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While the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federally funded program, state agencies set eligibility standards and local agencies handle applications.
There are 90 state agencies and 1,900 local agencies operating in 10,000 clinic sites that provide WIC services to eligible recipients. These WIC service locations can be found at local hospitals, mobile clinics and public housing sites. To receive benefits, applicants must make an appointment with their nearest state or local agency.
They will be advised to bring certain eligibility documents to complete their application. Applicants will also be required to attend a mandatory health screening. Those who are approved by the program can begin receiving their benefits the same day.
WIC participants will have access to a variety of benefits, including nutritious foods, nutrition education and counseling, and screening and referrals to health and social services.
Can I apply for WIC online?
Unlike other government programs, the WIC application process cannot be completed online. In order to determine a family's qualifications, an appointment must be made at a state or local WIC agency. However, many states allow applicants to fill out an initial application form online to begin the process.
This way, the office has all of the applicant's information prior to his or her appointment. Additionally, there are some states that request that applicants complete an online pre-screening test to determine whether or not they meet WIC eligibility requirements.
While it is not required, this incentive allows the agencies and applicants to save their time and resources. Applicants who are deemed ineligible to not need to wait for a WIC appointment to find out they do not qualify for benefits. Keep in mind that just because an applicant may be qualified on the pre-screening application, this does not mean that he or she is approved for WIC benefits.
Online WIC forms typically ask for important identifying information, such as an applicant's address and contact information. Furthermore, most forms ask whether an applicant has ever been previously enrolled in WIC and when the best time is to be contacted to schedule an appointment.
In addition to the initial application form, you can be expected to fill out a nutrition questionnaire for the category you belong to. If you are a postpartum or breastfeeding woman applying for WIC, be sure to fill out the questionnaire for yourself and your baby so you both receive WIC benefits.
Questions commonly asked on dietary questionnaires include how many times a week you east fast food and whether or not you take vitamins. You may also be asked when your baby's last visit to the doctor was and whether you have concerns about your baby's health.
If the initial application and nutrition questionnaires are not available online, you will be able to complete them at your scheduled WIC appointment.
What You Need To Apply for WIC
When scheduling your WIC appointment, you will most likely be told what documentation to bring to prove your eligibility. To be eligible for the WIC program, you must prove that you meet the categorical, residential, income and nutrition risk requirements.
You may need to provide pay stubs or bank statements to prove that you meet low-income requirements. Additionally, you may be asked to provide a medical report proving that you have at least one medical-based condition on your state's list of nutrition risk criteria.
For example, a history of poor pregnancy outcome. It is important that you gather all necessary documentation prior to your appointment so that your case is reviewed by a WIC staff member.
Proof of identity.
Proof of income.
Proof of residency.
WIC referral form.
Immunization records.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding what to bring to your first appointment, contact your local WIC office beforehand.
Learn About Your First WIC Appointment
It is highly recommended that you schedule your WIC appointment in advance by calling a WIC phone number. However, there are walk-in days and hours available where you can visit your local office with the proper paperwork.
You can find WIC offices serving your area on the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service website. Simply select your state and pick your nearest location. Call the number listed to inquire about office hours.
Be sure to ask what times the office is accepting walk-ins and whether there is a cut-off time or a limit as to how many applicants can be seen.
You can expect your first appointment at the WIC clinic to take about two hours. To ensure a smooth and efficient process, be prepared with all of the forms and documentation that you are required to bring. Additionally, you must come to the appointment with every child you wish to obtain benefits for. If you are pregnant, a due date from a doctor should suffice.
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Review your WIC eligibility, including your income and the identity of the family members you brought.
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Between winter weather and 6-7 swims per week, I'm going to need to buy stock in a lotion company.
Need to unwind myself after swimming 2,500 yards straight…it would be nice to have a 50-yard pool.
So…my hair froze between the pool and my car.
I'm actually keeping up with the junior high swim team!!!
1/15/15 – Feel like I'm back at square one. 3 long travel days + 3 sicks days = feeling like I haven't swam in a month.
1/17/15 – Longest swim to date…7,500 as 100×75. Getting ready for 100×100 in Tucson in March!
Even though training volume for the last seven weeks has been pretty close to what I was doing throughout last season, I'm just now starting to feel like I'm getting back into the swing of things. Between winter and holidays, I've had a hard time truly understanding that work now is going to be essential to race performance in the coming months. I know that the work that has been put in is necessary for race improvements, but there hasn't been much of a sense of urgency. Hopefully now, as there are only ~6 weeks until I head to Tucson for Team HPB Training Camp, I can turn that around.
I don't have my season planned out yet, other than my primary goal is going to be qualifying for Kona at Ironman Wisconsin in September, and I am currently finalizing some sponsorship/ambassadorship arrangements. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I'll be posting those specifics.


Culvert 31 was built as part of the Enlarged Erie Canal about 1842 to allow a creek to pass under the Enlarged Erie Canal. This is the lower exit located at the creek mouth, facing the modern Erie Barge Canal and Mohawk River.
Culvert 31 is in fine shape and still doing its job 165 years later. The arch construction of the culvert holds the stones together by gravity.
In recent years, this hole was punched through the roof in the middle of the tunnel, allowing water to drain into the culvert from the old canal bed which still exists here. The hole also provides a convenient place for Howard to drop his empties during his frequent beer parties at this location.


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It is estimated that fewer than 3,000 frozen egg babies have been born since the first baby in 1984. By comparison, over the same time period, the transfer of frozen embryos has resulted in almost 2,000,000 babies. The process of egg freezing involves stimulating the woman's ovaries with fertility drugs in order to have her produce multiple follicles/eggs and then extracting those eggs through ultrasound guided needle aspiration. The objective is to obtain about 15-20 eggs for freezing and storing. The fact is that eggs do not survive cryopreservation as well as embryos do. In fact the chance of each frozen egg, upon being thawed and then re-fertilized propagating a competent embryo that upon being transferred to the uterus of a young woman (<35y) will result in the birth of a baby, is about 6-8%. By comparison, each frozen blastocyst upon being thawed and transferred to the same woman, would yield about a 30% chance of a live birth.
Furthermore, many eggs do not survive the freeze-thaw and many of those that do survive, ultimately fail to fertilize. Moreover, of those that do fertilize, a significant percentage fail to progress to progress to the expanded blastocyst stage of development (regarded as being the ideal stage for ET). This serves to explain why women undergoing egg freezing are encouraged to undergo as many egg retrievals as are needed to allow for the cryostorage of 15-20 eggs. That is why depending on their age, women who elect to bank their eggs for fertility preservation (FP) are encouraged to undergo as many egg retrieval procedures as needed in to bank 12-20 eggs before having some degree of confidence, of ultimately being rewarded with a live birth. This number is even greater for women over 39y of age where the progressive increase in the incidence of egg aneuploidy translates into a shrinking percentage of harvested eggs being
In 2008, my associate, I and my associate, Levent Keskintepe PhD reported on the ability to identify and selectively freeze "competent" (euploid) eggs. We did so by extracting and karyotyping the 1st polar body of each mature (M2) egg and thereupon only freezing those that had precisely 23 chromosomes in both the polar body and the egg. We demonstrated that the subsequent transfer of embryos derived from the fertilization of such "competent eggs" would improve the baby rate per egg of 27% per frozen egg (a 3-fold improvement), a better than 80% post-thaw survival rate and a 60% birthrate following the transfer of 1-2 such embryos. Because this is a relatively costly process, it has failed to gain widespread acceptance.
Indications for Egg Freezing:
Fertility Preservation (FP): This involves cryobanking eggs for future use. It has application in cases for:
Declining ovarian reserve, the prospect of pending physiologic, surgical or radio/chemo-therapeutic ovarian failure
In cases where there is a need (for whatever reason) to delay or defer childbearing
Women/couples undergoing in vitro fertilization, who for moral, ethical or religious grounds are opposed to embryo freezing on.
A few words of caution: In my opinion women choosing FP, should freeze their eggs before they turn 35y of age, beyond which point the incidence of age-related egg aneuploidy begins to accelerate significant. Older women electing to undergo cryostorage of their eggs need to be alerted to the fact that the chance of subsequent success declines and that there is little merit in freezing eggs after the age of 40y. Most importantly it is necessary to always underscore the possibility that several egg retrievals might be necessary to accumulate enough eggs to make the process worthwhile. Finally, in my opinion, older women (>40y), especially those who also have diminished ovarian reserve, should seriously consider having embryos generated following fertilization PGT.
Egg Donation.
Here, eggs from donors are cryostored and made commercially available to patients in need of such treatment. More and more couples are presently journeying abroad for egg donation to take advantage of lower cost IVF. Also, frozen egg banks, springing up all over the country, allow couples to select frozen eggs from an (often online) inventory of donors, the inference being that this offers an equally successful alternative and with much greater convenience and at lower cost. However, convenience factor aside, there is little (if any) financial benefit in using such banks. Moreover, pregnancy rates using fresh (non-frozen) eggs are about 25% higher than when frozen eggs are used.
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Doug's First Movie on Video McDonald's Happy Meal Toys! Let's take a look at the complete 1999 set.
Lucky Penny Thoughts: Here is the next video in our Retro Happy Meal Toy Series. I like to check out each toy in the video and open them on camera. Having the original Happy Meal Bag to show everyone is something we really want to continue. It is cool to think that someone kept the bag and the toys since 1999!


