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The Long War
By Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Read by Michael Fenton Stevens
Terry Pratchett HarperAudio, HarperCollins 9780062067777
The Long Earth Series: Book 2
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes Joshua Valiente and Lobsang in an exciting continuation of the extraordinary science fiction journey begun in their New York Times bestseller The Long Earth. A generation after the events of The Long Earth, humankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by "stepping." A new "America"—Valhalla—is emerging more than a million steps from Datum—our Earth. Thanks to a bountiful environment, the Valhallan society mirrors the core values and behaviors of colonial America. And Valhalla is growing restless under the controlling long arm of the Datum government. Soon Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a building crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any humankind has waged before.
"Bestselling authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter combine their legendary talents in an earth-changing new novel." —Barnes & Noble, editorial review
"This sterling production turns a heady work into an accessible epic." —AudioFile
Author Bio: Sir Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English novelist known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and after publishing his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. He was the United Kingdom's bestselling author of the 1990s and has sold more than 55 million books worldwide. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his children's novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. Pratchett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature in 1998 and was knighted in 2009.
Author Bio: Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge and the University of Southampton. He is the acclaimed author of the Manifold novels and Evolution and has won the British Science Fiction Award, the Locus Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell Award and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Category: Fiction/Science Fiction
Publisher: HarperAudio Publisher: HarperCollins


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Cyclorama is a book of poems named after the theatre-sized, in-the-round oil paintings popular after the American Civil War. It features the voices of people often overlooked in representations of the war, such as nurse, child, draftee, prostitute, enslaved person, Native American soldier, and woman soldier.
In a stunning cycle of persona poems, Daneen Wardrop offers us a panoramic view of the inner lives of those forgotten among the violence and strife of the American Civil War: the nurse and the woman soldier, the child and the draftee, the prostitute, the black slave, and the Native American soldier. Each one speaks out to be seen and heard, bearing witness to the mundanity of suffering experienced by those whose presence was ubiquitous yet erased in the official histories of the War Between the States. Cyclorama takes its name from the theater-sized, in-the-round oil paintings popular in the late nineteenth century, and with each poem, Wardrop adds a panel to her expansive, engrossing portrait of the bloodshed and tears, the tedium and fear experienced by the Civil War living and the dying. With pathos and lyric force, she brings sharply into focus perspectives on an unfathomable experience we thought we already knew and understood.
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This long poem, pitched in so many American voices, is a powerful summoning-back . . . . . Cyclorama keeps our dead with us, alongside the living souls we carry in our unfinished civil war. Daneen Wardrop is a rare poet of conscience.
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In her stunning new collection Cyclorama, Daneen Wardrop applies the unique artistic resources of poetry to the task of social history... In short, Cyclorama is a beautifully rendered book, as rich in its philosophical underpinnings as it is finely crafted. Wardrop is certainly a poet to watch.


