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The Growth of the Church in Sudan
The first Sudanese to be converted to Christ was the treasurer of Queen Candace in AD 37 (Acts 8:26-40).
Meroe
During the 3rd Century many Egyptian Christians fled to Sudan during the persecutions of the Roman emperors Decius (AD 250) and Diocletian (AD 297). A strong Christian community was flourishing in Philae from at least AD 350. Crosses and other Christian objects have been found in the royal tombs of Meroe dating back to the 5th Century.
Nubia, Makuria and Alwa
Following the collapse of the Kingdom of Meroe (in about AD 350) three smaller Kingdoms were established - Nubia, Makuria and Alwa. The middle kingdom of Makuria was converted after the missionary work of Julian. One early writer described the conversion of the Nubian king, Bahriya, as the key event: "When Bahriya was converted to the religion of Christ, all the Blacks of Nubia followed him, and he built for them churches throughout the land of Nubia and many monasteries which are still flourishing."
Flourishing Faith
By AD 580 Christianity had become the official religion of the kingdom of Nubia. Many thousands became monks. Archaeologists have unearthed over a hundred churches dating back to this period in Nubia. Many of these churches have elaborate paintings on the walls.
Islamic offensives Repulsed
After the death of Muhammad in AD 632 the peaceful growth of the Churches in the Nile valley was shattered. Arab armies rapidly spread out throughout the Middle East. Egypt was conquered in AD 642. The Islamic armies then launched an attack on Nubia in AD 643. The Nubians steadfastly resisted and threw back the invaders. Again in AD 652 a Muslim military expedition sought to conquer Nubia. Again they were defeated by the Nubians. After their military failures the Muslims entered into an agreement called the Baqt which established peaceful relations and trade between Muslim Egypt and Christian Nubia. The peace lasted almost 600 years until about AD 1250.
The Triumph of the Cross
From AD 900 to 1200 Nubia enjoyed a golden age of peace, prosperity and Church growth. One of the popular hymns still sung today was composed at that time:
"The Cross is the hope of the Christians;
The Cross is the resurrection of the dead;
The Cross is the path of them who wandered;
The Cross is the guidance of the blind,
The Cross is the staff of the lame;
The Cross is the nurse of the suckling;
The Cross is what strengthens the feeble;
The Cross is the physician of the sick;
The Cross is the perfection of the priests."
Islamic Threat Intensifies
In AD 1172 the Fatimid rulers in Egypt (who upheld the Baqt agreement) were overthrown by Saladin. Then in 1260 another revolution in Egypt brought the Mamelukes to power. The Mamelukes then waged a series of wars against the Nubians. Towns were burnt and confusion spread. Gradually the weakened kingdom fell into chaos and under the control of the Mamelukes. The kingdom of Dotawo started to break up over the next 150 years. The last Christian king, Joel, fell in 1484.
Alwa Isolated
The southernmost Christian kingdom of Alwa survived successive attacks in the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1450 a missionary to Ethiopia wrote this about Nubia: "The people are neither Christians, Muslims or, Jews, but they live in the desire of being Christians." The recorded history indicates that very few Nubians converted to Islam. Christianity began to die out because of internal weaknesses in the Churches and not because of the external attacks of Islam.
A Cry for Help
The missionary Avares wrote of Sudanese who came to Ethiopia from Alwa: "While we were in (Ethiopia) there came six men from (Alwa) as Ambassadors to the King, begging him to send them ministers and monks to teach them. He did not choose to send them." This was the last we heard of the Church in Northern Sudan. An island of Christianity in a sea of Islam, isolated and cut off - they appealed to their Christian neighbours in Ethiopia. Tragically, this help was refused.
Catholic Missions to Sudan
By the 1600's word reached Rome of groups of Christians surviving South of the Sahara. The pope set up the "Mission of Upper Egypt-Funji-Ethiopia" and several missions (in 1698, 1705 and 1711) were sent up the Nile to make contact with the believers. The final attempt in 1794 ended with Father Ballerini being murdered in Nubia. From 1849 the Catholics established a string of mission stations - in Khartoum, Yondokoro, Kanisa, Kakor and elsewhere. Forty-six missionaries died of disease in the first few years. In 1862 alone, 22 missionaries died. Finally all the mission stations were abandoned and the survivors returned to Europe. A new Catholic attempt to reach Sudan was launched in 1873 with schools and farms as the priority. This strategy succeeded and today almost half of those who claim to be Christians in Sudan are Catholics.
Protestant Missions
In 1885 after the fall of Khartoum and the beheading of General Gordon, the Church Missionary Society raised funds for a mission to Sudan in honour of General Gordon's pioneer work and witness. They were followed by the United Presbyterian Church of America and later the Sudan Interior Mission and Africa Inland Mission. Hospitals and schools became the focal points of the new Protestant missions.
Revivals and Bible Translations
Revivals broke out in Yambio and Mundri County in 1938. Bible translations into Bari, Zande, Moru, Acholi, Dinka and Nuer continued from the 1930's to the 1970's and to this day. So far, 11 languages have full Bibles, 23 have only New Testaments and 35 have only portions of the Bible translated.
Islamisation
In 1957 the Muslim government seized control of all the mission schools. In 1960 Sunday was replaced by Friday as the day of rest. Those who protested were imprisoned for years. Khalwas (Islamic schools) were built throughout the South. Their ruins are still a reminder of how much they were resented. In 1962 The Missionary Societies Act attempted to restrict missionary work by forbidding evangelism of those under 18 years old. In 1964 all missionaries were expelled and persecution intensified.
Resistance and Growth
Yet the Church has increased tenfold over the last 40 years. Today the steadfast and resilient Christian Church in South Sudan is one of the fastest growing in the world.
Dr. Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
P.O. Box 74 Newlands 7725
Cape Town South Africa
Website: www.frontline.org.za

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House advances bill to address 'systemic racism' in state government
Michael Bielawski / May 2, 2018
RACISM IN STATE GOVERNMENT?: Rep. John Gannon, D-Wilmington, presents S.281 on the House floor Tuesday morning. The bill attempts to curb alleged systemic racism within Vermont's government.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The House has approved a bill to curb alleged "systemic racism," which some lawmakers claim is rampant among offices of the Vermont state government.
After little debate, the House chamber on Tuesday voted 140-2 in favor of S. 281, "an act relating to the mitigation of systemic racism." The measure would create a five-member advisory panel and require the appointment of an Executive Director of Racial Equity in the executive branch to recognize and remedy "racism" in government offices.
Legislators gave their final approval on Wednesday after the third reading, before dispatching it back to the Senate.
Prior to appearing on the House floor, the measure stipulated that the executive director was to have subpoena powers to gather documents and information. That controversial language has since been stripped.
