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Q: Gui for debugging comparing large collections of Java objects in parallel files.  I have some large, binary files with serialized data in them.  I would like to create a "generic" ObjectGUI that allows me , for example to .
1) Select several files
2) Select a "reader" or "handler" class
3) Open each file in columns
4) View the Objects in those columns (i.e. query the fields, sort, etc).
So basically, I want a Navicat style interface to some binary files.  Just for context, these files are thrift serialized hadoop files, but a generic interface capable of reading objects from any source (i.e. hibernate, or an ObjectOutputStream, etc...) would be preferred.

A: This is decidedly nontrivial.
I would approach it as follows

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*Create domain specific class wrapping the data you are trying to read

*Create the unmarshaller which parses the binary protocol and creates objects from step 1

Once you have the objects, visualizing them is another matter.  If they adhere to JavaBeans conventions (get/set), you might be able to use NetBeans property inspector to drill down into the various properties.  I've used this API before; it's slightly tricky.
If you instead want to go for a grid/table based approach, I'd advise you use GlazedLists.  You will need to implement a class which converts your domain objects into columns in a table - read the tutorial for more details
Please don't focus too much on having this generically support every thing ever - or you might fall into this trap.  Just focus on getting it to work with the cases you have.
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Will Give Visa To Parents Of Pak Boy Detained By BSF: Sushma Swaraj
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said India is ready to grant visa to the parents of a 12-year-old boy who is believed to be from Pakistan and has been languishing in an observation home in Faridkot in Punjab after being apprehended by the BSF in May this year.
In a series of tweets, she said that India was waiting for Pakistan to confirm the nationality of the boy.
Her response came after Mehr Tarar, a Pakistani journalist, brought Ms Swaraj's attention to the boy, Hammad Hassan, who had gone missing from Pasur area in Pakistan's Sialkot a few month ago.
"There is a juvenile around 12 years old in Faridkot Observation Home. He was apprehended by BSF in May 2017. We are waiting for Pakistan to confirm his nationality as well," Sushma Swaraj said.
She further said, "My information is that Master Hammad Hassan went missing in 2013. The juvenile with us was apprehended in 2017."
The External Affairs Minister said that if the parents believe that the apprehended boy is their son, India is ready to ready to grant visa to them. The parents may visit India and meet the boy.
In a tweet to journalist Mehr Tarar, the external affairs minister wrote, "Mehr Tarar-I have got a detailed report. There are five Pakistan nationals who are unable to speak and hear. We have 3 of them in a transit camp in Amritsar. Pakistan has not confirmed their nationality."
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When a Snail Falls in Love 如果蜗牛有爱情 - Episode 7 (Recap)
kakashi: Ye Zixi is dead and Ji Bai refuses to properly grieve for her. Instead, he wants to find her killer with such intensity, you can almost feel it through the screen.
JoAnne: This works for me.
Trotwood: Works for me, too (Getting heat protection for my computer by studying up on heat sink technology)
Eleanor: Works for me too, and well I'll be more than happy to be a shoulder to cry on Ji Bai.
Shuk: I'm onboard as well.
A mountainous, lonely area. A tune. The camera zooms in and down... it's a mobile phone, Zixi's of course, lying in the dirt, among some shrubs. "Third bro" is calling. It's 7:21 am. Cut to Ji Bai at the provincial police station, Zhao Han and Yao Meng are as worried as he is, but trying to make sense of this. Maybe she went to bed after sending him that message as a joke? I don't think so. Ji Bai doesn't either. He wants to immediately head to Lin An Mountain, even though he hasn't slept a wink. In the car, he keeps calling Zixi's phone .... of course, there is no answer.
I know Trot doesn't like her, but I always felt a bit sorry for her. She's like a puppy that bit someone and is forever ostracized as the bad dog because of it.
I don't see her as a puppy at all. Maybe I'm biased because she reminds me of all the girls i knew growing up who had sad lives and got away with things because they were also pretty and sighed a lot while the rest of the people who also had sad (often sadder) lives had to suck it up because we weren't pretty and didn't have the luxury to sit around and be sad a lot. There are also ways to get revenge without a lot of collateral damage or losing your soul. (don't ask for details. I will not share)
Is it weird that I can both agree with Jo and Trot? Whatever her crimes and however much she isn't a perfect person, she did not deserve to die because of whatever she's involved in.
You are right, no one should die for past mistakes, but I still don't feel any sadness that it all ultimately caught up with her.
Xu Xu is running on the tracks this morning when one of her colleagues informs her that a woman's body has been found at 3 You Ma Road in Lin An Mountain. Captain Ji wants her to go. Urgently. The officer thinks Ji Bai knew the victim. Xu Xu goes there immediately, of course ... lots of ambulance and police cars.
I'm confused about the phone being out in the woods.
I didn't understand that either, but I find myself going with the flow because I don't understand a lot.
I'm guessing it's important? Trust the team and carry on? Also I LOVE that Ji Bai called Xu Xu to get there quickly. Yes!
She walks towards the house slowly, apprehensively. Of course, she knows at this point whose body it is that was found. And we see the body ... the blood, the Ye Corporation blades with which she seems to have been killed. Xu Xu walks through the house, until she comes to the actual scene of crime. And Ji Bai.
That is a lot of blood. A whole lot of blood. That is all the blood, I think.
That means she bled out and was probably still alive when all that blood was bleeding out. Not a very pleasant way to die. I must say though, the presentation and staging of her death and the drone scenes above are gorgeous. It's a bit like art. Now I sound really macabre.
Given the spatter, it looks like she took a dive off a building and went splat. I hope the coroner doesn't determine that she might still have been alive when he was calling her last night. Ji Bai doesn't deserve that kind of guilt. As for visuals, I really didn't like that shapeless coat of XuXu. Pockets are too small to carry anything other than gloves, you can't run in it after the bad guys, no room for a weapon, and the edges will drag into the bloodpools if she kneels down. And I would have put the gloves over the sleeves for added protection. Now I sound really macabre, too.
He looks numb. But his numbness lasts a few seconds only, because when cued, he reports on how and why he came to this house, handing over his phone (and Zixi's text message that he received as 12:20am) as evidence. He called the local police, who found her dead body at 7:30am. She was covered with a white jacket.
Hmm. Was she killed by a member of the family? By her lover? The covering thing, that's usually someone who cared for the person despite killing them.
I remember thinking that I wasn't sure if the same person who killed her covered her. The violence with the knives didn't seem to fit caring more rage. And nope. I didn't like her, but not only does no one deserve to die but no one deserves to maimed with knives like this. I remember thinking that I hoped she dies before the knife stuff happened.
Yeah, there is definitely something weird about the scene. It doesn't all quite add up. Why spend so much time staging the murder to then cover her messily with a white jacket.
I agree, the scene didn't really make sense. I still feel bad for our boy.
He tells his team to do various tasks: Xu Xu is the one to take notes of what he is saying and seeing. The weapons: five special knives from the Ye Corporation, with which she was stabbed. These blades look scary. There are no prints. No signs of the body being moved after she was killed.
You know, with all that blood on the carpet, she should be bloodier. Her hair, her clothes. They should be soaked in it.
Like do you mean on top of her? Well only if she struggled. If she was lying down like that, the blood would have flowed out and down. And with her dark hair, we also probably can't see how matted her hair must be. Beautiful colour palette though.
Upstairs, Ji Bai checks the railing. Her soft tissue contusion tells him she must have fallen down from this spot. Xu Xu checks with a magnifying glass. Of course, his intuition is correct. Downstairs, they remove her body.
But he just rubbed his butt in potential evidence! Then she touched it! The railing not the butt.
That fall would not generate all that blood. So she fell, then was stabbed or cut many times? That's pretty brutal. You've got a helpless person on the ground after a fall like that, and you use the opportunity to go to town on them with every sharp object in the house? And then you go 'oh dear, let's cover you up' ? Or did someone else come along after and cover up?
Perhaps the latter? Yeah, the crime speaks of intense cruelty and cold-heartedness. What happened at this crime scene???
They're in the bedroom next. It is where we saw her be sad and lonely when she texted Ji Bai to meet her at the college restaurant. Ji Bai enters her walk-in closet. The sight of the blue dress she wore at his grandpa's place triggers memories of what she said to him and makes him freeze.
Xu Xu - who is closely behind him - pauses for a few seconds, carefully checks his face ... and then walks around him to hug him. She's so tiny... And it is such a tender, honest gesture, it almost made me cry.
This was sweet and sweeter because it seems like she has went through a check box and come to this result logically that he needs a hug right now rather than just doing it emotionally.
I liked what she did, but am I the only one thinking that their treatment of each other is very intimate, considering how little they actually know each other at this point? It's like they skipped the getting to know you phase and went immediately from introductions to a sort of low-key acceptance that when all the crap settles, they're going to be together. Almost as if upon meeting, the acknowledgement was not 'oh, new person' but 'oh, my mate has arrived.'
I've had this kind of rapport with people though. It happens.
I have, too. And even if we don't see each other for years when we get together it's like no time has occurred in between.
I think that Xu Xu is also just like that. She acts logically to meet people's needs but doesn't always think the social aspects of her actions through. Ji Bai looks a bit surprised at the intimacy. He really does need a hug though. A bear hug.
It's a poignant moment. But he shouldn't even be at the scene, since he is the potential the last one she contacted when she was alive, and it way too close with the victim to be objective. At least, for anyone but Ji Bai.
She offers to take over from here (and does) because of his close relationship to the victim, but guess what: he won't have it. This woman was one of his closest friends. His little sister. He has to do this himself, even though he is very sad. Finding the killer and bringing him to justice is the only thing he can do for her now. Oh Ji Bai TT________________TT
Thanks for this gif. I remember thinking this was so natural, completely fitting for their characters--sad and funny at the same time.
Oh Ji Bai. My heart just aches for him. So much. And then I laughed at the cuteness and funniness of the giffed scene.
Next, they look at the contents of Zixi's fridge. There is medication in there and syringes. Ji Bai knows she had stomach cramps (and needed injections?! Ouch). There also is food on the table - food for one, left there for about "eight hours", Ji Bai declares after sniffing the salmon.
Since she was found at 7:30am, that means she prepped the plates around the time she texted Ji Bai.
They had to sneak in the geeeeeeeenius.
