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Pupils get their maths brains in shape at the Numeracy Challenge 2018 Grand Final at Markel
Top scoring maths teams from Tower Hamlets primary schools battled in the Walkie Talkie building on Friday 25th May, to win the final round of Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership's sixth annual Numeracy Challenge final.
The crowned winners, 'Mathsketeers' from Thomas Buxton Primary School.
Teams of finalists waited with bated breath as the winners of the Numeracy Challenge 2018 were announced at the end of the Grand Final.
After competing in a two hour-long maths challenge live at the final, the self-named 'The Mathsketeers' team from Thomas Buxton primary School were announced as the winners, followed by runners up 'Maths Brains' from Stewart Headlam Primary.
The final was hosted by international insurance company Markel International on Friday 25th May at their offices in the famous Walkie Talkie building in the heart of the City.
Out of 36 participating teams from 14 Tower Hamlets schools that entered the competition in March, eight teams were invited to the final.
All the finalists will be rewarded with a trip to Brighton's University of Sussex in June to find out what it's like to be a student at a top university outside London and how maths is applied across all disciplines.
A year 5 from the winning team said that being crowned described the final as the "best day ever". She enjoyed "working as a team and competing against other people".
Andrew Green, head of Catastophe Management at Markel, coached the winning team in his voluntary role as a Number Partner at Thomas Buxton Primary School. He said "They challenge us more than we challenge them so it's really good fun."
Andrew Green, a volunteer from Markel, encourages a competitor from Thomas Buxton Primary School.
A year six member of the 'Maths Brains' team reflected on the final round: "Some problems were hard and some were easy. There were a mixed variety of problems and you had to use logic."
Michael McCarthy, the school's maths coordinator, added: It brings out different skills. Some children would be better at the numerical aspect and some are better at the explanations. They draw on each other's skills to get the best solution to the problem."
In 1997 only half of children in Tower Hamlets achieved a level four, the minimum expected level in maths, when they left primary school. Twenty years later this trend has reversed. 81% of children in Tower Hamlets now achieve or exceed the expected standard, surpassing the National average of 75%.
Number Partners gives children individualised support to help children achieve their potential and have the confidence to say "I love maths!"
In the Numeracy Challenge, volunteers help pupils to form teams and complete three rounds of stretching maths-related challenges, using problem-solving, logic and teamwork.
Marion Richardson Primary School working hard on one of the Numeracy Challenge's toughest tasks.
David Sawyer, Managing Director at Markel, said: "It's good to give something back to the local community. It's good to get the children's enthusiasm [for] maths. There's nothing better than working with children, seeing them smiling and getting them learning."
Gallagher volunteers help primary school pupils boost brain power in Wales
Pupils from Pontyclun Primary School have boosted their maths skills and gained new confidence in numeracy by buddying up with volunteers from Arthur J. Gallagher's team in Llantrisant for a 10-week scheme.
The team of eight enthusiastic volunteers travelled to the school each week to undertake one-to-one sessions with pupils. Together they played educational and interactive games designed to build confidence, numeracy skills, concentration and verbal expression as part of the National Number Partners programme, which supports seven to 14-year olds across the UK. The Gallagher scheme was the first Number Partners programme to take place in Wales, but follows successful programmes run by Gallagher volunteers in both London and Bournemouth.
Bethan Davies, teacher at Pontyclun Primary School, emphasised the positive impact the initiative has had on the children: "Each pupil was selected for a different reason, but the commonality between all of them was their dislike and lack of confidence in maths. The volunteers were fantastic with their paired pupils, and it was lovely to see not only the pupils' confidence and ability growing, but also the relationships and rapport with the volunteers who all brought bags of enthusiasm on every visit. The pupils absolutely loved it."
And it wasn't only the children that gained a lot from the initiative — as Emily Cronin, one of the eight-strong team of volunteers from Arthur J. Gallagher, explains: "I thoroughly enjoyed my time volunteering as a number partner and the time we'd spend with the pupils became the highlight of my week. To be able to help these children not only improve their maths skills but also see them develop their self-confidence and find their voice in group games was truly rewarding. I have learnt new skills by taking part and am thankful for the opportunity."
Avantika Taneja, project manager for numeracy and financial literacy at Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership, which runs Numbers Partners, added: "It's great to see the team from Gallagher Wales continuing the already-established tradition of Gallagher volunteering for Number Partners in other areas of the UK, forming a new and reciprocal relationship with Pontyclun Primary School to boost children's motivation in numeracy and expose them to adults in the world of work.
"From the outset, it was clear that the volunteers already had strong local ties, with one of them having attended the primary school as a child. While the initial volunteer training revealed a few adults to be slightly anxious about the maths methods currently used in schools, the scheme quickly evolved to smiles and sums on both sides of the equation — with both volunteers and children growing in confidence and forming lovely relationships built around making maths fun. We are delighted that the committed Gallagher volunteers have made our first scheme in Wales such a success, and we hope it paves the way for other schools and businesses to get involved."
Arthur J. Gallagher actively encourages its employees to participate in volunteering within the local communities they support, with employees able to take up to three paid working days each year. In Wales it employs 150 people across five offices, the largest being its Llantrisant centre of excellence in the heart of the country.
http://www.ajginternational.com/news-insights/articles/news/2017/gallagher-volunteers-help-primary-school-pupils-boost-brain-power-in-wales/
The headline numbers from the flagship Number Partners programme in Leicestershire
Our friends at Leicestershire Cares have achieved dizzying new heights in supporting children's numeracy and aspirations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland this year, under the leadership of Joanne Hudson, Number Partners Coordinator.
Joanne says: 'This year has seen fabulous developments with the team approach to volunteering in schools. With thorough team training, in depth inductions and impeccable communication between colleagues, volunteers provide seamless support to pupils. They add value with their wealth of experience, give alternatives to prescriptive methods, bring humour and inspiration with their diverse personalities, outlook, backgrounds & culture, while ensuring that their engagement in Number Partners doesn't affect the productivity of their business.'
200 volunteers have been involved in the project, with the highest number of member company volunteers taking part since its inception in 2006. Our incredible team of trained volunteers have supported approximately 605 children in 40 schools, with some schools receiving support from both corporate and student volunteers.
Coordinators felt that 98% of pupils had made progress due to direct support from a Number Partner volunteer.
95% of pupils increased their self-esteem & self-confidence as a direct result of the sessions.
97% of pupils felt that Number Partner volunteers had helped them with their progress.
60% of children made good progress and 28% made excellent progress during the year.
98% of volunteers rated the project as excellent or good and 92% of volunteers would highly recommend the activity to their work colleagues.
100% of volunteers felt they had developed professionally from Number Partners and the skills most commonly developed were coaching and mentoring, motivating others, listening and communication skills and self-confidence.
For the full report, see: http://numberpartners.org/content/uploads/Leicestershire-Cares_Number-Partners-Report-2016-17.pdf
Winning team in the East London Advertiser!
Limehouse 'braniacs' bring down Poplar's 'shooting stars' in Tower Hamlets Numbers challenge
Read all about it! Winners of our Number Partners Challenge 2017 from Sir William Burrough Primary are in the East London Advertiser.
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/education/limehouse-braniacs-bring-down-poplar-s-shooting-stars-in-tower-hamlets-numbers-challenge-1-5037489
Pupils get their maths brains in shape at the Number Partners Challenge 2017 Grand Final at Alesco RMS
Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership hosted its fifth annual Number Partners Challenge final where top scoring teams from across the borough competed against each other on their hardest maths challenge yet.
Teams of finalists waited with bated breath as the winners of the Number Partners Challenge 2017 were announced at the end of the Grand Final, hosted by global insurance broker Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco) on Wednesday 24th May at their offices in the heart of the City on Lombard Street. Out of 66 participating teams from a record 16 Tower Hamlets schools that entered the competition in March, eight teams were invited to the final. After competing in a two hour-long maths challenge live at the final, the self-named 'Brainiacs' team from Sir William Burrough Primary were announced as the winners, followed by runners up 'Three Shooting Stars' from Woolmore Primary, the school with the winning team last year. To get through to the final, pupils had to work with shapes and nets, using their spatial reasoning.
The finalist teams were also invited to visit Brighton University of Sussex on Wednesday, 7 June. Pupils found out more about what it is like to be a student at a top university outside of London. They also explored how maths is applied across different disciplines, such as economics and psychology degrees. Two of these teams also hosted Student Ambassadors from the University at follow up assemblies at their schools.
Year 6 pupil Mehzabin from the winning team said that being crowned "felt great, amazing and a little unbelievable because the last round threw us off and we were all nervous".
Their teacher, Anthony Wilson, said, "It's about going out and using maths and knowing it's value. I also think the opportunity for children to visit a university makes the possibility of higher education feel more within the grasp of these children."
Another pupil, Yamin, said "without my teammates I wouldn't be here…we corrected each other and did backup calculations for each other."
Managed by Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership (THEBP), Number Partners supports 7-11 year olds with attainment, confidence and motivation in numeracy. The scheme pairs volunteers from the business community with pupils for half an hour per week to play fun maths games, whilst simultaneously bringing young people into contact with role models from the world of work.
Andrea Day, associate at Alesco, said: "Having thoroughly enjoyed helping local school pupils improve their numeracy skills and confidence through the Tower Hamlets Number Partners scheme, we were absolutely delighted to host the Challenge Grand Final. Well done to the winning team from Sir William Burrough Primary but also to all those who made the final. Problem-solving, especially though team work, is such an important life skill to learn, so every finalist should be proud of their achievement but also excited about all the opportunities they are creating for themselves through developing these skills."
The annual Number Partners Challenge takes the partnership further, with pupils and volunteers forming teams to complete three rounds of stretching maths-related challenges, using their problem-solving, logic and teamwork. Number Partners helps students to learn more, do more, and become more, and numeracy is a critical life skill within this aim. Number Partners business volunteers make maths fun for pupils and gives them insight into how it can help them in later life.
You can also read local press coverage here- http://bit.ly/2sexU7C
An American in Tower Hamlets
As a part of my American overseas program, I had the privilege of working with THEBP on numerous volunteer schemes from within the Curriculum Team. I edited and organised various activities for Abacus and BEE, two multi-session programmes that familiarise primary school children with financial terminology (i.e. tax, interest, debit, credit, loans) and the world of work. Some activities I put together include a matching game about needs versus wants, a money word search, a bartering activity with products for currency and a budgeting game with pasta shells.
These were also my favourite programmes to attend because they were long-term, which provided the opportunity to work with the same group of pupils over an extended duration of time on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis. This allows volunteers to develop a rapport with the pupils, which helps students trust volunteers and feel more comfortable sharing ideas and insight. As opposed to a programme where volunteers only work with a small group of pupils for a few hours and likely never see them again, the long-term programmes provide volunteers with the chance to share experiences and knowledge with the entire class through rotating to different small groups in every session. Not only does this allow volunteers to figure out which pupils need extra support and watch them grow, but it also eliminates the excess time spent on introductions of volunteers and adjustment on the pupils' end.
Another programme that achieves this is called the NumberPartners Challenge, where pupils compete in groups of two to four with a business volunteer in three rounds of math problems with a half hour for each round, to make it to the final round. I designed the final round of the 2017 Number Partners Challenge after researching maths anxiety to better understand the need for programmes such as Number Partners in primary schools to combat the onset of maths anxiety prior to the start of secondary school. As a maths major in university, I thoroughly enjoyed this and learned a lot about maths curriculum in secondary school and the process of curriculum being designed, presented, improved and implemented.
Additionally, I have helped to facilitate workshops focused on banking, apprenticeships and public speaking with the Enterprise Skills and Financial Literacy Team at various secondary schools. Not only has this helped me understand the community that THEBP serves and its wide range of aspirations, but it has also taught me about the UK education system and the business world as a whole. The experiences that I have had in the past three months have been immensely valuable in improving my confidence, public speaking, conflict management and networking abilities. I can honestly say that as a student, an intern and a volunteer, I have applied THEBP's mission statement to my own life: learn more, do more, become more.
July 2016 Volunteer of the Month in Tower Hamlets is a Number Partner
This month's winner is…
Sabrina Law from the Financial Conduct Authority, who currently coordinates the Number Partners Scheme at Woolmore Primary School, attending the majority of the sessions within the school year. She has previously taken part in other schemes, facilitating mock interview workshops in East London. Additionally, as a student, Sabrina worked with children who had behavioural disorders, providing recreational activities and a programme to develop their ability to integrate with their peer groups.
About her volunteering on the Number Partners Scheme, Sabrina says: "I decided to volunteer as not only do I enjoy working with children but I had helped my younger sister with her maths in primary and secondary school and this stemmed my interest in teaching maths on a wider scale. When I heard about the scheme through an internal recruitment drive I instantly signed up and within a year was co-ordinating the scheme."
Sabrina finds the scheme to be a very rewarding experience – not only is it nice to see the children improving in their maths and thoroughly enjoying the sessions, she says it also takes her away from the desk, enabling her to take part in something that she enjoys whilst also giving back to the Community.
She finds that the highlight of working with the children is their enthusiasm when entering the various competitions that THEBP have put on. The children worked very hard on their entries and their hard work paid off as for two years in a row Woolmore Primary Schools students have won the Number Partners Challenge and the Tower Hamlets Video Competition.
Sabrina says: "I am extremely proud of the children and witnessing them winning year on year shows that hard work truly pays off."
Arthur J. Gallagher team members in Bournemouth make volunteering count at Bethany Junior
PUPILS from Bournemouth's Bethany Junior School have buddied-up with team members from Arthur J. Gallagher to boost their maths skills.
The new relationship, one of the first of its kind in Dorset, is part of the National Number Partners programme which has been operating in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets since 2004, and supports seven to 14 year olds with motivation, confidence and attainment in numeracy.
Sixteen Year 3 and 4 Bethany pupils have been paired with 8 volunteers from Arthur J. Gallagher and will spend half an hour a week playing fun number games together. Volunteers from Arthur J. Gallagher's headquarters in London already support young people in Tower Hamlets schools via the Lloyd's Community Programme.
Recently named as one of the world's most ethical companies for the fifth year running, Arthur J. Gallagher, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, is an organisation with social responsibility at its heart.
Hugo Rowland-Hill, Marketing Executive and community champion at the company said: "Number Partners struck a chord with our teams. We can see the impact it is having in other parts of the country and were keen to bring it to our local community here in Bournemouth. Through our matched giving scheme at Gallagher, we are able to donate money to the charities we are supporting in addition to volunteering hours. We hope the relationship with the school is long lasting and that volunteers and children continue to look forward to weekly visits."
Steve Cottrell, acting Headteacher of Bethany CE Junior School, said "As a school we are always looking for ways to link with local businesses, and as maths is a key focus of our development plan, this seemed like a great opportunity. The children have found the experience of Number Partners exciting and engaging. The focused activities and games promote key numeracy skills that are vital to helping our children progress. We look forward to continuing with the Number Partners programme into the future and would like to thank the team at Gallagher for their enthusiasm for this project."
On 11th July, pupils are invited to celebrate the partnership with a visit to the company offices in the Abbey Life Building. They will tour the building, attend a maths-themed board meeting and have lunch in the café to experience what it's like to be an adult in the workplace and how maths can be applied to many careers.
Young 'Hexadecons' from Poplar are the East End's maths champs
Read all about it! Winners of the Number Partners Challenge 2016 from Woolmore Primary are in the East London Advertiser.


