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package org.datasyslab.geospark.spatialRDD;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Coordinate;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Envelope;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.LinearRing;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Polygon;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.PrecisionModel;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.precision.GeometryPrecisionReducer;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.FlatMapFunction;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function2;
import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel;
import org.datasyslab.geospark.enums.FileDataSplitter;
import org.datasyslab.geospark.formatMapper.FormatMapper;
import org.datasyslab.geospark.formatMapper.PolygonFormatMapper;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

// TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc

/**
 * The Class PolygonRDD.
 */
public class PolygonRDD
        extends SpatialRDD<Polygon>
{
    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     */
    public PolygonRDD() {}

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
        this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, null, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, null, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer partitions, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation, partitions).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
        this.boundaryEnvelope = datasetBoundary;
        this.approximateTotalCount = approximateTotalCount;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
        this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
        this.boundaryEnvelope = datasetBoundary;
        this.approximateTotalCount = approximateTotalCount;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, null, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, null, null, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer partitions, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation, partitions).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.boundaryEnvelope = datasetBoundary;
        this.approximateTotalCount = approximateTotalCount;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param datasetBoundary the dataset boundary
     * @param approximateTotalCount the approximate total count
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, Envelope datasetBoundary, Integer approximateTotalCount)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.boundaryEnvelope = datasetBoundary;
        this.approximateTotalCount = approximateTotalCount;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, newLevel, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, null, newLevel, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, newLevel, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, null, newLevel, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer partitions, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation, partitions).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param newLevel the new level
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, StorageLevel newLevel)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param rawSpatialRDD the raw spatial RDD
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaRDD<Polygon> rawSpatialRDD, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this.rawSpatialRDD = rawSpatialRDD;
        this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        JavaRDD rawTextRDD = partitions != null ? sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation, partitions) : sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation);
        if (startOffset != null && endOffset != null) {
            this.setRawSpatialRDD(rawTextRDD.mapPartitions(new PolygonFormatMapper(startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData)));
        }
        else {
            this.setRawSpatialRDD(rawTextRDD.mapPartitions(new PolygonFormatMapper(splitter, carryInputData)));
        }
        if (sourceEpsgCRSCode != null && targetEpsgCode != null) { this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);}
        if (newLevel != null) { this.analyze(newLevel);}
        if (splitter.equals(FileDataSplitter.GEOJSON)) { this.fieldNames = FormatMapper.readGeoJsonPropertyNames(rawTextRDD.take(1).get(0).toString()); }
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param startOffset the start offset
     * @param endOffset the end offset
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer startOffset, Integer endOffset,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, startOffset, endOffset, splitter, carryInputData, null, newLevel, sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, Integer partitions, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, partitions, newLevel, sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param splitter the splitter
     * @param carryInputData the carry input data
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation,
            FileDataSplitter splitter, boolean carryInputData, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this(sparkContext, InputLocation, null, null, splitter, carryInputData, null, newLevel, sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param partitions the partitions
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, Integer partitions, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation, partitions).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Instantiates a new polygon RDD.
     *
     * @param sparkContext the spark context
     * @param InputLocation the input location
     * @param userSuppliedMapper the user supplied mapper
     * @param newLevel the new level
     * @param sourceEpsgCRSCode the source epsg CRS code
     * @param targetEpsgCode the target epsg code
     */
    public PolygonRDD(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, String InputLocation, FlatMapFunction userSuppliedMapper, StorageLevel newLevel, String sourceEpsgCRSCode, String targetEpsgCode)
    {
        this.setRawSpatialRDD(sparkContext.textFile(InputLocation).mapPartitions(userSuppliedMapper));
        this.CRSTransform(sourceEpsgCRSCode, targetEpsgCode);
        this.analyze(newLevel);
    }

