Coming from the Go SDK side, I'm in favour of splitting the repo after the portability APIs have stablized. The reason being that it would be all to easy for changes not be propagated to the SDKs, which would cause painful drift.
As for the Go Gradle experience, it agree it leaves much to be desired, since it's not cleaning up after itself in it's attempt to ensure reproduceable go builds. BEAM-5379 has been filled as a possible solution to that, with the suggestion to move to the Go Modules supported by Go 1.11.
Resolving this is on the short list of contributions I want to make this quarter.
From a pure Go SDK contributor standpoint, I generally use the standard go tools (mostly the go tool) and its existing IDE integrations rather than attempt to make Gradle work for me, outside of building the core components. I can't speak for everyone of course but it's my view on it.


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Q: How to get sub 10ms response times from AWS DynamoDB? In the DynamoDB documentation and in many places around the internet I've seen that single digit ms response times are typical, but I cannot seem to achieve that even with the simplest setup.  I have configured a t2.micro ec2 instance and a DynamoDB table, both in us-west-2, and when running the command below from the aws cli on the ec2 instance I get responses averaging about 250 ms.  The same command run from my local machine (Denver) averages about 700 ms.
aws dynamodb get-item --table-name my-table --key file://key.json

When looking at the CloudWatch metrics in the AWS console it says the average get latency is 12 ms though.  If anyone could tell me what I'm doing wrong or point me in the direction of information where I can solve this on my own I would really appreciate it.  Thanks in advance.

A: There are a lot of factors that go into the latency you will see when making a REST API call. DynamoDB can provide latencies in the single digit milliseconds but there are some caveats and things you can do to minimize the latency.
The first thing to consider is distance and speed of light.  Expect to get the best latency when accessing DynamoDB when you are using an EC2 instance located in the same region.  It is normal to see higher latencies when accessing DynamoDB from your laptop or another data center.  Note that each region also has multiple data centers.
There are also performance costs from the client side based on the hardware, network connection, and programming language that you are using.  When you are talking millisecond latencies the processing time on your machine can make a difference.
Another likely source of the latency will be the TLS handshake.  Establishing an encrypted connection requires multiple round trips and computation on both sides to get the encrypted channel established.  However, as long as you are using a Keep Alive for the connection you will only pay this overheard for the first query.  Successive queries will be substantially faster since they do not incur this initial penalty.  Unfortunately the AWS CLI isn't going to keep the connection alive between requests, but the AWS SDKs for most languages will manage this for you automatically.

Another important consideration is that the latency that DynamoDB reports in the web console is the average.  While DynamoDB does provide reliable average low double digit latency, the maximum latency will regularly be in the hundreds of milliseconds or even higher.  This is visible by viewing the maximum latency in CloudWatch.

A: They recently announced DAX (Preview).
Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache for DynamoDB that delivers up to a 10x performance improvement – from milliseconds to microseconds – even at millions of requests per second. For more information, see In-Memory Acceleration with DAX (Preview).

A: The response times you are seeing are largely do to the cold start times of the aws cli. When running your get-item command the cli has to get loaded into memory, fetch  temporary credentials (if using an ec2 iam role when running on your t2.micro instance), and establish a secure connection to the DynamoDB service. After all that is completed then it executes the get-item request and finally prints the results to stdout. Your command is also introducing a need to read the key.json file off the filesystem, which adds additional overhead.
My experience running on a t2.micro instance is the aws cli has around 200ms of overhead when it starts, which seems inline with what you are seeing.
This will not be an issue with long running programs, as they only pay a similar overhead price at start time. I run a number of web services on t2.micro instances which work with DynamoDB and the DynamoDB response times are consistently sub 20ms.

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A pair of underclassmen that both have family members with local sports hall of fame credentials are our Athlete of the Week selections for area scholastic sports. They are sophomore shortstop Gwen Torreso of the Bristol Central girls softball team and freshman second baseman Ryan Daniels of the St. Paul baseball team.
Torreso, the daughter of Ginny and Jeff Torreso, has been on a batting spree for the Rams, 2-3 on the season coming into this week. Her mother, a graduate of Bristol Eastern, is an inductee of the Bristol Sports Hall of Fame as a local three-sport athlete and basketball player at Pace University. Her grandfather, Greg Ziogas, a standout multi-sport athlete at Bristol Central, has been enshrined into the Plainville High School Hall of Fame as a successful boys basketball coach at the school.
Toresso had three doubles last week in a 11-1 win over host Wethersfield and homered in a 4-1 loss to visiting Northeast Catholic.
The Rams are coming off a 9-12 season.
In addition to softball, Torreso also plays volleyball and basketball for the Rams. She's been a right-side hitter in volleyball and will be learning the setter position for next fall. She started the sport as a freshman and likes the fact that it's a constantly moving game and finds it fun to play.
With basketball, she said, you have to know what's going on at all times and that it's also a moving, fast-paced sport. Softball is somewhat slower, but Torrseo doesn't think it's boring to watch.
In short, for Torreso, it's a general love for sports with no favorite.
Daniels is the son of Peter and Wendy Daniels of Meriden. Like Torreso, he's been hot with his bat and has four home runs already to date this young season. His hall of fame family member is his father, who is in the ECSU Athletic Hall of Fame for his hitting and pitching in baseball.
Daniels, in return, talks about St. Paul baseball, a program that went 19-7 overall in 2018 and is 4-1 coming into this week.
Daniels added that his job on the team is to hit well, score runs and get on base for Julian Thayer and Ryan Parent, the team's power hitters. He started the sport in T-ball, like Torreso.
Daniels concentrates on baseball as his one sport.
Posted in The Bristol Press, Bristol Central, St. Paul on Monday, 15 April 2019 20:30. Updated: Monday, 15 April 2019 20:33.


