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.. _int: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

.. _str: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

.. _port: ../../vim/vm/device/VirtualEthernetCard/DistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo.rst#port

.. _bool: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

.. _type: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPortgroup/ConfigInfo.rst#type

.. _state: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort.rst#state

.. _config: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPortgroup.rst#config

.. _backing: ../../vim/vm/device/VirtualDevice.rst#backing

.. _portKey: ../../vim/dvs/PortConnection.rst#portKey

.. _datetime: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

.. _conflict: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort.rst#conflict

.. _HostSystem: ../../vim/HostSystem.rst

.. _runtimeInfo: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort/State.rst#runtimeInfo

.. _vim.HostSystem: ../../vim/HostSystem.rst

.. _vSphere API 4.0: ../../vim/version.rst#vimversionversion5

.. _connectionCookie: ../../vim/dvs/PortConnection.rst#connectionCookie

.. _vmodl.DynamicData: ../../vmodl/DynamicData.rst

.. _HostVirtualNicSpec: ../../vim/host/VirtualNic/Specification.rst

.. _VirtualEthernetCard: ../../vim/vm/device/VirtualEthernetCard.rst

.. _vim.dvs.PortConnectee: ../../vim/dvs/PortConnectee.rst

.. _DistributedVirtualPort: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort.rst

.. _distributedVirtualPort: ../../vim/host/VirtualNic/Specification.rst#distributedVirtualPort

.. _DistributedVirtualSwitch: ../../vim/DistributedVirtualSwitch.rst

.. _DistributedVirtualPortgroup: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPortgroup.rst

.. _vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort.State: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort/State.rst

.. _DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection: ../../vim/dvs/PortConnection.rst

.. _DistributedVirtualPortgroupPortgroupType: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPortgroup/PortgroupType.rst

.. _vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort.ConfigInfo: ../../vim/dvs/DistributedVirtualPort/ConfigInfo.rst

vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort
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  The `DistributedVirtualPort`_ data object represents a port in a `DistributedVirtualSwitch`_ . Virtual ports are part of a distributed virtual portgroup. Servers create virtual ports according to the portgroup type ( `DistributedVirtualPortgroup`_ . `config`_ . `type`_ ). See `DistributedVirtualPortgroupPortgroupType`_ .
   * To configure host network access by port, set the distributed virtual port in the host virtual NIC specification (
   * `HostVirtualNicSpec`_
   * .
   * `distributedVirtualPort`_
   * .
   * `portKey`_
   * ).
   * To configure virtual machine network access by port, set the port in the virtual Ethernet card backing (
   * `VirtualEthernetCard`_
   * .
   * `backing`_
   * .
   * `port`_
   * .
   * `portKey`_
   * ).
:extends: vmodl.DynamicData_
:since: `vSphere API 4.0`_

Attributes:
    key (`str`_):

       Port key.
    config (`vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort.ConfigInfo`_):

       Port configuration, including identifying information, network settings, and the set of entities that can connect to the port.
    dvsUuid (`str`_):

       UUID of the `DistributedVirtualSwitch`_ to which the port belongs.
    portgroupKey (`str`_, optional):

       Key of the portgroup `DistributedVirtualPortgroup`_ to which the port belongs, if any.
    proxyHost (`vim.HostSystem`_, optional):

        `HostSystem`_ that services this port.
    connectee (`vim.dvs.PortConnectee`_, optional):

       Entity that connects to the port.
    conflict (`bool`_):

       Specifies whether the port is a conflict port. A port could be marked as conflict if an entity is discovered connecting to a port that is already occupied, or if the host creates a port without conferring with vCenter Server.The distributed virtual switch does not persist the runtime state of a conflict port. Also, the port cannot move away from the host. vCenter Server will not move a virtual machine (VMotion) that is using a conflict port.
    conflictPortKey (`str`_, optional):

       If the port is marked conflict in the case of two entities connecting to the same port (see `conflict`_ ), this is the key of the port which the connected entity is contending for.
    state (`vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort.State`_, optional):

       Runtime state of the port.
    connectionCookie (`int`_, optional):

       Cookie representing the current instance of association between a port and a virtual or physical NIC. See `DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection`_ . The same cookie is present in the physical or virtual NIC configuration ( `DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection`_ . `connectionCookie`_ ) so that the Server can verify that the entity is the rightful connectee of the port.
    lastStatusChange (`datetime`_):

       The last time the `state`_ . `runtimeInfo`_ value was changed.
    hostLocalPort (`bool`_, optional):

       Specifies whether the port is a host local port. A host local port is created to resurrect the management network connection on a VMkernel virtual NIC. You cannot use vCenter Server to reconfigure this port and you cannot reassign the port.


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When not writing and hosting the Math Dude's Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier podcast, Jason Marshall works as a staff research scientist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) studying the infrared light emitted by starburst galaxies and quasars. Before that, he was a postdoctoral scholar at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Jason obtained a PhD from Cornell University, where he worked with the team of astronomers that built the IRS (nothing to do with taxes) instrument for the Spitzer Space Telescope and helped teach many physics and astronomy classes. In addition to these astronomical pursuits, Jason has many earthly interests: traveling the world, tinkering with technology, watching and playing soccer, and spending time with his wife, Shannon, fixing up their small but increasingly comfortable Los Angeles area home.
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Engineering students from Liskeard School and community College were delighted to be given the opportunity to visit Kawasaki Precision Machinery UK Limited to gain a better understanding of how local engineering manufacturing companies mass produce products to an extremely high quality using 'state of the art' CNC machines.
Nine students from Liskeard Sixth Form embarked upon a very special expedition to Morocco at the end of the year. Harry Rees, Abbie Gubbin, Jordan Smith, Abbie Palmer, Connor Wilkes, Sophie Gerry, Katy Hollister, Jasmine Murfin and Emma Wilton were led by Liskeard School staff Mark Lemin and Andy Glasgow to complete a challenging trek and community work in Morocco.
School and community came together when a group of Sixth Form students in Liskeard School's Bridge Academy helped put on the first 'Make Things Happen' event. The school and students worked with the Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) which brought together a variety of groups, individuals and Community businesses to talk about what's already going on in our town and what can be developed.
Year 12 Business students from Liskeard Sixth Form travelled to Plymouth University recently to experience what life might be like for them in the future.
The team of students – Giles Blackwell, Tom Pugh, Josh Randall and Jordan West - took part in a competition hosted by Plymouth University's Business School. Their task was to research and create a presentation on any topic of their choosing based around the theme of either technology, environment and sustainability, logistics or entrepreneurship and enterprise.
Liskeard Sixth Form were delighted to welcome local Olympic diver Sarah Barrow to deliver a motivational talk to students in Year 12.
Sarah, born in Plymouth, shared her story of how she achieved her goals to become an Olympic athlete. Sarah was able to set herself individual goals which led her to compete in the London Olympics, coming fifth in the 10m Synchronised Diving and showing resilience in her battle against injury to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The diver also won gold in the 2012 European Championships in the same event and in the 2014 Championships in the 10m Platform.


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Q: XCUItest addUIInterruptionMonitor is not capturing alerts on iOS14 simulator and xcode 12 override func setUp() {
    addUIInterruptionMonitor(withDescription: "App store alert") { (alert) -> Bool in
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        return true
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}

func test() {
    functionThatCausesAlertToAppear()
    XCUIApplication().tap()
}

When I attempt to print a statement within the addUIInterruptionMonitor it doesn't print leading me to believe that the block isn't triggered.

