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Hospital Open House Is Sept. 7
An open house will be held at the Sallisaw hospital,
now Northeastern Health System Sequoyah, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sept. 7.
Northeastern Health System Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw will hold an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sept. 7.
Cassie Armstrong, the hospital director of registration and administrative assistant, said, "The open house is a chance for the hospital staff and public to meet our new specialists."
She said the hospital has several new specialists and services available. They are the following:
General Surgery-Hal Robbins, D.O.
Monday and Tuesday-Surgery and Clinic, Northeastern Health System-Sequoyah OP Department.
Call 918-774-1116 to schedule an appointment.
General Surgery-Adam Bradley, D.O.
Every other Monday-Surgery and Clinic, Northeastern Health System-Sequoyah OP Department.
Cardiology Clinic-Carla Hayes, ARNP
Second Tuesday and Thursday of each month, Northeastern Health System-Tahlequah.
For the heart on every other Tuesday, Northeastern Health System-Sequoyah OP Department.
Nephrology-Bilal Aziz, M.D. & Imran Tahir, M.D.
First Tuesday of each month, Northeastern Health System-Tahlequah.
Neurosurgery-KJ Mangles, M.D.
Third Wednesday of each month, Oklahoma Brain and Spine Institute.
Neurosurgery-Michael Thambuswamy, M.D.
Third Thursday of each month, Oklahoma Brain and Spine Institute.
Pediatrics-Yahya M. Ahmad, M.D., FAAP
Every Wednesday of each month, Ahmad Pediatrics.
Call 918-458-9444 to schedule an appointment. For newborn to 18 years of age.
Services include well child exams and immunizations, school and sport physicals, and sick visits. All Insurances accepted, including Soonercare. Walk-Ins welcome.
The open house will have a meet-and-greet format and will also introduce the public to a remodeled front lobby, Armstrong said.
"We want positive communication with the town," Armstrong said. "We want the full support of the community. That's the only way we'll be successful."
Opdyke Closed for Maintenance
Sallisaw police report Opdyke Street from Iola to Port Arthur will be closed 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday for maintenance.
Police ask that drivers be careful and find an alternate route if possible.
Heritage Center Admission Free during Holiday
Learning about Cherokee culture will be easy at the Cherokee Heritage Center (CHC) during the 66th annual Cherokee National Holiday this Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 – Sept. 2.
As part of the holiday celebration, CHC is offering free admission each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tours of the 1710 ancient village offered for $5 per person.
"We have more going on at CHC than ever before and want to encourage people to take the time to come out and see us and experience Cherokee culture first hand," said Tonia Hogner-Weavel, education director and holiday coordinator for CHC. "This is a special time for us as we welcome home so many of our fellow Cherokee and invite the public to share in our celebration."
Guests are encouraged to visit the Trail of Tears exhibit in the museum, as well as the recently opened Cherokee Homecoming Art Show and Sale in the museum gallery.
Adams Corner Rural Village offers a variety of events, including special cultural activities for children and two book signings, "The Land of the Great Turtles" by Brad Wagnon and "We Are Grateful" by Tracy Sorrell.
More than 80 vendors participate in the annual arts and crafts fair, including several Cherokee National Treasures and United Keetoowah Band Master Craftsmen.
Inside the museum there will be a live print action station where guests can create custom souvenirs featuring southeastern designs.
The heritage center's information booth will debut the newest souvenir bag, featuring the bead wall in the Trail of Tears exhibit, and offer special discounts on Cherokee Heritage Press books and membership packages for the Cherokee National Historical Society.
Saturday evening CHC will host Cherokee Stories with Robert Lewis beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the special event is $10 per person, with proceeds benefiting the upcoming renovation of the Trail of Tears exhibit.
For more information about CHC's holiday events, please call the Cherokee Heritage Center at 1-888-999-6007 or email tonia-weavel@cherokee.org.
Cherokee Nation Offers ACT Class
Registration is now open for Cherokee Nation Foundation's fall ACT prep classes. The six-week course is offered to Native American students in their junior or senior year of high school, with preference given to Cherokee Nation students.
The deadline to register is Sept. 12 and classes begin on Sept. 18. The course will conclude with students taking the national ACT exam on Oct. 27.
Class schedule is below:
Fort Gibson — Tuesday evenings from 4 to 7 p.m.
Fort Gibson High School
500 S. Ross St.
Fort Gibson, OK 74434
Sallisaw — Thursday evenings from 4 to 7 p.m.
Carl Albert State College — Sallisaw Campus
1601 S. Opdyke St.
Sallisaw, OK 74955
Curriculum includes interactive instruction by a Princeton Review instructor and two practice tests. In previous years, students have increased their scores by an average of 3.5 points, and some individual scores have increased by as much as 10 points.
If class size allows, non-Native students may enroll in the course for a fee of $150.
Students interested in the course can pick up registration forms from their high school guidance counselors or call the foundation at 918-207-0950. Applications are also available online at www.cherokeenationfoundation.org.
City of Sallisaw Submits Proposal for Relocation of Veterans Center
On Wednesday the City of Sallisaw announced that they had officially submitted a proposal to the State of Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs for the relocation of the Talihina, Oklahoma veterans center to Sallisaw. The proposal is in response to a request of the Veterans Commission, issued on June 25, 2018, requesting proposals for the relocation of the Talihina center within 90 miles of the existing facility.
Sallisaw Mayor Ernie Martens, commented on the possibility of the center relocating to Sallisaw in a new facility. "The City of Sallisaw and its many community partners have put together a proposal that will be very competitive. This project is more than just building a facility in Sallisaw, it is about providing the best care and support possible for our Veterans whom have given so much for our country. It would truly be an honor to have this facility in our community."
The Talihina Center is one of seven licensed nursing facilities owned and operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. The facility was constructed in 1921 as the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium. It became a veterans center in 1975.
Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Legislature enacted the Oklahoma Veterans Facility Investment Act of 2018, which directed the relocation of the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Talihina Division. The Act confers authority for selection of the location to the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The facility will be built with $65 million in federal matching funds along with $35 million financed through the State of Oklahoma.
"Our proposal centers around the best possible location in our area; a location easily accessible from Interstate 40 with State Highway 59 South frontage," said Sallisaw City Manager Keith Skelton. "The 90 acres we have proposed will give the Veterans Administration sufficient space to construct a state-of-the-art facility with numerous amenities for the residents and their family members. In all, the City of Sallisaw and its community partners have proposed incentives surpassing $1.4 million. I cannot say enough about how our community leaders have come together as partners in this endeavor. Their response to this proposal has been amazing!"
The Veterans Administration expects to announce the location of the new site in late October.
Machete Stabbing Suspect Arrested
Steven Asher
Police have arrested Steven Asher, 31, who was wanted for stabbing a woman to death in Pocola Monday morning.
Asher is believed to have stabbed Amanda Millar, 27, with a machete during a fight near Fuller Ave. Asher was believed to have been Millar's boyfriend.
Police spent several hours looking for Asher. Residents were urged to lock their doors and Pocola Schools were placed on lockdown during the search
Whitney Roach Crowned Miss Cherokee
(L-R) Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief S. Joe Crittenden, Miss Cherokee second runner-up Madison Shoemaker, Miss Cherokee Whitney Roach, Miss Cherokee first runner-up Meekah Roy, Principal Chief Bill John Baker and 2017-18 Miss Cherokee Madison Whitekiller.
Whitney Roach, a Northeastern State University sophomore from Tahlequah, is the 2018-19 Miss Cherokee.
Roach, 20, was crowned Saturday during the annual leadership competition at Cornerstone Fellowship Church in Tahlequah.
As Miss Cherokee, Roach will represent the Cherokee Nation as a goodwill ambassador to promote the government, history, language and culture of the tribe for the next year. She also receives a $3,000 scholarship.
"The role of Miss Cherokee has long reflected the best qualities of our Cherokee youth, and I believe Whitney Roach will admirably fulfill her duties as a Cherokee ambassador," Principal Chief Bill John Baker said. "Whitney will travel across not only Oklahoma, but the United States, educating people of all ages and from all walks of life about the Cherokee Nation, its people, its culture and its history. She will no doubt leave a lasting impression, and I look forward to working with her."
Roach is the daughter of George and Lisa Roach. She is majoring in cellular and molecular biology at NSU and hopes to one day be a physician for the Cherokee Nation.
Roach competed against six other young women for the Miss Cherokee crown. The Miss Cherokee Leadership Competition judges contestants on their use of the Cherokee language, cultural and platform presentations, and responses to impromptu questions.
"That moment I was announced as the new Miss Cherokee, there are literally no words to describe it," Roach said. "It was unreal. I've been involved in the Cherokee Nation my whole life. I grew up here. I grew up working the powwow, I was in Tribal Youth Council and the choir, and all of those experiences really made me into the person I am today."
For her cultural presentation during the Miss Cherokee Leadership Competition, Roach presented a story, "The Legend of the Kingfisher." Her platform is the preservation of traditional stories.
"I picked the preservation of traditional stories because I grew up with all these stories that were told to me to help me learn morals and important lessons," Roach said. "That's honestly what shaped me into who I am. I don't see as many Cherokee storytellers as there once were, but hopefully now there will be one more person to share more of our heritage, our culture and our stories."
Miss Cherokee first runner-up was Meekah Roy, 21, of Salina, who earned a $2,000 scholarship. The second runner-up was Madison Shoemaker, 20, of Muskogee, who earned a $1,000 scholarship.
Police on Hunt for Pocola Man
Pocola schools are on lockdown and Pocola police are searching for a 31-year-old man, believed armed with a machete, who may have already killed one person.
Police report Steven Asher was last seen on foot, running through a wooded area on Fuller Avenue in Pocola.
They report Pocola nursing homes are also on lockdown and ask that residents lock their doors. It is believed that one woman was stabbed to death in a fight with Asher.
Asher is six feet tall, weighs 130 pounds, and has green eyes and blond-brown hair.
Man Charged with Burglary After Breaking Into Bunch Home
A 33-year-old Fort Smith man was charged with first-degree burglary in Sequoyah County District Court last week after he allegedly broke into a home in the Bunch area that was occupied by a young woman.
William Paul Hernandez is accused of prying open a window to gain entrance to the home. First-degree burglary charges are filed when a building is occupied by a possible victim.
According to the deputy's report filed with the charges on Aug. 14, the deputy received a report of a disabled vehicle. He found the vehicle, but no driver, and drove through the area when he was stopped by the female resident. The woman said she was frightened because a man had broken into her home.
The deputy then found Hernandez in the home. Hernandez said he had come to pick the woman up but he ran out of "water and oxygen." He said he had to break into the house to get water and oxygen.
When asked, according to the report, Hernandez told the deputy he had been awake for 16 days and stayed awake by using methamphetamines.
Hernandez was released Aug. 14 on a $6,500 bond. His next court appearance is set for Sept. 26 on the felony disposition docket.
Sallisaw Man and Woman Charged for Drugs
A man and woman from Sallisaw were charged Tuesday in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw with trafficking in illegal drugs, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Damon D. Glass, 44, is also charged with maintaining a place for keeping/selling a controlled substance and unlawful use of a police radio.
