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Huntington Beach, CA's DENM Single "Alright" | Video Stream Here | Our Top 3 List For New Music
Denm is on fire this year and we can't wait to see what he is going to do in 2020. Our top choices to check out are No Break, Everyday's The Weekend and Life's Too Short. Also, Denm's cover of Sublime's Bad Fish is fucking fantastic! This is a cover that Bradley Nowell would absolutely be proud of.
DENM BIO:
In 2015, DENM was no more than a bedroom producer playing in a band, touring North America, and producing some songs on the side in his spare time.
"My solo project basically started out as something to do when I was bored on tour" shares DENM. "We would all have our computers out, making our own music for fun on the road. I remember making this random dance song in the back row of a sprinter and thought it sounded pretty cool. I played it for a few friends and label people, and when they demanded to hear more, I took it to heart."
That dance song ultimately became "Lit," which Pop Crush called an "irresistible debut single" and a "garage house-y ode to hedonism and the rush of infatuation." Within a month of its release, "Lit" racked up a million streams and landed in the Top 10 on both Spotify's and Hype Machine's Viral and New Hot Electronic Charts.
"Honestly I just got super lucky. I didn't make that song with the intention of it getting the reaction that it did," admits DENM. "I was blown away at how well it did, but it also became somewhat of a curse to me. The people around me at the time wanted to hear more songs just like "Lit." But, that wasn't who I was or wanted to be as an artist. I'm not really an EDM artist. And, I wanted to make music I truly believed in. Unfortunately, not everyone around me understood that which left me stuck in this tension of wanting to be myself as an artist, but also not wanting to let my team down."
Since releasing "Lit," DENM has been on a tireless journey of discovering who he is as an artist. By the end of 2017, DENM was thinking about quitting music and giving up on the dream he'd been working so hard to achieve. Instead, he ended up writing his single, "Life's Too Short."
"When I wrote 'Life's Too Short,' I had no money, nothing was working, and it seemed like I'd hit the final wall," shares DENM. "So as a form of therapy, I wrote a song about how life is too short – how it all flies by so fast. I mean, I remember being a little kid like it was yesterday. And now I'm an adult. Just like that. I'd been so focused on trying to make it, that I wasn't even enjoying my life. So I decided to try and change my mindset. I let go. I told myself that I was going to be alright. That whatever will be, will be."
Shortly after that experience, DENM found himself in a one-off writing session at Rock Mafia with some of the industry's biggest hitmakers. When they asked DENM what he'd been working on, he played them his demo of "Life's Too Short." They instantly fell in love with the song, noting DENM's laid-back, yet honest take on life.
"Meeting them was life-changing for me," recalls DENM. "I was so burned out from making music I didn't like for other people. I told Rock Mafia how hard it was to write and create music under that kind of pressure. They simply responded, 'Well, what kind of music do you wanna make?' That question shifted something in me. It gave me this spark of hope inside. The energy in that room felt magical as we listened to the demo of 'Life's Too Short.' I guess that's where it all started for us. That's when everything in my life began to change."
In early 2018, Rock Mafia enthusiastically signed DENM as an artist, writer, and producer. Together, they immediately began work on an EP. One may never know if it was because of his change in mindset, or simply because of his raw, undeniable talent. But, as DENM says, "It's all about timing. I was in the right place at the right time."
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Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Responds To 'Titanic' Door Scene
While doing the rounds promoting one film, Leonardo DiCaprio is being roasted for another.
While chatting with MTV about upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, DiCaprio was rushed with a question that none of them expected:
"OK, biggest movie controversy of all time, could Jack have fit on that door at the end of Titanic?" threw out interviewer Josh Horowitz.
DiCaprio smirked, Pitt laughed, and Robbie began reminiscing about seeing the movie… before DiCaprio interjected.
"No comment," he said, for the first time ever, may I add.
"That's telling, I think," Horowitz replied.
We asked @LeoDiCaprio if he could have fit on the door at the end of #Titanic, and his #OnceUponATimeInHollywood co-stars @MargotRobbie and Brad Pitt seemed to think so 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/nsOMZpXhFz
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) July 15, 2019
A quick primer: For almost 22 years, debate on whether DiCaprio's character could've fit on the floating door has been red-hot. Of course, he does not get on, instead he sinks down into the ocean and dies as Rose floats to safety…
Pitt is asked his thoughts.
"That is funny," he said. "I'm going to have to go back and look now, shoot. Certainly."
Pitt went on to taunt DiCaprio.
"Could you? Could you? Could you have squeezed in there? You could've, couldn't you?"
DiCaprio holds strong with another "No comment".
Robbie then turns to DiCaprio with her own question of logistics.
"Did you mention it at the time?" she asked him. "Were you like 'should we make the door smaller so I…'" she trails off before DiCaprio answers.
"Like I said, I have no comment."
In 2017, DiCaprio's co-star Kate Winslet weighed in on the debate, telling Stephen Colbert: "He just should have tried harder to get on that door"
Titanic director James Cameron said it was simple: "You read page 147 of the script and it says, 'Jack gets off the board and gives his place to her so that she can survive'. It's that simple. You can do all the post-analysis you want."
The controversy was also an experiment on Mythbusters, which proved there was room for both Rose and Jack:
James Cameron later went on to say the Mythbusters episode was "full of shit". LOL.
Brad Pitt, however, had the last say.
"It's movie magic, my friends, movie magic."
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The Dangers of Tobacco
The typewriter on this 2009 postal cover is a gratuitous one, since it commemorates a writer who preferred to write with a pencil – Bulgarian novelist and dramatist Dimitar Todorov Dimov (Димитър Тодоров Димов) 25 June 1909 – 1 April 1966.
In addition to his work as a writer, Dimov was a veterinary surgeon and, from 1939, Assistant Professor of Animal Anatomy at Sofia University. In January 1943, he accepted a professorship at Madrid University which ended in March 1944. His stay in Spain, and his friendship with the Spanish writer Juan Eduardo Zúñiga had a lasting influence on his work.
Dimov was married three times. His first wife, the famous translator of Charles Dickens, Nelly Dospevska, used an apt symbol to capture Dimov's personality:
"Indisputably, the first thing that struck me about him was something like a thick glass wall rising between him and the rest of the world."
"It sometimes got thinner but would never break down. It let no one touch his inner self while at the same time it kept him away from others even when they were close to him and he loved them. However, through this wall of glass he could see much more than the rest of us. It served him as both a shield and a magnifying glass." (from audio files kept at the Bulgarian National Radio Golden Archives)
