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Book Review: George William Rutler: Calm in Chaos: Catholic Wisdom in Anxious Times (Ignatius Press, 2018)
Posted on April 15, 2019 by greatcharlie
Many countries, seeking to collect as much as possible about US President Donald Trump (facing reporters in the Oval Office above) to construct their "US policies" may have heeded derisive US news media reports concerning him. Such stories may have led some foreign capitals to believe wrongly that Trump was incapable of accomplishing much on foreign and national security policy. Events have proven those sources are unreliable. Often, books of genres outside of foreign and national security policy can provide real answers on issues of interest concerning not only Trump, but thinking in the US. With this in mind, greatcharlie calls attention to Calm in Chaos.
US President Donald Trump has managed to create starting points for new beginnings in US relations with other countries. Trump sees potential in everything. As a result, if he sees a better way, an easier route to put the figurative golden ring in his reach, there will occasionally be surprise shifts in his approaches. He has faced a galer of national leaders, each with his or her own ideas, goals, ambition, will, and predilections. Many countries, seeking to collect as much as possible about Trump to construct their "US policies" may have given to the temptation to infer and extrapolate information from derisive US news media reports of recent events concerning the US President. Stories in the US news media that pilloried Trump over domestic political matters, for instance that Trump was a Russian spy and that his presidency was in genuine jeopardy, may have led them to erroneously believe that his ability to do big things on foreign and national security policy was restrained. The Office of the Special Counsel to Investigate Russian Interference with the Presidential Election and Related Matters found no collusion between Trump and the Russian Federation, there were no indictments concerning such collusion, and that there would be no more indictments. Just as the US public, all worldwide who may have accept that false story about Trump now know that his critics and detractors were wrong.
A correct understanding of Trump's approach to foreign and national security policy cannot be founded by using loose, politicized information from overt sources that are now perhaps far less credible. Confident that theory takes precedence over fact, many critics and detractors insist incredulously that Trump colluded with Russia's intelligence services. Time might be well spent now by analysts in an effort to understand the archaeology of what happened to formerly most reliable sources of public information in the US, and what was the causality for their great turn toward the direction of anger and display such a lack of restraint. Mentalities involved might be considered. Perhaps, it might all be chalked up to being an odd pretense, a collegial game, or even a banal amusement in which players would vie to be one make the most iniquitous statements about Trump. Although the harshness of some critics could convince one that they would be willing "to eat his heart in the marketplace." Perhaps, it could be some seemingly incurable trauma resulting from Trump's 2016 Presidential Election victory. There is also the possibility that it is all the result of some ingenious telepathy from Hell! Occasionally, some books of genres unrelated to foreign and national security policy can provide, in an indirect way, real answers for many of those issues. Such books could potentially stimulate thinking that may lead the betterment of relations between the US and many countries. Indeed, one should not be limited by labels. With all of this in mind, greatcharlie is reviewing Father George William Rutler's book, Calm in Chaos: Catholic Wisdom in Anxious Times (Ignatius Press, 2018), as part of its mission of contributing to the debate on foreign and national security policy worldwide.
At first blush, it would be easy enough for some to simply label the book as a compilation. Calm in Chaos is 228 pages long and divided into 35 chapters. Each chapter is a separate essay composed by Rutler. The majority of chapters indeed include essays on matters consequential matters concerning the Catholic Church specifically. As with Rutler's other books, there is a moral purpose to Calm in Chaos. The book will typically be categorized in bookstores under the genre "Christian literature". That would indeed be appropriate. Here are a few chapter titles for those essays: "The Pity of Christ"; "Liturgical Confusion: Challenging Reform"; "Translating the Mass: The Liturgical Experts' Long Tassels"; "Advent: In My End Is My Beginning"; "Pentecost and the Prerequisites for Devotion"; The Canonization of Teresa of Calcutta"; "Dignitas: The Manners of Humility";The Idea of a Catholic University Fifty Years after Land O' Lakes"; "The Curate's Egg: A Reflection on Amoris Laetitia"; and, "The Problem with Pews".
Understandably, many of chapters concerning the Catholic Church may not resonate with many sweet, worthy, good readers who are not members of it. However, there are other chapters, as aforementioned, in which Calm in Chaos, offers a bit more. A good number of chapters also concern political, social, and even foreign policy issues concerning mainly the US, but also other industrialized countries of the world, and the manner in which those issues relate to faith. Rutler's essays were mostly written during the respective heights of their topics' importance or urgency. Some remain as relevant today as they were before. That relevance is what compelled greatcharlie to review Calm in Chaos to its readers, and why greatcharlie urges prospective readers not to short shrift Rutler's book. The following is a sample of chapter titles for those particular essays: "President Trump's Warsaw Speech"; A Populist Election and Its Aftermath"; "The Tailors of Tooley Street: Reflections on the Ivory Tower and Reality"; "The Paris Horror: Real and Explicable"; "Tolerating Terror"; The Mindless Iconoclasts of Our Age"; "Prophecy and Prediction: Best Left to the Professionals"; "Looking Down on Africa"; "On Praising Famous Men"; and, "State Education".
Rutler was reared in the Episcopal tradition in New Jersey and New York, Rutler was an Episcopal priest for nine years, and the youngest Episcopal rector in the country when he headed the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. However, in 1979, he was received into the Catholic Church and was sent to the North American College in Rome for seminary studies. A graduate of Dartmouth, Rutler also took advanced degrees at the Johns Hopkins University and the General Theological Seminary. He holds several degrees from the Gregorian and Angelicum Universities in Rome, including the Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology, and studied at the Institut Catholique in Paris. In England, in 1988, the University of Oxford awarded him the degree Master of Studies. From 1987 to 1988 he was a regular preacher to the students, faculty, and townspeople of Oxford. Thomas More College and Christendom College awarded him honorary doctorates. For ten years he was also National Chaplain of Legatus, the organization of Catholic business leaders and their families, engaged in spiritual formation and evangelization. A board member of several schools and colleges, he is Chaplain of the New York Guild of Catholic Lawyers, Regional Spiritual Director of the Legion of Mary (New York and northern New Jersey) and has long been associated with the Missionaries of Charity, and other religious orders. He was a university chaplain for the Archdiocese. Rutler has lectured and given retreats in many nations, frequently in Ireland and Australia. Since 1988, EWTN has broadcasted Rutler's television programs worldwide. Rutler has made documentary films in the US and the United Kingdom, contributes to numerous scholarly and popular journals and has published 34 books, referred to by some as classics, on theology, history, cultural issues, and the lives of the saints. Currently, he is the pastor of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in New York City.
