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Q: Hessian Matrix of an Angle in Terms of the Vertices I am attempting to derive the analytical formula for the Hessian matrix of a the second derivatives of the value of an angle in terms of the (9) coordinates of the 3 3D points that define it. While I have derived a formula for this (given below), when I attempt to validate it numerically, I get incorrect answers; e.g., non-symmetric matrices. I suspect that I have misunderstood or misapplied some principle of vector calculus in coming up with these formulae and would appreciate it if anyone can either (a) find the error, (b) provide an alternate formula, or (c) point me toward a derivation elsewhere.
Consider the following three points:
$a = (x_a, y_a, z_a)\\ b = (x_b, y_b, z_b)\\ c = (x_c, y_c, z_c)$
Let $\theta = \arccos\left( \frac{b - a}{||b - a||} \cdot \frac{c - a}{||c - a||} \right)$ be the angle between vectors $\mathbf{v}_{ab} = b-a$ and $\mathbf{v}_{ac} = c-a$.
Additionally, let $\mathbf{u}_{ab} = \frac{b - a}{||b - a||}$ and $\mathbf{u}_{ac} = \frac{c - a}{||c - a||}$.
I am performing a minimization for which I need a closed form of both the gradient vector and Hessian matrix of $\theta$ in terms of the coordinates of the points $a$, $b$, and $c$. The details of the problem are not important aside from the fact that estimation is not an option due to the size of the problem. Formally, the formula I need are:
$\nabla \theta = \begin{pmatrix}
  \partial\theta/\partial x_a\\
  \partial\theta/\partial y_a\\
  \partial\theta/\partial z_a\\
  \vdots\\
  \partial\theta/\partial z_c
\end{pmatrix}\;$ and $\;\mathbf{H}(\theta) = \begin{pmatrix}
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_a^2 & \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_a \partial y_a & \cdots & \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_a \partial z_c \\
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_a \partial x_a & \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_a^2 & \cdots & \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_a \partial z_c \\
   \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_c \partial x_z & \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_c \partial y_a & \cdots & \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_c^2
\end{pmatrix}$
I have already found the gradient analytically and tested it numerically; I define it as follows:
$\nabla \theta = \begin{pmatrix} \theta_a \\ \theta_b \\ \theta_c \end{pmatrix}$ where $\theta_a$, $\theta_b$, and $\theta_c$ are column vectors representing $\nabla \theta$ in terms of points $a$, $b$, and $c$:
$\theta_a = \begin{pmatrix} \partial \theta / \partial x_a \\ \partial \theta / \partial y_a \\ \partial \theta / \partial z_a \\\end{pmatrix} = -(\theta_b + \theta_c) \\
 \theta_b = \begin{pmatrix} \partial \theta / \partial x_b \\ \partial \theta / \partial y_b \\ \partial \theta / \partial z_b \\\end{pmatrix} = \frac{1}{||c-b||}(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cot\theta - \mathbf{u}_{ac} \csc\theta)\\
 \theta_c = \begin{pmatrix} \partial \theta / \partial x_c \\ \partial \theta / \partial y_c \\ \partial \theta / \partial z_c \\\end{pmatrix} = \frac{1}{||c-b||}(\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cot\theta - \mathbf{u}_{ab} \csc\theta) $
I would like to derive the Hessian using this gradient as a starting place; i.e., if I could find $\mathbf{J}(\theta_b)$ and $\mathbf{J}(\theta_c)$ (where $\mathbf{J}(f)$ is the Jacobian matrix of $f$) in terms of the coordinates $x_a, y_a ... z_c$, expressing the Hessian would be a trivial matter of packing the Jacobians into a larger matrix:
$\mathbf{H}(\theta) = \begin{pmatrix}
 \mathbf{J}(\theta_a) & \mathbf{J}(\theta_b) & \mathbf{J}(\theta_c)
 \end{pmatrix}$
To further simplify, I can split the Jacobians further into the following $3\times 3$ sub-matrices and express the Hessian using them:
$\mathbf{H}(\theta) = \begin{pmatrix}
 \theta_{aa} & \theta_{ba} & \theta_{ca} \\
 \theta_{ab} & \theta_{bb} & \theta_{cb} \\
 \theta_{ac} & \theta_{bc} & \theta_{cc}
 \end{pmatrix}$ where
$\theta_{ij} = \begin{pmatrix}
 \partial \theta_i / \partial x_j   &
   \partial \theta_i / \partial y_j &
   \partial \theta_i / \partial z_j
 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix}
 \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_i \partial x_j   &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_i \partial y_j &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial x_i \partial z_j \\
 \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_i \partial x_j   &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_i \partial y_j &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial y_i \partial z_j \\
 \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_i \partial x_j   &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_i \partial y_j &
   \partial^2 \theta / \partial z_i \partial z_j \\
 \end{pmatrix}$.
Note that $\theta_{ij} = \theta_{ji}^\intercal$.
I now go about deriving the functions $\theta_{ij}$, starting with $\theta_{ba}$, $\theta_{bb}$, $\theta_{bc}$, $\theta_{ca}$, and $\theta_{cc}$. Using these, the remainder will be trivial to derive. I formulate these matrices by considering the dot product of a column vector, $\theta_i$ with $\nabla_j^\intercal = \begin{pmatrix} \partial/\partial x_j & \partial/\partial y_j & \partial/\partial z_j \end{pmatrix}$:
$\theta_{ij} = \theta_i \cdot \nabla_j^\intercal$. To simplify the derivation slightly, note that the following can be easily defined:
$\mathbf{J}_i(\mathbf{u}_{ij}) = \begin{pmatrix}
  \partial x_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial x_i &
     \partial x_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial y_i &
     \partial x_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial z_i \\
  \partial y_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial x_i &
     \partial y_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial y_i &
     \partial y_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial z_i \\
  \partial z_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial x_i &
     \partial z_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial y_i &
     \partial z_{\mathbf{u}_{ij}} / \partial z_i \\
 \end{pmatrix} = \mathbf{v}_{ij} \cdot \mathbf{v}_{ij}^\intercal - ||\mathbf{v}_{ij}||^2 \mathbf{I}$.
Additionally, if we let $\gamma(i,j) = 1/||\mathbf{v}_{ij}||$ (this cleans up the notation slightly), then we have:
$\nabla_i \gamma(i,j) = \begin{pmatrix}
   \partial \gamma(i,j) / \partial x_i \\
   \partial \gamma(i,j) / \partial y_i \\
   \partial \gamma(i,j) / \partial z_i
 \end{pmatrix} = \mathbf{v}_{ij} / ||\mathbf{v}_{ij}||^3$.
We can now begin the derivation; using the notation defined above, we can start with $\theta_{ba}$:
$\begin{align}
\theta_{ba} &= \theta_b \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
  &= (\gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ab}\cot\theta - \gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ac}\csc\theta) \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
  &= (\gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ab}\cot\theta)\cdot \nabla_a^\intercal - (\gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ac}\csc\theta) \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
  &=  \gamma(b,c)(
      (\cot\theta\, \mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ab})
        - \csc^2\theta\, (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal))
    - (\csc\theta\, \mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ac})
        - \csc\theta \cot\theta\, (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal))
\end{align}$
The remainder are given below, but note that even looking just at $\theta_{ba}$, the formula given here does not produce answers that match numerical derivations of the Hessian.
$\begin{align}
\theta_{bb} &= \theta_b \cdot \nabla_b^\intercal
  = (\gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ab}\cot\theta - \gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ac}\csc\theta) \cdot \nabla_b^\intercal \\
  &= \cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_b\gamma(b,c)^\intercal) + \gamma(b,c)\cot\theta\,\mathbf{J}_b(\mathbf{u}_{ab}) - \gamma(b,c)\csc^2\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \theta_b^\intercal) - \csc\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_b\gamma(b,c)^\intercal) + \gamma(b,c)\csc\theta\cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac}\cdot\theta_b^\intercal)
\end{align}$
$\begin{align}
\theta_{bc} &= \theta_b \cdot \nabla_c^\intercal
  = (\gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ab}\cot\theta - \gamma(b,c) \mathbf{u}_{ac}\csc\theta) \cdot \nabla_c^\intercal \\
  &= \cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_c\gamma(b,c)^\intercal) - \gamma(b,c)\csc^2\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \theta_c^\intercal) - \csc\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_\gamma(b,c)^\intercal) - \gamma(b,c)\csc\theta\,\mathbf{J}_c(\mathbf{u}_{ac}) + \gamma(b,c)\csc\theta\cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac}\cdot\theta_c^\intercal)
\end{align}$
$\begin{align}
\theta_{ca} &= \theta_c \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal
  = (\gamma(b,c)\cot\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ac}
       + \gamma(b,c)\csc\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ab})
       \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
  &= \gamma(b,c)(
         \cot\theta\,\mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ac})
       - \csc^2\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal)
       - \csc\theta\,\mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ab})
       + \csc\theta\cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal) \end{align}$
$\begin{align}
\theta_{cc} &= \theta_c \cdot \nabla_c^\intercal
  = (\gamma(b,c)\cot\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ac}
       + \gamma(b,c)\csc\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ab})
       \cdot \nabla_c^\intercal \\
  &= \cot\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_c\gamma(b,c)^\intercal)
       + \gamma(b,c)\cot\theta\,\mathbf{J}_c(\mathbf{u}_{ac})
       - \gamma(b,c)\csc^2\theta\,
         (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \theta_c^\intercal)
       - \csc\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_c\gamma(b,c)^\intercal)
       + \gamma(b,c)\cot\theta\csc\theta\,(\mathbf{u}_{ab}
         \cdot \theta_c^\intercal)
\end{align}$