Dimitar Dimov's most well-known work is his 1951 novel, Tobacco – a novel that explores his dual interest in the exceptional and the catastrophic, and his taste for cosmopolitan characters with tragic fates.
The novel spans the urban life of Bulgaria from the 1920s to the 1940s. The novel's main character, Boris, has an insatiable appetite for wealth and success, and rises from poverty to emerge as a tycoon in the tobacco business.
His characters' path is one of destruction: beginning with the traditional values of love, loyalty, hard work and modesty to a world of big business, alienation and perished love. The novel is a metaphor of how greed and ambition kill love and human happiness.
A screen version of Tobacco (Tyutyun) was made in 1962, written and directed by Nikola Korabov.
When Tobacco was released in 1951, the communist censors ruled that the novel was inconsistent with communist ideology as it had no communist characters in it to reflect the so-called progressive forces in society. A veritable storm erupted at the Union of Bulgarian Writers, and Dimov came under massive fire and was forced to rework his novel. This resulted in the epic's second edition, in 1954, as the writer added about 250 pages to the original: enough to develop an all new second line with a communist couple of characters to offset the original ones.
Luckily, Dimov reworked the novel so masterfully that it was not hurt much by the supplementary storyline. The colossal row about Tobacco (rather than Dimov's chain-smoking) is blamed for his untimely death in 1966, at age 56, when he suffered a massive stroke at Bucharest Airport.
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The typosphere is all encompassing! Thanks for the correction.
Richard P says:
I'll be damned! When I was in Madrid recently, I saw a plaque commemorating Dimov's stay in the city, but I had no idea who he was. Now I do. Leave it to the typosphere!
Here's the plaque: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8670/16519160050_4f6c455a3c_b.jpg
I believe his friend's name is not Eduardo Suniga, but Juan Eduardo Zúñiga.
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Glossy+: To scale, styling services must depend on traditional retailers
For department stores, the strategy around subscription boxes and personal styling services goes a little something like this: If everyone else has one, we want one, too.
After Nordstrom acquired Trunk Club in 2014 for $350 million, copycat partnerships followed. (That's despite the department store taking a $170 million loss for that purchase just two years later.)
At the end of 2017, JCPenney teamed up with Bombfell, a similar subscription menswear box, to build style boxes for customers, initially focusing on the big-and-tall menswear category. (In menswear, big-and-tall is the equivalent of women's plus-size.) Also last year, Neiman Marcus made an early-stage deal with DappStyled, a curated box service for men, to be its exclusive merchandise partner. Launched in June, DappStyled sells stylist-curated boxes for men sourced from a mix of Neiman Marcus and Last Call inventory at three price tiers ($99, $149 and $199) based on the brands and items in each box. While there's no subscription required to see or shop DappStyled's boxes, inventory will be changed out every two to three weeks, with customer data collection informing new product decisions.
"With retail being as challenging as it is now, everyone wants to stay relevant," said Max King, co-founder and director of operations at DappStyled. "For Neiman, this is a new revenue stream, a new customer line, without the added cost of a new project."
While DappStyled has taken the subscription out of the styling box, it's doing so in the hopes that more customers will flood in without that barrier of entry, and that more Neiman Marcus and Last Call product will be churned out. It's still scratching the itch of what a subscription styling service offers: A differentiated revenue stream, and a compilation of customer data, two pillars of modern retail strategy. But traditional retailers are also turning into an unlikely savior for subscription and styling service models, which have proven difficult to scale on their own.
"To scale these models on their own takes discipline and resources – something that traditional retailers have and startups can quickly run out of." said Cheryl Chang, principle investor at BlueRun Ventures.
The exception has been Stitch Fix: The subscription-based styling service went public last year with a $1 billion IPO and has extended from women's clothing to menswear and basics, like undergarments. Its model is built on customer data, luring brands in with the promise of full-price sell-through (no promotions) and using algorithms to design in-house clothing lines.
King said DappStyled doesn't want to imitate Stitch Fix, the giant in the space. It's going after a more budget-conscious customer, doesn't ask for a subscription fee, and doesn't sit on inventory it doesn't sell. Instead, it sends it back to Neiman Marcus. But King isn't counting out other partners: He said that growth for the company is reliant on expanding to other merchandisers in order to extend to other categories.
"For companies based on customer data, you're nothing without scale," said King. "That's where partnerships come in."
#OH: What other brands are saying about the subscription and styling models
Jill Friedson, vp of marketing, Allure Beauty Box
"This endeavor, we believe firmly, is future-proofing a brand like Allure. It's on the market, and it aligns with the editorial mission. It requires a lot of coordination. We call this the space of alternative revenue. We're not thinking about our primary media business or advertising-driven models. We think actively about the beauty box as something that lets us reach a new consumer who may not be reading the magazine."
Krishna Nikhil, chief merchandising officer, Ssense
"The personal styling model is the result of the organic emergence of personal shopping appointments in our retail location. Customers would call or send an email requesting styles from the website to be tried on in the store and would often look to our staff for styling advice. The majority of sales were a result of this behaviour and it became clear that this is increasingly how people want to shop. At [Ssense's physical retail store], we've dedicated two entire levels and eight fitting rooms to host personal styling appointments."
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Pinterest partners with FabFitFun on first product box
"This is one of the first times we've brought the Pinterest 100 trends to life in a form [that allows] people to try the items," Vikram Bhaskaran, head of market development at Pinterest, said. "The Pinterest Box really feels like a board coming to life."
K-beauty startup Memebox prepares for second act with e-commerce relaunch
Memebox has started to branch out with its own products, both online and through retail partnerships. In June 2017, a month after e-commerce sales halted, Memebox launched I Dew Care — a rebrand of its bon vivant label — exclusively at Ulta Beauty and brought its other private label, Nooni, to 300 Ulta locations. This fall, Memebox is releasing a new product line at Sephora, which it created with the retailer.
How Stitch Fix pitches to high-end brands like Calvin Klein and DVF
Luckily for Stitch Fix, it's reaching out to premium fashion brands at a time when they're feeling especially vulnerable: department store foot traffic is falling, the online marketplace is sprawled and Amazon is hardly a friendly retail partner to brands.