One can encomiastically state that Rutler possesses an immense intellect. If one has not come across the name of such a prolific writer as Rutler previously, it is likely because he has never involved himself in the global circus of public relations and other usual methods of projecting oneself with people as most writers. This author's coup de foudre with Rutler was watching the broadcast of a segment of "The Parables of Christ", a series Rutler created for EWTN Catholic Television Network. Ever since then this author has been an avid reader of his work, stumbling after him, seeking to learn as much possible from all he graciously offers. This author would like to believe that traces of Rutler's writing style can be detected in greatcharlie's essays. Suffice it to say that in any theoretical bildungsroman of this author, Rutler would feature prominently.
There are those who possess an uncertain picture of the world, who may be prospecting for answers on a way of living and hoping to discover a moral anchor. Some may have a zeal for God, but may not have sufficient knowledge of God to move down the right path. Rutler, a Catholic priest, without engaging in a blatant, fire and brimstone attempt at evangelization, would surely suggest that they would do best by turning toward the Catholic Church which can provide sure foundation for their enrichment, enlightenment, and salvation. They will receive all of the seed and fruit that comes with the knowledge of God the Father.
However, such individuals, not knowing where to turn, are instead often easily led along a garden path to what is really a false discipline that requires "looking at the world on a case by case basis" and possessing a certain "open mindedness" to new things, even things that would have previously been labelled, at least in sophisticated, industrialized societies, as taboo. At least for the moment, there is an insistence by purveyors of this approach to life that anything which smacks of being doctrinaire must be rejected. While what is offered may seemingly cauterize the initial tension, it all lures one in the wrong direction, away from truth.
Indeed, a custom-designed conscience, elevated just at the common denominator, has been created by film and television studio heads, publicists, entertainment news media moguls, who are the figurative high priests of a ever celebrity based culture engulfing the US. Their goal is to keep the focus of the US public on banal amusements and the consumption on gossamer fantasy. Once venerated mainstream network nightly news programs in the US are married to entertainment news programs and game shows that promote celebrity, wealth, power, and self-indulgence. For the most part, the US news media itself has become liberal-leaning, occupied by irascible commentators and experts who unapologetically present through politicized commentary what they perceive as the rights and wrongs of the society. Due to some odd nuance, it is all labelled as news. The traditional targets of corporate and government power are no longer the main focus. Trump, himself, is priority one. News media outlets of today would undoubtedly offer a far less elevated reason for their beliefs. Those thoughts would be most likely unwelcome to the ears of the more thoughtful, those of true faith.
There is a reality that a certain type of individual has found a place in centers of power in the US. They have worked hard to actually eradicate those spiritual values that were amplified in the US Constitution and the development of the society for a type of artificial world view. In many ways, it is a stealthy simulacrum of the Communist notion of humanism where anything goes as it is all a product of the human mind and not the Creator, God the Father.
It is in Rutler's essays that examine political, social, and foreign policy issues that concern the US from which the reader is provided with a discussion that would certainly better one's understanding of a prevalent views within the US public. Rutler brilliantly, methodically lays out his reasons for not being agreeable with that shift, the "new morality" dominating the public forum. One should not expect Rutler to observe the world through a lens that presents the world before him as a green verdant countryside and his view of the path for man on Earth is a tree lined mountain road. Conversely, Rutler really does not mind getting to the root of the social and political background of matters. Ever true is the adage that in order to study the disease fully, one must search through the swamp. Paradoxical to common thinking, Rutler, as with other religious, are not isolated from where the ills of world exist but rather bring themselves closer to them as that is where their work must be done. That is where the Word of God is surely needed most, and Catholic priests as Rutler are the "fishers of men." To that extent, Rutler in his writing, has often shined high beam lights on what has become orthodoxy within this avant-garde spirituality being propagated. It is the foundation upon which the core beliefs a hair raising new culture continues to build.
Perhaps as a product of cautious instinct or cynicism, it might intrigue some to discover with the Catholic Church being portrayed very often now in a negatively light, that a new book that includes essays of Catholic priest critiquing aspects of political thinking and policy making in the US might come on the scene. Indeed, the Catholic Church has been existing under a cloud of scandal centered around the private behavior of a number of priests and the remiss of church officials in responding for decades to allegations of crimes committed. For a spate, there were stories recounting victims' abuse from priests appearing in newspapers and on television news seemingly every ten seconds. For the Catholic Church, it is now a matter of great moment. The problem is not an easy knot for it to untie. His Eminence Pope Francis has indicated that he intention act ex cathedra in all cases revealed, uncovered, and reexamined by the church. Certainly, there was a terribly misguided understanding of personal and collective loyalty to the church. On the other hand, in this author's view, it was a jarring blow scored by evil against the church in the fight, the spiritual combat, between good and evil here on Earth. It is the same fight for the souls of people that has been ongoing since Adam and Eve. For the Catholic Church, is a war being fought not for expedience, but with the ultimate goal of total victory. That struggle will not end until the final victory that will arrive with Second Coming of Christ.
Rutler appears to have by instinct the methodology to serve well in the cause of spiritual combat. Rutler's essays to some extent serve as reports from the frontlines of the war against evil, presented from the side of the righteous and ordained. What readers should discover in reading Calm in Chaos is that the sanctity and dignity of the Catholic Church, its virtues, reside in men such as him. They are accessible via a nearby parish church or cathedral of the local diocese.
It is always interesting to watch a craftsman at work, a professional at work, making full use of his powers along the lines of excellence. Calm in Chaos is one more elegant display of Rutler's absolute mastery of the use of the English language. Great and popular writers, other published professionals, and the burgeoning aspirant alike are tantalized by his talent, literacy, and articulation. There is something about the cadences of the prose, the qualities of the descriptions, There is a tone of voice that creates a marvelous feeling of calm. By its quality, Rutler's writing holds the reader, whether the reader wants to be held or not. It is all immediately recognizable to his loyal readers. Rutler uses what this author describes as concentric circles of discussion, building an understanding of an issue from the social, political, historical, philosophical in addition to the theological.
Rutler is erudite on all subjects concerning theology, the living history of the Catholic Church, but he also an incomparable repository of knowledge on the history of Europe. Readers become instant beneficiaries of his munificence as the book a abounds with lessons through. Readers will finish the text with a nearly complete colleges level history course on top the ideas shared in each essay. Having long ago found the great and the good in literature, he shares passages graciously when they relate well with the subject at hand.