Rep. John Gannon, D-Wilmington, presented the bill and argued that Vermont needs to change its allegedly discriminatory ways.
"There are a number of racial disparities in Vermont's state systems that are troubling," he said on the House floor. "The Vermont African American state employees have a voluntary separation rate that is two times that of white employees. Even more disturbing is black employees are three times more likely to be terminated than white employees."
He went through several more of such statistics implying that African Americans get unfair treatment while working among state agencies, relative to white counterparts.
When he was done, a trio of Republicans questioned whether the issue is as pervasive as Gannon made it out to be.
"I voted no," Rep. Warren Van Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh, said on the floor after the vote. "In college, I learned there were 'lies, damnable lies, and then there is statistics.' I am not impressed with a number of these statistics."
Van Wyck, along with Rep. Mike Hebert, R-Vernon, were the two no votes.
Other Republicans noted that important information seemed to be missing from the testimony that had been taken so far for the bill.
Rep. Bob Frenier, R-Chelsea, noted that both the Vermont State Employees Association and the Vermont National Education Association — two of the largest groups representing and tracking workplace issues in the state — were not heard from amid all the testimony.
"In the long list of people who testified on this bill, I note I do not see a member of the VSEA or the VNEA," Frenier said. "Did you take testimony from any of those folks?"
Gannon said they did not testify, and that the focus of the bill was on state agencies and having them work on ending systemic racism.
Rep. Marianna Gamache, R-Swanton, said she was troubled by the lacking testimony.
"I voted yes, but I am disturbed that no testimony was given by either the VSEA or the VNEA as to the number of incidences of demonstrable racism experienced by their members," she said.
Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, chair of the state Human Rights Commission, praised the effort.
"I am moved and proud of the statement that this body has made," he said. "Today we have made history, and I thank you all sincerely."
After the floor session, Gamache told True North that she was baffled by the lack of relevant testimony supporting the legislation.
"I find it curious that there was no there was no testimony taken from either the VSEA or the NEA because they have a lot of members," she said. "If we're talking about systemic racism, I would think they have vast numbers of employees that they represent. So why was there no testimony taken?
"[These groups] potentially could have information that would demonstrate instances of racism leveled by workers who feel they've been fired unjustifiably, or whatever, that would be on file."
Van Wyck told True North that the statistics presented to House members, without further context, don't adequately demonstrate systematic racism.
"To define systemic racism by a group of statistics, you don't know what the basis of those statistics are," he said. "Were people really being treated unfairly or not? Is there a reason why various groups of people leave state employment at a higher rate than others?"
He added: "I'm not saying that people haven't been treated unfairly, but you can not demonstrate that by just a large group of statistics."
The bill is now headed back to the Senate because of changes made by the House.
Michael Bielawski is a reporter for True North Reports. Send him news tips at bielawski82@yahoo.com and follow him on Twitter @TrueNorthMikeB.
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So going forth we can expect that supervisors will be terrified of giving even so much as a negative review of a minority employee for fear of bringing the witch burners down upon them. Incompetent workers, or workers with poor work ethics, will be kept on out of fear of being called the "R" word, (which is even worse than the "B" word, the "N" word, the "C" word, the "H" word, the "S" word, etc. etc.) and the swamp will continue to grow and taxes will rise and the liberals will proclaim that all is right in nirvana and they will then go forth like modern day Don Quixotes looking for more ficticious windmills to tilt at. Oh, by the way, did any of those departing minority employees even claim that they were the objects of discrimination?
Bob Richard says:
This is what happens when they follow the masses & sometimes the M is silent
AL in VT says:
Another solution in search of a problem by the Vermont Legislature, Joke
Homer Sulham says:
"alleged "systemic racism," which some lawmakers claim is rampant among offices of the Vermont state government."
This doesn't say much for the quality of the people running this state.
Advisory panel to investigate a non issue? Another feel good project costing tax payers, how much? They never think of cost, it's always full speed ahead, cost? Who cares?
CHenry says:
Here we go again, our legislative " buffons " trying to fix an issue in there feeble little
minds, that doesn't really exist but needs to be fixed.
Instead of fixing the real issues the state has ( Taxes, Drugs, Debt ) but they don't worry
about that stuff , just feel good policy !!
Lets go back in History, yes 200 years ago blacks were treated badly in the US and
there treatment was wrong, but that's History. I believe we have come a long way so
lets move forward 200 years look around, we've even had a Black president for two
terms. Are things perfect today of course not, nothing is and nothing will be !!
If these legislators feel VT is not fair, there needs to be a one for one ratio so they can
sleep at night, then they need to find an appropriate replacement and they need to
support them and then they should step down. We know that will never happen, now
that's "systemic racism " legislators .
Fix the real problems within the state !!
Ronald Roberts says:
If you haven't seen enough evidence to vote out a lot of the nuts, you need to pay better attention!
Good analogy Tyler!
Tyler Colford says:
Thank you Ronald!
Mark Shepard says:
So did these people all vote for Randy Brock in his statewide races. I and thousands of other Vermonters voted for Randy, but not at all based on race, rather his character and abilities. But if these nose-in-the-air liberals are at all genuine, they would have ensured Randy won every race he ran. Of course they don't mean a word they say. This is simply a means to their socialist ends of concentrating even more power in government to make decisions that the people are simply incapable of making.
This is ridiculous, "systemic racism" is a bait phrase used to conjure a sense of empathy for a nonsensical cause that will end up wasting more taxpayer money
#Tyler4Senate
Richard LaRouche says:
So a solution in search of a problem. I suggest that any funding needed to fund this be taken out of the reps pay.
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GPS Scatter Plot posted 22/1/2019.
GPS Scatter Plot v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
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Gizmoot for Zidoo H6 posted 3/2/2018.
Gizmoot for Zidoo H6 v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with the Zidoo H6 Android TV boxes which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this device. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed/run on the Zidoo H6 before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet.
Gizmoot for SA-NS300 posted 20/1/2018.
Gizmoot for SA-NS300 v1.1 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with the Sony SA-NS300 network speakers which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this device. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot App must be run on your smart phone/tablet before switching on the SA-NS300 speaker. This will ensure that the Gizmoot App finds the SA-NS300 speaker on your home WiFi network. Initially it might take up to 3 minutes for the SA-NS300 to announce itself to the Gizmoot App.
You Tube now contains videos that describe how to set up the Gizmoot for Android TV, EZCast, Fire TV, iPUSH, KODI, M8R, MS1, NVIDIA SHIELD, Roku and XW-SMA.
These videos should help users overcome common setup problems such as device discovery.
Support is also available at support@bergin-it.com.
Gizmoot for XW-SMA posted 7/8/2017.
Gizmoot for XW-SMA v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with the Pioneer XW-SMA network speakers which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this device. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot App must be run on your smart phone/tablet before switching on the XW-SMA speaker. This will ensure that the Gizmoot App finds the XW-SMA speaker on your home WiFi network.
