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McWhorter Society Luncheon Honors Healthcare Luminaries
By CINDY SANDERS
Gov. Winfield Dunn addresses attendees at the McWhorter Society Luncheon where he was honored for a lifetime of service. Photos courtesy of Belmont University
Dunn Recognized, Hall of Famers Announced
During the 2018 McWhorter Society Luncheon held at Belmont University last month, The Honorable Winfield C. Dunn was presented with the Distinguished Service Award, and the seven inductees into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Class of 2018 were announced.
McWhorter Society Chair Bill Gracey and Past Chair Harry Jacobson, MD, presented Gov. Dunn with the high honor for his lifetime of service and significant contributions to the health and healthcare-related academic programs at Belmont University, in addition to his work to improve the health of Tennesseans through his public service and advocacy.
The nonagenarian, who earned his dental degree from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in 1955, also spent several years working as an executive with Hospital Corporation of America and later with Memphis-based MedShares. He and his wife, Betty, have been previously honored for their hands-on work with the Nashville Heart Association, and the Dunns have also worked tirelessly for the Nashville chapter of the American Cancer Society. Dunn has served on a number of healthcare boards including Phycor, Total eMed, and Behavioral Healthcare Corporation. He is the sixth individual to receive the McWhorter Society Distinguished Service Award.
The event was also highlighted by the announcement of the 2018 Inductee Class for the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame, which was established in 2015 to recognize healthcare luminaries with ties to the state. Craig Becker, president and CEO of the Tennessee Hospital Association and a member of the Hall of Fame selection committee, announced the newest honorees:
Monroe Carell, Jr.: The former CEO of Nashville-based Central Parking Corporation and prominent philanthropist led efforts to fund the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Carol Etherington, MSN, RN, FAAN: The chair of the Metro Nashville Board of Health is well known for her work advocating on behalf of those in need including initiating the Victim Intervention for the Davidson County Police Department, establishing coalitions that led to the founding of the Nashville Prevention Partnership, volunteering medical services across the globe and serving as associate professor emerita of Nursing at Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health.
John Henry Hale, MD, & Millie Hale, RN: The brave and innovative practitioners paved the way for healthcare justice and equality by opening their home to become the Millie E. Hale Hospital when African Americans couldn't be treated at 'white' institutions. The dynamic duo also created a holistic community center. In addition, Dr. Hale was professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery at Meharry, and Millie Hale created a training center for nurses across the South.
Lynn Massingale, MD: The founder and chairman of TeamHealth, one of the largest integrated care providers in the country, is widely hailed as a major influencer on emergency medicine nationwide. He has been previously recognized as a 'Hero of Emergency Medicine' by the American College of Emergency Physicians and as one of the Modern Healthcare's "Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare."
William Schaffner, MD: The professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is one of the nation's pioneers of rigorous infection control in hospitals. His Nashville standard became the standard of excellence nationwide. He is widely seen as a national leader on adult immunizations and is the longest serving member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Matthew Walker, Sr., MD, FACS: Founder of the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, which is celebrating its golden anniversary in 2018, Walker was one of the first African Americans voted into the Nashville Academy of Medicine and became the first African American Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Serving as a professor at Meharry for four decades, he was credited with training half of the African American physicians in the United States at the time of his death.
The induction ceremony for this latest class of luminaries is set for Oct. 16 at Belmont University.
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USAID works with the Government of Pakistan and development partners in Maternal and Child Health and Health Systems Strengthening.
In Pakistan, USAID is committed to saving the lives of women and children, strengthening families and communities, and developing a healthier workforce. USAID is improving the quality of health services, expanding community-based outreach and prevention, and applying evidence-based interventions. These approaches align with USAID's goal to end preventable child and maternal deaths, the Government of Pakistan's Vision 2025, and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Pakistan ranks second globally in newborn death rates, with 245,000 newborns dying each year, according to UNICEF estimates. With USAID's support, the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination took steps to reduce the number of preventable deaths by promoting the use of chlorhexidine across the country. In Pakistan, this intervention is expected to prevent approximately 140,000 newborn deaths every year according to a 2012 Lancet study.
Over the last seven years, USAID has:
Provided over 9.8 million women and children with quality maternal, child, and reproductive health care services.
Trained more than 52,500 people on new health care interventions for women and children.
Supported governments in Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in their efforts to meet the family planning needs of their citizens.
USAID's maternal and child health program strengthens the ability of Pakistan's public and private sectors to deliver high-impact, evidence-based health care. USAID provides technical assistance to government partners to improve the quality of services, enhance supervision, and address critical governance issues.
USAID also works with the Government of Pakistan to strengthen supply chains to ensure that family planning products and vaccines reach beneficiaries. USAID also supports community outreach and marketing campaigns to promote healthy habits.
HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
USAID financed the construction of the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) hospital, completed in 2014. JIMS provides modern healthcare and lifesaving services to people from the city of Jacobabad and surrounding districts of Sindh and Balochistan. The facility has an in-patient department, a well-equipped outpatient department, an emergency room, and surgical facilities.
USAID also funded the construction of a obstetric/gynecological ward and training facility at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) in Karachi. Completed in 2012, this ward offers outpatient care for obstetric and gynecological clients, comprehensive emergency obstetrical services, normal deliveries, episiotomies, caesarian sections, and fistula repair. Additionally, USAID funded the construction of another maternity ward, which opened in 2016. It replaced the 80-year-old maternity facility at JPMC.
USAID is equipping government and private sector institutions at the national and provincial level with the skills and protocols they need to deliver high-quality, cost-effective health interventions. USAID efforts have supported the provincial governments in Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to improve their budgeting capabilities, allowing them to set aside dedicated funding for the provision of health care services.
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By George GilderPosted February 11, 2020
A Lunar Pinnacle for the Ages
Did you catch this Daily Prophecy regarding John Schroeter's futuristic book, After Shock? It's a recommended reading of mine.
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With the declamatory publication of After Shock, the polymathic editor of George Gilder's Moonshots and multi-patented tech virtuoso John Schroeter has now landed like an astronaut on his personal moon.
Inspired by the 50th Anniversary of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock, Schroeter's After Shock is a luminous report from his lunar pinnacle. It is a high-voltage tight-wire walk along wild windy cliffs of futurism.
It's also an entrepreneurial feat and literary feast that you cannot miss if you want to keep your footing on the tightropes of investing amid the whiplashing events of the 2020s.
An exquisitely designed chrestomathy of the most interesting and original current writing on the future, the book combines scintillating contributions from John himself and a constellation of more than a hundred other futurists, from Carver Mead and Ray Kurzweil to Po Bronson and Vikram Mansharamani.
Unlike many such compendia, it contains entrepreneurs such as Moonshot venture financier Naveen Jain, the adman prophet Rohit Bhargava, PC pioneer Michael Tomczyk of Commodore fame and Bill Davidow, a prime mover across many canonical companies in Silicon Valley, from HP to Intel.
A Guidebook for Navigating a Changing Tech Climate
Davidow declares that we are undergoing a social phase change, where all the rules are transformed by new "equivalences."
Intelligence equivalence, for example, means "smart devices substitute for people."
Spatial equivalence means "large portions of peoples' lives move into virtual space."
Davidow warns:
"Phase changes have side effects. Water flows through pipes but ice not only breaks pipes, it sinks ships. The key to benefiting from the miracles of phase change is discovering new rules, developing new tools, and freeing ourselves from intuitive reactions based on past reactions."
Or as Kurzweil points out, "Technology has always been a double-edged sword. Fire kept us warm, cooked our food, and burned down our houses."
This is a guidebook to navigating the phase changes of the present and impending future. It also offers a multitude of answers befitting the imponderables of its subject.
It presents the pungent views of epochal inventor Alan Kay, who did it all at Xerox PARC and now seems sadly seduced by what many scientists (and I) would regard as climate change quackery. It even brings in politicians, such as Toffler pal former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Also on board for the ride in After Shock are my high-science venture investing colleague Steve Waite and myself.
Steve cites Toffler's important point that "in a world of accelerated change… time horizons must be extended… yet investor time horizons today seem to be shrinking not expanding." Why is this? I suggest a muddle of governmentally manipulated money is confusing investors and entrepreneurs.
As Matt Ridley wrote in The Evolution of Everything: "It is vital that the government's monopoly on the creation of money be broken."
The incandescence of After Shock demands many daily prophecies, but I will start with the back-jacket, emblazoning my old friend and debating partner Ray Kurzweil's views on "living in a future where non-biological intelligence grows indefinitely against fixed human intelligence."
Artificial vs. Biological Intelligence
In the AI field for 55 years, Kurzweil began at age 14 with MIT's Marvin Minsky and followed up visiting with Frank Rosenblatt, the inventor of the "Perceptron," the first artificial neural net.
Like many figures in his field, Kurzweil has come to believe that artificial neurons are better than real ones, that silicon "intelligence" is better than carbon brains, and that a "singularity" is near in which computational general intelligence will reign in the universe. We will become dependent on AI prostheses in our minds and nervous systems.
I believe that Kurzweil is making a fundamental mistake of categories.
I have been studying the science of connectomes. Started by Olaf Sporns and his team at Indiana University and popularized in the definitive Connectome by neuroscientist Sebastian Seung of MIT, connectomes originated in brain science. But computer and communications engineers will find this model familiar since it repeats in biology the connectivity schematics for both computers and networks of all sizes.
In simple terms, a connectome is a detailed map of all the connections in a system.
What I found is that to map the connectome of a single human brain requires a zettabyte or so (10 to the 21 bytes). Similarly, you can map the entire internet with a few zettabytes. But the brain functions on 12 to 14 watts of power, while the internet consumes gigawatts.
After Shock climaxes with a series of fascinating master classes from the eponymous John M. Smart and his cohorts. He believes that for insights into the future "we should look inward, not outward." Look to mind, not matter. Look forward to a "destiny of density and dematerialization."
As Smart writes, "Each human connectome is the most advanced computational nanotech (physical inner space) and infotech (virtual inner space) that presently exists on Earth." Smart doesn't say it, but I conclude that human technology will prevail only when it amplifies this real intelligence.
The effort to create computer minds that displace humans is both futile and perverse. Grab that wire of singularity and you will be shocked into submission. Your company will eventually fail.
That was Peter Thiel's conclusion in his masterpiece Zero to One. He is not in After Shock, but his exposition of the limits of computation provides a useful corrective to some of the assumptions of AI.
After Shock presents an alternative to existing computers. From the queasy quagmires of quantum computing weaves in IBM Fellow and VP Jay Gambetta, the creator of Qiskit, who has some 90 publications in the field and over 10 thousand citations.
While ordinary Turing machines can compute "n" states with "n" bits, quantum computers replace the binary bit with the essentially infinite "qubit."
"With a quantum computer of N qubits, one can now explore an internal quantum space of N^2… Once we are able to simulate molecules with absolute fidelity, we no longer have to make guesses or assumptions about how they will behave…" We'll be able to model matter at will and invent new materials to spec. "Quantum computers are still in the early stages of development and far from totaling 100 ideal qubits."
Outside the pages of After Shock, Gambetta dismissed Google's recent shocking claims of "quantum supremacy." But Trump Administration Chief Technology Officer Mike Kratsios believes it signifies a critical edge against China. I say quantum computing is just another form of analog computation. It relegates the burden to input-output.
But back to the future.
The Prime Challenge of Technology
In After Shock, David Brin writes: "The greatest trick of enlightenment… has… been the deliberate dispersal of power into units small enough that they might compete and hold each other accountable, while preventing any cabal of cheaters to gain obligate power."
Apart from this almost exact evocation of blockchains, which is a futuristic technology somehow unknown to the futurists here, Brin is expounding the real rules of a prosperous and humane future. The more a technology empowers human minds the more important it is.
Human minds are not aggregated in clouds or concentrated in data centers. They are dispersed around the globe.
Contrary to Kurzweil, they are not fixed in capability. They are the source of all the capabilities of machines.
Enabling them is the prime challenge of technology and the prime rule of successful investment.
George Gilder
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We have a treat for readers today — an excerpt from one of the books which is part of the Nerdist Space Opera Contest being hosted by InkShares, where you get to pick the next great space opera.
The door slides open mid-threat. The tempest has abated, leaving a waterlogged figure collapsed in the corner. It seems to be all knees and elbows, though not nearly as many as Shenya. The heavy clothing is disheveled. The boots are unfastened, the sleeves pulled down over the hands, and the collar is as high as it will go. The girl glares at her adopted mother through tears and a tangled mass of hair. "Just so you know," she says, "I hate everything right now. Especially them," she adds through a clenched jaw.
Shenya enters her daughter's room, suspended in a web of limbs she synthesized just this morning. Her appendages set to work as she drifts toward the figure in the corner. Two begin folding clothes they find on the floor. Another, spotting disorder, heads to the shelf above the bed and straightens a slumping nearly-human doll. It was made at her daughter's request years ago–because "mommy has four arms sometimes"–but has lately been banished from the bed. Two arms make the bed itself. Shenya still hasn't gotten used to the somber black of the sheets; their former cartoon inhabitants were deported at the same time as the doll.
Shenya notes with affection the noble attempt her daughter's fingers are making to display simultaneous Widow expressions of pride and anger. With only four limbs and two of those spoken for, her body is not built for showing Widow emotions. Instead, like the examples in the few historical holos that Shenya has been able to find on the network, her daughter tends to communicate emotions through the front of her head. Her face, it is called. Someday, her mother believes, that face will be a fearsome thing indeed. Lost in reflection, Shenya realizes her daughter is waiting for input. "Who are we talking about, littlest?" she prompts in her gentlest voice.
"The kids!" says Sarya, spreading her hands in the direction of her door and all that lies beyond it. "They talk crap about me all the time and I don't even know when it happens because you know why? Yeah, because I'm not networked. All I have is my stupid holo unit that doesn't even tell me half the things they say. Although, you can't even see half the virtual stuff around the station without a good unit so it's not like I would know what they were talking about anyway. You know most of the shops don't even have real signs? You probably wouldn't know that because you can see all the virtual signs. Guess who can't. Yeah. Also, I always have this big glowing thing in front of my face that everybody can see, so that's great too. I hate it too, by the way. So yeah, I hate everything." She slides into the net of her mother's dark limbs with a bone-weary sigh.
It was in fact the title of an educational holo, one of the several that Shenya had been scouring for ideas on how to reach her disabled child. Its subtitle was Communicating With the Non-Networked Individual and it focused on methods of physical communication. The first chapter, "Symbolic to Standard," was an attempt to convince the viewer that Standard as a language is only deficient when compared to the mental elegance of Symbolic. Really, as the narrator pointed out, if one is forced to communicate via sound waves one can't ask for a better method than Standard.
"I don't care about privacy, Mother," sighs Sarya in a world-weary voice. "Neither does anybody else. I just want to talk to people and see stuff without that stupid thing." She kicks in the general direction of the offending device, a clunky torso-mounted model that is peeking from under the bed. An unoccupied limb, unable to bear any sign of disarray, departs the wilted figure of the girl to scoop it up by a strap and deposit it on the shelf next to the doll. Another lifts the girl's chin, the dark blade soft and flexible.
The tears haven't disappeared, but Sarya has brightened. "How will you– Will you get a unit like mine?" she asks.
Sarya stops playing with the device and leaps at her mother, who catches her in a tangle of limbs. These shows of affection are getting more and more rare, so Shenya is thankful when they come. "These are the good kind of tears, correct?" she asks, stroking the girl's back.
The little girl lay curled up in bed, the covers pulled up halfway over her head. In the dim orange glow of the nightlight on the other side of the room, her pillow snuggled her and mewled until she stroked it. "I love you, Mickey," she told it. It hummed softly but gave no answer. She sighed and flipped it over. She looked across the room at the nightlight. "Uncle?" she asked the darkness.
"I'm not tired yet." She stifled a yawn.
"I would never!" said Uncle in mock indignation.
She turned onto her back and pulled the covers down under her armpits. "Tell me a story!" she demanded.
The soft clinking resumed as the rough tip of a tentacle began stroking her hair. "Your mother doesn't like it when you stay up late," he said.
She crossed her arms and said nothing.
"Sarya!" the little girl nearly shouted, startling her pillow.
"Who else lived there?" asked the little girl.
She pulled the blanket up a bit further and nodded.
"Let me tell this part!" the girl shouted.
"What was the friend's name?" asked the little girl, emerging from her blanketed cocoon.
"What do you think it was?" asked Uncle.
"Who is it?" shouted the little girl.
"It's Sarya!" said the little girl, and then shrank into the covers.
The orange light began withdrawing, as the metal tentacles released their hold on the bed. "The end," said Uncle.
"Uncle?" said the little girl.
"I love you," said the little girl.
"Are you going to leave?" asked the little girl.
And the little girl slept. But in the morning, Uncle was gone.