A: Although this does not solve the issue at hand I've found a workaround from: addUIInterruptionMonitor(withDescription:handler:) not working on iOS 10 or 9
let springboard = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.springboard")

let allowBtn = springboard.buttons["Allow"]
if allowBtn.waitForExistence(timeout: 10) {
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reminded taxpayers of changes to its bank account.
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London's Pride may have been cancelled, but activists in their 60s and 70s are still planning to march
Published on : 13th June 2020 3rd August 2020 by Newsdesk
Veteran LGBT+ activists are planning to lead a Pride march through the heart of London, despite London's official Pride, Pride In London being postponed until 2021.
Members from the London Gay Liberation Front (GLF) including Peter Tatchell will march in London on the 27th June 2020. They will be marching along the route that Pride In London was meant to take.
Former members of the iconic group are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the GLF which was formed in 1970, and are generally credited with being the beginning of the LGBT+ movement in the UK.
The GLF Pride march will take place on Saturday 27 June, starting at 1pm from outside the BBC in Portland Place W1.
The ex-GLF marchers, some in their 70s, will wear face masks and ensure social distancing. They will follow the planned official Pride route down Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus and Haymarket to Trafalgar Square.
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According to the organisers, the march will comprise only of older GLF veterans and is not open to the wider LGBT+ community in order to ensure compliance with the Covid-19 regulations and to protect the health of vulnerable at-risk veterans from the early 1970s. There will be a small group of chosen supporters to give the GLF veterans back-up.
The GLF march organiser, Peter Tatchell, was one of about 40 people who helped organise the UK's first Pride march in London in 1972. He has attended every Pride London parade since then.
This will be his 49th.
Speaking about the march, Tatchell said, "Homophobia did not defeat us, so we're not going to let the Covid-19 pandemic stop Pride. We GLF veterans confronted anti-LGBT+ bigots 50 years ago. We faced down police harassment, far right extremists and homophobic political and religious leaders. We are marching as Pride was planned, with face masks and social distancing,"
"We support Black Lives Matter and the just demands of black communities, just as we did in the early 1970s.
"GLF did not seek equal rights within a flawed, unjust status quo. It campaigned for the transformation of society to end straight supremacism and stood in solidarity with all other oppressed communities. This same agenda of radical social transformation is needed now as the UK faces the quadruple whammy of Covid-19, economic meltdown, endemic racism and climate destruction," added Mr Tatchell.
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Home » Games News » Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 980 and 970 GPUs with an eye towards VR
Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 980 and 970 GPUs with an eye towards VR
Thursday, September 18th 2014. | Games News
Enthusiast PC builders unprepared to part with their money may not want to read the next sentence. Nvidia has announced the first line of high-end GPUs to take advantage of the energy-efficient, designed-for-virtual-reality Maxwell architecture – the new GeForce GTX 980 and 970.
Nvidia made the announcement at Game24, an international celebration of everything PC.
So what makes Maxwell top dog? Nvidia claims that a new anti-aliasing technology called Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing can produce a 4x multisample anti-aliasing image at 2x MSAA speeds. This, coupled with the ability to produce 4K images and downscale them to native resolutions, mean we'll see an even cleaner images in a fraction of the time.
The GeForce GTX 980 and 970 are also the first two GPUs from Nvidia built with virtual reality in mind.
"We built Unreal Engine 4 using Nvidia's Kepler architecture but the GTX 980 and 970 GPUs, based on the new Maxwell architecture, are the most powerful, efficient GPUs for creating scenes of unprecedented detail across PC and VR experiences right now," said Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO at Epic Games, in a press release. "Our developers are pushing the graphical high end with Maxwell GPUs."
Virtual ties
The GPUs include a new feature set called VR Direct, designed to optimize VR games with high-frame rates and low latency.
VR Direct works with goggles like Oculus Rift to create 3D experiences on PC titles, including a few new ones on hand at Nvidia's Game24 event.
Developers can use the SLI to assign multiple GPUs to each eye, and a feature called Asynchronous Warp reduces latency by half. With VR Direct, images rendered with the new GPUs will adjust as gamers move their heads without having to re-render, reducing the stutter effect sometimes experienced when wearing fledgling VR headsets.
The platform is compatible with a number of VR devices, but it also lets gamers play titles on headsets that weren't originally made for truly immersive worlds.
Cuda is king
If you remember the launch of Maxwell, Nvidia was keen to point out it delivers 35% more performance per Cuda core on shader-limited workloads. The scariest part of all? Processor-intensive games like Metro: Last Light may actually run faster than 30fps on ultra settings using the new cores.
The GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs are available starting today from the usual suspects (Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, PNY…) and should start popping up in boutique machines before long.
Pricing is expected to begin at $ 549 (about £333, AU$ 600) for the GTX 980 and $ 329 (about £200, AU$ 365) for the GTX 970.
Interested in a top-performing machine in a pint-sized package? Check out our review of the Digital Storm Bolt II!
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Lombardiet er en af Italiens 20 regioner. Den ligger i den nordlige del af landet mellem Alperne og Po-dalen. Lombardiets hovedstad er Milano. Regionen er inddelt i 12 provinser, der igen er opdelt i 1.516 comuni med Milano som den største med 1,3 millioner indbyggere til Morterone med blot 31 indbyggere i medio 2022.

Lombardiet dækker et areal på 24.000 km² og har 9.7 millioner indbyggere.

Historie

Området omkring det nuværende Lombardiet blev i århundrederne før Kristi fødsel beboet af forskellige folkeslag, senest etruskere og keltere. De sidste levede i de vestlige alperegioner og blev af romerne kaldt gallere. Den del af gallernes land der lå syd for alperne blev benævnt Gallia Cisalpina ("Gallien på denne side af alperne" – set fra Rom, naturligvis).

Efter Romerrigets fald blev området indtaget af langobarder, en germansk stamme der ifølge Paulus Diaconus var udgået fra det nuværende Skandinavien.

Efter yderligere omvæltninger endte byerne i området med at organisere sig i små herredømmer, og specielt Milano og Mantova havde stærke fyrstefamilier der dominerede udviklingen i flere århundreder.

Ved slutningen af 1400-tallet blev Norditalien igen mål for fremmede invasioner, og Lombardiet blev besat først af Frankrig, derefter af Spanien. I 1706 overgik regionen til Østrig ved arv, og forblev under østrigsk styre – med korte afbrydelser under Napoleonskrigene som Kongeriget Lombardiet-Venetien – indtil Italiens samling som selvstændig stat (kendt som il Risorgimento).

