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Hogan Butte Nature Park
Parks Maintenance and Operations
James.Dunn@GreshamOregon.gov
757 SE Gabbert Road
Drinking fountain
Walking/jogging path
Restrooms (seasonal)
Gresham's newest park sits on 46 acres on top of Hogan Butte in the Gresham Butte Neighborhood.
At the top elevation of 930 feet, take in a stunning "Volcanic Viewpoint," a panoramic view of Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, the Columbia River Gorge and city of Gresham. Walk the half-mile paved interpretive loop trail and enjoy picnic areas with views of the forest. Educational signage is available in Russian and Spanish. An ADA-accessible parking lot has 20 spaces.
Park rules and safety
Gresham's newest park sits on 46 acres on top of Hogan Butte. At the top elevation of 930 feet, take in a stunning panoramic view of Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, the Columbia River Gorge and city of Gresham. Enjoy picnic areas with views of the forest.
Interpretive loop trail (1/2 mile), paved and ADA-accessible
Volcano Viewpoint of Cascade Mountain Range peaks
Educational signage in English, Spanish and Russian
Pristine natural area, mature native forest
Picnic shelter and tables
20 parking spaces, including ADA-accessible parking lot
Secure bike parking
For everyone's safety, please follow park rules and enjoy Gresham's parks and recreation areas at your own risk.
Hogan Butte is south of downtown Gresham and west of US 26.
Hogan Butte's rich past has geological significance and pioneer history.
The nature park features educational panels and kiosks throughout to share its story with visitors.
Gresham is one of the few places in the United States to have extinct volcanoes within city limits. Hogan Butte is part of the Boring Lava Field and "East Buttes," a cluster stretching from southeast Portland to Damascus. At the park, visitors stand at the top of an inactive volcano's vent that once emitted steam from inside the earth.
Native American heritage
The Clackamas tribe once used Hogan Butte's nearby Johnson Creek watershed for fishing and hunting.
Eli Hogan, a turn-of-the-century pioneer, forested land from the butte that now bears his name. Wood harvested from Hogan Butte's forests helped build Mt. Tabor's reservoirs in Portland from 1894-1911.
The historic Brite House sits at the base of Hogan Butte Nature Park. Built in 1928, it was once a Prohibition-era speakeasy. The City of Gresham owns the house.
Be on the lookout! Hogan Butte's wildlife includes:
Red-tail hawk
Big leaf maple
Red alder
Sword ferns
Hogan Butte Nature Park is many years in the making. The City started the process for acquiring land on Hogan Butte more than 25 years ago, passing a 1990 City bond measure and two later Metro bonds.
Preserved for future generations
Visitors can enjoy this park today thanks to considerable effort from Gresham citizens, the City, and many community partners such as Metro, the Trust for Public Lands, the U.S. Forest Service and the Buttes Conservancy, who all advocated for the conservation of Hogan Butte lands over the years.
Special thanks to our funding partners, who helped build this park:
Metro's Nature in Neighborhoods
Oregon State Parks
Foxglove thrives on Hogan Butte and puts on quite a show.
Be on the lookout for the wildlife on Hogan Butte, including deer, fox and bobcat. Photo by Gresham photographer Caz Zyvatkauskas.