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The Walton, Okaloosa, and Bay counties are all located on the 100 mile stretch of The Emerald Coast. With beautiful white sand beaches and emerald green water, these counties are not only prime vacation destinations, but home to some of the best cities to raise a family.
Walton County is located in the Florida Panhandle and is among the largest geographic counties in the state of Florida extending from the Alabama state line to the scenic Emerald Coast along the Gulf of Mexico. Walton county offers its residents and visitors with powdery white beaches, emerald waters, enjoyable golf courses, and much more.
Okaloosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the 2010 census, the population was 180,822 and its county seat is Crestview.
Bay County is a county in the state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 168,852 and its county seat is Panama City, Florida. Bay County is included in the Panama City, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is best known for its white sand beaches and crystal blue water, where large pods of dolphins swim year-round. These beaches attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world each year.
The Destin Executive Airport (DTS) located at the south end of Okaloosa County is a community airport that serves general aviation. With a 5,000 foot runway, full service amenities, and close proximity to "the south's most beautiful beaches", Destin Executive Airport (DTS) is an essential transportation resource.
Destin – Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) is the preferred aviation gateway to Florida's Gulf Coast and is an excellent option when making travel plans to Northwest Florida. Convenient and centrally located within the top ten places to live and do business throughout the United States, Destin – Fort Walton Beach Airport (FlyVPS) is an exceptional resource for travelers who favor distinct modern amenities without congestion.
The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport is a public airport 18 miles northwest of Panama City, in Bay County. The airport is owned by the Panama City-Bay County Airport & Industrial District. and is north of Panama City Beach, Florida, near West Bay. It replaced Panama City-Bay County International Airport, which was in Panama City.
These services facilitate your transportation in the surrounding areas. Taxi, shuttle, and limousine information is provided below.
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Urgent Care services provide walk-in care for non life-threatening illnesses and injuries. These services are faster and less expensive than the emergency room, and typically more convenient than your family doctor.
Hospital services provide a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services as well as immediate emergency care.
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast is a 58-bed hospital located just east of Destin in Miramar Beach. Recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals' in 2008. Sacred Heart offers a wide range of medical and surgical services, including 24-hour emergency care, an intensive care unit, a dedicated joint replacement program, cardiac diagnostics, cancer care, rehabilitation services, laboratory and radiology services, and comprehensive women's services with the Family Birth Place and the Olson Women's Diagnostic Center.
North Okaloosa Medical Center is your community healthcare provider; a 110-bed facility with complete inpatient and outpatient care. We believe in the power of people to create great care. We're more than 600 healthcare professionals strong. We are a Joint Commission and Mammography accredited facility. And we work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.
At Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, you'll find a hospital that has earned the Joint Commission's National Gold Seal of Approval for our spine, stroke and wound care programs. Additionally, our cancer program is accredited with commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
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As some of you may have suspected by my lack of blogging, I'm preggo! (I always assume a lack of posting by a blogger of childbearing age means she is pregnant.) The baby is due in September!
We've received a lot of the same questions from family and friends so I thought I'd answer them for you all here.
Are you serious? For real? Wait, it's not April Fools' Day, right? With a real human baby? It's totally for real. I'm getting the belly to prove it! It's funny how surprised our friends and family have been by our announcement. Neither of us had been in a hurry to start a family but we feel like the time is finally right! And we think it's a human. A puppy would be pretty awesome though too.
How does Ike feel about this? Shhh. We haven't actually told him yet. We'll tell him eventually. I think. Maybe we'll let the baby tell him? Actually, I think he's catching on to us. He's just in the denial stage. We're sure he'll be a great big brother.
How are you feeling? For being pregnant, I feel great! No nausea/vomiting. Just extreme exhaustion (which has improved in the past week). Friends had talked about the exhaustion but I thought they just needed to buck up. Turns out it's no joke (and I'm a bad friend). Luckily I'm really good at sleeping so it really hasn't been a big deal. I've had to give up some of my control freak things and realize things will eventually get done. (Hence the lack of blog posts.) I also felt pretty dumb for the first 3 months but luckily that dumb fog appears to be lifting. Overall, no complaints!
Are you finding out the gender? Totally. We have a few more weeks to go. Not knowing was killing me at first but I'm currently enjoying not knowing. Once we find out, the decisions will start. Decisions are exciting but exhausting. So we're enjoying the peace of not knowing for now!
Is Decor and the Dog going to die? It's possible but we hope not! Decor and the Dog is where we share our hobbies. We both have day jobs so the blog is a fun side project for us. Nate and I both feel it's important that we keep our hobbies and we both plan on allowing the other to have time to do the things we love. Will the amount of posts be less once the baby arrives? More than likely but we'll still be here! Will it become a mommy blog? I'm fairly confident this won't happen. I'm clearly an over-sharer but I'm already not sure what my comfort level will be with sharing our child.
Phew. The secret is out. This year is going to be crazy but we're very excited for our new adventure!


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Q: Defining type and property of that type inside the class There is a problem to name property and type. Example:
public class A
{
    public class B { ... }
    public B B; // << error
}

Question 1: Why error?
I could solve it like this
public class A
{
    public B B;
}
public class B { ... } // move it outside

or like this
public class A
{
    public class B { ... }
    public B BB; // rename property
}

or even
public class A
{
    public class BB { ... } // rename type
    public BB B;
}

Question 2: How would you do it?

Moving type declaration outside is risky, because there could be several classes what semantically need same name for the type -> conflict -> strange names for some classes types or necessity to put classes inside namespaces.
Renaming it.. tricky. To example, renaming Shape type, which has to be declared for several classes drawing figures: FigureLine, FigurePoint, etc. I could call them ShapeLine, ShapePoint and so on. Or I could rename type Shape to be something like
public class FigureLine
{
    public enum LineShape {Straight, Bend, Whatever};
    public LineShape Shape {get; private set;}
}

but now if I try to use it, then it become FigureLine.LineShape - that double Line is not nice.
Renaming property... How?

A:
Question 1: Why error?

You've got two members both called B within the same class. (A type is a member too.) You can't do that, aside from method overloading.
From section 10.3 of the C# spec:

*

*The names of constants, fields, properties, events, or types must differ from the names of all other members declared in the same class.

Next:

Question 2: How would you do it?

If you want the class to be public, I'd probably make it a top-level class instead.

A: 1 - Solve it by moving it outside. I'd recommend following the principle that all non-private types should be in their own source file.
2 - I'm less clear what the problem is here, even by moving the enum to its own file, I'd stick with your names:
public enum LineShape {Straight, Bend, Whatever};

public class FigureLine
{
    public LineShape Shape {get; private set;}
}

LineShapeis a better name than just Shape as it better describes what the enum is for (defining line styles, rather than eg 2D or 3D shapes).

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This is a 2 Bed.1 Bath concrete block house with an attached 1-car garage. The house also has an additional room that could very easily be a 3rd bedroom. The garage can also be converted to a master bed/bath as well. Converting it would add significant sq/ft, desirability, and value. The options are endless with this diamond in the rough.
The interior has been mostly updated and will need very little attention. Some minor repairs and cosmetics should do it. The roof will need to be replaced sooner than later and the AC is likely going to need to be replaced as well. Total rehab should be between $12-15k with the roof, AC, and cosmetics.
Once the work is done, the house will rent between $925-950/mo and would be worth $125-135k depending on the rehab quality done. Either way you go, this house is a winner!


Construction spending rose sharply in November, reinforcing the idea that the housing market's recent slump may have reached its nadir.
Construction spending grew 0.8 percent in November, bouncing back from October's 0.1 percent contraction. Economists had forecast a much more modest 0.1 percent rise.
On a year-over-year basis, spending is up 3.4 percent.
Residential construction had been a source of weakness in recent months, in part because expectations for higher interest rates were expected to depress demand. But this rose 3.5 percent in November.
New home sales, reported Thursday, were also stronger than expected in November.
President Donald Trump's promise to improve America's public infrastructure appears to be playing a role. Highway constructions spending is up 5.8 percent for the year.
The construction data's release was delayed because of the partial shutdown of the federal government.


