"One of the standard swim tests is conducted in the pool, it would involve water safety, laps and underwater endurance, and most, if not all students are required to take an outdoor swim test in a lake.
A friend of Jeremiah's, 17-year-old Boran Balci, said that everyone who went on the canoe trip was required to take a swim test 2 or 3 weeks ago, where they spent 2 days at Sparrow Lake, about 150km north of Toronto.
Principal Monday Gala, at C. W. Jeffreys Collegiate Institute, the high school Jeremiah was attending, said, "This matter is an active investigation and everybody is sad about this. And for me actually, I think that is where the focus should be. The focus being on a grieving family, on a school that is dealing with losing someone they know."
3 of the 6 adults who were travelling with the 33 students, had life saving certification, and Jeremiah's friend Boran said a lifeguard was watching when he, Jeremiah and the other students went into the water.
Ontario Provincial Police said Jeremiah was swimming in Big Trout Lake, a remote area of Algonquin Park, where he ran into the water without a life jacket, despite having passed the swim test in weeks prior.
The school trip ended ahead of schedule after the incident, and the remaining students were taken out of the campground. The students boarded a plane, which flew to a meeting point where buses were ready to take them back to Toronto. 18 of the 33 students returned to Toronto early the following morning, with the remainder returning the next day.


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Guy Maddin (Winnipeg, 28 februari 1956) is een Canedees avant-garde regisseur. Hij staat erom bekend zijn films kunstmatig te beschadigen, om het gevoel te geven dat deze films in de jaren 20 en 30 van de 20e eeuw zijn gemaakt.

Langspeelfilms
 2016 - Seances
 2015 - The Forbidden Room
 2007 - My Winnipeg
 2003 - The Saddest Music in the World
 2003 - Cowards Bend the Knee
 2001 - Dracula, Pages from a Virgin's Diary
 1997 - Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
 1992 - Careful
 1990 - Archangel
 1988 - Tales from the Gimli Hospital

Korte films
 2006 - My Dad Is 100 Years Old
 2002 - Fancy, fancy being rich
 2000 - Fleshpots of Antiquity
 2000 - The Heart of the World
 1999 - Hospital Fragment
 1998 - The Cock Crew
 1998 - The Hoyden
 1998 - Maldoror: Tygers
 1996 - Imperial Orgies
 1995 - The Hands of Ida
 1995 - Odilon Redon, or the Eye like a Strange Balloon mounts toward Infinity
 1995 - Sissy Boy Slap Party
 1994 - Sea Beggars
 1993 - The Pomps of Satan
 1991 - Indigo High-Hatters
 1990 - Tyro
 1989 - BBB
 1989 - Mauve Decade
 1986 - The Dead Father

Maddin, Guy

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VMware vSphere 5.1 is now global available since about one week. It's time to wrap up the issues and limitations you should know if you are planning to upgrade your environment. I am tracking all of this issues and will report if there are any changes. Please subscribe if you want to get notified.
For me, this is the worst issue in 5.1. If have an EMC storage and using the PowerPath multipathing policy your ESXi may fail with a purple screen of death (PSOD) #PF exception 14 in world 75363:sfcb-CIMXML.
There is no fix or workaround for this issue: Do not Upgrade!
When your ESXi host is connected to a VMAX/VMAXe array any try to create a VMFS5 datastore, the following error message appears: An error occurred during host configuration. The error is a result of the ATS (VAAI) portion of the Symmetrix Enginuity Microcode (VMAX 5875.x) preventing a new datastore on a previously unwritten LUN.
If you have vShield Endpoint in your environment you have to consider a possible downtime during the upgrade. The vShield vApp appears as orphaned and the User Interface shows vShield Endpoint as uninstalled.
There is a workaround for this issue: Reinstall vShield Endpoint.
If you have a self-signed certificate created with vSphere 4.0 you might run into this issue. This is caused by certificated created with a less than 2048-bit key.
3. Restart vCenter Server Service.
The following error message might appear in the vpxd.log file: [RefreshSsoToken] AcquireToken exception: Unexpected SOAP fault: ns0:FailedCheck; request failed. This issue is caused by an invalid certificate.
Doublecheck your certificate prior to upgrade.
If you are using VMware View or vCloud Connector 1.5: Do not Upgrade!
Synology Users have reported massive issues with vSpehre 5.1. Access to iSCSI and NFS Datastores is faulty. Kendrick Coleman has a lot of information and some news about this problem: Synology Users DO NOT Upgrade To vSphere 5.1. Synology is working on this issue.
Can you please add the following issue ?
"Missing Performance history in vCenter Server 5.1"
VMWare provides new stored procedures for MSSQL and Oracle databses.


PINT-SIZED guinea pigs on a mission to save the world from a billionaire's rather evil plan to destroy the world.
Welcome to G-Force – a ridiculously fun rodent romp that will keep youngsters amused for hours. The puzzles are tricky but solvable while the special unit have some great gadgets to help them save the world.
Film stars Bill Nighy, Sam Rockwell and Jon Favreau have added their voice to the title, giving it extra depth.
True, the game can be annoyingly predictable at times.
But this is a kids' game and, believe me, if my niece and nephew are anything to go by, Disney have produced the goods here in style.