Glass and Tamara Brianeele Bedwell, 46, were arrested Aug. 21 at a rural home by a team with the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office. According to the report filed with the charges, the team found substances which tested positive for methamphetamine, sandwich and plastic bags, a police scanner, schedule 4 drug pills, two smoking devices, spoons with residue, several syringes and rolling papers, marijuana residue and seeds, and a scales.
According to the report, Glass denied the confiscated items were his, and accused the officers of planting the items. He also refused to acknowledge the Miranda warning.
Glass and Bedwell will be arraigned on Aug. 29 according to court records.
Woman Hyperventilates When Trooper Finds Drugs During Stop
A 45-year-old Tulsa woman faces several drug-related charges in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw.
Diane Inez Long was charged Aug. 14 with unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute and two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and one misdemeanor count of possession of paraphernalia.
According to the deputy's report filed with the charges, he saw Long on Aug. 11 driving erratically on State Highway 10A. He stopped her and had her get out of her vehicle. He reported Long then began to hyperventilate, and she was transported to the hospital in Sallisaw. She was later released and booked into the Sequoyah County Jail.
The deputy reported a search of Long's vehicle uncovered over 6 grams of a substance that tested positive as methamphetamine. He also reported he recovered pills identified as a class 4 narcotic, marijuana and paraphernalia.
Long was found to have a suspended driver's license and is wanted on a warrant out of Okmulgee County.
Long pleaded innocent of the charges on Aug. 15 and her bond was set a $10,000. Her next court appearance is set for Aug. 29 on the disposition docket.
New Instructors Welcomed to CASC
Carl Albert State College (CASC) classes began on Aug. 13 with a few new faces in the front of the classrooms.
The Communications and Fine Arts Division welcomed Andrew Gaber and Samantha Piper to the Language Arts faculty. Gaber will teach at the CASC Sallisaw campus, and Piper at the Poteau main campus. The nursing faculty also welcomed two full-time faculty. Maurica Treat and Joyce Johnson, both at the Sallisaw campus.
The Sallisaw campus welcomed additional faculty members. Darrin Clark has joined the Social and Behavioral Science faculty, Christina Walters has joined the Math faculty, and Daniel Smith is now part of the Business and Technology Division.
"We are proud to welcome these new faces to our team and anticipate an exciting year ahead," said Dr. Marc Willis, Vice President of Academic Affairs for CASC.
In conjunction to new faculty members on both campuses, many classrooms will have a little different look this semester as CASC faculty members upgrade to ZOOM-enabled classrooms. This new technology will allow instructors to record lectures, video-conference live, and display high-definition images, graphics, and videos to their students.
Through a partnership with the CASC Native American-serving Nontribal Institutions Program, NASNTI, Project, rooms at both Sallisaw and Poteau campuses have the capability to connect in real time, reducing the distance barrier between the classrooms and campuses. ZOOM classrooms feature state-of-the-art microphones, speakers, and most noticeably 76-inch Smart TVs placed front and center.
The classrooms are only the beginning, Willis said, as ZOOM technology also allows for synchronous online learning, remote advising, and more imaginative learning opportunities.
Tips for Tuesday's Election
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the August 28th Runoff Primary Election, Sequoyah County Election Board Secretary Cindy Osborn said today.
- Early voting will be available at the County Election Board office from 8.am.to 6.pm Thursday August 23rd and Friday August 24th. Early voting is also available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday august 25th
- Those who became physically incapacitated after 5 p.m. Tuesday August 21st still can request an emergency absentee ballot. Those who might qualify for an emergency absentee ballot should contact the County Election Board office at 918-775-2614 as soon as possible for more information.
Auction Will Benefit Park
An auction is planned for 5 p.m. Sept. 15 by members of the Old Sallisaw High School Association to raise money to help maintain the park and facility.
The auction will be held in the old cafeteria, now known as the Black Diamond Events Center.
The association is accepting donations for the auction, but those who wish to offer their own items for sale may do so by pledging a mere 10 percent commission to the association. Eual Knapp will be the auctioneer and will be assisted by Jake Knapp.
Items already donated include an 18-foot trailer, a welder, a tiller, a bandsaw, more tools, toolboxes, and two timeshares.
For more information or to make a donation contact Crystal Martin Hardy at 918-774-3887, Gary Jackson at 918-774-2439, Courtney Martin Knapp at 479-221-7457 or Jake Knapp at 918-208-6327.
Newly-Formed Chamber Hopes to Revitalize Vian Economy, Tourism Opportunities
Members of Vian's business community have come together to once again revive a Chamber of Commerce in the Lake Tenkiller-area town.
Callie Prier, president of the new Vian-Tenkiller Area Chamber of Commerce, said several business owners were brainstorming ways to revitalize the downtown economy and bring more visitors to the town.
"We were thinking of events and things we wanted to happen in downtown," said Prier, who owns Morning Sky Boutique in downtown Vian. "We decided, 'why don't we just start a chamber of commerce?' Everything we were already trying to do, that's what a chamber does."
Prier said it had been more than 10 years since the town had a Chamber, and that it had probably dwindled due to lack of manpower in overseeing the organization.
But Prier and many of the recently-elected board members are excited about the interest from a younger generation of business owners, along with veteran business owners with previous experience of being a chamber member.
Organized in July, the chamber has already elected a board, adopted bylaws and formed committees. Prier serves as president, vice president is Heather Choate, second vice president is Katie Napier, treasurer is Jessie Young and secretary is Patti Crabtree.
Prier said the group hopes to work closely with the Vian Lion's Club for the annual Christmas parade, possibly planning an event in the park, and hopes to plan a clean-up day, raise funds to landscape walking trails and bike trails and recruit business along Interstate 40.
The group meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Miss Lilly's; next month's meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4 because of the Labor Day holiday. Dues are $30 for an individual; $100 for businesses.
You can catch details about upcoming events and plans on the Vian/Tenkiller Area Facebook page; a website is also in the works.
Prier said it's great to see that generations of business owners are coming together for the good of the town.
"It's exciting to see the young business owners with new energy coming back to downtown," Prier said, adding that many who have been to the three meetings thus far have included people who also work on the city council and other organizations that do so much in the community already. "Everyone's been super supportive. It's nice to have support from other people.
As the name suggests, Prier said the group also hopes to pull in support from the Lake Tenkiller area and the entire county.
"We want to involve people from Gore, Sallisaw," she said. "We hope to work together and get the whole community – and the whole county – as a destination place for tourism and send people from one community to the next."
Disturbance Call Leads to Drug Busts for Sallisaw Police
Tyler Lee Smith
Joyce Inez Swigert
A routine disturbance call last week turned into two drug busts for the Sallisaw Police Department.
Officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at Don's Mobile Homes just after 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17.
Upon arrival, a grandmother reported she had come to get a baby from her daughter because the daughter's boyfriend, Tyler Lee Smith, 19, was allegedly intoxicated and had drugs in the home with the baby.
After further investigation, another person at the residence stated Smith and his girlfriend had left the house in a black Dodge Nitro. The officer left the residence and spotted the Dodge Nitro at a nearby EZ Mart and located Smith as the driver. The officer advised Smith of the accusations, and Smith denied that there were any drugs in the house. After questioning the girlfriend, however, she advised there was marijuana in the house. Smith later admitted there were drugs in the house, and took officers back there, where they seized a large glass bong, a few pipes, working digital scales, several sealed baggies of a leafy green substance, that later field-tested positive for marijuana, and a baggie filled with white, crystalline substance, which later field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Smith admitted that he was selling the drugs for extra money.
Later that evening, the officers, working off a tip, visited the home of Joyce Inez Swigert on Hickory Street. Swigert, 42, consented for a search of her home, where officers found multiple baggies of pre-packaged green leafy substance, which later field-tested positive for marijuana, along with several pieces of paraphernalia, including baggies, working digital scales, and a metal grinder.
The narcotics investigation seized approximately 1.5 pounds of marijuana from the two locations.
Both Swigert and Lee were arrested and booked at the Sallisaw Police Department. Swigert was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and drug paraphernalia charges. Smith was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and narcotics and drug paraphernalia charges.
Police Chief Terry Franklin said the officers went above and beyond, resulting in the drug bust and additional charges.
"The guys did a good job," Franklin said. "They worked hard, investigated and followed up on it, and we got a couple of drug arrests."
Free Admission Offered to Cherokee Museums
Cherokee National Museum
Cherokee Nation museums and gift shops are gearing up for the 66th annual Cherokee National Holiday Aug. 31 - Sept. 2.
Cherokee Nation museums are taking part in the celebration by offering free admission at the Cherokee National Prison Museum, John Ross Museum, Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum and Sequoyah's Cabin Museum in Sequoyah County.
The Cherokee Heritage Center is also offering free admission to the Cherokee National Museum, with tours through the ancient village Diligwa offered at only $2.
The theme for this year's Holiday is "Family: A Bridge to the Future, a Link to the Past," and the official shirt was designed by Cherokee National Treasure Dan Mink.
Within the branches of the Cherokee family tree is the sacred fire, with three flame points representing the three Cherokee tribes. Four directions surround the fire, which is the ancient universal symbol of faith given to all mankind. Surrounding the fire are 14 rings of smoke that honor the counties of our traditional communities in northeast Oklahoma. The tree itself is encircled by 66 interlocking hands, symbolizing the link from our past to our future.
The official 2018 holiday T-shirt costs $14 and is available at the Cherokee Nation Gift Shop in Tahlequah and online at CherokeeGiftShop.com.
The Cherokee National Holiday is a commemoration of the signing of the Cherokee Nation Constitution in 1839. It is a celebration of Cherokee heritage and culture, a reflection of our accomplishments as a sovereign nation, and honors all that is in store for the future of the Cherokee Nation.
The 66th Annual Cherokee National Holiday is scheduled for Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 in the Cherokee Nation capital of Tahlequah. For more information, including a schedule of events, entry forms and more, please visit www.Cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/NationalHoliday.aspx.
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The Mayor of London will unveil plans for the capital's first open data project which will see large amounts of previously unavailable information from City Hall released online.
Similar to the hugely successful 'Apps for the Democracy' project in the United States the Mayor will be joined by President Barack Obama's Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Linda Cureton, Chief Information Officer, NASA during a rare live web link up with the world's largest electronics show, CES, in Las Vegas.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, also announced that there will be £200k from Channel Four's 4IP to encourage people to make new useful services based on the data – which is excellent news!
Is the data open? Though they don't use a license or legal tool to make the data open, their Terms and Conditions appear to make the data open as in the Open Knowledge Definition. Nevertheless it would be good if they made this more explicit by using a legal tool such as the PDDL, ODbL, or CC0!
What data have they released? Speaking with Chris Taggart of Openly Local last week, we expected a fair few datasets to be sliced from existing sources such as the Office of National Statistics. But as Chris notes on his blog, it looks like there are plans to open up a lot more data, including new data from from Transport for London!