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In August I started sharing a "Social Media Tip of the Week" on my Instagram feed, and the one I'm sharing today inspired me to write this post.
1. Know what your brand identity/story is and how you want to represent it.
Know your WHY- as Simon Sinek puts it. What unique value (i.e. knowledge and expertise) can you provide? The answer to these questions will help you to determine what types of content to share/post on social media.
Who they are? What is their demographic profile? How can you reach them? What social media platforms are they on and what times of day are they most likely to be on an most engaged? What do they want or need (i.e. what appeals to them)?
See what they are doing and if you can identify what they are doing that IS working and why it works. What lessons can you learn about what TO DO and NOT DO from your competitors? Who are their customers/clients/fans? Is there some unmet need that you can offer to them?
4. Make sure that your social media strategy supports your business goals.
What you are doing on social media should somehow contribute to your business goals. But be realistic about what you expect your social media activity to yield. Examine whether or not your social media posts have a strong call to action. You may also want to track the behaviour of visitors who have clicked on your links via social media.
5. Have a way to monitor and measure your social media marketing efforts.
Decide which social metrics you want to measure. Beware of focusing on vanity metrics. Select a specific reporting period and measure results before and after. Over longer periods of time you can monitor your results, by looking for spikes or dips and/or comparing your social metrics with your competitors'.
With social media things are continually changing. Each platform is constantly being updated with new features and who knows what the future may bring. Which platforms will survive or fail? What new platform will emerge to upset the status quo?
In order to take advantage of new developments, you must keep up by periodically re-evaluating your social media strategy. Take time to seek feedback from your most loyal client/customers/fans. But also before even doing that notice what your followers are reacting to and telling you on social media. And finally, don't be afraid of trying and testing out new things.