*Shipping on allocation* More magical than ever. The new AirPods deliver the wireless headphone experience, reimagined. Just pull them out of the charging case and they're ready to use with your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or Mac. After a simple one-tap setup, AirPods work like magic. They're automatically on and always connected. AirPods can even sense when they're in your ears and pause when you take them out. To adjust the volume, change the song, make a call, or even get directions, simply say "Hey Siri" and make your request. You have the freedom to wear one or both AirPods, and you can play or skip forward with a double-tap when listening to music or podcasts. AirPods deliver 5 hours of listening time1 and 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.2 And they're made to keep up with you, thanks to a charging case that holds multiple charges for more than 24 hours of listening time.3 Need a quick charge? Just 15 minutes in the case gives you 3 hours of listening time4 or 2 hours of talk time.5 Powered by the all-new Apple H1 headphone chip, AirPods use optical sensors and motion accelerometers to detect when they're in your ears. Whether you're using both AirPods or just one, the H1 chip automatically routes the audio and engages the microphone. And when you're on a call or talking to Siri, an additional speech-detecting accelerometer works with beamforming microphones to filter out external noise and focus on the sound of your voice.
*Shipping on allocation* The new AirPods — complete with Wireless Charging Case — deliver the wireless headphone experience, reimagined. Just pull them out of the case and they're ready to use with your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or Mac. After a simple one-tap setup, AirPods work like magic. They're automatically on and always connected. AirPods can even sense when they're in your ears and pause when you take them out. To adjust the volume, change the song, make a call, or even get directions, simply say "Hey Siri" and make your request. You have the freedom to wear one or both AirPods, and you can play or skip forward with a double-tap when listening to music or podcasts. Charge your AirPods quickly and easily with the Wireless Charging Case. Just set the case down on a Qi-compatible charging mat and let it charge. The LED indicator on the front of the case lets you know that your AirPods are charging. And when you're away from a charging mat, you can use the Lightning port to charge. AirPods deliver 5 hours of listening time1 and 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.2 And they're made to keep up with you, thanks to a Wireless Charging Case that holds multiple charges for more than 24 hours of listening time.3 Need a quick charge? Just 15 minutes in the case gives you 3 hours of listening time4 or 2 hours of talk time.5 Powered by the all-new Apple H1 headphone chip, AirPods use optical sensors and motion accelerometers to detect when they're in your ears. Whether you're using both AirPods or just one, the H1 chip automatically routes the audio and engages the microphone. And when you're on a call or talking to Siri, an additional speech-detecting accelerometer works with beamforming microphones to filter out external noise and focus on the sound of your voice.
*Shipping on allocation* With the Wireless Charging Case, charging is as simple as placing your AirPods in the case and laying it on a compatible charging pad. The LED indicator on the front of the case lets you know that your AirPods are charging. And when you're away from a charging mat, you can use the Lightning port to charge. The Wireless Charging Case works with all generations of AirPods and can hold multiple charges.
This adapter lets you connect devices that have an audio jack to many of your Lightning accessories.
Choose precisely what you want to watch, including the latest shows and movies, first-run movies streaming right in your living room, live sports, and more from thousands of apps. With the Siri Remote, you can search across all Apple TV apps with just your voice to find what you're looking for. And you can even use the Siri Remote as a controller for hundreds of games available on the App Store.
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No battle can take place unless by mutual consent; and in this idea, which constitutes the whole basis of a duel, is the root of a certain phraseology used by historical writers, which leads to many indefinite and false conceptions.
According to the view of the writers to whom we refer, it has frequently happened that one commander has offered battle to the other, and the latter has not accepted it.
But the battle is a very modified duel, and its foundation is not merely in the mutual wish to fight, that is consent, but in the objects which are bound up with the battle: these belong always to a greater whole, and that so much the more so, as even the whole war considered as a "combat-unit" has political objects and conditions which belong to a greater whole. So therefore the mere desire to conquer each other, falls into quite a subordinate relation, or rather it ceases completely to be anything of itself, and is only to be regarded as the nerve which lends motion to the higher will.
Amongst the ancients, and then again during the early period of standing armies, the expression that we had offered battle to the enemy in vain, had more sense in it than it has now. By the ancients everything was constituted with a view to measuring each others' strength in the open field free from anything in the nature of a hindrance, and the whole art of war consisted in the organisation, and formation of the army, that is in the order of battle.
Now as their armies regularly entrenched themselves in their camps, therefore the position in a camp was regarded as something unassailable, and a battle did not become possible until the enemy left his camp, and placed himself in a practicable country, as it were entered the lists.
If therefore we hear about Hannibal having offered battle to Fabius in vain, that tells us nothing more as regards the latter than that a battle was not part of his plan, and in itself neither proves the physical nor moral superiority of Hannibal; but with respect to him the expression is still correct enough in the sense that Hannibal really wished a battle.
In the early period of modern armies, the relations were similar in great combats and battles. That is great masses were brought into action, and managed throughout it by means of an order of battle, which like a great helpless whole more or less required a level plain, and was neither suited to attack, nor yet to defence in a very broken, close or even mountainous country. The defender therefore had here also to some extent the means of avoiding battle. These relations although gradually becoming modified, continued until the first Silesian War, and it was not until the Seven Years' War that attacks on an enemy posted in a difficult country gradually became feasible, and of ordinary occurrence: ground did not certainly now cease to be a principle of strength to those making use of its aid, but it was no longer a charmed circle, which shut out the natural forces of war.
During the past thirty years war has perfected itself much more still in this respect, and there is no longer anything which stands in the way of a general who is in earnest about a decision by means of battle; he can seek out his enemy, and attack him: if he does not do so he cannot take credit for having wished to fight, and the expression he offered a battle which his opponent did not accept, therefore now means nothing more than that he did not find circumstances advantageous enough for a battle, an admission which the above expression does not suit, but which it only strives to throw a veil over.
It is true the defensive side can no longer refuse a battle, yet he may still avoid it by giving up his position, and the rôle with which that position was connected: this is however half a victory for the offensive side, and an acknowledgment of his superiority for the present.
This idea in connection with the cartel of defiance can therefore no longer be made use of in order by such rhodomontade to qualify the inaction of him whose part it is to advance, that is, the offensive. The defender who as long as he does not give way, must have the credit of willing the battle, may certainly say, he has offered it if he is not attacked, if that is not understood of itself.
But on the other hand, he who now wishes to, and can retreat cannot easily be forced to give battle. Now as the advantages to the aggressor from this retreat are often not sufficient, and a substantial victory is a matter of urgent necessity for him, in that way the few means which there are to compel such an opponent also to give battle are often sought for and applied with particular skill.
The principal means for this are—first surrounding the enemy so as to make his retreat impossible, or at least so difficult that it is better for him to accept battle; and, secondly, the surprising him. This last way, for which there was a motive formerly in the extreme difficulty of all movements, has become in modern times very inefficacious. From the pliability and manœuvring capabilities of troops in the present day, one does not hesitate to commence a retreat even in sight of the enemy, and only some special obstacles in the nature of the country can cause serious difficulties in the operation.
One example of this kind might be the battle of Neresheim, fought by the Archduke Charles with Moreau in the Rauhe Alp, 11th August, 1796, merely with a view to facilitate his retreat, although we freely confess we have never been able quite to understand the argument of the renowned general and author himself in this case.
The battle of Rosbach is another example, if we suppose the commander of the allied army had not really the intention of attacking Frederick the Great.
Of the battle of Soor, the king himself says that it was only fought because a retreat in the presence of the enemy appeared to him a critical operation; at the same time the king has also given other reasons for the battle.
On the whole, regular night surprises excepted, such cases will always be of rare occurrence, and those in which an enemy is compelled to fight by being surrounded, will happen mostly to single corps only, like Finks' at Maxen.

