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package edu.mayo.mprc.chem;

import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public final class ChemicalTest {

	private PeriodicTable periodicTable;

	@BeforeClass
	public void beforeTest() {
		periodicTable = PeriodicTableFactory.getTestPeriodicTable();
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable() {
		Assert.assertNotNull(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("E-"), "Electron not defined");
		Assert.assertNotNull(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H+"), "Proton not defined");
		Assert.assertNotNull(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("Lr"), "Laurentium not defined");
		Assert.assertNull(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("Rg"), "Roentgenium defined");

		Assert.assertEquals(periodicTable.getProtonMass(), 1.00727646, "Proton mass incorrect");
		Assert.assertEquals(periodicTable.getElectronMass(), 0.00054858, "Electron mass incorrect");

		Assert.assertEquals(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H").getIsotope(0).getMass() * 2 +
				periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("O").getIsotope(0).getMass(), 18.0105646863, "Monoisotopic mass of H2O not calculated correctly");

		Assert.assertEquals(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H").getAverageMass() * 2 +
				periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("O").getAverageMass(), 18.015286436209855, "Average mass of H2O not calculated correctly");

	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldParseChemicals() {
		final PeriodicTable pt = PeriodicTableFactory.getTestPeriodicTable();
		final Chemical c1 = new Chemical("H2O", pt);
		Assert.assertEquals(c1.getCanonicalFormula(), "H2 O1");

		final Chemical c2 = new Chemical("Lr3Be27O-5", pt);
		Assert.assertEquals(c2.getCanonicalFormula(), "Be27 Lr3 O-5");

		final Chemical c5 = new Chemical("((H)2O)3 C3 H-1", pt);
		Assert.assertEquals(c5.getCanonicalFormula(), "C3 H5 O3");

		Assert.assertEquals(c1.getMonoisotopicMass(), pt.getElementBySymbol("H").getIsotope(0).getMass() * 2 +
				pt.getElementBySymbol("O").getIsotope(0).getMass(), "The monoisotopic mass of H2O is not calculated correctly");

		Assert.assertEquals(c1.getAverageMass(), pt.getElementBySymbol("H").getAverageMass() * 2 +
				pt.getElementBySymbol("O").getAverageMass(), "The average mass of H2O is not calculated correctly");
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldPerformOperationsOnChemicals() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
		final PeriodicTable pt = PeriodicTableFactory.getTestPeriodicTable();
		final Chemical c1 = new Chemical("H2O", pt);
		final Chemical c2 = new Chemical("Lr3Be27O-5", pt);
		final Chemical c5 = new Chemical("(H2O)3 C3 H-1", pt);

		final Chemical c3 = Chemical.add(c1, c2);
		Assert.assertEquals(c3.getCanonicalFormula(), "Be27 H2 Lr3 O-4");

		final Chemical c4 = Chemical.subtract(c2, c1);
		Assert.assertEquals(c4.getCanonicalFormula(), "Be27 H-2 Lr3 O-6");

		final Chemical c6 = c5.clone();
		c5.subtract(c6);
		Assert.assertEquals(c5.getCanonicalFormula(), "");

		final Chemical c7 = c6.clone();
		c6.subtract(c6);
		Assert.assertEquals(c6.getCanonicalFormula(), "");

		final Chemical c8 = c7.clone();
		c7.add(c7);
		Assert.assertEquals(c7.getCanonicalFormula(), "C6 H10 O6");

		c8.multiply(0);
		Assert.assertEquals(c8.getCanonicalFormula(), "");

		final Chemical selen = new Chemical("Se2", pt);
		Assert.assertEquals(selen.getName(), "Se2", "selen formula failure");
		Assert.assertEquals(selen.getMostAbundantMass(), 2 * 79.916520, "Selen most abundant mass calulation failure");
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldSupportNaming() {
		final Chemical water = new Chemical("H2O", periodicTable);
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getName(), "H2 O1", "water formula failure");
		water.setName("Water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getName(), "Water", "water name is not getting set");
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldSupportElementQueries() {
		final Chemical water = new Chemical("H2O", periodicTable);
		water.setName("Water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("O")), 1.0, "One oxygen in water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H")), 2.0, "Two hydrogens in water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("S")), 0.0, "No sulfur in water");

		Assert.assertEquals(water.toString(), "Water (H2 O1) 18.0105646863", "Water to string dump");
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldFailForUnknownElements() {
		try {
			final Chemical test1 = new Chemical("(H2O)5 Qq 10", periodicTable);
			Assert.fail("The parsing of element Qq must fail");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Assert.assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Can't find element Qq in chemical formula:\n(H2O)5 >>>Qq 10", "The error message must explain what went wrong");
		}
		try {
			final Chemical test1 = new Chemical("(H2O)5 (Pp 10)-3", periodicTable);
			Assert.fail("The parsing of element Pp must fail");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Assert.assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Can't find element Pp in chemical formula:\n(H2O)5 (>>>Pp 10)-3", "The error message must explain what went wrong");
		}
		try {
			final Chemical test1 = new Chemical("(H2{O}1)5 (He 10)-3", periodicTable);
			Assert.fail("The parsing of { must fail");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Assert.assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Parse error, can't understand '{':\n(H2>>>{O}1)5 (He 10)-3", "The error message must explain what went wrong");
		}
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldParseFractions() {
		final Chemical water = new Chemical("H0.2O0.1", periodicTable);
		water.setName("1/10th Water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("O")), 0.1, "0.1 oxygen in 1/10 water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H")), 0.2, "0.2 hydrogens in 1/10 water");
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("S")), 0.0, "No sulfur in 1/10 water");

		Assert.assertEquals(water.toString(), "1/10th Water (H0.2 O0.1) 1.8010564686300001", "Water to string dump");
	}

	@Test(dependsOnMethods = {"shouldReadDefaultPeriodicTable"})
	public void shouldSupportAveragine() {
		final Chemical water = new Averagine(periodicTable);
		// C4.9384 H7.7583 N1.3577 O1.4773 S0.0417
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("C")), 4.9384);
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("O")), 1.4773);
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("H")), 7.7583);
		Assert.assertEquals(water.getAtomsOf(periodicTable.getElementBySymbol("S")), 0.0417);

		Assert.assertEquals(water.toString(), "Averagine (C4.9384 H7.7583 N1.3577 O1.4773 S0.0417) 111.05430524240279", "Averagine to string dump failed");
	}