Rutler is a master at the use of the humorous anecdotes. However, the intent is never to lampoon, the de rigueur use for humor. This is appropriate for there can be no better way to stimulate the understanding of that there can exist a juxtaposition of two ideas than through good nature humor. In the midst of discussing some very grave matters, he occasionally insinuates his dry but very entertaining humor and historically accurate stories when background on issues at the heart of his discussion. One would surely be out of court to even think Rutler's intention is to write in a way that would manipulate his readers, or worse, try to twist anyone's arm with fire and brimstone. Rather, he writes in a way that might have readers who have encountered his ideas for the first time say after encountering them much as the Ancient Greek Philosopher Epictetus suggested: "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you." (Discourses, Book II, chapter 18.)
To provide a taste of the fascinating discussion that readers of greatcharlie will find in Calm in Chaos, the following chapters are briefly summarized: "A Populist Election and Its Aftermath"; "The Tailors of Tooley Street: Reflections on the Ivory Tower and Reality"; and, "The Paris Horror: Real and Explicable". In "A Populist Election and Its Aftermath", Rutler meditates on some immediate responses to the Trump's 2016 election victory by the incredulous supporters of his opponent, former US Senator Hillary Clinton. He explains that some who trusted pundits shocked that "their perception of the American populace was an illusion." He further states: "Their rampant rage would have been tamer if they had not been assured, to the very day of voting that the losers were winners." Some many were unable to bear reality. Rutler directs some commentary toward those who criticized Trump with iniquitous statements and who are now self-styled experts on everything concerning the US President and everything on which he is engaged. Rutler mentions, in particular, conservative commentators who predicted Trump's failure and lamented over the gauche, vulgar, shockingly ignorant, oafish and immoral" nature of his untutored rhetoric "as though the White House has long been a temple of vestals." Rutler explains that those same conservatives "now offer advice to the president elect, as fair weather friends, underestimating the storm, hoping that general amnesia will wipe away their lack of prescience." Those now reliant upon their commentaries, would do well to reconsider that choice. Caveat emptor!
In "The Tailors of Tooley Street: Reflections on the Ivory Tower and Reality", Rutler discusses the response toward Trump's Presidential Campaign and his ultimate victory from the prism of the "Ivory Tower". He explains that the "Ivory Tower" label covers the academic towers, editorial offices, think tanks, foundations, and blogs. He discusses what may be the basis for their unwarranted sense of certainty regarding the correctness of their predictions about Trump prospects. Rutler notes: "those who claim to speak of the people, by the expletives, and for the people may not really know the people. As part of his diagnosis of the problem that be devils those occupying the "Ivory Towers", Rutler explains that "they have been talking so long to each other, listening to the same lectures and attending the same conferences with the same people, insulated by funding from intersecting foundations, that they think they are the people. Confined to such an existence, Rutler further states about them generally: "they overestimate themselves when they publish 'open letters', 'declarations', and 'appeals' to mankind." Questionable judgment would be exercised if those in foreign capitals might decide to fashion a decision vis-a-vis foreign policy or diplomacy with US based on the meditations from such experts.
In "The Paris Horror: Real and Explicable", Rutler admits in the essay that he was hesitant to discuss the matter in detail in light of the terrible suffering of those who were killed and injured and their families. However, he notes that at that the chorus of shock nearly became cliché. In his view, the slaughter inflicted by ISIS was unreal and inexplicable to those "hiding under their beds." Rutler explains that the problem was not helped by the practice of national leaders in the West who camouflaged the danger of Radical Islamic terrorists by shrinking away from calling them radical Islamic terrorists. He states "It cannot be defeated by national leaders ushering in foes intent on making those naive leaders cuckolds. If the dupes of the West do not understand this, the nobler Muslims do. King Abdullah II of Jordan has said: 'Groups such as Darsham [the Islamic State group] expose themselves as the savage outlaws of religion, devoid of humanity, respecting no laws and no boundaries. We are facing a third world war against humanity'." Moreover, Rutler says that nature abhors a vacuum. Paris was not innocent of the same moral tone of the sensual obliviousness, lewd cabarets, and deconstructed philosophy of Weimar Berlin which the National Socialists exploited by proposing to replace it with pure altruistic supermen. With the idea of bringing "change" similar to that of the National Socialists, ISIS claimed that it targeted Paris because "the city is the lead carrier of the cross of Europe. That similarity to National Socialists also took the form of ISIS calling Paris "a capital of prostitution and vice." Rutler warns of the burgeoning therapeutic culture that trains adolescents and young adults "to feel good about themselves even if it means denying that barbarians are at the gates." Rutler writes: "During the Paris horror, coddled and foul-mouthed adolescents on American campuses were indulging psychodrama tickets claims of hurt feelings and low-esteem to the bewilderment of the bloated academic bureaucracies." ISIS, Rutler explains, cares nothing for their hurt feelings, and is not intimidated by their placards and balloons and teddy bears. He goes on further to note, "The bodies in Paris had not been carried away before these simpering undergraduates complained that the ISIS attacks had deflected media attention from their sophomoric petulance."
If at times this review of Calm in Chaos seemed a bit soupy, please pardon greatcharlie's indulgence. However, it is a wonderful book and such was, without pretension, the only way to review it. Without hesitation, greatcharlie wholly and heartily recommends Calm in Chaos to its readers. Again, if not to read the book due to religious interest, it would be worth reading to see what appears to lie at the base of many positions on urgent and important social and political issues within political circles and the the US public, and how one might take one's own deeper look into such matters. It is assured that after the first read, most would happily go back to it again and again.
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Book Review: George William Rutler, Hints of Heaven: The Parables of Christ and What They Mean for You (Sophia Institute Press, 2014)
Posted on May 8, 2016 by greatcharlie
Above from left to right: Saint Demetrios, a senior officer in the Roman Army; Saint George, Commander of the Guard of Roman Emperor Diocletian; Saint Procopius, a commander in the Roman Army; and, Saint Artemius, a senior commander in the Roman Army. All were martyred for proclaiming and defending their Christian faith. Along with their faith and devotion to God, the Parables of Christ were a likely source of comfort for them as they endured persecution and torture. In many countries today, the Parables comfort military personnel, diplomats, policy analysts, and political leaders coping with turbulent situations.
