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Amsterdam, 1932: bank employee appointed cathedral organist by Herman de Kler
by Herman de Kler | Het ORGEL | Year 100 | (2004) | Issue 3
Herman de Kler Amsterdam, 1932: bank employee appointed cathedral organist
Het ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 3, 16-29 [summary]
In 1932, Henk Loohuijs, bank employee at Amsterdam, was appointed organist of the Nieuwe Kerk of the Dutch capital. Loohuijs, who possessed the A-certificate of the Dutch Association of Organists, was one of the fourteen organists who applied after the death of A.W. Rijp, the former organist of the Nieuwe Kerk. Only three of their names are known today: apart from amateur Loohuijs, the professional organists Adriaan Engels and Klaas Bakker had applied as well. The jury consisted of Frits Rootlieb(Loohuijs's teacher), Frans Hasselaar and Wouter Westerhoud. They advised the appointment of Adriaan Engels, but the 'Committee of Supervision over the church servants' recommended Loohuijs. Loohuijs had an advantage: he had been assistant to Rijp over quite a long period. It is also possible that the committee hoped to get a less expensive organist, as the other two would have had to live from their earnings. The jury's advice was neglected; Loohuijs got the appointment.
The scarce archives show that Loohuijs preferred large organ works and that he gave recitals in the Oude Kerk, in the same series of concerts in which Feike Asma and Piet van Egmond appeared. The general opinion seems to have been that Loohuijs did not really belong to their realm. Loohuijs appears to have written a short history of the organs in the Nieuwe Kerk as well.
Shortly before Loohuijs had planned to retire, the Nieuwe Kerk was closed for restoration (1976). Afterward, he was only given the opportunity to take leave of 'his' organ in private.