}

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Featured General Geopolitics POLITICS Politics Russia
UN to consider Russia's Arctic continental shelf claim this summer
Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 16:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 01:35
Russian Minister of Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoy. Photo: Trude Pettersen
If the claim is fully accepted, Russia will get the right to more than 1 million square kilometres of the Arctic seabed, including the North Pole.
The United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) will consider Russia's claim at its upcoming session in July-August, says Russia's Minister of Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoy.
"The chairman of the commission has officially informed the Russian delegation about the decision to present the claim on its 41 st session, which takes place from July 11 to August 26," Donskoy said at a meeting in the ministry, RIA Novosti reports.
Under international law coastal states are entitled to an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles from their coasts. Within this zone, a country has sovereign rights over the exploration, exploitation, management and conservation of resources in the water, on the seabed and under the seafloor. A country also has jurisdiction over certain activities like marine scientific research and protecting the marine environment.
Understanding EEZ and continental shelf rules:
Defining Canada's Continental Shelf
Scientific Requirements to Determine Limits of Canada's Outer Continental Shelf
But under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), countries can submit scientific data if they believe their continental shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles.
Comprehensive research
Russia made a first official submission of its Arctic claims to the UN Commission in 2001. However, the Commission in 2002 responded that additional research is needed before a decision can be taken.
In August 2015, after years of comprehensive research, Russia submitted its claims for additional continental shelf territories in the Arctic. The claim includes both the Mendeleev and Lomonosov Ridges, two major structures beneath the Arctic Ocean.
"Our claim is not merely Russia's reasoned pretensions to have its jurisdiction in the Arctic extended, it is the result of comprehensive scientific research of global significance," Donskoy said.
"… the claim determining the outer borders of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean is based on the scientific understanding that the central Arctic underwater ridges, among them the Lomonosov, Medeleev, Alfa and Chukotskoye Heights, as well as the in between basins of Podvodnikov and Chukotskaya, have a continental character", an official statement given in connection with the submission reads.
Maritime jurisdiction and boundaries in the Arctic region. Source: IBRU: Centre for Borders Research
North Pole fever
In 2009, Norway became the first country to get its Arctic territorial claims approved, while Denmark/Greenland submitted a claim in December 2014. That latter claim includes ownership of the North Pole and is consequently in conflict with the Russian claim.
In 2013, Canada's then foreign affairs minister John Baird raised eyebrows when, during a news conference, he said the country's scientists and been asked to do further work mapping the continental shelf so it included the North Pole.
Allegations that the request came from then Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, after scientists concluded Canada's continental shelf ended south of the pole, were not disputed at the time.
The United States has not yet ratified UNCLOS and cannot make a claim unless they do so.
If approved, the Russian claim will expand the country's territory by 1.2 million square kilometres. Estimates indicate that the area include 594 oil fields and 159 gas fields as well as two major nickel fields and more than 350 gold deposits. Initial recoverable fuel resources are estimated to 258 billion tons of fuel equivalent, representing 60 percent of Russia's total hydrocarbon resources.
Canada: Canada to collect more data for continental shelf claim, Eye on the Arctic
Canada: The Continental Shelf – Geological, legal or geopolitical?, Blog by Mia Bennett
Denmark: Denmark claims North Pole, Barents Observer
Iceland: Revisualizing the Cryosphere, Blog by Mia Bennett
Russia: Application for Russia's Arctic shelf claim out on tender, Barents Observer
Sweden: Swedish ships mapped at bottom of sea, Radio Sweden
United States: U.S. to collect Arctic data for modern navigational charts, Alaska Dispatch News
Arctic, continental shelf, Russia, UNCLOS, United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
← EU unveils integrated Arctic policy
National Snow and Ice Data Center loses 'eye in the sky' →

