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The Cops Who Showed Restraint After Two of Their Brothers Were Killed
Protect and Serve
After a former Marine allegedly gunned down two cops in Kissimmee, Florida, deputies tracked him down at a bar—and demonstrated their commitment to arresting him the right way.
Michael Daly
Updated Aug. 22, 2017 2:16AM ET / Published Aug. 22, 2017 2:08AM ET
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
At 10:23 p.m. on Friday, Deputy Chris Hart of the Osceola County Sheriff's Office responded to the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and East Donegan Road in Kissimmee, Florida.
A short time earlier, two members of the Kissimmee Police Department had been shot. Police Officer Matthew Baxter, 27, and Sgt. Robert "Sam" Howard, 36, had been rushed to Osceola Regional Hospital. Baxter was pronounced dead. Howard would prove to be beyond saving.
"Dispatch advised the suspect was a black male, wearing a white tank top shirt, black shorts, and red and black shoes," Hart would later write in an affidavit.
A fellow deputy informed Hart that the manager of the nearby Roscoe's Bar and package store on North Orange Blossom Trail had just contacted him.
"There was currently a black male wearing a white tank top inside the bar, acting suspicious and refusing to leave," Hart's affidavit would report. "Due to the description matching the suspect, multiple deputies and I responded to the establishment."
At 10:50 p.m., Hart pulled up in front of Roscoe's, the oldest bar in Kissimmee, possessor of the third oldest liquor license in the state.
Two fellow deputies took position by the rear exit. Hart entered the front and saw two other deputies, Robert Hansel and T. Fox, were already inside, speaking to a man seated at the bar. The man was wearing a white tank top, along with black shorts and black and red shoes.
"Later identified as Everett Miller," the affidavit notes.
The affidavit goes on, "As I approached the deputies, both were ordering Everett to get up and step outside. However, Everett continued to refuse the commands and began shouting profanities and yelling, 'I didn't do anything.'"
Handel and Fox grabbed Miller's left arm and attempted to pull him off the stool.
"Everett forcefully attempted to pull his arm away and turn his body away from us," the affidavit continues. "As Everett was being withdrawn from his chair, I observed his right arm reaching behind his back toward his waistband."
Hart had just been at a crime scene where two cops had been shot before they had a chance to draw their weapons by someone who matched this man's description in every particular.
But rather than reach for his gun, Hart moved to keep Miller from getting whatever might be in his waistband.
"I immediately hooked my arm around his right arm, pinning Everett up against the wall," the affidavit reports. "I observed an object bulging out of Everett's rear waistband."
The affidavit says Miller continued to struggle and fought to free his arms.
"I observed a black 9mm Sig Sauer fall from the rear of his waistband," the affidavit says.
For every questionable police shooting in this country, there are thousands of situations where a cop could have used deadly force but chose not to even though it meant risking that he himself might be shot.
The Sig Sauer clattered onto the floor in testament to what might have happened. One of the other deputies secured the gun as Miller fought on.
"Regardless of our numerous commands to stop resisting, Everett was relentless and constantly resisted our efforts, shouting, 'I'm innocent. I didn't do it. I'm a veteran,'" the affidavit says.
One of the other deputies kneed Miller's left outer thigh several times in an effort simply to subdue, not to punish.
"Compliance was gained and Everett was placed into custody," the affidavit says.
The affidavit further reports that deputies searched Miller and found a small .22 caliber Derringer revolver in his front left pants pocket.
"The Derringer .22 caliber revolver and the 9mm Sig Sauer were collected and turned over to the evidence department," the affidavit says.
Miller was taken in to Kissimmee Police headquarters and placed in an interview room. He is said to have invoked his Miranda rights to remain silent and consult with a lawyer.
In the arrest report, Det. Charles Hess reports that Miller had then complained that his handcuffs were too tight. Hess writes that he loosened them and Miller broke down.
"Everett began to cry, said he did not want to live and pleaded with me to kill him," the arrest report says.
The moment came when a detective quietly assured a man believed to have killed two cops who worked in this very stationhouse that nobody there was going to kill him. Hess asked Miller why he was so bent on dying.
"I have done a bad thing," Miller allegedly said.
When the detectives ran a check on Miller, they discovered that he was indeed a veteran, having served 21 of his 45 years on active duty in the Marine Corps. He had no criminal record.
At some point, apparently after he left the Marines, he had suffered a mental crisis. The Osceola Sheriff's Office had at one point "Bakered" him, as it is said when law enforcement uses the state's Baker Law to commit someone to a psychiatric facility if he is deemed to be a danger to himself or to others. He was then determined to be neither and released.
On Facebook, Miller had changed his name to Malik Mohammad Ali, though he said on the page that he was not religious. He had in recent days been posting about the neo-Nazis and Klansmen at the Charlottesville "United the Right" rally. One posting spoke of how the KKK had supposedly infiltrated law enforcement.
On Friday morning, a dozen hours before the two cops were gunned down, Miller had posted a photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the words, "When I said march, I didn't mean forever… Shoot back."
Miller added, "You can only poke a tie[d] up dog so long. Once that chain breaks it's over. Wake up America before it's too late."
As night neared, Miller was back on Facebook, posting an image of cops in Klan hoods.
"F--- you, rich bastards," Miller wrote in the posting.
To which any reasonable reader would have responded, "Hunh?"
In Charlottesville, hate had been put on parade by the alt-right and then turned to murderous violence by a white supremacist with mental troubles.
Hate now seemed to have infected a former Marine with mental troubles in Kissimmee.
Miller can be seen leaning against a car and arguing with Baxter in a brief cellphone video taken by an onlooker on Friday evening in the way that confrontations with the police are so often memorialized these days. Miller can be heard telling Baxter that the police had no right to stop him, as he was not driving. Baxter radioed for a supervisor.
"At 2148 hours, Sergeant Sam Howard arrived and there were no more radio transmissions from Sergeant Howard or Officer Matthew Baxter," the subsequent arrest report says.
Baxter and Howard instructed the onlookers to move on. Among them was the man who had been making the video.
"He stopped recording and they walked away," the report says. "They heard gunshots and took off running."
The report goes on, "At approximately 2152 hours, dispatch began receiving calls from residents in the area about shots fired. Moments later, the callers advised there were two officers lying in the street."
The report continues, "Several officers responded and found Sergeant Sam Howard and Officer Matthew Baxter unresponsive in the street. The responding officers began resuscitation effort."
The two shot cops had fallen with their guns still in the holsters.
"It looked like they were surprised," Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell later said.
The onlooker with the cellphone flagged down a radio car and showed a deputy the video, saying the man who had been arguing with Baxter was the same one who had shot him and Howard. The deputy called in a description of the man in the video and the dispatcher put it over the air.
Hart and a half-dozen deputies soon were in Roscoe's, and it could have ended then and there had they not shown restraint that members of law enforcement demonstrate thousands of times a day despite the risk, even though it is routinely taken for granted, even though it is forgotten altogether when there is a questionable shooting.
At the press conference following the killing of the two officers and the arrest of the suspect, Chief O'Dell sought to convey the particular kind of courage that Hart and the others in Roscoe's had demonstrated.
"They were extremely brave and heroic actions taken by the deputies," O'Dell said.
And that was exactly in keeping with Baxter and Howard.
"They are two wonderful men, family men," O'Dell said of the murdered cops. "They are two committed to doing it the right way."
The state attorney for Osceola and Orange counties, Aramis Ayalal, announced back in March that she would not pursue the death penalty under any circumstances. Florida Gov. Rick Scott now stepped in and transferred this case to the prosecutor in Ocala.
In the meantime, Miller was arraigned before a judge on murder charges and ordered held without bail at the Osceola County Jail. He arrived in handcuffs that had belonged to Baxter.
A joint funeral for Baxter and Howard will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Orlando. Howard leaves a 17-year-old daughter. Baxter leaves four daughters, the youngest just 7 months old. His widow is a detective, who is also committed to doing it the right way.