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This article or subsection has an associated category.
For information on mentions of Star Trek in fiction, see: Star Trek within Star Trek.
Star Trek refers both to the Star Trek universe media franchise and to the originating program, Star Trek: The Original Series (a.k.a. TOS). In addition to the canonical television shows of over 700 episodes and 12 films, the fictional universe is comprised of approximately 500 novels, 450 short stories, 800 comics, and 200 video games, plus various reference materials, roleplaying game books, and Star Trek Online virtual episodes, for a total of over 2,700 stories, along with many hundreds of collectibles.
1 Star Trek series
2 History of the franchise
2.1 The Original Series
2.2 The Next Generation
2.3 A New Era
2.4 Fatigue and reawakening
Star Trek series[edit | edit source]
Lower Decks
History of the franchise[edit | edit source]
The first Star Trek episode; The Cage, was filmed in 1964 (but not actually aired until 1988). However no episodes of Star Trek were aired until the 8th September 1966 when, after the filming of a second pilot; Where No Man Has Gone Before, the NBC network began to air episodes starting with The Man Trap.
The Original Series[edit | edit source]
Star Trek: The Original Series title.
Star Trek (now titled Star Trek: The Original Series to differentiate it from the franchise at large) ran for three seasons (1966-1969), almost only two but thankfully a letter writing campaign persuaded NBC to commission a third.
Despite its short life as a television series Star Trek had developed strong fan base. In 1967 Bantam Books began to publish novelizations of the episodes and later in 1970 published its first original novel, Spock Must Die!. However, it was not the only publisher granted the Star Trek license, Western Publishing was actually the first company to publish an original Star Trek work when in 1968 it published Mission to Horatius. Western was also the first company to publish Star Trek comic under its Gold Key Comics division. The comics line started in July 1967 with The Planet of No Return, and continued until March of 1979.
Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD title.
In 1973, NBC began to air new Star Trek stories in Star Trek: The Animated Series (also originally entitled Star Trek). The series ran for two seasons with 22 episodes which were written by many of the writers of the live action series and featured the voices of much of the original cast reprising all the original characters except for Pavel Chekov as well as the return of a number of guest characters. Following TAS Ballantine Books, like Bantam before, published a series of novelizations written by Alan Dean Foster.
In 1979 the first Star Trek film was released Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The year also saw the comics license being taken over by Marvel Comics starting with a comic adaptation of the film. Similarly the novel license was taken over by Pocket Books (part of the franchise owners at the time Paramount Pictures) who also started with an adaptation of The Motion Picture and continue to publish Star Trek works to this day.
Five more Original Series movies were created between 1982 and 1991 and in 1984 DC Comics took over the comics licence.
Star Trek: The Next Generation title.
The Next Generation[edit | edit source]
In 1987, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the Original Series moved the franchise forward a century and began Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). The novel and comic publishers quickly began to produce new works based on the new series, whilst continuing production of Original Series works.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine title.
In 1993, a second spin-off series began; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999). Unlike the previous series, DS9 was set on a space station and developed into a far more interconnected series due to this not having so much opportunity to boldly go and find an alien of the week. Whilst DC Comics continued to published TOS and TNG comics a new publisher Malibu Comics was granted the license to produce DS9 works.
Star Trek: Voyager title.
In 1995, following the final season of TNG, another spin-off was launched; Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001), set on a starship once again but this time on the other side of the galaxy boldly returning home. Also in 1995 Marvel comics purchased Malibu comics and took over the Star Trek comics license from DC. In 1996 Marvel launched the first non-TV series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and a year later in 1997 followed with another series based on the adventures of the crew from the original pilot episode in Star Trek: Early Voyages. Also that year Pocket Books began the first original novel series Star Trek: New Frontier written by Peter David. In 1998 Activision obtained a ten year license to produce Star Trek Computer games, and in 1999 WildStorm Comics took over the Star Trek comics license.
A New Era[edit | edit source]
Star Trek: Enterprise title.
In 2000, Pocket Books began a second book only series Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers but in a whole new format, the series is released as eBooks. The following year Pocket Books launched another new adventure; following the end of Deep Space Nine's televised adventures in 1999 Pocket Books relaunched the series in novel form. Also this year Voyager finished her journey home and a new TV series; Star Trek: Enterprise was launched in 2001. In 2005, due to low ratings, Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled after only four seasons. Finally for the first time since 1967, as WildStorm's license lapsed, in 2002, there was no publisher of Star Trek comics.
In 2002, another novel series began; Star Trek: Stargazer chronicling Jean-Luc Picard's first command. The year also saw the release of the tenth star trek movie; Star Trek Nemesis. Meanwhile Enterprise was struggling to produce the desired ratings and in 2003 Activision pulled out of its license to produce Star Trek games, claiming the franchise was stagnating and incapable of supporting new game production. However not all was failing, yet another novel series Star Trek: IKS Gorkon was also launched in 2003.
Fatigue and reawakening[edit | edit source]
Teaser poster for Star Trek XI.
In 2005, despite two relaunches of the series, Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled. In 2006, the franchise owner Paramount was split in two entities, with ownership of the franchise being transferred to CBS Paramount Television with Paramount Pictures retaining a license to produce new films.
The year 2004 saw TOKYOPOP take on a license to produce Star Trek Manga and 2005 saw the launch of two new spin-off book series Star Trek: Titan and Star Trek: Vanguard.
In 2006, The Original Series' 40th Anniversary year, Bethesda Softworks announced it had taken on the Star Trek games license, and Paramount Pictures revealed an eleventh Star Trek film was in production. Further, Star Trek did make its return to TV in Star Trek: Remastered, Original Series episodes reinvigorated with the original footage restored to its full glory and brand new CGI special effects.
The 20th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in 2007, began with IDW Publishing buying the rights to make Star Trek comics again, starting with The Space Between. In September, Pocket Books began a new series of The Next Generation books following the events of Nemesis.
IDW expanded its Star Trek works in 2008 to include a New Frontier mini-series Turnaround scripted by Peter David, in addition to comics focusing on alien species and fan-favorite characters like Number One and Gary Seven. The new Star Trek film was rescheduled to summer 2009, making the big event of late 2008 the trilogy Star Trek: Destiny, which depicted a massive Borg Invasion of the Federation, ending with the elimination of the cybernetic race.
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek opened on May 8, 2009, and quickly became the most successful film in the franchise's history, making certain that a sequel would follow before long. IDW created a prequel miniseries to the film, in addition to a comics adaptation. Pocket Books also announced four novels to take place in the universe of the new film, but in early 2010, these titles were postponed indefinitely, creating several gaps in their release schedule. Early 2010 also saw the return of DS9 to the comics pages, with the IDW mini-series Fool's Gold.
With new comic and novel series continuing both in the "relaunched" TNG era as well as the milieu of the J.J. Abrams productions, Star Trek Beyond has led to the 50th anniversary of the franchise in 2016, with new international novels of the Star Trek: Prometheus series and a new television series, Discovery that premiered in 2017.
Star Trek series and films
Television series and related media
Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS prose • TOS comics • TOS games) • Star Trek: The Animated Series • Star Trek: The Next Generation • (TNG prose • TNG comics • TNG games) • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9 prose • DS9 comics • DS9 games) • Star Trek: Voyager (VOY prose • VOY comics) • Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT prose) • Star Trek: Discovery (DSC prose • DSC comics) • Star Trek: Short Treks • Star Trek: Picard (PIC prose • PIC comics) • Star Trek: Lower Decks • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds • Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • Star Trek Generations • Star Trek First Contact • Star Trek: Insurrection • Star Trek Nemesis • Star Trek • Star Trek Into Darkness • Star Trek Beyond
Novel series
New Frontier • Challenger (New Earth) • Stargazer • Corps of Engineers • Klingon Empire (IKS Gorkon) • Vanguard (Seekers) • Titan • Department of Temporal Investigations • Starfleet Academy (1990s • 2010s)
Novel miniseries
The Captain's Table • Day of Honor • Destiny • The Dominion War • Double Helix • The Fall • Gateways • Invasion! • The Lost Era • Mirror Universe • Myriad Universes • New Earth (Challenger) • Prey • Prometheus • Rise of the Federation • Section 31 • Terok Nor • Typhon Pact
Star Trek Unlimited • Early Voyages • Star Trek (IDW series) • Starfleet Academy (Marvel • IDW) • Waypoint
Starfleet Academy • Star Trek Online
Starfleet Academy • Starship Trekkers
Episode Movie Book Game
Novel Comic Anthology Reference
Novelization Manga Omnibus RPG
eBook Audiobook Miniseries Duology
Crossovers with other properties
Star Trek article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Star Trek article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Q: Is it possible to know the line on which an error occurred using try/except in Python? For example, is there anything that could be added to the following that could provide the line number of the error?
try:
    assert False
except Exception, e:
    # lineOfError = ?
    # print lineOfError
    print e