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Whiting, Robert Selmon
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Pastoralist, Solicitor. Born in Melbourne 16 August 1955. Died 17 June 1929. Member of legal firm Whiting and Byrne, William Street, Melbourne. In partnership with Rupert Clarke, owned Isis Downs Station in Queensland.
Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
1958?-1976?
The Queensland United Council for Aboriginal Welfare representative, Joe McGinness, attended the first conference in Adelaide in 1958 that gave rise to the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Joe McGinness was also secretary of the Cairns Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement League. It was Ada Bromham who unified Queensland social activists to form the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI). Daisy Marchisotti was heavily involved in this organisation together with Indigenous political activist Odgeroo Noonuccal, who was the Queensland State Secretary in the 1960s. QCAATSI acted as the state branch for the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islands (FCAATSI). The main objectives were: to work for complete social, political, legal and economic equality for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders; to seek the integration of Aborigine's and Torres Strait Islanders within the community while preserving valuable aspects of their culture; to provide various services to encourage self-reliance and economic independence among Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. In 1961 a group of members considered to be less inclined with political activism split to form One People of Australia League (OPAL). By 1975 the Council was effectively defunct
Publicists - Colin Bennett, Manfred Cross, Bob Cochrane, H. Gurnett, Muriel Langford, L.G. McBride, Daisy Marchisotti, Royce Perkins, J. Sweet, Kath Walker.
Brown, Mary Zillah, 1893-1966
Mary Zillah Hayes was one of Father Edward Leo Hayes' sisters. Her first husband was Louis Augustine Murnane, grandfather of Brian Murnane. Her daughter Jean Marie Brown is from her second marriage to Ambrose Oliver Brown.
O'Brien, D. A. (Daniel Augustine)
O'Brien was an explorer and historian. From 1941-1965 he was the Honorary Director and General Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.
Rothwell's of Brisbane
Rothwell's was a menswear store and tailoring service that promoted itself as regalia makers.
University of Queensland Department of Architecture
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Murnane, Brian, 1953 -
Brian Murnane is the great nephew of Father Edward Leo Hayes. He is the grandson of Father Hayes' sister, Mary.
Brown, Jean Marie, 1925 -1986
Jean Marie Brown was the niece of Father Edward Leo Hayes.
1851-1943?
Taylor Family members: William Taylor, married Sarah Moore on 11 November 1851 in Leicester, England. Sarah Taylor, born in 1832? and died on 7 July 1905 at "Glencore", Merival Street, South Brisbane. William Taylor (born ca. 1839) was a school teacher at Belmont, Queensland. He died on 27 August 1910, and resided at Christie Street off Vulture Street, buried at Toowong Cemetery. William and Sarah Taylor arrived in Brisbane, Queensland on 22 February 1875.
Their children were all born in Leicester, England:
William (1851-1874);
Mark (1852 to 24 June 1917, died at Brisbane, married Ellen Wetherage James on 14 May 1877 in Brisbane, had a son Harold Vernon Taylor);
William (1856 to ?);
James (1858 to 1893);
John (1859 to 20 October 1902);
Mary (1861 to 24 July 1921, married 9 July 1878 at Pimpama);
Thomas (born ca. 1863, died on 10 Jun 1911 in Queensland);
Margaret (ca. 1866 - 1943, in 1887 married Robert Hamilton Gillies at Brisbane, had a son Robert Taylor Gillies on 18 January 1889;
Catherine (ca. 1868, died 10 June 1913 at Brisbane, married Alfred Wheeler);
Paul (born ca. 1870, died 28 August 1875 at Brisbane);
Wilberforce Lauterer Oldfield (1873-1943, joined the Australian Imperial Force at age 43 on 27 September 1916, died 30 March 1943).
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Its Katie - just got your reply thanks for getting back to me so late i forgot the different times well its midday in the uk and iv'e read through your site again each bit is like telling my life story and i'm really sorry you have had to go through all of this exspecially from that young age.
It's true what i said though your site has helped me more than anyone so far and it's weird cause i don't know you but right now the warmest feeling to home i feel is when i read ur messages of reply just getting one back gives me some hope.
I really am gunna try all you have said i wanna kick away this nasty evil thing that goes on inside me... But as much as i say that i have to be honest and very ashamed to admit but i write this to you whilst eating and binging AGAIN and im not actually enjoying any of it as reading your stories and info of the site it actually makes me feel sick of what i'm doing to myself knowing of the dangers ahead :( (oh what i'd give to be able to sit and relax without feeling the need to binge and purge) then after my session as i say of binge and purge its time for an hours brisk walk which i have to do everyday along with a gym routine six days a week.. But it's freezing cold out and its raining so im dreading my walk today :( but as you know my mind can't rest til it's done.
I'm 5ft 2 and 6 stone 11lb so i'm quite small that the cold hits me badly. I've spent £25 already today and it's only midday i have no career anymore as my binge and purge got so bad that I lost my job and wasn't strong enough to carry on as a beauty therapist.
I've been in the worst mood all week which is causing my relationship to fall apart I'm feeling a failure and an absolute low life.
I did have my cereal today which I kept down before my gym session so thats good i'm gunna try so hard with yur tips. I'm looking to get my teeth done too as they have worn away slowly. Did you wait until you were recovered to replace your teeth?
If you don't mind writing a little story for your journal page just about when your bulimia started and why you want to recover, etc... I'll put it above your form... It'll help this page make sense to other people who read it.
Your question about when I got my teeth done... Well, I had the first lot done when I was about 18... so that was 2 years before my recovery... Then once I was well on my way to recovering (and knew that it would only get better and better) I spent more money to get them fixed 100%... I've been relatively trouble free since - but had to have a root canal from a tooth that died a few months ago... One day they'll probably all be fake - but thank God for good dentists!
I'm looking forward to working with you along the exciting road of recovery!


The Wirraway (Woiwurrung language: "challenge") was a training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. The aircraft was an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft.
During World War II, the Wirraway saw action, in a makeshift light bomber/ground attack capacity, against Japanese forces. It was also the starting point for the design of an "emergency fighter", the CAC Boomerang.
Three Royal Australian Air Force officers, led by Wing Commander Lawrence Wackett, were sent on an overseas evaluation mission in 1936 to select an aircraft type for local production in Australia. The aircraft selected was the North American NA-16. Production licences were obtained in 1937 and two NA-16s were purchased from North American Aviation to act as prototypes. These included an aircraft with fixed undercarriage designated NA-16-1A by North American (similar to the BT-9) and an aircraft with retractable undercarriage designated NA-16-2K by North American (similar to the BC-1). The NA-16-1A arrived in Australia in August 1937 and following assembly flew for the first time at Laverton on 3 September of that year, exactly two years before war was declared on Nazi Germany by the United Kingdom and France. The NA-16-2K arrived in Australia in September 1937 and likewise flew shortly afterwards. These aircraft were given the RAAF serials A20-1 and A20-2 within that organisation's numbering system.
The NA-16-2K was the type selected for production. With several detail and structural changes, such as provision for two forward-firing guns instead of the NA-16's one, and strengthened structure to allow dive-bombing operations, the first CA-1 Wirraway, RAAF serial A20-3, made its maiden flight on 27 March 1939. This aircraft was kept by CAC for testing for several months and the first two Wirraways delivered to the RAAF were A20-4 and A20-5, on 10 July 1939. By the outbreak of World War II the RAAF had received a total of six Wirraways. Forty CA-1 Wirraways were built before the CA-3 entered production. Although there were detail changes to the design, the change in designation had more to do with the next batch of Wirraways being built to a different government contract than any real difference between the two sub-types. The CA-5, CA-7, CA-8 and CA-9 were all broadly similar to the CA-3 and it was only the CA-16 that had substantial design changes. These included wing modifications to allow a heavier bomb load and dive brakes for dive-bombing. Sets of 'dive bomber' wings (as fitted to the CA-16) were built under the designation of CA-10A (the CA-10 being a dive-bomber variant that was not built) and retrofitted to CA-3s, -5s, -7s and -9s; 113 Wirraways were converted. Seventeen Wirraways were modified post-war and delivered to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the modifications were incorporated under the CAC designation CA-20. The 17 included a CA-1, a CA-5 and numbers of all subsequent variants and operated under their RAAF serials. Production continued until after the end of World War II; CA-16 A20-757; the last of 755 Wirraways built, was delivered to the RAAF in July 1946.
As its American "cousin" (both types having been derived from the NA-16) the T-6 did for many Allied Air Forces during WWII, the Wirraway served as one of the RAAF's main trainer types from 1939. The type made its last operational flight in 1959 after being gradually replaced by the new Winjeel trainer. Beside serving as a trainer aircraft they were also operated in combat roles, including as an emergency fighter. At the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941 Wirraways equipped seven RAAF squadrons: Nos 4, 5, 12, 22, 23, 24 and 25.
A group of five Wirraways based at Kluang in Malaya for training purposes was pressed into combat against Japanese ground invasion forces; these were generally flown by New Zealanders with Australian observers, and had some successes.
On 6 January 1942, Wirraways of No. 24 Squadron attempted to intercept Japanese seaplanes flying over New Britain; only one managed to engage an enemy aircraft, marking the first air-to-air combat between RAAF and Japanese forces. Two weeks later, eight 24 Squadron Wirraways defended the city of Rabaul from over 100 Japanese attacking bombers and fighters, resulting in the destruction or severe damage of all but two of the Australian aircraft. On 12 December that year, Pilot Officer J. S. Archer shot down a Japanese A6M Zero aircraft after he spotted it 1000 feet (about 300 metres) below him and dived on it, opening fire and sending the Zero hurtling into the sea. This was the only occasion that a Wirraway shot down another aircraft (and is one more than the total of aircraft shot down by its fighter offspring, the Boomerang). Fighter versions of the Wirraway operated over New Guinea for some time on ground attack and other Army co-operation tasks until other RAAF aircraft such as the Boomerang and American Curtiss P-40s were delivered to replace them.
Many front-line squadrons of the RAAF had at least one Wirraway attached to serve as a squadron 'hack', a term used to describe aircraft employed on errands such as visits to headquarters or other bases. At least one aircraft (formerly A20-527) flew as part of Headquarters Flight 5th Air Force in full United States Army Air Forces markings.
Post-war the Wirraway continued in RAAF service as a trainer at Uranquinty and Point Cook and was taken on strength by the newly-formed RAN Fleet Air Arm in 1948. Wirraways also served with the squadrons of the Citizen Air Force (a flying reserve force of the RAAF established in 1948) alongside CAC Mustangs, partially equipping No. 22 (City of Sydney), No. 23 (City of Brisbane), No. 24 (City of Adelaide) and No. 25 (City of Perth) Squadrons. The RAN retired its Wirraways in 1957, replacing them with de Havilland Vampires. After CAC Winjeels started to enter service, the RAAF commenced phasing out its Wirraways on 4 December 1958 with a farewell flypast held at Point Cook to mark its retirement from that base. The last military flight was on 27 April 1959 when CA-16 A20-686 was flown to Tocumwal for disposal.
In 1954, Super Spread Aviation, based at Moorabbin Airport, bought two CA-16 Wirraways and modified them to perform aerial application operations. Both were almost brand-new, one having flown 9 hours and the other 12 hours; the modifications included the fitment of a hopper and spraying equipment. In a reflection of much of what was asked of the type during wartime, the two aircraft proved to be inadequate for the task and both were de-registered on 10 April 1956 and later scrapped. Despite the scrapping of these two aircraft and hundreds of others, a healthy number of Wirraways survive today, in aviation museums in Australia and in Papua New Guinea and with 10 on the Australian civil aircraft register in 2007; either flying or under restoration to fly as warbirds. A Wirraway being operated as a warbird crashed during an airshow at Nowra in 1999, killing the two occupants.
CA-10 - Unbuilt bomber version.
Gillison, Douglas (1962). Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 3 - Air. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=26. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Bombers, Volume Seven. London, Macdonald, 1967. ISBN 0-356-01477-0.
Pentland, Geoffrey. Wirraway and Boomerang Markings. Dandenong VIC, Australia, Kookaburra Technical Publications, 1970.
Profile Publications Research Staff. The Commonwealth Wirraway, Aircraft in Profile no.154. Leatherhead, Surrey, UK, 1967.
Wilson, Stewart. Wirraway, Boomerang & CA-15 in Australian Service. Sydney, Aerospace, 1991. ISBN 0-958797-88-9.
Zbiegniewski, Andre R. and Nowicki, Jacek. CAC Boomerang & CAC Wirraway, Wydawnicto Militaria 43 (in Polish). Warszawa, Wydawnicto Militaria, 1997. ISBN 83-86209-57-7.