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15 Great Filmmakers Who Deserve A Best Director Oscar
We're coming to the end of David Fincher week here at The Playlist: we've already looked at his music videos, his unmade projects, and ranked his movies. But there's something else we wanted to address before we wrapped up, and before "Gone Girl" opens tomorrow: Fincher and the awards season.
The director is generally seen as one of the very best filmmakers of the past twenty years, but despite a couple of nominations, he hasn't yet picked up a Best Director Oscar. Not that there's any shame in that. Some, like Martin Scorsese, have to go through the wringer several times before taking home a little golden trophy. And plenty of other legendary directors, including Stanley Kubrick and Sidney Lumet, never got one at all (as we documented in our feature 20 Celebrated Filmmakers Who Never Won A Best Directing Oscar).
Fincher's hardly alone at this stage, as many of his contemporaries have been nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards without ever winning. Below you'll find fifteen such filmmakers, including Fincher, who have previous nominations, but have never won the prize itself (those who've never picked up the nod will feature on another list down the line). Take a look below, and let us know who you think is the most deserving in the comments.
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Directing Nominations:"The Fighter" (2010), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) and "American Hustle" (2013)
Other Oscar History: All three of those films were also Best Picture nominees, and Russell picked up screenplay nominations for "Silver Linings Playbook" and "American Hustle," the latter shared with Eric Warren Singer.
What He Should Have Won For: Once independent cinema's enfant terrible, Russell has mellowed in recent years, and has broken through to the Academy establishment as a result. But if we were going to give him an Oscar for anything, it wouldn't be for his "Yelling and Dolly Shots" trilogy, but for his third film, 1999's "Three Kings." Russell's first venture into the mainstream and a box-office flop, the film looked on the surface like a sort of Boys-Own wartime actioner about a quartet of soldiers in the first Gulf War (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze) who aim to steal some of Saddam Hussein's gold bullion. But there was as much "M*A*S*H" as "Kelly's Heroes" in the picture, and Russell smuggled a subversive, moving film about American foreign policy, fuil of savage wit about the futility of war, while still delivering a satisfying and funny action picture. The performances are excellent across the board, and Russell left himself off the chain stylistically with some bravura shots (the famous one that goes inside Mark Wahlberg's body as he's shot), and distinctive photography. It was one of the very best films of the era, and still the high watermark of Russell's career.
Next Chance Of Winning: Russell will be competing again next year, with his re-team with Jennifer Lawrence on "Joy."
Directing Nominations: "The Thin Red Line" (1998) and "The Tree Of Life" (2011)
Other Oscar History: Those two movies were also Best Picture nominees, and Malick picked up a Screenplay nod for "The Thin Red Line" as well.
What He Should Have Won For: The reclusive filmmaker was basically ignored by the Academy in the early part of his career (his "Days Of Heaven" scored a Cinematography win for Nestor Almendros), but his return with "The Thin Red Line" proved to be a real event, and the World War Two picture picked up seven Oscar nods (though Malick was beaten to the Oscar by Steven Spielberg and rival war picture "Saving Private Ryan"). And though Malick's three subsequent movies have all been strong, we'd still give him the statuette for his comeback picture, "The Thin Red Line," about as poetic, gorgeous and powerful a film in the genre as has ever been made. The film's got a stronger narrative backbone than some of his later pictures (a relative term, perhaps), but Malick's more concerned with the effect that war has on the landscape and on the soul, and the result is a film that lingers months and years after first viewing. Some of the starry cameos risk unbalancing the film, but it's still the finest cast that Malick's ever worked with (Elias Koteas being a particular standout). Spielberg's picture might have captured the visceral horror of war, but it's Malick's that digs into every facet of conflict.
Next Chance To Win: Whenever Malick's double-bill of "Knight Of Cups" and the still-untitled Ryan Gosling-starring picture arrive, hopefully next year.
Directing Nominations: "Black Swan" (2010)
Other Oscar History: "Black Swan" also picked up a Best Picture nod, and won Natalie Portman Best Actress that year. Ellen Burstyn picked up a Supporting Actress nomination for "Requiem For A Dream" a decade earlier as well, while "The Wrestler" got nods for Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei.
What He Should Have Won For: Aronofsky's work is always highly divisive, from debut "Pi" to this year's unlikely Biblical blockbuster, "Noah." But this is a case when the Academy probably got it right, at least by nominating his best work to date. "Black Swan" is among the most unlikely Best Picture nominees in recent years, blending classical ballet, "Persona" and a sort of giallo werewolf movie: that it works so well is mostly down to Aronofsky (not to forget Portman's deseved Oscar-winning work). The filmmaker is often too sincere and unsubtle for many, but a stripped down, yet elevated genre picture is one of the best possible vehicles for his talents, and from the raw 16mm photography, the seamless effects works, the unnerving, nightmarish cutting and the bravura dance sequences, Aronofsky relishes the chance to let loose after his more understated, Dardenne-ish work on "The Wrestler" a couple of years before, like Michael Powell having a fever dream after too much Fantastic Fest queso. Surely that alone would have made him a more worthy winner than Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech" that year, right?
Next Chance To Win: Technically Aronofsky is in the running this year for "Noah," though don't hold your breath for a nomination on that one (had the film had a fall release, maybe things would be different, though likely not). Beyond that, the director hasn't yet announced a new project.
Directing Nominations: "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" (2008) and "The Social Network" (2010).
Other Oscar History: Both films were Best Picture nominees. 'Button' got thirteen nominations in total, winning three, while "The Social Network" also won three, from eight nods. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" picked up five nominations, including Best Actress, and won Best Editing.
What He Should Have Won For: Even Fincher's worst movie is better directed than 90% of the films released these days, so there's a lot to choose from here. But if we had to pick, we'd go for Fincher's true-blue masterpiece "Zodiac," a film that was entirely overlooked by the Academy (though a spring release date from Paramount, who didn't know what to do with the movie, probably didn't help). Fincher's most substantial film to date, and a major transitional leap in terms of his style (it was his first picture for five years), the film eschews the show-off qualities of "Fight Club" and "Panic Room," for a more meticulous and consistent tone and approach, one that seemingly effortlessly crams a huge amount of information and characters into a coherent and gripping story that simply flies by. Personal, subtly funny and even terrifying in places, it led the way for Fincher's embrace by the establishment in recent years.
Next Chance To Win: Fincher's very much in the running for "Gone Girl" this time around, though the competition is stiff, with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Richard Linklater looking like locks at this stage, and Christopher Nolan and Angelina Jolie likely if their films deliver, and he'll have to fight off people like Morten Tyldum, James Marsh and Ava DuVernay to make the cut. It's probably not his year to win, all things considered, but you never know.
Directing Nominations: "Pulp Fiction" (1994) and "Inglourious Basterds" (2009).
Other Oscar History: Both "Pulp Fiction" and 'Basterds' were Best Picture nominees, and Tarantino won Screenplay Oscars for 'Pulp' and "Django Unchained," which also picked up a Best Picture nod.
