Dieter Dengler: When something is empty, fill it. When something is full, empty it. When you have an itch, scratch it.
For what feels like the first time in the last five years, someone has crafted a war movie that is not concerned with drawing loose comparisons between itself and America's War on Terror, in an effort to criticize the already heavily debated validity of the war. German director, Werner Herzog, is more interested in telling a story ripe enough with its own depth and desperation to capture the viewer's attention without having to rely on political disparagement and moralistic preaching to give the film its ultimate significance. RESCUE DAWN tells the true story of Dieter Dengler, a German-born aircraft pilot for the American Navy (played here by the almost always stellar, Christian Bale), who has been sent to Vietnam in 1965, at a time when America's intentions for Vietnam were not yet clear to the general population. He expected to get some flying time in but had no concept of what was actually in store for himself (much like the American government). Shot down on his first time out over Laos, Dieter is captured by locals and imprisoned in a camp along with a handful of other men. What he and his fellow prisoners endure in their enforced seclusion nearly destroys their minds and spirits but also makes for a gripping film about the strength of the human will.
Of course, one can infer criticism of the American government and its military practices in Herzog's text. Considering the common comparison between America's invasion of Iraq and their previous invasion of Vietnam as similarly fruitless and devastating war efforts that were potentially unnecessary to begin with, it would be hard not to make links between the two. Herzog elevates RESCUE DAWN though by not making all of this so obvious and allowing viewers to form their own thoughts on the subject. Still, it is hard not to condemn the American government for not disclosing the truth behind their involvement in Vietnam, when soldiers are being tortured in combat situations that don't technically exist on paper. Dengler fights for America but has no idea what America is fighting for. Despite the injustice, if you see no comparison, then you are still left with the compelling character of Dieter Dengler. The naïve, boy-like charm of the pilot who always wanted to fly can always be seen as a distant sparkle in Bale's eyes. And albeit terribly faint at times, his hope is still enough to inspire the same in the other prisoners when they felt they might never feel anything like that again.
Although the RESCUE DAWN shoot was probably more like a day of spa treatments when compared with the real life experiences of Dengler and the other detainees, it is clear just from watching that it couldn't have been easy. Alongside Bale, American actors, Jeremy Davies and Steve Zahn (in his most mature performance, resulting in a complete transformation), fight their way out of suffering. While it has been reported that Zahn lost over 40 pounds for the role (and that there were no trailers on location in Thailand), Davies is seen without his shirt often in the film. His protruding rib cage and twig-like arms are sickening to the point where I had to look away. Meanwhile, Bale and Zahn must battle the elements throughout their ordeal. They are seen going over rapids, being dragged along the dirt, ingesting maggots and being carried away by mudslides. For their perseverance and fortitude alone, Bale and Zahn deserve recognition for their performances. However, it is their embodiment of men long gone and lost to the dark depths of their minds that push themselves to continue when they are running on nothing that will be most memorable in years to come.
Dieter Dengler is humbled by his experience just as I was humbled by RESCUE DAWN. Dengler is a man of principle with a sense of entitlement that undergoes great growth. He is arrogant when he bombs Vietnam and then expects his captors to extend him the courtesy of using a bathroom. He is smartening up when he will not sign documentation that will supposedly expedite his release and get him home sooner. And he exhibits a newfound sense of responsibility when he takes all the prisoners under his guidance and inspires new faith in their souls while ensuring that they are equipped with the tools necessary to make their awakened dreams a reality. RESCUE DAWN brings its characters and its viewers deep into the jungle and shows how there can be a way out for those brave enough to push on towards it.


Daniel, we are in a time of vast and profound change coming from all directions.Your blog sounds like you are working on something which perhaps impacts on your own apostolate? Different people can have all kinds of ideas of what needs to be done, and what should be the priority. There are no doubt some who make decisions with a vision of the Church as a powerful organisation but I think we can all sense that is far from what Jesus has in mind. What appears to be the "size" and power of the Church can be deceptive as very quickly things can change – secular Governments and the ideology of Rights can see to that. Australia cannot operate in a vacuum. Very active members of the Church here will be affected by what they hear happening in Europe (aka Germany) and also secular threats playing out in the U.S. and Canada. Pope Benedict said solutions will not be found in new programs that the Church might create. In a sense, it is still the same project: individual souls being saved by Jesus, and whether we want to be a part of that.