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Open fires v wood-burning stoves: The grate debate
Arabella Youens November 2, 2017
Credit: Open fire (Alamy)
Wood-burning stove or open fire? Arabella Youens examines the pros and cons of both options.
In the country, most houses need a powerful source of heat in the depths of winter to boost or counter the cost of having the central heating on all day. However, the role of fire isn't just about warmth; there's no doubt that dancing flames – in an open grate or behind a glass – is a sure-fire way of bringing atmosphere into a room.
As interior decorator Emma Sims-Hilditch says: 'Fireplaces appeal to all the senses, with the illumination of a flame lighting a room on a cold winter's evening and smoke gently pluming out of the chimney. There's nothing more inviting than returning home from a walk to a gently burning fire.'
Emma Burns of Sybil Colefax & John Fowler goes as far to say that a room isn't 'complete' without a fireplace or stove. She's a particular advocate of the tiled stoves used throughout Northern Europe and Russia, having recently installed one, covered in intense blue ceramic tiles, in the upstairs room of a log building. 'I like fires burning in grates all year round – the flickering flames give such life to a room.'
Open fires
The warmth from a roaring log fire permeates the entire house with a delicious aroma – aficionados can get quite obsessive about which wood cocktail creates the best results, including apple, pear and cherry or, if you can get it, olive, which has an excellent slow burn with a hint of the Mediterranean.
The fireplace in full splendour also acts as the focal point of the room, drawing guests into its space in a convivial manner that's perfect for entertaining. 'Nothing beats a classic fireplace in my opinion,' says designer and decorator Joanna Wood.
'A statement mantelpiece gives you the opportunity to create a structured seated group around it.'
Although they come out on top in terms of atmosphere, open fires are, however, an inefficient method of heating. The uncontrolled airflow draws air from the rest of the house up the chimney at the same time as the heat from the fire.
Unbeatable for ambience
Sets a tone throughout the house
Ideal for a traditional drawing room
Wood-burners
Wood-burners deliver a constant radiant heat. Most agree that they're 80% efficient and come with both the ability to regulate the heat they provide and how fast they burn their fuel.
Because the wood is shut away within the cast-iron casing, providing the flue is checked and cleaned on an annual basis, they can be left to burn without constant supervision. And, as they don't require any surround and can be fitted into a corner, they create a less formal focal point than an open fire – a solution that, according to Joanna, is particularly suitable for a kitchen/breakfast room or family room.
Edward Bulmer, a Herefordshire-based interior designer with his own range of paints, is currently replacing an old boiler in the office and replacing it with a wood-burning stove. 'Stoves burn more efficiently than open fires, but neither is, frankly, eco-friendly as they emit more CO2 than gas,' he says.
'However, managing trees for fuel is significantly better than using gas as it's potentially carbon-neutral overall.'
Aside from the environmental aspect, wood-burners have another strength, adds Edward: 'Inserting a stove into a historic fireplace should not involve the loss of a period grate ideally. They can, however, solve the performance issues in big fireplaces without the need for structural alteration.'
Flexible position: can fill a corner or an existing fireplace
Safer for young children
More contemporary look
More flexible and consistent source of heat
Can have them in towns at present
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Country Life Top 10: Stoves – The best log burners and gas stoves you can buy
For cosiness and efficiency, log burners and stoves are the ultimate choice.
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Mary Berry: 'Why I love my Aga'
Julie Harding lifts the hot plate on the heart-warming kitchen feature no country house should be without.
A wisteria-clad Cookham cottage, once the studio of the artist Sir Stanley Spencer
Four poster bed and bathtub in the bedroom – lovely for a decadent long weekend, but would you want it in your house? Credit: Foxhill Manor
Bathtub in the bedroom: Should you try it at home?
The view out to sea from Colonsay. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo
Country Life Today: The good, the bad and the beautiful of what life is really like on a Scottish island


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Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
Contributor: Evory
Informed by a writing philosophy that values both spontaneity and discipline, Michelle Bonczek Evory's Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America's rich literary traditions. With consideration to the psychology of invention, Bonczek Evory provides students with exercises aimed to make writing in its early stages a form of play that gives way to more enriching insights through revision, embracing the writing of poetry as both a love of language and a tool that enables us to explore ourselves and better understand the world. The volume includes resources for students seeking to publish and build a writing-centered lifestyle or career. Poets featured range in age, subject, and style, and many are connected to colleges in the State University of New York system. Naming the Unnameable promotes an understanding of poetry as a living art of which students are a part, and provides ways for students to involve themselves in the growing contemporary poetry community that thrives in America today.
BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6
Contributor: Ivits
This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 6 (roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system). Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 1,000 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.
This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 5 (roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system). Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 800 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.
The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century
Contributor: Harrop
Publisher: George Fox University Library
Writing guides abound, but The Simple Math of Writing Well is one of a kind. Readers will find its practical approach affirming, encouraging, and informative, and its focus on the basics of linguistic structure releases 21st-century writers to embrace the variety of mediums that define our internet-connected world. As Harrop reminds us in the opening chapters of her book, we write more today than ever before in history: texts, emails, letters, blogs, reports, social media posts, proposals, etc. The Simple Math of Writing Well is the first guide that directly addresses the importance of writing well in the Google age.
Antología Abierta De Literatura Hispana
Contributor: Ward
Publisher: Rebus Community
Una antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta incluir voces marginadas. Cada texto tiene una introducción y anotaciones creadas por estudiantes.
Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé
Contributors: Dolidon and Roulon
Histoires d'Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s'adresse à un public d'apprenants étrangers (de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé) mais aussi à un public natif voulant approfondir ses connaissances de la science-fiction moderne - après un chapitre préliminaire qui rappelle les bases historiques du genre. Le manuel propose une approche holistique (stylistique, linguistique, et interculturelle) et sollicite une pensée critique au travers d'activités de lecture, interprétation, conversation, recherche et présentations, dans un double objectif : développer les compétences en français sur des sujets contemporains au travers de la fiction; et faire découvrir la science-fiction française et francophone aux apprenants étrangers.
Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2
Contributor: Konomi
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.
Virgil, Aeneid, 4.1-299. Latin Text, Study Questions, Commentary and Interpretative Essays
Contributor: Gildenhard
Love and tragedy dominate book four of Virgil's most powerful work, building on the violent emotions invoked by the storms, battles, warring gods, and monster-plagued wanderings of the epic's opening.
Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.53-86. Latin Text with Introduction, Study Questions, Commentary and English Translation
Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world's greatest orators. This particular passage is from the second book of Cicero's Speeches against Verres, who was a former Roman magistrate on trial for serious misconduct. Cicero presents the lurid details of Verres' alleged crimes in exquisite and sophisticated prose.
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español - Segunda edición
Contributor: Sanders
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social importance of their themes. They are all by canonical authors.


Represent the funnel chart type. Funnel chart type displays data that equals 100% when totaled. This is a single series chart representing the data as portions of 100%. This chart type does not require coordinate system to be displayed. Funnel charts often used to represent stages in a sales process and show the amount of potential revenue for each stage. This type of chart can also be useful in identifying potential problem areas in an organizations sales processes. The funnel chart shows a process that starts at 100% and ends with a lower percentage, where it is demonstrable where significant changes occur, and at what rate. For example, funnel chart can be used to display Web site visitor trends.


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Q: Using Reflection to auto-fill in defaults in an object where possible Here is some code I've been twiddling with to try and lazily fill in fields in object, mostly for object factories in JUnit but it could be quite a useful method to have.
    private void lazyObjectFill(Object profil) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
    final Method[] list = profil.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
    for (Method m : list) {
        if (Modifier.isPublic(m.getModifiers()) && m.getName().startsWith("set")) {

            final Class< ?>[] parameterTypes = m.getParameterTypes();
            if (parameterTypes.length == 1) {
                final Class< ?> clazz = parameterTypes[0];
                if (clazz == String.class) {
                    log.info("Invoking " + m.getName() + " with [\"\"]");
                    m.invoke("");
                } else if (clazz.isPrimitive() && Defaults.defaultValue(clazz) != null) {
                    log.info("Invoking " + m.getName() + " with [" + Defaults.defaultValue(clazz) + "]");
                    m.invoke(Defaults.defaultValue(clazz));
                }
            }

        }
    }
}

We get the following exception when running this code on an object.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)

The exception occurs when running m.invoke(""); on a string setter.

