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Professor MD Max Reinshagen
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a morphological change and a complex of symptoms that develops when the contents of the stomach and duodenum gets into the esophagus. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most widespread pathologies of gastrointestinal tract among patients who are prone to multiple complications. High degree of spread, severe symptoms that affect life quality, tendency to developing life-threatening conditions and atypical development make gastroesophageal reflux disease one of the most relevant problems in modern gastroenterology. Since the condition becomes more and more widespread, doctors try to research the mechanism of gastroesophageal reflux disease, improve diagnostics methods and introduce efficient measures of treatment.
One of the most significant complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease is development of Barrett esophagus – change of esophagus mucosa membrane that may lead to cancer (increases the risk of esophagus cancer development). In order to reveal changes of esophagus mucosa, all patients with chronic heartburn are recommended to go through gastroscopy with biopsy of esophagus mucosa.
The main factor provoking development of gastroesophageal reflux disease is failure of lower esophagus sphincter. In healthy people, this muscle formation keeps the gap between the esophagus and the stomach closed in normal state, which prevents reverse movement of food (reflux). In case of sphincter failure, this gap is open, and the contents of the stomach keep getting into the esophagus. Aggressive stomach acid irritates esophagus walls and causes pathological disorders in its mucosa leading to ulcers. In healthy people, reflux can occur when body is bent, during physical exercises or at night.
Reflux feels like heartburn – burning sensation under the chest and belching. If heartburn occurs regularly (more than twice a week), it can be a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease, and medical examination is required. Chronic reflux that occurs during a long time can lead to chronic esophagitis, and later – to changes of morphological structure of lower esophagus mucosa and formation of Barrett esophagus.
The main factors causing gastroesophageal reflux disease development: disorder of motor functions of upper sections in gastrointestinal tract, hyperacidity, lowered protective function of esophagus mucosa.
Most often, in case of gastroesophageal reflux disease, two natural protective processes of esophagus against aggressive stomach acids are disordered: esophagal clearance (the ability of esophagus to advance contents to the stomach), and resistance of esophagus wall mucosa.
Other factors increasing the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease are stress, smoking, frequent pregnancy, diaphragmatic hernia, and some medications (beta-adrenergic blocking agents, calcium channel blockers, anticholinergic drugs, and nitrates).
Typical development of gastroesophageal reflux disease is characterized by heartburn that can become stronger when a person bends, lies or experiences physical loading, after generous fare, and is accompanied by belching with sour or bitter taste. Nausea and vomiting are also possible. Depending on the severity of condition, there can be dysphagia – disorder of swallowing, which can be primary (after motoric disorders), or secondary (caused by development of esophagus narrowing).
Sometimes patients experience gastroesophageal reflux disease with atypical clinical symptoms: pain in chest (as a rule, after meal, and it gets more severe when a person bends), heaviness in abdomen after eating, increased saliva production during sleep, bad breath, hoarseness.
Indirect signs of gastroesophageal reflux disease are frequent pneumonia and bronchial spasms, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, tendency tolaryngitis, otitis, damage of dental enamel, cancer of throat. However, the worst complications are caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease without pronounced symptoms.
In 30-45% of cases, gastroesophageal reflux disease causes development of reflux-esophagitis – inflammation of lower esophagus mucosa that's caused by the contents of stomach irritating it. If ulcers and erosion damage mucosa but heal, the scars left afterwards can lead to esophagus strictures – narrowing of esophagus gaps. Poor passability of esophagus is manifested into dysphagia combined with heartburn and belching.
Prolonged inflammation of esophagus walls can lead to development of ulcer – a defect that damages esophagus wall right to submucous membranes. Esophagus ulcer often contributes to bleeding. Prolonged gastroesophageal reflux and chronic esophagitis changes normal esophagus epithelium into stomach or intestinal epithelium. This reformation is called Barrrett disease. This is a precancerous state that leads to adenocarcinoma of esophagus in 2-5% of patients – cancerous tumor of epithelium.
The main method of diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux disease is esophagogastroduodenoscopy. It also defines the degree of severity and morphological changes. It's performed after consultation with endoscopist. During this examination, doctors also take biopsy material in order to check the state of mucosa and diagnose Barrett esophagus.
X-ray imaging of esophagus can show ulcers, strictures and diaphragmatic hernia. Pressure of lower esophagus sphincter can also be revealed with manometry.
During diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux disease, doctors also use Bernshtein tests: when 0,1% solution of salt acid is injected into esophagus, a person has burning sensation. The symptoms subside when antiacid medications are administered (alcaline test). Motor funciton of esophagus is examined with the help of electromyography.
Pretty often, patients complain about cough and coarseness. Consultation of otolaryngologist is required to reveal inflammation of throat and pharynx. If laryngitis or pharyngitis are caused by reflux, patients are administered antiacid drugs – they diminish the symptoms.
Non-medication therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease include:
Medication treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease is performed by a gastroenterologist. Therapy takes from 5 to 8 weeks (sometimes the course can last for up to 26 weeks), and it includes the following groups of medications: antoacids (aluminum phosphate, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, magnesium oxide), H2-histamine blockers (ranitidine, famotidine), inhibitors of proton pomp (omeprazole, rebeprazole, exomeprazole).
If conservative treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease does not give any effect (5-10% cases), or there are complications and diaphragmal hernia taking place, surgical treatment is required. Surgical invasion for gastroesophageal reflux disease includes: endoscopic plication of esophagus connection (stitches are put on cardias), radiofrequency ablation of esophagus (damage of muscle layer of cardia and esophagus connection to make them scar and reduce reflux), gastrocardiopexy, and Nissen laparoscopic fundoplication.
Generally, surgical operations aimed at treating gastroesophageal reflux disease can be divided into two types:
The first type of surgical treatment is made as planned, while the second is performed in emergency cases, for instance, if there's massive bleeding occurring.
Sometimes there's no point in going through surgical treatment:
One of the main reasons of GERD development is poor functioning of lower esophagus sphincter (the muscle that keeps food from moving back into esophagus). As the result, stomach contents gets back into the esophagus – reflux leads to heartburn and chest pain.
In order to eliminate these symptoms, a person should strengthen the muscle. There are several ways to do that:
Surgeons have tried many different ways of sphincter correction – stitching musles to strengthen them or even inject silicone in sphyncter. These method have physical and therapeutic effect but don't bring visible results.
The type of surgical treatment depends on the complications caused by GERD.
Don't be afraid of surgical treatment of GERD. These are simple operations with small cuts and minimal outcomes. They help people to avoid permanent medication treatment. Any type of treatment should be considered well.
The main prevention measure for GERD is healthy lifestyle excluding risk factors (smoking, alcohol abuse, fat and spicy foods, overeating, heavy lifting, bending a lot, etc.). Besides, it's important to diagnose disorders of movement function of gastrointestinal tract and cure diaphragmal hernia.
If the condition is revealed in a timely manner, and a person follows recommendations and healthy lifestyle, prognosis for GERD is positive. When the condition reoccurs and regular refluxes take place, complications develop, which leads to Barrett esophagus development.