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Horomia Speaks To Maori Devlopment Conference
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 4:19 pm
Speech: New Zealand Government
Hon Parekura Horomia
Minister of Mäori Affairs
Nation Building and Mäori Development Conference - Waikato University
Kia ora [Ministers Mihi]
 I want to commend the School of Mäori and Pacific Development - Te Pua Wananga ki Te Ao and the University of Waikato for organising this forum so that we could all come together to discuss a future path for Mäori in the 21st Century.
 I believe that Mäori will have a more prosperous future in Aotearoa if we embrace the new millennium with passion and commitment for the betterment of whänau, hapü, and iwi. Indeed we must for our tamariki!.
 As Minister of Mäori Affairs, I am in the nation building "business" if I can call it that. And during my time with you I want to share some key themes in Government policy that are seeking to strengthen this nation of ours. These three themes are:
(1) the Government's commitment to closing the gaps;
(2) building the partnership between Government and Mäori through capacity building; and
(3) the imperative of Mäori economic development as a driving force in improving our overall economic and social situation.
 The Government believes that the pathway towards securing a prosperous future for Mäori begins by strengthening its relationship with Mäori as Treaty Partner.
 We are Tangata Whenua and partners in the Treaty of Waitangi. Our leaders had a vision for our future and in signing the Treaty. They put their trust in the Crown's hands to ensure that Mäori and non-Mäori would prosper and grow together.
 Sadly, this trust was ignored and Governments over the past decades have continued this neglect which has had serious implications on the current status of Mäori.
 I am proud to say that this Government will work to meet its Treaty obligations to Mäori. We recognise our obligations and will endeavour to work with Mäori to find solutions. But to be successful, they need to be solutions "by Mäori for Mäori."
 There are two important policies which have the potential to strengthen the partnership between Mäori and Government more than any other in recent times. These are this Government's commitment to closing the social and economic gaps between Mäori and non-Mäori and its Mäori capacity building policies.
Closing the Gaps
 Closing the gaps is about focusing the collective resources and harnessing the energy of the Government and Mäori to improve Mäori economic and social results. It is not about capping your aspirations to those of non-Mäori. You will find that the policy is about working from a Mäori base to exceed your own expectations and exceed the achievements of others. In doing so, the Government has a very focused role in supporting you in this aim through its closing the gaps strategy.
 I want to draw your attention to a number of recent initiatives which underpin the Government's commitment to closing the gaps, and promoting Mäori economic development.
 Firstly, the Government has set-up a high powered committee chaired by the Prime Minister called the Cabinet Committee on Closing the Gaps.
 The main objective of this committee is to provide Mäori communities the opportunity to control their own development and achieve their own objectives.
 The Government's policy for closing the gaps between Mäori and non-Mäori includes:
i)	Increasing accountability for Government performance in closing the gaps;
ii)	Improving the effectiveness of Government spending on Mäori; and
iii)	Building the capacity of Mäori communities to determine their objectives and achieve their own goals.
State sector performance
 The Government has devised new policies that will make government agencies more accountable for spending on improving outcomes for Mäori and closing the gaps.
 There is an expectation that all departments are going to be measured against the strategies they have in place to close the gaps. The performance of Chief Executives and their departments will be assessed according to these measures.
 We are sending a clear message to all Government departments to perform and strive for the betterment of Mäori.
 To ensure that this happens, the Government has added effectiveness auditing to the role of Te Puni Kokiri. This will strengthen the ability of Te Puni Kokiri to assess the effectiveness of specific programmes for Mäori.
 The sorts of questions the auditors will ask will be:
1	Is the programme relevant to current or emerging needs or problems?
2 What kind of results is the programme achieving for Maori?
 The auditing process will be result driven.
 These new mechanisms are intended to make sure the Government lifts its game in a measurable way in closing the gaps for Mäori.
 This Government has made a clear commitment to building capacity within whänau, hapü, iwi, Mäori organisations and Mäori communities. The government has set aside $243 million to close the gaps of which $113 million (over four years) has been allocated to government departments for capacity building for Mäori and Pacific peoples.
 My colleagues and I are working to ensure that Ministers and mainstream Government departments respond appropriately and effectively to the capacity building policy.
 Capacity building is a process which seeks to strengthen the ability of whänau, hapü, iwi, Mäori organisations and Mäori communities to build the strategies, systems, structures and skills that they need to control their own development and achieve their own objectives.
 Capacity building is about building on the strengths of Mäori communities and aligning these strengths to the needs of their people.
 The traditional approach focused on Mäori as a client. And in fact we've been case managed to death.
 It's about bottom-up development from the communities that need the assistance most. It's about targeting the pohara ones in our communities. Pohara in the sense of poor health, housing and educational situations. It's about making sure there is wide participation and benefit from the policy.
 The Government's new approach will empower and enable Mäori to solve their own problems. It is about, "by Mäori for Mäori."
 The government has set in place a national strategy for Mäori capacity building. Our role is to resource the people to build their capacity, with information, policy, programmes, and funding - not to dictate terms.
 Under this approach, the government will contribute to Mäori development with a "whole of government approach". We don't want to see 20 different agencies sending 20 different cars to the same community for different purposes. The whole of government approach is critical to the policy's success.
 Te Puni Kökiri has a crucial role in the capacity building policy. Te Puni Kökiri is to coordinate and lead the state sector in a whole of government approach to Mäori capacity building.
 There are now 3 new fora crucial to making this work. There is the Chief Executives' Forum, the Senior Officials' Group, and Regional Inter-sectoral Fora convened by Te Puni Kökiri who will engage with Mäori communities in the collective sense. The role of these fora is to ensure other agencies are responding appropriately and effectively to the needs of Mäori communities.
 Most important is how these fora engage and involve Mäori. It is for Mäori to determine how that interaction will occur.
 National Mäori organisations such as the New Zealand Mäori Council and the Mäori Women's Welfare League have an integral role to play. So too do our tribal organisations such as runanga and trust boards, as well as established Mäori provider organisations.
 These organisations are crucial to engaging with our people to ensure they are aware of the various opportunities available to them through the capacity building policy.
 It's about bringing the people together so that information from government gets presented to our people in the most lucid form possible.
