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Global Medical Brigades travels to Nicaragua
Photo courtesy of Rachel Walter
During the summer, college students do a lot. From spending time with old friends to vacations with family, the three months that constitute summer vacation can seem as open as the ocean. However, most students don't spend their time in Nicaragua shadowing doctors and administering medicine to those in need.
For Global Medical Brigades, a registered student organization on campus that encompasses pre-med students who partner with local agencies to provide medical care, this is the norm. On Monday, May 2, 33 students and two faculty members left Miami International Airport and headed to Nicaragua, armed with pharmaceutical supplies and medication.
"It was the best trip I've had, and I've been on three," said Rachel Walter, a senior and president of GMB. "We had a lot of students, and we were worried that that would be a problem. But, it ended up being great."
Despite being denied funding by Student Government, GMB was able to raise the funds to purchase medication, dental supplies and stethoscopes itself. However, SG did grant GMB travel funding, so members didn't have to pay for plane tickets themselves. Before the bill that Walter and former president Elvis Barrera drafted was failed, there were 56 students lined up to go on the trip.
"We were just kind of cautious because of what happened with our situation," Walter said.
Club members held car washes to raise money, but they ended up paying for a majority of the funds out of pocket.
Global Brigades, the parent organization that GMB serves under, "was nice enough to section off our payments," Walter said. Members have to pay $460 by July 31 instead of owing all of the money up front.
The trip consisted of three clinical days where club members spent time at five different stations that were set up to help those in need of medical attention. The first station served as a check-in point for patients, called the triage. Patients' blood pressure was taken as well as their weight and height at this station. This was also where their chief complaint was noted. The second station was where patients were checked out by doctors, who were being shadowed by GMB members.
"It was really good experience for students to get hands-on experience," Walter said.
The third station, dental, was where patients could go to get their teeth cleaned. There was one dentist working at that station. The fourth station was the pharmacy where Walter, along with a few other students, would fill prescriptions. The final station served as a sanctioned area just for kids.
"I really liked how everyone found what they liked," Walter said. "Everyone had a favorite (station), and that was awesome. It was really awesome seeing that people were finding something that they liked and that they were good at. No one was sitting around."
Katie Leone, the environmental stewardship and sustainability coordinator of environmental health and safety on campus, served as one of two advisors who chaperoned the students on the trip.
"They are a joy to advise," Leone said. "They're just a great group of students; they're really organized and professional."
Leone was on data entry during the entirety of the trip, leaving more room for students to learn from professionals. She has gone on the GMB trip with members for the past two years and has enjoyed seeing the students helping others.
"It's really fun watching them in action because they're getting hands- on experience," Leone said. "It's always really interesting to see them grow in that way."
During its last three days in Nicaragua, GMB focused on water quality. Members went into communities and surveyed locals about water quality. Walter and the rest of the crew had to walk three to ten miles just to get fresh water.
"We did a lot of construction; we dug up a pipe and removed it," Walter said. "We weren't expecting to do anything like that."
Walter enjoyed this year's trip more than those of years' previous due to an overall sense of togetherness found among the group.
"Last year, people were isolated, but everyone was together this year," Walter said. "Everyone knew who everyone was. It was really great."
The club won't try to get funding from SG for future trips' medical supplies and equipment.
"My personal goal is to not use them," Walter said. "I don't foresee us needing anything from them except travel. I would love to not need them. Not because we had a problem last year, I want us to do it ourselves."
Walter plans on teaming up with fundraising chair Ivie Patino to come up with new and exciting ways to fundraise.
"We need to do something different," Walter said. "Car washes are not enough."
This coming summer, Walter hopes to return to Nicaragua again to make more of an impact on the community there.
"Going back to the same country every single time is the most sustainable thing," Walter said. "We're making a huge difference in the same area."
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Q: How to port a JavaScript part of a MongoDB query to PyMongo I have the the following MongoDB query thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/26436244/977828
var judge = function () {
    var unexpect = "X";
    var letter1 = unexpect, letter2 = unexpect;
    for (var i in this.chr) {
        var chr = this.chr[i];
        if (chr.no == 5) {
            letter1 = chr.letter;
        } else if (chr.no == 6) {
            letter2 = chr.letter;
        }
    }
    if (letter1 != letter2 && letter1 != unexpect && letter2 != unexpect) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
};

db.sss.find({
    "pos": { "$gte": 200000, "$lt": 2000000 },
    "$where": judge
}, {"x_type":1, "sub_name":1, "name":1, "pos":1, "s_type":1, _id:0});

I tried to port the above query to PyMongo, but I don't know where to put the JavaScript function.
from pymongo import MongoClient

db = MongoClient().test
sDB = db.sss

r = [["Test", "A", "B01", 828288,  1,    7, 'C', 4],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 828288,  1,    7, 'C', 5],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 828288,  1,    7, 'T', 6],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 171878,  3,    8, 'C', 5],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 171878,  3,    8, 'T', 6],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 871963,  3,    9, 'A', 5],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 871963,  3,    9, 'G', 6],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 1932523, 1,   10, 'T', 4],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 1932523, 1,   10, 'A', 5],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 1932523, 1,   10, 'X', 6],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 667214,  1,   14, 'T', 4],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 667214,  1,   14, 'G', 5],
    ["Test", "A", "B01", 667214,  1,   14, 'G', 6]]

for i in r:
    sDB.update({'type': i[0],
          'name': i[1],
          'sub_name': i[2],
          'pos': i[3],
          's_type': i[4],
          'x_type': i[5]},
          {"$push": {
              "chr":{
                  "letter":i[6],
                  "no": i[7]} }},
          True)

# var judge = function () {
#     var unexpect = "X";
#     var letter1 = unexpect, letter2 = unexpect;
#     for (var i in this.chr) {
#         var chr = this.chr[i];
#         if (chr.no == 5) {
#             letter1 = chr.letter;
#         } else if (chr.no == 6) {
#             letter2 = chr.letter;
#         }
#     }
#     if (letter1 != letter2 && letter1 != unexpect && letter2 != unexpect) {
#         return true;
#     }
#     return false;
# };

results = sDB.find({
                      "pos": { "$gte": 200000, "$lt": 2000000},
                      "$where": judge
                  },
                  {"x_type":1, "sub_name":1, "name":1, "pos":1, "s_type":1, "_id":0})

for i in results:
    print i

How is it possible to integrate the JavaScript function to PyMongo?

A: With PyMongo you should be able to pass the JavaScript for $where as a string, e.g. like this:
# JavaScript as multiline string
judge = """
function () {
    var unexpect = "X";
    var letter1 = unexpect, letter2 = unexpect;
    for (var i in this.chr) {
        var chr = this.chr[i];
        if (chr.no == 5) {
            letter1 = chr.letter;
        } else if (chr.no == 6) {
            letter2 = chr.letter;
        }
    }
    if (letter1 != letter2 && letter1 != unexpect && letter2 != unexpect) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
};
"""

results = sDB.find({
        "pos": { "$gte": 200000, "$lt": 2000000},
        "$where": judge
    },
    {"x_type":1, "sub_name":1, "name":1, "pos":1, "s_type":1, "_id":0})