In writings and public discussions about foreign and defense policy, often absent is consideration of what is an essential part of the lives of many military personnel, diplomats, policy analysts, and political leaders. That element is their faith, devotion to God. It may not be easily discerned, for they usually will not wear their faith on their sleeves. It was a factor most apparent in the thinking of Christianity's warrior saints; Roman soldiers dedicated to their duties but dedicated more to God's truth and defending Christianity. Among the first recognized were: Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki, a high ranking officer in the Roman Army, who considered himself a soldier of Christ first and a soldier second. He was martyred in 306 A.D. by Emperor Maximian; Saint George of Lydda, who was a military officer, a Tribune, in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian. He denounced the persecution of Christians, defended Christianity was martyred by Diocletian for testimony to his faith in 303 A.D; Saint Procopius of Jerusalem, a commander in the Roman Army who turned away from the military and declared himself a soldier of Christ after defending the Christians of Alexandria and Jerusalem. He was martyred by Emperor Diocletian in 303 A.D.; and, Saint Artemius of Antioch, a general of the Roman Empire and Imperial Prefect of Roman Egypt. He was accused of persecuting pagans and demolishing pagan temples and idols in Alexandria, and was recalled and martyred by Emperor Julian the Apostate in 362 A.D.
In Hints of Heaven: The Parables of Christ and What They Mean for You (Sophia Institute Press, 2014), Father George William Rutler offers readers a chance to understand Christ's teachings from the Gospels using His favorite vehicle, the parable. It was the profound spiritual advice of these teachings that provided those martyrs and multitudes, a guide for living, bringing them closer to God. The Parables comforted those Christians, helping them understand that despite persecution, the difficulties and trials of life, a road to heaven exists. That encouragement, along with the power of their faith and devotion to God, helped them summon the courage to triumph over the inhumanities put before them. To better understand how in many countries today the Parables comfort military personnel, diplomats, policy analysts, and political leaders coping with turbulent situations, and to acquire for oneself a different way to look at those situations, Hints of Heaven is the perfect book to read.
Reared in the Episcopal tradition in New Jersey and New York, Rutler was an Episcopal priest for nine years, and the youngest Episcopal rector in the country when he headed the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. However, in 1979, he was received into the Catholic Church and was sent to the North American College in Rome for seminary studies. A graduate of Dartmouth, Rutler also took advanced degrees at the Johns Hopkins University and the General Theological Seminary. He holds several degrees from the Gregorian and Angelicum Universities in Rome, including the Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology, and studied at the Institut Catholique in Paris. In England, in 1988, the University of Oxford awarded him the degree Master of Studies. From 1987 to 1988 he was a regular preacher to the students, faculty, and townspeople of Oxford. Thomas More College and Christendom College awarded him honorary doctorates. For ten years he was also National Chaplain of Legatus, the organization of Catholic business leaders and their families, engaged in spiritual formation and evangelization. A board member of several schools and colleges, he is Chaplain of the New York Guild of Catholic Lawyers, Regional Spiritual Director of the Legion of Mary (New York and northern New Jersey) and has long been associated with the Missionaries of Charity, and other religious orders. He was a university chaplain for the Archdiocese. Rutler has lectured and given retreats in many nations, frequently in Ireland and Australia. Since 1988, EWTN has broadcasted Rutler's television programs worldwide. Rutler has made documentary films in the US and the United Kingdom, contributes to numerous scholarly and popular journals and has published 18 books, referred to by some as classics, on theology, history, cultural issues, and the lives of the saints.
Rutler's Hints of Heaven assembles the traditional count of twenty-four Parables of Jesus Christ found in the Gospels of the New Testament written by three of Christ's Apostles: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The Gospel written by the Apostle John presents metaphors, but no parables. Rutler defines a parable as a similitude, employing a brief narrative in order to reach a spiritual lesson. He wants readers to understand how special the Parables are. He notes they are unlike other Eastern parables, and certainly unlike what he calls "the lesser stuff" found in current "spiritual best sellers" as they are not exotic. They do not distort or exaggerate nature in the way fables do. He says: "Kings are kings, but not wizards, and rich men are rich, but not omnipotent." Rutler emphasizes, however, that the Parables are what Christ said they are: hints of heaven. He says that because the glory of heaven is too great for us to bear just now, Christ uses parables as delicate, veiled indicators of "our true homeland." Hints of Heaven is masterfully written. Rutler again displays his remarkable command of the English language.
In reviewing Rutler's Hints of Heaven, greatcharlie.com recognized that to convey a sense of religiousness makes oneself spooky to some. Writing publicly, one of course opens oneself up to constructive criticism at best and obloquy at worst. Still, a discussion tied to faith might be feared by readers on its face as being one more expression of neurotic religiosity. The majority of greatcharlie.com's readers are primarily interested in foreign and defense policy and that presents an extra challenge in discussing the Parables. In Hints of Heaven, Rutler presents the Parables in a way that value can be found in them, certainly as spiritual guidance, but also in a way that facilitates their use in examing current international affairs. That hopefully will create interest in Hints of Heaven among those who might not consider the book ordinarily or come across the Parables at all. Vocatus atque non vocatus Deus aderit. (Called or not called, God will be present.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson has been quoted as saying: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." For the spiritual, conscience is formed by God's truth. God's truth creates order. In addition to knowing God's truth, one must embody His truth which is inspired by love. The truth is a great treasure, a beautiful and satisfactory explanation of the world and heaven that should speak to the individual. One should love God, love one's neighbor, and remain virtuous by choice because it is the right thing to do. The worship of God raises one up to Him. Having faith should never mean simply succumbing to a series of obligations. Nothing seems more illogical at first to the minds of many who would consider themselves enlightened than God's truth. They are unable to understand anything beyond familiar physical formulas. For many, God's presence is obscured by tragic events and popular personalities boastful of their own appearance, abilities or worth who encourage the same behavior of others. Indeed, popular culture can interdict true worship by fashion and by pseudo-sophistication. Feeling empty, some individuals turn to a substitute, feel good religiosity that is easy, comfortable, and assuring. Illusions that approximate the truth, even fantasies, find acceptance. The German-American actress, singer, and agnostic, Marlene Dietrich, said during a London tour, "You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them . . . ." Taking the wrong path in search of a way to worship has been said to create a neurosis, as one is deprived of what one is meant to do and to be. Causa latet, vis est notissima. (The cause is hidden, but the force is very well known.)
In the Catholic Church, leaders have indicated that far more is involved in the behavior just described than choosing to accept or reject God's truth. Individuals are being influenced, inspired by evil. Many among those who might consider themselves enlightened are disinclined to accept the existence of evil. Still, it exists. Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina explained "The evil spirits, because of their pride, anger, and envy, will attempt to turn your gaze away from God through their temptations or harassments, so that every thought and action you engage in might be in opposition to what the Lord desires for you." Even if one accepts that evil exists, one needs to beware of its subtlety. Saint John Paul II explained: "Spiritual combat . . . is a secret and interior art, an invisible struggle in which [we] engage everyday against the temptations, the evil suggestions that the demon tries to plant in [our] hearts."