A: You can use the traceback module:
from sys import exc_info
from traceback import extract_tb

try:
    assert False
except Exception as e:
    print(extract_tb(exc_info()[2])[0][1])
    print(e)

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Pippa Middleton: 10 Things You'll Want to Know
By Mark Marino 05/02/11 at 04:10 PM
All eyes are on Pippa Middleton.
Kate who?
Several days after she turned heads in a show-stopping, cowl-neck ivory crepe gown at the royal wedding, the fashion world is still in a frenzy over Pippa Middleton.
Sure, we know she wore Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen for her big sister's big day and that she slipped into a sexy emerald green Temperley London floor-length gown for the after-party, but there are plenty of style secrets about Philippa Charlotte Middleton that haven't yet been revealed. Until now.
From her love of the High Street retailers to her favorite hair products to her spa-day getaway, we're revealing all about the world's most famous maid of honor.
1. She Stole Cameron Diaz's Style. If the cap-sleeve column dress Pippa sported at Westminster Abbey seemed familiar, it's because Hollywood royalty Diaz dazzled in a very similar red version at the 2010 Golden Globes Awards.
While the British beauty wore white Jimmy Choo shoes and lily of the valley flowers in her hair, Diaz accessorized with Ferragamo peep-toe shoes and a Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet.
2. She Owes Her Killer Curves to Athletics. It's no surprise that Pippa looked flawless in her form-fitting Alexander McQueen gown. The University of Edinburgh graduate is an accomplished athlete who loves to ski, swim, and play tennis. Pippa also regularly works out with her sister Kate at the Clarence House gym, and her efforts have certainly paid off: The tight, er, assets she displayed in her maid of honor dress is now the subject of countless Facebook fan pages and has its own Web site and Twitter account.
3. She Loves Designer Labels, but Also Wears Zara. Like Kate, Pippa's fashion taste runs from high-end to the High Street. Though she is a fan of Chloé and was spotted browsing Jimmy Choo and Prada with mom Carole, the younger Middleton sister was seen in a $117 blue Zara blazer the day after the wedding and wore French Connection's £150.00 ($250 U.S) ruffled Penny's Party Silk Dress to a pal's engagement celebration.
4. She Gets Her Hair Done at the Richard Ward Salon. The team from the Richard Ward salon got Kate and her bridal party groomed and glossy for the royal wedding, but the Middletons have actually been regular customers for over eight years. Pippa reportedly gets her hair done in the VIP section and is a fan of the salon's volume-boosting shampoo and conditioner, as well as the Stay Straight and Protect spritz.
5. She Follows Fashion. Kate isn't the only one with a closetful of Issa. Pippa also owns several slinky dresses by the label and has become pals with designer Daniella Helayel. In fact, it's not surprising to see Pippa sitting front and center at Helayel's runway shows.
6. She Keeps Her Youthful Glow with Oxygen Facials. Prior to the royal wedding, Pippa joined Kate for a bit of pampering at the Retreat spa near the family home in Berkshire, England. The women reportedly indulged in Crystal Clear Oxygen facials, which plump lines and wrinkles.
7. She Is a Fan of the Spray Tan. The sun-kissed skin she showed off at Westminster Abbey didn't come from the Caribbean. Pippa has long been a worshipper of spray tans and is said to regularly hire someone to come to her home to help her get her bronze on.
8. She Is a Former Model … Sort Of. Picture-perfect Pippa put her stunning looks to good use at an early age, serving as a model in the catalogs produced for her parents' event-planning business, Party Pieces. A former housekeeper says of Middleton mom Carole, "She used to send out little catalogs with her children modeling some of the things they sold. I remember Pippa and Kate being in them, wearing T-shirts with their ages on them and holding cupcakes."
9. She Inspired a Monique Lhuillier Bridal Gown. Before becoming a household name on April 29, Pippa was already making her mark as the inspiration for a Monique Lhuillier wedding dress, according to InStyle. The body-con Pippa features spaghetti straps and a short, lace-trimmed hemline.
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using namespace foundation;
using namespace std;

namespace renderer
{

//
// Camera class implementation.
//

namespace
{
    const UniqueID g_class_uid = new_guid();
}

UniqueID Camera::get_class_uid()
{
    return g_class_uid;
}

Camera::Camera(
    const char*             name,
    const ParamArray&       params)
  : ConnectableEntity(g_class_uid, params)
{
    set_name(name);
}

bool Camera::on_render_begin(
    const Project&          project,
    IAbortSwitch*           abort_switch)
{
    m_shutter_open_time = m_params.get_optional<float>("shutter_open_time", 0.0f);
    m_shutter_close_time = m_params.get_optional<float>("shutter_close_time", 1.0f);
    m_shutter_open_time_interval = m_shutter_close_time - m_shutter_open_time;

    return true;
}

void Camera::on_render_end(const Project& project)
{
}

bool Camera::on_frame_begin(
    const Project&          project,
    const BaseGroup*        parent,
    OnFrameBeginRecorder&   recorder,
    IAbortSwitch*           abort_switch)
{
    if (!ConnectableEntity::on_frame_begin(project, parent, recorder, abort_switch))
        return false;

    m_transform_sequence.optimize();

    if (!m_transform_sequence.prepare())
        RENDERER_LOG_WARNING("camera \"%s\" has one or more invalid transforms.", get_path().c_str());

    return true;
}

bool Camera::project_point(
    const float             time,
    const Vector3d&         point,
    Vector2d&               ndc) const
{
    // Retrieve the camera transform.
    Transformd scratch;
    const Transformd& transform = m_transform_sequence.evaluate(time, scratch);

