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Battle of Bentonville, 19-21 March 1865
The biggest battle during Sherman's march through the heart of the Confederacy (American Civil War). Having marched from Atlanta to the coast, and then through South Carolina without encountering serious opposition, in North Carolina the Confederates finally put up a fight.
On 23 February command of the Confederate forces in North Carolina had been given to General Joseph Johnston. He commanded a force of around 21,000 men, with which to face Sherman's 60,000. However, Sherman was advancing over a wide front, hoping to repeat his success in South Carolina. There, he had threatened both Augusta and Charleston, before eventually pushing between them to capture the state capitol at Columbia. This had split the Confederate forces in the state, and forced them to retreat without a fight.
Map of the battlefield
Now Johnston was determined to attack. He hoped to take advantage of Sherman's wide front by attacking one wing of the Union army and smashing it before the rest of the army could reinforce it. On 16 March 1865 part of Johnston's army had encountered the Federal left wing at Averasborough. Although his army had been forced back by the Union advance, the battle did confirm that the Federal left wing was if not actually isolated, might at least be vulnerable to determined attack.
Accordingly, Johnston gathered together the bulk of his army, and on 19 March launched a full blooded attack on the advancing Federal left wing. He had judged well. During the afternoon on 19 March the Federal left wing had to fight alone. After so long without a battle, the Federal troops were almost surprised by the Confederate attack. The right wing of the army was about twenty miles further east. News of the fighting at Bentonville did not reach Sherman, who was now with the right wing, until the evening of 19 March. He immediately ordered a night march, and across the night of 19 March and most of 20 March the Federal right rushed to the aid of the left wing.
By the time they began to arrive during the afternoon of 20 March, the battle was effectively won. The Confederate attacks had had some initial success, but as the afternoon of 19 March had worn on, the Union position had been strengthened, while the Confederate strength began to fade. The next morning, Johnston did not have the strength to renew his attacks. On 20 March, neither side did much fighting. The Union troops worked to strengthen their position and awaited reinforcements. It is not entirely clear to this author why Johnston stayed in position. Every moment he waited the rest of the Union army got closer. Once Sherman arrived, there was a very serious danger that Johnston's entire army would be captured.
That came close to happening on 21 March. Massively outnumbered, Johnston faced a frontal assault from the united Union army combined with a flank attack on his left wing that threatened to cut him off. His left wing came close to collapse. However, he was let off the hook by Sherman, who did not reinforce the successful attack, and instead called it back. Sherman later described this as a mistake, but at the time many felt that he was deliberately holding back. Sherman was not keen on full scale battle, and at this late stage in the war he did not want to waste the lives of his troops. He had always argued that the destruction of Confederate resources was the best way to end the war, and his march through the Carolinas had gone a long way towards proving him right. The remnants of Johnston's army could have little or no effect on the outcome of the war. Events proved him correct. Within three weeks, Lee had surrendered and the war was virtually over. Johnston's army played no further role in what was left of the fighting.
Memoirs, William T. Sherman. One of the classic military auto-biographies, this is a very readable account of Sherman's involvement in the American Civil War, supported by a large number of documents. A valuable, generally impartial work that is of great value to anyone interested in Sherman's role in the war.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (14 October 2006), Battle of Bentonville, 19-21 March 1865 , http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_bentonville.html