 Let me be clear about this. If we get this policy right, it has the potential to reshape New Zealand as we know it. It is fundamentally about strengthening the partnership between government and Mäori to turn the negative statistics around. It is about empowering and enabling Mäori to lead their own development. But we also need to build partnerships amongst ourselves to meet the challenge. A stronger Mäori nation, is a stronger New Zealand nation overall.
Te Puni Kökiri's capacity building programme
 As well as leading the national strategy for Mäori capacity building, beginning in September Te Puni Kökiri will be delivering its own capacity building programme. This will target whänau, hapü, iwi, Mäori organisations and Mäori communities with strategic facilitation and support, including funding assistance. The assistance will include funding for capacity assessments and capacity building initiatives that target those least likely to participate in this type of policy.
 Te Puni Kökiri's 13 regional offices will be the primary delivery vehicle for this programme. They will work with other agencies to support the capacity building aspirations of Mäori communities with information, advice, and some funding assistance. If you wish to pursue this path I urge you to contact your nearest TPK regional office.
 Other agencies are in the process of developing their own capacity building programmes around specific areas such as employment and education. More information about these will be available soon.
Mäori economic development
 I want to turn now to Mäori economic development. We're working hard on a whole range of social issues including health, education and justice.
 However, social and economic development are not mutually exclusive. We need to develop the economic capability of Mäori to support and enhance our social make-up.
 The Government has instigated a number of economic development initiatives to progress overall Mäori economic development.
 The Mäori commercial asset base is worth around $5 billion and I believe that it can increase if it is nurtured and utilised through business development.
 The Government has committed itself to initiatives aimed at improving Mäori business development. I will now outline a few of these.
Mäori Business Facilitation Service
 One of these initiatives is the Mäori Business Facilitation Service.
 In the 2000/2001 Budget, the Minister of Finance announced the establishment of a Mäori Business Facilitation Service (MBFS). This service, due to start on 1 September 2000, is part of the coalition Government's commitment to improving the "commercial" capacity for Mäori to participate successfully in business.
 The service will provide business mentoring that will cater for the various stages of business.
 The MBFS will be able to offer different services according to each client's needs. The following services will be provided:
i)	Pre-commercial facilitation - guidance on how to set up a new business;
ii)	Facilitating access to grants and finance such as those available from the Poutama Trust, Industry New Zealand or private sector banks for example;
iii)	Post-commercial assistance for established businesses;
 There will also be a focus on promoting an enterprise culture by encouraging and assisting Mäori business networks.
 The regional offices of Te Puni Kökiri and the Mäori Trust Office will provide the "shop-front" of the MBFS and third-party contractors will deliver the specialist business advice to Mäori business clients.
 Mäori with commercially viable business ideas can now access a specific service designed for Mäori and delivered by an organisation that is familiar to Mäori.
Industry New Zealand
 The Government has recognised the lack of support for industry and budding entrepreneurs and firms with significant growth potential. Our size in the world market and location makes it difficult to compete in the international arena.
 I believe that the current range of business development programmes cannot provide adequate support for businesses to compete with overseas producers.
 Therefore Government has, through the Ministry of Economic Development, established Industry New Zealand. It has the aim of increasing the international competitiveness of New Zealand's business environment, in order to generate more wealth, create more jobs and promote New Zealand as an attractive place to invest and do business.
 The Government will boost the amount of money available for industry assistance, by allocating $34 million in the current year, $73 million in 2001/2002 and reaching $112.5 million in 2002/2003.
 Industry New Zealand will be responsible for managing and administering these funds to provide a range of industry and regional initiatives.
Regional Development Programme
 The Government's Regional Development Programme will provide financial support for the development of local and regional economic development strategies and for undertaking strategic audits, including pre-engagement support for building local partnerships.
 Major regional initiatives will be funded up to $2 million with a minimum of 25% local part-funding or in-kind contribution.
 These initiatives will support the 'whole of government' approach that will underpin the building of sustainable communities in the regions.
 Regions with a high level of unemployment often have a high proportion of Mäori and I believe that this programme will help to create jobs for Mäori in these areas.
 Industry New Zealand is developing these initiatives and will be working with Te Puni Kökiri to consult Mäori on how they will operate.
 As an initial step, the Tairawhiti regional development initiative, spanning the Wairoa and Gisborne districts, is the first region identified by Government.
 This initiative will be driven by the local community and supported by an integrated Government approach. This means ensuring Government's policies are integrated with regional strategies determined by local stakeholders.
 The Tairawhiti Development Taskforce is chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Jim Anderton, and includes myself as Minister of Mäori Affairs, with the two local mayors, the local MP, chairpersons of the local runanga and a range of business people.
 The Taskforce is committed to developing sustainable strategies while taking the opportunity to endorse a diverse range of actions and activities that will enhance development in the region.
 A local Taskforce Secretariat has been established and will act as a focal point for the community submissions, liase with stakeholders, and communicate developments.
 Government will identify other regions for development later this year.
Final comments
 I realise the extent of the work that needs to be done to close the gaps between Mäori and non-Mäori and I also have a good understanding of the difficulties we face in trying to close these gaps.
 The Government cannot work alone. Instead it must work alongside Mäori by facilitating access to the necessary information, resources and other assistance for whänau, hapü and iwi to make their own decisions, set their own goals and to achieve their own aspirations.
 As I have outlined today the Government has a number of initiatives to achieve this, including Capacity Building, Industry New Zealand, and Regional Development.
 As Tangata Whenua it is our duty to build this nation of ours and to be at the forefront of developing a brighter future for our tamariki in the 21st Century.
 I believe the Government's policies of capacity building, under-pinned by the drive to improve Mäori economic and social results, will strengthen the long term partnership between the Government and Mäori people.
 The policy has been agreed and set by Government - that battle has already been won. The challenge now is for you to seize the opportunity to improve the lives of our whänau, hapü, iwi, Mäori organisations and Mäori communities.
 I thank the organisers, the participants and distinguished guests for the opportunity to address you at this important conference. I trust that the dialogue, debate and whakaaro nui that is to follow with the impressive line up of speakers will strengthen our cause.
 Kia ora tatau katoa.