Osama Bin Laden paid with his life for the deaths of 2,753 people at the World Trade Center.And so, perhaps, did an innocent Polish immigrant shot dead just hours after the twin towers collapsed.
Henryk Siwiak, 46, witnessed the terrorist attack while in lower Manhattan on that sunny September morning in 2001. Hours later, after getting lost in Brooklyn on his way to his new job as a midnight cleaner at a Pathmark supermarket, Siwiak was killed by a lone gunman in a still-unsolved homicide.
His widow has theorized that Siwiak was targeted in the aftermath of the attack because he looked Middle Eastern, with a dark complexion, and spoke with an accent. And she noted that her husband wore an army fatigue jacket and camouflage pants on the night he was blown away.
Cops say Siwiak left his Far Rockaway, Queens, apartment that night and took the A train to Brooklyn. He was supposed to meet a contact from the employment agency that helped him land the East Flatbush job, but Siwiak instead wound up nearly 4 miles away in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He exited at the Utica Ave. station and made his way to Albany Ave., where he turned right instead of left.
It proved a deadly choice.
One block later, at Decatur St., he was confronted by a gunman. Siwiak literally ran for his life — but was shot numerous times.
Sadly, Harvey noted, Siwiak would "still be alive" if he'd only made a left. Instead, he became the only 9/11 murder victim in the city outside of Ground Zero.
Seventeen years later, a motive remains elusive. Siwiak was found dead with $75 on him, though it's possible the gunman tried to rob him. Police at one point explored the possibility Siwiak was killed as a gang initiation rite. The victim's widow, Ewa, who stayed in Poland with their two kids when her husband came to America, floated the 9/11 explanation for the cold-blooded killing.
Adding to the mystery: No witnesses, no video camera footage and no forensic evidence. Police did recover seven .40-caliber shell casings, but the gun used to kill Siwiak was never again linked to another crime.
Instead, police have turned to more old-fashioned methods — handing out flyers each Sept. 11, debriefing parolees and people arrested in the area, hoping someone comes forward with information they previously, for whatever reason, didn't report.
"There's been nothing substantial enough to develop a suspect or make an arrest," said Harvey.
Harvey, who responded to the murder scene that night as a member of a robbery unit, has read and re-read the case file. He even asked his counterparts in Brooklyn North Homicide to do the same, all with the hope that a fresh look reveals something previously unnoticed.
In the Rockaways, where Siwiak lived near his sister Lucyna, the surviving sibling spoke of a family broken and never healed.
"We all cried for a very long time," said the sister, now 70. "Our mother got sick always thinking of him. She died before her time.
The sister believes NYPD investigators haven't given the investigation their all.
But Harvey is confident someone out there knows who pulled the trigger.
Police ask anyone with information about the murder to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.