    // Transform the point from world space to camera space.
    const Vector3d point_camera = transform.point_to_local(point);

    return project_camera_space_point(point_camera, ndc);
}

Vector2d Camera::extract_film_dimensions() const
{
    const Vector2d DefaultFilmDimensions(0.025, 0.025);     // in meters
    const double DefaultAspectRatio = DefaultFilmDimensions[0] / DefaultFilmDimensions[1];

    Vector2d film_dimensions;

    if (has_params("film_width", "film_height"))
    {
        film_dimensions[0] = get_greater_than_zero("film_width", DefaultFilmDimensions[0]);
        film_dimensions[1] = get_greater_than_zero("film_height", DefaultFilmDimensions[1]);
    }
    else if (has_params("film_width", "aspect_ratio"))
    {
        const double aspect_ratio = get_greater_than_zero("aspect_ratio", DefaultAspectRatio);
        film_dimensions[0] = get_greater_than_zero("film_width", DefaultFilmDimensions[0]);
        film_dimensions[1] = film_dimensions[0] / aspect_ratio;
    }
    else if (has_params("film_height", "aspect_ratio"))
    {
        const double aspect_ratio = get_greater_than_zero("aspect_ratio", DefaultAspectRatio);
        film_dimensions[1] = get_greater_than_zero("film_height", DefaultFilmDimensions[1]);
        film_dimensions[0] = film_dimensions[1] * aspect_ratio;
    }
    else
    {
        film_dimensions =
            m_params.get_required<Vector2d>("film_dimensions", DefaultFilmDimensions);

        if (film_dimensions[0] <= 0.0 || film_dimensions[1] <= 0.0)
        {
            RENDERER_LOG_ERROR(
                "while defining camera \"%s\": invalid value \"%f %f\" for parameter \"%s\"; "
                "using default value \"%f %f\".",
                get_path().c_str(),
                film_dimensions[0],
                film_dimensions[1],
                "film_dimensions",
                DefaultFilmDimensions[0],
                DefaultFilmDimensions[1]);

            film_dimensions = DefaultFilmDimensions;
        }
    }

    return film_dimensions;
}

namespace
{
    // Compute the focal length (in meters), given the film width (in meters)
    // and the horizontal field of view (in degrees).
    double hfov_to_focal_length(const double film_width, const double hfov)
    {
        return 0.5 * film_width / tan(0.5 * deg_to_rad(hfov));
    }
}

double Camera::extract_focal_length(const double film_width) const
{
    const double DefaultFocalLength = 0.035;    // in meters
    const double DefaultHFov = 54.0;            // in degrees

    if (has_param("focal_length"))
    {
        if (has_param("horizontal_fov"))
        {
            RENDERER_LOG_WARNING(
                "while defining camera \"%s\": the parameter \"horizontal_fov\" "
                "has precedence over \"focal_length\".",
                get_path().c_str());

            const double hfov = get_greater_than_zero("horizontal_fov", DefaultHFov);
            return hfov_to_focal_length(film_width, hfov);
        }
        else
        {
            return get_greater_than_zero("focal_length", DefaultFocalLength);
        }
    }
    else if (has_param("horizontal_fov"))
    {
        const double hfov = get_greater_than_zero("horizontal_fov", DefaultHFov);
        return hfov_to_focal_length(film_width, hfov);
    }
    else
    {
        RENDERER_LOG_ERROR(
            "while defining camera \"%s\": no \"horizontal_fov\" or \"focal_length\" parameter found; "
            "using default focal length value \"%f\".",
            get_path().c_str(),
            DefaultFocalLength);

        return DefaultFocalLength;
    }
}

double Camera::extract_f_stop() const
{
    const double DefaultFStop = 8.0;

    return get_greater_than_zero("f_stop", DefaultFStop);
}

void Camera::extract_focal_distance(
    bool&                   autofocus_enabled,
    Vector2d&               autofocus_target,
    double&                 focal_distance) const
{
    const Vector2d DefaultAFTarget(0.5);        // in NDC
    const double DefaultFocalDistance = 1.0;    // in meters

    if (has_param("focal_distance"))
    {
        if (has_param("autofocus_target"))
        {
            RENDERER_LOG_WARNING(
                "while defining camera \"%s\": autofocus is enabled; \"focal_distance\" parameter "
                "will be ignored.",
                get_path().c_str());

            autofocus_enabled = true;
            autofocus_target = m_params.get_required<Vector2d>("autofocus_target", DefaultAFTarget);
            focal_distance = 0.0;
        }
        else
        {
            autofocus_enabled = false;
            autofocus_target = DefaultAFTarget;
            focal_distance = m_params.get_required<double>("focal_distance", DefaultFocalDistance);
        }
    }
    else if (has_param("autofocus_target"))
    {
        autofocus_enabled = true;
        autofocus_target = m_params.get_required<Vector2d>("autofocus_target", DefaultAFTarget);
        focal_distance = 0.0;
    }
    else
    {
        RENDERER_LOG_ERROR(
            "while defining camera \"%s\": no \"focal_distance\" or \"autofocus_target\" parameter found; "
            "using default focal distance value \"%f\".",
            get_path().c_str(),
            DefaultFocalDistance);