Five months before the fall of Mosul in 2014, US President Barack Obama had dismissed ISIS in an interview with The New Yorker's David Remnick as the 'jay-vee' squad of terrorists." It is important that countries intervening against evil be certain of their motivations and intentions. Having the will to act is not enough. Accepting that good and evil, angels and demons, exist is also not enough. Evil can quiet all suspicions, making everything appear normal and natural to those with the best intentions.
Few national governments and other power centers today likely factor in evil when analyzing international events and formulating and implementing their foreign and defense policies. US President Franklin Roosevelt accepted spiritual combat between good and evil, angels and demons as a reality. He believed that World War II, which albeit began for mixed reasons, could only be understood in its essential dynamic as spiritual combat between forces of great good and palpable evil. He viewed German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler as a demonic force propelling the conflict. His plans were spelled out in Mein Kampf. Roosevelt found a like-minded partner in United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In Roosevelt's mind, Allied forces would not fight as armies of conquest but as a force to defeat evil. Roosevelt's belief that the war represented a battle against the forces of evil was well-expressed in his National Address and Prayer during the Invasion of Normandy, France by the Allies on June 6, 1944. Roosevelt prayed: "With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace—a peace invulnerable to the scheming of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil." Churchill many times before then had signaled his belief in the demonic nature of Hitler and his evil works. In his renowned "Their Finest Hour" speech of June 18, 1940, Churchill included the following: "Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science."
US President Franklin Roosevelt accepted spiritual combat between good and evil as a reality. He believed that World War II, which albeit began for mixed reasons, could only be understood in its essential dynamic as spiritual combat between forces of great good and palpable evil. He viewed German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler as a demonic force propelling the conflict. Roosevelt found a like-minded partner in United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roosevelt saw Allied armies as a force to defeat evil.
As Roosevelt understood, and it remains so today, the use of lethal force by countries, to fight wars, to halt evil actions or the infliction of evil upon people is not contrary to God's truth. However, it is important that countries intervening against evil be certain of their motivations and intentions. Having the will to act is not enough. Accepting that good and evil, angels and demons, exist is also not enough. Evil can quiet all suspicions, making everything appear normal and natural to those with the best intentions. One must look deeper to discern flaws, to see what is lacking.
Following each Parable presented in Hints of Heaven, Rutler provides a short discussion. He explains their meaning and often explains how their lessons have surfaced in history. Readers can contemplate how the lessons of the Parables allow for their own assays of events in today's world; the machinations and conduct of leaders and officials. Consider these assays of current events using Rutler's presentation of the following Parables in Hints of Heaven: "The Wicked Husbandmen"; "The Unmerciful Servant"; and, "The Rich Fool".
In the Parable of "The Wicked Husbandmen," tenant farmers acted on the fantasy of taking possession of a vineyard, engaging in evil acts hold it from the owner. They were executed. European countries have kept their doors open to migrants seeking better lives. Yet, the migrant wave from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and Southwest Asia have put that practice in question. Islamic terrorist attacks have heightened European concerns over migrants. Europe's response has included measured steps on immigration. Future attacks may result in grave steps to ensure public safety.
The Wicked Husbandmen
"Hear another parable. 'There was a house holder who planned a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the servants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?' They said to him, 'He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.' Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? 'Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one, it will crush him.' "
Concerning this Parable, Rutler explains that as tenant farmers, the husbandmen gradually assumed proprietary airs over the vineyard. They acted on the fantasy becoming its owners. In the end, they were executed. For years, countries in Western Europe have kept their doors open to people seeking better lives for themselves and their families. Procedures exist for governments to handle all types of migrants, including asylum seekers, war refugees, and guest workers. Recognizing the plight of those people, European governments have been resolute about maintaining their countries immigration programs despite the mounting pressures of illegal immigration and the social and political backlash from some citizens. The recent wave of migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia, seeking to capitalize on Europe's open doors, has created a crisis. Solutions have been sought including diplomacy with Turkey to help stem the tide of migrants. Recent terrorist attacks in Europe by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) have heightened public concerns. Having compassion toward migrants, it has been discouraging for the European public to discover that there are some, who, rather than expressing gratitude to the people of their adoptive countries, instead speak with invective about their new homes, new compatriots. Europeans must sadly accept that terrorists desperate to strike violently in their cities have infiltrated their countries by hiding among migrants. Those open to engaging in terrorist activities are a negligible fraction of Europe's immigrant communities. Even so, such makes political leaders appear naïve and inept, and action has been demanded of them. European political leaders have acted with measured steps. Most European countries have joined the US-led, anti-ISIS coalition which is launching airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and training and equipping local forces in those countries contending with ISIS. Information sharing on terrorist groups among European intelligence and law enforcement entities has also increased. If more attacks such as those seen in Brussels, Paris, London, or Madrid should happen in Europe, a harder look will be given to immigration, not to harm migrants, but as a matter of public safety, to protect innocent citizens. Responses could include the suspension of Europe's immigration programs, the termination of visas and citizenship for some, and possible deportations. Salus populi suprema lex. (The safety of the people is the supreme law.)
In the Parable of "The Wicked Servant," a servant, whose lord forgave him of his indebtedness, refused to act similarly toward another servant indebted to him. The situation in Syria continues to shift in Syrian Arab Republic President Bashar al-Assad's favor with the help of Russia and Iran. A deal allowing Assad to remain in power for some period in Damascus, once improbable, could become reality. That decision could be rationalized by the realization that Syria's reconstruction must get underway. Still, if vengeance would likely color Assad's reign after a deal is reached, it might be better not to enter into any agreement with him at all.
"Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went on, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay what you owe me.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. When he fellow servants saw what he had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgive you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you!' And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay his debt. So should my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."
Regarding this Parable, Rutler says: "Forgiveness is not an easy platitude offered to the smug; nor is it an aggressive display of pacifism." He goes on to state: "There is no reason to forgive anyone unless it is done with enough humility to inspire humility in the one who is forgiven." Despite how impolitic it may sound, the easiest way to handle Syrian Arab Republic President Bashar al-Assad's removal would be to eliminate him "covertly" as has been the case with key leaders of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Khorasan, Abu-Sayyaf, Abu-Shabab, Hezbollah, and Hamas; the list goes on. Certainly, Assad is not immortal. However, as the elected leader of a sovereign state, Assad has been given an intriguing degree of recognition and respect. Military action against his regime by the US and European powers has been predominantly on the margins. The purpose of training and equipping of Syrian Opposition rebels forces and Kurdish forces in Syria was to push Assad to the negotiating table where it was hoped he would have agreed to step down. Until September 2015, that was beginning to look possible due to additional pressures Assad's forces were feeling from Islamic militant groups such as ISIS and Jabhat Al-Nusra. However, in September 2015, the Russian Federation and Iran stepped up their assistance to Assad to include group troops and massive air support. The situation on the battlefield has been reversed seemingly obviating the need for Assad to concede anything at negotiations set up under UN Security Council Resolution 2254. Success on the battlefield may also help to shape the political situation in Syria enough to impact national elections envisaged under that resolution. If the situation continues to shift in Assad's favor with the help of Russia and Iran, and an agreement allowing Assad to remain in power for at least some period in Damascus, once deemed improbable in the West, might become a possibility. That decision could be rationalized by the realization that Syria's reconstruction must get underway. However, Assad's predilection for violence against civilians landed him on a list of war crimes suspects that was handed to the International Criminal Court in 2014. If retribution and sheer vengeance colors Assad's reign after peace is established, it might be better not to enter any agreement with him at all. Rather than influencing Assad from the battlefield, perhaps leaving him to rebuild Syria using his own devices and the wherewithal of his benefactors in Russia, Iran, and China, might do more to force him into new negotiations and concessions. In exchange for Western assistance, Assad could be required to take verifiable steps to alter his country's political system. He may be forced to extinguish his appetite for violence against his people and depart earlier. Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro. (A greedy mind is satisfied with no amount of gain.)
In the Parable of "The Rich Fool", a wealthy man saw fit to build larger barns in which to store a bumper crop of grain never thinking to share with the needy. Immigration policies and programs of prosperous, industrialized Western countries demonstrate their goodwill and willingness to share in their success with the world. They have benefitted multitudes. Still, many citizens of those countries are angered that they have not shared in their countries' success. Often, they are under paid, underemployed, worried about keeping their jobs, or languishing in hated jobs. They want political leaders to respond to them.
"The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully, and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops. And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all of my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 'So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God'."
About this Parable, Rutler explains that the rich fool denies himself the happiness that comes from giving happiness to God, even though God does not need more happiness. Saint Augustine's counsel helps one understand that the rich fool's barns should have been "the bosoms of the needy, the houses of widows, the mouths of orphans and widows." In prosperous, industrialized Western countries, steady progress has allowed their citizens the chance to enjoy a standard of living most in other countries lack and desire. Immigration policies and programs of those Western countries demonstrate their goodwill and willingness to share in their success with the world. In recent years, multitudes have benefitted from those policies and programs. The high influx of legal immigrants has caused governments to continually consider ways to absorb them without straining services and infrastructure. Illegal immigrants have also strained those countries' structures creating a debate among political leaders, domestic policy analysts, and law enforcement on how to act. Yet, an unsettling concern is the increased grumbling among citizens, the tax-payers of prosperous countries who, by any measure, have not enjoyed in their countries' success. In the US, they have been dubbed "the disaffected." Often, they are under paid, underemployed, worried about keeping their jobs, are a salary away from disaster, and languish in jobs they hate. Some feel that despite family ties, service and sacrifice in wars, and years of allegiance to their countries, they are being bypassed by newcomers. They want political leaders to respond to their needs, before responding to those of others abroad. A robust effort by US political leaders to resolve problems forestalling many citizens from sharing in their country's success would well-exhibit the country's goodwill toward its own people. On April 25, 2016, US President Barack Obama spoke on this issue in Hannover, Germany, saying: "Countries should not have to choose between responding to crises and investing in their people. So we need to pursue reforms to position us for long-term prosperity, and support demand and invest in the future. All of our countries, for example, could be investing more in infrastructure. All of our countries need invest in science and research and development that sparks new innovation and new industries. All of our countries have to invest in our young people, and make sure that they have the skills and the training and the education they need to adapt to this rapidly changing world." Responding to the "disaffected" has also been a theme of candidates in the 2016 US Presidential Campaign. Candidates claim to have answers. Perhaps the one elected will respond to their needs. Divitiae effundendo magis quam coacervando, melius nitent: siquidem avaritia semper odiosos, claros largitas facit. (Wealth shines in spending, not amassing: to be close-fisted is hateful, to be open-handed splendid.)
A Very Satisfying, Very Valuable Read!
As mentioned initially, for greatcharlie.com's readers, Hints of Heaven would not be a customary book selection as it does not directly concern foreign and defense policy. Still, reading Hints of Heaven will allow those primarily interested in international affairs to take a look at many urgent and important issues from a different and intriguing lens. This book is guaranteed to be an enjoyable respite, a very satisfying, very valued, read. There is nothing disappointing about it. Without reservations, greatcharlie.com recommends Hints of Heaven to its readers.
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Nora Ephron, one of cinema's most distinguished filmmakers and gifted humorists, died Tuesday after treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and pneumonia. She was 71.
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Q: Constantly get an error "no such table" whatever I do I am pretty new to django and database management as well, therefore there is certainly a possibility that I do not understand some crucial things about them.
I've been trying to solve this error by myriads of ways for a few days (It occured as a result of a declaration of a new field in existing model called Habit), I tried:

*

*resetting database with reset_db (django-extensions)

*flushing it with native django flush command (now I do understand
that it was a wrong method)

*recreating a whole app in another virtual environment with creation
of fresh databases

*faking migrations with --fake (out of desperation basically)

*manually changing fields in a db with sql browser

*deleting sqlite database manually and making migrations

Here are my models:
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
from datetime import timedelta
import datetime

# Create your models here.

class Day(models.Model): # Creating table for this model didn't cause any trouble
    date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.date)

class Habit(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    targ_init_time = models.TimeField(auto_created=False, auto_now_add=False, default=datetime.time())
    targ_term_time = models.TimeField(auto_created=False, auto_now_add=False, default=datetime.time())

    true_init_time = models.TimeField(auto_created=False, auto_now_add=False, blank=True, default=datetime.time())
    true_term_time = models.TimeField(auto_created=False, auto_now_add=False, blank=True, default=datetime.time())

    is_completed =  models.BooleanField(default=False)

    day = models.ForeignKey(Day, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='habits') # --That New Field I've added--

    def find_duration(self):
        total_targ_time = timedelta(hours=self.targ_term_time.hour, minutes=self.targ_term_time.minute) - timedelta(hours=self.targ_init_time.hour, minutes=self.targ_init_time.minute)
        total_true_time = timedelta(hours=self.true_term_time.hour, minutes=self.true_term_time.minute) - timedelta(hours=self.true_init_time.hour, minutes=self.true_init_time.minute)

        return [total_true_time, total_targ_time]

    def format_time(self):
        time = self.find_duration()

        true = float(".".join(str(time[0]).split(":"))[0:4])
        targ = float(".".join(str(time[1]).split(":"))[0:4])

        if true < 1:
            true = str(int(true * 100)) + ' mins'
        else:
            true = str(true) + ' hours'

        if targ < 1:
            targ = str(int(targ * 100)) + ' mins'
        else:
            targ = str(targ) + ' hours'

        return [true, targ]

    def find_productivity(self):
        total_both_time = self.find_duration()

        try:
            productivity = int(total_both_time[0] / total_both_time[1] * 100)
        except ZeroDivisionError:
            productivity=0

        return productivity

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

Views:
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.urls import reverse
from django.template import loader

from datetime import timedelta, time

from .models import Habit
from .forms import HabitForm, EditHabitForm

# Create your views here.
def dayViewHabitIndex(request):
    all_habits = Habit.objects.all()
    form = HabitForm()
    template = loader.get_template("Tracker/one_day_habits.html")

    productivity_list = [habit.find_productivity() for habit in all_habits]

    try:
        median_productivity = int(sum(productivity_list) / len(productivity_list))
    except ZeroDivisionError:
        median_productivity = 0

    context = {'habits_list':all_habits, 'median_productivity':median_productivity, 'form':form}

    return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

def addHabit(request):
    new_habit = HabitForm(request.POST)
    if new_habit.is_valid():
        new_habit.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('Tracker:index'))

def editHabitsTime(request, habit_id):
    certain_habit = Habit.objects.get(id=habit_id)
    template = loader.get_template('Tracker/editHabitsTime.html')
    form = EditHabitForm()

    context = {'certain_habit':certain_habit, 'form':form}

    return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

def editSuccess(request, habit_id, template='Tracker/editHabitsTime.html'):
    changes = EditHabitForm(request.POST, instance=Habit.objects.get(id=habit_id))
    if changes.is_valid():
        changes.save()