"Totally Stripped" is a newly-revised version of the documentary that was originally made to coincide with the release of The Rolling Stones' "Stripped" album released in November 1995. It tells the story of the two studio sessions and three live shows that made up the "Stripped" project. This followed the conclusion of the mammoth "Voodoo Lounge" tour and found The Stones reimagining tracks from their back catalog pared back versions alongside a couple of carefully chosen covers in the studio and doing smaller scale club gigs to showcase these versions, which was a marked contrast to the huge arenas and stadiums that had hosted the "Voodoo Lounge" tour. This new version of the documentary includes previously unseen footage and lays bare the inner workings of both The Rolling Stones and of some of their best loved tracks. Revealing, intimate and moving, "Totally Stripped" is unmissable. This Deluxe 4SD Blu-ray+CD set is packaged in a 60 page 12" x 12" hardback photobook and contains the newly revised documentary, the single CD of highlights from the live shows and individual SD Blu-rays of the three full length live concerts.
15 15) The Worst .


Remember when your mom used to tell you to finish everything on your plate because people in Africa are starving? Well, it's a nice thought. But then there's the bigger problem.
By the time I left school, I had learnt that I could live off the food being thrown away by supermarkets and other retailers. But it wasn't until university that I understood the true scale of the waste. A homeless man called Spider - for the web of tattoos on his face - introduced me to the subterranean loading bay beneath Sainsbury's. When I said I didn't want to take food that homeless people were relying on, Spider laughed. "You don't understand, mate," he said. "If all the homeless in the country got their food out of this bin, there'd still be enough left for you."
It was true: the quantity of good food that Sainsbury's placed in its six wheelie bins defied explanation. And neither that particular Sainsbury's, nor Sainsbury's in general, was exceptional. In one day, I discovered, a grocery store can easily throw out enough to feed more than 100 people. Back then, most supermarket managers were not interested in the issue of what to do with unsold food. Their activities were constrained by company policies which determined that surplus should be sent to landfill. They were in the business of selling food - and many bosses believed that giving it away would undermine sales. It made more sense for the supermarkets to lock the food in bins and send it off to be buried, regardless of the social and environmental costs. And while the population has become more aware of food waste, this remains the default position for the industry today.
Recently I visited the bins of a branch of Waitrose and found the following, by no means exceptional, shopping list of items: 28 chilled high-quality ready-meals (including lasagne, prawn linguine, beef pie, chicken korma with rice, chicken tikka with rice, chicken with Madeira wine and porcini mushrooms); 16 Cornish pasties; 83 yogurts, chocolate mousses and other desserts; 18 loaves of bread; 23 rolls; one chocolate cake; five pasta salads; six large melons; 223 individual items of other assorted fruit and vegetables, including nectarines, oranges, papaya, fair-trade organic bananas, organic carrots, organic leeks and avocados, seven punnets of soft fruit, one pack of mushrooms, six bags of potatoes; a bag of onions and two thriving potted herbs (chives and parsley); one almost full box of serving-size pots of margarine; a box of serving-size UHT milk cartons; several bunches of flowers and a potted orchid. Apart from the flowers, not one of these items was unfit to eat.
Soon after graduating, I started to work on a media campaign about food waste. I took newspaper, radio and television crews round the back of supermarkets and showed them what was being thrown away. The level of interest was overwhelming. Early on in that process, a BBC journalist persuaded me to make a feature for the Politics Show in 2003. She set up an interview with Lord Haskins, then one of the chief advisers to the government on food and farming and the former chairman of Northern Foods, one of Britain's largest food-processing companies. I was just preparing my tirade when Lord Haskins launched into his own: sell-by dates were absurdly strict and, by his estimation, an incredible 70 per cent of all food produced was wasted. I nearly fell off the park bench we were sitting on. This was the highest figure I had heard, and it was coming not from a campaigner but from a senior member of the food industry. My hunch about the scale of the problem was confirmed.


June 22, 2015 — For the newest limited edition release of Tanqueray, the juniper-forward Tanqueray Bloomsbury gin, Master Distiller Tom Nichol drew inspiration from a recipe created by Charles Tanqueray's son, Charles Waugh Tanqueray. In 1868, when Charles senior died, his son Charles Waugh Tanqueray took over his business. He was only 20 years at the time, but was a brilliant businessman and innovator just like his father.
His original recipe on which Tanqueray Bloomsbury was based dates back to around 1880, when the distillery was located in Bloomsbury, England. Featuring prominent notes of Tuscan juniper along with additional botanicals including coriander, angelica, winter savory and cassia bark, the new Tanqueray Bloomsbury gin will have limited availability at specialty retailers and restaurants. The launch of Tanqueray Bloomsbury follows the successful release of Tanqueray Old Tom in 2014 and Tanqueray Malacca in 2013.
"I wanted to make something that was completely different from our other limited editions and with this gin I do feel we have achieved that. It is very inspirational to work with an original Tanqueray family recipe, and for it to taste this good," says Tanqueray Master Distiller Tom Nichol.
The bottle will feature a signature and a marque with the initials of Charles Waugh Tanqueray on each label. Availability begins July 2015, with 100,000 bottles available at an SRP of $32.99.


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Q: Row size too large (> 8126) exception on adding appcenter application I'm trying to deploy the worklight application center for iOS on a Websphere Liberty server on Windows 8.1. But I'm getting following exception in the server logs when I try to add the IBMAppCenter.ipa via the appcenter console.
Caused by: org.apache.openjpa.lib.jdbc.ReportingSQLException: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline. {prepstmnt 1563792952 INSERT INTO APPLICATION_STORAGE (CONTENT, AP_FK) VALUES (?, ?) [params=(InputStream) java.io.ByteArrayInputStream@5987916, (null) null]} [code=1118, state=42000]

Here is the scenario to reproduce my problem:

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*install mysql 5.6.2 via the mysql community installer

*install Websphere Liberty application server v8.5.5

*install Worklight Server v6.2

*generate IBMAppCenter.ipa via XCode

*login to the appcenterconsole and try to add the application

I tried to enable compression for table APPLICATION_STORAGE as proposed by hjpotter92 on Change limit for "Mysql Row size too large" but without any luck. Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT
Here is the definition of the APPLICATION_STORAGE table, which causes the problem:
CREATE TABLE APPLICATION_STORAGE (ID INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, CONTENT LONGBLOB, AP_FK INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY (ID)) ENGINE = innodb;

A: Increasing the innodb_log_file_size property to 256M resolved my issue. Apparently the redo-log overwrites the most recent checkpoint for large blobs, as explained here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-20.html

Important Change: Redo log writes for large, externally stored BLOB fields could overwrite the most recent checkpoint. The 5.6.20 patch limits the size of redo log BLOB writes to 10% of the redo log file size. The 5.7.5 patch addresses the bug without imposing a limitation. For MySQL 5.5, the bug remains a known limitation.
As a result of the redo log BLOB write limit introduced for MySQL 5.6, innodb_log_file_size should be set to a value greater than 10 times the largest BLOB data size found in the rows of your tables plus the length of other variable length fields (VARCHAR, VARBINARY, and TEXT type fields). Failing to do so could result in "Row size too large" errors. No action is required if your innodb_log_file_size setting is already sufficiently large or your tables contain no BLOB data. (Bug #16963396, Bug #19030353, Bug #69477)

