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Apple pulls Skype, VoIP apps in China; Tencent market value surpasses Facebook
21 Nov, 2017 | 19:27
Author Miriam JimenezJillian Olazo
* Apple Inc. pulled a number of Voice over IP apps, including Microsoft Corp.'s Skype, from its App Store in China, The New York Times reports, citing a confirmation by a company spokeswoman. In a statement, the Apple representative said the apps were removed after the Ministry of Public Security notified that they were not complying with local law. The spokeswoman said the apps remain available in other markets.
* Tencent Holdings Ltd. overtook Facebook Inc. in market value a day after it shattered the US$500 billion barrier, now becoming the first Chinese tech company to become one of the world's five biggest corporations, Bloomberg News reports. Tencent is now valued at US$523 billion after boosting its market value by about US$292 billion upon closing on Nov. 21, compared to Facebook's US$522 billion valuation on Nov. 20.
* Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., the main assembler of Apple, has been employing high-school students to assemble the iPhone X in an effort to catch up with demand after production delays, the Financial Times reports. Six of the students told FT they routinely worked 11-hour days assembling the iPhone X at a factory in China, which constitutes illegal overtime for student interns under Chinese law.
* U.K.-based advertising giant WPP Plc agreed to tender all of its 24.9% stake, or 10,331,100 shares, in its Japanese partner Asatsu-DK Inc. to private equity firm Bain Capital. Under the deal, WPP will also withdraw its arbitration and petition cases against Asatsu-DK.
* SoftBank Group Corp.'s multibillion dollar investment in Uber Technologies Inc. opens up the possibility of combining it with other ride-hailing assets the Japanese group owns, industry sources told Reuters. SoftBank is also an investor in Uber's rivals across Asia, including Southeast Asia's Grab, China's DiDi Chuxing and India's Ola.
* Japanese social media operator Machimachi announced that it has raised ?170 million from venture capital Anri, BEENEXT Capital Management Pte. Ltd. and individual investors. The fund is to be used to expand its services as well as marketing to acquire users.
* BlackBerry Ltd. announced that it is expanding its network of embedded technology experts with two new partners in Japan, Fujisoft Inc. and Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions Ltd. Two companies joined a specialized Value-Added Integrator program announced by BlackBerry in March, which aims to build a worldwide network of experts trained on BlackBerry QNX and Certicom technologies.
* Hitachi Ltd. will make electric vehicle motors in China as soon as fiscal 2020 via newly established Chinese unit Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems (Guangzhou) Ltd. The company aims to capitalize on a government initiative there to boost production of greener vehicles.
* South Korean Minister of Science and ICT Yu Yeong-min officially announced that the ministry will supply new spectrum in 2018 to ensure the successful deployment of 5G services, Digital Times reports. He also said that the price of spectrum allocation will be adjusted as soon as possible.
* South Korean telco LG Uplus Corp. launched a smart cloud-based drone control system, entering the drone business in full swing, Money Today reports. The new autonomous drone service connects the control system and the device using long-term evolution networks, enabling the control of drones from hundreds of kilometers away.
* South Korean game company NCsoft Corp. will launch its MMORPG game "Lineage M" in Taiwan on Dec. 11, Financial News reports. Taiwan-based game company Gamania Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. is going to service the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. The pre-registration for the game hit 2.51 million as of Nov. 19.
CHINA, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
* Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Entertainment and Dalian Wanda Group Corp. Ltd. have decided not to renew their movie financing and marketing deal, Variety reported Nov. 21. A Sony Pictures Entertainment spokesman reportedly said the deal was "always intended to finish after 'The Emoji Movie.'"
* Tencent Holdings led a fundraising round for service robot startup Yunji Technology, Yicai Global reports. The round marks Tencent's latest investment in the robotics sector following previous deals made with Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics Co., Ganker Robot and UBTECH Robotics Corp.
* Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and 50 other companies formed an alliance on internet transportation and logistics industry innovation, Chinanews reports. The alliance, backed by the government, will work toward enhancing the use of internet in the transportation and logistics industry, and putting forth research ideas into commercial use.
* Facebook is bringing its video streaming service Watch to India during the first quarter of 2018, The Ken reports.
* ALTBalaji is eyeing distribution and billing partnerships with domestic and foreign telecom operators, including Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. ALTBalaji chief marketing officer Manav Sethi told The Economic Times (India) that the Balaji Telefilms Ltd.-owned streaming service plans to add 50 new shows to its content catalog and allot 1 billion Indian rupees for marketing in the next fiscal year.
* The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is proposing relaxing spectrum holding limit rules, which include removing the 50% cap on intra-band spectrum holdings of carriers, but putting a cap of 50% on the combined spectrum holding in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands. The telecom regulator also suggested increasing the overall holding limit to 35% from 25%, according to The Economic Times (India).
* Bharti Airtel Ltd. will focus on providing TV services through its direct-to-home platform Airtel Digital TV as well as through its over-the-top service Airtel TV. According to Television Post, Airtel will work on accelerating the adoption of HD set-top boxes on Airtel Digital TV and revamping Airtel TV.
* Discovery Communications Inc.'s Discovery Communications India is seeking the intervention of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to help it recover dues worth around 75 million rupees from Reliance Digital TV, the direct-to-home business of Reliance Communications Ltd., Television Post reports.
* Experts are warning that maintaining quality network coverage and consumer experience could be a huge challenge for the combined entity of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular Ltd. once their merger is complete, The Economic Times (India) reports.
* Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Chairman Salvador Zamora said it will partner with Chinese companies to challenge the country's two dominant telecom operators, PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom, Reuters reports. The announcement comes shortly after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered China to launch a third telecom provider in the country. Two of China's top 3 telecom operators are reportedly keen on entering the Philippine market to challenge the current telco duopoly in the country, Rappler reports, citing the Philippines' Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia.
* The Thai cabinet approved the draft of a new law proposed by the Consumer Protection Board that gives better protection to mobile phone consumers, Khaosod reports. Under the new law, a mobile phone that breaks due to a possible defect within six months from the purchase date could be replaced with a new one by the seller, among other measures, according to the report.
* Indonesian digital media startup IDN Media Company has announced their undisclosed Series B funding led by venture capital companies East Ventures and Hong Kong-based investment company Central Exchange, industry website Tech in Asia reports. This new investment will be used to accelerate the number of users growth and to develop the product and technology.
* Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co. Ltd. will help Thailand's Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) set up an innovation center in Thailand, Krungthep Turakij reports. The center will be the country's first electricity-oriented innovation center.
* Uber Technologies Inc.'s food ordering and delivery service UberEATS is expanding to four new Bangkok districts, namely Pracha Chuen, On Nut, Ram Inthra Expressway Frontage Road and Pin Klao, Siam Phone reports.
* Uber Technologies Inc. is facing an industry class-action suit for illegally operating in the Australian state of Victoria, the Australian Financial Review reports. Law firm Maurice Blackburn is calling for Victorian taxi and car hire drivers negatively impacted by Uber's entry to join the class action for loss and damages. Uber has been operating in the state since 2013 but was only legalized in August this year.
* Amazon.com Inc. could be launching in Australia this week, Lifehacker (Australia) reports, citing an email sent to Amazon Marketplace sellers. According to the email, Amazon will start an internal testing phase to a small number of customers starting Nov. 23.
* Acer Australia is exploring the possibility of moving into the digital signage market after its parent company Acer Inc. partnered with Japanese software integration service provider SMedio on marketing the Taiwanese company's digital signage products in Japan, ChannelNews reports.
Startup Spotlight: Zone TV looks to bring linear TV into digital age: Bucking the prevailing trends, Zone TV is operating dynamic linear TV networks populated by digital-first content.
Consumer Insights: How consumers in Europe and the U.S. watch OTT video on the TV: A comparison of European and U.S. consumer surveys reveal that the devices consumers prefer to use to deliver online video content to the TV varies substantially.
Global Multichannel: LatAm CEO Survey 2017 - 5G may cannibalize fixed broadband, rollout begins 2020: Latin American Mobile telephony operators to begin 5G commercial deployment between 2020 and 2023; 50% of surveyed CEOs expect 5G to cannibalize fixed broadband.
Nozomi Ibayashi, Myungran Ha, Emily Lai, Wil Hathaway and Ed Eduard contributed to this report. The Daily Dose has an editorial deadline of 7 a.m. Hong Kong time. Some external links may require a subscription.
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I stood there, holding the warm organ in my hand, absolutely furious. I had spent the better part of my summer trying to find a way to ride along with the only equine veterinarian in a three county radius to no avail. The calls which were so difficult for a super shy sixteen-year-old to make were not returned. I wasn't really above stalking him, but that didn't seem like the most effective way to meet my goal. Then, the owner of the farm on which I worked – a man who knew exactly how badly I wanted to breath the same air as this particular veterinarian – called to tell me that Dr. Booth was coming to geld one of their colts and I had better be there. I dropped everything and raced to the farm, practically desperate to meet him in person and hoping that he would invite me to spend what little time I had left before school started tagging along in his truck, learning a little bit more about the only job I had ever wanted since I was six years old. And this man had just thrown a testicle at me. He had barely uttered a word to me since arriving on the farm, despite the fact that I had done my best to stay out of the way, stay out of the light, and not ask too many questions. Yet I still found myself holding the warm and bloody testicle I caught as it came hurling towards my head. My jaw clenched and I could feel hot anger and heavy disappointment rising within me.
Dr. Booth's eyes met mine and he laughed. He said, "Most people would have ducked", which I honestly couldn't tell if he meant as a compliment or an insult. Then he started asking me questions – where did I go to school? How long had I worked at the farm? Why in the world would I want to be a veterinarian?
After that day, he called me every once in a while to accompany him on various calls throughout our rural area. I really got a taste for the type of life I was choosing – one could never plan a day or stick to a schedule as something was bound to come up and throw everything off. Dr. Booth was a man of few words, so most of the time driving between calls was spent in silence. Still he made a point of speaking about the important things – never turn a horse out to pasture if he was facing away from the gate, never stand next to the legs of a horse who was under general anesthesia, and always try to schedule your calls so you can stop at the best flea markets.
I had passed some sort of grotesque litmus test that was only appropriate (albeit marginally so) within the confines of veterinary medicine when I caught that testicle, and apparently my lack of squeamishness more than my burning desire to be a veterinarian had secured my spot in the passenger seat of Dr. Booth's truck.
I first wrote about that story when I was a high school student applying for a college scholarship. I got the scholarship and writing bug too. I distinctly remember this essay as being the first piece of writing that felt inspired and I still remember the novelty and power of that feeling. After having had that experience, I would go long stretches of time without writing because I was focused on school and work and achieving my dream of being a veterinarian, but I never forgot that feeling of inspiration. Now I strive for it every day.