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DREAM11 IPL 2020, MATCH 50: KXIP VS RR – PREVIEW
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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will be looking to extend their winning run they take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 50 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
KXIP are coming into this game on the back of their five-match winning streak, where they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The KL Rahul-led unit, which now has 6 wins to their name from 12 matches, is now in with a chance to seal a playoff spot.
Coming to RR, they have registered 5 wins from 12 games, the latest being their convincing eight-wicket win against MI on the back of a sensational hundred from Ben Stokes and a fine half-century from Sanju Samson.
The last time these two teams squared off this season, it was a run-fest in Sharjah. While KXIP scored 223/2 after Mayank Agarwal scored his maiden IPL hundred, RR crossed the finish line after Samson's half-century and a Rahul Tewatia show.
While Steve Smith and Co. will be looking to have an encore of that performance, KXIP will be eager to avenge that loss. As both the teams look to add two more points to their name, here are the players who could play a vital part in the outcome of the game.
KL Rahul is currently sitting on top of the list of the leading run-getters of the season. But the KXIP skipper has not had a big score in his side's last few outings. However, Rahul has been someone who can turn the game on its head in a matter of a few balls and while at it, will make batting look easy and fun. As he and his side seek their sixth win on the bounce, Rahul will be eager to make it count with the bat.
The move to open the innings with Ben Stokes worked in RR's favour as one of the finest modern-day all-rounders hammered a ton to power his side to victory against MI in their last game. The left-hander will be looking to put up another fine show on the field and if he fires once again, RR will be in with a chance to secure their second successive win.
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle did not feature in KXIP's playing XI for the first seven matches. But since his inclusion, the Universe Boss has scored 2 fifties in 5 games and his side has won all the five matches which he was a part of, including the last game against KKR where Gayle scored 51. The big-hitting West Indian will be eager to have another fine outing with the bat.
He had started his IPL 2020 campaign with two successive half-centuries – one of them was against RR when he scored 85 off 42 balls in Sharjah – but did not have a big score to his name for the next few games. However, Sanju Samson returned to his run-scoring ways and scored a match-winning 54* against MI. The right-hander will be key to RR's fortunes as they take on KXIP.
With Mayank Agarwal out with an injury, Mandeep Singh scored a very special half-century as he and Gayle guided KXIP to a victory against KKR. The right-hander, who opened the batting with Rahul, initially bid his time and then made a point to take his team across the finish line. KXIP will be banking on Mandeep to come good with the bat against RR.
Mohammad Shami vs Jofra Archer
The two pacers have been spearheading their team's bowling attack and it will make for a fascinating viewing when Mohammad Shami, who has 20 wickets against his name, and Jofra Archer, who has 17 scalps from 12 matches, go head to head as both their teams seek a win.
KXIP at this venue: Played 4, Won 2, Lost 2
RR at this venue: Played 7, Won 5, Lost 2
Approaching Milestones
KL Rahul needs 5 runs to complete 600 runs this IPL season. He is also 37 runs away from completing 2000 IPL runs as a wicketkeeper.
Glenn Maxwell requires 1 run to complete 1500 IPL runs.
Shreyas Gopal needs 3 wickets to complete 50 IPL wickets.
Sanju Samson requires 2 dismissals to complete 50 IPL dismissals (43 catches/5 stumpings) for Rajasthan Royals
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Losing weight can be a difficult battle for anyone. This is especially true when the health problem is depression. Mental health not only takes a toll on the mind, but the entire body.
Can you lose weight with depression? Yes, but it may be a difficult road. There are many hurdles that you must overcome and they will be both mental and physical. If you are not in a good state of mind, which is generally what happens with depression, then losing weight may seem impossible.
Depression can cause weight gain because many sufferers are "emotional eaters." Obesity and being overweight are serious issues when it comes to all kinds of mental illnesses since hunger starts as a brain function. Too many die from this, usually from heart disease, so this needs to be curved. Another thing that affects weight gain in depression sufferers is medication. Certain types are known to affect hunger and make a person eat more. Sadly, it can be both the depression and the medication affecting your weight gain. If you notice something like this happening to you, you should see your doctor right away.
While weight loss is possible when depressed, it is definitely not easy. Doing things like eating a sensible diet and exercising properly will work to help those with mental illness lose weight. The problem is not so much getting on a healthy diet and exercise plan, but missing one key piece to the puzzle: a healthy mind. When the mind isn't healthy, as the case with many depression sufferers, then the chances of maintaining the weight loss go way down. The person may start losing weight and feel like they have to overdo or they may get hit a setback and give up. When you have a negative outlook on yourself and your life, you tend to be unnecessarily hard on yourself. Stemming from this is a chance that you worsen or your depression or, even worse, develop an eating disorder.
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An annual program is offered each fall to assist house officers with making the transition from residency to practice. Topics include: the current marketplace for physicians, job search strategies and interviewing skills, how to write an effective C.V., legal issues for the newly established physician, and practice opportunities through Montefiore Medical Center. An informal buffet dinner is offered after the program.
These informal receptions are usually scheduled at medical conferences most frequented by Montefiore staff and alumni. Sometimes co-sponsored with departments in the medical center, alumni who reside in the area are always welcome to attend.
This is our annual premier social event for medical center staff and alumni held in the spring. Attended by 300 physicians and their guests, as well as members of the senior management of the medical center, it is an opportunity to interact with colleagues, renew friendships and honor our own. Awards are presented to Staff and Alumni Honorees, Outstanding House Officers and the Moses Prize Winners.
A biennial conference is presented on a topic with broad-based appeal to members of the medical community. Members of the Association may register at a discounted fee. CME credit is provided by the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
In May 1999, the Association established the Memorial Portrait Fund (MPF) to commission portraits of esteemed Montefiore physicians who have made significant contributions to their field of medicine and have brought distinction to the medical center. The initial choices were Drs. Harold Rikfin and Ira Rubin. Additional portraits have been commissione and all have been displayed in the Medical Library of the Tishman Learning Center.
Published annually, our newsletter contains articles about programs, events and Montefiore history of special interest to the staff and alumni. Regular features include a message from the President of the Association, a Newsbriefs column, and an In Memoriam section. Members are encouraged to send letters, articles and news to be shared with colleagues. A subscription to the newsletter is included with Staff and Alumni membership.
Loans are made available to house staff and to members of the Association who are in need of short-term emergency funds. Loans are usually limited to $1, 000 and must be repaid within a year. Interest rates are keyed to the prime rate.
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Coronavirus cases rise to 1,415, northern Greek community on lockdown
Sotiris Tsiodars began Wednesday's televised update on the coronavirus pandemic in Greece with a poignant reading of the first names of dozens of infected patients but also of doctors and nurses who care for them, after his visit to two Covid-19 reference hospitals, Attikon and Agias Varvaras.
The Health Ministry's coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor, Tsiodras wished these and all Covid-19 patients "wholeheartedly all the best," and praised anew the efforts of healthcare workers in the fight against Covid-19.
Use of masks
Dispelling the argument that health authorities have not recorded all deaths by the virus, he said that the National Public Health Organization collaborates with all health authorities nationwide, and said that "we are not afraid of the truth; had there been more fatalities, we would have recorded them."
To anyone still unconvinced that masks should only be worn by the infected, Tsiodras said facts about the disease are still developing and referred to "a pandemic of uncertainty" in terms of preventative measures. After quering the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, he reiterated its advice that masks should be worn only by people infected with the virus, those who care for them, or hospital staff. "If we all practiced social distancing correctly, we wouldn't need masks," he pointed out.
Concerning patients who have recovered from Covid-19, Tsiodras said the disease does not leave damaged lungs, but warned that "those who become seriously ill and spent time in ICUs should be monitored for months, even for 1-2 years," after their recovery.
On conclusions drawn from this initial phase of the pandemic in Greece, the professor said that people who have developed a high antibody count will have "a type of antibody 'passport', so they will be able to work at the front lines." The immunity from the virus may last up to 2 or 3 years.
"We do not know what will happen in autumn," was Tsiodras' answer to a speculative question on a 'second wave' of the pandemic, and added that flu vaccinations in autumn is an advised strategy, as "you don't want to be seeing two aggressive viruses dispersing in the community at the same time."
Wednesday's stats
Tsiodras also announced 81 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours and one new death.
He said that including the 20 confirmed infections onboard the Eleftherios Venizelos ship, anchored off the port of Piraeus, the Covid-19 infections total in Greece stands at 1,415.
Deaths total 50 since the start of the outbreak. Of those, 38 were men and 12 were women, over 90 pct had underlying health issues and their average age was 72 years of age.
Some 90 patients are being treated in Intensive Care Units, with 14 of them being women. The average age of ICU patients is 66 years, and more than half of these suffer from underlying health issues. A total of 6 people have so far been discharged from ICUs.
One more lockdown
Another community in northern Greece was placed under lockdown as of tonight (April 1), Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said during his daily briefing on the coronavirus with professor Sotiris Tsiodras.
The community of Foustani, part of the region of Exaplatanos of Edessa and NW of Thessaloniki, will be isolating as of 20.00 on Wednesday and for the next 14 days.
Among other comments in general, Hardalias criticized "a tiny minority that persists in endangering the general population" and praised "the overwhelming majority who are staying home."
He also said the observance of protective measures at banks and open-air markets was much better than that seen earlier this week, and noted that the Ministry of Development will consider opening additional markets along with the scheduled ones, on the same hours and days, if there is a need to serve more shoppers.
On protecting areas that do not register any coronavirus cases, Hardalias said all private aircraft and helicopter flights into these areas, especially the islands, are banned.
'Help at Home'
In cases where curfew measures are strict and no visits are allowed to assist people living by themselves, especially the elderly, or those who were fed at soup kitchens, the 'Help at Home' program will step in to help. A total of 12 million euros will be released to local government for the program, which is estimated to help nearly 75,000 on a daily basis throughout Greece. There are 273 municipalities involved and 3,047 people staffing it, while some 1,200 workers of local town services that have shut down will be helping out.
Village infections
As for Foustani community lockdown, four people have been infected with coronavirus, according to Almopia Mayor Christos Batsis speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. The village belongs to Almopia, Macedonia, administratively.
"People are naturally concerned and trying to remain calm, since this is something unprecedented," he said, adding that his community will help the 450 residents of Foustani. A committee of Almopia town will be on daily phone contact for needs, especially food and medication. Basic needs will be provided to vulnerable groups for free, while a phone support line has been set up.
Following Hardalias' announcement, the Almopia municipal council and police chief met to ensure all measures to support residents of Foustani are taken.
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Collaborative Mural Celebrating Womanhood To be Unveiled June 6
Rutgers University–Newark's BOLD Women's Leadership Network and Project for Empty Space will unveil a mural created by acclaimed artist Adama Delphine Fawundu and BOLD scholarship students on June 6 at 800 Broad Street in Newark from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The seventy-foot, four-story mural, titled Courage, celebrates the power of womanhood, female identity and ancestral power.
The collaborative design was created through a dialogue between Rutgers-Newark students in the BOLD Women's Leadership program, which is funded and supported by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, and Fawundu, whose artistic choices were directed by student input.
The end result is a figure with cowrie shells in her hair, rising upward against a brilliant background and connected to the earth through tree-like roots. It includes a quote by abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth, "Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it, I intend to bear great fruit.''
Displayed on the façade of Project for Empty Space, a woman-owned arts organization that has led many Newark public art initiatives, the mural overlooks Edison Place across from the Prudential Center.
Rutgers-Newark Executive Vice Chancellor Sherri-Ann Butterfield, who leads the campus BOLD program, called the effort a symbol of collective empowerment.
"This mural pays tribute to the legacy of past femme-identified social change agents who dared to be their authentic selves and fight for freedom and justice even when confronted with what others deemed as insurmountable odds,'' she said. "Our phenomenal Rutgers-Newark BOLD scholars are uniquely positioned to carry on this critically important work.''
"This mural embodies the diverse and intergenerational female students who created it,'' said Jennifer Bucalo, director of partnerships and engagement for the RU-N Academic Foundation Center, who organized the project. "Art transcends boundaries and has a magical way of bringing the community together. "
Added Fawundu, a Sierra Leonian artist based in New York, "We get to see the powerful mural, but what we don't see is the process. The process of exchanging energy, thoughts, and laughter with this young vibrant group.''
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Q: Find products that have a list of attributes I'm stuck trying to solve a problem that's proving to be more difficult than it seems.
Consider there is a table that associates products with attributes, it looks like this:

Products_id | Attribute_id
    21      |      456
    21      |      231
    21      |      26
    22      |      456
    22      |      26
    22      |      116
    23      |      116
    23      |      231

Next, I have a list of attribute_ids which I want to use in order to get the products that have all the attributes in that list.
For example if I search in the table above using this list (456, 26) I should get these product_ids 21 and 22.
Another example, if I search for (116, 231) I should get 23 since the product 23 is the only on that has both these attributes.
How can I achieve this using one query?
I hope I made my question clear.
Thanks.

A: If you hand-craft your query:
SELECT Products_ID
  FROM ProductAttributes
 WHERE Attribute_ID IN (116, 231)
 GROUP BY Products_ID
HAVING COUNT(*) = 2;

This asks for all the products where the number of entries with the given attributes is equal to the number of attributes.  If you want to generalize, you do a join against a table of the interesting product attribute ID values.

A: select product_id from products
where attribute_id in (123,234)
group by product_id having count(*) = 2

A: select products_id from table where attribute_id = 456
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Q: Streaming multiple svg strings to png in nodejs using promises I am trying to convert multiple svg strings to png's so I can render them onto a pdf using PdfMake in nodejs. This works fine for one svg, but when I add multiple svg strings, they get overwritten by the last one. With this example code, it renders two images of png2 (svg2).
const promises = [svg1,svg2].map(str => {
    const stream = new Readable();
    stream.push(str);
    stream.push(null);
    return svgPromise(stream);
});

const result = await Promise.all(promises);

const png1 = result[0].content;
const png2 = result[1].content;

function svgPromise(stream) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const svg = new Rsvg();
    stream.pipe(svg);
    svg.on("finish", function() {
      const buffer = svg.render({
          format: "png",
          width: width * 2,
          height: height * 2
      }).data;
      const png = datauri.format(".png", buffer);
      resolve(png);
    });
  });
}

Not sure if this error is related to stream or my promise logic. Any ideas?
Dependencies:
"librsvg": "0.7.0"
"pdfmake": "0.1.35"
"datauri": "1.0.5"

A: It pays to list all the used modules. Assuming you used datauri, it seems you need to initialize a new instance for every call:
      svg.on("finish", function() {
          const datauri = new Datauri();
          const buffer = svg.render({
              format: "png",
              width: 16,
              height: 16
          }).data;
          const png = datauri.format(".png", buffer);
          resolve(png);
      });


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Home All The News Simeone discusses Atletico Madrid duo's departures
Simeone discusses Atletico Madrid duo's departures
Date published: Friday 2nd March 2018 9:57
Diego Simeone wants one worldwide transfer window after admitting losing Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan makes for an "uncomfortable time" at Atletico Madrid.
The pair left Atletico this week for Dalian Yifang in China, with Simeone unable to register any replacements other than free agents.
The Chinese transfer window closed almost a month after the European window and Simeone would prefer if the football world standardised its transfer calendar.
"It's an uncomfortable time," he said. "It staying open until February 28 means there are two more months for a player's head to be turned.
"It would be better if we had one deadline day for everyone. It would mean players, clubs and coaches could all be a lot more relaxed."
The Atletico boss resisted the temptation to criticise Carrasco and Gaitan for their move, with the former said to be raking in £9million per year.
"I don't stick my nose into the personal preferences of people. All the time it's for sporting development I am happy," said Simeone.
"If it's for economic growth, well that's a personal choice. In football nothing surprises me. These choices can always be made."
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Trippier heading for Atletico medical ahead of £20m move
Spurs defender Kieran Trippier is reportedly travelling to Spain ahead of completing a transfer to Atletico.
Top ten clubs making most money from the transfer window
Atletico aren't far from having made double anybody else. One English club raking it in so far...
Atletico take steps to claim £71.7m more for Griezmann
Atletico reckon 'facts, deeds and actions by the player' mean they are due almost £180m...
July 13 2019, 11:18 am
Barcelona land Griezmann after paying £107.6m buyout fee
The Catalan club announced they had paid his 120 million euro (£107.6m) buyout fee from Atletico.
Atletico, Juve ramping up efforts to sign £25m Spurs defender
Atletico Madrid are ready to increase their efforts to sign a Tottenham defender, according to reports.
Griezmann and Atletico should have been amicable split
...but instead it has got hella nasty. It didn't have to be like this, but Atletico want their money.


She's a master in the kitchen (really, who carves a chicken better), nutrition expert and writer Theresa Albert shares memories from the road, as well as tips. This is another instalment in our Road Trip Tales Series. If you've been following along, you know we've been sharing stories from our friends since we first embarked on our own Great Big Summer road trip through the USA on July 5. You can catch up by checking out the list below.
Photo Courtesy of Theresa Albert.
What's your favourite summer road trip memory?
Taking my teenage daughter and her friend to North Carolina. It is a whole different ballgame when they grow up and have their own choices.
What is your top tip for Family road trips?
Start 'em young and make it fun! If you want your kids to stick around when they have many other choices, let them feel the freedom of travelling with you from birth! Rules get broken on the road with great results!
What's the one thing you wish you'd known before you set out on your first family road trip?
Gravol can have a backlash effect! Some kids get hyper and that stinks when you are confined!
Top 3 snacks for in the car?
Qia bars or others with chia but low sugar. These fibre nutrients keep things moving when diet goes to pot. Apples. Cheese strings.
Worst snack for in the car?
Yogurt or yogurt drinks. Messy messy!
Musts on the road trip playlists?
Never on the road trip playlists?
Rap. Oh man. What a way to ratchet mom up and offend.
I most embarrass my kids in the car when I….
please. Anything! Teens are perpetually embarrassed.
clap. That sound is alarming.
Diarrhea . Anyone's . One person's poo becomes everyone's problem.
Connect with Theresa on Social Media. On Twitter she is @theresaalbert and on Instagram she is @theresaalbert1. You can also learn more about Theresa on her website www.theresaalbert.com.


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Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: He's the lead nominee with eight.
Thanks to curating the soundtrack to "Black Panther," Lamar earned nominations that include album, song and record of the year.
Drake earned seven nominations and also scored nods for the big three. Drake's frequent collaborator, producer Boi-1Da, earned six nods. So did Brandi Carlile, who earned nominations in the top three categories as well as nominations in the American Roots category.
Cardi B, Lady Gaga, H.E.R., Maren Morris, Childish Gambino, producer Sounwave and engineer Mike Bozzi earned five nominations each.
Six of the eight best new artist nominees are women, including H.E.R., Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha and Jorja Smith.
Women performers were underrepresented in the top four categories and in the awards broadcast at the Grammys earlier this year, but will have a strong presence at the upcoming show. Five of the eight album of the year nominees are women, including Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae, H.E.R. and Carlile.
Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Brandi Carlile will compete in the top three categories at the 2019 Grammys, where women mark a comeback.
Carlile is one of the five women nominated for album of the year, along with Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae and H.E.R. Post Malone, Drake and Lamar's "Black Panther" soundtrack are also up for the prize.
Nominations for the 61st annual Grammy Awards will be announced Friday morning.
The Recording Academy delayed unveiling the nominees by two days because former President George H.W. Bush's funeral and public viewing this week in Washington. The Grammys announcement comes a day after the Golden Globe nominations. Several music superstars, including Lady Gaga, Dolly Parton and Kendrick Lamar, were all nominated for Globe awards in the best original song for a motion picture category.