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This afternoon Baptist Press reported that Prestonwood Baptist Church would resume their Cooperative Program giving. The article specifies their giving will be without designation, meaning there will be no redirection of funds away from any specific entities. This is a welcome resolution to an issue that had gone mostly quiet since Russell Moore and ERLC trustees released their 'Seeking Unity' statement more than a month ago.
"After a time of prayerful evaluation, Prestonwood is renewing our commitment to Southern Baptist missions by giving to the Cooperative Program without designation," Prestonwood executive pastor Mike Buster told Baptist Press in a statement.
While I'm glad to see Prestonwood restore their previous funding for CP missions causes, I remain firm in my view that this whole episode was unhealthy and unnecessarily divisive in the life of the SBC. I'm concerned about this tactic being used in the future, regardless of the "side" or cause that chooses to employ it. We shouldn't use missions funding as a bargaining tool. Every church has a responsibility to steward their missions giving in a way that supports the causes they desire – you won't see me criticize a church for directing funds toward this or away from that entity. But when demands are being made (We're not giving to the IMB until this action is taken… or We're stopping CP giving until our concerns are addressed…), whether spoken or implied, that ought to be treated as out-of-bounds by all of us.
Disagreements about their tactics aside, I want to thank and express appreciation for Prestonwood for their past and future missions giving, along with many other large churches who give huge sums of money to support our missions work, seminaries, and other cooperative efforts. We're not a perfect convention, and we have our disagreements, but we do a lot of good things as we work together for the Kingdom of Christ.
This whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It was reported that RM had to apologize to at least seven prominent pastors. I'd rather our entity heads feel accountable to any SBC pastor or layperson rather than a handful of big dogs. How much gratitude should the rest of of feel now that PW put a gun to the CP head and then decided not to pull the trigger?
Glad to hear Pastor Jack Graham is allowing his church to return to support for the Cooperative Program. He is simply the last in a long line of leading pastors who have withheld or reduced CP funds in order to exert their influence on our convention and its entities. Do they send the CP funds through their state convention or directly to the SBC?
I think Graham has already accomplished part of his purpose. To the best of my knowledge the ERLC and Russell Moore have made no comment on President Trump's desire to utterly destroy the Johnson Amendment which prohibits churches from using tax exempt funds to endorse political candidates from their pulpit. Trump called this a freedom of religion issue. It has nothing to do with freedom of religion. It is an attempt to funnel dark money though some religious organizations and get a tax exemption for it. In the past Moore has hinted at his opposition to this type of activity. I fear he has been intimidated by Graham and others from saying anything that would appear to oppose Trump.
Ron, you'll have to remind me of others in this "long line". Other than the guy Tennessee who recently resigned from the ERLC IMB trustee board, I don't recall any.
Direct giving to the Executive Committee is rare but where it's found it is manifestly not in accord with the cooperative program. The churches that do that generally have a beef with their state convention.
We've been accustomed to giving directly to the mission boards for over a century.
I don't think direct EC giving should be viewed as "not in accord" with the cooperative program. I reject the idea that the cooperative program is about bowing the knee to the percentage setters. The CP provides, or any given SBC church, a default allocation and I will continue to contend that churches should be able to adjust that allocation without us acting like they're somehow betraying the CP. If a church decides to give more to national causes or less to a particular entity, we shouldn't see that as contrary to the CP.
Except it is contrary to the CP. Perhaps it's not contrary to cooperation, but it is by definition contrary to the CP.
I disagree that shifting allocations is contrary to the CP. Didn't some churches in Georgia decide to exclude SBTS from their giving? Under this definition, they're no longer giving to the cooperative program. That doesn't make sense to me.
I don't know what the churches in Georgia did, but if they are designating their offerings, they are not giving to the CP. The CP is a giving program. If you give outside of that, you're not giving to the CP. I'm not making any judgment about whether designation is right here. I'm simply saying that CP giving is giving that is done without designation through the State Convention.
The point about direct to the executive committee giving is that such cuts out the state convention. The most obvious point about the CP is that it is a cooperative agreement between the state convention and the SBC national entities. Cut out the state conventions and it can't be CP. B21 suggested direct EC giving a few years ago. I don't see it as a reasonable alternative to normal CP giving.
If I don't like the way my state spends CP dollars, or how much they keep of a CP dollar, I can take a number of other paths. I could send direct to Nashville for distribution according to the SBC allocation formula but couldn't do so and call it CP.
This shows part of the good reason GCG was implemented – arguments about whether or not giving officially qualifies as "CP" giving aren't really all that important. My point remains that whether CP or GCG, it's all good and should be welcomed, regardless of the allocation. What's out of bounds is placing demands on it and releasing news to reporters about missions giving in order to exert influence.
One church in GA said they would not give to SBTS or SEBTS. I don't know how they achieved this. Some state conventions allow for a certain number of negative designations within their CP agreement. The point you are missing is that if the SC is cut out of the formula because a church sends driect to the EC, it isn't CP giving. It is GCG and, as we all know, the GCRTF affirmed the CP as the primary giving plan for Southern Baptist churches.
The direct gifts from churches to the EC for distribution to the SBC entities hasn't changed from the low single digit percentages. It's not widespread.
Do pastors really follow the Johnson thing?
Jimmy Draper once stated before me and a group of other missionaries that if the candidate he supported for President of the SBC did not win, his church would reduce their giving to the cooperative program. Through the years, other pastors have made similar statements. A former state convention president in my state wrote in our state paper that his church and others had not supported our home and foreign missionaries through the cooperative program because of "liberal influence". I told him that there had been no liberal influence on me or my colleagues so he was mistaken for withholding funds. Through the years, the giving of many of our larger churches has been a roller coast of up and down giving depending on the mood of the pastor.
I think those cases illustrate my point. If Draper said that to a small group, privately, I don't necessarily have a problem with it. If it had appeared as an op-ed in the Baptist Standard, that's very problematic. If someone convictionally can't support the CP or specific entities, they have the right and even responsibility to let their giving reflect their values. It becomes toxic when that is used as a bargaining tool. That's the distinction I'm trying to make clear.
Churches of all sizes have lowered their support for the CP for several decades running. A church may decide if 1% or 10% is their level. Thank God for whatever level any church chooses to give but if it bypasses state conventions it isn't CP. CP deserves our support. Trustees or messengers may use CP percentages or GCG or both in electing and hiring folks. Lately, press generally tosses out both for candidates for SBC office but I've never seen BP or state papers attempt to pass off direct gifts to the EC as CP giving.
I read back from the start and let me clarify what I mean this way: You're right that giving through Nashville doesn't count as offical CP giving on the church profile. I'm fine with that and that wasn't my point. I said it wasn't contrary to CP giving, by which I mean don't think churches that employ that method should be seen as working against the CP.
Brent, it is clearly agains CP giving and churches that eschew the CP for direct giving to the EC should be seen as working against the CP. I don't see how you could argue otherwise unless you do not consider state conventions as an integral and indispensable part of the CP. Besides the schools, ministries, and staff states have, they have the primary assignment of promoting the CP.
That someone as involved and informed as you seems to miss this completely shows how the CP faces some difficult days ahead.
Nothing personal here. I'm just surprised at your arguments on this.
That is my point. There has been no reason for our pastors to fear the Johnson Amendment. I fear there may be harm if it is removed. Destroying the Johnson amendment has the potential to do great harm I fear. The following is a letter I published in our state paper and sent to the ERLC for comment but they did not respond. Russell Moore needs to speak out on this.
President Trump is totally misinformed on this IRS regulation. It has nothing to do with the right to worship. This right is guaranteed by the first amendment to the constitution.
If a church wishes to endorse politicians, it is free to refuse its tax-exempt status and endorse as it wishes. Individual pastors and church members can endorse whoever they please but not as an official spokesman for their church. America has a long tradition of not using pulpits and TV ministries supported with tax-exempt dollars for partisan political purposes instead of for religious purposes.
Churches have been and remain able to speak out on moral, social, and ethical issues. They have a right to state their doctrinal beliefs as it relates to issues in the public domain from the pulpit and in their church ministries.
Those who know Baptist history and doctrine realize that supporting a repeal on this amendment would be a betrayal of those Baptists who were persecuted because they would not pay taxes to support state churches. If President Trump succeeds in "destroying" this amendment, it will open the way for tax money to be funneled through churches corrupting their gospel message. Repeal of this amendment is a slippery slope leading to an unhealthy mixture of politics and religion.
I'm not following you on this. Isn't the Johnson Amendment a government obstruction to religious freedom that Baptists of yesteryear contended for?
At some points, "politics" interfaces with theology. At those interfaces, no preacher who affirms religious liberty should be restrained by the IRS to address them all the way down to endorsing a particular candidate if that's what it takes.
Were any Baptists advocating for the Johnson Amendment in the 50's?
Wayne Grudem, Politics According to the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010), pp. 509-512.
"Russell D. Moore, president of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, in comments to Baptist Press about the commission's report, said, "While I don't think a church normally should endorse candidates for office from the pulpit, that's only because I believe the mission of the church ought to stand prophetically distant from political horsetrading.
Also, since this is a little off-topic from the OP maybe the SBC Voices admin would entertain revisiting this with a thread of its own.
Brent, actually Draper said it more than one time and it was reported in Baptist Press. You may be too young to remember the time when these type threats were fairly common in the 80s and 90s by both sides in the battle for control.
I'm still waiting on Jack Graham's apology for using CP fund escrow as blackmail.
Jim, what exactly was Jack Graham demanding when his church withheld CP funds? Have his demands been met?
Jim Perry, while I am not on the same side S Jack Graham is on this matter, but it's neither blackmail nor extortion when the funds that you withhold are your own. Church autonomy is supposed to be somewhere very near the top of the list in Baptist beliefs. Never forget the CP is not supposed to be an end unto itself.
Dean, he could have been demanding a gallon of rocky road ice cream, who cares about the demand? The demand isn't the point. It could have been made privately, as it should have.
John, frankly it IS blackmail when you're using that to exert public pressure on someone. When you are holding it out as, "we're mad at you so we're not doing this thing." The key is about making it public, in order to get your way. It was wrong, and should have been apologized for.
No sir it isn't wrong and he shouldn't apologize.
In calling for Graham's repentance and apology – there is no suggestion that the local church "owes" the convention CP gifts or that there is any sense of ownership of offerings.
I affirm, as do others that I know of, who have mentioned the words "strong arming" or or "blackmail" in relation to Prestonwoods tactics, that any autonomous church can halt (and then resume), reduce, and/or increase cooperative giving with the SBC at their good pleasure – for any reason they choose.
What is being called out here is the fact that a significant pastor in our denomination, one with great influence, announcing through secular media that they are withholding a cool 1/2 million until our concerns with an entity head are addressed concerning a non essential issue.
This tactic, which was the leveraging one's (or in this case a church's) money over the convention to further an agenda – that many consider sinful.
It is not anything relating to autonomy but the tactic of using money for leverage because seeking redress over hurt feelings that many find objectionable.
Jim, You say JG blackmailed somebody by withholding the CP. Any definition of blackmail will include a demand for a payment.
Until you can say what payment was demanded you are the one who should apologize.
I'm sorry, Tarheel, but I disagree. I want to reiterate that I am not on the same side of Dr. Graham, but refusing to support what you don't agree with is fundamental to Baptist thought. Using whatever influence you have to effect change is also fundamental to us as Baptists. This no different than a boycott.
No reason to apologize….disagreement is OK. I still hold respect for you.
Leveraging money (admittedly a strong source of power) should be reserved, in SBC life, to issues of fundamental doctrine and I do not think that strong arm tactics designed to intimidate and obtain your way as godly action. I view that as sinful.
Strong arm? You are not entitled to your own language. Words have meaning and strong arm involves taking by force or violence.
I am puzzled why people can come to Voices and say things that are unmitigated lies about a Brother in Christ.
Weren't Dr. Moore's statements made publicly? So why should PBC's actions be kept secretive?
The problem was that some pastors took public positions supporting Trump while at the same time Russell Moore was calling out people in the SBC for "repudiating everything they believe" because they supported Trump.
People can differ on their views of Trump vs. Hillary. But in any case, for an agency [or a pastor] to publically endorse a particular candidate or political party is really a high risk situation. The SBC is far from a monolithic block: politically, economically, or demographically.
I remember back in the 1960's that the pastor of the SBC church I was a member of publically endorsed Nixon. Nixon's time in office didn't have a very happy ending. It seems that pastors or people ministry are touching the third rail if they become too involved in politics.
The payment demanded was an apology/explanation acceptable to Jack Ghrahm.
Dwight, was the demand also that the ERLC take no public position opposing Trump's policies. For example, the ERLC has remained quiet on the President's desire to utterly destroy the Johnson Amendment and therefore open the way for churches to endorse political candidates from the pulpit while issuing tax exemptions to those who support their political activity. This is an issue the ERLC should be speaking out on but they are strangely saying nothing.
Dwight, I have no problem with a church withholding funds from any entity until the pastor is satisfied the entity is one they can support or continue to support. That is not extortion, blackmailing, or strong-arming. That is a pastor doing his job. I also don't have any issue with someone disagreeing with what Dr. Graham and PWBC did.
That is not enough for others they must attack Jack Graham's character and for some reason this seems acceptable.
I understand you defending the name of a friend, Dean.
Amazingly though there has been a lack concern when on this forum baseless accusations and intense character assassination was going on against Russell Moore??? I never once saw a single post from you defending this fellow believers honor.
Upon re consideration and advisement of you as a friend… I have ceased using the words blackmail and extortion. They are quite probably too strong of words for the point I'm actually making and allows people to discount what I am actually saying by focusing on overly strong language I am using.
I however still feel that identifying his tactics as strong arming/leveraging a "weapon" – in the form of a huge amount of Cooperative Program money over nonessential issues – basically hurt feelings – is fair.
I've stated my opinion on that… I stand by it… But I see no need to continue the dialogue.
I will end up my part of this discussion by saying – Hopefully we will not see these kind of leveraging tactics over non essential issues employed again.
Tarheel, If I ever heard anyone accuse Russ Moore of blackmail, extortion, or strong-arming I feel certain I would defend him. As to my "amazing" non-defense of Russ Moore, you do realize SBC Voices turned into the Russ Moore defense league for the better part of 3 months with post after post supporting RM and the ERLC. Every criticism, much less character assassination, was answered immediately with a throng of unified voices.
To be fair, I haven't addressed much at all in the blog world lately. I certainly wasn't going to jump in and add my voice to the dozens already saying, "Yay Russ Moore and boo Jack Graham." However, I did feel it was worth a few minutes of my time to say shame on everyone who say and ignore the hurtful, mean spirited comments about Jack Graham.