Gizmoot for NVIDIA SHIELD posted 21/6/2017.
Gizmoot for NVIDIA SHIELD v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV STB which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this device. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed/run on the NVIDIA SHIELD before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet.
Gizmoot for M8R posted 20/6/2017.
Gizmoot for M8R v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with the M8R Android TV STB which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this device. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed/run on the M8R before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet.
Gizmoot for KODI posted 19/6/2017.
Gizmoot for KODI v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with KODI which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played by this software. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that UPnP must be enabled in the KODI settings.
Gizmoot for Android TV posted 11/6/2017.
Gizmoot for Android TV v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with Sony/LGE/Sharp/TPVision Android TVs which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played on the these devices. No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained. Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed/run on the Android TV before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet.
Gizmoot for Roku posted 5/6/2017.
Gizmoot for Roku v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with Roku players which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played on the Roku devices.
No banner ads are shown in the control screen but the app is not free. The free/ad supported Gizmoot App remains available on Google Play and will continue to be maintained.
The Roku devices can only play a limited number of radio stations which means there are less radio stations to choose from compared with the other Gizmoot Apps.
Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed on the Roku device before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet.
Gizmoot for Fire TV posted 29/5/2017.
Gizmoot for Fire TV v1.0 has now been released on the Google Play Store.
The app is focussed to work only with Fire TV players which allows the browse window to show only media that can be played on the Fire TV devices.
Please note that the Gizmoot Player App must be installed/run on the Fire TV before the Gizmoot App is started on your smart phone/tablet in order for Gizmoot to discover the Fire TV quickly.
Gizmoot Player 1.0 for Roku posted 3/2/2017.
Gizmoot Player v1.0 for Roku players has now been released on the Roku Channel Store.
The Gizmoot channel must selected from the Channel Store on the Roku device. The Gizmoot App must then be run on an Android smart phone or tablet connected to the same home network as the Roku drive. Browse some music or TV on the smart phone or tablet and choose then the Roku device to play the media.
The Gizmoot App can act as a remote control for playing media on Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, EZCast and iPush players.
Dropping support for iOS and tvOS posted 14/12/2016.
Both Gizmoot and Gizmoot Player will no longer be available under iOS and tvOS because Apple will no longer allow C networking APIs to be called. Gizmoot exits soon after starting under iOS 10 because these functions now raise a SIGABRT signal. Gizmoot uses SSDP/UDP and the network APIs offered by Apple do not support UDP, so I had no choice but to abandon iOS and tvOS. It's a pity because these Apps were initially developed under iOS and tvOS, and Apple didn't really need to do this. It's just another example of how Apple can be too prescriptive and demanding, and I am tired of working with them. I wonder how many Apps will now only be available under Android and not iOS as a result of this decision by Apple ? I will not miss the multitude of expiring certificates, iTunes Connect bugs and lengthy App approval process from iOS and tvOS development. I will now focus my efforts on Android development.
Gizmoot 2.4 for iOS/Android posted 10/12/2016.
Gizmoot Player 1.0 for Android TV posted 2/10/2016.
Gizmoot Player v1.0 for Android TV has now been released on Google Play. Android Studio v2.2 running under Mac OSX was used to build the App. Great care must be taken to place the files in exactly the right folder and you will be rewarded by being able to debug native code !
TIP: You add existing files by exiting Android Studio, copying the source files to the correct location, then restarting Android Studio i.e. they will just appear in the project hierarchy.
Gizmoot Player 1.0 for Fire TV posted 7/10/2016.
Gizmoot Player v1.0 for Fire TV has now been released.
Gizmoot 2.2 for iOS posted 20/5/2016.
Gizmoot v2.2 has now been submitted to iTunes Connect for review. Many iterations of build/archive/validate/upload/clean were needed before I was able to successfully upload the new version of the App. Firstly I had to install a new version of AppleWWDRCA.cer in the Keychain and then iTunes Connect complained about my distribution provisioning profile having the wrong App ID (WARNING ITMS-90076) which wasn't the case. The whole process of publishing a new version of an App on the Apple App Store is much more tedious and time-consuming compared with the Google Play Store. Now I must up to 10 days for Apple to find a new reason to reject my App !
Google Play Store supports app descriptions in Arabic, Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian while the Apple App Store doesn't. Apple really seem to be falling behind.
The Refiners launch in Paris posted 11/5/2016.
The Gizmoot project attended the launch of The Refiners in Paris, which is a cross border accelerator. The presentations took place at the BPI building in Boulevard Haussmann. Their goal is to connect French startup projects with Silicon Valley resources and help bridge the cultural gap.
iOS Voice Over and Chromecast Player API posted 23/4/2016.
While developing Gizmoot yesterday I accidently enabled VoiceOver by hitting the Home button 3 times. The iPhone then became completely unusable until I switched VoiceOver off again. Are Apple adding too many features to iOS ? I would prefer Apple to concentrate their effort on ensuring that the existing features in their software work correctly instead of adding horrible features like VoiceOver.
I examined the Chromecast Sender API for iOS/Android to assess if the Chromecast devices could act as players for Gizmoot. I haven't added support for Chromecast until now because of the limited media format support. Unfortunately Google have chosen a very presciptive model for the GUI of any App that is allowed to use their API i.e. their cast icon must be displayed on every screen and their GUI must be used for selecting the cast device. The design of Gizmoot doesn't fit with the Google paradigm in that it has its own screen for selecting the player device, which may or may not be a Chromecast device. If Google provide a lower level API that skips the GUI components then I am willing to look at this again.
MacBook and Mac OSX posted 5/2/2016.
tvOS Tech Talks in London posted 14/1/2016.
The Gizmoot project attended the Apple tvOS Tech Talks in London. The speakers gave a very helpful overview of the new Apple TV platform. The Gizmoot Player tvOS App will have several changes made to it as a result of what was learned. It is great that Apple is sharing the tech talk material too.
The new Apple TV is both a media playback and games platform. It will be very interesting to see how it fares against other media playback and games STBs and sticks, of which many are already established in the market and are offered at a cheaper price.
I tried using the latest version of Android Studio v1.5 to see if JNI native code can be debugged. Unfortunately I was not able to even build the Gizmoot project any more ! The choice was between compiling the C source code separately and copying library files around, or using an experimental NDK plug-in. I rolled back to version 1.2 of Android Studio because at least it is able to build native code, even if there are no possibilities to debug native code.
Considering the size of Google and the large number of developers undertaking Android development, I am very surprised that Google has released such a half-baked version of Android Studio. The Android Studio development team do not seem to understand the concept of stable releases. As a developer I want to spend my time developing my project and not working around the bugs and limitations of the development tools.
