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Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 13 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.
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Title: Joshua and Judges: The allotment of the land, part 13 - Predestination; Jos 14-17.
HEB 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
HEB 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Because the Sanctifier and the sanctified are one, all from one Father, He can call us brethren who actually become one with Him.
The sanctifier sanctified the brethren. If He had not, the gulf between us and Him would be so vast that He would have to be ashamed to call us His brothers and sisters. The cross filled that gulf and now all may freely come to Him in joy rather than shrink from Him in shame. Now that we are with Him and in Him we each have a glorious purpose which is revealed in our predestination.
The truth of this plan for the church was so important that it was not entrusted to the agency of angels, but was reserved for the Lord Himself.
EPH 3:4-5
when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit
Hence this truth was not told to the OT saints and prophets, but was a mystery to them, and similarly the Lord removed Satan from the presence of the upper room before He began to first reveal it that very night. The message was then entrusted to the apostles, who were themselves recipients of predestination, and who were given the power of miraculous signs and spectacular spiritual gifts in their communication of it. The King has restored us to our own dominion and in service of Him and His people, and due to the position He has given to us, He is not ashamed to declare us as His closest family.
Then the writer quotes three OT passages (PSA 22:22; ISA 8:17, 18) to show the Messiah's identification with man and, at the same time, emphasize the humanity of Jesus.
HEB 2:12 saying,
"I will proclaim Your name to My brethren, In the midst of the congregation I will sing Thy praise." [PSA 22:22]
HEB 2:13 And again,
"I will put My trust in Him." [ISA 8:17]
And again,
"Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me." [ISA 8:18]
David and Isaiah were writing these truths to the remnant of their day, to be fulfilled in the Millennium. The writer of Hebrews is writing the same to the remnant of his day, but these things are as true for them as they are true for us now since we are not waiting for a future fulfillment.
Israel had the outline or the shadow of these truths which they were to rely upon and patiently wait for, but we, having our esteemed position, possess the reality of them in our everyday lives.
David and Isaiah's trust in the future deliverance of Israel was founded upon the coming Messiah. It's fulfillment was to them and their brethren. Yet now, we possess the reality of this fulfillment in the resurrected Christ who sits at the right hand of God until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.
The next reason for His cross was to overcome the prince of death.
HEB 2:14 Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless [inoperative] him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Christ has rendered Satan inoperative and if he no longer has power over death then he has no power over life.
Satan is still around and he still possesses power and a certain authority over the world system, but insofar as the believer is concerned, he has been rendered inoperative respecting the believer's death, and if he has no power over death, it should not be that the believer should allow him any power over life.
HEB 2:15 and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
The believer is free to walk in the plan of God. No matter what may come against him, nothing can stop him from completing the course, only, he can choose not to. For the unbeliever, this material life in the world is his only option and death is a punishment. For the believer his only option is the life that is Christ and death is no longer a punishment, but only a passage to heaven. To him, death is time's last gracious gift from God.


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Us History Test 3
United States History 1301
Lindsay M.
Nicholas Bindle
-an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States
-Andrew Jackson's chief antagonist in a conflict (1832–36) that resulted in termination of the bank. "enemy of the common man"
- involved with pet banks
-Chief Justice in the Supreme Court -established Judicial Review.
-McCullough v. Maryland
-7th president
-leader of Democratic Party
-supported slavery extension into new western states
-tariff of 1828
-Indian removal act
William Lloyd Garrison
- American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer
- Editor of The Liberator
- Promoted for "immediate emancipation" of the slaves
- Also supported women's suffrage
-leading proponent of federal action to stimulate the economy through protective tariffs, transportation improvements and a national bank
-Mass senator
-member of war hawks
-accused of being involved in the "corrupt bargain"
-lost to Jackson for second term
-experienced statesmen
5th President who was elected in 1816 and wrote the Monroe Doctrine to declare to foreign powers that America was no longer open to colonization.
Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance: (1836) Emerson's address at Harvard College, in which he declared an intellectual independence from Europe, urging American scholars to develop their own traditions.
transcendentalist movement
-became president of the U.S
-proposed the "Divorce Bill" = seperating the bank from the government passed in 1840
Harriett Jacobs
one of the first autobiographical narratives about the struggle for freedom by female slaves and an account of the sexual harassment and abuse they endured.
-10th president
-replaced original Whig cabinet with southern conservatives
-first to succeed to the presidency following the death of a predecessor
-Wrote "The Great Lawsuit, Man versus Men, Woman versus Women."
-First female foreign war correspondent.
-associated with transcendentalism movement
Denmark Vesey
-married a slave and was told that he could buy her freedom and it wasn't upheld
-led slave revolt but was betrayed, tried and hanged
-literate carpenter from St. Thomas
Isabella Baumfree
-sojourner truth
-The most famous abolitionist and women's rights advocate
-was born in New York a slave, but was freed in 1825, when the state abolished slavery.
Speaker of the House who was part of the Corrupt Bargain with John Q. Adams
Large proponent of the American System- tariff, national bank, canals
-slave owning southerner dedicated to Democratic party
-"dark horse" candidate for president, and he won the election
-favored American expansion, especially advocating the annexation of Texas, California, and Oregon
-follower of Andrew Jackson
Seqouyah
Devised the Cherokee alphabet
Advances Cherokee into civilized people
-advocated states' rights and nullification, and defended slavery
-Jackson's first Vice President but organized the Whig Party in opposition to Jackson
Dorothea Dix
-reformed insane asylums -wanted legislators to mandate the humane treatment of mentally ill
-American Quaker, abolitionist, a women's rights activist, and a social reformer
-worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in calling the Seneca Falls Convention
Leading figure of the Women's rights movement in the US. Also an active abolitionist. Primary co-organizer of Seneca Falls convention.
Robert Fulton
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Former slave who became a prominent abolitionist in the Civil War era.
Leading educational reformer during the pre-Civil War period. He served in the Massachusetts state legislature and was successful in channeling more money for public education.
Era of Good Feelings
After the Federalists fell apart there was just One political Party.
Gibbons v. Ogden
The Court ruled Congress had powers to regulate any aspect of commerce that crossed state lines, including modes of transportation, and that such regulation preempted conflicting regulation by the states
McCullough v. Maryland
ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause and the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. McCulloch not only gave Congress broad discretionary power to implement the enumerated powers and also repudiated radical states rights.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
The decision settled the nature of public versus private charters and resulted in the rise of the American business corporation and the American free enterprise system.
Worchester v. Georgia
Stated that the federal government was the sole authority to deal with Indian nations. It is considered to have built the foundations of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty in the United States
A document signed by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Second Bank of the US
Mismanaged US economy. Western expansion caused large amounts of land to be bought. Bank raised interest rates so it was difficult for investors to borrow money
forced removal of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River / ¼ died along the way
Panic of 1837
A financial crisis in the United States that started a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time.
Corrupt Bargain
Electoral college deadlocked, Henry Clay gets votes for JQA, JQA appoints Henry Clay as SOS, Jackson pissed and calls it corrupt bargain
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. Isolationist policy
an American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. A core belief of transcendentalism is in the inherent goodness of people and nature.
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. Relocated to present day Oklahoma.
American temperance movement
movement to curb the consumption of alcohol. It had a large influence on American politics and society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
a Protestant religious revival movement that reflected Romanticism characterized by enthusiasm, emotion, and an appeal to the super-natural. It rejected the skeptical rationalism and deism of the Enlightenment
Compromise of 1820
Devised by Henry Clay. It regulated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north.
Adam-Onis Treaty
Ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain
Nullification crisis of 1832
South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state
Nat Turner Rebellion of 1831
rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States. New laws prohibited education of slaves and free black people, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services.
The American System
Envisioned a protective tariff, a national bank jointly owned by private stockholders and the federal government, and federal subsidies for transportation projects ('internal improvements').
5 Civilized Tribes
adopted attributes of the colonists' culture; Christianity, centralized governments, literacy
-cherokee, chactaw, seminole, creek, chicksaw
British Treaty of 1818
Between US and Britain dealing with northern border of Louisiana purchase
Lake of the woods along the eastern parallel
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Q: ChildBrowser plugin crashing in ios app I am using ChildBrowser iOS cordova plugin for displaying pdf file.
when i rigorously scroll the pdf file which is opened in the child browser plugin,
the APP CRASHES with the following messages printed in the console.
seems to be a sort of memory issue
Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : BKSendGSEvent ERROR sending event type 3001: (ipc/send) invalid destination port (0x10000003)