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Good morning! It's Easter weekend and my brain is overflowing with ideas, renewed directions and a plan of action. But it's Easter weekend! And my schedule is filled with decorating eggs, baking and spending time with my lovely family. So I do what I do best, sketch and make notes when my hands can't get dirty.
In all my planning for the future and re-adjusting my goals, I realize one of the things I love doing the most is teaching and organizing retreats. I would like to add more traveling and teaching across the country to my list of goals. I would like to teach at some of the national shows next year which means I only have a few months to come up with a solid plan and proposals for applying.
Hence the sketches and my first step on that journey, which is creating a solid body of work to offer as classes. I have been teaching for over 8 years, both beadmaking and beading classes. I'm no longer offering polymer clay classes, because one cardinal rule of teaching is never teach something you aren't willing to give up to the universe. And I'm not ready to give away my polymer clay super powers just yet.
These are the current classes I teach - a resin beadmaking class, the steel wire bird nests and a beaded fringe bracelet. While they are awesome classes and my students have loved them, they aren't exactly a body of work. I'm not willing to pick one material or technique to become an expert. I think my expertise lies in sharing my creative spirit and getting my students to translate their love of nature into design skills they can use in creating jewelry.
Here are some past Bead Cruise classes - I really run the gamut - a little bit of metal work, stringing and seed bead work. But nature is the theme in each piece and it so happens to be the theme of my book. While they seem like a little bit of everything they really are tied together by the theme of designing jewelry from nature. Which hey, that is my speciality! I wrote the book on it after all!
What I've done is taken the four materials/techniques that most appeal to me, that I feel I can express myself easily and can share my knowledge base in those four areas with confidence.
Those are bead embroidery over felted forms (like the Tidepool Beads above). I have leaf and flower designs in the works.
Woodland inspired designs in steel wire and beads, like the Birds of a Feather Class.
Seed beads for wimps - can I specialize in that? I think I can! My seed bead pieces are for those who are little afraid of those tiny specks of beads but long to create things that are opulent in texture and color. I also don't like following patterns, so my seed bead work is pretty organic and take a minimal amount of attention!
My last set of classes focus on using Resin and UTEE, so a nice mixed media exploration - which can also open up doors in more of the mixed media type events. I also happen to love using them and have several great projects to round out my Faux Sea Glass offering.
What do you need to start teaching?
First you need that body of work - decide if it's a specific material you'll teach, like Barb Lewis' enamel classes or Tracy Stanley's metalwork classes. Or if you are going to teach using several materials and share more of a design style with your students using whatever material gets the job done - like Gail Crosman Moore nature infused pieces.
Once you have your prototypes created and you've worked out any design kinks and discovered some tips and tricks to make it the best way possible, it's time to write your directions.
You'll also want to take great photos of your jewelry for samples and create several class samples and a few extras to loan to bead stores. Some bead stores like to display the samples to promote your classes.
So now you have your projects, samples, and well-written and tested directions. Now it's time to create a webpage with your class offerings. This can be a page on your blog or website.
Start local - offer your classes to local students either at a bead shop or community center to work out any teaching kinks and to gain some hands on teaching experience with this project.
Now you are ready to take those classes on the road. You can contact bead stores or apply to teach at regional bead retreats to build up your cred.
And then you'll need to hire someone to count all those beads for your kits. Ha, ha - no seriously - it's amazingly tedious work but part of the job! Kits give students the chance to create in the classroom without worrying if they have brought all the right materials and gives them the best results while learning your project.
Here are lots of tips on teaching jewelry classes.
And some copyright information for students and teachers.
Don't be afraid to find a mentor to ask for advice while you are building your teaching career.
So now it's time to ask you a question for the week and offer a prize! This week's prize is a $25 gift certificate to my website, http://www.humblebeads.com/.
And my question - what makes a great bead teacher? Maybe it's something you noticed in a class you took or a standard that you measure instructors by or something as a student you wish teachers did more often.
Heather, I'm so happy I won the Studio Saturday prize! Thanks so much!
I would absolutely love for you to come to Kansas (or Even Missouri) so I could experience one of your classes. I really don't have the money to travel, which is something I need to change in the future because no one ever comes to Kansas, it seems, and we're right in the middle of the U.S.!
I've only taken one class, and that was to learn how to crimp, and the basic bead wrap. That's all we have around my area. I would have to say that clear, easy to understand instructions are a necessity, along with a patient and cheerful instructor.
ah, this is a subject close to my heart. I've been teaching since I was a teen and never stopped. I wrote a book on this subject for our school district many years ago and now it's and handbook for the tri-state area.
Here are just a few things that make a great teacher.
This is a great post Heather and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I haven't taken many bead classes, but in general, I think a good teacher is someone who is well prepared, who is there first and has everything in order when the lesson starts! I like a good well structured overview explained to everyone, and then the teacher walks around and gives the extra tips and aids for each and everyone who needs it as we are trying out the method/technique ourselves.
A great teacher is one who lets you experiment and applauds if the experiment works and guides you in another direction if it doesn't. A teacher that insists you MUST put tab B in slot A, "just because" isn't really teaching, while one who allows you discover why tab B must go in slot A is a treasure!
Great post Miss Heather! Teaching is in my blood so this is a subject near and dear to my heart. I think that a good teacher is one that is open and honest. They don't have all the answers but they have a willingness to try, to seek possibilities, to see different pathways. Great teachers are fun to be around, have a joy in what they do that makes them a magnet for others. They share their knowledge willingly and have great energy. They are able to roll with things even when they don't go as planned.
Some day I hope to be able to teach classes, just as soon as I discover what that might be! But until then I will continue to take classes from great teachers like you and soak up all the knowledge I can.
I know I can't win, but someone will be very lucky indeed, as there are some great new beads and goodies in your shop that I have my eye on!
Hi Heather, very thought-provoking question !
4)Gives a brief introduction of OTHER TECHNIQUES out there that can enhance what a student is learning for the day (eg. how advanced wire-wrapping can make things more fun beyond basic wire-wrapping) - basically broaden the horizon and get the student excited!
My best teachers were patient, very patient. They made clearly drawn printouts of what they were teaching for you to take along. They were very encouraging and good at sparking the fire of creativity in their students. Also, keeping a class to a reasonable size is important for one on one help and for getting close enough to see the demos. Being prepared is important and making sure that the class or lesson fits the time allowed. There is nothing more frustrating for a student taking a class to only get part of the lesson.
A love when teachers give you little tips or shortcuts on techniques that you know you wouldn't have thought of yourself--often things that are applicable to more than just the project at hand.
I love this topic. I am currently working on my Masters in Occupational Therapy. One thing we focus on is client centered therapy. I think a good teacher of anything is to focus on each student as an individual. Having smaller classes or an assistant to help provide individual attention is important. I have always preferred taking smaller beading classes instead of larger ones. I also feel it is important that an instructor always participants individuals the freedom to be creative. Finally, I think loving what you do and the passion for wanting to share with others foes along way. I have been lucky as the jewelry making classes I have taken had very passionate instructors.
A good bead teacher must be organized with good handouts, be patient and work with all students in the class. They must be able to think on their feet to make adjustments to the class participants. I love a bead teacher that can teach step-by-step and keep everyone interested in the project. Not an easy task!
A great jewelry teacher to me makes sure I learn the technique and I have plenty of time to practice and learn favorite tips.
Particularly in jewelry classes it is easy to get caught up on design.
I love the way you write, teach, and have such clarity in your thoughts..You state things very basic yet interesting for the beginning student.
I love your work...and it's good to keep things under your "hat"...even though I would love to know your tricks with polymer clay.
small classes...but this might be an avenue for those of us on a budget...for traveling..
I think connecting with the students is a big part of teaching. A teacher has to figure out what level the students are at, how far they can get in that day, etc. Being detailed and friendly is always a plus!
Great Post ! And Thank You for those amazing tip's !! A great teacher must have passion and the willingness to share one's self with the world and truly enjoy teaching her craft. I took a class once with Ms. Jana Roberts she is a wonderful sweet person and being with her that day was a dream come true for me as I have always admired her work in polymer. She took her time and was very generous in her knowlege and of her self it made the whole expirence for me something I shall always treasure !!
A great teacher is organized, shows you the technique at least twice before sending you off to create, and walks around the room checking in with students and offering to help anyone who is slightly stuck or looking a bit confused. In other words, the teacher puts teaching the students first.