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However, I am currently reading about the union operation for Dataframes and have run across a statement I do not understand.

Unions are currently performed based on location, not on the schema. This means that columns will not automatically line up the way you think they might.

Can anyone explain what this statement means? It is given it's own text-box with the heading "WARNING" in all-caps, so this sounds important.

A: That means that the union of two tables is based on the position and order of the table columns and not on the names of the columns.
Imagine you have two tables with the following columns.
Table1:
colA | colB | colC
-----+------+------
val1a| val1b| val1c

Table2:
colA | colC | colB
-----+------+------
val2a| val2c| val2b

The union of those two tables would end up like this:
colA | colB | colC
-----+------+------
val1a| val1b| val1c
val2a| val2c| val2b

Usually, as it is also stated in the book, to union two DataFrames it has to be ensured that they have the same schema and number of columns. Otherwise, the union will fail. My example Table1 and Table2 fulfill these two requirements, however, the "column location" ist not the same.

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Welcome to the Moulin Rouge where guests will be immersed into the world of Parisienne entertainment. This theme has a strong red and black colour scheme with 2 of the iconic Moulin Rouge Crest backdrops. You can choose to entertain your guests with some gorgeous Can Can Dancers and why not have Ziddler as your host for the night providing tongue in cheek comedy and can provide a full Moulin Rouge style cabaret dinner!