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : BKSendGSEvent ERROR sending event type 3001: (ipc/send) invalid destination port (0x10000003)

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 com.apple.launchd[1] (UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742][452]) : (UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742]) Exited: Killed: 9

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 UserEventAgent[13] : jetsam: kernel termination snapshot being created

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : Application 'UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742]' exited abnormally with signal 9: Killed: 9

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 ReportCrash[480] : libMobileGestalt copySystemVersionDictionaryValue: Could not lookup ReleaseType from system version dictionary

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 ReportCrash[480] : Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/LowMemory-2013-02-08-142310.plist using uid: 0 gid: 0, synthetic_euid: 0 egid: 0

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:09 MobComp-iPad-3 MobileWorkManager[452] : Received memory warning.

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : BKSendGSEvent ERROR sending event type 3001: (ipc/send) invalid destination port (0x10000003)

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : BKSendGSEvent ERROR sending event type 3001: (ipc/send) invalid destination port (0x10000003)

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 com.apple.launchd[1] (UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742][452]) : (UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742]) Exited: Killed: 9

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 UserEventAgent[13] : jetsam: kernel termination snapshot being created

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 backboardd[51] : Application 'UIKitApplication:com.InfoImage[0x2742]' exited abnormally with signal 9: Killed: 9

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 ReportCrash[480] : libMobileGestalt copySystemVersionDictionaryValue: Could not lookup ReleaseType from system version dictionary

Feb  8 14:23:10 MobComp-iPad-3 ReportCrash[480] : Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/LowMemory-2013-02-08-142310.plist using uid: 0 gid: 0, synthetic_euid: 0 egid: 0

sometimes the app crashes and relaunches.
Thanks in advance. Any help is highly appreciated.

A: Updating the childbrowser plugin to newer version solved the issue.

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Baba Antropofagica
|In CHAPTER 5: Theories of Mind (ToM): Mind Reading, Empathy and Telepathy
|By Lygia Clark
Lygia Clark was a Columbian artist and psychotherapist who worked very closely with psychoanalytic concepts, and created Baba Antropofagia, 1973, where she explored dream, extreme transference, collective body and exchange of psychic qualities. Clark deploys a strategy of many telepathy artists to 'sensitizes us politically.' Clark's work Baba Antropofagica was based on a dream: "I dreamt that I opened my mouth and took out a substance incessantly [. . .]".1 The participants expelled cotton threads from their mouths, with "cannibalistic slobber", abject and uncanny like ectoplasm, emitted onto a reclining body. In a letter by Clark to her artist colleague Helio Oiticica, who also worked with telepathy through Columbian aesthetics of anthropofagia. She described the 'vibrating body' of sweaty participants within her nylon and plastic 'biological architectures' and that the "colourless transparent plastic was almost like ectoplasm that linked the bodies in nonmaterial way."2 Suely Rolnik describes the "fantasies/ghosts" of Clark's vibrating bodies that were expressed and expelled in her rituals, which Clark describes as being "vomited"3. In another letter by Clark to Oiticica she says: "We arrived at what I call corpo coletivo (collective body) which in the last analysis, is the exchange between people and their intimate psychology. This exchange is not a pleasant thing…It is an exchange of psychic qualities and the word "communication" is too weak to express what happens in the group."4 The telepathic latency of the anthropofagia art movement, including the work of Clark and Oiticia, resonates with Marcel Mauss' study of magical collaboration in the case of group mobilisation suggests a demonstration of what J.G. Frazer (an early anthropologist) terms 'a savage telepathy.'5Telepathy and sympathy operate as do other forms of affective contagion, with a number of individuals sharing the same passion, carrying the same props and wearing the same make-up and making the same sounds: "The whole social body comes alive with the same movement. They all become, in a manner of speaking, parts of a machine or, better, spokes of a wheel: the magical round dance, performed and sung, becomes the ideal image of the situation. This image is probably primitive, but certainly still occurs in our own times…The rhythmic movement, uniform and continuous, is the immediate expression of a mental state, in which consciousness of each individual is overwhelmed by a single sentiment, a single hallucinatory idea, a common objective."6
Susan Hiller, "Lygia Clark," Dream Machines, by Susan Hiller, and Jean Fisher (London: Hayward Gallery, 2000) n. pag.; Guy Brett, "Lygia Clark: The Borderline between Life and Art," Third Text 1 (1987).
Rolnik, 57-110, 85; Lygia Clark, letter dated 20 May 1970, in Figueiredo, 145.
Rolnik, 57-110, 85; Lygia Clark, letter dated 20 May 1970, in Figueiredo, 91.
Hiller, "Lygia Clark;" Lygia Clark, From a letter to Helio Oiticia, 6 July 1974.
Marcel Mauss, A General Theory of Magic, trans. Robert Brain (1902; London, and NY: Routledge, 1972) 163. Mauss is referring to a phrase of J. G. Frazer.
Mauss, General Theory of Magic, 163.


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WASHINGTON—Regulators have set the date of the second nationwide test of the digital Emergency Alert System. The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is conducting the all-hands EAS test Sept. 28, 2016, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time.
A secondary test date is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2016, if necessary. EAS participants must be prepared to participate in a test on both the primary and alternate test dates. All EAS participants are required to participate in this nationwide test.
The nationwide test will assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS, with a particular emphasis on testing FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, or IPAWS, the integrated gateway through which common alerting protocol-based EAS alerts are disseminated to EAS participants—virtually all U.S. broadcast licensees, some cable headends and various and sundry other TV distributors.
The test message will clearly state that the alert is only a test of the EAS. FEMA's alert will be transmitted in English and Spanish and include both audio and the text of the test message, which can be used to populate an accessible video crawl.
These improvements are intended help ensure that all members of the public, including non-English speakers and individuals with disabilities, will receive emergency information. The test will provide an opportunity to evaluate this and other measures that the FCC has adopted to address issues identified in the first nationwide test of the new IPAWS-based EAS platform, conducted Nov. 9, 2011at 2 p.m. ET.
The results of this second nationwide EAS test will be captured and analyzed using the EAS Test Reporting System (ERTS). All EAS participants are reminded that they are required to register with the reporting system and must complete the filing of ETRS Form One on or before Aug. 26, 2016.
EAS participants are instructed to file the "day of test" information sought by ETRS Form Two at or before 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 28, 2016.
EAS participants are further instructed to file the detailed post-test data sought by ETRS Form Three on or before Nov, 14, 2016.
· Manually synchronizing EAS equipment clocks to the official time provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, if an EAS participant's equipment does not automatically synchronize to an Internet time source.
Members of the public and interested stakeholder organizations that are in position to observe test results in their communities can provide useful feedback on the improvements to the EAS, any problems observed, or any other complications in the delivery of the EAS message during the nationwide test by reporting their observations to the Public Safety Support Center.
Also see.... the July 18 Public Notice from the FCC.
A test reporting portal is being launched for participants in the Emergency Alert System.


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Niedźwiedź – dawna gromada, czyli najmniejsza jednostka podziału terytorialnego Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w latach 1954–1972.