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EVENT DATE: 1st October, 2016, Sunday
• The event was a six hour workshop encompassing various aspects of SQL organised on Sunday by IEEE IAS SB,PDPU.
• To give insights of SQL so students can perform various task efficiently.,i.e handling of data, various statistical methods and analysis of problem.
• Time – 9:00 AM to 04:00 PM
• Venue – CP lab 2.
• The event was a six hour workshop sectioned into two sessions on Saturday which was fully conducted by the technical team of IEEE IAS.
• The workshop was being conducted in which practical as well as theory very taken simultaneously.
• In first session, basic structure of SQL with the terminologies and formulas were taught to feed into to the software along with their basic operation.
• In second session, sorting queries by various parameters, merging databases and conditional search were covered.
• There were 45 students who attended the workshop and got acquainted to MySQL.

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January 9, 2016
The FinTech industry has always been in the eyes of VCs and investors. The already established FinTech players have started taking major steps in order to engage with emerging technologies. Cloud technology and open-source software have lowered the entry level barriers, thereby causing a rapid increase in the establishment of new startups. This revolution in technology and innovation is engaging investors with the FinTech Industry. In addition, the emerging and evergreen FinTech sectors like lending, bitcoin, mPOS and cloud-based financial services are majorly attracting investors.
The world's economy has always been dependent on startups and innovative business ideas, but what does the current landscape look like and who are the driving forces behind today's entrepreneurial race?
The data from 38 trusted sources uncovered interesting facts about dynamics of today's entrepreneurial activities around the world. While the United States keep a top position in number of startups (4.8 million), a huge growth is being observed in emerging countries like India and Brazil where the number of startups has currently reached 2 million or 584,000, respectively. The most interestingly, Uganda has been ranked as the most entrepreneurial country in the world considering that 28.1% of its adult population is involved in the entrepreneurial activities.
What about a government support for startup initiatives? To mention some, Israel hopes to make their country more viable by pumping $450 million in to seed funding and research & development and startups in Chile can apply for a $40,000 equity free grant. Besides domestic citizens, the governments try to attract foreigners with entrepreneurial intentions by issuing lucrative grant schemes and startup visas.
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What to Know About Home-Sale Tax Rules
Original Post Date:
By: Tom Herman
Q: What are the chances that Congress will ease the rules on how long you have to own your home and live in it in order to qualify for the most favorable capital-gains tax treatment when you sell it?
—K.M., Prior Lake, Minn.
A: Slim to none. Naturally, anything is possible if Congress ever decides to overhaul the entire tax system. But don't count on that happening any time soon.
Even if lawmakers do consider major tax-law changes after the November elections or next year, don't expect them to ease the home-sale rules. I haven't heard any significant discussion of this issue among congressional leaders in many years.
Here is how the basic rules work: In the late 1990s, then-President Bill Clinton signed legislation that officials said at the time would eliminate capital-gains taxes for most people who sell their primary home for a profit. That legislation generally allowed most sellers to exclude a gain of as much as $500,000 (if married and filing jointly) or as much as $250,000 (if single).
To qualify for the full exclusion, you typically must have owned the home — and used it as your primary residence — for at least two of the five years prior to the sale. For more details, see IRS Publication 523 ("Selling Your Home") on the Internal Revenue Service website (www.irs.gov).
But don't assume you're out of luck if you can't meet the ownership and use tests I mention above. You still might be eligible for a partial exclusion that could greatly reduce — or even eliminate — capital-gains taxes on the sale of your primary home.
For example, you may qualify for a partial exclusion if you had to sell your home because of "a change in place of employment" or if you moved for "health" reasons. IRS Publication 523 has other examples.
Here is what the IRS says it means on the health issue: "The sale of your main home is because of health if your primary reason for the sale is: To obtain, provide or facilitate the diagnosis, cure, mitigation or treatment of disease, illness or injury of a qualified individual," or to "obtain or provide medical or personal care for a qualified individual suffering from a disease, illness or injury."
Conversely, the IRS says the sale of your home isn't because of health if the sale "merely benefits a qualified individual's general health or well being."
You also might qualify for a partial exclusion if you had to sell for certain "unforeseen circumstances," such as "natural or man-made disasters or acts of war or terrorism resulting in a casualty to your home, whether or not your loss is deductible."
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We, the farm, wish to provide you with fresh, local, seasonal food and you, the purchaser, wish to receive a portion of our harvest. This agreement outlines our shared commitments to that relationship.
Section 1. Introducing Our CSA Farm
A. Becoming a Part of Our Farm
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a relationship between our farm and you as our customer. Rather than simply purchasing vegetable items, our customers become "CSA share buyers" and they in turn receive a portion of the farm's harvest.
Our CSA pickup schedule runs from November to June. As a Share buyer, you are responsible for showing up at a designated location to pick up your share of freshly harvested vegetables. You will receive a half-bushel box or equivalent of vegetables. Detailed information regarding pick-up is discussed below in Section 3. Variety and quantity may vary, as described below in Section 2.
B. Our Growing Practices
The farm uses sustainable and Best Management Practices in order to minimize environmental harm and conserve resources. The farmers never intentionally use GMO seeds. The produce we expect for season:
Fall (Oct-Nov) Arugula, lettuce head and lettuce mix, Asian Green (Tatsoi, Tokyo Bekana, Shungiku, Komatsuna Summerfest), mustard (mild to strong), regular beans, kohlrabi, eggplants, cucumbers, bok choi, Black eyed peas, Mini broccoli, Dandelion, Malabar Spinach, escarole, Endive (chicory), Spring onions, Okra, kale and collards, herbs, Calabaza, swisschard, sorrel, squashes, zucchini, turnip, tomatoes and squash blossoms
Early Winter (Dec.-Jan) Lettuce heads, arugula, lettuce mix (Asian mix and regular blend), Italian Dandelion, , chicory, escarole, celery, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, snow peas, sugar snap peas, eggplants, beans (yellow or green), broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, mini broccoli (Happy Rich), radish, radicchio, spring onions, kale, collards, asian greens (tatsoi, Tokyo Bekana, Shungiku, Vitamin Green) kohlrabi, cabbage (Red, Green, Savoy and nappa), Beets and Carrots, Black eyed peas, red okra, winter squash (butternut, seminole pumpkins, kabocha and Calabaza), spinach, turnips, Watermelon radish, peppers, swisschard , bok choi, If weather warm (squashes and zucchini).
Late Winter (Feb-March) Same as Early Winter + leeks, English peas, big tomatoes, celery. If weather is warm all winter (regular squashes and zucchini).
Spring (April, May) Same as Winter plus Long yard beans, Malabar Spinach, Seminole pumpkins, pole beans.
Section 2. Our Commitment
We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share every box. Kai-Kai Farm takes produce quality seriously. That is why the best restaurants in the region buy from us every week during the season. The quantity of produce may occasionally vary from week-to-week or period-to-period due to extreme weather, insects or other production factors. We make every effort to give the CSA customers the finest quality and we rarely fail but if you are not satisfied call our office and we'll arrange replacements.