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#ifndef CXXLAPACK_INTERFACE_SPGVD_H
#define CXXLAPACK_INTERFACE_SPGVD_H 1

#include <cxxstd/complex.h>

namespace cxxlapack {

template <typename IndexType>
    IndexType
    spgvd(IndexType             itype,
          char                  jobz,
          char                  uplo,
          IndexType             n,
          float                 *Ap,
          float                 *Bp,
          float                 *w,
          float                 *Z,
          IndexType             ldZ,
          float                 *work,
          IndexType             lWork,
          IndexType             *iWork,
          IndexType             liWork);

template <typename IndexType>
    IndexType
    spgvd(IndexType             itype,
          char                  jobz,
          char                  uplo,
          IndexType             n,
          double                *Ap,
          double                *Bp,
          double                *w,
          double                *Z,
          IndexType             ldZ,
          double                *work,
          IndexType             lWork,
          IndexType             *iWork,
          IndexType             liWork);

} // namespace cxxlapack

#endif // CXXLAPACK_INTERFACE_SPGVD_H

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I had no idea what I was getting myself into on this one. All I knew was that it was an endurance trek. Thinking that it couldn't be any worse than a Mt. Baldy snow hike, I saw it as a piece of cake. This ended up being 9 of the toughest miles that I've hiked on any trail. We started out on a real trail and then took a "use" trail shortly after that. This consisted of miles of bushwhacking while ascending and descending steep, rocky terrain. At times, we could feel the terrain collapsing beneath every step. I have learned to never trust the rocks in the Santa Monica Mountains. Most of them move. They move under your feet, and they break away when you grab them to try and keep your balance or prevent a fall. I witnessed quite a few falls during this adventure, and three of them were mine. Two of my falls were caught on video, which you will see here.


TechCrunch has gone through and recently found multiple references to allowing donations be sent to participating causes straight through the app. Earlier this month, Facebook said at its Communities Summit that early forms of fundraising will be rolled out this year through stickers. This will work similarly to Facebook donations to approved causes, but work straight the the Instagram app. I see this becoming huge when it gets it because of the more visual nature of Instagram. The next time donation calls out for a natural disaster, it will be much more powerful being able to see Instagram stories of people affected and video clips of relief efforts done with the donation CTA at the end.
This graph from recode shows the rapid rise in daily story users. Because it dates back to June '18, I would argue that the appropriate number is somewhere closer to 40% now.
Fundraising stickers are just one way that stories will be made more interactive. With polls and drawings a part of stories now, smart brands will begin to create loyal and dedicated fans by creating interactive content. It's one thing for a user to be marketed to. But in an incredibly noisy world, it is paramount that the user feels as if they are being marketed with. In the next year, instead of a story just showing a static ad announcing a new color, I foresee polls driving engagement ahead of time to allow users to pick their favorite colors and follow the product from inception to market. This makes them feel like they were part of the process, and this "ownership" would make them more likely to want to invest in the product they had been following for day, weeks, or months.
It doesn't matter what your platform of choice is, one thing is for certain: users are continually spending more and more time on social media every day.
In Mark Zuckerberg's Q4 '18 earnings call, he described Instagram as "one of the areas I'm most excited about this year is commerce and shopping . . . there's also a very big opportunity in basically enabling the transactions and making it so that the buying experience is good." Last year, I noticed that Instagram posts started to have tags which took me straight to the product page of the item I was looking at. It's pretty easy to see a not-too-distant future where the line between social media and eCommerce starts to blur even more. When a post has my attention, it'll be super easy when you can buy a product straight through the app without having to open multiple pages. With this line blurring, savvy marketers will need to be able to easily track every last click, swipe, or touch, or risk being left behind.


There was a Buffy movie before there was a Buffy TV show, and to say something got lost in the translation is an understatement. Listen to Alex and Julio as they mourn all the cool things the vampire slayer left behind as Joss Whedon sold out to get some sweet small screen money: an effortlessly cool Watcher like Donald Sutherland, actual creepy vampires like Pee Wee Herman and Roy Batty and, oh my god, the hotness of Prime Time Luke Perry. How do you let a 90210 star slip through the fingers of your teenage franchise??? Also: the argument is made that Kristy Swanson was playing a much more complex role than Sarah Michelle Gellar.


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Watson Smith Rankin: Loris
Watson Smith Rankin, beloved husband of Emeline Jones Rankin passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, March 25 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Angel House in Whiteville. He was 81.
He was born the son of Harry Wilson and Martha Allsbrook Rankin on Oct. 5, 1931 in the Allsbrook community. Mr. Rankin was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Loris.
Watson and Emeline were married on July 23, 1952 and celebrated 60 years together. Their home was blessed with two daughters, Ellen Holley Rankin of Little River, and Julia Emeline Rankin Hardwick (Dewayne) of Tabor City. They were blessed with three grandchildren, John Watson Rankin (Page), Hanna Emeline Hardwick Gattoni (Adam), Spencer Hardwick (Ashlee Clemons), and two great grandchildren, Matthew and Jacob DeFlieger.
Mr. Rankin also loved his precious cat, Millie.
He leaves behind one brother, Ogden A. Rankin, and wife, Dorothy.
Mr. Rankin was predeceased by his parents and brothers, John A. Rankin, Joe R. Rankin, Wilson Rankin, and three sisters-in-law Esta Rankin, Vera Rankin, and Ruby Rankin.
Mr. Rankin was a graduate of Western Carolina University where he received his B.S. and M.S.A. degrees in education. He retired as principal from Williams Township School in 1983.
Visitation was planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 at Hardwick Funeral Home in Loris.
Funeral services were planned for 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in Loris.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Loris, P.O. Box 425, Loris, S.C. 29569 or the Loris Library, 4316 Main St., Loris, S.C. 29569.
A guestbook is available here.


Is this indicate px, %, em or something else ?
You need to use the percentage to apply every thing in the css and it will make the design responsive.
CSS doesn't have a default unit.by default the unit tack in pixel.


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<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- 默认状态  -->
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        android:drawable="@drawable/upomp_bypay_keyboard_btn_enter_default"/>
<!-- 按下状态  -->
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        android:drawable="@drawable/upomp_bypay_keyboard_btn_enter_on" />
  <item android:state_focused="false" android:state_pressed="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/upomp_bypay_keyboard_btn_enter_on" />
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        android:drawable="@drawable/upomp_bypay_keyboard_btn_enter_on" />
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Hispaniolana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.

Species
Species in the genus Hispaniolana include:
 Hispaniolana angustata (Férussac, 1822)
 Hispaniolana audebardi (Reeve, 1854)
 Hispaniolana crispatus (Férussac, 1821)
 Hispaniolana dissita (Deshayes, 1850)
 Hispaniolana dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
 Hispaniolana gabbi (Pilsbry, 1933)
 Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786)
 Hispaniolana mcleani (Clench, 1962)
 Hispaniolana montana (Clench, 1962)
 Hispaniolana obliterata (Férussac, 1822)

References

 Ferussac A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de , 1821 - Deuxième partie: Tableau particuliers des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, tableau de la famille des Limaçons et tableau de la famille des Auricules. In: Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles, p. 111 pp [quarto ed]
 Deshayes G.P. , 1839-1851 - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés par les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles, vol. I, p. 402 pp
 Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External links

 Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp

Sagdidae

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Negative emotions in cancer care: do oncologists' responses depend on severity and type of emotion?
To examine how type and severity of patients' negative emotions influence oncologists' responses and subsequent conversations.We analyzed 264 audio-recorded conversations between advanced cancer patients and their oncologists. Conversations were coded for patients' expressions of negative emotion, which were categorized by type of emotion and severity. Oncologists' responses were coded as using either empathic language or blocking and distancing approaches.Patients presented fear more often than anger or sadness; severity of disclosures was most often moderate. Oncologists responded to 35% of these negative emotional disclosures with empathic language. They were most empathic when patients presented intense emotions. Responding empathically to patients' emotional disclosures lengthened discussions by an average of only 21s.Greater response rates to severe emotions suggest oncologists may recognize negative emotions better when patients express them more intensely. Oncologists were least responsive to patient fear and responded with greatest empathy to sadness.Oncologists may benefit from additional training to recognize negative emotions, even when displayed without intensity. Teaching cancer patients to better articulate their emotional concerns may also enhance patient-oncologist communication.