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Wondering what a "typical" student in the MA in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership (HDL) program looks like? The short answer is, there is no such thing as a "typical" HDL student. Our students come from a diverse array of backgrounds, interests, and career paths—even ages and life experiences. Here are a few profiles of students in our first cohort to give you a glimpse of the different paths students have taken to this program.
Like many members of the inaugural M.A. in HDL class, Kati brings a wealth of previous experience in humanitarian and disaster relief to the program. In this blog, Kati shares how it all began with her own experience of Hurricane Katrina.
Gigi Dawood worked as an endocrinologist for 13 years after medical school when she signed up for what would turn out to be a life-altering mission trip to Greece to work with Syrian refugees. That decision began a journey that would lead her to the MA in HDL program.
Drawing from his academic background in environmental science and experience in Wheaton College's HNGR program as an undergrad, Michael Sawyer is able to connect his concern for the environment with his compassion for the vulnerable.
Cheryl Sorenson, co-founder of Dignity4Girls, shares about how her experience leading an NGO led her back into the classroom, and how she's pouring what she learns in the MA in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership right back into the organization.
HDL student Dyer Bowers shares her reflections on recent headlines about immigration and refugees, and speaks about the importance of matching a passion to help with the right qualifications.
The M.A. program, whose inaugural class has just begun as of Summer 2018, does not yet have any "alumni stories." However, for anyone interested in exploring a humanitarian or disaster focused career, we've gathered stories, advice, and resources from Wheaton College alumni who are leaders in related fields.
Although disaster relief and humanitarian aid are relatively new to vocational conversations, they are quickly developing into significant professional fields as disasters and humanitarian crises affect an increasing number of people worldwide. Given the wide range of help needed during and following disasters, there are a variety of educational and vocational paths people take in order to train and prepare to join this emerging field.
Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus directs Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the national and international response agency for the Presbyterian Church (USA).
I was a pastor in a church in Miami, Florida, when Hurricane Andrew (August 1992, category 5) struck our communities. About a third of our congregation had damage and experienced dislocation. I volunteered to serve on the regional committee that was organizing the Presbyterian presence in the interfaith disaster response. I was made chair. We ran a 3-year disaster response program, including rebuilding, hosting volunteer work teams and long-term volunteers, unmet needs, vacation bible school for a farm work community in the affected zone, and unmet needs committees. After that response was complete, I was invited to serve on a newly formed National Response Team for Presbyterian Church (USA), volunteering a month a year to support/serve with disaster-afflicted communities throughout the US.
Toggle What steps did you take to get where you are today?
Mostly on the job training; also, ICISF training/certification, trauma response training, compassion fatigue and resiliency training/certification; trainings with Church World Service and FEMA, and advanced spiritual care and trauma training and certification with the American Red Cross.
Toggle What advice do you have for those interested in getting started in this field?
Serve with local VOAD/COAD groups, get involved in state/county emergency management; volunteer with faith-based responders who do reputable field work.
Toggle Are there any resources you can suggest?
FEMA, Red Cross, and Church World Service all have on-line training protocols that are certifiable; compassionunlimited.com and International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) have online and regional trainings as well.
While attending Wheaton College as an undergraduate student I was able to spend the summer between my Junior and Senior year in Sudan. This was at the height of the North-South civil war and I was exposed to the Non-Government Sector along with an incredible cross-cultural experience. The relief work that I was part of was an embodiment of sharing the Gospel through practical expressions of love and service.
I studied business-economics and Bible-theology at Wheaton College. I received a Masters in Business Administration from Rollins College. I continue to be a life-long learner and am a firm believer in experiential learning.
Connect with someone who is already working in your field of interest. Seek opportunities where you can learn and be mentored.
Read! Read as much as you can. Read the news, The Economist, Atlantic, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Al-Jazeera, Vox, Vice. Read history, read theology, read about management. Read about other cultures and travel!
I majored in philosophy at Wheaton, and worked for public safety part of that time. By the time I graduated, I was volunteering with DuPage Emergency Management Agency, a trained weather spotter, and earned my Emergency Medical Technician certification through the College of DuPage. When I graduated, I became a police officer in metro Atlanta (perfect career for a philosophy major, yes?).
During the 17 years since graduating from Wheaton, I have pursued a fairly broad public safety career. This has included service in patrol, as a vice detective, motorcycle cop, firefighter, EMT, and police chief, all the while pursuing graduate education through Georgia State University in political science. Incidentally, due to the blessing of a Wheaton undergrad experience, I was able to go on to a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science at Georgia State while working full time (I was able to take advantage of tuition reimbursement programs offered through several local governments).
Incidentally, one of my three areas of concentration in the doctoral program was international relations. While this is something of an eyebrow-raising academic choice for a local emergency manager, I have been able to draw lessons from the international humanitarian context into my job-related research on the local side. My professional experience in local disaster response informed my dissertation, which focused on pulling the local emergency management experience into the international humanitarian intervention (e.g. military intervention in failed state situations) context.
Always be willing to get down in the dirt and do the hard work, to learn new things, and be ready to say "yes" to new opportunities to serve as doors are opened for you. Never forget that it is about serving people, sometimes in their hour of greatest physical or emotional need.
Despite the fact that we have a tendency to only feel "useful" when we are dealing with big, catastrophic incidents of the kinds that make the 24-hour news cycle, more often than not, service in the emergency/humanitarian field it is about helping people in small ways.
As I have gotten older, God has shown me that true service in the small, seemingly mundane situations can often have a tremendous impact in the long run (especially if we believe that we are living out a faith-based, God-given calling with an impact far beyond ourselves and our limited understanding).
From the career perspective of a local emergency manager, I would start out with the International Association of Emergency Managers. They have links to educational programs, certification prep courses, conferences or classes, and testing/application for Associate Emergency Manager (entry level) and Certified Emergency Manager programs. CEM is generally a basic expectation for a manager or executive in this field. Also, FEMA's Emergency Management Institute has a wide array of online programs. Trade magazines in not only emergency management, but also firefighting are also useful. Because of the job responsibilities, emergency management typically has more in common with the fire service and draws from this career field very heavily.
After a 20-year career in the corporate world, this opportunity surfaced. I was impressed with the many people I met who fuel the Red Cross mission, one that has had incredible impact here in the states and around the globe. After learning more, I saw this was an incredible opportunity to use my gifts and experience to help lead the Red Cross in my home state of California.
Given that the Red Cross is a large, national organization that is locally led, my experience working in large organizations (The Walt Disney Company, Anthem), several years as a business consultant, and business school, has helped me understand the complexity and dynamics of large organizations. Likewise, my experience serving and volunteering is equally important, as Red Cross volunteers represent 90% of our workforce. The love I have for helping others serve with passion and have a real impact in their communities is an incredible reward.
Jump in and get the experience! Join an organization that you care about and find a team that will help you grow and develop. In the right opportunity with the right team, there is so much to be learned in a short period of time. Don't wait for the perfect opportunity. For young professionals, so much of it is the person you'll be working for and learning from.
We recommend three books for our team members. Seth Godin's Tribes emphasizes how imperative it is to build tribes of folks loyal to your cause in a volunteer-centric organization. Patrick Lencioni's The Advantage is a must-read for leaders and members of my senior team. The entire premise is that healthy organizations (not just financially healthy) start with a healthy leadership team. Lencioni is a great writer with a simple yet strong view on the characteristics of the best organizations. We also ask each new team member to read and take Gallup's Strength Based Leadership Assessment. A team that more strongly leverages our strengths helps us not only get better results, but stronger employee engagement results as individuals are working in areas that bring them great energy.


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India mulls importing gas from Iran via sea: Report
PTI | Sep 9, 2010, 10.49 AM IST
DUBAI: India is likely to resume negotiations for independently importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, according to a media report.
"India has expressed willingness to restart negotiations through an international firm, to independently import natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline," Iran Daily quoted deputy oil minister and managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji as saying.
"No exact date has been yet finalised for the gas talks between Iran and India but they are expected to start after the month of Ramadan," Owji said.
He said that no decision has been yet taken on how to export Iran's gas to India.
"Using a pipeline through Pakistan's soil or building a deepwater pipeline are the main possible options," he said.
Iran's oil ministry has not yet responded to the report. Earlier this year, Iran and Pakistan signed a deal to build the pipeline under which Tehran agreed to deliver 21.2 million cubic meters (750 million cubic feet) of natural gas per day to Pakistan beginning in 2014.
In August, Iran's deputy foreign minister Mohammad Ali Fathollahi had said that Iran welcomes the presence of India in a regional gas transfer project, which is known as the 'Peace Pipeline' project.
"There is an article in the gas transfer deal between Iran and Pakistan, predicting the extension of the pipeline to India should the country be ready to join the project," Fathollahi said.
Iranian oil ministry's gas exports authority, Asghar Soheilipour had earlier advised India to reconsider joining the 'Peace Pipeline' project.
The official stressed that the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline would be the most economical and efficient export route.
Meanwhile, the report said that Bangladesh also has made a proposal to receive Iran's natural gas through the regional gas pipeline.

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Juana Canas
Juana Cañas was born in Andalusia, Spain, in 1942. After living and working in the U.S. in the Sixties, she returned to Spain and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid and the Brita Prinz School of Etching. There she cultivated her interest in Realism, Impressionism, and the Renaissance period. Her work includes drawings, oils, and prints, though she now concentrates almost exclusively on bodegonesstill life painting. Highly influenced by the methods of the Old Masters, she uses a technique called grisaille and glaze which begins with a monochrome base that acts as a reflective layer. With this method, the artist has tremendous control over shadow and texture and in the case of Cañas, enables her to capture the warm Spanish light of her studios in Madrid and Toledo. Since the 1960s, Cañas has taken part in exhibitions and solo shows in the U.S., U.K., and her native Spain. Her paintings are held in the Spanish National Heritage Collection as well as many private collections. In the national Spanish newspaper El Pais, her work has been described as still life paintings which capture the finest Spanish tradition of the genre.
Beauty of Quince
By the Window.....
From the the Orchard
Pomegranats on the Shelf.....
Pommegranats
Menina in White


Jean A. Butts, 69, of Andrews, IN, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN.
Jean was born on September 23, 1949, in Huntington, IN, to Leo and Evonne (Karriger) Scher. Her parents preceded her in death.
Jean was a 1967 graduate of Huntington Catholic High School and had attended Clear Creek Township School for 11 years prior to consolidation. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and was involved with 4-H for many years.
Jean is survived by her former husband, Jim Butts, Kinmundy, IL; one son, Brian (Lorieann) Butts, Midland, TX; two daughters, Heather (Bruce) Kaylor, Camas, WA, Tammey (David Gardiner) Butts, Marengo, IN; two brothers, Ronald L. (Mary Ann) Scher, Warren, IN, Jack (Pam) Scher, Huntington, IN; 6 grandchildren, Alyssa (Jeremy) Wilburn, Brendon Kaylor, Brayden Kaylor, Brookelin Kaylor, Michael Butts, Mackenzie Butts; two step grandchildren, David (Katherine) Kaylor, Rochelle (Lawrence) Symons; two great-grandchildren, Jace Ross Emarina Wilburn; and two step great-grandchildren, Elaina Kaylor and Lillian Kaylor.
Along with her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Jay Butts.
Calling hours will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN.
A Funeral Service will follow the calling on Saturday, March 30, at 11:00 a.m. at McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN, with Fr. Stephen Colchin presiding.
A private burial will be at a later date.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Wounded Warriors in care of McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN 46750.