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Audio of Allu Arjun's second film 'Arya' was released at a function arranged in song set erected at Nanakrama Guda on the evening of 16th April. Raju produced this film and Sukumar directed it. Devi Sri Prasad scored six tunes. K Raghavendra Rao, Pawan Kalyan and Prabhas were invited as chief guests. The other guests who graced this occasion include Allu Ramalingaiah, Allu Arvind, Shyam PrasadReddy, Vijaya Bapineedu, Chinni Krishna, Seenu Vytla, Dr. Venkateswara Rao, Devi Sri Prasad, Chandra Bose, Siva Balaji, Subba Raju, Kona Venkat and Ram Lakshman.
Swati (of colors fame) and Devi Sri Prasad anchored this event. Aditya Music produced the audio of this film. K Raghavendra Rao released the audio and gave the first cassette to Pawan Kalyan and Prabhas.
Chinni Krishna said that hero Allu Arjun attracted the family crowds with his performance in 'Gangotri'. He is going to get the attention of youth with this 'Arya' film. He said that debutant director Sukumar worked along with him for the script of 'Narasimha Naidu' film. Chinni Krishna said that he saw the songs and action sequences of 'Arya' and opined that this film would become a big blockbuster.
Allu Arjun thanked Devi Sri Prasad for scoring wonderful music for this film. He said that he is feeling very positive about 'Arya'. This film consists of six tunes out of which 2 are melodies, 2 are mass tunes and remain two are western songs.
Audio cassettes of 'Arya' would hit the market on 19th of this month. All songs have been played on speakers at the venue and they sounded great!
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Berlin-based SoundCloud, a popular music sharing and streaming platform, announced that it has raised $70 million in debt financing. The credit comes from Ares Capital, Kreos Capital, and Davidson Technology.
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Esse final de semana foi para tirar o atraso!!! Duas artes boas!!!
A batgirl que postei ontem e hoje essa Safira estrela, versão animated. Fazia um tempo que não trabalhava nada na linha. E já estava com essa imagem na cabeça a dias!!! Agora o próximo passo é colorir. Quando esta estiver colorida eu posto ela junto com a Batgirl, ok?
No momento penas pinturas a mão. Quando tiver mais tempo aí sim vai para o CG.
Ah sim... quero fazer artes em cima das novas tropas da anéis de poder da DC. Adoro!!!!!!!!!!!
This weekend was to catch up! Two good arts!
The batgirl I posted yesterday and today that Star Sapphire, animated version. It was a time not worked on anything online. And it was with this picture in his head for days! Now the next step is to color. When this is colored I'll post it along with Batgirl, ok?
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Spiritual Meaning Of Opal: What Does It Mean To You?
Opal is an emotive stone that reflects the wearer's mood. It heightens feelings and dispels inhibitions. Encourages both independence and freedom. Opal enhances psychic and mystical visions and heightens cosmic consciousness. It encourages creativity and innovation.
Let us see the Spiritual meaning of Opals in this Post in detail.
What is an Opal?
Spiritual Meaning of Various Opals
Spiritual Meaning of Black Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Boulder Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Common or "Potch" Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Light Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Fire Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Blue Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Pink Opal
Spiritual Meaning of Morado
What is the Spiritual Meaning of Opalite?
Opal can be opaque, translucent, or transparent depending on its body color. Crystal opal is a type of opal that is transparent or highly translucent with excellent color clarity.
Body Tone – The basic tones of light, dark, and black opal range from colorless to white, grey, and black.
"Common Opal," also known as "Potch," can be found in a variety of locations around the world and takes the shape of spheres of varying sizes or stacking, with little color play. Opalescence refers to the milky or pearly shine it normally displays. The third kind, known as "Fire Opal," is a clear to translucent Opal with a vibrant red, orange, or yellow body color that is most typically mined in Mexico. It usually has no color play, although occasionally a stone will have a mild display or flashes of vivid green.
Opals come in various colors, including colorless, white, yellow, red, orange, green, brown, black, and blue, and can be transparent, translucent, or opaque.
Opal is Australia's national gemstone, and the country generates 97% of the world's supply. These Opals are created in a sedimentary setting and are extremely stable and break-resistant. Other Opals, known as hydrophane because of their capacity to absorb water, form as a result of volcanic activities; these Opals are porous to varying degrees and more prone to crazing or cracking.
Natural opals come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Black opal, white opal, crystal opal, and jelly opal are all types of opal. Fire opal, hyalite, water opal, hydrophane, and honey opal are some of the others.
Precious or Black Precious Opal with dark body color, usually black or dark grey, deep blue or green; the dark body color distinguishes the iridescent dance of color from light Opals. The bulk of Black Precious Opals are mined in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, and are the most well-known and sought-after Opals on the planet.
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It is the most uplifting of the Opals, bringing Light into the aura. It relieves anxiety and dispels sadness and pessimism, allowing one to confront their deepest fears and let go of what is holding them back.
Black Opal, which connects the Root and Crown Chakras, is a potent magnifier of intention and manifestation because it connects one's deepest spiritual ambitions with one's physical body. It can be used for "gazing" into the past, present, or future, and is a protective stone for deep inner work, soul retrieval, or past-life recall. It is highly valued as a power stone for magical rituals and can be used to "read eyes" to determine a person's honesty or intent. Black Opal is a Storm element stone representing death and rebirth that harnesses the power of fire.
Precious Opal forms within cavities or fractures of its host rock, commonly ironstone or sandstone, and is cut with the stone left on the back for support or as layers of Opal within the matrix stone because the veins are quite thin. Each completed piece is one-of-a-kind and unusual, having been mined in Queensland, Australia. Boulder Opals are close-to-nature talismans that contain warm Earth energies and the enlightening force of Fire. They help spiritually minded people flourish in the real world by assisting practical people in developing their spiritual aspects.