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To commemorate World Children's Day, students aged between 14 and 16 years old were quizzed on key areas including teachers, curriculum, assessment and home support to "better understand the factors that may be contributing to Australia's declining educational outcomes."
The study found over half the respondents wanted to learn more "practical skills" to benefit them in life once their schooling had finished.
A number of students thought the education system was "lacking" and specifically trained them to pass exams, rather than retain useful knowledge.
Schools and governments need to investigate ways they can develop the infrastructure and support mechanisms that would allow for educators to make their curriculum more relevant, St. Edwards College's Teaching and Learning Coordinator Carolina Murdoch told 10 daily.
"There's definitely space in current syllabi for this to happen but as teachers we don't always take the opportunity to explain the 'why' to students," Murdoch said.
"Increasingly it's important to articulate the purpose and relevance of what we are teaching to our students. Taking time to explicitly address the purpose of what we teach makes the link to 'life skill' and 'financial literacy' visible and increases student engagement," she said.
Recent Hunters Hill High School graduate Lexus Joubert, 18, told 10 daily teachers would constantly remind her doing well in exams showed how she would ultimately perform in the workforce.
"For me this was always hard to understand, as I have parents, family and friends who didn't complete school and are successful," she said.
She added when schools place more emphasis on marks rather than a holistic approach they miss out on nurturing a student's "real potential".
"This causes unnecessary stress and students lose interest, give up or leave school completely. It further emphasises why schools should focus on individuality and what we will have to face in society [after graduation]."
The survey found achievement and having a good teacher are highly related, with students wanting teachers who inspire them and are driven themselves.
Achievement and having a good teacher are highly related, the UNICEF Australia survey found. Image: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty.
"When teachers love working with young people their enthusiasm and passion come through in the commitment they make to their students," Murdoch said.
She added the best teachers are committed to their own journey of developing subject knowledge and understanding the needs of their students.
"There are obviously other attributes and qualities teachers can develop --- like strong organisational skills and leadership capacity -- but these are secondary to finding a teacher who has both a passion for their subject and finds joy in communicating and engendering interest in their students."
Lexus said her PDHPE and Community and Family Studies teacher (who was also her Year 12 adviser) "changed my high school experience".
She said he built a personal, family-oriented relationship with his students and made his classroom youthful by having couches and bean bags.
"His willingness to put our feelings and emotions first pushed us to want to learn, be focused and get good grades," she said.
"These little things really made a huge difference and allowed me -- who wasn't and probably still isn't interested in any part of school -- to push and want to achieve the best I could."
Australia was ranked 30 out of 41 high and middle income countries in achieving quality education this year by UNICEF. The country placed in the bottom third in all three categories: preschool, primary school and secondary education.
UNICEF Australia's Director of Policy, Amy Lamoin, said the difference between Australia and other countries performing well in education came down to "two key questions".
"First, what kind of society do we want? And second, what kind of citizens do we want? Australia needs to consider the big purpose and project of education -- and this is a conversation for the whole community, not just our decision makers," she stated.
The recent Gonski review of the country's education system also found academic performance in Australia has been in a decline since 2000 that is "widespread and equivalent to a generation of Australian school children falling short of their full learning potential".