A: The OP was a bit loose with showing their work, so I've expanded the derivations here, more-or-less trusting their numerically-checked derivations along the way:
$$
\begin{align}
\theta_{ba} &= \theta_b \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
 &= \gamma(b,c)(\cot\theta\, \mathbf{u}_{ab} - \csc\theta\, \mathbf{u}_{ac})
    \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
 \\
 &\mbox{[Note that }\gamma(b,c)\mbox{ is a constant w.r.t. }\nabla_a\mbox{]}\\
 \\
\theta_{ba}/\gamma(b,c) &= (\cot\theta\, \mathbf{u}_{ab} - \csc\theta\, \mathbf{u}_{ac})
    \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
  &= \begin{pmatrix}
    \cot\theta\, x_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \\
    \cot\theta\, y_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \\
    \cot\theta\, z_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \\
    \end{pmatrix} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal
    -
    \begin{pmatrix}
    \csc\theta\, x_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \\
    \csc\theta\, y_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \\
    \csc\theta\, z_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \\
    \end{pmatrix} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal \\
 &= \begin{pmatrix}
    (\cot\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) x_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}}
      + (x_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta \\
    (\cot\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) y_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}}
      + (y_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta \\
    (\cot\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) z_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}}
      + (z_{\mathbf{u}_{ab}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta \\
    \end{pmatrix}
    -
    \begin{pmatrix}
    (\csc\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) x_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}}
      + (x_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta \\
    (\csc\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) y_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}}
      + (y_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta \\
    (\csc\theta\,\nabla_a^\intercal) z_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}}
      + (z_{\mathbf{u}_{ac}} \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta \\
    \end{pmatrix}\\
 &= \begin{pmatrix}
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc^2\theta)\,x_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc^2\theta)\,y_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc^2\theta)\,z_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    \end{pmatrix}
    +
    (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta
    -
    \begin{pmatrix}
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc\theta\cot\theta)\,x_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc\theta\cot\theta)\,y_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)(-\csc\theta\cot\theta)\,z_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    \end{pmatrix}
    -
    (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta \\
 &= (-\csc^2\theta)\begin{pmatrix}
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,x_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,y_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,z_\mathbf{u_{ab}} \\
    \end{pmatrix}
    +
    (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta
    -
    (-\csc\theta\cot\theta)\begin{pmatrix}
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,x_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,y_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    (\theta \nabla_a^\intercal)\,z_\mathbf{u_{ac}} \\
    \end{pmatrix}
    -
    (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta \\
 &= (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta
    -
    (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal)\csc^2\theta
    -
    (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta
    +
    (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \theta_a^\intercal)\csc\theta\cot\theta \\
 &= (\mathbf{u}_{ab} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\cot\theta
    -
    (\mathbf{u}_{ac} \cdot \nabla_a^\intercal)\csc\theta
    +
    \csc\theta(\cot\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ac}
      - \csc\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ab}) \cdot \theta_a^\intercal
\end{align}
$$
If we assume that the OP's $\mathbf{J}_i(\mathbf{u}_{ij}) = (\mathbf{u}_{ij}\cdot \nabla_i^\intercal)$, where $i$ and $j$ are one of $a$, $b$, or $c$ (I have not verified the OP's Jacobian formula) then this gives us:
$\theta_{ba} = \gamma(b,c)\left(
    \mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ab})\cot\theta
    -
    \mathbf{J}_a(\mathbf{u}_{ac})\csc\theta
    +
    \csc\theta(\cot\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ac}
      - \csc\theta\,\mathbf{u}_{ab}) \cdot \theta_a^\intercal\right)$
which seems to be identical to the OP's formula. If the expanded calculus above is correct as far as anyone can tell (please comment if you see errors), then the OP's errors are likely due to coding errors or errors in the derivation of the Jacobian formulas.