Gromady, z gromadzkimi radami narodowymi (GRN) jako organami władzy najniższego stopnia na wsi, funkcjonowały od reformy reorganizującej administrację wiejską przeprowadzonej jesienią 1954 do momentu ich zniesienia z dniem 1 stycznia 1973, tym samym wypierając organizację gminną w latach 1954–1972.

Gromadę Niedźwiedź z siedzibą GRN w Niedźwiedziu utworzono – jako jedną z 8759 gromad na obszarze Polski – w powiecie limanowskim w woj. krakowskim, na mocy uchwały nr 23/IV/54 WRN w Krakowie z dnia 6 października 1954. W skład jednostki weszły obszary dotychczasowych gromad Niedźwiedź i Podobin ze zniesionej gminy Niedźwiedź w tymże powiecie. Dla gromady ustalono 18 członków gromadzkiej rady narodowej.

31 grudnia 1959 do gromady Niedźwiedź przyłączono obszar zniesionej gromady Poręba Wielka.

31 grudnia 1961 do gromady Niedźwiedź przyłączono obszar zniesionej gromady Konina.

Gromada przetrwała do końca 1972 roku, czyli do kolejnej reformy gminnej. 1 stycznia 1973 reaktywowano gminę Niedźwiedź.

Przypisy

Niedzzxwiedzzx (powiat limanowski)
Niedźwiedź (powiat limanowski)

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package com.fibonacci.MiscCraft.item;

import com.fibonacci.MiscCraft.common.MiscCraft;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;

public class SapphireShard extends Item{
	public SapphireShard(int i)  {
		this.setCreativeTab(MiscCraft.MiscCraftTab);
		this.shouldRotateAroundWhenRendering();
	}
public boolean shouldRotateAroundWhenRendering(){
	return false;
}

	}

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All code in P* programs sits inside SCENE blocks. A program is required to provide a SCENE called main, which is the first one to be run by the interpreter. P* will crash with an error message if the SCENE main is missing. There may be no duplicate scene names, and they cannot nest.
Scenes, apart from the main scene are called using the #SCENE-pragma. A scene may access all variables from it's caller.
A scene can extend another scene. This is useful for instance if we want to put configuration stuff inside a scene and include it in other scenes.
In a scene inheritance setup, we can use the keywords private and protected to restrict access to variables and functions. If we don't specify any keyword, private is assumed.
A variable or function which is private can only be accessed from within the same scene, but protected ones can be accessed from derived scenes.
Base scenes are specified by putting a colon : after the scene name followed by a comma separated list of the base scenes, like SCENE main : b, c. Base scenes are run prior to the derived scene in the order in which they are defined.
If we call a function of a base scene from a derived scene, the function can access private variables of the scene in which it is defined.


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by Arthur Miller
What would be an example of alliteration from The Crucible?
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Alliteration is the repetition of the initial sounds in words that are close to one another in lines or sentences of a work. In The Crucible , alliteration does not play a major role, but a good example of the device appears at the play's end. When Rev. Hale begs...
Alliteration is the repetition of the initial sounds in words that are close to one another in lines or sentences of a work. In The Crucible, alliteration does not play a major role, but a good example of the device appears at the play's end. When Rev. Hale begs Elizabeth to persuade her husband to confess and save his life, she responds,
"He have his goodness now."
With the emphasis on pronouns for John, Elizabeth demonstrates that she realizes that only John can be responsible for himself, and the repetition of the sounds for those pronouns and on the sentence's verb reiterates that truth.
Another example of alliteration from the same act (Act 4) occurs in Rev. Hale's powerful speech to Elizabeth. At this point, he begins his initial attempt to persuade Elizabeth to save her husband's life. He uses phrases such as "like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts," "bright confidence," and "faith brings blood." These strong "b" sounds capture the audience's attention when the play is performed and add to the power of Hale's persuasion.
There are more examples throughout the play; just look for repetition of initial sounds through the characters' longer speeches.
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Q: Retrieve data from Firebase but snaptshop.get returns null I am really new to Firebase.
I am making an Android app that uses firestore as database. My problem is when I try to check if a certain data exists. It will always say it does not.
This is the method where this is happening.
private void usernameInDatabase(final String username){

        if (registration != null)
            registration.remove();

        registration = utilizadores.addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
            @Override public void onEvent(@Nullable DocumentSnapshot snapshot,
                                          @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
                if (e != null) {
                    Log.w("Utilizadores", "Listen failed.", e);
                    return;
                }
                if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
                    Log.d("Utilizadores", snapshot.getData().toString());
                    Log.d("Utilizadores", username);
                    if (snapshot.get(username) == null) {
                        loginFormState.setValue(new LoginFormState(R.string.utilizadorNaoBaseDados, null));
                        utilizadorNaBaseDados = false;
                        Log.d("Utilizadores", "Not Database :(");
                    } else {
                        utilizadorNaBaseDados = true;
                        Log.d("Utilizadores", "base de dados ;D");
                    }
                } else {
                    Log.d("Utilizadores", "Current data: null");
                }
            }
        });
    }

As you can see, I check the data that I can retrieve from firestore here:
                    Log.d("Utilizadores", snapshot.getData().toString());
                    Log.d("Utilizadores", username);

This is what I get in logcat:

{daniel@gmail.com={dataNasc=Timestamp(seconds=862182000, nanoseconds=0), mail=daniel@gmail.com, pass=, nome=Daniel Marco, id=danMar125}, ester@gmail.com={dataNasc=Timestamp(seconds=902876400, nanoseconds=0), mail=ester@gmail.com, pass=, nome=Ester Mendes, id=est124}, ola@g.co=hgjk, marcio@gmail.com={dataNasc=Timestamp(seconds=680914800, nanoseconds=0), mail=marcio@gmail.com, pass=, nome=Márcio Marques, id=marMar123}, marco@gmail.com={dataNasc=Timestamp(seconds=923180400, nanoseconds=0), mail=marco@gmail.com, pass=, nome=Marco António, id=marAnt545}, maria@gmail.com={dataNasc=Timestamp(seconds=877561200, nanoseconds=0), mail=maria@gmail.com, pass=, nome=Maria Antonieta, id=marAnt999}}
daniel@gmail.com

So, I know that the username I am searching is in database, and I know that the data is being retrieved from database, but it keeps acting like it is not.
Can anyone help me, please?
Edit
This is my database structure.

And this is how I defined utilizadores.
  DocumentReference utilizadores = db.collection("Domum").document("Utilizador");

A: To check the existens of a user according to the structure of your database, you simply need to use contains() method, on the Map object that is returned by document.getData(). So in code should look like this:
utilizadores.get().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<DocumentSnapshot> task) {
        if (task.isSuccessful()) {
            DocumentSnapshot document = task.getResult();
            if (document.exists()) {
                Map<String, Object> map = document.getData();
                if (map.containsKey("daniel@gmail.com")) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "User exists!");
                } else {
                    Log.d(TAG, "User does not exist!");
                }
            } else {
                Log.d(TAG, "No such document");
            }
        }
    }
});

If you need to get data in realtime, then you should use addSnapshotListener(), in the same way as above.