Section 3. Getting your Share
A. Receiving fresh produce
Please pick up your share as scheduled and some recommendations follow.
1. Bring your own bag to the market if possible, or if we provide a box, return it the following pickup.
2. Pick up your share within the timeframe stated. Although we deliver high quality produce to the site, it will decline quickly if not picked up in time and stored properly.
3. Follow additional rules posted at Green Markets regarding parking and pets.
We take the safety of your food seriously. We have an employee responsible for packing house sanitation, and a Serve Safe-certified employee is always on duty during business hours. For your added protection, wash all produce before eating.
B. If Your Schedule Changes
With our new rescheduling flexibility try to notify Kai-Kai 48 hours in advance and we'll reschedule your pickup. Phone or email us with the update(s). You are free to pick up at any designated location or date. No-shows: Sometimes events interfere; If you cannot pick up your share, please arrange for someone else to pick it up for you. You are responsible for explaining the pick-up location and procedures to your substitute. As produce is perishable uncollected shares will be available for pickup at the farm. Due to the high cost of transportation we no longer deliver CSA boxes.
C. Vacations
Our box scheduling system allows for total flexibility. Choose dates and sites that work for you. Gone are the days of being locked into weekly or bi-weekly pickup schedules.
Section 4. Refunds
Sometimes our share buyers must re-locate, or for other reasons, they choose not to continue receiving produce from Kai-Kai Farm. They may want some of their share refunded, so we have a simple solution. Your no-questions-asked refund is calculated as follows: There is a $10 administrative charge. Due to discounts your refund amount is based upon the actual number of CSA boxes received.
Section 5. Communicating with Us
The best way to communicate with Kai-Kai Farm is via email, text message or telephone. The best time to reach the office team is between 9 AM – 3 PM. For questions about the produce call the office. We will do our best to respond as soon as possible. Please contact us with any news of the following:
1. Your drop-site location
2. Problems with your drop-site
3. Concerns about our produce or Share distribution
Generally, we will communicate by email. When you sign up, you will be added to our distribution list. Please read your email from us. We depend on being able to communicate important information, such as necessary changes to your distribution schedule or to our farm events. Periodically, we will email an update giving you information about the crops currently available, concert schedule, discounts, or other farm news.
Section 6. Your Pledge
By purchasing a CSA Share, I agree to the terms above. I understand that, although unlikely, the farm may occasionally change parts of this agreement related to production and distribution. These changes will be forwarded to me in advance via email.
We wish to thank Rachel Armstrong at FarmCommons.org for providing us the framework from which the above agreement was created.
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Introspective Power, Inc.
IPi has developed a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) framework to intelligently automate and control the "machines" of any business ecosystem.
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Software
- Location Broomfield, CO, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded June 2013
- Employees 4
- Website introspectivepower.com
Company Summary
Introspective Power (IPi) is a software company that has developed a Machine-to-Machine (M2M or Internet of Things) technology framework to intelligently automate and control the "machines" of any business ecosystem. Managed via an impenetrable network and built to handle massive amounts of data, our system eliminates the delay and error of human oversight, thus, it drives down costs and increases efficiency for businesses across any industry
Anthony Scott ThompsonChief Architect/Founder
Master of Computer Science, University of Colorado. Built large, distributed, complex system for the world's largest telecommunications networks.
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University of Denver alum and former Marine Corps veteran. Twenty years of telecom and networking operations experience.
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Career in US Air Force, building and managing networks. Degree from WGU in Computer Systems and experience developing network automation
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University of Notre Dame and MBA -Loyola University of Chicago. Ten years in Commercial Finance and startups.
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Christ in the Camp of Israel
This is a Bible study that is part of a series: all the parts of the Bible you hate to study. We believe that "man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The series is designed to help people enjoy Bible study of even the "less interesting" texts. This particular study summarizes some fun points from Numbers chapters 1 through 4 (the first census and the ordering of the camp of Israel). The basic text is considered BORING by lots of first-time readers. However, when the observations of this study are brought out, most students get excited at all the hidden jewels in the text.
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USC Gamecocks Baseball
Another Gamecocks baseball signee confirms he's turning down pro ball
South Carolina continues to get good news in regards to the MLB draft as infielder Noah Campbell was drafted in the 19th round by the Brewers on Wednesday but told The State he will be "attending school 100%."
Campbell was listed as the No. 111 overall prospect for the draft by Baseball America and should be able to come in and contribute immediately.
Campbell is a middle infielder from Raleigh, N.C. and attends Cardinal Gibbons High School.
He joins outfielder Kyle Jacobsen in being a top 200 prospect according to Baseball America who will turn down pro money and instead come to USC.


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How to write API documentation/
Writing documentation for an API may seem completely daunting if you've never done it before. Many product managers do manage APIs - either exclusively or as part of their suite of product and features, must know how to do this.
When you find yourself managing an API, chances are you'll be tasked with updating existing documentation, or writing new documentation from scratch. This may feel overwhelming. Don't panic! I'll give you a starting point and some tips in this post.
Follow these 7 steps to get started.
This isn't a comprehensive guide as API documentation needs vary wildly, but this will at least give you a starting point, and on the right track to comprehensive documentation for your API.
1. Explain what the API is and does
The description doesn't have to sound extremely technical. Here's a one line description Facebook uses to introduce its Graph API:
- "The primary way for apps to read and write to the Facebook social graph."
That's simple. Make this description relatable for both technical and non-technical users.
2. Spell out the 'properties' and corresponding descriptions
The terminology for what you're describing will vary slightly depending on your API. For my API, I describe the 'fields' of the JSON response.
Here's an example for one of Amazon's public APIs - it describes 'properties.'
Going back to our Facebook Graph API, it describes 'nodes.' Ask your dev team what is appropriate to call out, and what the correct terminology is for your product.
3. Show example GET requests and responses.
This is perhaps the most important component of good API documentation, and most developers (users of your documentation) will skim the doc until they find this section specifically. Most often, devs just want to want to see examples of GET requests.
Here in an example of Instagram's Public API, they show the GET request alongside the accompanying response.
It also has a simple description of the call and response - "Get a list of recent comments on a media object." Easy.
Also, this example involves Snoop Dogg which is amazing.
I really like this format as it's clean, clear, and simple.
4. Call out exceptions, offer workarounds
Call out any tricky edge cases or exceptions to the rule. This will save you time as users of your API will inevitably reach out to you with questions about these exceptions.
Here's an example from CNN's Search API documentation. They've included a section for 'General Usage Notes' where they call out the exception and then provide a workaround.
5. Compile an FAQ
If you own an API as part of your product, questions about how to use that API may come directly to you, the product manager. (This is the case in my current product role).
Document these questions, keep a running list, and add them to an FAQ section of your API documentation. Instead of answering each of these questions as they come in, point your users to the FAQ.