Bay, face and legs white, white under jaw, white on belly.
Mare, born May 10, 1989; out of F66335(CN) - WESTERDALE CANADIAN MAID.
Mare, born May 01, 1988; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Stallion, born April 08, 1986; out of F11030 - HAYSTON CLARINDA 74890 GB.
Mare, born June 02, 1985; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Mare, born May 27, 1984; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Mare, born August 08, 1983; out of F10268 - NORTHWEST MASTERMANS SUGAR ANNE.
Stallion, born May 14, 1983; out of F10645 - MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELLE.
Mare, born April 19, 1983; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Mare, born April 19, 1982; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Mare, born April 04, 1981; out of F11027 - BALGREEN SILVER LINING 74889 GB.
Mare, born March 28, 1980; out of F10268 - NORTHWEST MASTERMANS SUGAR ANNE.
Stallion, born August 20, 1979; out of F10734 - DOURA QUEEN OF THE ROSES 76484 GB.


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DJ Spooky hosts Design With Life: Terreform One
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6PM EST
As part of Microsoft's Sustainability Speaker Series, TED Fellow, ecological architect, and mad scientist Dr. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE brings together a candid crowd of experts to talk about the future of sustainability and his mission to use the power of design to combat planetary extinction. His new book, Design With Life, written with his co-founder Maria Aiolova, looks at acts of ecological design that showcase the potential of designing with nature, not against it. From worm-eating styrofoam incinerators to butterfly sanctuary double-skin facades and cricket sex pods, Terreform One shows us some of their most radical visions for ecology's role in the survival of our planet. Joachim and Aiolova will be joined by Dr. Peder Anker and author, Charles C. Mann, to discuss how biological processes can create resilient answers to tomorrow's most pressing urban challenges.
This series is moderated by Paul Miller AKA DJ Spooky and sponsored by The Microsoft Garage.
DESIGN WITH LIFE
Jean Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet" at The Guggenheim Museum, October 2010
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DJ Spooky concert at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
October 9, 10 2010
A rescore and dance interpretation of Jean Cocteau's classic film.
"The Poet is a liar who always speaks the truth"
1930 : 50 MIN : BLACK AND WHITE FILM
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Coup de Foudre:
With my re-score of "The Blood of a Poet" (1930) – I didn't want to simply create a new music composition. I wanted to look at gesture, performance, and above all, how artists create material that is trans-media specific. One could argue that "Blood of a Poet" wasn't a Surrealist film in the same context as Buñuel's material. But what it does evoke is a milieu where poetry becomes imagist at every level, in his film, one can see the direct connection between the "sub-conscious" impulses of an artist who is trying to navigate the rapidly changing terrains of the early 20th century's industrialization of the collective imagination. He wanted to extend what he sometimes liked to call the "algebra" of verbal and written texts into a new grammar that could pull together theatrical presentation, film, poetry, painting, sculpture, literature, and all manner of inspirational material into new forms. The synthesis of so many diverse forms in Cocteau's work – the abstract mise en scène language of theater applied to film, the links between scripts for actors and free associative poetry, the new forms of presenting visual material – all of this combined with the "newness" of the technologies of early modernism created a paradox that Cocteau embodied: a classical avant-garde.
Cocteau's associates and collaborators read like a who's who of early 20th century great artists: His circle of associates included Pablo Picasso, Édith Piaf, Andre Gide, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Erik Satie, Sergei Diaghilev, Amedeo Modigliani… the list goes on.
His early work developed lyricism as a response against the standardization of aesthetics that artist groups as diverse as the Surrealists, the Futurists, the Dadaist and others were fighting against – it's something that our era of Facebook, youtube, and the endlessly changing landscape of the internet foster in our contemporary information economy milieu. What is the center of our 21st century culture but the imagination? It's more powerful than ever because so many people are sharing the same thoughts, ideas, sounds, and memories. One could argue that digital media inherited Surrealism's willful breaks with reality precisely because digital code is so mutable. That's where Dj Culture, film, and poetry collide in the 21st century. Digital media is the hidden poetry of our era. My re-score/remix of "The Blood of a Poet" explores these issues from the collision of sound and contemporary choreography.
Let's explore some of the themes of the film that Cocteau directed: there are people walking through mirrors where they encounter the deepest psychological aspects of themselves. There are people walking upside down reciting "physical poetry" while they are painted into a canvass. There are sculptures that speak. There's poetry become film scenes and back again. And there is a unifying theme of rejuvenation through exploring the subconscious. You could almost argue that in "Blood of a Poet" one of the central themes is that inanimate objects possess mortal properties, and subsequently performing a play within a play, a film within a film. That's sampling! But there were other connections. Between dance, between film, between poetry one finds that the common language of a willful disregard for boundaries is what makes Cocteau's work so compelling. The Russian ballet-master Sergei Diaghilev challenged Cocteau to write for the ballet – "Surprise me," he urged. This resulted Parade (1917), produced by Diaghilev, designed by Pablo Picasso, and composed by Erik Satie. The ballet was performed in Rome. Things like that are what inspire me in his work.
This is a sample:
Jean Cocteau's early theater piece "The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party," like the later work of "The Blood of a Poet" is imbued with his fascination with the fractious relationship both between technology and theatricality. Think of his obession with those relationships as an abstraction between human desire and mechanization. With its "anti-theatricality," the play shifted away from reproduction with a greater fidelity to "life," – he had phonographs play several of the characters main lines, thus displacing the human voice.
For the "theatrical" representation of life – you can easily see where theater for Cocteau evolved to film, toward the assumptions that inform the desire for photographic reproduction. Characters vanish into poetry and remerge as cinematic characters. Eschewing banal hypotheses like "machines are dehumanizing," Cocteau suggests a more complex desire: we want machines to exert control over the moment of the live event. The idea of sampling and making a complex system of quotations of his and other people's work marked Cocteau with a kind of irreverence for "originality" that people like David Shields and Jonathan Lethem evoke in our digital overload era. Cocteau's use of machines uncannily shows us that we exalt the representation of the event over its emotional content. What Cocteau is asking us to witness in "The Blood of a Poet", as with his "phonograph theater," then, in his exploration of our relationship to media, is a creative process inherent in the destruction of theatricality. In Walter Benjamin's terms, one could argue that the play is a significant moment in the ongoing decay and transformation of theatricality's aura. Is this the new "aura of authenticity" that Benjamin tried to describe? One can never be certain, but that's the point. Cocteau once remarked "Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious." That's exact what a dj mix is as well. They both center on the idea of stream of conscious narratives, archival play, and intertextual uncertainty.
In 2006 I was commissioned by Radio France Culture/ Atelier de Création Radiophonique to create a radio composition based loosely on Jean Cocteau's theater piece about language "La Machine Infernal." It played on national radio in France and one of the things that struck me about the process was that several of my favorite artists from France – Antonin Artaud, Jean Cocteau – amongst others, were what we would now call "inter-disciplinary" – in the same tradition of composers and artists as diverse as Scriabin, Wagner, Duke Ellington, or Valerie De St. Point.
What was so important about Cocteau? Here's what I think makes him resonant for our digitally hyper-overloaded network culture: he thought about multiplicity of form before digital media really became the platform for almost everything digital modernity stands for. I think of several composers who strove to create multi-media works that still resonate with our era – Nam Jun Paik, Wagner, Stan Brakhage etc and Jean Cocteau still stands out – specifically because he used poetry as the basis for his music, painting, sculpture, opera, and film works.
Cocteau inspired composers like the group "Les Six" just as much as he interacted with painters like Picasso or photographers like Lee Miller, or authors like Andre Gide. He moved effortlessly between media at a time when orthodoxy prescribed the exact opposite. By being unorthodox, he is a hero for me. He was even the first theater director to use turntables as part of his theatrical process. But the point of doing a remix of one of the touchstones of early Surrealist cinema, for me, above all, is to link contemporary art practice to cinematic history and, by doing so, connect some dots that are usually left to archeologists of our modern life. This remix project is a consolidation of roles: director, poet, digital media editor, choreographer – all find themselves condensed into a new form. One that we have yet to name. I composed the music for this project, and wrote a series of treatments for each scene. Corey Baker of Ballet Noir (http://www.balletnoir.org/) did the choreography.
The full piece will be presented at The Guggenheim as part of the "Chaos and Classicism" exhibition. More details on the exhibition can be found at:
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/chaos-and-classicism
And one can view the stunning choreography of Ballet Noir everywhere from Bill T. Jone's epic "Fela" dance theater (where Corey plays one of the central characters) to their Youtube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/balletnoirnyc
Cocteau once remarked that "a film is a petrified fountain of thought." He even went as far as to say in his "Le Mystère Laïc" (1928) that "True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."
It's with these ideas in mind that I present new mixes and interpretations of Cocteau's classic film.
I hope you enjoy the "new" version of the piece.
Paul D. Miller aka Dj Spooky
Saas-Fee, Switzerland 2010
TERRA NOVA: Sinfonia Antarctica
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In December 2007 and January 2008 Paul D. Miller aka went to Antarctica to shoot a film and make a large scale multimedia performance work that will be an acoustic portrait of a rapidly changing continent called Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica. Sinfonia Antarctica transforms Miller's first person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape of Antarctica into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies that make up the land mass. It's about the environment, sound, hip hop, electronic music and what it means to be a composer in the 21st century.
Earth Day Live
Earth Day – Virtual Edition
April 22, 23, 24
Doing this for Earth Day! Join us!
Al Gore • Joaquin Phoenix • Moby • Dr. Sweta Chakraborty • Dr Michael Greger • Talib Kweli • DJ Spooky • Michael Franti • Matt McGorry • Daniel Fernandez • Monica Dogra • Chef Alexandra Shrader • Lisa Edlestein • Luke Baines • Megan Boone • Sharon Carpenter • Ilyasah Shabazz • Patricia Arquette • Tim Heidecker • Rosanna Arquette • Madame Gandhi • Emily Wells • Shep Fairey • Laurie Anderson • Angela Rye • Chef Dominique Crenn • Lil Dicky • Kathryn Budig • Ed Begley Jr. • Tony Revolori • Louie Schwartzberg • Angelique Kidjo • Jason Mraz • Soul Clap
DJ Spooky hosts Artist Town Hall with Phong Bui, Executive Editor of Brooklyn Rail
If you have a moment – I'm hosting an Artist Town Hall on Coronavirus and the arts with Brooklyn Rail coming up.
It starts at 1pm, Monday, March 23rd.
Check it out with Zoom.
BROOKLYN RAIL EVENT
EARTH LOVE FEST 2020
This event has been postponed.
Stay tuned for new announcements.
#EarthLoveFest 2020 is live!!!!
RSVP LINK: earthlove2020.eventbrite.com
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DJ Spooky video shoot with National Geographic in Abu Dhabi
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Progress doesn't have to come at the expense of culture and tradition. This truism is evident from the moment you touch down in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Men and women in traditional Arabic dress and designer sunglasses emerge from luxury-brand boutiques in glitzy shopping malls, while young Emiratis in sharp Western suits sip mint tea and puff shisha pipes on downtown hotel terraces. This dichotomy of tradition and modernity makes a powerful impression on visitors, including National Geographic Explorer Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, who was struck by the paradoxical nature of the city.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE
DJ Spooky in Residence at Georgetown University
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Sponsored by the Georgetown University Departments of African American Studies and Performing Arts and the Racial Justice Institute
The Racial Justice: Art(s) and Activism lecture series, honors Georgetown University's recent initiative to highlight art, activism and racial justice by focusing on work by literary, visual and performance artists whose art serves the ongoing struggle to produce new forms of racial freedom.
GEORGETOWN.EDU
DJ Spooky + Peace Institute on Japanese TV
Apogeo Spatial
DJ Spooky is on the cover of Apogeo Spatial – a magazine about satellites and contemporary art!
He discusses several projects he's done and their relationship to satellite visualization.
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THE IMAGINARY APP
A new book about Apps and the way they have changed everything! Featuring essays and articles by writers, artists, and theoreticians.
Anthology Edited By Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky and Svitlana Matviyenko
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Sound Unbound
Sampling Digital Music and Culture
Edited by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
Foreword by Cory Doctorow
Introduction by Steve Reich
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Rhythm Science
by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
The conceptual artist Paul Miller, also known as DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, delivers a manifesto for rhythm science--the creation of art from the flow of patterns in sound and culture, "the changing same."
Winner of American Institute of Graphic Arts Book of the Year Award.
© 2022 DJ Spooky. Site by aenoch


