DICK
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D. Columbia Pictures/Phoenix Pictures Director: Andrew Fleming Writer: Andrew Fleming & Sheryl Longin Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dave Foley, Dan Hedaya, Harry Shearer, Saul Rubinek, Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCullough
Andrew Fleming has a super concept going for him with "Dick." Splashing a revisionist interpretation of one dramatic incident in U.S. history across the screen, the co-writer and director of this satire re-writes the Watergate chapter and by doing so, explains one of the great unsolved mysteries of a top political scandal: the source called Deep Throat that exposed the president's connection to the burglary of the Democratic party headquarters. As a stroke of imagination, the story brings to mind "All the President's Men." But to a greater degree think of Ivan Reitman's movie "Dave," in which the U.S. president is incapacitated by a stroke and the look-alike title character (played by Kevin Kline) takes his place, winning over the public, the press and even the First Lady. In its farfetched premise, Dave proves that the most complex national questions all have simple, homespun answers, and even solves the problem of the national budget with the advice of his local accountant.
There's a difference between "Dave," which was implausible and yet successfully related, and "Dick," a likewise improbable yarn, which is not. "Dave" had superior actors like the inimitable Kevin Kline and the impressive veteran of stage and screen, Frank Langella. "Dick" features two gifted performers who have come quite a way for their age, but to my knowledge are both under 21 and have not matured into convincing thesps. A more important weakness, though, is that Fleming overlooks the concept that satire must be grounded in a recognizably realistic portrayal of characters, but the director portrays Pulitzer-prize winning journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as a couple of awkward kids who clown around with each other in much the way that the far younger principals of the movie do. While Fleming does not make saintly characters of the heroes of the tale, he paints all with an equally derisive brush. Not only the journalists, but the girls who expose the president's betrayal of his office, their parents, and even the squeaky- clean Henry Kissinger are all bimbos, bozos, and assorted unformed personalities.
Fleming follows the trajectory of the Watergate Affair with reasonable fidelity while substituting outrageous deviations. When 15-year-old best friends Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams) and Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) accidentally happen upon the burglary of the Democratic Convention office in the capital's Watergate Hotel, the presidential advisers John Dean (Jim Breuer), Bob Haldeman (Dave Foley), and G. Gordon Liddy (Harry Shearer) think they know too much. President Dick Nixon (Dan Hedaya) tries to buy them off by giving the teenage girls jobs as youth advisers after having appointed them walkers for his dog, Checkers (Brunswick). Haldeman wonders whether the girls are a threat at all, since he describes them by saying "I've seen more going on upstairs in a yam." The young ladies are indeed dense, knowing virtually nothing about government. Thoroughly naive about how things get done in Washington, they think they can end the Vietnam War by telling Nixon "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
For a while, though, it appears that the White House could lend them an ear. In the movie's most amusing scene, the girls give Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev (Len Doncheff) cookies they baked, unknowingly adding some pot supplied by Betsy's spaced-out brother, Larry (Devon Gummersall). As the Russian party secretary and the U.S. chief executive break into "Hello Dolly," a potential nuclear disaster is averted. Because Arlene seems to have no life except for one rich in fantasies, she develops a crush on the president, dreams of taking him away from his wife Pat, but is later thoroughly disillusioned upon hearing tapes of the president cursing and making anti-Semitic remarks.
Ann Brodie's makeup job helps make all the high government officials look strikingly like their actual counterparts. Saul Rubinek is a ringer for Kissinger, laying on the heavy German accent, while Dan Hedaya could almost pass for the dishonored chief. But the portrayal of Bob Woodward by Will Ferrell and particularly the depiction of Woodward's partner on the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein (by Bruce McCulloch) are grossly silly and unfair. Watching the two youthful stars travel through the political arena is at first not without interest, but Dunst and Williams's one-joke roles cannot carry the movie's 95 minutes. The soundtrack, so applicable to each scene and so dramatic, is a highlight, especially Carly Simon's song, "You're So Vain."
Rated PG-13. Running Time: 95 minutes. (C) 1999 Harvey Kartene
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JS Brainfuck Interpreter
Brainfuck, if you didn't know, is an aptly named esoteric programming language.
They say it messes with your mind because there's only a couple
characters you can use to make your program:
[],.<>+-
In a nutshell, the "memory" consists of an infinite array of integers
(each ranging from 0-255). There is a "pointer" which resides somewhere
along this memory strip. ">
" moves the pointer one to the right
while "<
" moves the pointer one to the left. You can
increment and decrement the integer currently at the pointer with
"+
" and "-
". "[
" and "]
"
is a looping mechinism, ".
" prints the ascii value of
the integer currently at the pointer, and ",
" prompts
for input.
In other words, loads of fun! Check it out:
>
move pointer right<
move pointer left[
jump past matching bracket if value at pointer is zero]
jump to matching bracket if value at pointer is nonzero+
increase value at pointer by 1-
decrease value at pointer by 1.
print value at pointer as character,
take input and store at pointer location-[.-]
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A view is a rectangle in an image. Within the view pixels can be addressed by specifying their [i][j]
coordinates. The
i, j index values can identify a single pixel or multiple pixels. Pixels can be accessed or modified
individually or collectively. Pixel channels (that is, the red, green, blue, and opacity components) can be accessed or modified individually
or collectively. The sync method stores modified pixels back into the image.
Image::View.new(img, x, y, width, height) -> view
The easiest way to use an Image::View
object is to create it with the Image#view method, which provides a
block-scoped view and automatic syncing. You probably won't want to create a view by calling new
.
It is an error to specify a view that exceeds the boundaries of the image.
view[i][j] -> pixel or array
Return one or more pixels in the view. If i and j are each a single integer value, returns a single pixel. For any other indexes, returns an array of
one or more pixels. If any index exceeds the boundaries of the view, raises IndexError
.