    /**
     * Polygon union.
     *
     * @return the polygon
     */
    public Polygon PolygonUnion()
    {
        Polygon result = this.rawSpatialRDD.reduce(new Function2<Polygon, Polygon, Polygon>()
        {
            public Polygon call(Polygon v1, Polygon v2)
            {
                //Reduce precision in JTS to avoid TopologyException
                PrecisionModel pModel = new PrecisionModel();
                GeometryPrecisionReducer pReducer = new GeometryPrecisionReducer(pModel);
                Geometry p1 = pReducer.reduce(v1);
                Geometry p2 = pReducer.reduce(v2);
                //Union two polygons
                Geometry polygonGeom = p1.union(p2);
                Coordinate[] coordinates = polygonGeom.getCoordinates();
                ArrayList<Coordinate> coordinateList = new ArrayList<Coordinate>(Arrays.asList(coordinates));
                Coordinate lastCoordinate = coordinateList.get(0);
                coordinateList.add(lastCoordinate);
                Coordinate[] coordinatesClosed = new Coordinate[coordinateList.size()];
                coordinatesClosed = coordinateList.toArray(coordinatesClosed);
                GeometryFactory fact = new GeometryFactory();
                LinearRing linear = new GeometryFactory().createLinearRing(coordinatesClosed);
                Polygon polygon = new Polygon(linear, null, fact);
                //Return the two polygon union result
                return polygon;
            }
        });
        return result;
    }
}

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There are two starkly different ways to measure the Philippines' progress toward its official aim of becoming a "prosperous, predominantly middle-class society where no one is poor" by 2040.
One is to examine the country's impressive success in expanding gross domestic product, which grew by an average of 6.4% a year from 2010 to 2017, compared with 4.5% between 2000 and 2009. Rong Qian, the World Bank's Philippines senior economist, said in October that hitting the 2040 target would require the Philippines to triple GDP per head over the next 22 years -- "a challenge that the Asian Tigers and China have managed to accomplish in the past."
Alternatively, you can lose yourself in the warren of impossibly narrow passageways that lead into the dank world of Manila's teeming slums, some of which have been given ludicrously glamorous names. For example, a community adjoining the city's biggest dumpsite, Payatas, where battalions of scavengers pick through a landscape of moldering trash, is called Lupang Pangako (The Promised Land). Here, in 2000, 300 people died when a mountain of garbage collapsed.
More recently, The Promised Land and other poverty-stricken neighborhoods have faced another deadly peril -- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in which, according to several sources, between 5,000 and 20,000 mostly poor people have died in extra-judicial killings. At the height of the carnage, I toured slum areas with a posse of tenacious Filipino journalists whose job it was to find and photograph the nightly crop of corpses. In the first couple of hours, we found five.
One scene sticks in my mind. Around midnight, we arrived at a slum house to see two adult bodies -- one male, one female -- lying in a pool of their own blood, and two weeping children being led away by police. Having lost my bearings in the maze of muddy alleyways and ramshackle hovels, I asked a local where we were; it was a neighborhood called Bagong Pagasa (New Hope). When I first visited the Philippines in 1985, there was hope aplenty as dictatorship entered its death throes. Early the following year, a "People Power" revolution swept President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda from power, which passed to the now revered President Corazon Aquino.
On Feb. 25, 2019, Filipinos celebrated the 33rd anniversary of People Power. But were they also celebrating a restoration of economic power to the people? Under the 2010-2016 presidency of Cory Aquino's son, Benigno Aquino III, the country certainly seemed to make strides. When I interviewed Aquino in the presidential palace in 2013, the economy was growing at 7.5% a year -- faster than China. But little of that growth appears to have trickled down to the slums.
One symbolic legacy of the Marcos years was Smokey Mountain, a massive dump in the Tondo slum area -- so named because its noxious gases and other inflammable material burned day and night. In the 1990s, during the presidency of Cory Aquino's democratically-elected successor, Fidel Ramos, Smokey Mountain was, equally symbolically, razed. But the garbage, and many of the scavengers who depended on it, moved elsewhere -- primarily to Payatas and the incongruously-named Promised Land.
According to the World Bank, the proportion of the population living below its poverty line for lower-middle income countries fell from 33.6% in 2012 to 27% in 2015. The Gini Index figure for the Philippines -- an international measure of economic inequality -- also dropped from 47 in 2006 to 44 in 2015, indicating some progress toward greater equality.
However, the country's growing prosperity still left 27.5 million people (a quarter of the population) living on less than $3.20 a day -- which helps to explain why many Filipinos have turned away from mainstream politicians in favor of Aquino's successor, Duterte, and the president's pick to succeed him, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator.
Should that happen, a scavenger named Maria would be delighted. A few weeks ago, deep inside a shantytown called Addition Hills, I met her and her handicapped son. She is 52 but looks much older. Her home is at the end of an alley so narrow that the sun does not penetrate, even at midday. It is a three-story wooden structure so flimsily built and narrow it almost defies gravity. We climbed a ladder to the second story and sat on a floor that creaked alarmingly whenever we moved position.
Of her eight other family members, only one holds a regular job. The Philippines has Southeast Asia's highest inflation rate -- 5.2% in 2018 -- and Maria ticked off the rising prices of rice and canned sardines, the family's staple foods. "The Marcos era was a good time," she said. "We could eat whatever we wanted. When it comes to feeding my family, 30 years of democracy has been no help."
Of course, nostalgia is a powerful thing, and Maria is looking back through rose-colored spectacles. The Marcos era was no golden age. Ask the Negros sugar farmers, who starved at that time. Ask the women who were tortured and raped after Marcos declared martial law. For that matter, ask me. I witnessed briefly its dying days. But Maria does have a point. Despite the Philippines' transformation into the dynamic economy the World Bank describes, the only trickle down you notice in Manila's slums is the fetid water from the makeshift plumbing. And the Promised Land is still a garbage dump.
William Mellor is a Hong Kong-based writer.