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Susana Riestra Dosamantes-Rul (Guadalajara, 9 de janeiro de 1948 – Miami, 2 de julho de 2022) foi uma atriz mexicana. Trabalhou em cerca de 50 filmes e séries de televisão. Foi casada com o Enrique Rubio, o pai de sua filha a cantora Paulina Rubio e de seu filho Enrique Rubio.

Seu grande número de atuações em filmes e telenovelas em mais de 50 anos de atuação a tornou uma das atrizes mais notáveis do México, e sua atuação na telenovela "Morir para vivir" a rendeu o prêmio de melhor antagonista nos prêmios TV y Novelas do México, em 1990.

Biografia
Susana, artisticamente é conhecida como Susana Dosamantes, ela estreou no cinema em 1968 com o filme "Romolino de pasiones". Em seguida, ela trabalhou na televisão e no teatro. Ela era casada com Enrique Rubio mas seu casamento terminou em divórcio, com dois filhos, cantora e atriz Paulina Rubio e Enrique. O nome desta extraordinária atriz está escrito com letras douradas na história do cinema, televisão e teatro no México.

Em 2010, interpretou Marcela Arismendi em Eva Luna, sendo a principal antagonista da trama.

Em 2012, interpretou a avó da protagonista, vivida pela atriz Marlene Favela e da vilã Fedora, Jessica Maz em Corazón apasionado, sendo a rígida avó Dõna Ursula.

Em 2016, interpretou mais um papel de destaque como a sofrida avó das trigêmeas, interpretadas pela atriz Angelique Boyer em Tres veces Ana.

Em 2017, integrou o elenco da telenovela El vuelo de la victoria estrelada por Paulina Goto, Mane de la Parra e Andrés Palácios, sendo a mãe de um dos protagonistas e a grande vilã da história que inferniza a vida da protagonista.

Morreu em 2 de julho de 2022 em um hospital de Miami, aos 74 anos de idade, devido ao câncer de pâncreas.

Telenovelas
Si nos dejan (2021) ... Eva "Tita" Cuesta Vda. de Montiel
El vuelo de la Victoria (2017) ... Gloria Cruz Vda. de Santibáñez y Calzada
Tres veces Ana (2016) ... Ernestina Rivadeneira
Corazón apasionado (2012) ... Doña Úrsula Campos Miranda- La generala Primera Actriz
Eva Luna (2010) ... Marcela Arismendi Vilana Principal
El Juramento (2008) ... Luisa Robles Conde
Marina (2007) .... Alberta Morales Vida de Alarcon
El amor no tiene precio (2005) .... Lucrécia Vida de Monte y Valle
Rebeca (2003) .... Matilde Linares
Amada Enemiga (1997) .... Regina Proal de Quijano
Morir para vivir (1989) .... Rosaura
Amalia Batista (1983) .... Amalia Batista
Infamia (1981) .... Lidia
Aprendiendo a amar (1980) .... Cristina
Corazón salvaje (1977) .... Aimee
Lo imperdonable (1975) .... Gloria
El chofer (1974) .... Pilar
Ana del aire (1974) .... Norma
La hiena (1973) .... Dayanara
El edificio de enfrente (1972)
Las gemelas (1972)
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (1971)

Cinema
Comando marino (1990).... Comandanta
El estrangulador de la rosa (1990) .... Paola Luna
La ley de la mafia (1990) .... Dinorah
Keiko en peligro (1989)
Escuadrón (1987) .... Roxana
El placer de la venganza (1986)
Asesino a sueldo (1984)
El sexo de los ricos (1984)
Jugando con la muerte (1982) .... Laura
Abierto día y noche (1981)
¡Qué verde era mi duque! (1980) .... Pilar
Day of the Assassin (1979) .... La Princesa
Los temibles (1977)
El andariego (1976)
El hombre (1975)
Más negro que la noche (1975) .... Aurora
A home of Our Own (1975) .... Magdalena
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño (1974)
Kalimán vs. El Siniestro mundo de Humanón (1974)
Hermanos de sangre (1972)
El imponente (1972)
Jalisco nunca pierde (1972)
La yegua colorada (1972)
Duelo al atardecer (1971)
El juego de la guitarra (1971)
Río Lobo (1970) .... Maria Carmen
Confesiones de una adolescente (1969)
Flor de durazno (1969)
Matrimonio y sexo (1969)
Siete Evas para un Adan (1969) .... Betty
Remolino de pasiones (1968)
Marina 2006

Ligações externas

Site da Telenovela El Juramento

Atrizes de cinema do México
Atrizes de televisão do México
Mortes por câncer de pâncreas
Naturais de Guadalajara (México)

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Q: Is there anyway to have an UpdatePanel update after a button click, but before the methods in the button click occur? What I have is an ASP.NET 2.0 web application that allows the user to upload a .CSV
The html input type is submit.
I want to know if there is a way I can update my UpdatePanel that is below the input to show a little "Processing" .gif before my onserverclick method takes place.
I have tried putting a reference to another event at the beginning of that event, as well as other methods, but I'm getting no luck. From what I understand the method needs to finish before my UpdatePanel will refresh.
Here is some code for you guys