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Lachit Borphukan
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Lachit Borphukan was a commander and Borphukan in the Ahom kingdom,[1] located in present-day Assam, India, known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I to take back Ahom kingdom or kingdom of Assam.[2][3] He died about a year later due to illness.[4]
Lachit Barphukan's Statue at Jorhat, Assam, India.
(1622-11-24)24 November 1622
Garhgaon, Assam, India
Jorhat, Assam, India
Tai Ahom kingdom
Commander-in-Chief and Borphukan of the Ahom army
Lead the Ahom army to decisive victory in 1671 Battle of Saraighat against the Mughals.
Lachit Borphukan was the son of Momai Tamuli Borbarua, the first Borbarua (or "Governor") of upper-Assam and Commander-in-Chief of the Ahom army) under Prataap Singha. He was born in Betioni to a family of Ahom people[5][6] [7] community. Lachit Borphukan was educated in the Humanities, Ban phi Phuraloung Philosophy[citation needed], Indigenous Scriptures and military skills. He was given the responsibility of serving as the Soladhara Barua (scarf-bearer) of the Ahom Swargadeo, a position equivalent to a Private Secretaryship, which was regarded as the first step for a career as an ambitious diplomat or politician. Other offices held by Lachit before his appointment as Borphukan included Superintendent of the Stable of Royal Horses (Ghora Barua), Commander of the strategic Simulgarh Fort and Superintendent of the Royal Household Guards (Dolakaxaria Barua) for King Chakradhwaj Singha.
King Chakradhwaj Singha selected Lachit Borphukan to lead the forces of the Kingdom of Ahom to liberate Guwahati from Mughal-occupation.The King presented Lachit with a gold-hafted sword (Hengdang) and the customary paraphernalia of distinction. Lachit raised the army and preparations were completed by summer of 1667. Lachit recovered Guwahati from the Mughals and successfully defended it against the Mughal forces during the Battle of Saraighat.
Lachit Borphukan died about a year after the victory at Saraighat due to natural causes. His remains lie in rest at the Lachit Maidaam constructed in 1672 by Swargadeo Udayaditya Singha at Hoolungapara 16 km from Jorhat.
There is no portrait of Lachit Barphukan, but an old chronicle does provide a physical description:
His face is broad, and resembles the moon in its full phase. No one is capable of staring at his face.
Battle of SaraighatEdit
Main article: Battle of Saraighat
35-feet-high statue of Ahom general Lachit Borphukan and his army in the middle of the Brahmaputra.
After being defeated by Lachit and his forces, the Mughals army sailed up the Brahmaputra river from Dhaka towards Assam advancing to Guwahati. The Mughal Army under Ram Singh I consisted of 30,000 infantry, 15,000 archers, 18,000 Turkish cavalry, 5,000 gunners and over 1000 cannons besides a large flotilla of boats.[8][9]
Ram Singh, the Mughal commander in chief failed to make any advance against the Assamese army during the first phase of the war. An arrow carrying a letter by Ram Singh telling that Lachit have been paid rupees one lakh and he should evacuate Guwahati was fired into the Ahom camp, which eventually reached the Ahom king, Chakradhwaj Singha.[10] Although the king started to doubt Lachit's sincerity and patriotism, his prime minister Atan Buragohain convinced the King this was just a trick against Lachit.
During the last stage of the Battle of Saraighat, when the Mughals attacked by the river in Saraighat, the Assamese soldiers began to lose their will to fight. Some elements retreated. Though Lachit was seriously ill he boarded a boat and with seven boats advanced against the Mughal fleet. He said: "If you (the soldiers) want to flee, flee. The king has given me a task here and I will do it well. Let the Mughals take me away. You report to the king that his general fought well following his orders". His soldiers rallied and a desperate battle ensured on the river Brahmaputra.
Lachit Barphukan was victorious. The Mughals were forced to retreat from Guwahati.[11] The Mughal Commander-in-Chief, acknowledging his defeat by the Ahom soldiers and their Commander-in-chief Lachit Barphukan, wrote:
Glory to the king! Glory to the counselors! Glory to the commanders! Glory to the country! One single individual leads all the forces! Even I, Ram Singh, being personally on the spot, have not been able to find any loophole and an opportunity!
Memorial & monumentsEdit
Lachit bust at National Defense Academy.
Lachit DivasEdit
On 24 November each year Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is celebrated statewide in Assam to commemorate the heroism of Lachit Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army at the Battle of Saraighat.[12][13]
Lachit Divas is celebrated to promote the ideals of Lachit Borphukan – the legendary general of Assam's history. Sarbananda Sonowal, the chief minister of Assam took part in the Lachit Divas celebration at the statue of Lachit Borphukan at Brahmaputra riverfront on 24 November 2017. Sonowal stated the first countrywide celebration of 'Lachit Divas' would take place in New Delhi followed by state capitals such as Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata in a phased manner.
Lachit Borphukan Gold Medal (Best Cadet of NDA)Edit
The best passing out cadet of National Defence Academy is conferred the Lachit Borphukan gold medal every year from 1999, after the then Indian Army chief General V P Malik made the formal announcement about its institution in New Delhi on 24 April 1999 at an all-India level national seminar & lecture programme organised at the initiative of a Guwahati-based organisation founded by Assam's leading heritage scholar and former top Indian bureaucrat Principal Bhabananda Deka and columnist, storywriter, novelist Arnab Jan Deka. Assam Foundation-India under the leadership of its founder-member and director Principal Bhabananda Deka and executive director Arnab Jan Deka were primarily instrumental in presenting the 17th century Assamese Army General Lachit Borphukan at the pan-Indian level for the very first time by organizing the said seminar & lecture program in New Delhi on 24 April 1999. At the invitation of Arnab Jan Deka, the incumbent Vice President of India Dr Krishna Kant, Indian Army chief General V P Malik, India Government's Home Secretary B P Singh attended the Assam Foundation programme and delivered research based lectures acknowledging Lachit's military prowess as army general. 'The Assam Tribune' on its issue dated 25 April 1999 under a caption "Heroic feats of Lachit recalled" reported from New Delhi that "A lecture on the life and times of Lachit Barphukan organized by Assam Foundation involving leading political figures, historians, bureaucrats and Army officers today sought to place the great Ahom general at the centre-stage by bringing out his feats and deeds of brevity outside of Assam. The Chief of the Army Staff, V P Malik, who was present at the lecture today perhaps to remove the shortcoming of historians, agreeing in principle, had instituted a Lachit Barphukan prize at the National Defence Academy. The move, it was felt, will promote awareness about Lachit among the officers of the Defence services and inspire them to emulate his great example. Earlier, the function was inaugurated by Vice President, K Kant who said that leadership of Barphukan as a Ahom general was a great whatershed in the political history of Assam. Addressing the function, the Union Home Secretary B P Singh said that whenever great politician, military leaders and patriots meet, great events happen of which the country saw glimpses in Lachit's life."[14] Almost all leading Indian newspapers like Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Telegraph extensively covered this event in their national editions published from New Delhi on 25 April 1999.[15] Press Trust of India (PTI) report published on Hindustan Times and others also reported that Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and governor S K Sinha "thanked the Army Chief General V P Malik, for agreeing in principle to institute a 'Lachit Barphukan Prize' at the National Defence Academy saying this would inspire defence personnel to emulate Barphukan's heroism and sacrifices."[16] The main organizer of the historic event Arnab Jan Deka recalled the proceedings of the event leading to institution of Lachit Barphukan Award and Statue at the India government's top army school through a write-up published in 1 September 2016 issue of the top Assamese literary journal 'Prantik', wherein the news published in leading dailies like Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Assam Tribune regarding the event had been extensively quoted.[17]
The announcement of institution of the award by Indian Army chief General Malik on 25 April 1999 at the Delhi programme in presence of India's vice-president and other dignitaries was the pivot to perpetuate the memory of Lachit Borphukan at the national level for the very first time.[18][19] Battalion Cadet Adjutant Aaditya Udupa, 126th NDA Course,was awarded the medal for the Spring Term 2014 on 28 May 2014.
