 21. Dezember 1979 im Egyptian Theater in Hollywood gezeigt. Am 1. Mai 1982 strahlte die ABC den Film im Fernsehen aus, Children's Video Library veröffentlichte ihn 1986 auf VHS. Es folgten eine Fernsehausstrahlung 1984 in Finnland, sowie 1998 eine Videoveröffentlichung in Deutschland und ein Jahr später in Italien.

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The Jewish community in France, Europe's largest, numbers some 500,000. A week ago, a housing fair was held in Marseilles, France, that brought together representatives of Israeli builders and French citizens interested in purchasing apartments in Israel.
Fair organizers were stunned by the size of the turnout. "Some 1,200 members of the Jewish community came and all expressed serious interest in buying apartments," said one. "In normal times, maybe 100-150 people show up at these fairs, but the panic that has been sparked by the recent terror attacks in Paris is being felt even here in Marseilles. The fear is off the charts and everyone wants to know that they have a home waiting for them in Israel."
Yad L'Achim will focus its absorption efforts on helping French immigrants find housing in areas that will enable them to preserve their lifestyles as Torah-observant Jews. It will help in matching up children of all ages with schools that meet their needs, and linking parents with local communal organizations that can assist them.
Yad L'Achim's ad campaign carries the banner, "Aliyah to Israel? Aliyah to Torah!" and invites immigrants to call its headquarters for information on how to receive vital assistance.
The organization has been deeply involved in the spiritual absorption of new immigrants since the founding of the state, helping wave after wave of immigrants from Yemen, Morocco, Russia, South America, the United States and more.
Its officials courageously infiltrated the transport camps in the early 1950s to help Yemenite and other parents protect their children from government officials seeking to send their children to secular schools.
Officials noted this week that the legendary founder of Yad L'Achim, Harav Hagaon Shalom Dov Ber Lifschitz, zt"l, in his final conversation with the organization's director general, yblch"t, Rabbi Yosef Ganz, spoke of the urgent need to facilitate the spiritual absorption of Jewish immigrants from the Caucasus region. He ordered Rabbi Ganz to publish a special siddur for them in Caucasian.
Yad L'Achim officials are optimistic that their efforts will bear fruit and that, with G-d's help, the spiritual absorption of French immigrants will prove successful.