What He Should Have Won For: We're team "Jackie Brown" 'til we die. Tarantino's 1997 Elmore Leonard adaptation was almost totally overlooked by the Oscars (earning a single nod, for Robert Forster as Best Supporting Actor), but in our eyes, it's his best movie and the last project he has made regarding, well, people, rather than riffing on other movies. Tangled and complex without feeling indulgent, taut and tense and restrained in a way that suggested a new maturity for the filmmaker that was quashed by the flying heads and anime sequences of "Kill Bill," the film is his most grown-up and enduring work, with a timeless feel that's seen it age better than most of his movies. And it features the most finely tuned performances of any of his pictures (that Pam Grier didn't get a Best Actress nod that year is, frankly, astonishing). Perhaps if Tarantino had got more awards love for this film, he'd have made more like it, and he'd have retreated less into grindhouse than he did.
Next Chance To Win: Tarantino should be a major contender next year with his widescreen Western "The Hateful Eight."
Directing Nominations: "There Will Be Blood" (2007)
Other Oscar History: Anderson picked up screenwriting nominations for "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia" and "There Will Be Blood," and also got a Best Picture nomination for the latter, which received eight in total. Seven actors have been nominated for roles in PTA films (Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams), but only Day-Lewis took a trophy home.
What He Should Have Won For: One of the hardest picks to make, as there are arguments to be made for virtually any one of his films. Our first instinct was "Boogie Nights," but it's the work of a director still in thrall to his influences, and he certainly deserved the nod for the classical brilliance of "There Will Be Blood." But in the end, we've plumped for "The Master," a film that couldn't have been made by anyone except Paul Thomas Anderson. His most idiosyncratic and puzzling work, the film develops a rhythm and tone unlike almost anything else. It's not for everyone (despite the three acting nods, not enough Academy members liked it for a Best Picture nomination), and Anderson arguably overshoots the perfect ending, but it's still a remarkable piece of work that seems to signal a new phase for one of our most talented filmmakers.
Next Chance To Win: This year, with "Inherent Vice." Sight unseen, the perceived wisdom is that the film could be too wacky and comic to make much of an awards splash, but we'll be finding out when it screens at the New York Film Festival this weekend.
Directing Nominations: "Good Will Hunting" (1998) and "Milk" (2008)
Other Oscar History: Those two movies were both Best Picture nominees: 'Hunting' took nine nods in total, winning Oscars for Robin Williams as Supporting Actor and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Screenplay, while "Milk" got eight, winning for Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black.
What Should He Have Won For? Gus Van Sant's career, at least in recent years, has been virtually schizophrenic, veering between Oscar-bait (sometimes successfully, sometimes not, as per "Finding Forrester," "Restless" and "Promised Land"), and more experimental fare. As for his finest work, we're most fond of his early films like "Drugstore Cowboy" and "To Die For," but would probably just edge 2003's "Elephant" over them, even if it's not a film that would have a chance with the Academy. The second of his so-called "Death Trilogy" (after "Gerry" but before "Last Days") the film is a docudramish, Alan Clarke-influenced tale of a school massacre (inspired by the Columbine shootings four years earlier), with Van Sant showcasing a spare, low-key style in a hypnotic and hugely powerful way, expertly juggling sickening violence and moments of curious beauty. It's a tricky tightrope to walk, and Van Sant pulls it off beautifully. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes that year as well.
Next Chance To Win: Van Sant looks to be returning to more awards-friendly territory next year with "Sea Of Trees," starring recent Best Actor winner Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe. Could that be the one to finally win him the Oscar?
Directing Nominations: "Babel" (2006)
Other Oscar History: "Babel" was also nominated for Best Picture, and picked up seven nods in total, winning for Best Score for Gustavo Santaolalla. Both 2000's "Amores Perros" and 2010's "Biutiful" were also nominated for Best Foreign Language film, with Javier Bardem grabbing a nod for the latter."21 Grams" also earned nods for Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro.
What Should He Have Won For? We'd actually argue that the only film he's been nominated for, "Babel," is his weakest film. You could argue for any of the others: "Amores Perros" is a stunning debut, if uneven, while "Biutiful" is beautiful, if bleak. But our favorite to date (at least that's hit theaters) is 2003's "21 Grams." A time-fractured melodrama with Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro that reteamed Inarritu with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, it's occasionally a touch contrived, and is pretty tough going, but it packs a hell of a punch throughout, thanks in part to the stellar performances from the leads (plus supporting players like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Eddie Marsan), but mainly down to Inarritu's filmmaking, which is as visceral and muscular here as in his debut. Up to this year, this was Inarritu's most wholly satisfying picture.
Next Chance To Win: We'll say this year, because the director's "Birdman," a serious change of pace, is about to hit theaters, and as you'll know from our review and others, it's a directorial tour-de-force that looks certain to earn Inarritu a second nod, and could well see him take the prize. Even if he doesn't, he'll have another chance next year with Leonardo DiCaprio v. bear drama "The Revenant," which he starts shooting shortly.
Directing Nominations: "Secrets & Lies" (1996) and "Vera Drake" (2004)
Other Oscar History: Leigh also has five screenplay nods, for the two films above, and for 1999's "Topsy-Turvy," 2009's "Happy-Go-Lucky," and 2010's "Another Year." "Secrets & Lies" also got a Best Picture nod and nominations for Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, while "Topsy-Turvy" won for Costume and Makeup.
What Should He Have Won For? There's essentially no such thing as a bad Mike Leigh film, but if we were going to pick one as his finest directorial achievement, it'd have to be his least awards-friendly film: 1993's "Naked." Far more bruising and abrasive than Leigh's work is typically understood, it centers on Johnny (a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance from David Thewlis), a young man who flees Manchester after a rape to hole up with and essentially torment his ex-girlfriend in London. A brutal portrait of post-Thatcher Britain, it has a fire in its belly that's rarely been seen with Leigh before or since (bar perhaps Eddie Marsan's character in "Happy-Go-Lucky"), and if the film had gotten more awards exposure, perhaps the wider view of Leigh would be a different one. But given that this is a film that practically dares you not to like it, that was always going to be a bit unlikely.
Next Chance To Win: Leigh will be in the running this year again, for "Mr. Turner," one of his very best films. Again, the competition is tough, but he's certainly viable.
Directing Nominations: "Lost In Translation" (2003)
Other Oscar History: "Lost In Translation" also picked up a Best Picture nomination, a Best Actor nod for Bill Murray, and Coppola won the prize for Best Screenplay that year. Three years later, "Marie Antoinette" won the Costume Design Oscar.
What Should She Have Won For? If, like us, you're cooler on her last couple of films, most would lean towards "Lost In Translation," still her most widely-liked film. We rate "Marie Antoinette" better than most, but we're going to argue for her gorgeous debut, "The Virgin Suicides." Based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel, it tells the story of five sisters in 1970s Detroit who are dominated by their overbearing parents, with Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner and James Woods among the cast. The film is a woozy, bittersweet coming-of-age tale, opaque and hypnotic, and aided to no end by Air's hall-of-fame score. Though it stands distinct from her father's work, it was immediately clear that she inherited his great capacity for filmmaking, and a hugely promising career was launched. Coppola has done great work since, but this still feels like her finest hour to us.
Next Chance To Win: Coppola's possible next film is an adaptation of "The Little Mermaid," which could well turn out to be her best chance at awards in a decade or so, but that depends on if it starts rolling, or if she takes on another project something else first.
