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PERSONAL HISTORY OF KENNETH H. BROWNING
On February 27, 1939, I was born, the second son to Charles Henry Browning and Emma Margaret Browning. Eighteen months earlier LeRoy had been born and five years later, Irven was born.
Both my father and mother had been previously married. So, on my father’s side I have two brothers, Cleo and Rich, and two sisters, Geneva and Florance. On my mothers’s side, there was my sister, Margaret, and a brother, Bob. All of Dad’s children except for Rich, who was the youngest, were married before I was old enough to remember, and they seemed more like aunts and uncles to me than brothers and sisters. Rich lived with us a few years, but the main thing I can remember about Rich was when he came home from the service he brought two friends with him. It seemed so funny because Rich is only about five feet six inches tall, and both of his friends were so tall that they had to actually duck as they went through the doorways in our home. As far as Margaret and Bob, I always think of them just as full brothers and sisters because I grew up around them.
Although we made several moves during the first three years of my life, the place I remember as home was Victor, Idaho. Victor is a small farming community located in the Teton Basin, west of the Grand Teton Peaks. We lived there until I was twelve years old. Dad was a butcher and owned his own slaughter house just west of town. I can remember spending many days playing there, and helping Dad with his work.
All of us kids were raised in the church and taught the principles of the Gospel even though Dad wasn’t the most active high priest in the ward. I guess most of my encouragement and training in the Church was given me by my mother and grandmother. While in Victor, I graduated from Primary and was ordained into the Aaronic Priesthood as a deacon. The only grandparent I remember is my grandmother Hill. Grandpa Hill died before I could remember him.  Grandma Hill came to live with us a couple of years after Grandpa died, and did so until her death in January 1959. I’ll always be thankful to her for the guidance she gave to all of us.
As I said, Dad wasn’t the most active person in the ward, and during the summertime I remember many choice weekends in the hills that were so near to us. I guess it was from Dad that I gained my great love for camping, but my love for fishing came from my brother, Bob. One thing Dad did teach us was the value of work and being honest to your fellow man. I don’t think Dad ever made an unfair deal or cheated anyone in his life; in fact, he expected the same from almost everyone he met and because of this it made him feel bad to remind people that they still hadn’t paid their bill. Because of this, he finally lost his business in 1951. After losing his business, he went to work for a meat packing company in Butte, Montana. He would drive home every weekend to be with the family, and then have to leave Sunday afternoon in order to be back Monday morning. On one of these trips home, the steering column on the pickup broke causing him to wreck the truck and almost lose his life. I remember listening to Dad tell Uncle Albert of his realization that he was dead. He said he could remember standing and looking at his body as it laid in the upside down pickup. He said he was not sure how long he was outside his body, but then he remembered of the great effort of trying to breath again. After getting out of the hospital and getting his strength back, it left him without any transportation, and therefore, no way to go back to his job. Finally in the summer of 1952, Dad came to Utah and got a job with Hill Air Force Base. Dad was at that time 58 years old; when he was filling out his application he thought, “If I put 58 years of age down, they won’t even look at this application.” So he changed his birthday from 1886 to 1896 and got the job. He worked there until he was 72 years of age, 62 by their records, at which time he retired. Later the Social Security questioned his age for he should have been collecting Social Security starting at age 65, so they paid him back payments.
My mother and Roy came down to Ogden after Dad got his job, while Grandma, Irven and I stayed at Uncle Irven and Aunt Bernice’s in Pocatello. In July, Rich and Lois brought us down to Utah. I have always remembered that as we came through Logan, several places seemed very familiar to me, even though I had never been in Utah before. I have often thought and wondered about that.
There were many choice memories that took place in Victor before moving to Ogden. One experience I shall always remember is when Dad gave me a small Weiner pig. It was probably one of few trained pigs, but I had him trained so that he would come when I called him.  The only problem was that he grew so big that he could not raise himself up after lying down, every time he needed to go down to the creek for water, Dad had to raise him up with a pole. Finally Dad felt that he had to get rid of him because of his size. One day when we were at school, Dad went ahead and butchered him. He had to sell all of the meat because no one in the family would eat it.
I remember Dad giving me a dog named Pete. He was over one year old and his breeding was a cross between an English staghound and grayhound. When full grown, he weighed between 95 and 100 pounds. He stood about three to three and one half feet tall, and could put his paws on the top of a full grown man’s shoulders and lick the top of his head. He became a gret friend to Irven and I, but was always considered to be my dog. There in Victor we had hard winters which lasted at least six to seven months with the snow always covering the fences. I trained Pete as a sled dog, and had made a regular dog sleigh for him to pull. Because of his breeding he was a fast running dog. I can remember one fall as we went up into the hills to get our winger’s supply of firewood (yes, we used to have firewood that we chipped every night and had to carry in coal for the stove). We took Pete with us in the back of the truck, but when we had filled it with logs it made him nervous to ride on it so he jumped off. My mother was driving so Dad said to see how fast he could run. We clocked him for a little voer thirteen miles at 55 miles an hour, within the next mile he slowed down and stopped. In racing him against my friends and their dogs I could always win, except if we tried to race on main street. Some where he had been trained or had a natural instinct, not to run on main street. One year I decided to enter Pete in the Winter Carnival. We would be racing dogs from all over the valley. I knew that the races were always held on main street, but felt that with at least 20 to 30 other entries and all the rest of the activities and races that would be going on, Pete wouldn’t mind racing there. However, he did mind and when the gun fired, I was the only one who had a dog and sleigh that was still sitting on the starting line. I have many other memories of Pete, but in this history, there isn’t room for them. After our move to Utah, Dad felt Pete was just too large for the city. Twice he gave him away and within two or three weeks, he would return. The next time Dad sold him and again Pete came home, however this time the man came to get him. I was home and the man asked if I would put him in his truck. It was a hard thing for me to do. As I nudged Pete to get in, he just looked up at me for a moment then got in and never looked back. I felt as though he said, “If you want me to go then I will.” That was the last I ever saw of him.