Also, by compiling this FAQ, it keeps you on your toes about what issues users of your API are having, which can help you with your ongoing effort to improve your API.
6. Spell out a complete use case
This is super helpful to point other product managers so they can visualize what your API can do. It doesn't need to be complex.
Here's an example from AccuWeather's API documentation.
7. Consult your engineering teams!
Please, dear god, please, get feedback from your technical folks who actually build this damn API.
Trust me, they will be already be extremely pleased that you're helping with the tedious task of API documentation. Ask them questions, show them drafts of the documentation, take feedback, iterate.
You may have to do this a few times before the documentation is solid. Don't worry about sounding idiotic. The more questions you ask, the less clueless you'll sound in the end.
These 7 steps are not comprehensive, but can serve as a starting point.
You may also have to include:
- Steps for how to set up a developer's environment
- Using a specific Library
- Specifics around Permissions
- Anything else that is relevant to your specific API
Here are some example API docs to help you see how they're organized.
Amazon's Developer Publishing API
Uber's Public API Documentation
Although API documentation is a tedious task, it is a very important part of your API's user experience.
If your documentation sucks, developers trying to use your API will get frustrated. So go get started on your awesome API documentation!


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Weekly Digest #104: Media Multitasking
We have talked about the pros and cons of cell phones in classrooms, the importance of attention for learning, and how the presence of a cell phone reduces cognitive capacity. This week's digest provides some additional resources for understanding how media multitasking affects attention and learning.
1) Media Multitasking by Leslie McClurg
Whether it's checking a text, responding to an email, or using social media - often when we think technology is improving our productivity it is actually derailing our productivity. This piece from NPR talks about how the brain handles media multitasking.
2) Single Tasking is the New Multitasking by The Atlantic
This short video describes one approach to getting rid of distractions and improving your ability to focus.
3) The True Cost of Multitasking by Susan Weinschenk
What we commonly refer to as multitasking is actually task switching. Here, Dr. Susan Weinschenk explains some of the costs of task switching and how we can reduce task switching.
4) Cell Phones in the Classroom by Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson discusses the different components of attention and explains some of the nuances in interpreting the results of experiments.
5) How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn by Annie Murphy Paul
This piece from MindShift covers recent research on media multitasking and offers advice for parents and students for how to approach homework.
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for a peek at a smidge of artwork, Five for the Dance. I perpetrated this drawing with Prismacolor Oil and Rexel Derwent Watercolour pencils and it has a ballet-esque flavor which you might find appealing especially if you love the dahnce.
And you may as well know that the Muse de Bad Poetry lighted upon my brow earlier today and caused a Stars Over Washington post with poem + instituting-the-draft info here:
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Hello and Welcome to Jude's Threshold!
Tonight I've signed up with WordPress for the first time–but I'm already blogging here and there like on Political Astrology at: http://www.starsoverwashington.com where you'll find opinion and starry-based comments on America, on Washington DC, and on the politicians who infest them…it's got a certain linky richness, and videos, too!
From the Astrology sites'n'blogs of my esteemed colleagues to Politics and articles of all sorts…check out my stellar Links List at Stars Over Washington.
Then you'll find cosmic and archetypal art to be viewed at: http://cosmicpersonadesigns.blogspot.com IF you're 17+, that is! (no cheating please–there's enough of that in Washington);
But everyone may view my latest Moon Art drawings at http://secretmoonart.blogspot.com or read Mr.A. Cat's rather ill-humored, politically inspired limericks plus view a few spiffy cat photos of merit if you slink on over to http://limslimericks.blogspot.com.
And if you like tropical fish — which must be appreciated while the oceans still have any, that is — check out http://dreamyfishart.blogspot.com where my drawings attempt to blend the reality of Saturnian form–botanically-drawn fish portraits–with Neptune's nebulous dreams, because fish dream, too. And because Neptune's realm is the sea, and because I'm fond of lovely fish who dream themselves into colorful and fanciful surroundings.
Also I have a new 'tapestry blog' woven of various themes containing articles, photos, artwork, news links, Astrology links, and more at Two Hours You'll Never Get Back, yet not to fret – checking it out won't hog up a full two hours unless you're a very s l o w reader.
Before I mosey there are a few words to say about this blog's title: Jude's Threshold.
Threshold is a word associated with the planet Saturn as 'Guardian of the Threshold' as it relates to what Astrology and other systems call The Call to Adventure.
Saturn is known by many names:
the taskmaster, the lesson-bringer, Old Man Saturn, the senex, Cronos or Kronos…and then there's no one's favorite: The Grim Reaper.
He guards the threshold of experience and the Next Step–the Choice at the Crossroads–and will never bring loss where it is not warranted and timely.
In fact, he often brings long-term rewards for long-term efforts — not the Jupiter kind of reward, because Jupiter's kind is winning the lottery, or the great job offer you get because your brother works for the company.
You know, it's the gift for little if any effort expended, always nice, but often short-lived. And this must be why lottery winnings seldom last past the first year or so, no matter how large the treasure…that's why people often say, easy come, easy go. Because it does.
Now a good example of a difficult Saturn transit (a word for when a planet 'visits' or reaches a point or another planet's zodiacal position) is when the Old Man conjuncts (crosses, or tromps upon) our natal (birth) Ascendant, the rising point in the chart which represents the person, the physical body, the self.
The Ascendant describes the mask (persona) which is: how we see the world and how the world sees us. Whew! Does that make sense or am I babbling? Okay, I'm babbling sense, if you'll but take it that way.
So when Saturn crosses/transits our Ascendant (ASC), he brings regret for past mistakes and an unavoidable accountability for them, along with extra responsibilities, fear, and perhaps paranoia as well. And yes, achy bones including teeths, and/or itchy conditions, for Saturn rules the skeletal system, the choppers, and the skin.
My prime example for this transit was during Hurricane Katrina's devastation when Saturn conjuncted George Bush's natal ASC…and we heard him utter, for the first time EVER, that he was 'accountable' for the sorry response to Americans dying in attics, stranded without food, water, or assistance (thanks to the 'reorganizing' of FEMA, brought to us by the Bush administration and its higher ups.)
Past mistakes? I'll say. Still ongoing, too, although New Orleans seems to be doing better of late – hurrah!
(For Bush, this transit also involves the misdirected energies expended on invading Iraq, but that's too much to encompass with this mere introductory post tonight.)
Well, Saturn/Katrina/Bush's ASC is a pretty harsh example, but Saturn can be harsh when his gravitas (another of Saturn's words, as is gravity!) is not respected and his lesson of responsibility is taken too lightly. For along with authority comes responsibility and I suspect the buck that once uprightly stopped at the Oval Office's desk was a Saturnian buck, don't you? Realistic Saturn prefers things on the up-and-up which is a real challenge for Washington, isn't it?
Recognizing Saturn's gifts isn't always easy…that would be one of Jupiter's favorite lofty and happy-go-lucky words…easy! But Saturn's serious note adds to life's symphony as no other energy can for where would an orchestra be without the tuba and the bass bassoon?


