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Nation and Kingdom: A Christian Reflection on the Fourth of July
Posted on July 6, 2016	by historicalhorizons
by Ron Wells.
This is written on July 3, 2016
I was raised in a patriotic American home. My immigrant parents, especially my Dad, were very grateful for the opportunity to come to America to achieve a better life for themselves and especially a better future for their children. They became naturalized American citizens as soon as was permissible. They voted in every election, even minor local ones, because their civic duty required it. My Dad put out the flag, a fairly large one, on every possible occasion to do so. The Fourth of July was a big deal in my home. When it came time for me to go to college, information came to our mailbox about ROTC. My Dad reckoned that since I would be drafted sometime, why not go as an officer? He later told me that he wasn't sure on which day he was proudest of me – the day I graduated from college in cap and gown or the next day when in my uniform I was commissioned an officer in the US Army.
I was raised in a Christian home. I was baptized a few months after my birth, and as the liturgy says, I was marked as Christ's own forever. In later years, when there would be baptisms in our church, my Dad occasionally would playfully comment on the way home that my brother and I were "marked men." I have never known a day of life in which I was not aware of being part of God's kingdom. Of course I've had doubts in college and beyond, but those doubts were worked out within the household of faith. In my working life I tried hard, in the contingent circumstances of academic life, to be a faithful person. So it was natural that one of my books would be titled "History Through the Eyes of Faith." Praying the petition in the Lord's Prayer – thy Kingdom come – was a sincere hope and expectation of what it might be like when the shalom of God came among us, both now and in the future, that is, after the trumpet blows.
Yes, American and Christian went together.
Yet, what my upbringing did not prepare me for was the ways in which being a patriotic American and a serious Christian might come into conflict. What my parents believed in, as did patriots before and after them, are the ideals for which American stands; what our iconic lady shows forth at the front door of our country, Liberty.
In 1831, at the Park Street Church on the Boston Common, a young seminarian named Samuel Smith combined with the church's famed organist, Lowell Mason, to give words and a re-worked melody to a song that many still believe should be the national anthem, and largely functioned as such before the current less-singable song was adopted a century after "America" was first sung.
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring.
That song was later featured in one of the greatest speeches in American history, the 1963 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King – "I have a Dream" – in which he celebrated that ideal but found it wanting as applied to African Americans. It was with a sense of urgency that he called for freedom to ring from every mountainside, including mountains he named in whose shadows the reality of racist discrimination and exclusion were still being practiced.
For me, just graduating from college in that year of 1963, there was a growing recognition that my Christian values were precisely those, like Dr. King's, that should be employed to give critique to the ways in which the American values were not being lived up to.
As I read authors like Reinhold Niebuhr and William Stringfellow, I came to see that I had to choose where my first loyalty lay – in the nation or in the kingdom. The Kingdom of God is, on earth, an international body, where my first loyalty and friendship is to those who name the Name, in whatever nation, tribe or tongue they may be found. Solidarity must be with them, in the first place, not the members of my birth nation, the USA. Further, the resources to critique my nation comes from the Bible and the traditions of Christian thinking developed by this international fraternity over two thousand years. It was hard to say it – when I first did – that I am a Christian first and an American second. That was not what I was raised to think in my patriotic home.
But that is not the end of the story. I later came to see that there was no need – as a trans-national Christian – to give up entirely on loving my birth nation. It is a contingent love, as said above, but a real love. I still agree with my Dad that "this is a greatest country on earth," in which a nation of immigrants has made the greatest economic and political success story in world history. I am very proud of my military service in my country's name. But, one admits that America is flawed in many ways, and has not lived up to the ideals of liberty we all hold dear. It is precisely as a Christian and as an American that I can ask the nation to live up to what Christianity calls all of us to be, especially as it bears on treating all people with the dignity, respect and justice that God intends for all.
In a recent book by the controversial author, Jim Wallis, he refers to "America's Original Sin." He sees racism at the beginning and in the fabric of American life. As he points out, Americans nearly exterminated the aboriginal race and then enslaved another. That is very serious, and cruelly ironic, for a nation that believes itself to be – and proclaims to the world – the "sweet land of liberty."
I still love July Fourth, both for the nostalgia of my growing up years and especially for the ideals we sing about in church and public places: "America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" never fail to stir deep emotions of gratitude for what America has allowed for people like me and my family. But the day also gives me pause because, as a Christian, I am bound to recall that there are many for whom the promise of America life was, and is, not fulfilled. When one looks at our realities from a Kingdom perspective – how God meant it to be before sin made everything go so terribly wrong – one sees what needs to be done both for America to live up to its own proclaimed ideals and for Christians to follow in the way of the cross.
Ronald A. Wells is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Calvin College, Michigan. He is now mostly retired in Tennessee, and lives in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, where he has part-time position directing the Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts at Maryville College. He is a layman in the Episcopal Church, and is a member of the Church of the Ascension in Knoxville.
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Judy Parr says:
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How to Best Use Organizational Tools with a Group
How to decide if you should choose tools to fit how you work, or change how you work to fit the tools.
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Any time we use tools to shape the world, the tools shape us in return. I learned to use a screw gun and now I have a scar in the shape of a screw head burned into my index finger. But sometimes, we have a choice about who shapes whom..
A Get-it-Done Guy listener wrote in asking, "We have new productivity software from IT. It doesn't match the way we currently work. Should we change the way we work to match the software, or change the software to match the way we work?"
I usually talk about how we can help ourselves work less and do more. But that's only half the puzzle. Most of us aren't in it alone; we're part of larger organizations, like a Fortune 500 company, a non-profit trade organization, a little league team, or the Mafia.
How to Get Things Done When You're Part of a Group
When you're part of a group, your ability to get things done also depends on the people around you. If you need things from them to finish your job, your productivity is at their mercy.
Bernice is planning a wedding ceremony! No matter how efficient she is at writing and sending invitations, she simply can't send out invitations until her boyfriend Melvin sends his guest list. Since he still isn't aware that Bernice is thinking of marriage, she's been waiting quite a while.
Bernice, always careful not to give away details that might upset her plans, sends Melvin a brief note. "Please send me the list, pronto!" Melvin, a bit confused, assumes she must want a list of presents he wants for his birthday. He happily sends the list. "Pokeman" figures heavily in his thoughts.
In this case, Melvin is sending a list to Bernice, but it's not the information she needs. Even when people are giving you stuff on time, it has to be the right stuff or you're still stalled.
Tools Change How People Work
When you adopt a new tool, that tool makes assumptions about how its user, your work group, does work. If you don't change the tool, you'll have to change the people.
People may need to change how they work, individually. Bernice adopted Google Docs to plan her wedding. She's used to clicking an icon to open a document. With Google Docs, she must open a web browser and log in to access her documents. She's finally over the hurdle of creating a Google account, and now she's trying to format her wedding documents. It's painful to watch. And just a little bit funny. She's searching for features her desktop word processor had that Google Docs doesn't. The tool's interface and capabilities are changing Bernice's life, and she's not happy about it. Actual little storm clouds are appearing around her head.
Tools Change How People Communicate
The new tool doesn't just change Bernice; it changes how Bernice collaborates with Melvin. Instead of emailing him a document with a cute little graphical cover letter full of hearts and cherubs, she now shares documents by clicking a Share link. Google decides how to send the sharing invitation. Now, Melvin must open a Google account and figure out how to receive a sharing invitation. He's an IT geek, so it's easy for him.
If a new tool makes information hard to find, people won't make the effort.
Bernice is also sharing the document with Kieran, her wedding planner. Kieran is not an IT geek. Asking him to open a Google document is like teaching me to knit. Knitting needles are sharp. You can get tangled in yarn. Yarn can cut off circulation. Luckily, my friend Susie is an EMT. If your tool changes how people communicate, the new way of communicating must work for everyone.
Google Docs didn't just change how data got passed, but it also changed what data got passed. Bernice used to send all kinds of files, but now she limits herself to word processing documents and spreadsheets. And her former cover letters, which told the recipient why she was sending the file, are now auto-generated by Google. Now, unless she thinks to send a separate email message, she has to limit her cover letters to the brief space allowed by Google.
This seems minor, but it can be a major issue. When information is easy to use, people can use it. If a new tool makes it hard—someone must now navigate through four screens to get the info—people are much less likely to make the effort.
How to Decide When to Adopt a Tool
Now we know that tools change how people do their own work, how they communicate with each other, and what they communicate.
When adopting a tool, you can change the tool to fit the people. That means making sure the tool matches with people's working style, helps them communicate everything they currently communicate, and doesn't pose an undue burden in how they communicate.
You can also change the people to fit the tool. This means reprogramming the people. The more they have to change what they do, how they communicate, and what they communicate, the less likely it is that they'll be successful. Let's be blunt: all of us love change, as long as everyone else is changing to make our lives easier, and we get to stay the same.
To decide whether to use your new tool, list the changes people will have to make for the tool to be successful. That's how hard it will be to make the tool successful with your current people systems.
Now your decision is simple. If the effort to reprogram the tool is less than the effort to reprogram the people, change the tool. Otherwise, change the people.
Bernice has realized that while Melvin can make the change to Google Docs, Kieran can't. Planning a wedding without letting the groom know he's about to get married is tricky business. She doesn't need to extra burden of trying to change Kieran. After all, she's about to have her hands full, trying to change Melvin. I hope your tool works out more successfully.
Work Less, Do More, and have a Great Life!
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Stever Robbins is a graduate of W. Edward Deming's Total Quality Management training program and a Certified Master Trainer Elite of NLP. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Computer Sciences from MIT.
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Michael Hobey is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Elah Holdings. Previously, Mr. Hobey served as President and Interim CEO at Real Industry from November 2017 and thru the period of its restructuring, along with serving as its Chief Financial Officer, a position he held since September 2016. Prior to that, he served as CFO of Real Alloy and, prior to its acquisition by Real Industry in February 2015, Mr. Hobey served as the CFO of the Global Recycling & Specification Alloys business unit of Aleris. Mr. Hobey joined Aleris in June 2006 as Vice President, Corporate Development and was named Vice President and Treasurer in July 2009. Before joining Aleris, he served as Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Citigroup Global Markets and held various positions with McDonnell Douglas and Boeing immediately following college. Mr. Hobey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kelly G. Howard has served as the Company's General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary since 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Kelly was a Partner for five years in the Corporate Group of Crowell & Moring LLP, a firm she joined as an associate in 2005. While with Crowell, Kelly's work on behalf of the Company began in spring 2013. Kelly's prior practice was focused on securities, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, board counseling and general corporate matters, advising public and private companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, individual investors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs. Previously, she was an associate with Miles & Stockbridge, PC in the Corporate and IP departments.
Kelly earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999.