Updated source code for the benefit of the googlers.
private void lazyObjectFill(Object obj) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
    final Method[] list = obj.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
    for (Method method : list) {
        method.setAccessible(true);
        if (Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()) && method.getName().startsWith("set")) {

            final Class< ?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
            if (parameterTypes.length == 1) {
                final Class< ?> clazz = parameterTypes[0];
                if (clazz == String.class) {
                    log.info("Invoking " + method.getName() + " with [\"\"]");
                    method.invoke(obj, "");
                } else if (clazz.isPrimitive() && Defaults.defaultValue(clazz) != null) {
                    log.info("Invoking " + method.getName() + " with [" + Defaults.defaultValue(clazz) + "]");
                    method.invoke(obj, Defaults.defaultValue(clazz));
                }
            }

        }
    }
}

A: You are almost there, but methods are static and they need an object on which to invoke them.
i.e.
m.invoke(profil, "");

and
m.invoke(profil, Defaults.defaultValue(clazz));

You were (unknowingly) trying to execute the method on a string object without parameters. And since the string class does not have that method, it had to fail. Details can be found in the Method javadoc.
BTW: Static methods are invoked like this:
method.invoke(null, params);

A: You know that invoke method of Method takes two arguments ? As a consequence, I guess you wrote
m.invoke(profil, "")

Besides, I would personnally not have separated String from other objects.
And finally, to correctly identify obejct fields, i would have preferred a mixed approach

*

*Use an enumeration of non static Field members

*Use BeanInfo to access bean properties.

A: The first parameter of the Method.invoke() is the object which will invoke the method.
For example in your case m.invoke(profil, ""); or m.invoke(profil, Defaults.defaultValue(clazz));

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L95 died from fungal infection
Center for Whale Research comment on death of L95, a 20 year old male Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) that died from fungal infection following a NOAA dart-tagging this year (2016).
It is a testament to the amazing resilience of these whales and their naturally powerful immune systems that they routinely survive superficial skin wounds (e.g., tooth rakes, accidental collisions with sharp objects), and they can survive very serious injuries (e.g., gunshot and harpoon impacts), but not always. Perhaps L95 was just unlucky – he happened to be tagged with an improperly sterilized implant tag that happened to pick up fungal hyphae from the water; the tag happened to be embedded deep in his tissue near blood vessels that provided a pathway to internal organs; and, perhaps unfortunately he happened to be immune system compromised at the time of tagging due to seasonal emaciation.
From the official necropsy report:
"The proximate cause of death may be attributed to the relatively deep tissue perforation with the tag deployment and the ultimate cause of mortality is disseminated mucormycosis."
"It could not be conclusively determined whether the fungus may have been introduced to the tag site by a contaminated tag or if the fungus may have colonized the skin prior to tag deployment, with introduction of hyphae into deeper tissues either via tracking the tag shaft or the retained petals acting as nidi of infection and inflammation."
And, although L95 was deemed to be in moderate to fair nutritional condition, "A decline in nutritional status was observed in other southern resident killer whales that were present at the time L95 was tagged and has been noted in animals in previous years." (see also J32 Necropsy report for example of another SRKW declined nutritional condition »)
We have previously and repeatedly voiced concern that the satellite tagging research program on Southern Resident Killer Whales being conducted by NOAA is far too invasive and risky to be pursued for this population, allegedly to obtain information that NOAA already has – the whereabouts of these whales in winter months to inform deliberations concerning designation of Critical Habitat for this Endangered population of whales. The SRKW whales travel to where the food can be found, and in this case the food is preponderantly Chinook salmon that are also Endangered due to human impacts over the past century (Salmon 2100*). The surviving stocks of these anadromous/semilparous prey fish have a life cycle that involves spawning in freshwater rivers, hatching from eggs, transitioning to estuarine and marine waters in their juvenile life, migrating to productive coastal marine and near offshore areas where they mature to adulthood, and then returning to spawn in the rivers where they hatched. The surviving stock of the top predators of these salmon in our region (the SRKWs) travel within a wide range (from central California to northern British Columbia) to find and eat the mature and maturing salmon in their aggregations to feed and migrate for spawning. This is a very straight-forward predator/prey relationship that has co-evolved over tens of thousands of years, and it cannot be interrupted without consequence.
NOAA is responsible for 'managing' the human impacts on both of these species and their relationship, and by law must take action to prevent the extinction of the Endangered stocks and species in their charge. Theoretically, no Endangered species under NOAA jurisdiction may be legally "Taken" – that is killed, injured, harmed, harassed, etc. Yet, NOAA and the states within the range of the Chinook salmon allow their lethal takes with a fishing license for which a fee is paid (Commerce); and, NOAA issued itself a permit to "Take" by invasive research a number of SRKWs, including L95 that subsequently died undeniably as a result of his injury. It was reported by NOAA that seven other SRKWs have been dart tagged "with no other failures", but that is not really true. There have been several other dart implant failures on SRKWs that have left titanium petals or other hardware embedded in their tissues to fester and cause restructuring that opens a pathway for pathogens to enter the body core. The infection pathway and damage to the tissues caused by dart tagging Transient ecotype killer whales with essentially the same tag has led to numerous ugly and festering wounds, and at least two tagged whales are missing and presumed deceased (cause of death unknown – no carcass recovered). We consider the dart implant tagging method far too invasive and risky to be pursued for any species of cetacean, much less for an Endangered population of these beloved whales!
Lethal takes of the SRKW whales are bad enough, but the lethal take of the Chinook salmon prey stocks, including takes not only by fishing but also by 'permitted' ongoing destruction of habitat essential for natural completion of the salmon life cycle is risking the entire SRKW population to starvation. The mitigation for these destructive permitted takes is not working and is not sustainable (e.g. Snake River salmon spawning habitat destruction and mitigating hatcheries). The necropsies of SRKWs in recent years, and photographs of living animal body condition both reveal emaciation of these animals to an extent that affects their survival. Neither the natural run Chinook salmon nor the SRKWs can recover with the management status quo.