The i index identifies a set of rows in the view. The j index identifies a set of columns in the view. The pixels that are returned are the intersection of these two sets. The indexes can be:
j
is omitted, all the columns are used.length
rows or columns starting with start
. If start
is negative, starts at the bottom
row or right column of the view.
each
each
by returning a sequence of objects that can be converted to integers. An array with
integer values or a range of integers are two examples.
# Get the 2nd pixel in the 4th row of the view. pixel = view[3][1] # returns a pixel # Returns an array with only one value pixels = view[[3]][[1]] # Get all the pixels in the 4th row pixels = view[3][] # Use arrays to specify a non-contiguous set of rows and columns pixels = view[[1,3,5]][[2,4,6]] # Use ranges to specify a contiguous set of rows and columns pixels = view[1..5][2..6]
[i][j].red -> integer or array
[i][j].green -> integer or array
[i][j].blue -> integer or array
[i][j].opacity -> integer or array
If the indexes identify a single pixel, these methods return the value of the red, green, blue, or opacity channel of that pixel. If the indexes
identify more than one pixel, these methods return an array of values. See [][]
for a description of possible index arguments.
# Get the value of the green channel of # the top-left pixel in the view. view[0][0] = Pixel(0,128,255) g = view[0][0].green # returns 128 # Get the maximum value of the red channel # for all the pixels in the top row of the view. m = view[0][].red.max
view[i][j] = rvalue
Replaces each pixel identified by the indexes with a duplicate of
rvalue. The rvalue is either a Pixel object or a color name. If
rvalue
is a color name, calls Pixel.from_color
to create a pixel.
The indexes are the same as [][]
, above.
[i][j].red = integer
[i][j].green = integer
[i][j].blue = integer
[i][j].opacity =
integer
Assigns integer to the red, green, blue, or opacity channel of the pixel or pixels identified by the indexes.
# Set the red channel of all the pixels in the 2nd # row of the view to QuantumRange view[1][].red = QuantumRange # Set the green channel of the pixel at [20][30] to # half that of its left-hand neighbor. view[20][30].green = view[20][29].green * 0.5
view.sync(force=false
) -> true
or false
If any of the pixels in the view have been modified, this method stores them in the image. If no pixels have been modified, this method has no effect.
true
, forces the view pixels to be stored in the image even if none have been modified.true
if the pixels were stored in the image either because the dirty
flag was true
or
force
was true
, false
otherwise.
view.dirty -> true
or false
view.dirty = true
or false
Any modification to a pixel in the view causes the
dirty
attribute to be set to true
. You can (although normally you don't need to) set dirty=true
to force
sync
to store the pixels in the image, or set dirty=false
to keep sync
from storing the pixels.
x -> integer
y -> integer
width -> integer
height -> integer
The x, y, width, and height arguments specified when the view was created.
The Geometry class contains the same information as an ImageMagick geometry string. Geometry objects are interchangeable with geometry strings.
Geometry.new(width=nil, height=nil, x=nil, y=nil, flag=nil) -> geometry
Constructs a new Geometry
object.
A geometry string has the general form "WxH+x+y[!@%<>]. In a
Geometry
object,
|
Constant name |
Geometry string flag |
Explanation |
| PercentGeometry | % |
Normally the attributes are treated as pixels. Use this flag when the width and height attributes represent
percentages. For example, 125x75 means 125% of the height and 75% of the width. The x and y attributes are not
affected by this flag.
|
| AspectGeometry | ! |
Use this flag when you want to force the new image to have exactly the size specified by the the width and
height attributes.
|
| LessGeometry | < | Use this flag when you want to change the size of the image only if both its width and height are smaller the values specified by those attributes. The image size is changed proportionally. |
| GreaterGeometry | > | Use this flag when you want to change the size of the image if either its width and height exceed the values specified by those attributes. The image size is changed proportionally. |
| AreaGeometry | @ |
This flag is useful only with a single
width attribute. When present, it means the width attribute represents the total area of the image in pixels.
|
| MinimumGeometry | ^ | Use ^ to set a minimum image size limit. The geometry 640x480^, for example, means the image width will not be less than 640 and the image height will not be less than 480 pixels after the resize. One of those dimensions will match the requested size, but the image will likely overflow the space requested to preserve its aspect ratio. |
If any attribute is omitted the default is nil or 0.
g = Magick::Geometry.new(100,200,nil,nil,Magick::AspectGeometry)
Geometry.from_s(string) -> geometry
Constructs a new Geometry
object from a geometry string.
geom.to_s() -> string
Returns the string equivalent of the Geometry
object..
A pixel describes the smallest individually addressable part of an image. In the RGB colorspace, a pixel's color is described by its intensity in the red, green, and blue channels. Its opacity is described by its intensity in the opacity (also called alpha, or matte) channel. In the CMYK colorspace a pixel's color is described by its intensity in the cyan, magenta, yellow and black (K) channels. Intensity is a value between 0 and QuantumRange.
Usually, RMagick methods operate on entire images or on groups of pixels that have been selected by their position or color. Some methods, such as pixel_color and view, operate on individual pixels or even on the RGBA (or CMYK) components thereof.
Pixel.new(red, green, blue, opacity) -> pixel
Constructs a pixel object from the specified red, green, blue, and opacity intensities. The intensity is a number between 0 and QuantumRange.
red
, green
, blue
, and opacity
, respectively.Pixel.from_color(color_name) -> pixel
Constructs a new Pixel object from the color name. Raises ArgumentError if the name is unknown.