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Jean-Claude St. Pierre hails from Elliot Lake, Ontario, and is retired from a long career in welding. Still not able to tear himself away from welding completely, J.C. has developed a bit of an artistic twist to his life. These are some of his caricatures created from nuts and bolts, called 'J.C.'s WeldO's'. Perfect to give as fun gifts and maybe some serious ones as well! Approximately 6 inches tall and very inexpensive.


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If you have any side effects that impact your life, do not stop your treatment suddenly. If you have any problems with your medication, talk to your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible.


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Exposure to international travel and global cultures is recognized in higher education as a major component of future leadership. That visionary goal is embedded in programs such as the Center for Global Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Global Scholars Honors program at Chattanooga State Community College. The opportunity to study internationally builds a global mindset that's increasingly needed as many reject engagement with internationalism and globalism.
That disengagement impacts our ability to interact productively with other cultures on the planet. Our ability to communicate is diminishing yearly. It's no secret that most of our students don't speak another language as well as international students speak English. Just look at the numbers to see why. After the recession in 2007, foreign language degree programs were hit hard with colleges cutting 12% of them, double that of all other degree programs. The trend towards isolation and ignorance of languages should concern anyone who wants to maintain America's influence in the world.
Rather than harass and eject, let's listen and learn. Don't be silenced and shut out by the growing fear and loathing towards globalism. We can't afford to limit our ability to participate in shaping our future because we can't communicate with other cultures. Be a model for the next generation and indulge in curiosity about other cultures and languages. Encourage your kids to study a new language and peer into other cultures.
Knowing a foreign language is a vital step to participating in the global economy. Teach the next generation that the future is not some theoretical, abstract entity far away and out of sight. It's a local-global intersection and the international students among us are a teaching moment waiting around the corner. We can acquire a global mindset even if we don't travel internationally. There are communities among us that speak both English and the language of their origins. For example, Chattanooga's Chinese Association offers Chinese language classes and serves as a valuable asset to our city as it expands its economic reach.
Speaking at Chattanooga's 2019 Chinese New Year celebration reminded me that the educational experience offered goes beyond and complements language teaching. The smell alone of the Chinese buffet was a cultural gift. The performances of Chinese music, dance, and traditional martial arts were unforgettable. The adorable youngsters and venerable university professors who performed demonstrated how cross-cultural education can be great fun. They made an ancient culture come alive and be more relevant today than ever.
Let's not be sidetracked by stereotypes and ignorance. Recognize that local-global connections as humanizing, educational, and vital to our country's future. And enjoy!


