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Military & Veterans Life Cover Story: Military Olympians bound for Tokyo The Tokyo Summer Olympics are finally happening this month, after being delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite barring spectators for safety reasons, the Games will continue as planned. And, in keeping with tradition, our U.S. military will be represented: three coaches and 17 of the 614 American athletes competing this time are military members.
Veterans Advantage Awards HeroVet: Mike Krzyzewski From captain of West Point's basketball team to a captain in the Army and on to coach Duke's extraordinary Blue Devils for over three decades, Mike Krzyzewski's lifetime of leadership is admirable. Coach K, as he is known, recently announced his retirement after 47 years of coaching. He will complete the upcoming 2021-2022 season of college basketball and retire at age 75 to spend time with family.
Military & Veterans Life Cover Story: U.S. Army's "Green to Gold" Program Offers Incentives and Motivations to Climb the Ranks For those looking for a great reason to enter the military, here's an inspirational story that will have you, or someone you know, enlisting today!
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Military & Veterans News Registration opens for 2019 National Veterans Wheelchair Games Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that Veterans interested in registering for the 2019 National Veterans Wheelchair Games can do so online Jan. 7 through April 15.
Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: Remembering what John McCain meant to Veterans This week we honor Navy Veteran and Senator John McCain as our TopVet.
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Military & Veterans News Statement by Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis on Passing of Former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci "It is with profound sadness that I extend my deepest condolences on the passing of former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci.
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Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Richard C. Hartnack Richard C. Hartnack, known as Rick, is the Non-Executive Chairman of Synchrony Financial, the recent spin out of GE Capital's consumer credit business, and a leading provider of credit cards.
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Military & Veterans News President Supports Veterans at Annual White House Soldier Ride WASHINGTON, -- During the annual Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride® event at the White House, the president welcomed over 70 wounded, ill, and injured post-9/11 service members and veterans and their caregivers. This segment of the iconic bicycle ride follows a special tradition among United Statespresidents that began in 2008 with President George W. Bush and continues today.
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Military & Veterans News Department of Defense Announces Winners Of the 2018 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards The Department of Defense (DOD) announces the 2018 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards winners. The awards recognize individuals, teams and installations for their exceptional environmental achievements and innovative, cost-effective environmental practices.
Military & Veterans News "Prescribed to Death" Opioid Memorial Raises Awareness of Prescription Drug Crisis On April 17, VA Acting Secretary Robert Wilkie visited the National Safety Council's "Prescribed to Death" opioid memorial and recorded this video message I'm Robert Wilkie. I'm visiting the National Safety Council's "Prescribed to Death" opioid memorial. The memorial is currently located here at the White House. It's part of President Trump's Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand.
Military & Veterans News VA Updates and Improves Assistance Program for Transitioning Service Members WASHINGTON — As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ongoing efforts to help transitioning service members navigate and understand VA's various benefits, the agency recently updated VA's briefing portion of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) – an interagency initiative authorized as a voluntary program in 1991 under the National Defense Authorization Act and made mandatory under the VOW to Hire Heroes Act in 2011 to help service members adjust to civilian life.
Military & Veterans Life Lindsey Vonn Remembers Her Dad's Army Service as other Military Olympians Complete in Dramatic Style in South Korea American skier Lindsey Vonn dedicated her 2018 Winter Olympic performance to her grandfather, Don Kidlow, who served in the Army and was stationed in South Korea, not far from where Lindsey compete
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Discounts & Benefits Glitches Continue to Dog Department of Veterans Affairs ID Card for Veterans On July 20, 2015, it was signed into law the authorization for the VA to issue a new Veterans ID Card or "VIC". The purpose was to provide federal identification for all who have served our country. All veterans who served in the armed forces, including the reserve components, would be eligible for a VIC.
Military & Veterans News White House: Remarks by President Trump on the Administration's National Security Strategy Thank you very much. Thank you. Please. I want to thank Vice President Pence, along with the many members of my Cabinet here with us today. I also want to thank all of the dedicated professionals — military, civilian, and law enforcement — who devote their lives to serving our nation. In particular, I want to recognize General Dunford and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.)
Military & Veterans News Department of Defense Issues Interpretive Rule Amendment Under the Military Lending Act, Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents The Department of Defense announced today that an Interpretive Rule Amendment under the Military Lending Act (MLA) Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to service members and dependents, was published today in the Federal Register. The interpretive rule amendment provides additional guidance on questions the Department received regarding compliance with the July 2015 Final Rule.


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Q: Django API: Updating a list of dictionaries I am trying to pass a list of dictionaries through my django rest framework API, loop through them, update the associated records in the model, and ultimately return the serialized data to the front end.
I am receiving the following error when submitting the list of dictionaries:
HTTP 400 Bad Request
Allow: PUT, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

[
    {
        "non_field_errors": [
            "Expected a list of items but got type \"dict\"."
        ]
    },
    {
        "non_field_errors": [
            "Expected a list of items but got type \"dict\"."
        ]
    }
]

Here is the JSON I'm passing through the django rest framework API template:
[
    {
        "id": "1",
        "order": "5"
    },
    {
        "id": "2",
        "order": "3"
    }
]

Here is a view of my model:

class Waitlist(models.Model):

    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True)
    identification = models.CharField(max_length=50)

    email = models.EmailField(max_length=100, validators=[], blank=True)
    mobile_phone = PhoneNumberField(blank=True)

    store_number = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
    order = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
    status = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()

    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.first_name + ' ' + self.last_name

Here is a stripped down view of my views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404

from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from rest_framework import status

from .models import Waitlist

from .serializers import WaitlistOrderSerializer, WaitlistOrderListSerializer

@api_view(['PUT'])
def waitlistOrder(request):
    waitlist_data = request.data
    waitlist = []
    for data in waitlist_data:
        waitlist_id = data.get('id')
        w = Waitlist.objects.get(id=waitlist_id)
        waitlist.append(w)
    serializer = WaitlistOrderListSerializer(
        waitlist, data=waitlist_data, many=True)
    if serializer.is_valid():
        serializer.save()
        return Response({'success': 'Waitlist order updated successfully'})
    return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

And, here is a stripped down view of my my serializers.py
class WaitlistOrderSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    id = serializers.IntegerField()
    order = serializers.IntegerField()

    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
        instance.order = validated_data.get('order', instance.order)
        instance.save()
        return instance

class WaitlistOrderListSerializer(serializers.ListSerializer):
    child = WaitlistOrderSerializer()

    def update(self, instances, validated_data):
        for instance, data in zip(instances, validated_data):
            self.child.update(instance, data)
        return instances

Thanks for any suggestions.