Pixel.from_hsla(hue, saturation, lightness, alpha=1.0) -> pixel
Constructs a pixel object from the specified arguments.
pixel1 <=> pixel2 -> -1, 0, or 1
Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on if pixel1 is "less than," equal, or "greater than" the pixel2.
Since there is no way to rank order pixels, and thus determine if one pixel is "greater than" or "less than" another, this method uses an arbitrary algorithm that ensures these two conditions:
-1, 0, or 1
pixel.fcmp(pixel, fuzz=0.0,
colorspace=RGBColorspace) -> true
or false
Returns true if the argument is the same color as pixel.
true
or false
pixel.intensity() -> integer
Returns the intensity of the pixel. The intensity is computed as 0.299*R+0.587*G+0.114*B.
pixel.to_color(compliance=AllCompliance, matte=false
,
depth=QuantumDepth
, hex=false
) -> string
Returns the color name corresponding the the pixel values. If there is no such named color in the specified color standard, returns a string in the form "rgb(r,g,b,a)".
to_color
to search for a color name in any of the 3 defined color standards.
Compare this method to Image#to_color, in which the matte and depth values are taken from an image.
pixel.to_HSL -> array
Converts the RGB representation of the pixel to hue, saturation, lightness, and alpha values.
An array of the form [hue, saturation, lightness, alpha]
. Each value is in the range specified for it, as described in
from_hsla, above.
These classes are created by the Struct class and are used to create objects used as attribute and argument values in other RMagick classes. Like all
the classes created by Struct, these classes define both getter and setter methods for their attributes. That is, for an attribute x both the
x
and x=
methods are defined.
The Pixel
and Geometry
classes define additional constructors and conversion methods.
AffineMatrix.new(sx, rx, ry, sy, tx, ty) -> matrix
An AffineMatrix object describes a coordinate transformation. This object is used as an argument to the Image#affine_transform, Image#composite_affine, and Draw#affine methods.
Chromaticity.new(red_primary, green_primary, blue_primary, white_point) -> chromaticity
A Chromaticity object represents chromaticity values for the Image#chromaticity attribute.
The attribute values are Primary objects.
Point.new(x, y) -> point
The value of the pixels_per_em
attribute in the TypeMetric struct returned by
Draw#get_type_metrics is a Point
object..
Primary.new(x, y, z) -> primary
See class Chromaticity.
Rectangle.new(width, height, x, y) -> rectangle
The value of the Image#tile_info and Image#bounding_box attributes.
Segment.new(x1, y1, x2, y2) -> segment
The Image#new and ImageList#new_image methods accept a Fill
object as an
optional third argument. A Fill
object is an instance of a Fill class. Fill classes are designed to support custom background
fills. Each Fill
class defines only two methods, initialize
and fill
. The initialize
method is
called from the application to create an instance of the fill class. It accepts any arguments and does whatever is necessary to create the fill. The
fill
method is called from the initialize method of the new image object, after the image is completely initialized. The
fill
method gets the image as its only argument and sends whatever methods are necessary to the image to fill the image's background.
RMagick supplies three Fill classes,
HatchFill
, GradientFill
, and TextureFill
. These classes are explained below. The HatchFill
class is intended as an example of how to write a Fill
class and is
written in pure Ruby. You can read it in RMagick.rb.
GradientFill.new(x1, y1, x2, y2, start_color, end_color) -> gradient_fill
Creates a gradient fill. The x1, y1, and x2, y2 arguments describe either a line or a point. If x1 != x2 or y1 != y2, then the arguments describe the starting line for the gradient. The gradient will start with start_color at the starting line and gradually transform to end_color as the distance increases from the starting line.
If x1 == x2 and y1 == y2, the gradient radiates from the specified point, gradually transforming from start_color to end_color.
The line or point does not have to lie within the image bounds.
HatchFill.new(background_color, hatch_color='white', dist=10) -> hatch_fill
Creates a cross-hatched fill.
TextureFill.new(texture_image) -> texture_fill
Creates a texture fill by tiling the texture_image to fill the image.
The texture to be used as the background. May be an image or imagelist. If texture_image is an imagelist, uses the current image.
RMagick raises this exception when an ImageMagick function returns an error condition.
RMagick raises this exception when ImageMagick raises a fatal (unrecoverable) error condition.
RMagick raises this exception when any Image method (except destroyed? and inspect) is called after an image has been destroyed.


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Woodcote House / Paul Cashin Architects + Design Engine Architects
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Houses · Upham, United Kingdom
- version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? Architects: Design Engine, Paul Cashin Architects
- AreaArea of this architecture projectArea: 250.0 m2
- version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?YearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2019
- version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?PhotographsPhotographs: Richard Chivers
- version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?ManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: 3V Architectural Hardware, Fineline Aluminium, Gaggenau, Gerberit, Hansgrohe, Havwoods, Lutron Brasil, Searle & Taylor Kitchens, Topps Tiles
- Contractor Baker Newman Building Ltd
- Structural Engineer Gyoury Self
- Landscape Designer Andy McIndoe
- Building Control Code 4 Assessors: Butler and Young
- Lighting Designer Intelligient Lighting Solutions
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Text description provided by the architects. Situated just north of the village of Upham, near Winchester, is Woodcote House. Nestled amongst the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs National Park, this contemporary house replaces a series of brick buildings that had fallen into disrepair. After achieving permission at appeal, work started on the house in 2017 and took two years to build.
The property includes four large bedrooms, each with ensuite, and countryside views from spacious open-plan living, dining and kitchen areas which feature wide expanses of glazing.
Carefully considered details have been incorporated into the design, such as bespoke joinery for the fireplace and bathrooms, specially fabricated slimline copings and cladding sections, and brick cantilevers that complement the modern proposals. The rural facing brick was chosen to reference the memory of the buildings that this home replaces, whilst the landscape has been shaped and planted to help the house settle into the landscape.