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What are examples of word stress?
Most 2-syllable verbs The word present, for example is a two-syllable word. If we stress the first syllable, it is a noun (gift) or an adjective (opposite of absent)….Word Stress Rules.
For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part bad-TEMpered old-FASHioned
What is meant by stress word?
Word stress is the emphasis we place in a specific syllable of a word when pronouncing it. In English words that have more than one syllable, we usually don't pronounce every syllable with the same weight, so each syllable in a word can be stressed or unstressed.
What is sentence stress in English grammar?
Sentence stress is the pattern of stressed and unstressed words across a sentence. Normally this emphasis is on words that carry important information, although this can change significantly, depending on the specific meaning the speaker wants to communicate.
What are function words in English?
In linguistics, function words (also called functors) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning and express grammatical relationships among other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker. Thus they form important elements in the structures of sentences.
What are the structural words?
We have seen that i) Structure words are words belonging to the categories of articles, auxiliaries, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns. Words belonging to the categories of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are content words.
What is the difference between content words and function words?
Content words are words that have meaning. Therefore, we refer to content words as an "open" class. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are content parts of speech. Function words are words that exist to explain or create grammatical or structural relationships into which the content words may fit.
Which words are stressed in a sentence?
Here is a list of words to stress in an English sentence:
nouns (people, places, things)
verbs (actions, states)
adjectives (words that modify nouns)
adverbs (words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or entire sentences)
negative words (not, never, neither, etc.)
What words are called content?
Content words are words that have meaning. They can be compared to grammatical words, which are structural. Nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are usually content words. Auxiliary verbs, pronouns, articles, and prepositions are usually grammatical words.
What are the examples of function words?
Function words include determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, modals, qualifiers, and question words.
What are grammatical words?
(linguistics) Words for which the primary function is to indicate grammatical relationships, as distinct from lexical words, the primary function of which is referential (content words). Grammatical words include articles, pronouns, and conjunctions. Lexical words include nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Is very a function word?
Just like many words in the English language, the word "very" also serves a double function. It can be used as an adverb or an adjective depending on the context. This word is categorized as an adverb if it is used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb in a particular sentence.
What are grammatical function words?
Updated July 18, 2019. Grammatical function is the syntactic role played by a word or phrase in the context of a particular clause or sentence. Sometimes called simply function. In English, grammatical function is primarily determined by a word's position in a sentence, not by inflection (or word endings).
What are the five grammatical unit?
There are five fundamental units of grammatical structure: morpheme, word, phrase, clause, and sentence.
What is the highest grammatical unit?
Sentence, the highest unit in the grammatical hierarchy, may also be defined in orthographic terms, that is, as anything which is contained between a capital letter and a full stop.


The Michael Morton case is one of the biggest stories in Texas criminal justice news during the past 10 years. The story is a lot more than just a tale about an innocent man who spent more than 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. It's also a fascinating look into the darker side of criminal prosecution. Who better than Michael Morton himself to tell the story? His memoir is about a young man who suffered a grave injustice at the hands of lazy and arrogant police and a prosecutor from hell over in legendarily unfair Williamson County. But Morton's book is also the personal story of how Morton coped with living all those years in a TDCJ prison and still coming out as a kinder, gentler, and more enlightened version of a man who was, by all accounts, a pretty good guy to begin with.
I bought Mr. Morton's book about a week ago, "Getting Life". I have to admit, I was skeptical that Morton would be capable of writing a book that would be written well enough to excuse him for not hiring a ghost writer or biographer. Well, I finished his book the other night, and I must say, I was completely blown away by how well he articulated his thoughts. He is a very good writer, and even if he had a little editorial assistance, there is no doubt that his book is his story, in his own words.
Reviews of the book have been very positive. In fact, of the 165 reviews on Amazon.com, 92% of the reviews gave the book 5 Stars, and the other 8% gave the book 4 Stars. Not one review below 4 Stars, not a single one. Wow!
I don't want to give away all of the rich insights and perspectives Morton shares with his readers, but I was really interested in finding out precisely how the police and prosecutors ended up getting Morton locked up with a life sentence for murdering his wife, when in fact, he loved her dearly and would never have even dreamed of doing such a thing. That story is the one that people need to experience. Although Morton's case is remarkable, it is worth wondering how many innocent people are sitting in prison who were armed with far less brainpower, and far less qualified legal representation.