Boulder Opals are excellent for balancing conscious and unconscious thought, offering clarity and emotional security, and assisting those who are having difficulty establishing a solid home environment without compromising their adventurous spirit. Hold these stones in earthy locations to connect with the earth and plant spirits and for endurance when things get rough.
Opal is opaque and does not show color play and can be found in various places throughout the world. It comes in practically every color, has a beautiful shine, and may be cut into high-polish diamonds. Common Opals are beautiful metaphysically because they vibrate at a lower frequency than translucent or fiery Opals, and they offer soft, nurturing support for the emotional body.
They can help with anxiety, chronic stress, and depression, as well as insomnia and nightmares, and they can also help with mending subconsciously stored pain.
Common Opal contains Earth and Water energies and can be utilized to align and balance the chakras, as well as to balance male and female energy inside the body. Common Opal encourages attunement with the higher self and the ethereal realm by stimulating the appropriate flow of energy through the physical body, producing a quiet, centered mind for prayer and meditation. These gorgeous stones can attract celestial beings and are great gifts to leave for them in an out-of-the-way location.
These are white opals with a base tone ranging from colorless to medium grey. Although this word should only be used when the body color is exceptionally milky, some people refer to these as "white." White opal is more prevalent, however, it does not exhibit color as well as black opal due to its body tone. White opals, on the other hand, can be incredibly stunning in color if a good quality stone is obtained.
It is a clear to translucent opal with warm yellow, orange, and red body colors. A stone may occasionally reveal intense green flashes, even though it does not generally show any color play. The phrase "fire opal" is not often used in Australia, but the state of Querétaro in Mexico is the most famous source of fire opals; these opals are commonly referred to as "Mexican fire opals".
Jelly opals are fire opals that do not have any color play. If the rhyolitic host material is hard enough to cut and polish, Mexican opals are sometimes carved in it.
A Cantera opal is a particular form of Mexican opal. Mexican water opal, a colorless opal with a bluish or golden interior shine, is also a form of opal from Mexico.
Many people are startled to learn about blue opal because they have never seen it before. It's frequently carved into lovely beads and cabochons.
Blue common opal is a well-known variant of common opal that comes from Peru, Oregon, and Indonesia.
The color of Owyhee blue opal mined in Oregon ranges from pale to dark pastel blue. Tiny translucent zones with play-of-color can be seen in blue opal beads from Peru. Indonesian blue opal is commonly connected with opalized wood.
Pink hues can also be found in opal. These pink opal beads are manufactured from Peruvian common opal. They're about four millimeters across and come in a variety of colors ranging from virtually white to carnation pink to violet.
Peru is the most well-known supplier of pink common opal. Pink opal is found in small quantities in Oregon. The rhyolite-hosted fire opal of Mexico is sometimes referred to as a "pink opal."
The Spanish word for "purple" is "Morado." Mexico produces some common opal with purple body color. It is commonly referred to as "Morado Opal" or just "Morado." There are just a few sources of opal with a deep purple tint in the world.
When the opal is intimately disseminated as infillings of pores or holes between grains of the host rock in which it was created, the name matrix opal is commonly used. The ironstone host rock distinguishes boulder matrix opal, which is found throughout Queensland.
Andamooka matrix opal is a porous substance from Andamooka, South Australia, that can be enhanced by soaking it in a sugar solution and then boiling it in acid to deposit carbon in the accessible pore spaces, creating a dark backdrop.
Opalite is a beautiful sky blue stone that symbolizes clarity of thought, new beginnings, and innocent joy. Opalite is a glass-based man-made stone, unlike many other crystals. As a result, it has a different spiritual significance than other natural stones from the Earth. Opalite, like all man-made stones, should be utilized for simple tasks, which is where it shines the greatest. Opalite's spiritual connotations include quick mood enhancements, the ability to turn a frown into a grin, and the luminosity of a clear blue sky.
Tiffany's Stone is one of the many nicknames given to opal because of its unusual shine. This is a nod to a well-known jewelry company that wraps all of its products in baby blue. Because of its icy nature, it's also known as the Ice Cream Stone. Both of these nicknames emphasize the spiritual significance of simple pleasures and the pleasures of beauty.
Opalite's power isn't trivial, mind you. Many people who are having trouble getting their minds off of truly important and deep subjects are reminded by Opalite to stay friendly, cheery, and light-hearted. It's soothing and relaxing. Working with it is now a breeze! Other stones are more difficult to comprehend and master, requiring a significant amount of effort. Its vitality may be sensed as easily as seeing the tide come in and out at the beach on a warm afternoon. Finally, Opalite comes in a wide range of shapes and sizes.
This further demonstrates its ability to mold and be shaped into something new. Whether you prefer the soft, rounded corners of a cube or the graceful curve of an angel. Opalite's strength remains constant. Finally, Opalite comes in a wide range of shapes and sizes. This further demonstrates its ability to mold and be shaped into something new.
Whether you prefer the soft, rounded corners of a cube or the graceful curve of an angel. Opalite's strength remains constant. It teaches us to keep our hearts young, to seek the positive side of life, and to enjoy even the simplest pleasures in life.
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Opalite is a popular crystal among collectors and admirers of crystals. Its milky, translucent look generates pleasant energy and harmonious vibration. It can also help you connect with your higher self. You'll be surprised to hear that Opalite possesses a variety of medicinal capabilities, although its metaphysical properties are widely debated due to its synthetic nature.
Aids in accessing and expressing one's inner self through releasing anger and claiming self-worth. Opal improves memory. It piques people's interest in the arts. Opal brings devotion, faithfulness, and spontaneity to those who wear it.
Opal boosts one's drive to live while also treating infections and fevers. Opal purifies the blood and kidneys while also regulating insulin levels. It makes childbirth easier and relieves PMS.
Opalite has a higher and more enjoyable vibration than other natural stones, despite its smaller size. It won't scream at you, but it will capture your attention naturally and unobtrusively. Opalite is a stone that will surely pique your interest and cause you to think!