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The Associated Press Published: July 12, 2021
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When Giannis Antetokounmpo crashed to the court just two weeks ago with what appeared to be a serious knee injury, there was no guarantee he'd be back this season.
Maybe, he feared, he might even miss a year.
Antetokounmpo refused to stay down.
These Milwaukee Bucks just won't, either.
Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in the NBA Finals' return to Milwaukee, and the Bucks pounded Phoenix 120-100 on Sunday night, cutting the Suns' lead to 2-1.
"We knew what kind of game this was going to be," Antetokounmpo said. "We knew that if we lose the game you're in the hole."
Instead, the Bucks started climbing out of one.
The first NBA Finals game in Milwaukee since 1974 went to the home team in a romp, with Antetokounmpo and the bigger Bucks overwhelming the smallish Suns to the tune of a 20-2 advantage in second-chance points.
Game 4 is Wednesday night, with the series guaranteed to go back to Phoenix afterward.
"I said it after last game. This team's not going to give in. They're going to keep playing all the way through," Suns star Devin Booker said. "So we have to bring that same effort that we had in the first two games and I think we'll be in good shape."
Antetokounmpo, who missed the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals because of a hyperextended left knee and was no sure thing to even be ready to start this series, followed up his 42-point, 12-rebound performance in Game 2 by doing it all again — even making his free throws this time.
Back in front of his own fans and free of the loud counts he's been hearing on the road, Antetokounmpo went 13 of 17 at the line. With two straight 40-point games in the NBA Finals, he's halfway to Michael Jordan's record — set against the Suns.
Chris Paul had 19 points and nine assists, but the Suns got next to nothing from his star backcourt mate. Booker shot 3 for 14, scoring just 10 points.
Jrue Holiday bounced back from two poor games in Phoenix with five 3-pointers and 21 points to get the Bucks going again onto the comeback trail, having already overcome one 2-0 deficit in this postseason. Khris Middleton added 18.
"We all hate to lose and we know the ultimate goal," Holiday said.
Fans broke out their "Bucks in 6! Bucks in 6!" chant as Milwaukee started to pull away in the first half and then again as the benches emptied with the final minutes.
The Bucks are seeking their second NBA title and hadn't even played for one in 47 years. They grabbed control of this game by outscoring Phoenix 30-9 over the last nine minutes of the second quarter, then ending the third with a 16-0 finish.
Fans began making their way to the Deer District outside the arena in the middle of the afternoon, with so many fans decked out in green that Fiserv Forum felt more like Fiserv Forest.
They didn't get to cheer as much as they wanted early after a strong start by the Suns, who got 12 points from Deandre Ayton in the opening period. But Ayton was hampered by foul trouble and the Bucks soon ran past and kept right on going.
Antetokounmpo had seven straight points to finish a 9-0 run in the second that gave Milwaukee a six-point lead, and after Phoenix scored four straight, the Bucks took off again on a 16-3 run.
Bobby Portis had the last two baskets in the half, finishing off a pretty fast break with a dunk for one of them, and it was 60-45 at the break.
The lead was 13 with under eight minutes left in the third when Cam Johnson took a pass near midcourt with an open path to the basket. P.J. Tucker tried to step in but was too late, and Johnson threw it down over him while drawing the foul.
That triggered a 14-5 run that cut it to 74-70 and seemed to have the Suns back into the game. Just as quickly, they were out of it again.
Holiday made two 3-pointers in the next minute and Milwaukee pushed the lead back to nine, and by the end of the third it had ballooned to 98-76.
The Bucks, who lost the first two games against Brooklyn in the second round, avoided falling into a 3-0 hole from which no NBA team has escaped.
They limited the Suns to nine 3-pointers after Phoenix hit 20 in its Game 2 victory.
Ayton and Jae Crowder each had 18 points for the Suns. But Mikal Bridges, who had a career playoff-high 27 in Game 2, took only four shots and had four points.
Suns: Torrey Craig had two points in 15 minutes after hurting his right knee in Game 2. He came up gingerly after lunging to save a bad pass by Paul that went out of bounds in the second quarter. ... Frank Kaminsky, the former college player of the year at Wisconsin, had six points after going scoreless in the two games in Phoenix.
Bucks: Antetokounmpo had his 11th game with 30 points and 10 rebounds, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1974 for most by a Bucks player in one postseason. Only Shaquille O'Neal (13, 2000) and Elgin Baylor (12, 1962) had more. ... The Bucks said there were 25,000 fans in the Deer District. ... Portis and Brook Lopez each scored 11 points.
Monty Williams, in his second season as coach, said he has received text messages from Steve Nash and others from the Suns' past as he tries to lead the organization to its first title.
"That's been pretty cool because I'm new to it and they have adopted me like I've been in it for a long time, but it's really not even two years yet," Williams said. "So the way that they have embraced me has been pretty cool."
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Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry), director; Derek Kolstad (John Wick), writer; Braden Aftergood (Siberia), David Leitch (John Wick), Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde), Bob Odenkirk (Girlfriend's Day) and Marc Provissiero (Happy Anniversary), producers; David Buckley (The Town), composer; Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar), cinematographer; Evan Schiff (Proud Mary) and William Yeh (Equilibrium), editors
Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk) is a seemingly-average family man who disappoints his wife Becca (Nielsen) and children when he lets a couple of house thieves escape. This sparks a match to Hutch's suppressed rage, which he finally lets out after violently intervening when a woman on the bus is harassed by a group of men. However, he happens to have picked a fight with the wrong people, and soon Hutch – who was once a highly-skilled assassin – must protect his family from a dangerous drug lord (Serebryakov) who wants vengeance…
Derek Kolstad, best known as the creator and writer of the John Wick series, provides the script for this dark action-comedy which sees Better Call Saul's Bob Odenkirk become the latest unexpected action hero.
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March 20, 2012 1:33PM EDT
Syria: Armed Opposition Groups Committing Abuses
End Kidnappings, Forced Confessions, and Executions
Members of one of Syria's armed opposition elements in al-Bayada, Homs, on February 29, 2012.
© 2012 Reuters
(New York) – Armed opposition elements have carried out serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a public letter to the Syrian National Council (SNC) and other leading Syrian opposition groups. Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians.
Leaders of Syrian opposition groups should condemn and forbid their members from carrying out abuses, Human Rights Watch said. Some of the statements collected suggest that certain armed attacks by opposition groups were motivated by anti-Shia or anti-Alawite sentiments arising from the association of these communities with government policies.
"The Syrian government's brutal tactics cannot justify abuses by armed opposition groups," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Opposition leaders should make it clear to their followers that they must not torture, kidnap, or execute under any circumstances."
Human Rights Watch has repeatedly documented and condemned widespread violations by Syrian government forces, including disappearances, rampant use of torture, arbitrary detentions, and indiscriminate shelling of neighborhoods.
The protest movement in Syria was overwhelmingly peaceful until September 2011. Since then, an increasing number of media and other reports have said that a growing number of military defectors and local residents have decided to resort to arms, saying they are defending themselves against security forces' raids or attacking checkpoints and security facilities in their cities. The intensity of the fighting has increased since early February 2012, when the government began large-scale military attacks against opposition strongholds throughout the country.
Many of the antigovernment groups reported to be carrying out abuses do not appear to belong to an organized command structure or to be following Syrian National Council orders. But Syria's opposition leadership has a responsibility to speak out and condemn such abuses, Human Rights Watch said. On March 1 the SNC created a military bureau to liaise with, unify, and supervise armed opposition groups, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
Everyone in the custody of the FSA and other opposition forces, including members of the Syrian security forces and shabeeha, should be treated humanely in accordance with international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said.
"It is imperative for armed elements of the Syrian opposition to protect human rights," Whitson said. "They need to make it clear that they envision a Syria that turns the page on Assad-era violations and welcomes all – regardless of their religious group or background – without discrimination."
A number of witnesses told Human Rights Watch that non-state armed groups identifying themselves with the opposition are kidnapping both civilians and members of the security forces. "Mazen," a Syrian activist, told Human Rights Watch that members of the Abu Issa group in Taftanaz, a village north of Saraqeb, Idlib, told him that they had kidnapped people who worked with the government and tortured three of them to death. "Mazen" also said he spoke to a member of the Syrian security forces who was kidnapped and detained by opposition fighters in Saraqeb:
The detainee told me he was a first assistant in the National Hospital in Aleppo ... I asked the revolutionaries to bring him to me so I could speak to him. He said that opposition fighters had beaten him with electrical cables on the head ... and he was blindfolded. He said they let him speak to his parents ... and that they asked them for money to release him.
"Samih," another Syrian activist who said he has worked closely with the FSA in Saraqeb, told Human Rights Watch that while he was there he saw residents of Saraqeb complain to the FSA on more than one occasion that the Al-Nur battalion, a Salafist group that is not part of the official FSA structure, was kidnapping civilians for ransom. He said, "The people in Saraqeb were fed up with the battalion and asked the FSA to intervene but the Al-Nur battalion did not respond to the FSA."
"Samih" also told Human Rights Watch that members of the FSA were kidnapping soldiers:
They would kidnap them and ask their parents to pay a ransom to let them go. One time, the FSA in Saraqeb kidnapped a colonel from the Presidential Guard. In return, the military kidnapped two children from Saraqeb. The children were 15 and 16-years-old. I was working with the FSA members and local government officials to negotiate a trade. At one point, the family members of the two kids called me pleading that I speed up the negotiations as much as possible. They said that they got a call at home from the captors and that they could hear their kids being tortured. They told them their kids would be released when the FSA released the colonel. We were able to negotiate a trade for the colonel and the kids have now been released.
The media coordinator for another group operating in Homs, the Al-Farouq battalion, told Human Rights Watch that the battalion is not kidnapping soldiers but detaining them during military operations:
We are not kidnapping soldiers. During an armed confrontation, soldiers surrounded by the FSA are surrendering themselves to the Al-Farouq battalion so we are capturing and not kidnapping the soldiers. After capturing the soldiers, the FSA calls the government to negotiate the terms of their release, but they refuse to negotiate simply because they don't care about the captured soldiers. The captives are placed in a room, not a prison. The room has one door with a lock but no windows. Al-Farouq battalion is treating them very well.
Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about FSA kidnappings of Iranian nationals, some of whom the group has confirmed are civilians. On January 26 the Al-Farouq battalion claimed responsibility for capturing seven Iranian nationals, five of whom appeared in video footage claiming to be members of the Iranian armed forces. In an interview on February 22 with Human Rights Watch the Al-Farouq battalion media coordinator said that the other two people detained are civilians but that they were detained because no Persian speaker was available when the Iranians were detained and that their civilian status was only confirmed later. When asked why the civilians had not yet been released, he would not comment.
Iran's MAPNA Group, an Iranian power company in Syria, told SANA, Syria's state media outlet, that the five people accused of being fighters were in fact Iranian engineers. The Islamic Republic News Agency reported that all seven men were released on February 10, but on February 15 it indicated that the report was false and that the men remained in custody. The Al-Farouq battalion media coordinator told Human Rights Watch on March 16 that the seven detainees were still being held in Syria and that they were in good health.
In addition to politically motivated kidnappings, Human Rights Watch has received information indicating that other armed groups may be kidnapping people, sometimes claiming to be operating in the name of the opposition. "Marwan," an Alawite resident of Karam el Zeytoun, Homs, told Human Rights Watch that on January 23 armed gangs entered his neighborhood and kidnapped his elderly parents from their home:
When the armed gang went into the house my father called me on the phone, but they grabbed the phone from him. I tried to call back and couldn't reach him, so I called a neighbor, who told me they took my father and mother, put them in a car, and went south. The head of the gang, known as Abees, called me the next day. He told me they had my parents and asked for money and weapons as ransom. He told me my father was okay and was with them. I said I would give him what he wanted, but that he had to let me hear my father's voice.
I spoke with him, and he noticed I was crying. He said: "Don't cry. Don't be afraid. I am not afraid. This is what God has written." My father had the Quran as his weapon. He said, "Don't worry and don't listen to them." After that they cut the line. I tried calling back a number of times but the phone was closed.
The next day I kept trying; Abees answered and was swearing. He said to stop calling, and that they had killed my parents. After that we saw a video on YouTube showing their dead bodies. We have not received the bodies back despite numerous pleas. They took them because they want money. Myself, I am a supporter of the government, but this is a sectarian crime, and it has to do with money. My father has nothing to do with the government.
Human Rights Watch has reviewed at least 25 videos on YouTube in which Syrian security forces or their alleged supporters confess to crimes under circumstances in which it appears that their statements were made under duress. At least 18 of these videos show detainees who are bruised, bleeding, or show other signs of physical abuse. Human Rights Watch cannot independently confirm the authenticity of these videos.
In one video, three people described by the accompanying text as shabeeha are asked their names, where they are from, their religion, and what they are doing in Tal Kalakh. They are shown on their knees during this interrogation, their hands bound. The face of one is clearly badly bruised. All identify themselves as Shia, from el Rabwie, Homs, and "confess" that they had killed peaceful protesters.
In another video bearing the emblem of the FSA Khaled Bin Al Walid battalion, an unnamed person described by the accompanying text as a shabeeha member is interrogated. He appears bound and his face is bruised. At the end of the video, he denies an allegation against him and the interrogator calls him a liar, tells the videographer to stop shooting, and directs someone off camera to bring him the "electricity machine."
Other video footage reviewed by Human Rights Watch and information received in interviews indicates that members of armed opposition groups have executed people in their custody whom they suspected of crimes against the opposition.
One video, released on YouTube on February 4, shows a man hung from a tree by his neck in front of several armed fighters. Commentary indicates that he is a shabeeha fighter captured and executed by the FSA Kafr Takharim battalion on January 22. In a second video,which appears to have been released by the FSA Al-Farouq battalion on YouTube, a person identified as a member of Air Force Intelligence based in Homs is interrogated and confesses to shooting at protesters. The detainee's face is very badly beaten, cut, and bruised, and he appears disoriented. Written statements accompanying the video state that it was filmed before his execution, and the interrogator in the video, amid curses, asks him for his final request before dying.
The Al-Farouq battalion media coordinator told Human Rights Watch about the execution of another Air Force Intelligence member.
"The death of the member of the Air Force Intelligence was an act of revenge because the branch is responsible for horrific killings in Homs," The media coordinator said.
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Look for investors to promote innovations-President instructs officials
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa advised the officials to divert both institutional and independent innovations to the production market immediately, with the assistance of investors.
Researches by a number of institutes had led to groundbreaking innovations that could eventually triumph in the global market. President stated that the production of these would earn foreign exchange income for the Sri Lankan economy and in addition the inventors would be further inspired in their innovations.
President made these remarks during a discussion with the State Ministry of Finance and Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms with regard to its future activities at the Presidential Secretariat .
State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal noted that it has been observed that the interest rate, currency and market stability now remain at a satisfactory state and added that his ministry is enthusiastically striving to identify 10 new priorities in order to pave the way for a swift development in the economy.
When compared with the rest of the world, Sri Lanka has a favourable and appealing economy for foreign investors. "With the assistance of Sri Lanka's ambassadors abroad and a proper advertisement program, we should devise plans to attract foreign investors to our country". President added.
President highlighted the requirement of identifying investment opportunities and improving infrastructure facilities along with necessary prior approval accordingly.
It was also discussed to establish an office for pioneering foreign investors in the heart of Colombo.
President noted the significance of state institutes reaching out to village areas and bank loan accessibility for small scale and medium scale entrepreneurs that would ensure rapid development in the country.
President directed the officials to inquire into the feasibility of lowering prices for cement and steel in order to decrease construction cost in the country.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that it is imperative to recover the background suitable for development that existed before 2015. He added that fragmentation of the lands used for coconut plantations should be banned immediately.
289 large scale projects have been launched in the country. Head of the Presidential Task Force for Economic Revival Basil Rajapaksa advised them to be completed immediately and added that the conclusion of planned development projects such as roads, water supply projects and school infrastructure facilities and other planned projects would boost the construction sector.
President showed the importance of planning the transactions of the share market so as to attract young and other local investors. "Use of Sinhala language for simplicity and clarity would easily attract the local investors into the share market", President added.
President advised the officials to take steps to compensate the investors who had invested in bankrupt finance companies. President further instructed them to ascertain the assets of these finance companies and compensate depositors accordingly.
Secretary to the President, P.B. Jayasundera, secretaries to the Cabinet and state ministries, Heads of the line Institutes were present at the discussion.
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ComBank joins Sri Lanka Army 'Thuru Mithuru' project to drive Sri Lanka towards self sufficiency