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Lady of the Pavements és un pel·lícula dramàtica romàntica muda dirigida per D. W. Griffith el 1929. Els protagonistes foren Lupe Vélez, William Boyd i Jetta Goudal. Griffith va modificar la pel·lícula per incloure un parell de números musicals i així fou una pel·lícula amb una part sonora.

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Disgustat perquè la seva núvia, Diane (Jetta Goudal), l'ha estat enganyant, impulsa a Karl (William Boyd) a dir-li que preferiria casar-se amb una dona de carrer abans que amb ella. Per recuperar la seva estima, Diane organitza amb Nanoni ("Little One") (Lupe Vélez), una cantant en un bar de mala reputació, per fer-se passar per una noia espanyola que ve d'un convent, per enganyar-lo.

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 Lupe Vélez com a Nanon del Rayon
 William Boyd com a Comte Karl Von Arnim
 Jetta Goudal com a Comtessa Diane des Granges
 Albert Conti com a Baró Finot
 George Fawcett com a Baró Haussmann
 Henry Armetta com a Papa Pierre
 William Bakewell com a Pianista
 Franklin Pangborn com a M'sieu Dubrey, Mestre de Ball

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El sistema Vitaphone sound-on-disc va ser emprat per les seqüències de so. Els discos 6 i 8 estan en l'arxiu de la UCLA (UCLA Film and Television Archive). Altres discos sonors d'aquesta pel·lícula van ser donats per Arthur Lennig a la George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, a Rochester, Nova York.