The medical Social Services Project the Children's Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore is providing services to facilitate the poor & needy patients.
The Health Welfare Committee consists of MS/ Convener, Medical Social Officer/Secretary, District Zakat Officer and a Senior Doctor.
The Children Hospital receives an amount of Rs. 15 lacs annually from the only non-affording Muslim patients.
* Provision of free medicines and operation items.
*Free Blood screening, MRI and CT Scan tests.
*Providing Hearing Aid, Wheel Chairs, Artificial limbs, etc.
*Celebration of Religions and National days.
The non-affording patient is referred by the doctor to the Medical Social officer. A detailed case history of the patient is prepared by the MSO and then his/ her application is recommended for assistance from Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal. A cheque of estimated amount is issued form Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal in the name of the patient, which is to spend on that patient only.
Note: the services of Patient's Welfare Society & Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal are for non affording patients without Religious distinctions.


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C.E.O.s Traditionally Avoid Politics, But No Longer Can
August 17, 2017 August 18, 2017 / thequakeractivist
There are times when politics cannot be avoided. Our blog much prefers to remain neutral with regard to Republican/Democrat, Rich/Poor, Upper Class/Working Class, Elitist/Populist, Conservative/Progressive, feeling that the solution to Inequality lies somewhere in between and will require concessions and understanding from both sides to achieve. The issue is one of economics and should be understood that way. It is not ideological.
What occurred in Charlotteville, Virginia earlier this week has made it impossible for those heads of major companies who advise the President to remain neutral. Their break with the President will have consequences with the economy and therefore we must take note of it.
By JAMES B. STEWART, August 6, 2017 for The New York Times
The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren't given their power, prestige, responsibility and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox.
With President Trump's comments on white supremacists and other right-wing extremists ringing in the ears of America's chief executives, that high bar appears to have been passed.
This week, what had been a trickle of defections from the White House business advisory councils over issues like immigration and climate change turned into a torrent. By Wednesday, both of the councils had collapsed; Mr. Trump insisted that he had decided to disband them.
Such a public schism between a president and a business leadership long considered the backbone of the Republican establishment left corporate historians at a loss for precedent. "There's never been anything to compare to this," said Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, a dean of leadership studies at the Yale School of Management and the author of "Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound From Career Disasters."
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Referring to a tweet by Mr. Trump criticizing Kenneth Frazier, the Merck executive who led this week's corporate retreat from the White House councils, Mr.Sonnenfeld, said, "Never in history has a president attacked and threatened the chief executive of a major U.S. corporation like that."
After provoking a furor with his initial failure to condemn the white supremacists behind last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Va., Mr. Trump might have staved off a full-scale exodus with his somewhat stilted but conciliatory comments on Monday. But then he reignited the flames at a news conference on Tuesday at which he said there was "blame on both sides," including club-wielding members of what he called the "alt-left," for the Charlottesville violence.
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As pressure mounted on prominent council members like Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group, Ginni Rometti of IBM and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo, as well as other chief executives who remained silent or issued platitudes, corporate boards were hastily meeting to map strategy. "I've heard from 24 chief executives in the past two days," Mr. Sonnenfeld said on Wednesday. "Boards are having ad hoc conference calls. People are very worried and concerned."
Those conversations have been far more complicated than one might expect. It's safe to say that no chief executive wants to be identified with white supremacy, racism or domestic terrorism. At the same time the president wields enormous influence over their shareholders, employees and customers.
"Chief executives don't have the luxury of ventilating their personal political opinions, whatever they might be," Mr. Elson said. "They shouldn't let their personal views influence their business decisions. If they really feel strongly about something, they can always resign and then say whatever they want."
As he told me shortly after Mr. Trump took office, "When the president calls, you should go to see him, regardless of your political persuasion, out of respect for the office."
Back then, Mr. Sonnenfeld, too, praised Mr. Trump's openness to business views . . .
This week was a different story. After the Charlottesville events and Mr. Trump's comments, "chief executives have a moral duty to use their position as a bully pulpit and to speak out," Mr. Sonnenfeld said, adding that George Weyerhaeuser, a former chairman of the giant timber and wood products company bearing his name, had once told him, "We have a license to operate from society, and if we violate that license it can be revoked."
Or as Mr. Elson told me, "At some point, if identification with the administration becomes so polarizing that it impairs your ability to run the company, then you may have to do something."