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Olentangy Local School District is committed to having a school environment free from all discrimination, bullying, harassment, and intimidation. All students, administrators, teachers, staff, and school personnel share responsibility for avoiding, discouraging, and reporting any form of unlawful discrimination. Under Federal civil rights laws discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, ancestry, or genetic information is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, retaliation against individuals who file a complaint is also prohibited.
Bullying, harassment, or intimidation includes any intentional, persistent, and repetitive written, verbal, graphic, electronically submitted, or physical act that a student or group of students exhibits toward another student and the behavior both: a). causes mental or physical harm to the other student AND b). is sufficiently severe that it creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for the victim.
When an incident arises that requires a report to be filed, please direct your complaint to the appropriate personnel below. You can also fill out an anonymous report on our Stay Safe Speak Up helpline.
For more information about options for filing a report, please review the following FAQ sheet.
1). All reports involving a district employee should be directed to:
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Glossary of Federal Civil Rights Laws
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The Olentangy Board of Education has adopted the following policies to address discrimination, bullying, harassment, and intimidation in the district:
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John Richard Strachan (March 17, 1895 – December 11, 1970) was an American tennis player active in the 1910s.

Biography
He was born in San Francisco, California on 17 March 1895.

Strachan reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1917 and the quarterfinals in 1913.

He died on 11 December 1970 in San Francisco, California.

External links

American male tennis players
1895 births
1970 deaths
Tennis people from California

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Gompa y ling son fortificaciones eclesiásticas de aprendizaje, formación y sadhana (lo que se puede interpretar como una mezcla de una fortificación, un monasterio o convento, y una universidad) (sánscrito: vihara), ubicados en Tíbet, Ladakh (India), Nepal, y Bután.

Su diseño y detalles de decoración interior varían según la región, sin embargo, todas siguen un diseño general mandala geométrico sagrado. El mismo se organiza alrededor de un recinto central de oración que contiene un Buda murti o thangka, bancos para que los monjes o monjas oren o mediten y una sección de habitaciones. El gompa o ling puede estar acompañado por varias estupas. El asentamiento y aspecto de las construcciones, edificios satélites y urbanismo estaban basados en antiguos principios de geodesia y metafísica del medio ambiente.

En la terminología dzogchén corresponde al tercer principio de Garab Dorlle a los que corresponde permanecer en el Tawa que es definida como la visión de la verdadera condición del individuo y de todos los fenómenos, es decir verdadera condición de los entes. a su vez se extiende al chopa definido como conducta desde el gompa.

Notas

Referencias
 Article on Likir & Alchi Gompa by Rangan Datta
 Article on Tashiding Gompa, Sikkim by Rangan Datta
 Travel Article on Gompas of West Sikkim by Rangan Datta
 Rangan Datta's personal web-site

Enlaces externos
 WanderingScapes: Relatos de un viajero sobre Ladakh y sus Gompas

Templos budistas


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A nice day for a battle at Naseby.
Date: 14th June, 1645
War: English Civil War
Location: Naseby, Northamptonshire
Belligerents: Royalists and Parliamentarians
Victors: Parliamentarians
Numbers: Royalists around 9,000, Parliamentarians around 14,000
Casualties: Royalists around 1000, Parliamentarians around 150
Commanders: King Charles I and Prince Rupert of the Rhine (Royalists), Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell (Parliamentarians)
This battle was staged by The Sealed Knot The Sealed Knot is the oldest re-enactment society in the UK, a registered educational charity, and the single biggest re-enactment society in Europe.
Their website is located at
www.thesealedknot.org.uk/
Prior to the battle there was a talk about the disposition of the two armies and the key men acting as Commanders on both sides, how the battle progressed with key moments pointed out and explanations as to the thinking behind how the opposing forces were deployed on that day.
We are blessed with so much rich history and that very often we take this for granted, but think for a moment what we might have (or not have) today had the defeat of the King and the foundation of a Parliament which speaks for and acts on behalf of the people not taken place.
OK I know in these days of widespread and often justified cynicism of the political class some might say that Parliament is increasingly divorced from the will of the ordinary men and women of the UK but that is an argument or discussion for another day.
So the reason I went along to see this re-enactment, well for many years the Sealed Knot have been staging a re-enactment of the Battle of Naseby in the Village of Naseby in Northamptonshire, and this year I finally made sure I got there to witness the event, an event I'm glad I finally got to see in the flesh.
If these people can give up their time and stage these spectacles for us to remind us of our shared history and keep it alive then me going along is no effort.
I love a day out in the countryside, and although its a bit parched at the moment due to the weather it's still beautiful,
Northamptonshire is a fairly flat county but on some of the more elevated parts there are some magnificent views, at this time of year the wheat fields glow as the sun starts to set in the early evening which is a magical sight, a reminder of our rural past.
After eight weeks of continuous unrelenting heat, you guessed it, it rained, which was a double edged sword (no pun intended), for the re-enacters it must have been great because dressed as a soldier and fighting your adversaries in extreme heat would have been hell, on the other hand I think the weather stopped more people from attending, which was a shame.
By the time the battle started the rain had stopped and the opposing forces started to assemble marching into position around the edge of the battlefield, some mounted but most on foot, then forming up opposite each other ready to do battle.
I managed to get some photo's which don't really do justice to the occasion as I'm not a photographer but I hope you like them anyway, first off and before the melee commenced I spoke to a gentleman called Tony who told me about muskets, and specifically boots, which apparently were only made in one way ie without a left and a right which makes sense as it must have been much easier for the manufacturers.
Tony by the way has been taking part in these re-enactments since the 1970's, fair play to him, it's good to see somebody who obviously gets a lot of enjoyment from keeping our past alive.
Somebody told me that Naseby Church has some original musket shot on display which I'm hoping to get over to and see at some point in the near future.
Musketeers obscured by smoke.
Mounted cavalry fighting it out
The mounted cavalry looked and sounded wonderful, and considering the amount of noise the cannons were making as they went off I was surprised how well the horses behaved.
The pikemen and women must have been sweating like horses with the sheer effort they put into pushing each other back, I wouldn't have liked to have been in the middle of the scrum.
The number of people involved in the re-enactment on the day was obviously limited, but on the day of the actual battle there were thousands on each side so you can only imagine the scale of the noise,
It is estimated that on the day 14,000 Parliamentarians and under 9,000 Royalists opposed each other, when the two forces found each other in the fog the Royalist centre advanced first to meet the Parliamentarian infantry, both sides then became involved in fierce hand to hand fighting.
During a cavalry charge on the western flank Prince Rupert's Royalist forces swept aside the Parliamentarian horsemen, chasing them from the battlefield and on to attack the baggage train.
Cannon loosing off at the enemy.
One of the reasons apart from many others that Charles 1st was executed after his defeat at Naseby was the discovery of certain documents which proved beyond doubt that he had been actively trying to enlist the help of foreign soldiers to his cause, notably from Ireland and Spain, and these mercenaries were Catholics which condemned him even more so in the eyes of many.
Musketeers and Pikemen
The Royalists with Rupert at the fore had started well, but things were about to change,
Cromwell launched an attack on the left wing of the Royalist cavalry. This was also successful and the Royalist's that survived the initial charge fled from the battlefield. While some of Cromwell's cavalry gave chase
The majority were ordered to attack the now unprotected flanks of the infantry. Charles was waiting with 1,200 men in reserve. Instead of ordering them forward to help his infantry he decided to retreat. Without support from the cavalry, the royalist infantry realised their task was impossible and surrendered.
Artillery was used in the English Civil War. Smaller guns were manoeuvrable enough to follow an advancing army while heavier guns were used in siege warfare against fortified static positions. However, the artillery used in battles was dispersed and not used in mass batteries and their impact was likely to have been minimal The noise they made was probably out of all proportion to their effectiveness.
In theory horse regiments consisted of 600 men. This was further divided into six troops of 100 men. However, the sheer cost of maintaining a horse regiment invariably meant that regiments were frequently no greater than 100 men. Those who did have a horse were armed with a heavy sword and possibly two pistols and were issued with a back and breastplates and a buff coat. Prince Rupert is credited with changing the way horse regiments fought in battle.
Pikemen
It was explained to us that during the heat of battle it would have been very difficult to know who was on your side or not. Colours could be obscured during close quarter fighting.
Even if two different coloured sashes were used, the bulk of a 'uniform' would have been very similar for someone who had to make a split-second decision involving their life.
The most common type of soldier was in the foot regiments. Each regiment contained musketeers and pikemen. In theory, each regiment contained 1,300 men and was divided into ten companies.
Each company was meant to have two muskets for every pike. However, during the civil war desertion was an issue and these would have been the ideal figures but many regiments failed to reach their expected numbers.
Muskets were a lot more expensive than pikes so many men made do with a pike as a regiment's finances would not stretch to the required number of muskets.
It's easy to take for granted those things we have a lot of, history being one of them, but once lost some things can never be regained, we should cherish our history and those men women who have made an idelible mark.
The lives we live today are largely shaped by events of the past whether we acknowledge it or not, the decisions we make today will shape the lives of those to come, perhaps those in power should think on that carefully.
So at this point I would like to thank all the people who took part on the day for a great spectacle, and if you ever see an event advertised like this near you go along, even if you are not a history buff I think you would still enjoy it.
I will be going along to Naseby Church to get a look at those musket balls so will post about that with some more stuff about the county of Northamptonshire in the near future.