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Pel·lícules ambientades en el segle XIX
Pel·lícules dels Estats Units en blanc i negre
Pel·lícules de drama romàntic de la dècada del 1920
Pel·lícules dirigides per D. W. Griffith
Pel·lícules dels Estats Units del 1929

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Jane Froiland, Actor, Director, and Teaching Artist
Jane Froiland is an actor, director, and teaching artist based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
As an actor, Jane has worked with such companies as: Children's Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Jungle Theatre, Ten Thousand Things, Old Log Theatre, Theatre Latte Da, Yellow Tree Theatre, Dark and Stormy Productions, Frank Theatre, The Playwright's Center, Illusion Theatre, Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, Gremlin Theatre, Walking Shadow Theatre, Minnesota Jewish Theatre, and many more. Jane is a proud member of the Actor's Equity Association.
Jane has appeared in back to back Ivey Award winning productions: Doubt with Ten Thousand Things, and Compleat Female Stage Beauty with Walking Shadow.
She was named Best Actress in a Drama by Lavender Magazine for her work in Rocket to the Moon.
In addition to her stage work, Jane is also a film, commercial, and voiceover talent, recently shooting a project for the IFC network as well as being a principal on the hit web series, "Theater People."
As a director, Jane has directed or assistant directed for : Lakeshore Players, Ten Thousand Things, History Theatre, Ashland Productions, and Woodbury High School.
As a teaching artist, Jane has taught for many companies, including: Lakeshore Players, Lyric Arts, Drama Kids of Hennepin County, Stages Theatre Company, Stepping Stone Theatre, Youth Performance Company, Yellow Tree Theatre, Onstage Minnesota, and many more.
Jane also serves as the head coach of The White Bear Lake speech team, the Spring Play director for Woodbury High School, as well as an actor with Science Live for the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Jane recently became host of The Bazzness, a podcast produced by Minnesota Playlist featuring interviews with fascinating local artists.
She is a hard worker, a loud laugher, and dreams of one day figuring out how to use Tik Tok.
Photo by Megan Engeseth, Michel Daniel, Jane Froiland


Linear Hashing2,3 is a hash table algorithm suitable for secondary storage. It is often used to implement hash indices in databases and file systems. Linear Hashing was invented by Witold Litwin in 1980 and has been in widespread use since that time. I implemented this file-structure earlier this year. You can find my implementation on github. This article is based off a talk1 I gave at CWRU Hacker Society.
I also implemented an in memory version of this algorithm. I give a detailed break down of each element of the implementation in the follow up post. You should read that article after you have finished this one.
size():int -- how many entries?
has(key:Hashable):boolean -- is the key in the table?
get(key:Hashable):Object throws KeyNotFound -- get the associated value.
put(key:Hashable, value:Object) -- associate a key and value.
remove(key:Hashable) throws KeyNotFound -- remove the key from the table.
You may have used hash tables by another name in you programming language. For instance in Python they are called dictionaries, in Ruby hashs, and in Java they are called HashMaps.
Let's walk through a simple hash table implementation using separate chaining (also called open hashing). We will do this in the Go programming language.
A hash is a struct with to elements. An array of pointers to entry. The entries hold our key value pairs. The way the table works is we convert the key into a number which we then clamp to the size of our table. That number will be the index of some entry in our table from which we can add, lookup, or remove the key.
The entry struct represents the key value pair and represents a linked list. Since covering linked list operations is a bit beyond the scope of this paper, let me just present operations on the *entry but with no explanation. The function should be obvious even if the implementation is obscure.
Putting an object into a hash table is very simple. We grab the bucket and use the associate Put method to place our key value pair into the list. If it was actually appended onto the list (rather than updating and existing entry) we increment the size field.
Now there is one more wrinkle I will return to in a moment which is resizing the table when it gets too full.
Retrieval is just as easy. We grab the bucket and look in the linked list to see if it is there or not. If it is, return it.
Removal is almost the same as insertion except we call Remove on the linked list instead of Put and update the head as before. We check to make sure it is in the linked list first as this slightly simplifies the removal algorithm above.
The performance of a hash table degrades as it gets too full. Therefore, we have to periodically expand the size of the hash table. As long we double the size each time all of our operations are asymptotically linear (on average). To double the size of the table, we allocate a new table and copy all of the entries from the old table to the new. We must be careful when we do this and rehash each element. If we don't, we will be unable to find the elements in the new table since the bucket function depends on the table size.
So when should we expand the hash table? We should expand on insert when the number of elements is over a certain threshold. The threshold is often set at 60% but this setting varies.
Read and write pages which are blocks of size 4096 bytes.
Try and read contiguous runs and if writing more than one page write contiguous runs as well.
Don't read one byte at a time, read several blocks and get the byte that you need.
Employ caching at every layer.
Measure performance in terms of number of disk accesses (eg. Block read and writes).
The first adjustment to make is to hash into blocks instead of hashing into individual array buckets. Each block is then a sorted array of entries.
We could make a fairly straight forward adaption of our separate chained hash table above to this restriction. However, there is a problem: what do we do when the table needs to be expanded? If the table is static then there is not problem, we simply allocate the correct number of blocks right away. But, if we have to expand the table every entry will need to be rehashed. This will cause us to read from every block from our old table (N reads) and write to every block in our new table (2*N writes) -- ouch.
The solution is of course Linear Hashing.
How does Linear Hashing compare?
File grows at a linear rate.
Does not necessarily need address translation.
Simple Algorithm esp. in comparison to B+Trees.
The key insight is to not use all the bits of the hash function "H(.)" all the time. When the table is small we only use as much of the hash function as we need. As the table grows we use more bits. As the table shrinks we use less.
In the figure, n is the number of blocks, i is the number of bits of the hash functions and r is the number of records.
Insertion is quite simple now that we know how to get the bucket (assuming we have implemented the appropriate operations on our buckets). First we get the bucket and we put the item into the bucket. If the bucket takes care of chaining on an extra block if it full then the only thing that is left is checking whether or not an expansion (called a split) is needed.
As I mentioned above, if a bucket is full it should chain out an extra block for itself. This can be handled transparently.
There are some keys in the old bucket 0 which is now called 00 which actually belong to bucket 10. So in order to make the addition of the new bucket correct we need to split bucket 00.
// an exercise for the reader!
You can slowly extend how much of the hash function you use.
You don't have to rehash the whole file to add a bucket, just the bucket that collides with the new bucket.
If you want to implement the algorithm I suggest reading the description in the Garcia-Molina book and taking a look at the original paper. You can also take a look at my implementation or my other implementation, an in memory version.