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President Donald Trump...Please Pardon my Chronically ill father!!
My father, Felix Walls, is a federal prison inmate serving life on drug conspiracy charges. I'm not proud of some of his life choices. I make no excuses for his actions and neither does he. But he has now served 24 years with good behavior and his health is failing. My family is seeking a Compassionate release on his behalf. His prosecutor, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Probation Office have all approved his release plans but a judge must sign off for him to spend his last days at home. He is now 75 years old. He suffers from Parkinson's disease, heart disease, and arthritis. His Parkinson's condition has advanced to the point where his ability to function in a correctional facility is greatly diminished. My father has met all the criteria for compassionate release. Compassionate release is a program in which inmates may be eligible for early release due to "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing". Our dad is not a danger to his community or himself. He was involved in drug trafficking in the 1970's and 1980's and convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in and one count of conspiracy to launder money. We're simply waiting for Judge Robert Cleland of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to approve our Dad's compassionate release petition. The petition has languished in the court for almost half a year – with no explanation for the delay. Time is running out for our father. Please sign and share this petition calling on the Eastern District Court of Michigan to grant final approval for our father's compassionate release –before it's too late.
Phyllis Bell
Petitioning Medicare
End Gag Orders that Force People to Pay More for Prescription Drugs
What if you went to pick up your prescriptions at the drug store, and the pharmacist failed to tell you that you could get your medication for $10, $20 or sometimes even $100+ cheaper? This happens a lot more frequently then people think -- it might have even happened to you. And the reason? Gag orders that pharmacy benefit companies place on pharmacists that bind them from telling patients that they could get their drugs for cheaper prices. The President and a host of bipartisan lawmakers have said this practice needs to end. Yet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stopped short of requiring that these gag orders stop immediately. In the meantime, thousands of people could be paying way more for their drugs because of these gag orders. It's time to send a message to big pharma and demand that Medicare and Medicaid put in place policies that prohibit and end these unjust gag orders than punish people in need of medication. There's already movement on this issue -- several states have already moved to ban these gag orders and legislation has even been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would end the practice of big pharma placing gag orders on pharmacists. But big pharma is fighting back -- even suing to prevent a North Dakota bill that bans gag orders from becoming law. It's not right -- pharmacists shouldn't be forced to lie to patients about drug prices by greedy pharmacy benefit corporations, and patients shouldn't have to shell out more money than they have to for already expensive drugs. Tell the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to not just pay lip service to condemning these gag orders, but to enacting real policy that ends their practice entirely in the health care industry.
Kevin Grossman
Petitioning Food and Drug Administration, Merck, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Get the FDA to act on BCG Shortage for Bladder Cancer
There is a global shortage of BCG (Bacille Calmette Guerin), an extremely effective immunotherapy drug used as treatment for bladder cancer. More than 80,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2017. Currently, Merck is the only manufacturer of BCG. Because of increased global demand, and only a single supplier, there are severe shortages in the U.S. and many other countries for 2019 and beyond. To minimize disruption to patient care and address the current imbalance between supply and increased global demand, we must get the FDA to act by working with other firms and drug manufacturers that make the drug and ask if they can ramp up production to fill any gap in the domestic supply of the product.Urge the FDA to identify foreign versions of the product with the same active ingredient manufactured by reputable firms. FDA can then use enforcement discretion for the limited importation of the foreign version until the shortage of the FDA-approved drug is resolved.Implore that Merck increase the production of the BCG for intravesical use, and not let profit get in the way of saving and improving lives of Bladder Cancer patients.Merck must have the foresight and properly plan for this highly effective life saving drug to always be accessible and adequately available to cancer patients.I started this petition because...My energetic and resilient father is battling Cancer for the third time. Very recently, he was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. At a young 76 years of age, he underwent a transurethral resection of the bladder in February 2019. A treatment regimen was planned to administer a series of six treatments with BCG, a life saving treatment with minimal side effects. Instead my father had chemotherapy treatment because there were no BCG available. The chemotherapy treatment could not be tolerated and had to be discontinued, severely degrading his quality of life. He remains at risk of the Cancer growing back and spreading, and of not recovering at all. The alternatives to BCG treatment are very costly, life threatening surgeries and treatments. Please help my father and thousands of others live long healthy lives; and not suffer and die because they don't have access to BCG to treat and hopefully beat Bladder Cancer.
Kathleen Mercogliano
Petitioning Food and Drug Administration, Lamar Alexander, Patty Murray, Mark Kirk, Dick Durbin, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Janet Woodcock, M.D., Office of New Drugs, FDA Public Aff...
Urge FDA to approve new treatment for Carcinoid Tumors
Hi. My name is Kerry and I'm a zebra. Now, before you think I'm crazy, I hope you'll please let me have a minute of your time to explain. In medical school, doctors-to-be are often taught the adage "If you hear hoof beats, think horse". In other words, the most obvious answer is usually the right answer. But sometimes the hoof beats come from something rarer: a zebra perhaps. For nearly 5 years, doctors heard hoof beats as they looked at scans of my liver and saw some small "things" taking up residence. And, for nearly 5 years, they thought horse. They did blood tests, colonoscopies, upper endoscopies; all of the tests you would do looking for the "normal" cancers such as colon cancer, but the tests were negative. So they concluded that my liver had some benign growths on it. Nothing to worry about. In January of 2016 a biopsy of my liver resolved the mystery. I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Carcinoid or Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET). The disease is so rare it is referred to as the zebra of cancers and represents only about 2% of cancers treated each year. In honor of its rarity, the zebra has been adopted as the official mascot of those who suffer from it and we, the patients, are called zebras. In my desperate quest for solutions to my problem, I read about a treatment called Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy, or PRRT for short. It has been available in Europe for more than a decade and clinical trials here in the United States have recently concluded. The results have been very promising. According to one of the doctors who participated in the phase 3 clinical trial, "The findings were, in my opinion, extraordinarily impressive, the median progression-free survival improved by nearly 80%, which is fairly unprecedented in oncologic studies. The finding is important because limited therapeutic options exist for such patients, who comprise 20% to 45% of neuroendocrine tumor cases." (1) As you can imagine, I have been following these trials with great interest as I am their target patient: my tumors are inoperable and are known to respond to the drug being used in the treatment. Earlier this year, there was hope the treatment would be approved by mid-year 2016. Then it was sometime in the fourth quarter of 2016. The latest timeframe for approval is now early 2017. I understand and appreciate the fact that the FDA has to perform their due diligence to insure that new drugs are safe and effective. None of us want unsafe drugs to be hurried to market. In the case of PRRT, it appears to have proven its worth, both in US clinical trials as well as in more than 10 years of use in Europe. I don't profess to know or understand what the holdup is in obtaining approval. I'm certainly not a doctor. What I do know is that every day that passes without this treatment being approved thousands of us zebras get sicker and closer to the point where treatments won't matter any longer. Will you please join me in urging the FDA to keep the approval of PRRT at the top of their priority list? I'm only 55 years old and I'm not ready to leave this world yet. I and my fellow zebras thank you. Kerry (1) Full article discussing PRRT can be found online at http://www.carcinoid.org/2016/05/03/one-step-closer-us-peptide-receptor-radionuclide-therapy-prrt-neuroendocrine-cancers/
Kerry Downing
Petitioning United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education
Allergy procedures in schools HAVE to change!!!
Two weeks ago, my daughter was given a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at school. This was with the school (by direct conversations with me - the principal, cafeteria manager, teachers and Nurse) being fully aware of her allergies to peanuts and treenuts. I took every step I could to ensure an incident like this didn't happen to her, and it still happened. The teacher caught her after only one bite and realized the mistake made, but I was contacted rather than paramedics and her epipen wasn't administered immediately. This was because her school administration and Nurse did not know that you should immediately give epipen, and when I arrived 40 minutes after she had the bite, I watched as the school nurse fumbled with the epipen obviously unaware of how to administer it properly. This lack of education and awareness could have cost my 4 year old her life. Thankfully it didn't turn out worse than it did. I called and emailed the school board about the procedures and events that took place before and after she had the bite of the sandwich. I have not heard anything back from anyone and I think it is time for change. The system is failing parents of children with allergies. I just read an article where a 3-year old with known and reported dairy allergies was given a grilled cheese sandwich at school last week, and died. All this because the proper procedures were not taken, and a trusted, informed adult, fed him something he couldn't have. http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/11/08/toddler-with-dairy-allergy-died-after-school-gave-him-grilled-cheese-family-says/ I have been assured by my daughter's school and administration that this will never happen again and they are being extremely proactive about the situation, even though it never should have taken my child being traumatized for these proactive steps to be taken. Proactivity is a must in every situation, BEFORE a child dies or is traumatized. I know that teachers and administrators are required to watch compliance videos and be educated about allergies and such, but how many of them actually know how to administer Epinephrine when needed? Do they know how to tell when it is needed or what some of the symptoms are? Did you know that someone falling asleep is one of many signs of anaphylactic shock? So is fever, vomiting, sneezing, itching, coughing.. hives, choking, and throat swelling seem to be the only symptoms that most people know to look for. Why would the school, or school nurse especially, call the parents before administering epinephrine and calling 911 when a child is given a known allergen? These should be the first steps! Why didn't the school nurse know that she was supposed to have epipen immediately? If you do not have a child that has allergies like this, or have never seen what a child looks like when they go into anaphylactic shock, then you cannot imagine the wave of panic and fear that sweeps through a parent when they get a call stating that their child, in an environment that is supposed to be safe for them, was given something that is poison to their body. You can't think straight to remember to verify that the school is doing their job correctly, and quite frankly there are many parents who could be unaware of just how severe their child will react. They may not know that 911 should be called JUST IN CASE, if nothing else. They are trained to deal with a situation and can get the child to the hospital a lot faster than a parent can which is sometimes vital to the survival of the child. My daughter got worse on the ambulance ride to the hospital, I live in Dallas and cannot imagine what I could have done had I got stuck in traffic on the way there. My daughter is protected where she is right now, but what if we have to move and she changes schools? Is she going to end up in the same traumatizing situation at another school because the administration is, again, uneducated on the proper procedures to follow? Am I going to have to keep reading articles about children dying because of a severely flawed school/child care system? I am only doing what I feel is best for my daughter and the large and growing community of children with allergies attending school in the United States. I never want to read an article that a child died again because the school didn't know any better, or didn't do the right thing by a child after they were introduced to something they are allergic to, especially when I know there is something I can do to prevent it. Please sign this petition so we can take the steps and get to the people who can make a difference in the lives of children with allergies. I am petitioning to make it a standard in all schools and child care facilities that educators and administrators as well as school nurses are educated in the proper procedures to take when presented with a child with severe allergies that has ingested their allergen. They all need to be educated on proactive steps to avoid the child receiving their allergen, and that in the event that they are given said allergen, the proper steps are taken. Epinephrine first, THEN 911, THEN parents should be contacted. This should be the standard. Let's make it so. Thank you!
Erin Burch
Petitioning Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Jeff Shuren
Ban mercury dental fillings in children like the European Union did!
Dental amalgam – a filling material for cavities deceptively marketed as "silver" fillings – is about 50% mercury, a neurotoxin. As of 1 July 2018, the European Union has banned amalgam use in children under age 15, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. In stark contrast, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has done nothing to protect these most vulnerable populations...or anyone else. In its amalgam rule, FDA concedes that this mercury product poses a risk for the unborn and young children: "The developing neurological systems in fetuses and young children may be more sensitive to the neurotoxic effects of mercury vapor." FDA also admits that there is no scientific proof that amalgam is safe for these populations: "Very limited to no clinical information is available regarding long-term health outcomes in pregnant women and their developing fetuses, and children under the age of six, including infants who are breastfed." But while the European Union is making sure its children get modern mercury-free fillings, FDA's amalgam rule continues to promote using this toxic mercury product in American children. It's time for FDA to ban amalgam use in children under age 15, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. All children deserve the same protection from mercury fillings as European children!
Consumers for Dental Choice