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For the majority of Americans, heading to the bank or credit union to make a deposit, withdraw funds, or even just to check the balances on accounts is a weekly or daily errand. But for a large and growing number of people, using the banking system creates more problems than it solves, and is leading many to turn to some of the more seedy segments of the financial industry, causing more harm than good.
According to CityLab, 17 million Americans choose to forego the use of the traditional banking system. Another 43 million have a bank account, but use other financial services, like check cashing companies, as well. And what appears to be happening is that those check cashing companies are growing wildly, as traditional banking falls out of favor with the economically disadvantaged. There was $45 billion in check-cashing transactions in 1990, and $58.3 billion in 2010. That's a 29.5% increase in 20 years. Also, payday lending grew 200% between 2001 and 2010, from $10 billion to $30 billion.
So, why are so many people going out of their way to avoid the banking system? As CityLab says, it appears to be a combination of several factors, chief among them cost and transparency. It turns out that traditional banks can often be more expensive for lower-income individuals to use, as they are at a higher risk of being assessed fees from overdrafts, bounced checks or late payments.
This, interestingly enough, strikes at the heart of the logic employed by a number of the nation's biggest banks, and reasons why they offer services like free checking accounts. Essentially, those free services end up being immensely profitable, mostly because the poor end up with an avalanche of fees and charges, creating a cycle of debt that many aren't able to pay their way out of.
To illustrate the financial industry's attitude toward lower earners, we can simply take a look back at statements made by industry leaders in the recent past. Michael Lewis, author of books including Flash Boys and Liar's Poker, wrote a small but important passage about this very idea in his book The Big Short. In the book, Lewis describes how Herb Sandler, the CEO of a savings and loan company called Golden West Financial Corporation, explained to attendees of a luncheon why banks are willing to extend free services, like checking, to their customers.
Sandler's mentality in dealing with the poor is more or less what was shared among a group of Wall Street brass, and was certainly never meant to make it outside of the room. But it does shed some light into how the big banks actually view their poorer customers. Add that sort of mentality onto the fact that many people simply lost faith and trust in the system following the financial crisis and recession, and it becomes understandable as to why the poor may not want to keep their money within the banking system.
Why is that important? What does it really matter if a relatively small (17 million is about 5% of the U.S. population) segment of consumers want to forego the use of traditional banks? Well, for one, payday loan and check-cashing companies don't offer any way for the poor to actually save or invest their money, which could be important for those actually attempting to climb out of poverty. Also, check-cashing services and payday loan businesses are notorious for their predatory behavior. That alone should be enough to scare many potential consumers away from their services, but it appears people aren't aware of that fact, or simply choose to ignore it.
Another reason that the poor may want to avoid having a bank account is that it makes it harder for debt collectors to track them down. A study from The Urban Institute published this past summer says that 77 million Americans, or 35% of adults with credit on file, have a debt in collections, owing, on average, more than $5,000. With more than one-third of the entire population actively trying to manage these debts, finding a way to be able to dodge bill collectors, who can put liens on bank accounts may be a big catalyst behind people's propensity to forego traditional banking. Also, if those customers owe a bank money for fees originating from bounced checks or an overdrafted account, it does make sense that some would rather just take their checks to a check-cashing service, get hit with the fee they charge, and keep the rest as opposed to having to fork some of it over toward their debt balance.
There could be any number of reasons that people are opting to dodge the big banks, and many of those reasons are perfectly justifiable. But reliance on check-cashing services, rent-to-own stores and payday lenders is likely not the path towards prosperity or sound financial health in the long term. Primary and high schools do not really teach or go into debt management or personal finance, and unless people are fortunate enough to have someone in their lives who can teach the importance of saving and healthy financial habits, it's easy to get into trouble before you even realize what has happened.
If America really wants to address poverty, build stronger communities, and cultivate personal responsibility among its citizens, then developing healthy a healthy financial backbone, through education or non-predatory banking systems is of paramount importance. These options do exist, and are growing in number and influence. Credit unions and small, community banks are likely to be much more helpful than a big, multinational financial organization, and can help the nation's poor put together a plan for smart saving habits and debt repayment options. The key is to show those earning lower incomes that financial institutions can be tools to help them, not simply businesses out there looking to get a cut of their paycheck, wait for them to overdraft and slam them with fees or assist debt collectors in garnishing funds from their accounts.
While the poor do appear to be dodging the banks for now, it's likely that the big financial institutions won't actively do anything about it until it starts eating into profits and effecting the bottom line. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 61% of profits from consumer checking accounts come from overdraft and insufficient fund fees — paid by people who have next to no money. If those people keep bailing on their accounts and opt for check-cashing services instead, eventually that decline in revenue will hit profit margins.
For now, it looks as though little is set to change. As with anything, it will take a loss in profits for banks to actually address the issue on their end, and the poor will need some large concessions from the financial world to regain their trust in the banking system. Until that happens, check-cashing services will keep growing, and the poor won't gain any traction toward gaining sound financial footing.


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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Dice : MonoBehaviour
{
	//====
	// 定数・型定義

	public delegate bool validMovingDirectionFunc(Vector3 dir);
	public delegate void onStopEvent(int value);

	//====
	// フィールド変数

	private const float MOVE_SEC = 0.5f;
	private const float MOVE_SPD = 1.0f / MOVE_SEC;
	private const float ROT_SPD = 90.0f / MOVE_SEC;
	private const float SCALE_DICE = 1.0f;

	private float _cntMove;
	private Vector3 _dirMove;
	private Vector3 _rotMove;
	private validMovingDirectionFunc _validMovingDirectionFunc;
	private onStopEvent _onStopFunc;

	private int _value = 0;
	private Vector3 _localHitNormalized;
	private float _validMargin = 0.45F;

	private bool _active = true;

	//====
	// プロパティ

	public int value { get { return _value; } }
	public bool active { get { return _active; } set { _active = value; } }
	public validMovingDirectionFunc validMovingDirection { set { _validMovingDirectionFunc = value; } }
	public onStopEvent onStop { set { _onStopFunc = value; } }

	//====
	// メソッド

	// 開始処理
	void Start ()
	{
	}

	// 毎フレーム処理
	void Update ()
	{
		if(!_active) { return; }

		// サイコロの値チェック
		if(CheckLocalHit()) { AcquireValue (); }

		// タッチパネルによる操作
		Vector3 dir = Vector3.zero;
		Vector3 rot = Vector3.zero;
		if (Input.touchCount > 0) {
			Touch touch = Input.GetTouch(0);
			if(((Screen.height / 4) <= touch.position.y) && (touch.position.y <= (Screen.height / 4 * 3)))
			{
				if(touch.position.x <= (Screen.width / 2)) {
					dir = Vector3.left;
					rot = Vector3.forward;
				} else {
					dir = Vector3.right;
					rot = Vector3.back;
				}
			}
			if(((Screen.width / 4) <= touch.position.x) && (touch.position.x <= (Screen.width / 4 * 3)))
			{
				if(touch.position.y <= (Screen.height / 2)) {
					dir = Vector3.back;
					rot = Vector3.left;
				}
				else {
					dir = Vector3.forward;
					rot = Vector3.right;
				}
			}
		}
		// キーボードによる操作
		if (Input.GetKey ("right")) {
			dir = Vector3.right;
			rot = Vector3.back;
		}
		if (Input.GetKey ("left")) {
			dir = Vector3.left;
			rot = Vector3.forward;
		}
		if (Input.GetKey ("up")) {
			dir = Vector3.forward;
			rot = Vector3.right;
		}
		if (Input.GetKey ("down")) {
			dir = Vector3.back;
			rot = Vector3.left;
		}
		if((dir != Vector3.zero) && (rot != Vector3.zero))
		{
			Vector3 pos = transform.position + dir * SCALE_DICE;
			if ((_validMovingDirectionFunc == null) || _validMovingDirectionFunc(pos))
			{
				Move(dir, rot);
			}
		}

		if (_cntMove > 0.0f) {
			_cntMove -= Time.deltaTime;

			// 回転アニメーション終了判定
			if (_cntMove < 0.0f)
			{
				_cntMove = 0.0f;

				// 直角補正
				this.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(AdjustRightAngle(this.transform.eulerAngles.x), AdjustRightAngle(this.transform.eulerAngles.y), AdjustRightAngle(this.transform.eulerAngles.z));
				// 位置補正
				this.transform.position = new Vector3((int)Mathf.Round(this.transform.position.x * SCALE_DICE), 0.0f, (int)Mathf.Round(this.transform.position.z * SCALE_DICE));

				// onStopEvent デリゲートでイベントをコールする
				if (_onStopFunc != null)
				{
					_onStopFunc(_value);
				}
			}
			else
			{
				// 平行移動
				this.transform.Translate(_dirMove * MOVE_SPD * SCALE_DICE * Time.deltaTime, Space.World);
				// 回転
				this.transform.Rotate(_rotMove, ROT_SPD * SCALE_DICE * Time.deltaTime, Space.World);
				// 床めり込み防止
				const float JUMP_HIGH = 0.5f;
				this.transform.position = new Vector3(this.transform.position.x, JUMP_HIGH * Mathf.Sin(Mathf.PI * _cntMove / MOVE_SEC), this.transform.position.z);
			}
		}
	}

	// GUI 処理
	void OnGUI()
	{
		// デバッグ表示
		GUI.Label (new Rect (10, 10, Screen.width - 20, Screen.height - 20), string.Format ("pos=[{0}, {1}, {2}]\nrot=[{3}, {4}, {5}]", this.transform.position.x, this.transform.position.y, this.transform.position.z, this.transform.eulerAngles.x, this.transform.eulerAngles.y, this.transform.eulerAngles.z));
	}

	// 移動を開始する
	void Move(Vector3 dir, Vector3 rot) {
		if (_cntMove > 0.0f) {
			return;
		}
		_cntMove = MOVE_SEC;
		_dirMove = dir;
		_rotMove = rot;
	}

	// 直角補正
	float AdjustRightAngle(float ang)
	{
		/*
		// まず -180 から +180 の範囲に角度をおさめる
		while (ang > 180.0f) { ang -= 360.0f; }
		while (ang < -180.0f) { ang += 360.0f; }
		*/