The Dart continues their sweep through the Dart libraries, changing methods to getters. Recently, Iterator.hasNext() became Iterator.hasNext.
Starting with r14015 Iterator.hasNext is a getter and not a method anymore.


For a few years in the 1980's I lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; walked past the Quaker Oats plant on my way to work each day. Smelled better than burning rubber, but not that much better.
Not so much any more, but at a flat track event, the smell of castor oil - "smells like a race"
Orange blossoms and apple trees are my favorite smells on a motorcycle. I ride occasionally along the Venosta Valley from Meran to the north end of Stelvio Pass in Italy. The traffic is awful on that particular road, but the smell of apples is often marvelous.
The smell of burned castor oil and AVGAS are both wonderful too, for a motorhead.
Fresh cut RED OAK wood freshly split this morning. Come on 12-14" of snow, I'm ready for ya!!!
Right now it smells deliciously of cookies my daughter is making!
Honey suckle blooming in the spring.
Bimbo bakery when I rode or drive to work on the freeway.
That's where they come from?
Mule and human urine in the French Quarter.
Over the hill from the World HQ of Country Home Elevator is a cattle feed place. Smells like mole-asses.
There must be a joke here that I don't get. Assume it has to do with Bimbo?
BTW- You know that Bimbo has bought out most of the US bakeries? Apparently only Mexican companies are only willing to take a risk on something as mundane as food. I remember when some Wall Street guys nearly put Hostess under when you couldn't buy cupcakes or Twinkies for months.
Near me is a Wringleys plant. Always smells like bubble gum.


No Rates, No Transparency & No Accuracy?
Highways England have no rates against which they can check bills presented by their contractors … or do they?
Contract of any schedule of rates (labour or materials) for third party repairs.
covering all areas was required.
generally. This review is ongoing and a final report has not been produced.
apologies that this has taken a little longer than usual to be provided.
Further to your email dated 21 February 2019 regarding an internal review of our response to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, it has been passed to me to conduct an internal review of the way in which your request (ref 768,553) was handled.
I'm after the information following the last request.
I can find no report on line about the investigation.
I am after the report, all information and the cost of the investigation.
'Following a search of our records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by Highways England as the review into our service provider contract for Area 9, is not complete'.
I have taken the opportunity to discuss this with my colleagues and they have provided the following statement as explanation.
Following complaints from loss adjusters, Highways England commissioned an independent investigation into the pricing in Area 9 of below threshold (ie, below £10,000) claims for damage to the strategic road network (sometimes referred to as Damage to Crown Property (DCP) or Green Claims). The investigation revealed a lack of transparency in the pricing of Green Claims in Area 9, citing the lack in the Asset Support Contract of any schedule of rates (labour or materials) for third party repairs.
None of the ASCs contain schedules of rates, and Highways England considers that the lack of transparency applies equally to above threshold claims (ie, those above £10,000) claims as well as claims below threshold.
Following the investigation, Highways England wrote to service providers under the ASCs reminding them of their obligation to charge the reasonable cost of the repair and not to duplicate or inflate costs.
Whilst the investigation into Area 9 in isolation was concluded it was widened into a root and branch review to improve the end-to-end process for the recovery of Green Claims generally. This review is ongoing and a final report has not been produced.
To address the transparency issue as soon as possible, Highways England decided that a schedule of repair costs for typical repairs to the infrastructure should be created and published. This schedule of repair costs will apply nationally to most Green Claims (bearing in mind that the new Asset Delivery Contracts remove any distinction between above and below threshold claims).
The schedule of repair costs will reflect Highways England's view, informed by service providers and insurers, of what constitutes a "reasonable" cost for a typical repair. This increased transparency should enable claims to be processed more quickly, with less room for argument and fewer court proceedings. The new schedules of repair costs will be put on the Highways England website in April 2019 and will be piloted in Areas 3, 7 and 9, with a view to rolling them out nationally after three months.
Having reviewed the response provided by my colleagues I can see that there was a misunderstanding as to what was caught under the term investigation regarding this, please accept my apologies for this. I trust that the addition of the statement above provides clarity to the situation.


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Q: How to colour tables in R - Conditional Fomatting I want to assign colors to tables in R.

Is it possible to create a table like this in R - where the predicted class is colored green when it is green and red when it is red.
The above table displayed is done in excel.

A: library(formattable)
df <- data.frame(
  Machine=c("1","2","3","4","5","6"),
  Predicted_Class=c("green","red","red","green","green","green")
)

formattable(df,
            list(area(4:6,2) ~ color_tile("green", "green"),
                 area(1,2) ~ color_tile("green", "green"),
                 area(2:3,2) ~ color_tile("red", "red")))

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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«Умка ищет друга» — советский рисованный мультфильм 1970 года, созданный режиссёрами Владимиром Пекарем и Владимиром Поповым, второй из популярной трилогии о медвежонке Умке.