There will be a 15 minute break after Levels 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, and 21.
THIS IS A BEST STACK FORWARD EVENT. Any player to bag chips in more than one flight will receive a payout of $1,200 for each additional stack, and will carry forward only their largest stack to Day 2.
Here is a look at the 25 players advancing to Day 2 in the money from Flight C of the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event. These 25 will join with the 19 from Flight A, the 14 from Flight B, and any that bag in tomorrow's Flight D. Day 2 play will begin at 12:00 noon Tuesday May 9th.
So far, no players have bagged in more than one flight. Any player to do so will carry only their largest stack forward, and will be compensated $1,200 for each additional stack that they bag.
The final 25 players are now bagging up their chips for the night, and will return to play Day 2 on Tuesday May 9th at 12:00 noon.
Zhi Wu bagged the flight B chip lead, having ended with 450,000. Soukha Kachittavong ended the night in second with 352,000, and rounding out the top three is Tyler Loranger with 309,500.
A full list of all advancing players will be posted in the next few minutes.
Event #1, Flight C - "Happy Birthday Soukha"
The General was just eliminated by James Magner after he shoved all in holding K♠K♦ against Magner's A♣J♣ on a A♥9♣6♥4♣ board. The General was unable to improve on the J♠ river, and was eliminated from play.
After the General's elimination, there are now 26 players remaining, with 25 making the money, which means we have reached the hand for hand portion of play. Play will continue until we lose one player, and then the remaining 25 players will bag up their chips to return for Day 2 on Tuesday May 9th at 12:00 noon.
The remaining 46 players are in the middle of their 60 minute dinner break. They will return to play Level 14 (1,000/2,000 blinds and a 300 ante.) The average chip stack coming back from break will be 88,695.
Play will resume around 8:10pm Eastern Time, and they will play down to 25 players (12% of the field) before bagging up for the night.
There were a total of 204 entries in the third flight of the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry Event #1.
The field will play down to the final 25 players before bagging and tagging later tonight. Those 25 players will join the 14 players that advanced in Flight A, the 19 that advanced in Flight B, and any that advance in tomorrow's Flight D, to play Day 2 on Tuesday May 9th at 12:00pm. All players that make Day 2 will return in the money, and any player that bags in multiple flights will take home $1,200 for each additional stack they bag, with only their largest stack advancing to Day 2.
While Event #1 is on a short 15 minute break, we thought we would bring you a quick look at some of the action from the Omaha Hi/Lo 8+ Field today.
There were a total of 60 entries in today's $300 Omaha Hi/Lo 8+ event, generating a prizepool of $15,132. The top 7 places will make the money, with first place taking home $4,918.


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Investigating My Brother's Killing: A Search for Answers Becomes a Netflix True Crime Documentary
William Ford Jr.'s 1992 shooting death motivated a 10-year quest for answers by his documentarian brother, Yance
By Chris Harris
Credit: Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP
Twenty-five years ago, with one fatal bullet to the heart, a family on Long Island, New York, was forever changed.
William Ford Jr., a 24-year-old high school math teacher who'd been recently hailed as a hero for detaining an armed robber on the street, was shot and killed on April 7, 1992. His killer? Mark Reilly, a 19-year-old mechanic at Super Stang Auto Body in Central Islip, New York, where Ford's girlfriend's car was being serviced.
Reilly, who is white, was arrested for manslaughter but he claimed self-defense in the altercation at the shop with Ford, who was black. An all-white grand jury declined to indict.
The killing has tormented Ford's family ever since: His father, William, had a stroke two years later, and his mother, Barbara, was left with debilitating health issues.
William's brother, Yance, has channeled his grief and heartache into a new true crime documentary on Netflix, Strong Island, premiering on Sept. 15, which suggests racial bias was a crucial factor in the investigation's outcome.
"I will never know the person I could have been if [William] had lived. I will never know that person and never be that person," Yance tells PEOPLE. "I took what I had and I have turned it into something bigger, because I had to make his death mean something."
More than 10 years ago, Yance decided to make a film that would both examine the brutal circumstances surrounding his brother's death while also celebrating — and reclaiming — William's memory.
• For more on director Yance Ford's search for answers about his brother's death, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands Friday.
William Ford Jr.
| Credit: Netflix
The scene of William Ford Jr.'s 1992 shooting, in the present day
"Initially, I thought that the question was going to be, 'What happened?' But when I realized the answer to that question is easily arrived at, instead the question became, 'Why?' " Yance tells PEOPLE of Strong Island, his directorial debut, which was produced by Danny Glover's Louverture Films.
"Some of the fears William had I continue to have," Glover says. "William's death killed his family along with their dreams and aspirations."
Yance says he wants audiences to approach Strong Island with different expectations than they would most other crime documentaries.
"This film allowed me to interrogate and ask questions," he explains. "I did learn new information, but at the end of the process, I was still left with the realization that the man who killed my brother should have gone to trial but didn't."
The Ford family: William (back) and Yance (in white) with sister Lauren
"It is important to distinguish that Strong Island is not a film that is seeking to uncover evidence of guilt or that is objecting to a guilty or not-guilty verdict," Yance says. "This film is questioning if it was reasonable to decide there was no probable cause to move forward to trial. My argument is: Of course there was probable cause, because we know how low the bar for probable cause really is."
Though Reilly and the officials who originally handled the case could not be reached for comment by PEOPLE, former Suffolk County, New York, investigator James Hughes says in the documentary that the evidence supported the grand jury's decision.
The investigation into William's shooting death is officially considered closed — though, with Strong Island, it is not forgotten.
"We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system," Yance says. "My brother, William, wasn't perfect but he was human, and his humanity is the thing that was denied him from the beginning of the process through the end."


Summer is rapidly approaching, and that means Californians who own boats – and their families and friends – will soon be enjoying time on the water. Enjoy, but be careful. If you are charged with boating under the influence in California, it's just like driving under the influence, and you'll need to obtain legal help at once from an experienced Orange County DUI defense lawyer. A California State Assembly member from the Bay Area has introduced new legislation aimed at identifying intoxicated boaters. Assembly Bill 539, if approved and signed into law, would allow police officers to obtain a search warrant to test the blood of a boat operator they suspect is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
"California has some of the strictest DUI laws in the nation, but we need tough boating laws as well," said Assembly member Marc Levine (D-San Rafael), the legislation's sponsor. Levine cited Coast Guard statistics reporting 4,062 recreational boating accidents in 2013, including 2,620 injuries and 560 deaths. According to Levine's office, alcohol is the leading factor in fatal boating accidents. The proposed law is modeled on Senate Bill 717, signed into law by Governor Brown in 2013. That law allows police officers to obtain a search warrant to test the blood of any motorist suspected of DUI who refuses a blood test. If approved, AB 539 would apply that same procedure to boaters.
A California boat operator who is tested with a blood alcohol content level at or above 0.08 percent can be arrested for boating under the influence. The penalties for boating under the influence (BUI) are similar to those for DUI in California. If you are convicted, you face up to $1,000 in fines and fees, six months in jail, and court-ordered participation at a DUI education or counseling program. If you're arrested and charged with BUI, do not wait – call an experienced Orange County DUI defense lawyer as quickly as possible.