Weighing the benefits of advising a president steeped in controversy versus the risks to shareholders and other constituents from potential consumer boycotts is a calculus that varies widely from company to company.
Unlike some companies with a large consumer base to appease, Boeing has thrived by burnishing its ties to Mr. Trump.
At one extreme is a company like Boeing, which, as I noted last week, has thrived by burnishing its ties to Mr. Trump, who posed for photos in front of a 787 Dreamliner at a nonunion Boeing plant in South Carolina. Boeing is one of the federal government's largest contractors ($1.1 billion was allotted recently for 14 Boeing fighter jets); the Export-Import Bank once threatened by Mr. Trump finances many of Boeing's buyers; a host of other executive-branch decisions affect its profits; and it has no direct exposure to consumers.
At the opposite end of the spectrum is Under Armour, the maker of athletic wear, whose chief executive, Kevin Plank, left the president's council earlier this week. Under Armour's success depends in part on endorsements from celebrity athletes, many of whom — like Stephen Curry, the basketball star — are African-American. Under Armour customers had already organized a consumer boycott on social media earlier this year, prompting Mr. Plank to issue an open letter pledging to be "a force of unity, growth and optimism for our city and our country" and to oppose "any new actions that negatively impact our team, our neighbors or their families."
Stephen Curry is among a number of African-American players who endorse products by Under Armour, an athletic wear company that has pledged to be "a force of unity, growth and optimism for our city and our country."
That new action appears to have arrived.
"The risk of consumer blowback is especially acute for companies like Under Armour, and you've seen this elsewhere in the retail space," Mr. Sonnenfeld said. But he noted that speaking out against a social scourge like racism can also enhance a brand. "Taking a public stand doesn't mean there's a misalignment with shareholder interests," he said. "It can be the right thing to do. Howard Schultz has done this very effectively at Starbucks."
On Monday, Mr. Schultz publicly criticized the president's response to the Charlottesville events, and on Wednesday he spoke at an emotional companywide meeting. "I come to you as an American, as a Jew, as a parent, as a grandparent, as an almost 40-year partner of a company I love so dearly," he said. "I come to you with profound, profound concern about the lack of character, morality, humanity and what this might mean for young children and young generations."
Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, told employees on Wednesday that he had "profound, profound concern about the lack of character, morality, humanity" that he said was exhibited in Mr. Trump's remarks.
Historically, corporate aversion to politics has at times held firm even under national leadership that threatens the health of the economy, and with it the well-being of every company. The most notorious example was the support of German industry for Hitler and the Nazi regime, which ended up destroying the nation's economy. American companies also worked with the Nazis before the United States entered the war, including — as the current Amazon production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Last Tycoon" reminds us — Hollywood studios.
Comparing the Trump administration to the Nazis may be a stretch, but many business leaders are concerned that stirring up deep-seated racial and nationalist animosities could be destabilizing, leading to riots, property damage and widespread civil unrest reminiscent of the late 1960s. . . .
In such circumstances, collective action by business leaders is often the most effective course, as members of the president's advisory councils appear to have decided this week. That way no one company bears the brunt of the president's wrath.
After Mr. Trump's comments about Charlottesville, Mr. Sonnenfeld has been among those calling for collective opposition. "Fomenting racial unrest is not in the nation's interest and it's not in businesses' interest," he said. "Divide and conquer has always been Trump's strategy, and somehow it has worked until now. The way to take a bully down is through collective action."
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Often called the most beautiful islands in the world, the Maldives are in danger if long-term climate change projections eventually come true.
So what are the Maldives? They are an archipelago of almost 1,200 islands that comprise a country; you could say that it's a country of islands, one of the smallest and least populated countries on the planet in fact.
The smallest of the Asian countries, the Maldives are located about 700 kilometres off the south west of Sri Lanka, accessible by plane to the Malé International Airport. Once there, the only way to explore the various islands is by boat, and foot, and some small float planes service more remote island destinations.
The area is known for its remarkably clear water, thanks in part to its geographic isolation, which makes scuba diving and snorkeling in the local reefs amongst the most dramatic and spectacular in the world.
The first tourist resorts opened as recently as 1972 in the Maldives, and tourism now accounts for 28% of the country's GDP. About 600,000 visitors arrive each year, according to the local tourism bureau.
So, if you are hopi.jpgng to visit what many call the most beautiful islands on earth, be sure to plan a trip before it's too late.
OK, so now I am adding Maldives to the list along with Cuba as places to go to before it's too late! A friend of mine recently went to Maldives and had a brilliant time chilling and snorkelling. Ironically though, all the flying caused by tourism could be adding to the rising sea levels. There is a lot more to it than that though.