Сюжет
Продолжение мультфильма «Умка» повествует о приключениях белого медвежонка, который ищет своего друга-мальчика на станции полярников во время Нового года, не зная, что тот улетел на ёлку. Умка проникает в помещение радиостанции, затем на кухню, где съедает праздничный торт. Встретившись с поваром, медвежонок пугается и убегает, а повар, тоже напугавшись, пытается догнать медвежонка, чтобы проучить его. Медведица ищет сына, но находит его уже сидящим в улетающем вертолёте.

Создатели
 Автор сценария: Юрий Яковлев
 Режиссёры и художники-постановщики: Владимир Попов, Владимир Пекарь
 Художники-мультипликаторы: Марина Рогова, Лидия Модель, Сергей Маракасов, Геннадий Сокольский
 Оператор: Борис Котов
 Композитор: Евгений Крылатов
 Звукооператор: Борис Фильчиков
 Ассистенты: Лидия Никитина, Валентина Турубинер, Николай Ерыкалов, Майя Попова
 Редактор: Пётр Фролов
 Директор фильма: Фёдор Иванов
 Роли озвучивали:
 Вера Васильева — медведица
 Маргарита Корабельникова — Умка

Музыка и песни
Композитор Евгений Крылатов написал музыку к этому мультфильму. «Песенку Умки» исполнила Маргарита Корабельникова. Эта песенка выпускалась в сборниках «Песенки из мультфильмов» фирмой «Мелодия» на детских пластинках, магнитофонных бобинах и компактных аудиокассетах «Свема». С 1992 года песня перевыпущена предприятием «Апрелевка Саунд», а вместе с ним и в других сборниках фирмами «Мороз Рекордз», «Твик Лирек» и других на кассетах и компакт-дисках, а с 1999 года — на дисках MP3, позже WMA.

Издания
 В 1990-е годы фирма «Twic Lyrec» выпустила на аудиокассету аудиосказку по одноимённому мультфильму с текстом Александра Пожарова вместе с аудиосказкой «Умка» и песнями Юрия Энтина.
 В 1990-е годы мультфильм выпущен на видеокассетах в сборниках мультфильмов Studio PRO Video, в середине 1990-х — студией «Союз».
 В 2000-е годы мультфильм выпущен на DVD-дисках.

Продолжение
В ознаменование 50-летия со времени выхода на экраны первой серии мультфильма об Умке 14 декабря 2019 года на киностудии «Союзмультфильм» состоялась премьера его третьей части под названием «Умка на ёлке». 22 декабря 2019 года фильм был выложен официальным каналом «Союзмультфильма» на «YouTube».

Примечания

Ссылки

 «Умка ищет друга» на nashfilm.ru
 Песенка Умки

Рисованные мультфильмы СССР 1970 года
Короткометражные мультфильмы СССР
Новогодние мультфильмы СССР
Мультфильмы студии «Союзмультфильм»
Мультфильмы Владимира Пекаря
Фильмы по сценариям Юрия Яковлева
Мультфильмы о говорящих медведях