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Many cellular apps require a consumer to create an account or to join a service in an effort to use them. From a consumer's perspective, this may be considerably troublesome or annoying, and it's not all the time the perfect consumer expertise.
So how are you going to overcome this when constructing your app? To offer customers a seamless expertise, you may give them the power to sign up to your app with only a single faucet of a button, utilizing certainly one of their social networking accounts, e.g., Fb or Twitter.
On this tutorial, you'll discover ways to combine a consumer's Fb and Twitter accounts into your Android app to permit them to log in and in addition share posts out of your app into their social networking account.
- 1 Getting Began
- 2 Connecting With Fb
- 3 Sharing on Fb
- 4 Logging Out of Fb
- 5 Connecting With Twitter
- 6 Log in With Twitter
- 7 A Tweet for the Tweeps
- 8 Logging Out of Twitter
- 9 The place to Go From Right here?
Getting Began
Use the Obtain Supplies hyperlink on the prime or backside of this tutorial to obtain and extract the Starter Undertaking for this tutorial.
Subsequent, open Android Studio three.1.three or later, and select Open an present Android Studio venture from the welcome display or File > Open type the menu. Open the folder root folder of the Sharetastic starter challenge.
You'll be working on an app referred to as Sharetastic, which permits a consumer to share a standing replace to Fb or a tweet to Twitter.
Construct and run the venture and also you'll see the login display for the app:
As of now, the app does nothing. On this tutorial, you'll undergo it step-by-step and full the social community integration.
Connecting With Fb
To attach your app to Fb, you'll want an lively Fb account with which you'll create an app to get a Fb App ID.
Making a Fb App ID on Builders Portal & Setting Up
Go to the Fb Builders Portal (log in together with your Fb account if wanted).
On this web page, you'll see an choice to Add a New App. Click on the button and also you'll then have to create a Fb App ID should you haven't already:
Enter Sharetastic within the Show Identify subject and enter your e-mail handle within the Contact E mail area, then click on Create App ID. Fb will immediate you with a captcha dialog; full the request and click on Submit.
Fb will then direct you to a different web page:
Click on on Set Up on the Fb Login element. Then, from the brand new web page containing the platform choices, choose Android.
You'll then see the next web page with the steps to construct your Android undertaking:
At this level, you'll skip steps 1 and a couple of as a result of they've already been accomplished for you within the starter undertaking. Even so, it's good to know what they're:
Step 1 consists of downloading the Fb SDK, and Step 2 tells you easy methods to import it into the challenge. Right here, Gradle shall be used to sync the Fb SDK moderately than manually downloading the SDK, which you'll be able to see within the app module construct.gradle file:
implementation 'com.fb.android:facebook-login:[four,5)'
In Step three, you'll add your Package deal identify com.raywenderlich.sharetastic and default Exercise identify com.raywenderlich.sharetastic.MainActivity.
Click on on Save after which Proceed (you could have to additionally affirm that your app shouldn't be but within the Play Retailer).
For Step four, it's essential create a Improvement Key Hash and in addition a Launch Key Hash in case your app is reside. A key hash is a 28-character-long string, which Fb makes use of to confirm the communication between your app and Fb.
A key hash may be generated by typing the next command within the terminal:
For Mac and Linux:
keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore | openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64
For Home windows:
Issues will not be that straightforward right here. First, you want to have keytool from the JDK, Secondly, get the openssl library right here.
keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore "C:UsersUSERNAME.androiddebug.keystore" | "PATH_TO_OPENSSL_LIBRARYbinopenssl" sha1 -binary | "PATH_TO_OPENSSL_LIBRARYbinopenssl" base64
Lastly, after producing your Key Hash, paste it within the part offered within the fourth step.
Click on Save then Proceed.
For Step 5 on Single Signal On, for those who're working on a unique app that's utilizing notifications, you need need to set it to Sure, however, for now, depart it set to No and click on on Save, then Subsequent.
Now, for Step 6, open up strings.xml within the app/res/values folder, and paste the next after updating the placeholders with the values offered by Fb:
<string identify="facebook_app_id">Your-App-ID</string>
<string identify="fb_login_protocol_scheme">fbYour-App-ID</string>
Then, open AndroidManifest.xml and add the permission for accessing the Web:
<uses-permission android:identify="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
Moreover, beneath the appliance tag, paste the wanted Fb meta-data and actions:
<meta-data android:identify="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"
<exercise android:identify="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" />
<motion android:identify="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<class android:identify="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<class android:identify="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<knowledge android:scheme="@string/fb_login_protocol_scheme" />
Lastly, you're accomplished setting issues up from the Fb developer console! The remaining steps you'll have to login are dealt with within the subsequent part.
Now it's time transfer on to writing some code.
Log in With Fb
Open up the primary format file activity_main.xml and add a Fb login button under the TextView:
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent" app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.58″ />
In MainActivity, create the next constants on the prime of the category:
val EMAIL = "email"
val PUBLIC_PROFILE = "public_profile"
val USER_PERMISSION = "user_friends"
Contained in the empty technique facebookSetup(), add the next code:
callbackManager = CallbackManager.Manufacturing unit.create()
facebookLoginButton.setReadPermissions(Arrays.asList(EMAIL, PUBLIC_PROFILE, USER_PERMISSION))
facebookLoginButton.registerCallback(callbackManager, object : FacebookCallback<LoginResult>
override enjoyable onSuccess(loginResult: LoginResult)
override enjoyable onCancel()
override enjoyable onError(exception: FacebookException)
Toast.makeText(context,exception.localizedMessage, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).present()
This code first initializes the CallbackManager Fb property that was declared however uninitialized within the starter challenge. It then provides a click on listener for the Fb login button. Inside the press listener, it supplies the permissions wanted to learn the e-mail, public profile and buddies of the consumer. It additionally logs within the consumer by returning the AccessToken.
Then in onActivityResult(), cross the outcome onto the CallbackManager:
callbackManager.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, knowledge)
Within the onSuccess of the callback, you'll get the consumer's profile through the use of Fb's Graph API. You'll then ship the consumer to the Share display. First, we have to speak to the Graph API.
Consumer Profile from the Graph API
You'll now create a Kotlin object, whose sole function will probably be to include the helper strategies to hook up with the Graph API.
Create an object referred to as Helper in a brand new package deal com.raywenderlich.sharetastic.util.
As soon as created, write the tactic getFacebookUserProfileWithGraphApi() inside it:
object Helper
enjoyable getFacebookUserProfileWithGraphApi(context: Context)
if (AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken() != null)
val exercise = context as Exercise
val request = GraphRequest.newMeRequest(
) jsonObject, _ ->
val e-mail = jsonObject?.get("email")?.toString() ?: ""
val identify = jsonObject.get("name").toString()
val profileObjectImage = jsonObject?.getJSONObject("picture")?.getJSONObject("data")?.get("url").toString()
val parameters = Bundle()
parameters.putString("fields", "id,name,link,picture.type(large), email")
request.parameters = parameters
This technique makes use of a name to GraphRequest.newMeRequest() to fetch the userid, identify, image and e mail of the consumer who's presently logged in.