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13 Companies From YC Winter 2018
by Y Combinator3/16/2018
Meet 13 companies that are part of the Winter 2018 batch of Y Combinator. (You can see more companies from the YC W18 batch here, here, here, here and here.)
Anjuna creates a software security perimeter around an application, which provides hardware-grade protection and removes the need to secure or patch the host machine. Anjuna's solution doesn't require any code changes and is the ideal and the simplest solution for vulnerabilities like we saw with Meltdown and breaches like the Target hack. Anjuna has raised over $3mm from investors including Playground, Data Collective, Founder Collective and David Ulevitch (founder of OpenDNS).
Runa HR is an automated payroll company built for SMBs in Latin America (3X larger SMB market than the U.S.). Think Gusto for Latin America. Runa has raised over $1 million from investors including Nubank (fastest-growing bank in Brazil), execs at Cabify, Rappi, WeWork and Salesforce Ventures.
Modern Health is the first emotional health benefits platform that supports all employees. 68% of employers report mental health issues (up from 55% in the past year). Most employers use Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), which is a $5.1B market, and only 1-3% of employees actually use them and the people who really need help aren't getting it. Modern Health lowers the barriers to support by identifying an employee's needs and connecting them to the appropriate care (e.g., therapy, specific meditations, career coaching, etc.) Modern Health has seen an average of 25% employee engagement with their platform, which is 8-10x the industry average.
Founded by a team of UK athletes, LetsDoThis.com is booking.com for endurance events. Whether you're running your first 5k fun run or your tenth ultra triathlon, it is the best place to find your perfect race. Races are the new religion; they're what we spend our Sunday mornings doing now. The big race companies like Spartan, ToughMudder and IronMan are listing on the site, and the founding team includes an Olympic gold medalist.
OpenSea is the first (and largest) peer-to-peer marketplace for cryptogoods (like Ebay for crypto assets), which include collectibles, gaming items, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items through a smart contract. Over the last month, as the number of games in the space continues to increase, OpenSea has seen around half a million dollars in volume.
Edwin.ai is an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) service powered by AI and delivered by bots, voice assistants, and professional human instructors. It combines effective pedagogical content and the latest technology with on-demand human instructors to offer affordable, personalized 1:1 tutoring to students studying for standardized EFL tests. It aims to disrupt a $40 billion USD market by preparing students for the tests in ⅓ of the time at ⅓ of the cost of private tutoring. Its initial focus is on the Japanese, Korean, and Spanish-speaking markets. The company's first paid product, which has been tested by 700,000 students, trains students for TOEFL, a widely accepted English language proficiency exam. Additional preparation courses will be released later this year.
TrapFi makes it easy for freelance developers to get paid per pull request. Freelance developers earn an average $90K per year, most of which is paid out weeks and months after the work is completed. TrapFi lets developers generate the client agreement and links directly with Github (and others), so when the developer submits their work, TrapFi triggers a real-time payout from the client. It's kind of like Uber Instant Pay but for software developers.
Macromoltek does computational drug discovery for pharma companies, focusing on antibodies for therapeutics and diagnostics. This mother-daughter team's approach aims to make research for everything from flu to cancer treatments an order of magnitude faster. With an accelerated process to discover antibodies, medical researchers can (1) craft targeted treatment plans for previously undruggable targets and (2) overcome patients' drug resistance, a major challenge when treating diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Read More about Macromoltek in VentureBeat.
NexGenT, founded by two former Air Force IT instructors who've trained over 1000+ engineers for the U.S. Military, provides real world IT Engineer training that makes students job-ready (for IT Ops roles like Network / Systems Engineer) in months instead of years, and without the typical student debt from traditional institutions. NexGenT is now launching a new Tech Degree program with its first Cohort beginning in May of 2018. In this program NexGenT guarantees that tuition will be reimbursed if the students are unable to land a job after their training. Read more about NexGenT in TechCrunch.
Vena Medical is making a tiny camera that goes inside veins and arteries to help physicians navigate around the body. Using the latest advancements in fiberoptic technology, this new method of navigation will expand the candidate pool for intravascular procedures by hundreds of thousands of patients per year.