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What are consumers' security responsibilities for passwords and PINs?
Posted on October 26, 2015 July 12, 2016 by Michael Duncan
Consumers must protect themselves from fraud by keeping their bank account and key card PINs and passwords, secret. In the case of National Australia Bank Ltd v Swed (No.2) [2015] NSWSC 1322, the Court found that this requirement did not include Customer Identification Numbers issued by banks.
In this case, the Court rejected National Australia Bank's (NAB) application to take possession of Mr Swed's home. Mr Swed claimed that his wife, who lived with him, was responsible for fraudulently accessing his accounts through a telephone banking system. Mrs Swed withdrew funds from his account and used them to gamble. Mr Swed claimed that he did not know about his wife's use of the accounts or money. Mrs Swed was able to access Mr Swed's bank accounts because she knew his Customer Identification Number. It was printed on the back of Mr Swed's keycard, and on letters and statements sent to Mr Swed by NAB. She was also able to memorise Mr Swed's telephone banking password as she had seen it displayed on the LED telephone screen after Mr Swed had entered it to check his account balance. Additionally, Mrs Swed had discovered Mr Swed's account PIN by watching him when he used ATMs.
NAB claimed that, even if Mrs Swed had accessed Mr Swed's accounts, Mr Swed had acted "with extreme carelessness" in allowing his wife to gain unauthorised access to his bank accounts; and he should therefore be legally responsible for the missed repayments on the loan.
Mr Swed said that whilst he was aware of Mrs Swed's gambling addiction, he thought that it was largely under control. During the trial, he gave evidence that he had put Mrs Swed's name on a register to exclude her from gaming venues and had also told NAB not to speak with her or allow her any access to his accounts. He also claimed that he took steps to exclude her from standing near him when he used an ATM. Their family home had also been transferred into Mr Swed's sole name as a safety measure.
The Court found that Mr Swed did not act "with extreme carelessness" because there he was not required under the Electronic Funds Transfer Code to keep his Customer Identification Number secret. The Court was also convinced that Mr Swed had done enough to try and keep his wife from knowing his password and PIN. Judgment was given in favour of Mr Swed; and NAB was ordered to pay his legal costs. Mr Swed was not required to repay the funds withdrawn and gambled by his wife.
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Enter for a chance to win a VIP Safari Off Road Adventure for you and 3 others at Six Flags Great Adventure!
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What will you get to do?
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I was contacted yesterday saying that my husband and myself won a 3 day 2 night trip to Orlando or Las Vegas trip with the round trip air fare, hotel accomodations and a 7 inch fire kindle. Is this for real or is it some kind of scam. Filled out entry at Rod Stewart concert in Camden NJ on July 12, 2017.
Thanks for the messaging. It's not a scam, but the person that called should not have said you "Won." The trip to Orlando or Las Vegas is in exchange for your time in attending a presentation on our vacation packages. If you attend, you 100% will receive the trip as well as an Amazon Fire Tablet.
Everyone is responsible for their individual taxes on the trip. Depending on where you fly out of and the hotel, it will be between $50- $87.50 per-person. We don't collect that money, it's set by the various airports/local hotel taxes.
Let me know if you have additional questions. This video https://youtu.be/NSvyamxWsbk will give you an idea of what the presentation is like.


Hello followers. Sorry for the long break. We are back and will be posting regularly from now on. In this 3 parts series examines the definition of success and what it means for Millennials and for people working in the 2010's of all ages. There is something for everyone to learn here.
We talked to Mara Keller (The GhazStation's social media manager) about success and discussed the last important truth about success.
In the previous two articles we discussed two important factors for success: The Determinent (luck) and The Struggle (hard work). But there are many who are super lucky and who work very hard who don't make it.
One guy specifically comes to mind when thinking of someone who worked really hard but didn't make it, Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba. There is no doubt that Jack Ma was very smart and hardworking. There is no doubt that he had the correct circumstances for his success (the proof is his success now). But could Jack Ma have succeeded earlier. Jack Ma talked a lot about his application to work at KFC when KFC first entered China. He was the only one dismissed from the 24 who applied. So why would someone who is very intelligent and hard working not be accepted to work at KFC?
This is partly speculation but Jack Ma is a very ambitious man. He was probably very ambitious when he applied to his job at KFC. He was probably overqualified. He was overambitious for the job. The people probably clearly could tell that this guy is meant for something else. He is not meant for serving fried chicken. He is a brilliant hardworking man and he is meant for more.
I am more surprised that Jack Ma applied to KFC. I am surprised that someone with such great talent and ambition was doing the wrong thing. Jack Ma followed the two other secrets of success: he kept trying and working hard until he got lucky. But the truth is he was doing the wrong thing when he applied to this job.
Think about the goals you set for yourself and decide if you are actually doing the right thing. If you want to become a great financial advisor, why do you spend all your time learning how to improve your public speaking. It's probably a skill you need to improve on but is that the number one skill you should be working on. Shouldn't you be spending your time improving your financial advisor skills. If you are looking for a new job, shouldn't you be spending your time applying to different jobs? Why are you spending all this time taking another online Coursera class for a subject that really won't help you at your new job.
I see many people set high goals and work really hard to achieve their goals, but they are doing the wrong thing. If you want to get into project management, you should be spending your time focusing on doing the things that will get you to your goal. I see many people apply to MBA programs because 'it's going to help them in their career'. But a lot of those people don't need an MBA degree to do their future job. You don't need an MBA to become a people manager in most places. People seem to be doing the wrong thing. Are you one of them?
If your goal is to be successful, no matter the definition of success to you, you need to think about what you need to get there. If you want to get fitter and healthier then you need to eat better and exercise. You can do one, but you need to do both for maximal results. That's everything in life. If you want to improve in your professional career, you need to do the right things for your career. If you are building a startup, you need to learn everything about running a business as well as your product. If you fail to fulfill a skill, your whole business will fail, and so will your professional career.
So What's the Right Thing?
Be honest with yourself. You know when you are screwing around and not applying to jobs because you are scared, etc.
You can work really hard. You can spend years learning programming, but that won't make you a carpenter. This sounds dumb now but think about all the things you tried to do to improve your professional career that didn't help at all. Think about the time you wasted. Learn from that. The things that worked keep working on them and tell others about them. Get mentee and share your knowledge.
Many might think that working hard and not giving up is the hardest thing about success. But it's not. Doing the right thing is not either. But knowing what the right thing is. That's because knowing what the right thing is not always clear and not always obvious. You might have to do a trial and error with yourself and see which of the things you are doing are really advancing your career and goals.
Think about your three most important goals and be honest with yourself about what you are doing to make those goals possible. Do you really want to buy a fancy house but you are spending all your money eating out? That's not the right thing. Do you want to become a professional business analysts so you start taking analytics courses? That's probably the right thing. Jack Ma applying to KFC when he wants to be the most successful business man is not the right thing. He should have applied to a job that matched his ambitions.
Share your goal with The GhazStation in our comments section or send us a message. We would love to hear from you.
Follow the same thing in your personal life. If you want to build stronger relationships with your family and friends make sure you do the right thing. Make sure you show up to birthdays and congratulate people on their accomplishments. Be there for people. Making those right choices and decisions are going to improve your personal life with everyone. Also showing up is not enough. You have to engage with people. That's doing the right thing. If you want to build a fulfilling social life make sure you engage the people and be part of their life. Just showing up to events doesn't guarantee you a strong relationship with people. That's the difference between doing the right thing and not.
Originally published at theghazstation.com on September 12, 2016.


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A former school operator in western Japan has slammed the investigation into his alleged fraud, and also criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the start of his trial.
The trial of former Moritomo Gakuen president Yasunori Kagoike and his wife Junko began for the first time at the Osaka District Court on Wednesday. They were indicted on charges of defrauding the national government, Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City out of about 1.5 million dollars in subsidies related to the construction of an elementary school and the operation of its kindergarten.
Kagoike spoke for about ten minute at the outset of the trial. He said the government arrested him and his wife in a politically-motivated investigation and detained them for 300 days to keep them silent.
Kagoike told the court that these moves were just aimed at diverting public attention away from a serious scandal involving the prime minister's office and the Finance Ministry which had the office's intent in mind.
He also argued that the elementary school was being built with the support of the prime minister's wife Akie, but Abe turned to protecting himself when the land discount issue surfaced.
Moritomo Gakuen made headlines in 2017 after it was found to have purchased state-owned land at a price far below market value for its school building.
Kagoike admitted to making partially wrong applications to get prefectural and municipal subsidies. But he pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding the national government, saying he had no such intention.
Kagoike's wife pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The defense lawyer asked the court for a fair trial, suggesting that the Kagoikes might have been pinned down as malicious fraudsters in a move that tried to set the shady land deal as far apart as possible from the core of the administration.
The prosecution said the couple instructed the architect firm to pad the school's construction cost to secure subsidies. They added the couple submitted false documents to get as much subsidies as possible from Osaka Prefecture and City.