To maintain issues clear, create a package deal com.raywenderlich.sharetastic.mannequin and create a category within the package deal referred to as UserModel to include the consumer's knowledge after the Graph API returns the outcomes.
Your UserModel class would look one thing like this:
class UserModel(val identify: String, val userName: String, val profilePictureUrl: String, val socialNetwork: SocialNetwork) : Serializable
enum class SocialNetwork
Fb, Twitter
I've created the enum class SocialNetwork in the identical class; you can create a separate file for that if you want. The enum class is just for figuring out which social community account the consumer is presently logged in with.
Head again to Helper the place you'll now write the tactic that may assist in sending the consumer to the Share display.
enjoyable startShareActivity(context: Context, consumer: UserModel)
val exercise = context as Exercise
val intent = Intent(context, ShareActivity::class.java)
intent.putExtra("user", consumer)
This code takes the passed-in UserModel and sends it to the ShareActivity.
Return to the tactic getFacebookUserProfileWithGraphApi() and after the road:
val profileObjectImage = jsonObject?.getJSONObject("picture")?.getJSONObject("data")?.get("url").toString() ?: ""
add the next:
val consumer = UserModel(identify, e-mail, profileObjectImage, SocialNetwork.Fb)
startShareActivity(context, consumer)
These strains convert the consumer's information to a UserModel and cross it into the tactic startShareActivity().
After finishing that, return to MainActivity. Within the onSuccess inside facebookSetup(), write:
The consumer ought to solely be despatched to the Share display when the consumer has a legitimate AccessToken, and this could occur solely within the onSuccess block of code.
Moreover, you might want to arrange a couple of issues within the ShareActivity.
Create a UserModel property within the class:
lateinit var consumer: UserModel
And inside onCreate(), add:
consumer = intent.extras.get("user") as UserModel
This piece of code is getting the handed in UserModel from the Intent technique and passing the info to a brand new technique setData().
The setData() technique merely units up the info within the UI, and consists of conditionals that take barely totally different actions relying on whether or not the logged in community is Fb or Twitter.
enjoyable setData(consumer: UserModel)
nameTextView.textual content = consumer.identify
userNameTextView.textual content =
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter) "@$user.userName"
else consumer.userName
connectedWithTextView.textual content =
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter) "$connectedWithTextView.text Twitter"
else "$connectedWithTextView.text Facebook"
characterLimitTextView.visibility =
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter) View.VISIBLE
else View.GONE
postButton.textual content =
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter) "POST"
else "CREATE POST"
postEditText.visibility = View.GONE
Now, run your app then faucet on Proceed with Fb. You'll be requested to provide your app the permission to entry the knowledge. After this step, you'll be redirected to the next display:
You've efficiently logged in!
Sharing on Fb
It's time to maneuver on to posting a standing to Fb. For this, it's essential to change a couple of issues.
Fb lately modified its documentation and has eliminated the permission that was as soon as required for the utilizing the Graph API to share one thing on a consumer's timeline. The choice for that's now utilizing the Fb Share SDK.
Open the app construct.gradle file, and add the next dependency in it:
implementation 'com.fb.android:facebook-share:[four,5)'
Moreover, in your AndroiManifest.xml add the next line inside the software tag:
<supplier android:authorities="[email protected]/facebook_app_id"
Now, open the ShareActivity class and write the tactic for posting standing to Fb:
enjoyable postStatusToFacebook()
val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(this)
builder.setTitle("Share Link")
val enter = EditText([email protected])
val lp = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
enter.layoutParams = lp
builder.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.okay) dialog, p1 ->
val hyperlink = enter.textual content
var isValid = true
if (hyperlink.isBlank())
isValid = false
if (isValid)
val content material = ShareLinkContent.Builder()
ShareDialog.present(this, content material)
builder.setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel) dialog, p1 ->
This code will current an alert dialog to permit the consumer to enter a hyperlink to share, after which present the consumer the Fb share dialog. We're not doing any validation on the hyperlink aside from to examine that it's not clean; you'd need to do some validation to ensure it's a legitimate URL.
In later variations of the Fb Share SDK, together with the one you're utilizing in Sharetastic, you need to present some sort of content material to share. Your choices are hyperlinks, photographs, movies, and different multimedia. See the Fb Share SDK documentation for extra particulars.
Subsequent, within the postButtonAction() technique, contained in the setOnClickListener, add a name to the brand new perform:
Construct and run the app once more. You'll have to faucet logout on the Fb button and re-connect. In a manufacturing app, you'll need to saved the logged in state of the consumer in order that they don't should log in once more.
Click on on CREATE POST. Now, attempt posting one thing to Fb:
After urgent POST, go and verify the Fb app.
Hurray! Your standing is posted to Fb.
Logging Out of Fb
Logging out is just a one-line code, however, for logging out, you might want to carry out two further duties. You'll now write a way in your ShareActivity that'll do these duties:
enjoyable sendToMainActivity()
val intent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java)
Going over the above: the primary line of code permits a consumer to sign off of Fb. The remainder of the strains end the present exercise and take a consumer to MainActivity. Lastly, name this technique contained in the onOptionsItemSelected like this:
R.id.action_logout ->
return true
When you faucet the Logout button on top-right of the Share display, you'll be logged out from the app and brought to the House display.
Now, let's join the app with Twitter.
Connecting With Twitter
Like Fb, you want a working Twitter account with a view to combine Twitter into your app, Twitter supplies a Shopper Key and Shopper Secret for communication.
Making a Twitter App on Developer Portal
Login to Twitter in a browser and head to Twitter's Software Administration Portal and click on on Create New App.
Full the required fields with the suitable info (you'll want to make use of a singular identify like Sharetastic + your initials, and also you additionally should present a Privateness Coverage URL and Phrases of Service URL with a view to comply with alongside, however these may be placeholders like instance.com) then click on Create your Twitter software.
You'll be taken to the next web page:
Copy the Shopper Key and Shopper Secret from the Keys and Entry Tokens tab and paste them into the strings.xml with the names Twitter_CONSUMER_KEY and Twitter_CONSUMER_SECRET, respectively.
Then click on on the Permissions tab.
If you wish to get consumer's e-mail on the time of login, you need to verify the choice that claims Request e mail addresses from customers then click on on Replace Settings.
Setting Up
After ending the creation of the app on the Twitter developer portal, you'll now transfer on and add the Twitter Package dependency.
Including Twitter Package Dependency
Word: This step might be skipped as a result of it's already carried out within the Starter Venture
There are numerous dependencies offered by Twitter like Twitter Core, Tweet UI, Tweet Composer, and Twitter Mopub. For now, stick to Twitter Core as a result of that's the one dependency you want for this tutorial.
implementation 'com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter-core:three.1.1'
Paste the above dependency within the app construct.gradle file and let the challenge sync.