Internally the house has a simple layout, with single level large open plan living and kitchen spaces, and further accommodation areas split amongst two levels. A central spine links these spaces via a minimal timber staircase. Outside spaces are linked to the ground floor rooms with terraces and views to the South Downs, particularly to the north across the large gardens. The house meets Code 4 of the Sustainable Homes criteria with its natural ventilation strategy and high level of insulation.


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TF-miner is a data analysis pipeline based on partial least squares and graphical gaussian models to identify regulatory TFs using microarray gene expression data under stress conditions. [source]
Infer gene regulatory network from DREAM5 Gene expression datasets [source]
Pairwise analysis of gene expression data to find regulatory TF clusters using novel association methods.[source]
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Developed an algorithm and web application to search for degenerate motifs in the promoter regions of 50 plant species genomes.[source], [web], [publication]
Configured, installed a JBrowse genome browser to visualize RNA-seq and Ribo-seq of wild-type and STTM mutants to parse fastq files.[web]
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Maritime Navigation Simulator Project for Simulating Narrow Channel Effect on Surge Motion of a Ship in a Virtual Environment. [Publication]
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The method, which is invoked in order to add a successor to a specific node.
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Writing a basic JSON response web server in Rust using Iron.
I wanted to use Rust in web development, so decided to build a small server which responded to Get or Post requests with a JSON string, optionally taking a parameter from the request. I decided to use the Iron framework simply because there seemed to be a fair few articles about it and it looked straightforward enough at first glance.
The full code I'll cover is in a gist here. A modified version of this code is running a Dark Souls name generator - change the name via get or post - the full code of which is on Github.
Create a new Rust project with
cargo new hello --bin
The --bin
flag tells Cargo to create a project which will compile to a binary file, rather than a library.
Add Iron to your dependencies in 'Cargo.toml':
# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
iron = "0.4.0"
Update /src/main.rs
with the code from Iron's 'Hello world' example, and run via cargo run
. Cargo will install Iron and it's dependencies, so this may take some time, then compile and run the 'hello world' code.
// main.rs
extern crate iron;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
fn main() {
Iron::new(|_: &mut Request| {
Ok(Response::with((status::Ok, "Hello world!")))
}).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
Next, we'll change our response from text to JSON. Based on the content type example, add the Mime
import, and update the response:
// main.rs
extern crate iron;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron::mime::Mime;
fn main() {
Iron::new(|_: &mut Request| {
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, "{ response: \"Hello world!\" }")))
}).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
Let's change the response so it selects a random string. Add the 'rand' crate to the dependencies:
# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
iron = "0.4.0"
rand = "0.3"
then create a function in main.rs
which picks a string at random:
// main.rs
extern crate rand; // reference the random crate
extern crate iron;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron::mime::Mime;
use rand::Rng; // use random number generator
// pick a string at random
fn pick_response() -> String {
// generate a number between 1 and 3 (4 is exclusive upper-bound)
let num = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1, 4);
// match the random number and pick a random string
let response = match num {
1 => "Hello World!",
2 => "Did you see that ludicrous display last night?",
3 => "Nice weather for ducks",
_ => "" // match is exhaustive
};
// return our string
response.to_string()
}
fn main() {
// check it's working - this will appear in your terminal
println!("{:?}", pick_response());
Iron::new(|_: &mut Request| {
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, "{ response: \"Hello world!\" }")))
}).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
Run via cargo run
- if all goes well, you'll see a string printed in the terminal:
Now we need to transform the random string into JSON so we can send it. There's a choice of crates to use here: rustc-serialize
and serde-json
. rustc-serialize
is an older option which isn't very active, while serde
is actively developed and is the de facto standard for Rust serialisation. However, the downside of serde
is that you'll need to use the nightly version of Rust, at least until custom traits have been added to the stable branch. Here's a bit of a comparison between the two..
I'm going to use rustc-serialize
, since I've used it before, and found using serde
a huge pain on Windows.
We need the rustc-serialize
crate, so add it to your dependencies:
# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
iron = "0.4.0"
rand = "0.3"
rustc-serialize = "0.3"
aaand update the imports in main.rs
:
// main.rs
extern crate rand;
extern crate iron;
extern crate rustc_serialize;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron::mime::Mime;
use rand::Rng;
use rustc_serialize::json;
We'll create a struct which holds the response string, and use serde
to convert it into JSON, which we'll then send as a response.