The Church of St John the Baptist.
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The church sits on the High Street, and within the churchyard lies the Glastonbury Tercentennial Labyrinth and a Glastonbury Thorn. Legend has it that Joseph of Arimathea arrived in Glastonbury and planted his staff on Wearyall Hill where it took root and flourished. It flowers twice a year, in spring and around Christmas. A flowering sprig of this Holy Thorn is sent every year at Christmas to the Queen by the Vicar and the Mayor of Glastonbury.
The church is built of Doulting stone, Street stone and the local Tor burr. The magnificent tower rises to a height of 134½ feet (41 metres) and is the second tallest parish church tower in Somerset.
Two large carvings, each from a single elm tree - the 'Madonna with Child' and the 'Resurrection Christ', both early works of Ernst Blensdorf, carved in Somerset in 1945 after his escape from the Nazis.
The Joseph of Arimathea window. The 1936 stained glass in the north window is by AJ Davies and depicts St Joseph, King Arviragus, St Aristobulus and St Simon the Zealot. In front of the window is what may have been part of a shrine to Joseph of Arimathea, erected in the abbey in the early 15th Century. It was moved to its present position in 1928. Displayed in a case on this tomb or shrine is a funeral pall made in 1774 from a cope. This cope was traditionally worn by Abbott Whiting, put to death on the Tor in 1539.
The book case containing a chained copy of Erasmus' Paraphrase of the New Testament in English, bought in 1548, volumes of Fox's Acts and Monuments of 1571 and a Breeches Bible of 1584 bound with an Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer.
Several copies of a Glastonbury monk's chair, one of which was owned by Walpole.
The ceiling - panelled and painted with gilded bosses, one of which is a Green Man.
St George's chapel. The oak screen is a reconstruction of the original, made by Bligh Bond in 1927, incorporating fifteenth century portions found in an old house. The east window includes: St George and the Dragon; St Michael with a goblin holding down the scales of justice and St Bride (St Bridget) with her wolf, tending sheep, with Glastonbury Tor in the background.
The altar, dated 1673. Above it 15th Century linenfold panelling frames the centre panel of a triptych of c.1500 from the school of Conrad Witz.


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High school opens doors every Friday night to provide safe alternative to the streets
Updated: 4:05 PM PDT Apr 10, 2019
National Desk Staff
A high school principal in New Jersey has been changing the culture for the better at his school by providing practical programs and services that students can use.Principal Akbar Cook, who works at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, has opened the doors at the school from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday nights in a program called "Lights On" as a safe place for students to hang out, Yahoo reported.While it might not sound like much -- providing a space for students gym access, a place to dance and be fed warm meals -- it's made a huge difference in what kids could be doing otherwise."I haven't lost any more kids to gun violence since the start of the school year," Cook told WABC-TV.The school will be also be open three nights a week during the summer.Last year, Cook facilitated the installation of a laundry room at the school that students can use for free, since students said they sometimes skipped school because they were scared of being teased for wearing dirty clothes.He said the school had a 10 percent increase in daily attendance after the washers and dryers were installed."I think we really put the microscope on basic needs of kids," Cook told CBS News. "Everyone wants the high test scores, everyone wants them to perform well. But if the kid doesn't feel confidence in just coming to school, being that person we know they can be, then what are we doing."
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A high school principal in New Jersey has been changing the culture for the better at his school by providing practical programs and services that students can use.
Principal Akbar Cook, who works at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, has opened the doors at the school from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday nights in a program called "Lights On" as a safe place for students to hang out, Yahoo reported.
While it might not sound like much -- providing a space for students gym access, a place to dance and be fed warm meals -- it's made a huge difference in what kids could be doing otherwise.
"I haven't lost any more kids to gun violence since the start of the school year," Cook told WABC-TV.
The school will be also be open three nights a week during the summer.
Last year, Cook facilitated the installation of a laundry room at the school that students can use for free, since students said they sometimes skipped school because they were scared of being teased for wearing dirty clothes.
He said the school had a 10 percent increase in daily attendance after the washers and dryers were installed.
"I think we really put the microscope on basic needs of kids," Cook told CBS News. "Everyone wants the high test scores, everyone wants them to perform well. But if the kid doesn't feel confidence in just coming to school, being that person we know they can be, then what are we doing."

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Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Communicatio
Publishing House: Scientia
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication
Online-ISSN: 2537-2793
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Q: The correct way to direct domain URL to Codeigniter controller I wanted to find out what is the correct way to direct my domain URL to my Codeigniter index controller. So for example my domain name is www.example.com and my CI index controller is at www.example.com/code1/index.php/index.
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The Moor 2 Sea Inspire Route starts and finishes at Exeter Racecourse. It covers a total distance of approx. 34 miles (54 km) with 2,300 ft (700 m) of climbing and gradients up to 12%. This route includes 4 miles of traffic free cycle track.
Don't worry, we've got it al covered! First things First, use the registration links on this website to sign up for the Sportive, that way you will know you have secured your place, set your goal and given yourself a good insentive to get out and ride your bike.
Two weeks before the Sportive we will post a 'Rider Pack' to you. This will include a unique bike number and disposable timing chip. You will need to attach the bike number to the front of your bike using the cable ties supplied (see photo). The timing chip looks like a stickly label. You stick this to the outside left of your cycle helmet.
The'Ride Pack' also includes a 'Ride Manual'. This is a detailed document providing you with all the information about how the event will run on the day. Taking time to read through this carefully before you leave home will ensure you get the most out of your Sportive experience.
From the moment you set off on your ride, we will be there to support you. The route will be fully signed and we will have mechanics, medics, marshals, and support vans out on the route to help if required. You will have our support phone number which you can call at any time and we will get one of the event crew along to help you.
There is a feed station half way around where you can have a rest and get some refreshments. Then, when you finish, we will be there to welcome you back and award you with your medal and Goody Bag.
There is one feed station for the Moor to Sea Inspire route which is located at Bovey Tracey, 18 miles into the route. This Feed Station offers a selection of sweet and savoury foods, energy products (High 5) and drinks. Toilets are also available.