I have never built an AR and dont have a clue what all it takes as far as parts and labor goes. I can tear apart and fix Paslode nailguns about blindfolded so I figure it cant be too hard.
Every bit of info you would need you can find online. I built mine and the entire AR platform was foreign to me. You can find how-to charts and parts lists all across the internet. A punch set and a barrel wrench are the only tools you would need. The trickiest for me was putting the lower parts kit in. Very doable though.
I did mine that way because I knew the features I wanted...I did not want to buy a built gun to then discard parts to add what I wanted.
Find yourself a lower and start from there. It has to go through the FFL. After that you can do as you wish. As long as it isn't a pistol build.
It was a lot of fun to build. If you have the time you may really enjoy doing it yourself.


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Q: Can't detect 1080p and higher video url from Youtube I am trying to make a Youtube video downloader by using this php script. I have got it from here.
https://github.com/jeckman/YouTube-Downloader
It works fine and shows direct link up to 720p resolution to download. But unable to detect URL over 720p even though 4k quality is available.
So if I want to make 1080p, 1440p, 2160p quality available what will I do.
Current script demo
http://loader.neq3.com/

A: You could utilize a command-line based youtube downloader, like youtube-dl. By default it will download 720p videos, but it seems that there is a new feature that allows for 1080p downloads as well! More information on downloading 1080p video with youtube-dl here.
To run commands from within PHP take a look at this stack post: Running shell commands in .php file from command-line
Let me know if you need any help!


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Mohawk College pauses full return to in-person learning
McMaster University students will return to in-person learning 'incrementally' in the next month.
Tue., Jan. 11, 2022timer1 min. read
Mohawk College announced plans Tuesday to continue remote learning for the winter semester amid ongoing spread of the Omicron variant.
"This means that all required in-person learning will continue, but all other learning that was to be done in-person will be delivered using virtual and remote delivery for the remainder of the semester," reads a Jan. 11 letter.
Mohawk says the winter semester will be delivered in the "current format" — with some students learning virtually and some in-person — with "a few exceptions."
"Those students will be contacted directly by their academic areas with more details," the letter reads.
Among full-time students, about 45 per cent will have hybrid — some in-person, some virtual instruction — and 55 per cent will be fully remote, said spokesperson Bill Steinburg in an email.
"A large proportion of students have had at least some in-person learning since September," he said, adding that those students will continue to have some in-person learning through the winter semester.
All other in-person activities and events, both on and off campus, are cancelled, and the athletics centre is closed. Library and takeout food services remain open.
No visitors are allowed on campus.
McMaster University has opted for a phased return to in-person learning, with the majority of students returning to in-person learning in early February.
"We will incrementally offer more hands-on learning to our students in alignment with the latest government and public health measures," reads a Jan. 5 letter.
Currently, all classes are being delivered virtually. Starting Jan. 17, labs, studios and clinical practice and "other high priority hands-on learning and experiential activities" will be held in person. Starting Jan. 31, first-year undergraduate courses will open for in-person learning, "giving students who have had limited opportunity to interact and spend time on campus the opportunity to adjust."
Most undergraduate and graduate students will return to in-person learning on Feb. 7.
Kate McCullough is an education reporter at The Spectator. kmccullough@thespec.com


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"""
Deep learning of a simple coin example.
"""
import os
import threading
import time

import yaml
import numpy as np

from fujitsu.data_management.data_loader import load_dataset
from fujitsu.models.standard_classifier import ConvnetClassifier
from fujitsu.networks import get_network
from fujitsu.utils.log import setup_logger

log = setup_logger("main")

# visualization
grid_shape = (4, 4)

def inspect_hidden_weights(model, test_sample, all_samples, all_labels):
    from fujitsu.utils.visualize import visualize_separation, visualize_roc

    # wait for tensorflow to compile the model
    time.sleep(10)

    while 1:
        # visualize data before the softmax
        visualize_separation(model, all_samples, all_labels)

        # create an ROC curve
        visualize_roc(model, all_samples, all_labels)
        time.sleep(10)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # load the model config
    with open('config.yaml', mode='rb') as f:
        config = yaml.load(f)

    # load the data
    data, mean = load_dataset(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data"))
    np.save('data/data_mean.npy', mean)

    log.debug("Train data shape: {}".format(data['X_train'].shape))

    # initialize the model
    classifier = ConvnetClassifier(name=config['model']['name'],
                                   network_fn=get_network(config['training']['network']),
                                   n_classes=config['model']['n_classes'],
                                   n_channels=config['data']['n_channels'],
                                   img_width=config['data']['img_width'],
                                   img_height=config['data']['img_height'],
                                   dropout=config['training']['dropout'],
                                   learning_rate=config['training']['learning_rate'])

    # continuously inspect the performance by plotting ROC curves and
    # separations
    test_sample = data['X_test'][[np.argmax(data['y_test'][:, 1])]]
    all_samples = data['X_test']
    all_labels = data['y_test']
    try:
        threading.Thread(target=inspect_hidden_weights,
                         args=(classifier, test_sample, all_samples, all_labels)).start()
    except:
        log.error("unable to start thread for hidden activation inspection")

    try:
        # start the training
        classifier.train(train_samples=data['X_train'],
                         train_labels=data['y_train'],
                         batch_size=config['training']['batch_size'],
                         n_epochs=config['training']['epochs'])

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        log.info("Training has been interrupted.")
    finally:
        log.info(
            "Training has finished. "
            "You can find the model weights under data/models/{}".format(config['model']['name']))
        # save the model's config for reproducability
        with open(os.path.join(classifier.model_dir, "config.yaml"), mode='w') as f:
            yaml.dump(config, f, default_flow_style=False)

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text:
extern "C" {
#include <ruby.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <ruby/st.h>
#include <ruby/intern.h>
#include <GNUtil.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <getdns/getdns_extra.h>
#include <getdns/getdns.h>
#include <event.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <getdns/getdns_ext_libevent.h>
#include <event.h>

#define UNUSED_PARAM(x) ((void)(x))

static VALUE mGetdns;
static VALUE cContext;

static VALUE
convertTorubyHash(struct getdns_dict* dict);

// Taken from getdns source to do label checking
static int
priv_getdns_bindata_is_dname(struct getdns_bindata *bindata) {
	size_t i = 0, n_labels = 0;
	while (i < bindata->size) {
		i += ((size_t)bindata->data[i]) + 1;
		n_labels++;
	}
	return i == bindata->size && n_labels > 1 &&
	bindata->data[bindata->size - 1] == 0;
}

//Convert bindata into a good representational string
//and an ip address if it is under a known key
static VALUE
convertBinData(getdns_bindata* data, const char* key) {
	VALUE printable = Qtrue;
	size_t i = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < data->size; ++i) {
		if (!isprint(data->data[i])) {
			if (data->data[i] == 0 &&
					i == data->size - 1) {
				break;
			}
			printable = Qfalse;
			break;
		}
	}
	// basic string?
	if(printable) {
		return rb_str_new2((char*) data->data);
	} else if (data->size == 1 && data->data[0] == 0) {
		return rb_str_new2(".");
	} else if (priv_getdns_bindata_is_dname(data)) {
		char* dname = NULL;
		if (getdns_convert_dns_name_to_fqdn(data, &dname)== GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
				VALUE result = rb_str_new2(dname);
				free(dname);
				return result;
			}
			// ip address
		} else if (key != NULL && (strcmp(key, "ipv4_address") == 0 ||
						strcmp(key, "ipv6_address") == 0)) {
			char* ipStr = getdns_display_ip_address(data);
			if (ipStr) {
				VALUE result = rb_str_new2(ipStr);
				free(ipStr);
				return result;
			}
		} else {
			// getting here implies we don't know how to convert it to a string.
			VALUE array = rb_ary_new2(data->size);
			rb_ary_push(array, INT2FIX(data->data));
			return array;
		}
	}

	static VALUE
	convertToJSArray(struct getdns_list* list) {
		if (!list) {
			return NULL;
		}
		size_t len;
		size_t i = 0;
		getdns_list_get_length(list, &len);
		VALUE array = rb_ary_new2(len);
		for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
			getdns_data_type type;
			getdns_list_get_data_type(list, i, &type);
			switch (type) {
				case t_bindata: {
					getdns_bindata* data = NULL;
					getdns_list_get_bindata(list, i, &data);
					rb_ary_store(array, i, convertBinData(data, NULL));
					break;
				}
				case t_int: {
					uint32_t res = 0;
					getdns_list_get_int(list, i, &res);
					rb_ary_store(array,i, UINT2NUM(res));
					break;
				}
				case t_dict: {
					getdns_dict* dict = NULL;
					getdns_list_get_dict(list, i, &dict);
					rb_ary_store(array, i, convertTorubyHash(dict));
					break;
				}
				case t_list: {
					getdns_list* sublist = NULL;
					getdns_list_get_list(list, i, &sublist);
					rb_ary_store(array, i, convertToJSArray(sublist));
					break;
				}
				default:
				break;
			}
		}
		return array;
	}