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Whether we call them misconceptions, alternative conceptions, or myths, here are five things that can get in the way of our best writing.
1. First draft is final.
Who hasn't done this? Depending on the piece, I still have to resist the temptation to do this. It can seem so harmless, especially if we're confident that the final product will be sufficient. Work expands to the time we give it, right? The problem is that writing is also a "mode of learning." In our first drafts, we are still figuring out not only what we want to say but maybe even what we actually think. Writing can be a surprise. It is after revising that we can write for the reader and clarify our own thoughts and purpose.
2. Rhetoric is a bad thing used to manipulate others.
Yes, rhetoric is the art of persuasion. Yes, it can be used immorally. BUT rhetoric is all around us. We all use it. It is a tool through which we make and interpret meaning. Rhetoric doesn't have to be self-centered like manipulation, but rather it can be other-oriented. Through rhetoric, authors and speakers enter into a relationship with their audience. When we think rhetorically, we think about our readers with their needs, concerns, and specific contexts. If you're thinking about what would be the most effective argument or word choice, you're thinking rhetorically. If you're thinking how you words will impact the feelings and values of your listener, then you're thinking rhetorically.
A great resource for the study of rhetoric is Gideon Burton's Silva Rhetoricae. Once I got past the shock that it was designed with frames, it became one of my favorite sites.
3. Don't give away your argument too soon.
Personally, I'm partial to this one. I love the ideal of reader and writer collaboratively exploring a topic together until the surprising discovery of truth. But there is a way to write an introduction (the problem statement) that helps get the reader on the same page and might be expected in some contexts. First, describe what we already know. This is called the stable context. It brings readers in with something that's not too new and builds your credibility. Second, either describe what we don't know or offer an example that shows us that the stable context doesn't accurately represent the complexity of reality. This is your destabilizing moment. Then your reader is ready for your main claim.
4. The five paragraph essay is a go-to format.
Ah the five paragraph essay. Simple. Elegant. Easy to master. But what do we do when writing a ten page paper, a twenty page article, or a blog post? There comes a point when the format starts to buckle under the pressure of the content. It may have first seemed like a foundational genre that would stay with us throughout our lives, but it was actually a learning tool. The key to take away from it is that we need to start with a clear introduction following the problem statement format and then support that introduction in as many paragraphs as needed for the reader to understand.
5. I just need someone to check my grammar.
It can be so easy to get bogged down in wondering if I have all the commas in the right place or if I used that semicolon correctly. And what will people think if I start sentences with coordinating conjunctions? When we start thinking this way, then we start seeking out editors instead of readers. Please just look at my grammar. I need help. But what if what I really need is a clearer (more clear?) introduction? Or what if my writing loses focus halfway through? During that kind of revision, it won't matter if I had a comma splice in a paragraph that is eventually removed.
Ah this was wonderful! I so much agree with you regarding #1. But there is always that time constraint whether it be real or self-imposed. But I think that is good as well because without a deadline some of us would be always tinkering and the writing will never be "done." Are they still teaching 5-paragraph essays? Definitely a good learning tool but students get it so drilled into them they think that is the only way one is supposed to write. When I was in grad school long ago I taught freshman composition and the students were all completely terrified when I told them they would not be writing 5-paragraph essays. For some it turned out to be a delightful leap into freedom, for others, you'd think they were being tortured!
What a great way to describe it: "delightful leap into freedom" or "being tortured." I think bringing it up in class like that is the way to go. I've come across it more when working with incoming students in the writing center.
I agree completely with this! Writing has so many different forms and so we can't always narrow down and follow those myths. That's what makes writing so great: we don't always have to follow the rules.
That's a good point! I like to look at grammar as a tool for meaning-making for that same reason.
Exactly! I always heard you have to know the rules before you can break them. I think stepping out of the box can allow us to be more creative in our craft.
I'm not a fan of the 5 paragraph essay. I like it as an option. I hate it as the only option.
I've posted that same crazy awesome Stephen Fry video.
I teach kids to use the 5 paragraph essay!
I think that's great. That's where I started too and I see a lot of value in it. I've just noticed that when writers transition to college they may have trouble seeing how the skills that that tool teaches should be used in their new environment.


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13.12.2005 Regional News
Examine past actions -Editor
Kumasi, Dec. 13, GNA - Journalists have been advised to collectively and individually examine most of their past actions, in order to better understand the role the media wittingly or unwittingly played in the country's history. Mr. Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh, Editor of the Daily Graphic, who gave the advice said, such an initiative was the only move that could enable the media to spearhead the process of their own institutional re-invention, improve their capacity to champion the cause of human rights, and thereby prevent future Governments from using them to legitimise their actions.
Mr. Ayeboafoh gave the advice when he presented a paper on "Challenges of the Media in the promotion of human rights/democratic Governance-Reflections of the report of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC)", at a day's workshop organized by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in Kumasi on Tuesday,for Media practitioners in the Ashanti Region. The workshop which was sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the National Governance Programme was facilitated by the KAB Governance Consult. It sought to demonstrate to the media the effects of the NRC report and the accusations against the media by the report.
Mr. Ayeboafoh cautioned journalists against being used as Apostles and crusaders of military governments or illegitimate regimes. He said as facilitators of reconciliation and truth, there is the urgent need for them to recognize and acknowledge their role in promoting a culture of human rights, as well as their role in helping to nurture a culture for human dignity.
Mr. I.K. Gyasi, a retired Educationist, made it clear that the NRC report had nothing to do with politics and that it was incumbent on all Journalists to be abreast with the report to help them better understand the past, present and have a view of the future and how to work towards it. He expressed worry that in recent times, "Off record" which used to be respected, has now turned to be abused and undermined by some journalists thereby creating a whole lot of problems. Mr. Bright Blewu, General Secretary of the GJA, called on Journalists to strive at all cost to abide by the code of ethics because it is the ethics that makes Journalism a profession.