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Q: optional function in head of method c++ I have small problem, because I dont know how write my template method with compare cmp like optional parametr (compare cmp is function, not variable).
It is very difficult for me, because I am new about templates in c++ and new in c++ generaly :D
I want, that when I dont use compare src, compare src return true (beacuse of if condition...)
Any ideas, please? :)
   template<typename compare>
   map<_NODE, int> Find(const _NODE& src, const int& max, const compare& cmp) const {
      map<_NODE, int> finded;
      queue<_NODE> q;
      _NODE town;
      //src doesn't exists
      if (mapTown.find(src) == mapTown.end()) {
         ostringstream oss;
         oss << "unknown " << src;
         throw invalid_argument(oss.str());
      }
      //begin of queue
      q.push(src);
      finded.insert(make_pair(src, 0));
      //BFS algorithm
      while (!q.empty()) {
         town = q.front();
         q.pop();
         //we are looking for all neighborhood of town in max length
         for (const pair<_NODE, list<_EDGE>> i : (mapTown.at(town))) {
            for (const _EDGE j : i.second) {
               if (finded.count(i.first) == 0 && finded[town] < max && cmp(j)) {
                  finded.insert(make_pair(i.first, finded[town] + 1));
                  q.push(i.first);
               }
            }
         }
      }
      return finded;
   }

A: First, as others mentioned, please post relelant code as
Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example. Also as others suggested templates are probably not a good idea to start learning c++. But if you are determined you should try on something more easier to get the grasp of concepts.
As it goes for your problem, you have at least two options for how to write a function which receives a comparator.
More modern approach is by using c++11's functional library and its std::function type.
Second approach is by using templates, in this case an function pointer is passed to the function.
To demonstrate both options here is a minimal example:
#include <functional>

bool evaluate(int value) {
  return value > 0;
}

void function1(int value, std::function<bool(int)> eval = evaluate) {
  bool result = eval(value);
}

template<class Type = decltype(evaluate)>
void function2(int value, Type eval = evaluate) {
  bool result = eval(value);
}

int main() {
  function1(1);
  function2(1);
  return 0;
}

In the example both options receive one integer and the evaluator returns true if the integer is greater than 0. Also in both functions the evaluator is defaulted to predefined evaluate function and it can be checked (if it exists) by:
if(eval) {
  ...
}

A:
How [to] write my template method with compare cmp like optional parameter

Well, given the signature you've provided:
Find(
    const _NODE&    src,
    const int&      max,
   e compiler and the standard library." Not exactly. Compiler reserved names start with double underscore or with underscore and upper letter (which is the case actually). Otherwise it's just ugly and not recommen const compare&  cmp
) const;

You'd do it this way:
template<typename compare>
map<_NODE, int>
Find(
    const _NODE&  src,
    const int&    max,
    compare       cmp = {}
) const;

However, note that your naming practices are somewhat problematic:

*

*Calling a class which is not a simple functor by a name which is a verb, e.g. Find, is somewhat confusing.

*You are not supposed to name your own constructs with names beginning with an underscore and an uppercase letter, e.g. _NODE; that's reserved for the compiler and the standard library.

*It's customary to use TitleCase for template parameters, so I'd use Compare rather than Compare.

A: If compare is a typedef of a function pointer you could pass nullptr as default option and inside your code simply check first if function exists, if not, default to true:
#include <iostream>

typedef bool(*DefaultComparator)(int);

bool NumberIsEven(int i)
{
    return i % 2 == 0;
}

template<typename compare = DefaultComparator>
void CheckNumber(int j, compare cmp = nullptr)
{
    if (j > 0 && (cmp ? cmp(j) : true))
        std::cout << "checked" << std::endl;
    else
        std::cout << "failed" << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
    CheckNumber(1);
    CheckNumber(1, NumberIsEven);
    CheckNumber(2);
    CheckNumber(2, NumberIsEven);
}

https://ideone.com/31qNyP
checked
failed
checked
checked

A: The existing answers will make code that works, but as a rule, with templated functions, you don't want them to be templated on function pointers, because that inhibits optimizations. In this case, inhibiting optimizations is a (relatively) big deal, because your desired default case makes your "compare" function (really a predicate function, since it's testing a condition on a single argument, not comparing multiple arguments) a no-op; if properly optimized, the default use of your function should not call your "always true" predicate at all, because it would inline the constant result, and simplify your test condition.
To properly generate optimized templates, you want to pass functors or C++11 lambdas (which are largely syntactic sugar for functors) as your predicate. This also means making the default predicate a lambda or functor, so the default case is fully performant. Thanks to C++11 lambdas, this is pretty easy:
// Define a trivial predicate that return true for any int input
// lambdas can only be constexpr on C++17 and higher; for C++11/C++14, you can
// just declare it const, and optionally static in either case
constexpr auto alwaystrue = [](int) { return true; };

// The type of a lambda is accessible via decltype, make that the default type
// of Predicate, so you can make the default value of predicate alwaystrue itself
template<typename Predicate=decltype(alwaystrue)>
map<_NODE, int> Find(const _NODE& src, const int max, Predicate pred=alwaystrue) const {

This is a significantly better option than accepting a function pointer defaulting to nullptr or an existing alwaystrue function; accepting a function pointer defaulting to nullptr means you need to test it for nullptr over and over (or split the code path into "given predicate" vs. "not given predicate"; if you're lucky, the compiler might do that for you, but don't count on it), and accepting as a function pointer at all means the function call can't be omitted, and must be performed through a pointer, not a stable jump to a known function location, meaning all the function call setup/call/return/teardown overhead is paid every time, even if the work to be done is a constant return true;.
By writing it this way, even minimal optimizations (-O1) ensure that the default predicate of alwaystrue is optimized away entirely (it behaves as if that specialization of Find doesn't even include && cmp(j)/&& pred(j)). If the caller explicitly passes a function/function pointer, they'll usually (barring extreme link time optimizations) get the slower behavior associated with calls through function pointer but it will still work; if they know what they're doing, they'll pass a lambda or functor and get the same optimizations alwaystrue gets (inlining the test to avoid function call overhead completely, though obviously it can't optimize the actual test itself unless its as a simple as alwaystrue's test).
As an alternative approach that avoids spilling information about alwaystrue to anyone who includes your header, you can define two versions of your function, one of which accepts the predicate, and the other of which does not. Done this way, you can hide alwaystrue in your source file (or inline the raw lambda without naming it), where it won't be seen or shared with other compilation units. Done this way, you can define a non-defaulting templated function and declare (without defining) a non-templated function that doesn't take a predicate argument in your header:
template<typename Predicate>
map<_NODE, int> Find(const _NODE& src, const int max, Predicate pred) const {

map<_NODE, int> Find(const _NODE& src, const int max) const;

then in your source file (hidden from others including your header), you'd the trivial body of the non-templated function implemented in terms of the templated function:
map<_NODE, int> Find(const _NODE& src, const int max) const {
    return Find(src, max, [](int) { return true; });
}

This approach is what the C++ standard library does with functions like std::sort where the comparator is optional; template< class RandomIt > void sort( RandomIt first, RandomIt last ); is typically implemented as return sort(first, last, functor_to_compare_iterator_targets());.