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Finding hope in "Iskolar Ni Juan" project
I am Kimberly, 19 years old, and the eldest sister of six siblings. I am blessed and happy that I graduated college through World Vision and Gokongwei Brothers Foundation's "Iskolar Ni Juan" project.
But life didn't start well for me.
At age 11, my father was brought home dead, leaving my mother, who used to be a plain housewife, to look after and feed her six young children. Once, I heard her crying and asking how she could possibly raise and provide for her little children. She even questioned God why things happened to us.
As the eldest sister, I was usually left home to look after my siblings whenever my mother would look for work. She didn't even know which one she should do first: to find work or to borrow money. At that time, I wanted to go to school, finish, and then find a decent job so I could help my mother. But with our life situation, I felt that my dream would simply become just that — a dream. I started losing hope. I couldn't find the true meaning of hope anymore and felt no one cared us, not even God.
But things changed one day. My mother decided that it was time to go home to Isabela and live with the relatives of my father. That was when I became part of World Vision. World Vision assisted my family in so many ways, one of which was when I became a student of Iskolar ni Juan, a project of Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, one of World Vision's partners. I studied Mechatronics Servicing for 1 year and was hired afterward in Universal Robina Corporation, one of the famous food corporations in the country.
Our brokenness was gradually made whole with the hands of God who brought many people to help us experience the positive and bright side of life. Through them, my faith in God was restored. I praise the Lord and I keep on declaring His goodness to us. He is very true in His promise that He will never leave us and that He makes ways and uses people to help us. God truly is our PROVIDER. We thank a lot of people who came to the saddest and hardest part of our life. I am humbled by our family's life journey. God planted in our family the seed of faith, perseverance, and assurance.
The Iskolar ni Juan project of Gokongwei Brothers Foundation is a technical-vocational scholarship program with employment opportunity. Last September 2018, 10 scholars graduated from World Vision-assisted communities: Kimberly, Sherwin, Christian, Mark, Jayson, Reymart, Clyde, John Carl, Rexon, and Rey Albert. Currently, GBF is supporting another batch of 11 scholars from World Vision.
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It was a tepid end to April and start to May this week as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out modestly weekly gains. The Nasdaq Composite was the leader of the trio with a gain of almost 1%.
While the evidence is anecdotal and represents just one week of data, this week's most searched exchange traded funds on ETF Trends are indicative of a market theme that has recently been prominent: A flight to value. Said another way, "boring is beautiful" was amplified in terms the most searched ETFs this week.
Other dividend ETFs that were widely searched this week include the WisdomTree Equity Income Fund (NYSEArca: DHS) and the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (NYSEArca: VIG).
Placing second among searched ETFs and still in the top-10 overall was the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLE). The Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (NYSEArca: FRAK) also saw elevated searches as the energy sector remains a favored destination.


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Q: SQLite: Read string value from numeric/real column (.NET) I am using a SQLite database to store double precision floating point values in a .NET project.
I have encountered a well known problem with NaN and infinity values and I am trying my way around it by storing the strings "NaN", "+Inf", "-Inf" for these values and converting these back to the respective double values when needed. I am using the System.Data.SQLite classes to implement SQLite in my project.
Now I see different ways to solve the problem. A working method is the following: I could create the column with the TEXT type. When I do this every value, even valid double numbers are stored as a string:
Creation of the table:
Using cmd As New SQLiteCommand("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Test (vals TEXT);")
...
Using cmd As New SQLiteCommand("INSERT INTO Test (vals) VALUES(@v);")
...
p.Value = SQLite_DoubleToValue(Double.PositiveInfinity)

The double to value conversion method:
Private Function SQLite_DoubleToValue(D As Double) As Object
    If Double.IsNaN(D) Then
        Return "NaN"
    ElseIf D > 1.79769313486E+308 Then 'Some rounding, everything above this is treated as infinity by SQLite
        Return "+Inf"
    ElseIf D < -1.79769313485E+308 Then 'Same here
        Return "-Inf"
    Else
        Return D 'Return the actual double value, boxed in an Object
    End If
End Function

Read back:
Using cmd As New SQLiteCommand("SELECT * FROM Test;")
Dim rdr As SQLiteDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
rdr.Read()
Dim val As Double = SQLite_ValueToDouble(rdr.GetValue(0))

Second value to double conversion method:
Private Function SQLite_ValueToDouble(V As Object) As Double
If TypeOf (V) Is String Then
    Dim s As String = CStr(V)
    If s = "NaN" Then
        Return Double.NaN
    ElseIf s = "+Inf" Then
        Return Double.PositiveInfinity
    ElseIf s = "-Inf" Then
        Return Double.NegativeInfinity
    Else 'Value can only be a number representation here
        Dim val As Double = Double.NaN
        Double.TryParse(s, val) '<- I don't like to do this conversion
        Return val
    End If
ElseIf TypeOf (V) Is Double Then '<- This never happens when the column is created as TEXT
    Return CDbl(V)
Else
    Return Double.NaN
End If
End Function

As I pointed out in the latter conversion method, I don't like the fact that even valid numbers are stored as strings. The databases grow in size when I declare TEXT columns instead of REAL columns and since SQLite does not really enforce data types I should be able to store the text in numeric columns as well. And in fact I can.
If I create my table like this:
Using cmd As New SQLiteCommand("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Test (vals REAL);")
...
Using cmd As New SQLiteCommand("INSERT INTO Test (vals) VALUES(@v);")
...
p.Value = SQLite_DoubleToValue(Double.PositiveInfinity)

and check my database in Database Browser for SQLite I see:

So the text is stored nicely in the numeric column.
However if I read it back using GetValue in .NET I don't get the string, but I get a value of 0.0 (Double).
It seems like either the SQLite API or the System.Data.SQLite implementation converts every value to double if a real column is encountered automatically, even if GetValue instead of GetDouble is used. It probably is not the API, since the Database Browser correctly reads the string value.
Do I miss something obvious or is there some bug and maybe a fix for it?
The behaviour I would like to see is that GetValue returns a double value (boxed in an object of course) if I wrote a double value into the table, and a string if I wrote a string into the column. Is there any way to achieve this?
I have read about the BindAndGetAllAsText flag, but I see problems there because a) again everything is written as Text into the database and b) the string representations are OS language dependent, which may lead to problems when reading the data back on different computers.
Answers in both VB.NET and C# are very much appreciated since it's not a language specific question here.

A: I have solved the problem by defining three specific double values as constants that represent the three special states:
Public Const NaNValue As Double = 1.7E308
Public Const PInfValue As Double = 1.71E308
Public Const NInfValue As Double = -1.71E308

I furthermore use similiar functions like the ones I showed in my question to convert the database values to double values and vice versa:
Protected Shared Function DoubleToValue(D As Double) As Double
    If Double.IsNaN(D) Then
        Return NaNValue
    ElseIf D >= PInfValue Then
        Return PInfValue
    ElseIf D <= NInfValue Then
        Return NInfValue
    Else
        Return D
    End If
End Function
Protected Shared Function ValueToDouble(V As Double) As Double
         If V = NaNValue Then
            Return Double.NaN
        ElseIf V = PInfValue Then
            Return Double.PositiveInfinity
        ElseIf V = NInfValue Then
            Return Double.NegativeInfinity
        Else
            Return V
        End If
End Function

This allows me to directly read and write double values from and to the database while maintaining the correct behaviour for the special values. You of course loose the single numbers you define as constants and limit the double value range somewhat. In most use cases you should be ok however and you could even move the limits further out than I did here.