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Cathy Arshadi named to St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women Class of 2020
Cathy Arshadi named to STL Business Journals Most Influential Business Women Class of 2020
St. Louis, MO – July, 14, 2020 – Cathy Arshadi, senior vice president and director of financial management, has been named to St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women Class of 2020. The award program, established in 1999, recognizes women who demonstrate high levels of achievement and leadership throughout their careers and make an impact in the communities they represent. St. Louis Business Journal received more than 200 nominations this year and Arshadi was among 25 local women recognized on the list.
Arshadi's contributions as a balanced, agile, influential leader who has played an instrumental role in the more than 11-fold growth of Commerce Trust Company over her tenure1 helped earn her spot on this year's list. Arshadi is responsible for managing the financial condition of Commerce Trust Company's $57 billion in assets under administration and $34.4 billion in assets under management1, making it among the 20 largest bank trust companies in the country. Her responsibilities include the Trust Company's budget, business plan development and financial management, as well as talent management and compensation for its 475-person staff across the enterprise.
"I have had the privilege of working closely with Cathy throughout her career at Commerce Trust Company. Her reputation as an effective, big-picture thinker adept at improving processes and building relationships is invaluable to the organization," said John Handy, president and chief executive officer for Commerce Trust Company. "This recognition is a true testament to her leadership and contributions. On behalf of the organization, I congratulate Cathy on this accolade."
Arshadi received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She also completed CORO'S three-month Women in Leadership training program. Arshadi has been an active corporate citizen and community volunteer since joining the COCA Finance Development Committee back in 2004. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of YWCA Metro St. Louis, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women through a myriad of social services. In addition, Cathy serves as Chair of the Development Committee, the body that helps ensure YWCA has the resources to carry out that mission and serve thousands of St. Louis women and families. Currently entering the second of two three-year terms, Arshadi is active in helping the YWCA raise funds and awareness to support often inter-related services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness, poverty, early childhood educational inequity and racism.
About Commerce Trust Company
Commerce Trust Company, founded in 1906, is a specialized division of Commerce Bank, solely focused on wealth management, investments and planning services for families and institutional clients. With clients in all 50 states and 26 countries, Commerce Trust oversees $54 billion in assets under administration, $34 billion in assets under management (AUM) and is ranked 20th nationally based on AUM. In 2019, the St. Louis Business Journal ranked Commerce Trust Company St. Louis' largest local trust company.
1. As measured by assets under administration, as of 12/31/19