// potential helper to get the ip string of a dict
	char* getdns_dict_to_ip_string(getdns_dict* dict) {
		if (!dict) {
			return NULL;
		}
		getdns_bindata* data;
		getdns_return_t r;
		r = getdns_dict_get_bindata(dict, "address_type", &data);
		if (r != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			return NULL;
		}
		if (data->size == 5 && (strcmp("IPv4", (char*) data->data) == 0 ||
						strcmp("IPv6", (char*) data->data) == 0)) {
			r = getdns_dict_get_bindata(dict, "address_data", &data);
			if (r != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
				return NULL;
			}
			return getdns_display_ip_address(data);
		}
		return NULL;
	}

	static VALUE
	convertTorubyHash(struct getdns_dict* dict) {
		if (!dict) {
			return NULL;
		}
		// try it as an IP
		char* ipStr = getdns_dict_to_ip_string(dict);
		if (ipStr) {
			VALUE result = rb_str_new2(ipStr);
			free(ipStr);
			return result;
		}
		getdns_list* names;
		getdns_dict_get_names(dict, &names);
		size_t len = 0;
		size_t i = 0;
		VALUE result = rb_hash_new();
		getdns_list_get_length(names, &len);
		for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
			getdns_bindata* nameBin;
			getdns_list_get_bindata(names, i, &nameBin);
			VALUE name = rb_str_new2((char*)nameBin->data);
			getdns_data_type type;
			getdns_dict_get_data_type(dict, (char*)nameBin->data, &type);
			switch (type) {
				//this bindata is breaking.
				case t_bindata: {
					getdns_bindata* data = NULL;
					getdns_dict_get_bindata(dict, (char*)nameBin->data, &data);
					rb_hash_aset(result, name, convertBinData(data, (char*) nameBin->data));
					break;
				}
				case t_int: {
					uint32_t res = 0;
					getdns_dict_get_int(dict, (char*)nameBin->data, &res);
					rb_hash_aset(result, name, UINT2NUM(res));
					break;
				}
				case t_dict: {
					getdns_dict* subdict = NULL;
					getdns_dict_get_dict(dict, (char*)nameBin->data, &subdict);
					rb_hash_aset(result, name, convertTorubyHash(subdict));
					break;
				}
				case t_list: {
					getdns_list* list = NULL;
					getdns_dict_get_list(dict, (char*)nameBin->data, &list);
					rb_hash_aset(result, name, convertToJSArray(list));
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		getdns_list_destroy(names);
		return result;
	}

	static getdns_dict* getdns_util_create_ip(const char* ip) {
		getdns_return_t r;
		const char* ipType;
		getdns_bindata ipData;
		uint8_t addrBuff[16];
		size_t addrSize = 0;
		getdns_dict* result = NULL;
		if(!ip) {
			return NULL;
		}
		// convert to bytes
		if(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &addrBuff) == 1) {
			addrSize = 4;
		} else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, ip, &addrBuff) == 1) {
			addrSize = 16;
		}
		if(addrSize == 0) {
			return NULL;
		}
		// create the dict
		result = getdns_dict_create();
		if (!result) {
			return NULL;
		}
		// set fields
		ipType = addrSize == 4 ? "IPv4" : "IPv6";
		r = getdns_dict_util_set_string(result, (char*) "address_type", ipType);
		if (r != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(result);
			return NULL;
		}
		ipData.data = addrBuff;
		ipData.size = addrSize;
		r = getdns_dict_set_bindata(result, "address_data", &ipData);
		if (r != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(result);
			return NULL;
		}
		return result;
	}

	struct GetdnsContextWrap {
		getdns_context* ctx;
	};

	static void
	getdns_context_wrap_free(GetdnsContextWrap* p) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr = p;
		if (ptr->ctx) {
			getdns_context_destroy(ptr->ctx);
			ptr->ctx = NULL;
		}
		free(ptr);
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_alloc(VALUE klass) {
		VALUE obj;
		struct GetdnsContextWrap* ptr = (struct GetdnsContextWrap*)malloc(sizeof(struct GetdnsContextWrap));
		ptr->ctx = NULL;
		obj = Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, 0, getdns_context_wrap_free, ptr);
		return obj;
	}

// Setter functions
	typedef getdns_return_t (*getdns_context_uint8_t_setter)(getdns_context*, uint8_t);
	typedef getdns_return_t (*getdns_context_uint16_t_setter)(getdns_context*, uint16_t);

	static void setTransport(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		if((TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM)) {
			uint32_t num = NUM2UINT(opt);
			getdns_context_set_dns_transport(context, (getdns_transport_t) num);
		}
	}

	static void setResolutionType(getdns_context *context, VALUE opt) {
		if(TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM) {
			uint32_t num = NUM2UINT(opt);
			getdns_context_set_resolution_type(context,(getdns_resolution_t)num);
		}
	}

	static void setStub(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		if(TYPE(opt) == T_TRUE) {
			getdns_context_set_resolution_type(context, GETDNS_RESOLUTION_STUB);
		} else {
			getdns_context_set_resolution_type(context, GETDNS_RESOLUTION_RECURSING);
		}
	}

	static void setUpstreams(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		if(TYPE(opt) == T_ARRAY) {
			getdns_list* upstreams = getdns_list_create();
			VALUE arr = rb_ary_new();
			rb_ary_push(arr, opt);
			for (uint32_t i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN(arr); ++i) {
				VALUE ipOrTuple = rb_ary_entry(arr, i);
				getdns_dict* ipDict = NULL;
				if (TYPE(ipOrTuple) == T_ARRAY) {
					VALUE tuple = rb_ary_new();
					rb_ary_push(tuple, ipOrTuple);
					if (RARRAY_LEN(tuple) > 0) {
						VALUE str = rb_ary_entry(tuple, 0);
						VALUE sec_arr = rb_ary_entry(str, 0);
						char *asciiStr = StringValueCStr(sec_arr);
						ipDict = getdns_util_create_ip(asciiStr);
						if (ipDict && RARRAY_LEN(tuple) > 1 ) {
							// port
							VALUE v = rb_ary_entry(tuple, 1);
							//uint32_t port = UINT2NUM(v);
							uint32_t port = FIX2UINT(v);
							//uint32_t port = UINT2NUM(tuple[1]);
							getdns_dict_set_int(ipDict, "port", port);
						}
					}
				} else {
					//VALUE asciiStr = StringValue(ipOrTuple);
					char *asciiStr = StringValueCStr(ipOrTuple);
					ipDict = getdns_util_create_ip(asciiStr);
				}
				if (ipDict) {
					size_t len = 0;
					getdns_list_get_length(upstreams, &len);
					getdns_list_set_dict(upstreams, len, ipDict);
					getdns_dict_destroy(ipDict);
				}
			}
			getdns_return_t r = getdns_context_set_upstream_recursive_servers(context, upstreams);
			getdns_list_destroy(upstreams);
			if (r != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
				rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
			}
		}
	}

	static void setTimeout(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		if (TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM) {
			uint32_t num = NUM2UINT(opt);
			getdns_context_set_timeout(context, num);
		}
	}

	static void setUseThreads(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		int val = (TYPE(opt) == T_TRUE) ? 1 : 0;
		getdns_context_set_use_threads(context, val);
	}

	static void setReturnDnssecStatus(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		int val = (TYPE(opt) == T_TRUE) ? GETDNS_EXTENSION_TRUE : GETDNS_EXTENSION_FALSE;
		getdns_context_set_return_dnssec_status(context, val);
	}

	static void context_set_namespaces(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt) {
		size_t count;
		getdns_namespace_t *namespaces;
		getdns_return_t ret;
		uint32_t i;
		if (TYPE(opt) == T_ARRAY) {
			if((count = RARRAY_LEN(opt)) != 0) {
				VALUE arr = rb_ary_new();
				rb_ary_push(arr, opt);
				if((namespaces = (getdns_namespace_t *) malloc(sizeof(getdns_namespace_t) * count)) != 0) {
					for(i = 0; i < count; i++) {
						namespaces[i] = (getdns_namespace_t)NUM2LONG(rb_ary_entry(opt,i));
					}
				}
				ret = getdns_context_set_namespaces(context, count, namespaces);
				if(ret != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
					rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
				}
			}
		}
	}

	static void context_set_follow_redirects(getdns_context *context, VALUE opt) {
		getdns_return_t ret;
		uint64_t value;
		if (TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM) {
			value = NUM2LONG(opt);
			ret = getdns_context_set_follow_redirects(context, (getdns_redirects_t)value);
			if(ret != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
				rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
			}
		}
	}

	static void context_set_dnssec_allowed_skew(getdns_context *context, VALUE opt) {
		getdns_return_t ret;
		uint32_t value;
		if (TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM) {
			value = (uint32_t)NUM2LONG(opt);
			if ((ret = getdns_context_set_dnssec_allowed_skew(context, value)) != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
				rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
			}
		}
	}

	typedef void (*context_setter)(getdns_context* context, VALUE opt);