A: The error is at this line:
serializer = WaitlistOrderListSerializer(
        waitlist, data=waitlist_data, many=True)

It should be:
serializer = WaitlistOrderListSerializer(waitlist)

But there is no need to create ListSerializer. When you pass many=True, this ListSerializer is automatically created and WaitlistOrderSerializer will be passed as a child. Similar to what you you are doing.
So you can do:
serializer = WaitlistOrderSerializer(waitlist, many=True)

and remove your listserializer entirely.

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We recently completed a project alongside Kids Play Childcare that encompassed every aspect of fun you can imagine, from a Hobbit House to a Fire Escape Walkway.
We were asked to provide a proposal by Kids Play's director Paul Sharp to design a new outdoor space for their new build nursery in Milton Keynes. They were very happy with the initial proposal and decided they wanted to work with us developing the design to fit their vision of what their new build should look like.
Kids Play's ethos is all about nature based play, providing stimulating environments and activities to encourage learning, and as that's also what we're all about, we were happy to work in conjunction with them. Their teams provide the highest quality nurseries, pre-schools, early education and care for children from 6 Weeks to 12 Years.
Our favourite and probably one of our most popular products that we build is the Hobbit House. For this exciting project we bespoke built a Cedar Shingle and timber Hobbit House to exact specifications which was covered in Cedar Shingle cladding to give it that rustic finish that was desired. The house featured different zones that focused on areas of stimulation for young children.
With a timber internal and a polycarbonate roof, the building will remain long-lasting throughout the years and in all types of adverse weather. On the exterior, we fitted a balcony with extended posts for den making and decoration, as well as he added a touch of elder writing around the door that we created using our CNC machine.
We used slip-resistant decking throughout so that small children can be safe from slips and trips, which is a huge feature for any piece of children's timber play equipment. Inside the hideaway Hobbit House there's also a bench seating area which also doubles up as storage, so if there's toys or books to be kept in there, then they will be safe and dry.
Leading out from two doorways in the building is the most exciting escape we've ever seen, creating a real feature which doesn't look out of place and leads out and down to the Hobbit House perfectly.
This walkway is also made with slip resistant decking and also has a cedar shingle roof to stop children getting wet on their walk down to the Hobbit House. At the end of the walkway you are met with a grand gazebo which underneath sits stump seating for storytelling time or just a place to relax in the peace and quiet.
On the roof we created a massive 15m x 4.8m timber shelter which we had a lot of fun building. Due to the scale of the build a structural engineer was used to sign off the work, and it was important that we got it right to make the best impact overall.
The roof itself was made from polycarbonate sheets which offer UV protection to the children using it; it's also good to have on rainy days so no one gets too wet!
The best part of the canopy is that an animal themed design was printed onto translucent laminate, which created a unique sensory space, projecting different colours down onto the seating below.
We installed a stainless steel slide into the Playscheme to create the ultimate fun factor. This lead from the top of the roof to the playground below. We know that the kids wil love this one. Well, who doesn't love a slide?
This particular area of the play scheme is educational, as we wanted to find a way to teach children about where their food comes from. For this, we designed an area where children can grow their own vegetables in the two timber planters that we have installed. Now if this isn't amazing enough, we also built an area where children can prepare their own pizza, which is then cooked in the pizza oven.
This area also includes sand stone paving and a palled fence and gate so that the pizza oven is sectioned off when an adult is not present. This just saves from any accidents when there is no supervision.
We've absolutely loved every single bit of this project, from conception to design to building and installing. It was one of our biggest projects to date and we are so happy with the end result.
If you like the look of our bespoke Hobbit House and walkway or have a project of your own in mind, then we'd love to hear from you! Contact us on 01904 607 677 or mail@play-scheme@co.uk to arrange a chat.


This documentary follows the journey of the new stage show from its earliest stages of development through to its world premiere in Dublin in October 2013. It gives unique insight of the show's creators, who brought Irish dance to the world stage 20 years ago with Riverdance, and now want to take this form of dance to a whole new level.
It follows the casting of world class dancers, though an online talent search, who are not only at the top of their profession in Irish but also in other dance forms.
It goes into the rehearsal rooms with choreographer David Bolger and Irish Dance Choreographer John Carey as they bring the multi cultural fusion of Irish, Latin and Afro-Cuban dance together and the creation of spectacular dance numbers. The documentary talks to the creatives in how their desire to bring new cutting edge technology in the form of high definition screens and digitally projected imagery creating backdrops which helps drive the show's story narrative.
Through the documentary we get to meet the cast, the amazing band members and all the key creatives as we travel with them on their journey to opening night at The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Dublin of this spectacular new dance and music stage show ahead of its sell out tour to China, Canada and the United States.


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Last month's nugget of wisdom encouraged you to Think outside the box and be creative with your job search. To help you do just that, I'd like to share a nugget of wisdom from a man who has lavished me at company Christmas parties and work dinners with his fascinating stories (like the time he was dodging bullets in revolutionary Iran). Sir John Hanson was Director General of the British Council for several years and then Warden of Green College at Oxford University (where his portrait hangs at the Radcliffe Observatory). I admire him greatly, and he provided me with many a nugget of wisdom.
Look at sectors that are going to be buoyant and position yourself accordingly.
There's not much more I can add to that. This advice comes from someone with a lot of experience and who clearly knows what he is talking about.
Now, go back and re-read last month's post (or read it for the first time, I am not offended that you haven't read it yet). Then go and think outside your usual box.
Bottom line: Position yourself in buoyant sectors.


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Q: How to queue pods in Kubernetes? I am new to Kubernetes and I am facing some issues.
The project codebase in bitbucket and in each commit, there are pipelines in bitbucket which build a pod in the Kubernetes cluster. So the pods do some tasks and terminate after the task got completed. When the commits are high cluster fails due to a large number of pods. So I am trying to find a solution to queue it in the Kubernetes cluster so the pods will use all the resources of my cluster after the termination of the pods it will run the other pods in the queue and so on. Any help?

A: You can set pod resource requirements so that when you create a pod and requirements cannot be satisfied, scheduler will put it in pending state and schedule it as soon as there are available resources.
The only downfall of this solution is that it does not guarantee that pods will be created in the same order as api request sent to create them.