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Q: Is there any way to extract data from dataframe based on conditions? I have a dataframe with say some investment data. I need to extract data from this dataframe based on certain conditions like say funding_type. There are many funding_types available I just need to extract data matching particular fund types.
e.g: funding_type has values venture,seed,angel,equity and so on.
I just need data matching funding type say seed and angel
I tried out following
 MF1[MF1['funding_round_type']=='seed']

here MF1 is my dataframe. This gives all the data related to seed fund type
I need condition somewhat like
MF1[MF1['funding_round_type']=='seed' and MF1['funding_round_type']=='angel']
But pandas doesnt allow it.
Any clues?

A: And doesn't work here, you would need to use & and likewise for or |, but if you use the expression for the same column, of course it can only have one of the values so with & the expression would be true for none of the columns. You need to use | (or) here:
MF1[(MF1['funding_round_type']=='seed') | (MF1['funding_round_type']=='angel')]

Or as already stated by someone else:
MF1[(MF1['funding_round_type'].isin(['seed', 'angel'])]

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At the same time, it's our responsibility to make sure our patients can access care when they need it. With our growing membership, our need for parking at the Capitol Hill campus has grown. We respect our neighbors and don't want patients circling in the residential area looking for parking and we appreciate that some of our patients need parking in order to access care. For that reason, we can no longer provide our badly-needed parking lot. We are currently discussing with SASG other ways that we can support their work.
The nonprofit SASG was founded in 1984 as the Seattle AIDS Support Group but expanded to include groups building communities around specific HIV issues and other recovery assistance like addiction. It held its first tree sale fundraiser in 1990.
Even as looming development pushed its 2015 exit from 17th Ave E's Dunshee House for new offices on 15th Ave E, SASG continued to use the old Group Health hospital parking lot for its annual fundraiser with volunteers working through the month every day of the holiday season. Last year, the lot continued at the 17th and Thomas location even as Kaiser Permanente acquired Group Health in a huge merger that reshaped the industry. Kaiser Permanente is now beginning the process of a $400 million overhaul of the Capitol Hill campus.
The lot has been SASG's largest fundraiser. In 2017, it generated around $260,000. SASG has proposed alternatives including renting the lot from Kaiser Permanente but nothing worked out. So in this, the SASG holiday tree lot's 29th year, the group is now looking for a new space on Capitol Hill to host the tree sale from Thanksgiving through December.
"We have looked all over the Hill and contacted people but space is limited afraid that taking it anywhere off the Hill will be taking away an institution in the community," a SASG representative said.
To learn more — and maybe offer some help — visit sasgcc.org.
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What about the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Parking Lot off of Harvard? I thought they were closing down?
The Poquito's parking lot. Hunters Capital is the owner of the property.
Yeah there's so many parking lots in town I'm hoping they find something! And yes that's from a person that doesn't buy trees or celebrate christmas! I know those trees bring people joy!