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Home Politics The Green Party: Third Time Lucky?
The Green Party: Third Time Lucky?
Fatima Moosa
The Green Party of South Africa has undergone a complete leadership change and is now back to contest the 2019 national Elections. Part of a global movement which has a sustainable future on their agenda, the party's spokesperson Anisha Garib spoke to The Daily Vox about the party's plans and policies.
Starting off in 1999, the Green Party did not have much mainstream support when it first entered the political arena in South Africa Garib says. In 2018, the party underwent a complete change in leadership with a resulting formation of a steering team as a leadership structure instead of a sole leader. For the past few years before 2018 when they became a registered political party, the party has been working on social community projects.
Garib says while most of the support of the party – which is based in the Western Cape – comes from that part of the country they have growing nationwide support. "Right now there has been a surge in support for green movements worldwide so we have people who are more green conscious around the country and our reach is growing daily," she said. In an attempt to carry through green policies for reaching potential voters, Garib says they prefer to use technology: "We find it is more efficient than holding rallies and the other traditional methods used by green parties which seems to be wasteful."
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Garib and her party seem to have no qualms of coming away with huge victories from the national elections this year. Instead, they just want to ensure their green agenda is put at the front. "We have no interest in short term political gain. We are focused on solutions that will work for future generations and giving a voice to the people."
She says the party doesn't see success in the electoral system as a way of gaining power. "The misconception many people have around the world is that the people in government have power over the people. We see it as being in service of people," Garib said.
Party Policy
The Green Party's approach to politics is informed by education, nonviolence and the decentralisation of power. Garib says they want to give power to the people so that citizens do not have to be at the mercy of companies and municipalities.
Some of the specific issues the party is concerned with are water and energy. "Water is a basic need and people are at the mercy of their municipalities mismanagement. We want to help people become more independent. With solar and renewable sources of energy – the sun is free. People can have energy but right now the citizens are forced to just put with Eskom's tariffs and load-shedding," she said.
The Green Party in South African forms part of the Federation of Green Parties in Africa and is part of the global movement which has a sustainable future on their agenda. Garib says one of the core policies of the party is educating people about the political system and about how to take better care of their environment.
Garib says they believe that land is an issue which is being used as a political tool by parties to garner support and to tell their supporters what they want to hear. "What should be happening is more research into the best use of the land to maximise food production and minimise the negative effects to the environment. Instead of collaborating and finding the best solutions they want to create division," she said.
The Green Party does not support land expropriation without compensation and believes there is another solution to closing the gap between the haves and have nots in South Africa. Garib said: "We understand it needs to be done without violence and without trauma and without forcing people to off their homes. There is enough space in South Africa to find a way to do this peacefully without inciting violence."
Garib says her party believes in equality for everyone – and where no one should be under control of everyone. She says gender-based violence is an issue which the party believes education can be used to prevent. Through educating boys from a young age that women have a right to their bodies Garib says this can stop the problem. "The main problem facing our society is a lack of education about the rights of women over their bodies. If the social problems are addressed for people living in extreme violence, it will help soften the violence in our society in general," she said
This is how young people can start caring more about the environment
On Youth
The Green Party's policy on young people is that the system is broken which is what has caused apathy among young who do not see any way out of the system. "We would like to encourage local communities to give them [the youth] more power in decision-making and have youth projects to provide them with methods of improving their skills," she said. The party is working using technology to provide education about the environment to young people.
For the upcoming elections, the party does not believe there will be an absolute majority – and they will be willing to work in any coalition. "We will ensure none of our green policies will be undermined to ensure that we have a sustainable future – working through the Department of Environmental Affairs."
The party's biggest policy draw: revitalising local industry. "If we revitalise and incentivise our local industry, we would have a better economy – and we would have control over how our workers are treated and control over how are our products are made. It's a much better use of our resources," says Garib.
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If Judy Sole is still involved with this party it is dead in the water. She is a an absolute obstacle to the Green Party making any progress at all.
If she is gone, completely, then this must be made clear.
No political vacillating.
JUDY SOLE March 7, 2019 at 11:31 am
Please will you remove the article about a change in leadership of the Green Party. Anisha Garib and Konrad Beyers are not officially even Green Party Members and cannot pose as such, nor can they issue any press releases about a party that is nothing to do with them. Their own brand Green South Africa was not registered for elections so they wanted to collaborate with the Green Party but the differences of policy were too great and no agreement was reached.
The party has changed its leadership however and new national and provincial leadership will be announced within the next month.
The Green Party is assembling funds and candidates to provide to the IEC next Wednesday and would greatly appreciate any person or group who would like to provide either candidates or funds to contact Justin Friedman on 0840216512 or email info@greenpartyofsouthafrica.com
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Q: How to get google maps api key How to get google maps api key for android, i have read more one articles but not success.
i look code android as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.maps.MapView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mapview"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:apiKey="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    android:clickable="true" />

So my question how to get xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from google?
Please give me step by step, thanks.
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A: Before you start, you will need a specific API key from Google. The key is free, and are required to complete this process.
Go to https://code.google.com/apis/console/, and log in with your Google Account.
The following will appear:
Click on the "Create Project" button.
In the list of services, find Google Maps API v3, and click on "off" to turn it on.
In the next screen, check "I Agree..." and the click the "Accept" button. You will now see that the button next to Google Maps API v3 has changed to "on".
Then click "API Access" in the menu to the left. It will ask you to "Create an OAuth 2.0 client id...".
In the next screen, provide a product name (e.g. "demo"), upload an image (if you want to) as a logo of your project, and click the "Next" button.
In the next screen, choose Application type ("Web application"), and type in your web address, and then click the "Create Client Id" button.
In the next screen, you have got an API key.
Remark Note: Save your API key! (You will need it for all Google Maps applications you develop for the particular URL

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*In command line  you need to open Java-> jdk-> bin
as for me  it  is "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin"

*There is "keytool" program which u need. In command line enter "cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin"

*And enter "keytool -list -v -keystore C:\Users\John\.android\debug.keystore"
So the final string in command line must look like:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin>keytool -list -v -keystore C:\Users\John\.android\debug.keystore". Whare usually u need only to change the name "John"

There will be SHA-1, MD5, etc
Finally, go to Google Access API google access api

A: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/v1/mapkey
Google is not your friend?
$ keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey \
-keystore <path_to_debug_keystore>.keystore \
-storepass android -keypass android

A: Google has updated its Google maps api for android you should check this out here


So, hey. I wrote a book! Give a Sh*t is a practical handbook - full of well-researched guidance, swearing, recipes, and anecdotes that won't totally put you to sleep - that imparts easy tips on living more sustainably at home, in your closet (and grooming regimen), via how you eat, and out in the world. Even some celebs (cough: MOBY) dig it - scroll down to see what they're saying (and I didn't even pay them).


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Maksymilian Raszeja (deutsch Max Raszeja; * 10. März 1889 in Culm (Chełmno), Westpreußen; † 20. Oktober 1939 (erschossen) in Dirschau (Tczew), Westpreußen) war ein römisch-katholischer Priester, Kreistagsabgeordneter und Professor am Priesterseminar Pelplin.

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Der Vater Ignacy Raszeja war Oberpostschaffner, die Mutter war Julianna geborene Cichoń. Der Bruder Franciszek Raszeja wurde Arzt und Krankenhausdirektor und rettete vielen jüdischen Bürgern das Leben, Leon Raszeja wurde Stadtpräsident von Toruń.

Maksymilian Raszeja (dort Max Raszeja) besuchte das Gymnasium in Culm und machte 1907 das Abitur. Anschließend war er am Priesterseminar in Pelplin und wurde dort 1912 zum Priester geweiht.

Raszeja wurde Priester an der St. Brigittenkirche in Danzig. Seit 1913 studierte er an der Universität Freiburg im Breisgau und promovierte dort 1915.

Er kehrte nach Danzig zurück und war unter anderem Religionslehrer an der Viktoriaschule.
Raszeja wurde im Ersten Weltkrieg Militärgeistlicher in der deutschen Armee und betreute auch polnische Kriegsgefangene in Danzig.

Nach dem Krieg wurde Maksymilian Raszeja Pfarrer in Śliwice bei Tuchola. Seit 1921 war er Mitglied des Kreistags von Tuchola (Tuchel) und Mitglied des Exekutivorgans  des Landkreises.

1926 wurde Maksymilian Raszeja zum Professor für Moraltheologie an das Priesterseminar in Pelplin berufen und unterrichtete dort auch Soziologie. 1928 wurde er Mitglied des dortigen Domkapitels.

Nach dem deutschen Überfall auf Polen wurde Raszeja am 12. September 1939 verhaftet. Am 20. Oktober wurde er mit anderen Pelpliner Domkapitularen, Lehrern und Geistlichen erschossen.

Seine Überreste wurden 1945 gefunden und in einem Gemeinschaftsgrab bestattet.