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Q: Both formalisms of a chiral multiplet in Supersymmetry For the description of a chiral multiplet in Supersymmetry there are 2 formalisms, the one I am used to presented for instance in the Supersymmetry Primer of SP Martin which is based on 2-component (Weyl)-spinors and another one which apparently tries to avoid the intricateness of the Weyl-spinor formalism.
For instance in the book on Supergravity from Freedman and van Proeyen it is written on the 4-spinor based formalism (page 109):

... the most basic SUSY field theories are:
the chiral multiplet, which contains a self-conjugate spin-1/2 fermion described by the Majorana field $\chi(x)$ plus a complex spin-$0$ boson described by a scalar field $Z(x)$. Alternatively $\chi(x)$ may be replaced by the Weyl spinor $P_L\chi$ and/or $Z(x)$ by the combination $Z(x) =\frac{A(x) + i B(x)}{\sqrt{2}}$
where $A$ and $B$ are a real scalar and a pseudo-scalar, respectively.

$P_L$ is a projection operator that projects out the left-chiral part of the spinor field.
How can be $Z(x)$ be a combination of a scalar and a pseudo-scalar field?
And why the real part is "scalar" and the imaginary part "pseudo-scalar"?
Upon the introduction of the chiral multiplet by Martin's Supersymmetry Primer no word is said on the symmetry properties of the complex scalar field and how it could be decomposed. Moreover, the 4-spinor formalism of the chiral multiplets seems to suggest a double number of degrees of freedom (dof) for the fermion whereas the number of dof's of the scalar field seems to be unchanged, but kind of suggesting that in the Weyl-formalism one would work with the fields $A$ and $B$ separately which is apparently not the case, but rather confusing.
So my main question is: How can $Z(x)$ be a combination of scalar and pseudo-scalar field (and how they are distributed on the real and imaginary part).
Any help is greatly appreciated.


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Anzac Day, Typewriters and Guinea Gold
Staff prepare the home news pages of Guinea Gold, working at their typewriters. From left, the newspaper's last editor, Corporal H. L. Chisholm,
of South Yarra, Melbourne, Staff Sergeant G. L. Griffith, of Hamilton, NSW,
Staff Sergeant C. W. Cook, of Ipswich, Queensland,
the paper's inaugural editor Major R. B. Leonard, of Melbourne,
and Lieutenant J. D. Holdsworth, of Sydney.
Tomorrow, April 25, is ANZAC Day, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand. The date marks the 1915 unparallelled slaughter of members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) at Gallipoli in Turkey – the thousands of men who were sent to their inevitable deaths in the cause of British imperialism and on a Winston Churchill whim.
Sergeant Cashen Fitzgerald, from Sydney,
and Private Jack Williams, from Melbourne, at their typewriters.
ANZAC Day has come to be a day on which New Zealanders and Australians more broadly commemorate all those who served and died in military operations. None of these wars have been of New Zealand's or Australia's making. They have fought for the British in the Boer War, World Wars I and II and in Malaysia, and alongside the Americans or for United Nations forces in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Guinea Gold editor Major R. B. Leonard, of Melbourne, (standing),
and Lieutenant J. D. Holdsworth, of Sydney,
at a Remington portable typewriter.
Canberra, Australia's federal capital city, is home to the Australian War Memorial, an impressive institution at which any visitor to Canberra should spend some time. It sits at the top of Anzac Parade, along which are many other memorials. However, some Canberrans are calling for even more monuments.
Papuan Loa Dia at his typewriter
A letter writer, Rick Smyth of Narrabundah, commented in this morning's The Canberra Times:
"As we approach another Anzac Day, and with the controversy over memorials ringing in our ears, would it not be an appropriate time to consider a memorial to those who have reported back from 'the front' to Australians 'at home'? I refer to the war correspondents, photojournalists, war artists and media reporters who have risked, and in some cases given, their lives to this cause. Some who did return have suffered ongoing effects from witnessing the atrocities wrought in human conflict, armed only with a typewriter, camera or paintbrush. They deserve our recognition with an appropriate sculptural monument on Anzac Parade."
Taking down the news from radio on a Royal portable typewriter.
This call must apply particularly to those Australian servicemen and women, and their Papua New Guinea helpers, who during the height of the Pacific War - from November 19, 1942, to June 30, 1946 - produced under the most trying of conditions a newspaper called the Guinea Gold. The 1944 book Jungle Warfare recorded:
"Giant air transports dropped food, tobacco and copies of Guinea Gold. If anything, this little newspaper was more eagerly sought than rations. To troops practically marooned in the thick of the jungle swamps, this link with news of the outside world came almost as tidings from another planet."'
The Guinea Gold was published in Port Moresby for Americans and Australians serving in New Guinea. New Guinea was the only war zone in which the US armed forces did not produce a local edition of their own newspaper, Stars and Stripes. The US edition of Guinea Gold was flown daily to Buna, Gona and Milne Bay.
A US soldier reads the paper on the steps
of the Guinea Gold newspaper office.
The Guinea Gold published a record number of world scoops, since US General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific, had given it permission to publish his communiques 20 hours before the news was released for the rest of the world's media.
In 1942, Melbourne Herald war correspondent Reg Leonard suggested that the Australian Army should produce its own daily newspaper. Promoted to major, Leonard became Guinea Gold's foundation editor. Leonard was later managing director of Queensland Newspapers.
After the war, Leonard recalled soldiers intercepting radio news by match light during bomber raids.
Reg Leonard at his editor's desk
The Guinea Gold's last editor, Horace ("Chis") Chisholm, recalled, "Overcoming incredible production problems, the newspaper came out seven days a week without missing a single day … Its 1320 days' continuous publication was easily a world record for service publications. At its peak in 1944, it produced 64,000 copies (US edition 37,000, Australian 27,000). Maximum readership was estimated at 800,000. The front and back pages concentrated on up-to-the-minute news from around the world, including coverage of major sporting events on the back page. Page 2 was devoted to extracts from Australian and US newspapers published a few days previously, which air transport crews delivered to Guinea Gold.
"Soldiers with newspaper experience, who had been transferred from other units when Guinea Gold was established, wrote news stories by taking shorthand notes of shortwave radio bulletins from Australia, the US Armed Forces station in San Francisco, the British Broadcasting Corporation All-India Radio and others.
Staff Sergeant John Eyre, of Canberra, taking papers from the press.
Stacking papers is Seri Eno. In the background oiling the machine is Private J. W. Dormer, while Corporal M. Nicholas, of Sydney,
is feeding the paper into the press (rear).
"At Lae, the second-hand Miller high-speed flatbed press ran 20 hours a day, printing 34 million copies in little more than two years. When it was retired after the war, it had 50 welds. It is now an exhibit at the National War Museum in Canberra."
Chisholm recalled: "The worst crisis in Guinea Gold's life was the day that the Port Moresby Linotype and the Dobodura press broke down simultaneously. The problem was overcome by having the type set in Dobodura, flying the type 100 miles over the Owen Stanley mountains, and the paper printed on the Moresby press. Papers for the northern edition were then flown back over the Owen Stanleys."
Sergeant Stan Cracknell, from Sydney, setting type
on a Linotype machine at the Guinea Gold newspaper.
The Guinea Gold was a good example of the co-operation of the air forces. Royal Australian Air Force pilots flew almost daily over the Japanese lines to drop small bundles to forward fighting areas, and the day after the American forces landed at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Flying Fortresses dropped Guinea Golds to them.
Chisholm wrote that when the newspaper promoted a "Girl I Left Behind" contest, 1700 photos of wives, sweethearts and baby daughters swamped the editorial office. The Australian-US judging panel comprised Dorothy Faull, of Canberra, a friend of Leading Air Craftsman M.J. Jones, RAAF, and Mrs Osmun, wife of Captain G. B. Osmun, US Army.
Private B. F. Baxter, from South Yarra, Melbourne,
examining entries for the Guinea Gold newspaper competition.
Production of the newspaper was often interrupted by air raids, but deadlines were still met. Blow-lamps were used to melt Linotype metal during frequent power supply breakdowns. Because the hand-set type was so badly worn, it had to be packed with layers of gummed paper underneath, to raise it to type height.
On one occasion, the printers ran out of Ts. A Papuan helper chiseled some out of wood. When there was a shortage of Rs, Leonard added tails to Ps by cutting them from Ls.
Private Alec Lennox, from Sydney, setting headlines
for the Guinea Gold.
Isolation was described as a "morale-destroying disease in New Guinea" … radio sets were few and far between, and men were cut off from day-to-day news. An historian noted, "The result was a flood of false rumours which swept along the Owen Stanley trail when Australian troops were just starting to push the Japanese back from their mountain strongholds.
"Guinea Gold daily brought to the news-hungry men of the Australian and American forces serving in the steaming jungle topics of interest to allay their boredom and boost their morale."
Seura Dai, from Hanuabada Village, making metal page casts.
Bennie Resino, of Vabukori Village, pouring hot metal pigs
for Linotype machines.
Ganiga Davay operating the platen press.
Hani Hani operating a proof press.
Private P. W. Hannon, Private F. J. A. Edwards and Private G. W. Bright
read the Guinea Gold on Bouganville Island, December 40, 1944.
Posted by Robert Messenger at 13:42
Scott K said...
Excellent post Mr Messenger! I have seen the press that you speak of, althought I haven't been to Canberra for quite some time.
Thanks for the in-depth article. Great work.
ANd I'm glad that someone remembers why we say 'lest we forget', as opposed to the flagwaving 'mateship' celebration that this day has unfortunately become.
Bill M said...
Thanks for the very excellent and interesting post.
Roy Cochrun said...
I have linked to this excellent article from my WWII page found at http://www.royfc.com/WWII.html. Readers also will find a large number of PDF scans of the Guinea Gold itself with more to come.
Carl Mario Nudi said...
Fascinating article. Although I am not old enough to remember WWII first hand, as a retired newspaperman, working first in the back room as a hot metal printer and then moving into the front as a copy editor and reporter, I can appreciate the work that went into keeping the troops informed.
I also appreciated that the names of everyone pictured were included in the cutlines. Excellent reporting. Thank you.
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Q: Ionic PHP connection in Android APK For a school project we are working on an app with the Ionic framework that needs to connect to an external PHP file. When the user submits a form, the input has to go to the PHP file, get dropped in a database, and also return a value in the app.
We've got everything working locally, as well as in the Ionic View app. But once I make an APK file and install it on Android, the connection doesn't work anymore and no data is being handled in the external PHP file.
For the Javascript we've got the following code:
.controller('AppCtrl', function($scope, $http) {
$scope.data = {};