We greatly appreciate how fortunate we are to live in this lovely location and we want to ensure that our heritage and idyllic surroundings are here for others to enjoy in the future. This is undoubtedly a work that is in progress, we encourage guests to have good environmental practices when here, whilst enjoying a relaxing break. Please offer us any suggestions to assist us.
We strongly support the local recycling arrangements, therefore glass, tin, food waste, plastic, cardboard, and paper are collected separately. Notices and a variety of different bins at each cottage support this. Additionally, we have a compost bin in the garden for those who wish to use and newspapers are recycled within each cottage to light the log burners.
Household textiles are recycled and if guests chose to leave items of clothing or shoes, we return to the guests whenever possible, but otherwise, donate the items to a charity shop.
Batteries and printer cartridge refills are recycled responsibly, we are happy to responsibly dispose of any batteries you may discard whilst at the cottages.
Lightbulbs have been gradually replaced by LED equivalents. Most radiators have been fitted with individual thermostats. Outdoor lighting is fitted with dusk to dawn sensors and is a low output, so that if they are not switched off by guests, then they are not left on during daylight. Most radiators have been fitted with individual thermostats.
Appliances are regularly monitored and when replaced we select energy efficient models.
Bedlinen and towels are generally washed at our base where electricity is supplied from solar panels on the roof. Whilst it is a requirement of 4* and 5* Visit Wales grading to have washing and drying facilities, we personally do not use the drier, preferring to utilise the fresh air and breeze supplied by nature on a hilltop location. Surprisingly both cottages have areas where most washing will dry overnight if the weather does not allow outdoor drying.
We are attempting to reduce our paper trail and do as much of the booking, confirmation, payments, receipts etc online.
Environmentally friendly products are used to clean the cottages. We supply eco-friendly washing powder, washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets and toilet rolls for our guests.
Both cottages have a septic tank system, therefore we avoid strong detergent products and carefully select the toilet paper. Most toilets minimise water use or have a dual flush system and we urge guests not to throw any other items into the system.
The CH boilers are regularly serviced and have both been replaced in recent years, thus making for more efficiency. We do not restrict timing or temperature of the CH, but do request guests to be sympathetic to their consumption and request that the heating is not used when they are away from the property for long hours.
There are log burners in both cottages, the CH being more than adequate, but guests can enjoy the atmosphere of the log fire. The logs and kindling that are used in the cottages are cut by ourselves from any fallen trees and branches found over on our neighbouring farmland.
Guests are welcomed with complimentary tea and coffee, generally Welsh Brew tea and one of the many Welsh roasted coffees, Welsh milk and often a homemade Barra Brith traditional tea bread. When supplies allow, we give guests fresh eggs and homegrown vegetables.
We offer maps and guidance on places to visit, so that good use is made of their stay at the cottages. Rather than aimlessly wandering, concise day trips can be planned, with lots of hidden treasures shared with guests.
Bike storage is available thus encouraging a car-free day or two.
Here at Tan yr Eglwys Cottages, we are committed to providing a quality service whilst minimising the environmental impact to the best of our abilities, whilst ensuring guests have a comfortable and enjoyable stay.
Guests are welcome to bring their own bikes and there is secure storage available. The cottages are convenient to Sustrans Route 43. We are able to recommend cycle hire in a variety of landscapes, be it coast, countryside or city.
Consider having a car-free day whilst staying here, either relax at the cottage or enjoy walks from the doorstep on footpaths over fields or along the country lanes, observe the farm animals or wildlife.
Neath rail station is only 4 miles away and catch the train to Swansea or Cardiff and once there try a boat trip.
Please use the recycling system, there are bins provided for glass, tins, cardboard, plastic, paper and food waste.
Newspapers can be kept aside for lighting the log fire. Seasoned recyclers may wish to make use of our compost bin in the garden area where some vegetable peelings and eggshells can be composted.
When available you will be rewarded with seasonal vegetable produce from our garden.
We encourage you to use our local independent shops in Pontardawe and beyond. We have a local butcher, fruit and veg/health shop and a variety of other small gift shops, all with quality products. By choosing to shop independently rather than have the usual supermarket experience, you may add to your holiday experience and also support private enterprise and the local economy.
Neath, Swansea and Carmarthen and Cardiff have unique indoor markets, Swansea being particularly large.
On the weekends, monthly farmers markets are held in the Marina and Uplands in Swansea, mumbles, and Brecon. Do make the effort to rise sharply a discover a wealth of local treats.
To enable our septic tank to run smoothly, please only flush toilet paper down the toilet system.
Please use energy wisely. We do not restrict the CH but request that heating and lighting is used sensibly and appliances are not left on standby mode.
When using the log fire for its cosy effect, consider turning down the CH rather than opening the windows.
You are encouraged to dry your washing outdoors on the shared washing line – a satisfying experience!
Please leave any hazardous waste such as batteries to one side so that we can safely dispose at our local recycling centre.
We urge you to venture outside, especially in the darkness on a clear night. It is a pleasure to enjoy the uninterrupted night sky and hear nature at night.
We thank you for helping us to be as eco-friendly as possible. If we all do a little bit we hope to make a difference.


This set comes with one ivory robe for the bride and one color of choice for bridesmaid. Please email info.madiapparel@gmail.com before or after ordering to ensure we have the size/colors of your choice in stock!
The Karen Restful Robe is super silky and comfy - you'll wanna wear it when you wake up, after you shower, putting on your makeup, reading a book, etc...AND YOU CAN! :). Perfect for brides and bridal parties for "day-of" getting ready!
^^ That's important for women receiving the undies donations who'll be able to wash and hang dry their pair overnight.


Caitriona Balfe has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the "Best Actress in a Televisions Series – Drama". Congrats Caitriona!
She is an outstanding actress and I hope she wins … she has my vote for sure.
Caitriona definitely has my vote. She has been amazing all the way through the Outlander series. The Golden Globe should be hers..
do we know which episode was sent for her nomination???


Hemp CBD Elixir Drops, Tincture (by Vital Leaf) – Cascadia Hemp Co.
Vital Leaf Chocolate Mint CBD Elixir Drops are formulated using pure, solvent-free, high-potency CBD and full-spectrum phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oil.
They're a delicious blend of organic coconut derived MCT (Medium Chain Triglyceride) Oil and CBD rich hemp oil, enhanced with a sweet hint of the ancient Chinese medicinal herb, Lo Han Guo, otherwise known as Monkfruit, and pure organic and wildcrafted extracts of Cacao and Oregon Peppermint. These uniquely tasty CBD drops are a smooth, decadent, and convenient way to revitalize your day!
A dropper full is about a 10mg dose of CBD. It's delicious splashed right onto your tongue and makes a great add-in to your favorite warm drink or healthy smoothie.
INGREDIENTS: MCT Oil (Derived from organic coconut oil), Organically grown hemp-derived pure CBD and Full- Spectrum Phytocannabinoid-Rich CBD Hemp Oil, Monk Fruit (Lo Han Guo), Theobroma Cacao Extract, Wild-harvested Peppermint Extract.
Please contact us to request the latest lab results showing potency and purity.
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Q: SQL to Calculate Customer Tenure/Service Start Date using a cooldown period logic The business scenario here is to calculate the customer tenure with the service provider. Customer tenure is calculated based on below aspects:

*

*Oldest account start date to be taken for tenure calculation

*One Customer can have more than 1 active account at a given time

*Cooldown period is 6 months, i.e., if a customer has to stay as a customer, s/he has 6 months to open a new account with the provider after closing the account or should already have another account open before closing

*If the customer opens an account post 6 months then the tenure calculation happens from the new account open date

We can better understand this with an example: (values in bold are Customer since/tenure-start date)

Customer_ID
ACCT_SERIAL_NUM
ACCT_STRT_DT
ACCT_END_DT
COMMENTS

11111
Account1
2000-01-20
(null)
Customer already had an active account before closing the existing account

11111
Account2
2002-12-10
2021-09-22

11111
Account3
2021-10-22
(null)

Customer_ID
ACCT_SERIAL_NUM
ACCT_STRT_DT
ACCT_END_DT
COMMENTS

11112
Account1
2000-01-20
2002-08-10
Account closed but customer opened another account within cooling period of 6months

11112
Account2
2002-12-10
2021-09-22

11112
Account3
2021-10-22
(null)

Customer_ID
ACCT_SERIAL_NUM
ACCT_STRT_DT
ACCT_END_DT
COMMENTS

11113
Account1
2000-01-20
2002-05-10
Account closed but customer didn't open another account within cooling period of 6months

11113
Account2
2002-12-10
2021-09-22
Hence this is the new customer tenure start date

11113
Account3
2021-10-22
(null)

The query I was trying (below) could possibly help me if the events occur sequentially (like in above 3 scenarios)
With dataset as (
    SELECT Customer_ID, ACCT_SERIAL_NUM, ACCT_STRT_DT, ACCT_END_DT, COMMENTS,
    CASE WHEN NVL(LEAD(ACCT_STRT_DT, 1) OVER(PARTITION BY Customer_ID ORDER BY ACCT_STRT_DT asc ) , SYSDATE-1 ) < ADD_MONTHS(nvl(acct_end_dt, SYSDATE), 6)
        THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END as ACTV_FLG
    FROM calc_customer_tenure ct
order by Customer_ID, ACCT_STRT_DT asc )
SELECT
Customer_ID, MIN(CASE WHEN FLAG = 'Y' THEN ACCT_STRT_DT ELSE NULL END) as CUST_TNUR
FROM (
    SELECT ds.*,
        CASE WHEN ACCT_END_DT is NULL
        THEN 'Y' ELSE MIN(ACTV_FLG) OVER (PARTITION BY Customer_ID ORDER BY ACCT_STRT_DT asc ROWS between current row and unbounded following)
        END as FLAG
    from dataset ds )
GROUP BY Customer_ID ORDER BY Customer_ID ;

but fails for the below scenario: (which is an ideal real-world scenario)
Unfortunately the above code takes account3 as start date instead of taking account1:

Customer_ID
ACCT_SERIAL_NUM
ACCT_STRT_DT
ACCT_END_DT
COMMENTS

11114
Account1
2000-01-20
2021-08-22
Customer has closed this account(1) after subsequent account(2) is closed. But then has opened an account(3) within 6 months of closing the account(1) hence this is the tenure start date

11114
Account2
2002-12-10
2003-12-10

11114
Account3
2021-10-22
(null)

A: Thanks to Akina I was able to re-write the query to fit as required! Also thanks to P3Consulting for contributing! Really appreciate the support!

Re-posting the final SQL here for the Oracle which helped with my use case:
Below is using Recursive CTEs
WITH cte1 as (
  SELECT customer_id, ACCT_STRT_DT, ACCT_END_DT,
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY ACCT_STRT_DT) rn
  FROM calc_customer_tenure
), cte2 (customer_id, ACCT_STRT_DT, ACCT_END_DT, rn, tenure_start_date, tenure_end_date) AS (
  SELECT customer_id, ACCT_STRT_DT, ACCT_END_DT, rn,
        ACCT_STRT_DT tenure_start_date,
        ACCT_END_DT tenure_end_date
  FROM cte1
  WHERE rn = 1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT cte1.customer_id, cte1.ACCT_STRT_DT, cte1.ACCT_END_DT, cte1.rn,
         CASE WHEN cte1.ACCT_STRT_DT > ADD_MONTHS(cte2.tenure_end_date, 6)
              THEN cte1.ACCT_STRT_DT
              ELSE cte2.tenure_start_date
              END,
         CASE WHEN cte1.ACCT_STRT_DT > ADD_MONTHS(cte2.tenure_end_date, 6)
              THEN cte1.ACCT_END_DT
              ELSE GREATEST(cte1.ACCT_END_DT, cte2.tenure_end_date)
              END
  FROM cte1
  JOIN cte2 ON cte1.customer_id = cte2.customer_id AND cte1.rn = cte2.rn + 1
)
SELECT customer_id, CASE WHEN ADD_MONTHS(NVL(tenure_end_date, SYSDATE), 6) < SYSDATE THEN NULL ELSE tenure_start_date END AS CUSTOMER_TENURE_START_DATE FROM (
SELECT
  cte2.*, row_number() over (partition by customer_id order by rn desc) as rank_derv
  FROM cte2 ) subset
  WHERE rank_derv = 1
  ORDER BY 1,2 ;