	typedef struct OptionSetter {
		const char* opt_name;
		context_setter setter;
	}SetOptions;

	static SetOptions SETTERS[] = {
		{	"stub", setStub},
		{	"upstreams", setUpstreams},
		{	"timeout", setTimeout},
		{	"use_threads", setUseThreads},
		{	"return_dnssec_status", setReturnDnssecStatus},
		{	"dns_transport", setTransport},
		{	"resolution_type", setResolutionType},
		{	"upstream_recursive_servers", setUpstreams},
		{	"namespaces",context_set_namespaces},
		{	"follow_redirects",context_set_follow_redirects},
		{	"dnssec_allowed_skew",context_set_dnssec_allowed_skew}
	};

	static size_t NUM_SETTERS = sizeof(SETTERS) / sizeof(OptionSetter);

	typedef struct Uint8OptionSetter {
		const char* opt_name;
		getdns_context_uint8_t_setter setter;
	}Uint8OptionSetter;

	static Uint8OptionSetter UINT8_OPTION_SETTERS[] = {
		{	"edns_extended_rcode", getdns_context_set_edns_extended_rcode},
		{	"edns_version", getdns_context_set_edns_version},
		{	"edns_do_bit", getdns_context_set_edns_do_bit}
	};

	static size_t NUM_UINT8_SETTERS = sizeof(UINT8_OPTION_SETTERS) / sizeof(Uint8OptionSetter);

	typedef struct Uint16OptionSetter {
		const char* opt_name;
		getdns_context_uint16_t_setter setter;
	}Uint16OptionSetter;

	static Uint16OptionSetter UINT16_OPTION_SETTERS[] = {
		{	"limit_outstanding_queries", getdns_context_set_limit_outstanding_queries},
		{	"edns_maximum_udp_payloadSize", getdns_context_set_edns_maximum_udp_payload_size}
	};

	static size_t NUM_UINT16_SETTERS = sizeof(UINT16_OPTION_SETTERS) / sizeof(Uint16OptionSetter);

	typedef int (*rb_foreach_func) (ANYARGS);

	static int do_print(VALUE key, VALUE value, VALUE ary) {
		rb_ary_push(ary, key);
		return ST_CONTINUE;
	}

	static int do_value(VALUE key, VALUE value, VALUE ary) {
		rb_ary_push(ary, value);
		return ST_CONTINUE;
	}

// set options on the context
	void applyOptions(VALUE self, VALUE opts) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		if(!ptr->ctx) {
			return;
		}
		if(!GNUtil::isDictionaryObject(opts)) {
			return;
		}
		if(!NIL_P(opts)) {
			if (TYPE(opts) != T_HASH) {
				rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
			} else {
				VALUE ary;
				ary = rb_ary_new();
				rb_hash_foreach(opts, (rb_foreach_func) do_print, ary);
				size_t s = 0;
				// Walk the SETTERS array
				for(unsigned int i = 0; i < RHASH_SIZE(opts); i++) {
					VALUE str = rb_ary_entry(ary, i);
					char *name = StringValueCStr(str);
					VALUE opt = rb_hash_aref(opts, rb_str_new2(name));
					bool found = false;
					for (s = 0; s < NUM_SETTERS && !found; ++s) {
						if (strcmp(SETTERS[s].opt_name, name) == 0) {
							SETTERS[s].setter(ptr->ctx, opt);
							found = true;
							break;
						}
					}
					for (s = 0; s < NUM_UINT8_SETTERS && !found; ++s) {
						if (strcmp(UINT8_OPTION_SETTERS[s].opt_name, name) == 0) {
							found = true;
							uint32_t optVal = FIX2INT(opt);
							UINT8_OPTION_SETTERS[s].setter(ptr->ctx, (uint8_t)optVal);
						}
					}
					for (s = 0; s < NUM_UINT16_SETTERS && !found; ++s) {
						if (strcmp(UINT16_OPTION_SETTERS[s].opt_name, name) == 0) {
							found = true;
							uint32_t optVal = FIX2INT(opt);
							UINT16_OPTION_SETTERS[s].setter(ptr->ctx, (uint16_t)optVal);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	};

	typedef struct event_base *eventBase;

	static eventBase create_event_base() {
		struct event_base *eventbase = event_base_new();
		if(eventbase == NULL) {
			return NULL;
		} else {
			return eventbase;
		}
	}

	static VALUE getdnsruby_context_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		getdns_return_t created = getdns_context_create(&ptr->ctx, 1);
		VALUE options = NULL;
		struct event_base *eventBase;
		if(argc==1)
		{
			if((TYPE(argv[0]) == T_HASH))
			{
				rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01",&options);
				if (RHASH_SIZE(options) > 0) {
					applyOptions(self, options);
				}
			}
			else
			{
				rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01",&eventBase);
				if(eventBase!=NULL) {
					(void)getdns_extension_set_libevent_base(ptr->ctx,eventBase);
				}
			}
		}
		else if(argc==2)
		{
			rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02",&eventBase,&options);
			if((TYPE(options) == T_HASH)) {
				if (RHASH_SIZE(options) > 0) {
					applyOptions(self, options);
				}
			}
			if(eventBase!=NULL) {
				(void)getdns_extension_set_libevent_base(ptr->ctx,eventBase);
			}

		}
		else if(argc>2)
		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");

		if (created != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Failed to create context.");
		}
		return self;
	}

	static getdns_dict* get_extension(VALUE extensions) {
		getdns_return_t ret;
		VALUE ext_array;
		getdns_dict* ext_parameters;
		ext_array = rb_ary_new();
		rb_hash_foreach(extensions,(rb_foreach_func) do_print, ext_array);
		ext_parameters = getdns_dict_create();
		for(unsigned int i =0; i<RHASH_SIZE(extensions);i++) {
			VALUE ext_name = rb_ary_entry(ext_array,i);
			const char *extname = StringValueCStr(ext_name);
			VALUE ext_value = rb_hash_aref(extensions,rb_str_new2(extname));
			if (TYPE(ext_value) == T_FIXNUM) {
				uint32_t extvalue = NUM2UINT(ext_value);
				ret = getdns_dict_set_int(ext_parameters,extname,extvalue);
				if(ret!=GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
					getdns_dict_destroy(ext_parameters);
					return NULL;
				}
			}
			else if (TYPE(ext_value) == T_ARRAY) {
				getdns_list* optvalue = getdns_list_create();
				for(unsigned int j =0; j<RARRAY_LEN(ext_value);j++)
				{
					VALUE opt = rb_ary_entry(ext_value,j);
					if (TYPE(opt) == T_FIXNUM) {
						uint32_t options_val = NUM2UINT(opt);
						getdns_list_set_int(optvalue, j, options_val);
					}
					else if (TYPE(opt) ==T_ARRAY) {
						if(RARRAY_LEN(opt) == 2) {
							struct getdns_bindata bindata;
							bindata.size = (size_t) NUM2INT(rb_ary_entry(opt,0));
							bindata.data =(uint8_t *) NUM2UINT(rb_ary_entry(opt,1));
							struct getdns_bindata *bin = &bindata;
							getdns_list_set_bindata(optvalue, j, bin);
						}
					}
				}
				ret = getdns_dict_set_list(ext_parameters,extname,optvalue);
				if(ret!=GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
					getdns_dict_destroy(ext_parameters);
					return NULL;
				}
			} else if (TYPE(ext_value) == T_HASH) {
				getdns_dict* dictvalue = get_extension(ext_value);
				ret = getdns_dict_set_dict(ext_parameters,extname,dictvalue);
				if(ret!=GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
					getdns_dict_destroy(ext_parameters);
					return NULL;
				}
			}
		}
		return ext_parameters;
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_lookup(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		VALUE name = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t gres;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		if(!ptr->ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		if (argc > 2 || argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11",&name,&extensions);
		VALUE nameStr = StringValue(name);
		if(argc > 1) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres = getdns_address_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(nameStr), this_extensions, &response);
			}
		} else {
			gres = getdns_address_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(nameStr), NULL, &response);
		}
		if(gres != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
		VALUE result = convertTorubyHash(response);
		getdns_dict_destroy(response);
		return result;
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_hostname(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		VALUE hostname = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t gres_h;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		if (argc > 2 || argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11",&hostname,&extensions);
		VALUE hostnameStr = StringValue(hostname);
		getdns_dict* ip = getdns_util_create_ip(RSTRING_PTR(hostnameStr));
		if (argc > 1) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres_h = getdns_hostname_sync(ptr->ctx, ip, this_extensions, &response);
			}
		} else {
			gres_h = getdns_hostname_sync(ptr->ctx, ip, NULL, &response);
		}
		if (gres_h != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
		VALUE result = convertTorubyHash(response);
		getdns_dict_destroy(response);
		return result;
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_service(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		VALUE servicename = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t gres;
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		if (argc > 2 || argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11",&servicename,&extensions);
		VALUE servicenameStr = StringValue(servicename);
		if (argc > 1) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres = getdns_service_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(servicenameStr), this_extensions, &response);
			}
		} else {
			gres = getdns_service_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(servicenameStr), NULL, &response);
		}
		if (gres != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
		VALUE result = convertTorubyHash(response);
		getdns_dict_destroy(response);
		return result;
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_general(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		VALUE generalname = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t greg;
		VALUE rrtype;
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		if (argc > 3 || argc < 2) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21",&generalname,&rrtype,&extensions);
		VALUE generalnameStr = StringValue(generalname);
		int rr = NUM2INT(rrtype);
		if (argc > 2) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				greg = getdns_general_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(generalnameStr), rr, this_extensions, &response);
			}
		} else {
			greg = getdns_general_sync(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(generalnameStr),rr, NULL, &response);
		}
		if (greg != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
		VALUE result = convertTorubyHash(response);
		getdns_dict_destroy(response);
		return result;
	}