        autofocus_enabled = false;
        autofocus_target = DefaultAFTarget;
        focal_distance = DefaultFocalDistance;
    }
}

double Camera::extract_near_z() const
{
    const double DefaultNearZ = -0.001;         // in meters

    double near_z = m_params.get_optional<double>("near_z", DefaultNearZ);

    if (near_z > 0.0)
    {
        RENDERER_LOG_ERROR(
            "while defining camera \"%s\": invalid near-Z value \"%f\", near-Z values must be negative or zero; "
            "using default value \"%f\".",
            get_path().c_str(),
            near_z,
            DefaultNearZ);

        near_z = DefaultNearZ;
    }

    return near_z;
}

void Camera::initialize_ray(
    SamplingContext&        sampling_context,
    ShadingRay&             ray) const
{
    ray.m_tmin = 0.0;
    ray.m_tmax = numeric_limits<double>::max();
    ray.m_flags = VisibilityFlags::CameraRay;
    ray.m_depth = 0;

    if (m_shutter_open_time == m_shutter_close_time)
    {
        ray.m_time =
            ShadingRay::Time::create_with_normalized_time(
                0.0f,
                m_shutter_open_time,
                m_shutter_close_time);
    }
    else
    {
        sampling_context.split_in_place(1, 1);
        ray.m_time =
            ShadingRay::Time::create_with_normalized_time(
                sampling_context.next2<float>(),
                m_shutter_open_time,
                m_shutter_close_time);
    }
}

bool Camera::has_param(const char* name) const
{
    return m_params.strings().exist(name);
}

bool Camera::has_params(const char* name1, const char* name2) const
{
    return has_param(name1) && has_param(name2);
}

double Camera::get_greater_than_zero(
    const char*     name,
    const double    default_value) const
{
    const double value = m_params.get_required<double>(name, default_value);

    if (value <= 0.0)
    {
        RENDERER_LOG_ERROR(
            "while defining camera \"%s\": invalid value \"%f\" for parameter \"%s\"; "
            "using default value \"%f\".",
            get_path().c_str(),
            value,
            name,
            default_value);

        return default_value;
    }

    return value;
}

//
// CameraFactory class implementation.
//

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"Tenderly and carefully preserved": Lieutenant Colonel John Linton Treloar
"I am going to do the best for my country": Lieutenant Thomas James Richards
"Faith in the unseen": Chaplain Walter Ernest Dexter
Such a long time in captivity": Captain Thomas Walter White
"An early morning sketch": Lieutenant George Courtney Benson
"Will tell you apres la guerre [after the war]": Sergeant Ernest George Chudleigh
"Nobody knows where and what we are to do": Able Bodied Driver Laurie John Smee
"From your soldier friend": Lance Corporal Charles Tednee Blackman
"Yours lovingly": Private Robert Mackellar and Sister Frances Mackellar
Where did these stories take place?
Candour: Stories in the words of those who served 1914-18
In the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra there are 15 stained- glass windows. Each shows a figure dressed in military uniform, and under each figure is a word which describes a quality displayed by Australians during wartime. One window features a signaller and an open flower. He represents the frank and honest way in which Australians have told the stories of their wartime experiences.
This window bears the word Candour.
Note to the reader
Most of the events described take place during wartime. You may feel sad after reading some of them. Teachers may wish to be sensitive to those students who have parents serving overseas in war zones.
Readers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent should be aware that this book contains images of deceased Indigenous ex-servicemen.
To retain the authenticity of the individuals' accounts, some misspelt words have been included in the text.
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"So far we haven't seen any better places than Australia. France is beautiful but it rains too much … the clouds here never need to thunder, the guns do all the thundering and the splashes they make is just like lightning. They make more noise than those thunderstorms you have in Australia. I would rather be in a thunderstorm than a battle."
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Charley on leave in England. [AWM PR01679]
Charles Tednee Blackman was born in Queensland to Emily Deshong, a Waka Waka woman, and Thomas Blackman, a Goreng Goreng man. Known as "Charley", he became a highly regarded farm hand on the property, "Illeura" at Biggenden, owned by Mr John Salter. In August 1915, at the age of 19, Charley enlisted in the AIF, and over the next three and a half years he regularly wrote home to family and friends, including John, whom he referred to respectfully as "Mr Salter". In his letters, Charley candidly discussed his experiences of the front line, training, and leave.
Charley's are the only known letters in the Memorial's collection written by an Aboriginal Australian serviceman in the First World War.
Why might this be the case? What can these letters add to our understanding of this period in Australia's history?
After arriving on the Western Front, Charley served in France with the 9th Battalion. In 1916, on a postcard thanking Mr Salter for the gift of a warm scarf, Charley added:
I only wish I could parcel myself home now … I have been very lucky … Pozières was terrible, but I'll return.
Charley was not the only member of his family to serve in the war. His two older brothers followed him to the AIF. Thomas joined up in December 1916. Alfred Blackman (front row, second from left) enlisted the following month, but died of wounds just nine months later in October 1917, while serving with the 41st Battalion in France. [AWM2016.120.10]
During the battle of Pozières some 6,800 Australians were killed or died of wounds over a period of seven weeks.
Charley was hospitalised in France in 1918 after being exposed to gas in the trenches near Ypres in Belgium. Despite the challenges he faced while serving overseas, Charley's letters repeatedly showed concern for the welfare of his loved ones in Australia. In a letter that year he wrote:
Hoping to find you all in the best of health and many future happyness goodbye till we meet again.
Charley returned to Australia in June 1919 and was medically discharged soon after, owing to the lingering effects of gas. He went to work for a while on the Illeura farm with John. However, like many who returned home after the First World War, the trauma of his experiences never left him and Charley spent his later years in solitude.
Colour patch for the 9th Battalion, AIF. [AWM RELAWM07941.082]
The 9th Battalion was one of the earliest battalions raised for the AIF and the first formed in Queensland. Its original members departed Australia for Egypt in September 1914 and were among the first to land on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
After the allied forces evacuated the peninsula, the 9th Battalion continued on to the Western Front. Its first major battle was at Pozières in France. Involvement in many other battles followed, including fighting at Ypres and Amiens. By the war's end, 1,094 men of the 9th Battalion had died and a further 2,422 had been wounded.
‹ "Nobody knows where and what we are to do": Able Bodied Driver Laurie John Smee up "Yours lovingly": Private Robert Mackellar and Sister Frances Mackellar ›