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Data Theft Controversy: Will Cleartrip Be Able To Fly The Coop?
Preethi J	3 Jun, 2011
What began as a data theft allegation has turned into a criminal case against the top management at online travel agency Cleartrip. Armed with further incriminating forensic evidence, a result of investigations over the past year, the Gurgaon police filed a charge sheet on Wednesday.
The primary accused in the case are Stuart Crighton, CEO of Cleartrip, and Amit Taneja, promoter of Desiya Online Travel Distribution Pvt Ltd, a firm acquired by Travelocity two years ago.
The allegations made by the online travel agency Travelocity against the Cleartrip management now point to criminal breach of trust, data theft, collusion, abetment, misappropriation, money laundering and criminal conspiracy. The next hearing will be on July 20, 2011 at the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Gurgaon. A copy of the chargesheet and the FIR report is in possession of Techcircle.in.
Cleartrip, backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Sherpalo Ventures, DAG Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is one of the top three online travel agencies in India, along with MakeMyTrip and Yatra.
Travelocity.com is part of the Sabre Holdings group, which also owns Travelguru, Zuji and the Sabre booking & travel technology platform. Travelocity acquired D.V.Travels Guru Pvt Ltd and Desiya Online Travel Distribution Pvt Ltd in August 2009 for its hotel business.
The case goes back to 2009, when Travelocity filed an FIR (No. 572) under sections 419/420/406 and 120B of the IPC 1860 Act and Information Technology Act 2000, under Section 66. Consequently, a raid was conducted at the Cleartrip office and laptops and mobile phones of Amit Taneja, Sanjeet Singh (employee of Cleartrip), Imran Ansari (employee of Desiya) and V. Sriram (a former employee of Desiya) were confiscated.
Further investigations in 2010 by the Gurgaon police revealed that Taneja was downloading and transferring information to Cleartrip and received compensation for the same from Crighton. Taneja was also offered 1.5 per cent equity stake in Cleartrip during this period, according to the police chargesheet.
"It's not about a couple of guys moving information or committing data theft. This was a conspiracy by the senior most management and shows a systemic flaw as they believed they could get away with flouting the law," said Roshan Mendis, regional vice-president, Travelocity (Asia Pacific), speaking to Techcircle.in.
"Taneja was a promoter and used his capacity as a senior and access to loads of data to funnel it out to our competitor. He was induced, motivated and rewarded for it," he added.
Travelocity had stated in the FIR, dated December 11, 2009, that the data compromise to its direct competitor (Cleartrip) could result in a 15 per cent loss of market share, translating to a loss of Rs 20 crore over a 12-month period. Travelocity invested over Rs 8 crore in building the source code over three years. The company claimed in the FIR that its multi-million dollar investment in acquiring Travelguru-Desiya had been put to risk.
Cleartrip issued an official statement saying, "The investigating agency had filed their report in the court five months ago. Till date, we are yet to receive the complete chargesheet, along with the findings of the investigating agency. As the matter is sub-judice, we are not able to comment further."
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So, I had a good winter in Ireland, it only rained twice, one for five months and the other for six, but who's counting?
I finished my contract in Galway, the good news is my boss might want me back for the second phase, the bad news? There is no bad news, I got a 22 Euro flight to Lithuania, which leads me up to today, well kind of..
Isn't Lithuania an awesome place for bike riding?
When you think about it, you have trails by rivers, through forests, bike paths under bridges, you can get around, everything is spaced out like a tourist in Amsterdam and no one expects you to be a tourist, what I mean is, I'm one of a few, what I mean is, so far, I have met an English guy, one in the last 10 days, so we pretty much have the whole place to ourselves, oh bliss!!
They also do a version of black pudding, no tomato sauce, I'd almost be afraid to ask for it, its definitely not in their culture.
I was telling the English guy from my dorm, for a country that was occupied for 49 years by the Nazis and Russians, they seem pretty normal, there doesn't seem to be much social problems?
In Vilnius, I went to the KGB prison, I was told by two people that the people preferred the Nazis to the Russians, if you can believe that?
Oh they have problems, anti-social problems called Facebook, but not the homeless alcohol and drug stuff you see on the streets of Ireland, the rest of Europe, Australia and pretty much the rest of the world.
A guy I met in Vilnius told me in the Ukraine you cannot believe all the expensive cars, so too in Romania, I was also told that "Money walks", as in they stash their money in off shore accounts like the people named in the Panama Papers and bring it in as they need it, and they need it!!
The first thing I learned about Lithuanian was, Lithuanian languages is the oldest living language of the Indo-European family, its as old as Sanskrit, and they still speak their own language, people in my own country, Ireland don't know their own?
I became a regular here, all due to some crazy guy behind me and I though it a good place to get off the street, Bingo!!!
I met a girl from Belarus that told me when the university in her own country closed, she moved to Vilnius and learned the language, got a job in an industry she loved, beer. It would make you think, how many people do you know would do the same, and Lithuanian is one of the hardest languages to learn?
No wonder, I met a guy from Romania that said people in Ireland are lazy and don't want to work? Amazing, some people can overcome any obstacle?
Kibinines, get them while they are hot!!
He also told me he killed people and we were shooting a BB gun at a tin can on the street one night?