Special Counsel has a Corporate Compliance Paralegal job in Princeton, New Jersey, available with an in-house client. If you are an experienced legal professional with compliance and regulatory experience in pharmaceutical setting, we would love to see your resume today! Our client is a growing boutique firm in Princeton.
Responsibilities will include assisting with credentialing, licensing and regulatory issues. You will be helping to add new entities, assisting with acquisitions, and helping with research.
They are looking for someone with a legal experience in a pharmaceutical setting-someone well versed in regulatory and compliance issues. You should be super detail-oriented.
If you would like to be considered for the Compliance Paralegal job in Princeton, New Jersey, that Special Counsel has available, please visit our website at www.specialcounsel.com to apply and/or consider other opportunities!


Welcome to this weeks instalment of TBR Thursday! This is where I randomly pick a book on my TBR pile/list/mountain and give you, my readers, the cover and blurb! There really is no set order to this. Anyone can join in, just make sure you tag me, so I can see what you have on our ever growing mountains!
When Sister Evangeline of the St Rose Convent stumbles across a mysterious correspondence with Abigail Rockefeller in the archive, it reveals that angels once walked among us … and might still. This discovery plunges Evangeline into the hidden and dangerous world of the Angelologists – a secret society that battles to prevent the ascendancy of the Nephilim, the angels' descendants on Earth.
Evangeline becomes the catalyst in a race to hunt down powerful and ancient artefacts that can be used to enslave humankind. And not only is the key to finding those artefacts within her grasp – but also a secret about her own past and its links to the Angelologists.
Possession of either could cost Evangeline her life . . .


Natasha Mekhail is a Canadian travel writer, editor and content strategist based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her work has covered both consumer titles and content-marketing projects for luxury brands such as Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Mercedes-Benz, Bombardier Business Aircraft, VistaJet, Birks and L'Oréal Luxe.
Natasha's focus has largely been on the luxury sector with a personal interest in writing about niche perfumes and the people who create them.
Her approach to travel and lifestyle editorial has been recognized with numerous awards including the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors' prize for Best Custom Publication in 2017 (Fairmont Magazine) and 2016 (Mercedes-Benz magazine), as well as a nomination for 2015 Editor of the Year from the UK-based Content Marketing Association.


Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was one of the great portrait artists of her day, easily the equal of Quentin de La Tour or Jean Baptiste Greuze. Born into relatively modest circumstances, she firmly established herself in society's upper crust. After earning the favours of the king and his family, she became the official artist of Queen Marie Antoinette.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée was the daughter of Louis Vigée, a pastel artist and member of the Académie de Saint-Luc, and his wife Jeanne Maissin, of countryman origin. Baptised at the church of Saint-Eustache in Paris, at the age of six Élisabeth entered the Trinity Convent School on Rue de Charonne, in the Saint-Antoine district of the capital. From an early age the young artist painted on every available surface, from her school books to the walls of her school. This precocious gift prompted her father to declare, prophetically: "If anybody was born to be a painter, my child, it's you." The young Elisabeth was very attached to her father, who died when she was just twelve years old. Fortunately he had had time enough to recognise his daughter's artistic talent and to teach her the basics of art, especially with pastels, his own speciality. Naturally enough, the young artist's first subjects were her friends and family. Among them was the art dealer Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, whom she married in 1776.
After years spent honing her craft in the workshops of Blaise Bocquet, Pierre Davesne and Gabriel Briard, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun gradually developed a highly sophisticated and distinctly personal technique which made her the equal of the most skilled portrait artists of the day. This technical prowess – combined with her brother's success as a writer, the expertise of her husband and their network of influential contacts – helped her to rapidly develop an exclusive clientele and a burgeoning reputation. She became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1774, and four years later was appointed official artist to Marie Antoinette, who would become her patron and confidante. In 1783, thanks largely to the queen's influence, Vigée Le Brun was admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on the strength of her reception piece, the allegorical painting of Peace restoring Abundance. The director of the Academy, Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, had been strongly opposed to admitting this newcomer. According to the rules of the period, her husband's profession as an art dealer should have disqualified Vigée Le Brun from entering the Academy, as women had no social status beyond that of their husbands. Her admission to the Academy was the ultimate honour.
After painting the first major official portrait of Marie Antoinette in 1778, which met with a very positive reception, Vigée Le Brun was regularly called upon to paint the queen and produced 30 portraits of Marie Antoinette in six years. The queen enjoyed sitting for her friend Élisabeth Louise and received her in her private apartments. In 1783, she painted a portrait of the queen in informal attire which provoked outraged reactions at Court.
But Vigée Le Brun's reputation did not suffer, and she kept her royal and aristocratic clients.
Driven by her talent, her great capacity for work and her widely-admired beauty, Vigée Le Brun furthered her career by rubbing shoulders with the elite and gradually climbing the social ladder. Her works from the 1780s demonstrate just how successful she was. Vigée Le Brun's numerous portraits provide a wonderful window onto the changing fashions of the day. Women of ample proportions and full, sensuous lips are depicted with an indolent, dreamy or even frankly provocative look in their eyes. Her portraits often contain sensual undertones, a sort of animal magnetism which at times becomes erotically-charged.
Socially and professionally dependent on the patronage of the royal family, the court and the nobility, Vigée Le Brun was the subject of vicious slander in various pamphlets. Forced to leave Paris with her daughter and the latter's governess on the night of 6 October 1789, just as the royal family was being transferred to the capital, she opted to travel to Italy. This was to be the start of a long exile of over twelve years. Separated from her husband and her life at court, the artist relied on her reputation and charm to build up a European clientele fascinated by the French style. Between1789 - 1802 her talent earned official recognition and plaudits from the academies of Rome, Bologna, Parma, Florence and Saint Petersburg. Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun enjoyed success wherever she went, and thanks to the prices she charged for her portraits she was able to maintain a lifestyle in keeping with her grand reputation. Shortly after returning to Paris on 18 January 1802, Vigée Le Brun became a regular guest of Laure Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely and also frequented the company of Joséphine Bonaparte. She soon renewed her contacts with some of her social circle from the pre-1789 days, such as Greuze, Hubert Robert, Brongniart and Ménageot. She continued to put her paintbrush at the service of the Empire and Europe's aristocracy, making several visits to England between 1803 and 1805.
She settled in France permanently in 1805, devoting herself to preserving the delicacy and unique sensibility in her work which had made her portraits such a success before the Revolution and during the Emigration. On 30 March 1842, Élisabeth Louis Vigée Le Brun passed away at 99 Rue Saint-Lazare, Paris.