CLOSE BRUSH WITH DEATH :: NGO Delegation To The UNAIDS PCB Close brush with death!
Recommended by the NGO Delegation, Lucy Wanjiku leader of Sauti Sikika, an Adolescent wing within All In! Kenya, supported by NEPHAK, spoke at the Thematic Segment of the 38th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (UNAIDS PCB) in Geneva last June. Lucy shared what she understood as the role of young people (as part of the broader community most affected by HIV) in ending AIDS by 2030: to be listened to and engaged by committed leaders. She responded to the question, "where is the money to end AIDS by 2030?" and reflected on how much leaders 'value' the lives of her colleagues who are living with and getting infected by HIV and dying of AIDS, because of dwindling resources for local health centers. She also contemplated on the larger issue of poverty where HIV is situated, for instance: how some of her peers often miss taking their anti retroviral drugs (ARVs) because they can't swallow those huge pills on their empty stomachs.
Perhaps you were driving and you almost had a head-on collision. Or you were probably in a bus, and if it weren't for just a little swerve to the edge of the road that spared your life, you could have been dead. Or you were in a plane and there was a major turbulence that even when the oxygen masks were released, you were not sure you would make it. So scary were these encounters that you had to take some time to reflect on life. I had such an encounter after getting to my destination and finding an email from one of my mentors, Florence, asking – pleading – to tell her that I was fine because of the news of a blast. I was confused at first and quickly Googled for news. Alas! I saw all those people who had died, a big number of twenty eight, and sixty of them injured at the Istanbul airport due to suicide bombing, leaving all of us weak. I was there some three hours earlier. Had I been there for four hours, what would have happened! Was I lucky?
In the lives of young people living with HIV and the communities most impacted by the epidemic, this kind of incident is pretty much what we encounter in our daily life. We wonder as we keep going to funerals of our friends and family if we are next. We wonder if we are better off and we know we are not — as clinics and health care centers near us in the rural areas close down one by one due to lack of funding. We have a brush with death more than we ought to. We believe it is our right to enjoy the greatest, "bestest" health care, which is the third goal in the Sustainable Development Goals. Sadly, we find that this isn't really the case. Somehow it is expected that more results be produced. Since it is HIV and AIDS, it requires more from us other than the millions of children, young people and our loved ones who have already died.
It is only human when – for instance – you have an orange and you find someone very hungry, you share your orange. You might not give the entire orange but a piece (carpel) is way much better and may keep the person alive for another day. It is crazy to first ask this person to show you how the orange will help him/her or will bring results, so that you can decide if he/she is worthy of this food. As you do this, you also picture all the other oranges you have in your barn. But some people are very stingy with even a piece of this one orange.
We young people may not be in your big high-level meetings or in your decision-making meetings in your offices, because meaningful involvement and leaving no one behind are just beautiful, sweet phrases in the documents on next steps that ensure you sleep at night. Rarely are they followed through and when you finally come around to them, it is just for reporting purposes. Yes, young people have come and have given their contributions to your meetings somehow. They may have barely constructed a sentence that comes close to the sophisticated language you speak – words like, cohort, circumvent, implement, integrate and the like. They may have probably wondered if they should have brought their dictionary along, when they are meant to represent rural youth.
We see you. We hear you. We feel and figure where we fall in the chain. We should be first priority. But I guess that is asking too much. There may come a time that we won't be here anymore, you will have concentrated so much on what matters to you that we will lack meaning and when you come around to remember that it was all about us, that money was not equivalent to lives, that we are the next generation, it will be a little too late, death will have done its worst.


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We had to repair and restore this car from the damage inflicted to it by its ace driver, to whom the car builder, the kind and gentle Robert Emott Jr., one of the greatest slot car racer/builder of all time, loaned it.
Well, Howie Ursaner did do it justice, as he finished in third place with that loaner at the 1967 "Arco Nats" in Atlanta. No less than 47 years later, the chassis surfaced, albeit in rather poor condition and very corroded, and in need of a few repairs as some of its joints had failed as it had suffered minor crash damage.
When it was found, the astute Slotblog readers identified it for us, because there were clear pictures of it in Morrissey's rag in January 1968. What luck, and that saved me some research time!
But what did it look like as a complete car, and what body and motor did it have? Howie remembered that the motor was a modified Russkit "23" with that gold painted can, likely a Team Russkit motor supplied to him at the time. So, we built one, using a set of Arco magnets, a period armature wound by Doug Henline and a stock Mabuchi endbell, since the motor/axle bracket had not been enlarged on the chassis, and the Mabuchi FT16D endbell was the only type that would fit. Since the armature shaft was too long to fit inside the can with its blind bushing, we did what they did then and punched it through with an .078″ drill bit. A pair of shunted brushes and stiffer springs over brass posts and… voila.
But what body? Howie did not remember…
Bob Rule (former Champion General manager, the owner) to the rescue: Bob sent us many pictures taken at that race, and sure enough, there is a picture of several of the top racers holding their NASCAR machines to Bob's camera. There you can see Bryan Warmack, John Cukras, John Anderson, Howie (with "our" car) and kneeling, Terry Schmid, with their machines.
Missing in that picture is the race's winner, Pete von Ahrens, seen here looking at his winning entry after the race. Pete concentrated on building the best NASCAR car he could for that event, thinking that others would likely neglect the class to concentrate on the "noble" categories, the sports cars and F1s. Smart move as he smoked everyone.
While the picture was not exactly clear, a bit of detective work allowed us to figure out that the body was a Pactra Ford Fairlane, a rather scarce version with a rear spoiler and NASCAR rear-window bars.
A bit of luck on an eBay auction and we got one, sent it to Joe "Noose" Neumeister to paint match, and decaled it with the very same Cox NASCAR stuff it had been adorned with.
A set of Champion lead wires and rear tires, some Russkit fronts, the ubiquitous Cox guide and a Weldun crown gear and pinion, and we can say that this is as close as the car was that Christmas weekend in 1967 in Georgia.
So here is that Emott-built car, now restored back to life. By the way, for an old motor, that thing screams.
Another historically important racing machine, saved for posterity.


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Q: Firebase Exception: Uncaught exception in Firebase Database runloop (3.0.0) I am getting  this exception at runtime:
Uncaught exception in Firebase Database runloop (3.0.0). Please report to firebase-database-client@google.com

I've gone through this article but could not find the solution.
Uncaught exception in Firebase runloop (3.0.0)
Following are my gradle dependencies for Firebase:
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.2.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:19.1.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:21.2.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:19.2.0'

Here is the code for writing data in Firebase database:
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
database.child("users").child(username).setValue(user);

May be anyone help me solving this. Thanks for your answers!

A: The problem with implementation and instance.
You implemented Firebase Realtime Database in your Android Studio and trying to make instance of Firestore.
Either change the Instance or Implementation.
Firestore Implementation and instance :
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:21.2.0'

Instance :
FirebaseFirestore db = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance();

And for Firebase Realtime Database :
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:19.2.0'

Instance :
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();