A: Many years ago I had similar tasks in computer geometry. The formula is too complicated and it is too easy to miss it. So I decided to develop a C++ template class that holds some quantity --- a number --- together with its first two derivatives with respect to some real parameters. (The number of the real parameters is a template parameters) So the class contains a value, a gradient vector and a Hessian matix. Then I implemented the usual arithmetic operations and functions (+, *, /, exp, log, atan etc.) working with that class. Having this code, we just need to build the formula (e.g. compute the error in the surface fitted) and we will have the derivatives wrt. the real parameters --- everything we need for Newton-Raphson.

A: Rather than using your trigonometric expressions, I'd opt to stick with the vector and polynomial calculations throughout. I think the definition
$$ g(a,b,c) = (b-a ) \cdot (c-a)/{||b-a|| ||c-a||}$$
along with the identities
$$ \nabla_b g(a,b,c) = \frac{(c-a) ||b-a||^2 - \left( (b-a) \cdot (c-a) \right) (b-a)}{||b-a||^3 ||c-a||},$$
and similarly for $\nabla_cg $ , are superior to the trig versions...
These have the clear advantage of highlighting the geometric intuition
$$ \nabla_b g(a,b,c) \cdot (b-a) = 0.$$
Also, your definition of $J_i(u_{ij})$ is unclear and the subsequent computations look cluttered. I don't think that $J$ is helping you....
Continuing along....
By the chain rule,
$$ \nabla_b \theta = - 2\frac{g}{\sqrt{1 - g^2}} \nabla_b g$$
and so as
$$H_{b b}(\theta) = \left( \begin{matrix} \nabla_b [\partial_{b_1} \theta] & \nabla_b [\partial_{b_2} \theta] & \nabla_{b} [\partial_{b_3} \theta] \end{matrix} \right),$$
you should be able to use the identities above to get the complete form for $H_{bb}$. For example,
$$ \nabla_b [ \partial_{b_1} \theta ] = - 2 \left( \frac{(1+g^2)[g_{b_1}\nabla_b g] + g \nabla_b g_{b_1} (1 - g^2)}{1 - g^2}\right).$$
All that is left is the second derivatives of $g$ which look like
$$ \nabla_b g_{b_1} = \frac{\left( (2 \vec{(b-a)} (c_1 - a_1) - \vec{(1,0,0)} [(b-a) \cdot (c-a)] - \vec{(c-a)} b_1  \right) (||b-a||^3 ||c-a||) - \left(  \vec{b - a} [6 ||b-a|| ||c-a|| (\nabla_{b} g)_1] \right)}{||b-a||^6 ||c-a||^2}$$
where I have used subscripts for vector indices. Not pretty but clearer than before, no?
${\bf \text{A suggestion}.}$ Along an algebraic line of thinking: the vectors $(0,0,0,(b-a),0,0,0)$ and $(0,0,0,0,0,0,(c-a ))$ are clearly in the null space of $H$ at $x = (a, b, c)$, so as the null space is closed and $(x,x,x)$ is also in the null space (as the angle is shift-independent)) you get that $(a,b,c)$ is in the null space---clear if you think about scaling the vectors. There is also some rotation invariance. I'm not sure about the $9-D$ rotation, but the $3-D$ rotation of each of $a,b,c$ along the same axis yields an invariant transformation for $\theta$. Since you have so many invariants and the rank seems to be at most $6$, perhaps a reparametrization is appropriate for a more elegant computation of the Hessian.