Directing Nominations: "Talk To Her" (2002)
Oscar History: Almodovar won a Screnplay Oscar for "Talk To Her." "All About My Mother" also won the Foreign-Language Oscar in 1999, while Penelope Cruz was Best Actress-nominated for "Volver."
What He Should Have Won For: Close at the top, but we'd just edge "All About My Mother" over "Talk To Her," "Volver" and "The Skin I Live In," as it was the film that transformed Almodovar from international cinema's camp-loving bad boy to a respected and serious auteur. It's a sparky melodrama about a nurse whose son is killed in a car accident, whose path then crosses with the boy's father, a transvestite, a transsexual prostitute, a pregnant, HIV-positive nun, and a famous actress. Almodovar is one of the great directors of women working, and this Sirkian tale is his great love letter as such, with everyone from Cecilia Roth to Penelope Cruz delivering knockout performances, and the film remains his best meld of his broad, garish tendencies, his cinephilia, and the possibility of breaking your heart. The warmth and vision of the film is still staggering today, and while it was a worthy winner of the Foreign Language Oscar (one of the best ever in the category), it would have been great to see Almodovar recognized for this too.
Next Chance To Win: Almodovar hasn't yet announced his follow-up to misfire "I'm So Excited,"but hopefully it'll be a return to form.
Directing Nominations: "Thelma & Louise" (1991), "Gladiator" (2000) and "Black Hawk Down" (2001).
Other Oscar History: "Gladiator" also won Best Picture, was nominated for twelve in total, and won four others, including Best Actor for Russell Crowe. "Thelma & Louise" got six in total, including two Best Actress nods and a Screenplay win for Callie Khouri, while "Black Hawk Down" was nominated for four and won two. Beyond that, "Alien" and "Blade Runner" both got two nods (the former won for Best Visual Effects), as did "American Gangster," and there's a handful of nominations for some of his other films too.
What He Should Have Won For: "A Good Year." Kidding! "Blade Runner" is probably Scott's best movie, but in a way, the direction on "Alien" is better: two years after "Star Wars," Scott created a very different vision of space, a dingy, blue-collar world that's proved just as influential, and not just in its depiction of its immediately iconic bad guy. The film's essentially a haunted-house stalk-and-die picture in many ways, but Scott elevates it, not just in the sheer level of tension, but in the amount of character he infuses the film with, making it so much more than a pure genre film.
Next Chance To Win: "Exodus: Gods And Kings" hits in December and could theoretically be in the running, but unless its much better than it looks, next year's "The Martian" might be a safer bet.
Directing Nominations: "The Elephant Man" (1980), "Blue Velvet" (1986) and "Mulholland Drive" (2001).
Other Oscar History: "The Elephant Man" was nominated for eight Oscars in total, including Best Picture and Best Actor for John Hurt. Richard Farnsworth picked up a nomination for "The Straight Story," and Diane Ladd for "Wild At Heart," while Lynch is the only person to get Best Director nominations for two films that didn't pick up any other nods Scorsese's "The Last Temptation Of Christ" and Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" also managed the feat.
What He Should Have Won For: Several contenders, and the most traditionally Academy-friendly is likely "The Elephant Man," a superb film that's often underrated in Lynch's canon due to a lack of backward-talking dwarves or what have you. But the only real answer here is "Mulholland Drive," which as Academy unfriendly as it might seem at least got a nomination (and certainly would have been a more deserving winner than Ron Howard and "A Beautiful Mind"). Despite its origins as a TV pilot, 'Drive' stands as the crowning achievement of Lynch's career, his most beguiling, terrifying, romantic and desperately sad picture. Blessed with an all-timer of a performance from Naomi Watts (that she wasn't nominated that year is extraordinary), it's a more coherent film than "Lost Highway" or "Inland Empire" (the latter of which just feels like a re-run of this, but twice as long and half as interesting), and yet richer and stranger and more baffling. And if you're going to give Lynch an Oscar, giving it to him for his Hollywood nightmare feels like the most appropriate way to do so.
Next Chance To Win: Lynch hasn't made a film in nearly eight years, and doesn't appear to have any immediate plans to return to filmmaking. We live in hope, though.
Directing Nominations: "The Insider" (1999)
Other Oscar History: Mann received three nods for "The Insider" in total, sharing a screenplay nomination with Eric Roth, and the producing credit on the Best Picture line-up with Pieter Jan Brugge (the film got seven in total). Follow-up "Ali" got acting nods for Will Smith and Jon Voight, while "Collateral" picked up one for Jamie Foxx along with an Editing nomination.
What He Should Have Won For: Though it remains ludicrous that "Last Of The Mohicans" got only one nomination and "Heat" got none at all, the Academy were right to laud "The Insider," because it's Mann's best film by some distance. Mann & Roth's script is one of the smartest and most savage looks at the media and corporate America ever brought to screen, and the film itself is a thriller that grips around your throat without the gunfights or battles common to much of the director's other movies. Al Pacino gives perhaps his best latter-day performance, but he's virtually blown off the screen by Russell Crowe, playing a character older than Pacino was at the time, and almost unrecognizable in his schlubbiness. It's a great, great performance in a great, great film that, despite the seven Oscar nods, still feels like it's due more recognition.
Next Chance To Win: After half-a-decade away, Mann's back with hacker thriller "Blackhat." Right now, the film isn't scheduled to open until January, so unless it gets the rumored qualifying run, it doesn't seem like Mann will be competing until the 2016 ceremony. But then, judging from the first trailer, it's probably not competing whenever it opens.
Directing Nominations: "The Piano" (1993)
Other Oscar History: Campion won a Screenplay Oscar for "The Piano," which also picked up awards for Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin, and eight nods in total, including Best Picture. Beyond that, "The Portrait of A Lady" got two nominations, including one for Supporting Actress for Barbara Hershey, while "Bright Star" got a nod for Costume Design.
What She Should Have Won For: If we could give Campion an Oscar for the TV show "Top Of The Lake," maybe her finest hour, we would, and "The Piano" was certainly deserving of the attention it received, a tougher and more powerful film than it might have appeared on the surface. But if we were going to pick out any picture, it might be Campion's most recent theatrical feature, 2009's tremendous and underrated "Bright Star." A biopic of poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw), following his romance with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), the film is a delicate and quietly passionate love story that (complete with photography from the then-unknown Greig Fraser, who is now one of the best in the game) captures all the complexity of an early affair, while simultaneously paying tribute to Keats' work. Making a film about poetry work is quite a feat, and one that Campion deserved more recognition than she got for.
Next Chance To Win: After heading up the Cannes jury this year, it looks like Campion's next could be an adaptation of Rachel Kushner's acclaimed novel "The Flamethrowers."
Honorable Mentions: As we said above, we've limited this to directors who actually have Best Director nominations, so obvious picks like Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater will be dealt with a future piece. Among those who have nominations in the past, but didn't make the cut here, are Spike Jonze, Peter Weir, Steve McQueen, Alexander Payne, Michael Haneke, Jason Reitman, Bennett Miller, George Clooney, Fernando Mereilles, Atom Egoyan, Neil Jordan, John Singleton, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, and plenty more. Let us know who you think is the most overlooked in the comments section.
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The SPI 200 Futures contract is the benchmark equity index futures contract in Australia, based on the S&P/ASX 200 Index. It provides all the traditional benefits of equity index derivatives. The SPI 200 is ranked in the top 10 equity index contracts in Asia in terms of traded volume.