Mahabir Lachit AwardEdit
An award is presented to notable personalities of Assam by Tai Ahom Yuva Parishad. Some of recipients are: Lt. Gen (retd.) S.K. Sinha (2012), Bhugeswar Baruah (2013), Capt. Jintu Gogoi - posthumously (2014),[20] Jadav Payang (2015),[21] Dr. Pushpadhar Gogoi and Dr. Hiran Gohain (2016).[22] The award includes cash amount of ₹50,000.00, a citation and a traditional sword.
Lachit Borphukan's MaidamEdit
Main article: Lachit Borphukan's Maidam
Lachit Borphukan's Maidam was constructed in memory of Lachit Borphukan at Jorhat, Assam.[23] It is 8 km far from the famous Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary.[24] Here last remains of Borphukan were laid under this tomb (Maidam) constructed by Swargadeo Udayaditya Singha in 1672.[25]
Lachit Bhawan inside Lachit maidam.
Lachit Barphukan's maidam at Hoolungapara, Jorhat.
Statue of Lachit Borphukan at National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla.[2]
Lachit Borphukon's Statue near Church field, Tezpur.
^ Nitul Kumar Gogoi (2006). Continuity and Change Among the Ahom. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-81-8069-281-9.
^ a b "Lachit Borphukan : A great 'unknown' Son of Sanatan Dharma | Hindu Human Rights Online News Magazine". Hinduhumanrights.info. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Lachit Barphukan: An Assamese war hero and new Hindutva icon".
^ "'Is it wrong to be proactive?'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Gohain, Birendra Kr (2012). Lachit Barphukan the National Hero of Assam. Publication Board Assam.
^ Bhuyan, S K (1947). Lachit Barphukan and His Times. Guwahati: Lawyer's Book Stall.
^ "ছেঙ-লুঙ-মুঙীয়া লাচিৎ — বিকাশপেডিয়া". as.vikaspedia.in. InDG a Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
^ "» Remembering our Heroes – Lachit Barphukan & the Battle of Saraighat". Satyameva Jayate. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Rashmi Sarmah. "Remembering the Great Lachit Barphukan of Assam – the Hero of Saraighat Battle". Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ "Lachit Borphukan: saluting the redoubtable General of Assam". Mail-archive.com. 24 November 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Gurmeet Kanwal (2000). Defenders of the Dawn: A Panorama of Eastern Command. Lancer Publishers. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-81-7062-279-6. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Lachit Divas observed across Assam". Newslivetv.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ TI Trade (25 November 2010). "The Assam Tribune Online". Assamtribune.com. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Correspondent, Staff (25 April 1999). "Heroic feats of Lachit recalled". The Assam Tribune.
^ Reporter, Staff (25 April 1999). "Heroic deeds of Barphukan recalled". The Hindu.
^ Reporter, PTI (25 April 1999). "Lachit Barphukan a national hero, says Krishan Kant". Hindustan Times.
^ Deka, Arnab Jan (1 September 2016). "Puner National Defence Academyt Lachitar pratimurti aru xonar padak prawartanar aaror buranji". Prantik. 35 (19): 21–22.
^ "Lachit Borphukan gold medal award: NDA ideal platform for grooming of cadets: Gogoi - Regional | News Post". Newslivetv.com. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "The Sentinel". Sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Lachit Award posthumously to Jintu Gogoi". Assam Tribune.
^ "Mahabir Lachit Award 2015 conferred on Jadav Payeng". Echo of Arunachal.
^ "Tributes to Bir Lachit; Govt confers Lachit Award to Dr Hiren Gohain". G-Plus. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ "Lachit Borphukan's Maidam, Jorhat | Lachit Borphukan's Maidam Photos | Jorhat Tourist Places". Holidayiq.com. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Lachit Borphukan's Maidam". greatinindia.com. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Swati Mitra (2011). Assam Travel Guide. Goodearth Publications. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-93-80262-04-8. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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Exotic and compelling, Vietnam is one of the most remarkable travel destinations in the world. The Essential Vietnam Tour takes in all the classic sights of Vietnam's most iconic destinations including a once-in-a-lifetime cruise on Halong Bay and time to relax on the beach.
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Arrive back in Hoi An late in the evening.
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Upon arrival, your guide will meet and greet you for your transfer to the hotel. Hanoi is a charming and richly historic city of lakes, shaded boulevards and verdant public parks, with a population of about four million. The city centre is like an architectural museum, with blocks of ochre buildings retaining the air of a provincial French town from the 1930s.
Early this morning drive to the area that is regarded as the 'Jewel in the Crown of Vietnam', Halong Bay.
Upon arrival in Halong Bay, you will board your boat for a cruise around the 3,000 islets that rise from the clear emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Bizarre rock sculptures jutting dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an enchanting, timeless world; the sails of the junk boats and sampans add further to the scenic beauty.
Have a seafood lunch on board your junk boat before returning to the wharf. Then travel back to Hanoi, arriving later this evening.
Today is at leisure, enabling you the chance to grab that last bargain in the Old Quarter or stroll around the lakes and boulevards to soak up the colonial and romantic atmosphere of Hanoi.
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My suggestions for Academy Award fans -A Burke Commentary
I was reading these articles attached below from the L.A. Times and Entertainment Weekly regarding the ongoing rivalry between Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin. If you take a moment to look up these two personalities on imdb, I think their filmographies will speak for themselves. I bring this up because this year's Oscar race has basically put The Social Network (Rudin's production) vs. The King's Speech (Weinstein's film). The two producers have been advertising and publicizing nonstop to get Academy decision makers to vote for THEIR film for "best in show".
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/02/01/kings-speech-social-network-oscar/ http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/30/entertainment/la-et-0130-oscar-moguls-20110130
So where does that leave us, the mere audience member? Does that mean the other nominations don't matter at all? If one of these two films is going to win everything anyway, why watch the broadcast? In fact, why make it a point to see any of the other movies at all? I have several comments, in no particular order, which I hope will reset your attitudes if you decide to watch the Oscars this Sunday at 8pm (EST), hosted by James Franco and Mrs. Burke Marksity, Anne Hathaway. Wait, what?
First Rule of Thumb: There is no rhyme nor reason to who wins.
Do I really need any support on this Rule? Think about it! We have Shakespeare in Love beating out Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture. Every year there is some surprise, some shock, some inexplicable winner. It's just the way the Academy Awards work.
Second Rule of Thumb: If there is a reason someone wins, it's usually political.
From Kramer vs. Kramer all the way back to Gentleman's Agreement, the Academy has taken this once-a-year opportunity to share its politics via TV. The industry takes the full opportunity that this annual forum allows it to proclaim what it feels is right and wrong to the world. At least that's one way to look at it. Another is…
Third Rule of Thumb: It's just an award show! Enjoy the fashion and the song & dance numbers – and go to bed!
In other words, dear Reader, don't let a picture or actor/actress winning a particular category ruin your weekend. It's just an awards show. Agree with yourself that, "Hey, I'm going to listen to the opening monologue from Hathaway and Franco, see what they know and then flip around." Or start the show on an hour delay and fast forward through the commercials. The attitude of just enjoying the show and not making it bigger than it is should prove to be awfully healthy! Too many of my pals insist on this event being the "temperature of Hollywood". What the hell does that even mean?
Final Suggestion: Get yourself a nominations list, make your personal picks – and write in a few if you like – and then just enjoy the show. When one of your picks doesn't win, simply SHRUG.
My PICKS are as follows:
Best Actor: Colin Firth/King's Speech
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale/The Fighter – – I saw all nominees this year, and I really enjoy this category generally… every year it's got the roles that aren't TRYING to win an award, they're just great acting that kind of tip the balance of that film from a good film to a GREAT film. Was particularly glad to see John Hawkes from Winter's Bone recognized in this category.