Gizmoot Player for Apple TV posted 28/10/2015.
Gizmoot Player v1.0 for the new Apple TV was released tonight ready for the product launch. Many thanks to Apple for sending a beta Apple TV device for development purposes. The Gizmoot Player App turns the Apple TV into a UPnP AV MediaRenderer which means that the Gizmoot App running on a smart phone or tablet can play music, video, photos and internet radio on the Apple TV if it is running the Gizmoot Player App.
The MediaServer capability was not included in Gizmoot Player because the Apple TV doesn't allow any data to be stored on the device and browsing lists of media content using the Apple TV remote control might feel cumbersome.
A Tale of 2 App Stores posted 24/9/2015.
SSDPTester no longer available for iOS posted 24/9/2015.
Bergin-IT has decided to focus its development effort on Android and so has stopped supporting the iOS version of the SSDPTester App. Existing users can continue to use the SSDPTester App on Android devices.
Gizmoot for Android has more than 10000 downloads posted 5/9/2015.
Gizmoot for Android has now been downloaded more than 10000 times ! Many thanks to those users who have tried Gizmoot and left some reviews. All feedback is welcome.
Gizmoot v1.12 for iOS posted 24/7/2015.
After uploading another build for Gizmoot v1.12 I was able to submit the new version for review in iTunes Connect. Apple have kindly expedited the review process due to the delay caused by the iTunes Connect problem, and so now Gizmoot v1.12 should appear on the App Store tomorrow. Many thanks to the Apple Support team for helping to fix this issue.
Gizmoot v1.12 has a fix for discovering the Kodi media server and renderer, combined audio/video genres to handle audio book genres correctly, a 'Control Volume' option in the Settings screen to enable/disable the volume slider in the Control screen, and songs within an album in the local media library are now listed in track number order.
Gizmoot v1.12 has been prepared that contains some changes requested by iOS users. The trouble is that a bug in iTunes Connect is preventing me from submitting Gizmoot v1.12 for review by Apple. I need to select the Gizmoot build that I have uploaded from Xcode but the 'Click + to add build before you submit your App' is missing. I am now waiting for the iTunes Connect support team to fix the problem. In the meantime I have made the same changes for Gizmoot running on Android and submitted it to the Google Play Store and it is now available to Android users. Once the iTunes Connect issue has been fixed I will then have to wait up to 10 days for Apple to review Gizmott v1.12. The Google Play Store is much better that the Apple App Store in that respect.
App Store Ratings posted 15/7/2015.
Now that the Gizmoot App has been available under iOS and Android for some months I can observe the differences in user ratings on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. I observe on the App Store users rarely rate Gizmoot, and only do so if they are disappointed that it didn't work with their DLNA/UPnP devices, giving Gizmoot a 1 star rating. On the Play Store Gizmoot has received considerably more ratings with an average of over 4 starts out of 5. This is surprising as 85% of the source code is identical in the iOS and Android versions of Gizmoot i.e. Gizmoot works equally well on both platforms. Many thanks for those positive Android ratings !
Archos Andoid Tablet posted 20/6/2015.
I have tested Gizmoot running on a Archos 70C Cobalt budget tablet and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. The main differences observed between this tablet and more expensive tablets are battery life between recharges and camera picture quality.
BBC and Gizmoot posted 30/5/2015.
ICT Spring 2015 posted 30/5/2015.
The Gizmoot project visited the ICT Spring show in Luxembourg. Discussions with magzine publishers showed a preference for sharing their content via their web site viewed on mobile devices. They didn't seem to be interested in playing their content on connected TVs on the home WiFi network. Generation Y don't seem to use TVs. Is this true ? Personally I wouldn't want to watch video on a tablet close to my eyes all the time.
Big Data was another topic of dicussion. Web site cookies are used to track user behaviour and then statistical analysis is used to predict our behaviour in terms of targeting the best Ad at the best time. One issue is making the correct interpretation. Another is to avoid 'creeping out' the user with Ads that make them feel spied upon. Ideally an Ad will provoke a positive response from a potential customer. Perhaps brands are risking alienating customers ? I suspect the best approach is to associate one or more Ads with a specific piece of media content, with the assumption being that if the user was interested in watching the content then there is a good chance they might be interested in the Ad. For example being able to book a concert ticket for a band to whom they have just listened might be an Ad that is welcomed. I also believe this approach will help fund content creation and help reduce the problem of media piracy robbing content producers of much needed income. The Gizmoot App is able to link banner Ads and their associated web page with a specific piece of media content.
Gizmoot for Android posted 26/4/2015.
The Gizmoot App has now been sucessfully ported to Android. All of the features of Gizmoot for iOS are included in the Android version. Streaming music from an iOS device to an Android device and vice versa doesn't work, and I suspect that the media players refuse to play mp3 files from a rival platform. I was surprised to find that the Android WebView isn't able to play as many different web pages as the iOS equivalent, and isn't able to scale web pages to fit on the screen horizontally. I am very pleased to find that Gizmoot runs well on a cheaper Android phone, though it doesn't run as fast as on an iPhone.
The SSDPTester App has now been sucessfully ported to Android. Much of the source code is written in C and so was re-used from the iOS version of the App. Unfortunately the JNI support in Android Studio is minimal at this point in time - not able to set breakpoints and debug the C code. Android works in terms of activities (screens) rather than Apps, which has been another area where the port took longer than expected. Unfortunately Google chose to hide many C APIs that are present in Android e.g. SQLite thus trying to force developers to use their Java APIs instead. This was a big mistake. From a technical and IDE perspective iOS is a far superior platform.
However I do prefer coding in Java compared to Objective-C, and releasing Apps on the Google Play store is much easier and faster than the Apple App store. With Apple a developer must wait over a week for the App to be reviewed, and Apple might reject the App for seemingly trivial or inconsistent reasons.
Our visit to CES in Las Vegas provided many interesting discussions with audio player manufacturers to find how Gizmoot can work more seamlessly with their products. Media is now being streamed from the internet so the players must be able to play internet URLs. We saw some very beautiful music systems.
Philips AW5000 Network Speaker posted 25/7/2014.
After testing the Philips AW5000 network speaker with Gizmoot I find that the firmware is letting down an otherwise attractive, well made and great sounding speaker. The AW5000 isn't able to play pls and m3u radio streams when directed by UPnP AV. The UPnP AV seek action doesn't work. The internet radio and music streaming services supported by the speaker are only supported as web pages. These could have been browsable via UPnP AV to make a really powerful music system. If Philips address these issues then they will have a speaker that can challenge Sonos.
Android Phone and WiFi posted 13/3/2014.