Quarterly and serial futures and options are available. March, June, September, December up to six quarter months ahead and serial months up to two non-financial quarter months ahead.

See also
Stock market index future

Derivatives (finance)
Futures markets
Finance in Australia

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The government of South Africa has requested that two ships carrying [MOX] nuclear fuel from Europe to Japan stay out of South African waters. Deputy Minister of Environment Joyce Mabudafhasi said, "The overriding interest of the South African government is in minimising any risk to human health, marine life and the environment by ensuring the safe passage of the ships to Japan."
The two British-flagged nuclear transport freighters left France and Britain July 21, met at sea, and are escorting one another to Japan. Their route around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and through the Western Pacific Ocean was announced July 22, the day after departure. Only then was the government of South Africa briefed.
Their cargo is the first shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel processed at British Nuclear Fuels"(BNFL) Sellafield nuclear plant and France's Cogema facility. It is destined for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), and the Takahama nuclear power plant operated by the Kansai Electric Power Company (Kansai).
The estimated 446 kilograms (981 pounds) of fuel are contained in 40 mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel elements. One pellet of MOX fuel has the energy equivalence of one tonne of coal.
Mabudafhasi was assured by British, French and Japanese diplomats last week that the ships will not dock at any South African harbour.
"South African law requires that ships carrying nuclear material must have a licence to do so," the deputy minister said. "Furthermore no application for a licence has been received by the South African regulatory authority, the Council for Nuclear Safety. Further assurances were received that the radiological protection and safety arrangements meet international standards."
Mabudafhasi said that South Africa accepts the international law that grants any state the right of freedom of navigation if its ships on the high seas or through states Exclusive Economic Zone and the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of coastal states. "Notwithstanding," she said, "I have requested that the ships stay out of our territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone."
Greenpeace announced 23 July in London that it would be sending activists to South Africa, the South Pacific, South Korea and Japan to work with local citizens"groups - which have already protested against the shipment - to organise further opposition.
Greenpeace vessels attempted to protest the departure of the Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. (PNTL) transport ships as they left Cherbourg, France and the northern England port of Barrow, but their vessels were banned from both French and British waters. Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. is a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
Late last week Greenpeace International was informed by its bank in Amsterdam that its bank account had been seized at the request of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
BNFL froze Greenpeace International's bank account after alleging that Greenpeace activities, during the departure of the Pacific Pintail carrying plutonium fuel from the port of Barrow to Japan, had delayed its departure.
Greenpeace said it would be issuing summary proceedings against BNFL in the Dutch courts, following BNFL's failure to meet a Greenpeace request, made yesterday, to lift the freeze on its bank account by this morning. It urged BNFL to drop all legal proceedings against Greenpeace and said BNFL's claim of £90,000 damages was baseless.
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. says the MOX fuel is being transported to Japan in specially designed casks which "satisfy the rigorous international safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). They are designed to protect the public and environment in all credible accident scenarios."
The casks are carried on ships designed specifically for transporting radioactive materials. BNFL says, "These ships meet the highest safety rating of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which means they are amongst the safest ships on the seas."
They have double hulls to withstand collision damage, enhanced buoyancy to maintain the ship afloat even in extreme circumstances, dual navigation and tracking systems and special fire fighting equipment, including a hold flooding system.
Japan will use the MOX fuel to generate electricity. Nuclear power proponents reason that the use of MOX fuel will enable Japan to recycle its uranium and plutonium resources, conserving uranium reserves and reducing dependence on imported fuels.
Recycling the plutonium reduces the amount of high level radioactive waste that must be disposed of. Recycling the plutonium helps Japan to implement its policy of not stockpiling excess separated plutonium, thereby promoting non-proliferation objectives.
Regarding the safety of the shipments from terrorist attack, UK Energy Minister John Battle told Parliament in January, "Each [ship] would carry armaments, for defensive use only, under the control of specially trained officers of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary. These security provisions are solely for protecting the ships, their crew and their cargo in the extremely unlikely eventuality of an armed assault by terrorists."
The Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal are scheduled to deliver their cargo to nuclear power plants at Takahama and Fukushima in September.