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Positivism and the peace/power dialectic: feminist reflections in a transnational age
Brayson, Kimberley (2018) Positivism and the peace/power dialectic: feminist reflections in a transnational age. In: Siliquini-Cinelli, Luca (ed.) Legal Positivism in a Global and Transnational Age. Springer. (Accepted)
Abstract: Human rights have often been described as the 'morality of the law.' Decades of feminist critique have exposed the foundations of law as deeply biased and patriarchal. And yet the idea that almost all legal philosophers are or should be positivists continues to hold sway in some quarters. The claim of this chapter is that the positivist paradigm of law, the idea that a law is valid if it emanates from a particular recognised source, provides a de minimis standard for the basis of legal relations and a starting point for critique, but offers little more. In this reductionist sense then it may be appropriate to state that everyone who engages with law is de facto a positivist. However, in an increasingly complex, diversified and pluralistic society where the transcendence of national borders and processes of globalisation neither recognise nor sustain state specific Grundnormen, legal positivism faces challenges and realities which will not and cannot leave the fundaments of the positivist paradigm unchanged. Rather, examination of the positivist paradigm through the transnational lenses of both human rights and feminist critique demonstrates that the metaphysical austerity lauded by proponents of the positivist position as a virtue, leaves it barren and inadequate to respond to the deep structural inequalities of the law. The patriarchal assumptions of the norms constituting the positivist paradigm must be challenged. The role played by human rights in providing the positivist position with a moral conscience and an opportunity to address not yet imagined atrocities and quotidian injustices in an increasingly globalised society must be critically analysed. In carrying out such a critical examination, this chapter conceptualises and historically establishes positivism at the apex of what is introduced as the peace/power dialectic. The conclusion is that whilst positivism as a historical methodology for peace may not have been malicious in establishing the economy of exclusions that it relies on, the maintenance of the positivist position as legal truth and the position of power might well be.
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This finding squares with numbers the global fund tracker EPFR reported in February, 2018, about how investors responded to a surge in market volatility. Approximately $30.6 billion was pulled out of equity funds, $3.7 billion was funneled into bonds, and money-market fund investments ballooned by $45 billion — the largest move to cash ever, based on Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyses dating back to 20042.
While keeping cash on-hand is a surefire way to avoid market losses, Smith is also quick to point out that the mental "feel good" cash provides in the short-term also undermines long-term strategies. Investments may lose money on paper at some point as the market falls, but an inevitable market turnaround will often bring the investor back to break-even, or maybe ahead of the game. Cash cannot do that. Any losses — including inflation erosion — are permanent, with no chance for making up the difference3.
Which brings us to how to help your risk averse clients who may be inclined to pull out of the market when volatility spikes. Holding cash is a limited and possibly counterproductive long-term solution. Fixed annuities offer guarantee and predictable returns, but could yield lower returns4.
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The extended period of market calm and record-low volatility has ended for the current investment cycle.
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Destitution has been endemic in Europe for 500 years. Despite repeated attempts to eliminate poverty, governments have failed to empower everyone to work for a decent living. Now Scotland wants to go-it-alone, through independence, and the Scottish National Party proposes a universal basic income. Is the idea of a universal income realistic? It all depends on whether government is willing to fund the policy out of rent. Australia shows this can be achieved.
The Australian National Accounts report that at 30 June 2020 the continent's total land values were $6.185 trillion.[i] Commercial, industrial and rural values were $0.9377 trillion, or 15.16% of total land values. So, what are the implications from the fact that residential values comprise 84.84% of total values? Can a reformed fiscal policy overcome the stresses in these straitened economic times, and enable people to pay themselves a basic income?
Q You mean we should financially support individuals, not business, during viral episodes or times of economic collapse?
Yes. But there's a case that business is also supported best by assisting individuals. Given a universal income to all people, say, of 18 years of age and above, not only does everyone have additional money to spend into business, but businesses have only to pay a wage over and above the universal income to retain or attract employees. Their wage bills will be vastly reduced.
Q You're talking about a basic income for everybody?
No, a pretty good universal income for everybody.
Q So how can we possibly afford that? Where does that money come from? From higher taxes?
No, from lower taxes. The moment we institute a universal income, we effectively abolish income taxes because the earned incomes that supplement a universal income are so much lower. To tax these at a much higher rate to raise the same taxes as now would prove to be confiscatory to employers, if they are not so already.
Q Oh, so we'll have to tax goods and services at far higher rates?
Not at all. Along with income taxes, sales taxes already play a major role in our financial indebtedness and distress. Both forms of tax already cascade down through the production process into goods and services to double their prices, generating ongoing price inflation that consumer price indices fail to measure. The deadweight losses from taxes passed on in prices, along with escalating land prices (although land has no cost of production!) are the real generators of the inflation devaluing our currencies. To simply ascribe inflation to 'excess money' and/or 'excess demand' doesn't get to grips with these underlying generators of inflation.
Q OK, OK, but wait on a minute! So, you say this universal income doesn't come from higher taxes? We have a magic money tree?
Yes, we do, but at the moment it serves only already-wealthy people. They're currently expropriating the money tree unto themselves although they don't work to do so. This also assists to explain how the middle class has become poorer over the last forty years and wage growth has declined.
The magic money tree is the annual value of our natural resources, sometimes called 'economic rent'. Dr Gavin Putland wrote a paper Trickle-Up Economics for Prosper Australia in 2019 which assessed the economic rent generated by Australians as a whole—not by any individuals—to have become 50% of the Australian economy.
If we see this 50% of the economy to be a composite, not only of our annual land and natural resource wealth, but also of the extractive deadweight losses from taxes and the excess burden that they have passed on into the economy, we have a clue from where we may derive a universal income.
Q Oh, I see! You're going to tax land values? But that's communism?
No. No communist country has both introduced a universal income and untaxed labour and capital. The following chart shows the incidence of US property taxes during the Progressive Era at local and state government levels. Australia managed to outdo the US with land and property taxes at all three levels of government during the same period. Under the influence of neoclassical economists, both countries retrogressed sharply at the Great Depression. It is difficult to argue that America and Australia were communist countries during the Progressive Era.
Q How can you say this universal income comes out of the economic rent currently expropriated by the wealthy, though?
OK, imagine that we institute a significant universal income ….
Q Wait a minute! Nobody would want to work! Everybody would do their own thing! I work. Everyone should work. We don't want malingerers!
It's true that the poorest people would be released from wage slavery to be able to 'do their own thing'. That's bad? However, to suggest that people won't work unless they're made to do so is to ignore that some form of work is innate to our existence, to the human experience, even if it is to do unpaid work. Could it be that 'malingerers' are more likely to be the victims of the current badly-devised distributional system?
Q Maybe. But how does a universal income come out of this economic 'rent'?
A universal income is an immediate and direct deduction from economic rent. Banking and other extractive rent-seeking monopolies generating the greater part of their profits from private debt built upon escalating land prices or other forms of 'rent-seeking' that minimise general wage levels will fare relatively poorly under a universal income regime. They will be required to offer a relatively greater additional wage to the universal income in order to retain employees than small businesses will be. If the universal income is further underpinned by public capture of economic rent to flatten land prices this also undermines speculative activity in real estate to reduce land prices and create affordable housing.
Moreover, if everybody 18 years and over receives a universal income and we were to capture land rent publicly, that rent would not be passed on in the form of higher prices. Economists may not agree on the fundamental cause of inflation, but they do agree that one defining feature of a public charge on rent is that it can't be passed on in prices.
The main problem concerning a universal income is that it will be resisted by mainstream media and rent-seeking interests. That is what happened in 2010, when the mining companies produced advertising to frighten Australians when the Rudd government proposed a 40% resource super-profits tax. Political parties are likely to continue giving such businesses a greater hearing than their constituents unless people call them to account.
Another rather unlikely source of resistance to a universal income may be the unions. Despite having failed their members over the last 40 years, they consider it their role to obtain fair incomes for workers. Proposed 'job guarantees' don't cut it: they are insufficient. A guaranteed decent income for all is a necessity. Unions would still retain a role in seeing to conditions in the workplace other than incomes.
The Scottish National Party presents an idea suited to the world's increasingly troubled times. However, if Australia is typical, there appears to be scope for the universal income to be more than 'basic'.
Bryan Kavanagh was employed in the Australian Taxation Office and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as a real estate valuer before co-founding a private real estate valuation practice in Melbourne in 1997. His blogs may be read at https://thedepression.org.au/
[i] Australian Bureau of Statistics Catalogue 5204 Table 61.
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Q: Simply Connected Points in Disk Why is the set of all points $z \in D^2$ for which $D^2 \setminus \{z\}$ is simply connected just $S^2$?