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Q: Как использовать атрибуты класса в другом классе без наследования?
Есть несколько базовых классов:
base.py
class BaseParser:
   _SOURCE = NotImplemented

   def parse():
      print(f'base from {self.source}')

class FooBaseParser:
   _SOURCE = NotImplemented

   def parse():
      print(f'foo from {self.source}')

Так же несколько рабочих классов, обычно выглядящие так:
# module parser_a.py
class AParser(BaseParser):
   _SOURCE = 'aaa.aaa'

# module parser_b.py
class BParser(BaseParser):
   _SOURCE = 'bbb.bbb'

# module parser_c.py
class CParser(FooBaseParser):
   _SOURCE = 'ccc.ccc'

и модули которые работают с парсерами, например:
work_a.py
class AWork:
    _PARSER = AParser

    def work():
       parser = self._PARSER()
       parser.parse()

Теперь нужно реализовать выбор базового парсера для каждого из рабочих в зависимости от условия, я это пока вижу так (работа с модулями строгая):
Возможно можно использовать какой-нибудь паттерн проектирования, только я не разобрался какой
base.py
class ParserSelector:
    def __init__(self, foo, *args, **kwargs):
        self.init = foo, args, kwargs

    def get_parser(foo):
       return FooBaseParser if foo else BaseParser

    def parse():
       foo, args, kwargs = self.init
       parser = self.get_parser(foo)
       return parser(*args, **kwargs).parse()

Рабочие парсеры:
# parser_a.py
class AParser(ParserSelector):
   _SOURCE = 'aaa.aaa'

# parser_c.py
class CParser(ParserSelector):
   _SOURCE = 'ccc.ccc'

work_a.py
class AWork:
    _PARSER = AParser

    def work():
       parser = self._PARSER(foo=False)
       parser.parse()

work_c.py
class CWork:
    _PARSER = CParser

    def work():
       parser = self._PARSER(foo=True)
       parser.parse()

в данном случае остается проблема, что переопределенный атрибут класса SOURCE не пробрасывается до базовых классов. Место, где его можно найти это в self у ParserSelector'a. Так как можно пробросить атрибуты класса в базовый не прибегая к переопределению каждого атрибута экземпляра где-нибудь в init'e базового, так как их достаточно много
Чтобы не было так:
class BaseParser:
   _SOURCE = NotImplemented