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La Rivarolese 1906 Società Sportiva Dilettantistica a r.l., o più semplicemente Rivarolese 1906 o Rivarolese, è una squadra calcistica italiana di Rivarolo Canavese, nella città metropolitana di Torino.

I colori sociali sono il granata e il bianco, e gioca le sue partite al Comunale Polisportivo, un impianto con 1800 posti in erba sintetica dotato di pista d'atletica.

In passato ha disputato campionati di serie C e Serie D.

Milita nel campionato di Promozione Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta.

Storia
Nel 1947 disputò la Lega Nord della Serie C (detta dai giornali "Regionale"), ma al termine del torneo, nonostante un buon quarto posto, fu ammessa nel rinato campionato di Promozione interregionale, antesignano della Serie D, a causa della riforma voluta dal presidente federale Ottorino Barassi.

Tra gli anni 80-90 fino al 2005 ha sempre partecipato al massimo campionato regionale chiamato prima Promozione e poi Eccellenza.

Festeggiò il centenario nella stagione 2005-06 arrivando prima in Eccellenza e guadagnando la promozione in serie D, serie che mancava da parecchi anni.

Durante la stagione 2006-07 arriverà una tranquilla salvezza con un 11º posto a metà classifica.

La stagione 2007-08 in D si dimostrerà la migliore per i granata che arriveranno ad un sorprendente 8º posto sfiorando la zona play-off per la promozione in Lega Pro.

Durante la stagione 2008-09 arriverà una sofferta salvezza che porterà i galletti al 13º posto finale. La crisi societaria che l'ha coinvolta per tutta la stagione porterà la decisione di vendere il titolo al Chieri Calcio e allo scioglimento della Rivarolese.

Nel luglio dello stesso anno, per non rimanere senza calcio, la squadra granata viene iscritta con la denominazione Rivarolese 2009 SSD ripartendo dalla Prima categoria.

Al terzo anno di Prima Categoria durante la stagione 2011-12 la società viene promossa al campionato di Promozione.

Per tre stagioni consecutive la Rivarolese ottiene sempre dei piazzamenti di metà classifica.

Nella stagione di Promozione piemontese 2015-16 i bianco-granata, dopo un'affascinante lotta al vertice con il Brandizzo e il Pont Donnaz Hône Arnad, si classificano secondi perdendo la testa della classifica alla penultima giornata. Ai play-off eliminano nuovamente il Pont Donnaz H.A. e il Cerano, fino alla finale vinta in casa dopo i tempi supplementari per 2 a 0 contro il Colline Alfieri Don Bosco, conquistando così la promozione in Eccellenza che mancava da 10 anni (cioè dall'anno della promozione in serie D).

Cronistoria

Palmarès

Competizioni regionali

2005-2006 (girone B)

Organigramma societario

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Rivarolese
Sport a Rivarolo Canavese

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Billy Johnson may refer to:
 Billy "White Shoes" Johnson (born 1952), American football player
 Billy Johnson (footballer) (born 1999)), English footballer
 Billy Johnson (baseball) (1918–2006), baseball player
 Billy Johnson (Mormon) (1934–2012), leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana
 Billy Johnson (racing driver) (born 1986), NASCAR and sports car racer
 Billy Johnson (rugby league), Australian
 Billy Johnson (drummer)

See also
Billy Johnstone (born 1959), Australian rugby league player
Bill Johnson (disambiguation)
Billy Johnston (disambiguation)
Will Johnson (disambiguation)
William Johnson (disambiguation)
Willie Johnson (disambiguation)


In many large organizations there is a kind of wall between development and testing. Developers do their work and "throw it over the wall" to be tested. This can create negative attitudes on both sides.
Developers see testers either as a source of no information ("it works? Yeah we knew that") or bad news ("there are bugs to find and fix, ugh"). Testers are adversaries to overcome before developers can be said to have succeeded.
Testers see developers as a source of hard work, and code that must be wrestled with. Often testing lags hopelessly behind development and because of this testers see developers as a source of a never-ending avalanche of work.
When these organization adopt TDD, this unhealthy adversarial relationship tends to fade away. Developers who write tests are far more understanding of what drives testers, and they personally experience the value of tests. Testers see developers as a source of the low-level unit tests that they can inherit, and thus no longer have to write. This frees them up to do the more interesting testing that often gets cut due to time constraints.
TDD makes developers and testers into valued colleagues, and so improves the health of the culture. This contributes to improved products and less waste.


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#ifndef STATECHART_PLATFORM_LOGGING_H_
#define STATECHART_PLATFORM_LOGGING_H_

#define ABSL_PREDICT_FALSE(x) (__builtin_expect(x, 0))

#endif  // STATECHART_PLATFORM_LOGGING_H_

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namespace arangodb {

/// @brief abstract base class for all markers
class MMFilesWalMarker {
 private:
  MMFilesWalMarker& operator=(MMFilesWalMarker const&) = delete;
  MMFilesWalMarker(MMFilesWalMarker&&) = delete;
  MMFilesWalMarker(MMFilesWalMarker const&) = delete;
 protected:
  MMFilesWalMarker() = default;

 public:
  virtual ~MMFilesWalMarker() {}

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  virtual MMFilesMarkerType type() const = 0;

  /// @brief returns the datafile id the marker comes from
  /// this should be 0 for new markers, but contain the actual
  /// datafile id for an existing marker during recovery
  virtual TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const = 0;

  /// @brief return the total size of the marker, including the header
  virtual uint32_t size() const = 0;