Repl.it lets you start coding in your favorite programming language in 2 seconds; it lets you build and deploy apps right from your browser. So many people love what they're building that they're likely to hit a million monthly active users by Demo Day. The founders wanted to build something to solve their own problem — back in school they were tired of setting up their development environment on every machine they wanted to code on, and they dreamed of a world where you could just open a tab in the browser and start working. They built Repl.it to give developers access to simple, powerful tools and a community of hackers, aspiring programmers and teachers. They make it possible to learn, practice and build, all in the same place. Read more about Repl.it in TechCrunch.
EasyEmail is a Gmail plug-in that helps you compose emails quickly. We train our software with your inbox and quickly suggest what you should write based on your previous responses. Read more about EasyEmail in TechCrunch.
YouTeam is a marketplace for hiring tech talent from software development shops. Great engineers are in huge demand, but in-house hires are expensive and freelancers aren't always suitable for long term work. YouTeam uses a source of 5 million engineers that everyone else overlooked. Unlike many freelancer marketplaces, YouTeam's engineers work for dev shops and are usually not available for hire as individual specialists. On YouTeam, companies can rent the services of these engineers directly without having to deal with the sales teams of their employers. Shops list their engineers; clients find and engage with them directly through the website. The process is as simple as when you hire a freelancer but as secure as if you were hiring in-house.
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Minor Assassin by Jackiem Joyner Review
A young boy who witnesses a horrific event is taken in and trained for the day he can deliver retribution in author Jackiem Joyner's "Minor Assassin".
Jon's carefree life in the suburbs of Las Vegas is turned upside down by a horrific crime, but he's only eight years old — how can a kid fight back and hope to win?
Taken in by mysterious strangers, Jon starts a new life in a secluded village, but can he trust them to help him do what needs to be done? When Jon learns what really happened back home, a terrible resolve hardens inside him.
Will he ever be able to deliver his retribution? Transformation — when it comes — is irrevocable. Will he find his enemy? And can he survive long enough to reunite with what is left of his family?
Features Spy tech, intense martial arts, and weaponry
A powerful blend of action, vengeance, and family, author Jackiem Joyner does a fantastic job of showcasing powerful character development and almost cinematic level action and adventure. The novel takes the classic vengeance story to new heights, exploring what happens when a young boy must quickly grow up faster than he should, and instead become a weapon to take out his enemies.
The unique part of protagonist Jon's story is the fact that he experiences both painful loss and a mission to save the only family he has left, giving him a powerful motivation to not only endure the training he is introduced to but to put himself in danger to save the lives of the innocent. The author does a great job of utilizing powerful imagery to bring Jon's story to life, creating vivid scenes of action and suspense throughout the narrative. From Jon's emotional and bloody journey to his sister Jayna's fight for survival and a detective's mission to uncover the truth, the author has crafted a powerful new adventure like no other.
The Punisher meets Taken and Kick-Ass in author Jackiem Joyner's bloody, action-fueled, and evenly-paced thriller "Minor Assassins". The novel's fast-paced character development and expert blending of imagery make this a memorable read, filled with gritty fight scenes, emotional scenes as Jon must grow up in the face of tragedy, and a heart-racing finale that will leave readers on the edge of their seat. If you haven't yet, be sure to grab your copy today!
Jackiem Joyner has loved Science Fiction ever since he was a child, fascinated by all the stories and imaginations of futuristic worlds. But it wasn't until later in his life, after experiencing huge success in the recording business, that he decided to put pen to paper – the result of which is his debut novel, Zarya.
Gathering from his experiences traveling the world as a recording artist, he developed a knack for good science fiction stories after reading several books a month. Having used and operated many devices from the future, he incorporated exciting equipment and imaginary scientific ideas into dramatic thrillers that are sure to keep readers on edge.
Jackiem was born in Norfolk, Virginia and spent most of his young adult life in Syracuse New York before moving to Los Angeles, California where he currently resides. In addition to writing fun stories, Jackiem Joyner has experienced huge success as a recording artist, with multiple songs peaking at number 1 on the billboard charts and 5 international records released.
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The Southern Vegetarian Chronicles: Did Someone say Gumbo?
Check out the newest video of me playing around in the kitchen. I know I haven't done one in a while but I felt inspired to try a Vegan Gumbo using sweet potatoes. It came out o.k. I have to experiment a little more with the flavors. Have a great weekend and enjoy!