I still remember the year I got my snow skis. I learned to ski on the old potato cellar just across the street from our home. The next year, we felt that we wanted something a little more exciting, so one Saturday, Nate Hill, Bob Jacobs and myself wanted to go up to the foot hills. We didn’t have the money to ride the lift at the ski hill, so we had a nice hill we enjoyed. On that Saturday, I was told I could go, but to be sure I was home before the sun went down. We had a great day and as the sun got lower in the sky, we decided we had time for one more trip down the hill. About one half way up the hill, Bob said he was too tired to climb to the top, so would meet us at the bottom. Nate and myself continued to climb and when we stopped for a rest, we looked down the hill and Bob was lying down in the snow. We debated for a moment, then skied down and found that he had fallen and badly sprained his ankle. Bob was much larger than either of us, but we had to almost carry him home. It took us what seemed hours to go that one and one half miles to his home, and by the time we made it, it was way past sundown. When I got home, they had to cut my ski boots off for my feet were just starting to frost bite.
Dad was a butcher while we lived in Victor, and I remember many days spent at the slaughter house helping Dad, hunting rabbits in the fields nearby, or just playing around.
With the move to Utah came many changes. I never really liked living in the city and looked forward to and enjoyed summers when I could go back to Pocatello and work with my half brother, Rich, farming. The first summer was probably more just a vacation for Irven and I than doing much work. One instance that I remember that year was while I was building some rabbit pens. Rich and Lois were living in a trailer house, parked next to the home they were building. At that time they had the garage and part of the basement walls up. I was working in the garage while Irven, Janet and Carla (Rich’s oldest two girls) were just playing around near by. Lois came into the garage and through the door into the basement to put some trash in a trash can there. As we walked back through the door a rattle snake buzzed. Lois and I killed the snake, but it always amazed me that we had been so close to it all morning and it hadn’t bothered us earlier. The next two summers I helped Rich in the hay. Also the third year, I worked part of the summer for Melvin Anderson driving a caterpillar tractor on his dry farm. While working for rich, I would get a dollar an hour, but while driving cat for Mr. Anderson, he paid me $2.25 per hour.
I started the eighth grade at Lewis Junior High the year we moved to Ogden. I still remember an instance on that first day at school. As the home room teacher began to call the roll, he got to my name. “Kenneth Browning,” he called. After I answered, he asked me how many guns I had. He hadn’t asked anyone else questions like that and I wondered why me as I told him I had a shot gun and a twenty two. He then looked at me funny and went on until he came to Judy Browning. He then asked her the same question he had asked me. She, however, answered that they had several gun cabinets full, and she wasn’t sure how many. When I got home I asked Dad why the Browning’s were supposed to have a lot of guns. That was the first time I was told about my great grandfather, David Elias Browning, and his half brother, John Moses Browning, and their investing of the Browning automatic rifle. Since that time I have always wondered where the money split, one side got it all and the other, none. As you can guess, I am on the other line. I have also not found any other account except that which was told by my father connecting the two brothers together in that invention.
We moved into another school district half way through my ninth grade, and I didn’t want to change schools so I rode my bike every day back to Lewis. My sophomore year I went to Ogden High, which school I didn’t like, but enjoyed a couple of classes there – machine shop and ROTC. English, however, was quite a different matter. I remember that the teacher was two weeks late for school because of illness, but the first time she came to class, she bawled me out. I don’t remember why, but this became a very daily routine, and should she slip up and forget, I would be asked by my class mates, “How come?” Needless to say, I didn’t like her and, therefore, my grades suffered, which hurt me in the long run. On my first day in Seminary as the instructor read my name, he asked, “Are you related to LeRoy Browning?” and when I said he was my brother, he exclaimed “Oh, no!” From then on he and I didn’t get along either. I guess Roy ad set a bad stage for me to follow.
While at Rich’s, the next summer, I was happy when Mom wrote me telling that they had moved to Sunset and bought a home there. That fall I started my junior year at Davis High. I like that. Davis was a smaller school and we were living in a small town again. On the morning of the first Thursday of school, it was announced that Clover Cub Foods needed some part-time help. The last hour of school that day was to be an assembly, so I figured that if I skipped the assembly I could get over to check on that job offer before all the other kids and back in time to catch the school bus. However, I was unfamiliar with Kaysville and on foot and when I finally got there, there was a line of applicants clear out into the parking lot. I about gave up for I knew if I waited I would miss my bus, besides I was at the end of the line and was sure others ahead of me would get the job I decided to stay anyway and one and one half hours later I was interviewed. I had to hitch hike home and just as I got home the phone rang; it was Francis robinson from Clover Club Foods asking me to report to work after school the next evening. I was one of three who were hired. Each evening we would clean the plant, and on Saturdays we thoroughly cleaned everything. That first Saturday we were asked to be at work at six a.m. I had said that would be no problem for I was used to getting up early. However, Mom Forgot to set the alarm, and she woke me at 5:45 a.m. I was stopped in Clearfield by a police officer for going 70 mph in a 30 mph zone. When I explained my rush, he let me go, telling me to slow down in Clearfield. I got to Kaysville, ten miles from Sunset, changed clothes and clocked in at 6:10 am. I worked there during the school year and as spring came was told we could go on full time for the summer. Although I wanted to return to Pocatello and farm, I decided I had better keep my job with Clover Club. I enjoyed school At Davis; however, English became my worst subject because of not studying and learning anything my sophomore year at Ogden. The final term the instructor planned to fail me, which would mean I would again have to take English in my senior year. However, he said fifty percent of our grade would be counted on a research paper. I really worked on that paper and when completed, I received an “A” and “B” grade on it. That averaged my grade out to a “C” and I passed the class. The instructor told me he was very disappointed that he wasn’t able to fail me.
I graduated from Davis the spring of 1957. As I left school I was not sure what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted more of an occupation than just working for Clover Club Foods; that just didn’t interest me. I didn’t feel that I was prepared for college and I also didn’t know what I would study if I went and how I would pay for college. The Air Force offered a training program, you could take a test, and if passed, when enlist, and went through Basic Training, you would then be trained in the field that you chose. I had always enjoyed mechanics but I remembered Margaret’s first husband’s, he being an automotive Mechanic, hands always being black and greasy. That didn’t appeal to me. Dad, who worked as a painter at Hill Airforce Base, told me that if you worked on aircrafts, you wouldn’t have that problem, as the aircraft are kept spotless from any grease, oil or dirt. Therefore, Aviation Mechanics interested me. I passed the test for that schooling, but when I filled out the medical forms, there was one question asking if I had ever passed out from being in the heat. I had answered “Yes”. When the Recruiting Officer saw my answer, he asked me to explain. I told him that when I was 12 years old, living in Idaho, on a Saturday, I had been fishing and set in the sun for a long period of time, trying to catch a fish. After some time and catching the fish, I came back to where the car was parked, Feeling dizzy, I laid on a blanket in the shade and fell asleep. It wasn’t until the following Tuesday morning that I woke up. on Thursday morning my Mother took me into the Doctor, as the Doctor only came into the Teton Valley on Thursday and Friday. After the Doctor examined me, he could find no problem and he said that I might of have had a mild Sun Stoke but could find no evident of it now. The Recruiting Officer asked, if the Doctor had entered it into my Medical File. I told him that I did not know but was not aware of it. He crossed off my answer and my enlistment went through.