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Open air gastronomic fairs
Open air gastronomic fairs: good and cheap street markets in São Paulo
Street Markets. Image: José Cordeiro/ SPTuris.
"It's cheaper with me. Beautiful ladies don't have to pay, but they can't take it home." Phrases such as these are prominent in São Paulo's street markets.
They traditionally exist since the mid-seventeenth century and are an option for many who wish to buy produce, fish and the traditional pastéis (typical Brazilian dish consisting of rectangle-shaped thin crust pies with assorted fillings, fried in vegetable oil).
In 1915, seven fairs were counted, and today there are around 871, which happen every day throughout the city, except on Mondays. The complete list can be found on the City Hall website: Feiramaps.
In addition to street markets, São Paulo has gastronomic fairs: they take place on several streets around the city and serve good food in the open.
One of the most traditional fairs is the one from Liberdade (created in 1975). At the exit of the subway station (Liberdade), it exposes, in addition to arts and crafts, stalls offering gyoza, yakissoba, takoyaki, among other foods typical of the oriental cuisine.
At the Feira da República, besides the traditional pastéis, dishes from Bahian cuisine are served, such as acarajé (traditional dumplings made from peeled beans and fried in palm oil), vatapá (traditional dish made from bread, shrimp, coconut milk and palm oil, commonly eaten with acarajé) and as dessert: cakes, trifles, mousses, strawberry skewers, pies, among other sugary delicacies.
In the Pari neighborhood, the Feira da Kantuta is known as synonymous with Bolivian culture and food in São Paulo. Even its name (Kantuta) is a reference to a flower from the Andean region.
Every Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., it looks like another country: people speaking in Spanish, tents with llama wool knitwear, clay pots, pan flutes and typical dishes: anticucho (beef heart on a skewer), api (purple corn juice) and salsipapas (sausage, onion, potatoes and plantain).
Feira da Kantuta
Schedule: Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Address: Pedro Vicente Street, 625 – Pari – Eastern region – São Paulo.
Feira da República
Schedule: Sundays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Address: Praça da República – República – Center – São Paulo.
Feira da Liberdade
Address: Av. da Liberdade, 365 – Liberdade – Center – São Paulo.
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Was Napoleon the true progenitor of the European Union?
From The Nation:
In the spring of 1812, on the eve of commanding more than 600,000 soldiers to invade Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte laid out his plans for the future of Europe. "We need," he told his former police minister, Joseph Fouché, "a European law code, a European high court, a single currency, the same weights and measures, the same laws. I must make all the peoples of Europe into a single people, and Paris, the capital of the world." The French emperor had not previously expressed such vaulting ambitions, but as his empire swelled, he came to believe he could bring the continent a degree of unity that it had not known since the fall of Rome. After falling from power himself in 1815, he frequently referred back to these ambitions, and lamented his failure to create an enduring European superstate.
Was Napoleon, and not the shrewd post–World War II diplomat Jean Monnet, the true progenitor of the European Union? Monnet not only led the effort to establish a European Common Market (something Napoleon also envisaged), but hoped its member states would take further steps toward union. Perhaps he was following a path Napoleon had first blazed. And if so, does Napoleon's legacy help us understand Europe's present-day problems? Thanks to the long string of anniversaries leading up to the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, the last few years have been overrun by new publications on the man, his campaigns, his empire, and the resistance against him. The list includes, with properly Napoleonic excess, a dozen full-scale biographies published just since the start of the century. Yet as the most recent contributions show with particular force, it remains surprisingly difficult to assess whether the institutions and style of administration perfected by Napoleon were compatible with significant participation by ordinary citizens, and with the preservation of social and cultural diversity. Given how much of the Napoleonic legacy survives in the European Union today, this is not merely an academic question.
In the Europe of the early 1800s, the ideas that Napoleon outlined for Fouché were in no sense absurd. Over the previous century, European elites had grown remarkably alike. To a surprisingly great extent, they read the same books, listened to the same music, saw the same plays. From Lisbon to St. Petersburg, they had a common second language: French. (As every reader of Tolstoy knows, many Russian aristocrats spoke it in preference to their native tongue.) As early as 1772, Jean-Jacques Rousseau had commented (implicitly, in reference to elites): "Today, whatever one may say, there are no longer any Frenchmen, Germans, Spaniards, or even Englishmen…there are only Europeans. They all have the same tastes, the same passions, and the same customs."
Political union was a different matter, but by 1812 Napoleon seemed on his way to resolving that issue as well.
"Enlightened. Elitist. Undemocratic.", David A. Bell, The Nation
European Union, Napoleon
European policies are today driven by fear of the future…
Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei: European Love
Albania is inching forward to the third attempt to gain EU candidate status in June. After the country was denied this status for the second time last December owing to a Dutch veto, it is making considerable efforts to meet the "standards" yet again. This is a slightly perverse project.
European Community? Pah!
The imposition of German demands on Greece, without consideration for its democracy, sovereignty or interests, is one of those moments that changes everything.
Zweig's Wanderlust
By 1901, while a philosophy student at the University of Vienna (he defended a doctoral thesis on Hippolyte Taine), Zweig became a frequent contributor to Theodor Herzl's Neue Freie Presse, the capital's most respected newspaper.