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Review : The Librarians S03E02 – Fangs of Death
Posted by Andrew Thompson | Nov 29, 2016 | Film & TV | 0
The Librarians greatest foe yet, the Egyptian God of Chaos Apep is still at large, and they must find a way to defeat him. This episode of The Librarians, titled 'The Fangs of Death', reintroduces us to a familiar face from the movies.
Spoilers ahead!
Flynn has a vision about the end of the world, guided by a spectral version of Charlene. Flynn takes Eve to find her in South America. They find her surrounded by some hypnotised muscle bound young men. After Charlene hears about Apep returning, she agrees to return to the library. It's nice to see another face from the movies – it brought some of the original magic.
The next morning, Flynn and Eve discover all of Charlene's men dead, killed by each other. Charlene is missing and Apep's symbol is stamped upon the wall. Back in the Library, Flynn tries to reconfigure the door to find Charlene, much to Jenkins apprehension. It is revealed that Charlene was the very first Guardian. Flynn gets the door to work, and goes through with the Librarians, but the door closes before Eve can join them.
They end up in an underground super-collider facility in the midst of an emergency with a plague-like infection. An explosion triggered something that infected some of the facility personnel, causing them to attack their ilk. Flynn needs to reach the server room to find out if Charlene is there, so Ezekiel sets up a rudimentary tracking system. This is a little bit silly, but it works.
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In the halls, they are attacked by werewolves, but manage to get to the server room safely. Security footage seems to show Charlene triggering the explosion, possibly getting caught in it herself.
Flynn heads to the infirmary to look for Charlene, but the werewolves have set an ambush. On the way, Ezekiel gets bitten and one of the security guards gets killed by one of the werewolf. They find Charlene's pendant in the infirmary, confirming their fears. Apep used the super collider to raise Anubis from the death. From writings on the wall, it seems everything was set up as a trap to get rid of the Librarians.
On the surface, Eve & Jenkins use the door to get close to the facility, and find a gate guard, who shows them the way. Apep is possessing the guard, and tries to kill them, but Jenkins uses his immortality to save them. Eve tracks the soldier to the facility. This is a nice bit of comedy in a fairly dark episode, which helps to keep things balanced.
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Flynn plans to use the overloading super-collider to send Anubis back where he came from, using himself as bait. Apep tries to stop them, but Eve saves the day, sending Anubis back and getting rid of Apep, at least for now.
Back in the library, Ezekiel is cured, and more reconstructed footage shows that Charlene was never in the base, and is still out there somewhere. Flynn leaves again to find Charlene and find out how to vanquish Apep.
This was a darker episode of The Librarians than what we usually see, with very little humour. Flynn is getting apocalyptic visions, Charlene is taken or missing, Ezekiel nearly goes Lycan and Flynn nearly gives up and leaves the group once again. It seems there is much in store for us in Season 3 of The Librarians.
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Q: Retrieving child value without knowing key value from Firebase realtime database I want to get the parent key value where the the "drinkManufacturerID" is equal to the currentUsers UID. However, I will not know the value of the VenueID or the PushID (see below). How can I check if the value for "drinkManufacturerID" is equal, without knowing these values. Is it possible without restructuring my database?
Relevant Code:
public class DealRawDataActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