With the first game of the MLS playoffs upon us, we thought we would follow the ESPN2 broadcast of the Seattle/Houston playoff opener. The game is up against the World Series, NBA Basketball and various NHL games. Despite the ratings for MLS during the regular season, the playoff game faces series competition.
Before we discuss the broadcast, it is worthwhile to address ESPN efforts to promote the match through its various platforms. On ESPN.com, the game got little mention on the home page. There was substantial coverage on Soccernet, but the lack of prominence of the home page is fairly disappointing. There was similarly limited discussion of the playoffs on the ESPN networks in the lead up to the game.
VW also got the first spot of the broadcast and was followed Pepsi Max (who has been active in MLS ads recently), Rent-a-Center, Wendy's and Chevy. The studio show included usual suspects, Stone, Lalas and Foudy. The pre-game provided analysis of the Seattle game and provided some promotion of the Sunday broacast. There were also spots for Gatorade, Adidas (that strange MLS ad), and a series of local spots. The pregame concluded with a second VW ad, a return of the Pepsi Max spot (which was amusing the first five times it ran this year), Best Buy and Axe.
The ESPN Axis technology is always outtanding, and is something ESPN should make more use of during the broadcast. Budweiser presented the starting lineups. The X-Box tarps were very visible throughout. VW had space on the screen near the scoreboard early in the match. It only took 5 mintues to bring Hopkins into the game as a sideline reporter. Gatorade also grabbed some upper left screen time, as did adidas and Axe. Full credit to ESPN for early camera work. There were great shots of the shoving between Onstad and Montero and the rest of the melee. The booth did manage a plug for the weekend EPL broadcasts. A note to ESPN; the Seattle attendance is a great story, but not every three minutes. If you have to keep telling us, it isn't that impressive.
This is just a taste. We will stop here in the second half. If something dramatic happens in a business sense, we will add it tomorrow.
The Monday After: Attendance Numbers and How The Playoff Clinchers Were Not What MLS Wanted.
The MLS regular season came to a conclusion on Sunday after a weekend of exciting games, miserable weather and varied attendance. The final "weekend" got started on Thursday night in Chicago where an announced crwod of 17k plus braved monsoon like conditions to see the home team clinch a playoff birth. Similar weather conditions greeted Toronto and New York as they closed Giants Stadium before 21k.
The action continued in Kansas City, where 10,300 were at Community America Ballpark to see the Wizards draw DC United. In Salt Lake City, more than18k filled Rio Tinto to see RSL clinch an improbable spot in the MLS playoffs. In Seattle, a record crowd of more than 33k celebrated the expansion side's run into the playoffs with a dramatic come from behind victory over desperate Dallas. In Los Angeles a reported sell out of 27k were in attendance to see Beckham, Donovan and Co. close out the regular season with a clean sheet against San Jose.
On Sunday, Columbus celebrated their Supporters Shield victory before at Crew Stadium as they fell to the Revs before 17,500 and back in Los Angeles, 14,500 saw the final regular season game at the Home Depot Center as Houston beat Chivas 3-2. Overall, it was a very nice weekend at MLS stadiums and the fans were treated to some dramatic and exciting games. A final attendance report from MLS is here.
So the playoffs are set, with RSL and New England holding down the final spots. Fans of these teams are obviously excited, but what about the League? If MLS could handpick its playoff teams, who would they be? If we were MLS, we would hope for: Galaxy, Sounders, Dynamo, RSL, Fire, TFC, United and the Crew. These are teams that typically draw well and/or are recognizable to sports media outside the somewhat insular world of MLS.
All in all, MLS is probably pretty happy. Beckham and Blanco are still big draws, while Seattle guarantees at least one big crowd. Houston typically draws well for playoff games. The League manages to avoid cavernous Giants Stadium and and its two smallest venues in San Jose and Kansas City. The glaring omission is TFC where the great support continues to go unrequited by the team on the field. At some point the support will wane if the team continues to falter and quit as they appeared to do on Saturday.
Over the week, we will do a series of stories on the playoffs, playoff attendance and playoff fans.
An enormous weekend of games in MLS with playoff spots, Champions League entry and the Supporters Shield all up for grabs. Every game was frought with tension and meaning as teams scrambled for points on the pennultimate weekend of the regular season. The weekend got started in Toronto where a sell out crowd of more than 20k saw the home side hold off RSL and move into the last playoff spot. In New England, more than 18k braved a blustery night to watch the Revs tie Chicago.
Despite similar bad weather in the District, more than 16k saw United pull off an important 1-0 win over the East leading Crew. Later that night, more than 15k packed Pizza Hut Park to watch the in form home team win yet again, over teetering Colorado. In Los Angeles, 12k saw Chivas tie San Jose, while a sell-out crowd saw Kansas City fall to the visitors from Seattle. In the weekend finale on Sunday, just about 30k saw the Galaxy and Dynamo play to a scoreless draw.
These are across the board great numbers for the League. Whether the great attendance stems from the playoff race, a desire to use package tickets, or something else, it was great to see such solid crowds on some bad weather nights. With one more weekend left in the regular season, it will be interesting to see if the crowds continue.
The other big story from MLS this weekend is the seeming impossibility of determining who will clinch the last playoff spot. With the possibilit of five teams tied for the last spot after next weeks games, the analysis will like devolve to the fourth or fifth level of tiebreakers. Among the teams clinging to the playoff dream, it appears that TFC is closest to controlling its own destiny and has an away date at bottom feeder RBNY. Everything else might not be solved until Sunday afternoon.


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Jennifer Ehle
John and the Hole is a story written by Nicolás Giacobone, so there's a weird element along with the everyday. He also wrote Birdman, which interspersed familiar scenes of an actor in crisis preparing for a show with moments where he'd be transformed into the superhero he'd played years before. In Biutiful, the 2010 movie starring Javier Bardem, the story of a man dying of cancer is interpolated with moments of magical realism.
John and the Hole does the same, but differently. At one level it's a straightforward story of a 13-year-old boy who might be on the autistic spectrum – he's certainly very closed off and has a knack for mathematics – who one night drags all his family out of their beds (we assume he's drugged them) and deposits them at the bottom of a hole, a bunker started years before but abandoned before it was finished.
And he leaves them there, popping over occasionally with a bottle of water or some food, some warm clothes. Why? We have no idea, and since this kid is fairly unexpressive, we don't really learn what's going on in his head, just that he seems capable of some fairly cool, cruel behaviour.
And calculating. Impersonating the voice of his mother (Jennifer Ehle), he fires the gardener by phone. Taking the ATM card of his father (Michael C Hall), he takes big chunks of cash out of the bank account. He checks the balance in the savings account – there's about $750K, so enough to keep going for a good while. He invites his gamer friend Peter (Ben O'Brien) over for a few days, so they can play games and swim in the pond, eat fast food and just hang out.
Meanwhile, in the hole itself
The weird element, as if that wasn't weird enough, comes in a parallel story strand which seems to have little bearing on the story of John and his family. Young mother Gloria (Georgia Lyman) is telling her 12-year-old daughter Lily (Samantha LeBretton) a story called John and the Hole. Later she'll do something that mothers don't generally do to 12-year-olds, something really really odd. These two only turn up a couple or three times and have maybe five minutes in total on screen.
The whole thing is an allegory of child-rearing? It might be. A parable? Possibly. If there's a nag to be had at John and the Hole it's its opaqueness, its wariness. Like John, the film isn't letting on what it's thinking. If it's meant to be an exploration of a psyche it didn't get very far, beyond sketching out the terrain.
It's more a bizarre mood piece anchored by great performances. Jennifer Ehle is in that category of actors who are so good that they get overlooked by the big prizes – too good for an Oscar, because it doesn't look like acting, the thing she does. The cliche is "inhabits the role", so let's go with that. Michael C Hall, understated, a sketch of a dad who might be angrier than he's letting on. Taissa Farmiga as the daughter, again a thumbnail performance, as the daughter wide-eyed with fear but trying to keep a lid on it.
But it's Charlie Shotwell as the oddbod John who is what the film is all about. His day to day blankness. His fascination with drowning as a way of trying to feel something, anything. Perhaps that's why he's put his family in the hole, as a goad to his emotions. Never a blink out of place, Shotwell is spot on as the odd kid who might be a sociopath, or a psychopath. His stilted dealings with the gardener, whose body language shouts "I'm wary of this weird kid". His angular interactions with his mother's friend, Paula (Tamara Hickey), who keeps popping by and is asking awkward questions.
It's atmospherically shot on a narrow aspect ratio to suggest the closed-offness of John, maybe, with a soundtrack that consists mostly of single notes. John isn't a harmony guy either. That requires interacting. Perhaps one film it's close to, in terms of theme as well as look, is The Ice House, another story of a middle class family (two, in fact) in something of a hole.
Except far less happens in John and the Hole. Eventful this film ain't. But then that's kind of the point.
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2021-02-25 2021-02-24 by Steve
Where are the jokes about Muslims then? the gammon-faced men shout at "liberal left" comedians making jokes about Christianity. They might have a point. But when it comes to films there is no shortage of ones about radicalised Muslims, from the serious (A Prophet) to the comedic (Four Lions). Which makes Saint Maud rather different, a drama about a young woman whose religious experience is transcendent, though not always in the generally accepted sense.
It joins the likes of Requiem (the 2006 film starring Sandra Hüller) and Stations of the Cross (the 2014 film starring Lea van Acken) on a shortlist of powerful recent films about Christianity's downside. All three are about vulnerable young women in the grip of religious fervour, with belief acting as an analogue for the social pressure on women to conform, if that's how you want to see it.
Saint Maud can be watched as a simple spooky story, however. About a young nurse taking care of a former dancer, now chemo-bald with stage four spinal lymphoma – "a bit of a cunt", the woman's previous palliative nurse, clearly busting to get away, tells Maud as she gets out of Dodge as fast as she can, leaving Maud to cook and wash and tend to her patient's every need.
We know Maud is religious because we have been introduced to her in interior monologues (she'd probably say dialogues) with God. Though, as she chattily tells Him, she has little time for "creative types as they tend to be rather self-involved." Says the entirely self-involved Maud.
In fact this is a story of self-involvement so intense that it's pathological, destructive and dangerous. However, things are breezy at first, the intense Maud and the bohemian Amanda managing to strike up some kind of friendship. Amanda, scoffing initially at Maud's devoutness, softens after a while and even seems to have moments where she too experiences what Maud increasingly seems to be experiencing – religious ecstasy.
Moving in mysterious ways
Two great performances make all this – the way these very different women bend towards each other – entirely believable. I've yet to see Jennifer Ehle – as smoky, drinky libertine Amanda – come up short in a role (from bonnet-y Pride and Prejudice to power-dressy Zero Dark Thirty is quite a range). Morfydd Clark ducks the easy win of making Maud a nutter, though is clearly disturbed at the very least, and also shows us the positive side of belief – the timid Maud, when she feels the spirit move her, can be remarkably forceful and forthright.
And in the central section when a lot more is revealed about Maud's past, Clark switches in and out of personality – up, down, hot, cold, rational, bonkers, lost, calculating – at an impressive speed.
I'm trying to avoid giving the plot away, because this is a narrative driven as much by its story as the characters, though mood forms a third leg – that big gloomy house of Amanda's, shot as a cavernous tomb-in-waiting by DP Ben Fordesman, who is also adept at using his nervy, swooping camera to suggest Maud's mental confusion, or is it religious fervour, or are they the same thing?
Adam Janota Bzowski's soundtrack is also intensely subjective and pumps and heaves and blips away electronically, more suggestion of mental states out of the norm.
At one point Saint Maud does start to look like it's opening itself to the criticism of the gammony blokes – we've seen this sort of thing before and it doesn't seem too challenging to suggest that Christians are delusional – but then writer/director Rose Glass switches gear for a finale that pushes Maud to the limit of ecstatic self-involvement and beyond. Things get bloody, there's a hint of The Exorcist and then things gets really, shockingly, grim. And there Glass leaves us – high and horrified, expressionistically transcendent, both inside Maud's head and also observing her from outside. What a finish.
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A movie for every day of the year – a good one
Mass inoculation using the Salk vaccine, 1954
On this day in 1954, Jonas Salk started the first mass trial of his polio vaccine in Pittsburgh. At the time polio was killing more children in the USA than any other communicable disease and it seemed to be getting worse – there were 58,000 cases in the USA in 1952, of which just over 3,000 died and just over 21 thousand were left with some disability, including muscle weakness, paralysis. Salk's approach differed from that of other researchers – he used a dead polio vaccine, rather than a live one. And though most scientists thought his approach was wrong, several deaths of children treated with a live vaccine gave him enough room to operate. The trial saw 1.8 million children vaccinated. Ten months later the results were announced, on the tenth anniversary of the death of President FD Roosevelt, who had died of complications caused by polio. The vaccine was declared safe and effective. Vaccination on a large scale started immediately. By 1957 the number of cases had fallen to 5,600. By 1964 it was 121. Polio has been considered eradicated in the US since 1979. Currently there are only three countries where polio is still endemic – Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Contagion (2011, dir: Steven Soderbergh)
Of Steven Soderbergh's three human health jeopardy films – Erin Brockovich, Side Effects and Contagion (four, if we include the Spalding Gray monologue movie Gray's Anatomy) – Contagion plays most purely to the health scares of recent years, Sars, bird flu, H1N1 and so on. It is an expert piece of scaremongering which demonstrates JUST HOW SERIOUSLY we need to take this threat by sacrificing a big star right off the bat. It's Gwyneth Paltrow, and any film that kills off Gwynie in its opening moments is obviously going to have its audience, who will also be salivating gruesomely as we see a flap of skin from her skull being pulled over her eyes as an autopsy is carried out. This is about five/ten minutes in, so I'm not spoiling much, honestly. It's all part of a highly procedural film which, starting with the sound of someone coughing before any visuals have arrived on the screen, tracks a deadly disease around the world. More than that, it tracks the social ramifications of the disease's progress – mass panic, martial law, crazy alternative therapies, social breakdown, the hegemony of rumour. It's a disaster movie without any asteroid or iceberg to drive it forward. Instead we get the gigantic breadth of human reaction – from Jennifer Ehle's wonkish scientist trying to figure out a cure, to Jude Law's evangelist making money out of bogus alternative therapies and spreading the idea that the disease is caused by government conspiracy. Soderbergh excels at procedurals – see Ocean's 11 – and also at keeping a whole load of plot plates spinning, and he's totally in his element here. Adding a quasi-documentary feel to his portrayal of globe-spanning events, he switches the action from Atlanta to London, to Hong Kong, to Casablanca and back, bathing everything in that clinical matt sheen he's so good at. If you're looking for a big heartfelt film with a Shelley Winters moment (Poseidon Adventure fans) then you will be disappointed. Contagion is a slightly pitiless drama with a brainiac quality that observes human beings as a scientist might observe a bacillus down a microscope. Which is appropriate. And it does, let's face it, make a change.
Why Watch?
An alternative disaster movie
A big name cast including Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Marion Cotillard
An expert techno-thriller written by Bourne Ultimatum's Scott Z Burns
Soderbergh's beautiful clean cinematography (credited as Peter Andrews)
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Categories Drama, Film of the Day, IMDB Post, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tags bryan cranston, Contagion, Film of the Day, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Ehle, marion cotillard, Matt Damon, Movie of the Day, Review, Steven Soderbergh Leave a comment