Best Actress: Natalie Portman/Black Swan – – if Annette Benning upsets her I will be most upset myself. Actually no – I'll just SHRUG!
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo/The Fighter — that's right, not Helena and not Hailee, I'm saying it. I LOVED Leo in The Fighter, which brings me to why I voted for these four above: I was thinking about which of the five made me FEEL the most in each film. This was another category where I actually saw all the nominees (that's right, even Animal Kingdom – do yourself a favor and see that too): and Leo made me DETEST her character! That's a pretty strong emotion….
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 – – I saw this last night and haven't seen the others, which is why it's getting my vote. This third installment is a fine film, plenty entertaining and some parts had laugh out loud humor. However…….. the fact that this film is allowed to be nominated TWICE for best picture is a crime. Nothing against those involved in making Toy Story 3, but can you imagine if there was a 3-D Movie Category? Avatar last year is nominated for best 3-D movie AND best picture? There would have been riots in the streets! OK, maybe not, but you see what I mean… My feeling is if your film is nominated for best Animated Feature, then it forfeits the right for a Best Picture nod.
Best Art Direction: Inception (for me), Alice in Wonderland (to win) – – I pick Inception because I couldn't tell which parts of this set WERE a set and which ones weren't, which makes me pick this over Alice in Wonderland or Harry Potter or King's Speech. More importantly, the sets of Inception weren't distracting from the film: I wasn't looking for the fact or fiction in the design like I was while watching Wonderland. All nominees – even True Grit – were deserving, but when you think about the "world" of the movie, that's the Art Director/Set Designer's job. They answer the question, "What SHOULD this room look like?", which is difficult to answer – particularly when you're making that world from scratch.
Best Cinematography: Inception (for me and to win) – – this category concerns the photography of the film, the lighting, the lenses, the format, essentially the quality of the image you're seeing. Talk about another category with all worthy contenders (except maybe Social Network??? What about Unstoppable, Shutter Island, Green Zone, Harry Potter to name a few pictures I'd suggest just off the bat?), it's a real challenge to capture an image with all the principals and all the props and sets just right – and make it artistic!
Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland (for me & to win) – – I mean, come on, did you see this film? How would this film be as entertainingly effective as it was in "creating a world" withOUT those outrageous costumes? In a way, for a movie like this, the costumes play as big a part as the actor's portrayal of the character. King's Speech would be a close second to me in this category…
Best Director: Tom Hooper/King's Speech (for me, [can't vote C. Nolan since he wasn't nominated] & to win) Let's consider the director's job. Basically, communicate as best you can the spirit of the story and entire production to the actors, the cinematographer, the sound designer(s), the composer, the editor, the producer, the studio execs, the… Based on the true story – that has been fictionalized as we well know by now – I feel Hooper did the best job of translating the story nominated to screen. I would say Aronofsky is a very, very close second.
Best Documentary: Inside Job (to win) – – I haven't seen any of these except portions of Exit Though the Gift Shop, which is one of the parts of grave controversy this year. This film covers the true-life exploits of Bansky, a "street artist" (read: graffitti'er/tagger/anarchist) who said if he were to win, would show up in a monkey mask to accept the award. Well, that's just grand.
Best Editing: Social Network (for me & to win) – – rumor has it that Black Swan is a shoe-in to win this, which I can't believe. If you caught Social Network, I hope you'll agree with me that it completely deserves a win in this category: the story wasn't told in flashback, it was told forward, backwards, in real time and sideways – and it still made sense! Think about it: the storyline would cut from one deposition to the actual conversation as it took place back in 2003 – then cut BACK to another deposition… and again, the story still made sense. FUN FACT: in Academy history, the winner of best editing 9/10 times is the winner of best picture.
Best Foreign Film: Biutiful – – I don't know why. I haven't seen any of these this year.
Best Makeup: The Wolfman – – really? REALLY??? The fact that The Wolfman is going to get a win for anything isn't the most disturbing part of this: Barney's Version, a film about a wedding, gets an nomination, and Alice in Wonderland doesn't???? What the hell's going on here? Oh wait – SHRUG.
Best Original Score: Inception, with Social Network a close second. How King's Speech got a nod in this category is confusing to me – I guess I assumed it was all existing classical music.
Best Music (Original Song): 127 Hours just because it's not a country song (my own bias there).
Best Short Film (Animated): Day & Night
Best Short Film (Live Action): Na Wewe (Best film EVER – just kidding, didn't see it)
Best Sound Editing: Inception
Best Sound Mix: Inception
Best Visual Effects: Inception – again, a very deserving crowd here because they all had "seamless" editing between what was shot in front of a screen and what was digitally edited in later, but as far as how distracting that entire process was to the story, I felt Inception's presentation of the visual effects was minimal. In other words, I wasn't stopping after a scene to lean over to my pal and say, "what cool effects, huh?"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Social Network, which will win because Aaron Sorkin doesn't have a statue yet. And here's ANOTHER reason Toy Story 3 is on my shit-list:
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2011/01/30/explaining-toy-story-3s-adapted-screenplay-oscar-nom/
Best Original Screenpaly: Um, hmmmmmmmmmmmm, gee, lemme see, uh, INCEPTION!?!?!?!? I will not be able to shrug if this title loses for THIS category – Nolan & his brother spent over ten years on this script starting when they were making Memento back in 2000. Just a fun fact.
And finally (drum roll) Best Picture = Inception (for me) – – Best Picture = King's Speech (to win)
And now, I will explain to you why I think Inception is last year's best picture. I know many of you liked King's Speech most, while others thought Social Network – and even Toy Story 3 – were best. I haven't heard too many say they thought The Kids Are All Right should be awarded Best Picture; but that's my whole point I suppose, that the Oscars are a very subjective kind of show and award.
I think Inception deserves the Best Picture win because to me, movies are specifically all about telling stories visually. If you haven't seen Inception, please watch it: and even if you have, watch it again. There is no conceivable way a book with Inception's story would do that story justice. Nor would a TV series. Or a comic book. Or a painting in a museum or a rousing radio show on NPR. This story could ONLY be told as a feature film: it used visual elements (both photography and effects), sound design (editing, effects and the mix of the sound), the talents of the multi-cultural cast and all the other elements (production, editing, direction, musical score, etc) to make one fine, fine piece of entertainment. I watched it last summer in the theater, and I'm not ashamed to say I saw it twice on DVD over the weekend: there were parts I had to rewind and watch again because they were that visually exciting to me (the hallway hotel battle, anyone?)
In the end, my point is that movies don't exist to win awards: they exist to entertain us. If you think you'll be aggravated by "Hollywood's Agenda" on Sunday, just skip the Oscars. If you're like me and you don't mind watching and shrugging from time to time, I think we're in for a hell of a good show this year! Particularly with the future Mrs. hosting…
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Pisa says:
I really enjoyed this and found it very helpful. You were pretty much on the money. I hope James Franco can get some jobs after his snooze fest of a performance. Your future wife did a great job. Very bubbly and entertaining. I miss Hugh Jackman, I mean come on…..As a host he had it all talent for the anyone watching and just a beautiful man to watch. You're out in LA, can you work on getting him back as host for next year…maybe with the future Mrs B???????
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/**
 A utility class that parses a set of arguments from the command line
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@interface KNTArgumentParser : NSObject