              <input type="file" id="File1" name="File1" runat="server" />
              Select file Type:
              <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlfileupload" runat="server">
                 <asp:ListItem>CSV</asp:ListItem>
              </asp:DropDownList>

              <input type="submit" id="Submit1" value="Upload File" runat="server" onserverclick="Submit1_ServerClick"
                 style="border-top-style: groove; border-right-style: groove; border-left-style: groove;
                 border-bottom-style: groove" />

              <asp:Label ID="Label6" runat="server" BorderColor="White" BorderStyle="None" Font-Bold="True"
                 Visible="False"></asp:Label>

                 <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server" UpdateMode="Always">
                    <ContentTemplate>
                        <asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server" />
                    </ContentTemplate>
                 </asp:UpdatePanel>

and the event behind the code:
protected void Submit1_ServerClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        AddProcessGif();
        // Logic from submit button here that uploads .csv
    }

AddProcessGif() is a method that programatically adds my .gif and stuff. And it works, I have seen it fire, but only after my upload finishes, which defeats the purpose.
I don't have a very well written application here and I'm pretty new to ASP.NET, so I am not sure how to effectively make a progress bar or anything like it.
Any advice would be appreciated

A: You can call a c# server side method from javascript.
what you need to do is add a scriptmanaget in your aspx page and set EnablePageMethods to true.
       <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" EnablePageMethods="true"></asp:ScriptManager>

also your C# method has to be a [WebMethod] like
[WebMethod]
public static string DoSomething(string str1, string str2)
{
    string result = "This is concatenation of " + str1 + " and " + str2 + "'.";
    return result;
}

and then add the javascript function in your aspx page to call C# server side DoSomething method

<title></title>

Hope it helps

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FROM DOCUMENT NO. 229 OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3D SESSION 25TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONTAINING ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD "IN RELATION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF THE HALF-BREED RELATIVES OF THE WINNEBAGOE INDIANS," IN WHICH CASE THE COMMISSION OF GENERAL SIMON CAMERON WAS SET ASIDE. THE ORIGINAL PAPER BEING NOW ON FILE IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Harrisburg, Pa. 1839. 38pp. Stitched in original plain blue wrappers. Mild wear, Very Good.
The document, says Howes, was reprinted in this edition "to discredit Cameron," a Pennsylvania kingmaking politician who avidly stuffed his pockets with the spoils of a panoply of public offices. In 1838 President Van Buren made him an Indian Commissioner charged with settling the Winnebago Indian land claims. The appointment ended in scandal when he used his own bank's notes as part of the adjustment. He became derisively known as "The Great Winnebago Chief." The title page, quoting from the St. Louis Reporter, calls Cameron's activities "infamous speculation."
Howes W569. Field 1686. OCLC records five locations under three accession numbers as of May 2019. Item #35975
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Lord, Peter was ready to see you as the long-awaited Messiah of Israel but he was not ready for the cross. It took your resurrection and the touch of the Holy Spirit for him to eventually get the big picture. There is no separation between you and the cross. Discipleship, by nature, includes the cross. Like Peter, that is something we all have to learn. What kind of cross do you have for me? How can I deny myself or what must I leave behind so I can follow you? Like Peter, I've made a lot of mistakes and have sometimes turned away from the cross. James makes it clear that belief in the head is not enough unless my faith leads to a life of doing. May my actions be a sign of my faith in you and acceptance of my cross. Lord, strengthen me to choose my cross and carry it in peace. I will fall but I'm confident you are there to help me up and to even share the load with me. The real blessing here is that the cross is the doorway to resurrection and life forever with you. Amen.