Hehehehe. Speaking of geniuses, Kaikai is pretty intelligent. He would frustrate the Fighting Man producers because he would figure out clues too early. hahahahaha
In the living room, he sees the pipe he gave Zixi ... more memories. He freezes up again, until Xu Xu addresses him - simply to unfreeze him. They are so cute together.
The show is doing a really good job showing us why they belong together more than on a team but as a couple. Despite the huge and obvious differences, she really "gets" him and isn't put off or intimidated into not going with her instincts concerning what he needs. He (and I'm not sure he realizes this yet) finds comfort in her--partly because their thinking process is so similar. I get the feeling he's had to explain a LOT to other people, and he doesn't really with her.
Yes! What a perfect way to put it! It's so nice when you are with someone, friend or otherwise, who just GETS you. It's the best! Snail and Lion forever!
[grumbles] He still shouldn't be lead investigator on a case this close to him personally.
He continues to dictate after this. Zixi bought this villa half a year ago. There are no signs of violent entry. No signs that anything was stolen. But it seems all the surveillance videos have been thoroughly deleted. And there are no witnesses to be found, seeing how remote this location is. Xu Xu says it must have been someone who Zixi knew well. She wasn't expecting any visitors (dinner for one), but she let in the person when they were at the door. Also, the body was cruelly stabbed with the Ye knives but then covered with a jacket - this is someone with mixed feelings for Zixi.
Argh! Statistically women are more likely to be killed by a domestic partner someone they know, so this does fit the statistics.
There's empty wallhooks too, so something was removed. Just like at the jilted wife's house.
And then, there's this "lover"-business. It seems likely the villa was the place where Zixi would meet that person (it's remote enough for that). There are no apparent signs that a man was living here, but Xu Xu points out some of the deco and the more male oriented magazines on the coffee table. Xu Xu has noticed empty shelves in the shoe cabinet - and the slight mess in her wardrobe, which doesn't seem like Zixi at all, who was super neat and tidy. She thinks another person took away his clothes in a rush and tried to cover it up by moving some of hers over into the empty compartment. As we already know, she has long suspected Zhang Shiyong to be that lover. Ji Bai gives her a death-stare and walks away after that. But yeah ...sounds about right.
That guy, though, he does not seem like a murderer to me.
I think he would if it between his death and the other person's. For me, I don't think he would care enough about anyone to have the kind of hatred needed to do the knife thing in addition to the death. he doesn't strike me as a person who'd have that kind of passion or focus. I also think he'd be freaked out by the blood.
What you all said. I could see him accidentally killing someone maybe in a crime of passion, but yeah, not the sort of cold-blooded staging and bleeding out death Zixi had.
He just seems like a little weasel.
In the meantime, Yao Meng is interrogating the other suspect who hurt her with a knife (Guan Nan). She is still very emotional ... I am sure there is something in her life that makes her detest human traffickers even more than we all detest them. This man was one of the victims previously, though ... an orphan that they abducted. He doesn't know much about this organization though, but he is willing to share what he does know. Better than nothing!
Husband has the biggest crush on Yao Meng by now, awww.
She had better fall for him return, or we will smother her with pancakes.
(I want a pat on the back for not running in with my HUSBAND fan sign yet. I want acknowledgement of my restraint)
*applauds Trot* I myself have been trying hard not to spend every few seconds being "Oh my goodness Ji Bai is hotte". And he's so smart! Intelligence is soooo attractive!
Ye Corporation. A guy we will get to know as Ye Ziqiang (Huo Ya Ming), who is one of Papa Ye's sons, has a rage fit. So their stocks have crashed, huh.
I remember thinking, "Why a rage fit now?" They've been having trouble for awhile. This isn't the time to have a fit but figure out what to do to calm down shareholders or maybe even buy back any of their own stock that people are selling at a lower price. They should be discussing a game plan for the police
The police are announced and they start interrogating the family. Hmmmm... at this point, they all seem shady. Papa Ye the least, I'd say.
He seems sad.
Who wouldn't be watching both his family and his business starting to crash and burn. However, I always wonder about these characters who seem surprised to learn how many people in their families actually hate each other.
Yeah. They also scream "dysfunctional family" to me so loudly.
In the police canteen, the officers speculate that the victim's lover is the most likely suspect - but they have no evidence of who it might have been. We also get some info that Zixi would have been the sole heir to the whole corporation had her father not been killed. Oh, wow. That was bound to make Sunday dinner awkward, huh? Ji Bai comes to their table... his mood is clearly extremely dark (he remarks that Xu Xu even eats like a snail). First chance the others get, they clear the table. Haha. I think it's also because they feel very awkward around him.
I love this gif, but the situation emphasizes what I said before. He is scary. They all know not to get in his way when he's in a mood--and the situation warrants a "mood." However, she just continues to eat. She knows the mood, might even be nervous about it, but her logical mind is like "I still need to eat even though he's angry. Leaving the food would be a waste. I have to maintain energy for training. AND he really shouldn't be alone now."
Oh I love her. She's perfect for Ji Bai. Oh my poor sad Lion.
Zhao Han (the only other person who dares to sit with him in this mood apparently- giving a slight finger wave at Husband) briefs him about the interrogation and "Brother Lu" afterward. Apparently, there is another deal to happen in their area. Jia He Labor Market is their key point of contact. Ji Bai tells Zhao Han to report this to Commissioner Zhan - he wants permission (and an immaculate plan) to raid the market.
Ladies, your Husband is awesome.
Not much later, Ji Bai informs Yang Yu about Zixi's murder. Oh dear, poor boy. He thinks Zhang Shiyong did it, the one who "took her body but couldn't win her heart". It seems Yang Yu has seen the two together - it's the first proof we get about that relationship. He also blames Ji Bai for Zixi's fate - for not protecting her enough. Stop :(
Shut up, Yang Yu.
It makes me wonder if he would've been "fine" if Ji Bai and Zixi had become lovers.
He seems a bit unstable this one. I wonder if Zixi knew how obsessed he was with her.
We see Ji Bai on the basket ball court next ... blowing off steam? Yum. Double yum 😍
Xu Xu is watching him from the sidelines. Ji Bai remembers Zixi cheering for him in some college game... :( Xu Xu is quietly counting Ji Bai's hits and misses (he has a 88.2% success rate, she informs us later). I don't even think he has noticed her. But then, Zhao Han and Yao Meng come in and he does - and tells them to play with him. That makes Xu Xu happy. And she even joins them.
I liked this, that she's willing to play.
Even though she knows and they know and we all know that she has zero athletic ability.
So cute! Oh I love this little team and how well they all fit together.
At the Ye's, the family is gathered for a dinner. It's held monthly, to commemorate the dead uncle (Zixi's dad). Now, they have someone else to mourn too. Ye Qiao has no appetite though - she leaves the table, clearly angry. Zhang Shiyong follows her, against Daddy Ye's explicit wish ... which makes him smash a wine glass on the floor. Qiao cries: "You probably wish Zixi were your daughter" (er, why do you say that?!) and runs out, Shiyong closely behind her. Angry man Ziqiang gets up and laughs: so fitting. Zixi may be dead, but she always wanted to ruin this family, nothing has changed. And he throws Zixi's picture, that his dad put up on the mantelpiece, across the room. What a lovely family.
Sounds to me like Zixi had every right.
I am glad I'm not part of this family, that's for sure.
Interesting insights into Ji Bai's character again in this episode. I fully understand why he wants to be the one on this case (though I'm not entirely sure about the regulations in such circumstances?). He knows he is one of the best. It makes perfect sense that HE should be the one in charge of investigating this murder. Emotionally, I also understand him, though his refusal to grieve properly seems very unhealthy. His little sister is dead - revenge is not what he is after, but justice.
I don't think he'd be allowed to participate in real life, not in any of these investigations. Nor Husband, actually.
But is this an international expectation? Would the Chinese police have this same protocol? Where is moonlil? Moonlil might know.
Yeah I was wondering about that too. Hopefully moonlil will comment and let us know. We depend on you so much, moonlil!
Xu Xu was like a helping shadow for him. She stuck to him whenever she could, carefully monitoring his emotional and mental state. Without intruding, without being nosy. Just there for support if needed - mainly professional support, but it's already far more than that. Having her as a friend is probably the best thing that can happen to anyone.
I thought her handling of the situation was remarkably sensitive for someone who blurted out her room-mate's crush.
I'm not sure if it was her really being sensitive (though that was the result) but being logical. She is a specialist in psychology after all. She is trying to learn from her mistake. And to be fair about the earlier incident. She was being logical then, too; but I doubt she would have said all f those things if she knew that Yao Meng was going to over hear.
I love how her emotional support comes from such a logical place. The harmony of emotion and logic is a powerful combination.
There were a lot of little interactions between all the side-characters too, that I usually don't point out when recapping. But I want to mention that they make this drama so enjoyable. It's people who work together and people who mean a lot to each other. Their friendly jests make me smile - this is the kind of work environment I wish to everyone.
They're great, those little moments. You get a feel for everyone, and they're all such good people who care about each other and like each other. It's a stark contrast to most of what goes on outside this group.
I luff them! I just want to hug them all!
Finally, the Ye family... we always knew something was amiss, but there is more amiss here than we previously knew. These people all hate each other, it seems. And in the middle is the dead uncle, that other branch of the Ye-family, which is doomed ... but continues to cast a dark shadow over the living part of the Ye family.
I wonder if Trot has developed any sympathy for ZiXi now.
Sympathy, empathy, and liking are all different things. I feel some sympathy for her situation and sad that anyone should lose a father mysteriously and to have to grow up in a family situation where everyone hates and/or resents you. I can empathize with being ostracised in school because of vicious rumors that people made up about you (I still have those scars). I can see why she made some of the choices she has apparently made. But as I say to my students reasons and excuses are two different things. Everything has a reason. I was late because I overslept for example. But does the reason mean we should be excused? Excuse implies some sort of absolution of fault. No. I still don't like her. I empathize with her and don't thinks she deserved to die or should be blamed for being murdered. However, nobody in this family seems to be without some sort role in his/her own doom.
*sigh* her situation is so sad. Her murder is terrible and unfortunate and in some ways sort of inevitable if one is in this terribly messed up and seemingly "has shady goings on" family. It makes me a lot more grateful for my family, that's for sure.
Recap sinopsis Wang Kai Wang Ziwen When A Snail Falls in Love Xu Yue Yu Heng 如果蜗牛有爱情