A: I'm assuming the ordinary Euclidean topology. First note that the boundary of $D^2$ is (homeomorphic to) $S^1$ (not $S^2$, mind you). If a point belongs to the interior of $D^2 $ (which you can embed in $\mathbb R^2 $ as the unitary disc) you may as well assume it is the origin; build up the map
$ H : [0,1] \times D^2 \to D^2 $ sending $$ (t,x) \mapsto (1-t)x + t\frac{x}{\|x\|}$$
and this is a strong deformation retraction of $D^2$ onto $S^1$, thus there is an isomorphism on the fundamental groups $$ i_* : \pi_1(S^1) \to \pi_1(D^2) $$ which is induced by the inclusion of spaces.
This cannot be done if the point lies on the boundary, and indeed in that case it's quite apparent that the fundamental group is unchanged.

A: Intuitively, a disc is simply connected because any loop can always be shrunk to a point. Now if we take a point away from the interior of the disc, this is no longer the case, since when when we shrink the loop it gets caught in the hole we just created. This is not the case when we remove a point from the boundary of $D^2$, that is, $S^1$.

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Leaders of Da Nang have instructed the city transport department to dismiss responsible officials after three tourists died when a boat sank in Han River on June 4.
The officials include the director and vice director of Da Nang Inland Waterways Authority, the Da Nang Party Unit said Tuesday.
Two children and a man drowned after the Thao Van 2 tourist boat overturned on the Han River, between the Thuan Phuoc and Han River bridges, at about 8.30 p.m. on Jun. 4.
Police have launched a criminal investigation into the sinking. The boat's owner Vo Quoc Hung and pilot Le Cong Chi have been detained for questioning.
According to the police, the boat was not licensed to carry tourists.
The police considered overloading the primary cause of the sinking. The vessel, which was originally a fishing boat, had a capacity of only 28 passengers, but was carrying 56 people when it overturned.
The passengers were also not properly seated on deck, resulting in too many gathering on one side of the boat and causing it to capsize.
Following the tragedy, Da Nang authorities have suspended the operation of all tourism boats on the Han River.
They also suspended the issuing of license for tourist boats modified from fishing boats.
According to Da Nang's leaders, the accident would not have happened had the Inland Waterways Authority fulfilled its duties.
Two days before the sinking, the police found the Thao Van 2 was operating without license and reported to the authority. However, the agency did not suspend the boat.
According to Da Nang waterway traffic police agency, more than 70 percent of tourist boats operating on the Han River were modified from fishing boats and cargo boats.
Following the accident, the Ministry of Transport has instructed provincial transport agencies around the country to keep a close eye on waterway traffic safety.
On Wednesday, authorities in the nearby Quang Nam Province suspended 5 unlicensed wharves.


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What men Should KnowHome » More men say "yes" to PrEP in a post-trial access study
More men say "yes" to PrEP in a post-trial access study
Data presented today at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne and published simultaneously in the Lancet provides the first clear evidence for who wants PrEP—and how they use it outside of the United States.
While PrEP demand and demonstration projects have gathered steady momentum in the United States, the pace has been far slower in other parts of the world—including countries where some of the original trials happened. In the absence of evidence that people want and will use PrEP, there's been plenty of debate about the viability of this strategy, particular in low- and middle-income settings.
The new data from the iPrEX Open Label Extension study (iPrEX OLE) are a welcome antidote to this skepticism. The study was open to iPrEx participants who remained HIV negative at the end of the blinded, randomized trial, as well as HIV-negative participants from two smaller safety studies. Participants were offered the chance to take daily oral tenofovir-based PrEP. Participants could also decline and remain enrolled, receiving the same counseling and care. The participants were gay men and other men who have sex with men and transgender women from Latin America, the US and South Africa. For much of the study, participants attended clinic visits every two months—less frequently than the monthly visits that were standard in the efficacy trials to date, including iPrEx.
There is much to learn from these data, and AVAC will be working with partners in the coming weeks to discuss the implications and findings in greater detail. For now, here are some key findings:
Uptake of PrEP was higher among OLE participants than it has been in the general population of gay men, MSM and transgender women. This suggests that when people are informed—as these former trial participants were—of efficacy and safety of daily oral PrEP, they are more likely to use it. There's a lot of work to be done to build awareness and demand in many countries—especially since the argument that "there's low demand, so why roll it out?" is being used to justify a slow pace of oral PrEP roll out in many settings where it could reduce infections.
PrEP works if you take it. This isn't news but the study confirms it. In OLE, as with every other efficacy trial, people who had detectable drug in their blood—indicating that they had taken one or more PrEP doses—had less risk of HIV than those who did not. As with the original adherence/efficacy data, OLE calculated the risk at a given study visit, rather than in individuals over time. For example, the study is able to draw conclusions about the probability that someone with drug level "x" in their blood at a given study visit would test HIV positive at that visit. Higher drug levels means more protection. OLE also analyzed levels of protection based on levels corresponding to more-or-less daily dosing, compared with more infrequent dosing. Not surprisingly, more frequent dosing led to more protection. But even infrequent dosing reduced risk compared to people who weren't taking PrEP at all. Overall, PrEP use was associated with a 50 percent reduction in risk of HIV compared to people in OLE who weren't taking PrEP—and to HIV rates in participants in previous trials.
People at higher risk of HIV were more likely to choose to take PrEP and more likely to take PrEP consistently over time. The study authors write, "Such preferential use of PrEP during times of greater risk is expected to increase the effect and cost effectiveness of PrEP services, and shows people's capacity to recognize and respond appropriately to risks when given attractive options." We couldn't say it any better.
Blood levels of tenofovir diphosphate (the active form of tenofovir-based PrEP) weren't as high in transgender women, so protection also wasn't as high. There is an urgent need to gather more data on how PrEP is used in transgender women, how tenofovir-based drugs interact with exogenous hormones, and how this strategy can be adapted for use by a population with soaring rates of HIV infection.
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The highest rates of anal cancer were found in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM), but rates of anal cancer among HIV-positive men and women in general were also higher than rates in the general population.
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Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez: CA Teen Mother to be taken off life support
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A teenage mother, Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez, shot by a school police officer in California was expected to be taken off life support this weekend, her brother said.
The victim, identified by family members as Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez, 18, was being prepared for organ donation before removal from life support, a move approved her siblings and mother, her brother Iran Rodriguez said Friday at a Friday news conference.
"We were six, now we're five," he said of his brothers and sisters.
Manuela Rodriguez was also survived by her 5-month-old baby, according to family attorney Luis A. Carrillo.
Long Beach Unified School District identified the officer as Eddie F. Gonzalez, hired Jan. 10. District spokesperson Chris Eftychiou said Gonzalez was placed on paid leave, and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office and Long Beach city police were involved in a review of the shooting.
The officer was driving a school safety vehicle near Millikan High School on Monday afternoon when he came upon a fight between Manuela Rodriguez and an unidentified 15-year-old girl, Long Beach police said in a statement.
Manuela Rodriguez knew the girl and started the fight, the department said. As the school officer intervened, she hopped in a car occupied by an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy "also involved in the assault," police said.
Video shows the school officer on the passenger side of the car, apparently trying to get the teenagers to stop or surrender, when it sped off, tires squealing. The officer drew his weapon and opened fire from behind the fleeing vehicle.
Paramedics took Manuela Rodriguez to Long Beach Medical Center in critical condition, Carrillo said.
Carrillo said the officer violated the district's policy, which states: "Officers shall not fire at a moving vehicle."
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La battaglia di Hacksaw Ridge (Hacksaw Ridge) è un film del 2016 diretto da Mel Gibson.

Racconta la storia vera di Desmond Doss, primo obiettore di coscienza dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti a ricevere la medaglia d'onore. Del cast del film, che è stato presentato fuori concorso alla 73ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia, fanno parte Andrew Garfield, che interpreta Doss, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer e Rachel Griffiths.