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The peculiarly sturdy, stunted, and fantastically gnarled character of 역삼오피 Burnham Beeches is due to their having been pollarded at some unknown period. Legends have it that this was done by Cromwell's soldiers. The inner recesses are weird enough to suggest warlocks and wizards, or Puck at the very least, and Queen Mab herself could find no fitter place wherein to hold her Court than in the crepuscular glades where, amid that purple shade which is the especial glory of Burnham Beeches, a chance patch of sunlight falls, more golden by contrast, on the more than emerald green of the moss, or where the moonbeams filter through on cloudless nights to light Her Majesty's midnight masques. I would not, being no courtier and unequipped with fairy passwords, adventure alone in the depths of these woodlands at midnight for anything  you could promise me. At midday it is another matter.
It is difficult to decide at what period of the year this spot is most beautiful. It has one peculiar glory of the summer and another of the winter, when in the short November and December days the brown leaves that carpet these alleys give out a mist that mingles strangely with the coppery glow of the sinking sun. Amid this impressive coloration the contorted ashen-coloured trunks stand forth strangely ghostlike.
Gray, of course, knew Burnham Beeches very thoroughly. His uncle lived at Burnham when the poet was a youth, and we find Gray writing to Walpole in 1737, in a lively manner quite unexpected of him who was already, in his twenty-first year, the affected prey of melancholy.
But it is quite impossible within these limits to fully describe the Beeches, or to indicate the route through them. The Corporation has made a magnificent series of broad drives in every direction, with splendid surface for cycling; and if the gradients are severe, there is nothing that cannot, with due care, be coasted. Many picnic parties come to the Beeches, but they rarely penetrate far into these lovely woodland glades; leaving the solitudes to the painters, who are always at work here, producing Academy pictures. Find the Plain, the Ponds, and Hardicanute's Moat, away in the recesses of the woods. See "Beauty and the Beast"; the one being a graceful silver birch, with a gaunt, knotty, blasted oak standing beside it. For the rest, given a fine day, be content to lose yourself here, amid the fairyland of immemorial moss and lusty bracken, and then, when you are tired of it (or, more likely, when evening is drawing on), inquire of one of the artists who are painting the sunset the way for Farnham Common and Slough. This is a fine down-grade road of three and a half miles leading through Farnham Royal down to Salt Hill, where, turning sharply to the left, we are on the Bath road, twelve miles from Hounslow. Slough adjoins Salt Hill. A mile beyond it, up a lane to the left, is Langley. Langley is a wayside station on the Great Western Railway, set down in a beautiful and secluded neighbourhood, the name clipped and mutilated in modern railway fashion, for its full style is "Langley Marish"—"Marshy Langley,"—or, as some would have it, "Langley Maries," the church being dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Near the station notice the old-fashioned inn, the "North Star," nestling under the embankment; a house which obtained its present sign from the first locomotive ever used on the Great Western. The engine of that name was originally built for a Russian broad-gauge railway, but never delivered.
While yet some way from the village, the mellowed red brick tower of Langley Church is seen across the flat meadows. The church owns the very singular feature of an old parish library, contained in a room within the building; not a library consisting merely of a few chained books, but a collection of some five or six hundred volumes, given by Sir John Kederminster, under his will of 1631, to "the town" of Langley Marish. No one ever borrows any of these mighty tomes for home reading, for they are chiefly black-letter works of the Greek and Latin fathers, and dry-as-dust treatises on the Reformation controversy. The room containing all this bygone learning is curiously painted with Renaissance designs, and very interesting.
The Kederminsters, of whom this bookworm Sir John was one, were the old lords of the manor. They built the beautiful almshouses looking upon the churchyard. It may be noted that the grouping of church and almshouses is strikingly picturesque, and that the low-toned brick is eminently paintable. Langley, in short, is one of the very few really beautiful and retired villages so near town.
The story goes that she was grievously affronted by being consigned by Lord Carrington to one of the neighbouring almshouses in her old age, when she had expected more consideration at his hands. She it was who directed the expression "ill-requited" to be painted on the board. A former vicar, disapproving of it, had the words painted out, but in the lapse of years the paint of the rest of the lettering decaying, the offending words have been preserved and stand out with an extraordinary prominence, attracting immediate attention.
Pretty hamlets, still wonderfully rural, considering the short distance from London, line the way home, along the old Bath road, or lie a little way from it. Among them is Cranford; but it is probably too late now to see that pretty place, and so we will continue, through the gathering darkness, along the high road home. Every cyclist knows this road, but it is not everyone who knows it when night has fallen; when the little inns and cottages take on a romantic interest they do not possess by daylight; when red blinds in villagers' windows shed a comfortable ray, and wayside trees and fields wear an unaccustomed and portentous significance. In short, it is a delightful lamp-lit journey along these closing miles, and a pleasantly cool conclusion to the heat of the day.
There is an excellent route from Dartford to Rochester, avoiding the Dover road, known to comparatively few cyclists other than local—a road that, instead of passing through places so busy and populous as Northfleet and Gravesend, is rural through the whole of its course, from Dartford Brent to where it joins the better-known way at the top of Strood Hill. The Dover road between these two points is, as just remarked, the "better-known" route, but it is by no means the oldest. That distinction can be claimed most emphatically by this, for it follows the course of that old Roman military way, the Watling Street, and was a portion of the route along which went the pilgrims to the shrine of Thomas à Becket at Canterbury.
Coming uphill from where Dartford is seated in its deep hollow beside the Darenth, a high tableland is reached, and with it a parting of the ways. Our own route is plain to see—straight ahead—and is made additionally clear by the aid of a specially informative sign-post. For those, however, who would take the opportunity, when so near, of seeing one of the most interesting parish churches in the country, it may be hinted that two miles down the Dover road—the left-hand turning—is Stone. Let the stranger be careful when inquiring for Stone, and ask specifically for the church. Otherwise the gaping rustic is apt to smile significantly, Stone being famed for its lunatic asylums.
The interior of the Early English church at Stone is a Westminster Abbey in little, designed probably by the same architect, the stones from the same quarries, and carved by the same masons. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the busy estuary of the Thames, near Greenhithe, and its immediate neighbourhood is made sordid with cement works and chalk pits. A huge factory chimney, some six times the height of church and tower, immediately adjoins the churchyard. When in the fulness of time it falls, there will probably be little left of the church, even as a picturesque ruin.
Hasting from the scarred, chalky hillsides and the industries of Stone and Greenhithe, one appreciates more fully the quiet of this fine road; and coming in two miles to Springhead, the Saturday or Sunday cyclist will find that there are others equally appreciative, for the watercress beds and the picnic inns and tea-gardens of Springhead have been famous in all Cockaigne during at least the last seventy years, and the watercresses have by no means lost their freshness nor the place its charm in that space of time. This week-end Arcadia, where the succulent prawn, the cooling cress, and the poetic periwinkle are partaken of in vast quantities, is still in great esteem. The manners and customs of its clients are frank, if unrefined, and their appetites robust, even though their methods be not particularly nice. To see 'Arriet extracting periwinkles from their shells with a hairpin is a lesson in resourcefulness not a little trying.
The Leather Bottle is the sign of the inn, and it is to-day, perhaps, the best known among Dickens landmarks. It is still the old-fashioned country inn it was when the great novelist knew and described it, but filled now with Dickens' relics of every kind. A painted sign hangs out from the front proclaiming this to be "Dickens' Old Pickwick Leather Bottle," with a picture of that eminent personage in his "shorts" and gaiters in the inevitable attitude of declamation. In the low-ceiled parlour are many prints and portraits having reference to Dickens and his works. An old "grandfather" clock stands in one corner and a stuffed trout in his glass case (an object without which no country inn is completely furnished) occupies a place of honour.
It is worth while leaving the cycle at the inn and to explore the neighbourhood of Cobham village and park. The village church is well known to antiquaries as containing the largest collection of brasses in England. There are no fewer than twenty-four fine examples, principally to members of the ancient and knightly family of the Cobhams, who once were lords of this and many another manor in Kent, and lived at the Cobham Hall which preceded the Elizabethan and Jacobean building now standing, the seat of the Earl of Darnley. The Cobhams have been extinct for centuries, and Lennoxes, Cliftons, and Darnleys have owned the place since, but none of them have left anything like the impress upon it that the old family achieved. Here, in the village, is that now old almshouse, the New College, founded by a Cobham in place of the Old College, the dissolved religious house founded many years before by an ancestor; and there, on the floor of the chancel in the parish church, are their memorials.
Cobham Park is a lovely expanse of lawns and woods and grand avenues, open to the wayfarer freely to come and go. Deer roam about in great herds, and wild life abounds in the tangled glades. The Hall is shown only on Fridays. Tickets are to be purchased at Rochester and Gravesend. To see the Hall and its great collection of pictures is a quite separate undertaking from touring on a cycle, and so we will journey on towards Rochester, regaining the road and making for a landmark known in all this countryside as the "Three Crouches." When we arrive at the place, we discover it to be an inn called the "Three Crutches," displaying a shield of arms bearing a chevron between three aces of clubs. The three aces, distinctly resembling crosses, are the so-called "Three Crutches." Compare with this the name of "Crutched Friars," who were originally the "crossed friars," from the cross they wore on their habits; and with that of the "Crouch Oak" at Addlestone in Surrey, an ancient boundary tree standing at the "cross" roads. The motto, Sub umbra alarum Tuarum—"under the shadow of thy wings"—is seen below.
From this point it is chiefly downhill into Strood and Rochester; very steeply downhill at Strood, too. Through its mile-long street and on to Rochester Bridge, the rude ribs of the ancient castle rise boldly up from the other side of the Medway, with the Cathedral beside it, looking quite humble. Very maritime looks Rochester's High Street, with the great gilded model of a line-of-battle ship, fully rigged and armed, that serves for vane, twirling over its Guildhall. Over all is the bustle, roar, and rattle of the trains, rolling in thunder over the railway bridge that cuts off the view downstream.