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The Moody Center for the Arts and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present A Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2019, a unique event bringing philosophers, musicians, artists, and authors from around the world together with the Houston community through a series of conversations and performances from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. on January 26, 2019, at the Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University.
The event is free and open to the public.
In honor of the Paris Climate Accord and the leadership of the French government in addressing climate change, the theme of the event will be ecology, with a keynote presentation by philosopher and Rice professor Timothy Morton and internationally renowned multi-media artist and performer Laurie Anderson. A Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2019 will explore how collective dialogue and cultural insights can prompt environmental action and motivate national and international change.
Taking place for the first time in Houston, A Night of Philosophy and Ideashas been held in diverse international cities, including Paris, New York, London, and Berlin, and serves to link Houston to the larger international discourse. Throughout the night and into the early morning, philosophers and performers will present topics and debate ideas on a wide range of issues pertaining to ecology, including how environmental concerns intersect with ethics, religion, anthropology and social justice.
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The Ghost and John Roberts - American Thinker
The Ghost and John Roberts
By Bill Dunne
The chief justice must have "gone off his meds." No, it was blackmail. No, it was cowardice. He caved. It was a perverse abdication of his fundamental responsibility. Those are some of the many disputations that came in to American Thinker regarding my exploration of another possible explanation for why Chief Justice John Roberts chose, astonishingly, to keep the "Affordable Care Act" alive and kicking.("The Roberts Trap Is Sprung", American Thinker, Jan. 2)
Of the nearly 680 comments, roughly four out of five were against the thesis I advanced, which is that Roberts ruled as he did because he foresaw that if the Supreme Court were to kill the "Affordable Care Act" in its infancy, the ruling would ultimately backfire on the cause of constitutional governance. Further review, however, has led me to look upon that thesis as even more plausible, not less. Here's why.
Let's look first at the most popular counter-theory among the commenters, because it seems the simplest to dispense with, albeit the most sensational. Here's the gist of it:
The Scullduggery
John and Jane (nee Sullivan) Roberts were married in 1996 and about four years later they adopted their two children, both infants at the time, a boy and a girl, about four months apart in age. The adoptions were "private," meaning they were arranged through private parties without the involvement of any agencies. The notion of the Obama White House blackmailing Roberts arose with rumors that the adoptions may have been illegal under the laws of Ireland.
Ireland? Yes. It seems the children were said (by whom is unclear) to be of Latin American origin. Their fair complexions and blonde hair, however, suggested to some that a northern European origin was more likely. Two sets of circumstances to keep in mind: One is that during Roberts's confirmation battle almost nine years ago (he was nominated by George W. Bush), the New York Times was hot on the trail of anything untoward in the nominee's past. Seven years later, in the weeks immediately preceding the ObamaCare ruling, the Obama White House was doing its own digging, and the president himself was out in public decrying a possible ruling against his signature accomplishment.
Now, a question: Which European country makes both private adoptions and out-of-country adoptions illegal? Yep. Ireland. Therefore, as the rumor has it, the Roberts children must have been born in the Emerald Isle and therefore their adoptions in America must have been illegal. Clearly the chief justice was ripe for blackmail if there were facts to back it up. Be a shame to see your family broken up over ObamaCare, wouldn't it, Chief? Then there's that impeachment thing.
Sensational, sure, but rumor and speculation can't be relied upon if that's all there is, and as far as I know, that is all there is. So we'll leave it at that.
The first suggestion that there might be a genuine silver lining to the judiciary's rescue of ObamaCare was issued by George Will mere hours after the decision. Will began his column with this head-spinner: "Conservatives won a substantial victory Thursday." He continued: "The physics of American politics -- actions provoking reactions -- continued to move the crucial debate, about the nature of the American regime, toward conservatism." The rest of the column didn't provide much in the way of elaboration, but as far as consolation went, anything would do for a start.
JohnYoo, however, was inconsolable. A law professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a former attorney in the G.W. Bush Justice Department, Yoo filed his commentary in the Wall Street Journal the day after Will opined. He complained that "Justice Roberts's opinion provides a constitutional road map for architects of the next great expansion of the welfare state."
As to the mystery of what really motivated Roberts (because virtually no one -- certainly no one on the conservative side -- could believe that Roberts had arrived at his opinion through a straight-up reading of the law and the Constitution),Yoo made an interesting reference. He harkened back seven decades to the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The Hughes court in 1935 infuriated President Franklin D. Roosevelt by demolishing several pillars of the New Deal edifice then a building. Some of those laws, like the National Industrial Recovery Act, were so awful -- at least as bad as ObamaCare -- that they lost 9-0.
Enter the Ghost
A few days after Yoo recalled the Charles Evans Hughes era, another observer did that and more. He conjured up the ghost of Charles Evans Hughes. Author and Harvard-trained lawyer James V. DeLong, writing in the online magazine of the American Enterprise Institute, noted that FDR's first response to his defeats in the Hughes Court was his notorious court-packing scheme. While that particular maneuver down in flames, the fury of FDR's reaction nonetheless succeeded in cowing the Court. The justices changed their positions on subsequent building blocks of the New Deal and waved them through.
Hughes, therefore, had "probable cause to regret" his Court's torpedoing of the earlier New Deal laws, bad as they were. Why? Because, as DeLong put it, "the long-term cause of constitutional government might well have been better served if the administration had been forced to keep eating its own dog food."
Is that it? The key to the mystery? Was Roberts channeling Hughes when he decided to flip?
No telling, unless Roberts himself lets us in on his thinking. But DeLong fantasized the ghost of Justice Hughes whispering the following advice in Roberts's ear as he pondered ObamaCare: "So give a ringing endorsement to the principle that Commerce Clause power is limited, and then use the taxing power to give the people what they voted for, good and hard." (A nice reference to H.L. Mencken's definition of democracy: "the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.") "Don't," added the ghost, "give the administration a martyr."
It would appear that Roberts heeded the spirit's advice to the letter. And he added, as if to sharpen the point, "It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."
So what's been the result so far? The Democrats have been forced to keep eating their own dog food. They're having a terrible time getting it down. And are apt to reap a terrible whirlwind. What's more, "the long-term cause of constitutional government" may be brighter if, as looks more likely now, the GOP wins the Senate this November and the White House in 2016. The fact that many millions of us are being harmed in the meantime is unfortunate, but we're also getting what could be an education of immense importance regarding the dangers of a democratic republic unmoored from its foundations.
Sometimes, in other words, we just have to learn things the hard way. We can only hope that the learning is not coming too late.
Bill Dunne runs an executive-communications consultancy in Norwalk, Connecticut