	static void this_callbackfn(getdns_context *this_context,
			getdns_callback_type_t this_callback_type,
			getdns_dict *this_response,
			void *this_userarg,
			getdns_transaction_t this_transaction_id) {
		VALUE userarg= (VALUE)this_userarg;
		VALUE callback = rb_ary_entry(userarg, 0);
		VALUE obj = rb_ary_entry(userarg, 1);
		UNUSED_PARAM(this_context);
		getdns_return_t this_ret;
		if (this_callback_type == GETDNS_CALLBACK_COMPLETE) {
			uint32_t this_error;
			this_ret = getdns_dict_get_int(this_response, "status", &this_error);
			if (this_error != GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_GOOD) {
				fprintf(stderr, "The search had no results, and a return value of %d. Exiting.\n", this_error);
				getdns_dict_destroy(this_response);
			}
			VALUE result = convertTorubyHash(this_response);

			rb_funcall(obj, rb_to_id(callback), 1,result);
		}
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_async_address(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		VALUE name = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_return_t gres;
		VALUE callback;
		VALUE obj;
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		struct event_base *this_event_base;
		if (argc > 5 || argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "41",&name,&obj,&callback,&this_event_base,&extensions);
		if (rb_class_of(callback) != rb_cSymbol)
		rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected Symbol callbackack");
		VALUE this_userarg = rb_ary_new();
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,0,callback);
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,1,obj);
		getdns_transaction_t this_transaction_id = 0;
		VALUE nameStr = StringValue(name);
		if(argc > 4) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres = getdns_address(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(nameStr), this_extensions, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
			}
		}
		else {
			gres = getdns_address(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(nameStr), NULL, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
		}
		if(gres != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_async_hostname(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		VALUE hostname = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t gres_h;
		VALUE callback;
		VALUE obj;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		struct event_base *this_event_base;
		getdns_transaction_t this_transaction_id = 0;

		if (argc > 5 || argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "41",&hostname,&obj,&callback,&this_event_base,&extensions);
		if (rb_class_of(callback) != rb_cSymbol)
		rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected Symbol callbackack");
		VALUE hostnameStr = StringValue(hostname);
		VALUE this_userarg = rb_ary_new();
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,0,callback);
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,1,obj);
		getdns_dict* ip = getdns_util_create_ip(RSTRING_PTR(hostnameStr));
		if (argc > 4) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres_h = getdns_hostname(ptr->ctx, ip, this_extensions, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
			}
		} else {
			gres_h = getdns_hostname(ptr->ctx, ip, NULL, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
		}
		if (gres_h != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_async_service(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		VALUE servicename = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t gres;
		VALUE callback;
		VALUE obj;
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		struct event_base *this_event_base;
		getdns_transaction_t this_transaction_id = 0;

		if (argc > 5|| argc == 0) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "41",&servicename,&obj,&callback,&this_event_base,&extensions);
		if (rb_class_of(callback) != rb_cSymbol)
		rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected Symbol callbackack");
		VALUE servicenameStr = StringValue(servicename);
		VALUE this_userarg = rb_ary_new();
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,0,callback);
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,1,obj);
		if (argc > 4) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				gres = getdns_service(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(servicenameStr), this_extensions, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
			}
		} else {
			gres = getdns_service(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(servicenameStr), NULL,(void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
		}
		if (gres != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
	}

	static VALUE
	getdnsruby_context_async_general(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		VALUE generalname = NULL, extensions;
		getdns_dict* response = NULL;
		getdns_return_t greg;
		VALUE callback;
		VALUE rrtype;
		VALUE obj;
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		struct event_base *this_event_base;
		getdns_transaction_t this_transaction_id = 0;
		if (argc > 6 || argc < 2) { // there should only be 1 or 2 arguments
			rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Wrong number of arguments");
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "51",&generalname,&rrtype,&obj,&callback,&this_event_base,&extensions);
		if (rb_class_of(callback) != rb_cSymbol)
		rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected Symbol callbackack");
		VALUE generalnameStr = StringValue(generalname);
		int rr = NUM2INT(rrtype);
		VALUE this_userarg = rb_ary_new();
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,0,callback);
		rb_ary_store(this_userarg,1,obj);
		if (argc > 5) {
			if (RHASH_SIZE(extensions) > 0) {
				getdns_dict* this_extensions = get_extension(extensions);
				greg = getdns_general(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(generalnameStr), rr, this_extensions, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
			}
		} else {
			greg = getdns_general(ptr->ctx, RSTRING_PTR(generalnameStr),rr, NULL, (void *)this_userarg, &this_transaction_id, this_callbackfn);
		}
		if (greg != GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD) {
			getdns_dict_destroy(response);
			return Qfalse;
		}
	}

	static VALUE dispatch_event_base(int argc, VALUE *argv,VALUE self) {
		struct event_base *this_event_base;
		struct GetdnsContextWrap *ptr;
		Data_Get_Struct(self, struct GetdnsContextWrap, ptr);
		if (!ptr-> ctx) {
			return Qfalse;
		}
		rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "10",&this_event_base);
		event_base_dispatch(this_event_base);
		event_base_free(this_event_base);
	}

	void Init_getdns(void) {
		mGetdns = rb_define_module("Getdns");
		cContext = rb_define_class_under(mGetdns, "Context", rb_cObject);
		rb_define_alloc_func(cContext, getdnsruby_context_alloc);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "initialize", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_initialize), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "lookup", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_lookup), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "hostname", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_hostname),-1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "service", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_service), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "general", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_general), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "asyncaddress", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_async_address), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "asynchostname", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_async_hostname), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "asyncservice", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_async_service), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "asyncgeneral", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(getdnsruby_context_async_general), -1);
		rb_define_method(cContext, "dispatch_event_base", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(dispatch_event_base),-1);
		rb_define_module_function(mGetdns, "create_event_base", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(create_event_base),0);
	}
}


The Fresno Pacific University Board of Trustees approved a new strategic plan at its June meeting. Behind this plan is an understanding of the educational environment—the education ecology—within which FPU exists.
Our ecology is a particular localized version of the national and international environment. Over the next years, as we move to achieve the goals of the plan, it is good to step back and discern the major trends. Numerous books on these trends arrive each year, and the authors speak at professional gatherings. Some of these "experts" last, some are forgotten. Our work is difficult, and interesting, because FPU faces contradictory trends in our Valley ecology.
One: higher education will remain valuable, even extraordinarily valuable, as the primary pathway toward financial stability for most people and families. Even in areas in which a degree is not necessary immediately, it may be long term. Information technology, for instance, or technical roles in medicine. But for most the B.A. will be a requirement. Recently we have seen state requirements that people working in early childhood education, day-care workers, have B.A. degrees, as well as nurses in hospitals.
The understanding of the economic value of higher education has had dramatic influence on governmental policy and on costs. Federal support has shifted from grants to loans because of the ability of degree holders to pay back the support they have received. And public demands have also increased—for instructors with doctorates, for technology, for instant information and for research experience—and raised tuition.
At the same time, the limits to perceived value bring greater demands for lower costs, often coupled with an increased desire for services. We will have to discover and develop multiple responses to the multiple populations we serve, and do so within new financial expectations and competition. It demands from all of us a great capacity for ambiguity and an understanding that education can be "practiced" in a variety of ways, as it must be if it is to be offered to a variety of populations.
Two: there is one movement towards degrees based on "competencies" and another towards project- and problem-based learning. Competency-based education is often associated with individualized study, moving at the student's individual pace, as she or he demonstrates that knowledge, either in a subject or of a process, has been achieved. Project- or problem-based education is much different, requiring deep understanding applied to complex projects—a senior or master's thesis or project, a business plan or an analysis of a social or organizational problem. Sometimes we are bedeviled in our discussions when one person is thinking of competency-based education, and another is thinking of problem- or project-based education. We have moved from being an institution with a more-or-less single form (project- and problem-) to having some programs that are more competency driven.
Three: there is strong movement toward ultimate respect for individual values and opinions, and at the same times towards commonly held values. This might take the form of the commonly held, even supremely held, value of respect for and encouragement of all manner of individually held values. Sometimes we see it in the desire of a young student for affirmation of what they have personally decided as their choice or way of life, even though it may seem to others as unhealthy, dangerous or damaging. At other times, students are hungry for commonly held and traditional values. In the case of FPU, students often desire to work in a Christian environment where traditional and commonly held spiritual values are promoted. Sometimes a student will desire this environment, and at the same time demand acceptance of divergent views and values. It is all very complex and sometimes confusing. To teach, professors must address, understand and respect the desire for common values and the individual, even idiosyncratic, choices of students. And at the same time professors must hold to their commitments and beliefs to represent Christian faith in life and teaching. It is challenging, sometimes messy and even incoherent, and is different than it often was a generation ago. But through this balancing act students learn, change and grow intellectually, morally and spiritually.
These three trends are big elements in our ecology, representing the world in which our students live and in which we teach. Whether we are unaware of them, resist them or can even know how to respond to them, each represents a challenge and opportunity. We at FPU seek to find a way to have a lasting Christian influence on our students, and through them on the world.
Great piece, Steve. I appreciated the way you identified three complex issues that inform our understanding of our context. I see much of the phenomena that you describe in my work here in teacher education.