Create a struct which has one string field, and initialise it in main()
:
// main.rs
struct JsonResponse {
response: String
}
fn main() {
println!("{:?}", pick_response());
Iron::new(|_: &mut Request| {
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
// create the response
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response() };
// convert the response struct to JSON
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
If you try to run this, you'll get an error complaining that our struct doesn't satisfy the Encodable
trait:
so add the appropriate derive to our struct:
// main.rs
#[derive(RustcEncodeable)]
struct JsonResponse {
response: String
}
and run:
Let's edit the reponse so we can take a parameter from get or post, and display it back. Update pick_response
so it takes a name, and returns a formatted string:
// main.rs
fn pick_response(name: String) -> String {
let num = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1, 4);
let response = match num {
1 => format!("Hello {}!", name),
2 => format!("Did you see that ludicrous display last night, {}?", name),
3 => format!("Nice weather for ducks, isn't it {}", name),
_ => format!("") // match is exhaustive
};
response.to_string()
}
We also need to install 'router' so we have a way of defining routes in Iron:
# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
iron = "0.4.0"
rustc-serialize = "0.3"
rand = "0.3"
router = "0.4.0"
Now update main()
to seperate the route handler
// main.rs
extern crate router;
use router::Router;
use std::io::Read;
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response("Brian".to_string()) };
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn main() {
let mut router = Router::new();
router.get("/", handler, "index");
Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
This moves the handler for GET
requests to the index into its own function, which now also passes a string to pick_response
since there are no parameters in the default request. Adding a route for a POST
request is very similar:
// main.rs
// make sure we can encode and decode from this struct (for post)
#[derive(RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
struct JsonResponse {
response: String
}
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response("Brian".to_string()) };
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
// read the POST body
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).unwrap();
println!("{:?}", payload);
// we're expecting the POST to match the format of our JsonResponse struct
// ie { "response": "Brian" }
let incoming: JsonResponse = json::decode(&payload).unwrap();
// create a response with our random string, and pass in the string from the POST body
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response(incoming.response) };
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn main() {
let mut router = Router::new();
router.get("/", handler, "index");
router.post("/", post_handler, "post_name");
Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
Now, when we visit the homepage, we get a random phrase with "Brian":
and with a POST request, we get a response with the name we send:
curl -X POST -d '{ "response":"Bob" }' http://localhost:3009
{"response":"Did you see that ludicrous display last night, Bob?"}
Full programme so far:
// main.rs
extern crate rand;
extern crate iron;
extern crate rustc_serialize;
extern crate router;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron::mime::Mime;
use rand::Rng;
use rustc_serialize::json;
use router::Router;
use std::io::Read;
#[derive(RustcEncodeable)]
struct JsonResponse {
response: String
}
fn pick_response(name: String) -> String {
let num = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1, 4);
let response = match num {
1 => format!("Hello {}!", name),
2 => format!("Did you see that ludicrous display last night, {}?", name),
3 => format!("Nice weather for ducks, isn't it {}", name),
_ => format!("") // match is exhaustive
};
response.to_string()
}
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response("Brian".to_string()) };
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
// read the POST body
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).unwrap();
println!("{:?}", payload);
// we're expecting the POST to match the format of our JsonResponse struct
// ie { "response": "Brian" }
let incoming: JsonResponse = json::decode(&payload).unwrap();
// create a response with our random string, and pass in the string from the POST body
let response = JsonResponse { response: pick_response(incoming.response) };
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn main() {
let mut router = Router::new();
router.get("/", handler, "index");
router.post("/", post_handler, "post_name");
Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3009").unwrap();
}
Now everything's working, let's tidy up a bit. Using unwrap()
is fine for prototyping, but not great for production code since any problems will cause the programme to panic, and show an ugly error message to the user. Sending a POST request without the response
valuse set causes this error:
// attribute is supposed to be 'response' not 'name'
curl -X POST -d '{ "name":"Bob" }' http://localhost:3009
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: MissingFieldError("response")', ../src/libcore\result.rs:788
note: Run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` for a backtrace.
Similarly, if you send the correct values but invalid JSON, you also get an error:
// response needs to be in quotes
curl -X POST -d '{ response:"Bob" }' http://localhost:3009
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: ParseError(SyntaxError("key must be a string", 1, 3))', ../src/libcore\result.rs:788
And sending non-JSON:
curl -X POST -d "Bob" http://localhost:3009
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: ParseError(SyntaxError("invalid syntax", 1, 1))', ../src/libcore\result.rs:788
We'll work through the post_handler
function and update the unwrap
calls to use match
, so we can handle errors. If we encounter an error, we'll send that back via JSON, so the first thing to do is to update the JsonResponse
struct to indicate if there is an error, and if so, what the error message was. It'd get a bit boring to type out the default success and error messages, so we'll also add a couple of functions to create JsonResponse
structs:
// main.rs
#[derive(RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
struct JsonResponse {
response: String,
success: bool,
error_message: String
}
impl JsonResponse {
fn success(response: String) -> Self {
JsonResponse { response: response, success: true, error_message: "".to_string() }
}
fn error(msg: String) -> Self {
JsonResponse { response: "".to_string(), success: false, error_message: msg }
}
}
(whether or not it's a good idea to send raw error messages to users I'll leave up to you). We'll also need a new struct for incoming requests, since users don't need to send 'success' or 'error_message' fields:
// main.rs
#[derive(RustcDecodable)]
struct JsonRequest {
response: String
}
and then update all our existing calls to the struct.
// main.rs
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
// use the success fn
let response = JsonResponse::success(response: pick_response("Brian".to_string()));
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).unwrap();
println!("{:?}", payload);
// use the JsonRequest struct, since incoming will just have the name
let incoming: JsonRequest = json::decode(&payload).unwrap();
// update to use success fn
let response = JsonResponse::success(response: pick_response(incoming.response));
let out = json::encode(&response).unwrap();
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
In post_handler
, we can now use a match
to check if the incoming JSON is correct, rather than an unwrap
call. If there is an error, then we create a response with the error message and send that; if not, we can respond as usual.
// main.rs
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).unwrap();
println!("{:?}", payload);
let out = match json::decode(&payload) {
Err(e) => {
let response = JsonResponse::error(format!("Error parsing JSON: {:?}", e));
json::encode(&response).unwrap()
},
Ok(incoming) => {
// Rust needs to know the type of incoming before we can use it in get_name, so set to a variable with a type
let converted: JsonRequest = incoming;
let response = JsonResponse::success(get_name(converted.name));
json::encode(&response).unwrap()
}
};
// print out the JSON as usual
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().unwrap();
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
Error response:
curl -X POST -d '{ invalid: "Bob" }' http://localhost:3009
{"name":"","success":false,"error_message":"Error parsing JSON: ParseError(SyntaxError(\"key must be a string\", 1, 3))"}
Normal response:
curl -X POST -d '{ "name":"Bob" }' http://localhost:3009
{"name":"Hello Bob!","success":true,"error_message":""}
We've also got an unwrap
when reading the request body:
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).unwrap();
If something goes wrong here, then it's likely that the post body is completely malformed and we can't use it, so we may as well stop trying to handle this request. If we fail out of this function, the server will still be listening for more requests so won't crash entirely, so we can replace unwrap
with expect
. expect
is very similar to unwrap
in that it panics on error, except it allows you to define your own error message so it's clear what happened.