        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('Tracker:index'))

    else:
        return render(request, template, {'form':form, 'warning':'Something Went Wrong'})

App urls:
from django.urls import path

from . import views

app_name = 'Tracker'

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.dayViewHabitIndex, name='index'),
    path('createHabit/', views.addHabit, name='addHabit'),
    path('<int:habit_id>/edit/', views.editHabitsTime, name='editHabit'),
    path('<int:habit_id>/success/>', views.editSuccess, name='saveChanges'),
]

Forms:
from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from django.forms.fields import DateField
from django import forms

from . import models

HABIT_NAMES = zip([habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()], [habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()])

class HabitForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = models.Habit
        #widgets = {'name': forms.Select(choices=HABIT_NAMES)}
        fields = '__all__'
        labels = {'name': _(''), 'targ_init_time':_(''), 'targ_term_time':_(''), 'true_init_time':_(''), 'true_term_time':_(''), 'is_completed':_('') }

class EditHabitForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = models.Habit
        exclude = ('name', 'targ_init_time', 'targ_term_time', )

Full Error Message:
(WebApp-G_WmOMr9) D:\CodingPython\New_Folder_For_Great_And_Strucrurised_Work\WebApp>python manage.py makemigrations
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py", line 413, in execute
    return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
sqlite3.OperationalError: no such table: Tracker_habit

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 18, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 395, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 330, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 368, in execute
    self.check()
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 392, in check
    all_issues = checks.run_checks(
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 70, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 13, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 23, in check_resolver
    return check_method()
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 408, in check
    for pattern in self.url_patterns:
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 589, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 582, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "D:\CodingPython\New_Folder_For_Great_And_Strucrurised_Work\WebApp\HabitTracker\urls.py", line 21, in <module>
    path('', include('Tracker.urls')),
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\urls\conf.py", line 34, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "D:\CodingPython\New_Folder_For_Great_And_Strucrurised_Work\WebApp\Tracker\urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import views
  File "D:\CodingPython\New_Folder_For_Great_And_Strucrurised_Work\WebApp\Tracker\views.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .forms import HabitForm, EditHabitForm
  File "D:\CodingPython\New_Folder_For_Great_And_Strucrurised_Work\WebApp\Tracker\forms.py", line 8, in <module>
    HABIT_NAMES = zip([habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()], [habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()])
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 287, in __iter__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 1308, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 53, in __iter__
    results = compiler.execute_sql(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\compiler.py", line 1156, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 98, in execute
    return super().execute(sql, params)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 66, in execute
    return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False, executor=self._execute)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 75, in _execute_with_wrappers
    return executor(sql, params, many, context)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 90, in __exit__
    raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "C:\Users\User\.virtualenvs\WebApp-G_WmOMr9\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py", line 413, in execute
    return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
django.db.utils.OperationalError: no such table: Tracker_habit

Thanks for help in advance!

A: these queries in your forms are executed and cause the error even before your "makemigrations" is doing the actual makemigrations:
HABIT_NAMES = zip([habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()], [habit.name for habit in models.Habit.objects.all()])

I would comment it out and try again.

A: Have you tried running the following command?
python manage.py migrate --run-syncdb

According to doc

--run-syncdb¶
Allows creating tables for apps without migrations. While this isn't
recommended, the migrations framework is sometimes too slow on large
projects with hundreds of models.

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Julia Valliant
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Julia Valliant is a public health researcher focusing on learning from farmers and ranchers about how agricultural incentives can support them in building farm-level biodiversity and raising more nourishing food. Present projects address how farms and ranches continue, or transition, from one generation to the next; the food movement as a farmer-led health movement; grazing management for surface water point protection; and performance payments to reward grazers and farmers for ecological outcomes in agriculture.
Ostrom Fellows
Aidan Klein
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Aidan Klein is a third-year student in Political Science. His research concerns federalism, political parties and inter-regional elite networks under autocracy, particularly how these networks help to inform the typically fuzzy concept of 'federalism' and its empirical effects, as well as how these center-periphery relations impact fiscal decision-making. Aidan is currently working to create an original dataset of network relations between governors and other regional elites in the Russian Federation, with an eye towards uncovering how the Russian federal network has evolved over time, particularly how these evolving network relationships affect subnational governance and regional strategies vis a vis the federal center. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2016.
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Zhengyan Li is a PhD candidate in O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. His research explores the dynamics among regulators, markets, and civil society in the formation and implementation of environmental policies. His research areas include information disclosure and voluntary regulation, environmental justice, environmental attitudes and political behaviors, and bureaucratic decision. Before coming to Indiana University, Zhengyan earned a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Agricultural Economics from Renmin University of China.
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Q: Independence Probability Proof I need to prove this question, but I am not sure how to start,
could you help please:
given that $A$ is an even in sample space  $\Omega$ and $B_1, B_2,\dots, B_n$ disjoint events such that,
$B_1 \cup B_2 \cup B_3 \cup \dots \cup B_n = \Omega$
prove that :
$\min(P(A|B_i) \leq P(A) \leq \max(P(A|B_i)$

A: Hint: $$P(A) = P(A \mid B_1) P(B_1) + \cdots + P(A \mid B_n) P(B_n)$$
and $P(B_1) + \cdots + P(B_n) = 1$. Bound each $P(A \mid B_i)$ by the max and min in the problem statement.

A: Total law of probability:
$$\mathbb{P}(A)=\sum_{i=1}^n\mathbb{P}(A|B_i)\mathbb{P}(B_i)\leq \max_i\{\mathbb{P}(A|B_i)\}\sum_{i=1}^n\mathbb{P}(B_i)=\max_i\{\mathbb{P}(A|B_i)\}$$
You can similarly deal with the other inequality


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