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  /// the region is guaranteed to be big enough to hold size() bytes
  virtual void store(char* mem) const = 0;

  /// @brief a pointer to the beginning of the VPack payload
  virtual uint8_t* vpack() const {
    // not implemented for base marker type
    TRI_ASSERT(false);
    return nullptr;
  }
};

/// @brief an envelope that contains a pointer to an existing marker
/// this type is used during recovery only, to represent existing markers
class MMFilesMarkerEnvelope : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesMarkerEnvelope(MMFilesMarker const* other, TRI_voc_fid_t fid)
      : _other(other),
        _fid(fid),
        _size(other->getSize()) {
    // we must always have a datafile id, and a reasonable marker size
    TRI_ASSERT(_fid > 0);
    TRI_ASSERT(_size >= sizeof(MMFilesMarker));
  }

  ~MMFilesMarkerEnvelope() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final {
    // simply return the wrapped marker's type
    return _other->getType();
  }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id the marker comes from
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return _fid; }

  /// @brief a pointer the beginning of the VPack payload
  uint8_t* vpack() const override final {
    return const_cast<uint8_t*>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t const*>(_other) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(type()));
  }

  /// @brief a pointer to the beginning of the wrapped marker
  void const* mem() const {
    return static_cast<void const*>(_other);
  }

  /// @brief return the size of the wrapped marker
  uint32_t size() const override final { return _size; }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // intentionally nothing... should never be called for MarkerEnvelopes,
    // as they represent existing markers from the WAL that do not need to
    // be written again!
    TRI_ASSERT(false);
  }

 private:
  MMFilesMarker const* _other;
  TRI_voc_fid_t _fid;
  uint32_t _size;
};

/// @brief a marker type that is used when inserting new documents,
/// updating/replacing or removing documents
class MMFilesCrudMarker : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesCrudMarker(MMFilesMarkerType type,
             TRI_voc_tid_t transactionId,
             arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& data)
    : _transactionId(transactionId),
      _data(data),
      _type(type) {}

  ~MMFilesCrudMarker() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final { return _type; }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id
  /// this is always 0 for this type of marker, as the marker is not
  /// yet in any datafile
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return 0; }

  /// @brief returns the marker size
  uint32_t size() const override final {
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type) + _data.byteSize());
  }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // store transaction id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_transactionId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::TransactionIdOffset(_type), _transactionId, sizeof(decltype(_transactionId)));
    // store VPack
    memcpy(mem + MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type), _data.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(_data.byteSize()));
  }

  /// @brief a pointer the beginning of the VPack payload
  uint8_t* vpack() const override final { return const_cast<uint8_t*>(_data.begin()); }

 private:
  TRI_voc_tid_t _transactionId;
  arangodb::velocypack::Slice _data;
  MMFilesMarkerType _type;
};

/// @brief a marker used for database-related operations
class MMFilesDatabaseMarker : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesDatabaseMarker(MMFilesMarkerType type,
                 TRI_voc_tick_t databaseId,
                 arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& data)
    : _databaseId(databaseId),
      _data(data),
      _type(type) {
    TRI_ASSERT(databaseId > 0);
  }

  ~MMFilesDatabaseMarker() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final { return _type; }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id
  /// this is always 0 for this type of marker, as the marker is not
  /// yet in any datafile
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return 0; }

  /// @brief returns the marker size
  uint32_t size() const override final {
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type) + _data.byteSize());
  }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // store database id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_databaseId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::DatabaseIdOffset(_type), _databaseId, sizeof(decltype(_databaseId)));
    // store VPack
    memcpy(mem + MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type), _data.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(_data.byteSize()));
  }

 private:
  TRI_voc_tick_t _databaseId;
  arangodb::velocypack::Slice _data;
  MMFilesMarkerType _type;
};

/// @brief a marker used for collection-related operations
class MMFilesCollectionMarker : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesCollectionMarker(MMFilesMarkerType type,
                   TRI_voc_tick_t databaseId,
                   TRI_voc_cid_t collectionId,
                   arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& data)
    : _databaseId(databaseId),
      _collectionId(collectionId),
      _data(data.begin()),
      _type(type) {

    TRI_ASSERT(databaseId > 0);
    TRI_ASSERT(collectionId > 0);
  }

  ~MMFilesCollectionMarker() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final { return _type; }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id
  /// this is always 0 for this type of marker, as the marker is not
  /// yet in any datafile
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return 0; }

  /// @brief returns the marker size
  uint32_t size() const override final {
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type) + _data.byteSize());
  }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // store database id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_databaseId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::DatabaseIdOffset(_type), _databaseId, sizeof(decltype(_databaseId)));
    // store collection id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_collectionId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::CollectionIdOffset(_type), _collectionId, sizeof(decltype(_collectionId)));
    // store VPack
    memcpy(mem + MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type), _data.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(_data.byteSize()));
  }

 private:
  TRI_voc_tick_t _databaseId;
  TRI_voc_cid_t _collectionId;
  arangodb::velocypack::Slice _data;
  MMFilesMarkerType _type;
};

/// @brief a marker used for view-related operations
class MMFilesViewMarker : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesViewMarker(MMFilesMarkerType type,
                    TRI_voc_tick_t databaseId,
                    TRI_voc_cid_t viewId,
                   arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& data)
    : _databaseId(databaseId),
      _viewId(viewId),
      _data(data.begin()),
      _type(type) {

    TRI_ASSERT(databaseId > 0);
    TRI_ASSERT(viewId > 0);
  }

  ~MMFilesViewMarker() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final { return _type; }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id
  /// this is always 0 for this type of marker, as the marker is not
  /// yet in any datafile
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return 0; }

  /// @brief returns the marker size
  uint32_t size() const override final {
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type) + _data.byteSize());
  }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // store database id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_databaseId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::DatabaseIdOffset(_type), _databaseId, sizeof(decltype(_databaseId)));
    // store view id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_viewId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::ViewIdOffset(_type), _viewId, sizeof(decltype(_viewId)));
    // store VPack
    memcpy(mem + MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type), _data.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(_data.byteSize()));
  }

 private:
  TRI_voc_tick_t _databaseId;
  TRI_voc_cid_t _viewId;
  arangodb::velocypack::Slice _data;
  MMFilesMarkerType _type;
};