After switching from an iPhone to a Huwei Ascend G510 Android smart phone everything went very well until I started receiving messages from Proximus that my credit was close to zero. Turns out that even when connected to a WiFi network my Huwei phone elected to use GPRS to download data from the internet by default. Worse still Proximus accepted this data traffic even though I had only bought prepaid credits for voice and SMS. So 30 euros of credit rapidly disappeared. First thing to do is set the Settings..Mobile Networks..Data Enabled option to NO on the Huwei phone. After a 25 minute wait on the telephone to Proximus I was able to explain the situation and Proximus then configured my subscription not to allow data traffic. They also refunded some of the credit I had lost. So beware !
After 6 months of hard work Gizmoot V1.6 is now available on the App Store. The iOS device can now be used as a player and the music and photos on the iOS device can now be streamed to UPnP devices on the local WiFi network. Music, Photo, Podcast, Vodcast, Internet Radio and TV URLs in OPML and RSS feeds can now be browsed and played. Gizmoot maintains a recent and favorites list of the media items played. In play queue mode songs can be queued to be played consecutively on a device. The App Store descriptions have now been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Unfortunately the App Store doesn't yet support Arabic (but iOS does).
iOS 7 Tech Talks in London posted 18/12/2013.
ICT Spring 2013 posted 19/6/2013.
The Gizmoot project visited the ICT Spring 2013 show in Luxembourg. There were some interesting talks on venture capital, intellectual property, Qwant search engine, PayPal and the Techniciolor Qeo protocol. A large number of booths contained startup projects uilising mobile Apps and/or the cloud.
LeWeb London 2013 posted 7/6/2013.
The Gizmoot project visited the LeWeb London 2013 show where the theme was the sharing economy. The presentations included a demonstration of Google Glass and a discussion of Bitcoin. The startup competition contained some interesting projects that might be able to integrate their media content into Gizmoot for playback ovet the home WiFi network.
4elephants Rally Sponsorship posted 16/3/2013.
Until now the Gizmoot iPhone App has used the Apple CFNetwork API for TCP network communication. Despite having to work around some issues in the CFNetwork library, the good integration with the iOS virtual machine made it a good choice. Recent development has shown that when 2 packets arrive on 2 different connections (using different ports) from the same IP address close together, the first packet cannot be read. So Gizmoot has hit the limits of what CFNetwork can do, and will use sockets instead. It is another example of using the Apple Objective-C APIs only when absolutely necessary.
Bergin-IT has joined the UPnP Forum, which define the UPnP AV protocol standards used by the Gizmoot iPhone App to communicate with televisions, music systems, music servers, etc. The UPnP AV standards are a key component for ensuring that equipment from different manufacturers work together over a WiFi network.
Started testing Gizmoot with the imerge S3000 sounder server. The imerge box supports UPnP AV and has one root device and 5 embedded devices all using the same IP address and port ! It's a good workout for the Gizmoot network stack ... it's a pity that the UPnP AV implemetation in the imerge box has too many bugs for it to be usable.
Gizmoot Facebook Page posted 22/6/2012.
The Gizmoot iPhone App now has a facebook page which provides another channel of communication between the users of Gizmoot and Bergin-IT. Such feedback is really useful.
ICT Spring 2012 posted 21/6/2012.
We demonstrated the Gizmoot iPhone App at the ICT Spring 2012 show in Luxembourg. The WiFi networks were completely saturated in the LuxExpo, so we were forced to demonstate Gizmoot running in the iPhone simulator on a MacBook connected via ethernet rather than WiFi. Otherwise the show was a great success, and we were able to have many interesting conversations with representatives from other companies. Bergin_IT is very grateful to ICT Spring for allowing us to participate on a Startup stand, and to Julien Bouteloup for helping demonstrate Gizmoot.
iSSDPTester becomes SSDPTester posted 16/6/2012.
No more IPConfig App posted 9/6/2012.
Unfortunately Apple have decided to reject any further updates to the IPConfig App because they have decided that the user interface isn't good enough, even though they accepted the App until now. It's a pity because over 10000 people use this App, and some useful bug fixes and some nice new artwork were included in the next version. The App has been deleted because we wanted the icons to match those of our other Apps. The random nature of the Apple App approval process deters investment in App development. While Apple have "raised the bar" in terms of what they accept in other people's Apps, the quality of Xcode and OSX has deteriorated recently. Android might be a better choice of platform for the future.
Our visit to CES in Las Vegas was very interesting with respect to the latest televisions which have now morphed into giant iPod Touches ! Some of the TVs act as touch screens while others use a wand IR remote control. All have Apps with App stores. Does this mean the end of STB and media servers ? Another theme of the show was connecting the devices of your home to the internet. Every company seems to be offering some kind of product.
Building pains with Xcode 4.2 posted 5/1/2011.
Apple have introduced 'Schemes' on top of build configurations in Xcode 4.2. Some build settings can be set per build configuration, but most are set for the target. Xcode no longer provides a GUI for configuring build configurations, and provide defaults of 'Debug' and 'Release'. Unfortunately when running an App only the 'Debug' build configuration can be used. Why did they change this ?
Xcode 4.2 and iOS 5 posted 9/12/2011.
After having installed Xcode 4.2 and re-built Gizmoot I was impressed to see that the new compiler has unearthed some interesting errors in the source code, which have now been fixed. The Xcode GUI has been reorganised which forces developers to find where existing tools have been hidden. I don't see much benefit in these changes, so Apple seem to be making the same mistake as Microsoft when they release new versions of Windows.
Discover Mingled using Gizmoot posted 7/9/2011.
See photos and play music from the Belgian powerpop band Mingled using Gizmoot by browsing the "Internet" item in the first Browse page in Version 1.2 of the Gizmoot App. The media lists feature of Gizmoot allows media files files on the internet to be browsed and played by Gizmoot users.
Gizmoot V1.2 is on the App Store posted 11/8/2011.
Version 1.2 of the Gizmoot App is now available on the App store. Some bugs have been fixed, and the Popcorn Hour A-200 and D-Link DSM-510 UPnP AV devices are now supported. Gizmoot supports media lists on the internet which can be browsed and played on UPnP AV media renderer devices. The "Internet" item in the first Browse page of Gizmoot contains media lists.
Gizmoot V1.1 is on the App Store posted 20/3/2011.
Version 1.1 of the Gizmoot App is now available on the App store. Unfortunately a bug related to [UIImage imageNamed] caused Gizmoot v1.0 to crash on some devices and not on others, depending on when iPhone OS decided to clean up the image. So beta testing with a wide group of devices is definitely worthwhile. The speed of discovery of devices on the network has been increased by caching the devices when the App exits i.e. when run next time Gizmoot will attempt to talk with the devices rather than waiting for a SSDP packet to notify that the device is available on the network. The higher definition icons can now be seen on iPhone 4 and iPad now that the Icon files property in the main bundle file has been set. Some extra UPnP devices are now supported. Gizmoot now supports a wider range of languages. Hopefully Gizmoot v1.1 is now a stable and useful remote control !