/**
 Parses a set of command line arguments into `KNTArgument` objects
 @param argc The number of arguments
 @param argv An array of C-style strings containing the arguments
 @return An array of KNTArgument objects
 */
+ (NSArray*)parseArgumentsWithCount:(int)argc values:(const char**)argv;

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Andrej Mihevc, slovenski gospodarstvenik, * 29. september 1971, Ljubljana.

Andrej Mihevc je diplomiral na Univerzi v Ljubljani na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko v Ljubljani. Doktoriral je na Univerzi na Primorskem z naslovom Izgradnja modela predhodne regulacije trga elektronskih komunikacij. Je direktor družbe Delkom, ki je hčerinsko podjetje DARS d.d.  Družbe za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji. Delkom je upravljavec optičnih povezav na slovenskem avtocestnem križu. Mihevc je pred tem je deloval v  Telekomu Slovenije, Agenciji za komunikacijska omrežja in storitve Republike Slovenije in v podjetju DARS d.d.  Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji.

Bibliografija
 Analiza regulacije trga mobilnih komunikacij iz vidika korelacij med storitvami (Kranj : Revija za management, organizacijo in kadre 42/5, 2009).
 The influence of Broadband Regulation in EU on the Development of the Regulated Technology (Kranj : Revija za management, organizacijo in kadre,  2011)
 The influence of Broadband Regulation in EU on the development of regulated technology (Saobračajni fakultet Beograd : Postel 2010)
 Spremljanje kakovosti storitev v javnih telekomunikacijskih omrežjih (Brdo pri Kranju : Vitel, 2002, Zbornik referatov).
 Market Regulation from the perspective of the new legislation (Brdo pri Kranju : Vitel, 2004, Zbornik referatov).
 Regulacija storitev VOIP (Brdo pri Kranju : Vitel, 2005, Zbornik referatov).
 Regulacija novih storitev (Brdo pri Kranju : Vitel, 2005, Zbornik referatov).
 Analiza maloprodajnih cen na mobilnem trgu (APEK, 2004).
 Širokopasovni dostop preko xDSL tehnologije (APEK, 2003).

Zunanje povezave
 Preprečimo kaos, kolumna, časnik Finance, 27. februar 2001
 Razvrednotenje Telekoma, kolumna, časnik Finance, 25. marec 2001

Glej tudi
 seznam slovenskih gospodarstvenikov

Viri
 Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji, letno poročilo 2013.
 Regulacija novih storitev (Brdo pri Kranju : Vitel, 2005, Zbornik referatov).
 Analiza maloprodajnih cen na mobilnem trgu (APEK, 2004).
 Širokopasovni dostop preko xDSL tehnologije (APEK, 2003).

Živeči ljudje
Slovenski gospodarstveniki
Mihevc, Andrej
Mihevc, Andrej

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Late last year, we announced in this space that Prudential Financial had retained CSR to conduct its annual Thought Leadership study: Benefits and Beyond (2007): Insight into the Next Generation of Employee Benefits: A Prudential Financial National Research Study.
This is an annual study involving online surveys of benefits plan sponsors and participants, and explores current and future employee needs and how employers plan to respond to those needs. CSR is currently conducting the 2008 survey.
And welcome to Spring (for those of you in the Northeast, you know what we mean when we say: finally)! This month's edition of Research with a Twist takes a look at "Thought Leadership" research and its many benefits. With the economy tightening, there's no better time to stand out as an expert!
Should we develop this concept? In what ways and to whom do we market this service? What do our customers really think about the service provided by our phone reps?
In these cases, the research is done to solve an internal question and the results are (generally) not for public consumption.
There's a different type of market research, however — often referred to as "Thought Leadership" — which takes an entirely different approach. Thought Leadership research is typically more "issue oriented," and is conducted with the deliberate intent of being publicized and shared with the world (see Mixology below for more on ways to do this).
An example of a Thought Leadership study (Warning: CSR horn-tooting in road ahead!) is the one we conducted recently for our client CompTIA, on the subject of the current and potential future skills gaps in hiring in worldwide IT. The issues aren't specific to CompTIA; however, having observed the problem anecdotally, and knowing it was of importance to its membership and the industry in general, CompTIA brought us in to help clarify and quantify these trends. In this instance, Thought Leadership (i.e. "Let's provide a service [information] to the public and discuss what we learned"), not "What's our best course of action regarding a specific product or service?", was the goal.
Thought Leadership studies build your brand. When you publish fresh, new research on a topic of relevance in your industry, you hold yourself up as an expert. You move beyond simply delivering a product or service and position your company as one that weighs in on important industry trends and operates at the leading edge of the (often anonymous) pack.
In addition, and thanks in part to the "expert aura" associated with this kind of research, it's quite effective as a means of both breaking into a new field and solidifying your position in an existing one. Similar to researching and publishing a book, Thought Leadership studies present an opportunity to immerse yourself in a particular topic and demonstrate expertise on a particular subject where you may be less well known.
Thought Leadership studies have legs. Another of our clients completed a Thought Leadership study over a year ago. Since that time the client team members have used the results to conduct invitation-only webinars with clients and prospects, deliver presentations at industry conferences, and create customized reports to address specific requests. They've also used the results of the study to help their clients benchmark their own performance and make appropriate adjustments to follow "best practices" trends uncovered in the research.
The point is, the Thought Leadership study itself is only the beginning. As its originator, you have the ability to repackage and reuse the data in a number of different ways, all of which, again, contribute to the strengthening of your brand.
Thought Leadership studies attract the attention of the press. When you conduct firsthand research of this kind, you're likely to uncover interesting stories or trends… two things the press tends to care about. In the CompTIA study, for example, the press picked up on the notion that the IT skills gap was most acute in the area of mobile/wireless technology, and the study's findings led to stories in Information Week, ComputerWorld, CIO Magazine and others.
When your company makes the news in this way, not only does it put you in front of your target audience, it does so in a much more high profile way than do sponsorships or paid advertisements (to name just two common marketing tactics).
For many executives, tough economic times suggest a need for battening down the hatches and tossing all "discretionary spending" overboard. Unfortunately, this often means shelving plans for Thought Leadership projects.
In our opinion, however, it's precisely the wrong response. When the dollars, projects and clients are scarce, the competition intensifies. It's at this critical time that the need to stand out from the pack becomes most urgent. Strengthening your brand and staying visible are two strategies — both of which benefit from conducting Thought Leadership research — which can carry the day.
Identify themes. Think about where your industry is headed and what today's most salient points of discussion or controversy may be. If you can tackle a topic that's already on people's minds, there's a good chance your results will gain attention.
Develop a distribution strategy. In addition to considering the time, talent and resources you'll need to get the word out (should you engage a PR firm, for example?), you'll need to decide on the format of your findings. Will you give the study away (i.e. maximize distribution)? Charge for the report (i.e. generate revenue)? Or offer some hybrid, such as summary results for the general population and a more robust report for clients and other VIPs?
Solidify client relationships. Beyond offering clients the detailed one-size-fits-all report, you may be able to use your results to create customized information for them, based on their particular needs. Taking your clients' particular circumstances into consideration before the fact will help you craft a research project that is of maximum benefit to them when it's completed.