Weblinks
 Maksymilian Raszeja Chełmno.info (deutsch)
 Literatur von Maksymilian Raszeja bei WorldCat

Römisch-katholischer Theologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Militärseelsorger
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This recipe for pasta with fresh tomato sauce and mozzarella is my last hurrah to summer tomatoes. I've been experimenting the last couple of weeks trying to find the perfect way to use fresh tomatoes in a pasta dish and finally found the easiest, tastiest way to use up all those summer tomatoes.
The biggest problem I've had making a fresh tomato sauce is, once the tomatoes are diced, there is too much tomato juice. I tried sautéing the diced tomatoes in a little olive oil and garlic but the sauce was too soupy – so I ended up having to cook them for a long time which caused the tomatoes to lose all shape – and you're kind of defeating the purpose of using fresh, summer tomatoes if you cook them down into a tomato puree.
I tried adding fresh tomatoes uncooked to pasta but again there's just too much tomato juice – making everything kind of watery. I thought about straining off the tomato juice – but that seems a waste.
Then I saw this technique on Food52. It's from a Michael Ruhlman recipe. Basically, you chop the tomatoes, salt them lightly, and let them sit as they release their juices. Next, sauté some garlic and add the tomato juice (not the tomatoes) to the pan. You're creating a sort of tomato juice beurre blanc, which is basically a fancy way of saying you swirl cold butter into the hot tomato juice and garlic mixture to create a sauce. Finally, toss cooked pasta with the tomato juice/butter sauce, add the chopped tomatoes, a little fresh basil and some fresh mozzarella and it's done. All I can say is it was perfect.
I used less salt, garlic and butter than the original recipe called for. And everything worked out fine.
You can use any pasta shape you like for this recipe. I used penne.
My tomatoes were very ripe so I only used a little salt on the tomatoes – they released a lot of juice with just a 1/2 tsp of salt added.
I used unsalted butter because that's what I had on hand. Salted butter will probably be just fine.
I added the mozzarella at the very end – after the pasta had cooled slightly – since I didn't want a lot of melted, stringy cheese. You want the tomatoes to be the star in this dish.
This is an easy, fast dish to put together. You want to have everything prepped before hand so you can just add each ingredient at the right time without feeling rushed.
Adapted from this recipe from Food52. Food52 is a great resource – with lots of wonderful recipes – so go check it out.
Recipe originally from Michael Ruhlman's site. Thank you, Michael, for a great recipe!
An easy summer pasta dish using fresh tomatoes and mozzarella.
Chop tomatoes into a medium dice. Add 1/2 tsp of salt and half of the minced basil to the diced tomatoes. Stir to combine and let it sit as you prep the other ingredients and bring the water to a boil.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasta and bouillon. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
While the pasta is cooking, heat a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add the olive oil to the pan. Next add the minced garlic and stir the garlic to cook for 30 seconds. Don't let it burn.
Using a fine mesh sieve, strain the tomatoes over the sauté pan, so the tomato juice flows directly into the sauté pan. You want to add all the tomato juice to the garlic cooking in the sauté pan. Set the tomatoes aside and cook the tomato juice over medium high heat for a minute or two until the tomato juice thickens slightly.
Drain the pasta when ready and set to the side.
Add the 3 tbs of butter to the tomato juice/garlic mixture in the sauté pan. Stir or swirl pan as the butter melts so it is fully blended into the sauce.
Once all the butter has melted, turn off the heat and add the cooked pasta to the sauce in the sauté pan. Toss to combine.
Next, add the tomatoes and black pepper to the pan and toss.
Transfer pasta to a bowl. Add the remaining basil and diced mozzarella and stir to combine.
Watching Wimbledon on TV, eating this lovely light meal, a glass of red wine, what could be better!
Hi Mom – wish I was there with you – I need a glass of wine right now and it's only noon!
Wow! It is really good (I am currently eating it 🙂 ) !
Hi Chloe – I thought the same thing when I made it! So easy and so good. Thanks for letting me know. Have a great rest of the weekend!
Oh Gosh this pasta looks so delicious and flavourful. This is the best season of the year to eat fresh tomatoes. They look so juicy! And your process photos are gorgeous!
Thanks so much, Olivia. Have a great weekend!
This looks great, Geraldine! I love the idea of making a sauce with the fresh tomato juices. Your photos are beautiful!
Thanks so much, Julia. This is a super easy recipe – hope you try it. Have a good one!
Thanks, Greg! Have a great day.
Hi Olivia – Caprese anything in my books is a good thing! Have a good one.
Stunning, Geraldine! Your process photos are beautiful! Thank you for this inviting recipe and testing and retesting for the perfect outcome! I'm looking forward to this!
Thanks so much, Traci! Let me know if you try it. Have a good one!
Thanks so much, Crystal. Definitely try it – it was soooo good and easy. PS: Your comment was in my spam folder 🙁 – don't know why – sorry for the delayed response.