Visit to Philips, Leuven posted 25/2/2011.
Many thanks to the team developing the Streamium products at Philips in Leuven, Belgium for allowing Bergin-IT to test Gizmoot against their UPnP AV products. There are many different interpretations of the UPnP standard so being able to test Gizmoot with the devices is essential to ensuring good compatibility. The fruits of this work will appear in version 1.1 of Gizmoot. Many thanks to Yve De Buysscher for arranging the visit.
Evolution of UPnP AV posted 24/2/2011.
The UPnP and DLNA network protocol standards have been available for a long time but haven't yet achieved mainstream adoption. Initial uptake was restricted by low usage of WiFi networks in the home. That has now changed. The next impediment was the lack of handheld control point devices to browse the media files and select one for playback. The arrival of smartphones with a rich set of independently written Apps has yielded a number of UPnP AV control point options, including Gizmoot. The next impediment seems to be getting everything working easily and completely. Usage of UPnP AV devices in the home is still the domain of technology ethusiasts with network knowledge or friends with that experience. Using DLNA enabled devices tend to involve awkward steps to switch on obscure menu options. This presents equipment manufacturers with a commercial opportunity. For example, if a home cinema system with decent sound quality, several composite input/output channels, HDMI output for a TV, WiFi and ethernet built-in, built-in UPnP AV media server and renderer switched on and ready to go and USB connector for connecting hard drives and USB keys containing media files arrives on the market then a lot of people would be interested. Such a device would replace a lot of old equipment and provide the consumer with a truly enhanced experience compared with what they have now. Another important consideration is power consumption when the device is in standby mode. Ideally future UPnP/DLNA devices will allow the control point to switch then between their On state and standby. OEMs are welcome to contact Bergin-IT to discuss these issues in more detail.
Home Network Blog posted 24/2/2011.
Simon Mackay writes a fantastic blog related to home networks.
Gizmoot V1.0 is on the App Store posted 22/2/2011.
After many months of hard work, the Gizmoot App is now available on the App store, and can be blogged about. The App took longer to write because it has it's own UPnP network stack rather than using an off-the-shelf library. This approach has allowed optimisations at different levels of the network stack, workarounds for some eccentricities of other UPnP devices, and allows the App to suppport other types of UPnP services in the future. Gizmoot is a free App with an iAd advertising banner in the control screen. Future plans include a GizmootPro App that can be bought with extra features and without any iAd adverstisements.
App Store Customer Reviews posted 7/1/2011.
After viewing the customer reviews for Version 1.2 of the IPConfig App in iTunes Connect, I'm starting to doubt if this feedback is worthwhile. Out of 8000 customers to download this App only 3 have posted feedback on iTunes. One customer would like the App to solve his DNS problems, but Apple offers a limited API to iPhone OS developers, and such DNS operations are not available at present. The same customer noticed that version 1.1 crashed when running under iPhone OS 4.0 (because Apps didn't exit any more but when into the background instead), which is why version 1.2 was released. One customer from Australia rated the App as being poor, but it would have been interesting to find out why. I have found that feedback via email is much more effective in that it is 2-way and Bergin-IT can respond much more quickly. I hope that customers can appreciate that the App is free and that it's aim is only to report the details of the IP connection.
Version 1.2 of the IPConfig App has iAd advertisements. The reports supplied by Apple show that iAd is working in North America, France and the UK at present, so no income will be received from other countries. Over a 5 week period the approximate monthly income per user is 2 cents. The figure should rise once iAd is fully rolled out and matures. The response from users to iAd advertisements could wane over time as the novelty wears off.
Version 1.1 of the iSSDPTester App has been ported to iOS 4.1. Now that Apps can go into the background rather than exiting (so that they can resume quickly) has an important impact i.e. the iSSDPTester App must close the UDP socket it is using in case the next App to run in the foreground needs to use the same UDP port. This is an important area of consideration for iPhone App developers.
iAd in IPConfig App posted 8/11/2010.
Version 1.2 of the IPConfig App has an iAd banner view below the UITableView containing the network configuration information. The iTunes Connect iAd Network reports the revenue earned from the advertisements, which should indicate if making an App free of charge but with iAd enabled is more profitable than charging for the App. More data is required.
App Store Customer Ratings posted 23/2/2010.
While searching the web to see the exposure of the iSSDPTester App, I visited the AppSpotlight site and then clicked on the 'See Reviews' link which loaded the Apple App Store page for the App. There I could see that 11 people had rated the App. However when viewing the App via iTunes no customer reviews are shown, yet the App is rated as 4+. This problem has been reported to Apple and has a Bug ID 7679197.
In response to Imran's review which stated that SSDP is an expired draft but used in UPnP, please note that UPnP AV is being used increasingly, so SSDP will be relevant for some time yet.
While writing a UPnP AV stack from scratch the flaws in the protocol design have become apparent. The SOAP/GENA packet payloads do not contain all of the needed information e.g. the upper UPnP layers need to know the HTTP resource URI. When sending a GENA event subscribe/unsubscribe packet the HTTP method must be set accordingly. So the network stack cannot simply encode/decode the payload bytes and route them to the next layer in the stack. This coupling between HTTP and UPnP effectively locks them together. This might explain why many of the public UPnP libraries have not succeeded in clearly separating the network layers. Implementing a new UPnP stack in C offers several advantages: C can be built on many different platforms while C++ isn't always available; clear network layer separation allows the network stack to be used in many applications rather than just UPnP AV; network layers can be substituted as needed because they are connected via dynamic callbacks; the implementation is documented and unit-tested.
The iPad was announced by Apple while I was away on holiday in Egypt. The doubling of the screen size should allow a wider diversity of Apps to be written than were feasible on the iPhone/iPod Touch devices, which is confirmed by iWork being available for the iPad. The soft keyboard is large enough to make typing on screen relatively painless. Having a 10 hour battery life should also increase the diversity of Apps. I'm happy to see that the iPad has a built-in microphone. The keyboard dock accessory is a great idea, although I worry that the 30-pin connector could be damaged when the touchscreen is pressed while in the dock. The iBookstore combined with the iPad should be a very successful combination. Apple say that nearly all existing iPhone OS Apps should run OK on the iPad. I was very impressed to receive an email from Apple inviting me to try the new SDK for iPad development. Apple are very well organised and are experts at launching new products. Those who choose to mock the iPad as a stretched iPhone should remember that some people cast doubts on the iPhone when it was launched. These are interesting times where IT technology and home devices are radically changing, and Apple seems to be at the forefront of these developments.