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Cleveland Browns Head Coach Butch Davis Resigns
James Joyner · Tuesday, November 30, 2004 · 4 comments
Browns Head Coach Butch Davis Resigns (DMN – AP)
Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis resigned Tuesday, leaving a last-place team with five games left in a season filled with costly injuries. The Browns (3-8) lost their fifth straight game on Sunday, 58-48 at Cincinnati. The team went 24-36 and made the playoffs just once in Davis' four seasons as head coach. Davis left with three years remaining on a contract worth about $12 million. It wasn't immediately clear if he agreed to a buyout. Browns president John Collins was to speak about the move at an afternoon news conference, team spokeswoman Lisa Levine said.
Offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie or defensive coordinator Dave Campo is expected to take over as interim coach for the Browns, who host the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots on Sunday.
Pressure had been mounting on Davis for weeks as the Browns' season crumbled with a score of injuries to key players and a handful of close losses. The Browns have 13 players on injured reserve, including six starters. Amid speculation last week that Davis was about to be fired, Collins said the coach would remain in place for the rest of the season – unless he resigned.
Davis, who helped restore the University of Miami's program before joining the Browns in 2001, could be a candidate for the job opening at Florida.
Interesting. This makes sense from Davis' perspective, since he would almost certainly be fired at year's end and he could miss out on the Florida opening if he waited until then. Robiskie and Campo were both incredibly unsuccessful head coaches at Washington and Dallas, respectively, so I can't imagine either will get the job on a permanent basis.
Update (0940): ESPN's Chris Mortenson tells a different story–an includes a rather odd twist:
Players to help pick interim coach (ESPN)
Butch Davis is out as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Browns president John Collins said Tuesday morning that Davis had resigned after a Monday night meeting with club officials. But a source close to Davis told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that Davis was fired.
There has been no decision on a replacement, but Mortensen is reporting that team owner Randy Lerner intends to meet with a group of Browns players to discuss who will be selected as the interim coach. Offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie and defensive coordinator Dave Campo are the leading candidates to take over as the interim coach for the rest of the season.
Having the players vote is just insane. Not only does it become a popularity contest but it undermines the coordinator that doesn't get the job. Of course, it's unlikely that either coordinator would continue on under the new head coach next year.
And what a bonus for Davis: He gets out early enough to compete for a prime college gig and also, by getting fired rather than quitting, gets paid for the rest of his contract with the Browns.
Update (0948): Or maybe not. SI's Don Banks reports that there was a buy-out deal arranged.
After spending most of Monday negotiating the terms of his departure after nearly four seasons with the team, the Cleveland Browns and head coach Butch Davis will part ways on Tuesday, league sources told SI.com. In an early Tuesday morning meeting with his coaching staff, Davis confirmed the news to his assistants, informing them he would no longer be the Browns head coach within hours.
It is not clear yet whether the Browns will term Davis' departure as a resignation or a termination, but the two sides spent Monday negotiating a buyout of the final three years remaining on Davis' contract. The Associated Press is reporting that the head coach resigned on Tuesday. Davis was owed between $11 million and $12 million on a deal that extends through the 2007 season, but the two sides reached a buyout agreement that would pay Davis less than that figure, in exchange for allowing him to walk away from the Browns with five games remaining this season.
Update (1628): ESPN's Len Pascquerelli makes note of something that has occured to me as well.
In the Jimmy Johnson coaching "tree," a term they like to use in the NFL to trace lineage, Butch Davis is now the latest limb to be lopped off. The staff that Johnson assembled during his tenure with the Cowboys certainly was an impressive one, a group that contributed mightily to Dallas claiming a pair of Super Bowl titles during his five seasons there. But his protégés have been unable, at least at the NFL level, to emulate Johnson's success.
In fact, Davis is now the second former Johnson assistant to be fired this year, following Dave Wannstedt's departure from the Miami Dolphins earlier this month. Davis enjoyed great success at the college level, of course, resurrecting a scandal-ridden program at the University of Miami, where he compiled a 51-20 record. But in his nearly four seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Davis was just 24-36, and led the franchise to only one playoff berth.
Such failure has become, somewhat inexplicably, commonplace for the assistants who served under Johnson in the NFL and then became head coaches themselves. The cumulative record for the four former Johnson assistants who became head coaches is just 177-226-1, a .439 winning percentage.
The breakdown: Wannstedt, 84-90 with the Chicago Bears (1993-98) and the Dolphins (2000-2004); Norv Turner, 54-67-1 with the Washington Redskins (1994-2000); Butch Davis, 24-36 with the Cleveland Browns (2001-2004); and Dave Campo, 15-33 with the Cowboys (2000-2002).
Backcountry Conservative says:
Browns' Coach Resigns
Butch Davis has resigned as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. James Joyner has the details….
Robert Slatt says:
Butch Davis's resignation is a long time coming. Davis seemed to be what Cleveland needed to get back into the playoffs but all we got was a lot of positive talk with negative results.
Davis had 4 years to fix the weakest part of the Browns and that was the offensive line. He drafted a Center(Jeff Faine)and continued to fill the line gaps with 6th and 7th rounders. His comments in interviews insulted his own players. For example WR Dennis Northcutt. When Dennis wanted his contract re-negotiated in the final year Davis said he wouldn't shell out money for a Punt Returner even though Dennis had been the leading receiver for the Browns that year.
Davis's hunger for power was another flaw. He ran Dwight Clark out of Cleveland and Carmen Policy knows a sinking ship when he sees one. That's why Policy left.
As a football fan I wish Butch Davis the best of luck wherever he winds up. He's a good coach. But as a Cleveland Browns fan I must say that Butch's time was up and we have to move on.
Bye the way. When were Robiske and Campo ever sucessful? Robiske was a horrible choice as Redskin replacement coach and there's a reason Campo isn't the head coach of Dallas.
It does not really matter who the interim coach is, but this Browns fan would prefer Campo over Robiske.
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How Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Blackhole?
Eric Williams July 29, 2021	 July 29, 2021
Falling Into a Blackhole Simulation
Simulation of what you would see if you fell into a Black Hole. The camera goes inside the black hole only when the video ends. Due to the extreme bending of space and time, the black hole starts to fill up the whole view.
The small sphere, in the end, is the light of the whole universe falling in after the camera from every direction.
As the light falls in it gains energy and due to the limited speed of light it blue shifts to infinity. Even the faintest electromagnetic sources would turn into visible blue light and beyond.
You would also see the universe go very far into the future if you could stay there. When the screen goes black, the camera is inside the event horizon. Every direction now points to the central singularity.
Time literally flows towards the center and, there is no way out. Even if you could go faster than the speed of light, there would not be anywhere else to go.
What happens at the center nobody knows, safe to say the camera would break due to extreme tidal forces. Due to the extreme bending of time inside the black hole, there might be many singularities formed by the matter falling before and after the camera has fallen in.
It would probably get sandwiched between singularities and be torn to pieces.
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"""Centralized single and multi-agent environment for networks with traffic lights.