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Home Books Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
72: Pneumonectomy
John R. Roberts
Roberts JR. Roberts J.R. Roberts, John R.Pneumonectomy. In: Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Colson YL, Jaklitsch MT, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Williams M, Adams A. Sugarbaker D.J., & Bueno R, & Colson Y.L., & Jaklitsch M.T., & Krasna M.J., & Mentzer S.J., & Williams M, & Adams A(Eds.),Eds. David J. Sugarbaker, et al.eds. Adult Chest Surgery, Second Edition. McGraw Hill; 2014. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1317&sectionid=72432086
Roberts JR. Roberts J.R. Roberts, John R. (2014). Pneumonectomy. Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Colson YL, Jaklitsch MT, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Williams M, Adams A. Sugarbaker D.J., & Bueno R, & Colson Y.L., & Jaklitsch M.T., & Krasna M.J., & Mentzer S.J., & Williams M, & Adams A(Eds.),Eds. David J. Sugarbaker, et al. Adult Chest Surgery, Second Edition. McGraw Hill. https://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1317&sectionid=72432086
Roberts JR. Roberts J.R. Roberts, John R. "Pneumonectomy." Adult Chest Surgery, Second Edition Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Colson YL, Jaklitsch MT, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Williams M, Adams A. Sugarbaker D.J., & Bueno R, & Colson Y.L., & Jaklitsch M.T., & Krasna M.J., & Mentzer S.J., & Williams M, & Adams A(Eds.),Eds. David J. Sugarbaker, et al. McGraw Hill, 2014, https://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1317&sectionid=72432086.
Preoperative Evaluation and Management
Perioperative Management
Editor's Comment
As long as surgery remains the best curative treatment for lung cancer, patients will continue to require pneumonectomy to treat lung cancer and for other occasional problems.1 Arguably, no other surgery carries as high a risk for perioperative mortality as pneumonectomy. Operative mortality from pneumonectomy has been reported to be between 5% and 20%.2–8 In a meta-analysis of 27 studies, 90-day mortality for right pneumonectomy was 20% and left pneumonectomy was 9%, for an overall mortality of 11%.9 For this reason, appropriate selection, operative technique, and postoperative management of patients who potentially may undergo pneumonectomy is crucial. We say potentially because patients scheduled for pneumonectomy ultimately may undergo a sleeve resection or exploration without resection depending on the findings at surgery.
Surprisingly, low preoperative lung function has not been demonstrated consistently to increase the perioperative risk of pneumonectomy, although some authors have found preoperative lung function to be an important factor.10–12 This finding may result from diligent efforts to identify and eliminate patients with poor pulmonary function from the surgical pool. Some have found poor preoperative lung function to increase the preoperative risk.13–15 Other factors have included increased age,7,8,11,14,16,17 right-sided procedures,8,9,12,14–19 preoperative chemo/radiation,12,14,20 large intraoperative fluid volumes,12,20,21 perioperative cardiac dysrhythmias,16 and immediate preoperative smoking history.12,22
This chapter includes discussion of the preoperative evaluation and management of pneumonectomy patients, the decision to perform pneumonectomy rather than sleeve resection, the technical aspects of the operation, and the postoperative management, all with the goal of decreasing perioperative mortality.
Staging, Surgical, or PET?
All patients with lung cancer, especially those who may undergo pneumonectomy, should first undergo preoperative staging (Table 72-1). At this time, a complete history and a physical examination that focuses on the identification of lymph nodes and liver masses, followed by a chest CT scan and a PET scan, are appropriate. This evaluation will rule out distant metastases other than brain metastases. Patients without symptoms of headache and with PET-negative mediastinum are unlikely to have brain metastases, so that brain CT scans or MRIs are not obligatory. However, the risk of the procedure supports appropriate evaluation to rule out brain metastases if the surgeon desires.
Table 72-1Preoperative and Preresection Staging for Potential Pneumonectomy Patients
Complete history and physical examination
Chest CT scan
Brain MRI
Mediastinoscopy
Thoracoscopy
Candidates for pneumonectomy typically have large or hilar masses and thus a high likelihood of mediastinal metastases. Although PET scans are quite sensitive for detecting mediastinal metastases, they remain less accurate than mediastinoscopy23 (see Chapter 70). For this reason, tissue biopsy (either with endobronchial ultrasound, preoperative mediastinoscopy, or thoracoscopy) is indicated for patients who may undergo pneumonectomy, even if they have a PET-negative mediastinum. PET scans are useful for ruling out distant metastases, but should not be the only study used to evaluate the mediastinum.
Surgical Evaluation
We have discussed the importance of surgical staging of the mediastinum prior to pneumonectomy. Two other surgical evaluations (bronchoscopic and thoracoscopic) should be considered.
Bronchoscopic evaluation of the airway will ensure that a patient with a hilar mass on the right does not also have an endobronchial lesion on the left. The patient could die from the surgery to attempt to cure his right-sided cancer, and even if the surgery is successful, the pneumonectomy would have no impact on the left-sided cancer.
Thoracoscopic examination and staging of the pleural space benefits patients undergoing pneumonectomy in several ways24:
Thoracoscopy helps to rule out pleural metastases that usually cannot be identified except at exploration.
Thoracoscopic nodal sampling or lymphadenectomy can evaluate suspicious nodes in patients who have not had tissue nodal sampling.
Thoracoscopy can be used to determine the incision used for resection (see also Chapters 2 and 70).
Cardiopulmonary Evaluation
An extensive but complicated literature describes the various modalities used to evaluate preoperative lung function as a means to predict postoperative complications. A preoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) of more than 2 L has been relatively arbitrarily chosen as a threshold for resection without further pulmonary evaluation and has been confirmed by experience.
The obstructive nature of cancers that may lead to pneumonectomy assures that many patients will have less than 50% perfusion to the affected lung. Quantitative perfusion scanning has been used successfully for almost 30 years to determine the relative contribution of each lung to the patient's lung function.6 Patients with a predicted postoperative FEV1 (better than preoperative FEV1) of more than 800 mL are considered to have adequate pulmonary reserve to undergo resection. This technique has been found to be accurate in long-term follow-up (up to 5 years),25 especially with respect to predicting the postoperative FEV126 (Table 72-2). Kim et al.13 have reported that perfusion less than 35% to the resected lung diminishes the operative risk. These parameters are also currently used in most cooperative group trials including lung resection.
Table 72-2Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Evaluation
Complete pulmonary function testing
For patients with FEV1 <2 L or 50% of predicted:
Quantitative perfusion scanning to evaluate lung function on each side
Diffusion capacity evaluation
Complete history and physical examination for patients with any history of angina, documented atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), or congestive heart failure (CHF)
Evaluation by cardiologist, with possible stress testing or echocardiogram
Typical cardiac ischemia evaluations (i.e., stress testing) should be done in all patients with any history of cardiac ischemia (angina, other chest pain, or history of coronary artery bypass) and should be considered in patients with significant peripheral vascular disease.
Left Lung Resection
Left pneumonectomy generally is safer than right pneumonectomy, at least in terms of overall perioperative and postoperative mortality. On the other hand, risks associated with long bronchial stump require careful technical attention to details of resection. However, the procedure may be technically more difficult, especially in patients with large hilar masses.
Left hilar cancers are truly in "tiger country," approaching or involving the aortic arch, recurrent laryngeal nerve, phrenic nerve, pericardium, and the main pulmonary artery before it bifurcates into right and left main pulmonary arteries. (The left main pulmonary artery is very short.) The primary procedures are described separately, since the anatomy and the dissections are different on the left and right sides.
Left Pneumonectomy
The mediastinal pleura is divided circumferentially around the hilum using either scissors or an energy probe, including the inferior pulmonary ligament. Harvesting the lymph nodes in the aortopulmonary window gives better exposure to the proximal pulmonary artery. This must be done carefully to avoid injuring the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which branches off the vagus nerve on the inferior surface of the aortic arch and then dives into the mediastinum immediately inferior and adherent to the arch. Unless it is involved with tumor, the phrenic nerve should also be preserved until a decision is made about sleeve resection. It may abut the anterior aspect of the nodes in the AP window, and so is also at risk.
Harvesting the subcarinal lymph nodes gives better access to the bronchus and allows the surgeon to better palpate the bronchus. Cautery should be used judiciously or not at all in this space, since the blood vessels to the bronchus arise here.
The vagus superior to the aorta or the recurrent nerve can be harvested if either is involved with cancer. However, resection of these nerves will lead to vocal cord paralysis.
Evaluation for Sleeve Resection
The lung is examined carefully to determine whether sleeve resection is possible. Maneuvers that help include:
Dividing the pleura circumferentially;
Taking down the inferior pulmonary ligament;
Complete parenchymal separation of the upper and lower lobes; and
Completing the mediastinal lymphadenectomy.
Factors that make sleeve resection difficult include:
Tumors that invade the pericardium at either pulmonary vein;
Tumors that involve both the main pulmonary artery and the left mainstem bronchus; and
Tumors that involve artery or bronchus but extend into the fissure to involve the other lobe. Thus, upper lobe tumors that extend inferiorly to involve the fissure extensively or lower lobe tumors that extend superiorly can be difficult to resect and reconstruct.
The pulmonary artery is dissected away from the vein anteroinferiorly and the bronchus posteriorly (Fig. 72-1). This dissection is made safer by proceeding posteriorly to separate the artery from the bronchus (Fig. 72-2). Quite often this can be done bluntly, either with Kittner dissectors or with an index finger (see Fig. 72-1), and usually can be done before mobilizing or dividing the superior vein. However, in patients with an inferiorly positioned artery or superiorly positioned vein, the vein can be dissected and divided first.
Left pneumonectomy. Using a combination of blunt and scissors dissection, the pulmonary artery is dissected away from the pulmonary vein anteroinferiorly.
The bronchus is dissected away from the pulmonary artery posteriorly.
The artery should be occluded with either a vascular clamp, a tourniquet, or a vascular stapler (closed but not fired) for 2 to 3 minutes to ensure that right ventricular failure or pulmonary hypertension will not result after pneumonectomy. After the artery is clamped, systolic blood pressure and oxygenation are assessed, and if stable, indicate that the patient can tolerate pneumonectomy. If hemodynamic instability or hypoxia develops, a pulmonary artery catheter may be inserted to direct pressor treatment, but in most cases, it is necessary to perform a sleeve resection or abandon the procedure altogether. Care should be taken during this maneuver not to "fracture" the PA when temporarily occluding the vessel.
Additional length on the artery (to allow complete resection) can be obtained by two specific maneuvers:
Dividing the ligamentum arteriosum (being careful to avoid injury to the recurrent nerve).
Opening the pericardium to identify the very short left main pulmonary artery within the pericardium. In this maneuver, it is recommended (obligatory) to test clamp the artery before it is divided because the anatomy may be distorted by the malignancy, which can lead to inadvertent division of the main pulmonary artery.
The artery is divided by one of several techniques: vascular stapler (two fires with division between two stapler lines or with an endostapler that cuts between two stapler lines); vascular clamps proximal and distal, with a double suture line of 5-0 Prolene; or some combination of the above techniques (Fig. 72-3).
A vascular stapler is used to divide the artery. Other techniques may be used, including proximal and distal vascular clamps oversewn with a double suture of 5-0 Prolene.
The pulmonary veins are now divided. If the tumor invades the pericardium, or if the pericardium has been opened to gain arterial control, the veins can be controlled and divided by extending the pericardial opening inferiorly, just posterior to the phrenic nerve. (The pericardium should be reconstructed if it is opened.) The pulmonary veins form a single branch as they enter the left atrium and can be divided at this level with any of the techniques described for the artery. Blue (3.5 mm) staplers, rather than vascular-load staplers, should be used to control the atrium because vascular loads can fail on this thicker tissue (Fig. 72-4) (Table 72-3).
The pulmonary veins are divided. If the pericardium has been opened to gain control of the tumor, this incision can be extended to control the pulmonary veins (inset).
Table 72-3Stapler Types and Size
Vascular staplers, gray, white or red, usually with a 2.5-mm gap. These are used to close pulmonary artery or single pulmonary veins
Medium thickness staplers, blue, usually with a 3.5-mm gap. These are used to divide parenchyma or to divide the atrium
Heavy thickness staplers, green, usually with a 4.8-mm gap. These are used for thick pulmonary parenchyma or for bronchi
Table 72-4Bronchial Stump Care
Avoid removal of bronchial adventitia
Divide the left bronchus within the aortopulmonary window to yield a short stump
Harvesting the subcarinal nodes is important, but use clips or scissors rather than cautery or energy, which increase the chances of devascularization
The stump should be closed from an anterior-to-posterior direction, such that the flexible membranous bronchus can move against and seal the more rigid cartilaginous bronchus
The bronchus should be covered with vascularized tissue, either pericardium or pericardial fat pad/thymus
When dividing the veins outside the pericardium, the superior and inferior veins must be identified separately. The inferior vein begins at the superior edge of the inferior pulmonary ligament, and the superior vein is the most anterior structure of the hilum. These veins can be divided with vascular stapler loads or controlled with vascular clamps and oversewn with 4-0 or 5-0 Prolene.
Careful management of the bronchus decreases the chance of bronchial stump leak with its attendant dangers (Table 72-4). The table lists aspects of dissection that can affect the chances of bronchial stump devitalization or devascularization.
The bronchus is usually the last structure divided (Fig. 72-5). The lung is grasped and used to deliver the bronchus inferiorly into the chest, with the goal of dividing the left main bronchus just distal to the carina, while leaving sufficient length to avoid tension on the closure. The anesthesiologist is asked to hold ventilation and to back out the double-lumen tube or blocker used to collapse the left lung. The bronchial clamp or bronchial stapler is positioned across the bronchus to close it in an anterior-to-posterior fashion. If a stapler is used, the heavy load (green) or 4.8-mm stapler is chosen. The bronchus is divided and closed with the stapler or with absorbable suture (typically 2-0 or 3-0 PDS or Vicryl). This can be facilitated by dissection of the subcarinal lymph node packet.
A. Before dividing the bronchus, the lung is grasped to deliver the bronchus inferiorly into the chest. B. The bronchial clamp or stapler is positioned to close the bronchus in an anterior-to-posterior fashion. C. The bronchus is covered with a pericardial fat pad or thymus and sutured either to the bronchus itself or to the surrounding tissues.
The bronchus must be tested to 30 cm H2O. If no leak is seen, the bronchus is covered with vascularized tissue. I prefer to use pericardial fat pad or thymus, but vascularized pericardium can be used. Others describe using intercostal muscle. It should be sutured either to the bronchus, itself, or to the tissues around the bronchus.
Right Pneumonectomy
Patients undergoing right pneumonectomy are more likely to die from this procedure than left pneumonectomy patients. Mortality typically is due to the complications of recovering from surgery rather than the surgery itself. Consequently, for right pneumonectomy, postoperative management is crucial.
As on the left side, I perform thoracoscopy to identify any occult pleural metastases. If no metastases are seen, the appropriate incision is selected and the chest opened. The pleura around the hilum is divided and the inferior pulmonary ligament is taken down (Fig. 72-6). For lesions in the hilum, dividing the azygos vein and harvesting the right paratracheal nodes first gives better exposure to the proximal pulmonary artery and proximal right mainstem bronchus.
Right pneumonectomy. The pleura surrounding the hilum is divided, the inferior pulmonary ligament is taken down, and for tumors in the hilum, the azygos vein is divided, harvesting the right paratracheal nodes first (inset).
As for left pneumonectomy, the tumor and lung should be evaluated to determine whether sleeve resection, rather than pneumonectomy, can be done. The right upper lobe sleeve is the most straightforward sleeve resection to perform—both the airway and the artery can be sleeved.
Once the decision to proceed to pneumonectomy is made, the artery is dissected away from the bronchus and vein. A patient who has had previous chemoradiation therapy or who has a history of granulomatous disease in the mediastinal lymph nodes often will have dense scarring between the posterior arterial plane and the anterior plane of the bronchus. For this situation, proximal control of the artery is needed.
Several maneuvers permit proximal control of the right main pulmonary artery. The first and simplest is to divide the azygos vein and perform a right paratracheal node dissection. For tumors with more extensive involvement of the mediastinum, the proximal pulmonary artery can be approached by opening the pericardium (Fig. 72-7). If more room is needed, the pulmonary artery can be identified medial to the superior vena cava, since the right main pulmonary artery is very long. The right pulmonary artery can be divided just after its bifurcation (this is often found to the left of the patient's midline), and the artery is then delivered back to the right hemithorax posterior (or underneath) the superior vena cava. This approach markedly diminishes the chance of hemorrhage.
When there is extensive mediastinal involvement, the proximal pulmonary artery can be approached medially to the superior vena cava.
Pericardiectomy and Reconstruction
Some textbooks state that pericardial reconstruction after resection must be done on the right side to prevent cardiac torsion on the axis defined by the superior and inferior vena cavae, but it is not necessary to do so on the left side. I have had patients arrest after left-sided pericardiectomy without reconstruction and believe that the extent of resection, rather than the side, is the important factor.
The only goal for reconstruction is to fill the pericardial defect in such a manner as to prevent cardiac herniation. For limited resections (<2 cm in diameter), reconstruction may not be necessary to prevent herniation, but probably is helpful to avoid cardiac irritation and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Larger defects sometimes can be filled with the vascularized flap used to buttress the bronchus, especially if a bulky pericardial fat pad is used.
Most surgeons use a nonabsorbable material – PROLENE (Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ) or Gore-Tex® (W.L. Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) mesh – to reconstruct the pericardium (Fig. 72-8). These patches should be sewn into place using interrupted sutures placed approximately 1 cm or more apart since the goal is to anchor the patch in place but not to make it watertight. The patch should also be loose to avoid constricting the heart, which will assume a different shape and position when the patient is upright. The patch should be loose to the point of being floppy, with special attention to avoid constriction of the superior vena cava. Finally, limited experience indicates that absorbable material, such as Vicryl mesh, can be used to reconstruct pericardial defects.
The pericardium is reconstructed with nonabsorbable PROLENE or Gore-Tex® mesh. The patch is sewn in place with interrupted sutures approximately 1 cm or more apart. The patch should be extremely loosely fitted to the point that it can be described as being floppy.
There is insufficient space to discuss every aspect of the perioperative management for lung resections. However, fluid management is a key problem that deserves attention and can prevent complications in patients undergoing pneumonectomy. Several studies have been published indicating that excessive fluid given during the perioperative period can lead to increased postoperative mortality. Nevertheless, in the immediate perioperative period, 2 to 5 L of fluid will accumulate in the chest. This amount must be added to the patient's basic needs for fluid. Renal function laboratory values (blood urea nitrogen [BUN] and creatinine) can be used to guide fluid resuscitation, as can urine output. Perhaps the main caveat for these patients is that they do not develop the third-space accumulation that laparotomy or cardiac patients do and therefore should be either run relatively dry (approximately 80% of predicted needs) or at euvolemia.
The high risk of pneumonectomy underscores the importance of proper preparation and experience in both the conduct of the surgery and the perioperative management. Review of the idiosyncrasies of the pulmonary anatomy and other common pitfalls is warranted.
I have used endoscopic vascular staplers for all pneumonectomies. The reticulation and angulation of the current staplers allow for safe division of the main PA. It is particularly helpful when there is limited space within the pleural cavity to maneuver or when an intrapericardial pneumonectomy is done. An important technical consideration is the liberal use of intrapericardial dissection, especially with left-sided pneumonectomies; we never hesitate to get better proximal control of bulky tumors both for division of the PA and PV. Likewise, in general, the vein is divided first as it allows a safe approach to the PA. In contrast, this often results in "trapping" of a large volume of blood in the lung and also may make the lung difficult to rotate once it had become engorged. In patients undergoing pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation, we routinely use muscle flaps, including the intercostal as well as the serratus anterior muscles. This is helpful especially after pneumonectomy as it helps fill the space as well as buttressing the bronchial stumps.
—Mark J. Krasna
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She made no move to explain. Better he thinks what he wishes to think and save her from explaining.
On that point he was surely right.
True she was shy, not able to gossip, though she doubted she would if she could, having seen the hurt and damage it could cause. Naturally, she had no choice but to listen.
That he understood that surprised her. Being immersed in silence forced her to listen, truly listen as he had said. And she heard, heard far more than others were aware of, but no one with a voice would understand that. Yet this savage did.
Dread descended over her. The moment she feared was upon her.
A name was so easy for a person to recite, to make an introduction. She had never had that opportunity and with the discovery of her affliction people shied away or were rude.
"Have you no tongue," Cree snapped.
Thankfully she did have that and she stuck out the tip to prove it.
His grinning laugh surprised her and made him appear all the more handsome, but at the moment that did not matter to her. What did matter was that he had found her response amusing and it would be wise to take advantage of his levity and make him aware of the truth.
Dawn pressed her fingers to her throat and shook her head.
She nodded and waited apprehensively for his response.
He did not understand. He assumed her ill.
She shook her head, trepidation mounting.
She answered with one quick bob of her head.
She shook her head and waited.
She was about to gesture that she could speak with him in her own way, but recalled Colum telling her that she was to report everything Cree said to her. If he knew that she could communicate then he might be averse to saying anything to her. Colum would certainly punish her if she had no information to give him. So she chose not to let Cree know.
Dawn was aware that anyone without a voice was referred to as dumb, but along with it came the assumption that the person was also ignorant. Her mother had made certain she was anything but that. Though she could not speak, she could understand French, Latin and various Gaelics, her mother having taught her. And her mother had encouraged her drawing, insisting that Dawn had been given such a generous talent as a distinct way of communicating.
Did he suddenly think her deaf too? Would he chatter away and give her news to take to Colum?
"You do have a name, do you not?" Cree asked.
She didn't see any harm in letting him know her name. She turned her gaze on the ground beside her and cleared the dirt of the few leaves and stones, grabbing one as she finished. She drew a horizontal line and above it a half circle. She finished it with lines bursting from the top of it.