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Q: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier in watchOS I want to port AWSCore for watchOS and have some problems.
Tell me please,
Does watchOS have an analogy class for UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier in iOS?
Thanks!

A: WatchKit has three types of background tasks: one you can schedule to perform some actions in background, one for url sessions, one that is called to update snapshot.
Additionally, there is opportunity to continue work you've started on foreground for some time (about 25 sec) after app has gone to background. Use ProcessInfo's performExpiringActivity for that.

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Q: Graphs: Prove that G has a spanning tree with diameter k Suppose graph G has spanning trees with diameters $2, l$. for each $2 < k < l$ prove that G has a spanning tree with diameter $k$
Any hints how to start the proof?

A: The spanning tree with diameter $2$ can only be a star: a single central vertex with $n-1$ leaves. So that part of the condition is telling you that there exists some vertex $v$ adjacent to every other vertex.
Take the spanning tree $T$ with diameter $l$. If you repeat the following process:

*

*Find a vertex $w$ of $T$ whose distance (in $T$) from $v$ is as large as possible. (This will necessarily be a leaf.)

*Change $T$ by removing $w$, and adding it again as a leaf from $v$.

What happens to the diameter?


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The commanders of the Allied force still don't know what's hit them.There is disarray in their ranks. The Allies took their first hit in WW III at 29°59' N latitude 90° 15' W longitude*. 80% of the city was completely destroyed.1,836 people lost their lives.$ 80 billion worth property was damaged.
Barely had the Allies started recovering from this attack that they were attacked the second time. This second attack - a stealth attack cost the economy $ 61 billion. An estimated 5,000 people lost their lives in this attack. While the site of the attack(42° 55'N 106° 28 W'**) has now been restored the scars still remain.
The Indian sub-continent which was only on the periphery of WW II is in the thick of the battle as part of the allied forces.The first attack in India took place at 34° 10' N 77° 40' E***. The attack on this region left over 200 people dead and over 1,000 people missing and many thousands homeless. The Axis forces used the deadly Jet Stream+ technology to cause untold misery to the people of this region. This weapon was earlier used by the Axis forces to imperil the lives of 14 million people in the region surrounding 34°02'N latitude 71°37'E longitude****.
The Jetstream technology of the Axis forces is so advanced that all scientific advancement in the Allied countries can't even decipher the exact nature of this technology. There are rumors that the Axis, in order to gain a comprehensive advantage over the Allied have used technology borrowed from aliens.
The Axis forces have relentlessly attacked several key locations in other part of the world. As a result of these attacks in Russia, 30% of the nations crops have been destroyed. Some of the country's airports had to be closed as a result of these attacks. Pollution levels have doubled in some cities leading to abnormally high deaths due to lung disorders.
- Planting a tree: A single tree can absorb about a ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
- Using fresh food instead of frozen : Frozen food consumes 10 times the energy of fresh foods.
- Car-pooling : Carpooling 2 days a week can reduce carbon emission by 1,590 pounds a year.
across the country or the world.
- Not leaving appliances on standby mode : A television switched off using the remote keeps consuming 40% of the power consumed when "on". Using the switch on the television and other devices to switch off power when not in use.
- Choosing products which are not highly packaged: Buying refill packs when possible. There is less waste when you buy products which are not highly packaged.
- Checking tyre pressure : Checking the tyre pressure of your car. Proper tyre inflation can improve mileage by over 3%.
- Use washing machines and dishwashers only with full load : A less than full load wastes water, detergent and other resources. Also, not setting the temperature to high. This is since modern detergents work well at low temperatures too.
- Encouraging others to conserve: Sharing information on the various methods of conservation and prevention of global warming with others.
The Axis have warned the Allies that a non-conformity with the above will invoke more debilitating attack on planet earth. They have also warned that the Weather War weapons experienced by the denizens of Earth are just some of the less potent weapons in the armoury of the Axis. It is reported that the Axis gave a demo of their Solar Tsunami weapon on the 4th August, 2010.
In the event of the Allies not meeting all the terms of surrender the Axis have threatened to launch a full scale offensive commencing from the 21st December, 2012.
Let's all join hands to prevent the Weather War.
* New Orleans, USA. Hurricane Katrina, one of the 5 most powerful hurriance in the history of the USA struck New Orleans in 1985. Even 5 years later several thousands of displaced residents are still living in trailers.
** Drought and extreme heat along the great plains in the USA (in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park) which lead to crop failure and the death of over 5,000 people due to the heat in the year 1988.
*** The cloudburst over Leh, India killing over 200 and leaving thousands homeless.
**** 14 million people hit in Pakistan due to torrential rains.
That's some pretty heavy stuff. Consider it noted.
Conserving our energy really has some simple but effective steps we can take as you pointed out. Just unplugging or installing on switched outlets can make a big difference.


I am so excited that my dear friend Natasha has joined the Babywise Friendly Blog Network! She offers a different and unique perspective as she navigates through foster care. Also, she's just one of my people. If you haven't already checked out her blog, you should!
Today, she is addressing the topic of "tricky people" and body safety rules. I think she articulates who "tricky" people are really well and has great tips for how to communicate this with children.
Be sure and read the whole article here: Let's Be Brave: Tricky People and Body Safety.
Also today, Kimberly is talking about addressing "stranger danger" with her two year old.
"How do I do this though? A big issue I have with teaching about stranger danger at this age is that I don't want to introduce fears to Ben. He doesn't currently worry about someone trying to hurt him or touch him inappropriately, and I do not want to be the one introducing those ideas to him. I need to find a way to teach him to protect himself without scaring him. And I need to figure out the proper language to use so he understands and can report back to me anything that is going on with him. I have found with Ben that simple language and repetition is key, as with most kids his age. I want to be able to have short conversations with him that we can repeat over and over."
Be sure and check out the rest of the rest of the posts from the girls this week!