These environments are used to train traffic lights to regulate traffic flow
through an n x m traffic light grid.

Note: Centralized Environment:
                            concatenates all observations of all agents into one array (see get_state method)
                            sums  all reward values of all agents(see compute_reward method)
                            the observation space is (observation space for single agent * number of agents)
                            Action space is defined for all agents
"""

import numpy as np
from gym.spaces.box import Box
from gym.spaces.discrete import Discrete
from flow.core.traffic_light_utils import log_rewards, log_travel_times, get_training_iter, execute_action
from flow.envs.traffic_light_grid import TrafficLightGridPOEnv
import pandas as pd
import os
from flow.envs import thesis
from flow.envs import presslight
from flow.core import benchmark_params
import itertools

# index to split traffic lights string eg. "center0".split("center")[ID_IDX] = 0
ID_IDX = 1

modules = [presslight, thesis]

# These sample parameters can be imported in the simulation config files as
# from flow.envs.centralized_env import PRESSURE_SAMPLE_PARAMS, THESIS_SAMPLE_PARAMS

PRESSURE_SAMPLE_PARAMS = {
    # minimum switch time for each traffic light (in seconds)
    "switch_time": 2.0,
    # whether the traffic lights should be actuated by sumo or RL
    # options are "controlled" and "actuated"
    "tl_type": "actuated",
    # determines whether the action space is meant to be discrete or continuous
    "discrete": True,
    "target_velocity": 11,
    "yellow_phase_duration": 4,
    "num_observed": 2,
    "num_local_edges": 4,
    "num_local_lights": 4,
    "benchmark": "PressureLightGridEnv",  # This should be the string name of the benchmark class
    "benchmark_params": "BenchmarkParams"
}

THESIS_SAMPLE_PARAMS = {
    # minimum switch time for each traffic light (in seconds)
    "switch_time": 2.0,
    # whether the traffic lights should be actuated by sumo or RL
    # options are "controlled" and "actuated"
    "tl_type": "actuated",
    # determines whether the action space is meant to be discrete or continuous
    "discrete": True,
    "target_velocity": 11,
    "yellow_phase_duration": 4,
    "num_observed": 2,
    "num_local_edges": 4,
    "num_local_lights": 4,
    "benchmark": "ThesisLightGridEnv",  # This should be the string name of the benchmark class
    "benchmark_params": "BenchmarkParams"
}

class CentralizedGridEnv(TrafficLightGridPOEnv):

    """ Inherited for Baseline Implementation

    Centralized model version of TrafficLightGridPOEnv.

    Required from env_params: See parent class

    States
        See parent class

    Actions
        See parent class

    Rewards
        See parent class

    Termination
        See parent class
    """

    def __init__(self, env_params, sim_params, network, simulator='traci'):
        super().__init__(env_params, sim_params, network, simulator)

        """Initialized centralized environment with benchmark string parameters"""

        # obtain the class objects (parameters and experiments) from the defined benchmark string names
        self.benchmark_params = getattr(benchmark_params, env_params.additional_params["benchmark_params"])()
        for mod in modules:
            try:
                self.benchmark = getattr(mod, env_params.additional_params["benchmark"])(self.benchmark_params)
                break
            except AttributeError:
                continue

        self.action_dict = dict()
        self.rew_list = []
        self.yellow_phase_duration = 4 # env_params.additional_params["yellow_phase_duration"]

    def compute_reward(self, rl_actions, **kwargs):

        """Reward function for the RL agent(s).
          Calls benchmark object to compute reward for each traffic light

        Parameters
        ----------
        rl_actions : array_like
            actions performed by rl agents
        kwargs : dict
            other parameters of interest. Contains a "fail" element, which
            is True if a vehicle crashed, and False otherwise

        Returns
        -------
        reward : float
        """
        rl_ids = self.k.traffic_light.get_ids()
        reward = {}

        # if no rl_action, SUMO default (either actuated or fixed) is executed. reward is computed.
        if rl_actions is None:
            for rl_id in rl_ids:
                reward[rl_id] = self.benchmark.compute_reward(self.step_counter, rl_id)

            # add all rewards for each traffic light
            final_reward = sum(list(reward.values()))
            return final_reward

        # collect required iterable for rl_actions and rl_ids
        if not self.action_dict:
            rl_id_action_dict = rl_actions.items()

        else:
            actions = self.action_dict[rl_actions]
            rl_id_action_dict = zip(rl_ids, actions)

        # compute rewards for each rl_id
        for rl_id, rl_action in rl_id_action_dict:
            reward[rl_id] = self.benchmark.compute_reward(self.step_counter, rl_id)

        # add all rewards for each traffic light
        final_reward = sum(list(reward.values()))
        return final_reward

    def get_state(self):
        """Return the state of the simulation as perceived by the RL agent.
           Calls benchmark object to compute state for each traffic light

        Returns
        -------
        final_obs : array_like
            information on the state of the traffic lights, which is provided to the
            agent
        """

        observations = {}

        # collect states/observations for for each rl_id
        for rl_id in self.k.traffic_light.get_ids():
            observations[rl_id] = self.benchmark.get_state(kernel=self.k,
                                                           network=self.network,
                                                           _get_relative_node=self._get_relative_node,
                                                           direction=self.direction,
                                                           step_counter=self.step_counter,
                                                           rl_id=rl_id)

        # concatenate all states for each traffic light
        final_obs = np.concatenate(list((observations.values())))
        return final_obs

    @property
    def observation_space(self):
        """Identify the dimensions and bounds of the observation space.

        Returns:
        ---------
        gym.spaces.box object
            contains shape and bounds of observation space characterized
            by the benchmark and number of traffic lights
        """

        tl_box = Box(
            low=-np.inf,
            high=np.inf,
            shape=(self.benchmark.obs_shape_func() * self.num_traffic_lights,),
            dtype=np.float32)
        return tl_box

    @property
    def action_space(self):
        """Identify the dimensions and bounds of the action space.
          Actions characterized using a dict that map agent choices to traffic light actions:
            ie. for single light: 0, 1
                                 to not switch or to switch traffic light respectively
                                 {0: (0), 1:(1)}
                for multi light: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
                                 agents values corresponding to action for each traffic light
                                 example for 3 lights: {1: (1,0,0), 2:(0,1,0) ..