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On a Saturday afternoon in late March I gathered in the tasting room at Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont with a group of local beer enthusiasts to do a blind tasting of local stouts. This tasting was organized by the Mass Brew Brothers, and was the second in a series of tastings sampling a particular style of local beers. The first highlighted New England style IPAs and ended with some surprising results where some less heralded beers held there own against a few of the heavy weights of the local beer scene. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend that tasting, I was planning to and then I got sick, so I was excited to make up for it by tasting some stouts. I have been a big proponent of blind tasting, but haven't participated in anything this organized and comprehensive before.
All of the beers we tasted were from Massachusetts, and they were all non-imperial (8% ABV or less) and non-barrel aged stouts. A few had adjunct ingredients, but the idea was to focus on standard dry, sweet and oatmeal stouts. You can read a full run down of the event and results on the Mass Brew Bros website HERE, but I thought I would pass along a few thoughts of my own. First and foremost, it was difficult to judge these beers. A couple had defined off flavors or quality control issues, but the rest were tasty and fit well into the flavor profile you would expect from a stout. None of the three rounds had a unanimous winner, and in the final all three beers had votes for best beer of the group. My personal favorite ended up being the Oatmeal Stout from Mayflower, it had great body and the rich roasted malt flavor I love from a quality stout. I thought Idle Hands Check Raise was in a virtual tie, and wasn't surprised it won. The biggest disparity in opinions was around Bennington from Night Shift, which had the most obvious addition of adjunct ingredients. It was a great day tasting amazing beers and chatting with other enthusiasts and I can't wait to do another blind tasting.
Tasting blind removes any preconceptions. We all have breweries that we have enjoyed in the past and others that we tend to avoid. Sometimes a brewery that disappointed you before has made strides and you'll find that you actually really enjoy one of their beers. On the other hand sometimes a brewery that people wait in line for has some beers that are no better than offerings you can find at any local bottle shop.
It forces you to think about what you are drinking. It's easy to crack a beer take a few swigs and decide that you enjoy it. Having to taste a series of similar beers makes you think about the characteristics that lead you to enjoy beers in that style. What makes one beer preferable to another? Even if you have no desire to drink that critically on a regular basis it's interesting to go through the process on occasion.
You might discover new beers or breweries. There were a number of beers in this panel that I'd never tasted before, including a few that I really enjoyed. I was reminded how much I like Mayflower Oatmeal Stout and I will definitely seek out Idle Hands Check Raise again. Another good beer that just missed the finals was Sam Adams Cream Stout, a quality offering from a brewery that takes a significant amount of flak from some beer geeks.
It's fun to chat about beer with others who are passionate about it. While the tasting was fun, it was even more interesting hearing what the other panelists thought about the beers, and chatting with them about everything that is happening in the local beer scene. We had tasters from very different backgrounds and it led to some diverse opinions.
You don't need to go to great lengths to do a blind tasting, get a group of friends who like beer, a few bottles/cans of a selection of beers of a similar style, and put one person in charge of pouring and keeping track of which beers are in each round. I think everyone will learn a lot and have a good time (and feel free to invite your favorite local beer blogger too). If you do give blind tasting a try please let me know how it goes!


Eli Pariser's new book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You and his TED Talk video are getting a lot of attention this week.
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.
We're used to thinking of the Internet like an enormous library, with services like Google providing a universal map. But that's no longer really the case. Sites from Google and Facebook to SEO are now increasingly personalized – based on your web history, they filter information to show you the stuff they think you want to see. That can be very different from what everyone else sees – or from what we need to see. Your filter bubble is this unique, personal universe of information created just for you by this array of personalizing filters. It's invisible and it's becoming more and more difficult to escape.
Last year, NY Times tech reporter and blogger Nick Bilton published a book titled I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works in which he cited a research paper by Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro titled Ideological Segregation Online and Offline in which they found "no evidence that the Internet is becoming more segregated over time."
In an April 2010 column titled Riders on the Storm, David Brooks wrote about this, too.
This study suggests that Internet users are a bunch of ideological Jack Kerouacs. They're not burrowing down into comforting nests. They're cruising far and wide looking for adventure, information, combat and arousal. This does not mean they are not polarized. Looking at a site says nothing about how you process it or the character of attention you bring to it. It could be people spend a lot of time at their home sites and then go off on forays looking for things to hate. But it probably does mean they are not insecure and they are not sheltered.
If this study is correct, the Internet will not produce a cocooned public square, but a free-wheeling multilayered Mad Max public square. The study also suggests that if there is increased polarization (and there is), it's probably not the Internet that's causing it.
For more, see this blog post from April 2010 by Michael Cervieri titled, Does the Internet put us in Ideological Ghettos?
I can tell you firsthand that thanks to my anchoring communities, I see a drastically wider range of viewpoints online than I've ever experienced reading a print newspaper, watching the nightly news, or reading select niche magazines.
By offering their own digital links and connections, marketing and advertising communities help us cope with the massive numbers of people and the incalculable amount of information online and give us neatly refined selections to sift through together. They help us contain information flow. These social networks provide cognitive road maps that help us navigate all the information and help relieve the mental taxation of trying to manage excessive information on one's own.
Currently, Twitter is the online tool I use the most to connect me to my anchoring community, both for Northfield-related information as well as everything else. But the cool thing about living, working and being engaged in the Northfield community is that my daily face-to-face roaming about provides this, too.


BEER LOVERS SAVE THE DATE!
Munich would be great but here's a local alternative that you could turn into a romantic/leaf gawking weekend. Bayfield offers a lovely hit of New England and the Black Dog pub/bistro is seriously into good food, drinks and times. Tell Kathleen and Ted I sent you.