The AppShopper web site lists all of the available iPhone OS Apps and contains customer ratings ! I guess that the site must parse the iTunes App Store XML links to update its database. It's a pity that the customer ratings are not posted on the App Store. Another useful feature of the AppShopper web site are the RSS feeds for new Apps and changes.
iSSDPTester was released in December as a tier 5 commercial App. The intention was to see how an App would fare with minimal promotion and not being free. By 9/1/2010 there were no sales, so the App was made free on the App store. Within 1 day several hundred copies of the App had been downloaded, so the price tier was changed back to tier 5. Since then there have been purchases of the App. So initially offering an App for free seems to be an effective way of generating customer interest.
The XBMC Remote v1.7.5 iPhone App works well with XBMC v9.04.1 running under Mac OSX. To set up XBMC on the Mac I had to add a music source (Music..Add Source..Type in path to root folder containing your music files), then right click on the newly added source and select 'Scan item to library'. Use the backspace key to go back to the previous screen. The XBMC Remote iPhone App was able to discover the XBMC server and could be used to play some music over WiFi.
Useful Blog for iPhone Developers posted 11/1/2010.
The Cocoa With Love blog contains a very good introduction to using singleton classes in Objective-C. The SYNTHESIZE_SINGLETON_FOR_CLASS macro is great !
The Ubuntu media players cannot always play DivX files, which seems to be an issue on other platforms too.
The command-line configuration required for using a flatbed scanner via the parallel port (SANE) shows that Ubuntu hasn't yet caught up with Windows in terms of ease of adding new peripherals. Not all USB scanners are supported by Ubuntu, normally due to lack of availability of technical information for driver developers.
Marketing of iPhone Apps posted 5/1/2010.
While the iPhone SDK provides a great platform for development and the App store provides a great sales channel, it appears to be widely accepted that the marketing of iPhone Apps remains a major challenge. The App store provides some initial exposure when the App is new, and Apps can be searched for by keyword. After that each iPhone developer must rely on recommendations either on the App store or on web sites dedicated to iPhone Apps. Unfortunately the vast majority of iPhone App customers do not bother to leave a 'Customer Review' on the App store.
While in France over Christmas the inevitable requests for help with IT issues from family members cropped up.
My father successfully installed Ubuntu 9.10 on his old Dell PC which shows how far linux has come in terms of ease of use for non-experts. I installed the gstreamer plugins to allow playback of the most common media file formats. Unfortunately audio doesn't seem to work on Ubuntu 9.10 (whoops) so I suggest sticking with an older version (9.04) until this issue gets fixed.
Meanwhile my father-in-law had bought a Windows 7 machine with a HP Deskjet F4580 WiFi printer. Windows 7 seems to work a lot better han Vista, but still has those annoying popup messages asking for confirmation every time I want to install or run something. Microsoft have chosen to re-arrange the applications again which is headache for someone using Windows in a different language to what they are used to. The Start menu doesn't list all of the applications and provides a search facilty instead. This is a real pain. The HP printer was connected to the PC via USB rather than WiFi for a good reason ... the Orange Sagem Livebox-6b0a WiFi Access Point must be attached to a device via ethernet in order to accept the MAC address. Add to that that the Livebox uses a non-standard mixture of WEP and WPA encryption which means that the HP printer couldn't be connected via WiFi. That's a pity because all 6 of the USB connectors on his PC are in use meaning that he will have to unplug a USB device if he wants to add a USB memory stick. For the same reason I couldn't use my iPod Touch or MacBook (via WiFi) on the WLAN either. I wonder if Orange realise how bad these technical choices are ? I hope they drop these bad ideas in future because homes will have more networked devices, and it must be easy to add new devices to the WiFi network. My father-in-law gave a gallic shrug of the shoulders and said that computers were very complicated. I wonder how many other Orange customers in France are suffering from the same issue ? The Labtec Webcam Pro doesn't have a Windows 7 driver available yet so my father-in-law will have to buy a new webcam. He tried to install Skype but started installing an adware version from eoRezo instead, which luckily didn't install successfully. Trying to remove the eoRezo software wasn't easy because 'Add/Remove' programs has been renamed 'Programs and Features' in Windows 7.
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Now that you have thought about burial versus cremation for your loved one, it is time to think about what you would like the service to look like and represent. Chapel Ridge Funeral Home & Cremation Centre in Markham can help you plan a funeral or memorial service that reflects the individual whose life you wish to reflect and celebrate.
There are many options to holding a service for your loved one. It can be held at Chapel Ridge Funeral Home in Markham, at a church or place of worship, or a hall – the options are endless. This is where you can rely on the funeral director to help create a memorable service.
Pallbearers are the people you have probably seen who carry the casket at the service, if there is a casket present. If the service features a casket, have you thought about who you will ask to hold this responsibility?
You can choose to have a minister officiate the service or a celebrant. The difference between the two are religious and non-religious. Some find it offensive to speak of religion if the deceased did not have religious beliefs. The choice is yours for who you would like to officiate the service. Chapel Ridge has very strong relationships with both religious and non-religious celebrants. If your family does not know of a celebrant, our staff can assist you in finding someone who is able to create a personal, memorable service.
There is likely a list of people that were important to your loved one. Preparing a list of who should be notified of the passing of your loved one will be beneficial to you when making the arrangements. Chapel Ridge Funeral Home has a number of ways of notifying people in the community and beyond of the death. Speak to our staff about these options.


Even if you think you're the best candidate for the job – I see too many resumés that just don't get this message across efficiently. Here's some top tips for details that should make yours jump out of the pile.
Make sure you have ALL experiences in the same chronological order though, as people will look no further at your resumé if it's not logical to follow.
A duty is an assigned task and an achievement is how well your performed this duty…in other words a positive result of your efforts. Employers of course need to know what your tasks were in past jobs…but they love to hear and are much more interested in what you achieved. So when describing past jobs – go for it – this is your time to bring up specific accomplishments and brag a little!
Nobody wants to hire a dark rain cloud – they want a beaming ray of sunshine to be a part of their team!
So….how do you sound on paper..? You have one chance to shine and to make it to the next step – be invited to an interview.


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Q: HasOne Identifying Relationship Not Saving I have an identifying relationship between two tables in the database.
The parent table has a primary key that is generated via an Identity. The child table has a primary key that is the identity-generated primary key from the parent table. It's a true one-to-one.
I've tried several mapping strategies, with all sorts of results, none of them perfect.
The parent mapping file has this (notice the Cascade.All() - I expect the parent to manage the relationship):
HasOne(x => x.ChildObject).Cascade.All();

The child mapping has this:
Id(Reveal.Member<ChildObject>("ID"))
.GeneratedBy.Foreign("ParentObject");
HasOne(Reveal.Member<ChildObject, ParentObject>("ParentObject"))
.Constrained()
.ForeignKey();

I changed the object names to protect the innocent.