$scope.submit = function(){
    var link = 'http://examplelink.nl/example/example.php';

    $http.post(link, {username : $scope.data.username}).then(function (res){
        $scope.response = res.data;
    });
};
});

The HTML looks like this:
            <form ng-submit="submit()">

                    Username
                    <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="enter username" ng-model="data.username">

                <input class="button button-block button-positive" type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit to server">
            </form>

                    Response:

And this is the external PHP:
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'])) {
    header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: {$_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN']}");
    header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true');
    header('Access-Control-Max-Age: 86400');    // cache for 1 day
}

// Access-Control headers are received during OPTIONS requests
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'OPTIONS') {

    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD']))
        header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, OPTIONS");

    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS']))
        header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers:        {$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS']}");

    exit(0);
}

$postdata = file_get_contents("php://input");
if (isset($postdata)) {
    $request = json_decode($postdata);
    $username = $request->username;

    if ($username != "") {

        mysql_connect("examplelink.com.mysql", "example_user", "example_password")or die("cannot connect to server");
        mysql_select_db("example_database")or die("cannot select DB");
        mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (`username`) VALUES ('$username')");

        echo "Server returns: " . $username;
    }
    else {
        echo "Empty username parameter!";
    }
}
else {
    echo "Not called properly with username parameter!";
}

Not sure if this is relevant, but these are the permissions we're using in the AndroidManifest.xml:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

Like I said, it all works fine while testing it both locally and in the Ionic View app. Any ideas?

A: Okay, it was a lot easier than I thought. I forgot to add the Cordova Whitelist plugin, that was all!
http://docs.ionic.io/docs/cordova-whitelist