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Star Wars: Episode I – Chapter VI
by E.V. Jacob on August 9, 2012
The small ship touched down lightly on the swampy surface of the uninhabited regions of Naboo.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan hurried down the ramp and began scouting the area, following Dex's map of possible locations for the Gungans' various hiding places. They had found nothing at their first stop, and time was running out.
This time was different, though – Obi-Wan could feel it the second they set foot in the swamps, their feet sinking into the dark, wet soil. They could sense that the Gungans were near, and probably armed.
They spotted a few well-concealed traps along the way, carefully avoiding them as they went. The walk was uneventful until a dart shot towards Obi-Wan. He dodged, but before he could regain his footing, a torrent of arrows shot in their direction. The two Jedi drew their lightsabers in a flash and cut through the onslaught, casting weary glances around for their attackers.
Without a sound, the Gungan soldiers emerged from the trees, armed and angry. The Jedi Knights glanced at one another, then slowly put their hands up.
Qui-Gon spoke softly. "We have not come to harm you, please. Queen Adriane asks for an audience with your leader – your planet is under attack."
For a few tense seconds, no one said anything. Obi-Wan moved only his eyes, sliding them over to watch his Master, in case he had any idea what to do. The plan seemed to be to wait, though, so they did.
Finally, one of the Gungan soldiers lowered his weapon and raised his hand to his soldiers. They slowly turned their weapons down, still watching the Jedi closely, suspiciously.
"The Naboo Queen wants to talk to a Gungan?" the lead soldier asked, eyes narrowed.
Qui-Gon nodded. "She believes that together, the Gungans and Nubians can stop the Trade Federation from taking over and devastating this planet."
The Gungan before them gave what Obi-Wan could only assume was a sardonic smile and nodded.
"Yes. Bring the Queen of Naboo here," he said.
* * *The walk back to the Gungan camp was a lot more difficult with the queen's entourage trailing along with them. It was later in the day, and the swamp had gone from cool and mildly humid to stiflingly hot and muggy.
"How are we going to negotiate with these Gungans?" Obi-Wan asked, keeping his voice low as he pushed thick leaves out of their path.
"Honestly, I'm hoping the Queen will have some insight into that…" Qui-Gon admitted.
Obi-Wan glanced back at the adorned ladies. They had simplified their outfits for this trek, but they were still ill-suited to marching through a swamp. He could only hope that the Queen, whichever one she was, would be able to handle the negotiations.
Once at the Gungan camp, they were led by unfriendly soldiers to the leader, a large Gungan who went by the title "Boss Nass." They approached him and bowed graciously, hoping to get things off to a good start.
He surveyed them, guarded and withdrawn. "What brings you here?"
Before anyone else could say anything, the Queen stepped forward and squared her shoulders. She was about to speak when Cordelia stepped up and placed a hand on the Queen's arm. Obi-Wan wondered why a handmaiden was stopping the Queen.
They exchanged a look, and the Queen stepped back to the group.
Cordelia turned to face the Gungan leader. "Thank you for permitting us to enter your camp, Boss Nass. I am Cordelia Adriane, Queen of Naboo."
Obi-Wan was glad that he wasn't expected to say anything during this exchange, because he was too shocked by this revelation to think of anything coherent. Qui-Gon, on the other hand, looked thoughtful. He must have had his suspicions. Obi-Wan made a mental note to improve his skills at detecting lies.
The Queen – the true Queen – explained the situation to the Gungans; how the Trade Federation had invaded, how their droid armies were holding major cities captive, and planning to move to every corner of the planet, and how the only hope for Naboo's continued safety and freedom was to unite and face this threat as one.
"You come to the Gungans now, asking us to risk our lives to save you?"
"To save our planet. The Gungans will not be safe if the Trade Federation is allowed to continue. They will start with us, but they will eventually reach you. And sooner rather than later."
Boss Nass considered this, but he didn't seem convinced.
"I am telling you this because I want to give your people a fighting chance. The Gungans deserve their freedom – and to fight to protect their freedom – as much as my people do. Though we disagree on many things, I think we can find common ground on that. Perhaps you won't stand with us, but will you at least stand against our common enemy?"
At this, the Gungan leader smiled. Or at least, he seemed to be smiling.
"The Gungans do deserve that, don't they? Just as much as you, you say? You are a strange Queen, Adriane – you are different from the ones I've met before. We will help you, Queen Adriane. We will stand against this 'Trade Federation' and show them what those born of Naboo are really made of."
The Queen smiled and nodded. And then the planning began.
* * *Qui-Gon's communicator beeped. He looked surprised, but clicked it on, walking away from the table where a holographic map displayed the capital city of Naboo, Theed. Something of a rudimentary war committee had formed and was gathered around the map, discussing the best course of action.
He answered the call, pulling up a little hologram in his hand.
"Master Qui-Gon," Yoda said. He sounded displeased.
"Hello, Master Yoda."
"Lost Anakin we have."
Qui-Gon blinked, "You – what? Where could he be?"
"Not in the temple he is. Find him I think you shall. With you I believe he is."
"With us? Here?" Qui-Gon asked, still stunned.
"Indeed," Yoda said shortly. "Be safe, Master Qui-Gon. May the Force be with you."
"May the Force be with you…" Qui-Gon responded automatically, his mind racing.
"Anakin is here?"
Qui-Gon turned to see that Obi-Wan had followed him away from the war committee.
"Master Yoda seems to believe so. We have to get to the ship quickly. We must find him."
The two Jedi hurried away from the battle plans and back to the ship. Obi-Wan tried to focus on the boy's presence, but he couldn't sense Anakin. He wasn't surprised by this; the boy could shield himself amazingly well.
They looked all around the ship, but there were many places where a small child could hide. Using the Force was almost useless in this situation, since as far as they could tell, he wasn't there.
After quite some time, Qui-Gon finally found Anakin, fast asleep behind several stacks of boxes in the very back of the storage room.
"Anakin," he said, shaking the boy awake.
Anakin woke, startled.
"Anakin, what are you doing here?"
The boy blinked a few times, trying to shake off the daze of sleep. "I…didn't want to stay behind."
"Anakin – you…" Qui-Gon shook his head and squeezed the boy's shoulder. "You can't just sneak off with us. That's a terrible thing to do – the Jedi were very worried about you. And this is no place for a child."
"I know," Anakin said softly, "but…I didn't know anyone there. I didn't want to stay there all alone."
Qui-Gon sighed heavily, he was not happy about this, though he realized he shouldn't be surprised – Anakin was far from his home, and had just lost his mother. Attaching to someone even vaguely familiar was not in the least unusual. The Jedi Master felt guilty for not considering this earlier.
"Well, I can't leave you here. Come on, now. You're going to get to see a real war council at work," Qui-Gon said, leading the boy away.
* * *The Trade Federation representatives stared blankly at the messenger droid.
"Could you…repeat that?" Nute asked. He was standing in the palace, and up until a moment ago, he'd been feeling rather pleased with himself on the progress they'd made in conquering Theed.
"There is an army marching on the city," the messenger droid repeated. It consists largely of Gungan forces."
Nute turned to Rune, his fellow representative, but neither had any idea what to do with this situation.
Sitting on the throne, drumming his fingers idly, Darth Maul pulled out his communicator and called up his Master. When he'd explained the situation, his Master considered this carefully.
"It seems as though I have underestimated these Jedi. They have gone beyond simply protecting the Queen – Darth Maul, go. You are free to take whatever action necessary. Just remember your commitment to me," he added in a hiss.
"I understand, Master." Darth Maul ended the call and stood up. He grinned at the members of the Trade Federation and said, "I'm running things now. And this is no longer an invasion – it's a war."
* * *The Gungans had amassed an impressive army – much more than Queen Adriane had thought them capable of – and with that army, they drew the attention of the Trade Federation's forces upon themselves.
It was risky, and she could feel the guilt hanging over her if things on her end went wrong. Tens of thousands of lives would be lost if she failed.
Cordelia didn't dwell on that, though. Now that her identity had been revealed to her crew and the Jedi, she openly took matters into her own hands, and she needed to focus on the mission at hand.
She led them along the back streets of the city, which were eerily quiet and deserted. Cordelia wasn't sure if everyone was in hiding, or if her people had been imprisoned.
As they got closer to the palace, the guard grew heavier. A droid wandered into view, patrolling the area, but the group slipped around it, sneaking by unnoticed.
They were almost to the passages that would lead to the palace. These hidden walkways had been built as a security measure, to allow the Queen to escape in the event of an emergency, but she supposed sneaking in to reclaim her throne was just as valid a purpose.
Cordelia peeked around the corner and cursed under her breath. There were two droids blocking their path. There was no way to sneak by and still reach the passages – they would have to fight.
She glanced back at her group – her four handmaidens, all of whom were trained in combat, Captain Panaka, who was also a skilled fighter, and the Jedi. And Anakin – they couldn't leave him in the Gungan camp, since that had become part of the battle field. Bringing him along wasn't ideal, either, but Qui-Gon felt too responsible for the boy to leave him behind.
He would complicate things, no doubt.
"There are droids ahead. On my mark," she said quietly.
"Milady, if we may," Qui-Gon said, gesturing to his lightsaber.
Cordelia nodded. "Very well. Make it quick."
The Jedi nodded and advanced.
"Halt. State your name and security clearance," one of the droids said in a robotic voice.
"My name is Qui-Gon Jinn, and I'm sure I don't have permission to be here."
There was an electric crackling as their lightsabers came to life. Within seconds, the droids were incapacitated.
Obi-Wan poked his head around the corner, grinning with the excitement of the day. "All clear."
They moved forward, but Anakin stopped at one of the droids.
"Wait. I have an idea," he said.
Cordelia was about to protest, but Anakin was already tearing a panel open on one of the droid's heads, pulling at the wiring and control chips. He moved quickly, his little fingers working nimbly. He took one of the droid's eyes and wired it to the chips he held in his hand, then twisted a few wires together and prodded the chip gently with one of the tools that he seemed to carry with him everywhere he went.