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).expect("Failed to read request body");
Similarly, the json::encode
lines in the match statement can use expect
rather than unwrap
- in this case, something's gone wrong when with the JSON encoder, so we're not able to prepare JSON to send back to the user.
The final unwrap
in this function is in setting the content type; again, an expect
seems appropriate since this should just indicate programmer error.
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).expect("Failed to read request body");
// let incoming: JsonResponse = json::decode(&payload).ok().expect("Invalid JSON in POST body");
let out = match json::decode(&payload) {
Err(e) => {
let response = JsonResponse::error(format!("Error parsing JSON: {:?}", e));
json::encode(&response).ok().expect("Error encoding response")
},
Ok(incoming) => {
let converted: JsonRequest = incoming;
let response = JsonResponse::success(get_name(converted.name));
json::encode(&response).expect("Error encoding response")
}
};
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().expect("Failed to parse mime type");
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
Full programme so far:
extern crate rand;
extern crate iron;
extern crate rustc_serialize;
extern crate router;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron::mime::Mime;
use rand::Rng;
use rustc_serialize::json;
use router::Router;
use std::io::Read;
#[derive(RustcDecodable)]
struct JsonRequest {
name: String
}
#[derive(RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
struct JsonResponse {
response: String,
success: bool,
error_message: String
}
impl JsonResponse {
fn success(response: String) -> Self {
JsonResponse { response: response, success: true, error_message: "".to_string() }
}
fn error(msg: String) -> Self {
JsonResponse { response: "".to_string(), success: false, error_message: msg }
}
}
fn pick_response(name: String) -> String {
let num = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1, 4);
let response = match num {
1 => format!("Hello {}!", name),
2 => format!("Did you see that ludicrous display last night, {}?", name),
3 => format!("Nice weather for ducks, isn't it {}", name),
_ => format!("") // match is exhaustive
};
response.to_string()
}
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let response = JsonResponse::success(response: pick_response("Brian".to_string()));
let out = json::encode(&response).expect("Failed to encode response");
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().expect("Failed to parse content type");
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn post_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
let mut payload = String::new();
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).expect("Failed to read request body");
// let incoming: JsonResponse = json::decode(&payload).ok().expect("Invalid JSON in POST body");
let out = match json::decode(&payload) {
Err(e) => {
let response = JsonResponse::error(format!("Error parsing JSON: {:?}", e));
json::encode(&response).ok().expect("Error encoding response")
},
Ok(incoming) => {
let converted: JsonRequest = incoming;
let response = JsonResponse::success(get_name(converted.name));
json::encode(&response).expect("Error encoding response")
}
};
let content_type = "application/json".parse::<Mime>().expect("Failed to parse content type");
Ok(Response::with((content_type, status::Ok, out)))
}
fn main() {
let mut router = Router::new();
router.get("/", handler, "index");
router.post("/", post_handler, "post_name");
println!("Listening on localhost:3009");
Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3009").ok();
}
To deploy, there are a few options for Rust:
There are advantages and disadvantages to all three approaches: building on your development machine is simplest, but if your dev operating system isn't the same as your production server, the compiled programme probably won't work. Transferring the files to your server and building there will make sure that the compiled version will run properly, but will use up resources on your production server, which could then cause problems if you're using a low-powered server. Finally, the most robust but most involved option is to create a VM or container with the correct OS and dependencies, build in there then transfer the compiled programme to your server.
Whichever option you choose, make sure you run cargo build --release
to ensure the compiled programme is optimised.
Since Iron, and most Rust servers, are still quite immature, it's a good idea to use a well-tested and robust server as a reverse-proxy in front of your Rust programme. This basically means that a server listens for all incoming requests, passes the request to Rust, takes the output and displays it to the user. This is especially useful in this case, since it means we can use SSL and gzip and know that we're not going to run into any problems.
We'll use Nginx as our reverse-proxy: this assumes you're serving on Ubuntu/other Linux.
apt-get install nginx
Edit the location
block in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
; the key part is to set up the proxy to pass traffic to our Rust server:
location / {
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass http://localhost:3009; // this needs to match the address set in Iron
proxy_redirect off;
}
This will listen on the default port (80) for any traffic and send it to our Rust programme, which is listening for port 3009. The Rust programme can now only be accessed via Nginx unless you've opened that port on your server.
Reload Nginx with service nginx restart
.
Nginx also makes it easy to use SSL via Let's Encrypt, so it's simple to run your API over HTTPS.
The final step is to start the Rust programme, and make sure it keeps running by using supervisor
:
apt-get install supervisor
Set /etc/supervisor/conf.d/[your programme name].conf
[program:yourname]
command=/path/to/your/compiled/Rust/app
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/name.err.log
stdout_logfile=/var/log/name.out.log
service supervisor restart
Supervisor runs your programme when your server starts, and makes sure it starts up if you restart your server.
You should now be able to visit your server IP address and see the JSON response!
I found Iron quite easy to use, although the documentation was a bit lacking past the "Hello World". A handy example I found was brson's detailed notes on setting up almost exactly what I was doing, which was useful in putting all the parts together.
Getting parameters from a request seems pretty clumsy in Iron:
fn handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
// get
let ref name = req.extensions.get::<Router>().unwrap().find("name").unwrap_or("/");
// post
req.body.read_to_string(&mut payload).expect("Failed to read request body");
...