A. Introduction to the Apostle Paul's letter to the Galatians.
1. (1-2) The writer and the readers.
Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia.
a. Paul: The apostolic authorship of this magnificent letter is virtually unquestioned, even by more skeptical scholars.
ii. Many scholars believe that Galatians was written in the late 40's or the early 50's. An approximate date of A.D. 50 is often given. It seems that Paul wrote this letter before the Jerusalem Council mentioned in Acts 15, because although he mentions several trips to Jerusalem, he makes no mention of the council. Because the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 dealt with the exact issues Paul writes about, it would seem strange if the Council had already happened, yet he made no mention of it. If it is true that Galatians was written around A.D. 50, then Paul would have been a Christian for about 15 years, being converted on the road to Damascus around A.D. 35.
b. Paul, an apostle: This emphasis on Paul's apostolic credentials is important. Paul had strong words for these Galatians, and they had to understand that he wrote with authority; indeed, apostolic authority. Paul expected that Christians would respect his authority as an apostle of Jesus Christ.
ii. It is our duty to also respect Paul's authority as an apostle. We do this by regarding this ancient letter as the Word of God, and by taking it seriously to heart.
c. Not from men or through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father: Paul's calling as an apostle was not from man, nor was it through man. It didn't originate with man, and it didn't come through man. It originated with God and came directly from God. His standing as an apostle was not based on opinion polls and it did not come from any human council. It was based on a Divine call, made through both the Father and the Son.
d. And all the brethren who are with me: Paul gave a greeting from all the brethren who are with him; but the use of I in this letter (such as in Galatians 1:6) shows that it was not really a "team effort" written by Paul and his coworkers. Paul wrote this letter and he sent greetings from his friends as a matter of courtesy.
e. To the churches of Galatia: This wasn't written to a single church in a single city. For example, 1 Thessalonians is addressed to the church of the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 1:1). But this was addressed to the churches of Galatia, because Galatia was a region, not a city and there were several churches among the cities of Galatia.
ii. There were essentially two regions of Galatia, one to the north (including the cities of Pessinus, Ancyra and Tavium) and one to the south (including the cities of Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe). There has been considerable – though mostly unimportant – debate as to if Galatians was written to the cities of the northern region or the southern region.
f. Of Galatia: Paul was in southern Galatia on his first missionary journey (Acts 13:13-14:23) and he went through northern Galatia on his second (Acts 16:6) and third (Acts 18:23) missionary journeys.
i. In the end it doesn't really matter if the letter was written to the northern or southern regions of Galatia. We may not be able to know and it doesn't really matter, because this is a letter that has something to say to every Christian. The debate between northern Galatia and southern Galatia is interesting for scholars and adds some understanding to the letter, but not much.
2. (3-5) Paul sends his apostolic greeting.
a. Grace to you and peace: This was Paul's familiar greeting, drawing from the traditional greetings in both Greek culture (grace) and Jewish culture (peace). Paul used this exact phrase five other times in the New Testament.
i. Paul used the word grace more than 100 times in his writings. Among all the other writers of the New Testament, it is only used 55 times. Paul was truly the apostle of grace.
b. Who gave Himself for our sins: Paul wished grace and peace unto his readers from both God the Father and God the Son. Now, Paul will briefly expand on the work of God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. The first thing he wrote about Jesus is that He gave Himself for our sins.
ii. Jesus gave. We know from John 3:16 that God the Father so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Yet God the Father was not the only giver; Jesus also gave. Jesus is a loving, giving God and a loving, giving Savior.
iii. Jesus gave the greatest thing anyone can give – Himself. One might debate if it was more a gift for the Father to give the Son (as in John 3:16) or if it was more of a gift for the Son to give Himself. But that is like discussing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Jesus gave the greatest gift He could; He gave himself. There is a sense in which we do not even begin to give until we give ourselves.
iv. Jesus gave Himself for our sins. This is why Jesus had to give Himself. Our sins put us on a road to ruin and destruction. If God did not do something to save us, our sins would destroy us. So out of love, Jesus gave Himself for our sins! The love was always there; but there would never have been the need for Jesus to give Himself if our sins had not placed us in a terrible place.
c. That He might deliver us from this present evil age: This explains why Jesus gave Himself for our sins. In many ways, the Galatians battled with and sometimes lost against this present evil age. They needed to know that Jesus had come to save them from this present evil age.
i. The idea behind the word deliver is not deliverance from the presence of something, but deliverance from the power of something. We will not be delivered from the presence of this present evil age until we go to be with Jesus. But we can experience deliverance from the power of this present evil age right now.
d. According to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever: The purpose of this saving work is not primarily to benefit man (though that is part of the purpose). Instead, the primary purpose is to glorify God the Father.
i. False doctrine was a real problem among the Galatian churches, and their false doctrines robbed God of some of the glory due to Him. By emphasizing the rightly recognized glory of God and His plan, Paul hoped to put them on the right path.
B. The danger of a different gospel.
a. I marvel that you are turning away so soon: Paul seemed amazed not so much that they were turning away (this might alarm him, but not amaze him), but that they were turning away so soon.
i. Missing here are the expressions of thanks or praise that Paul often wrote in the beginning of his letters. Romans 1:8-15, 1 Corinthians 1:4-9, Philippians 1:3-11, Colossians 1:3-8, and 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 are each examples of Paul giving thanks and praising the churches in his opening words. But he did not do this with the Galatians and the directness of his approach indicates the severity of their problem.
b. From Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel: They were turning away from a Person (from Him who called you) as they turned to a false idea (to a different gospel). To turn away from the true gospel is always to turn away from the Person of Jesus Christ.
i. From Him who called you in the grace of Christ also connected their turning away to a turning away from the principle of grace. However the Galatians were turning, it was away from the grace of God, not towards it.
2. (7) Three facts about this different gospel brought to the Galatians.
a. Which is: Galatians 1:7 tells three things about this different gospel. First, it was an illegitimate gospel (which is not another). Second, it was not good at all but trouble (who trouble you). Third, it was a distortion of the true gospel (pervert the gospel of Christ).
b. Which is not another: Paul recognized that this different gospel was not really another gospel at all. Those who promoted this different gospel perhaps said, "We know our message is different than Paul's message. He has his truth, and we have ours. He has his gospel, and we have ours." Paul rejected the idea that their message was a legitimate alternative gospel in any way.
c. There are some who trouble you: Those who brought this other gospel to the Galatians brought them trouble. They didn't advertise their message as trouble, but that is what it was.
i. Some who trouble you means that someone brought this false gospel to the Galatians. False gospels don't just happen. People bring them, and the people who bring them may be sincere and have a lot of charisma.
d. To pervert the gospel of Christ: The other gospel was really a perversion or a distortion of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. It didn't start from nothing and make up a new name for God and pretending to have a new Savior. It used the names and ideas familiar to the Galatian Christians, but it slightly twisted the ideas to make their message all the more deceptive.
i. The gospel of Christ: Notice that Paul was really not contending for the gospel of Paul, though it was his gospel also. Paul's gospel was only worth defending and fighting for because it was in fact the gospel of Christ Jesus.
e. Want to pervert the gospel of Christ: Paul plainly wrote that these people want to distort the good news of Jesus. It is sometimes hard for us to understand why someone would want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
i. There is something about the message of the true gospel that is deeply offensive to human nature. To understand this, we should first understand what the true gospel is. Paul stated his gospel most succinctly in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. The message of the gospel is what Jesus did on the cross for us as revelaed by the Scriptures and proven by the resurrection.
ii. When we understand how offensive the true gospel is to human nature, we better understand why someone would want to pervert it.
· The gospel offends our pride. It tells us we need a savior, and that we cannot save ourselves. It gives no credit to us at all for our salvation; it is all the work of Jesus for us.
· The gospel offends our wisdom. It saves us by something many consider foolish – God becoming man and dying a humiliating, disgraceful death on our behalf.
· Third, the gospel offends our knowledge. It tells us to believe something which goes against scientific knowledge and personal experience – that a dead man, Jesus Christ, rose from the dead in a glorious new body that would never die again.
3. (8-9) A solemn curse upon those who bring a false gospel.
a. But even if we, or an angel from heaven: Paul didn't care who brought the false gospel. Even if it were himself, or an angel from heaven, it was to be rejected. Any person who spreads a false gospel was worthy only of a particular curse from God (let him be accursed).
b. Let him be accursed: Paul seemed to have in his mind the solemn curses pronounced by God upon those who break His covenant (Deuteronomy 27). For Paul, it wasn't enough to say, "Don't listen to these people." Paul soberly thought that they should be cursed.
c. So now I say again: The curse was repeated for extra emphasis; it is really impossible for Paul to express this idea with any more strength than he did here.
C. The Divine source of the gospel Paul preached.
1. (10) Paul's gospel did not come from a desire to please man.
a. For do I now persuade men, or God? Paul's idea was not "I want to persuade God to my point of view." The idea is that God was his audience. When Paul spoke, he spoke first to God and not to man.
b. Or do I seek to please men? Paul's first obligation was to please God and not to please men. He refused to shape his message just to please his audience. He was more concerned about pleasing God.
i. Though it is not specifically said, we sense that Paul made a contrast between himself and those who brought the different gospel. Apparently in some way that different gospel was built around the idea of pleasing man.
c. For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ: For Paul it was one or the other. He could not direct his ministry towards pleasing men and at the same time direct it towards pleasing Jesus Christ. And if his concern was not first to please Jesus Christ, then he was not a bondservant of Christ.
2. (11-12) The Divine source of Paul's gospel.
b. Is not according to man: In contrast to the different gospel brought by others, Paul's message was a revelation from God. Paul's message was not a man's attempt to reach up and understand God; it was God's effort to bow down and communicate with man.
i. Men may have many marvelous things to teach us, but God's revelation has all things which pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Now more than ever, the world does not need the good advice and wisdom of man, it needs a revelation from God.
c. I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ: Paul's own relationship to this gospel was unique. Most everyone hears the gospel from someone else; this is God's most common way of communicating the gospel (Romans 10:14-15). But Paul was not normal in this respect. He received the gospel in a dramatic, direct revelation when He encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus.
i. Acts 9:1-9 describes this remarkable incident: The Lord Jesus spoke to Paul directly on the Road to Damascus, and then Paul spent three days without sight, before a Christian named Ananias came to him. It was probably during this time – either on the road or during the three days – when Jesus brought His gospel to Paul. Paul certainly had the gospel right away, because he was both saved and began to immediately preach the message Jesus gave him (Acts 9:20-22).
3. (13-24) Paul proves that his message did not come from man.
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother. (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.) Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ. But they were hearing only, "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God in me.
a. For you have heard: It seemed that everyone had heard how Paul came to the Lord. Paul's story was familiar to Christians in general and especially to those he had personally ministered to. We can trust that if Paul was among a group a people for a while and preached the gospel to them, it wouldn't be long until he shared his personal testimony.
i. The value of a personal testimony is not restricted to those who have a dramatic conversion story like Paul did. We can see the glory of God's work just as much in those who think they have a boring testimony.
b. My former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it: Paul's credentials as a zealous Jew who persecuted Christians are beyond doubt. Acts 8:1-3 and 9:1-2 describe Paul's energetic persecution of Christians.
i. This shows that Paul was not looking for some other truth when he was first confronted with the gospel of Jesus. Unfortunately, many of those who seek a new revelation will find it – and find deception that draws them away from Jesus Christ (like a young Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church).
c. But when it pleased God: Paul did not come to Jesus because any man decided that he should. It wasn't at the pleasure of any man, but when it pleased God. Additionally, God did not choose Paul because there was something in Paul that pleased him; God called Paul through His grace, God's unmerited favor.
i. We know this call wasn't because of anything Paul did because he said that he was called from my mother's womb. Therefore, God called Paul before Paul did anything to deserve it.
ii. Before Paul was a Christian, the emphasis was on what he had done: I persecuted… I advanced… (I was) more exceedingly zealous. Once Paul followed Jesus Christ the emphasis was on what God had done: God, who separated me… called me… reveal His Son in me.
d. Separated: This was an important word. The ancient Greek word aphorizo is related to the word used as a title for the religious elite in Paul's day, the "separated ones" known as the Pharisees. Before Paul came to Jesus he was an important Pharisee (Philippians 3:5), but he wasn't really separated to God. Now through the work of Jesus he was really separated to God.
e. To reveal His Son in me: In Galatians 1:12, Paul wrote of how Jesus was revealed to him (the revelation of Jesus Christ). But here is something different and perhaps more glorious: Jesus revealed in Paul. God wants to do more than reveal Jesus to us; He wants to reveal Jesus in us.
f. That I might preach Him among the Gentiles: This shows that God has a sense of humor. He selected a man before he was born for the job of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. That man grew up hating Gentiles, probably believing as some (not all) other Jewish people did in his day: that the only reason God made Gentiles was so they would fuel the fires of hell.
g. I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood: Additionally, upon his conversion, Paul did not immediately confer with flesh and blood (even the eminent apostles in Jerusalem) to discover the content of the gospel. He didn't need to, because the gospel was revealed directly to him by Jesus.
i. We shouldn't think that Paul meant here that it was wrong to hear of the gospel through others, or that those who do hear it from someone who isn't an apostle somehow have an inferior salvation. The point is simply that the gospel Paul preached was not a gospel of man, and this was settled forever because he did not receive it from any man.
h. But I went to Arabia: Paul did not travel to what we would call Saudi Arabia. The area known in that day as Arabia in his day extended all the way to the city of Damascus. Paul probably lived in some quiet desert place outside of Damascus.
i. Then after three years: Paul proved here that he did not learn the gospel from the apostles, because he had been a Christian for three years before he even met the apostles Peter and James.
ii. Nor was Paul commanded to appear before the apostles in some kind of examination. This is indicated when Paul wrote, "to see Peter." The word translated to see speaks of someone coming as a tourist. "'A word used,' says Chrysostom, 'by those who go to see great and famous cities.'" (Lightfoot) The idea is that Paul was not commanded to come to Jerusalem to give an account to Peter or the other disciples, but he came of his own accord and visited as a tourist.
j. They were hearing only, "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy." If Paul did not learn the essential content of the gospel from any man, then it was also true that the early Christians were slow in learning just who Paul was in Jesus. All they really knew was that he had been dramatically converted – for which they glorified God. After his conversion, Paul was an anonymous Christian for many years.
i. Paul's status as unknown is certainly different from our own habit of puffing up any prominent convert as soon as they come to Jesus. Paul was happy and well served to spend many years in obscurity before God raised him up.
ii. In this whole section, Paul showed that there was enough contact between him and the other apostles to show that they were in perfect agreement, but not so much that it showed that Paul got his gospel from them instead of God.
iii. Paul's whole point in the second part of this chapter is important. His gospel was true, and his experience was valid, because it really came from God. It is fair for every Christian to ask if their gospel has come from God, or if they have made it up themselves. Each should examine if their Christian experience has come from God, or if they have made it up themselves. The questions are important because only what comes from God can really save us and make a lasting difference in our lives.