NOAA said that improper sterilization of the tag device was a contributing factor to the fungal infection found at the tag site and in the lungs of L95, as if proper sterilization in the future would prevent such infection. This is akin to saying that proper sterilization of your surgeon's instruments, but not sterilization of the surgical site would prevent infection to you introduced by surgery. Our advice is, do not let the surgeon cut you open in that situation!
The titanium shafts and petals of the tag attachment device penetrate deep into the tissue of the whale and carry with them traces of the surface skin at the implant site – skin that is in constant contact with pathogens and fungi in the whale's environment. And then, the large and deep wound created by the penetrating dart leaves open a pathway for infection for a significant time before healing, particularly if the attachment device breaks and leaves hardware in the whale's deep vascularized tissue with a direct path from the skin via the broken shaft to blood supply to vital organs. This happens all too much:
See K25 Tag Attachment Report »
CWR asks - How many whales does it take till we know that too many whales have died?
Excerpt from the NOAA NWFSC website justifying the satellite tagging NOAA
"What is the risk of satellite tagging to the whales?
Our experience with previous occurrences of tag attachment failure has shown no impact to the whale's general health, reproductive success, and survivorship, and thus satellite tagging does not pose a significant risk to the whale. NMFS conducted an Environmental Assessment on the effects of issuing the scientific research permit and concluded that there would not be a significant impact on this endangered species. The Section 7 consultation on the research permit concluded that the effects of the proposed action would not likely jeopardize the continued existence of this ESA-listed species and would not likely destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat. These assessments are based on extensive testing and evaluation of the tagging system, having been deployed on over 250 cetaceans of 16 different species during the past six years. To date, there is no indication of serious injury or mortality subsequent to tag implantation."
This official US government statement is simply not true, and we have repeatedly informed the NWFSC biologists and the NOAA Permit office that this statement is not truthful. It is self-serving propaganda. Beginning with the death of L95, the public now should know well that the official NWFSC statement is demonstrably untrue and it should be withdrawn.
*Salmon 2100: The Future of Wild Pacific Salmon. American Fisheries Society, 2006
Dramatic policy changes must be implemented if the long-term downward trend in wild salmon abundance was to be reversed.
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Sweetwater Memorial Reports COVID-19 Patient Numbers Remain Steady
ROCK SPRINGS — The amount of COVID-19 patients Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County (MHSC) saw in December remained steady.
During the MHSC Board of Trustees meeting this afternoon, the board heard an update from Kim White, who is the hospital's Incident Command Team leader and Director of Emergency Services. According to White, the hospital saw a total of 11 COVID-19 admissions in December.
"Thankfully, it has continued to be at a steady pace, instead of a massive wave hitting us all at the same time. Especially with the staffing and nursing issues that we are having as other hospitals are experiencing the same thing across the nation," White said. "We're thankful that we've been able to just be steady with our COVID patients and the things going on within the community."
CEO Irene Richardson said the hospital has been offering incentives and looking for ways to let employees know they appreciate them so they can retain them. However they are still short staffed even though they have continued trying to fill open positions.
Richardson said she's hearing other hospitals are closing beds due to lack of staff, which could impact possible patient transfers.
As for the COVID-19 testing station, the number of residents seeking tests has also remained steady. Some days are busier than others, but it has been manageable.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, specifically from September of 2021 through December of 2021, the hospital has treated 124 patients with monoclonal antibody therapy, she said. According to the hospital's website, this type of treatment is by provider referral and appointment only. Once a primary care provider refers a patient for treatment, MHSC's scheduling department will call the patient to schedule an appointment. This treatment must be administered within 10 days of onset of symptoms.
White said the hospital is just waiting to see what sort of impacts the Omicron variant will have on this community and trying to prepare for it. She said Wyoming is usually on the back end of the different variant waves the nation sees.
Even though the hospital's COVID-19 patient numbers are steady, they are seeing an increase in other respiratory cases, which is also a concern. White said they are hoping the respiratory illnesses and COVID-19 cases will not increase so all patients can receive treatment with the staff the hospital has.
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With the death of President Thomas S. Monson at the beginning of this month, the church has announced a new First Presidency. President Russell M. Nelson has been set apart as President of the Church, and has chosen Dallin H. Oaks as his first counselor, and Henry B. Eyring as his second counselor.
Many have wondered why Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf was not selected to return to the First Presidency, and of course, many have and are still speculating as to why.
Here's the thing… When the President of the church passes away, the First Presidency is completely dissolved. The counselors take their place in the Quorum of Twelve Apostles according to seniority in that quorum. When a new President of the Church is chosen from the Quorum (usually the most senior Apostle), a new First Presidency is created, the counselors being chosen by the new President of the Church. It can be any member of the Quorum of the Twelve, regardless of seniority. There is no doctrine or policy that states that the new President has to select a previous member of the Presidency. These men serve in the capacity where they are needed most at any given time, and they understand that.
It's important to remember that these men are extremely tight-knit. Just watch them interact during the meetings held yesterday. They have a deep love and concern for one another. Such respect and love between them as associates in the Quorum is on a higher level than the typical friendships/associations you or I experience on a daily basis. These men are completely and unselfishly united and committed to their calling and purpose. They are one.
President Oaks has been serving as an Apostle for the same amount of time as President Nelson. Over the past decade I have looked forward to and enjoyed his boldness and clarity, and I continue to look forward to more of that from him.
This will be the third First Presidency that President Eyring has served in. His role as a counselor to the President of the Church is obviously significant. His love for God and his fellow man is always obvious. His personality against that of President Oaks will provide a nice balance to the presidency.
This is a special time in the history of the Church. A solemn assembly will be held during the next General Conference, and during the assembly members of the Church will have the opportunity of sustaining these new leaders.