from which to bring forth new things and old."
In the Cistercian-Benedictine monastic tradition, the role of the abbess or leader of the community is essential. She holds the place of Christ in the monastery by acting as teacher, shepherd, physician, gardener and mother to the sisters under her care. Her mission is a challenging one, since she must adapt herself to many different characters in order to draw them toward salvation, and she stands accountable before God for the soul of each. She is called to place mercy before judgment, always seeking to be loved rather than feared. More than anything, her mission is to love, and thus to manifest Christ to all.
Here are some Chapter talks given by our abbess on the occasion of a Clothing, Temporary or Solemn Vows, or a Jubilee celebration.


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package org.commcare.xml;

import org.commcare.resources.model.Resource;
import org.commcare.resources.model.ResourceInstaller;
import org.commcare.resources.model.ResourceTable;
import org.commcare.suite.model.Detail;
import org.commcare.suite.model.Endpoint;
import org.commcare.suite.model.Entry;
import org.commcare.suite.model.Menu;
import org.commcare.suite.model.Suite;
import org.javarosa.core.model.instance.FormInstance;
import org.javarosa.core.services.storage.IStorageUtilityIndexed;
import org.javarosa.core.services.storage.StorageManager;
import org.javarosa.xml.ElementParser;
import org.javarosa.xml.util.InvalidStructureException;
import org.javarosa.xml.util.UnfullfilledRequirementsException;
import org.kxml2.io.KXmlParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Vector;

import static org.commcare.xml.EndpointParser.NAME_ENDPOINT;

/**
 * Parses a suite file resource and creates the associated object
 * containing the menu, detail, entry, etc definitions. This parser
 * will also create models for any resource installers that are defined
 * by the suite file and add them to the resource table provided
 * with the suite resource as the parent, that behavior can be skipped
 * by setting a flag if the resources have already been promised.
 *
 * @author ctsims
 */
public class SuiteParser extends ElementParser<Suite> {
    private final IStorageUtilityIndexed<FormInstance> fixtureStorage;

    private ResourceTable table;
    private String resourceGuid;
    private int maximumResourceAuthority = -1;

    /**
     * If set to true, the parser won't process adding incoming resources to the resource table.
     * This is helpful if the suite is being processed during a non-install phase
     */
    private final boolean skipResources;
    private final boolean isValidationPass;
    private final boolean isUpgrade;

    public SuiteParser(InputStream suiteStream,
                       ResourceTable table,
                       String resourceGuid,
                       IStorageUtilityIndexed<FormInstance> fixtureStorage) throws IOException {
        super(ElementParser.instantiateParser(suiteStream));
        this.table = table;
        this.resourceGuid = resourceGuid;
        this.fixtureStorage = fixtureStorage;
        this.skipResources = false;
        this.isValidationPass = false;
        this.isUpgrade = false;
    }

    protected SuiteParser(InputStream suiteStream,
                          ResourceTable table, String resourceGuid,
                          IStorageUtilityIndexed<FormInstance> fixtureStorage,
                          boolean skipResources, boolean isValidationPass,
                          boolean isUpgrade) throws IOException {
        super(ElementParser.instantiateParser(suiteStream));

        this.table = table;
        this.resourceGuid = resourceGuid;
        this.fixtureStorage = fixtureStorage;
        this.skipResources = skipResources;
        this.isValidationPass = isValidationPass;
        this.isUpgrade = isUpgrade;
    }

    @Override
    public Suite parse() throws InvalidStructureException, IOException,
            XmlPullParserException, UnfullfilledRequirementsException {
        checkNode("suite");