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FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN CALL FOR AN APOLLO INVESTIGATION, ...
June 22, 2015 / Joseph P. Farrell / 21 Comments
Friday night, June 19, 2015, and Saturday morning June 20, 2015, I appeared on the American overnight show, Coast to Coast AM, with host George Noory and his guest, well-known space anomaly researcher Richard C. Hoagland. I must confess that it was a last-minute decision on Coast's part, but perhaps a brief explanation of the circumstances will illuminate why I'm writing this blog today, for I'm writing to clarify some remarks I made which I don't think that many may have "understood," with the exception of Mr. Hoagland, who understood immediately.
My appearance was a very last minute decision on the part of Mr. Noory and the Coast production staff, as I had just earlier that day recorded and posted my comments on the story that appeared on the Russian news service Isvestia, by Vladimir Markin, that Russia wants a full investigation of what happened to the lost Apollo "artefacts", and an explanation of why NASA (allegedly) destroyed some archival footage of the Moon landings, and that some of the lunar rocks cannot be found. By implication, Russia also wants to know where they are now.Very quickly into the show it became apparent that Mr. Hoagland's views on the story were almost exactly my own, and hence my appearance during the show's final hour and a half.
So what are the remarks that need clarification? I made two basic observations during the show, and these are the observations I want to reinforce here:
First, I pointed out that President Putin's senior eonomic advisor, Mr. Sergei Glazyev, had stated last year(with respect to the crisis in the Ukraine), that Moscow's fight was not with the Nazis in Kiev, but with the Nazis in Washington SC. When I stated this, Mr. Hoagld became animated because he appreciated the deep significance. But for those who need a reminder, it is his hypothesis, along with many other researchers including Linda Hunt, and yours truly, that NASA became the home to a faction of Nazis(quite literally) who remained not only infuential but to a degree "independent" within that organization (along with, in Mr. Hoagland's model, two other factions, which he calls the "Masons" and the "Magicians.") Additionally, we all know the history of the Faustian bargain American intelligence made with the Nazi military intelligence organization Fremde Heere Ost as World War Two drew to a close. My point in raising Mr. Glazyev's comment was therefore to set the recent Russian call for an investigation into the Apollo into a much wider and longer historical and geopolitical context. Thus, my remark wa meant to highlight that Russian calls for an Apollo investigation might thus be construed as one element in what Russia perceives to be a war with the Nazis in Washington, a war that would include America's space and intelligence communities by dint of the historical context and reasoning.
I also pointed out, in a brief remark toward the end of the show, that there is yet another possible context in which the Russian calls for an Apollo investigation should be viewed, and that is the financial one. I mentioned, briefly, my hypothesis that a hidden system of finance was put into place in the year 1947 by President Truman, to fund not only covert operations against the Soviet Communist bloc, but also, and more importantly, to fund a long term black research project or projects of technological development. This of course is the hypothesis I advanced in Covert Wars and Breakaway Civilizations and again at the San Mateo Secret Space Program conference last year. Thus, the Russian call for an investigation of Apollo by implication could potentially spill over into an exposure of this hidden financial system, developed in part to research exotic space technologies. Coming as it does during a time that Russia and China are decoupling from the dollar and building parallel international financial institutions and clearing, the calls for an Apollo investigation could potenitally uncover aspects of this system.
These are the broader geopolitical and historical contexts in which I think the story must be viewed, for Apollo itself occurred within those contexts and was a part of them. I share the idea that Mr. Markin's article could not have appeared without some sort of higher government approval, and thus I suspect that this is a story that, have been once broached, will be difficult for the Russian government to retreat from. What really remains to be seen is what, if any, investigation will be undertaken, and what it may uncover.
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emlong on June 25, 2015 at 8:12 pm
A hall of mirrors of such an extent as you describe will likely never be figured out, and a strong case could be made that Kubrick was just inserting impenetrable mysteries and ruses into his work in order to entertain and beguile people prone to enswathing iconic artists within a deep mystique. If he was truly a devotee of classical alchemy then he would automatically be a devotee of ambiguity and enigma.
An artist who revels in playing "catch me if you can" controls the rules of the game to such an extent that he will never be caught.
There's a pretty good argument to be made as well that Weidner is himself part of a tendentious myth-making apparatus.
http://www.jayweidner.com/Disclosure1.html
OrigensChild on June 30, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Kubrick is keenly aware of this potential-and revels in our exercise of it. Weidner does appear to be perpetuating a mythology for reasons that cannot be good. Though cited here, there are times when I wonder about Richard Hoagland's past statements on many matters. For the sake of fair play, like all pieces on a chess board, there are times when it would appear each of them are being played. Then again, so are we all!
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/luna/luna_apollomissions10.htm
Jay Weidner's analysis of Kubrick's "The Shining" convinced me that Kubrick was saying the first landing was studio faked (by himself and under the desperate exigencies of "being first") while the rest were not. Th real question for me now is whether or not Kubrick was just pulling our leg. I don't think there is any doubt that he was inserting obvious symbolism and analogy into "The Shining."
OrigensChild on June 25, 2015 at 12:28 pm
In Dark Mission, pg 243, Hoagland says, "NASA carefully planned, from the beginning, to give those folks a 'conspiracy,' alright, but a fake conspiracy to cover up the real one." I've seen Jay's films also, and have followed his version of the Kubrick story for a couple of years now also, and find that story intriguing also. Would NASA hire Kubrick to stage a production to bolster this story and lead him to believe it was the real thing? I don't see why they wouldn't.
I am 99.999% sure someone went to the moon and recovered something. The rest of the world seems to agree–and the Russians are tipping their hat toward the same opinion.
In my mind, the question is whether the public story (with the broadcast of that mission) and the actual events are the same story. We do not know whether the technologies claimed to be in use were the technologies that were actually used. We were given a huge advertisement for the expenditure of millions of 1960 dollars for a program with public and private agendas. (For this discussion I am thinking of the USA as a corporation with compartmentalized agendas, too.) In this regard I can see some merit in the Kubrick story as stage management where two separate events–one public and one deeply black and hidden–are tightly coupled with multiple layers of technology to confuse the two.
As a technological component, an effective psyop would have considered Kubrick's impulse to spill the beans. They would've counted on it! Kubrick may have even been vaguely aware of it, too, if by the two twins he mean something very different than what Weidner speculated. Maybe Kubrick was telling us this was a psyop the whole time. I have often wondered if Kubrick was telling us of two space programs and focusing on the one he personally knew about–and his role in it.
DownunderET on June 22, 2015 at 3:10 pm
I'm a fence sitter on the moon missions. BUT, I am very interested in the esoteric side of these space flights as outlined in Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Barra' book "Dark Mission". The fact that NASA employed one Dr. Farouk El Baz, an Egyptian archeologist who told NASA "WHERE" TO LAND ON THE MOON, has all the hallmarks of an ancient connection between the Earth and the Moon. The Russians, in my opinion are asking,(cough cough), the Americans to come clean on the issue if they went or not. It is my opinion that the Russians DO know what went on, and are letting NASA know that they know. This isn't a game of chess, it's more like Russian roulette, and the jig is up if there's more than one bullet in the chamber of truths.
basta on June 22, 2015 at 2:20 pm
Essentially, this "modest proposal" is along the lines of, "If you don't have anything to hide, then you certainly wouldn't mind if we have a look around." Of course Never A Straight Answer has more to hide than the day is long, and the Russians know this.
Again, I'm an Apollo agnostic, leaning 2/3 towards it didn't happen, but willing to entertain the scenario that there was hidden antigravity tech at work that got them there — and also go them off the moon, because that cartoon pop-the-cork lift-off of the upper portion of the LEM is even more difficult to swallow than its absurdly craterless and noiseless landing (we have the recordings of Armstrong and Aldrin as Eagle is "landing" and they are sitting literally 3 feet on top of the main thruster yet there isn'te even the slightest interference with their communications with Houston Control as they "land." — We got us a Whopper-Doozey of a problem here, folks!
Be that as it may, this innocent-enough-sounding proposal is a shot across the bow and one can assume that Russia will work from 1969 forward to the present day, questioning the USA's version of history all along the way.
Aridzonan_13 on June 22, 2015 at 10:34 am
The Ruskies must be sensing weakness for them to make such an accusation. They've played defensive, patient chess for years. Now, they appear to be moving toward an offensive game posture. The AngloSphere has a lot of skeletons. So, many so, that they are going to need a closet to contain them all. If Russia can expose Off World artifacts on the moon, it would be a master stroke. The dominoes would start to fall.
"they are going to need a larger closet to contain them all."
Konsti on June 22, 2015 at 9:39 am
Offtop.
One analyst from Russia claims that there are living around 80 million Germans in USA. Keeping their own culturе, speaking German with each other. Could anyone comment on this please?
Delurking on June 22, 2015 at 10:14 am
Unless almost all of these 80 million have flooded in in just the past few years this is extremely hard to believe. There might be 80 million Americans with German names, but very few of them speak German and know little or nothing about German culture, their ancestors having mostly come maybe 150-350 years ago. The Pennsylvania Dutch speak a German dialect and keep their own culture, but I doubt you are talking about even 1 million there.
Is there a link to this analyst's report with further details?
Konsti on June 22, 2015 at 10:55 am
I know that Germans always have been coming in USA. But this analyst stated very confidently that 80 millions speak German, some of them live very compactly in their own communities.
This was said on a private lecture and I didn't get a chance to specify. But this information is definitely corresponding with Dr. Farrell's research about nazi international.
Per Wikipedia, according to the 2000 Census, about 1.5 million Americans speak German at home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American
Of course, the people you are talking about would presumably be under the radar and not recorded accurately if at all. I wish there were a way you could contact this analyst.
Konsti on June 22, 2015 at 12:19 pm
I don't think he's gonna answer how this information got to him. That's why I wrote here. It's hard to know exactly, even if you personally travel all over United States. But it does not sound as a total lie, cause there were always problems for Germans to realize their skills and activity within German state. And they left home in every possible direction. During 18-19 centuries approximately 12 million Germans moved to Russia. Plus ww1 and ww2 pushed them to move abroad if we speak about 20th century. I would believe if it would have been said about 80 million all across North and South America. Anyway it's interesting to know opinions from USA.
Delurking on June 22, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Konsti, certainly a lot of German women married American servicemen stationed in Germany in the post-war period. But I don't think that total approached anywhere near 80 million. For this to be true, roughly 1 in 4 Americans today would have to be German-speaking and following German culture, which the census data emphatically denies. If somehow this 80 million is not being counted, then the fact remains that roughly 1 in 5 Americans encountered today would be German-speaking and following German culture, which seems patently absurd.
Perhaps 80 million Germans have left Germany in the post-war period, but I do not believe anywhere close to that number came to the US. Perhaps 80 million came to the Americas alone, but I doubt it. In any case, the overwhelming majority of such an 80 million undoubtedly went to South America. I just do not think anywhere close to that number could have come to the US, even if somehow they are not being counted in the census. They would have to be hiding underground where no one could see them.
kitona on June 23, 2015 at 7:28 pm
80 million Germans in the United States, all secretly speaking German with each other? I'm pretty skeptical of everything these days and if some said that the sky was green I'm even willing to pause and consider that assault on my assumed knowledge.
Having said that, I am skeptical of the 80 million German speakers in the USA. I was raised in the American Midwest with a lot of German heritage in the region but even though many of those people had German heritage, few of them spoke anything other basic "Danke & Guten Tag" touristy German. Yeah, maybe I have been duped but I did study German for two years at the public school and I hardly had the impression that anybody had a serious interest in the culture.
Also, many of the German immigrants in the US pre-date WWII (even WWI) and often were modest middle/working class types that settled in small farming communities. Hardly a sophisticated class elite Nazi secretly working within international circles. If the influx of German immigrants was closer in timeline to WWII then if would be more believable but, as is, I'm not buying it.
Now if you told me that there were 80 million Nazi in Argentina…
Thank you for your comment. My knowledge and understanding of German immigration are the same.
Reno on June 25, 2015 at 6:39 am
I think the Russian analyst meant Mexicans.
marcos toledo on June 22, 2015 at 9:19 am
The problem is President Obama is the latest front for the CSA-NAZI oligarchs that run this murderous empire. Tesla technology like that of others who names are unknown has been suppress since the last decades of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth century. Then there is the Ben Rich rule sixty year rule of technological development hidden from the people who paid for it and are denied knowledge or access to use it for the benefit of all of us.
Robert Barricklow on June 22, 2015 at 9:00 am
There is no doubt that the Nazi science was the primary reason for the early "success" of the moon landing. There's the TV side; then there's the "real" mission side that's been kept secret.
We The People aren't getting any truths whatsoever. And now with the coming passage of TPP, both Europe & the USA will be officially kept in the dark:
http://ellenbrown.com/
"Sentence First. Verdict Afterwards".
loisg on June 22, 2015 at 8:43 am
I agree with both Dr. Farrell and Lost on this one, and am wondering if this is not just to discover the technology behind the lunar landing, but an attempt to flesh out just what the US was working with in a broader scale, to see what direction the US may have taken since then and where they may be presently.
I remember Russia calling for President Obama to have the US release their UFO files, which he didn't do. Perhaps that also would have released information regarding US technological abilities that he didn't want to disclose. If so, then I'm sure there will be no more cooperation with this new inquiry. After all, the president gets briefed by these same CIA and intelligence goons that are running the breakaway group.
Lost on June 22, 2015 at 5:39 am
Perhaps the Russians, who'd already know this point, are saying explicitly:
"Explain thoroughly how the LEM landed on the Moon without disturbing the surface dust."
That event alone, even if accomplished with normal rockets, portends a revolution in physics and technology.
The fact that rockets work in a vacuum is always explained away as "Newton said there has to be an equal and opposite reaction", but "reaction" of what is the mystery, and simple "energy" doesn't really suffice as an answer.