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Last year, several hot dog vendors were lined up along a street, and they had a tricky algorithm to spread themselves out. Unfortunately, the algorithm was very slow and they are still going. All is not lost though! The hot dog vendors have a plan: time to try a new algorithm!
The problem is that multiple vendors might be selling too close to each other, and then they will take each other's business. The vendors can move along the street at 1 meter/second. To avoid interfering with each other, they want to stand so that every pair of them is separated by a distance of at least D meters.
Remember that the street is really long, so there is no danger of running out of space to move in either direction. Given the starting positions of all hot dog vendors, you should find the minimum time they need before all the vendors are separated (each two vendors are at least D meters apart from each other).
Each point of the street is labeled with a number, positive, negative or zero. A point labeled p is |p| meters east of the point labeled 0 if p is positive, and |p| meters west of the point labeled 0 if p is negative. We will use this labeling system to describe the positions of the vendors in the input file.
The first line of the input file contains the number of cases, T. T test cases follow. Each case begins with a line containing the number of points C that have at least one hot dog vendor in the starting configuration and an integer D -- the minimum distance they want to spread out to. The next C lines each contain a pair of space-separated integers P, V, indicating that there are V vendors at the point labeled P.
All the values P are integers in the range [-105, 105].
Within each test case all P values are distinct and given in an increasing order. The limit on the sum of V values is listed below. All the V values are positive integers.
1 ≤ C ≤ 200.
For each test case, output one line containing "Case #x: y", where x is the case number (starting from 1) and y is the minimum amount of time it will take for the vendors to spread out apart on the street. Answers with relative or absolute error of at most 10-6 will be accepted.


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There are 3 main vape flavors that most people go to when beginning their vaping venture: tobacco, sweet and fruity. Once vapers get through the initial introduction phase, they begin to get a little more creative in their choices. If you are an e-juice connoisseur, one of these flavors below just might strike your fancy. Please note, these are based on our own opinion and our list of intriguing flavors goes far beyond what we have mentioned below.
1: Eau Claire: This Strawberry Crème Brulèe flavor is offered by PJ Bros E-Juice and can be found right on their website. This flavor will push all the right buttons of a true dessert lover with its delicate balance of silky, creamy and sweet.
2: Kryptonite: The perfect blend of Limey Soda. This is a simple, yet satisfying vape.
3: Simply Tenacious Toast- Sweet cream, a dash of bakery cinnamon, light pastry notes and a splash of sweet maple syrup blended together to create Tenacious Toast, which can only be described as the most accurate French Toast e-liquid to date.
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5: Vapergate- Komala: A special blend of 7 tropical fruit flavors accented with a slight cooling menthol refresh without being obnoxious and overpowering. Think of crossing the street and being hit by a truck of Juicy Fruit gum, in the face. Komala does have a slight bit of menthol added to the recipe to enhance the brightness of the citrus fruits. It is however, NOT a menthol juice as there is not that arctic blast you associate with most menthol vapes. It is something that we need to mention as some people that were not informed, were quite surprised it was in there.
While everyone has their own taste preferences when it comes to vaping, these flavors are a good start to widen your selections and expand your e-juice palate. As you become more experienced with vaping and start looking to experiment with different flavors, the unique possibilities are endless. Research, experiment, enjoy.


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Q: WordPress admin panel redirect and none solution works What I did:
I had two wordpress websites on two different machines running (Ubuntu 18.04) and I wanted to move one website to the other machine that both run on one server. So I followed these steps:
1) Copied the whole wordpress folder to the other machine (apache root with new subfolder)
2) Edited the wp-config.php
3) Created a backup of the mysql database (whole database)
4) Created a new mysql database on the other machine
5) Created a new database user for the new database with all privileges on it 6) Imported all the data from the mysql backup to the new database
Thats roughly all what I did. Also I created a certificate with lets encrypt on the old machine and https worked fine with my website.
What I tried to solve the problem:
1) Cleared all website data 2) Added the correct site url in wp-config for "WP_HOME" and "WP_SITEURL" 3) deactivated all plugins and themes 4) Deleted .htaccess file 5) Created new default .htaccess file 6) set "FORCE_SSL_ADMIN" to true 7) restart apache and mysql service
Sadly none solution mentioned above worked. I searched the web for many hours but I couldn't find any other possible solution. I don't know what I did wrong. :/

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    // Used to track what type of request is in process
    public enum REQUEST_TYPE {ADD, REMOVE}

    public static final String APPTAG = "ActivitySample";

    /*
     * Define a request code to send to Google Play services
     * This code is returned in Activity.onActivityResult
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    public final static int CONNECTION_FAILURE_RESOLUTION_REQUEST = 9000;