        Returns
        -------
        gym.spaces.Discrete object
            contains shape and bounds of action space characterized

        """

        # get all combinations of actions [(1,0,0), (0,1,0)...
        lst = list(itertools.product([0, 1], repeat=self.num_traffic_lights))

        # create dict mapping agents actions to list {1: (1,0,0), 2:(0,1,0) ..
        for i in np.arange(len(lst)):
            self.action_dict.update({i: lst[i]})

        return Discrete(len(lst))

    def step(self, rl_actions):
        """Advance the environment by one step.

        See parent class

        Parameters
        ----------
        rl_actions : array_like
            action provided by the rl algorithm
            Note: self.action_dict =  {rl_actions: (action_for each_traffic_light)}

        Returns
        -------
        observation : array_like
            agent's observation of the current environment
        reward : float
            amount of reward associated with the previous state/action pair
        done : bool
            indicates whether the episode has ended
        info : dict
            contains other diagnostic information from the previous action
        """

        # advance simulation
        next_observation, reward, done, infos = super().step(rl_actions)

        # log average reward and average travel times if simulation is over
        self.rew_list.append(reward)

        # log reward during simulation
        if self.benchmark_params.log_rewards_during_iteration:
            log_rewards(self.rew_list, rl_actions, self.benchmark_params, 0, self.step_counter, during_simulation=True)

        if done:
            # current training iteration
            iter_ = get_training_iter(self.benchmark_params.full_path)
            # log average travel time
            log_travel_times(rl_actions, iter_, self.benchmark_params, self.network, self.sim_params, self.step_counter)
            # log average reward
            log_rewards(self.rew_list, rl_actions, self.benchmark_params, iter_, self.step_counter)

        return next_observation, reward, done, infos

    def _apply_rl_actions(self, rl_actions):
        """Specify the actions to be performed by the rl agent(s).

        If no actions are provided at any given step, the rl agents default to
        performing actions specified by SUMO.

        Parameters
        ----------
        rl_actions : int
            actions provided by the RL algorithm
            Note: self.action_dict =  {rl_actions: (action_for each_traffic_light)}
            ie. for single light: 0, 1
                                 switch or not to switch traffic light respectively
                                 {0: (0), 1:(1)}
                for multi light: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
                                 agents values corresponding to action for each traffic light
                                 example for 3 lights: {1: (1,0,0), 2:(0,1,0) ..

        """
        # flag to activate sumo actuate baselines or not to
        if self.benchmark_params.sumo_actuated_baseline:

            # check file to track number of simulations completed during training.
            if not os.path.isfile(self.benchmark_params.full_path):
                return
            else:
                # read csv file if it exists
                df = pd.read_csv(self.benchmark_params.full_path, index_col=False)
                n_iter = df.training_iteration.iat[-1]

            if n_iter < self.benchmark_params.sumo_actuated_simulations:
                return

        rl_ids = np.arange(self.num_traffic_lights)
        actions = self.action_dict[rl_actions]

        for i, rl_action in zip(rl_ids, actions):
            execute_action(self, i, rl_action)