		// 直角の整数倍の角度に調整する
		if(ang > 0.0f)
		{
			for (float w = 0.0f; w < 1800.0f; w += 90.0f)
			{
				if(((w - 45.0f) <= ang) && (ang < (w + 45.0f)))
				{
					return w;
				}
			}
		}
		else
		{
			for (float w = -90.0f; w > -1800.0f; w -= 90.0f)
			{
				if(((w - 45.0f) <= ang) && (ang < (w + 45.0f)))
				{
					return w;
				}
			}
		}
		return 0.0f;
	}

	// - - - -
	// サイコロの値チェックメソッド

	// ヒットチェック
	protected bool CheckLocalHit()
	{
		// create a Ray from straight above this Die , moving downwards
		Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position + (new Vector3(0, 2, 0) * transform.localScale.magnitude), Vector3.up * -1);
		RaycastHit hit = new RaycastHit();
		// cast the ray and validate it against this die's collider
		if (GetComponent<Collider>().Raycast(ray, out hit, 3 * transform.localScale.magnitude))
		{
			// we got a hit so we determine the local normalized vector from the die center to the face that was hit.
			// because we are using local space, each die side will have its own local hit vector coordinates that will always be the same.
			_localHitNormalized = transform.InverseTransformPoint(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z).normalized;
			return true;
		}
		// in theory we should not get at this position!
		return false;
	}

	// サイコロの値の取得
	protected void AcquireValue()
	{
		// value = 0 -> undetermined or invalid
		_value = 0;
		float delta = 1;
		// start with side 1 going up.
		int side = 1;
		Vector3 testHitVector;
		// check all sides of this die, the side that has a valid hitVector and smallest x,y,z delta (if more sides are valid) will be the closest and this die's value
		do
		{
			// get testHitVector from current side, HitVector is a overriden method in the dieType specific Die subclass
			// eacht dieType subclass will expose all hitVectors for its sides,
			testHitVector = HitVector(side);
			if (testHitVector != Vector3.zero)
			{
				// this side has a hitVector so validate the x,y and z value against the local normalized hitVector using the margin.
				if (ValidHitMargin(_localHitNormalized.x, testHitVector.x) &&
				    ValidHitMargin(_localHitNormalized.y, testHitVector.y) &&
				    ValidHitMargin(_localHitNormalized.z, testHitVector.z))
				{
					// this side is valid within the margin, check the x,y, and z delta to see if we can set this side as this die's value
					// if more than one side is within the margin (especially with d10, d12, d20 ) we have to use the closest as the right side
					float nDelta = Mathf.Abs(_localHitNormalized.x - testHitVector.x) + Mathf.Abs(_localHitNormalized.y - testHitVector.y) + Mathf.Abs(_localHitNormalized.z - testHitVector.z);
					if (nDelta < delta)
					{
						_value = side;
						delta = nDelta;
					}
				}
			}
			// increment side
			side++;
			// if we got a Vector.zero as the testHitVector we have checked all sides of this die
		} while (testHitVector != Vector3.zero);
	}

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	protected Vector3 HitVector(int side)
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		case 4: return new Vector3(1F, 0F, 0F);
		case 5: return new Vector3(0F, 1F, 0F);
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		}
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	protected bool ValidHitMargin(float t, float v)
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Preparing to use this book in your classroom as an integrated studies unit? Need some resources and teaching ideas to get started? Read on..
Normally I would do a page of activities and resources for books shortlisted for Book Week but in the case of Sue Lawson's Freedom Ride there are many resources available so I have decided to include a page of online/digital resources as a separate post.
The majority of these resources are available for FREE.
Please remember that these resources, which included video footage, do contain images of deceased aborigines. Discretion is advised when considering the appropriateness of using the photographs and videos specifically in your classroom. I would recommend sending a note home advising of the content you will be covering.
Read about the author Sue Lawson and her other books over at her official website by clicking the banner above. Photograph sourced from her website.
ABC has an audio of an interview with Sue Lawson about the book. Click HERE to go and download it.
Walker Books have teaching notes available HERE.
Walker Books have made a video preview for the book. View it for free on YouTube.
Discovering Democracy Units already has a fantastic plan of lessons that incorporates the book and events that occurred available for FREE.
Australian Screen has a couple of videos shot during the 1965 Freedom Rides which include Charles Perkins from the program Blood Brothers. These are available to view for FREE online.
TROVE has FREE digitised newspaper coverage of the actual events as they happened in the 60s. I have linked direct to a couple below. A general search of "freedom rides" and narrowing the content to "Australian" and the 60s decade will give you a range of relevant results.
Helping Aborigines this is an interesting read that appeared in Women's Weekly from a girl with "aboriginal blood".
At TROVE you can also search for photographs held at various libraries around Australia. The State Library of NSW has several photos available to view online of the Freedom Riders and where they visited.
National Museum Australia has a biography and photo of Charles Perkins, a real life person who also appears in the book.
Australian Biography has a transcript of an interview with Charles Perkins but sadly the video file appears to be corrupt.
AIATSIS has a website with resources about the Freedom Ride and those who participated.
Behind the News has a segment available on their website.
YouTube has a few videos also available. I recommend viewing first as some content is covered in resources already mentioned above. Some of these are contemporary reports for the 50th Anniversary but contain some archive footage. Here are a few of them.
For a contemporary music song about the event check out Troy Cassar-Daley's Freedom Ride on YouTube.
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Q: Listbox scroll viewer - default scroll to bottom I have a ListBox which has to be scrolled to bottom automatically. In my application, I have to detect if some items were already visibled to user and to do some business logic if so. I am using virtualization here which calls item (vm) properties only if it is visible.
For auto scroll, i am using listbox.ScrollIntoView(listbox.SelectedItem); which works perfect, the problem is that the ScrollIntoView will run only after the ListBox is already loaded and rendered which means that it first displays some items from its beginning and after that it will scroll to bottom... it is undesirable for me. I just want to scroll immediately to bottom (before the ListBox is rendered).
Here is my behavior for auto scroll to bottom:
protected override void OnAttached()
{
    base.OnAttached();
    this.AssociatedObject.SelectionChanged += AssociatedObject_SelectionChanged;
}

void AssociatedObject_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (sender is ListBox)
    {
        ListBox listbox = (sender as ListBox);
        if (listbox.SelectedItem != null)
        {
            listbox.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((Action)(() =>
            {
                listbox.UpdateLayout();
                if (listbox.SelectedItem != null)
                {
                    listbox.ScrollIntoView(listbox.SelectedItem);
                }
            }));
        }
    }
}

protected override void OnDetaching()
{
    base.OnDetaching();
    this.AssociatedObject.SelectionChanged -= AssociatedObject_SelectionChanged;
}

My ListBox is setted to IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" and its ItemsSource is binded to ICollectionView where i am using MoveCurrentToLast.
So the question is: is there any way how to scroll to bottom without rendering its top first?

A: I've reproduced your attached command as a
public class MyBehavior : Behavior<ListBox>
    {

to a XAML
    <ListBox SelectedItem="SelCust" Name="MyListBox" Loaded="MyListBox_Loaded" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" DisplayMemberPath="Name"  ItemsSource="{Binding Customers}">
        <i:Interaction.Behaviors>
            <local:MyBehavior/>
        </i:Interaction.Behaviors>
        <i:Interaction.Triggers>
            <i:EventTrigger EventName="Loaded">
                <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding Path=LoadCommand}"/>
            </i:EventTrigger>
        </i:Interaction.Triggers>
    </ListBox>

where I've also added a binding for the Load event to the ViewModel
    public CustomerViewModel()
    {
        IList<Customer> customers = Customer.GetCustomers().ToList();
        _customerView = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(customers);
        _customerView.MoveCurrentToLast();
        _customerView.CurrentChanged += CustomerSelectionChanged;

    }
    private void CustomerSelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // React to the changed selection
        Debug.WriteLine("Here");
        var sel = (sender as CollectionView).CurrentItem;
        if ( sel!= null)
        {
            //Do Something
        }
    }
    private DelegateCommand loadCommand;
    public ICommand LoadCommand
    {
        get
        {
            if (loadCommand == null)
            {
                loadCommand = new DelegateCommand(VMLoad);
            }
            return (ICommand)loadCommand;
        }
    }
    bool IsLoaded = false;
    private void VMLoad(object obj)
    {
        IsLoaded = true;
    }

and in the code-behind
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        DataContext = new CustomerViewModel();
    }

    private void MyListBox_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        MyListBox.ScrollIntoView(MyListBox.Items[MyListBox.Items.Count - 1]);
    }

When I debug it, I see that the this is the sequence of events fired:

*

*CurrentChanged wiht the last item of the collection

*Loaded handler in the code-behind

*LoadCommand in the ViewModel and only after that

*ScrollIntoView from the AssociatedObject_SelectionChanged
So basically I'm suggesting a couple of things:

*

*add (another) ScrollIntoView (for the last item of the collection) from the Loaded handler in the
code-behind