    // Intent actions and extras for sending information from the IntentService to the Activity
    public static final String ACTION_CONNECTION_ERROR =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.ACTION_CONNECTION_ERROR";

    public static final String ACTION_REFRESH_STATUS_LIST =
                    "com.example.android.activityrecognition.ACTION_REFRESH_STATUS_LIST";

    public static final String CATEGORY_LOCATION_SERVICES =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.CATEGORY_LOCATION_SERVICES";

    public static final String EXTRA_CONNECTION_ERROR_CODE =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.EXTRA_CONNECTION_ERROR_CODE";

    public static final String EXTRA_CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.EXTRA_CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE";

    // Constants used to establish the activity update interval
    public static final int MILLISECONDS_PER_SECOND = 1000;

    public static final int DETECTION_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 20;

    public static final int DETECTION_INTERVAL_MILLISECONDS =
            MILLISECONDS_PER_SECOND * DETECTION_INTERVAL_SECONDS;

    // Shared Preferences repository name
    public static final String SHARED_PREFERENCES =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.SHARED_PREFERENCES";

    // Key in the repository for the previous activity
    public static final String KEY_PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_TYPE =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.KEY_PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_TYPE";

    // Constants for constructing the log file name
    public static final String LOG_FILE_NAME_PREFIX = "activityrecognition";
    public static final String LOG_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX = ".log";

    // Keys in the repository for storing the log file info
    public static final String KEY_LOG_FILE_NUMBER =
            "com.example.android.activityrecognition.KEY_LOG_FILE_NUMBER";
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Google Ads Optimization: How To Secure Higher Ad Positions That Attract More Clicks
Don Dodds
Mar 3, 2022, 07:45am EST |
Founder at M16 Marketing and a Forbes Agency Council member, Don is a leading marketing technologist on a mission to create success stories.
When you're running a Google Ads campaign, pay attention to your ad positions. Google's Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool will reveal where a given ad is eligible to appear on a search results page. Known as ad position, this will influence how many users see, as well as click on, the ad.
Search ads are displayed in select areas of Google's search results page. In the past, Google displayed them at the top, bottom and on the right-hand side of its search results page. Google, however, no longer displays search ads on the right-hand side. With fewer placements available, you need to optimize your Google Ads campaigns for higher ad positions.
Here are some ways to do that:
Raise Your Bids
The easiest way to secure higher ad positions is to raise your bids. A bid is the maximum amount of money that you're willing to pay for each click. Google Ads doesn't charge advertisers a flat fee. Rather, it allows advertisers to bid on clicks. You may pay less for clicks, but you'll never pay more than the amount represented by your bids.
Raising your bids will often lead to higher ad positions. Bids are one of the main factors Google uses to calculate ad positions. If you bid higher for a keyword than all other advertisers targeting the same keyword, you can expect a high ad position. Your ads, in fact, may be displayed in the first paid placement on Google's search results.
Target Longer Keywords
The length of your keywords can affect your ad positions. When you create an ad group, you'll have to enter at least one keyword. Google will only serve your ads to users who search for your specified keywords. And you'll have to enter bids for these keywords.
Targeting longer keywords will typically result in higher ad positions. In general, advertisers are more likely to target short keywords than long keywords because of their high search volume. While short keywords reach more users, they have more competition than long keywords. You'll probably encounter less advertising competition by targeting the latter type of keywords, which can indirectly lead to higher ad positions.
Improve Landing Page Relevance
Improving the relevance of your landing pages can help you secure higher ad positions. Landing pages are the destination pages to which your ads are linked. Each ad must be linked to a landing page.
Ads linked to a relevant landing page are more likely to earn a high ad position than those linked to an irrelevant landing page. Landing page relevance is a Quality Score factor, and Quality Scores affect ad positions. You can view Quality Scores by adding this metric as a new column to the keywords page.
For improved relevance, make sure your landing pages match the copy of your ads. Aim to create a seamless transition from your ads to your landing pages. When users click one of your ads, they'll expect to see content related to the ad. Ensuring that the landing page matches the copy of the ad will promote a smoother transition and higher Quality Scores.
Improve Landing Page Experience
In addition to landing page relevance, landing page experience is a Quality Score factor that can affect your ad positions. What is landing page experience, exactly? It's the ease at which users can navigate and interact with a landing page. Even if a landing page is relevant, it may have a poor user experience.
As a Quality Score factor, landing page experience affects ad positions. Landing pages with a poor user experience will likely have lower ad positions than their counterparts. Fortunately, you can improve the experience of a landing page in several ways.
Reducing the landing page's average load time, for instance, will improve its experience. A long load time will create a poor user experience. Some users may even abandon a landing page if it's excessively slow. By reducing the landing page's load time, users can navigate and interact with it more easily.
Removing clutter from the landing page will improve its experience as well. Whether it's a landing page or an organic webpage, cluttered design is distracting. It will divert users' attention from the main content. If a landing page has a cluttered design, clean it up by replacing unnecessary elements with white space.
Use Extensions
You can use extensions to secure higher ad positions. In Google Ads, extensions are ad features that expand text ads with additional information or content. You aren't required to use them. Rather, extensions are optional.
Using extensions will often result in higher ad positions. They won't remove or replace any of the default copy in your ads. Your ads will still have a headline and a description. Extensions simply add new information or content to them. You can use the sitelink extension to include up to four additional links in your ads, or you can use the callout extension to include promotional callout messages in your ads.
Extensions are easy to use. After logging in to your account, you should see a drop-down menu for "Ads & Extensions." Click this menu in your account and select "Extensions" from the available options. You can then select the type of extension that you wish to use.
Keep in mind that extensions can be used on different levels. You can use them on an account level, meaning they'll affect all of your ads. Alternatively, you can use extensions on a campaign level. Campaign-level extensions will only affect ads in the specified campaign. You can also use extensions at an ad group level. Ad group-level extensions, of course, will only affect ads in the specified ad group.
Keep in mind that ad positions are calculated in real time. Each time an ad is eligible to be served to a user, Google will calculate its ad position. For consistently high ad positions, though, you can raise your bids, target longer keywords, improve landing page relevancy and experience, and use extensions.