        String sVersion = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "version");
        int version = Integer.parseInt(sVersion);
        Hashtable<String, Detail> details = new Hashtable<>();
        Hashtable<String, Entry> entries = new Hashtable<>();

        Vector<Menu> menus = new Vector<>();
        Hashtable<String, Endpoint> endpoints = new Hashtable<>();

        try {
            //Now that we've covered being inside of a suite,
            //start traversing.
            parser.next();

            int eventType = parser.getEventType();
            do {
                if (eventType == KXmlParser.START_TAG) {
                    String tagName = parser.getName().toLowerCase();
                    switch (tagName) {
                        case "entry":
                            Entry entry = EntryParser.buildEntryParser(parser).parse();
                            entries.put(entry.getCommandId(), entry);
                            break;
                        case "view":
                            Entry viewEntry = EntryParser.buildViewParser(parser).parse();
                            entries.put(viewEntry.getCommandId(), viewEntry);
                            break;
                        case EntryParser.REMOTE_REQUEST_TAG:
                            Entry remoteRequestEntry = EntryParser.buildRemoteSyncParser(parser).parse();
                            entries.put(remoteRequestEntry.getCommandId(), remoteRequestEntry);
                            break;
                        case "locale":
                            String localeKey = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "language");
                            //resource def
                            parser.nextTag();
                            Resource localeResource = new ResourceParser(parser, maximumResourceAuthority).parse();
                            if (!skipResources) {
                                table.addResource(localeResource, table.getInstallers().getLocaleFileInstaller(localeKey), resourceGuid);
                            }
                            break;
                        case "media":
                            String path = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "path");
                            //Can be an arbitrary number of resources inside of a media block.
                            while (this.nextTagInBlock("media")) {
                                Resource mediaResource = new ResourceParser(parser, maximumResourceAuthority).parse();
                                if (!skipResources) {
                                    table.addResource(mediaResource, table.getInstallers().getMediaInstaller(path), resourceGuid);
                                }
                            }
                            break;
                        case "xform-update-info":
                        case "xform":
                            parser.nextTag();
                            Resource xformResource = new ResourceParser(parser, maximumResourceAuthority).parse();
                            if (!skipResources) {
                                ResourceInstaller resourceInstaller = tagName.contentEquals("xform-update-info") ?
                                        table.getInstallers().getXFormUpdateInfoInstaller() :
                                        table.getInstallers().getXFormInstaller();
                                table.addResource(xformResource, resourceInstaller, resourceGuid);
                            }
                            break;
                        case "user-restore":
                            parser.nextTag();
                            Resource userRestoreResource =
                                    new ResourceParser(parser, maximumResourceAuthority).parse();
                            if (!skipResources) {
                                table.addResource(userRestoreResource,
                                        table.getInstallers().getUserRestoreInstaller(),
                                        resourceGuid);
                            }
                            break;
                        case "detail":
                            Detail d = getDetailParser().parse();
                            details.put(d.getId(), d);
                            break;
                        case "menu":
                            Menu m = new MenuParser(parser).parse();
                            menus.addElement(m);
                            break;
                        case "fixture":
                            if (!isValidationPass) {
                                // commit fixture to the memory, overwriting existing
                                // fixture only during first init after app upgrade
                                new FixtureXmlParser(parser, isUpgrade, fixtureStorage).parse();
                            }
                            break;
                        case NAME_ENDPOINT:
                            Endpoint endpoint = new EndpointParser(parser).parse();
                            endpoints.put(endpoint.getId(), endpoint);
                            break;
                        default:
                            System.out.println("Unrecognized Tag: " + parser.getName());
                            break;
                    }
                }
                eventType = parser.next();
            } while (eventType != KXmlParser.END_DOCUMENT);

            return new Suite(version, details, entries, menus, endpoints);
        } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            throw new InvalidStructureException("Pull Parse Exception, malformed XML.", parser);
        }
    }

    public void setMaximumAuthority(int authority) {
        maximumResourceAuthority = authority;
    }

    protected DetailParser getDetailParser() {
        return new DetailParser(parser);
    }
}


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Q: How to initialize arrays in 2 ways using loop and memset? I am trying to answer a question in my C programming book, but I am not sure if my answer is correct.
The book doesn't provide any answers though. I am new to C programming, and any help will be appreciated.
Question:
Assume you have declared an array as follows:
float data[1000];

Show two ways to initialize all elements of the array to 0.
Use a loop and an assignment statement for one method, and the memset () function for the other.
my current code:
#include <stdio.h>

float data[1000];

main(){
    int count;
    for (count = 0; count < 1000; count++){
        scanf("%f", &data[count]);
    }
    for (count = 0; count < 1000; count++){
        printf("Array %i: %f\n", count, data[count]);
    }
}

A: A few points to help you get started:

*

*You're trying to set all items to 0. Scanf requires you to input all values. This isn't necessary as you could just set them to 0 with data[count]=0.0f; inside of that for loop.

*memset is a function that will do something similar for you (including the for loop). Have a look at the documentation of memset:

memset
void * memset ( void * ptr, int value, size_t num );
Fill block of memory Sets the first num bytes of the block of memory
  pointed by ptr to the specified value (interpreted as an unsigned
  char).
Parameters

*

*ptr:
  Pointer to the block of memory to fill.

*value:
  Value to be set. The value is passed as an int, but the function fills the block of memory using the unsigned char conversion of this value.

*num:
  Number of bytes to be set to the value.
  size_t is an unsigned integral type.

You should notice that memset only works with bytes. So you can use it to set a float to 0, as it consists of 4 bytes that are all 0, but you cannot set it to 1 for instance. But as notices by other users, this just happens to be so on most hardware.

A: memset(data,0,sizeof(data));

can be used to assign all the elements of the array to 0

A: I don't think there is a need for scanf("%f",&data[count]); instead you can directly assign it with data[count]=0;
and if you use the memset() function you can set value to zero directly to an array memset(data,'0',1000);

A:
Show two ways to initialize all elements of the array to 0.  Use a
  loop and an assignment statement for one method,  and the memset ()
  function for the other.

1) Using for loop and assignment statement
for(i = 0; i<1000; i++)
    data[i] = 0.0f;

2) Using memset function
memset(&data,0,sizeof(data));

Short and simple way supported by c99 spec
float data[1000] = {0.0f};

declare array like this.

A: Actually there are at least three methods.:)
// first
float data[1000] = { 0.0f };

// second
size_t i;
for ( i = 0; i < 1000; i++ ) data[i] = 0.0f;

// third
memset( data, '\0', sizeof( data ) );

You can also add one more method in C99
// forth
float data[1000] = { [0] = 0.0f };

In C++ you could use also the following declaration
float data[1000] = {};

or
float data[1000] {};


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Arabesque (1966)
Arabesque is one of those entertaining blasts from the past that gets little respect. Riding the '60s wave of James Bond-inspired romps, it seems to fit the definition of "second best": It was director Stanley Donen's second spy thriller, after Charade, and how could Donen be expected to top that? Its male star, Gregory Peck, was a bit long in the tooth to be darting through dark alleys and wooing sexy femme fatales (in 1966, Peck was 50; by contrast, James Bond portrayer Sean Connery was just 35). And its female lead, Sophia Loren, was … OK, I take it back, because there was nothing "second best" about Loren.
Here's what I like about Arabesque:
1) The teaming of Peck and Loren. Peck was probably miscast as a flip Oxford professor — his drug-addled bicycle ride on a busy London highway is more bizarre than thrilling — and Loren seems more interested in her Dior wardrobe than in the movie itself, but they both exude star power, and their sense of fun is contagious.
2) The score by Henry Mancini. Was there a better film composer working in the 1960s? Think of the Pink Panther films, or any Blake Edwards drama, and it's impossible not to also think of Mancini's catchy theme music.
3) Arabesque's plot is complicated: Professor Peck gets ensnarled with warring Arabs who are desperately trying to decode some hieroglyphics. But the plot is just there to service more important elements, like the Peck-Loren pairing, '60s-cool London locations, and a string of madcap chase scenes.
And finally, if 55-year-old Cary Grant could scamper over Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest, why shouldn't 50-year-old Gregory Peck ride a bicycle? Grade: B+
Director: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Duncan Lamont Release: 1966
Free Flick of the Week: "Father's Little Dividend"
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Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor return for this 1951 comedy classic, a sequel to the previous year's Father of the Bride. That's the good news. The bad news is that you have to pick your viewing poison: The Internet Movie Database version is commercial-free, but the picture quality is not terribly sharp (click here). The Hulu version is an excellent print – but it includes commercials (click here).