*for whatever action you need to perform when you have to detect if some items are already visible to user, first check IsLoaded to exclude any transient effect

A: Why not simply scroll to the last value in your collection after you set the DataContext or ItemSource? No data will render until you set your data context, and until you exit the constructor. To my understanding if you do the following to steps in sequence in the constructor, it should work as expected.
listBox.DataContext = _items;
listBox.ScrollIntoView(_items.Last());


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Intuit to Acquire Mailchimp in $12B SMB Expansion
Intuit, the company that delivers the small business accounting software QuickBooks, will purchase the email marketing-turned-SMB marketing automation platform Mailchimp for an estimated $12B. The companies announced the deal in a press release.
Intuit plans to integrate QuickBooks and Mailchimp to help companies draw immediate connections between their customer marketing data and their cash flow, which will ultimately give small businesses a better understanding of how their financial health is affected by individual marketing efforts.
Why is Intuit acquiring Mailchimp?
While on the surface, Quickbooks and Mailchimp seem like completely unrelated tools, despite having a similar customer base. But that's entirely the point. In addition to expanding their service set, the acquisition is also a data play that will provide cross-marketing and deep customer data for both sides. And when the purchase is complete, Intuit will be able to access the robust datasets that Mailchimp accrues from providing email marketing, ad operations, website production, CRM, and marketing automation services.
And while expanding audiences and offering upsell and cross sell opportunities is vitally important for today's companies, so is expanding your access to vital customer data. Every company is now a data company, so purchasing a new company with two decades of rich customer data is a huge move on Intuit's part.
Small business customers win with their first marketing-focused ERP
While there are several enterprise resource planning (ERP) software platforms that are useful for small business manufacturing and retail companies, the combination of QuickBooks with Mailchimp seeks to build a company-wide data platform that enterprise companies have long had access to within ERP systems from Oracle, SAP, or Sage.
Also read: SAP vs. Oracle: Clash of the Tier 1 Titans
Alex Chriss, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Intuit Small Business and Self-Employed Group said, "Together, Mailchimp and QuickBooks will become a powerful engine for small and mid-market business customers to get, engage and retain their customers, run their businesses, optimize cash flow and remain compliant."
The difference between this partnership and more conventional small business ERPs like Odoo or Microsoft Dynamics 365 is that Mailchimp has its roots in building small businesses through digital marketing tactics. The last several years has seen Mailchimp grow from a standard email marketing tool to a full-scale marketing automation platform that is easy for customers of all experience levels to use. Mailchimp helps small businesses scale quickly with websites, lead forms, landing pages, and more.
Also read: How to Write Truly Personalize Emails and 3 Other Nurture Marketing Ideas
This acquisition may help Intuit fill a data platform niche for small businesses who can't afford a full marketing automation suite like Marketo or an ERP like Netsuite. Small companies are still interested in finding out how their marketing affects the bottom line, and this partnership may do that.
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Denver's West Side continues to thrive, and has yet to become entirely overrun by couples named Caleb and Ashley who spend too much time complaining about the size of closets in old houses. You don't want to attend a festival packed with Calebs and Ashleys yakking about the qualitative differences between the Dish Network and Comcast, neither do I, so why don't we head to the Taste of Highlands tomorrow, at 32nd and Osceola St.?
The lineup includes Coral Room, el Camino, Happy Cakes, Highland Pacific & Oyster Bar, Julia Blackbird's, Mead St. Station, Sushi Hai, Fire on the Mountain, Garbanzo, Pinche Tacos and Sweet Cow. In addition, The Matador, scheduled to open next month, will be slinging its Tex-Mex food; if you haven't visited its outposts in Washington, Oregon or Idaho, it will be your first taste of their stab at Mexican fare.
The event starts at 3 p.m., it involves lots of live music, you will visit the beer and wine garden, and tickets are $20 if you buy 'em today; tomorrow they vault up to $30. The dough covers food and non-boozy beverages, but you'll have to fork out more for those plastic cups of beer and wine.
I cannot, unfortunately, guarantee you will skirt a mildly intoxicated Caleb and Ashley arguing too loudly about whether to do Cabo or Puerto this year, a tiff that sluices into a reckless discussion about the sketchy marital state of their friends Cody and Brittany. If confronted with this sort of thing, please inhale deeply several times, consider the shallow foundation upon which their union rests – so try to feel a little empathy – and find the tequila.
Love it! You've perfectly captured the angst of living in the Highlands.