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2012 Season Preview: Something To Prove
February 29, 2012 by Joe Pawlikowski 42 Comments
The Qualifying Offer
Report: Ten-team playoff format a "go" for 2012
With Spring Training fully underway, it's time to begin our season preview. We're going to change things up a bit this year, focusing on various aspects of the team rather than individual players. You'll see most players in multiple posts, but the concepts will all be different.
Jeter will have something to prove for the rest of his career.
The 2011 Yankes might have won more games than any other team in the American League, but that doesn't mean everything broke their way. A number of proven players struggled at various points in the season. Some struggled the entire season. They'll all enter the 2012 season with something to prove.
These players could prove vital to the Yankees' success in 2012. As we'll discuss early next week, there are a number of players who performed above expectations in 2011. We can't expect them to repeat those phenomenal performances, so it becomes important that other players step up. The following players contributed less than expected to the 2012 Yankees, but could make up for it with big 2012 campaigns.
It's hard to forget Phil Hughes' horrible start to the 2011 season. After the Yankees missed out on Cliff Lee (everybody drink!), Hughes became that much more important to the 2011 rotation. He generated some hype after his 18-win 2010 campaign, even though his overall numbers were average at best. It was seemingly his time to shine, but his body had other plans.
Late in spring training reports surfaced that Hughes wasn't even cracking 90 with his fastball. He proved those reports right in his first start. And then his second. By his third it had become too much. Hughes in 2011 looked like Chien-Ming Wang in 2009. The Yankees reacted in the same way, too; they placed Hughes on the DL with an ambiguous injury.
He came back and pitched better, but by no means did he wow anyone. That led to an intense off-season training regimen that, by all accounts, has him looking fit and prepared for the 2012 campaign. Brian Cashman has asserted that he believes Hughes is "a top-of-the-rotation starter." Such a transformation, after never previously pitching at that level (as a starter) in the majors would be quite a coup.
Really, though, the Yankees just need Hughes to bounce back to his 2010 levels. If he can give them 180 to 200 innings and perform slightly better than the major league average, he'll have more than fulfilled his duties as the No. 5 starter. The competition is apparently rigged in his favor, so he'll get every shot to prove he's capable.
Rafael Soriano
The questions surrounding Soriano don't revolve around performance so much as they do health. True, Soriano's early season performance left much to be desired — through mid-May he had walked more than he struck out and had allowed nine runs in 15 innings (plus another inherited runner). But his main problem in 2011 involved the 66 games he missed with an elbow injury. This is even more concerning for a guy who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2004 and then missed almost all of the 2008 season with elbow troubles.
After returning from the DL, however, Soriano looked more like his old self. He struck out 26 in 24.1 innings, walking only seven in that span and holding opponents to a .205/.263/.318 batting line. He continued pitching well into the playoffs, holding the Tigers to just one hit in 4.2 innings. Unfortunately, that one hit cost them enormously. Even so, his overall performance definitely adds to the optimism that he'll turn in a full and productive 2012 season.
If Soriano's elbow doesn't act up, he'll play a big role in the bullpen. While Joe Girardi said that David Robertson will resume his eighth-inning duties, it's not as though he can pitch every eighth inning of every close game. There are also important situations in the seventh inning and even before, and Soriano, who can still induce a good share of swings and misses, could thrive in those. In essence, he's one of three currently healthy Yankees relievers capable of closing ballgames. That gives them quite a tremendous endgame.
As with Soriano, Rodriguez has to prove his health above all. He started off last season with a bang, going 9 for his first 28 with three homers. But then he dived for a ball at third. That started a chain reaction of injuries that slowed his production. His power took the biggest hit. It gradually faded at first, but by mid-June it was gone. From then through the All-Star break he hit no homers; his .417 SLG was based on his seven doubles and 21 singles.
It was then revealed that he was having severe knee issues, which would eventually require surgery. Rather than spend the rest of the year in pain while producing little in terms of power, Rodriguez opted for the surgery so that he could return, healthy and productive, for the stretch run. That didn't quite go as expected, though. A thumb injury complicated matters, and Rodriguez hit just .191/.345/.353 in 84 PA after coming off the DL.
At this point we all know about A-Rod's knee procedure from this past off-season. We know that he's so dedicated to his training and health regimen that he's taking his own meals to restaurants. The effort is definitely there. If his health holds, the performance will almost certainly follow. At this point in his career, though, it's tough to make any assumptions. He'll turn 37 in July and has spent time on the DL every year since 2008. Proving his health would be a huge boon for the Yankees in 2012 and in the future.
Derek Jeter proved plenty in the second half of 2011. After a rough start that in many ways reflected his below-expectations 2010 campaign, he found the on-switch while rehabbing from a calf injury. From his return through season's end he hit .331/.384/.447 in 314 PA, silencing critics. At least for the moment.
Unfortunately, at this stage in his career Jeter will have something to prove every year. If he gets off to a slow start, he'll have something to prove every at-bat. It won't be easy on him, either. As a player ages his body does things to which he is not accustomed. Jeter, however, has shown that he's capable of making adjustments. They might not be drastic maneuvers — the stride-less swing he worked on failed — but they worked in the second half.
While baseball players are typically in steep decline at Jeter's age, Jeter is not a typical ballplayer. He is one of four players in baseball history with at least 10,000 PA and a BABIP above .350. The other three — Rod Carew, Ty Cobb, and Tris Speaker — all had above-average age-38 seasons. In fact, Cobb led the league in OPS+ at age 38. Carew was the worst of them, with a 101 OPS+, but he did produce a 128 OPS+ at age-37. So while it's easy to expect decline from Jeter based on his age, remember that he's not the average ballplayer going through an average decline phase.
Mark Teixeira
Maybe 2010 was just a down year, we thought. After all, Teixeira had a glowing 2009 season in the Bronx. He also battled nagging injuries in 2010, including a thumb injury that sapped his production later in the season. He even ended the postseason on the DL, straining his hamstring in Game Four against Texas. Surely, it was just some bad luck, as evidenced by a .268 BABIP. Right?
As it turns out, Teixeira's 2010 season was pretty close to his 2011 campaign. They were both colored by heavy power production and a good walk rate, but his batting average simply dipped. While batting average is not a be-all, end-all stat, it does mean plenty — especially when it falls more than 30 points from a player's career average. For Teixeira, that meant 30 points of OBP and SLG, which led to yet another below expectations year in 2011.
The main problem for Teixeira in 2011 was his performance batting left-handed. He produced a 110 wRC+ from that side, a far cry from his normal levels. He hit right-handed just fine — .302/.380/.587 — but he faced lefties just 216 times out of his 670 PA. He also popped up the ball too often — 11.8 percent of all his fly balls, which is compounded by an increasing number of fly balls in general.
Maybe it's a kink in his swing. Maybe it's the psychological effect of a right field fence that is relatively close-by. Whatever the reason, Teixeira is hitting the ball in the air more frequently as a Yankee than he had as a Brave or a Ranger. He's also popping up more of those pitches. Teixeira is aware of the problem, and says he worked on it this winter. He still has plenty to prove, though, in terms of executing. The last two years were not kind, and he hasn't played to the expectations the Yankees had when they signed him. As with Rodriguez, a turnaround in 2012 is important not only for the current team, but also for the next five seasons.
The original version of this post omitted Teixeira, which was a glaring oversight.
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Q: XSLT Gouping, for-each and implicated loop. How to eliminate duplicates? Hope find a guru's help to figure out the next problem.
I have two xml files. Firts one here (text.xml):
<text>
<ref>Author1, Title1, Date1</ref>
<ref>Author75, Title75, Date2</ref>
<ref>Author2, Title2, Date2</ref>
<ref>Author3, Title3, Date3</ref>
<text>