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Centerspread: Does technology have a place in classrooms?
by Tamara Gravelle October 22, 2013
A student using a clicker from Turning Technologies in class (Cooke/AQ)
Embracing the future
STU has a new sociology professor and she's jumping in the technology craze.
Gül Çalışkan started at STU in July and signed up for a clicker to use in her classes.
Two and a half years ago, James Whitehead brought a new technology to STU for professors to use in their classes. It's a clicker-like device from Turning Technologies that allows professors to poll and quiz students about topics in class.
These clickers record marks and have the results immediately after the quiz is taken. It also can be anonymous so if a student doesn't want to have their name tied to a certain opinion, they can still give their thoughts in class and see how many other people agree.
This year, three STU professors are using the clickers, Çalışkan, Michael Dawson in history and Kelly Bronson in science and technology studies.
Çalışkan decided to use the clicker for a variety of reasons. She only uses it in her introduction to sociology class, but her experience has been good so far and she hopes to use them in all her other classes in the future.
She said because this generation of students is so involved with technology, it's a good idea to embrace the use of different technologies in class.
"Students are millennium students," Çalışkan said. "They are so engaged with technology and it just speaks to them."
She also said the clickers encourage participation in class so every student has a say instead of the same students contributing to the discussion every class.
"I know as a teacher that not speaking in class doesn't mean they don't have an opinion," she said. "And this is a good way of diverging and encouraging them to participate gradually and feel comfortable to see how much they know."
The clickers also act as a break in the lecture for students.
"I am a firm believer of lecturing, but [the clickers] break the lecture up," said Çalışkan. "It just re-energizes students if after 20 minutes of lecture we do a clicker session. It gets everybody re-engaged."
The main reason why she uses the clickers, though, is they encourage active learning.
"What I mean by that is that it enables me to see how much [students] got instantly," Çalışkan said. "It also allows the students to see how much they got instantly as compared to the rest of the class.
"Then, it gives me a chance to see what was confusing. So, in that way it's a very active teaching tool because you can instantly correct it."
Due to the anonymity option for the clicker, Çalışkan can also ask personal questions to the class ranging from opinions on topics discussed in class to course evaluations.
Çalışkan said students seem to like the device and she hasn't heard any negative feedback about it.
"They love it. Like I said, they are technology minded students so they like it."
Unlike this professor, Brad Cross prefers to use technology to prepare and review classes, not during (Cooke/AQ)
Placing limits
History professor Brad Cross uses and embraces technology, still realizes there are some limits.
He allows cell phones, laptops and tablets into his classes, but they must remain silent and put away, with the exception of those taking notes. Anyone using laptops or tablets must sit at the back.
This is a policy he only started this year.
"I had very vague language about electronics just to say to use them in the classroom in ways that are not disruptive," Cross said. "This summer I read a piece in The Globe and Mail which was a small study in which these researchers saw the achievement levels of students sitting around people using laptops drop."
Cross started getting concerned for students who are around people who use laptops in class and didn't want to put anyone at a disadvantage just because they sit near a screen.
"I see this all the time," Cross said. "I notice it in myself when I see a screen I'm drawn to look at it. So, none of this is intentional, but it just seems to be an outcome."
Cross does occasionally ask a student to look something up in class and uses Moodle for his classes, but says students should not need to buy electronics to get through his classes.
He realizes that technology in the classroom is raising, especially with the use of clickers by his co-workers now, but Cross isn't interested in that.
"I think some of it gets back to trying to establish a rapport with students where we can talk freely about topics," Cross said. "There may be circumstances where people would like to be anonymous but I don't think the way I teach and what I teach anonymity would give a different result or outcome."
Cross uses technology largely to prepare for his classes and to help review. He thinks that would be the best option for students.
He also said technology is unreliable so it's better to not be so dependent on it to get through the class time. He may feel better using technology for teaching if he knew it was going to work all the time.
"I appreciate all kinds of delivery methods," said Cross. "But, for me, the day-to-day stuff that works best is the stuff I don't have to rely on technology to do.
"There's a lot of potential, I'm just much more interested in the conventional."
John Muise teaching in front of class (Cooke/AQ)
Taking away the messiness
When John Muise started teaching English at STU, he was considered the odd one for using technology in class.
"I use movies and clips from films in my classes," Muise said. "Back when I started, that was considered the latest thing for technology."
Muise still uses film clips in class, but that's about all he does. He never uses the internet and the only way to get a hold of him is to track him down on campus or call him at home.
He said this is because of how much technology interferes with how much we experience the world.
"When you're getting a coffee or something with someone and you have your phone on the table, you're essentially saying that if someone texts you, they're more important [than the person you're with]," said Muise.
"That's just too disrespectful."
Despite this, Muise doesn't have a ban on cell phones or laptops in his classroom because he said it would be like having a "don't pee on the floor" rule.
"I don't pass judgement on people who have and use these devices," Muise said. "But it's just a simple respect thing."
Muise said it isn't his business to take away or stop someone from using technology. The reason why he doesn't personally do it is because he likes speaking with people.
"Email can sound cold," Muise said. "And it's hard to show someone that you're excited or empathetic or the like if you aren't face-to-face or speaking on the phone."
Muise said there are things people are missing out on in life because they're too focused on whatever technology they have.
"It's almost like you can't tell people that they won't die without [their cell phone or laptop]," Muise said. "This technology acts as a Linus blanket for everyone."
He said there are ways to use technology in class and have it be beneficial, such as how George Street Middle School is doing it.
The school launched a pilot project for grade eight students this year called BYOD – bring your own device.
The project allows students to bring smart phones and laptops into class to learn about proper researching techniques and how to evaluate information found online.
But Muise also said that a break needs to be taken away from technology to go experience life.
"I don't want to force people to stop using technology," said Muise. "But if you're constantly absorbed by it then you're missing out on something.
"You're missing out on the messiness of life because of these technologies."
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import java.io.IOException;