There was a soft crackling, and then a hologram sprang up, showing a detailed map of their area. There was a small orange dot, indicating their position, and many green dots surrounding the map.
"What are those green spots?" Captain Panaka asked.
Anakin studied the map. "They're other droids. Stationed at their guard posts."
Cordelia raised her eyebrows. Maybe the boy wouldn't be such a hindrance. He was still in danger, though, and that worried her.
She pushed her attachments aside and nodded, giving Anakin a small smile. "That'll be incredibly useful. Thank you, Anakin."
She was rewarded with a small smile, and they resumed their walk, using the map to chart the best course to the palace.
It was calm inside the hidden passage ways, but once they reached the palace, all hell broke loose.
* * *Nute and Rune sealed off the throne room and assured themselves that they were safe. From there, they watched the battle rage between the Gungans and the droids, and followed the movements of their droids on a large map that hung over the room.
"Our droid army is far stronger than their primitive forces," Rune said.
"Absolutely," Nute agreed.
They watched the battle unfold, pretending not to feel as tense and afraid as they did. Neither mentioned the Sith, or what they thought he might do. They were simply relieved to be away from him.
* * *Darth Maul had to be very careful – the situation was tricky, and there were much more important things than the possession of a small planet and the assassination of a queen at stake.
Certainly, those objectives were still on his mind, but Darth Maul had a much more important set of orders to follow, and if he could secure his one main goal, then everything else would fall into place.
He walked through the halls quickly, letting the Force guide him. Whenever he encountered someone who was of no use to him, he would run them through with his lightsaber, or slash them across the face and chest. The Jedi would recognize the marks. They would realize he was there. They would come for him.
* * *"Where are we going?" Obi-Wan asked. The hall was dark and damp, and he had to duck his head now and then. He felt bad for Qui-Gon, who was considerably taller, and had to stoop almost the whole way.
"The hangar bay – there's a storage room on the map that looks like it's heavily guarded, which probably means prisoners are being held there. Likely pilots. If we can free them, we'll have a huge boost to our side – no one flies like Nubian pilots."
Cordelia was in the lead, holding the little map Anakin had engineered from the droid's internal guidance chip. She led them to a circular room that opened up from the tunnel they'd just been inside. There were five other tunnels branching out from there.
The Queen seemed to be counting. Finally, she led them down the center tunnel. It was a long walk, but the dread that hung over them, and the fear of what they'd find when they had to leave the safety of the tunnel, made it far too short.
When they reached the end of the tunnel, they found a blank stone wall with only a number pad in the center. Cordelia punched in a code, and they all waited, silent and breathless, to see if it would work.
It did. Cautiously, they stepped out into the hall. A few battle droids stood ten yards down, but Cordelia's guards took them out quickly, and the group followed the Queen to the hangar.
"Anakin, find a place to hide," Qui-Gon instructed, drawing his lightsaber.
The plan was to charge in, free the pilots, then get the Queen to the throne room. It would be chaotic, and dangerous, and utterly unpredictable.
For once, Anakin did as he was told without question.
The group entered the hangar, and the battle began.
Droids fired rapidly, taking out two of the handmaidens. Anakin was frozen by the sight, but Obi-Wan grabbed him and shoved the child behind a large piece of machinery. Anakin fell to the floor, and for a moment was disoriented. When he regained his bearings, he could see that he was behind a hydraulic lift, used to raise technicians up so they could repair hard-to-reach areas of ships.
He crawled around the machine on his stomach until he could see what was happening in the hangar.
There were about twenty small fighter-class ships – absolutely beautiful, the kind of thing he could have stared at for hours. At the very end of the hangar, like it had just arrived, was the ship the Jedi had taken to Tatooine, the one Anakin had first ridden on. Apparently, Qui-Gon had been right to think that the ship would not be safe.
The droids that were unloading the ship raced over to the other end of the hangar, guns drawn and firing wildly. The Queen and her guard had taken refuge behind some supply boxes, popping out to fire at droids, then ducking back down to avoid being hit.
The Jedi had not hidden – both were right in the middle of the droids, lightsabers flashing madly. Qui-Gon waved his hand and a whole group of droids was thrown back and out of the mouth of the hangar. Anakin marveled at the gesture, the simplicity of it, and the power of it.
Obi-Wan slashed and ducked, moving so fast that he was almost as much of a blur as the blade of his lightsaber. When droids shot at him, he knocked the blasts right back at their owners, taking them out with their own guns.
The droids piled onto the two Jedi, and Cordelia led her group around to the room she thought would house her pilots. Almost all the guards had left to join the fight, and those that remained were distracted. Captain Panaka charged ahead, gunning down the droids and punching in the code to open the doors.
Nothing happened, though. The Jedi still fought the droids, but Cordelia and her captain couldn't get the storage room to open.
Anakin crept around on his stomach, then onto his knees. He scurried around the edges of the room, staying low to avoid any stray blasts. He watched the battle closely, hoping he'd have time to duck if a stray shot came his way.
He saw it out of the corner of his eye, a beam of energy shot toward him, slicing through the air at an impossible speed. Anakin reacted without thinking, twisting his body and throwing his hands out to protect himself, like he might push the beam away.
The beam of energy exploded in midair, as though it had hit its target. The blast threw Anakin against the wall, and singed his clothes and hair, but he was alive. He wasn't sure what he'd done, but he didn't have time to dwell on that – he got to his feet and ran flat out toward the Queen.
Cordelia was madly punching at the keypad as Captain Panaka and the two remaining handmaidens kept the droids at bay. Anakin slid up to the Queen's side, stumbling to a halt.
"Here. Let me."
He tore off the back of the panel and went to work on the wires while Cordelia joined the fight.
The doors hummed and slid open.
Inside were about twenty pilots sitting on the floor, with more than a dozen droids standing guard over them. The droids began to fire when they saw who had opened the doors.
"Look out!" Anakin said, diving out of the way.
The other four turned and opened fire on the advancing droids. Anakin tried to replicate what he'd done earlier, but he couldn't do anything – apparently, his previous success had been a fluke.
While some of the droids guarding the pilots fought, others turned their guns on the pilots, who were scrambling to their feet and rushing to the open doors. Anakin couldn't see them well, but he could hear their cries.
A hole appeared in Captain Panaka's forehead – clean and perfectly round, burned right through. He fell just feet before Anakin, his eyes open and empty.
The boy stared at the body. He hadn't been fond of Captain Panaka, but he hadn't expected – or wanted – him to die. Anakin reached forward and took the Captain's gun. At the very least, he could try his best to survive this.
The air crackled with electricity and heat, and the cries of others echoed all around the vast chamber. Anakin fired at every droid he could see, losing himself in the chaos.
As quickly as it had started, the battle came to an end, with the last remaining droids falling to the ground. Anakin looked around, surveying the damage.
Eight of the twenty pilots were dead, along with all but one of Cordelia's handmaidens, and of course, Captain Panaka. The Queen looked terrible, bruised and bloody, her left arm cradled in her right as though it were broken.
But she didn't hesitate for an instant. "Pilots, man your ships. Get out there and find the control ship for the droid army; it's in orbit above the planet. Jedi, we have to reach the throne room, I need to reclaim the palace."
Everyone rushed to obey their orders, and the Jedi hurried to Cordelia's side.
"Good work, Anakin," the Queen said. She wasn't speaking to him like he was a child anymore – she sounded like she was addressing one of her soldiers.
"Stay here, stay out of sight, I'll come back for you," Qui-Gon instructed as he led the Queen out.
Anakin nodded and leaned back against the wall, his heart hammering and his mind racing. He closed his eyes and tried to control his breathing, but it was all too much.
Not for the first time, Anakin wished for his mother.
* * *The Jedi led the Queen and her lone handmaiden down the hall. As they went, they saw the unmistakable evidence of lightsaber burns on several bodies.
Obi-Wan's stomach lurched. "You don't think it's—"
"I do," Qui-Gon answered grimly.
"Master, Anakin is here…" Obi-Wan whispered.
Qui-Gon nodded. "We shouldn't have left him in the hangar."
Everything was wrong. How were they going to secure Naboo's victory and keep the Sith from getting the Chosen One, all without getting themselves killed in the process?
Qui-Gon seemed to be thinking along the same lines.
"Obi-Wan, stay with the Queen, get her to the throne room. I'm going back for Anakin."
"Master, are you sure that's –"
"It's the only choice we have. May the Force be with you," he said, hurrying back the way they'd come.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath and turned to Cordelia.
"Lead the way," he said.
Obi-Wan was far more alert and afraid with his Master gone. He had always known that someday he'd have to face these things alone, but he hadn't expected it to be today.
When they reached the throne room, Cordelia tried the code, but it had been changed.
"It's a shame we left Anakin in the hangar…" the handmaiden said, glaring at the door,
"Allow me. I don't have the boy's finesse with machinery but…well…I think I can do something about this," Obi-Wan said, stepping forward.
He drew his lightsaber and plunged it into the door.
* * *Qui-Gon ran the length of the hall back to the hangar. It was too far – he would never make it in time. The Sith had been prepared, and they had not. Qui-Gon had let this detail slip through the cracks, and now the Jedi might lose the Chosen One.
He might lose Anakin.
"Anakin!" he called as soon as the hangar was in sight. How could he have let the child stay there alone? Amidst all that chaos, and all that danger? What had he been thinking?
Qui-Gon couldn't sense Anakin anywhere, but he focused his mind and tried anyway.
"Anakin?" he called again as he stepped into the hangar.
Behind him, a lightsaber crackled to life.
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This is a list of University of Warwick people, including office holders, current and former academics and  alumni of the University of Warwick, including a brief description of their notability.