}
Compared with Nickel, it's pretty verbose:
// Nickel example
server.get("/:first/:last", middleware! { |req|
let first_name = req.param("first").unwrap();
let last_name = req.param("last").unwrap();
...
});
I think the next step is to build something slightly more complex, such as an API with a database behind it and with some sort of frontend. There's a list of web development articles using Rust here, which looks pretty handy.


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Comments
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Greg Hurrell
Thanks for the report, Dennis. I believe I know how to implement this behaviour so I'll see what I can do.
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pbryanw
My floater seems to work on all spaces. The only problem I have is that the floater disappears when changing spaces i.e. it is cut off and stopped from fading out. Would this bug fix this behaviour as well?
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Greg Hurrell
(In reply to comment #2)
My floater seems to work on all spaces. The only problem I have is that the floater disappears when changing spaces i.e. it is cut off and stopped from fading out. Would this bug fix this behaviour as well?
Yes, I'll try to make all the Spaces-related changes at once.
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Greg Hurrell
Related forum thread:
https://wincent.com/a/support/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1282
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Greg Hurrell
Closed ticket #932 as a duplicate.
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anonymous
Is there any news about this? Or can you say when we can expect this feature approximately?
I'm very pleased with your software though, but is absolutely not handy. I switch a lot between 4 Spaces, so I'm actually using the floater 25% of the time. If this is done, it's perfect!
Oh, I'd love to have an option to display the track number (i.e. "8/12" - track no. 8 out of 12) on te floater, but that's not worth a ticket! :)
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pbryanw
Just wanted to bump this bug. It's been almost two years since it was reported and still no fix in sight. Will this be fixed in a future version of Synergy?
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Greg Hurrell
This is now fixed. It will be included in the next release.
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Greg Hurrell
Status changed:
- From: open
- To: closed
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anonymous
I'm confused that this is closed, Wincent, because I'm running the very latest version of Synergy and can't see any sort of control or preference that lets me specify that the pop-up window should be in all of my Spaces. I'm now running Mountain Lion DR (10.8) but had the same problem in Lion, Snow Leopard, etc. And yes, you know I'm a long-time fan and paid subscriber to the app. :-)
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Dmitriy Bushuev
<init> |
Represents model of contract call fee ContractFee(fee: AssetAmount, feeToPay: AssetAmount) |
fee |
val fee: AssetAmount |
feeToPay |
val feeToPay: AssetAmount |


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Class Summary |
| CompareLiteral |
Represents a compare literal in a conjunction term |
| CompareLiteralIndexSchema |
This is just a simple helper class to transfer all indexable compare literals to the index interface |
| CTerm |
This term presents a conjunction term. |
| DTerm |
Represents a disjunction term, with consists of conjunction terms - needed for the max indexes |
| Literal |
A literal in this optimizer has always exactly one iterator on which it depends. |
| LogicalUnit |
Every term and literal inherits from logical unit. |
| Term |
A term for the optimization. |
| ValueLiteral |
A value literal is a wrapper for any kind of iterator. |


Public Member Functions | |
| def | __init__ |
| Class constructor. | |
| def | create_matrix |
| Generates a matrix with the method used in the handler creation. | |
| def | save_matrix |
| Writes matrix contents to disk. | |
| def | save_statistics |
| Writes matrix statistics to disk in JSON format. | |
| def | check_matrix_calculated_error |
| Exits the program if the matrix wasn't calculated yet. | |
Public Attributes | |
| matrix_parameters | |
| distance_matrix |
Definition at line 11 of file matrixHandler.py.
| def pyproct.driver.handlers.matrix.matrixHandler.MatrixHandler.__init__ | ( | self, | |
| matrix_parameters | |||
| ) |
Class constructor.
| matrix_parameters | One JSON entry with this entries: |
{ matrix: { method: method_type, parameters:{
} } }
method_type: One of the available matrix generation types available. Currently:
parameters:{ path: String, }
'path' the path where the matrix is going to be loaded.
parameters:{ fit_selection: String, calc_selection: String, calculator_type: Enum }
'fit_selection' is the Prody selection string used to describe the atoms to be superposed. 'calc_selection' another Prody selection string that describes the atoms used to calculate RMSD. 'calculator_type' one of the calculators in pyRMSD.
parameters:{ fit_selection: String, body_selection: String, }
'fit_selection' is the Prody selection string used to describe the atoms to be superposed. 'body_selection' another Prody selection string that describes the element that will be used to get the euclidean distances.
Definition at line 63 of file matrixHandler.py.
| def pyproct.driver.handlers.matrix.matrixHandler.MatrixHandler.check_matrix_calculated_error | ( | self | ) |
Exits the program if the matrix wasn't calculated yet.
Definition at line 117 of file matrixHandler.py.
| def pyproct.driver.handlers.matrix.matrixHandler.MatrixHandler.create_matrix | ( | self, | |
| trajectory_handler | |||
| ) |
Generates a matrix with the method used in the handler creation.
| matrix_base_path,: | |
| parameters,: |
Definition at line 81 of file matrixHandler.py.
| def pyproct.driver.handlers.matrix.matrixHandler.MatrixHandler.save_matrix | ( | self, | |
| matrix_path | |||
| ) |
Writes matrix contents to disk.
| matrix_save_file,: | Complete path (with filename) where to save the matrix. |
Definition at line 99 of file matrixHandler.py.
| def pyproct.driver.handlers.matrix.matrixHandler.MatrixHandler.save_statistics | ( | self, | |
| matrix_base_path | |||
| ) |
Writes matrix statistics to disk in JSON format.
| matrix_base_path,: | The folder where to save the 'statistics.json' file. |
Definition at line 109 of file matrixHandler.py.