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Q: Cannot find module '@rails/ujs' - Rails 6 Webpack App I have these errors in a Rails 6 app and all javascript is not working:
ERROR in ./app/javascript/packs/application.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve '@rails/activestorage' in '/Users/jrsahuquillo/Dropbox/myappname/app/javascript/packs'
 @ ./app/javascript/packs/application.js 9:0-31

ERROR in ./app/javascript/packs/application.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve '@rails/ujs' in '/Users/jrsahuquillo/Dropbox/myappname/app/javascript/packs'
 @ ./app/javascript/packs/application.js 5:0-21

My package.json is:
{
  "name": "myappname",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@rails/actioncable": "^6.0.0-alpha",
    "@rails/activestorage": "^6.0.2",
    "@rails/ujs": "^6.0.2",
    "@rails/webpacker": "4.2.0",
    "bootstrap": "^4.4.1",
    "jquery": "^3.4.1",
    "jquery-ui": "^1.12.1",
    "jquery-ui-dist": "^1.12.1",
    "popper.js": "^1.16.0",
    "serialize-javascript": "2.1.2",
    "turbolinks": "^5.2.0"
  },
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "devDependencies": {
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.8.0"
  },
  "optionalDependencies": {
    "fsevents": "2.0.0"
  }
}

In application.js:
require("@rails/ujs").start();
require("turbolinks").start();
require("@rails/activestorage").start();
require("channels");
require("bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap");

In app/views/layouts/application.html.erb:
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>

It was working ok, but I don´t know when and why it left working.
Could someone help me?