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Say 'drivers', not 'cars': it's the people in inside the boxes that do the stuff
Posted on Tue 25th, November 2014
The recent tragic crash involving a driver who killed a rider while racing then drove yet again was reported so sloppily.
A cyclist has died from his injuries after he was hit by a car that may have been racing another vehicle and failed to stop...A car that was suspected of being involved has been found, police said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30189092
"On Saturday I was clearly visible to the vehicle and stepped out, but the car didn't see me. It swerved around me at the last second and I had to jump backwards.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11611173.print/
So many instances of this
Related: the passive voice really fucks me off. I notice it most in stories about rape cases.
https://beyondthekerb.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/when-words-collide/
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MultiGrooves
What can ab done? Are the journalists ever contacted and questioned?
tricitybendix in reply to @MultiGrooves
Frequently on Twitter. Which does work, sometimes - I've seen news articles updated on occasion.
The way we refer to people interacting on roads has to be impersonal or it would be too sad to bear. The language, a defense mechanism to avoid massive cultural guilt at the damage and carnage we allow for the convenience and speed of some. If we spoke directly about the numbers killed and maimed across the world pointing out the people responsible,we'd be pointing to our friends, our sons and daughters, ourselves. So we point to the cars instead and make these inanimate objects responsible.
I regularly write to the editor of my local rags about this, to little avail. This appeared a while back
(Reading Evening Post):-
"Emergency services went to Queen's Road following a collision between a Mini Cooper and a pedestrian.
Police, paramedics and firefighters were called at 3.22pm to the scene of the collision by the junction with Sidmouth Street where a car had mounted the pavement.
A male pedestrian in his 30s with leg injuries and another injured person were taken to Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Watch manager James Dowd of Caversham Road Fire station said fire crews has to use lifting gear to raise the Mini Copper off the leg of the pedestrian involved in the collision.
He said: "The car left the road and mounted the pavement taking a pedestrian with it and ending up in the bushes. We had to cut away the bushes, lift up the car to the point where we could get him out." "
finger_jockey
Coming from a very tenuous journalistic background (and @Oliver Schick is probably better placed to comment on this), I would say that the reason the media always reports it as a 'car' is because they're on safer legal ground, than if they got into specifics about it being a 'driver' (and it therefore inferring the accident being the fault of said 'driver'). (IMHO)
skydancer in reply to @finger_jockey
So @finger_jockey why do they say 'a cyclist' rather than 'a bike' if that is the case.
I would imagine that in terms of litigation, a driver is probably better funded to defend themselves legally. But like I said, this is just hypothetical, I could be very wrong, just an opinion.
Edit: I would also suggest that in describing the vehicle, it distinguishes it from car/bus/truck etc, and therefore infers the potential severity of the accident.
mashton
Perhaps instead of pedestrians being struck we should talk about a pair of shoes or suit of clothes being run over.
nohwol
This is one of those issues where a petition might actually make a difference. The legal argument is pretty weak and if newspapers had a show of public support for the change that would potentially further weaken it.
We absorb a lot of information passively, so minor changes in style can have a big effect on our thinking. It's important to highlight personal responsibility in these accounts; it's not just a car that does these things, it's a person making a choice to drive in a reckless fashion.
brzl
guess its because, actually the car hits the cyclist and his bicycle. The driver is the responsible for the accident, for driving that car, but car hits the flesh.
It's like "a victim was found with gun shot wounds", you don't say - the body was found with gunner wounds.
The_Seldom_Killer
No, but you also don't say "a victim was found with gun wounds". Shot here implies and action taken upon the gun so therefore conveys the intervention or actions of a "gunner" or a shooter.
Hit by a car fails to convey that intervention of a driver and so dehumanises that part of the interaction.
But it was mechanical fault that caused the accident er the nut behind the steering wheel.
szeliaxe in reply to @finger_jockey
This, I believe, is correct.
It also tells you about the values behind many publications - they'd rather avoid getting sued than worry about seeming heartless or overly sympathetic towards motorists.
I agree with posts below, though - it's not exactly logical. To use it in the case of a vehicle where the driver could be any number of people is more understandable, but to still refer to a 'car fleeing the scene' is bizarre as there is clearly responsibility there.
You can also see that 'car' sounds ominous and dangerous, whereas 'cyclist' sounds personal and vulnerable. If you really wanted to, you could formulate a pro-motorist subtext/conspiracy with this.
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Skülly
OK so I'm a bit bored of being told I'm a cyclist.
The man or woman in the car needs to be described as such. " The man driving the car drove it onto the pavement."
I'm a man first - driver, cyclist or pedestrian second.
Just tell them you're really a skülly and watch their reaction. :)
There is a hierarchy no?
@skülly You're a man first - pedestrian, cyclist or driver second
(Are you a Londoner too? Or British? A Human? Dad? Where do they fit in?)
Beardedswoon in reply to @skydancer
worcesternews.co.uk/news/11611173.print/
Hey, thats right by my house. Wooo for something posted not in London.
skydancer in reply to @Beardedswoon
Wooo for something posted not in London.
This is the LONDON FGSS :)
Though you are right. Such incidents and poor reporting of them are National and international.
Six cyclists were injured when a car collided with them on Southern Cross Drive near Wentworth Avenue at Mascot on Sunday.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-16/five-cyclists-seriously-injured-in-sydney-car-accident/5323980
I would also suggest that in describing the vehicle, it distinguishes it from car/bus/truck etc, and therefore infers the potential severity of the accident
So saying car/bus/lorry/ driver would address this issue of severity of the incident (saying accident also either presumes no fault or at least no intention which may not be the case)
Police would not confirm the ex-England captain, 39, was involved in the crash in London Colney, Hertfordshire, on Saturday, but said a grey Audi RS6 had collided with a silver Mitsubishi Colt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30265876
What is certain according to the police is that the grey Audi RS^ WAS involved, though not necessarily David Beckam.
Why don't those cars look where they are going?
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The environment ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic have said that both countries want to reach an agreement in their dispute over a Polish lignite mine in Turow.
A Polish delegation arrived in Prague on Thursday to begin negotiations over the mine. The Czech government has gone to European Court of Justice (CJEU) to get the mine, which lies close to the Czech border, closed owing to environmental concerns.
In a preliminary ruling, the court demanded that the mine cease operations.
"The goal is an agreement, not a court battle," said Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec at a press conference on Thursday with his Polish counterpart.
He added that the Czech Republic does not want the mine, operated by Poland's state-controlled electric power distribution company PGE, to cease operations.
"We do not have such legitimacy. Poland has the right to make decisions about its energy mix," said Brabec, adding that conditions are needed which will allow mining to continue but at the same time minimise its impact on the environment and the inhabitants of the region.
"We are considering the possibility of withdrawing the Turow complaint from the CJEU if Poland meets the conditions," stated the minister.
Polish Climate Minister Michal Kurtyka said: "What unites us is our common will to achieve a bilateral, stable agreement without involving EU institutions."
Poland has so far refused to shut down Turow, calling the court's decision "disproportionate" and a threat to the stability of the country's energy system.
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Jeremy Clarkson and the War on British Dads
British dads are tired. They're stuck in a future that doesn't want them. Everything they like is lame, everything they do is boring, everything they say is "problematic." All they want is to live inside Jeremy Clarkson's brain.
by Joe Bish
March 12, 2015, 7:00pm
Jeremy Clarkson's books. Photo via Flickr user Timothy Tsui
This article originally appeared on VICE UK.
Jeremy Clarkson has run out of cigarettes. He flips open the lid of his Marlboro packet with his thumb, the only thing inside is some limp silver paper. His expression grows even more hangdog than it was before. He's been involved in an altercation with one of the producers of his internationally beloved TV show, Top Gear. This has resulted in his suspension from the BBC, and has meant that this Sunday's edition of Cars and Casual Racism will not be aired, and neither will the remaining two episodes of the series. Jeremy Clarkson has, in no uncertain terms, fucked it. He has fucked it before—also in no uncertain terms—by being casually racist on his show, making gags about dead prostitutes, calling the Middle East the "ook-stan sort of countries," uploading a photo of himself sleeping on a plane with the words "Gay Cunt" and an arrow pointing to him next to his head. He is like a popular yet unruly schoolboy, always overstepping the mark but using his teacher's fond disposition towards him as a get-out clause. His SATS scores are high, and OFSTED are pleased.
He crumples the empty packet in his hand and walks outside his front door. He's met with the familiar yet jarring sound of a photographer's shutter, of people asking him questions they know he won't answer. "Just off to the job center," he quips. Of course, multimillionaire author, journalist, television presenter, and friend of Prime Minister David Cameron Jeremy Clarkson will only be going near a job center if he's driving a monster truck over it. Though he may be momentarily disgraced his career will no doubt recover, unless it emerges he called his producer a "fucking bent cunt" before laying into him, or something similar.