   def __init__(self, child_self):
      self._SOURCE = child_self._SOURCE


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Roy Ashenfelter was interviewed on February 4, 2020 by Leslie McCartney and Katie Cullen at the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve offices in Nome, Alaska. In this interview, Roy talks about growing up following a seasonal subsistence lifestyle and his observations of environmental change throughout his lifetime in the region. He discusses changes in sea ice, seals, seasonal timing, moose, caribou, vegetation, beavers, fish, permafrost, and pollution. He also talks about problems of accessing resources as the environment changes.
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Keeping An Even Keel
NHLPA Staff
Francois BeaucheminToronto Maple Leafs
After a strong start in Toronto, veteran defenceman Francois Beauchemin knows there is much work to come
Francois Beauchemin doesn't need to go to an NHL rink to know how the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2010-11 season has gone so far.
With four consecutive wins in as many games to launch their campaign, the Leafs have indeed made the hockey world take notice, something not lost on Beauchemin, now in his second year with the Maple Leafs.
"I was at my son's hockey game a few days ago and some of the parents, who are big Leafs' fans, came up to me and told me how well we are playing," Beauchemin told NHLPA.com on the drive to practice on Sunday morning. "It's great to hear that and realize people are happy with how we've started the year."
After a woeful 2009-10, one that saw Toronto miss the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season following a pre-lockout run of six straight playoff appearances, the Original Six team has lived up to their advance billing that suggested a post-season spot was an attainable goal.
For Beauchemin, who signed a three-year deal with the Maple Leafs on July 6, 2009, it's certainly a welcome change in fortune. But he doesn't need to be reminded there are over 75 games still to be played.
"When you're not winning, you want to prove that you can," said the Quebec native, who played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for four season with the Laval Titan Collège Français, Acadie-Bathurst Titan and Moncton Wildcats. "But when you're winning, you have to work even harder. Everybody wants to be the first team to beat you."
Still, Beauchemin is happy to find himself and his team in the situation they're in.
At just 30 years of age, the blueliner, who has played nearly 350 NHL games, is a veteran on the Leafs, a label he laughs about, but a role he takes seriously.
"I'm not old, but I'm one of the older guys on the team," acknowledged the alternate captain, who was drafted 75th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1998, but only appeared in one game for the Habs in 2002-03. "I want to lead by example. One thing I want the guys to know is that it's very hard to win in the NHL on a long-term basis and that you really can't look too far ahead."
It's a strategy Beauchemin has employed in his own career, one that has seen him play seven games in Mississippi, get claimed on waivers and win a Stanley Cup.
"I've worked hard a lot," said the 6'0, 215-pounder. "To play in the NHL was what I had always dreamed about when I was playing road hockey or on the outdoor rinks. It's true, that it has been an interesting journey for me, but I don't really think about it now. I'm sure I will when my career is done."
It was 2004-05, the year of the NHL lockout, when Beauchemin first realized he could carve out a solid big-league career.
"No one was supposed to be picked up on waivers that season and I was," he recalled. "Columbus picked me up and thought this was my chance to show that I belonged."
While it was only 11 games with the Blue Jackets, Beauchemin learned a great deal from a pair of highly respected veterans.
"Adam Foote really helped me a lot and so did Todd Marchant," noted Beauchemin, of the long-time NHLPA members. "I was lucky to be around those guys."
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He emerged as a top-four defenceman with the Ducks and recorded 34 points in 61 games with the Anaheim after the trade, helping the club to a Stanley Cup championship in 2007.
"It was a great experience and I was fortunate to play with a lot of great players," said Beauchemin. "Scott Niedermayer was the perfect role model to show you what it takes to be a professional both on and off the ice. That's important for every player. You need to work just as hard away from the rink as you do when you're there."
Beauchemin certainly hasn't forgotten that play his part in keeping Toronto's winning ways intact.
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While talk of bringing the Cup to Toronto this year is a little premature, Beauchemin admits it's a lot happier drive to the rink these days.
"It is, for sure," he laughed. "Hopefully, we just keep things going and the confidence continues to build. We know we have to work hard every single game."
Beauchemin would know. It's something he's done it throughout his entire career.
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Aggie-Eagle Classic: Beware of Dog… Keep off Lawn
Having already secured at least a share of the MEAC title and a spot in the Celebration Bowl; North Carolina A&T entered this year's rivalry contest with one goal in mind. Beat North Carolina Central. With a win, North Carolina A&T's senior class would get their first victory against North Carolina Central in the last three tries and the Aggies would become the first ever MEAC squad to go 11-0 in the regular season.
Sparks Fly Before Kickoff
With about 30 minutes before kickoff the Aggies and the Eagles met at midfield for a little bit of rivalry game shenanigans. Nothing transpired beyond pushing and shoving but 4 flags were been thrown and one player was ejected. The ejected player was NCCU Defensive Back Davanta Reynolds, who has been a nightmare for opposing offenses with 6 interceptions.
Celebration Bowl Bound
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by Jordy | May 19, 2010 · 9:27 am
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. (1972)
Jordy: The history of the writing, recording, and mixing of this album is so convoluted as to render it fairly moot to the modern listener. When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter one fig who was having tax, drug, or lady trouble or who wasn't getting along with whom or who was bored with rock and roll. What matters on Exile on Main St. are the songs and there are a lot of them here so let's get to it.
Glenn: Songs is right, Jordy, and this record has the best of them. When I think Stones, I think nasty rockers, I think bluesy stompers, I think country-swing ballads, and I think soulful midtempo gospel jams. Exile has the Stones' best attempts at each. I can't think of a better Delta blues rip than this version of "Stop Breakin' Down." "Rocks Off" and "Rip This Joint" rock harder and nastier and murkier than anything else in the catalog. The second side, which might be my favorite, contains their absolute best countryish work: "Sweet Virgina," "Torn & Frayed," "Sweet Black Angel," then topped off with the burned-out gospel yearning of "Loving Cup." And my favorite "experimental" Stones cut is here, too: the murky-as-hell "I Just Want To See His Face," which might actually be my fave tune on the record.
You know, we could probably just spend this review listing song titles and saying, "Yeah. Hell yeah." When it comes down to picking four essential cuts, however, it's going to be tough. Do we interpret Exile on Main St. as a scuzz-rock classic, a country-soul record, a gospel-rock record, a swampy bit o' darkness a la Neil Young's TtN? Or do we choose the best of each style represented here and then tell our readers to go listen to the damn thing, preferably at high volume and preferably with a glass of something strong in hand?
Jordy: True, Glenn. Naming essential tracks here will be tough as Exile has been justifiably panned (including by some Stones themselves) for lacking hits. It's disparate to be sure. But I would compare it to Pavement's Wowee Zowee: long, inconsistent, exploratory, and really interesting.
But if I must bite the bullet, I'll echo Glenn's praise for the side two country tunes. "Sweet Virginia" and "Torn and Frayed" show how the best of Gram Parsons rubbed off on Keith. "Sweet Virginia" is braced by a respectable country shuffle and, despite what Mick might say, I really like how his voice is muddied in the mix. "Torn and Frayed" is exactly how I think rock harmonies ought to sound: "Doctor prescriiiibes, drug store supliiiiies! Whoooo's gonna help 'im to fix it!"
I'll also plug "Shine a Light" if only for the Billy Preston piano and these skuzziest (to borrow a term) of rock lyrics:
"Well, you're drunk in the alley, baby
With your clothes all torn
And your late night friends
Leave you in the cold, grey dawn"
Check out the reissue of Exile in about 14 different formats (including [excited squeal] vinyl!)
Glenn: I want to point to Lester Bangs's excellent review of this record, available as part of a Google Book. Here's a tasty snippet:
Exile is dense enough to be compulsive: hard to hear, at first, the precision and fury behind the murk ensure that you'll come back, hearing more with each playing. What you hear sooner or later is two thing: an intuition for nonstop getdown…and a strange kind of humility and love emerging from a dazed frenzy. If, as they assert, they're soul survivors, they certainly know what you can lose by surviving….Exile is about casualties, and parting in the face of them.
But the best part of this review is that though Lester makes the case that Exile is the most personal Stones record — the one that makes you feel you know the band personally — it also points out that Stones followed it by ascending into impersonal, larger-than-thou rock royalty, with a limited tour and skyhigh ticket prices. In other words, the Stones as we know them today.
That, finally, is I think the appeal of Exile. It shows the Stones not as out-of-tune ravers ala '64-'66, not as Between the Buttons fey wizards, not as Salt of the Earth (blech, could that be the worst Stones song ever?) blues-rockers, but as the wizened old party animals, quick with with a riff or a "Ha!" or a drum fill, ready to boogie, with some sort of resigned calm behind it all — the Stones of today. And while the Stones of today sicken me because they represent all the corporate bullshit that rock has become ever since, say, 1957, on Exile they exhilarate.
Adam: I'm not really sure what to say about this album. I've owned it for several years, but never have listened to it all that much. I always felt it was too long and took too much effort to really get into it. Maybe I subconsciously don't like that it doesn't contain any "hits." I find Beggar's Banquet and Sticky Fingers to be much more palatable for some reason. That's not to say that Exile is a bad album. That's not the case at all. There are, as Jordy and Glenn have attested to, some really great songs on this album. I remembered liking "Sweet Virginia" after only hearing it once or twice, and I really like Keith's vocals on "Happy."
Do I dare make the comparison between Exile and The Beatles? Both are over-long double albums that transcend genres. But I don't have the same complaint about The Beatles that I have about Exile. I don't find The Beatles to be a difficult listen at all. Probably because I just skip over all of the bad or boring songs…maybe that's what I should do with Exile. It surely deserves more attention on my part.
Phil: I grew up in a musically sheltered environment and therefore came to music that other people have known for years later in life, and when I was listening to Paul Simon and music by/for emos, I couldn't stand the Stones. It is only just now that I am beginning to understand my mistake.
Last summer was a big one for me as far as expanding my musical palette: I got way into blues and jazz, and the summer before I bought all the Buck Owens records I could find, so I think my musical nerves had been prepared to finally give the Stones a shot. And the Stones are, to my thinking, the quintessential blues/rock crossover band. "Shake Your Hips" is just a blues song, plain and simple. Which is probably why I like it.
Exile is a big sprawling thing, but I hesitate to call it a mess; there is a coherent, underlying sensibility to the record even if it hops over a few stylistic lines (the songs come from genres and styles similar enough to remain consistent). The feeling of the record comes through, just as Glenn says: these guys are good at what they know how to do and this is these guys doing a damn fine job.
But the most exciting part of the album for me is "I Just Want To See His Face." It sounds like a camp revival meeting at the beginning, all rhythm and choir and Mick Jagger sounding like a preacher under the influence of some un/holy spirit. This is music that excites me. It's like the Doors, but not as rambling and incoherent, or like late-1980s U2 experimentation but more clear-headed. Even if you can't understand Jagger at first, the music seems like a firm statement and, at 2:53, a concise one as well. (AA Bondy, recently of Fat Possum records, interpolates this song into a longer thought process on his American Hearts LP, which is worth checking out.)
But, God forgive me, "Rocks Off" just reminds me of Billy Joel. Or maybe I should say, Billy Joel reminds me of "Rocks Off."
Essential Tracks:
"Sweet Virginia"
"Torn and Frayed"
"I Just Want To See His Face"
5 responses to "Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St."
You know, I also think that either "Loving Cup" or "Tumbling Dice" are essential for understanding Exile.
Johnny Kim
I was gonna say – those were my two absolute essentials. I know I'm waaay late on this, but I wanted to check in on you guys. I was studying for the bar all summer.
"for/by emos" don't denigrate your heritage, Phil. A lot of that stuff is still pretty damn compelling.
I think this is the best Stones album. Apart from like Hot Rocks it's the only one I listen to. I don't skip any songs either, because I think they're all ace. I would also venture to say this is their most American album–when we use the term 'stylistic diversity' to describe someone who mixes country, rock, blues, and soul, we are essentially saying "they play southern US pop styles," most of which have a common origin and are principally categorized only by the instrumentation and the race of the performer (mostly the latter). I think by this album the Stones have understood and are playing a much more solid form of southern music than the blues of their first LPs, which was VERY distinctively British (and somewhat amateurish). And it's good too, it's not just trying to be disgusting ("Let it Bleed," "Brown Sugar") but it's pretty human too like you said.
I think it's EASILY their best record.
It's very interesting to read these thoughts on Exile as it takes another turn in the spotlight these days…
For a long time, it's been portrayed by many, including Mr. Jagger, as "Keef's album' and I think there's a lot of truth in that…I've long felt it was the only really essential Stones album, and certainly the one that reveals the most about their influences and just how great a band they were underneath all the veneer that characterizes so much of their other output… to the point where in the last couple of decades all one would hear is the veneer, with precious little in the way of 'stones' of any kind behind it all.
It certainly bears up to more listenings than most of their other albums. It's an album of secrets, and layers. It goes over edges and it justifies a lot of the hype that would come to surround the band and ultimately Rock itself.
Its 'flaws' and alleged excesses are an integral, essential part of its beauty- a rare statement of faith in the listener, that one would hear both the sound and the spirit in these songs.
It didn't come with the pretentious posings of a 'rock opera' or even 'a concept album'… but it is a more cohesive piece of work for a'that and has aged with considerably more grace than most of the records that aspired to those labels…
for what it's worth,
FILOMENA SORSBY
TUMBLING DICE, WHAT A GREAT YEAR , WHAT A SUMMER FOR ME BROOKLYN NEW YORK P.S. 169 SCHOOL YARD !!! GOOD TIMES, STEAMY NIGHTS, GOOD FRIENDS AND OF COURSE GREAT MUSIC FROM THE ROLLING STONES!!!!!! DID I FORGET FIRST LOVES!!!
FILOMENA TAGLIAVIA
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