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This is Owlbert, probably spelled Albert, a Eurasian eagle owl. My kindergarten students are listening to stories about owls and then retelling and writing their own. They enjoyed these pictures. I hope you do as well.
I got there. I had an awesome few hours. I honored Linn Pierson's memory and reflected on the beauty of the Hudson River.
Flock of mergansers on the Hudson?
My local red tailed at Croton Point Park. Had to stop on the way back from Stateline.
Yesterday was the big day to see the third peregrine falcon that hatched on May 6 this year at 101 Hudson in Jersey City. I had the extreme honor of being present during the chick check when the nestlings were eight days old. One had deformed legs and there was no way it could compete for food with its aggressive siblings. The difficult decision to remove the chick was made by Kathy Clark, NJ Fish and Wildlife biologist. We had little hope the bird would survive. My buddy, Mike, and I named our little guy Legs.
Legs eventually made his remarkable journey to Mr. Phung Luu, Animal Behavior and Conservation Connections, LLC in Dover, Delaware. Legs has yet to 'earn' his new name, but he definitely is a star and he knows it. On his second public show he appeared extremely at ease with the huge crowds at the Delaware Nature Society's Harvest Moon Festival.
Legs preening as we arrived at the festival. He is totally at ease.
Jackie adores Legs and Legs tells Jackie he adores her, too.
Legs is the geatest looking young falcon in the world.
He just let the crowd admire him.
He continued to preen and remain quite comfortable for most of the show.
You can see his legs look absolutely perfect.
Legs has not flown yet, but he is certainly quite ready.
This is as far as he got on his flirst flight. He got right back up on his perch. He will fly soon.
There is one little thing that he has not quite accepted.
Phung Luu is committed to positive reinforcement and does not press the issue.
Positive reinforcement does work if one is patient. Legs is still deciding how to best manipulate the humans who serve him.
Legs is learning about the food reward for working. For most of his life humans have just delivered the food. Now he has to earn his living.
Legs has house mates now.
Hopefully they will show him proper raptor behaviors.
All of the birds owned by Phung Luu are not releasable into the wild.
And all the birds are fantastic ambassadors.
But sometimes they get to take little vacations in the wild. This turkey vulture put on his own show for the folks on the other side of Cloverdale Farm.


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Patagonia: El Chalten ~ Fitz Roy Trail + Laguna Capri
El Chalten is a cute little village wedged into the mountains of southern Patagonia. The international rock climbing community has long been enamored by Mt Fitz Roy, one of the most technically challenging mountains on earth. For the rest of us, Fitz Roy symbolizes a massive peak in a really special part of the world.
Although we read that 80% of Patagonia is actually desert and grassland, I will admit it was surprising to actually see it in person — my mental images of Patagonia have always been only that of huge snowy mountains and bright blue, glacial-fed lakes; I truly never gave much thought to the rest of the surrounding land. The Andes mountain range with its ice fields, glaciers and lakes absorb the majority of rain and snow, leaving little water for the east side of the mountains. Visually the difference in the landscape is stunning, especially now after the hot and dry summer.
Harry, Kerry + Merry Go Hiking
We had the best weather on our fourth and final day in El Chalten. Taking advantage of the promising morning forecast, Harry, Merry and I set off first thing in the morning to hike the Fitz Roy trail to Laguna Capri. Our fingers were crossed that the clouds would finally lift so we would actually be able to see the ever elusive Mt Fitz Roy.
Fitz Roy
A few hours later, when we reached the major overlook, we could actually see Fitz Roy! Well, we really could only see the bottom third of it, but how exciting! Although the mountain top was covered with clouds, we could definitely sense the presence of its greatness.
Icing on the Mountain Cake
Harry and I have always had an affinity for mountain lakes. We love the clear, icy water and the solitude that surrounds them. We always challenge each other to take a dip, but it rarely happens — and today was no exception. Are you kidding me? That water was freezing!
Patagonia Effect
The truly best part of this whole day was the fact that, once again — for the third day in a row! — Harry's foot and leg were behaving beautifully! Yep, that's 20 miles over three days without a hitch. We are truly mystified and while we can't yet understand it (although we have a few theories), we are certainly celebrating! We've named this phenomenon the "Patagonia Effect".
6 thoughts on "Patagonia: El Chalten ~ Fitz Roy Trail + Laguna Capri"
Bill Baney on March 11, 2015 at 11:33 am said:
Love the "Patagonia Effect"! I'm really enjoying the adventure.
Best to you, Bill
Barb on March 11, 2015 at 2:21 pm said:
Harry is in better shape than I am! Way to go! ((hugs))~B
kerryraec@gmail.com on March 11, 2015 at 7:38 pm said:
Hi Bill! Thanks for following along. Cheers
Yep, he's a hiking machine these days. Miss you!
Karen Kalicka on March 15, 2015 at 6:00 pm said:
That is great news about Harry- so glad he is keeping up. What great exercise!!! The pictures look so surreal.
Thanks, Karen! We're surrounded by beautiful scenery, it's unreal. xoxo


Being lost, feeling lost, wanting to get lost: In Spaces, places, perspectives, realities, feelings and thoughts. The idea of 'being lost' covers such a wide range of spectrums of contexts and you would go mad just thinking about it, so you have to explore to colour in your world, like you did when you are a toddler.
#360Coventrywalks is a project that embodies the idea of getting lost. This project is a collaboration with undergraduate and Masters students from Coventry University. Who are international, diverse & creatively-interdisciplinary. This community of actors, illustrators, photographers and filmmakers are being introduced into the world of 360, from using our city as a playground, it inspires future collaborations, new creativity, different realities.
By getting lost, we somehow find ourselves creating, making new friends and being part of a community.
This was a fantastic day to learn, play, share, ideas. It was great to be the student again and I felt I found a place within a creative community. Meeting other people who are into the same creative things as you, as well as thoughts and philsophies is a great feeling, because innovation and collaboration can happen.
I felt that it would be good to try something similar. So #360WalksCoventry has started. It is an ongoing project, that is photo-ethnographic, experimental and philosophical practice, all in one image. Its a project designed to spark engagement with 360, new thought and creative bodies of work. Alongside all of this, its about making friends from all over the world all contained in one little planet image.
This awesome shot has our brain spinning in circles – in a great way! @beck.stewart has captured a totally different take on the city, and while standing on her head.
Shot using a 360 camera, we love how you get a taste of both the new and old Coventry Cathedral, the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery and Coventry University all in one shot. Truly stunning.