Definition at line 63 of file matrixHandler.py.
Definition at line 63 of file matrixHandler.py.


Cruel Intentions (1999) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Sean Patrick Thomas, Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski. Written by Roger Kumble, suggested by Choderlos De Laclos' novel "Les liaisons dangereuses." Directed by Roger Kumble. 95 minutes. Rated R, 2.5 stars (out of five stars)
Review by Ed Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly www.nuvo-online.com Archive reviews at http://us.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Edward+Johnson-ott To receive reviews by e-mail at no charge, send subscription requests to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>About 25 minutes into the sneak preview of "Cruel Intentions," during a close-up shot of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair french-kissing, a couple sitting next to me scooped up their young children and left the theater in a huff, grousing that they didn't want to expose their kids to "goings on like these." I wondered, of course, why Ward and June had brought their kids to an R-rated film about sexual manipulation in the first place. But even more puzzling was why it had taken 25 whole minutes for them to get offended enough to leave.
Lascivious and trashy, "Cruel Intentions" is so eager to shock and titillate that it's almost endearing. In its quest to be this year's "Wild Things," the potboiler trots out virtually anything that be could considered even vaguely forbidden to a young person, from interracial romance and gay male sex to pseudo-incestuous grinding between step- siblings. The dialogue features surprisingly graphic descriptions of all things erotic. Even the most common of cinematic teases, a simple glimpse of the male lead's butt, is presented in a flashy pull-away shot intended to maximize its impact. Amazingly, the visual "tah-dah!" worked and a number of audience members actually gasped at the sight of Ryan Phillippe's bare bottom. Just imagine what they would have done had he flashed his winkie.
The fourth film based on Choderlos De Laclos' 1782 novel "Les liaisons dangereuses," "Cruel Intentions" is a teenage version of "Dangerous Liaisons," with Phillippe and Gellar subbing for John Malkovich and Glenn Close. While Gellar basically turns her emotion meter to the "bitch" setting and leaves it there, Ryan Phillippe gives a much more interesting performance. As a young cad trying to fool those around him, he neatly slides from effete Malkovich wannabe to faux-sincere weasel to genuinely infatuated kid effortlessly. He is a lot of fun to watch.
The story, set in Manhattan's upper-crust society, focuses on the twisted antics of two inexplicably jaded brats. While Kathryn (Gellar) schemes to turn the naïve Cecile (Selma Blair, whose clumsy, overdone characterization resembles some perverse hybrid of Elly Mae Clampett and Jethro Bodine) into a tramp, her step-brother Sebastian (Phillippe) sets his sights on deflowering the beautiful Annette (Reese Witherspoon), daughter of the new school headmaster and author of a "virgin manifesto" published in Seventeen magazine. Convinced that the chaste girl is too much even for Sebastian, Kathryn makes a bet with her sibling: If he succeeds, she'll have sex with him, but if he fails, she gets his gorgeous 1956 Jaguar.
Interestingly, Roger Kumble, author and director of this adaptation, proves adept at presenting decadence but stumbles when dealing with heartfelt romance. The wicked parts of the film, while undeniably ludicrous, are also quite entertaining, but when matters turn sincere and moralistic, the production hits the ground with a loud thud. There is another problem.  Had Kumble exercised more care with his writing, he could have made the scenes work without fueling bigotry.
Those significant flaws aside, the film was far more engaging than I expected it to be. Like "Wild Things," "Cruel Intentions" is forthright about its lewd trashiness. This is a calculated guilty pleasure and, on those terms, I enjoyed it.
© 1999 Ed Johnson-Ott
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Diane Bolton telephoned police as her eight-year-old French Mastiff Barry and son James, 25 held intruder Thomas Kenny at bay in their elderly neighbour’s garden on Clanfield, Fulwood, Preston, until police arrived.
Kenny, who has committed several burglaries this year, is now starting a 28-month jail term
Today Diane, who is about to become a grandma to twins, was alerted by her sons at 1.15am on August 1.
She said: “It’s absolutely terrifying when you are faced with someone in your house.
“My son Joe, who is 23, heard him coming up the drive as there is a loose grid cover that always makes a noise when someone walks on it.
“His hearing is brilliant - I was fast asleep,
“The burglar was already in the kitchen when Joe went down, he didn’t get chance to take anything.
“Joe does self defence classes and wasn’t afraid, but I think I would have frozen.”
Kenny ran away from the house but moments later Diane’s other son, James, 25, spotted him.
She added: “ He was in next door’s garden - he ducked down when he saw us.
“James and our dog Barry went out and put him in a corner and I called the police, who were brilliant and here in three minutes.
She added Joe, a landscape gardener, and James, who works in HR, were angry because their next door neighbour, who they believed Kenny targeted first, is in his 80s and the consequences could have been serious if the elderly man had confronted him.

“I’m glad we’ve got the dog!”
Kenny, 59, of no fixed abode, was arrested and interviewed but denied any wrongdoing at first, stating that he was in the garden looking for a cigarette lighter he had dropped.
Preston Crown Court heard just four days earlier, at 2.15am on July 27, Kenny had forced through the back door of a home on Tunbridge Street while the victim was asleep on the settee in the lounge.
The victim was disturbed by the noise and woke to find her mobile phone and wallet, containing cash, missing from the coffee table, and a second mobile phone and laptop missing, valued at £1,600.
Kenny had left damage to the back door and blood smears up the walls. Crime scene investigators attended and took samples, which matched Kenny’s DNA profile.
He admitted two house burglaries at Preston Crown Court, which was told he has 27 convictions for 34 offences, including previous burglaries.


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