Meeting with the True Guru, hunger departs; by wearing the robes of a beggar, hunger does not depart.
Peace does not come to his heart - he is not content to eat what comes his way.
With his stubborn mind, he begs, and grabs, and annoys those who give.
Instead of wearing these beggar's robes, it is better to be a householder, and give to others.
Those who are attuned to the Word of the Shabad, acquire understanding; the others wander, deluded by doubt.
They act according to their past actions; it is useless to talk to them.
Deep within himself, is the sacred shrine of spiritual wisdom, revealed by the True Guru.
His filth is removed, and his soul becomes immaculately pure, bathing in the sacred shrine, the pool of Ambrosial Nectar.
The friend meets with the True Friend, the Lord, through the love of the Shabad.
Within the home of his own being, he finds the Divine Self, and his light blends with the Light.
The Messenger of Death does not leave the hypocrite; he is led away in dishonor.
Go, and sit in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where the Name of the Lord is churned.
In peace and poise, contemplate the Lord's Name - don't lose the essence of the Lord.
Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, constantly, day and night, and you shall be accepted in the Court of the Lord.
He alone finds the Perfect True Guru, on whose forehead such a pre-ordained destiny is written.


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Q: How to schedule a method in .net core? I have to give a call to Web API from that Helper method which will dump required Data to database.

I wanted to create a method which will be called automatically every
  hour.

Do i need to call it from Startup CS file if yes then how ?

The intended method will suppose to call API to get the data which
  will be dumped in SQL database in hourly manner.

A: It depends on how you want to do it, and which OS you use.
If you use Linux, you can use the OS scheduler - cron. Or AnaCron.
If you you Windows, you could use Windows task scheduler.
Cron will probably work on MacOS too, though I suppose they have their own task-scheduler.
If you're using your application on Azure/AWS/DigitalOcean/AppEngine, then they all probably have facilities to do this.
There is a library to do job scheduling in .NET, it's called Quartz.
I don't know if they've ported to .NET Core yet, but I suppose they have.
Also, if you're using your application inside an ASP.NET (Core) application, I don't know how this is with IIS recycling the app-pool after 20 minutes of inactivity. If it does, then you can't do it in ASP.NET or you need to change the application's or IIS's configuration.
Note: According to this, the ASP.NET Core application definitely gets stopped when IIS recycles the app-pool, even though IIS would only have to recycle the reverse-proxy.
One of the ways we have done it in the past, is having an ashx handler in the application, which does the job once (using JWT header authentication so no DOS/DDOS is possible).
Then we just have a program running somewhere that issues a get request to the ashx handler every hour. This ensures the task is run every hour, and it lets IIS recycle the app-pool. Because that means IIS potentially needs to start then entire application, you should increase the get request's timeout accordingly. That system is simple, and it works the same everywhere, dev-machine, on-premise, self-hosted, shared-hosting, azure, aws, appengine, digitalocean, etc. and it doesn't even require any library.
Best of all, in its simplest form, you can just use wget and cron, which is really simple, and you can do rather complicated stuff with that, e.g run a program at the last day of the month (28,29,30,31) at 01:05, or like every 1st friday of the month, or on every monday-saturday from 4 to 23 o'clock, every 13 minutes starting 04:23, or whatever the hell you want.
ZERO .NET programming required at all for the job scheduling.

A: I would highly recommend Hangfire for this. https://www.hangfire.io/

A: You could set up a Web Hook in your application that call that method and create a Logic App in Azure that fires every hour to call that web hook.

A: It depends on a few things, notably where your application(s) are hosted ( azure, aws, on prem, locally) and how you want to couple your scheduler to the web api service.
For example, say you are hosted in azure. You can use a timer in azure scheduled every hour to trigger and invoke your endpoint.
AWS has a similar feature, and you can invoke a lambda function.
If you are on prem, you could create a service such as hangfire that does the scheduling.
And if your really looking to run the schedule manually, you could even create a WCF service with a Timer and TimerCallback that is invoked every hour.


In 2015, the city of Ghent launched the Restorestje, a doggybag new style. The box needed to empower citizens to ask restaurants to take their leftovers back home. In 2016, more than 100 Ghent restaurants used Restorestjes to give food back home to their clients. The city of Ghent had been giving out these boxes for free to the restaurants and wanted to see whether there was a way through partnerships or through a business model to make the Restorestje financially sustainable.
FoodWIN and Coduco did interviews with a series of stakeholders: restaurants, the suppliers of the boxes, distributors of food and material to restaurants and similar foreign organizations who launched their own doggybag. On the basis of that, FoodWIN and Coduco made several scenarios for the city of Ghent to make the Restorestje financially sustainable.
FoodWIN did interviews with restaurants and with foreign projects who launched a similar doggybag project. On the basis of that, the report was created.


Deere & Co.'s CEO Samuel R. Allen first mentioned it when the company released its first quarter earnings report on Feb. 17 and reiterated again today during his annual address to shareholders on Feb. 22: Things look like they're getting better for agriculture.
While summarizing Deere's financial performance during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2017, Allen said in a press release, "John Deere has started out the year on a positive note in the continued face of soft market conditions, although the quarter's sales and earnings were somewhat lower than last year, all of our businesses remained solidly profitable." Deere's performance showed further benefits from the sound execution of its operating plans, the strength of a broad product portfolio and the impact of a more flexible cost structure.
"At the same time, we are seeing signs that after several years of steep declines key agricultural markets may be stabilizing."
According to a Feb. 22 online report from the Quad City Times, "In his annual address to shareholders Wednesday, Deere & Co. CEO Sam Allen said, 'there are signs the worst may be over," while assuring them the company's future is bright — and solidly in Moline.