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Oppo A7 Review: A Familiar Template
The Oppo A7 feels familiar to the Realme 2, but can it justify itself at its current price? We review.
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Published: November 28, 2018 12:00 PM IST
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The Oppo A7's USP is its design, which is refreshing among all metal phones in the market.
It also has superior battery life compared to other phones in the price segment.
However, the Realme 2 undercuts it significantly while sporting largely the same specifications and features.
Smartphones are no longer a commodity and they are essentially the fourth basic need after food, clothing and shelter. We have reached a stage in smartphones where you just cannot go wrong. Whether you buy a cheap smartphone or the most expensive one, there is something for everyone. In India, the fastest growing smartphone market, sales are still inclined towards the entry-level and mid-range smartphone segment and this has forced smartphone makers to launch new products at regular intervals of time.
Most consumers, according to research and analyst reports, have bought smartphones in the sub-Rs 20,000 price segment. However, there is a divide in this fledgling smartphone industry and it has got more to do with the retail channel than smartphone model or smartphone makers themselves. A smartphone available online tends to cost at least a few thousand rupees more in the offline channel, owing to the cost of maintaining inventory and setting up distribution channels.
While Xiaomi is the market leader and biggest player in the online segment, it is Chinese manufacturers such as Oppo and Vivo that command a stronger brand value in the offline retail segment. One of the recent developments in the Indian smartphone market is the launch of a new brand called Realme. This former subsidiary of Oppo is taking a page out of Xiaomi's playbook and replicating its success one product at a time.
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While Realme sells its smartphones only in the online retail channel for now, Oppo seems to be planning to bring those devices to offline market under its own brand. The first such device is the Oppo A7, which at least on paper, seems like the re-branded version of the Realme 2. So at a price of Rs 16,990, is this the phone for most buyers planning an upgrade this year. Read on to find out.
Design and Display
Gone are the days when American and Korean smartphone makers were the pioneers of this industry. Now, Chinese smartphone makers shape the design and dynamics of this segment. In the past year alone, Chinese smartphone makers such as Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus have pushed the envelope in smartphone design and specifications across price points. It is in this area where the Oppo A7 does not disappoint.
The minute you hold this smartphone, you know that you are not dealing with another cheap smartphone. The back of the device feels like glass finish but it is actually not and the surface tapers towards the edge and is textured for a comfortable grip. While it is not a gradient finish in true sense, the texture and use of a different material allows for a change in its hue. Our review unit in gold color tended to shift from gold to green depending on how the light reflected from the surface. The finish is striking for a phone in this price range but there is no option but to use a protective case to avoid drops or slippage from the hand.
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Otherwise, we are looking at a standard affair with a horizontally stacked dual rear camera setup with LED flash and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Below the fingerprint sensor, is the Oppo branding which will serve as the reliable differentiator between Oppo and Realme models.
The smartphone crafted out of aluminum chassis lacks any plastic antenna bands and it looks really clean. However, it is not short of inconsistencies. At the bottom end, there is the speaker grille followed by the micro-USB port, another speaker grille and 3.5mm audio jack. While I appreciate Oppo for retaining the 3.5mm headphone jack, that dual speaker grille have different CNC drilled holes and look odd. Oppo could have moved the audio jack to the top, which is bare, and used proper CNC drilling for speaker setup. Otherwise, the power button is on the right while the volume rocker is placed on the left. I particularly like the dual-SIM slot with dedicated microSD card slot.
While the design is pretty good, you are going to spend most of your time looking at the screen. Oppo is using a 6.2-inch display with HD+ resolution of 1520 X 720 pixels and 19:9 aspect ratio here. This isn't the sharpest or most pixel dense display in this segment but I really found myself wanting for a Full HD+ panel. Every time, I played some kind of YouTube video, I was left disappointed with limited scope of not being able to watch Full-HD videos. The display feels on par with other smartphones in this segment but the notch.
On A7, Oppo is sticking to the waterdrop-style notch and I found it comes more in the way of your experience than a standard notch that takes much more area at the top. Whenever I was scrolling through a web page, I found as if the notch followed down the page. On any given day, I would pick a phone without a notch but they are hard to come by these days. For the time being, this small teardrop notch is the most suitable for consumers.
Performance and Battery Life
We at BGR India recently ran a survey, and found that most consumers favor performance and battery life over any other parameters while deciding their next smartphone. And in that area, the Oppo A7 is a mixed-bag experience.
Let me start with battery life. The A7 is equipped with a 4,230mAh battery and it lasts for days and not hours. I could go for two full days on a single charge, which I was really shocked after being habituated to charging smartphones at least once every day. The large battery is perfectly supported by Oppo's ColorOS, which does aggressive work in the background to limit power intensive applications. If you want a phone that you charge on Monday and yet use it on Tuesday evening then this one should be on your shortlist.
The impressive battery life, however, is not backed by very strong performance. The Oppo A7 is powered by a Snapdragon 450, an octa-core chipset fabricated using 14nm process coupled with Adreno 506 GPU, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. While the chip is more efficient than its older siblings fabricated using 28nm process, it lacks the performance punch seen with a decent Snapdragon 600-series CPU. Considering the price, Oppo could have opted for Snapdragon 636 instead, which other players are using right now.
The Oppo A7 runs ColorOS 5.2, a forked UI based on Android 8.1 Oreo with the November security patch. I was surprised to see the latest security patch on a smartphone that launched just last week. In terms of software, Oppo is still following Apple's iOS in terms of overall appearance. For starters, there is no app drawer and you need to scroll horizontally to see all the apps on the smartphone. When you slide to the left from the home screen, it presents you with a widget screen that looks like a ripoff of what Apple has done on iPhone. Being inspired by something is fine but copying someone's interface so blatantly is a different thing altogether.
One of the easiest ways to get rid of this scenario is to download Nova launcher and switch to a near-stock feel. I am not saying that this operating system is bad but it has some elements which makes me wonder how it is even acceptable. There is Chrome, which comes standard with every Android install and then Oppo installs its own browser as well as UC browser. I can't wrap my head around the fact that my new phone comes with three browsers even though I personally will only be using Chrome for all browsing activities. The issue does not end there. The browser pre-loaded by Oppo sends push notifications that range from being useful to downright annoying.
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It also comes pre-loaded with apps like Wynk Music, Amazon Shopping, Dailyhunt and Paytm. While you can delete all of them, I would be more than happy if the company did not install them at the factory level. If you want Paytm, all you need to do is go to Play Store and search for the app. You don't need it to be installed by your smartphone maker.
Another issue is raised where Oppo has added its own app store with almost the same set of key apps as Play Store. There are two icons on the app window called Hot Apps and Hot Games, which are basically window to some of the trending apps and when you click on install, it will directly install those applications. You might want it but I don't. If I want an app then I know how to get them and this is definitely not one of those methods.
Other than these fundamental issues, I really found Oppo's skin much more usable than it was two years ago. The UI is much more fluid and even after installing a number of apps, I could navigate through all the app windows swiftly. There is minimal or no noticeable lag at least in the primary user interface. Speaking of UI, the Oppo A7 comes with standard three-way navigation button out of the box. But, you can save space by switching to gesture-based user interface.
Swiping up from anywhere takes you to the home screen while swiping up and pausing allows you to enter the multi-window setup. Swiping from right or left corner lets you go back and let me tell you this, it is as smooth as the gesture interface on newest iPhones and is much faster than Google's gesture navigation on Pixel smartphones. If Oppo is listening then it should get rid of its fascination for iOS and drop all duplicate apps. This will make its ColorOS a much more acceptable and fluid user interface on Android. For now, it doesn't feel like this will happen any time soon.
The Oppo A7 comes with a dual-camera setup at the rear covered by a metal enclosure that protrudes to circle the LED flash. This setup looks very similar to that of a SIM ejector and it is quite appealing. The dual camera system includes a 13-megapixel main sensor paired with a 2-megapixel sensor, which helps with both depth effect as well as 2x zoom.
As far as the results are concerned, they are good when you see from an Instagram photographer's perspective but if analysed deeply then you will see lack of detail and inaccurate color reproduction. One good thing about the dual rear camera setup is it understands the composition really well and with HDR, it manages to retain a lot of detail. In some of the pictures, as you can see in the gallery above, the detail is retained in the background as well as foreground and the software also processes shadows very well. Most budget phones fail to retain shadows and highlights and Oppo A7 does not suffer from that problem.
When it comes to depth, the Oppo A7 struggles with differentiating the foreground from the background. It is also very bad in edge detection. In one of the rear portrait shot in the gallery above, you can see the camera has clipped the hair from the subject's face, which is a very poor shot. If you buy the Oppo A7 then a lot will depend on your own creativity than with the camera itself.
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The Oppo A7 is priced at Rs 16,990 and while that price might seem fair in the offline space, it just doesn't cut in the online retail space. For that price, you can get Xiaomi's excellent Redmi Note 6 Pro with 6GB RAM and a Full HD+ display and also save Rs 1,000. There are also other options such as the Vivo V9 Pro priced at Rs 15,990, which comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset. Other options include Nokia 6.1 Plus and Xiaomi Mi A2, which offer stock Android and have received Android Pie updates.
If you have read this far then you already know that Oppo A7 scores really high on areas like design and battery life. But weak points like camera, performance and software loaded with bloatware make it a less appealing smartphone. The offline space may accept such a device purely on its feature set, but users are getting more savvy, educated and accepting of the online space, and such a strategy may not work for much longer. If Oppo cuts the price then I am sure it could be considered but at this price, it is a tough sell in a market where there is a new smartphone launching almost every other week.
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Oh lordy, our old pal Snyder comes in and fresh off his 10-6 Broncos prediction, lays down some serious Broncos talk. We go all Tebow on your asses for most of the first quarter.
Then we slide into some Lloyd talk, the Avs and how no one cares about the NBA lockout.
Then we revisit our predictions and re-envision them with Tebow at the helm…the results are stupefying.
A detailed Broncos show with a Mighty Mighty Bosstones story and a tease for the special Sunday show that follows up on "Preppy Summer". Good times.