A: Sorry, I solved it yet. Previously to having the error, I installed yarn autoclean, and I discovered later that in .yarnclean there was this:
# asset directories
docs
doc
website
images
assets

I removed this, and error disappeared.

A: Run the commands. the node_modules has a problem i guess.
yarn add rails-ujs turbolinks
npm install rails-ujs turbolinks

A: Encountered this error when running system tests and managed to fix it by removing node_modules folder and anything that was cached in /tmp folder and then reran yarn install.
Cause of the issue for me was:
Had recently ran yarn autoclean --init yarn autoclean --force and then tried to reverse it since everything was messed up.


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3. The Rule of Finance
The concentration of the US public debt in the hands of the 1 percent has contributed to inequality and presents a fundamental threat to democracy.
The Rise of the American Bondholding Class
Sandy Brian Hager
Featured illustration by Mirko Rastić. Photo by Sam valadi via Flickr.
The history of class conflict, power and inequality in the United States has always been intimately bound up with the public debt. Already during the War of Independence (1775-'83), revolutionary forces accumulated debts of $54 million, and a difficult task for the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was to devise a plan to manage these liabilities. Should the Federal Government try to repay its debts in full? If so, by what means should it honor its commitments to creditors?
Defaulting on foreign debts was out of the question. The French and the Dutch contributed roughly one-quarter of wartime financing, and the United States did not want to alienate itself from allies that assisted its drive for independence. At the same time, the Federal Government was hesitant to renege on its commitment to domestic bondholders. A small but powerful group of men, including most of the architects of the Constitution, provided the remaining funds to finance the war. These men would rally against default and would push for a tax system that raised reliable revenues to service the public debt. This system would prove especially advantageous if the tax burden were to fall on someone else — that someone else being the vast majority of Americans who did not own government bonds.
In the end, Hamilton decided that the debts were to be repaid in full. And in order to raise the revenue needed to repay its debts, the US Congress approved Hamilton's proposal to levy a highly regressive excise tax on distilled spirits. Small-scale farmers saw the new tax as a threat to their livelihood and vented their frustrations through violent attacks against tax collectors in western Pennsylvania. So concerned was Hamilton with the unrest caused by the resultant Whisky Rebellion of 1794 that he personally accompanied General George Washington, and the 13,000 troops he commanded, to put down the rebellion. One critic, William Findley, seized on the events, suggesting they were proof that Hamilton's system of public debt had created a "new monied interest" that wanting nothing other than "oppressive taxes."
Mapping the Bondholding Class
Early critics were suspicious of Hamilton's plan. They saw the public debt, and the broader system of public finance of which it was a part, as a culprit of worsening inequality and social instability. And today, well over two centuries later, the public debt remains a major source of controversy in American politics.
Some continue to suggest that government bonds are still concentrated in the hands of the rich and powerful. Others insist that government bonds are widely held amongst small savers, even widows and orphans, and help to democratize the financial system. And yet, despite centuries of contestation, neither side has managed to produce much evidence to support their claims. This is a serious oversight. The US public debt now stands at roughly $18 trillion dollars, making it one of the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world. An absence of reliable data on its ownership structure means that we have little understanding of the power relations that underpin this vital component of global finance.
My new book Public Debt, Inequality, and Power: The Making of a Modern Debt State (California University Press) intervenes into this longstanding but muddled debate. The book unearths some uncomfortable facts about whose interests are really served by the public finances during this crisis-ridden age. In particular, my analysis reveals a rapid rise of a "bondholding class" of wealthy households and large financial corporations over the past few decades.
Since the early 1980s, and especially since the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a rapid concentration in domestic ownership of the public debt. Specifically, the stunning increase in concentration has taken place in favor of the now-infamous top 1 percent of US households and the top 2,500 US financial corporations. Distribution of the public debt is tightly correlated with the distribution of wealth more generally. In other words, when the share of wealth owned by the top 1 percent and large corporations increases or decreases, so too does their share of the public debt.
Figure 1 illustrates this dynamic. What is most remarkable is the massive increase in concentration of the public debt that has taken place since the onset of the crisis. From 38 percent in 2007, the top percentile's share the public debt has climbed to a shocking and unprecedented 56 percent in 2013, the last year for which data are currently available.
A similar dynamic characterizes corporate ownership of the public debt. Over the past three and a half decades, the top 2,500 U.S. corporations have increased their share of corporate holdings of the public debt from 65 percent in 1977-'81 to 82 percent in 2006-'10. Much like the household sector, corporate concentration has intensified since the onset of the crisis. In 2006 the top 2,500 corporations owned 77 percent of the corporate share of the public debt and climbed to 86 percent by 2010. Crucially, these corporate holdings of the public debt are increasingly dominated by mutual funds, which are owned predominantly by the top 1 percent, at the expense of widely owned pension funds.
Overall, I argue that the spectacular increases in the public debt since the early 1980s have served the interests of a bondholding class of dominant owners at the apex of the wealth and income hierarchy. How do we explain these massive increases in public debt? And how exactly do we explain the connection between growing inequality and rising public indebtedness? Answers to these questions can be found in Wolfgang Streeck's concept of the "debt state."
The Making of a Modern "Debt State"
In his book Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism (Verso), Streeck traces a shift in the advanced capitalist countries from a "tax state" to a "debt state." Under the post-war tax state, gradual increases in government expenditures were matched by tax revenues, which resulted in falling levels of public indebtedness. With the emergence of the debt state from the 1970s onward, government expenditures have continued to grow while tax revenues have stagnated, resulting in escalating levels of public indebtedness.
The US is, in many ways, the ultimate manifestation of the debt state, where stagnating federal tax revenues have been the primary driver of increases in the public debt. Tax stagnation is itself the product of a successful tax revolt on the part of powerful elites. What this means is that tax revenues constitute a dwindling portion of national income, and also that the bondholding class is now paying less and less taxes as a percentage of its total income.
Declining tax progressivity means, by definition, greater inequality and increased savings for those at the top of the wealth and income hierarchy. As a result of changes to the tax system, elites have more money to invest in the growing stock of US Treasury securities, which, thanks to their "risk-free" status, become particularly attractive in times of crisis. The logical sequence of the debt state is outlined in Figure 2.
In essence, what the transition from the tax state to a debt state means is that the Federal Government chooses to borrow from the bondholding class rather than taxing it. And in deciding to furnish wealthy households and large corporations with risk-free assets instead of levying taxes on their incomes, the debt state reinforces the existing pattern of inequality. This raises further questions about the long-term stability of current arrangements. The debt state is likely to persist into the foreseeable future, and the reason has to do in large part with the role played by foreign ownership of the public debt.
A Powerful Foreign Bond
Since the early 1970s, there has been a rapid globalization of the US Treasury securities market. In the post-war period, official and private foreign investors consistently owned less than 5 percent of the US public debt. The foreign share has climbed steadily ever since and at the present time stands at roughly 50 percent.
This seemingly insatiable foreign appetite for US Treasury securities means cheaper credit for the US government, which deflects challenges to domestic owners of the public debt at the top of the wealth and income hierarchy. In the case of the Federal Government, cheap credit relieves pressures for socially disruptive spending cuts, as well as increased taxation, which would fall more heavily on elites. Access to cheap credit also dampens resentment toward those same elites by allowing low- and middle-income Americans to maintain consumption habits in the face of decades-long wage stagnation.
At the same time, foreign owners have something to gain from the existence of a domestic bondholding class. Foreign investors, especially China, fear that the Federal Government will "print money" to inflate away its growing debt burden. But the existence of a powerful group of domestic owners invested in the creditworthiness of the Federal Government should help to alleviate these fears. The wealthy households and large corporations that dominate domestic ownership of the public debt hold considerable sway within the political system and provide a powerful check against policies that might compromise the risk-free status of US Treasury securities.
A formidable "bond" of interests therefore unites foreign and domestic owners of the public debt. In relieving domestic tensions engendered by growing inequality, this bond of interests works to reinforce the status quo of the debt state. In helping to sustain foreign confidence in US Treasury securities, this bond also helps to sustain US financial power in the global political economy.
Consequences for Democracy
What, then, can we say about the consequences of growing concentration in ownership of the public debt? Why exactly does it matter? Addressing these questions leads us to the question of power.
Throughout history a widely held public debt was thought to be good for democracy and social cohesion, making wide swathes of the population feel quite literally invested in government. An unequally distributed public debt, however, has been seen as a threat to democracy, increasing the power of a tiny group of owners at the expense of the rest of the polity. The prevailing sentiments are captured in the following passage from former Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr., who promoted widespread ownership of the public debt during World War II:
Every man and woman who owned a Government Bond, we believed, would serve as a bulwark against the constant threats to Uncle Sam's pocketbook from pressure blocs and special-interest groups. In short, we wanted the ownership of America to be in the hands of the American people.
The linkages that Morgenthau Jr. draws between the public debt, power and democracy have obvious intuitive appeal. And Streeck's concept of the debt state is once again helpful in exploring the consequences of growing inequities in ownership of the public debt. In Buying Time, Streeck argues that the emergence and consolidation of the debt state has had dire consequences for democratic representation in advanced capitalist countries. Specifically, he asserts that under the debt state governments have come to prioritize the interests of owners of the public debt, the Marktvolk, over the general citizenry, or Staatsvolk.
My research illustrates the ubiquity of the Marktvolk within US policymaking. As concentration in ownership of the public debt increases, Federal Government documents begin to refer much more frequently to the interests of the Marktvolk. In the post-war period, when concentration in ownership of the public debt was low, references to the terms associated with the Marktvolk (like international, investors, interest rates, confidence), were only 75 percent as frequent as those associated with the Staatsvolk (like national, public opinion, citizens, loyalty). Yet during the global financial crisis, when ownership concentration was high, references to the terms associated with the Marktvolk were twice as frequent as those associated with the Staatsvolk.
Concentrated ownership does not necessarily give owners of the public debt direct power over the political process. But it is clear that there has been a transformation in policy in recent years; one that provides an ideological climate that privileges the interests of the bondholding class. Inequality in ownership of the public debt and inequality in representation within government policy are really two sides of the same coin. In this sense, the debt state not only reinforces wealth and income inequality, but it also contributes to the broader erosion of democracy.
What Should (and Should Not) Be Done
Inequality has come to permeate all facets of contemporary capitalism, and so its pervasiveness in the public finances should come as no surprise. What we need to consider is the possible political measures that might be implemented to counteract growing inequities in ownership of the public debt. But before discussing political solutions, a word of caution is in place.
The problem I highlight in the book is not a large public debt. As Abba Lerner first demonstrated in the 1940s, the outstanding level of public indebtedness is inconsequential so long as it is being accumulated as part of a macroeconomic strategy to achieve non-inflationary full employment. In fact, for a monetarily sovereign entity like the US Federal Government, which issues debt in a currency it fully controls, bankruptcy is never really an issue because the Federal Reserve can purchase government bonds when the private sector does not want them. The existence of a powerful bondholding class should provide no solace for "deficit hawks" eager to find evidence to support their fear mongering about the supposed unsustainability of the public debt.
The real problem, then, is a large unequally distributed public debt. This distinction is absolutely crucial. From an emancipatory point of view, the point is not to try to eliminate or even reduce the public debt, but to find ways to tackle the inequality that underpins the public finances. As mentioned earlier, the emergence and consolidation of the debt state was driven primarily by tax stagnation and declining tax progressivity. The debt state, in other words, has come into being because the Federal Government has come to rely on borrowing from the bondholding class instead of taxing it. Restoring progressivity to the federal tax system, by increasing tax rates on wealthy households and large corporations, would therefore go a long way in addressing the growing inequalities in ownership of the public debt and in the ownership of wealth and income more generally.
Of course measures to make the federal tax system more progressive would encounter stiff political resistance from powerful groups, and would have little impact unless combined with global coordination to minimize tax competition and evasion. And to deal seriously with the problem of inequality, progressive tax reform would need to be combined with substantial increases in social spending, which would be most effectively channeled through a basic income or a federal job guarantee program.
A monetarily sovereign entity like the US Federal Government is not revenue-constrained and does not technically "need" taxes to finance its expenditures. Yet, in a world of deregulation and global capital flows, and with a legal system ineffective in punishing corporate malfeasance, taxation remains one of the few coercive tools that governments possess to influence the behavior of dominant elites. Thus carefully designed measures to bolster the progressivity of the federal tax system would not only help to tackle inequality; most importantly, it would also help to restore democratic control over a bondholding class that has seen its power grow inordinately under the debt state.
Sandy Brian Hager is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University and a Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. His research deals with issues of inequality and corporate power in global finance. He is the author of Public Debt, Inequality, and Power: The Making of a Modern Debt State (California University Press, 2016).
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The 1 Percent Under Siege?
Brooke Harrington
The Contradictions of Finance
Richard D. Wolff