No, Jeremy Clarkson, though quite a reprehensible human being, clearly, is not bearing the greatest brunt of his suspension. That brunt is to be borne most heavily by the loyal viewers of his show, the readers of his books and columns. That brunt is to be borne by your dad, basically, and though he isn't showing it, he's really disappointed.
Your dad is tired. He feels like he's traveled through time in the last decade or so, and found himself in a future that doesn't want him. Everything he likes is lame, everything he does is boring, everything he says is problematic. He's not quite a relic yet, but he can feel his sheen oxidizing rapidly. The creep of the rust is showing everywhere; face, legs, arms, knob, eyes—nothing is exempt. But your dad will not be complaining about it. He will stuff it deep down into his brain and chest because that's what he's been doing since you were born. Since you came into the world his life has been one criminal disappointment after another, and you're not really helping with your themed club nights and sex politics at the dinner table. You've been exhausting him from the day you came into this world.
Work spurs him on. Work, in the latter days of life, transitions from a necessity that allows you to fund your party lifestyle, to a necessity that keeps you from losing your mind. You stop working and then what? Life becomes a painful series of standing up and sitting down. Each action aching more than the last, until your whole viscera is an agonizing metronome of clicks and strains.
But for one hour on a Sunday, your dad lives vicariously through Jeremy Clarkson. He watches an overweight man in his fifties drive Ferraris across beautiful landscapes, making racist jokes and drinking beer. Your dad is escaping to the only place he wants to escape to: inside of Clarkson's brain.
And now that trivial release is being taken from him. Taken from him like so many other things. Smoking in pubs, affordable pints, soccer, which is now on about 17 different channels and costs about $1,500 to have. For us, the young, these things are irritating, but bearable. We have the wherewithal to say, "No, that's shit, I think that's wrong." But your dad… He just wants a salty wave of easy livin' to come and collect him from this shitty beach covered in broken Sierra Nevada bottles and damp copies of the Guardian.
We all loathe Jeremy Clarkson. We all think he's a ponce. We are united by our hatred of Clarkson; to this generation, Clarkson is basically rave. We are equipped enough to realize that Clarkson's offensive, undignified digging out of anyone who is at even a mild disadvantage has no place in a society that can function fairly or justly.
But your dad is done with all that. No one wants to hear his opinions now, and they likely never will again. These dads, they give a whole lot and don't ask for much, if anything, in return. There's a petition of 500,000 signatures to get Clarkson back on the TV, and a lot of them will be bottom feeders who just want to go around saying "P**i shop" with impunity. Facebook Klan wizards sharing false stories about St Paul's Cathedral being turned into a mega-mosque. But your dad is there too, quietly willing it to pass, so he has something to watch, to enjoy, before it all starts again on Monday.
Spare a thought for this breed of jet-lagged men. They won't be around forever, and you'll miss them when they're gone.
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Record number of schools open their playgrounds this summer
More than 230 NSW public schools will open their playgrounds during school holidays as the Share Our Space program continues to grow.
Families will be able to enjoy summer in NSW public school grounds.
School Infrastructure NSW's Share Our Space program will help families from across the state get active over the summer, with ovals, sports courts and playgrounds open for community use throughout the holidays.
Public schools across NSW are opening their gates as part of the program - from Mungindi Central School near the Queensland border to Candelo Public School near Victoria, to Lord Howe Island Central School, 600 kilometres off the east coast of mainland Australia and Palinyewah Public School in the far west.
Since the pilot program launched in summer 2017, Share Our Space has received widespread support in schools and local communities, with the number of schools taking part increasing by more than 500 per cent.
Participating schools are open between 8am-6pm from 22 December - 25 January, 7 days a week including public holidays.
Education Week launch hosts revealed 12 June 2019
Digital Citizenship: be positive, smart and safe 28 May 2019
Learning Edge competition for innovative teachers 7 May 2019
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Netanyahu's Weapons Against the Former Head of Mossad: Lies, Distortions and Incitement
Tamir Pardo was tarred and feathered for committing the most cardinal of sins in today's Israel: Speaking out against Netanyahu, the anointed one
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Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, June 16, 2016.Credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO
On Thursday night, Israel Channel 12's Ilana Dayan dropped a bombshell. In an interview with former Mossad head Tamir Pardo, she asserted that in 2013, Yoram Cohen, the head of Israel's general security service, the Shin Bet, had refused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request "to carry out surveillance operations, including wiretaps, against a group of officials who were privy to a top secret, which included the head of the Mossad and the army Chief of Staff." For the next 48 hours, the Israeli media was in a frenzy.
Netanyahu's initial reaction was relatively restrained, by his standards. His office told Dayan's TV program, "Uvda," "This is a complete distortion of systemic efforts that are made from time to time to safeguard information on sensitive matters of supreme importance to Israel's security." By Friday morning, however, after realizing that the story was gaining steam, Netanyahu's changed his tone. In a video message, he described Dayan's report as "an absolute lie." Even the former head of the Shin Bet, Netanyahu asserted, had denied the report.
In point of fact, however, Cohen had only denied that he had been given "specific" instructions to wiretap the head of the Mossad, then Pardo, and the army's Chief of Staff, then Benny Gantz. It was Netanyahu, not Dayan, who made such a claim. Cohen did not issue a denial – which, under the circumstances, was tantamount to confirmation – that Netanyahu had sought to surveil the entire group of those privy to the top secret, which included Pardo and Gantz.
Moreover, at least two other journalists confirmed Dayan's story independently. Channel 10 cited a former top security official who was present at the meeting in which Netanyahu had requested the sweeping surveillance as saying that he had been "shocked" by the prime minister's directive. If there was an "absolute lie," therefore, it was Netanyahu's, not Dayan's.
In Sunday morning's cabinet meeting, Netanyahu launched another counteroffensive. Ostensibly citing Pardo's words to Dayan that the "fun part" about the Mossad was that it was a "licensed crime organization" Netanyahu said that the Mossad "was not a crime organization but a glorious organization that does holy work in the war on terror, and which we all salute." Netanyahu conveniently neglected to cite the end of Pardo's statement: "For King and country," the oath used since Roman times, and especially in English history, by soldiers willing to sacrifice their lives for their nations. The Mossad is a "licensed crime organization," Pardo meant, but only in the service of Israel's greater interests.
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As with his skewed presentation of Dayan's original claim, Netanyahu's distortion of Pardo's statement was malicious, not coincidental. Netanyahu knew full well that Pardo's words were said in jest. He was well aware that Pardo was using insider vernacular to describe the Mossad. And Netanyahu knows, more than most, that all Mossad operations abroad, from wiretapping through the stationing of a spy to the assassination of an enemy, are illegal in the countries in which the spy agency operates.
Netanyahu purposely perverted Pardo's words in order to portray him as a traitor to the organization that he served for close to 40 years. In doing so, he signaled his attack dogs in politics and the media that open season had been declared on Pardo and his record. Retired IDF general Minister Yoav Galant and the head of the Knesset's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Avi Dichter, himself a former head of the Shin Bet, wrongly attributed the revelation of Netanyahu's surveillance order to Pardo and described it as a "big lie," even though they had no way of knowing. "The Enemy Within" was the headline of a column in Maariv. "Pardo aided and abetted Iran and Hezbollah" was another, printed in the right-wing Makor Rishon. "He's a traitor," "Lock him up" and "Pardo joins Israel's enemies" were the slogans quickly churned out by Netanyahu's right-wing trolls on the internet.
The tidal wave of indignation sparked by Netanyahu obscured Pardo's revelation that in 2011, he and Gantz had followed in the footsteps of their predecessors, Meir Dagan and Gaby Ashkenazi respectively, in refusing to go along with Netanyahu's order to prepare the army for an attack on Iran. The cardinal question of how and why Netanyahu has succeeded in alienating successive leaders of Israel's security arms and losing their confidence also vanished. Pardo, who devoted his life to Israel's security – and was at the side of Yoni Netanyahu, the prime minister's brother, when he was gunned own in Entebbe -joined the ever-lengthening line of senior security officials who turned into public enemies number one for Netanyahu's minions. His service record was erased overnight. He was tarred and feathered for committing the most cardinal of sins in today's Israel: Speaking out against Netanyahu, the anointed one.
The prime minister may be more careful and cunning than his great American friend Donald Trump, but at their core, they are one and the same. They will tear down hallowed institutions, fight the rule of law, demoralize the intelligence community, sully the reputations of devoted public officials, lie and distort to their heart's content if anyone dares confront them. Their loyal stormtroopers, including supposedly independent politicians, will follow them into the deepest gutters to ingratiate themselves with their idol and to finish his dirty work.
Pardo, at least, knew what was coming. At the end of his interview he reflected on the sad fate that awaits those who dare criticize Emperor Bibi: "What is happening in Israel in recent years is the delegitimization of thinking differently. The minute you don't think and speak like the prime minister, you move to the other side, to the side of the traitors, to the side of those who wish to cause Israel harm." But even he could not have anticipated the ferocity of the attack or the intensity of the venom. Even he could not admit to himself that Israel is turning away from cold, hard truths and addicting itself to lies, distortions and incitement, in which, one must admit, Netanyahu is a world-class master.