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This is a very shallow novel: every one of the characters is a stereotype.
Stereos are usually large so it remains fixed in its place. stereos are old. unchanging. though they are good, becuase of their fixed quality, they're PRE-JUDICED to be inferior.


Chapter 13 involves repaying your creditors over time in accordance with a court-approved repayment plan. If you deviate from your approved plan, you could put your bankruptcy case in jeopardy. Having the right information may help you create a plan that will obtain court approval and help you get back on financial track.
Priority claims: You must pay back the entirety of these claims unless you and a priority creditor come to another type of arrangement.
Secured claims: With these claims, creditors have the ability to take any property you put up as collateral in the event that you fell behind on payments.
Unsecured claims: Unsecured claims mean that you did not have any collateral associated with the debt, and creditors cannot seize particular property to cover that debt.
You will need to address each type of debt in your repayment plan.
As mentioned, you will have to repay your priority claims in full as part of your plan. When you address secured claims, you may have the ability to keep the property offered as collateral, but you must pay your secured creditors at least the value of that collateral. In some cases, you may also have to pay the secured debt in full and not just for collateral value.
With unsecured claims, you will likely not have to pay them in full, but you will need to provide them with at least the same amount that they would have received if you had liquidated your assets with Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Your plan must also adhere to a number of other standards, and after its creation, you will need to attend a confirmation hearing. The bankruptcy judge will either confirm or reject your plan. If confirmed, you may move forward with the proceedings, but if it is rejected, you may make necessary modifications to your plan.
Trying to come up with a Chapter 13 repayment plan that meets all the necessary standards can be difficult. Fortunately, you can obtain help with your plan and all other aspects of your case by working with a California bankruptcy attorney.