Warwick has over 150,000 alumni and an active alumni network.

Former students

Academics
 Janet Beer - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
 Robert Calderbank - former Dean of Natural Sciences at Duke University and winner of the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal and the Claude E. Shannon Award
 David Cardwell FREng - superconducting engineer and head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department
 Colin Cooper - Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of East Anglia
 John Fauvel - historian of mathematics at the Open University
 Luciano Floridi - philosopher of information
 Oliver Hart - economist and former Chairman of the Harvard Economics Department, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016
 H.A. Hellyer - policy consultant and Senior Research Fellow for Muslims in Europe
 Alan Hywel Jones - Principal Research Fellow and senior consultant at Sheffield Hallam University, materials scientist and inventor
 Maris Martinsons - Professor of Management; international business consultant
 Moeletsi Mbeki - Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs; brother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki
 Patricia McFadden - Swazi author; Professor of Sociology; African radical feminist
 Stuart Neil - professor of virology at King's College London
 Pippa Norris - political scientist and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 Ian Stewart FRS - popular science author; Professor of Mathematics
 Leslie Valiant FRS - British computer scientist and Turing Award winner

Art
 Benjamin Hope (Mathematics and Physics 1996) - painter

Business

Ian Gorham - CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown
Bernardo Hees - CEO of the Heinz Company; former CEO of Burger King
Linda Jackson - CEO of Citroën
Nick Landau - co-owner and founder of Titan Entertainment Group and Forbidden Planet sci-fi, fantasy and horror bookstores
Margaret Milan - founder and owner of Eveil & Jeux
Mahmoud Mohieldin (PhD Financial Economics, 1995) - former Investment Minister of Egypt; current Managing Director of the World Bank
Ada Osakwe - economist, entrepreneur and corporate executive
Ralf Speth - CEO of Jaguar Land Rover
Mary Turner - CEO of Koovs
Jehangir Wadia - Indian Businessman, Managing Director of Go First, Bombay Dyeing and Bombay Realty, Director on the Boards of Britannia Industries
Ness Wadia - Indian Businessman, managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings
Tony Wheeler - founder of Lonely Planet travel guides
Nigel Wilson - CEO of Legal & General Group plc
George Yankey - CEO of Ghana Gas Company & former Minister of Health in Ghana
Rajiv Bajaj - Managing director and CEO of Bajaj Auto
Sanjiv Bajaj - Managing director of Bajaj Finserv
Lakshmi Venu - Director at TVS Motor Company, daughter of Venu Srinivasan

Cinema and theatre
 Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
 Adam Buxton (dropped out after two terms) – comedian and actor, best known as part of Adam and Joe
 Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre
 Paul Darke (PhD in Film) - academic, artist and disability rights activist, creator of the ''normality drama' theory
 Brett Goldstein (Film & Feminism) – actor and comedian
 Vadim Jean (History) – film director
 Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the RSC
 Ruth Jones (Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts 1988) – actress known as Myfanwy in Little Britain and Nessa in Gavin & Stacey
 Lloyd Langford – comedian (film and television)
 Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series The Office and Extras, in such roles as the 'Oggmonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
 Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor, known from the award-winning comedy series Green Wing
 Frank Skinner, then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature 1981) – comedian, actor, writer
 Hannah Waterman – actress