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SPINNING WOLF (PART 4)! A "speculation" was turned into fact when the press corps began to spin earth tones:
A WEEK OF HOWLER HISTORY: Enjoy each episode in our week-long report:
SPINNING WOLF (PART 1): The press discovered Wolf in plain sight—then conducted a smut-laden trashing. See THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/3/03.
SPINNING WOLF (PART 2): Weeks before the Wolf flap began, boots-and-suits made a strange earth tones prequel. See THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/4/03.
SPINNING WOLF (PART 3): Duffy's report made a fleeting remark—and the pundits were soon spinning alpha. See THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/6/03.
Howler history: Spinning Wolf
UP FROM SPECULATION: Naomi Wolf told the New York Times that she had only mentioned "alphas" once—and that her remark had simply expressed a "truism" (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/5/03). And Gore media honcho Carter Eskew said much the same thing. Eskew "said he had not heard about the Alpha male before this week," Melinda Henneberger wrote in the Times. And guess what? No one ever contradicted Wolf or Eskew, on or off the public record. But no matter. Your pundits enjoyed their halfwit jibes about Gore's attempt to become "top dog," and that booing, jeering, laughing press corps continued its bizarre campaign coverage.
Wolf rolled her eyes at the "alpha male" flap. But as we've seen, Gore's "mad genius" was even more dismissive about the earth tones foofaw. According to Henneberger, Wolf flatly denied that she'd ever offered any advice about wardrobe:
HENNEBERGER: Contradicting reports from within the Gore camp, [Wolf] also said she had not been telling [Gore] how to dress, either: not a single fashion tip, or even so much as a "Nice tie, Mr. Vice President."
She offered a similar denial on This Week. Gore also denied the point, saying his wife picked out his clothing. According to Wolf, the pleasing tale about those "earth tones" had—alas!—simply been false.
But Wolf's denial had no effect on the spreading story. The tale that Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones was being flogged throughout the press. Pundits simply loved the tale, which let them recite a favorite point—Al Gore doesn't know who he is. One pundit after another recited the highly pleasing point. As we'll see, Wolf's denial was almost never mentioned as one "reporter" after another recited the earth tones as fact.
Indeed, the "earth tones" tale is a brilliant example of the way the modern press creates spin. In fact, there was never any real evidence that Wolf advised Gore to wear earth tones. The story started with a single "speculation"—a "speculation" which never seems to have been confirmed. But so what? Instantly, the "speculation" was accepted as fact, and pundits raced to recite the story, adding pseudo-psychiatric claims about what the unproven "fact" meant. When Wolf denied the pleasing "fact," her denial was almost never noted. And one more comic element obtained; pundits who wanted to ground the story began to source the tale to Time. In fact, Michael Duffy's report in Time didn't say a word about earth tones—but by Day 2, major reporters were already sourcing the "earth tones" tale to his piece, given it surface respectability. These reporters were doing what your "press corps" does best. They were lying, to serve preferred tales.
Let's go back and review the way this iconic claim unfolded.
As noted, Michael Duffy's story in Time didn't mention "earth tones" (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/4/03). According to Duffy, one unnamed Gore adviser had "downplayed" Wolf as a "wardrobe consultant." But Duffy stressed the fact that most Gore advisers didn't know what Wolf was doing for the campaign. (Wolf lived in New York, where she worked with Gore's daughter; the Gore camp was based in DC and then Nashville.) Simply put, there was no way to tell from Duffy's piece if Wolf had ever consulted on wardrobe. But Duffy didn't say a word about "earth tones." There's no sign that anyone ever told Duffy that Wolf told Gore to wear tones.
But earth tones popped up one day later, offered as a "speculation" in a piece by—who else?—Ceci Connolly. One day after Duffy's piece appeared, the Gore-bashing spinner wrote a page-one piece about Wolf in the Washington Post. She spoke with former Clinton aide Dick Morris, who had worked with Wolf in the'96 campaign (later praising Wolf for her mainstream advice). Here's the sentence in which "earth tones" got its start:
CONNOLLY (11/1/99): Morris speculated that Wolf, who has long contended that earth tones are more "reassuring" to audiences, is the person behind Gore's recent wardrobe change.
That's the sentence in which Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones was born.? It was born in a "speculation" by Morris, offered to the egregious Ceci Connolly.
Before we look at Connolly's attempt to "confirm" this speculation, one comical point should be noted. Was it true? Had Gore made a "recent change" in which he began wearing earth tones? As a matter of fact, he had not. It is perfectly clear from the campaign reporting that Gore had worn earth tones on the trail ever since he began to stump. (Duh. Many people wear "earth tones.") Indeed, in April 1999, the Daily News Record, a fashion publication, reviewed the wardrobes of all the new hopefuls. Susan Watters quoted fashion mavens on the candidates' duds. At one point, Watters quoted Fred Davis, "the head of [Dan] Quayle's image team:"
WATTERS (4/16/99): "[Clinton] got elected sloppy. But those days are over. That's one of the great advantages George W. Bush has. He's a sharp dresser. He looks presidential. Al Gore should take a hint from Bill Clinton, who used custom tailoring and great fit to help build a presidential image. Gore needs to move from earth tones to black and dark grays."
Oops! All the way back in April 1999, Davis said that Gore had to dump all those earth tones. But seven months after the Watters report, Morris was discussing Gore's "recent change" to the troubling tones, and "speculating" that Wolf was behind it. It is true that Gore had recently begun to wear a brown/olive suit to some public events—a suit that was starting to drive the press corps crazy. But had Gore made a "sudden change" to earth tones? At best the claim was a wild exaggeration, and at worst the claim was simply false. But so what? Connolly and friends had spent the entire month of October making up tales about Gore's boots-and-suits. There was little chance that your "press corps" would let a few facts wreck a treasured tale now.
In short, it didn't seem that Candidate Gore had made a "recent change" to earth tones. But no matter. Morris offered the "speculation" that Wolf might be behind this troubling change, and Connolly prowled the garbage cans of her mind, hoping to prove it had happened. Please be careful—be very, very careful—when you read her attempt at "confirmation:"
CONNOLLY: Morris speculated that Wolf, who has long contended that earth tones are more "reassuring" to audiences, is the person behind Gore's recent wardrobe change. Others confirmed that she has supported the vice president's shift to brown, olive green and tan shades.
Say what? Those familiar with "weasel words" will note that Connolly was up to old tricks, pretending that someone had "confirmed" the Morris speculation without quite saying so. Had someone actually confirmed the notion that Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones? As you'll note, that isn't what Connolly said. According to Connolly, people had confirmed that Wolf "supported Gore's shift to brown and tan tones," whatever that was supposed to mean. To state the obvious, supporting a shift is a different thing from actually telling someone to do it, and spinners like Connolly do make their living playing such "Clintonesque" games. Of one thing you can be perfectly certain: If someone had confirmed the pleasing claim that Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones, Connolly—a professional writer—would have typed it up nice and plain. Her weasel words make the truth fairly clear: No one did confirm the "speculation" on which this pointless tale would turn. For the record, we know of no reporter who ever provided other evidence that the earth tones "speculation" was accurate. It is fairly clear that this one shaky passage in Connolly's story was the sole basis for the pleasing report.
But so what? Connolly's piece, however shaky, was good enough for the press corps. It was Connolly's piece that established the tale—Naomi Wolf told Al Gore to wear earth tones. That afternoon, Jonathan Karl recited the story as fact on CNN's Inside Politics—apparently relying on Connolly's story (no one else had done any reporting). Here is the first report in which Wolf-and-earth-tones is stated as fact:
KARL: Soon, Naomi Wolf's advice, including encouraging him to ditch his blue suits in favor of earth tones, was costing the Gore campaign $15,000 a month, making her one of his highest-paid consultants. Most recently, Wolf helped prep Gore for his joint appearance in New Hampshire with Bill Bradley.
Karl stated it as a fact—Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones. From that point on, the tale was a fact. And the "fact" was based on the Connolly story—a story in which Dick Morris offered a "speculation," and no one seems to have confirmed it as fact.
For those who want to understand the way the press corps peddled this tale, two other features should be noted. One is the way pundits pretended that the "earth tones" tale was reported by Time. The other is the way Wolf's flat denial was sent down the memory hole.
To all appearances, no one wanted to say that the tones had come from a "speculation" by Morris (who was now building a career as a provocative pundit). Result? Major scribes began to pretend that the story had come from Time. Howell Raines began the foofaw with this editorial in the 11/2 New York Times:
NEW YORK TIMES: Life would be simple for presidential candidates if they did not have advisers. Vice President Gore is the latest to discover this, thanks to the amusing report in Time magazine that he is being urged to quit behaving like a "beta male," to wear earth-toned suits and to look for opportunities to bash President Clinton, whose alpha maleness Mr. Gore has to conquer.
Time had said nothing about earth tones. The next day, Maureen Dowd also misstated the point, writing that "Time magazine revealed that Al Gore hired Ms. Wolf…to help him with everything from his shift to earth tones to his efforts to break with Bill Clinton." Clarence Page asserted the bogus fact too, in his syndicated Chicago Tribune column. "It was Wolf, Time reported, who persuaded the president to wear more 'earth tones,'" Page erroneously said. Indeed, Morris went down the memory hole as journalists ran with the "earth tones" report. According to a NEXIS search, no one ever cited Morris as the source of the pleasing claim, while a wide range of writers falsely attributed the story to Time. Meanwhile, many scribes found an all-purpose way to avoid citing Morris' "speculation." They said that Wolf "reportedly" told Gore to wear earth tones, using an all-purpose word that lets a writer repeat any tale that has ever been said.