And the second one like this (list.xml):
<list>
<bibl xml:id="1"><author>Author1</author><date>Date1</date></bibl>
<bibl xml:id="2"><author>Author2</author><date>Date2</date></bibl>
<bibl xml:id="3"><author>Author3</author><date>Date3</date></bibl>
</list>

I want to query text.xml and check against list.xml to add @xml:id (from list.xml) to <ref> (from text.xml) wich contain same Author and Date. If not, then just copy original <ref>.
So I want to obtain:
<ref xml:id="1">Author1, Title1, Date1</ref>
<ref>Author75, Title75, Date2</ref>
<ref xml:id="2>Author2, Title2, Date2</ref>
etc.

My XSLT identify well all correpondence:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="ref">
        <xsl:variable name="ref" select="."/>
        <xsl:for-each select="document('list.xml')//bibl">
            <xsl:variable name="bibl" select="."/>
            <xsl:variable name="author" select="author"/>
            <xsl:variable name="date" select="date"/>
            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="contains($ref, $author) and contains($ref, $date)">
                    <ref>
                        <xsl:attribute name="xml:id">
                            <xsl:value-of select="$bibl/@xml:id"/>
                        </xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:value-of select="$ref"/>
                    </ref>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:copy-of select="$ref"/>
                </xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

But, then there aren't correpondence it's not just copy right <ref>, but copy all <ref> the number of time I have <bibl> nodes in the second file.
So problem is in <xsl:otherwise><xsl:copy-of select="$ref"/></xsl:otherwise>.
Any ideas how I can obtain only this distinct value I need? I know it's must be very simple actually and I try key, generate-id, for-each-group, distinct-values, but can't figure it out.