Government and politics

 Wendy Alexander MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament
 Luis Arce (Master's in Economics, 1997) – President of Bolivia, former Minister of Economy and Public Finance in Bolivia
 Joseph Ngute - Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Republic of Cameroon
 Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Sociology 1976) – Britain's first female black Cabinet Minister, formerly Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and British High Commissioner to Australia; and now Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN
 Tim Barrow – diplomat and British Ambassador to Russia since 2011
 Yunus Carrim – Minister of Communications of South Africa
 Chan Yuen Han SBS - JP; active female unionists in Hong Kong
 Vernon Coaker (BA (Hons) Politics and Economics) – Member of Parliament for Gedling and Government Minister until 2010
 Jon Cruddas (PhD in Philosophy, 1990) – Member of Parliament for Dagenham and formerly a candidate for deputy leadership of the Labour Party
 David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative MP and former  Secretary of State for Exiting the EU
 Claire Darke, (Certificate of Social Work) - 161st Mayor of Wolverhampton
 Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former President of Nigeria
 Andy Haldane (Economics) – chief economist at the Bank of England
 Kim Howells (PhD) – former Foreign Office Minister
 Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson – President of Iceland
 George Chouliarakis - Academic and Greek Alternate Minister of Finance
 George W. Kanyeihamba – Member of the Supreme Court of Uganda and African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; Legal Advisor to the President of Uganda on Human Rights and International Affairs
 Sir Bob Kerslake – Head of the Home Civil Service
 Andrea Leadsom (Political Science) – Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire and Secretary of State for the Environment
 Sir Richard Leese – Leader of Manchester City Council
 David Li GBM, GBS, OBE – JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia; member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong; former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
 Tim Loughton (Classical Civilisation) – Conservative former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
 Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley – Privy Counsellor; former Labour Secretary of State for Education; graduated from Coventry College of Education
 Lord Gus O'Donnell (Economics 1973) – former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
 Lord Brian Paddick – former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police and London Mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats in 2008 and 2012
 José Fernando Franco González Salas – Ministry of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
 George Saitoti – Former Vice-President of Kenya, former Executive Chairman of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and former President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
 Dan Stoenescu – Romanian diplomat and Former Minister for Romanians Abroad
 Valentine Strasser – former head of state of Sierra Leone; did not complete his studies at Warwick
 Aung Tun Thet – Myanmar economist and the Economic Advisor to the President of Burma
Carrie Symonds - British political activist, conservationist and Partner of Boris Johnson

History
 David Englander - historian and author

Literature

 Nicholas Blincoe – author
 Simon Calder (Mathematics) – travel writer for The Independent
 Jonathan Coe (English Literature) – novelist and writer
 Sarah Crossan, Irish author.
 Anne Fine (History '68) FRSL – children's author
 James Franklin (Mathematics) – historian of ideas; philosopher
 Sam Gillespie – philosopher and early translator and commentator of Alain Badiou, crucial to Badiou's initial reception in the English-speaking world
 Mal Lewis Jones (English and American literature '70) – children's author
 A.L. Kennedy (Theatre and Performance Studies) – author
 Peter Linebaugh (History '75) – author of The Magna Carta Manifesto
 Sally Nicholls (Philosophy and Literature '05) - children's and young adult author
 Mal Peet – author, writer of popular young adult literature, Keeper, Tamar, others...
 Robin Stevens, children's author
 Chip Tsao (pen name: To Kit) (English Literature) – Hong Kong cultural and political commentator
Patrick M. Vollmer – House of Lords Librarian
 Tony Wheeler (Engineering '68) – co-founder of Lonely Planet (LP) travel guides
 Yilin Zhong (Cultural Studies '05) – journalist and author of 8 books, novel "Chinatown" released in 2011.

Law
Constance Briscoe – disgraced barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice
Phil Shiner (LLM '85) – lawyer struck off for misconduct

Media

 Camila Batmanghelidjh – charity executive
 Jennie Bond (French and European Literature 1968) – former BBC Royal correspondent
 Brian Deer (Philosophy) – The Sunday Times; Channel 4
 Tom Dunmore (Film & Literature) – Editor In Chief, Stuff Magazine
 George Eaton – political editor of the New Statesman
 Giles Fletcher (Computer Science 1987) – glam rock artist
 Janan Ganesh (Politics) – Financial Times journalist
 Leona Graham (Drama) – radio presenter and VoiceOver artis
 Merfyn Jones – Governor BBC and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
 James King (Film and Literature) – BBC Radio 1 film critic
 Timmy Mallett (History 1977) – 1980s children's television presenter
 Simon Mayo (History and Politics 1981) – broadcaster
 Peter Salmon (European Literature 1977) – BBC television executive
 Tim Vickery (History and Politics) – South American football correspondent for BBC Sport, ESPN and an analyst on SporTV's main morning programme, Redação SporTV.
 Christian Wolmar (1971) – writer on transport and social issues
Dawn Foster (English 2009) - British journalist, broadcaster and author

Music

 DJ Yoda (English and American Literature 1998) – Hip hop turntablist
 Gareth Emery – DJ and founder of electronic label Garuda, rated world's no.14 DJ in 2012
 Roxanne Emery – solo singer/songwriter artist, founder of LATE records
 Adem Ilhan (studied Mathematics) – solo artist; member of Fridge
 Kode9 (PhD in Philosophy) – dubstep producer, DJ and owner of the Hyperdub record label
 Sting (left after one term) – lead singer of The Police and solo artist
 Very Rev Robert Willis – Dean of Canterbury, composer of hymns

Sport
 Kevin Blackwell (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 Aidy Boothroyd (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 Steve Heighway (Economics) – Liverpool F.C. footballer
 Mark Hughes (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 Stuart Pearce MBE (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager

Notable faculty and staff
Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:

Biological sciences
 Sir Howard Dalton FRS
 Sir Brian Follett - also formerly Warwick University's Vice-Chancellor (1993-2001)

Chemistry
Keith Jennings - known for work in mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation

Classics and Ancient History
Alison E. Cooley - Roman historian
James Davidson - social historian of Ancient Greece
Michael Scott - ancient historian and broadcaster
Zahra Newby - historian of Ancient art and the visual culture of festivals
Victoria Rimell - latinist
Simon Swain - scholar of Greek culture under Rome

English

 Susan Bassnett - translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature
 Jonathan Bate
 Andrew Davies - television screenwriter
 Sir Michael Edwards OBE - first Briton to be voted into the Académie française
 Maureen Freely - writer, author and translator of works by Orhan Pamuk
 K. W. Gransden - poet and critic; one of the founders of the English Department
 Germaine Greer - former Professor of English and Comparative Literature
 A L Kennedy
 China Miéville - fiction writer
 David Vann - creative writing professor

Engineering and computer science

 Lord Bhattacharyya - founder and Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
 Mike Cowlishaw - creator of the REXX programming language
 Hugh Darwen - creator of Tutorial D database language
 Mike Paterson FRS - former director of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
 Kevin Warwick - cyborg researcher

History
 David Arnold FBA - Indian historian
 Sir John Elliott FBA - Spanish historian
 Sir J.R. Hale - Renaissance historian and first Professor of History at Warwick University
 E.P. Thompson -  Marxist historian and founding member of the CND

Law
 Shaheen Sardar Ali - Professor of Law
 Patrick Atiyah - barrister and legal writer
 Upendra Baxi - Professor of Law
 John McEldowney - Professor of Public Law
 Paul Raffield - Professor of Law; actor in Joking Apart

Mathematics and statistics

 Brian Bowditch - mathematician known for contributions to geometry and topology, and for solving the angel problem
 Jack Cohen - developmental biologist; xenobiologist; honorary professor
 David Epstein FRS - mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry; co-founder of the University of Warwick mathematics department
 Martin Hairer FRS - expert in stochastic partial differential equations; winner of the Fields Medal, Philip Leverhulme Prize, the Royal Society Wolfson Award and the LMS Whitehead Prize
 Wilfrid Kendall - probabalist and president of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2013 - 2015)
 Robert Sinclair MacKay FRS - mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems; current president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
 David Preiss FRS - winner of the 2008 Pólya Prize for his contributions to analysis and geometric measure theory
 Miles Reid FRS - mathematician known for work in algebraic geometry
 Gareth Roberts FRS, statistician known for work on Markov chain Monte Carlo methodology; winner of the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver and Bronze; an ISI highly cited researcher
 Ian Stewart FRS - mathematician, popular science author and an ISI highly cited researcher
 Andrew M. Stuart - mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and computational mathematics; winner of the Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
 Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS - topologist; exponent of catastrophe theory; founding professor of mathematics; former President of the London Mathematical Society; namesake of the Mathematics and Statistics building; Principal of Hertford College, Oxford