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They date back only to the end of the 1920s. XIII the first relations of Frederick II both with the Byzantine successor states (the state of Epirus and the Empire of Nicea), and with the Frankish principalities (Latin Empire of Constantinople and the principality of Achaia) born from the disintegration of the Byzantine Empire in consequence of the IV crusade. The delay in making contact with the transionic states depended on the almost complete absence of subjects of the Kingdom of Sicilyin the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 and on the consequent partition of the former Byzantine Empire between the Republic of Venice. and the Crusaders at the time of the dynastic crisis of the Kingdom of Sicily, during the minority of the Swabian (1197-1208). Frederick II was thus forced to remain a passive spectator in the face of the foundation of a new Empire (precisely the Latin Empire) under a Western prince, while the traditional problem of the two Empires (the Byzantine and the Western) became that of five emperors', since, besides Frederick II and the Latin emperor of Constantinople, also three other Greek sovereigns (namely the princes of Nicaea, Trebizond and Epirus- Thessalonica) used to call themselves emperors. In any case, in 1217 the Swabian obtained that the Latin emperor Peter of Courtenay was not crowned by Pope Honorius III either at the Vatican or at the Lateran, but only in S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, to confirm the primacy of the Western emperor over the emperor of Constantinople.
The expansionist aims of Theodore Angelo Duca despot of Epirus, who in November 1224 had conquered the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica and in 1226 had made himself acclaimed emperor, favored a contact between the sovereign of Epirus and the Swabian emperor. In fact, in the autumn of 1229 Theodore sent two embassies to Frederick II, the first of which was led by Maio Orsini, Count of Cefalonia, Zante and Ithaca and son-in-law of Teodoro Angelo, who had taken possession of the three Ionian islands following the IV crusade in 1206. Although Count Orsini was a native of Monopoli and therefore a subject of Frederick, he never paid homage to the emperor for the three islands, even when at the beginning of July 1228 Frederick stayed for two days in Kefalonia during the outward journey for the crusade in the Holy Land. Maio, on the other hand, had initially declared himself a vassal of Venice (1209), then of the prince of Achaia Goffredo di Villehardouin (1236). However, it seems likely that he was the architect of the first relations between the Swabian and the sovereign of Epirus. Unfortunately, the sources say nothing about the purpose of the Epirot embassy to Frederick II, but it is likely that Theodore asked for the support or at least the neutrality of the Swabian in view of a planned attack on Constantinople. And perhaps Frederick even sent some troops who on March 9, 1230 participated in the disastrous battle of Klokotnica against the Bulgarians, which ended with the capture of Theodore and the end of his dreams of greatness. On the other hand, the assertion (rightly rejected by Wellas, 1987) according to which Demetrius, Monferrato and king of Thessalonica (1207-1224), with his will, drawn up in Melfi in September 1230, would have transferred to the Swabian all his nominal rights over the Kingdom of Thessalonica. In fact, in his last will, Demetrius appointed Frederick II heir only to his own private assets.
The defeat of Klokotnica in any case resulted in the notable weakening of the state of Epirus-Thessalonica. In 1236 Michael managed to take possession of Epirus and the island of CorfuII Angelo, nephew of Theodore and Manuele Angelo, brother and successor of Theodore as emperor of Thessalonica and lord of Epirus. The usurper obviously feared the reaction of his uncle Manuele Angelo and, therefore, in all probability offered the Ionian island to Frederick II. In this context we must also read the letter with which in the spring of 1236 the Metropolitan of Corfu Giorgio Bardane replied to the Swabian emperor's claim to obtain from Manuele Angelo also the formal handover of the island, a claim that was obviously rejected by the emperor of Thessalonica.. However, Frederick's aims on Corfu remained frustrated, because, freed in 1237 from Bulgarian captivity, Teodoro Angelo first managed to depose his brother Manuele and then to reconquer the island, circumscribing for the moment to the Epirus the power of Michael II. In fact, even in the following years Michael II sought the support of Frederick II for his ambitions on the throne of Thessalonica and in the autumn of 1239 he sent his own emissaries to Puglia, mentioned several times in the famous fragment of Frederick's register of the years 1239-1240, without however, the purpose of their embassy is known. Among the characters sent there was also the governor of Corfu Giovanni Comneno Vatatze (often mistakenly identified by historiography, as by Wellas, 1983, and recently also by Martin, 2002, with the homonymous emperor of Nicaea; but cf. the correction of Acconcia Longo, 1985-1986). mentioned several times in the famous fragment of Frederick's register of the years 1239-1240, without however knowing the purpose of their embassy. Among the characters sent there was also the governor of Corfu Giovanni Comneno Vatatze (often mistakenly identified by historiography, as by Wellas, 1983, and recently also by Martin, 2002, with the homonymous emperor of Nicaea; but cf. the correction of Acconcia Longo, 1985-1986). mentioned several times in the famous fragment of Frederick's register of the years 1239-1240, without however knowing the purpose of their embassy. Among the characters sent there was also the governor of Corfu Giovanni Comneno Vatatze (often mistakenly identified by historiography, as by Wellas, 1983, and recently also by Martin, 2002, with the homonymous emperor of Nicaea; but cf. the correction of Acconcia Longo, 1985-1986).
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Q: Bing Maps How to tell what cluster pin a normal pin is inside I'm looking into implementing clustering. We have a list where when an item is clicked we want to center it in the view and pop up an infobox on that pin. Thing is if the pin is currently clustered the infobox is going to appear off position potentially since the cluster is an average position.
Is there a way of getting just clustered pins from the cluster layer?
Found my solution
var PinYouAreMatching;//wherever you have this coming from
var primitives = clusterLayer.getPrimitives();
for(var i = 0;i < primitives.length;i++)
{
   if(primitives[i] instanceof Microsoft.Maps.ClusterPushpin)
   {
     var contained = primitives[i].containedPushpins;
     for(var j = 0;j < contained.length;j++)
     {
         if(PinYouAreMatching === contained[j])
         {
            //You found the cluster your pin is at eg. primitives[i].
         }
     }
   }
}