Did Naomi Wolf tell Gore to wear earth tones? No one ever seems to have offered an actual source for the pleasing claim. But so what? Because the tale was so deeply enjoyable, scribes let nothing keep them from telling it. Even when Wolf made a flat denial, scribes continued repeating the story, almost never mentioning what Wolf had said. On November 7, for example, Clarence Page failed to mention Wolf's denial when he wrote his Sunday column—though he did find space to falsely state that Time had reported the earth tones. Over the weekend of November 7, the "earth tones" and the "alpha male" were discussed on many pundit shows; the standard joking was widely enjoyed, but almost no one ever mentioned Wolf's flat denials. The story was pleasing, and your pundits enjoyed it. But there is no real evidence that it was true. For the record, no Gore staffer, on or off the record, ever challenged Wolf's denial.
Had Wolf told Gore to behave like an alpha? Had Wolf told Gore that he ought to wear earth tones? The questions involved were absurdly stupid and trivial, and there was no real evidence to show they were true. But so what? How clown-like was your "press corps" willing to be? The story that Naomi Wolf told Gore to wear earth tones became the fourth separate story the press had now told. Why had Gore "ditched the blue suits" for casual clothes? Story One: In April and May, a string of pundits explained that Gore had ditched the blue suits to be more approachable (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/5/03). Story Two: In June, pundits came up with a mocking explanation; Al Gore had ditched the blue suits because Bill Clinton told him to do it. Story Three: In October, a blatantly false explanation appeared; Al Gore had ditched the blue suits because Bill Bradley had surged in the polls. And now we had the most pleasing explanation. Story Four: Al Gore had ditched the blue suits because Naomi Wolf made him do it. That meant that Al Gore didn't know who he is, and had hired a woman to teach him how to be a man. As we'll see, those dimwitted spin-points flew all through the "press," often expressed in the smutty ways your thigh-rubbing pundits most love.
Did the Washington "press corps" know who they were? Whoever they were, they didn't seem to be journalists. Watching as pundits type more smutty tales, our next HOWLER will finish the story.
TOMORROW (OR MONDAY): Wolf was "Al Gore's viagra," the pundit said. But so what? He was just playing hardball.
THE GIRL OF AUTUMN: Connolly really had quite a season in the fall of 1999. On October 7, she pretended that Al Gore had just ditched the blue suits due to the surge by Bill Bradley. The story, of course, was blatantly false, but it quickly spread all through the press, as pundits stamped Gore as a phony (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/5/03). On November 1, she scored again, creating an iconic spin—Naomi Wolf told Al Gore to wear earth tones. On November 30 and December 1, Connolly completed the hat trick. With the month-long Wolf flap nearing its end, she "misquoted" Gore about Love Canal, setting off the press corps' next major flap. In the Love Canal matter, it was instantly clear that Connolly had misquoted Gore, but the Post refused to correct its mistake for a week while the bogus tale made its way round the world. When the Post at long last filed a "correction," it included a new groaning error.
Of course, Connolly's attempts to destroy Gore's campaign didn't start in the fall of the year. On 4/4/99, she wrote an astoundingly disingenuous cover story for the Sunday Post magazine, pretending that Gore was raising "dangerous," "staggering" and "unprecedented" sums for his White House effort. But why was Gore hoping to raise an "unprecedented sum?" Duh. Because every four years, the FEC adjusts its permitted spending limit to keep pace with inflation! (If you read Connolly's 8000-word piece very carefully, you might have been able to glean that.) Meanwhile, it was already clear that Candidate Bush would likely eschew federal matching funds; he would thereby free himself to raise much more money than Gore. (There are no fund-raising limits unless you accept matching funds.) Connolly herself had reported this fact two months earlier, but now it was hidden deep in her piece—as she flogged the "dangerous" sums which Gore was said to be raising! Gore appeared on the cover in a Superman suit—with a giant dollar sign stamped his chest. This nonsense went on at a major paper which knew that Bush would almost surely raise more money than Gore. In fact, Bush wound up raising more than twice as much, with barely a peep from the Post.
The April piece was simply astounding. But Connolly topped even herself with a pair of July front-page stories. It was now abundantly clear that Bush was raising more money than Gore. So Connolly—dropping her fears about "dangerous sums"—began pretending that Crazy Gore was spending absurd sums of money. What were the actual facts on the ground? At the time, the Gore campaign had spent $8 million; the Bush campaign had spent $7 million. This marginal difference was largely explained by the fact that Gore had begun his campaign travel in March, while Bush waited until the Texas legislature ended its session in June. But Connolly and co-writer Susan Glasser gimmicked a pair of punishing reports. In them, they offered absurd anecdotal examples—examples designed to make it look like Gore was crazily blowing his money. These same examples were used to praise Bush for his "famously frugal" ways. By the way—given the actual dollar figures, how did Connolly sustain this new fiction? Simple! Connolly and Glasser never reported the pair of numbers we gave you above. That's right—in a pair of back-to-back, page-one reports about how Crazy Gore was blowing his money, Post readers were never told that Gore had spent eight million bucks while Bush had already spent seven. Eventually, of course, Bush went deep in the hole with his spending, creating an embarrassing problem for his campaign in January. (But not too embarrassing—the press corps barely mentioned the matter.) But back in July, when the spinnin' was easy, Connolly once again had found a sweet story, telling Post readers how "frugal" Bush was—and thereby deceiving those misused Post readers, as she would deceive them throughout the campaign.
In Connolly's "profession," by the way, gross misconduct now gets you promoted. After the election, Connolly was rewarded for her brilliant work, rising to become—what else?—a "Fox All-Star." She now appears on Special Report, helping keep things fair-and-balanced.
By the way, what did Connolly do in the year 2000? We don't have time to list all the clowning, but for a taste of how awful her work could be, see THE DAILY HOWLER, 8/5/02. Readers, abandon your foolish dreams! This is the way your "press corps" worked as it made a joke out of your White House election.
The Daily update
GOOD GERMANS: When the Boston Globe printed its latest about Senator War Crimes (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/6/03), Good Germans in the Washington press corps knew just what they should do. On last night's Special Report, Brit Hume got busy dissembling:
HUME: Senator John Kerry, who was shown by the Boston Globe recently to be of Jewish ancestry, has insisted he's always been, quote, "clear as a bell" in never claiming Irish ancestry despite his Irish-sounding last name. But the Globe has now uncovered a statement Kerry made on the Senate floor back in 1986 just after St. Patrick's Day which began, quote, "for those of us who are fortunate enough to share an Irish ancestry, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-American, have made, from the time of the Revolutionary War to the present."
An aide explained that the Senator did not really make that statement—that it was written for him by staff, and entered into the Congressional Record without the senator ever reading it.
Amazing, ain't it? In the first paragraph, Hume tells you that Kerry "made a statement on the Senate floor." In the second paragraph, he notes that Kerry apparently didn't make the statement. But so it goes as the spinners at Fox laugh in the face of their dittohead viewers. Predictably, Tucker Carlson engaged in the same sort of clowning on last evening's Crossfire.
But then, the Globe had behaved the very same way in yesterday's front-page report (as Media Whores pointed out). Frank Phillips and Brian Mooney put their names on the Globe's latest puzzler:
PHILLIPS AND MOONEY: US Senator John F. Kerry's insistence that he has been "clear as a bell" in never having claimed Irish ancestry is undercut by a statement introduced the day after St. Patrick's Day 17 years ago in which he identified himself as Irish-American.
"For those of us who are fortunate to share an Irish ancestory, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-Americans, from the time of the Revolutionary War to the present, have made to building a strong and vibrant nation," Kerry told Senate colleagues in a March 18, 1986 statement.
Kerry's remarks, recorded in the Congressional Record, were part of his introduction of a St. Patrick's Day message by then-Boston mayor Raymond L. Flynn that the senator wanted printed in the publication.
Kelley Benander, a Kerry aide, said the senator did not make the statement in person, but rather his staff prepared a written statement that was submitted to the clerk for recording. She said Kerry never saw the statement.
"John Kerry did not deliver these remarks nor did he see this line," Benander said. "Anyone familiar with Capitol Hill knows that it is common routine for statements to be inserted in the Congressional Record rather than being delivered on the Senate floor. These particular remarks were drafted by a staffer who made an understandable and common but erroneous assumption."
In the first three paragraphs, the Globe writers assert that Kerry "identified himself as Irish-American," "told his Senate colleagues" that he "shared Irish ancestry," and "wanted [a statement to that effect] printed in the [Congressional Record]." But the Globe then quotes a Kerry aide saying that Kerry never saw the statement—and offers no evidence rebutting this claim. How then could the great paper say that Kerry "identified himself as Irish American?" Easy! It was a story the great paper liked, so the Globe went ahead and got typing.
Any sane person can grasp the shape of this latest bizarro work from the Globe. The fact that the paper has to go back seventeen years for this non-event proves that the Globe's basic thesis is false. Duh! If Kerry goes around saying he's Irish, the Globe wouldn't haven't to beat the bushes digging up such a foolish "example." But the Globe is a deeply troubled paper, as has been clear for a good long time. The paper covered Candidate Gore in this very same way, as we'll discuss here next week.
The Globe has behaved in this way for some time. When will major voices tell the Globe that it really must stop?