The PTFA is a charity organisation set-up to support the school through our fundraising events. The funds provide materials, equipment, and fun activities for the children at the school.
By being a parent or carer of a child at East Markham Primary you are automatically a member. We meet approx. every 4-6 weeks to put together plans for forthcoming events, usually at school or in the village.
Your volunteering support at events we organise such as School Discos, Christmas Fairs and many more throughout the year, would help raise this vital money for items for your child to use at school.
Last year we provided for special events such as the Pantomime trip, Year 6 party, Easter Eggs and Christmas presents.
We would love to have new members on board, come along and share your ideas. Whether you have time to be involved a little or a lot we would love to see you – many hands make light work. Ask your child's teacher to introduce you to one of the team.


Distance from Turhal to Karamürsel is 549 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 341 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Turhal and Karamürsel is 549 km= 341 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Turhal to Karamursel, It takes 0.61 hours to arrive.
Turhal is located in Turkey.
Karamursel is located in Turkey.


With 64-bit compatibility and VST3 support, Magix's Sound Forge 12 is ready to face the future.
Whether you're a professional working in post-production or a humble home studio user, there's a version of iZotope's RX restoration software to suit you.
A reinvention of Wavelab's user interface aims to make its powerful feature set easier to use.
The latest version of iZotope's best-selling restoration software adds powerful new modules, as well as a Post Production Suite bundle aimed at film and TV applications.
New versions of Sony's Sound Forge and, especially, the innovative SpectraLayers make possible new ways of editing recorded audio.
Always moving with the times, Steinberg's Wavelab now includes comprehensive loudness metering, along with new plug-ins and an improved interface.
The makers of VocAlign have built on its capabilities, creating software that can not only match the timing of vocal parts, but their pitch and level too.
One of the giants of the Windows audio world has made it to the Mac at last. Was it worth the wait?
With some innovative concepts borrowed from photo-manipulation software, Sony aim to make spectral editing creative as well as useful.
Sony's latest entry-level NLE has plenty of editing power to help you cut your music videos quickly, and for very little cash.
Sonys heavyweight audio production package celebrates reaching double figures with the addition of DAW-style event editing and CD compilation.
Audiofile Engineerings elegant package offers impressive editing features at an affordable price.


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Q: problem with images loading on top of already set images swift 4 I'm having an issue in my cellForItemAtIndexPath where I am setting an image to my cell's UIButton but every time I scroll the collectionView's cells, it's placing the image on top of the already set image again and again. I can tell because the shadow of the image is getting thicker and thicker. I'm pulling the images from an array that I created of image literals in that swift file and the correct images are loading so there's no problem there. I'm sure this is a simple fix for most but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.
Image of my cellForItemAtIndexPath function
My app running before I scroll
App after scrolling a bit
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
    let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "cellId", for: indexPath) as! HomeViewCell

    collectionView.bounces = false

    let imageNumber = indexPath.item

    let collectionImage: UIButton = {
        let image = UIButton()
        image.setImage(collectionImageArray[imageNumber].withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal), for: .normal)
        image.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
        image.addTarget(self, action: #selector(handleCollectionTap), for: .touchUpInside)
        return image
    }()

    collectionImage.imageView?.image = collectionImageArray[imageNumber]

    cell.addSubview(collectionImage)
    collectionImage.anchor(top: nil, left: nil, bottom: nil, right: nil, paddingTop: 0, paddingLeft: 0, paddingBottom: 0, paddingRight: 0, width: 0, height: 0)
    collectionImage.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: cell.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
    collectionImage.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: cell.centerYAnchor).isActive = true

    print(imageNumber)

    return cell
}

A: If anyone else comes across this issue (or maybe I'm the only dumb one), the problem was that I should have created my UIButton, added the subview, and constrained it inside of the cell class and from the cellForItem AtindexPath method set the image and target handler like this.
class HomeViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {

let collectionImage: UIButton = {
    let image = UIButton(type: .custom)
    image.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
    return image
}()

override init(frame: CGRect) {
    super.init(frame: frame)

    addSubview(collectionImage)
    collectionImage.anchor(top: nil, left: nil, bottom: nil, right: nil, paddingTop: 0, paddingLeft: 0, paddingBottom: 0, paddingRight: 0, width: 0, height: 0)
    collectionImage.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerXAnchor).isActive = true
    collectionImage.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor).isActive = true
}

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}

}
override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
    let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "cellId", for: indexPath) as! HomeViewCell

    collectionView.bounces = false

    let imageNumber = indexPath.item

    let image = collectionImageArray[imageNumber].withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
    cell.collectionImage.setImage(image, for: .normal)
    cell.collectionImage.addTarget(self, action: #selector(handleCollectionTap), for: .touchUpInside)

    print(imageNumber)

    return cell
}

func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, layout collectionViewLayout: UICollectionViewLayout, sizeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGSize {
    return CGSize(width: view.frame.width, height: view.frame.height)
}

@objc func handleCollectionTap() {
    let layout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
    let cardViewer = CardViewerController(collectionViewLayout: layout)
    present(cardViewer, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Everything is running smoothly now! :)


Matthew 21:28-29 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
The devil has sought to change and confuse the meaning of the word repent in order to produce a false gospel. However, a simple study in your KJV Bible reveals repentance is not difficult to understand.
The book of Nahum is profitable for doctrine. As believers today there is much we can learn from God's ultimate rejection of the city of Nineveh.
We live at a time where false prophets and teachers seek to creep into the church. We therefore must continue to be vigilant to contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints.


Takenotsuyu lies at the foot of Mt. Haguro, home to one of Japan's most holy Shinto & Buddhist shrines. For generations, Takenotsuyu has brewed sake for use in the rituals of the shrine. Master brewer and owner Masao Aisawa is proud to grow all of the rice used to make their unique sake, most of which are rare varieties only grown in this area of Yamagata Prefecture.