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Council Fire is dedicated to raising awareness of the beauty of the first peoples of these lands. Along with that, we also commit to addressing the dire circumstances that our original people face today, and work to enact positive change.
We strive to include indigenous people into the advancements that have been denied them. We believe the path to prosperity travels many trails; however, a good job that encourages dignity and provides for a family is basic among the needs.
Council-FIRE does not pretend to have the authority to dictate views of what is good for native peoples, the problems are complex and varied. We do not pretend to have easy answers for the extreme poverty, teen suicide, diabetes, or other ills that have taken their toll. Our mission is to listen and learn, to pray, and to seek progress for all, through activism and education.
Council-FIRE began within the Labor movement, which has embraced constituency groups that address the issues of Women, Latino's, Blacks, Asian-Pacific Islanders, and Gay/Lesbian/Trans-gender. Those are honorable efforts, and should not be denied focus and energy. However, nothing is in place to provide a voice to the issues of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.
The people who were here first have been excluded for too long, and denied a rightful place beside all other inhabitants of these lands.
The time is right, and the time is NOW!
By James E. Price Jr.
Navajo, Cheyenne, Cherokee and Sioux!


If you follow me on any of my social medias then you'll already know that I went away for a few days with my friends for a girly weekend in Whitstable, Kent. We spent the weekend walking through cute streets, strolling along the beach, taking photos, and eating and drinking really. On the Monday of the trip we decided to have a walk around Canterbury and as soon as we (finally) arrived (due to my awful directions) we were hungry and wanted to find somewhere to eat. Whilst walking up the cobbled streets we found a lovely little café called KITCH. With a quick glance at the menu we loved their food and so we decided to enter and take a seat.
A lovely waitress greeted us and we headed upstairs to our table. Inside the interior was adorable with white wooden tables and chairs, boxes of fresh produce, recipes books, cacti, and lanterns and plants hung from the ceiling. We were sat right next to a small little window which overlooked the street below and could see the food being prepared in the kitchen behind us.
KITCH specialises in seasonal, natural and organic food that tastes amazing. I was so excited to try their dishes and I couldn't pick what to have! In the end I opted for the Homemade Carrot and Orange soup with multigrain sourdough bread and salad. It was so delicious and filling too. To accompany my soup I decided to have a healthy smoothie and decided on the Strawberry and Elderflower one - it was so yummy! My friends all ordered similar items, if not the same, as me, and we all loved our lunch! The staff were young and friendly, and I had such a lovely time.
On my way out I passed their counter downstairs and I saw that they sold protein balls and vegan truffles which looked amazing; so next time I'm in Canterbury I'm definitely going to try some. Overall I had a lovely time in KITCH and I would recommend that anyone finding themselves hungry in Canterbury city should pop in to have some breakfast, brunch, lunch, or even just a smoothie!
Ah, I love a girls weekend! That place looks so cute and quite honestly, sounds really delicious! My visit to England will definitely have to include going to Kitch! Well done on the post, it was great! Glad you had a great weekend!