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Q: Large scale raycasting and counting hits Firstly, I'm new to WebGL, OpenGL programming in general.  I think that these tools will allow me to solve a problem, but I don't really know where to start.
My problem:
Given a single origin, a target (triangle or mesh) and a list of many (thousands) of direction vectors, is there a way to use my GPU to count the number of rays that hit the target?  Ideally I would like to use the power of my GPU to solve this problem, as it seems better suited to it than my CPU.
I am fairly sure I could write some code to do this using my cpu, but it would take quiet a long time to go through my vectors in a for loop.
Thanks

A: You could try this, this is not a begginers thing though:

*

*Store your triangle/mesh in VBO, this is the easy part.

*Store your direction vectors in a texture, easy too.

*Use Instanced Rendering. This way each shader instance has a different identifier.

*Use that identifier to sample from the texture. You have a different direction vector for each shader instance.

*Now the tricky part: The shader increments a value (the already calculated number of hits) in some buffer. Use an image. Read at
wiki Image Load Store about
them, specially the "Atomic operations" part.

*Finally, use other shader to read the value from that image.

A: A way I see to achieve what you are attemping to do, is to think your problem in another way, in a kind of "reversed" raycast from screen.
You say you have only one origin, a target, and many directions. So it is roughly like a raytracing rendering, so you can think the problem in a point of view of what WebGL is made for: drawing 3D objects on screen, using a projection matrix.

*

*Create a projection matrix corresponding to your origin as point of view, looking at your target, with the appropriate FOV

*Render the object in flat color (white on black background for example) in a texture, usuing this projection matrix.

*Use the same projection matrix to "project" your ray into the 2D texture coordinates.

*Check at texture pixel in the resulting 2D coordinate of the ray direction : if pixel is white, this ray hit the object.
You even can use another shader to achieve the last two parts, by passing your ray directions in a vertex buffer, with the previously created texture in the fragment shader. the probleme will be to get the incremented value from shader.


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package com.zegoggles.smssync.contacts;

import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.database.MatrixCursor;
import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.robolectric.Robolectric;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;

import java.util.Map;

import static com.zegoggles.smssync.contacts.ContactAccessor.EVERYBODY_ID;
import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
import static org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations.initMocks;

@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
public class ContactAccessorPost20Test {

    ContactAccessorPost20 accessor;
    @Mock ContentResolver resolver;

    @Before public void before() {
        initMocks(this);
        accessor = new ContactAccessorPost20();
    }

    @Test public void shouldAccessContactsWithEverybody() throws Exception {
        Map<Integer,Group> groups = accessor.getGroups(resolver, Robolectric.application.getResources());
        assertThat(groups).hasSize(1);

        Group everybody = groups.get(EVERYBODY_ID);
        assertThat(everybody.title).isEqualTo("Everybody");
        assertThat(everybody._id).isEqualTo(EVERYBODY_ID);
        assertThat(everybody.count).isEqualTo(0);

        verify(resolver).query(eq(ContactsContract.Groups.CONTENT_SUMMARY_URI),
                any(String[].class),
                any(String.class),
                any(String[].class),
                eq(ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE + " ASC"));
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldGetGroupsFromResolver() throws Exception {

        MatrixCursor cursor = new MatrixCursor(
            new String[]{ContactsContract.Groups._ID, ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE, ContactsContract.Groups.SUMMARY_COUNT}
        );

        cursor.addRow(new Object[] { 23, "Testing", 42 });

        when(resolver.query(eq(ContactsContract.Groups.CONTENT_SUMMARY_URI),
                any(String[].class),
                any(String.class),
                any(String[].class),
                eq(ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE + " ASC"))).thenReturn(
                cursor
        );
        Map<Integer,Group> groups = accessor.getGroups(resolver, Robolectric.application.getResources());

        assertThat(groups).hasSize(2);

        Group everybody = groups.get(23);
        assertThat(everybody.title).isEqualTo("Testing");
        assertThat(everybody._id).isEqualTo(23);
        assertThat(everybody.count).isEqualTo(42);
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldGetGroupContactIdsEmpty() throws Exception {
        ContactGroupIds ids = accessor.getGroupContactIds(resolver, new ContactGroup(1));
        assertThat(ids.isEmpty()).isTrue();

        verify(resolver).query(
                eq(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI),
                eq(new String[]{ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTACT_ID, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.RAW_CONTACT_ID,
                        ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID}),
                eq(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID + " = ? AND " + ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.MIMETYPE + " = ?"),
                eq(new String[]{String.valueOf(1), ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE}),
                any(String.class)
        );
    }

    @Test public void shouldGetGroupContactIdsFromResolver() throws Exception {
        MatrixCursor cursor = new MatrixCursor(
            new String[] {
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTACT_ID,
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.RAW_CONTACT_ID,
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID
            });
        cursor.addRow(new Object[] { 123L, 256L, 789L });

        when(resolver.query(
                eq(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI),
                any(String[].class),
                any(String.class),
                any(String[].class),
                any(String.class))
        ).thenReturn(cursor);

        ContactGroupIds ids = accessor.getGroupContactIds(resolver, new ContactGroup(1));

        assertThat(ids.getIds().contains(123L));
        assertThat(ids.getRawIds().contains(256L));
    }
}


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Q: How to update a Tix.ComboBox's text? I have a Tix.ComboBox with an editable text field. How do I force the variable holding the value for the text to update?
Let me give a more concrete explanation. I have a combo box and a button. When I click the button, it pops up a message box with the value of the combo box. Let's say the combo box text field currently has the value "thing1". If I type "new" into the box and then click on the button with my mouse, it will pops up the message "thing1". If I type "new" in the box and then tab focus away from the combo box and then click the button the pop up message says "new".
Ho do I force the combo box to update it's value to new without requiring that I tab away from the combo box?
I have included sample code.
import Tix
import tkMessageBox

class App(object):
    def __init__(self, window):
        window.winfo_toplevel().wm_title("test")
        self.window = window

        self.combo = Tix.ComboBox(window)
        self.combo.insert(Tix.END, 'thing1')
        self.combo.insert(Tix.END, 'thing2')
        self.combo.entry['state'] = "normal"
        self.combo['editable'] = True
        self.combo.pack()

        button = Tix.Button(window)
        button['text'] = "Go"
        button['command'] = self.go
        button.pack()

    def go(self):
        tkMessageBox.showinfo('info', self.combo['value'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tix.Tk()
    App(root)
    root.mainloop()

A: woo!
solved it on my own.
Use
self.combo['selection']

instead of
self.combo['value']

A: NOTE: copy of Moe's answer that can be selected as chosen answer
woo!
solved it on my own.
Use
self.combo['selection']

instead of
self.combo['value']


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Mkirtich Achemian () (1838–1917) was an ethnic Armenian poet.

Biography
Achemian was born in 1838 in Ortaköy, a suburb of Constantinople and received his early education in a local Armenian school. Beginning in 1852, he continued his education in Murat-Raphaelian school in Venice where he developed his literary talent under Ghevond Alishan. He returned to Constantinople in 1858 and started working for the State Telegraph Administration, he kept this job for most of his life.

Achemian's poems were published in various newspapers and periodicals, and were eventually collected into three books. Smiles and Tears (Ժպիտք եւ արտասուք, 1871), Light and Shadows (Լոյս եւ ստուերք, 1878) and Spring Winds (Գարնան հովեր, 1892). In 1908 he published all three books as one volume, with additional poems that he had written since 1892. He also published a collection of translated poems, Diverse Translations (Զանազան թարգմանութիւնք).

Achemian's poems are written in refined Modern Armenian, they are delicate and reach in rhymes that impart a certain musicality. He was a poet of the romantic school, but kept traces of classicism. He was a renowned poet in his time, but he was unwilling or unable to change his style of poetry which lost its flavor in the 1880s.

References

Ethnic Armenian poets
1917 deaths
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
Writers from Istanbul
1838 births
Ethnic Armenian translators
19th-century translators