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Magazine > Ralph & Russo – Dressing Beyoncé Interview by Fiona Sanderson and words by Hannah Norman
Ralph & Russo – Dressing Beyoncé Interview by Fiona Sanderson and words by Hannah Norman
When she stepped out on stage for the opening number of her Mrs. Carter world tour, few would have disagreed that pop star Beyoncé looked anything less than her usual polished self. All eyes were on that now iconic white outfit, which perfectly showed off her enviable physique. But the real secret behind the style lies in the dress design, dreamed up by couture house Ralph & Russo. We caught up with its CEO, Michael Russo, to talk gowns, glamour, and what it's like to dress one of the most famous derrières on the globe.
"She's amazing to work with – a real treat," Russo smiles when we ask about Beyoncé. "She's amazing fun. She's one of those genuinely lovely people. She's a very hard worker, very focused on what she does." So, just how involved is she? "Usually, we'll get a general brief from her about the theme of the show or what she's looking for, and that'll be it," Russo reveals. "She'll let us come up with the ideas and the options, and then we'll sit together and go through them and she gives us her input."
This isn't the first time Beyoncé has called on the creative talents of Ralph & Russo, however. "We've just had such a great relationship and we've worked with her on so many different things, from the red carpet to stage performances to a private performance for President Obama – it's all been so varied," Russo tells us. "To have her in our outfit in front of the President, that was definitely a real highlight. There have been so many different highlights over the last few years, but that was definitely a moment where we were very proud."
For her current tour, Ralph & Russo have created the majority of Beyoncé's main stage outfits. "Stage is something we only do for Beyoncé," Russo admits. "It's more of a creative outlet – it's done for the purposes of entertainment and it's a little bit more fun and fashion-forward. It's very different to doing haute couture gowns, not only because they look different but because there's so much to take into consideration – she has to get changed so quickly between performances, but you've still got to make it look amazing on stage with the crystal work." Not only that, but there is the added pressure of dealing with one of the globe's biggest stars, but as Russo reveals, "she knows what she wants, and working with her is a real collaborative process."
Russo should know about collaborative processes. He and Creative Director Tamara (the Ralph half of the duo), founded their couture house in 2007, after they quite literally bumped into each other in the street. "Tamara had been in the country for literally only three or four hours and had just dropped her bag off at the place she was staying and went out to discover London for the first time," Russo says of their chance meeting. "I was just walking the other way, and we literally bumped into each other. I apologized and realised she had a very heavy Australian accent at the time – it's now been diluted somewhat! We started talking and realised we had the whole Australian thing in common and it went from there." It took another two years before the pair set up Ralph & Russo – and the rest, as they say, is history as Ralph & Russo is now considered a world-class haute couturist. "From the feedback we get from everyone, from clients to press to retailers, we are perceived now as a major couture house, which is so impressive for us," Russo says. "We feel so proud, as we're only five years old, and we're stood in the realms of other houses who have hundreds of years of heritage. In such a short time frame, we've managed to elevate ourselves so much." But, he continues somewhat pragmatically, "we've always got to stay ahead and be different."
It's this commitment to brand and business that has seen Ralph & Russo becoming something of a celebrity favourite. "It happened that two of our first clients were the Minogue sisters – Kylie and Dannii – and we had the Australian connection, so that helped! The really put us on the map put the name out there. To be honest, the whole brand today is really just grown from word of mouth," Russo reveals.
The Aussie stars aren't the only famous clients on the Ralph & Russo books, having even attracted the attention of Hollywood royalty, in the form of Angelina Jolie. "We do a lot for Angelina Jolie," Russo smiles. "She's great to work with. We're making a piece for her at the moment actually, which I'm sure you'll be seeing on the red carpet very shortly. Angelina Jolie is very elegant and very stylish and the outfits we tend to do for her have more simple cuts and shapes, but they're always quite unique in their style. So there isn't a lot of fuss, but there's always something that makes it a little bit more unique and different and keeps her that one step ahead in fashion."
So, what about Kate Middleton? "Watch this space!" Russo laughs. "Definitely watch this space. There's a lot happening in that area. You may very well see something! Kate is amazing. She's so great for this country – really good. She's a great role model. Her style is really not over-the-top and she knows what works for her."
It's not hard to see why Ms. Middleton and the toast of Tinseltown have come knocking at Ralph & Russo's door. "Quality's become more important to people," Russo reasons. "If you come for a really beautiful, tailored jacket from us, it's something that you will buy for a lifetime – it's not just going to last you a season, because of the quality of it. Each of our jackets has something like four and a half thousand hand stitches. It can take four or five weeks to create – the quality is incredible. It will last for fifty years and it's still very timeless. All the stitching is done here in London. Our craftsmen come from all around the globe but everything's hand-made here for quality control. I think we're one of the few brands that do everything here – every bead, every crystal." But with two Aussies at the helm, is Ralph & Russo an Australian company? "No, we're definitely not an Australian company!" Russo laughs. "We're definitely global. But in terms of our craftsmanship, it's all British-made. We make everything in Britain and we pride ourselves on that – it's very important, as it allows us to control the quality."
So, what's next for Ralph & Russo? "World domination!" Russo laughs. Joking aside, the next step for the brand is in fact a diversification into making a range of limited edition handbags. For a company whose work centres on creating bespoke, one-of-a-kind dresses, creating a matching, bespoke handbag seems like a logical step. "It's our first product that isn't associated with couture gowns," Russo confirms, "but they are very high-end and the most incredible bags. You'll have to come and see them when they're ready!" That, Mr. Russo, is a promise we're holding you to!
Visit the website at www.ralphandrusso.com, or have a look behind the scenes at a Ralph & Russo photoshoot.
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Methodism at the turn of the 20th century placed little emphasis on the importance of theological inquiry. But it was not always so. S. Paul Schilling wrote that in the opinion of many, Methodists have only a marginal interest in doctrine and theology.1 Many even claim that Methodism is non-theological, insisting that the main emphases have always been practical and evangelical. Such a claim was often made at the turn of the century. It found growing acceptance and enabled Methodists to give more attention to the new disciplines of sociology, psychology, and the philosophy of religion. It also helped them focus on addressing the overwhelming social challenges they faced in the festering urban areas. Furthermore, new scientific methodology and the historical-critical approach to Scripture left traditional doctrinal formulations appearing archaic. This was, of course, consistent with the mood of America as we saw earlier, which was away from the traditional, orthodox, and accepted, toward a discovery of the new, which was believed to be evolving.
Unfortunately, many modern-day United Methodists have bought into the idea of a non-doctrinal, non-creedal denomination that has never been seriously interested in doctrine but always focused primarily on the centrality of Christian experience. This claim has provided a handy justification for our denomination's neglect of attention to doctrine and theology to the present day.
S. Paul Schilling wrote, "There are important and convincing indications that the major beliefs of ecumenical Christianity are normative for Methodists."4 The truth is that Methodism in America has always had certain definite theological distinctives, though these have not always been expressed identically or consistently by theologians.
For years we have heard the revisionist claim made by United Methodists that there was great theological latitude in John Wesley as he graciously allowed his Methodists to "think and let think." However, that is a classic misquote. What usually gets omitted is the qualification at the beginning of the statement, from his tract "The Character of a Methodist," in which he said, "As to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think" (emphasis mine). There is a world of difference between the partial quotation and the full statement.
Another famously misquoted statement from Wesley is the statement from his sermon on "Catholic Spirit," which is based on Jehu's question to Jehonadab, from 2 Kings 10:15, "Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? . . . If it be, give me thine hand."9 Of all of Wesley's sermons, this may be the one most notoriously abused. In this sermon, Wesley reflected his gracious and nondogmatic view toward opinion, which would include, again, such things as modes of worship, forms of church government, and forms of baptism and prayer, for example. Wesley was not expressing this graciousness and openness of heart about basic, core doctrines of the faith. In fact, he went on to explain what he meant by the question, "Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart?" He spent some seven lengthy paragraphs asking, "Do you believe . . . Do you believe . . . Have you the divine evidence . . . ?" For Wesley, right doctrine was a vital ingredient for a right heart. Your heart could scarcely be "right" in Wesley's terms if you denied, for example, the deity of Jesus Christ or His bodily resurrection.
Wesley insisted in his sermon that a catholic spirit is not speculative latitudinarianism (emphasis his). Latitudinarianism is a position of being liberal in one's views, permitting free thought, especially in religious matters; one who cares little about particular creeds and forms.12 After decrying an "unsettledness of thought, this being 'driven to and fro, and tossed about with every wind of doctrine,'" he went on to make his great clarion charge that remains relevant for United Methodists today: "A man of a truly catholic spirit has not now his religion to seek. He is fixed as the sun in his judgment concerning the main branches of Christian doctrine." ("Catholic Spirit")13 Clearly, one cannot go to John Wesley to find corroboration for mushy, vapid, and unorthodox theology, or for that matter, even for inattention to doctrine. He would have none of it.
Unfortunately, the Methodist Church at the beginning of the twentieth century was not as emphatic as Wesley about the importance of doctrine and clarity of belief. As Methodism in America was growing rapidly throughout the nineteenth century, more attention was given to problems of church growth and an expanding American frontier. Precision in theological formulation and doctrine was not a major focus during that period of activism and growth. The significance of this did not become apparent until the last quarter of the century and the beginning of the twentieth, as Methodism encountered the flood of secular thought and the intellectual challenge of German philosophy. It was simply not prepared for those challenges.
These words are an apt description of how Methodism has handled its theological heritage, both at the beginning of the twentieth century and later throughout that century. We began back in the early 1900s, as we shall see later, the disturbing trend of relegating matters of theological substance to a subordinate role in the life of our church. The result was that Methodism became vulnerable to serious doctrinal revisionism and error.
With the rise of these new forces, Methodism began to experience serious theological convulsions. Alarm was expressed in theological journals and books, between ministers as well as theological professors, that serious modifications or worse were taking place within Methodism. Some hailed the new emphases as a great improvement over the dated traditionalism and orthodoxy of the day. However, for others, it was seen as nothing less than the abandonment of historic Christian doctrine and Methodism's Wesleyan doctrinal distinctives.
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[READ] James Heidinger writes up "5 Factors Leading to Protestant Theological Liberalism"; [READ] Beth Felker Jones reminds the church "Why Deeds and Creeds Matter"; [WATCH] Andrew C. Thompson offers 3 reasons why Christian creeds matter in this Seven Minute Seminary video; [WATCH] Charles Gutenson offers an introduction to four of the church's great historical creeds in these Seven Minute Seminary videos; [PURCHASE] Timothy Tennent wrote a short commentary on the Apostles' Creed with This We Believe, taking it line by line.
1. S. Paul Schilling, Methodism and Society in Theological Perspective, Methodism and Society series, 4 vols. (New York: Abingdon, 1961), 3:24.
2. Quoted in Sidney E. Mead, The Lively Experiment: The Shaping of Christianity in America (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), 55.
3. Robert E. Chiles, Theological Transition in American Methodism: 1790–1935 (New York: Abingdon, 1965), 23.
4. Schilling, Methodism and Society in Theological Perspective, 29.
5. McCulloh, "The Theology and Practices of Methodism, 1876–1919," 600–6.
6. Scott, "Methodist Theology in America in the Nineteenth Century," 94.
8. Schilling, Methodism and Society in Theological Perspective, 32.
9. John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology, eds. Albert C. Outler and Richard P. Heitzenrater (Nashville: Abingdon, 1991), 300–9.
10. Thomas C. Oden, Doctrinal Standards in the Wesleyan Tradition, rev. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2008), 112–14.
13. John Wesley's Sermons, 307.
14. Chiles, Theological Transition in American Methodism, 23.
15. Schilling, Methodism and Society in Theological Perspective, 33.
16. The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2012, (Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House), sec. 3, "Restrictive Rules," par. 17, art. 1.
17. Schilling, Methodist and Society in Theological Perspective, 41.
18. Chiles, Theological Transition in American Methodism, 61.