Philosophy
 Quassim Cassam - Professor of Philosophy
 Angie Hobbs - Lecturer
Nick Land - Former lecturer, known as the father of accelerationism
 David Miller - Emeritus Reader of Philosophy
 Peter Poellner - Professor of Philosophy

Social sciences
 Lady Margaret Archer - theorist in critical realism; former President of International Sociological Association; current president of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
 Sir George Bain - former Chairman of the School of Industrial and Business Studies
 Söhnke M. Bartram - Professor of Finance
 James A. Beckford -  Professor Emeritus of Sociology
 Jim Bulpitt - Professor of Politics
 Robin Cohen - honorary professor
 Nicholas Crafts - professor of economics and economic history
 Avinash Dixit - economist
 Robert Fine - Professor Emeritus, theorist of cosmopolitanism
 Steve Fuller - Professor of Sociology, theorist in science and technology studies
 Wyn Grant - former Chair of the British Political Studies Association (2002-2005); President of the PSA (2005-2008) Political scientist with interest in comparative public policy
 Peter J. Hammond - Professor of Economics
 H. A. Hellyer - senior research Fellow; specialist on Muslims in Europe and West-Muslim world relations
 Richard Higgott - Director of the Warwick Commission to the World Bank
 Abhinay Muthoo - Professor of Economics and  Dean of Warwick in London
 Andrew Oswald - Professor of Economics
 Tobias Preis - Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Finance
 John Rex - Professor Emeritus
 Sir Ken Robinson - Professor Emeritus of Education
 Leonard Seabrooke - Professor of International Political Economy
 Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky - Professor Emeritus of Political Economy
 Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford FBA - former Chief Economist of the World Bank
 Susan Strange - political economist and former chair of International Relations
 Mark P. Taylor - Dean of Warwick Business School and Professor of International Finance
 John Williamson - English economist who coined the term Washington Consensus
 Sarah D. Goode - Former lecturer in child health at Warwick Medical School

Other
 The Coull String Quartet - quartet-in-residence since 1977
 Koen Lamberts - psychologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
 Mark Smith, - physicist, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
 Nigel Thrift - geographer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick

Administration

Chancellors

 William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes - Chancellor-designate (died in December 1964 before taking office)
 Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1965–1977)
 Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (1977–1989)
 Sir Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal (1989–2002)
 Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–2008)
 Sir Richard Lambert (2008–2016)
 Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (2017–present)

Vice-Chancellors
 Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1965–1985)
 Clark L. Brundin (1985–1992)
 Sir Brian K. Follett (1993–2001)
 David VandeLinde (2001–2006)
 Nigel Thrift (2006–2016)
 Stuart Croft (2016–present)

References

University of Warwick

Warwick

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I don't know about you but I'm itching to add some some brights, pastels and turquoise to my wardrobe in anticipation of some warmer temps. These are the items I'm currently crushing on and the best part? They're all $100 or less!
love all these picks! esp that romper!
That off the shoulder dress is exactly what I've been looking for! I love the flamingo clutch, too. Great picks!
Literally all I've been adding is tropical and bright colors! So excited for the warmer days to arrive! Loving that flamingo clutch- so cute!
Great picks, love those gold bow earrings!
SO in love with your blog! You are one of two bloggers that I follow every day!
I have those Kate Spade earrings come to think of it. But I have no idea where I've put them. And that floral printed dress is absolutely stunning!
Love that simple gold bracelet!
Great finds!!! My fave is rose gold pumps!
Great finds! Love the new layout on my iPhone!


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import json
import os
from os import path
from datetime import datetime

EXPIRETILES_ZOOM = 14
UPDATE_TILES_FROM_ZOOM = 11
UPDATE_TILES_BEFORE_ZOOM = 15

def get_time_now():
    return datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

def log(msg):
    print(f"[{get_time_now()}] {os.getpid()} :INFO: {msg}")

def log_error(msg):
    print(f"[{get_time_now()}] {os.getpid()} :ERROR: {msg}")

def format_file_size(size):
    prefixes = ["", "K", "M", "G", "T"]
    i_prefix = 0

    while i_prefix + 1 < len(prefixes) and size >= 1000:
        i_prefix += 1
        size /= 1024

    return f"{size:.2f}{prefixes[i_prefix]}B"

def load_json(file_path):
    try:
        with open(file_path) as json_file:
            return json.load(json_file)
    except Exception as err:
        log_error(f"Couldn't parse JSON from `{file_path}`: {err}")
        raise

def run_imposm_update(ctx, tileset, change_file, pg_connection):
    imposm_folder_name = tileset.name
    mapping_path = path.join(ctx.imposm_config_dir, tileset.mapping_filename)

    log("apply changes on OSM database")
    log(f"{change_file} file size is " + format_file_size(os.path.getsize(change_file)))

    try:
        ctx.run(
            f'imposm3 diff -quiet \
                -connection {pg_connection} \
                -mapping {mapping_path} \
                -cachedir {path.join(ctx.generated_files_dir, "cache", imposm_folder_name)} \
                -diffdir {path.join(ctx.generated_files_dir, "diff", imposm_folder_name)} \
                -expiretiles-dir {path.join(ctx.update_tiles_dir,"expiretiles", imposm_folder_name)} \
                -expiretiles-zoom {EXPIRETILES_ZOOM} \
                {change_file}'
        )
    except Exception:
        log_error("imposm3 failed")
        raise

def get_all_files(folder, from_ts):
    entries = []
    for entry in os.listdir(folder):
        full_path = path.join(folder, entry)
        if path.isdir(full_path):
            entries.extend(get_all_files(full_path, from_ts))
        elif path.isfile(full_path) and path.getmtime(full_path) > from_ts:
            entries.append(full_path)
    return entries

def create_tiles_jobs(ctx, tileset_config, start_ts):
    from .tasks import generate_expired_tiles

    log(f"Creating tiles jobs for `{tileset_config.name}`")

    # Get all tiles updated since start timestamp
    entries = "|".join(
        get_all_files(
            path.join(ctx.update_tiles_dir, "expiretiles", tileset_config.name),
            start_ts,
        )
    )

    if entries == "":
        log("no expired tiles")
        return

    log(f"file with tile to regenerate = {entries}")

    generate_expired_tiles(
        ctx,
        tileset_name=tileset_config.name,
        from_zoom=UPDATE_TILES_FROM_ZOOM,
        before_zoom=UPDATE_TILES_BEFORE_ZOOM,
        expired_tiles=entries,
    )

def check_settings(settings, keys):
    errors = 0
    for key in keys:
        if settings.get(key) is None:
            log_error(f"Missing `{key}` setting")
            errors += 1
    return errors == 0

def osm_update(ctx, pg_connection, change_file):
    start_timestamp = int(datetime.now().timestamp())

    log("new osm_update process started")
    log(f"working into directory: {ctx.update_tiles_dir}")

    if not path.isfile(change_file):
        raise Exception(f"Change file `{change_file}` was not found.")

    # Update db and tiles, only if changes file is not empty
    if os.path.getsize(change_file) != 0:
        # Imposm update for both tiles sources
        run_imposm_update(
            ctx, ctx.tiles.tilesets.basemap, change_file=change_file, pg_connection=pg_connection
        )
        run_imposm_update(
            ctx, ctx.tiles.tilesets.poi, change_file=change_file, pg_connection=pg_connection
        )

        # We make the import here to prevent a circular dependency if put at the top.
        from .tasks import reindex_poi_geometries

        # Reindex geometries to avoid index bloat
        reindex_poi_geometries(ctx)

        # Create tiles jobs for both tiles sources
        create_tiles_jobs(ctx, ctx.tiles.tilesets.basemap, start_ts=start_timestamp)
        create_tiles_jobs(ctx, ctx.tiles.tilesets.poi, start_ts=start_timestamp)

    log("============")
    log(f"current location: {os.getcwd()}")
    log("============")
    elapsed = int(datetime.now().timestamp()) - start_timestamp
    hh, mm, ss = elapsed // 3600, elapsed % 3600 // 60, elapsed % 60
    log(f"osm_update duration: {hh}h{mm:02}m{ss:02}s")
    log("osm_update successfully terminated!")

    return True

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