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Public Intoxication Case Results
Two Public Intoxication Cases, Hermosa Beach, with Priors
Our client, age 40, was arrested twice in Hermosa Beach in two days, both times for public intoxication (Penal Code § 647(f)). It was rather sad.
Hermosa Beach Bar
In the first matter, she was found unconscious and lying down in a parking lot in the northern part of Hermosa Beach at almost midnight. It took the police officer who found her almost 30 seconds to wake up our client. She was wearing no shoes and had the strong odor of alcohol. The Hermosa Beach police officer arrested our client for public intoxication, Penal Code § 647(f)), and took our client to the police station to sober up, have a meal and re-hydrate.
In a Nutshell: Client, age 40, arrested twice within 24 hours for public intoxication in Hermosa Beach. Client, a female, had a significant criminal history. First Hermosa Beach arrest followed police finding her passed out in parking lot; second on a home's front lawn. While cases pending, client arrested twice more for same offense and remanded in Northern California. Cases here resolved with county jail concurrent to Northern California sentences, so no additional punishment.
Our client did sober up, ate quite a bit and drank a lot of water, it was reported. She then signed a promise to appear in the Torrance Courthouse in about two months. She was then allowed to walk out of the station.
In the second matter, less than twenty-four hours later, she was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home. The homeowner called the police, who arrived to find our client sleeping. Police woke her up and noticed the strong odor of alcohol. She was covered in dirt and she was wearing her shirt inside-out. She needed the officer's help standing up.
The officer arrested our client for public intoxication again and took her to the police station to once again sober up, have a meal and rehydrate. She was once again asked to sign a promise to appear, but this time, the police did not permit our client to simply walk away on her own.
Instead, they held her for a family member to pick her up. This was our client's mom, who had lost her daughter several days earlier trying to transport her to an alcohol detox center. The client had snuck out of the hotel room while her mom was sleeping.
The mom picked up her daughter and was advised of the two cases upcoming in the Torrance Courthouse.
The mom called the alcohol treatment program and asked if they could still accept her although a few days late. The program agreed to do so. The mom then took her to this residential program.
After dropping off her daughter, she called Greg Hill & Associates and explained the situation. Greg listened as the mom explained the facts and her daughter's criminal history.
Since age 14, alcohol had been a problem for our client. While a juvenile, she suffered thirteen juvenile adjudications, mostly related to or caused by alcohol abuse. As an adult, she suffered four felony convictions, including three felony DUI's with one for vehicular manslaughter while DUI. She also had one conviction for felony evading a police officer.
She also had three misdemeanor DUI's (total of six DUI's), a hit and run (while drunk), willful cruelty to a child (her child), driving on a license suspended pursuant to a DUI (Vehicle Code § 14601.2) and giving false information to a police officer. She also had two other pending public intoxication cases in two other different courts in California.
Greg appeared in court about three weeks later, not knowing that the client had already walked away from the residential alcohol treatment program. Greg negotiated plea bargains wherein the client would earn a dismissal of both cases if she completed the residential treatment program.
However, when Greg contacted the residential treatment program to explain the good news to the client, he found out that the client had not only walked away from the program, but had been arrested twice more and was being held in jail in northern California for a probation violation.
Greg went back to court to explain that the client could not accept the plea bargain, as she had been kicked out of the very expensive treatment program. However, at that time, the judge in northern California had not sentenced our client on a probation violation up there.
Two weeks later, our client was sentenced in Northern California to 365 days in county jail for violating probation on the matter there.
The judge in Torrance asked Greg if his client agreed to plead in the open, which our client did (Greg checked with the client ahead of time on this). The judge sentenced her to 120 days in county jail, to run concurrent with her time in Northern California.
In other words, the client would not be sentenced to any additional sentence at all. She was essentially serving punishment for three cases at once, a "three for one" in effect. She was very happy with this sentence, as was her mom.
For more information about similar issues, please click on the following articles:
What Punishment Do I Face for Public Intoxication (PC 647(f))?
What Is the Difference Between an Infraction and a Misdemeanor?
What Punishment Do I Face for a Probation Violation?
Two Public Intoxication Cases, Hermosa Beach, with Priors :: Los Angeles County Public Intoxication Lawyers Greg Hill & Associates


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Q: How to replace column values based on other columns in pandas? Assume, I have a data frame such as
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'visitor':['A','B','C','D','E'],
                   'col1':[1,2,3,4,5],
                   'col2':[1,2,4,7,8],
                   'col3':[4,2,3,6,1]})

visitor
col1
col2
col3

A
1
1
4

B
2
2
2

C
3
4
3

D
4
7
6

E
5
8
1

For each row/visitor, (1) First, if there are any identical values, I would like to keep the 1st value of each row then replace the rest of identical values in the same row with NULL such as

visitor
col1
col2
col3

A
1
NULL
4

B
2
NULL
NULL

C
3
4
NULL

D
4
7
6

E
5
8
1

Then (2) keep rows/visitors with more than 1 value such as
Final Data Frame

visitor
col1
col2
col3

A
1
NULL
4

C
3
4
NULL

D
4
7
6

E
5
8
1

Any suggestions? many thanks

A: We can use series.duplicated along the columns axis to identify the duplicates, then mask the duplicates using where and filter the rows where the sum of non-duplicated values is greater than 1
s = df.set_index('visitor')
m = ~s.apply(pd.Series.duplicated, axis=1)

s.where(m)[m.sum(1).gt(1)]

         col1  col2  col3
visitor
A           1   NaN   4.0
C           3   4.0   NaN
D           4   7.0   6.0
E           5   8.0   1.0

A: Let us try mask with pd.Series.duplicated, then dropna with thresh
out = df.mask(df.apply(pd.Series.duplicated,1)).dropna(thresh = df.shape[1]-1)
Out[321]:
  visitor  col1  col2  col3
0       A     1   NaN   4.0
2       C     3   4.0   NaN
3       D     4   7.0   6.0
4       E     5   8.0   1.0

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Boys Camp Road, Lake Lure, NC 28746
Several areas of Lake Lure were used in the filming of the 1987 classic film Dirty Dancing! While here filming many of the cast and production team lodged at the beautiful 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa, where you can book the exact same rooms that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey stayed in while filming. The actual resort you see in the movie was filmed in Virginia. The majority of the film was done here in Lake Lure at a former Boy's Scout Camp. The gymnasium of the camp happens to be the filming location of the talent show and the final dance scene in the movie. The white bridge and stone steps, are now on private property, are located in firefly cove, located in Lake Lure NC. The cabins for Johnny and all the staff members were filmed at the old camps counselor's cabins. Most of the camps buildings burned down several years ago, with Johnny's Cabin collapsing a few years after that. The golfing scenes where filmed at Rumbling Bald Resort, the 16th hole on Bald Mountain Golf Course. The main lobby of the Esmeralda Inn and Restaurant is proud to host the original dance floor upon which Johnny and Baby shared their final dance and has been repurposed into a rustic foyer. While in Lake Lure be sure to stop in at the Rutherford County Welcome Center where you can view an original film cell, photos from the filming locations as well as a great mock replica of the staircase Baby practices her dance moves on, be sure to get a photo of yourself!


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Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens, Kylie, Dannii Minogue, Geri
Pop, Electronic, Pop Rock, 2000s