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Will Christianity Perish in Its Birthplace?
April 17, 2017 Staff Freedom, World 3
"Liberated for democracy" by the U.S., Afghanistan is now among the world's most deadly when it comes to persecution of Christians. In Iraq and Syria, which once tolerated and even embraced Christians, hundreds of thousands are now fleeing for their lives. The 44 Coptic Christians killed in Egypt on Palm Sunday are only a few of the estimated 90,000 Christians around the world killed for their faith in 2016. Is the ultimate goal to drive all Christians from the Holy Lands?
By Pat Buchanan
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)" Those are among Jesus's last words on the cross that first Good Friday. It was a cry of agony, but not despair. The dying Christ, to rise again in three days, was repeating the first words of the 22nd Psalm.
And today, in lands where Christ lived and taught and beyond where the Christian faith was born and nourished, the words echo. For it is in the birthplace of Christianity that Christians face the greatest of persecutions and martyrdoms since the time of Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin.
President Donald Trump, outraged by pictures of infants and children who had perished in the nerve gas attack in Syria, ordered missile strikes on the air base from which the war crime came.
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Two days later, Palm Sunday, 44 Coptic Christians celebrating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem were martyred in terrorist attacks in Egypt. The first bombing was at St. George's Church in Tanta, the second at St. Mark's in Alexandria, where the Coptic Pope Tawadros II was at Mass.
The pope was unhurt, but 100 Christians were injured in the attacks. At St. George's, one witness described the scene after the bomb exploded near the altar: "I saw pieces of body parts. . . . There was so much blood everywhere. Some people had half of their bodies missing."
The Islamic State group claims credit for the murders, and the pictures of dead children from those churches were surely as horrific as the pictures the president saw after the gas attack.
Copts are among the earliest Christians, dating to the first century A.D., when St. Mark, one of the Twelve Apostles, established the first church outside the Holy Land and became bishop of Alexandria.
The Copts make up 10% of Egypt's population. They have been especially targeted for terrorist attacks since the 2013 overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi, who had been elected president after the ouster of longtime U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak.
In the subsequent struggle between Egypt's Islamists, whose base is in Sinai, and the Cairo regime of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who was welcomed to the White House in March, the Copts are seen as soft-target allies of el-Sissi's and hated for their faith.
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
In Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Christians were left alone if they did not interfere in politics. Indeed, they prospered as doctors, lawyers, journalists, academics, engineers, businessmen. A Christian, Tariq Aziz, was Saddam's foreign minister, who negotiated with Secretary of State James Baker to try to prevent what became the Gulf War.
Before 2003, there were still 800,000 Christians in Iraq. But after a decade of church bombings and murders of priests, their numbers have plummeted. When the Islamic State seized a third of Iraq, Christians under the group's rule had to convert to Islam and pay a tax or face beheading.
On Dec. 26, St. Stephen's Day, which honors the first martyr, Pope Francis hailed the Iraqi Christians lately liberated from Islamic State rule, noting, "They are our martyrs of today, and there are so many we can say that they are more numerous than in the first centuries."
In 2016, an estimated 90,000 more Christians worldwide died for their faith.
Under Syria's dictator Hafez al-Assad and son Bashar, Christians have been 10% of the population and protected by the regime. They thus have sided with Assad against the terrorists of the Islamic State and al Qaeda, whose victory would mean their expulsion or death.
Of the 10 nations deemed by Christianity Today to be the most hateful and hostile toward Christianity, eight are majority-Muslim nations, with the Middle East being the site of the worst of today's persecutions.
Afghanistan, which we "liberated" in 2001, is listed as the third-most hostile nation toward Christians. The punishment for baptism there is death. A decade ago, a Christian convert had to flee his country to avoid beheading.
Consider. Christianity, whose greatest feast day we celebrated on Sunday, April 16, is the cradle faith of the culture and the civilization of the West. And in our secularized world, Christianity remains the predominant faith.
A millennium ago, Christendom mounted crusades to ensure that its pilgrims would not lose the right to visit the Holy Land in peace.
Now, a decade and a half after we launched invasions and occupations of the Muslim world in Afghanistan and then Iraq to bring the blessings of democracy, the people there who profess that Christian faith are being persecuted as horribly as they were under the Romans in Nero's time.
Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions, and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan—to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
Truth be told, it is in part because of us that Christianity is on its way to being exterminated in its cradle.
Pat Buchanan is a writer, political commentator and presidential candidate. He is the author of The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?
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3 Comments on Will Christianity Perish in Its Birthplace?
Henry April 23, 2017 at 22:34
I have very bad news for Satan's minions and the forces of darkness determined to destroy the Church of Jesus Christ. It will not succeed, as stated by Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:15-18, "But what about you?" Jesus asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock (faith) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (hell) will not overcome it"
CleverKlezmerMesmers April 19, 2017 at 11:18
Pat Buchanan can QUIT being a Masonic Shill for IsisRaHell's World ZOG WarMachine anytime…nothing but Blood Sacrifices for the Synagogue Of Satan.
Jerry Hood April 18, 2017 at 16:09
Your U.SAtanic Armed Forces slaughtered up to 2 million muslims, so why are you suprised that they they are also slaughtering also the ' innocent' christians? Tooth for tooth,eye for eye,as the jews do to others, is the rule of the end of this satanic age( sata-yuga,where Seth has replaced Abel)…Your satanic army slaughtered the christian Serbs,and your destruction of Serbia,emboldened the muslim drug dealers from Kosovo to kill another 2,000 ethnic Serbs there!!! Your false cries cannot create sympathy for your satan dominsted judeo-christians there in U.SAtan either! Once your Synagogue cease to exist,the entire world will slip into 1,000 year peaceful period!!!!


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Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley
Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley, now professor emeritus of history at Salem State University and former vice president of the Phelps Stokes Fund, has spent much of his adult life pursuing academic excellence and promoting social activism for all. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 29, 1944, Dudley, the eldest of nine children, of Julius and Ethel Hanson-Dudley, both of whom were also born and reared in Georgia through its Jim Crow history, included the periods of share cropping and other forms of "slavery by another name." The Dudley parents wanted a better life for their children an encouraged them to pursue education as a means to truly liberate themselves from racial oppression His mother read to him at an early age and thereby providing him with a sound foundation to later pursue his educational and professional objectives as well as humanitarian engagements. As a youth, he attended the public school systems of Atlanta and Smyrna, Georgia, graduating from Atlanta's Booker T. Washington high school in 1962. Within the next four years, he attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio as an exchange student and graduated from Morris Brown College in 1966, and in the subsequent three years he completed a certification in early childhood education from the University of Georgia and completed his master's degree in American history from Atlanta University (now Clark University). Over the next ten years, Dudley completed his certifications in African and African-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin and in the military history at West Point Academy as well as completing his requirements for the Ph.D. in history from the University of Cincinnati. Afterwards, he pursued additional training in higher education, which was the completion of a second master's degree from Harvard University (1985) in the area of administration, planning, and social policy, and three years later, another credential from the Harvard University Extension School in the area, primarily focusing on administration.
And in addition to earning degrees, Dr. Dudley taught in the Atlantic public school system beginning in1966 and became a university professor / administrator from1969 until his retirement in 2002. Over a period of thirty years, he was the first director / professor of African-American Studies at the University of South Florida, coordinator / professor of history at Morris Brown College, as well as professor at the University of Dayton, Emerson College, Boston College, Fitchburg State, Salem State and the University of Lowell. In these educational and social environments, Dudley marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other icons of the Civil Rights movement such as Congressman John Lewis, and Hosea Williams during the 1960's and 1970's. In the 1980's and 1990's, Dudley continued to support these efforts, but embraced other progressive movements, which included freedom for Africa, especially South Africa. As a grass roots effort, involving thousands of Americans, especially the youth, Dudley sent over three million books to primarily to Africa, focusing on South Africa initially. His non-profit organization later delivered thousands of books, and sometimes computers, to Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Egypt and Kenya. And to a lesser extent, he coordinated books / medical projects to children and educators in Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Philippine Islands and Kyrgyzstan.
In conjunction with Dudley's educational projects, tens of thousands of children and educators in America as well as other foreign countries supported his efforts over a period of nine years with assistance and help from several prominent individuals, such as Archbishop Tutu and President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, United States Congressman Joseph Kennedy II, and William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts. Also several professional and civic organizations including fraternities and sororities, played critical roles in achieving Dudley's mission in the collection, shipping and distribution of these books and other educational items to underserved schools and libraries and countries heretofore mentioned above.
While contributing much to the education to children on the international level, he has continued work locally with young people and educators in the inner cities of America in coordination with other organizations to promote education among the children in our schools for others to benefit humanity. While giving to others, throughout much of his career Dudley has added to the body of knowledge from his professional training in history and race relations. Most of his publications, both published and unpublished, have been cited as footnotes in hundreds of scholarly publications. One such publication was Phylon, a prestigious scholarly journal of Atlanta University, giving a brief study of Racism and Nazism in Atlanta during post World War II -- this scholarly article is listed in the name of J. Wayne Dudley "'Hate' Organizations of the 1940's: The Columbians, Inc." that has been cited in several books, articles, and other manuscripts. His work on lynching and anti-lynching organizations are major contributions on the subject matter which has garnered much scholarly recognition. And also, much has been written about Dudley's contribution to literacy and education in Africa with hundreds of newspapers, stories, and coverage including the well known publications as the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Daily world, and Atlanta Constitutional Journal, New York Amsterdam, as well as well as several major newspapers in Ghana, Ethiopia, and South Africa. .
Because of his lifetime of service to others, Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley has garnered numerous recognitions / awards from several prominent individuals organizations and institutions over several decades. To mention a few are "Resolution to Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley, Missing and Murdered Children of Atlanta,City of Tampa, Florida", 1981;International Rotary Clubs of America / South Africa, "The Paul Harris Award", 1999; Boston Association of United Nations (Award for special Recognition, 1995); Prince Hall Mason -32nd Degree; U.S. Congressional Records -1988 U.S. Congressman Joseph Moakley of Massachusetts; Resolution, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989; "A Tribute to Dr. Wayne Dudley"; Resolution City of Boston, 1994; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Georgia Washington Carver Award, Eastern Region, 1999 in Philadelphia; Georgia State Senate, Resolution year 2002; member of the Georgia Advisory Committee to the United States Commission, and most recently Harvard University Extension School headline story in the "Harvard Gazette" citing Dudley as the recipient of the 2018 Dean Michael Shinagel Award for Service, for the year of 2018. However for him, Dudley's letters from hundreds of educators and students from Africa and other parts of the world are among his most cherished moments of recognition that he will never forget. For additional information concerning his many personal and professional contributions to society, on can Google his name and find several biographies which contains information not included in this one.