Tourism and F&B services are the key areas of interest for investors seeking to place their money in Greece, according to market experts and company CEOs.
Με περισσότερες από 1.500 συμμετοχές ολοκληρώθηκε την 1η Ιουλίου ο 2ος Μαραθώνιος Καινοτομίας της ΚΕΔE, στο Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος.
Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura called on European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici to include Greek tourism in the planning of the EU budget beyond 2020.
Athens is among the most popular destinations for travelers seeking accommodation via online sharing platforms, according to data recently released by Inside Airbnb.
The majority of foreign travelers to Greece pay by credit card for their transactions, according to Mastercard's Global Consumer Tracker study.
RETURN, a newly established non-governmental organization on Thursday, July 5, will hold a protest outside the British Museum in London, to support the campaign for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.
Sabre Corporation's agency customers will soon have access to all Booking.com listings, following an agreement signed between the two companies.
Fraport Greece has entered into a partnership with Epsilon Net for the management of its payroll and human resources systems in its 14 regional airports.
Event apps and virtual assistants will be as much a major part of the MICE travel experience as will human interaction, say WorldHotels executives.
Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser speaks of plans for the Greek market, underlining that the Group has faith in destination Greece.
The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete recently held its annual "Blood Donation Day" for the twenty sixth consecutive year.


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Funding & Donors
Benjamin He
Piano, Accompanist, Musicianship, Theory
Benjamin He is an enthusiastic young professional musician having studied piano for over 18 years and worked as a piano teacher for the past 7 years.
Ben has recently completed a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He is available to teach Piano, Musicianship and offer Accompaniment services.
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Flute, Piano, Musicianship, Theory
Cecilia is a piano and flute teacher with 10 years of private and classroom teaching experience. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and Music Education at the University of New South Wales and a Diploma in Kodály Concept of Music Education with Piano Pedagogy Specialisation and Musicianship from the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét in Hungary.
Cecilia is committed to helping her many students improve their musical skills, play their instrument with a clear understanding of music and perform on a regular basis.
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A graduate of M. Mus (Performance) from the University of Auckland in Auckland, Doris is a pianist, oboist and music teacher with 12 years of teaching experience as a private tutor and in different music centres.
She has performed extensively in various orchestras including Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and as a solo pianist and an accompanist.
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Originally from Beijing, Joanna is a classical-trained pianist and a qualified teacher of the Suzuki method. She completed her certificate of performance (Honours) and has performed extensively as a soloist and a piano accompanist.
She believes that every child should have the opportunity to experience music. Music is a wonderful method for the development of character and confidence while providing a way for a child to bond with family, friends and the community. As Dr. Suzuki says, "Where love is deep, much will be accomplished"
Joanna can offer Suzuki or Traditional piano method, Wednesday and Sunday. She is also available as an accompanist and can speak Mandarin.
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Karoline has been teaching since 2005. She teaches various genres: Classical, Jazz, Blues, Song writing/Contemporary Piano. She is a certified Suzuki piano teacher and is also qualified to teach other piano methods. In her class, Karoline combines her extensive knowledge in human anatomy with quality playing kills. This empowers her students to play with beautiful tone while using efficient and safer movements. Apart from playing well, Karoline's students also receive solid training in reading music, ear/aural skills, practical music theory knowledge, breathing and performance techniques.
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Sofia Obando Aburto is a talented and passionate young Costa Rican musician currently studying a Bachelor of Music Performance at the Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney.
She has had experience with several teaching methods as an international student. Sofia uses her knowledge and learning experience to her advantage in her teaching, and is very committed to her students.
She is available to teach Traditional Piano, Bassoon, Clarinet and Oboe.
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There's an Ant Subspecies Named After Radiohead Because Science Loves Them Too
If you don't have a subspecies named after you does your music even bang?
by Lauren O'Neill
April 26, 2017, 11:00am
This article originally appeared on Noisey.
Once more and we can officially call it a trend. A couple of weeks ago we reported the hard-hitting news that a subspecies of shrimp had been named after Pink Floyd because Dr Sammy de Grave, who discovered it, was just super into them really. However, it now appears that Dr de Grave has started something of a micro-trend among the scientific species-naming community, as another group who recently discovered three new ant subspecies have named one of them after yer da's other favourite band, Radiohead.
All three species belong to the Sericomyrmex genus. These guys are very smart because they have figured out how to farm their own food, which, obviously, is quite impressive because they're ants. The newly-christened Sericomyrme x radioheadi was collected in the Venezuelan Amazon, and was named for the band because researchers Ana Ješovnik and Ted R. Schultz "wanted to honor their music". The honouring doesn't stop there though: the ant-naming also seeks to "acknowledge the conservation efforts of the band members, especially in raising climate-change awareness."
So basically if you want a species named after you, you can either: a) join a world-famous rock band; b) turn up for climate change awareness like your boy Thom Yorke (although this incredibly convincing fake "cover" of Daddy Yankee's petrol anthem "Gasolina" may suggest that he has changed tack a bit); or c) preferably both.
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This café delivers a healthy eating project but they also have an allotment where people can learn how to grow their own vegetables. The group are looking for funding for decoration, carpets and furnishings of the café.
This group uses music and arts for the recovery of peo0ple who are suffering from various addictions. The funding will enable them to buy equipment for the music room and communal space.
Helping Hands offers respite to families whose children suffer from ASD and provide training & support for parents and carers. The group are developing an educational hub for the children and need Ipads and various computer equipment.


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Salim Zitouni founded Plan Canada immigration in 2015. He is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) by ICCRC. ICCRC is the national regulatory body authorized by the government of Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to safeguard consumers.
Salim's inspiration for becoming a regulated immigration consultant, stems from decades of work with refugees, newcomers and his own personal journey to immigrate to Canada. He began his career as a development worker in countries with large flows of displaced and cross-border refugees. With more than a decade of international work experience, Salim's appreciation for cultural diversity and empathy for those affected by migration only grew overtime. Since 2015, Salim represented successfully over 100 clients located in or out of Canada, under most immigration categories including visitors, students, workers and permanent residence applications, citizenship grants and refugee claimants.
All of these experiences combined have taught him that the road to migration can be complex; yet, a successful journey means all kinds of happiness: the joy of a family reunited, an individual's peace and safety from harm or a great sense of achievement for the opportunity granted to a student or professional to expand horizons.
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Q: Java Spring Framework-Bootstrap Integration I just started learning spring framework.
I have met a problem and decided to share it to help you.
First I added the project bootstrap library for a project.
Then I downloaded a free template from the Internet. I put the resources of this template in the project in the following location (see WebContent / WEB-INF / view / resources)

 <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

<c:set var="contextPath" value="${pageContext.request.contextPath}"/>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
  <meta name="description" content="">
  <meta name="author" content="">
  <title>SB Admin - Start Bootstrap Template</title>
  <!-- Bootstrap core CSS-->
  <link href="${contextPath}/WebContent/WEB-INF/view/resources/vendor/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <!-- Custom fonts for this template-->
  <link href="${contextPath}/WebContent/WEB-INF/view/resources/vendor/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  <!-- Custom styles for this template-->
  <link href="${contextPath}/WebContent/WEB-INF/view/resources/css/sb-admin.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>

Then I copied the codes of the login page from the source code into the project and defined the locations of the files used for HTML at the top.(you can see codes below)
When I compile and run my code, I do not have libraries added and I see a page with simple HTML code. What is wrong with me? How can I fix this problem? If you tell me my mistakes and you help me, I'm happy. Everyone thanks in advance

A: I solved the problem. First, in my project "application-context.xml"
I added the following code to the page. I moved my template files to "/ WebContent / resources / thema /" :
 <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/thema/"
cache-period="31556926"/

I defined contextPath :
<c:set var="contextPath" value="${pageContext.request.contextPath}"/>

Don't forget to define this library for this :
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