/// @brief a marker used for transaction-related operations
class MMFilesTransactionMarker : public MMFilesWalMarker {
 public:
  MMFilesTransactionMarker(MMFilesMarkerType type,
                    TRI_voc_tick_t databaseId,
                    TRI_voc_tid_t transactionId)
    : _databaseId(databaseId),
      _transactionId(transactionId),
      _type(type) {
    TRI_ASSERT(databaseId > 0);
    TRI_ASSERT(transactionId > 0);
  }

  ~MMFilesTransactionMarker() = default;

  /// @brief returns the marker type
  MMFilesMarkerType type() const override final { return _type; }

  /// @brief returns the datafile id
  /// this is always 0 for this type of marker, as the marker is not
  /// yet in any datafile
  TRI_voc_fid_t fid() const override final { return 0; }

  /// @brief returns the marker size
  uint32_t size() const override final {
    // these markers do not have any VPack payload
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(MMFilesDatafileHelper::VPackOffset(_type));
  }

  /// @brief store the marker in the memory region starting at mem
  void store(char* mem) const override final {
    // store database id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_databaseId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::DatabaseIdOffset(_type), _databaseId, sizeof(decltype(_databaseId)));
    // store transaction id
    encoding::storeNumber<decltype(_transactionId)>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mem) + MMFilesDatafileHelper::TransactionIdOffset(_type), _transactionId, sizeof(decltype(_transactionId)));
  }

 private:
  TRI_voc_tick_t _databaseId;
  TRI_voc_tid_t _transactionId;
  MMFilesMarkerType _type;
};

}

#endif


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Q: How do I connect to a Spring STOMP websocket using a native Android client? I'm trying to do a small chatroom practice project using Android Studio and Spring Boot with kotlin. My problem is that I've already tried using many different libraries to connect the app to the websocket: For example: OkHttp, Scarlet, Ktor
But so far I haven't found a solution.
For the websocket code I followed the tutorial on the spring website. Here is the code:
@Controller
class MessageController {

    @MessageMapping("/hello")
    @SendTo("/topic/greetings")
    fun greeting(message: String): String {
        return message
    }
}

@Configuration
@EnableWebSocketMessageBroker
class WebSocketConfig : WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurer {

    override fun configureMessageBroker(registry: MessageBrokerRegistry) {
        registry.enableSimpleBroker("/topic")
        registry.setApplicationDestinationPrefixes("/app")
    }

    override fun registerStompEndpoints(registry: StompEndpointRegistry) {
        registry.addEndpoint("/gs-guide-websocket").setAllowedOrigins("*").withSockJS()
    }
}

So my question is: How can i connect a android app to this websocket?

A: STOMP is an application-level protocol which is used here on top of web sockets. Built-in clients rarely support this kind of protocol and in your case I don't believe Android has anything like it.
You most likely need a library that supports STOMP in order to do that. I'm the author of one such library called Krossbow if you're interested.
OkHttp, Scarlet, and Ktor don't support STOMP out of the box (at least not yet), but with Krossbow you can use Ktor or OkHttp as underlying web socket clients if you want.


A field experiment was conducted at Birsa Agricultural University farm (Lat:23⁰17'N, Long:83⁰19'E, Altitude:625 m above MSL) in Kharif 2012 and 2013 with 3 rice hybrids and one high yielding variety viz., DRRH-3, PAC-837,ARIZE TEJ and Lalat having four seed rate in split plot design to assess the effect of varying seed rate and cultivars under aerobic condition. Rice hybrids, PAC 837 gave significantly higher total dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate, net assimilation rate, leaf area index, effective tillers (306 m-2), grains per panicle (115), 1000-grain weight (24.30 g) resulting in higher grain (4.94 t ha-1) and straw (7.03t ha-1) yield and harvest index (41.20%) with net return (Rs. 37790 ha-1) and benefit cost ratio (1.48) than other rice cultivars. Rice hybrid PAC 837 sown with 25 kg seed per ha produced higher grain yield (5.2 t ha-1), net return (` 41710 ha-1) and benefit: cost ratio (1.70) than other combinations of hybrids or HYV and seed rate except hybrid rice PAC 837 sown with 35 kg seed ha-1. Hence, it may be concluded that cultivation of aerobic rice hybrid PAC 837 with 25kg seed per ha may be practiced in Jharkhand for higher productivity and profitability.
Keywords: Seed rate and rice cultivars, Growth and productivity, Rice, Oryza sativa.


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Remembering Bishop College 1881-1988
0 Posted by M. Swift - June 22, 2018 - BLACK EDUCATION, LATEST POSTS
For over a hundred years Bishop College provided higher education for Black students in northeastern Texas.
Based in Marshall, Harrison County, the school was established in 1881 as a project of the Baptist Home Mission Society and Nathan Bishop. Also involved in the establishment of the school was Rufus C. Burleson, President of Baylor University. He managed to get $25,000 for the school during a National Baptist Education Society meeting.
Ministers found the college a prime location in Marshall since most of the state's Black population lived in eastern Texas. Bishop College appointed its first Black president, Joseph J. Rhoads, in 1929. Rhoads remained with the school until after World War II and heavily promoted the ministerial program: The Lacy Kirk Williams Institute. Originally, it was a two-year program but later turned into a one-week seminar.
Later Years and Decline
In 1961, Bishop College received a grant from the Hoblitzelle Foundation. This allowed for the school to expand or move if it wished. Later that year, it moved to a new Dallas campus and experienced a boom in enrollment. By 1970, the school welcomed 2,000 students.
Bishop College seemed to be enjoying a period of extreme growth with a number of pastors and football players graced its halls and graduation stage. That momentum ended in 1988 when the school became the center of a financial scandal. As a result, Bishop couldn't receive funding from the United Negro College Fund and its accreditation was revoked.
Eighteen years later, Georgetown College was pursuing a significant bump in minority enrollment. One of the attempts to do so involved offering the family of Bishop College alumni diplomas with Bishop College insignia. This is a continual part of the school's Bishop Scholars Program.
President William Crouch Jr. Also pushed to have Bishop graduates adopt Georgetown as their alma mater. Some 7,000 Bishop College graduates were adopted from the Dallas school.
–http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/buildings/bishop.html
-https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbb11
Bishop CollegeTexas
Cedric El Gibbs June 22, 2018 - 10:44 pm Reply
Cedric E. Gibbs, 1970 – 1972 Ernest Banks the baseball player nephew, was my classmate
please contact,
Great info know, thanks for sharing