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Il giovane Desmond Doss, cresciuto a Lynchburg, Virginia, è stato educato secondo la fede della chiesa cristiana avventista del settimo giorno e, da quando non ha per poco ucciso accidentalmente suo fratello minore mentre lottavano per gioco, ha una rinforzata credenza nel comandamento sul non uccidere. All'età di 23 anni Desmond soccorre un uomo rimasto ferito mentre riparava la propria vettura portandolo all'ospedale, dove incontra Dorothy Schutte, un'infermiera. I due si innamorano e Desmond le confida il desiderio di intraprendere una carriera medica.

Allo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale Desmond ha intenzione di arruolarsi per aiutare le persone in difficoltà, ma, essendo un obiettore di coscienza, vuole servire l'esercito come soccorritore militare. Suo padre Tom, turbato veterano della prima guerra mondiale, è profondamente irritato dalla decisione del figlio, il quale, prima di partire per Fort Jackson, nella Carolina del Sud, chiede la mano a Dorothy e lei accetta di sposarlo.

Doss, posto sotto l'addestramento del sergente Howell, il quale dà a Desmond il soprannome "Fusto di mais", eccelle nelle prestazioni fisiche, ma diventa un emarginato tra i suoi commilitoni quando rifiuta di prendere in mano un fucile e di partecipare alle esercitazioni di sabato. Howell e il capitano Glover tentano di espellere Doss per motivi psichiatrici, ma il loro superiore rifiuta. Il sergente si mette a tormentare Doss sottoponendolo a lavori estenuanti, sperando così di scoraggiarlo e farlo dimettere di sua spontanea volontà. Una notte Doss viene barbaramente pestato dai suoi commilitoni, ma si rifiuta di identificare i suoi aggressori e continua l'addestramento.

Completata la formazione di base, Doss e i suoi commilitoni vengono rilasciati in congedo, e lui intende sfruttare la libertà per sposarsi con Dorothy. Il suo rifiuto di portare un'arma da fuoco, però, porta a un arresto per insubordinazione. Dorothy visita Doss in prigione e cerca di convincerlo a dichiararsi colpevole in modo che possa essere rilasciato senza accuse, ma Doss si rifiuta di abiurare al proprio credo religioso: in tribunale, si dichiara non colpevole, ma prima che possa essere condannato interviene Tom, giunto con una lettera firmata da un generale, suo ex commilitone, in cui è dichiarato che il pacifismo di suo figlio è protetto da una legge del Congresso. Le accuse contro Doss vengono così respinte, e lui e Dorothy riescono a sposarsi.

Doss e il suo plotone vengono assegnati alla settantasettesima divisione di fanteria e condotti alla battaglia di Okinawa per aiutare la novantaseiesima divisione, incaricata di sorvegliare la scarpata di Maeda, detta "Hacksaw Ridge". Nella lotta iniziale, durante la quale entrambe le parti sostengono pesanti perdite, Doss salva con successo diversi soldati, compresi quelli con lesioni gravi. Gli americani si accampano per la notte e Doss si ripara in una trincea con Smitty, un commilitone che era stato il primo a chiamarlo codardo. Durante la cena Doss rivela che la sua avversione verso le armi nacque dopo aver puntato contro suo padre la pistola che questi minacciava di usare su sua madre durante un episodio psicotico, e Smitty si scusa con lui per aver dubitato del suo coraggio.

Il mattino seguente i giapponesi lanciano un massiccio contrattacco che spinge gli americani sul bordo della scarpata. Smitty viene ucciso e molti soldati, tra cui Howell e molti dei commilitoni di Doss, rimangono feriti sul campo di battaglia e devono essere lasciati indietro. Doss sente le grida di agonia dei soldati morenti e decide di tuffarsi di nuovo nella carneficina. Schivando i colpi del nemico, Doss conduce i soldati feriti al bordo della scarpata e li cala giù con una corda. Ogni volta che ha tratto in salvo un soldato, Doss si mette alla ricerca di un altro per salvarlo. Le decine di feriti creduti morti recuperati da Doss vengono portati negli ospedali da campo e una volta saputo cosa sta avvenendo, i commilitoni di Doss ancora in grado di combattere tornano sotto la scarpata. Alle prime luci del giorno Doss trova Howell e i due, sotto il fuoco nemico, uniscono gli sforzi per fuggire da Hacksaw Ridge. I giapponesi però al di sopra della scarpata cominciano a sparare verso il basso per colpire Doss, ma vengono sorpresi dagli americani che erano tornati per soccorrere i due. Il giovane, scosso ma vivo, viene riportato all'ospedale da campo, dove i commilitoni lo ringraziano tacitamente.

Il capitano Glover si scusa con Doss per quello che gli ha fatto a Fort Jackson e gli spiega che gli altri soldati sono ispirati dai suoi sforzi miracolosi e non hanno intenzione di lanciare il prossimo attacco senza di lui. Nonostante sia sabato, giorno di festa nella sua religione, Doss si unisce ai commilitoni dopo aver terminato le sue preghiere. Con i rinforzi degli americani le sorti della battaglia mutano, e i giapponesi fingono la resa, per poi lanciare un ultimo attacco suicida, durante il quale Doss riesce a salvare diversi commilitoni rigettando lontano le granate nemiche ma rimanendo, così, ferito. Ciò nonostante, la battaglia è ormai vinta. Doss viene calato giù dalla scarpata su una barella sospesa, stringendo la piccola Bibbia che gli ha dato Dorothy.

Per avere salvato 75 soldati a Hacksaw Ridge, Doss riceverà la medaglia d'onore dal presidente Harry S. Truman. Resterà sposato con Dorothy fino alla sua morte nel 1991. Morirà il 23 marzo 2006, all'età di 87 anni.

Alla fine del film il vero Desmond Doss, il fratello Hal e il capitano Glover raccontano e commentano le gesta dell'eroe.

Produzione
Le riprese sono iniziate il 28 settembre 2015 e sono terminate il 18 dicembre dello stesso anno, principalmente in Australia, nel Nuovo Galles del Sud.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 4 novembre 2016. In Italia è stato distribuito il 2 febbraio 2017 da Eagle Pictures.

Accoglienza

Incassi
Il budget del film è di 40 milioni di dollari, mentre l'incasso totale è di 180.450.000 di dollari, di cui oltre 67 milioni negli Usa e circa 113 milioni nel resto del mondo.