Updated to include response from Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.
If bitter political fighting is tearing your Facebook feed apart at the seams, take heart.
There's at least one issue that does more to unite than divide voters in the western United States; public lands.
Polling from seven western states shows Democrats, Republicans and independent voters have similar interests when it comes to federally managed public land.
The poll, conducted through the Colorado College State of the Rockies project and led by Democratic and Republican consultants, measured the attitudes of voters in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
And the results showed that, despite the volume of political vitriol on social media, most people who responded want the same thing.
"The overwhelming sentiment voters are expressing is wanting to protect and preserve public lands," said David Metz, the Democratic pollster on the project.
"It was more striking where we saw agreement than where we saw big differences," Republican pollster Lori Weigel said.
The results suggest public lands bills that transfer land from the federal government to states, increase fossil fuel development on public land or erode protection for air, water, land and wildlife would be out of step with public opinion. In contrast, statements from Republican President Donald Trump during the campaign and his interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke in opposition to land transfers were popular among Republicans and Democrats.
Across the seven states 70 percent of respondents identified themselves as "conservationists," an increase of 7 percent from a similar poll a year earlier. In Nevada that number was 67 percent, an increase from 61 percent a year prior.
Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., downplayed the relevance of the poll results. Amodei is seeking to reintroduce a modified version of a bill he sponsored in the prior Congressional session that would have transferred as many as 7 million acres in Nevada from the federal government to the state, and possibly more in a subsequent phase.
In a written statement Amodei suggested the poll was skewed toward Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, and isn't part of his district.
"While I'm always interested in, and work on many Southern Nevada Issues, give me a call when those great Americans in (Colorado Springs) Colorado sample 400 folks in Nevada's CD-2," the statement read in part. "That's who expect and deserve to be my priority on federal issues."
The breakdown of people polled in Nevada showed 33 percent Republicans, 40 percent Democrats and 26 percent independents or other, which closely mirrors statewide voter registration.
Interesting stuff. I know we don't need to go over all the state of affairs in the polling business these days. Remember? Mitt Romney was going to win. So was Hillary Clinton. As you know, I represent 25 percent of the population of the state of Nevada. My district is quite a bit different than Clark County. While I'm always interested in, and work on many Southern Nevada Issues, give me a call when those great Americans in (Colorado Springs) Colorado sample 400 folks in Nevada's CD-2. That's who expect and deserve to be my priority on federal issues. -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.
When picking 68 percent of respondents chose protecting natural resources and access and 22 percent preferred an increase in responsible energy development.
"We had a strong positive reaction to that approach for federal management of public lands," Weigel said.
Voters also mostly agreed when it came time to rank priorities for the incoming Trump administration.
Improving and repairing roads, bridges and historic buildings in national parks and other outdoor destinations was most popular, 71 percent gave it strong support and 23 percent moderate support for a total of 94 percent in favor.
Allowing more wind and solar energy development won support from 80 percent of respondents. Improving access for hunters, anglers and hikers won support from 82 percent. Promoting tourism on national public land and domestic manufacturing of outdoors equipment won support from 79 percent and 67 percent favored making it easier for guides to get permits for hunting and rafting on public land.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, said during a conference call to discuss the results that it showed bipartisan support for preserving the natural and recreation values of public land.
Respondents also largely agreed on what they opposed.
When asked about allowing oil and gas companies to purchase the right to drill in new areas of national public lands 62 percent opposed and 34 percent supported. When asked about increased coal mining on public lands 63 percent opposed and 33 percent supported.
Respondents of all stripes supported a statement from Trump himself opposing transfers of federal land to the states, a hot-button issue in Congress.
Among Republicans, 67 percent approved of keeping public land within the federal government, 57 percent of Democrats agreed.
Weigel attributed the Democrats' less enthusiastic response to a Trump statement as a "partisan hangover" from the election.
Among Republicans and independents 84 percent favored maintaining the regulation while 76 percent of Democrats were in favor.
The survey also included a Nevada-specific question.
Respondents were asked if were a good or bad thing and 63 percent said it was a good thing and 13 percent said it was bad.
The ratio of Democratic, Republican and independent voters polled in Nevada was nearly identical to the ratio among registered voters in the state. The Nevada portion of the results had a margin for error of 4.9 percent. The error margin for the seven states combined was 2.74 percent.


Another Wonky Economic Opinion Tribune Columnist?
In a previous post King Solomon, Chapman's Lecture on Tariffs, I challenged Chapman to explain the other side of the story about the harmful effects to a nation of unbalance trade.
Today, another columnist in their Perspective Column wrote an article which contained this statement.
He then came up with a term "statism." The following definition perfectly describes China mode of government.
In other words, the main reason why China has accumulate trillions of USA dollars to improve their advanced infrastructure in comparison to the USA deteriorating infrastructure ever since the USA trade agreements allowed China to accumulate trillions of USA dollars.
Another way of saying, how the USA, in exchange for low priced electronic gadgets, like cell phones, TVs, and appliances, solar panels, toys, etc. etc. made by laborers paid $200 a month can produce and ship products cheaper than USA workers who have to pay $800 a month in rent alone.
I have provided an information source of the Pros and Cons of Unbalanced Trade to anyone interested to the wonky explanation. Also, the previous post with comments to expand the expalanations.
Note that the final sentence appears to be exactly what President Trump is negotiating foreign Corporations to do to balance trade by negotiating them to use American workers work and keep USA dollars in the USA to rebuild USA infrastructure and wealth.
Do you believe Congress should have followed Warren Buffet's advice in 2003 instead of the now proven failed outdated globalism economic theories of the Chicago Tribune columnists?
Should the Chicago Tribune hire columnists to explain both sides of their opinion?
If you were a worker who lost their livelihood and standard of living, would you consider Unbalanced trade to be Wonky?
Why is it that our two NAFTA trade partners have laws to prevent foreign entities to buy farmland in Canada or Mexico?
Do you agree with President Trump using the same statism techniques that our trade partners use to maintain favorable trade balances?
Do you agree with President Trump's statements that USA trade negotiators were skilled enough to make wise or wonky trade agreements for US workers and the ecconomic security for the future of the USA?
What would you say the goal of trade is? Is it always to balance out for all countries and trading partners?
The goal of trade today is basically to profit monetarily by exchanging goods, service, or resources either more plentiful in one nation to another nation. For example, bananas grow better in South America and there is a huge demand for bananas in North America where corn and wheat grow better.
Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. … The original form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services. Barter involves trading things without the use of money.
The money medium has changed over time. For example, in the USA, Wampum, gold, silver, to today's USA dollars.
The dollar remains the world's choice of exchange because holders of dollars believe they remain stable mainly because holders trust the currency to remain more stable than other currencies. The dollar is still tied to the value of oil in the world.
Probably because the USA allows dollar holders to buy USA goods, service, products, and even business and farmland, real USA assets. The dollar has never suffer hyperinflation…….yet?
The basis of trade in my opinion can be associated with this idiom.
As for balance of trade, it no longer is beautiful when it drains the assets of one country to benefit other countries. When trade is balanced it is a win win trade for both partners, in my opinion.
Thanks. As always, very helpful.
So if the goal of trade is for it to be balanced, does that mean, for example, if country A buys a billion dollars of goods from country B, then country B should buy a a billion dollars of goods from country A? Does balanced mean that it is essentially equal?
Warren Buffet gave the best explanation, far better than I could. Recommend you read it which I reference in a previous post.