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Keyboard;

import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlFileInput;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlInput;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlPasswordInput;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlTextArea;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlTextInput;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript.host.Event;
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript.host.KeyboardEvent;

/**
 * Implements keyboard operations using the HtmlUnit WebDriver.
 *
 */
public class HtmlUnitKeyboard implements Keyboard {
  private KeyboardModifiersState modifiersState = new KeyboardModifiersState();
  private final HtmlUnitDriver parent;

  HtmlUnitKeyboard(HtmlUnitDriver parent) {
    this.parent = parent;
  }

  private HtmlUnitWebElement getElementToSend(WebElement toElement) {
    WebElement sendToElement = toElement;
    if (sendToElement == null) {
      sendToElement = parent.switchTo().activeElement();
    }

    return (HtmlUnitWebElement) sendToElement;
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  @Override
  public void sendKeys(CharSequence... keysToSend) {
    WebElement toElement = parent.switchTo().activeElement();

    HtmlUnitWebElement htmlElem = getElementToSend(toElement);
    htmlElem.sendKeys(keysToSend);
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  public void sendKeys(HtmlElement element, String currentValue, InputKeysContainer keysToSend) {
    keysToSend.setCapitalization(modifiersState.isShiftPressed());

    if (parent.isJavascriptEnabled() && !(element instanceof HtmlFileInput)) {
      if (element instanceof HtmlTextArea) {
        HtmlTextArea area = (HtmlTextArea) element;
        String text = area.getText();
        area.setSelectionStart(text.length());
        area.setSelectionEnd(text.length());
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      else if (element instanceof HtmlTextInput) {
        HtmlTextInput input = (HtmlTextInput) element;
        String text = input.getText();
        input.setSelectionStart(text.length());
        input.setSelectionEnd(text.length());
      }
      else if (element instanceof HtmlPasswordInput) {
        HtmlPasswordInput input = (HtmlPasswordInput) element;
        String text = input.getText();
        input.setSelectionStart(text.length());
        input.setSelectionEnd(text.length());
      }
      try {
        element.type(keysToSend.toString());
      } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new WebDriverException(e);
      }
    } else if (element instanceof HtmlInput) {
      HtmlInput input = (HtmlInput) element;

      input.setValueAttribute((currentValue == null ? "" : currentValue) + keysToSend.toString());
    } else if (element instanceof HtmlTextArea) {
      ((HtmlTextArea) element).setText(
          (currentValue == null ? "" : currentValue) + keysToSend.toString());
    } else {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
          "You may only set the value of elements that are input elements");
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void pressKey(CharSequence keyToPress) {
    WebElement toElement = parent.switchTo().activeElement();

    HtmlUnitWebElement htmlElement = getElementToSend(toElement);
    modifiersState.storeKeyDown(keyToPress);
    htmlElement.sendKeyDownEvent(keyToPress);
  }

  @Override
  public void releaseKey(CharSequence keyToRelease) {
    WebElement toElement = parent.switchTo().activeElement();

    HtmlUnitWebElement htmlElement = getElementToSend(toElement);
    modifiersState.storeKeyUp(keyToRelease);
    htmlElement.sendKeyUpEvent(keyToRelease);
  }

  /**
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   */
  public void performSingleKeyAction(HtmlElement element, CharSequence modifierKey, String eventDescription) {
    boolean shiftKey = modifierKey.equals(Keys.SHIFT);
    boolean ctrlKey = modifierKey.equals(Keys.CONTROL);
    boolean altKey = modifierKey.equals(Keys.ALT);

    Event keyEvent = new KeyboardEvent(element, eventDescription, 0, shiftKey, ctrlKey, altKey);
    element.fireEvent(keyEvent);

  }

  public boolean isShiftPressed() {
    return modifiersState.isShiftPressed();
  }

  public boolean isCtrlPressed() {
    return modifiersState.isCtrlPressed();
  }

  public boolean isAltPressed() {
    return modifiersState.isAltPressed();
  }

}


This treat by Wild Ophelia is the perfect mix of sweet milk chocolate and fresh strawberries. Discover an intense, tart berry burst as the chocolate melts.
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Cane Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract), Freeze-Dried Strawberries.
Contains milk, soy. Processed on equipment that also processes peanuts and tree nuts.