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Terramin forges ahead on dual front
Terramin Australia (ASX: TZN) is forging towards its goal to be a leading, globally diversified base metals company – poised to meet forecast increased demand and supply side restrictions – while also moving to realise value from its gold assets in South Australia.
The updated DFS points to a strong economic case for Tala Hamza
The experienced zinc miner has successfully worked with its joint venture partners to unveil an updated, robust definitive feasibility study for its 65%-owned Tala Hamza project in Algeria, described as one of the largest undeveloped zinc and lead mines in the world.
The updated DFS has taken on board feedback from the government-owned joint venture partners, ENOF (32.5%) and ORGM (2.5%), who were uncomfortable with the original proposal of block cave mining.
The study released this week outlines a 21-year mine life, producing an average annual 129,300 tonnes of zinc concentrate and 26,000t of lead concentrate, using the underhand drift and fill mining method, resulting in less surface infrastructure and a substantially reduced capex of US$341 million.
The base case scenario points to a strong financial return with a post-tax nominal NPV (at an 8% discount) of $303 million and an internal rate of return of 14%.
CEO Richard Taylor said it had been a long journey for Terramin to work with its Algerian stakeholders to understand and deliver what would be acceptable in the north African country.
"We've got a very positive relationship with them based on that change and I think things are different now," he told MNN.
"We've done our homework, we've worked with the people on the ground and we've got support building for the project - not only with the central authorities but also with the local Wilaya community that we rely on in that area.
"I think we've got a very long-life mine that has a strong economic case for development behind it.
Terramin CEO Richard Taylor
"And I think that this project will benefit from the upside case in price that will happen early next decade and potentially for longer.
"It's a pretty exciting time for us as a company and it's been a long time coming."
Taylor took on the role in May, bringing experience from companies including Oxiana that had moved from exploration into production.
"I know how hard it is to get there but you've got to lay the foundations now for the type of company you want to be in three to five years," he explained.
"I've got a strong vision about where I want the company to be and I want to get there as soon as I possibly can.
"Our vision for Terramin is to be a leading base metals company with a geographically diversified group of projects - I come out of three companies that have made that transition and I think it's well achievable with the assets we've got."
In the base metals space, Terramin put its Angas zinc mine in South Australia on care and maintenance in 2013 when metal prices dropped.
The project has an existing 1.2 million tonne resource and the company could potentially reopen it - plus it is examining the feasibility of using the Angas plant to treat high-grade ore from its Bird-in-Hand gold project 35km to the north.
The Angas processing facility
Bird-in-Hand's resource comprises 588,000t at 13.3g/t gold for 252,000 ounces which would rank it among the highest-grade gold mines in Australia.
The project's stand-alone potential has prompted Terramin to assess a demerger of its gold assets, with a view to making a decision in early 2019, and it is working to prove up the assets as quickly as possible.
"Zinc and gold are not common bedfellows in companies of this size," Taylor noted.
"We're looking at the quality of the assets in South Australia and the potential of them - if they were in a separate entity, they could be a significant gold producer in their own right.
"We're looking at how we can better match our investor requirements between those who like our zinc story in Algeria and those who like gold."
Terramin has set itself an aspirational target to define a 1Moz gold resource at its South Australian tenements, which span about 12,000km2 from near BHP's Olympic Dam in the state's centre to the historic mining district east of Adelaide.
Taylor said the vast landholding held the potential for a variety of commodities including copper.
"We're really keen on being able to narrow that down to those that are prospective for gold and target those over the next two years and farm out part of those projects that are deemed non-core," he said.
Elsewhere, the company has already formed a joint venture over its non-core Kapunda copper in-situ leach project, which contains a 47.4Mt resource at 0.25% copper, and its partners this week announced successful test work from core samples yielding copper recoveries of up to 78%.
Environmental Copper Recovery is earning up to 75% of Kapunda and Thor Mining is earning up to 60% of ECR.
"We're very focused on our gold strategy that we have in place but we're watching with interest what's happening with Kapunda," Taylor said.
The company recently gained further financial support from majority shareholder Asipac Group, which is enabling it to execute its corporate strategy while reviewing long-term financing as its projects gain pace.
Returning to Tala Hamza, Terramin is keen to build on the momentum in Algeria for the fortuitously positioned project.
Tala Hamza has good access to infrastructure
It lies 15km from a deep water port, 10km from an international airport and has access to water, grid power and an educated workforce.
The exploration licence expired in January and the company is aiming to replace it with a mining licence.
"I was in Algeria just under 10 days ago and we've got very good relationships with our stakeholders, our JV partners and the government and we're working with them to put forward the mining licence," Taylor said.
"We don't have any more exploration work that's required for the mining lease application and extension of the exploration licence is not appropriate given those requirements, so we're expecting to continue to work positively and be able to resolve the application and proceed to development in the foreseeable future.
"The approach we've got now for Tala Hamza is right, it minimises the surface expression of the project and contains it within an area that is supported by the local government and local community.
"Most people in the market are seeing that there's a deficit in new projects coming forward and Tala Hamza is one of those projects that people see as being a probable project in the future, at a time when supply is going to come under pressure in the next decade.
"The momentum we've got behind us at the moment I think is very positive and we should be able to get out more information to the market and have a good story to tell over the next few months and hopefully that will flow through to share price results in the near-term."
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Montalvo Tequila Announces Entry Into U.S. Market
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Casa Montalvo Holdings, Inc., producers of Montalvo Tequila, announced today Montalvo's entrance to the U.S. market. The award-winning, triple distilled tequila is being imported by MHW, Ltd. and will immediately launch in New York and California.
"We couldn't be more excited about introducing Montalvo to consumers in New York and California," said Chief Executive Officer Alex Viecco. "We're confident in Montalvo's premium quality and unparalleled taste, and look forward to America's response."
Handcrafted in small batches by Sergio and Carlos Gonzalez, brothers and fourth generation tequila producers, Montalvo is meticulously formulated from 100% Blue Weber agave grown in the lowlands of Jalisco, Mexico. "After producing tequila in Mexico for four generations, we're incredibly delighted and honored to be sharing our family's recipe with America," said Carlos Gonzalez. "We look forward to expanding into major U.S. markets over the coming year."
Montalvo is currently available in three distinct expressions, Plata, Reposado and Añejo, with suggested retail prices ranging from $40 to $55, respectively. All are triple distilled, a practice performed by only 5% of producers today, and the Reposado and Añejo are individually bottled from single barrels.
About Montalvo Tequila
Montalvo Tequila is an ultra-premium, triple distilled tequila. Produced by fourth generation tequila producers, Montalvo is handcrafted from 100% Blue Weber agave grown in the lowlands of Jalisco, Mexico. Montalvo guarantees the brand's premium quality by handcrafting in small batches, using only the finest Blue Weber agave and employing a third distillation. Montalvo offers three meticulously formulated expressions: Plata, Reposado and Añejo. Learn more about Montalvo at http://MontalvoTequila.com. Fans can follow Montalvo on Twitter at @MontalvoTequila.
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Extension of Public Health Emergency
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Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today.
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This week, PolitiFact national editor Angie Holan checks statements by President Donald Trump that the Mueller investigation and report amount to a 'coup' to overthrow the US government. Spoiler alert: Trump earns another 'Pants On Fire' rating for his claim.
Also, PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols introduces Rep. Eric Swalwell as a new face on the 2020 campaign trail with his eyes on the White House.
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Netanyahu Announces Israel to Open Embassy in Rwanda, Attends Presidential Inauguration in Kenya
12 Kislev 5778 – November 29, 2017
Photo Credit: Haim Zach / GPO
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 2017
Israel will open a new embassy in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday at a meeting with that country's President Paul Kagame, after the two men attended the inauguration of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.
Netanyahu and Kagame also discussed the possibility of opening a direct air link between Israel and Rwanda, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The leaders of 11 African nations attended the inauguration of Kenya's president.
In remarks delivered at Kenyatta's inauguration, Netanyahu said Israel like to work with Kenya and "with every one of your countries to electrify Africa. We believe in Africa. So for every, every one of your initiatives, there will be an initiative on our part to seize the future, to make life better and safer for your people. It's good for you, it's good for us, it's good for Africa."
Netanyahu also pointed out that Israel — and Kenya — both face the challenge of security, calling it a "savage disease" that "rampages so many countries, Boko-Haram, A-Shabab, the awful jihadists in the Sinai. This is a threat to all of us and I believe that we can cooperate with other countries between us and with others, and if we work together we will defeat the barbarians. Our people deserve better; we can provide it for them."
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Alder Hey is in the West Derby area of Liverpool, a five-minute drive from the M62 and easily accessible by public transport.
You can get directions to Alder Hey from Google Maps.
The Emergency Department entrance is on Eaton Road (L12 2AP on sat navs). Enter the hospital site from Eaton Road entrance. If you arrive by car, use the drop-off facilities outside the Emergency Department or use the short stay car park.
The Emergency Department is also accessible from the East Prescot Road and multi-storey car park entrances by walking through the hospital atrium.
The main entrance and car park is on East Prescot Road (L14 5AB on sat navs). Enter the hospital site from East Prescot Road. If you are arriving by car, use the drop-off facilities outside the entrance or use the multi-storey car park, which has its own entrance to the hospital.
However, we will continue to offer long-stay patients a discounted rate for parking. Visitors can purchase a 30 day pass for £30 for one month's unlimited access or £10 for 10 consecutive days.
Although the charges are increasing, the tariff now brings us in line with the parking charges already in place at other local hospitals.
All income generated through parking covers the costs to run and maintain our new multi-storey car park, while the remainder is invested back into hospital services.
As of 1st April 2019, patients and families who use our services based in the Catkin Building will be able to use the car park adjacent to it. Families currently using these services will have already been informed of the changes.
To access the Catkin Building car park, turn off Eaton Road (as if you were heading to A&E) and continue straight up until you reach the car park.
*Note* - this car park is for use by patients and families using services based in the Catkin Building only and parking will be monitored.
To avoid issues with accessing the multi-storey car park, please use the Eaton Road entrance and park large wheelchair accessible vehicles in the Emergency Department car park.
There are dedicated car parking spaces for Blue Badge holders on each floor of the multi-storey car park. Please ensure a Blue Badge is displayed when parking in a dedicated Blue Badge bay. Please note, all car park users (including Blue Badge holders) are required to pay for on site parking at the hospital.
Various bus services stop within a short walk of the hospital, and Broadgreen train station is approximately 1.5 miles away. We recommend using the Merseytravel Journey Planner to find the best route for you.
Guidance on how to claim back fares and expenses, including information on who is able to claim and what documents you will need to show, can be found here.
Alder Hey in the Park is a no smoking site. That means you can't smoke anywhere – inside and outside.