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Now depending on who you ask, Cutty Dyer is either a water sprite or he is an Ogre. What is not in dispute is that he lives in the river Yeo or to call it by its modern name: the Ashburn, and that he is one thoroughly unpleasant person. Cutty has a penchant for luring naughty children, especially boys, to the banks of the Yeo and then dragging them into its icy waters where he would slit their throats and gorge himself on their warm blood. One of his favourite haunts was the King's Bridge in the centre of Ashburton.
Adults were not above his attentions either, especially if they had stayed too long in one of the many pubs in Ashburton. As an illustration of what he was capable of, I will let William Crossing recount an encounter with Cutty Dyer:
"One night, when the hour in which Shakespeare tells us that "churchyards yawn" was fast approaching, two men might have been seen slowly making their way along the brink of the Yeo. Behind them the old town of Ashburton lay wrapped in slumber, and with the exception of the sound of their footsteps, and an occasional exclamation, the silence was unbroken. Had anyone been abroad at that late hour to notice them he would have seen that something seemed to hinder them from walking with that precision which is generally expected from people on the highway. It may have been that they were firm believers in the rule that there is no beauty in a straight line, but that a succession of curves was much more to be desired; or it is possible that the uncertain light of the moon rendered it difficult for them to see the road. It would also have been noticeable that they frequently stopped, and seemed to engage in an argument, one appearing to desire to go in a direction to which the other was altogether opposed.
In the midst of one of these discussions one of them suddenly started back and a loud yell rang out upon the night.
"Cutty Dyer!" he cried.
His companion grasped his arm and stared in the direction towards which he pointed.
There standing in the middle of the Yeo, was the gigantic form of the dreaded ogre. The water was dripping from his garments, and gleamed in the baleful light that shot from the great goggle-eyes of the monster. His black hair hung down over his shoulders in twisted locks that could only be likened to snakes, and his beard of the same colour descended to his belt. Little of his face was visible, but the huge yes, and the teeth like those of a shark, were quite sufficient to repress any inquisitive desire on the part of the men to see the rest of his features. Transfixed with horror, the two wayfarers stared wildly at those gleaming eyes. Slowly the monster raised his arm, and stretched out his hand towards them. Nearer and nearer it came, until the great fingers touched the shoulders of the nearest. Then the spell was broken, and with a cry of terror the men staggered away from the river.
Now at first sight Cutty Dyer's conduct does not appear to be very commendable. But, we must know all the circumstances before we can judge in the matter. When we hear that on the following morning one of the wayfarers was found sound asleep in a cucumber frame, partially buried by the broken glass of the top light, and that the other was in the lock-up for having assaulted the constable, we shall perhaps be inclined to think that Cutty Dyer knew what was best for them when he offered to introduce them to his element."
Pilkington, 1978, pp. 75-6, suggests a possible explanation for Cutty Dyer. He considers that 'Cutty' is an abbreviated form of St. Christopher and that in the middle ages there was an image of the saint near some stepping stones that went across the river Ashburn in Ashburton's West Street. The churchwardens accounts for 1536 record that 6d was paid for "looking out stock to make St. Christopher." In 1538 another entry shows that 9s was paid "in part of a greater sum for making image of St. Christopher." Pilkington further postulates that this image was either used in a 'miracle play' or it was the one which stood by the stepping stones in West Street. Either way it was destroyed during the reformation and in those Puritan times the saint became an ogre with huge large eyes that were the size of saucers – or Cutty. But where did the 'Dyer' come from? The Oxford Dictionary defines dyer as meaning "a scoundrel of the deepest dye,"
Either St. Christopher or Cutty Dyer is reputed to be perpetuated in the name of Cuddyford Bridge which spans the Yeo.
Pilkington, F. 1978 Ashburton the Dartmoor Town, Devon Books, Exeter.
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"Metaverse" has been very hot recently, and it's crazy. Against the background of the Metaverse fire, some buyers bought digital land at sky-high prices in the virtual world, and speculation in real estate in the virtual world seems to have become a trend, and there are even some celebrities entering the game.
"It's ridiculous and cool", this is the content of a newsletter reporting that Crypto Valley is building a new building.Decentraland is a virtual platform built on the Ethereum blockchain, and Crypto Valley is the business district of Decentraland. The building is owned by blockchain investor Tokens.com and will be a hybrid of Spain's Ibiza nightclub and Las Vegas Bellagio resort. In a fantasy world that is not limited by the boring laws of physics, the rotating company logo will be suspended above the building, and nearby clouds will also be flashing lightning with the company's logo. In contrast, the functional positioning of the tower to provide office leases and event venues for virtual currency conferences is unremarkable.
Game players have been trading pixelated real estate and other digital assets for quite a while. Now stimulated by the development of unique digital artifacts such as NFT (non-homogeneous tokens), and the hype surrounding the Metaverse, this transaction behavior is being extremely amplified. Metaverse is a rising virtual market, according to different people's predictions, it may eventually generate 1 trillion to 30 trillion US dollars in revenue.
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The completely fictitious world is also attracting investors. In November last year, Republic Realm, which manages and develops digital real estate, spent $4.3 million on the Sandbox platform to buy land, the largest virtual real estate investment so far. During the same period, Tokens.com spent US$2.4 million to purchase the Fashion Street area of Decentraland. In the gambling area, there are many nightclubs and casinos, and users can win virtual currency. In the art district, the real-world Sotheby's auction house opened a virtual gallery. When Decentraland went online in 2017, the smaller plots were around US$20, and they can now sell for as much as US$100,000. Its competitive platform Somnium Space also announced that in 30 days in November, user land sales exceeded 1.8 million U.S. dollars. In other virtual worlds, the concert hall plays online performances of digital avatars of popular superstars such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. The empty virtual store may soon be rented out by Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry and Balenciaga, etc., and these big fashion brands have already sold branded goods in certain Metaverses.
Will this digital real estate boom last? As in the real world, profit depends on the flow of people and people's willingness to consume real money. If you want to go to the next level, you must improve the user experience. Popular Metaverse platforms such as Decentraland and Sandbox are still rough. Ordinary users may not want to be like previous gamers who use graphics cards, VR equipment, and ultra-fast broadband to make the online world feel more real.
The second risk is volatility. The sale of virtual real estate generally involves the exchange of specific Metaverse cryptocurrencies. Decentraland has MANA, and Sandbox has a digital token called SAND. The price of these cryptocurrencies may fluctuate violently, even far exceeding that of Bitcoin or Ether, and the asset prices of such mature digital currencies themselves are already difficult to predict. If a specific Metaverse strikes a thunder, the price of the related cryptocurrency may return to zero.
To reduce risk, early investors such as Republic Realm are diversifying their positions. The company claims to own land on 23 Metaverse platforms. But unlike the real land value which depends on its scarcity, every virtual world is actually without boundaries. In theory, the number of virtual worlds is also unlimited. There are already hundreds of quasi-metacosms, and with the advancement of encryption technology, there will be more Metaverses rising. This constitutes a contradiction. With the rise of Metaverse, people expect virtual real estate prices to soar. But the prosperity of the Metaverse means that scarcity is reduced and prices are falling. Compared with the laws of physics, the laws of supply and demand may be a more difficult gap for virtual real estate.
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ACC Loan Management Limited -v- Kelly & Anor
ACC LOAN MANAGEMENT LIMITED
OLIVER KELLY AND MARGARET KELLY
JUDGMENT of Mr. Justice Eagar delivered on the 15th day of May, 2017
1.	This is a judgment on the application by way of notice of motion for discovery by the defendants dated the 3rd of November, 2014.
2.	The proceedings in this case were initiated by the plaintiff by summary summons issued on the 5th of December, 2013.
The First Loan Facility
3.	The special endorsement of claim in its particulars identified that on or about 2nd of August, 2006 pursuant to a loan agreement, the plaintiff provided a loan facility to both defendants of up to €300,000.00.