Unappreciated mathematics genius Jasmin only needs three things: to have some fun before she joins the world of work, to find a man who sees more than just her body, and to feel some emotion other than contempt for the entire universe.
But with an interview for NASA lined up and an admirer who's far too quick to take her ditzy-blonde act at face value, it seems like life's determined to continue on the same downward path forever. Then her admirer falls prey to something tentacled in the darkness of a Welsh cave, and in a heartbeat everything changes.
Will she ever make it back out alive? Or will the thing in the darkness get its tentacles on a second victim? And are the two mutually exclusive?
This story is a mix of Lovecraftian fantasy, erotica and humour. It contains graphic descriptions of sexual acts between consenting adults. And consenting aliens.
Yes, I've been updating a few covers lately! I've also done a few updates to the books themselves and they're releasing now on previously unavailable platforms.


The parties that supported Gen. Sarath Fonseka at the Presidential Election are now busily gathering information from various sources to petition the Supreme Court regarding the election results which, they say, have been distorted.
JVP MP Vijitha Herath told Daily Mirror yesterday that lawyers representing both his party and the UNP would collaborate in this exercise.
An election petition has to be filed within 21 days of the conclusion of the election.
"We are busy collecting information regarding election frauds and malpractices that happened right from the beginning. We have to find credible evidence," he said.
Asked whether the JVP would forge an electoral alliance with other parties, Mr. Herath said the party had not arrived at a decision yet.
"We are fully occupied with work related to the election petition. We have to deal with it first," he said.


Mass Effect is a PC/Xbox 360 CRPG game originally released in 2007 (Xbox 360) and 2008 (PC), developed by Bioware.
Critically acclaimed by players and reviewers alike, Mass Effect gameplay focuses on both combat and dialogue to resolve various situations in the game. Unlike other Bioware games, the combat system is not turn-based, but rather real-time--though players can still pause the game to form strategies and give directions. The player is only in control of him/herself and cannot take direct command over party members, but it is possible to issue orders to them.
Mass Effect has a large variety of side quests, as well as a non-linear main story. You will be accompanied by several NPCs will aid you by using both combat and tech skills, as well as biotics--a natural ability to manipulate energy.
Bioware has planned two sequels for Mass Effect; Mass Effect 2 and 3.
Taking place in the year 2183, Mass Effect is set in our galaxy after humankind has developed technology to travel beyond the solar system. Now, we are trying to make our own place in the galactic community, where other species already have had centuries to establish themselves. The Asari, Turians and Salarians already have representatives on the Council, whose decisions influence a large variety of species and trillions of people.
As Commander Shepard of the Alliance military, you will be the first human to join an elite organization called the Spectres. They are above and beyond the law--and the right hand of the Council. When another Spectre, Saren, has gone rogue and threatens all intelligent life in the galaxy, it is you who must stop him.
Please visit our Mass Effect discussion forums!


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Georgette Braun: New Rockford police chief on-site at homicide investigations
Georgette Braun
gbraun@rrstar.com
Maybe you were among the few hundred people who watched Rockford Police Department's new chief Dan O'Shea be sworn in at a ceremony in the Rockford City Hall lobby on April 18.
Or perhaps you saw O'Shea at Shelter Care Ministries Annual Spring Luncheon on May 5 at Prairie Street Brewhouse, one of the city's most popular gathering places. Or at your neighborhood association meeting since then. Or on Friday at the 14th annual Cop on a Rooftop fundraiser for Special Olympics at the Charles Street Dunkin' Donuts.
You probably didn't see him, though, at the cordoned-off scene of the city's sixth homicide of the year on Thursday in an alley near Parkside and Wallin avenues. It's where 16-year-old Keyaira Williams, a Guilford High School student, was found shot to death shortly after noon. No arrests have been made.
O'Shea was at that crime scene, tucked in an industrial area dotted with trees and a few houses. So were detectives and a few people who were nearby when the shooting happened.
His appearance there, of course, had none of the public relations feel of so many of the hobnobbing activities he's been involved with since he started his job here a month ago.
He was at the shooting scene — the second homicide in two days — "as a support person for all the officers and supervisors doing the work," he told me Thursday afternoon when I asked him about his role that afternoon. "If they needed me to walk door to door" to seek information, he said he would have.
Pat Hoey, assistant deputy chief of police who served as interim chief after Chet Epperson retired from the force in November, told me in an email that he notified O'Shea and other command staff of the incident from the scene. "Someone from the command staff goes to every homicide and then briefs the chief, who alerts the mayor and senior city staff and the alderman of the ward," Hoey said.
O'Shea said he "definitely mandates that one of my command staff" or himself be on the scene at homicides. He also said he plans to be on the scene of "any critical incident, including homicides; if I am available, I will stop by."
That's good to know, and as it should be.
"A homicide is the most serious crime you are facing," Jeff Nielsen, who was Rockford police chief from 1997 to 2003, told me when I called him. "You have to get it taken care of, see what the leads are."
Nielsen said he likely didn't make it to every homicide investigation. "But I went to a lot of them. I remember a lot of calls in the middle of the night."
The most recent homicides happened during the day, which somehow seems more nefarious and demanding of all hands on deck at the scene, including the chief of police.
On Wednesday, James Tomlinson, 24, was the first homicide last week. He was killed in a hail of gunfire after getting a haircut at a barbershop near the corner of 15th Avenue and Seventh Street. It was shortly before 2:45 p.m. Less than 24 hours later, Keyaira Williams was killed after gunfire erupted about 12:10 p.m.
In Rockford, there were 17 homicides in 2014; 19 in 2015.
Georgette Braun: 815-987-1331; gbraun@rrstar.com; @GeorgetteBraun