On Monday, 22 July 1957 I was inducted into the U.S. Air Force for four years. When I got off the airplane in San Antonio Texas, the heat and humite were stifling. For the next four weeks the temperature never dropped below 100 degrees. There was a flag pole, visible from anywhere on Base, in which was posted a RED Flag, indicating that the temperature was over 100 degrees. If the flag was visible, troops could not be involved in any physical exercise. Light formation marching was about as far as it went. We were transported from the San Antonio Airport to the Lackland Airforce Base on buses. When we got off the bus, we were immediately put in platoons. One of the first questions (screamed at us, because that is the way Platoon Sargent’s talk. Add to that, profanity), was, “Have any of you ever taken RTC”? My first mistake, I answered “yes”, as well as one other recruit. “You two are “Road Guards.” A Road Guard responsibility is that whenever a platoon must cross a road, the “Road Guards” are ordered out “on full run” to stop any traffic, remaining in position, until the platoon has marched across the road and then on command, “on full run” back to their assigned position in the Platoon. We were next assigned our bunk and foot locker and clothes locker and shown exactly how each item were to be stored. Then back outside in Platoon formation. The platoon was then marched to the barber shop, where all hair was cut off the head to the shortest length possible without a raiser shave, from there we marched to the clothing warehouse, for total skin out uniforms. back to the barracks and back into the barracks to our assigned area to store change into uniform and store all belongings. Our clothing that we came to the base was then shipped back to our home address. After a very long morning we were marched to the mess hall, where we were shown who to march through the chow line, then we got our first military meal. I believe everyone was so hungry, we just ate what ever we were given. By evening we were given a few minutes to write home before lights out. If I remember, that day there was only one time out for a smoke break, many were really struggling with the nicotine drug addiction. That is where I really had the advantage over most of the platoon, not having the smoking habit. That kind of regiment was very similar for each day. Sunday morning after breakfast we were again taken to our baric area, then the TI ordered al Catholic’s to move to one area, all Jew’s to another and all Protestant’s to a third area. That is when I realized I was not alone, as when the TI asked “What Religion do you belong?” there was tree others beside me that answered “L.D.S. or Mormons”. He next asked “Do you believe in the Bible” in which their was 4 responses, “Yes Sir”, and he then had us go with the Protestants. The 2nd Sunday, and from then on we got to go with the LDS Chaplin and that was a special Sunday. “Mail Call” was another special time, except when you didn’t get a letter from home.
An interesting event happened during the third week of training. One day, our TI announced that he had an appointment to attend to and so he was leaving three Airman (meaning they had completed Basic Training, but had not received further assignment yet) in charge to drill us on Military Code and Chain of Command. We formed a single line in the 2nd floor of the barracks. They used the TI’s office and had each of us, one at a time, knock on the door and when given permission, enter the office, close the door behind you, replying with “Name, Rank and Serial Number” at which time they “the 3 Airman” would proceed to question the Airman Basic.” One of the 1st signs of abuse, was the knocking on the door, as almost always responded to by “I Can’t hear you.” And you had to repeat the knock harder. From the outside we quickly realized the 3 Airman were becoming quite abusive with their questioning. Some of the Airman Basic were coming out with red slap marks showing on their faces. A couple even had nose bleeding as they came for the office. As I approached the door, anxiety increased. I had to knock twice before given permission to enter. As I entered and closed the door behind me, I repeated to the top of my lungs, my name, rank and serial number. To which the Airman, seeming to be in charge, replied, “Are You Related to the Browning’s that invented the BAR. To which I answered, “Yes Sir”. He looked at me for a second and then said calmly, “You’re Excused”. I left the room and everyone outside asked how I had got away so quickly and easily? My only thoughts were that the Airman must have been acquainted somewhat with the history of the Browning Arms and I was smart enough not to tell him that the relationship was quite a way down the line.
At the beginning of the forth week, the week in which we were supposed to be in the training field or maneuvers, the tempter was still above 100 degrees. Changes probably had to be made. We were marched over to the Mess Hall, (Mess Hall was appropriate names, as the food fit the name) for breakfast, I had found that if I could hurry through, it gave me time to go outside and sit in the shade, while waiting for the rest of the Flight to eat. This time, however as we came out the door, our TI was waiting for us and we were ordered to fall into Flight Formation on the Parade Field, at Parade Rest. That left us standing out in the hot sun. When the last of our Flight came out of the Mess hall, our TI then brought the Flight to attention. We stood there for several minutes and then he put us back to Parade Rest and left us standing there for a long time, it seemed like an hour, while he went over and visited with other TI’s and officers. He finally returned, brought us back to attention and marched us to the barracks. Of course, when we came to the road, Road Guards were called out. I ran to my position, standing in the road until the Flight crossed and then was called back in. The flight was stopped at the side of our barracks, did a left face, then ordered to fall out and fall in flight formation in the upper barracks.
 I recognized that I was pulled to the trunk of a tree and someone through water on me. Then I was put in a vehicle and taken away. I later found out that I was taken to the hospital, stripped of all clothing and put on a rubber sheeted bed. I was then covered with buckets of crushed ice, then fifteen gallons of wood alcohol was poured over that. The ice and alcohol brought the tempter down to 0 degrees. The first thing I began to hear was a nurse telling me not to shake as I was bringing my tempter back up. Next someone asked me if anything like this had happened to me before? I must have told them of my experience in Idaho, because as a few days later the Doctor, “Captain” told me that they were going to have me Court Marshaled for falsifying my Enlistment Papers. He said, “I had not reported the passing out experience in Idaho, on my enlistment papers”. I told him, “That the Recruiting Officer told me that since my Doctor, had told me that he did not know for sure why I had passed out, that I didn’t need to report it”. I never heard any more about the Court Marshall. The following morning when I had regained conscious, one of the Airman told me that I would be discharged and sent home. I told him “No Way” I had enlisted for four years and I didn’t think they would let me out that easy.” When the Caption came, making his morning rounds, I asked him about being sent home. He told me ,”I would, as soon as I was well enough”. The explanation was that if I was put back into training, with-in a few hours, I would be brought back into the Hospital and this time, they would not be able to save my life. The Aor Force was not willing to pay for my funeral.” With that answer, I asked if I could go to a phone and call home. He told me no, as the next few days very critical. The following morning, I woke very stiff and sore from head to toe. The next morning, when the Caption made his rounds, I told him of my discomfort. He told me that was normal after going through the ice and alcohol treatment, but it would go away in a few days. Each morning when he made his daily rounds, I asked the same question about the phone call and for three days received the same answer, and on the forth, day he said “Yes”. Although I was still stiff and sore, I ran to the closes pay telephone and when my mother answered the phone, I told her not to sell my car. She replied, “We sold it last night”.