DatabaseReference databaseDrinks;
DatabaseReference databaseManufacturer;

String keys;

FirebaseUser currentFirebaseUser = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_deal_raw_data);

    databaseDrinks = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("drinks").child("-LWLuM2nesg0uaP0dLSn"); //However, this string will not be know! How to get this string value?

    //To later be used in listView
    databaseDrinks.orderByChild("drinkManufacturerID").equalTo(currentFirebaseUser.getUid()).addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDataChange(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
            for (DataSnapshot datas : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
                keys = datas.getKey();
            }
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), keys, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        @Override
        public void onCancelled(@NonNull DatabaseError databaseError) {

        }
    });

   //databaseManufacturer = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("drinks").child(keys);

}

}
Database Structure:

A:
I will not know the value of the VenueID or the PushID (see below)

You need to know the value of VenueID in order to be able to query your database at least for your the -LWLuM2nesg0uaP0dLSn node. So the following query:
.orderByChild("drinkManufacturerID").equalTo(currentFirebaseUser.getUid())

Will only get you all the drinks that exist within that particular object.

Is it possible without restructuring my database?

No, unfortunately there is no way in Firebase to query two or more Firebase nodes, two levels deep in the tree, as you intend to. To sovle this, you should duplicate your data. This practice is called denormalization and is a common practice when it comes to Firebase. If you are new to NoQSL databases, I recommend you see this video, Denormalization is normal with the Firebase Database for a better understanding.
Also, when you are duplicating data, there is one thing that need to keep in mind. In the same way you are adding data, you need to maintain it. With other words, if you want to update/detele an item, you need to do it in every place that it exists.
That being said, in your particular case, you should consider augmenting your data structure to allow a reverse lookup by creating another node named vanues, where you should add as objects all corresponding drink objects. So you database structure should look similar to this:
Firebase-root
   |
   --- vanues
        |
        --- -LZB-86uakRrWpI6VYzd (drink object)
               |
               --- drinkManufacturerID: "D1eY ... wrT5"
               |
               --- VenueID: "-LWLuM2nesg0uaP0dLSn"

Using this schema, you can simply query the database to get all drinks, where drinkManufacturerID equal to uid, using the following lines of code:
String uid = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getUid();
DatabaseReference rootRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference vanuesRef = rootRef.child("vanues");
Query query = vanuesRef.orderByChild("drinkManufacturerID").equalTo(uid);
query.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(/* ... */);

If you want to get all drinks from a specific vanue, simply use:
String uid = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getUid();
DatabaseReference rootRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference vanuesRef = rootRef.child("vanues");
Query query = vanuesRef.orderByChild("VenueID").equalTo(VenueID);
query.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(/* ... */);

In which VenueID might hold a value like -LWLuM2nesg0uaP0dLSn.

A: Your code is ok but it is for all the childs of a uid or anything. but when you need to get child of child of a uid.
i mean, if UID has 3 Child e.g
UID-->(Child1), (child2), (Child3)
and every child has also child e.g
UID-->(Child1)-->(childA),(childB)
......(child2)-->(childC),(childD)
......(child3)-->(childD),(childE)
These child of child ( childA, childB, childC, childD, childE ) holded data
and you need to get it without knowing parent key and child key, then it is very easy bro.
you just need to do it
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot1 : dataSnapshot.getChildren()){for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot2 : postSnapshot1.getChildren()){//postSnapshot2 is accessed your child of child// using recycler view, adapter class and model class you can display the whole data for all child of child}}

just take it on your code
databaseDrinks.orderByChild("drinkManufacturerID").equalTo(currentFirebaseUser.getUid()).addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
 @Override
public void onDataChange(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot datas1 : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) { for(DataSnapshot datas2 : datas1.getChildren()) { String keys = datas2.getKey();
}}
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), keys, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override public void onCancelled(@NonNull DatabaseError databaseError) {

        }
    });

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