In early days, social media was not considered to be an effective medium for brand promotion, but now the story is entirely different. There are 3 billion people who use internet and among them 2 billion are on social media. Popular social media platforms have converted into marketing giants, where entrepreneur connect with their target audience for augmenting their reach. Social Media has given a new direction to marketers, as most of them think about innovative ideas for business promotion. As per statistics, 92% of people believe that their business has got more exposure because of social media marketing, while 80% has experienced great boost in revenue generation. Considering all such statistics, the importance of social media marketing company India can't be ignored in the current marketplace.
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Well! Every business person wants to know about their buyers, and social media makes this possible. It informs you what your target audience is talking about. Business could collect buyers' information from social media networks for understating their requirements and fulfilling them in a better way.
Social Media Networking allows you to know the concerns and pain points of customers and a good opportunity to address them properly. Customers can use any popular social network like Facebook or Twitter for posting their problems, and you can answer them publicly. This will not only an effective way to have a one-on-one conversation with the buyer, but also create a good impression of your customer service on other visitors.
Social Media helps you in increasing visibility of your website. Search engine optimization is imperative for getting top rankings on search engine page and obtaining traffic on the website. While social media marketing doesn't have direct impact on website ranking, but studies have shown that 58% of companies who have social media page for more than one year, have better ranking on the internet page.
Gone are the days when spreading any content in shortest time was a big challenge. Through social media entrepreneur can easily distribute their content on different platforms. Just ensure that your content is matching the interest of target audience and spread it among wide masses through a single click.
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Holiday crafting is a very lucrative business because everyone is always looking for both new and traditional decorations to display during celebration time. You job would be to provide the most aesthetically appealing handmade holiday crafts as possible. This point cannot be stressed enough, and you probably can remember seeing crafts designed for the holidays that were the ugliest that you have ever seen. Therefore, research your market by observing what you see in people's homes and offer something that is comparable to that. You can also look through craft magazines and view new crafting trends by way of the Internet.
Another way to determine which craft items would sell would be to also look in contemporary interior decorating catalogs. If you page through those types of publications and think to yourself that you could make some of the items shown, you are well on your way to a lucrative venture. This type of business requires you to be as up-to-date with home decorating fashions as possible. If you have a naturally innovative brain, and are constantly coming up with new ideas, take some of your best ideas to the market.
Once you have seen what crafts people are buying and selling it is time to get to work. You can write yourself a plan of action, which would include compiling a list of all the items you will need to make the items that you plan to sell. Not only that, but it will include what your current product line will be. It is best to start with a few quality items, from which you can create many variations, and then work from there. You never know, you could end up expanding your business into another nationally known greeting cards and gifts outfit.
You may also be able to create large quantities of items, which you can sell to other crafters who are interesting in helping you market your work. In this case, your major responsibility would just be to concentrate on making your craft, and you will have someone of whom you would pay a commission be in charge of this. This is a great opportunity for you.
If you are not sure what type of crafts to make, just remember all the times you have walked into craft stores, thinking you were going to buy something, and then decided to go home and make it because that would be cheaper for you. If you have done this, you may have a place to start. Although, you may want to check out the legal aspects of re-creating work, in case that work that you have created has a registered patent. Chances are it will not since each hand-crafted item is created as a one off unique piece. However, better to be safe than sorry, and that necessitates that you protect yourself legally.
The best way to make sure you are ready for the holiday demands is to start processing your crafts several months in advance. If you do this, you will have less worry and stress when you receive about ten orders on Christmas Eve, and you have hardly any time to make the items. You may not be able to make all items ahead of time, such as baked goods, refrigerated items, or other weather sensitive items right away, but do the best you can. You also want to make sure that you stock up on all the supplies that you need such as baskets, wrapping paper, printing paper, cardstock paper, knitting yard, wreath branches, or whatever you need to make your holiday creations.
If you are still not sure what types of crafts will sell best, you can join online crafting communities and find out for yourself. Not only that, but you can attend craft booths and notice which ones are the most crowded. This will give you an indication of what would sell and what would not. Eventually you could have a million dollar venture if you work hard enough, and that means working every single day on developing your craft, sometimes for many years.


Our first stop was Asheville where we celebrated Victor's Uncle Jaap's 100th birthday. Here he is with Victor and our Birthday cards. What a wonderful man! We dined at a great restaurant and he entertained us all!


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AC/DC – "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (TV – 1976)
September 29, 2008 at 5:43 pm	(Music)
AC/DC on an Australian TV show called "Bandstand" from Feb. 21, 1976. This I guarantee you, will cause you to erupt into howls of laughter as you witness our boy Bon Scott pretending to play the bagpipes (of all instruments!!) – he's practically swallowing the mouthpiece. And what is up with those dancing girls? They look like they either just wandered in from a Bay City Rollers show next door, or are the local high school cheerleaders from down the block.
Great song of course – but this is a riot!!
Chris said,
Ha! It's just as funny the second time! Lost your email Jay, can you send it? Got some cool vids to email you from odd corners of You Tube.
jmucci said,
Yeah, totally tongue in cheek……literally, as you can see.
Scott Mattingley said,
I dont think its funny I think it is great ! Bon Scott had one of the most unique voices I have ever heard. But know one says anything about how Bon screwed up on the lyrics at the begining of the song he was so smooth about it its hard to tell
Yes, Bon was indeed one of the great ones. He died much too young…
And by the way Bon wasnt pretending he really knew how to play the bagpipes


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Beyond the Degree: Feathering the Nest
Walden Magazine // Jul 09, 2014
By Christine Van Dusen
Dr. Katrina Fuller explains how her EdD helped her grow her business, which offers pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and breastfeeding education to families.
Dr. Katrina Fuller
When Dr. Katrina Fuller '13 chose to have her baby at home, she didn't have a thriving community of mothers and caregivers in Hobbs, New Mexico, to support her and her decision. And when she couldn't shake the baby blues after the births of her children, she felt alone in her postpartum depression.
"I thought, 'Maybe this is the way life is; I just have to deal with it,' " she recalls. "But I needed support and so many other women do, too. I saw this need for me and for the community, and I thought, 'What can I do?' "
Fuller, who had studied to become an elementary school teacher, decided she wanted to become an educator of a different kind—focusing on educating and supporting women and their families to make informed decisions and be healthy during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and postpartum life.
So she sought certifications in pregnancy fitness, childbirth, teen, and lactation education, while studying to become an antepartum, labor and postpartum doula, a placenta specialist, and a Reiki practitioner.
In 2009, Fuller created Natural Nesters, a business in Hobbs that provides education, support, and therapy services to pregnant women, new mothers, and their families. But something was still missing. She needed to know how to develop lesson plans from scratch, how to find and conduct research, and how to analyze data. So she sought her Doctor of Education (EdD) at Walden.
"I first discovered that what I was learning at Walden was making an impact in my childbirth, new baby care, and breastfeeding classes when families contacted me after the births of their babies to tell me they appreciated the evidence-based information they learned in class," Fuller explains. "They were confident in their ability to make informed consent or refusal decisions based on risks, benefits, and alternatives and achieve better birth and infant feeding outcomes."
While earning her degree, she also discovered her research, academic writing, and doctoral study further polished her skills. "Now I can better understand what the research is telling us. I can look at it with a clear, critical eye and can tell if it's reliable or valid and what the results mean," she says. "Before my coursework at Walden, I wouldn't have had a clue." Ultimately, her education allows her to provide more accurate, reliable education—and a sense of confidence—to all of her clients.
By using what she learned at Walden, she expanded the outreach of Natural Nesters. Fuller now offers classes to help clients understand pregnancy and learn new baby care and breastfeeding best practices. She also helps women go through labor and offers comfort, support, and massage services to expecting and new mothers. She provides postpartum support as well.
By combining her personal experiences as a pregnant woman and mother with her academic and professional training, Fuller is able to support women from pregnancy through birth and beyond. "Now I can really effect positive social change and build bridges between mothers and healthcare professionals," Fuller explains. "I love what I do."
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Q: How to disable Single SIgn On for facebook android app? I am building an application which needs user credentials for multiple users. If SSO is enabled, then I cannot logout the user (provided Facebook app is installed on the device) after using our application. The session persists, and the only method for logging out the user is via the facebook app, before the next user can login to our application.
So, I need the SSO disabled, so that it is independent of the facebook app on the device.
I have seen the problem being queried here: Disabling and Enabling Single Sign On in Facebook as Required
I know that in SDK 2.0, it could have been done using FORCE_DIALOG_AUTH, but in SDK 3.*, how do I go about it?
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/tutorials/androidsdk/3.0/upgrading-from-2.0-to-3.0/
P.S.: Any other method of making the login and logout independent of the facebook app will also work

A: See setLoginBehavior in the OpenRequest that you pass to Session.openFor[Read|Publish] - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/android/3.0/Session.OpenRequest#setLoginBehavior%28SessionLoginBehavior%29
You can set it to SUPPRESS_SSO which will use the web dialog instead of SSO - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/android/3.0/SessionLoginBehavior#SUPPRESS_SSO