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When it comes to pop songs, there is a general formula that is used to structure the song. But before we even approach the specific structure of a pop song, it's important to know the purpose of the pop song, because it helps you get the most out of the structure.
The purpose of a pop song
The goal of a pop song is to grab listeners as soon as possible and keep the listener interested for as long as possible in about 3-4 minutes. This is the age of consumerism, when people buy, then get bored, then buy again, then get bored again, and so on and so forth. it's a cycle. The same goes for today's pop music. People start listening when they find really catchy music, then they get bored, so they listen to new songs, and then they get bored again. So a pop song basically needs three things: familiarity, variety and a hook.
So if we know we want the song we're writing to grab listeners, how does that show up in the structure of a pop song? First we have to figure out what doesn't work, then we have to guide what works and what works well.
Here's a question. Would a song that consists only of verses work as a pop song? I do not think so. Why wouldn't it work? It wouldn't work, because you would quickly get bored of the song. Poems can be catchy, but if there's nothing to change it, it gets old quickly. So what do we do? Add another section.
So the lesson is to diversify the song and move away from making the song too ordinary. But on the flip side, too much variety wouldn't work either. For example, if you introduced a new section every time without repeating the section, it would be difficult to absorb the song. Let's say you had a song with the structure A – B – C – D (each letter represents a section. To get familiar with the song, the listener will probably have to hear the song again a few times, even if each section is catchy was. But if you have a song that introduced parts similar to ABAB, the listener will be familiar with it within a listen or two. But remember that the song needs to get the listener interested in the hook.
The general structure of a pop song is A – B – A – B – C – B aka verse – chorus – verse – chorus – bridge – chorus. This works so well because it not only adds familiarity by repeating the A and B sections, but also provides a sense of variety by adding the C section. The familiarity is then reinforced by maintaining a sense of freshness by ending the section with a B. This pop song structure is effective when the hook is carried in the chorus section, where the lyrics remain the same every time the section is sung.
You can use A – B – A – B – C – Bt as the basis of your song and add sections to add familiar and varied effects. Here are some examples.
A – A – B – A – B – C – B
A – B – C – A – B – C – D – C (This is called verse – prechorus – chorus – verse – prechorus – chorus – bridge – chorus)
A – B – A – B – C – A – B
There are many possibilities when it comes to the structure of a pop song. Remember that the structure of a pop song isn't the only thing that makes a song popular. This requires a hook, which is usually found in the chorus of the song. Have fun developing the structure!
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- **Trunk**
    + Dev workline - where almost every work is done

- **Stable**
    + QA testing branch - revisions that are made and tested on **Trunk** should be merged in this branch
    + Bug fixes related to the code located here should be fixed first on **Trunk** and then merged here.

- **Release**
    + Created by QA after a version on **Stable** is ready for release
    + Only hotfixes are allowed here

- **Private**
    + Temporary branch that should be used for work that can break the **Trunk** - e.g.: New Features, experimental work.

#HSLIDE

## Some attention points

- Cherry picking merges became the norm.
- **Trunk** and **Stable** have independent life cicles but are maintained by the same users.
- Inconsistence between both branches history and code.
- Fixing **Stable** bugs on **Trunk** can lead to a inconsistent fix.
- A code that works on **Trunk** may not work on **Stable** as is.

#HSLIDE

## What to do?

Improve or change the workflow?

#HSLIDE

## What to do?

- Subversion?

- Git?

#HSLIDE

## What to do?

Adapt and them migrate

or

Migrate and them adapt


The deal is subject to all regulatory approvals.
Warba Bank has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Ahli United Bank to acquire shares in Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company (KMEFIC) representing around 76 per cent of the company's shares, according to Kuwait News Agency.
In a statement, the lender stated that the share capital increase of 50 per cent was fully covered by shareholders oversubscribing to all shares offered for a total amount of KWD 90 million.
The capital increase is also key in strengthening the bank's operations and expansion in the corporate sector, added Al Ghanem.
KMEFIC operates within the diversified financial sector, specialising in asset management.


This is always one of my favorite weeks of the year. We have gone to kamp for a long time, since before my transformation. You should have seen the first year I came back after losing about 50#. People that knew me before couldn't believe it. It gave me lots of opportunities to talk about what I was doing and just encourage people that they can do it too.
I hope you take that time to share what you are doing with others. Be an ambassador for fitness and Beachbody! So many people want to and NEED to lose weight, but it seems impossible to them. Show them and tell them that there is a way! It doesn't take crazy pills, or an operation, just daily work and setting goals. Y'all can help someone make a life changing decision for health!
There's nothing special about me. The reason I got all this attention is that I committed to P90X and the nutrition 100% and never looked back. It takes hard work and discipline, but anyone can do it. YOU CAN DO IT! So don't make excuses … don't leave regrets … Bring it!
Well I need to get to breakfast and on with more kamping!
Keep bringing it and inspiring others to do the same!