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Here's something new from one of my favorite bands in L.A. KITTEN is offering a free download (for a limited time) of two new tracks from their upcoming EP Cut It Out, which is slated for release in August ahead of their debut full-length album in January. The new songs "Cut It Out" and "Sugar" showcase their inventive, dreamy-pop melodies that have given them high praise from such publications as SPIN Magazine and Verbicide Magazine while New York's Metromix labeled front-woman Chloe Chaidez as one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.
Known for their raw and energetic stage shows, KITTEN has wowed audiences since they burst out onto the scene at 2010's SXSW when lead singer Chloe Chaidez was just 15 years old and independently released their debut EP Sunday School soon after which included their indie-hit "Kill The Light."
Check them out when they perform a FREE show at The Bootleg Theater on June 25th. If you can't wait, KITTEN next plays at The Casbah in San Diego Tuesday (May 22nd) and then head up north to San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill on June 13th.
KITTEN's Chloe Chaidez performs at The Unknown Theater.
NEW VIDEO: DRAGONETTE'S "LET IT GO"


Sen. Gaylord Nelson giving an Earth Day speech in Denver, Colo., on April 22, 1970.
I congratulate you, who by your presence here today demonstrate your concern and commitment to an issue that is more than just a matter of survival. How we survive is the critical question.
Earth Day is dramatic evidence of a broad new national concern that cuts across generations and ideologies. It may be symbolic of a new communication between young and old about our values and priorities.
Take advantage of this broad new agreement. Don't drop out of it. Pull together a new national coalition whose objective is to put Gross National Quality on a par with Gross National Product.
Campaign nationwide to elect an "Ecology Congress" as the 92nd Congress – a Congress that will build bridges between our citizens and between man and nature's systems, instead of building more highways and dams and new weapons systems that escalate the arms race.
Earth Day can – and it must – lend a new urgency and a new support to solving the problems that still threaten to tear the fabric of this society… the problems of race, of war, of poverty, of modern-day institutions.
Ecology is a big science, a big concept – not a copout. It is concerned with the total eco-system – not just with how we dispose of our tin cans, bottles and sewage.
Enviromnent is a problem perpetuated by the expenditure of billions a year on the Vietnam War, instead of on our decaying, crowded, congested, polluted urban areas that are inhuman traps for millions of people.
If our cities don't work, America won't work. And the battle to save them and end the divisiveness that still splits this country won't be won in Vietnam.
Winning the environmental war is a whole lot tougher challenge by far than winning any other war in the history of Man. It will take $20 to $25 billion more a year in federal money than we are spending or asking for now.
Our goal is a new American ethic that sets new standards for progress, emphasizing human dignity and well being rather than an endless parade of technology that produces more gadgets, more waste, more pollution.
Are we able to meet the challenge? Yes. We have the technology and the resources.
Are we willing? That is the unanswered question.
Establishing quality on a par with quantity is going to require new national policies that quite frankly will interfere with what many have considered their right to use and abuse the air, the water, the land, just because that is what we have always done.
Speech courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.


Among the lessons we've learned at our church, there are five necessary elements to create an evangelistic ethos in an individual Christian or in an entire church.
We don't build the kingdom for God; we let God build it through us. That's why the first command given to the apostles in Acts is to wait. Until the Spirit arrived, they could do nothing. Depending on the Holy Spirit is the only way to keep from being overwhelmed by the massive task of evangelism. God does not expect us to convert people; He invites us to walk with Him every day and be His instrument as He builds the Church. You perceive when a door is being opened through prayer. Therefore, pray continually, and listen as you pray.
I read Jimmy Scroggins' Turning Everyday Conversations into Gospel Conversations recently. It shows the many ways you can use conversation openers to move mundane conversations into spiritual territory. It's important that we develop these kinds of transitions in a useful way, as opposed to cheesy, awkward, forced questions.
The best way to learn to share Christ is watching someone else. That's how I learned. I watched my dad and other believers share the gospel. It's often said discipleship is caught more than it is taught. Nowhere is that more true than in evangelism. If we aren't leading the way in personal evangelism, calling others to join us along the way, we should not be surprised if our people aren't doing it either.
4. An ability to share your story concisely.
We should be able to express the gospel in 100 words or less, too. Far from making our presentation insincere, this helps us to appreciate the gospel in fresh ways. Some of the classic presentations are the most useful: the bridge illustration (Jesus bridges the gap between us and God) and the do/done dichotomy (Religions are all about doing; the gospel is all about what Christ has done). The possibilities are pretty extensive. It matters much less which reliable illustration you use and much more that you have one to use.
J.D. Greear is president of the Southern Baptist Convention, pastor of The Summit Church and author of several books. This article is adapted from "An evangelism ethos," and used by permission of Baptist Press. Learn more about J.D. Greear's evangelism resources for SBC churches at GospelAboveAll.com.