Initializing Twitter Package
Create a CustomApplication class extending from Software beneath a brand new package deal root. Override the onCreate() of the Software class as follows:
class CustomApplication : Software()
override enjoyable onCreate()
val config = TwitterConfig.Builder(this)
Then open AndroidManifest.xml and contained in the tag software, paste the next snippet.
You're finished establishing now and are able to dive into writing some Twitter code!
Log in With Twitter
Add a Twitter login button to activity_main.xml:
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.1″ />
Open MainActivity and contained in the twitterSetup() technique, add the next:
twitterLoginButton.callback = object : Callback<TwitterSession>()
override enjoyable success(end result: Outcome<TwitterSession>)
override enjoyable failure(exception: TwitterException)
Toast.makeText(context,exception.localizedMessage, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).present()
And within the onActivityResult() technique, add the next line:
twitterLoginButton.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, knowledge)
Like the tactic you wrote that fetches the consumer information after Fb's login is full, you'll want to write an identical technique for Twitter that will get the consumer's information at login.
Open the Helper file and write the next technique:
enjoyable getTwitterUserProfileWthTwitterCoreApi(
context: Context, session: TwitterSession)
.verifyCredentials(true, true, false)
.enqueue(object : Callback<Consumer>()
override enjoyable success(outcome: Outcome<Consumer>)
val identify = outcome.knowledge.identify
val userName = end result.knowledge.screenName
val profileImageUrl = end result.knowledge.profileImageUrl.exchange("_normal", "")
val consumer = UserModel(identify, userName, profileImageUrl, SocialNetwork.Twitter)
startShareActivity(context, consumer)
override enjoyable failure(exception: TwitterException)
Toast.makeText(context, exception.localizedMessage, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).present()
You're utilizing TwitterCore to authenticate the consumer after which going to the share display on a profitable authentication.
Subsequent, open MainActivity and within the success a part of the twitterLoginButton callback, add:
Helper.getTwitterUserProfileWthTwitterCoreApi(context, outcome.knowledge)
Now, construct and run your venture and faucet on Log in with Twitter. You'll must be operating Sharetastic on a tool or emulator that has the Twitter app put in and through which you're logged in.
You'll be proven a display to simply accept connecting your Twitter account to Sharetastic, and after you permit it, you'll efficiently log in and be taken to the Share display.
A Tweet for the Tweeps
Earlier than posting a tweet, make the app slightly extra interactive by putting the Twitter's character restrict — i.e., 240 — and alter the TextView rely positioned on the highest proper with respect to the variety of characters written within the posting TextView.
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enjoyable onTextChangeListener()
postEditText.addTextChangedListener(object : TextWatcher
override enjoyable afterTextChanged(s: Editable)
characterLimitTextView.textual content = "$s.length/240″
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rely: Int, after: Int)
override enjoyable onTextChanged(s: CharSequence, begin: Int,
earlier than: Int, rely: Int)
This code is dealing with the character rely change logic at runtime.
Moreover, change the setData() technique of ShareActivity by changing the road that units the postEditText to be GONE with the next code:
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter)
postEditText.filters = arrayOf<InputFilter>(InputFilter.LengthFilter(240))
postEditText.visibility = View.GONE
Right here, a personality restrict is utilized on the TextView to cease a consumer from writing greater than 240 characters.
Now, transfer on to posting a tweet. For that, you'll write one other technique:
enjoyable postATweet(message: String)
val statusesService = TwitterCore.getInstance().apiClient.statusesService
val context = this
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.enqueue(object : Callback<Tweet>()
override enjoyable success(outcome: Outcome<Tweet>)
override enjoyable failure(exception: TwitterException)
Lastly, you have to tweak the postButtonAction() technique just a little bit:
enjoyable postButtonAction()
postButton.setOnClickListener view ->
if (postEditText.textual content.toString().isBlank() && consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Twitter)
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.cannot_be_empty, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).present()
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postATweet(postEditText.textual content.toString())
Now the time has come during which you publish your first tweet!
Construct and run the app once more. Like earlier than, because you're not saving the authenticated state of the consumer, you'll have to login to Twitter once more.
After logging in write, say, Hiya Twitter from Sharetastic!
Then faucet on POST and open the Twitter app.
You possibly can lastly see your tweet.
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Like Fb, logging out is fairly easy. All it's a must to do is change the tactic sendToMainActivity() in ShareActivity to the next:
if (consumer.socialNetwork == SocialNetwork.Fb)
val intent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java)
The one change right here is that the Twitter session is being cleared.
When you run the app once more, you'll have the ability to sign off from Twitter as properly. :]
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The MN Twins Caravan stopped by Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School Tuesday morning where high fives, hugs and laughter filled the gymnasium! Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, Twins legend Tony Oliva, current players Trevor Plouffe and Jordan Schafer; radio broadcaster Cory Provus and TC Bear brought smiles to K-12 students, staff and community members during their 50-minute stop.
Lots of students received warm hugs from the players when they asked questions as well as enjoyed having their photo taken with the players. The Twins Caravan shared many positive messages about how students should listen to their teachers, do their homework and work hard in all that they do throughout their years in school and in life.
TC Bear and Wooly the Wolverine delighted students with their fun antics, which included a push-up contest refereed by Plouffe and a batting contest with Schafer pitching!
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MAR DEL PLATA: Driving to create exhibition outlets for Latin American movies over Latin America – plus A complement of often European arthouse and U.S. indie fare – Argentina's INCAA Film Institute is planning a 45-screen network of cinemas specializing in Latin American movies and spread over all South America.
Called the Red de Salas Cinematográfica (Cinema Screens Network), the initiative, created by Argentina's Nation Entity for Regional Programming is labeled the Salas de Cine de Latin America (Latin American Cinema Screens),
It sees INCAA covering the costs of digital conversion of the screens, where necessary, said Ariel Direse, INCAA general coordinator, digitalization and new audiovisual technologies, at a Mar del Plata industry presentation.
Screens selected will be coordinated with other state film agencies in Latin America. Based out of Argentina, a Programming Entity will help select movies to screen in the cinema. A marketing team will provide backup, Direse added.
SALAS kicks in from January 2016. First-phase will begin in Argentina with 10 screens, per Direse, then INCAA will roll out over South America. Using the Network will allow films to allow some films to bow on a 100-screen print spread, he added. Scheme is backed by the state film agencies across the region.
"The aim is to take Latin America film exhibition to another level," Direse said. Films will be programmed by satellite.
INCAA joined forces with other Latin American film authorities in South America's Mercosur – Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay – to create a non-commercial 30-location network of alternative screens, the Red de Salas Digitales (RSD), which opened in October. Run by producer Fernando Epstein, RSD screens culturally skewed movies, with the long-term aim of creating a larger audiences for movies made in the region.


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I am very interested to know about other faiths. Particularly, I would like to know how your church came to be. Who was the founder (other than Jesus Christ)? Why did they feel it necessary to start a "new" church? I ask these questions because Mormons are very aware of their history, who started it and his reasons, but when I ask my Christian friends these same questions they just flat out don't know. Perhaps it is because their church has a much longer history than that of the LDS Church. I don't really know why people don't find it important to know the roots of their church's past, maybe you could comment on that as well. This doesn't have to be limited to Christian religions, please share if you are Muslim, Buddhist, etc.