I am also posting one which may work in case of Oracle only (since it uses hierarchical query syntax):

WITH dataset_rnkd as (
SELECT CT.*, row_number() over (partition by customer_id order by ACCT_STRT_DT DESC)  as row_rnk
from calc_customer_tenure  CT
)
SELECT customer_id, MIN(ACCT_STRT_DT) as CUSTOMER_TENURE FROM (
SELECT * FROM dataset_rnkd
START WITH ADD_MONTHS(NVL(ACCT_END_DT, SYSDATE), 6) >= SYSDATE
CONNECT BY NOCYCLE PRIOR customer_id = customer_id AND PRIOR ACCT_STRT_DT <= ADD_MONTHS(NVL(ACCT_END_DT, SYSDATE), 6)
) DS
GROUP BY customer_id
ORDER BY customer_id ;

A: Try this, gives the correct results for the dataset you supplied, but you should test more scenarii:
with data(customer_id,acct_serial_num,acct_strt_dt,acct_end_dt,comments) as
(
select '11111', 'Account1', to_date('2000-01-20','yyyy-mm-dd'), cast(NULL AS DATE), 'Customer already had an active account before closing the existing account' from dual union all
select '11111', 'Account2', to_date('2002-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2021-09-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), '' from dual union all
select '11111', 'Account3', to_date('2021-10-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), cast(NULL AS DATE), '' from dual union all

select '11112', 'Account1', to_date('2000-01-20','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2002-08-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Account closed but customer opened another account within cooling period of 6months' from dual union all
select '11112', 'Account2', to_date('2002-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2021-09-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), '' from dual union all
select '11112', 'Account3', to_date('2021-10-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), cast(NULL AS DATE), '' from dual union all

select '11113', 'Account1', to_date('2000-01-20','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2002-05-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Account closed but customer didn''t open another account within cooling period of 6months' from dual union all
select '11113', 'Account2', to_date('2002-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2021-09-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Hence this is the new customer tenure start date' from dual union all
select '11113', 'Account3', to_date('2021-10-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), cast(NULL AS DATE), '' from dual union all

select '11114', 'Account1', to_date('2000-01-20','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2021-08-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Customer has closed this account(1) after subsequent account(2) is closed. But then has opened an account(3) within 6 months of closing the account(1) hence this is the tenure start date' from dual union all
select '11114', 'Account2', to_date('2002-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), to_date('2003-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), '' from dual union all
select '11114', 'Account3', to_date('2021-10-22','yyyy-mm-dd'), cast(NULL AS DATE), '' from dual
),
datawc as (
    select d.customer_id,acct_serial_num,acct_strt_dt, nvl(d.acct_end_dt, to_date('2999-12-31','yyyy-mm-dd')) as acct_end_dt,
        nvl(add_months(acct_end_dt,6),to_date('2999-12-31','yyyy-mm-dd')) as cooldown_end_dt,
        case when
            acct_strt_dt < add_months(lag(acct_end_dt,1) over(partition by customer_id order by acct_strt_dt),6)
            then 1 else 0 end as prev_within_cooldown,
        case when
            add_months(nvl(acct_end_dt, to_date('2999-12-31','yyyy-mm-dd')),6) > lead(acct_strt_dt,1) over(partition by customer_id order by acct_strt_dt)
            then 1 else 0 end as next_within_cooldown,
        d.comments
    from data d
),
mergeddata as (
    select customer_id, acct_serial_num, acct_strt_dt, acct_end_dt, prev_within_cooldown, next_within_cooldown, cooldown_end_dt, comments
    from datawc d
    match_recognize(
        partition by customer_id
        order by acct_strt_dt,acct_end_dt
        measures first(acct_serial_num) as acct_serial_num, cooldown_end_dt as cooldown_end_dt,
            first(prev_within_cooldown) as prev_within_cooldown, first(next_within_cooldown) as next_within_cooldown,
            comments as comments, first(acct_strt_dt) as acct_strt_dt, max(acct_end_dt) as acct_end_dt
        pattern( merged* str)
        define merged as acct_end_dt >= next(acct_strt_dt)
    )
)
select d.customer_id, min(acct_strt_dt) as tenure_dt
from mergeddata d
where next_within_cooldown = 1
group by d.customer_id
;

CUSTO TENURE_DT
----- -----------
11111 20-JAN-2000
11112 20-JAN-2000
11113 10-DEC-2002
11114 20-JAN-2000


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