Before leaving home for the Air Force, I had decided to sell my car. No one responded to the Ad that I had put in the new paper, before I left and so I told Mom to sell it for me and pay off my loan on it. Each letter I had received from home, Mom concluded with “We haven’t sold you car yet. That was a big disappointment to me, as I really like that car.
I therefore remained in the Hospital for several days, until my orders were completed, and I was well. On the 5th of September 1957, I was given an Honorable Discharge from the Air Force and sent home.
In my last letter I wrote home, before leaving from Lackland. I told mom that I was not sure just when I would be getting home or just how I would be traveling. I would be given travel pay, to fly home but how I spent it, was up to me. I looked at taking a Gray Hound bus, which would be much cheaper, but it would take me two days to get home. Then I thought about Hitch Hitching and save all my money. By the time my orders came through, I decided to just get home as fast as I could and so I flew.
When I arrived at the SLC Airport, I caught a UTA but to Sunset. I got off at Main and 1900 S. and walked on home. I found that no one was home, and the doors were locked. No problem, the back-bedroom window was always left open and so I removed the screen and crawled in. It didn’t look like anyone was planning on being home for a while and so I decided to walk up to Bob and Carol’s, on Main Street. I went out the front door and locked it as I left. When I got to Bob and Carol’s, no one was there either and so I walked back home. Still know one was there and so I went through the back window again. I then decided to walk over to Hendrick’s, and again lock the door behind me. When I got to Hendrick’s, no one was there ether. This time through the window I decided not to lock the door again. Just as I got into the house, the phone rang. When I answered it, Margaret, with a short pause. Ask Ken? I told her Yes this is me and that I had just gotten home. She told me that she had a news paper in her hand that said that Kenneth Browning was killed in an automobile accident in Southern Idaho. There were two other teens in the car that were taken to the hospital but only one was killed. Margaret said that as she walked out to see Mom and Dad off, she picked up the paper although she didn’t open it until they left, and she returned to the house.
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When I arrived home, I decided to attend Idaho State University in Pocatello where an aviation mechanics course was offered. When I got there I was too late to register for fall term and was told I could start winter term. I got a job at a service station there in Pocatello and lived with my Aunt Bernice and Uncle Irven. When I went to register for winter term I was told that the aviation course had to start in the fall so I would have to wait until the next fall. I gave up on that and moved back home with my parents. Jobs were hard to find at that time, but because of a neighbor, I got on at California Packing Company at the Clearfield Naval Base. Later it was changed to the Freeport Center. I started as a box car loader, but in four months I became a fork lift operator. During this time my best friend, Hendrick Brandenburg, asked if I would get a date and go to the Stake Sweetheart Ball with him and his date. I told him that I hadn’t planned on the dance and it was probably too late to get a date. He persisted so I called some of the girls I had been dating; but as I was afraid, they already had plans. When I couldn’t think of anyone else to call, he suggested I call Hal Porter’s sister. The Porters lived in my ward and Hal was my age. Mae was two years younger. Mae accepted a date with me then and many times after that. Neither of us really wanted to get too serious or go steady, but we dated steadily. I still had plans to go on a mission—a life time goal of mine. Mae wanted to go to business college and become a secretary after graduating from high school.
About this time, Roy, who for a couple of years had become inactive in the church, but had repented of his ways and enlisted in the army returned home. For the first time in his life, Roy wanted to go on a mission, so he talked to the bishop. The question of finances came up because Mom and Dad were having a hard time. I was working steady so I volunteered to pay half of Roy’s mission costs.  I had now been ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood as an Elder, but no call for a mission yet. The next day was Sunday, and of course, our engagement was all over the ward. Brother Kendrick, the first counselor in the bishopric, commented that we couldn’t do that for I still had to go on a mission. That comment prompted me to make an appointment with the bishop to find out if he was going to call me on a mission or not. After that interview, although he didn’t say he would not call me to go, I told Mae we could make wedding plans for I was sure he would not.
Nine months later on the nineteenth of June 1959, Mae and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple by LeGrand Richards of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. I have never regretted that day and feel that Mae and I have developed a very special love and companionship together. I have, however, regretted not having had the opportunity to accept a mission call. I have never understood why that call didn’t come, however, while serving in the bishopric in the Mound Fort Ward in Ogden, I was giving a lesson to the teacher’s quorum on preparing financially for your mission, when the feeling came to me that that was the reason. I guess Bishop Nicholas felt that with me helping to support Roy, there would be no money for my mission.
I have had many opportunities to serve the Lord in many positions. Three times in the bishopric, executive secretary twice, elder’s quorum president and counselor, Sunday School teacher and many others. I love the Lord and bear my testimony that he lives, that His church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., and is true. I know that we are led by a prophet of God today, even Spencer W. Kimball. I have been blessed with the greatest wife and companion that any man could be blessed with. I have six beautiful children that I love and hope that I can be a worthy father of.
Our oldest daughter, Sandi, was married to David Nix in April of 1979. We have a little granddaughter, JaNae, who we love very much.


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Key *k =keyNew("", KEY_END);
Tests say k = keyNew ("", KEY_END); succeed_if (k == NULL, "should be invalid"); keyDel (k);
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Here are some links to media to help explain concepts such as the extent of surveillance or the importance of strong, backdoorless encryption.
VICE News made a documentary about the surveillance state in America with Edward Snowden.
An episode of Last Week Tonight highlights what encryption is and the importance of it, and why backdoors do not work.
Youtuber CGP Grey's video aims to explain encryption as simple as possible.


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prometheus-client-c
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Prometheus client for the C programming language
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memory management More...