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KA - BAR POCKET KNIVES
KA-BAR Knives makes military knives, hunting, sporting and all-purpose utility knives, all of them with a high quality.
KA-BAR manufactures more than 100 products and accessories of cutlery. Knives KA-BAR are sold through independent retailers, representatives of the manufacture, distributors and catalogues requested by mail.
The cutlery industry in United States began in New England before 1800 when a group of cutlers from England's famous Sheffield Cutlery Industry banned together in small factories.
Late 1800's a group of cutlers settled in the Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania area.
On April 29th 1897, a group of 38 men as an association adressed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth applied to form a Limited Partnership dedicated to manufacture and sell knives and pocket knives. This formation, know as Tidioute Cutlery Company, is considered to be the beginnings of KA-BAR's history.
The beginning of KA-BAR knives was on April 29th 1897 when the Tidioute Cutlery Company was founded.
A year later the weapons production and sale of this company started.
About 1900 the Tidioute Cutlery Company experienced financial difficulties and it was dissolved.
On April 1902 Wallace R. Brown bought the assets of the Tidioute Cutlery Company. Two months later, a new association headed by Mr Brow applied to the Governor of Pennsylvania to form a corporation called Union Razor Company Union Razor Company to the purpose of manufacturing and selling cutlery
The next April the new Company was absolutely working with Brown as Chairman and CEO.
The 25th of January of 1909 the Company's name (Union Razor Company) changed to Union Cutlery Company to reflect more exactly the products manufactured by it.
In 1910, the City of Olean (New York), approached Wallace Brown and the company's Directors and proposed the relocation of the company to their city.
On December of following year, in the State of New York, a new corporation was registered as Union Cutlery Company creating two incorporations to this company: the original in Tidioute (Pennsylvania) and the one set up by Wallace Brown in Olean (New York). With the Olean facility operating successfully, the Tidioute, Pennsylvania plant is closed down.
In 1912 operations were in full move to Union Cutlery Company's new location at 434 North Ninth Street, Olean.
The 1920's were a transition period during the signs embellished the blades and the handles of the older Union Razor knives and newer model Union Cutlery knives and pocket knives. During this period trademarks like OLCUT, KEENWEEL and KA-BAR, were adopted.
In 1924, Wallace Brown, since an illness, died. His brother Emerson Brown, assumed quickly the role of Company President.
Since 1931, Emerson Brown, who was president until his death, was superseded by his nephew Danforth Wallace, the older Company President's son.
Soon after, during World War II, the Union Cutlery Company started to manufacture Ka-Bar branded knife to the US Marine Corps for issue to fighting personnel.
In spite of the original design was not up to par, the Marine Corps accepted the design of the knife and began to produce it as their fighting knife.
KA-BAR knives were the sharp weapons by American soldiers during World Ward II.
Due to its role in the War, the KA-BAR name had achieved such a high level of fame that Danforth and the directors of the company decided to change the corporate name to KA-BAR Cutlery, Inc. dropping the Union Cutlery name entirely.
On March 1960 Danforth Brown died and since then the company changed of hands several times
In 1961 Brown family sold KA-BAR sold KA-BAR to two Olean businessmen who in turn sold it to a group of business entrepreneurs. After some attempts to reorganize the company was forced into liquidation. With the intention of re-establishing the business, Robinson Knife Company purchased the assets of the company.
Five years later, Robinson Knife Company sold the KA-BAR operations to Cole National Corporation in Cleveland (Ohio).
In 1975, as a part of its efforts to revive the company, KA-BAR establishes a special Collectors' Division. Its intention was to produce significant and commemorative knives to recreate famous antique KA-BAR knives and actively support the enjoyment of knife collecting in gener
A year later this new department produced its first knife: a full dress version of the USMC fighting and utility knife, produced in limited number.
The USMC commemorative was so enthusiastically received that the company returned the knife, in its standard issue form, to regular production.
In 1982 the Cole National Corporation felt in a difficulty period in his business in the sales of knives and penknives. During liquidation the KA-BAR production line was purchased by American Consumer Products and moved to Solon (Ohio).
In 1996 the production line and assets were sold to Alcas Corporation Of Olean.
At the end of the following year, the cutlery KA-BAR Knives Inc. enhanced its national product distribution with the addition of five manufacturing representative firms whose territory spanned the entire Unites States.
In 1998 KA-BAR celebrated its 100th years of business.
In 2003 KA-BAR moved to its current location in Olean (New York) in 200 Homer Street New York.
¿How KA-BAR got its name?
Soon after its introduction in the mid-1920's, the KA-BAR trademark became widely know and respected. There are a lot of versions about how the KA-BAR name came to be, but all indicate to a letter received from a fur trapper. The fur trapper recommendation was the most significant ever received by the company.
This fur trapper wrote, in very rough English, that his gun had jammed and that he had relied in his knife to kill a wounded bear that was attacking him. In thanking the company for its quality product the fur trapper described how using his knife had killed the bear. All that was legible of his scrawled writing was k a bar. The company was so honoured by this testimonial that they adopted this phrase and used it as their trademark, KA-BAR.
The most famous KA-BAR knife: the American legend, the USMC
On December 9th 1942, after the start of World War II, the United States Marine Corps adopted this knife as his fighting knife in hopes that it would become general issue to that branch of the military. Working together with the Marine Quartermaster Department a design was devised and soon production was under way on a new and improved fighting and utility knife for the Marines.
When the war front grew, the demand for these knives was so great that the KA-BAR factor alone could not keep up. The government assigned several knife companies to create similar knives as supplemental pieces for those serving the War.
Thanks to War, KA-BAR production grew more than a million of knives. Soon, the KA-BAR knives became so well recognized for their quality and due to abundant in number that KA-BAR became the name by which the great majority of the population name this pattern of knife without concerning the weapon had been manufactured by KA-BAR.
These knives were used to carry out daily tasks as pounding tent stakes, opening ration cans and digging foxholes, driving nails, not to mention defending lives.
Growing so in popularity and earning only the greatest respect, the KA-BAR was adopted by not only the Marines, but also the Army, the Navy, COSAT Guards and Underwater Demolition Teams.
Some years after World War II, many KA-BAR were unofficially used by Korea, Vietnam, and in the Desert Storm and in the Iraqi Freedom conflicts.
The dependability and the consistent quality of wartime KA-BARs was the result of constant strict quality control procedures by KA-BAR workers and supervisors as well the US Marine Corps and Navy Supply inspectors who were assigned to the KA-BAR cutlery to work along with company personnel to accomplish this goal.
The USMC KA-BAR knife is the most famous of all those of company and one of the most coveted by collectors.
These high levels of quality were kept in 1976 when the production was reintroduced to commemorate the Marine Corps 200th Anniversary of service to the United States.
Then, the factory in Olean, together with some of its original craftsmen, undertook the job of creating a full dress model, a Limited Edition Commemorative that would prove to be most meaningful to the Marines.
Using the original blue prints that had been stored in the company archive files. The recreated knife was a true work of art that retained the look, feel and performance of the original battle ready to the battle three decades before. The first one of its kind, serialized with the number 1, was presented to the Commandant of the Corps and was later put on display at the USMC Museum ad Quantico.
The USMC commemorative was received so enthusiastically that it became obvious that the original KA-BAR fighting and utility knife had retained its popularity through the years. The limited production Commemorative was so quickly taken up by the Marines, knife enthusiast and collectors that KA.BAR decided to return it to regular production in its standard form. With only a few changes made possible by modern technology, the KA-BAR fighting and utility knife was reintroduced.
Today, the original USMC fighting and utility knife remains the fists choice for many Marines who choose to carry it as their personal knife in their missions. This knife also is a favourite of adventurers, survivalist, outdoor sportsmen and, of course, collectors who know that this knife, this American Legend, deserves a place in their collection.
¿How KA-BAR knives are made?
Making a quality KA-BAR product requires the talent of experienced craftspeople performing dozens of processes with precision and skill. Each knife undergoes specific manufacturing processes to ensure corrosion resistance, strength, edge holding ability, and an out-of-the-box razor sharp cutting edge. Some of these manufacturing processes are the following:
Blanking: Using a 100 ton blanking press KA-BAR can blank out nearly 9,000 blades in one full day of operation.
Tang Stamping: Tang Stamping is often used to identify a product's manufacturer, the country in which the product was made, and an item number.
The process of stainless steel blades elaboration of KA-BAR knives needs three steps:
In the first, blades run trough a 70 foot (about 21 meters) conveyor that takes approximately an hour to cycle.
In the second step the KA-BAR stainless steel blade is cryogenically froze to -120º F (-152º C) to optimise blade performance.
The third action consists in tempering stainless steel blades for approximately 7 hours in a walk-in oven enhances steel toughness.
Grinding: KA-BAR knives have flat or hollow ground blades. Flat grinds are best for jobs with which there will be great lateral stress. Hollow grinds provide a fine, extremely sharp edge perfect for more delicate tasks.
Leather Handle Compression: compressing leather washers on to the tang, shaping and colouring them, and then fastening them on with a pinned-on butt cap accomplish KA-BAR's famous oval-shaped leather handle construction.
Cap/Pin Assembly: The butt cap or pommel is attached to the handle of a knife with a steel pin. The pin is inserted into the butt cap, driven part way though the tang, then ground off and painted.
Inspection: Each KA-BAR knife is subject to a multiple step inspection process before being released for shipping.
SOME KA-BAR KNIVES
TDI LDK (LAST DITCH KNIFE):
One of newer KA-BAR knives. It has a similar size of a credit card. It sharp weapon KA-BAR can be concealed just about anywhere: pin it under a tactical vest strap, hang it around the neck, or carry it in the wallet. This backup knife is intended to be readily available as the Last Ditch attempt at defence when all other weapons have been removed. Este cuchillo de reserva se ha pensado para estar fácilmente disponible en ocasiones desesperadas cuando el resto de armas han sido quitadas. It is sold with a hard plastic friction sheath and black cord
The KA-BAR TDI LDK knife is appointed as defending weapon in last ditch situations.
US ARMY VE-VJ Day Commemorative:
This KA-BAR knife is appointed to military use.
The end of World War Second was celebrated with lighting of beacons, ringing of church bells, street parties and bonfires. Newspapers of all the war captured those celebrations declaring the peace. This knife was decorated, with those moments in mind, to commemorate the end of WWII. Tag stamped US ARMY. It includes a sheath and the handle is made with leather.
With the aim of commemorate the end of WWII, was made the US ARMY VE-VJ Day Commemorative.
Precision Hunter Large Game Hook:
This compact hunting knife with gut hook besides of comfortable way in the hand allowing for complete control over every cut.
Prepared for hunting, the Precision Hunter Large Game Hook of KA-BAR adapts perfectly to the hand thanks to its ergonomic form.
Full-size Black KA-BAR, Straight Edge:
A KA-BAR knife very practice to any use in general that has a very ergonomic and resistant handle designed to avoid it slipped. IT is black and has a straight blade made with carbon.
Full-size Black KA-BAR, Straight Edge serve to any use and its blade is made with carbon.
USMC Vietnam Commemorative:
This knife has been decorated with carefully design blade art meant to honour the Veterans of the Vietnam War. The blade, made with carbon, has printed US NAVY and it includes a leather sheath.
The USMC Vietnam Commemorative KA-BAR knife has stamped in its blade a dedicatory to American Soldiers who fight in the Vietnam War.
100th Anniversary KA-BAR:
This KA-BAR knife was produced in 1998 to commemorate KA-BAR's 100th year of business and still remains a popular collectors' item today. The blade is elaborated with carbon and has an edge angle of 20 degrees. It also incorporates a leather sheath.
This well-known KA-BAR knife that commemorates 100th years since KA-BAR's beginning is very attractive for collectors.
KA-BAR ACCESORIES
KA-BAR/Eagle Sheath with Hawk Insert:
In this sheath can be kept all the KA-BAR knifes whose blades measure 17,78 centimetres (7").
All the knives with blades which are 7" (17.78 centimetres) hold in the KA-BAR/Eagle Sheath with Hawk Insert.
Black Nylon/Cordura Sheath for Folders:
This KA-BAR nylon sheath KA-BAR can be mounted vertically or horizontally on a belt or tactical vest. It is characterized by its Velcro and snap closure. It can keep closed knives that measure until 12.7 centimetres.
Black Nylon/Cordura Sheath for Folders KA-BAR is ready to hold it on a belt or tactical vest.
Replacement Sheath:
Brown Leather, KA-BAR US NAVY: Brown leather sheath to blades which are 17,5 centimetres approximately with double protector.
The Replacement Sheath KA-BAR is made with leather.
Large Black Belt Sheath with Belt Loop:
This sheath for KA-BAR knives are made absolutely in leather and are ready to hold it on a belt. Also exists the version for smaller knives.
Large Black Belt Sheath with Belt Loop can be hold on the belt and also can be acquired the version for smaller knives.
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Apolinary Rybicki, ps. "Leszek", "Szczur" (ur. 16 listopada 1913 w Chraponi k. Sierpca, zm. 6 sierpnia 1947 w Warszawie) – żołnierz Batalionów Chłopskich, Armii Krajowej. Komendant powiatowy Milicji Obywatelskiej w Biskupcu Reszelskim (1946). Po odejściu z MO we wrześniu 1946 członek Ruchu Oporu Armii Krajowej. Skazany na śmierć w styczniu 1947, stracony 6 sierpnia 1947.