After, I changed the path to the template folder in my .jsp file as follows:
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On December 24, the residential complex constructed for 1000 IDP families in Absheron district was commissioned.
In accordance with the Resolution signed by President Ilham Aliyev in 2011, a decision was taken on the construction of a new residential block consisting of apartment buildings for 2900 IDP families who had been temporarily settled in dormitories in Sumgait city. 50 hectares of land plot was allocated under the construction. 17.5 hectares of land was commissioned to settle 1000 families. Design and construction of the new residential block have been carried out by the LDP's Social Development Fund. Construction of the complex started in March this year, with the construction works having been performed with high quality. Seven-storied buildings – 23 of them with 42 apartments, one with 35 apartments – were constructed under the project. Other infrastructure facilities, such as a club-public centre, a physician's station, and ATS building have been constructed, a recreation park laid out and child playgrounds created in the new residential block, which includes a secondary school and a kindergarten. Renovation and greenery planting works have been carried out on the territory. Special attention has been shown - while designing the complex - to building of an electricity, water, gas, heating and irrigation systems.
President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva became familiarized with new apartments in the complex. Of these apartments, 77 are one-room, 420 two-room, 406 three-room, and 96 four-room apartments. Total area of the apartments is 76 thousand square metres. All apartments have been finished and provided with kitchen furniture. IDP families temporarily settled in dormitories and administrative buildings in Sumgait city and Absheron district will be provided with apartments in this new residential complex.
Then, the President and the First Lady became familiarized with the kindergarten. All necessary possibilities have been ensured here to engage in the education of children. Designed for 140 children, the kindergarten has been built to children's taste, which will ensure their comfort, rest, and mastering primary knowledge. Rooms and corridors have been decorated with pictures of children's favourite fairy tale characters. A video surveillance, fire alarm systems have been installed here, the kindergarten been provided with necessary furniture and equipment. Extensive renovation and development works have been carried out on the kindergarten's territory, various flowers and rose shrubs and trees planted. The surrounding area has been renovated.
Having, thereafter, become familiarized with Gubadly district's secondary school named after Miragha Aliyev, constructed in the complex, President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva were informed that the school building is designed for 792 pupils. All necessary conditions have been created for education in this school, which is distinguished by its high-level possibilities and state-of-the-art training equipment. Pupils will master secrets of the information technologies in the computer room of the school. The sports hall too has been provided with necessary equipment, with all possibilities for pupils to engage in physical training. Various events can be arranged in the assembly hall.
After becoming familiarized with the school, President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with IDP families.
The Head of the State congratulated the residents on the commissioning of the new residential block.
Speaking on behalf of the IDPs, father of a National Hero Nariman Hamidov and Agil Guliyev thanked President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva for the beautiful conditions created for them.


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Chartered on October 15th, 1884, ours was the first church organized in Ogallala!
The organizational meeting and early services were held in a building that also served as the town's school. Indeed, its teacher was our first pastor – Luther E. Brown, who also organized and taught the town's first Sunday School.
However, in the mid-1880s, as the vast heard of cattle faded from the landscape, Ogallala began to become domesticated.
On April 30, 1884, in the first edition of the town's newspaper, "The Ogalalla (that's how it was spelled then) Reflector," editor Mark M. Neeves began his first column: "First the Press, then the Church." Although one might question his priorities, less than six months later Editor Neeves' prediction came true.
On October 15, 1884, eight citizens gathered at the school to found the first church in Ogallala, The First Congregational Church.
In 1888, the church's first building was completed at what became 416 West B Street. It was a white, frame church. In 1892, a church bell was purchased and survives today in the bell tower of our present church building.
Efforts began in 1917 to build a new and larger church, and the property on which our church building stands today was purchased for $2,450. The imposing brick building was soon enclosed. But the building wasn't finished until 1949!
The financial leader for the new church, banker/businessman J.W. Welpton died, and money troubles began. World War I made manpower and materials scarce. In 1921, the church organization was incorporated and was then able to get financial assistance from the National Congregational Church. The congregation remained steadfast and faithful and completed the north wing of the new building. Worship services and other meetings were held there for more than 20 years. Meanwhile, the unfinished sanctuary became the Ogallala Public Library with the Library Board donating $80 a year in lieu of rent.
Matters were not helped by the Great Depression, and the church's indebtedness was not paid off until 1943. Then, World War II again made manpower and materials in short supply.
Finally, after more than 30 years, the beautiful church building was completed and dedicated on February 20, 1949. It quickly became the social hub of the community.
In October of 1984, capping a year of special events, our congregation celebrated its Centennial – 100 years old!
Just five months later, tragedy struck. On Sunday, March 17, 1985, while we were worshiping in the sanctuary, the basement of the church was afire. Just minutes after the congregation departed after worship, the building filled with smoke and was consumed by fire.
For the next two years, we worshiped across the street in the former Masonic Temple, now a parking lot, while our new church was constructed on the same property as the building that had burned and was completed debt-free.
Today, our church is used by many community groups because of its favorable location, parking lot, accessibility for the disabled, and its attractive and functional layout. We provide the venue for the annual non-denominational Community Thanksgiving Service and the Inter-Faith Lenten Meditations and Luncheons.
As our longtime pastor, the late Rev. Louis G. Poppe was fond of saying, "We are the church with the open door." Come on in!