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About XENON
XENON Corporation is the global leader in Pulsed Light technology, with more than 50 years of experience and 3,000+ systems deployed on industrial production lines worldwide. Hundreds of end-users and OEMs count on XENON products for long service life, high reliability, and low down time.
Founded in 1964, the company focuses exclusively on Pulsed Light and its applications from the research laboratory to the production line. Our technology plays a key role in markets as diverse as printed electronics, food safety and enhancement, medical, pharmaceutical and manufacturing.
XENON is particularly focused on helping emerging applications evolve from the research laboratory to the marketplace. The company's engineers work directly with customers to develop and refine the processes necessary for each particular application, then provide the systems and support necessary for the the technology to succeed. XENON has been a leader in jump-starting entirely new industries such as wearable technology by using PulsedLight to sintering conductive circuits on flexible substrates and has led the way on the enhancement of mushrooms with Vitamin D by exposing mushrooms to the full spectrum provided by XENON Pulsed Light.
The company's strengths include:
A proven history of applying Pulsed Light solutions in science, industry, medical, health and safety
An unmatched depth of experience and expertise to help solve the most challenging applications
A single source for components and complete systems
A passionate commitment to quality and customer service
At XENON, quality is considered a standard. Our components and systems are designed precisely to specification and are fully tested before being shipped. Answers to specific questions are always available and the company is always ready to listen to challenges, entertain the hard questions, and then go to work on unique solutions.
XENON is a privately owned company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
XENON's headquarters in Wilmington, MA
XENON Corporation's Quality Management System has been certified by National Quality Assurance, U.S.A., against the provisions of ISO 9001, which is applicable to the design, manufacturing and sale of high-performance, mercury-free, pulsed lamps and related electro-optics for industrial and commercial processing.
Certificate Number: 15250
Certified Since: October 17, 2014
Valid Until: October 11, 2023
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NPW Contracting, Inc., a full-service thermal/moisture protection, restoration, and structural repair contractor in Denver, has just celebrated their 30th anniversary. This family-owned company was established in 1989 and their team has worked on more than a handful of high-profile projects in Colorado. Some of their notable works include work on Denver Union Station, Eagle P3 FasTracks, and the recently opened Gaylord Rocky Hotel.
Although NPW has a team of just 16 people, it is mighty. The team boasts over 100 years of cumulative experience in the industry among their staff. This self-perform contractor prides itself in being able to accommodate large projects on a schedule with its dynamic, experienced team.
NPW's project manager brought it to administration's attention that communication between the field and the office was a regular challenge for their business. That was when NPW realized they needed a better solution to their daily operations processes.
While we had tried to make do with a series of solutions, including Microsoft Word and SharePoint, they all demanded a great deal of effort from our team. Fillable forms would change completely in formatting from mobile to desktop, we were inundated with emails, and tracking our progress and documents was a hassle. We realized that these solutions were ultimately inadequate.
Adopting Assignar has improved many of our daily functions, especially communication between the field and the office, scheduling and allocating resources, and easily maintaining and managing our compliance. All the while, we have also managed to reduce paper waste and human error on tracking and forms.
Before Assignar, our scheduler, Courtney, had to spend huge amounts of time scheduling out our team and equipment on the basement whiteboard, then sending emails and texts to everyone on the team to let them know their schedule. And when things changed, as they frequently do in this business, she had to nearly start back at square one with reorganizing the schedule and updating everyone again. Using Assignar's scheduling feature has allowed Courtney to cut down the time that she spends scheduling and updating every week.
Our communication is smoother now and our field guys like using the app. Everyone knows where to find the most up-to-date information on their schedules and projects now. They always have the information that they need readily available and in their pocket, rather than having to take time to track it down in their truck or in the office.
We have also replaced our daily paper forms, like our Daily Vehicle Inspection Reports and Daily Work Reports, with Assignar forms. This has cut down our paper usage significantly and makes the information readily accessible from just about anywhere. To add to that, our staff is spending much less time filling out paperwork in the office, which saves our company money at the end of the day and keeps the guys happy. If an inspector shows up on site, our team does not have to sweat getting all the paperwork together. This is big for us in terms of compliance and focusing on our work.
To get started, we used a test group of five people, which included a foreman and a few technicians. After working closely with this group for a small amount of time, rolling out Assignar to the rest of the team was easy. While we were anticipating a lot of pushback, especially from older employees, the reality is that everyone was excited about a better solution. Assignar truly does make everyone's job easier and the team has embraced that.
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Sapulpa Public Schools » NEWS » District Headlines » Spanish introduced at Sapulpa Middle School
Spanish introduced at Sapulpa Middle School
6th, 7th graders offered Exploratory Spanish
(SPS) - Buenas Tardes. Buenas Tardes. Como esta? Como esta?
Spanish singing and the rhythmic rattle of a maraca are not the typical sounds you hear inside Sapulpa Middle School but, this is not a typical year.
If you're walking the halls in the afternoon, there's a very good chance that's exactly what you'll hear.
Buenas Tardes. Buenas Tardes. Como esta? Como esta?
Middle School students have been offered the opportunity to take Spanish this year. It's called Exploratory Spanish and it's the first time the foreign language has been available in many years.
"I like it. It's actually really, really fun. It's my favorite class," said 6th grader Sierra Greco.
The one-semester course is an introductory level class with the objective being to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish.
"This program, the exploratory program, addresses very common topics that are redressed in Spanish 1 at the Junior High and High School level," said Spanish teacher Elvira Smith.
Mrs. Smith teaches the classes and splits her time between the Jr/Sr High campus and the Middle School. In just the first few days of school, Mrs. Smith said she's already seeing the excitement in her students.
"They have taken it so well."
The class is not just about learning the language. Students will also gain an understanding of Spanish/Latin American culture which will help them be more conscious of another person's customs and background.
"That is super important for our communities because we learn more about each other as we have our differences," said Smith. "To learn how to respect our differences so that we can integrate our productive abilities into the community."
"Learning a different culture is really, really useful especially if you're going to be an interpreter and travel around the world," said Sierra. "I've always wanted to be an interpreter."
Sierra has already honed in on her post-education plans. She knows that learning Spanish now will help her later when she hits the job market.
"The way that the Hispanic population has grown in the last 20 years is exponential. And so, whatever field you are in, you are going to more than likely have that Spanish customer that will come to you with, 'Buenas dias' (good morning) or, 'Buenas tardes' (good afternoon). It's almost inevitable," said Mrs. Smith.
Despite the program being only a few days old, she can see it returning for years to come.
"I see the interest. I see the energies. But also by my administrators and their efforts to provide me with all the resources I can utilize to make my program fulfilled."