When the two finally faced each other again, Masahiro Tanaka had too much for the younger Shohei Ohtani.
On Sunday, Tanaka allowed just three hits during six innings and struck out Ohtani twice helping lead the Yankees to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Although the Angels announced they had pushed back Ohtani's next scheduled start for what they described as "workload management," the older Tanaka kept his end of the much anticipated duel between the two stars from Japan, with a fine performance on the mound.
Tanaka said the two were supposed to pitch against one another, but with Ohtani ending up facing him in the batter's box true matchup may have actually taken place.
Ohtani came up first against Tanaka during the first inning and struck out swinging. It was the first time Ohtani has faced Tanaka since 2013.
The 29-year old Tanaka ended up getting the better of Ohtani as the 23-year old was 0-for2 with one walk against the right-hander for the Yankees. Ohtani is now 0-for-13 with two walks against Tanaka across all competitions.
However, Tanaka was quick to say that Ohtani is not an easy hitter to get out because of how selective he is at the plate. Ohtani did not fare well in the Big Apple over the weekend ending his series with the Yankees at 0-for-9 with five Ks.
The Yankees were led by three hits from Brett Gardner and have now won five of their six games this season against the Angels.
Tanaka, with his splitter as his feature pitch, had eight strikeouts in the game and allowed just a home run during the sixth inning to Andrelton Simmons in his longest outing in close to one month.
On Saturday, Angels' star Mike Trout homered and hit three doubles in route to a five-hit game for the first time during his career. However, on Sunday he was 0-for-4.
While Tanaka and Ohtani will not face off on the mound or at the plate against one another frequently, as the teams are on opposite sides of the country and do not play one another very often, the rivalry will continue especially if both players are having strong seasons as they both are early this season.


Where do the costs of data breaches come from?
According to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the consolidated average cost of a data breach, including SharePoint breaches, amounted to an average of $3.8M across 383 organisations from 12 countries whom had suffered a breach in 2015. What most people don't account for are the end customers that are lost after a data breach. While the cost of investigation and crisis management has been rising, the cost of losing customers after a breach not only plays a short-term effect but continues into the long-term.
How Do We Protect Ourselves Then?
Whilst the world can be considered dangerous; contrary to popular belief, it isn't all that hard to protect yourself. An article published by the InfoSecurity Group Magazine noted that a review of a wide range of businesses found that 52% of them were using SharePoint, or planning to begin utilising this application. Of all the SharePoint users studied, about two-thirds had absolutely no security policy in-place. Simply instituting security measures on SharePoint would be beneficial to the protection of your data, but often this does not happen. All too often, organisations do not have Information Management Policies in-place to guide employees and SharePoint users themselves either don't understand how to put up security measures for SharePoint or don't think it is necessary.
At Berkeley Solutions, we understand how important and valuable intellectual property is to a business. We have a framework of tools and processes that will assist you in understanding the value of your company's information and the steps you must take to ensure your most valuable information is classified, has the appropriate security trims that ensures its safety and security, whilst at the same time making it available to those in the organisation that need access to the information. Contact us about questions you may have.