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Jay, let me just say that you are truly a wonderful and blessed soul! I know I am posting on an old post but it is the one that I felt to be the most appropriate. I thank you for creating this blog as it has been amazing to read through your touching journey. I found it online today and read the entire thing in one sitting. First let me respond to this post and then I will get on to some other thoughts.
I am a member of the Baha'i Faith, a world religion which seeks to unite all the peoples and races of the world as one human family. We believe in the sanctity of the Bible and revere Jesus Christ as the Son of God. We believe that God has made an eternal Covenant with the people that he will never leave us alone for too long and will guide us by sending his Messengers from Heaven when humanity is in the most need. We consider Abraham, Moses and Jesus, as well as Zoroaster, Krishna, and Muhammad, to have been the Manifestations of God on this Earth in previous Dispensations. Each one had a unique station, and Jesus was the Son of God who taught the concept of Salvation through Faith and Repentance, combined with His Atonement. We believe that the most recent Manifestation of God is Baha'u'llah, a man from Iran, who lived from 1817-1892. We believe that He, along with his John the Baptist-like Forerunner, the Bab, fulfill the prohecies of all religions by first appearing in 1844, coming to dwell on Mount Carmel, originating from between the Tigris and Euphrates, etc.
The Bab, who had been part of a charismatic movement within Islam at the time, received his revelation and declared his mission in 1844, he gained many followers during his short ministry and they were fiercely persecuted, many thousands were martyred, along with the Bab himself, in 1850. The purpose of the Bab's coming was to "prepare the way of the Lord" so that the Son could return in the Glory of the Father as was prophesied in the Bible.
The Babis (followers of the Bab) kept believing and waiting and working towards the future. There were some who came forward with claims to be the Promised One, but their corruption and greed was quickly exposed.
One Babi came to be especially revered among the Believers. He had been a wealthy child who turned down a position in the court of the King to help the sick and the opressed. He eventually was given the title "Baha'u'llah" or Glory of God by God in a revelation given to him while he was imprisoned for being a Babi. In 1863 he told a select few that he had received this revelation, and 3 years later publicly declared it. Throughout his life he was exiled from Tehran to Baghdad to Constantinople to Adrianople and finally to Akka, Israel because everywhere he went he gained new followers and this frightened the ruling clergy. He spent his last days under house arrest in Israel, across the bay from Mt. Carmel.
Now that I've taken care of that, I have other things to discuss with you. My husband and I consider ourselves students of religion. I am fascinated by religion, particularly Christianity and Mormonism, and my husband has a degree in Religious Studies from the University of Wisconsin with specialties in Islam and Buddhism. Independent Investigation of Truth is in fact one of the key principles of the Baha'i Faith, we are encouraged to find truth for ourselves and learn about other faiths. I have long wanted to learn more about the LDS church, and have gotten tidbits from people I knew and on the internet, and then two missionaries knocked on my door.
The missionaries are two wonderful girls that have been visiting me for around 3 months now. I have been reading the Book of Mormon and am currently halfway through Alma. The missionaries have given me a "quad pack" so I can investigate further. We had treated the discussions as times of sharing and learning. I have learned a lot and asked many questions, about the Book of Mormon and LDS Doctrine, and have not received answers I have been satisfied with. I always ask in the most respectful manner possible and wish no harm or disrespect upon these beautiful souls. I am a very scientifically minded individual, so the questions always come back to proof. I ask the missionaries where the proof of the Book of Mormon is and where is this church discussed in the Bible and how can the priesthood ban be justified and where is the DNA evidence, and I get one of two answers: We don't know, God is just too much for us to understand, we have to accept it because it's revelation; or pray and you'll know it's true.
I struggle with this concept of prayer being the only proof. I believe very strongly that science and religion must agree or one is in the wrong. I have also read the prophecies from the Bible, the Quran and other Holy Books, and see that all or them were fulfilled by Baha'u'llah. Nowhere have I seen a prophecy that a man would come and dig up plates from a previously unheard of civilization in the Americas that were Christians and restore the priesthood before the return of Christ. If there is such a thing I would truly be interested, but the missionaries have told me that no such thing exists. I also do not believe that a religion that is the True Church would have been allowed by God to keep an entire race of God's Children from the priesthood for so long and in modern times, no less, especially when science tells me that Jesus Christ and everyone in the Bible would have had dark skin and would have looked like an Arab or would have been black. This last point is honestly one of the things that breaks my heart about a church that is full of such beautiful souls.
Just this week one of the missionaries told me that I know the Book of Mormon better than she does now and begged me to pray to know that it is true. I told her I would. I am honest and have kept my promise. I have asked God all my questions. I do believe that through psychology one who prays can convince themselves of anything, so I keep my questions open ended so that God can give me His answer. What keeps coming back to me is that there must be more proof than prayer, and I keep getting waves of light that say "Baha'u'llah." I feel like this is my answer.
I am sorry for leaving such a long first post, but I was just so full of thoughts after reading your blog I had to. I am wondering what your thoughts are on prayer being enough proof and things like that. Also, I am open to any questions about the Baha'i Faith. We do go door to door on occasion and I'm sure there are Baha'is in your area who would be happy to have an open-minded discussion with you. God is Most Glorious. Peace.
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Equality arises from rights, representation and respect. It can manifest only after the community as a whole, or at least as a majority, communicates on every level its complete, steadfast commitment to women. Each year, we ennoble love on Valentine's Day, defend the humanity of our African American brothers and sisters on the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and recommit to protecting the environment on Earth Day, but society mustn't nod to these noble causes only on the designated holiday. Just as we should celebrate life beyond our birthdays (unsurprisingly, at YUI+Company, we are firm believers in celebrating birthmonths), we must live each day lifting up the values these milestones mark. To us, every day is and must be International Women's Day.
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Chavez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.
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Janice Burgess
Janice Burgess (born 1954) is the former key person[ambiguous] of Nick Jr.. She is the creator and executive producer of The Backyardigans, a CGI-animated series on Nick Jr. running from 2004 to 2010 about five high-spirited friends and their imaginative, musical journeys.
Burgess was the project manager for Ghostwriter at Children's Television Workshop. In that position, she co-ordinated the efforts of the magazine, outreach and teacher materials with the content and goals of the television show.
She joined Nickelodeon in 1995 as an executive-in-charge of production at Nick Jr. and later became vice president. In this capacity, she oversaw the production of Peabody and Nobel Peace Prize Award-winning Nick Jr. shows including Blue's Clues, Little Bill and Whoopi's Littleburg. She was also co-executive producer of Little Bill.
Burgess grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from The Ellis School in 1974.[1]
- ^ Owen, Rob. "Q&A with Janice Burgess", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 8, 2006. Accessed January 18, 2008. "Landing Keys was a treat for series creator Janice Burgess, a Squirrel Hill native and a 1974 graduate of The Ellis School."
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