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2018 Legislative Scorecard
The Introduction The Bills The Scores
For 40 years we have fought against discrimination and advocated for the rights of people with disabilities.
Disability Rights California (DRC) is the largest disability rights organization in the nation. Our mission is to advocate, educate, investigate, and litigate to advance the rights, dignity, equal opportunities, and choices for all people with disabilities. For 40 years we have fought against discrimination, promoted the inclusion of people with disabilities into communities of their choice, and advocated for the services and supports that they need. Legislative advocacy and ensuring that California's policymakers are fully informed of these needs is critical to advancing the rights of persons with disabilities.
Each year DRC's legislative advocates represent persons with disabilities in the legislature on critical issues such as accessibility, education, physical and mental health, housing, transportation, public benefits, voting and the state budget. We serve as one of the leading voices on these issues in the legislature and bring with us the policy and advocacy experience of hundreds of DRC lawyers and advocates working in every county in the state. Our collective knowledge of representing clients before state and local governments and agencies, in courts to protect rights, and issues within facilities and institutions informs our legislative advocacy work and brings real and practical experiences to bear on significant policy issues that policymakers need to understand. Each year DRC sponsors legislation and analyzes and advocates on hundreds of bills that impact the lives of persons with disabilities.
We believe that it is important that the public, and specifically, people with disabilities know where their elected officials stand on legislation critical to their needs.
Scorecard Methodology
The scorecard compares member votes to DRC positions, creating an overall ranking.
We selected the bills included in the scorecard as some of the most important to the disability community in critical policy areas such as accessibility, public benefits, budget, education, housing, health facilities, mental health, criminal justice, and transportation. The scorecard compares member votes to DRC positions, creating an overall ranking of legislators based on those votes. Our scorecard methodology:
Considers the percentage of votes cast consistent with DRC's position each time the member voted;
Includes committee votes where the member voted on the bill, except on SB 1045 and SB 1376 where the final bills sent to the Governor were significantly different from the bills that were heard in committee;
Includes the second house and concurrence votes on four budget trailer bills (AB 1810, AB 1811, AB 1827 and SB 850) that included significant critical policy issues for the disability community; and,
Ignores a legislator's failure to vote on a bill attributable to an excused absence, as verified in the Daily Journal. We count a vote where there was no excused absence since the failure to vote effectively is a vote against the DRC position.
We believe this methodology provides a useful record of which legislators supported DRC positions on issues critical to the unique rights and needs of people with disabilities. DRC provided all legislative offices the opportunity to review the votes prior to the issuance of the scorecard. The underlying voting data on votes is available from DRC upon request.
The 2018 Legislative Scorecard
This legislative scorecard is designed to let the public know where legislators and the Governor stand on selected pieces of legislation critical to people with disabilities that the legislature considered in 2018. The bills included in the scorecard represent a cross-section of policy areas and include bills that DRC both supported and opposed. The bills selected for the scorecard represent some of the most important issues.
We hope that this scorecard will provide useful information to the public, legislators, and the Governor on the variety of disability-rights issues and DRC's advocacy position on them. It is designed to serve as both an educational tool for the public to provide feedback to the state's policymakers and for those policymakers to use as they develop their positions.
Download a printable version of the Scorecard


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Q: GSON - 1 parent, multiple children In the below JSON, you'll see that there are many objects that have a 'groups' child (these all seem to be the same), and that those groups have a child named 'items' (these are different depending on the group's parent).
My question:
is it possible to make 1 'groups' class that's added to multiple objects but still have the correct 'items' class be parsed by GSON?
Maybe something like:
public List<Item<T>> items

not sure how to go about this and trying to avoid writing a ton of redundant 'groups' classes.
Thanks in advance!
Pasting the JSON string put me over the character limit so I posted it up on pastebin.  You can find it by clicking here

A: The problem with the JSON you're trying to deserialize is that it contains mixed elements as groups items thus it is impossible to just write a POJO to fit that structure.
In fact you'll have at some point a field like this:
ArrayList<Group> groups;

But Group can change actual type from item to item in the list, so what you can do at this point is to build a general father GenericGroup<T> class like this:
public class GenericGroup<T> {

    String type;
    String name;
    ArrayList<T> items;

    public ArrayList<T> getItems(){
        return items;
    }

    public static class SomeGroup extends GenericGroup<SomeItem>{}
    public static class SomeOtherGroup extends GenericGroup<SomeOtherItem>{}

}

Done this, you should then put in the POJO model for the JSON the field:
ArrayList<GenericGroup> groups;

Now you're ready to create items of each type you need like:
public class SomeItemType{

    String someAttribute;
    String someOtherAttribute;
    ...

}

Now comes the crazy part where you'll need to write a custom GSON deserializer for the class GenericGroup:
public class GenericGroupDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<GenericGroup> {
    @Override
    public GenericGroup deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
        String type = json.getAsJsonObject().get("type").getAsString();
        switch (type){
            case "someType":
                return new Gson().fromJson(json.toString(), GenericGroup.SomeGroup.class);
            case "someOtherType":
                return new Gson().fromJson(json.toString(), GenericGroup.SomeOtherGroup.class);
            default:
                return new GenericGroup();
        }
    }
}

Then finally, in your MainActivity write something like this:
private Gson mGson = new GsonBuilder()
            .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(GenericGroup.class, new GenericGroupDeserializer()).create();


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En français européen, un cartable est un type de bagage de forme rectangulaire destiné à transporter du matériel scolaire. Le cartable est muni d'une poignée. Il peut aussi être équipé de bretelles de portage ou d'une bandoulière. La tendance, depuis la fin du , est de le remplacer par un sac à dos inspiré des sacs de sport ou de randonnée. Il porte, d'ailleurs, souvent la marque d'un fabricant de matériel sportif, ce qui en fait un objet identitaire. Ils servent généralement à porter des affaires de cours mais peuvent aussi servir à porter d'autres affaires (affaires de sport...). Les cartables sont souvent colorés et parfois garnis de réflecteurs, pour une plus grande sécurité sur la route.

Histoire

L'étymologie du mot « cartable » le rattache au latin « charta » (« la carte »). L'usage ancien du mot « cartable » désigne un grand portefeuille dans lequel on pouvait mettre des feuilles. Par extension, le mot a ensuite désigné le sac que les élèves portent pour se rendre à l'école.

La littérature du  montre souvent des enfants portant leur cartable en bandoulière, comme une besace. L'usage des deux bretelles permettant un port sur le dos ne date que du début du .

Cartable électronique

Aujourd'hui, le terme de cartable électronique est en vogue pour désigner un emplacement virtuel sur un serveur ou une clé USB qui contient toutes les ressources d'un élève pour travailler. L'objectif est de réduire le poids du cartable de l'élève qui provoque des risques de santé au niveau du dos. Toutefois, ce cartable électronique pose d'autres problèmes comme le coût du matériel supporté pour les établissements et les coûts de formation des élèves voire des parents.

Poids du cartable

En France, une étude de 1994 sur une centaine d'élèves de sixième de la région grenobloise montrait que le poids du cartable pouvait atteindre près d'un tiers de celui de l'enfant. Une circulaire d'octobre 1995 indique que le poids du cartable ne devrait pas représenter plus de 10 % de celui de l'élève. Thème récurrent des plaintes d'élèves et de parents, la situation ne s'est guère améliorée depuis cette circulaire.

Autre sens

Au Canada (Québec, Nouveau-Brunswick, Ontario et Alberta) et en Suisse Romande, le terme « cartable » signifie un « classeur ».

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe

 Tann's : marque de cartable française

Liens externes

 Cartables et manuels scolaires : rapport à monsieur le Premier ministre (France) - Jean-Yves Haby, La Documentation française, avril 1997 (rapport faisant le point sur le poids excessif des cartables).

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Matériel scolaire