Ask the Countess: Addressing Adults!
The Countess answers your questions about titles and wedding attire.
I assisted in teaching an etiquette class for two years, and amongst my friends I am somewhat known as the authority on that subject, kind of like you! I have one question, what is your view on teenagers and young adults addressing adults as Mrs. or Mr. and their first name? Or should always be by the last name? Thanks!
A number of friends and associates come to me for etiquette advice. I am actually considering a program for young girls and teens. Of course, I have background and experience; would a certification course be worth the time? If so, are you familiar with credible schools of etiquette? I only know of one, and would like to shop around (if need be).
Educating yourself is never a waste of time. I encourage you to pick a program that works for your needs. Obviously something that enhances your already vast knowledge. Merci!
My husband and I were invited to a wedding at the Waldorf Astoria in New York in July. Since it will be the summer time, do you think it's ok to wear a short dress instead of a long dress?
That sounds wonderful. You can definitely wear a short dress. You will find most of the ladies will be wearing short. Cheers!
We just had a wonderful weekend at our good friend's country estate outside of Manhattan. I'd like to send a framed photo taken during our stay as a thank you. I'm waiting for the developed photos to arrive now. How long do I have to send the gift and thank you card before I'm a little later?
That is a very thoughtful gift, remember its the thought that counts. You could always drop a quick note to say Thank You beforehand. They will be thrilled when the gift arrives within weeks.


Mail Cranes - Another Riddle!
An open forum to discuss all aspects of the AC&Y's Structures and Facilities.
The Northern Ohio-AC&Y operated passenger "mixed" trains for some 50-years until July 1951, primarily to handle U.S. mail under contract. To minimize train stops and starts, mail cranes were positioned at many "flag stop" stations to pick up mail "on-the-fly." In 1928, five unique "Columbian" steel mail cranes were acquired and installed at Rushmore, Sycamore, Chatfield, Litchfield and Sharon Center replacing older wood mail cranes. The original wood-type mail cranes remained at Copley, Fairlawn and likely other flag stop stations. Curiously, not one of these mail cranes had ever appeared in any AC&Y depot photo. Its a vexing mystery of which there is no doubt an answer?
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I think the answer is simple. They were installed and used for a very short time. They were retired and removed rather quickly. How much mail traffic was the AC&Y really moving to towns like Rimer and Vuaghnsville anyway?


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HomeTravelTravel NewsAir China launches daily nonstop flight between Beijing & Lhasa
Air China launches daily nonstop flight between Beijing & Lhasa
Flight attendants walk out of the plane in Gongga Airport in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2011. The first non-stop flight from Beijing to Lhasa made its four-hour maiden voyage on Thursday.
A new non-stop flight between Beijing and Lhasa, which is expected to boost tourism in the Tibet autonomous region, went into operation on Thursday.
Previously, services between the capital and the southwestern region had to stop for refueling in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Yet, Air China's new flight takes passengers direct on Airbus 319 planes, shaving two hours off the travel time.
The aircraft, which have about 130 seats, have been modified to cope with flying from Lhasa airport, which sits 3,700 meters above the sea level, said Wang Changshun, general manager of China National Aviation Holdings, Air China's parent company.
Tourism is a key industry for the Tibet economy. Last year, the region received 6.85 million tourists from home and abroad, generating revenue of 7.14 billion yuan ($1.1 billion), 14 percent of its total GDP.
The new direct flight is expected to help the region in its goal of receiving 15 million visitors in 2015.
"It (the Air China service) shortens the distance between Beijing and Tibet and shows the central government's concern about Tibet's development," said Qin Yizhi, deputy chairman of the autonomous region.
The direct flight leaves Beijing at 8:05 am and arrives at Lhasa at 12:25 pm, with returning flights leaving the region at 1:15 pm and landing in the capital at 5:05 pm.
An economy class ticket costs 2,430 yuan, the same as the flights that stop in Chengdu.
Potential tourists have also welcomed the flight, with many going online to express their hopes that similar flights will soon start running from other major Chinese cities.
However, Cao Yongqiang, a manager of a computer software company in Beijing, said he believes the flight is unlikely to ease the difficulty of buying tickets at peak travel times, such as from July to September.
"They may need to use bigger planes," he added.
The region has already taken steps to expand its civil aviation industry to boost tourism.
So far, five airlines have opened flights to Lhasa, connecting it with at least 10 cities in other Chinese provinces and regions.
Five civil airports have been built in Tibet, with two opened to traffic last year. Tibet Airlines was also established in July to link airports within the region.
Qin said that a sixth airport will be built in Nagqu prefecture during the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
"Upon completion, all six prefectures will have access to air travel," he said.
SOURCE: www.chinadaily.com.cn
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is a Japanese term having two separate meanings. Its first meaning is a reference to the Japanese military leadership which exploited its privileged status to vie against the civilian government for control over the nation's policies (particularly during the early Shōwa era). It also refers to competing political factions or cliques within the Japanese military itself. The term came into common use in the Taishō period (1912-1926).

Gunbatsu in terms of national policy
From the formation of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy following the Meiji Restoration, the military had a very strong influence over the civilian government. The early Meiji government viewed Japan as threatened by western imperialism, and one of the prime motivations for the Fukoku Kyohei policy was to strengthen Japan's economic and industrial foundations, so that a strong military could be built to defend Japan against outside powers. Almost all leaders in the military were ex-samurai or descendants of samurai, and shared a common set of values and outlooks.

A major factor in the political power of the military was its complete freedom from civilian control, as guaranteed under the Meiji Constitution. In 1878, the Imperial Japanese Army established the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff office, modeled after the Prussian General Staff. This office was independent of, and equal to (and later superior) to the Ministry of War of Japan in terms of authority. The Imperial Japanese Navy soon followed with the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. These General Staff offices were responsible for the planning and execution of military operations, and reported directly to the emperor. As the Chiefs of the General Staff were not cabinet ministers, they did not report to the Prime Minister of Japan, and were thus completely independent of civilian oversight or control.