So here's what happens. I create an instance of the parent, I create an instance of the child and set the relationships (add the Child to the Parent, and the Parent to the Child).
I run this code:
session.SaveOrUpdate(_Parent);
session.Clear();
transaction.Commit();

What I expect to happen is the Parent gets saved, with the ID being updated in the parent from the database. Then the ID should be set in the Child, and the Child saved.
Instead, the Parent gets saved, but not the Child (I can see the insert statements nHibernate is executing, and the Child object never appears in the database).
The Child has the ID from the parent (it's being propagated from Parent to Child correctly), but nHibernate doesn't recognize the Child as dirty (a guess on my part). Even if I explicitly try a SaveOrUpdate on the Child object, it doesn't get saved.
But it gets a bit weirder. If I attach a collection of dirty objects to the Child, and I call  SaveOrUpdate explicitly on the Child, nHhiberante will persist the Child, and the collection - the expected behaviour. But I still have to call it explicitly.
What mistake have I made mapping the Parent-Child relationship?

A: My guess is that parent.Id is generated by identity.
the line session.SaveOrUpdate(_Parent); will save the parent to get its id and cache the Insert of the Child to flush on commit. session.Clear(); will then remove the cached Insert and transaction.Commit(); wont find anything to do.

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What Is Crypto Sword & Magic And Why Should You Play It?
by Ante Milos 3 months ago 2 min read
Today we're going to talk about Crypto Sword & Magic, a blockchain version of the popular turned-based RPG game, Sword & Magic. The game runs on the EOS blockchain and is bringing true asset ownership and unrestricted trading to the Sword & Magic fans.
You're A Hero
In Crypto Sword & Magic, you can choose to be a warrior, sorcerer or archer. Like in other RPG games, each class features unique abilities, stats and can carry different items.
As you gain levels and progress through the game, you'll be able to choose abilities that suit your playstyle the most. You'll build what is known as the skill tree, that is, navigate through a maze of a vast array of skills when building your hero powers.
Understanding Battles
Crypto Sword & Magic features turned-based battles. You'll have to face monsters at different stages, and earn prizes as you complete each stage.
There are various types of battles you can take in this game. For example, you can fight regular mobs to earn XP and loot or go to infinite dungeons to earn better and more valuable rewards. The game also features bosses and rare monster battles which are difficult to beat but also very rewarding.
Crypto Sword & Magic in-game footage
Furthermore, you can utilize the game's new mercenary system, which allows you to bring along 3 mercenaries to your battles. Each hero can act as a mercenary, including yours. This means that you can not only hire other players' heroes when you combat challenging monsters, but you may also help other players complete their challenges. If you and your mercenary friends finish the specific stage, you'll split your hard-earned loot!
Items and Auctions
You can equip your heroes with various items, including weapons, armor, and accessories. In the game, each item is a non-fungible token (NFT) registered on the EOS blockchain.
All items carry different stats and can significantly empower your hero. Understandably, each hero class can carry items that go along with its role; warriors carry shields and swords, archers bows and sorcerers wands.
You can equip your hero with numerous items
And since Crypto Sword & Magic is a blockchain game, you're in full control of your assets. This means that you can buy or sell items however you like. Various items can be sold on the market, including weapons, armor, accessories, battle prizes and pets!
If you'd like to play Crypto Sword & Magic, feel free to visit the game's official website. And of course, be sure to check our DGaming store for other DGames that you can play right now and make an actual profit!
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What is diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis?
Are vomiting and diarrhea contagious?
How are vomiting treated and diarrhea treated?
Diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis is when your child has a case of vomiting and diarrhea.
The symptoms do not last for over 8-12 hours.
Vomiting and diarrhea are common symptoms of many illnesses.
Vomiting is usually caused by a virus or from eating food that doesn't sit well in the stomach.
Your child may have vomiting and diarrhea at the same time or just one at a time.
Some infants "spit up" after eating or burping. This is not vomiting.
Sometimes. Vomiting and diarrhea may be contagious, depending on the illness that causes them.
Controlling your child's intake of food and liquid can help stop his vomiting and diarrhea.
Give frequent, small amounts of fluids. Give your child 1 ounce of clear liquids every hour. Have your child take small sips.
Do not use plain water. Special clear liquids called oral rehydration solutions (ORS) are best.
Do not give your child diet soda, sugar-free drinks, or caffeine.
If your infant doesn't vomit after 12 to 24 hours, start breastfeeding or begin giving formula. Some doctors recommend giving half-strength formula for 12 hours, then full-strength after 12 hours. Ask your doctor.
If there is diarrhea but no vomiting, it's usually okay to give your child milk.
Feed your child a "B-R-A-T" diet for 1 or 2 days. It is made of bananas, rice (cooked white rice, rice cereal, rice cakes), applesauce, and tea or dry toast (no butter or jelly).
Keep your child's diet bland until diarrhea is better. Plain pasta, baked chicken, boiled potatoes, cooked vegetables, and soups are good.
If diarrhea doesn't get better, limit high-sugar foods like Kool-Aid and apple juice.
Do not use over-the-counter medications until you have checked with the doctor.
Vomiting and diarrhea can cause dehydration (loss of fluid in the body).
Your child should drink fluids if he has had vomiting and diarrhea. Drinking in small, frequent sips is best.
Your child might need an ORS (such as Pedialyte or Ricelyte) to help replace body fluids.
If your child has diarrhea but no vomiting, don't limit how much ORS he drinks.
If you have questions or concerns about your child's condition, call the doctor. If your child is very dehydrated, he needs immediate attention.
your child is under 6 months old and has a temperature above 104 degrees F (or 40 degrees C).
your child is under 2 years old and has vomiting or diarrhea.
stomach pain is not better in 2 hours, vomiting is not better in 12 hours, or diarrhea isn't better after 3 days.
your child's mouth is dry, he is bloated, or he won't take liquids.
there is blood in the vomit or diarrhea or bile (yellow-green liquid) in the vomit.
your child has pain with urination, a bad headache, neck pain, or a strange rash.
your child is unable to take the medicine he needs.
your child is very thirsty.
your child doesn't urinate in 8-12 hours or if your infant doesn't urinate in 4-6 hours.
your child is sleeping a lot or has very little energy.
there are no tears when your child cries.
Vomiting and diarrhea are symptoms of many illnesses.
Vomiting and diarrhea are sometimes contagious.
If your child is vomiting, stop all food and liquids. After 30 minutes of not vomiting, begin to add food and liquids slowly as he is able to keep them down.
Feed your child a bland diet if he has diarrhea.
Vomiting and diarrhea can cause dehydration. Dehydration can be treated with an ORS.
Call the doctor if vomiting, diarrhea, or aches and pains do not get better within reasonable time. Go to the emergency room if your child is very dehydrated.