You can combine that with references to the cluster on your main pins when your cluster push pin callback to speed things up.
function clusterCallBack(cluster)
{
         var contained = primitives[i].containedPushpins;
         for(var j = 0;j < contained.length;j++)
         {
            contained[j].metadata = { cluster: cluster };
         }
}

Speeds up some stuff that would O(n^2) or O(n) down to O(n) or O(1).

A: If you add the event to the clustered pushpin, the event handler will receive the clustered pushpin and you can use it's location to display the infobox. Here is a code sample:
clusterLayer = new Microsoft.Maps.ClusterLayer(pins, {
    clusteredPinCallback: function(cluster){
        Microsoft.Maps.Events.addHandler(cluster, 'click', function(e){
            //This is how you get the location of the cluster.
            var loc = e.target.getLocation();

            //Show your infobox here
        });
    }
});


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Hahaha.. Malaysian highways are becoming more of a prison with the watch towers and police petrols. The cost for this project will be quite massive if structures were to be built every 20km and not forgetting the manpower used to man the tower. IMHO, it's a good idea to contain errant drivers but knowing our beloved country, how long will it take before the towers will be abandoned, thus making it an eye-sour.
Happy Deepavali one and all..! Drive safe and have a good long weekend!
Big brother is watching you! scary but something will have to be done to errant drivers or we'll be reading about accidents every festive season to come.


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Na'auao Ola Hawaii
Hawaiian Principles and Practices of Being Well
by Maka'ala Yates
Before the ipu kea (white people) arrived in Hawaii in 1776, it was a known fact that the kanaka maoli (original Hawaiians) were very healthy and very strong. Their teeth were in perfect condition with no decay or misalignment and their average height was about 7 foot tall as evident from many of the bones excavated on the Big Island of Hawaii by my father and other Hawaiian road builders.
Not only were the original kanaka maoli healthy, but they also lived in harmony with each other on a set of islands not very large, and with only canoes to get them from island to island. In fact, in the 1700's on the peninsula in Ho'okena on the Big Island of Hawaii, there was an estimated population of thirty thousand people living in harmony with each other and the environment. They were practicing the ancient Hawaiian principles of being well and they passed this information on to a few within the Hawaiian community who would listen. My training in this ancient wisdom of health started at the age of six and lomilomi was the entry point to the secrets of the ancients and their treasure chest of healing.
Native Hawaiian writer Maka'ala Yates shares timeless wisdom and practical tools for vibrant health from the forgotten Hawaiian past. The deeper 'aumakua principles deals with the idea that matter, mind, consciousness, and life are all manifestations of Kumukahi (One Source). Ho'oponopono teaches how to live responsibly to bring peace and harmony to one's self, the community and ultimately the world.
Maka'ala Yates D.C. is a Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian ancestry) trained in Hawaiian medicinal practices since the age of six. He is the founder of Indigenous Botanicals and Mana Lomi® . He enjoys traveling around the world teaching traditional Hawaiian medicinal practices including fasting, ho'oponopono and bodywork therapies. In 2005 he was awarded the "Kaonohi Award" for excellence in Hawaiian medicine and community support. His focus is "breaking the blueprint" from disease and illness and his mission is "bringing the healer back into the family." Maka'ala was one of the original crew-members in 1976 that sailed on the Hawaiian double hull canoe "Hokule'a," which was filmed by the National Geographic Society. Maka'ala is the Ambassador at Large and Minister of Health for the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, a Hawaiian Nation recognized by the U.N.


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