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Q: Persistent BottomSheet Below Fragment Contents? Using a Persistent BottomSheet, within a CoordinatorLayout, how can one prevent the BottomSheet from covering other user interface elements when the BottomSheet is in its COLLAPSED aka peeked state?
I've successfully added a BottomSheet to my Navigation Drawer & Fragment based application; however, as mentioned above, the BottomSheet covers user interface elements within my fragment container when it's either COLLAPSED or EXPANDED
Covering part of the fragment is ok when the BottomSheet is expanded since, if needed, users can collapse the BottomSheet to its peek state. However, I've explicitly disabled* the user from hiding the BottomSheet and thus need a way of ensuring the fragment container remains above the BottomSheet at all times when the BottomSheet is in its collapsed state. Photos are worth a thousand words so hopefully the following clarify the issue

Above: A redacted screenshot of a fragment with two buttons, A & B, near the bottom of the screen. Note: The fragment's root is a scrollview which is why button B is cut off by the System's Back and Home buttons

Above: The same fragment as seen above but with the BottomSheet fully expanded. For reference the BottomSheet is everything below and including the green bar. Note: The fact that the BottomSheet covers button A & B is ok since the BottomSheet is fully expanded

Above: The same fragment as seen above but with the BottomSheet in its collapsed state. Note: Now that the BottomSheet is fully collapsed and cannot be collapsed further the issue can be seen in that it covers part of button B and more importantly the fragment scrolls below the BottomSheet

Originally I was hoping to fix the issue by subclassing  AppBarLayout.ScrollingViewBehavior similar to this answer. Sadly I was unable adjust the child view's height within CoordinatorLayout.Behavior#onDependentViewChanged. When called, the child's height appears unset (-1) and adding a OnLayoutChangedListener requires the child to be final making it impossible to update the height once the height is defined in the layout changed listener callback. I'd still like to solve the problem using a subclassed Behavior but for the time being I'm stumped
My next thought was to add a "spacer" view to each of my fragment layouts using the <include/> tag. I then could provide add/show and remove/hide helper methods to an abstract base fragment class which all fragments needing to display the BottomSheet would extend. This spacer view would be programmatically assigned the peek height of the BottomSheet making room for it within the fragment. The BottomSheet would then cover the spacer view which is fine since I don't consider it part of the fragment's usable view area. I'm currently working on implementing this approach and while I think it'll work I'm skeptical it's good solution
Any advice, suggestions, and potential solutions are welcome and thanks in advance!
And to clarify below is a condensed version of my top-level application layout
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

    <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

        <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

            <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

                <ImageView ... />

                <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar ... />
            </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

        <!-- All fragments assume the following view container via a FragmentTransaction's
             replace method which in pseudocode looks something like
             FragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.main_activity_fragment_container,
             fragment, ...).commit();
        -->
        <FrameLayout android:id="@+id/main_activity_fragment_container" ... />

        <com.xyz.abc.view.BottomSheetView ... />

        <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton ... />
    </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView ... />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

*It appears BottomSheetBehavior#mHideable} is false by default


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Richard Harman is a New Zealand political journalist and broadcaster.

Career
Harman studied English, Architecture, and Economics at Auckland University, but was as heavily involved in student journalism and politics as with study. Harman started his professional career as a reporter with The Dominion, where he worked as a reporter from 1972 to 1977. From here, he moved to Television New Zealand, where he was a news and current affairs reporter and political editor, working on current affairs series Eye Witness News and Assignment. Since 1999 he has founded and headed the political news production company Front Page.

Front Page, under Harman, produced the weekly TVNZ programme Agenda and the weekend TV3 show The Nation, as well as providing television production facilities for a range of New Zealand companies and government agencies.

The documentary Five Days in July, about the 1984 New Zealand constitutional crisis, which was scripted and presented by Harman for TVNZ, won the Best Documentary category at the 1995 New Zealand Film and TV Awards.

Harman has life membership and was former chairman of the New Zealand parliamentary press gallery, and in 1998 was awarded an Oxford University Fellowship by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Green Templeton College, and has completed a Master of International Relations course at Victoria University.

In 2019, Harman was a judge for the Voyager Media Awards.

Harman's political news website Politik is regarded as a well-informed source for political analysis and is regularly quoted by established news outlets.

See also
 List of New Zealand television personalities

References

External links
Front Page

New Zealand journalists
New Zealand television presenters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


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Captured in Chinatown is a 1935 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.

Cast
Tarzan (the police dog) as Tarzan
Marion Shilling as Ann Parker
Charles Delaney as Bob Martin
Philo McCullough as Raymond
Paul Ellis as Zamboni
Robert Walker as Harry, Henchman
Bobby Nelson as Bobby, Newsboy
John Elliott as Butler, City Editor
Bo Ling as Joy Ling
James B. Leong as Wong
Wing Foo as Tom Wong
Paul C. Fong as Lieu Ling

References

External links

1935 films
American mystery films
American crime films
American romance films
1930s English-language films
American black-and-white films
1930s mystery films
1930s crime films
1930s romance films
Films directed by Elmer Clifton
1930s American films


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By: Neil Gaiman (contributor), George R. R. Martin (editor), Gillian Flynn (contributor), and others
Narrated by: Janis Ian, Gwendoline Christie, Roy Dotrice, and others
If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from number-one New York Times best-selling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
Mixed bag with some genuinely great stories
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By: Neil Gaiman (contributor), George R. R. Martin (editor), Gillian Flynn (contributor), Gardner Dozois (editor)
Narrated by: Janis Ian, Gwendoline Christie, Roy Dotrice, Ron Donachie, Phil Gigante, Julia Whelan, W. Morgan Sheppard, George R. R. Martin
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Narrated by: Mandy Williams, W. Morgan Sheppard
The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is one of these, part girl, part dragon, who is reluctantly drawn into the politics of her world. When war breaks out between the dragons and humans, she must travel the lands to find those like herself - for she has an inexplicable connection to all of them, and together they will be able to fight the dragons in powerful, magical ways.
Series: Seraphina Series, Book 2
As Seraphina travels the Southlands in search of the other half-breeds to help in the war effort, the dragon General Comonot and his Loyalists fight against the upstart Old Guard - with the fate of Goredd and the other human countries hanging in the balance. The gripping sequel to the best-selling Seraphina.
Dark Shadows - The Last Stop
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Narrated by: Jerry Lacy, W Morgan Sheppard, Lara Parker
Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
'Every man's a gambling man, don't you think?' Tony Peterson is a lucky man. He's just caught the last train back to Collinsport. It's been a good day - he's renewed an old friendship and been offered a job he cannot refuse. His life is about to change. But Tony Peterson's luck has just run out. The last train home will turn out to be a very long journey. Will Tony be able to trust the only other survivor? And what decision will Tony make when he's presented with another offer he cannot refuse?
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Narrated by: W. Morgan Sheppard
Jeremy can hear voices. But when he admits this, the townspeople of Never Better treat him like an outsider. Life has been tough after his mother left and his father became a recluse, but one voice in particular proves his salvation: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next.