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
Go to the source code of this file.
Macros | |
| #define | prom_malloc malloc |
| Redefine this macro if you wish to override it. More... | |
| #define | prom_realloc realloc |
| Redefine this macro if you wish to override it. More... | |
| #define | prom_strdup strdup |
| Redefine this macro if you wish to override it. More... | |
| #define | prom_free free |
| Redefine this macro if you wish to override it. More... | |
memory management
| #define prom_free free |
Redefine this macro if you wish to override it.
The default value is free.
| #define prom_malloc malloc |
Redefine this macro if you wish to override it.
The default value is malloc.
| #define prom_realloc realloc |
Redefine this macro if you wish to override it.
The default value is realloc.
| #define prom_strdup strdup |
Redefine this macro if you wish to override it.
The default value is strdup.


I am quite regular user of 4-FA for around 9 months now during which I took it on average of 2 times a month and I must say that it is my most favorite and reliable party substance. I even find mdma quite boring in comparison, especially if I want to dance.
Suprisingly little people know about it and thats why I try to spread the word and substance itself among friends and so far almost everyone who tried it was very pleased. Its also a reason why I feel the need to finally write a report about it here, as not so many are written yet. As I mentioned, I took it many times already, therefore I am not gonna mention one single high, but general feeling I have from it pretty much always.
My usual dosage is between 180-220mg, which seems to be bit more than guys from other reports, but it fits me well. Occasionally I took only 150 or so, but once or twice even 250mg.
First of all, I do not recommend nasal usage as it is VERY aggressive and works very well when eaten.
Depends on the way I take it (capsule/paper/simply pouring it in my mouth) and on how full my stomach is, it usually starts to kick in around half an hour after I take it.
Starts with warm feeling on my forehead and minutes later my mind gets really clear and euphoric, makes me really talkative and my body feels well stimulated and energized. It comes quite suddenly but not in a bad way. During this phase, I also had slight visuals once or twice, but that was during 'hard' weeks on teknivals, so it might have been just some acid flashbacks or something.
This euphoric phase last for couple hours, then usually only body stays very stimulated (in a speedy way) for next 4 hours or so, but I am still awesomely hooked on the music and all I want to do is dance wildly. During this phase I sweat a lot (obviously), but my dry mouth will remind me pretty well [to stay hydrated].
Jaw clenching is present often, but that is nothing really unusual and can be controlled with gum. After circa 6 hours of having a blast, the substance starts to wear off slowly, but I shouldnt have a problem to continue having fun without any additional drugs for next few hours. Then I usually start to feel exhausted both physically and mentally and especially my mind is getting low fast with bit dark thoughts or none at all.
At this point (its usually morning, when I take it around midnight) its good choice to have at least couple hours nap, as it helps a lot with the mood, but its not entirely necessary. Oh yeah, it IS possible to sleep no problem few hours after the effects wear off. The next day I usually have no appetite until evening but some friends eat a lot right in the morning so it depends on person again.
Now for mixing it with other stuff. I usually drink beer/wine before taking it and during the first few hours, but I do not recommend to get too drunk as the combined hangover isnt too great then. When I dont drink too much, I shouldnt feel very [well] the next day, except for some feelings of emptiness etc that I get after almost any drug. Low levels of serotonin, I guess. Gets better quickly, unless I take the 4-FA way too often. Also crystalic mdma is not bad, but imo unnecessary. Weed is nice with it also and I have to say I am not much of a weed person, as it makes me sleepy all the time.
As for taking more 4-FA when the previous high is wearing off, I was told (by friend who does it much too) not to do it, as it might have bad effects or none at all. He said the same thing about taking the 4-FA two nights in a row and I never dared to try myself, but other friends volunteered to do so and said it was ok the second night as well, so I guess it depends on each person.
I only felt bad once, when I had some mephedrone lines at about T+4h of 4-FA. I got bad nausea, been trying to throw up, but I couldnt. Since then I was careful with 4-FA combinations, but once again, it might have been just me. Other friends didnt have the problem.
As its not a big problem to get 4-FA from labs by various internet shops, be sure to get it that way and to pick some proper provider. Once we got a delivery, which was greyish instead of white (as we were used to) and although effects were kinda ok, the aftermath was much much worse than usual.
So, to make a short summary:
Get some good quality substance.
Do not take it too often. I recommend maximum of once a week. (mostly because of serotonin levels)
Do not take too much (more than 300mg) and dont risk with additions much.
Dont forget to drink water.
ENJOY the great time!
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SUBSTANCE and think that once more people discover its greatness, it will be among most usual party substances.
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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All Pawns Must Die
Simple GUI for UCI chess engine using C# and Windows Forms
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Stateles FEN Parser Helper Methods More...