Critica
Sul sito Rotten Tomatoes, il film ha un indice di gradimento dell'85%, sulla base di 274 recensioni, con una valutazione media di 7,26/10. Nel consenso critico del sito si legge "Hacksaw Ridge fa propria la storia vera di un pacifista come spunto per un avvincente omaggio alla fede, al valore e al coraggio di rimanere fedeli alle proprie convinzioni in tempo di guerra". Su Metacritic la pellicola ha un punteggio di 71 su 100, basato su 47 critici, indicando "recensioni generalmente favorevoli", mentre il pubblico interpellato da CinemaScore ha dato al film una media di "A" su una scala da A+ a F.

Riconoscimenti
 2017 - Premio Oscar
 Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
 Miglior sonoro a Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie e Peter Grace
 Candidatura per il Miglior film
 Candidatura per la Miglior regia a Mel Gibson
 Candidatura per il Miglior attore protagonista a Andrew Garfield
 Candidatura per il Miglior montaggio sonoro
 2017 - Golden Globe
 Candidatura per il Miglior film drammatico
 Candidatura per il Miglior regista a Mel Gibson
 Candidatura per il Miglior attore in un film drammatico a Andrew Garfield
2017 - Premio BAFTA
Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
Candidatura per il Miglior attore protagonista a Andrew Garfield
Candidatura per la Miglior sceneggiatura non originale a Robert Schenkkan e Andrew Knight
Candidatura per il Miglior trucco e acconciatura a Shane Thomas
Candidatura per il Miglior sonoro a Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright
2016 - National Board of Review Awards
Migliori dieci film dell'anno
2016 - Hollywood Film Awards
Miglior regista a Mel Gibson
Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
Miglior trucco e acconciature
2016 - AACTA Award
Miglior film
Miglior regista a Mel Gibson
Miglior sceneggiatura originale a Andrew Knight e Robert Schenkkan
Miglior attore protagonista a Andrew Garfield
Miglior attore non protagonista a Hugo Weaving
Miglior fotografia a Simon Duggan
Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
Miglior suono a Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb e Peter Grace
Miglior scenografia a Barry Robinson
Candidatura alla miglior attrice protagonista a Teresa Palmer
Candidatura alla miglior attrice non protagonista a Rachel Griffiths
Candidatura ai migliori costumi a Lizzy Gardiner
Candidatura al miglior trucco e acconciature a Shane Thomas e Larry Van Duynhoven
2017 - AACTA International Awards
Miglior regista internazionale a Mel Gibson
Candidatura al miglior film internazionale
Candidatura per il miglior attore internazionale ad Andrew Garfield
Candidatura alla Miglior attrice non protagonista internazionale a Teresa Palmer
Candidatura per la miglior sceneggiatura internazionale a Andrew Knight e Robert Schenkkan
2016 - American Film Institute
Migliori dieci film dell'anno
2016 - Critics' Choice Movie Award
Miglior film d'azione
Miglior attore in un film d'azione a Andrew Garfield
Candidatura al Miglior film
Candidatura al Miglior attore a Andrew Garfield
Candidatura al Miglior regista a Mel Gibson
Candidatura al Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
Candidatura al Miglior trucco a Shane Thomas e Larry Van Duynhoven
2017 - Satellite Award
Miglior attore a Andrew Garfield
Miglior montaggio a John Gilbert
Miglior suono
Candidatura per il Miglior film
Candidatura per il Miglior regista a Mel Gibson
Candidatura per la Miglior sceneggiatura non originale a Andrew Knight e Robert Schenkkan
Candidatura per la Miglior fotografia a Simon Duggan
Candidatura per la Miglior colonna sonora originale a Rupert Gregson Williams
Candidatura per la Miglior scenografia a Barry Robinson

Note

Voci correlate
 Battaglia di Okinawa
 Desmond Doss
 Obiezione di coscienza

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film basati su eventi reali
Film biografici sui militari
Film drammatici
Film sulla seconda guerra mondiale
Film diretti da Mel Gibson

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@interface VeeContactPickerViewControllerTests : XCTestCase

@property (nonatomic, strong) VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions;
@property (nonatomic, strong) VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts;

@property (nonatomic, strong) VeeContactPickerOptions* veeContactPickerDefaultOptions;
@property (nonatomic, strong) VeeContactPickerOptions* veeContactPickerCustomOptions;
@end

static NSArray<id<VeeContactProt> >* customVeeContacts;

@implementation VeeContactPickerViewControllerTests

#pragma mark - Class setup

+ (void)setUp
{
    customVeeContacts = [VeeContactsForTestingFactory createRandomVeeContacts:NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_VEECONTACTS];
}

#pragma mark - Methods setup

- (void)setUp
{
    [super setUp];
    self.veeContactPickerDefaultOptions = [VeeContactPickerOptions defaultOptions];
    self.veeContactPickerCustomOptions = self.veeContactPickerCustomOptions;
    self.veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions = [self veeContactPickerWithDefaultConfAndViewLoaded];
    self.veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts = [[VeeContactPickerViewController alloc] initWithVeeContacts:customVeeContacts];
}

- (void)tearDown
{
    [super tearDown];
}

#pragma mark - Init

- (void)testInitsShouldSetVeeAddressBook
{
    BOOL isVeeABSetForInitWithDefaultConfiguration = [_veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions valueForKey:@"veeAddressBook"] != nil;
    BOOL isVeeABBookSetForInitWithCustomVeeContacts = [_veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts valueForKey:@"veeAddressBook"] != nil;

    NSAssert(isVeeABSetForInitWithDefaultConfiguration, @"VeeAddressBook should be set in init with default configuration");
    NSAssert(isVeeABBookSetForInitWithCustomVeeContacts, @"VeeAddressBook should be set in init with custom veecontacts");
}

- (void)testInitWithCustomVeecontacts
{
    [self.veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts loadView];
    NSUInteger numberOfVeeContactsLoaded = [[_veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts valueForKey:@"veeContacts"] count];
    BOOL isNumberOfCustomVeeContactsCorrect = numberOfVeeContactsLoaded == NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_VEECONTACTS;
    NSAssert(isNumberOfCustomVeeContactsCorrect, @"Init with %zd custom veecontacts but there are %zd veecontacts loaded", NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_VEECONTACTS, numberOfVeeContactsLoaded);
}