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My Favorite Pokemon Ranked By Cuteness. Cutest Pokemon Ranked.
With the new Pokemon Violet and Pokemon Scarlet launching tomorrow, I can't stop thinking about Pokemon. Ever hear the "every pokemon is someone's favorite" before? It's true. And for me, my favorites have gotta be cute!!!
Unfortunately many of these cute babies evolve into a very ugly 2nd or 3rd form. But not so with Eevee. And Eevee has different elemental forms too making it actually useful in a number of battles. And every single one of its forms, from original to fully evolved looks fantastic. read more
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Beavis and Butthead Are Still Great 30 Years Later – And Here's Why
I grew up with the loveable outrageous teenage antics of Beavis and Butthead. Long before Southpark, there was Beavis and Butthead. I loved Beavis and Butthead so much, I spent probably 20 bucks to win one of each doll from a crane machine in my mall. I loved Beavis and Butthead so much, that I was Butthead because of my brown hair, and my best friend, a blonde, was Beavis. (Not the most attractive nicknames, but it was what it was lol.)
Imagine my excitement and anticipation when a new series of Beavis and Butthead began on Paramount Plus a few weeks ago. I've been watching faithfully since the very first episode, and Beavis and Butthead may be better than ever, especially in an age of cancel culture. Beavis and Butthead are the same unfiltered, off the wall, controversial dynamic duo who are going against this woke era of cancel culture. read more
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Free Guy Movie Review
Free Guy is the best film of 2021.
You'll love Free Guy if you're a gamer!
First of all, I'm a huge gamer. You have to be a gamer to "get" Free Guy. If you're not a gamer, this is one to skip. But for me, it's my favorite film of the year. Not all will agree. My husband said 20 minutes into the movie that he didn't understand it. I explained it by referencing Dead Pool, another film starring Ryan Reynolds. In Dead Pool, the main character realizes he's inside a comic book. In Free Guy, "Guy" (Ryan Reynolds) realizes he's inside a video game. Realizing that they cannot die, and that nothing they do matters, they develop an almost god like complex. But in Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds is actually a good guy and motivated by love. read more
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The Mitchells VS The Machines Movie Review
The Mitchells VS The Machines is the #1 movie on Netflix today. I watched it on a whim this evening all by myself as I waited for my fiance to get off work. I went into the movie completely blind, knowing nothing about it at all. Within the first three minutes I was literally laughing out loud. I almost NEVER laugh when watching TV – I cry easy watching TV – and The Mitchells VS The Machines had me shed a few tears too before all was over.
It's a movie with a lot of heart. The characters feel very real. Although flawed as the family might be, they have a very human like quality. It's also very relateable due to the topics it includes. No, not robot apocalypses, but the themes of family, and growing up and fear of failure and taking risks and learning to let go, and let your children chart their own course. read more
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Captain Marvel Super Hero(ine) Comic Movie Review About Girl Power & The Feminist Movement
I just watched Captain Marvel lastnight. For those living under a rock, Captain Marvel is the leader of Marvel's Avengers. She's a famous super hero(ine) and tough as nails army (airforce) girl turned super hero.
She's not new, created by famous comic book legend, Stan Lee, and making her comic book debut in 1967.
The movie however is more recent, releasing about 2 years ago in March of 2019.
So just a heads up – yes I am a woman, but I am definitely not a feminist. I don't really like the movement or concept that a woman can only be strong if she dresses and acts like a man. I am very much a girly girl. I don't wear makeup (mostly cuz I'm too lazy and also have no idea how to wear it correctly lol). But I do love me some dresses, and I'd consider my personality to be more on the sweet and timid side and softly spoken, and also sometimes passionate or bubbly when I'm chatting about my interests. My interests may sometimes overlap with tomboy interests when it comes to geeky things like anime or video games, but that's about it. I'm not into sports or whatever else most tomboy girls are into. read more
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Life Itself – Movie Review
How many times have you ever sat down to watch a movie, and had to turn it off without finishing it because it was just such a bad movie? I can guess a lot of people chose to turn off this movie… So I'm here to tell you to give it another chance. This movie is amazing… but it doesn't seem that way at first. Much like life itself in reality. Life Itself (both the movie, and well… Life) can have some pretty horrible things happen when we least expect it… but Life Itself (again both the movie, and actual real life), can have amazing beautiful moments that teach us the power of the human spirit, the power of love, and the importance of family. read more
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Cats 2019 Movie Review
I just watched the 2019 remake of Cats. I have watched the original on VHS when I was young, but didn't remember much of anything. I do like some musicals, but I'm not a musical buff and I tend to prefer more modern musicals like Moulin Rouge. I went into this pretty blind, and afterwards, I looked up some information, and I see it has been called the worst movie of all time. The worst movie ever made. I disagree with that. And here's why.
Ok I have a few complaints before I can get to telling you why I actually liked cats. Here are some things I really disliked about it. read more
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Why do people take issue when a woman asks direct questions?
Nevertheless, she persisted. She persisted even after being told to stay in her place.
Senator Kamala Harris is taking Washington and Twitter by storm this morning.
As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Harris is one of the people questioning the witnesses in the Senate hearings into the Russia investigation.
While firing of direct questions at Wednesday's hearing, the junior senator from California was shushed by Richard Burr, the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, who essentially told Sen. Harris to pipe down and stay in line.
Her questioning style, a remnant from her successful days as the Attorney General of California, seemed to rub some senators the wrong way.
When she questioned the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on his handling of the Russia investigation, her "yes or no" questioning style was itself called into question, as some older male senators insisted that she was not letting the witness fully answer.
What is "courtesy" in a Senate hearing, anyway? I imagine that "courtesy" would be to ask questions in a respectful manner in order to get to the bottom of the facts.
Or are the rules different for younger women?
As a woman who is frequently called out for her direct style, I'd like to ask one question— why do people take issue when a woman asks direct questions? Why are we expected to be softer in our tone and gentle in our questioning?
In short, women are judged to a different standard. We are expected to be polite and "respectful". We are expected to ask our questions indirectly, to minimize the discomfort of the party being questioned, because our very role is to give people the warm fuzzies.
And if you can't give people the warm fuzzies—even in the midst of a critical Senate hearing which could potentially shape the leadership of the nation— well, then, pipe down little lady.
Despite the push-back and criticism that Sen. Harris will be receiving following the Senate hearing, we need more politicians like her. Many agree that she is an up and coming star in the Democratic Party and her fearlessness and fierceness may be exactly what the party needs in 2020.
Let me say this to Sen. Harris— you go, girl! Of course, I'm not the first one to congratulate her this morning. Senator Elizabeth Warren already beat me to it. As many recall, she was also once shushed. Nevertheless, she persisted!
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