A few weeks ago Tirouhe was listening to an interview on National Public Radio about the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. The actor being interviewed explained the movie was a love story which also had fantastic marshall arts sequences and beautiful cinematography. After hearing the interview Tirouhe mentioned she had an interest in seeing the movie. I never thought I'd hear the day when my wife would want me to take her to a marshall arts film. I immediately had a deeper appreciation for National Public Radio and arranged to take her to the movie on Valentines Day. We both enjoyed the love stories and fight scenes. I found it interesting that the martial arts 'masters', the one's that won the fights, were the ones who had undergone intense physical and spiritual training.
As it was in the movie, it is in the church. There is a tremendous battle for us to fight daily against the forces of evil in this world. St. Paul reminds us of this battle, and of the importance for us to understand that we are soldiers in God's army when he writes, Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Eph 6:13-17 ) As soldiers in God's army we have ways to defend ourselves against the spiritual onslaughts of the enemy. St. Paul pointed them out to us in the preceding Ephesians passage as being: truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, and salvation. By faithfully keeping God's truth, righteousness, gospel of peace, and message of salvation in our hearts we can defend ourselves against the attacks of the enemy.
Yet as soldiers in God's army we are not only to be able to defend ourselves, but we are to attack evil as well. Our method of attack is descibed by St. Paul as being "the word of God". The word of God is our spiritual sword to fight against the evil in this world. Can you imagine striding onto a battlefield with only armor and no sword? Even David brought a slingshot against Goliath. Throughout our earthly lives we are called to be God's spokespersons on this earth. It is through us that His word is to be proclaimed. We can proclaim His word only when we know and understand His word.
We therefore require two things to 'wield' God's sword. The first is a knowledge of scripture. Scripture study and memorization needs to be a regular part of every Christian's life. If we are to call ourselves Christians and remain ignorant of scripture, we are like soldiers on a battlefield without swords. Secondly, we need to not only be able to quote scripture and share stories from the Bible, but we need to be able to use scripture appropriately. Just as many people can wield a sword, (indeed almost any adult can wield a sword), many can share scripture. Just as there are those who can swing a sword, and those who are masters with the sword, we are called not merely to be able to quote and share scripture, but to do so with divine mastery. But how are we to know how to use scripture? How are we to achieve this 'divine mastery' of scripture?
The church is designed to train soldiers. Prior to baptism, adult converts need to undergo a catechumenate (instructional) period during which time they are trained in the teachings of the church. The catechumenate period is the church's 'basic training'. And once people become members they are to regularly attend worship services. Each worship service is packed with quotes from scripture. When the church services are celebrated with parishioner comprehension, the liturgies serve to educate and train parishioners in scripture and the correct understanding of its usage. In addition, 365 days a year there are specific bible readings assigned for the faithful (these readings are found at the back of the Diocesan calendar); and each Sunday's sermon is to be an exposition of scripture and explanation as to how to apply it in our daily lives. Through serious study of sacred scripture, we become bold proclaimers of God's salvation and exceptional soldiers in God's army.
As we celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Armenia's conversion to Christianity, why not make a commitment this year to become trained as a soldier of the living God. This year, why not decide to train yourself in godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.


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No. 22 Saint Mary's vies for 10-game win streak, …
Thomas helps short-handed Nets rally past Pacers, 136-133
by: By MICHAEL MAROT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)Brooklyn Nets coach Jacque Vaughn mixed up his lineup and his defenses Saturday night – and the nine players in uniform responded.
Cam Thomas scored a career-high 33 points, Patty Mills added 24 and the Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 136-133 despite sitting their top seven scorers.
"There was no hesitation, we came here to win," Vaughn said. "When you believe you can win the game, it goes a long way."
Virtually nobody gave the Nets a shot after team officials announced eight players including All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving would sit out. None of the starters from Friday night's victory over Atlanta even suited up.
Yet somehow, Brooklyn managed to stay close for 3 1/12 quarters before Thomas and Mills helped turn the game late to give Brooklyn its third straight win and six victories in seven games.
The Nets won this one by dominating the middle. Brooklyn had a 59-30 rebounding advantage, a 29-7 edge in offensive rebounds and 37 second-chance points. Day'ron Sharpe had 20 points and 12 rebounds.
"We just played very poorly and for one of the first times this year, we just weren't together for 48 minutes," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "It felt like things were in the right place, but these guys kept coming and it's a great win for them and a tough loss for us."
The Pacers were led by Tyrese Haliburtonwith 35 points, the most since he joined the Pacers in February, and nine assists. Six of histeammates also scored in double figures as they made 21 3s – two short of breaking the franchise's single-game record, set against Brooklyn in October.
But it was the one they missed at the buzzer, from Andrew Nembhard, that sealed their fate.
The Pacers appeared to be pulling away when when they extended the lead to 120-113 with 5:04 to play. Instead, the Nets scored six straight to tie it then used an 8-0 run to make it 128-122 with 1:49 left and the Pacers never recovered.
"This is it right here," Vaughn said. "It is proof that being a teammate, staying ready and keeping your sills up to date and to be able to still is what it's all about."
Nets: Brooklyn played its first road game since losing at Indiana on Nov. 25. … Edmond Sumner had 21 points and five assists against his former team and Markieff Morris chipped in with 15 points and 11 rebounds. … Mills also had six rebounds and six assists. … Yuta Watanabee had 10 points and seven rebounds after returning from a strained right hamstring.
Pacers: Fell to 5-1 on the second half of back-to-back games this season. … Indiana is 1-1 since returning from a seven-game road trip, its longest since 1985-86. … Buddy Hield had 17 points, Myles Turner had 16 and Oshae Brissett finished with 14. … Nembhard had seven assists. The Pacers split the season series 2-2 after getting swept by Brooklyn 3-0 last season.
CAMMING IT UP
Thomas, a second-year player out of LSU, played his most minutes in a month and wound up going 13 of 20 from the floor while making all three of his 3s. His numbers might have been even more impressive – had he not sat out the entire third quarter. But Vaughn insisted he never doubted Thomas would crank it up late.
"I said to him yesterday `You'll probably get a lot of minutes tonight.' He did and I trusted him," Vaughn said. "I had no thought he wouldn't bring it in the fourth."
Nets: At Washington on Monday night.
Pacers: Host Miami on Monday night.
More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


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Q: How to place ImageView's ontop of each other? I want to display a play button (ImageView) ontop of a thumbnail (another ImageView). How can I place UI controls ontop of each other?
Programatically or in XML?

A: You can do this programatically & in XML - but XML is the most preferable way. Just choose a layout manager like RelativeLayout, and add your ImageViews to it like this:
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    ... />
<ImageView
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A: The FrameLayout is designed for layering multiple Views on top of each other.


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