A: EDIT:
humm...too much focus on xsl syntax, i should have seen that earlier...
you have an implicated outer loop over each ref and an inner loop over each bibl. You generate one element for every bibl for every ref regardless of match or no match.
So, instead of the xsl:otherwise you need a check after the for-each loop to see if there was no match and do the copy-of if neccessary.
Not sure how to do the check, though..maybe using position() and count() of the generated <ref>s, sorry...don't have any more time to think about this right now.

not really an explanation, but a workaround:
<xsl:otherwise>
   <ref>
      <xsl:value-of select="$ref"/>
   </ref>
</xsl:otherwise>

My guess is that the problem lies in $ref, which is not a xpath expression at that moment (if i remember xsl-t correctly)

A: The problem is that you are creating a ref element for each iteration of the for-each loop whether there is a match or not.
What you need to do in this case is create the ref element outside of the for-each and then only create the id attribute for the matching element inside the loop
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="ref">
      <xsl:variable name="ref" select="."/>
      <ref>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@* "/>
         <xsl:for-each select="document('list.xml')//bibl">
            <xsl:variable name="bibl" select="."/>
            <xsl:variable name="author" select="author"/>
            <xsl:variable name="date" select="date"/>
            <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="contains($ref, $author) and contains($ref, $date)">
                  <xsl:attribute name="xml:id">
                     <xsl:value-of select="$bibl/@xml:id"/>
                  </xsl:attribute>
               </xsl:when>
            </xsl:choose>
         </xsl:for-each>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
      </ref>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When applied to your sample XML, the following is output
<text>
   <ref xml:id="1">Author1, Title1, Date1</ref>
   <ref>Author75, Title75, Date2</ref>
   <ref xml:id="2">Author2, Title2, Date2</ref>
   <ref xml:id="3">Author3, Title3, Date3</ref>
</text>

However, your current method is not very efficient, as for each ref element you are iterating over all bibl elements. Another approach would be to extract the author and date from the ref elements, and then look up the bibl element directly
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="ref">
      <xsl:variable name="author" select="normalize-space(substring-before(., ','))"/>
      <xsl:variable name="date" select="normalize-space(substring-after(substring-after(., ','), ','))"/>
      <ref>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="@* "/>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="document('list.xml')//bibl[author=$author][date=$date]"/>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
      </ref>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="bibl">
      <xsl:attribute name="xml:id">
         <xsl:value-of select="@xml:id"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

This should also give the same results.


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The Reds host the Bleu-blanc-noir this Saturday
After winning it all in 2017 and coming one penalty short – missed by Michael Bradley – of winning the Concacaf Champions League, the time TFC had to save its season is starting to quickly run out. One point away from the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, Toronto is also nine points behind the Bleu-blanc-noir and an MLS Cup playoff spot, with two games in hand.
A few key players will not be at Greg Vanney's disposal come Saturday. Jozy Altidore was punished by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for his violent conduct on Alexander Callens and will be suspended; Auro Jr. is injured and should miss this one, while Víctor Vázquez didn't travel with the team to San Jose last weekend, having suffered a shoulder injury during the game against NYCFC. Here are the three keys to the game at BMO Field, Saturday at 8pm (TVA Sports, TSN, 98,5fm, TSN Radio 690).
Keep two eyes on Giovinco
Without his usual partner in crime, the Atomic Ant will have a harder time getting possession of the ball and combining with his teammates. Of course, Altidore is particularly good at winning duels and serving as a target man for his teammates, which ultimately feeds Giovinco. With the American forward on the field, the Italian has scored four goals in seven games in 2018; without him, he's two times less efficient, having scored four times in 14 games.
Hit them where it hurts
The window of opportunity is open for the Impact at BMO Field. Toronto doesn't have a gleaming record in The 6, with only four wins in 11 games. Defensively, TFC has only managed two cleans sheets at home in 2018. Their defensive line is often high and vulnerable to counterattacks. Expect an exciting game.
Double the intensity after the first quarter-hour
Recently, we've seen the Bleu-blanc-noir come out to flying starts, before going through a more difficult stretch, letting its opponents take initiative instead. If these more difficult moments exist for every team, the Bleu-blanc-noir has had a harder time quickly snapping out of them as of late. The only way to conquer this black hole is to maintain the energy output and regain the upper hand.
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For over three months, people in Belarus have been fighting against the authoritarian regime. In 26 years, dictator Lukashenko has built a system aimed at suppressing any political life. The coronavirus and a number of economic problems have greatly changed what is happening in the country. In a few months, Belarusians have learned to self-organize. The presidential elections provoked a wave of the largest protest in the country's history! But the tyrant does not want to give up his throne. At least 5 people were killed (some died under strange circumstances). Thousands of people were beaten and disabled by the violence of the police. More than 15 thousand have been detained and sentenced on administrative cases. More than 500 criminal cases have been initiated. At least 200 people are awaiting trial in the pre-trial detention center (including at least four anarchists and four anti-fascists).
Since the first days of the uprising, anarchists have been actively participating in street demonstrations and various initiatives in their places of residence. Activists are agitating for self-organization and decentralized protest. Some organized a partisan group. The determination and persistency of anarchist movement of the country has made us one of the most organized political forces in the fight against the dictatorship.
But the anarchists are not ignored by repressive structures as well. Because of the problems, some of our comrades were forced to go underground and quit their jobs. Left without the means to exist and their place of residence, they now live solely on the solidarity of their comrades! With resources scarse we are forced to callour comrades and friends outside of the country for the support. The money for many things are quite urgent and we would appreciate every contribution from small to big!
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