OxyContin addiction has grown exponentially since its development in 1995. Initially developed to help chronic pain, OxyContin is similar in structure to Heroin, Percodan and Morphine. OxyContin is highly addictive and has become one of the most abused drugs on the market.
OxyContin, a man made substance, is both physically addicting and emotionally debilitating if taken out of context. Taken at therapeutic, prescribed levels, OxyContin can be an extremely effective medication to treat severe pain for those suffering from cancer and other serious ailments. In the wrong hands, OxyContin is deadly and has caused quite an epidemic in this country OxyContin addiction is very dangerous and fatal at times, thus OxyContin drug addiction treatment in Pittsburgh is vital as soon as any signs or symptoms of the addiction arise.
Similar to other prescription medications such as Vicodin, Demerol, Percodan or Dilaudid, OxyContin is prescribed by a licensed physician. Because this drug is prescribed, many people may tend to live in denial about their addiction to the drug, not realizing they are no longer taking it as prescribed. Signs of OxyContin addiction include, but are not limited to, a difficulty concentrating, depressive symptoms, constant, obsessive cravings for more of the drug and withdrawal. Symptoms of withdrawal from OxyContin are; insomnia, nausea, vomiting, muscle and bone pain, restlessness and tremors.
OxyContin often time causes addictive patients to develop a tolerance, meaning the regular dose no longer produces the intended effects, which opens the patient up to being most susceptible to an overdose. OxyContin overdose can happen in patients who are legitimately prescribed the drug but happen more often among recreational users or those who had a prescription and became addicted. Addiction Treatment, found at Jade Wellness Center, is most important at this time. JADE Wellness in Monroeville is a premiere drug addiction treatment in Pittsburgh.
Like morphine, Demerol or Dilaudid, OxyContin blocks pain messages to the brain and central nervous system. This drug also tends to increase the amount of dopamine in the brain, which allows us to feel pleasure. As people continue to use more OxyContin, they expect to feel even more pleasure, but as they continue to abuse the drug a tolerance develops. This means it takes more of the drug to produce the same effect. In an effort to achieve the same "high" they originally experienced, coupled with tolerance, an overdose may occur. In many cases, respiratory failure is seen as the cause for death. The respiratory system is so slowed due to the vast amount of OxyContin; a person's system begins to just shut down.
Without the help of drug addiction treatment in Pittsburgh, one is headed for a viscous road ahead. We urge you to take a closer look at what Jade Wellness Center, located in Monroeville, PA, has to offer. We are just a phone call away from helping you help yourself get over your addiction.


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What are the Closest Airports to Amsterdam?
Welcome to the closest airports to AMS Amsterdam Schiphol Airport page. This page lists the nearest airports, train stations, cruise ports, and tourist attractions to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport within about 150 km or 90 miles (with a limit of 30 destinations shown) and this may be useful if you are looking for alternative locations to arrive or depart from.
Click on any listing for more details on the airport, including which airlines fly to or from that airport. A map of these location is given below. We also show nearby ports, train stations, tourist attractions, and bus stations that might be of interest.
Amsterdam Terminal is 13 km/8 miles away.
Ijmuiden Terminal is 23 km/14 miles away.
QYI Hilversum Train Station is 34 km/21 miles away.
ZYH Holland Spoor Rail Station Train Station is 46 km/29 miles away.
RTM Rotterdam Airport is 52 km/32 miles away and 20 airlines fly there.
QYM Amersfoort Train Station is 52 km/32 miles away.
Rotterdam Terminal is 58 km/36 miles away.
Dordrecht Terminal is 63 km/39 miles away.
QYP Apeldoorn Train Station is 95 km/59 miles away.
QYV Deventer Train Station is 110 km/68 miles away.
EIN Eindhoven Airport is 120 km/75 miles away and 38 airlines fly there.
Antwerp Terminal is 141 km/87 miles away.
ZAY De Keyserlei Bus Station is 142 km/88 miles away.
ZYZ Berchem Train Station is 142 km/88 miles away.
Terneuzen Terminal is 145 km/90 miles away.
ANR Antwerp Airport is 145 km/90 miles away and 2 airlines fly there.
QYL Almelo Train Station is 148 km/92 miles away.
The Closest Airports to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport are also shown on the map (plus any other destinations of interest)
The red marker in the center is the AMS Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
The markers with numbers inside of them correspond to the destinations listed above (Airports, Train Stations, Ports & Terminals, Bus Stations, Tourist Attractions).
Remember that you may click on any of the listed closest airports to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport above to learn more about that location, including which airlines serve that destination.
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from the birth of the earth to its outermost end.
that moves your flesh, your bone, your breath.
gracefully teaching your truth and your way.
cannot be forgotten. We cherish you so.
Your voice and your hands can do more than you know.
see old things anew. You turn them and test them.
Your wonder exhausts our old words to express them.
aloft from the dust of conventions grown cold.
and give a new name to each sparkle and shimmer.
new friendships, new stories, your hope always rising.
wherever the neighborhood you were born in.
play across fences that keep us divided.
Old walls become weak where your love is ignited.
the life of our living is found in the finding.
You matter. You do. We'll keep learning with you.
Now stand on our shoulders. See what you can do.
First published on www.matthewsrosin.com and YouTube, 2017.


Ability to create and retain customer loyalty in a particular product or a brand is obviously a cornerstone associated with any successful business. However, developing customer loyalty and setting up trustworthy relations is not a piece of cake. Hence, with the help of this blog post, we, the reputed Minneapolis SEO Agency professionals are sharing 5 tips to create and retain customer loyalty for long-term success and survival of any business.
Customer service always remains at the center of the complete ideology. Customers always feel valued when they get huge dignity and respect. You should keep in mind that a business would not achieve success even when it offers outstanding product but has unhelpful staffs.
Creating a huge returning customer base constitutes an essential part of any growing business. Reason for this is that these customers help a lot in keeping one's business healthy even during the difficult financial times. Returning customers constitute the best possible advertisement for your organization, as they spread good words about your business and give valuable recommendations about your offered products/services to their family members, colleagues, acquaintances and friends.
Business owners should make sure to aware about the new arrivals and specialized products in their available product lists. According to experts of SEO Minneapolis, you should regularly provide free samples to the target customers to give them a pleasant shopping experience.
Business owners and managers should make sure to impart right employee training on various product offers, policies, procedures and ways to deal with the customers. You should always remember that employees face the customers directly and because of this, they should be able to explain every question, which customers may ask, so that they continue to show trust in your business.
Effective communication constitutes a highly important factor in both growth and nurturing of a huge customer base. You should make sure to maintain a personal touch with your customers and at the same time, engage them in various conversations outside of the actual business in a timely manner.
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Managing Solicitor, Gemma Mitchell, attended the lockup in Canberra this morning, giving her access to the final report of the Banking Royal Commission 3 hours before its release to the public.
Please click here for her initial observations on the recommendations from the stakeholder lockup.
Click here to access Volume 1 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.


The sport drink industry is a massive one. Estimated at nearly $7 billion in 2012 (and it was growing), the industry preys in part on the notion that because our sweat is salty, we need to replace it, and to replace it quickly.
A study published way back in 1991 tried to answer that question.
The researchers took 8 cyclists and ran them through 6 gruelling hours of intermittent cycling in an 86°F room of 50% humidity, and kept their intensities at 55% of their VO2 Max. Each cyclist repeated this exercise 3 times on 3 separate occasions and 3 separate conditions. Once with no water or sports drink, the next time with just water, and lastly with just a sports drink where in both the water and sports drink treatments both were provided in quantities sufficient to replenish their volume of losses to sweat. The cyclists would cycle for 13 minutes, and then take a 2 minute break during which their heart rate, rectal temperature, and their perceived exertion were measured. Blood was drawn at the 15 minute mark and at hours 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to measure plasma sodium and plasma aldosterone.
The results were striking and easy to describe.
1. You don't need to hydrate yourself at all during non-dramatic bouts of exercise. Certainly if you're thirsty, that's your sign to drink, but if you're not thirsty, probably no need. In this experiment's case, when drinking nothing, these cyclists DID have to stop the experiment short, but only after a long 4.5 hours of cycling (where the experiment was stopped short due to a marked rise in core temperature, heart rate and perceived exertion).
2. Unless you're exercising vigorously for longer than 6 hours straight, you don't need a sport drink to replenish your "electrolytes", because in this study, there was no difference in plasma sodium levels between the water drinkers and the electrolyte drinkers even after 6 hours of heavy-duty exercise!
"electrolytes are irrelevant in the vast majority of situations".
So definitely don't ignore your body's cues and do drink to satisfy any thirst you might have when you're exercising, but if your exercise isn't extreme and it's less than 6 hours in duration, you probably need never "replenish" your electrolytes.
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Published at Friday, March 08th, 2019 - 09:25:40 AM. Cabinet Finishes. By Oprah De Vries.
Thermofoil kitchen cabinets are often mass produced and typically used in modular kitchen systems. They are a mainstay in budget kitchen remodels, condominiums, apartments and workshops. It has high durability, but once it gets damaged, it can be hard to repair. Thermofoil kitchen cabinets are considered to be cheap and also offer versatility and flexibility in terms of design. It usually comes in wood like finishes which show graining patterns or in solid colors.


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