4.	By deed of appointment dated the 21st of July, 2010 Simon Coyle of Mazars (the receiver) was appointed by the plaintiff as receiver over 3 St. Laurence's Park, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow and 9 Glenside Road, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow pursuant to a mortgage dated the 22nd March, 2007 and a mortgage dated the 15th of November, 2007 made between the defendants of the one part and the plaintiff of the other part. The properties were to be sold by the receiver and the net proceeds of sale in the amount of €191,744.24 were applied against the first loan facility as was repayment by the borrowers in the sum of €37,000.00 in reduction of the amount due and owing by the defendants to the plaintiff pursuant to the first loan facility. By letter of formal demand dated the 23rd of October, 2013 the plaintiff's solicitors demanded repayment of €71,097.44 which sum remained due and owing by the defendants pursuant to the first loan facility.
The Second Loan Facility
5.	On or about the 22nd of November, 2006 pursuant to a loan agreement, the plaintiff provided a loan facility to the defendants of €600,000.00. By letter of formal demand dated the 23rd of October, 2013 the plaintiff's solicitors demanded repayment of the principle sum of €600,000.00 then due and owing to the plaintiff by the defendants on foot of the second loan facility.
6.	The plaintiff claimed judgment in the sum of €671,097.44 being the sum demanded as due and owing by the defendants as of the 23rd of October, 2013.
7.	The defendants entered an appearance on their behalf and represented themselves in these proceedings.
8.	By notice of motion dated the 1st of April, 2014 the plaintiff sought summary judgment in the sum of €671,097.44 and interest. This affidavit detailed the two loan facilities referred to above and the demand for payment as against the defendants. On the 20th of April, 2015 the title of the plaintiff in the proceedings was amended from ACC Bank Plc. to ACC Loan Management Ltd. together with a copy of the certificate of title in relation to this.
9.	The defendants swore an affidavit in their joint names on the 21st of May, 2014. The affidavit of the defendants indicated that in relation to the first loan facility, the first legal mortgage in charge was not on 5 St. Laurence's Road but on 3 St. Laurence's Park, Wicklow Town. In relation to the second loan facility the defence indicates that payments were made prior to the loan being taken down, and that this is a mistake in the affidavit of the plaintiff's affidavit sworn by Mr. Pierce. However, it is quite clear to the Court that the payments that were paid related to the first loan, and not the second loan. By affidavit sworn on the 3rd of July, 2014 Ronan O'Flaherty, a manager of ACC Loan Management Ltd. says that he believes no defence is made to the plaintiff's claim. He states that the plaintiff sues on sums advanced pursuant to two loan facilities, one dated the 2nd of August, 2006 and the second dated the 22nd of November, 2006. There is no dispute that the monies provided for in these facilities were advanced and similarly no dispute that to the extent referred to in the proceedings the monies have not been repaid.
10.	He states that the defendants made a number of arguments in their affidavit and which he identifies as follows:
(1)	There were inaccuracies in the affidavit of Edmund Pierce sworn on the 25th of March, 2014 and in some of the loan documentation exhibited referring to the addresses; and
(2)	There was overcharging of interest and fees, undercharging of funds on deposit and missing or taken funds
(3)	That the Bank gave a binding commitment to advance sums to the defendant for further development in 2007 and the Bank had to make good on that promise
He says that he has examined the background to each of the claims and having done so he says he believes there is no substance to these claims. Much of what is said in their claims has been traversed in correspondence with the Bank, which had addressed the claims.
11.	In relation to the errors in the loan documentation, he states that the plaintiff has already apologised in writing for these errors but that the actual identity of the secure properties was never in doubt. He says that a number of complaints had gone unanswered by the plaintiff and he says that this was not the case. He also says that the defendants in their affidavit referred to a refund of an amount of €24,143.23. This sum related to an arrangement fee which the Bank charged (in error) to a consumer loan and was refunded to the defendants by agreement and not included in the claim.
12.	He states that the defendants queried at a number of points what occurred in relation to the proceeds of their houses by way of the actions of the receiver appointed on behalf of the Bank. He says that the plaintiff retained complete discretion under its loan and security documentation as to where the receivership proceeds were to be applied, and that the net sale proceeds of the receivership and other payments fall far short of paying the defendants debt obligations to the plaintiff.
13.	The next affidavit is that of Aidan McLoughlin of ACC Loan Management Ltd. dated the 3rd of July, 2014 and he says he is employed by the plaintiff as Agri-Banking Manager and was formerly employed by the plaintiff as portfolio manager in the Wicklow town branch of the plaintiff Bank. He said that he had read and considered the affidavit of Edmund Pierce sworn on behalf of the plaintiff on the 25th of March, 2014 and he agrees and confirms every averment.
14.	He also says that he did not accept that the Bank gave the defendants any assurance that the Bank would provide development finance for a proposed development of 3-4 St. Laurence's Park, Wicklow Town, Wicklow. He did not explain to the defendants that the loan facility provided pursuant to letter of sanction dated the 22nd of November, 2006 was a first instalment in the alleged agreement to provide development finance.
15.	On the 4th of November, 2014 by way of notice of motion the defendants applied for discovery of documents in the plaintiff's power, procurement or possession founded on affidavit of both defendants. This is the issue which this Court proposes to decide.
16.	Mr. Kelly expressed a wish to progress a motion in respect of discovery and has now issued such a motion. Counsel for the plaintiff takes objection to the motion coming before the court in a summary judgment application. She says that such an application is inappropriate in the context of summary proceedings.
Discovery in summary summons proceedings
17.	The Court is clear that the issue of discovery does not correspond with the requirements of an application for summary judgment. The Court refers to the Irish Life and Permanent plc. trading as Permanent TSB v. John Hanrahan & Celina Hanrahan [2015] IEAC 125, where Moriarty J. in the High Court refused discovery in summary summons proceedings. The defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal and in a judgment delivered on the 10th day of June, 2015 Kelly J. (as he then was) stated as follows:
"4.	The adjudication will be as to whether an arguable defence has been laid out by Mr. Hanrahan on foot of the affidavit evidence which he has already filed or indeed on foot of any further affidavit evidence which he may file between now and the matter being determined by the judge.
5.	The application for discovery was dealt with in the High Court by Moriarty J. who pointed out and in my view pointed out quite correctly, that normally an application for discovery does not fall to be dealt with at this stage of proceedings. In that regard the judge was on solid ground because discovery ordered in respect of issues that will fall to be tried at the trial of the action.
7.	We are a long way indeed from the delivery of a formal defence in the present action as I have already pointed out the matter is pending before the Master who will have to go to a judge's list. A judge will have to decide whether there is a prima facia defence made out. If he takes the view that there is such a defence, then the case will be adjourned for plenary hearing and there will be an order made for the exchange of formal pleadings.
8.	It is by reference to the pleadings that the question of the entitlement to discovery falls to be determined. There is ample case law demonstrating that it is by reference to pleadings alone that one has to identify the issues that fall to be tried.
9.	It is clear that, if that is the view of the matter which found favour with the Supreme Court in the case of Keating v. RTE. Mr. Hanrahan has said he wants this discovery in order to be able to put his defence before the Master or before the judge by way of affidavit. But it is clear from the decision of the Supreme Court in Keating v. RTE that as is said there "discovery is an instrument to advance the calls of justice, it's purpose is to aid a party in the progress of litigation". It is not designed to identify grounds capable of establishing a cause of action, that is it cannot be used to enable a person to plead a course of action for a defence which he is not otherwise in a position to plea."
18.	This Court finds that it is only when a court decides that a plaintiff is not entitled to summary judgment, on the basis that a defence has been raised by a defendant, that the issue of discovery arises. In those circumstances the Court will refuse the reliefs sought by way of an order for discovery in relation to these matters, and the Court will proceed to deal with the issue of whether or not there is any defence raised in relation to these proceedings.
ACC Loan Management Ltd -v- Kelly & Anor [2017] IEHC ~ (15 May 2017)


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Wind River the movie
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I came home and looked for a book. But there is no book. The movie is what it is and I recommend it.
You may not feel as I did, that women were once again portrayed as victims, for the most part; that even the strongest woman in the film was weak, and shown to be in need of rescuing by the men.
I would be interested in your thoughts, in the comments.
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