The Army and the Navy also had decisive say on the formation of (and survival of) any civilian cabinet. Since the law required that the posts of Army Minister and Navy Minister be filled by active-duty officers nominated by their respective services, and since the law also required that the prime minister resign if he could not fill all of his cabinet posts, both the Army and the Navy had final say on the formation of a government, and could bring down the cabinet at any time by withdrawing their minister and refusing to nominate a successor. Although this tactic was actually used only once (ironically to prevent General Kazushige Ugaki from becoming prime minister in 1937), the threat always loomed large when the military made any demands on the civilian leadership.

Between 1885 and 1945, generals and admirals held 15 of the 30 premierships, and 115 of the 404 civilian cabinet posts. The military also had a broad political power base via the Imperial Military Reservist's Association and other political organizations, including nationalist political parties and secret societies.

Gunbatsu in terms of internal issues within the military
From the time of its formation following the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese military was riven by numerous internal divisions.

Hanbatsu
One of the most serious issues facing the Japanese military was interservice rivalry created by residual feudal sentiments. The Army officer class was dominated by men from the former Chōshū domain, and the Navy was likewise dominated by men from the former Satsuma domain. This created two major issues: Chōshū and Satsuma were historically enemies, and their traditional enmity came to be reflected on the rivalry and lack of cooperation between the two main branches of the Japanese military.

With the senior officer class dominated by men who were not hesitant to use nepotism and favoritism, promising young officers from other parts of Japan were denied promotion and their skills and ideas were not heeded. This created tremendous resentment, leading to the formation of a secret society, The Double Leaf Society, whose avowed goal was to break the Chōshū stranglehold on the Army.  It was not until the Taishō period that graduates from the Army Staff College and Imperial Japanese Army Academy began to undermine the Chōshū hold over the Army leadership.

Washington Naval Treaty
The Imperial Japanese Navy was slightly more open than the Army in terms of promotion of qualified senior staff. However, the major political issue within the Navy centered around the Washington Naval Treaty of 1923, which split the Navy down in the middle in terms of the pro-Treaty Treaty Faction and anti-Treaty Fleet Faction.

Political Factionalism
Just as the Army overcame issues with residual feudalism, problems began to arise between rival cliques of officers who claimed to represent the "true will" of the Emperor. In basic terms, these cliques fell under the Imperial Way Faction with many young activists who were strongly supportive of the hokushin-ron strategy of a preemptive strike against the Soviet Union and the opposing Control Faction, which sought to impose greater discipline over the Army and war with China as a strategic imperative.

Fundamental to both factions, was the common belief that national defense must be strengthened through a reform of national politics. Both factions adopted some ideas from totalitarian, fascist and state socialist political philosophies, and espoused a strong skepticism for political party politics and representative democracy.

However, rather than the confrontational approach of the Imperial Way Faction, which wanted to bring about a revolution (the Showa Restoration), the Control Faction foresaw that a future war would be a total war, and would require the cooperation of the bureaucracy and the zaibatsu to maximize Japan's industrial and military capacity. Although the Control Faction emerged dominant after the February 26 Incident of 1936, elements of both factions continued to dominate Army politics until the surrender of Japan and abolition of the imperial Japanese military in 1945.

References

External links
Article on Gunbatsu from Japanese Press Translations 1945-46

Notes

Japanese historical terms
Empire of Japan
Japanese militarism

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Meteor Explodes Above US Air Force Base In Greenland
Athena Yenko, Tech Times 08 August 2018, 10:08 am
A meteor has left 2.1 kilotons of energy after exploding above the Thule Air Force base in Greenland that is home to ballistic missiles warning satellite.
Hans Kristensen, the Director of the Nuclear Information Project for the Federation of American Scientists, informed the public about the incident. The explosion was fortunately not misidentified as a Russian strike. If not, there are nearly 2,000 nuclear weapons on alert, ready to launch, Kristensen said.
The meteor, estimated to be the size of a small car, was detected by the U.S. government sensors at an altitude of 43.3 kilometers according to a space explorer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who goes by the Twitter name "Rocket Ron."
The Thule Air Base is the Air Force's northernmost base, located 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 947 miles south of the North Pole.
Meteor explodes with 2.1 kilotons force 43 km above missile early warning radar at Thule Air Base. https://t.co/qGvhRDXyfK
HT @Casillic
We're still here, so they correctly concluded it was not a Russian first strike. There are nearly 2,000 nukes on alert, ready to launch. pic.twitter.com/q01oJfRUp4 — Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) August 1, 2018
Object With Unspecified Size
No major news outlet has made reports of the incident yet but specifics can be found via NASA's JPL Fireball and Bolide Data page. The page lists meteor explosions that are big enough to be detected by military satellites.
According to the records' description, an object of unspecified size was detected traveling at 24.4 kilometers per second or about 54,000 miles per hour. It was detected at 76.9 degrees' north latitude, 69.0 degrees' west longitude on July 25. It can be inferred based on these latitudes that the meteor hovered almost directly over Thule base.
Reacting to the news, Captain Hope Cronin, spokeswoman for the Air Force, said the base did not suffer any impact from the meteor explosion.
JoAnna Wendel, a NASA spokeswoman, said meteor explosions of this kind and size happened a few times a year. They result from the impact of small asteroids with Earth's atmosphere.
"By comparison, the 2013 meteor over Chelyabinsk, Russia released over 200 times the energy of the Greenland meteor," she said.
A Meteor The Size Of Mini Cooper
Phil Plait of SyFyWire compared the size of the Greenland meteor to the size of the Mini Cooper. It exploded while it was at 40 or more kilometers above the Thule base. In comparison, most of the meteors, like the ones during meteor shower events, only have the size comparable to a grain of sand.
Compared to a nuclear weapon, a meteor takes several seconds to explode while a nuke detonates immediately, giving off flashes of gamma rays. The Greenland meteor was also traveling faster than a missile.
Thule Air Base is where the 21st Space Wing's global network of sensors is stationed. It provides missile warning, space surveillance, and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command. The base also is home to the 12th Space Warning Squadron who operates a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System designed to detect and track ICBMs launched against the United States.
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