While some people might struggle with math, Donald Voorhies has turned it into his career. Voorhies, originally from New Iberia, graduated from Catholic High in 1963. He earned his bachelor's degree in math from Loyola University before attending the University of Pennsylvania for higher education. Here, he received a master's degree in math education research and his Ph.D. in educational psychology. From there, he returned to his home of New Iberia to teach mathematics at Catholic High School for 33 years. Voorhies now is helping the next generation of mathematicians achieve their dreams by offering a scholarship through the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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Two Christians Sentenced to Prison and Heavy Fine in Algeria
Pastor, bookseller convicted for Christian literature at their store.
March 4, 2021 By Our Algeria Correspondent - Leave a Comment
The Rev. Rachid Seighir of Oratoire Church in Oran, Algeria. (Facebook)
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A court in Algeria has convicted and sentenced in absentia a pastor and another Christian to two years in prison and a heavy fine, accusing them of "shaking the faith" of Muslims with Christian literature at their bookstore, sources said.
Pastor Rachid Seighir and Nouh Hamimi learned by a written notification slipped under the door of their church building in Oran, a coastal city 268 miles west of Algiers, that they had been sentenced to prison and fined 500,000 Algerian dinars (US$3,745).
The pastor was the manager of the now-closed bookstore, where Hamimi worked as a salesman. The judgment reads that they are condemned for "distributing publications or any other propaganda undermining the faith of a Muslim."
Pastor Seighir of Oratoire Church in Oran said the conviction was mere retaliation in a conflict over the bookstore going back to 2008, when he was convicted of the same charges and acquitted on appeal. The governor of Oran ordered the bookshop closed in 2017, but in April 2018, a court ruled the closure order was invalid due to procedural problems – though authorities continued to keep the bookshop closed, he said.
"This case is the logical continuation of the three judgments in our case that we have won against the wali [governor] of Oran," Pastor Seighir told Morning Star News. "On April 12, 2018, the order was issued by judgment for the closure ordered by the wali to be effectively canceled. Unfortunately, the wali resisted and refused to comply."
The church on May 26, 2019 won another legal fight to unseal the bookstore, but the governor again refused to obey the order, and it remained closed, he said.
"Continuing our fight, we asked the administrative court to intervene," Pastor Seighir said. "Here too we were successful, and the judgment arrived on October 13, 2019 ordering the removal of the seals and the reopening of the bookstore, with financial compensation of 500,000 dinars [US$3,745]. Unfortunately, the wali did not comply with the order of justice, and the bookstore remained closed. Four years of closure."
The Christians have appealed their conviction and sentence, he said.
Algeria's 2006 law regulating non-Muslim worship, known as Law 03/06, criminalizes the publishing or distributing of any materials "which aim to undermine the faith of a Muslim." Punishment can range from two to five years in prison and fines of 500,000 to 1 million Algerian dinars (US$3,745 to US$7,490).
Islam is the state religion in the 99-percent Muslim country. Since 2000, thousands of Algerian Muslims have put their faith in Christ. Algerian officials estimate the number of Christians at 50,000, but others say it could be twice that number.
The verdict against Pastor Seighir and Hamimi comes less than two months after a Christian who had received and reposted a cartoon of the prophet of Islam on his Facebook account three years ago was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 100,000 dinars (US$750) under an Algerian law against insulting Muhammad.
Algeria ranked 24th on Christian support organization Open Doors' 2021 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, up from 42nd place in 2018.
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Billy J. Stratton, Buried in Shades of Night: Contested Voices, Indian Captivity, and the Legacy of King Philip's War. Reviewed by John McWilliams
American StudiesReviews, Volume 59.1 (2014)
BILLY J. STRATTON, Buried in Shades of Night: Contested Voices, Indian Captivity, and the Legacy of King Philip's War (Tucson: U of Arizona P, 2013) 149 pp. Reviewed by John McWilliams
Amerikastudien / American Studies 59.1 (2014)
During the last forty years, the Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (the much abbreviated title by which The Soveraignty and Goodness of God [1682] is now commonly known) has become an essential text, perhaps the essential text, of American Puritan literature. In anthologies and the syllabi derived from them, it is prominently featured, often to the minimizing, or even displacement, of once canonical historical works such as Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation and Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana. It has repeatedly been interpreted as the ur-text of the captivity narrative, an important American sub-genre that was to include fugitive slave narratives as well as Indian captivities. Given Rowlandson's repeated references to Indians as 'merciless enemies' and 'bloody heathen,' her Narrative suits the postcolonial critic's central concern for the contrasts between 'savage' and 'civilized,' between white colonizers and native peoples, between 'we western Christians' and the Lacanian 'Other.' Moreover, Rowlandson's Narrative was written by a woman fully aware of her gender and her sexual vulnerability, thus giving students a respite from the line of patriarchal Puritan writers from John Winthrop through Edward Taylor to Jonathan Edwards. As a form of spiritual autobiography, Rowlandson's Narrative compels its readers to assess the applicability of biblical passages to a Puritan's daily life. Whether Increase Mather had a direct hand in the composition and publication of the 1682 text raises a fascinating instance of the importance of textual research. And, above all, Mrs. Rowlandson's Narrative is short, capable of being read carefully in ninety minutes. In sum, Rowlandson's Narrative has everything to recommend it to recent scholarly-critical fashion.
Stratton's book is less a comprehensive, detailed study of Rowlandson's text than an investigation of the historical and literary circumstances of its origin, publication, and subsequent cultural and scholarly history. As such, Stratton makes important contributions to an already populated field. Stratton demonstrates that The Soveraignty and Goodness of God is not in fact the first captivity narrative. Citing Nabil Matar, Stratton shows that there were "at least ten accounts of English captivity in the Muslim dominions published between 1527 and 1625 in England alone" (30). These captivity narratives, mostly about Barbary pirates, might have been known to Rowlandson or to Increase Mather; they contain conventions of situation and characterization to be found in Rowlandson's Narrative and in subsequent captivities. Secondly, Stratton carefully reconstructs the little that is known about the origin and printing of The Soveraignty and Goodness of God, then demonstrates undeniable similarities of syntax and diction between Rowlandson's and Increase Mather's accounts of the Indian attack on Lancaster with which Rowlandson's Narrative so memorably begins. Stratton forcefully argues that the "breadth and integration" of the Narrative's biblical citations, together with "their skilled application […] suggests his [Increase Mather's] presence not only as the outside ministerial hand in question, but as the primary author of the narrative itself" (119). These arguments are plausible, even persuasive, precisely because they are tempered with reminders of all we still do not know, and cannot ever prove, about literary influence in the seventeenth century.
Scholarly temperance and impartiality are not the qualities, however, that describe Stratton's attitudes toward the purpose, values, and lasting influence of Rowlandson's Narrative. Stratton is determined to read Rowlandson's book as evidence of what Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari have termed "deterritorialization" (45)—the rhetorical process by which a literate people imaginatively displaces and then dispossesses a native population of their land. Even though Mrs. Rowlandson's text never directly considers the vexed issue of English versus Indian land ownership, to Stratton 'deterritorialization' is her book's underlying purpose. Its title concern for the "Soveraignty and Goodness of God," together with the Protestant notion of life as a pilgrim's journey through afflictions toward restoration and salvation, are therefore treated as negligible considerations compared to the wrongs suffered by Native Americans at the hands of Puritan settlers, Puritan soldiers, and Puritan writers. John Winthrop's and John Cotton's familiar argument that untilled, unsettled land is a "Vacuum Domicilium" awaiting possession of God's People is three times condemned as a mere "alibi" by which the Puritans rationalized a land grab (53; 63; 137). Stratton will give no consideration to the possibility that leaders of the Great Migration could hardly have believed otherwise, despite the gadfly protests of Roger Williams, about whom Stratton is surprisingly silent.
In the cumulative rhetoric of Stratton's book, Puritans increasingly become oppressors, Native Americans increasingly become victims, and there is little ground to occupy between them. Accordingly, the same split occurs in the degree of authority Stratton is willing to grant scholarly predecessors. Homi K. Bhabha, Jacques Derrida, Francis Jennings, Edward Said, Hayden White, and Howard Zinn are cited as authorities who correctly understood the truths of hidden historical fact and the deviousness of historical narrative. Twentieth-century scholars who granted differing degrees of credence to Rowlandson's point of view—Michelle Burnham, Jill Lepore, Perry Miller, Teresa Toulouse, Alden Vaughan—are cited as representatives of a hegemonic academy unknowingly perpetuating falsities in order to maintain the neo-Puritan point of view. Such scholars, Stratton assumes, have little or nothing of importance to tell us. Stratton condemns the binary thinking of the Puritan mentality, but his own rhetoric does not escape such dualism; he merely inverts it.
Buried in Shades of Night (Stratton's title is from William Apess's now well-known Eulogy of 1836) is something of an in-house production. Stratton wrote his dissertation, of which this book is a revision, under the guidance of Frances Washburn in the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Arizona. Stratton's book is published by the University of Arizona Press. Frances Washburn wrote the foreword to Stratton's book in which Washburn claims, misleadingly, that "very little attention has been given to the accumulation of injustices perpetrated by the Puritans against the Indian tribes of the region, injustices that led Metacomet (known as King Philip to the Puritans) to war against the Puritan colonists and also led to Rowlandson's captivity" (xi). "Here at last," Washburn announces, "is a scholar who writes back" (xiii). Sure enough, Stratton does indeed write back, concluding "the fact that [Mrs. Rowlandson's] narrative is told through the perspective of a minister's wife, or that it contains a narrative of repentance and redemption, does not invalidate its simultaneous status as a war-machine" (94). Stratton, however, is hardly the first voice of vehement protest. In chronological order, Hannah Adams, Washington Irving, Lydia Maria Child, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Carlos Williams, Richard Slotkin, Michael Rogin, Alden Vaughan, Michelle Burnham, Jill Lepore, and others had already written back to reveal "the accumulation of injustices perpetrated by the Puritans." In the throes of the scholarly need to gain notice by alleging something purportedly new, it is unwise, even unprofessional, to ignore the existence and worth of a longstanding counter-tradition.
Middlebury, John McWilliams
Daniel Nagel, Von republikanischen Deutschen zu deutsch-amerikanischen Republikanern: Ein Beitrag zum Identitätswandel der deutschen Achtundvierziger in den Vereinigten Staaten 1850-1861. Reviewed by Charlotte A. Lerg
Fulbright American Studies Summer Session @ Humboldt-Universität
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien > Reviews > Volume 59.1 (2014) > Billy J. Stratton, Buried in Shades of Night: Contested Voices, Indian Captivity, and the Legacy of King Philip's War. Reviewed by John McWilliams