#pragma mark - Outlets

- (void)testContactsTableViewOutletShouldBeConnected
{
    NSAssert(self.veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.contactsTableView, @"TableView outlet is not connected");
}

- (void)testCancelBarButtonItemOutletShouldBeConnected
{
    NSAssert(self.veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.cancelBarButtonItem, @"CancelBarButtonItem outlet is not connected");
}

- (void)testTitleNavigationItemOutletShouldBeConnected
{
    NSAssert(self.veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.titleNavigationItem, @"TitleNavigationItem outlet is not connected");
}

#pragma mark - Actions

- (void)testCancelBarButtonItemPressedAction
{
    BOOL isActionCorrect = (_veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.cancelBarButtonItem).action == @selector(cancelBarButtonItemPressed:);
    NSAssert(isActionCorrect, @"CancelBarButtonItem action is not cancelBarButtonItemPressed:");
}

#pragma mark - Strings

- (void)testTitleNavigationItemTitleShouldBeInitialized
{
    BOOL isTitleCorrect = [_veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.titleNavigationItem.title isEqualToString:_veeContactPickerDefaultOptions.veeContactPickerStrings.navigationBarTitle];
    NSAssert(isTitleCorrect, @"TitleNavigationItem title is %@ but should be %@", _veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.titleNavigationItem.title, self.veeContactPickerDefaultOptions.veeContactPickerStrings.navigationBarTitle);
}

- (void)testCancelBarButtomItemTitleShouldBeInitialized
{
    BOOL isTitleCorrect = [_veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.cancelBarButtonItem.title isEqualToString:_veeContactPickerDefaultOptions.veeContactPickerStrings.cancelButtonTitle];
    NSAssert(isTitleCorrect, @"CancelBarButtomItem title is %@ but should be %@", _veeContactPickerVCWithDefaultOptions.cancelBarButtonItem.title, _veeContactPickerDefaultOptions.veeContactPickerStrings.cancelButtonTitle);
}

#pragma mark - Delegates

- (void)testConformsToVeeABDelegate
{
    BOOL conformsToVeeABDelegate = [VeeContactPickerViewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(VeeABDelegate)];
    NSAssert(conformsToVeeABDelegate, @"Picker should conforms to VeeABDelegate protocol ");
}

#pragma mark - Empty view

-(void)testEmptyViewIsNotShownWhenThereAreContacts
{
    VeeContactPickerViewController* defaultPickerViewController = [self veeContactPickerWithDefaultConfAndViewLoaded];
    BOOL tableViewShouldNotBeHidden = defaultPickerViewController.contactsTableView.hidden == NO;
    UILabel* emptyViewLabel = (UILabel*) [defaultPickerViewController valueForKey:@"emptyViewLabel"];
    BOOL emptyViewLabelShouldBeHidden = emptyViewLabel.hidden == YES;

    NSAssert(tableViewShouldNotBeHidden && emptyViewLabelShouldBeHidden, @"Empty view should not be shown if there are contacts!");
}

#pragma mark - VeeContactPickerDelegate

- (void)testContactPickerDelegateDidSelectContact
{
    id mockContactDelegate = OCMProtocolMock(@protocol(VeeContactPickerDelegate));
    VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPicker = _veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts;
    veeContactPicker.contactPickerDelegate = mockContactDelegate;
    [veeContactPicker loadView];
    id mockedTableView = OCMClassMock([UITableView class]);
    [veeContactPicker tableView:mockedTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0]];

    OCMVerify([mockContactDelegate didSelectContact:[OCMArg any]]);
}

- (void)testContactPickerDelegateDidCancel
{
    id mockContactDelegate = OCMProtocolMock(@protocol(VeeContactPickerDelegate));
    VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPicker = _veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts;
    veeContactPicker.contactPickerDelegate = mockContactDelegate;
    [veeContactPicker loadView];
    [veeContactPicker cancelBarButtonItemPressed:self];
    OCMVerify([mockContactDelegate didCancelContactSelection]);
}

- (void)testContactPickerDelegateDidFailToAccessAddressBook
{
    id mockContactDelegate = OCMProtocolMock(@protocol(VeeContactPickerDelegate));
    VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPicker = _veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts;
    veeContactPicker.contactPickerDelegate = mockContactDelegate;
    [veeContactPicker loadView];
    [veeContactPicker abPermissionsNotGranted];

    OCMVerify([mockContactDelegate didFailToAccessAddressBook]);
}

#pragma mark - Completion handler

- (void)testContactSelectionHandlerIsCalled
{
    VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPicker = _veeContactPickerVCWithCustomVeeContacts;
    __block BOOL isBlockInvoked = NO;
    veeContactPicker.contactSelectionHandler = ^void(id<VeeContactProt> selectedVeeContact) {
        isBlockInvoked = YES;
    };

    [veeContactPicker loadView];
    id mockedTableView = OCMClassMock([UITableView class]);
    [veeContactPicker tableView:mockedTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0]];

    NSAssert(isBlockInvoked, @"Contact selection handler should be invoked");
}

#pragma mark - Private utils

- (VeeContactPickerViewController*)veeContactPickerWithDefaultConfAndViewLoaded
{
    VeeContactPickerViewController* veeContactPickerVC = [[VeeContactPickerViewController alloc] initWithDefaultConfiguration];
    [veeContactPickerVC loadView];
    return veeContactPickerVC;
}

- (VeeContactPickerOptions*)veeContactPickerCustomOptions
{
    if (!_veeContactPickerCustomOptions) {
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions = [VeeContactPickerOptions new];
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions.veeContactPickerStrings = [[VeeContactPickerStrings alloc] initWithNavigationBarTitle:@"foo" cancelButtonTitle:@"bar" emptyViewLabelText:@"empty"];
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions.sectionIdentifiers = @[ @"A", @"B", @"C" ];
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions.sectionIdentifierWildcard = @"$";
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions.showInitialsPlaceholder = NO;
        _veeContactPickerCustomOptions.contactThumbnailImagePlaceholder = [self veeTestImage];
    }
    return _veeContactPickerCustomOptions;
}

@end

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