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REASON WHY WIZKID IS STUCK WITH HIS RECORD DEAL!!!
Written by Dotun Pholdz on February 6, 2013 . Posted in Uncategorized
As Nigerian artists on the continent continue to dream and push aggressively to enter the Western music markets, especially America's, there has never been a time so crucial to discuss the legal pitfalls of such moves for the unwary artist.
Indeed I have discussed some of these pitfalls in many of my prior articles, with an emphasis on the D'banj/Kanye West G.O.O.D music deal. Nevertheless, we have another good case to underscore my message of being cautious and reading the dotted line before you sign any legal agreement with a record label. It is the recent case/debacle currently unfolding between one of Nigeria's respected record labels Empire Mates Entertainment and its artist Wizkid. Before we get into the Wizkid facts, be advised that there is a blue print that we can follow to compare and contrast what a fair record contract looks or should look like.
Our example comes from the recent $6million Interscope record contract deal signed by seventeen (17) year old artist Chief Keef. Interscope is a California based company. The deal terms have been made available to the public in a Cook County Chancery Court filing in Chicago thanks to the fact that Keef is a minor.
In California, when an employer hires a minor (persons under 18) in the entertainment industry, a court approval is required. The statute (law) is called the Coogan Act. The act also requires that an employer set aside 15% of the gross earnings earned by the minor, into a trust fund, which is managed/controlled by the minor's trustee until he/she becomes of age.
Chief Keef's Interscope Record Deal
1. Chief Keef signed a 3 album-record contract deal
2. Chief Keef also has a separate three year contract to establish and control his own record label, 'Glory Boyz Entertainment' (GBE), which would be a subsidiary of Interscope Records. This second deal could, according to court records, fetch him $6million.
3. For his GBE Deal, Interscope paid Keef a $440,000 advance. His manager also receives a $180,000 advance payment. Chief Keef and his manager each own 40% of the GBE and the other 20% is split between Keef's GBE artist, his uncle and another individual.
4. The GBE contract requires that interscope pay $200,000 in overhead expenses i.e. the costs associated with running the label GBE.
5. For the GBE label, GBE and Interscope would split profits equally. Interscope, however, can terminate the GBE deal if losses exceed $4.5million.
6. Independent of the above, Interscope has agreed to pay Chief Keef an advance fee of $440,000. 15% of the aforementioned advance, because he is a minor, must be deposited into a trust fund aka "blocked trust" where it will be controlled by his grand mother until he turns 18.
7. Interscope also provided $300,000 advance (recording costs) for Chief Keef's recording of his album "Finally Rich."
8. Chief Keef's direct record deal with Interscope is conditioned on the success of his album. If Chief Keef does not sell 250,000 units of his album by the end of December 2013, then Interscope can decide not to release his subsequent albums and compilation.
Chief Keef has other legal problems namely criminal action against him. He is currently locked up in a Juvenile detention center (jail for young people) and he has been sued by a woman in family court for child support. His extra legal shenanigans, however, exceed the scope of this article. We are focused, for all intended purposes, on actions that put monies in our pockets, not the ones that steal our freedom and have us involved in baby mama drama. So, let's get on with it and look at Nigeria's Wizkid and his deal with the Nigerian based record label EME.
Wizkid's EME Record Deal
NOTE: Unlike Keef's, the terms of the Wizkid EME deal are alleged. It is based on insider talks and news stories that have flooded the internet within the past year alone. It may or may not be true. For our informative and educational purpose, however, it is irrelevant whether the facts are true. In fact, I am treating these facts as hypothetical facts, except where noted as true, to drive home the underlying point on the need to read your contract before you sign it, to avoid legal pitfalls like those that may find themselves under the same alleged factual situation like Wizkid. Keep this in mind as you read my analysis.
1. Wizkid is a Nigerian citizen (true fact)
2. Wizkid is a self proclaimed "studio rat." As early as 11 years old, he was already singing.
3. By 2006, he got his break with Nigeria's famed artist OJB (true fact)
4. In 2009, at 19years old, Wizkid got an even bigger break when he began working with Nigerian-American R &B super star Banky W's Empire Mates Entertainment Record label. (True fact)
5. Wizkid already put a lot of the hard work on the talent side before he met EME. From 2009 onwards, EME focused on the branding, artist development, marketing and promotions of Wizkid. (True fact)
6. Within and outside of Nigeria, there was NO LEGAL CONTRACT signed between EME and Wizkid. (Alleged)
7. About March 2012, when fans and the public screamed in excitement about the EME Wizkid UK Tour, Wizkid still did not have a legal contract. However, as a condition to perform in the UK and to get visas granted, the hosting country (UK) required a record contract evidencing Wizkid was signed to EME. EME, in a rush, put a contract together for Wizkid. (Alleged)
8. The EME-Wizkid contract (the first signing of a record deal) had a term requiring a
7 album deal. They promised this contract will be amended to the "real contract" later. (Alleged)
9. Wizkid signed the 7 Album contract, without reading the terms. (Alleged)
10. Prior to the signing, monies were split between the two in a 50/50 way i.e. monies made from concerts/ tours were split evenly. (Alleged)
11. In April of 2012, EME announced a joint deal, in a press statement, with Akon's Konvict. EME claimed Akon would "produce and release Wizkid worldwide" while EME managed Wizkid in Nigeria. (True Fact)
12. Before we could blink, all of a sudden, Wizkid signed a management deal with Tinie Tempah in the UK. Really? (True Fact)
13. Banky W & EME allegedly never negotiated or agreed to such a deal. Wizkid directly negotiated and signed with Tinie Tempah. (Alleged)
14. Wizkid fronts his own label "Star Boy" under the blessings and umbrella of the EME label. (Alleged)
15. As it stands, the relationship between the EME crew and Wizkid has deteriorated to the point where Wizkid no longer speaks to members of the EME team, including Banky W. All correspondences are filtered through his new manager Godwin Tom (Alleged).
16. Wizkid wants more money and he wants out i.e. reduce the 7 Album deal. He feels slighted because EME promised they would sign a new contract with him and now they want to hold his feet to the fire on their 7 album contract. (Alleged)
AML artists, now what? If you find yourself stuck in such position based on the alleged facts like Wizkid, what do you do? Giztzzz… madetv!


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