Dzieciństwo i młodość
Apolinary Rybicki urodził się 16 listopada 1913 w Chraponi (powiat Sierpc) w rodzinie Antoniego i Wandy z domu Kołodziejskiej. Ojciec był właścicielem gospodarstwa rolnego. W 1925, po sprzedaniu gospodarstwa, rodzina przeniosła się do Wróblewa (w powiecie mławskim).

W 1928 ukończył szkołę powszechną i rozpoczął naukę w mławskim gimnazjum, przerwaną po roku. W latach 1936–1937 odbywał służbę wojskową w 32 pułku piechoty stacjonującym w Twierdzy Modlin. Ukończył służbę w stopniu kaprala i do wybuchu II wojny światowej pracował jako instruktor przysposobienia wojskowego, jak również wychowania fizycznego w powiecie mławskim.

II wojna światowa
W czerwcu 1939 został zmobilizowany do Wojska Polskiego. W czasie kampanii wrześniowej brał udział w bitwie pod Mławą i obronie Modlina. Szlak bojowy zakończył pod koniec września walkami w rejonie Lublina, gdzie został awansowany do stopnia sierżanta. Po zakończeniu walk dostał się do niewoli niemieckiej, w której przebywał przez 3 tygodnie.

Po powrocie z niewoli powrócił do Wróblewa i zamieszkał z rodzicami. 11 listopada 1939 został aresztowany jako zakładnik i osadzony w mławskim więzieniu, skąd po półtoramiesięcznym pobycie powrócił do Wróblewa. W lutym 1940 próbował przekroczyć granicę pomiędzy Mazowszem (wcielonym do III Rzeszy) a Generalnym Gubernatorstwem. Próba mogła być związana z pełnieniem zadań konspiracyjnych. Został aresztowany przez niemiecką żandarmerię i osadzony w obozie przejściowym w Działdowie, skąd po siedmiu miesiącach został skierowany na roboty przymusowe do Olsztyna. W 1943 otrzymał przepustkę na czasowy powrót z robót przymusowych.

Za pośrednictwem swojego brata, Weneranda, nawiązał kontakt ze Stronnictwem Ludowym "Roch" i oddziałami BCh. Kierownik SL "Roch" w powiecie mławskim, Józef Makowski ps. "Środa" (bliski krewny Rybkickich) przekazywał Apolinaremu prasę podziemną wydawaną przez ruch ludowy. Makowski, zagrożony aresztowaniem przez Niemców, przeniósł się po kilku tygodniach do powiatu sierpeckiego, gdzie również objął kierownictwo "Rocha". W grudniu 1943 Rybicki również przeniósł się w okolice Sierpca i zamieszkał w gospodarstwie swojego brata w miejscowości Budy Milewskie. Prawdopodobnie pełnił wówczas funkcję łącznika między BCh i SL "Roch" w sąsiednich powiatach. Miał używać pseudonimu "Szczur". Możliwe również, że współpracował z AK, której komendantem w pobliskiej placówce Koziebrody był Leon Ziółkowski ps. "Lis". Współpraca z dwiema organizacjami konspiracyjnymi nie stanowiła w powiecie sierpeckim wyjątku.

Pozostawał w Budach Milewskich do czasu wkroczenia Armii Czerwonej na północne Mazowsze (styczeń 1945), następnie powrócił do Wróblewa. 10 kwietnia 1945 zapisał się do Stronnictwa Ludowego.

Okres powojenny
22 sierpnia 1945 ożenił się z Anną Elżbietą Makowską.

W maju 1946 został starszym referentem Służby Zewnętrznej Komendy Wojewódzkiej Milicji Obywatelskiej. Nie można wykluczyć, iż został skierowany do pracy w MO przez konspirację poakowską. 28 sierpnia otrzymał skierowanie do Centrum Wyszkolenia MO w Słupsku. Otrzymał pozytywną charakterystykę służbową:"Demokrata, zachowanie b. dobre, wyszkolenie wojskowe fachowe b. dobre, zdyscyplinowany, karny obowiązkowy, posiada zdolności wojskowe, nadaje się na stanowisko kierownika Służby Zewnętrznej.

W maju 1946 został mianowany komendantem powiatowym MO w Biskupcu Reszelskim. Związek ze Stronnictwem Ludowym w czasie poprzedzającym referendum ludowe sprawił, że przełożeni zaczęli podejrzewać Rybickiego o kontakt z PSL i traktować jako "niezupełnie pewnego". Pojawiły się oskarżenia o pijaństwo i malwersacje. Rybicki był wzywany do raportu i zmuszony do składania wyjaśnień. Wobec groźby aresztowania 29 września 1946 porzucił służbę w MO. Ukrywał się w powiecie mławskim oraz u brata w Budach Milewskich, gdzie miał urządzony schron jeszcze z czasów okupacji niemieckiej.

W listopadzie 1946 z Rybickim skontaktował się Leon Ziółkowski ps. "Lis", komendant Rejonu III Obwodu "Mewa" Ruchu Oporu Armii Krajowej. Rybicki przyjął pseudonim "Leszek" i został zastępcą komendanta rejonu. Został również odpowiedzialnym za magazyn broni obwodu.

Niedługo później, 3 stycznia 1947, został aresztowany wraz z Kazimierzem Dyksińskim "Kruczkiem" przez Powiatowy Urząd Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego w Sierpcu. 5 dni później, 8 stycznia 1947 Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy w Warszawie na sesji wyjazdowej w Sierpcu skazał obu konspiratorów na karę śmierci. Tego samego dnia obaj uciekli z aresztu PUBP. W uciecze pomógł im pracownik MO i współpracownik ROAK Korzeniewski. Rybicki ukrywał się później w powiecie mławskim.

W maju 1947 w Międzyzdrojach próbował wynająć kuter rybacki, którym miał przedostać się wraz z żoną na Zachód. 30 maja został aresztowany przez UB ze Świnoujścia. Był przetrzymywany w więzieniu w Warszawie. Prokuratura wstrzymała prośbę do prezydenta Bolesława Bieruta o ułaskawienie. Wyrok śmierci z 8 stycznia 1947 został wykonany 6 sierpnia 1947 r. o godzinie 21:15 w więzieniu na warszawskiej Pradze.

Żona Anna Elżbieta, aresztowana wraz z mężem, została zwolniona bez wyroku sądowego.

Pochowany w kwaterze 45N Cmentarza Bródnowskiego w Warszawie.

Niejasności życiorysu
Istnieją niejasności co do udziału Rybickiego w konspiracji pod okupacją niemiecką. Nie jest wykluczone, że związał się z konspiracją już pomiędzy rokiem 1939 a 1940. W lutym 1940 został aresztowany przez Niemców na granicy Rzeszy i Generalnego Gubernatorstwa w czasie próby nielegalnego jej przekroczenia, co mogło być związane z działaniami konspiracyjnymi.

W nielicznych istniejących publikacjach na temat Rybickiego podawana jest informacja o jego przynależności do AK lub NSZ.

W 1945, po wstąpieniu do Stronnictwa Ludowego, Rybicki wystarał się o zaświadczenie o przynależności do BCh. Być może miało ono jedynie stanowić ochronę przed represjami i próbą ukrycia przynależności do AK. Nie można również wykluczyć, że na decyzję o wstąpieniu do Milicji Obywatelskiej miała wpływ praca w konspiracji poakowskiej.

Zobacz też
 Kwatera na Łączce

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Przypisy

Bibliografia

Członkowie Stronnictwa Ludowego "Roch"
Jeńcy polscy w niewoli niemieckiej (kampania wrześniowa)
Ludzie związani z Biskupcem
Politycy Stronnictwa Ludowego
Polskie ofiary represji stalinowskich stracone w Polsce Ludowej 1944–1956
Obrońcy Modlina (1939)
Uczestnicy bitwy pod Mławą (1939)
Urodzeni w 1913
Zmarli w 1947
Żołnierze Batalionów Chłopskich
Żołnierze Ruchu Oporu Armii Krajowej

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