Static Public Member Functions | |
| static List< ChessPiece > | ExtractPieces (string fen) |
| Given a FEN, return a list of ChessPiece objects descibed by the FEN More... | |
| static PieceColor | ExtractActivePlayer (string fen) |
| Extracts the active player from the FEN More... | |
| static bool | ExtractEnPassantTarget (string fen, out BoardSquare enPassantSquare) |
| Extracts just the enpassant target if any from the FEN More... | |
| static void | ExtractCastlingRights (string fen, ref BoardSide whiteCastlingRights, ref BoardSide blackCastlingRights) |
| Extracts the castling rights from a given FEN More... | |
| static void | ExtractMoveCounts (string fen, ref int halfMoves, ref int fullMoves) |
| Extract the halfmove and fullmove counts from the given FEN More... | |
| static string | ApplyMoveToFEN (string fen, string sanMove) |
| Produces a new FEN given a FEN and a move string More... | |
| static string | ExpandRank (string fen, int rank) |
| Expands a given rank inside a FEN string to 8 characters. Any numeric counts are expanded to all 1s. E.g. /8/ => /11111111/ More... | |
| static string | CollapseRank (string fen, int rank) |
| Opposite of ExpandRank, it will take adjacent 1s and combine them e.g. /111P11PP/ => /3P2PP/ More... | |
| static string | InsertPiece (string fen, char fenChar, int file, int rank) |
| Insert a piece into the FEN string at the specified location More... | |
| static string | RemovePiece (string fen, int file, int rank, out char fenChar) |
| Removes a piece at a given location on the board More... | |
| static char | PieceAtBoardPosition (string fen, int file, int rank) |
| Returns the FEN character for the piece at a given location. This method assumes the proper rank has already been expanded More... | |
| static PieceColor | ColorFromFen (char fenPiece) |
| Color check (a case check for FEN, white is UPPERCASE, black lowercase) More... | |
| static string [] | FENToStrings (string fen) |
| Convert state FEN to a text board a la StockFish's "d" command. More... | |
| static void | DebugFENPosition (string fen) |
| DEBUG only method to dump the state of the board given a FEN a la StockFish's "d" command. Does nothing in Release More... | |
Stateles FEN Parser Helper Methods
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static |
Produces a new FEN given a FEN and a move string
| fen | Starting FEN |
| sanMove | move e.g. e2e4 or d7c8q |
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static |
Opposite of ExpandRank, it will take adjacent 1s and combine them e.g. /111P11PP/ => /3P2PP/
| fen | FEN input |
| rank | Rank to collapse |
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static |
Color check (a case check for FEN, white is UPPERCASE, black lowercase)
| fenPiece | 'p' 'P' 'q', 'Q', etc |
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static |
DEBUG only method to dump the state of the board given a FEN a la StockFish's "d" command. Does nothing in Release
| fen | A valid FEN string |
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static |
Expands a given rank inside a FEN string to 8 characters. Any numeric counts are expanded to all 1s. E.g. /8/ => /11111111/
| fen | FEN input |
| rank | Rank to expand |
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static |
Extracts the active player from the FEN
| fen | FEN input |
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static |
Extracts the castling rights from a given FEN
| fen | FEN input |
| whiteCastlingRights | White player's castling rights in enum form |
| blackCastlingRights | Black player's castling rights in enum form |
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static |
Extracts just the enpassant target if any from the FEN
| fen | FEN string to parse |
| enPassantSquare | BoardSquare with the target if return is true |
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static |
Extract the halfmove and fullmove counts from the given FEN
| fen | FEN input |
| halfMoves | On return will hold halfmoves from the FEN |
| fullMoves | On return will hold fullmoves from the FEN |
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static |
Given a FEN, return a list of ChessPiece objects descibed by the FEN
| fen | FEN input |
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static |
Convert state FEN to a text board a la StockFish's "d" command.
| fen | A valid FEN string |
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static |
Insert a piece into the FEN string at the specified location
| fen | FEN input |
| fenChar | FEN character to insert e.g. 'P' or 'q' |
| file | File to insert [1-8]==[a-h] |
| rank | Rank to insert [1-8] |
Assumes target rank is already expaded
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static |
Returns the FEN character for the piece at a given location. This method assumes the proper rank has already been expanded
| fen | FEN string input |
| file | [1-8] => [a-h] |
| rank | [1-8] |
Assumes target rank is already expaded
|
static |
Removes a piece at a given location on the board
| fen | FEN string input |
| file | [1-8] => [a-h] |
| rank | [1-8] |
| fenChar | piece removed(e.g. 'q' or 'Q') |
Assumes target rank is already expaded


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CHOGO
Copyright (c) 2004 David Jagger
This game is played in the following 7x8 square board:
- DROP PHASE - Initially, each player drops his King into an empty cell.
- MOVE PHASE - On each turn, a player must move a friendly piece or a group of friendly pieces (called a tandem move).
- Soldiers slide orthogonally over a line of empty cells (like the chess rook).
- Kings move to an adjacent orthogonal empty cell.
- Traps - A piece between two enemy pieces (the three forming an orthogonal line) is trapped and cannot move by its own.
- However, a piece can make a move passing thru two enemy pieces without being trapped (unless it stops its movement exactly between those two enemy pieces).
- Tandem move - a rectangle of friendly pieces (including the King) may slide as a single soldier (all pieces move as if they were a block).
- A tandem move may include trapped pieces, unless all pieces are trapped.
- Capture - Any piece not adjacent to an empty cell, and adjacent to at least to enemy pieces, is captured and removed from the board (so, a player may commit suicide, capturing his own pieces).
- Mole drop - If a player surrounds an area in such a way that the adversary cannot move pieces into that area (this structure is called a city) then the adversary may, in his turn, drop any non-trapped piece into an empty cell inside the city.
- GOAL - Wins the player that captures the enemy King or stalemates the adversary.
- If not capture is made after 50 turns, the game is a draw.
A trap example Black's turn.
If he moves d2-d5, he traps the three green stones at c5,d6,e5.
Some tandem moves Black tandem moves: d567-d3 (i.e., moves the line of three stones two cells south), f5g5-h5
Green tandem moves: cb3-f3, fgh3-d3, f3g4-d3 (i.e., the square of four green pieces moves two cells west).
A capture example Black's turn.
By moving fgh5-c5, he will capture three green stones (namely c6,d6,e6).
A city and a mole move Green's turn.
Black has a city, so Green may use a mole move. He selects one friendly piece (say e1) and drop it at b6. With this move, Green is able to capture the soldier at b5 and opens a gap into the black city.
Some words of the author: Chogo can be played on many other boards [...] For Chogo on fuller or bigger boards the tandem movement of a part-trapped contingent is different. A part-trapped column can move together one space orthogonally only. On the larger boards, Chogo can (and perhaps should) be tried allowing the king to move with unrestricted rook power. Other (untested) variants might allow the trapping of not just one but more than one man, by flanking either end of connected straight lines of enemy men. [...] Also, a different rule could be adopted when a side's men are all in secure structures: "a player cannot both start and end his move with all his men in secure structures" [...] It is quite possible that forms of Chogo could be developed on hexagonal (and even other) grids, incorporating other forms of 'phasic' immobilization/capture. Finally you might like to experiment with beginning the game with an empty board, and having an initial phase where men are successively dropped onto the board - captures might or might not be allowed in this phase - with the kings being dropped last (or perhaps without kings). [...] Such a game naturally begins to resemble Go.


The allinoneconfigure program initially configures a vocal(8) system. By default, allinoneconfigure interactively queries the user, and configures the system based on its options. However, when passed the -y switch, allinoneconfigure automatically uses its guessed values to attempt to produce a reasonable system.
In addition, allinoneconfigure can be passed -r or -R to change the passwords for the administrator or the system itself.
be more verbose about what is being done
do not be interactive -- automatically answer all questions with default answers
update the HTML code without doing anything else.
change the administrator password
change the internal system password used for processes.
set the path to the config files. This defaults to /usr/local/vocal/bin/allinoneconfigure.


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 Don't kill all your dark areas - you need them to show the light. If you didn't have baby clouds, you wouldn't have big clouds. Every single thing in the world has its own personality - and it is up to you to make friends with the little rascals.
If you overwork it you become a cloud killer. There's nothing worse than a cloud killer. We'll make some happy little bushes here. We don't need any guidelines or formats. All we need to do is just let it flow right out of us. This present moment is perfect simply due to the fact you're experiencing it. Now let's put some happy little clouds in here.
 Don't kill all your dark areas - you need them to show the light. If you didn't have baby clouds, you wouldn't have big clouds. Every single thing in the world has its own personality - and it is up to you to make friends with the little rascals.
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[docs]def openstack_argument_spec():
# DEPRECATED: This argument spec is only used for the deprecated old
# OpenStack modules. It turns out that modern OpenStack auth is WAY
# more complex than this.
# Consume standard OpenStack environment variables.
# This is mainly only useful for ad-hoc command line operation as
# in playbooks one would assume variables would be used appropriately
OS_AUTH_URL=os.environ.get('OS_AUTH_URL', 'http://<IP_ADDRESS>:35357/v2.0/')
OS_PASSWORD=os.environ.get('OS_PASSWORD', None)
OS_REGION_NAME=os.environ.get('OS_REGION_NAME', None)
OS_USERNAME=os.environ.get('OS_USERNAME', 'admin')
OS_TENANT_NAME=os.environ.get('OS_TENANT_NAME', OS_USERNAME)
spec = dict(
login_username = dict(default=OS_USERNAME),
auth_url = dict(default=OS_AUTH_URL),
region_name = dict(default=OS_REGION_NAME),
availability_zone = dict(default=None),
)
if OS_PASSWORD:
spec['login_password'] = dict(default=OS_PASSWORD)
else:
spec['login_password'] = dict(required=True)
if OS_TENANT_NAME:
spec['login_tenant_name'] = dict(default=OS_TENANT_NAME)
else:
spec['login_tenant_name'] = dict(required=True)
return spec
[docs]def openstack_find_nova_addresses(addresses, ext_tag, key_name=None):
ret = []
for (k, v) in addresses.iteritems():
if key_name and k == key_name:
ret.extend([addrs['addr'] for addrs in v])
else:
for interface_spec in v:
if 'OS-EXT-IPS:type' in interface_spec and interface_spec['OS-EXT-IPS:type'] == ext_tag:
ret.append(interface_spec['addr'])
return ret
[docs]def openstack_full_argument_spec(**kwargs):
spec = dict(
cloud=dict(default=None),
auth_type=dict(default=None),
auth=dict(default=None, type='dict', no_log=True),
region_name=dict(default=None),
availability_zone=dict(default=None),
verify=dict(default=True, type='bool', aliases=['validate_certs']),
cacert=dict(default=None),
cert=dict(default=None),
key=dict(default=None, no_log=True),
wait=dict(default=True, type='bool'),
timeout=dict(default=180, type='int'),
api_timeout=dict(default=None, type='int'),
endpoint_type=dict(
default='public', choices=['public', 'internal', 'admin']
)
)
spec.update(kwargs)
return spec
[docs]def openstack_module_kwargs(**kwargs):
ret = {}
for key in ('mutually_exclusive', 'required_together', 'required_one_of'):
if key in kwargs:
if key in ret:
ret[key].extend(kwargs[key])
else:
ret[key] = kwargs[key]
return ret


References may be found at http://www.socat.info/
The gridded fields are computed using only SOCAT cruises with QC flags of A through D and SOCAT data points flagged with WOCE flag values of 2. The grid is monthly in time and 1-degree in longitude and latitude, with the grid defined as for the World Ocean Atlas datasets, centered at half-degrees.
NO INTERPOLATION WAS PERFORMED. SIGNIFICANT BIASES ARE PRESENT IN THESE GRIDDED RESULTS DUE TO THE ARBITRARY AND SPARSE LOCATIONS OF DATA VALUES IN BOTH SPACE AND TIME.
Variables:
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Number of cruises | Number of cruises containing observations in the grid cell |
| Number of obs | Total number of observations in the grid cell |
| fco2 mean - unweighted all obs | Arithmetic mean of all "fco2 recomputed" values found in the grid cell |
| fco2 mean - per cruise weighted | Mean of "fco2 recomputed" computed by calculating the arithmetic mean value for each cruise passing through the cell and then averaging these cruises |
| fco2 max | Maximum value of "fco2 recomputed" observed in the grid cell |
| fco2 min | Minimum value of "fco2 recomputed" observed in the grid cell |
| fco2 std dev - unweighted all obs | The standard deviation of "fco2 recomputed" computed from the unweighted mean |
| fco2 std dev - per cruise weighted | A weighted standard deviation of "fco2 recomputed" computed to account for the differing variance estimates for each cruise passing through the cell. The statistical technique is described at http://wapedia.mobi/en/Weighted_mean#7. |
| Latitude average offset from cruise cell center | The arithmetic average of latitude offsets from the grid cell center for all observations in the grid cell. The value of this offset can vary from -0.5 to 0.5. A value of zero indicates that the computed fco2 mean values are representative of the grid cell center position. |
| Longitude average offset from cruise cell center | The arithmetic average of longitude offsets from the grid cell center for all observations in the grid cell. The value of this offset can vary from -0.5 to 0.5. A value of zero indicates that the computed fco2 mean values are representative of the grid cell center position. |
| ICOADS Air Temperature | Monthly Air Temperature from ICOADS |
| ICOADS Sea Surface Temperature | Monthly Sea Surface Temperature from ICOADS |
| ICOADS Sea Level Pressure | Monthly Sea Level Pressure from ICOADS |
| ICOADS Wind Speed | Monthly Wind Speed from ICOADS |


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Use this pattern if you want to provide an override to a `Trainer` class.
if name is None:
name = cls.__name__
if name in BASELINE_TRAINERS:
raise Exception("Error: attempt to re-defined previously registered handler {} in trainer registry".format(name))
BASELINE_TRAINERS[name] = cls
return cls
BASELINE_FIT_FUNC = {}
After Change
Use this pattern if you want to provide an override to a `Trainer` class.
return register(cls, BASELINE_TRAINERS, name, "trainer")
BASELINE_FIT_FUNC = {}


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A TensorFlow-based LSTM model that can be used to mimic a sequence of any form with a common input/output method for all data types. This implementation uses a modified LSTM class from TensorFlow to output the trained model in a simple text format, making cross-platform usage of the model simpler. Currently, I am working on implementing a simple GUI for training a model and sampling its generated output.
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I redesigned the mobile and web UX/UI of an iframe product that animals shelters use to display adoptable animals on their websites. While a shelter’s website is a crucial channel for getting adoptable animals in front of adopters, existing products fell short of providing superb user experience. Determined to change the status quo, I set out to redesign the product.
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The new design simplifies browsing for adopters. In the original design, adopters were simply viewing a long list of pictures and scrolling a lot (especially for the big shelters that have lots of adoptable animals). A set of filters now allow adopters to narrow in on specific animals they’re looking for.
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CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (director: Majid Majidi; cast: Amir Naji (Ali's Father), Mir Farrokh Hashemian (Ali), Bahareh Seddiqi (Zahra), Nafiseh Jafar Mohammadi (Roya), Fereshteh Sarabandi (Ali's Mother), Kamal Mir-karimi (the Principal), Behzad Rafi'i (the Coach). 1997-Iran)
In this kidpic, which is a very safe movie to make in today's Iran, as even with the intolerant dictator Khomeini dead, and a more liberal regime in its place, there is still no room for anything but subtle dissension to get sneaked into the story, because of strict censorship, and the most fertile ground to do that sneaking in, is in a type of film like this one, where there is no challenge to the ongoing political system and its fundamentalist religious system, as everything is seen through the children's eyes. The only thing, is that I couldn't pick up any subtle attacks against the regime. Maybe it was too subtle for me to pick up, or maybe there was no dissensions, this was just meant to be a tear jerker of a film.
The story is guileless. It is about a lost pair of shoes and a shared pair of sneakers, which if it was an American film and didn't give me a chance to see a country such as Iran, which I am unfamiliar with, but curious to see how it looks under this new regime, I would have been really disappointed at how weakly structured it was. But because it is Iran and I am aware how difficult it is to make a film under censorship there, I am more tolerant of its flaws than I ordinarily would be.
When Ali, the nine year old, fails to come home with his younger sister Zahra's shoes that he retrieved from being repaired at the shoe shop, this left the children with a big problem in their life, because their God fearing, uneducated but honest parents, who are impoverished, owing money to the landlord and the grocer, are in no position to get the child a new pair of shoes. Ali must get the shoes back, but he is not aware that a blind garbage collector took them by mistake, so rather than burden the parents with further money problems and get a beating besides, and also unnecessarily excite his very sick mother, who on doctor's orders must not work, Ali devises a plan where he shares his sneakers with his sister, so they both can go to school, but this is his and was her only pair of shoes; and, as they go to school in different shifts, it is possible for them to pull this switch off if their timing is perfect, but since their timing was off, he keeps getting caught by the principal coming late to class, and besides, his sneakers are much too large for her, making their plight more dramatic. Why he doesn't tell his teacher about this problem, I don't understand, especially since his teacher seemed like a kind man, and, since this might be a problem that is not that uncommon in a school where a lot of the children are poor. But, then again, if he did that, that might have taken away the reason for making this slight film, in the first place.
Most of the film takes place as we watch these two darling children run to make their classes, while switching Ali's sneakers in an alleyway, giving us a chance to see that most of the other children where their south Tehran neighborhood is, are also suffering from severe money problems. At one point of the film, we will see how the rich live, in the north side of Tehran, in luxurious roomy houses, with clean drive-ways, and inter-coms, and gated entrances, with lush gardens; and, the problem the rich kids are shown to have, is from boredom, but when it comes down to the nitty-gritty, the film seems to be saying, all kids are kids, as we see how easily Ali becomes friends with one of the rich kids.
If this film was made in the States, its theme could be, the NY state lottery theme, "You gotta be in it to win it." As the kids try to solve their dire problem by having the athletic Ali, enter a marathon race for the city school kids, where third prize is to win a pair of sneakers; and for Ali, he has to rely on his gym teacher to enter him because he was unaware of the race until it was too late to enter it himself. During the race, the filmmaker pulls out a bagful of cinematography tricks and borrowed shots from other directors to make the race an exciting one, but a race that left me unimpressed with what kind of point the filmmaker was making.
If one, could summarize, how this feel good Iranian version of that old Hollywood standard formula works here, tugging at the audiences' heartstrings every chance it can get, as quickly as tears fall from Ali's wide oval eyes and a frown covers Zahra, as whenever bad news comes her way, which is most of the time, we see a frown appear on her. I assume, what the film is trying to say, is see how you must solve your problems on your own, don't blame it on the government.
The few times Zahra does smile, her smile is a very warm and generous one, like when a little schoolgirl classmate of hers, who happens to be the daughter of the blind garbageman, who has given her Zahra's shoes he picked up by mistake, returns the pen Zahra lost, which was a gift to her from Ali, for not telling their mother that he lost her shoes. He got the pen from his teacher for being an excellent student. I guess the point being made here is, both girls can be generous and have learned how to live with their poverty.
The father's poverty reflects the director's own background, which is why the family is so touchingly portrayed but in such a manipulative manner, that it fails to be as convincing a portrayal as it could have been, if done in a more free flowing form.
The father is seen as a true believer, never questioning authority, deeming everything to be in the hands of God, whereas his religious beliefs are so strong, he would not even take a piece of sugar that he is chopping up for the Mosque to have for his tea.This display of moral rectitude, reveals how simple things can be if you just have faith and perseverance to endure life's hardships. Is this what the film is really trying to say?
When the father takes Ali by bike to the rich part of town, seeking work for them as gardeners, it is an eye opening experience to see them pass through a modern and sleek city. They get lucky through Ali's ability to talk to the rich people in the other side of town and land a job that pays them well, but as to be expected, in this most manipulative of films, things quickly reverse, as the father's brakes fail and the bike crashes, so all the money they made, goes for hospital bills and new brakes.
Children of Heaven does humanize the Iranian people, and show them to be a warm people, able to help out others in need, as when Ali brings soup his mother made to their elderly neighbors. But as an impactful film, it falls on its face with a thud, unable to make heaven seem to be a real place for children, where everything that is bitter is shown to be really fine despite what appears to be not so fine: rich people are not bad they can be nice, schools are not that rigid they can be accomodating, religion is unquestioned but that is because it is necessary, being poor can make you sad but it is not the worst thing in the world, and obedience is sometimes difficult to understand but it can be rewarding.
REVIEWED ON 5/18/99 GRADE: C-
Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews"
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