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package se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.activities;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.DialogFragment;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.Base64;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import deluge.api.DelugeFuture;
import deluge.api.response.IntegerResponse;
import deluge.impl.DelugeSession;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.DelugeMethods;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.R;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.Server;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.Settings;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.exceptions.ConnectionFailedException;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.exceptions.InvalidCredentialsException;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.fragments.AddTorrentFragment;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.fragments.ServerConnectDialog;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.fragments.TorrentFilesFragment;
import se.dimovski.android.delugeremote.adapters.FragmentPageAdapter;

/**
 * Created by nihilist on 2014-10-06.
 */
public class AddTorrent extends Activity implements ServerConnectDialog.LoginCallbacks, AddTorrentFragment.AddTorrentCallbacks, TorrentFilesFragment.TorrentFilesCallbacks
{

    private DelugeSession deluge = null;

    FragmentPageAdapter mSwipeAdapter;
    ViewPager mViewPager;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.full_view_pager);

        File file = null;
        if(getIntent() != null)
        {
            Uri uri = getIntent().getData();
            if(uri != null)
            {
                file = new File(uri.getPath());
            }
        }

        if(file != null)
        {
            List<Fragment> mFragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
            mFragments.add(AddTorrentFragment.newInstance(file.getPath(), file.getName()));
            mFragments.add(TorrentFilesFragment.newInstance("",""));
            mSwipeAdapter = new FragmentPageAdapter(getFragmentManager(), mFragments, new String[] {"Options", "Files"});

            mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
            mViewPager.setAdapter(mSwipeAdapter);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onLogin(String name, String host, String username, String password) throws ConnectionFailedException, InvalidCredentialsException
    {
        if(deluge == null)
        {
            deluge = DelugeMethods.connect(host, username, password);
        }

        Settings settings = new Settings(this);
        settings.saveServerInfo(new Server(name, host, username, password));

        // Complete go to default fragment
        if(getCurrentFocus() != null)
        {
            InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
        }

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void addTorrentFile(String filepath, Map<String, Object> options)
    {
        Settings settings = new Settings(this);
        try
        {
            if(deluge == null)
            {
                Server server = settings.getDefaultServer();
                deluge = DelugeMethods.connect(server.hostname, server.username, server.password);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            DialogFragment dialog = new ServerConnectDialog();
            dialog.show(getFragmentManager(), "ServerDialogFragment");
        }

        try
        {
            File torrent = new File(filepath);
            DelugeFuture<IntegerResponse> resp = deluge.addTorrentFile(torrent.getName(), fileToEncodedString(torrent), options);
            resp.get(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            this.finish();
        }
        catch (Throwable e)
        {
            Toast.makeText(this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }

    private String fileToEncodedString(File torrent)
    {
        String data = null;
        byte[] torrentData = convertFileToByteArray(torrent);
        if(torrentData != null)
        {
            data = Base64.encodeToString(torrentData, Base64.NO_WRAP);
        }
        return data;
    }

    public static byte[] convertFileToByteArray(File file)
    {
        byte[] byteArray = null;
        try
        {
            FileInputStream fis = new java.io.FileInputStream(file);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            byte[] b = new byte[1024*8];
            int bytesRead =0;

            while ((bytesRead = fis.read(b)) != -1)
            {
                bos.write(b, 0, bytesRead);
            }

            byteArray = bos.toByteArray();
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return byteArray;
    }

    @Override
    public void torrentFilesUpdated(Uri uri)
    {
    }
}

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Deirdre O'Donoghue (July 16, 1948–January 21, 2001) was a disc jockey known for her shows SNAP! on KCRW-FM and Breakfast with the Beatles on KMET-FM and later KLSX-FM. She has been called the "most influential American DJ you've never heard of" due to her show having many underground guests such as The Dream Syndicate and Concrete Blonde, while also welcoming established artists as well.

Biography
She started her radio career in 1973, working at WBCN and WNTN in Boston, then moving to WABX in Detroit in 1975 then going to KMGC in Dallas. In 1979, she moved to Los Angeles, starting at KKGO-FM and meeting Harry Shearer before joining KCRW-FM in 1980. There, she started the program SNAP! (an acronym for Saturday Night Avant Pop), and later started the program Breakfast with the Beatles in 1976 at KMET-FM, simultaneously working at both stations to do both shows. SNAP! ran from the 1980s into the early 1990s alongside Breakfast with the Beales. KCRW aired three nights a week with things that were considered the "cutting edge of contemporary pop music." When KMET changed formats in 1987, O'Donoghue took Breakfast with the Beatles to KNX-FM.

Firings
In 1986, she was briefly fired by the bosses at KCRW due in part to her refusal to share her playlists with the music department. On November 2, 1986, KCRW's Ruth Seymour fired O'Donoghue for not sticking to the music and talking about other things such as the Nicaraguan Revolution, which led to O'Donoghue's friend and colleage DJ Brent Wilcox resigning on air in protest. She returned in March 2, 1987, and remained with KCRW until 1991, when she left for health reasons.

Death and legacy
O'Donoghue died unexpectedly on January 21, 2001, at her home in Santa Monica, leaving behind an archive of KCRW interviews and performances from the 1980s on her show. Foul play is not suspected by the coroners office. Many people expressed sadness because of her death, including musicians Henry Rollins and Michael Stipe, as well as people like Tom Schnabel.

In 2021, Tricia Halloran and Bob Carlson, both of whom were friends of O'Donoghue, announced a 10-part podcast series called Bent By Nature that used her unheard tapes, recorded by O'Donoghue herself.

References

1948 births
2001 deaths
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Sleep Cycles (Feat. Ex-Members of Promise of Redemption, The Color Fred, Secondhand Serenade, Tokyo Rose) Release New Track "Come On and Say It" Featuring Fred Mascherino
Track Produced By Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred), Mixed/Mastered By Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Yellowcard, The Used)
Ralph Fitzgerald Send an email 8 September 2021
Collegeville, Pennsylvania alt-rockers Sleep Cycles have just released a new single titled "Come On and Say It" feat. Fred Mascherino.
The band says, "Come On and Say It" is a song about lamenting a lost relationship with someone who was so close to you, yet as you grew up you grew apart. More importantly, is the POV of judgment that reigns over the lyrics as you disagree with someone's growth or change in life. The chorus aggressively repeats the phrase "come on and say it", an inner loop of hope for what once was against what is. That moment you pray the other person reaches out first to finally see eye to eye, dancing with resentful remorse unapologetically. The song's explosive end chorus expresses everything you wish they said but never did."
Sleep Cycles' mix of melodramatic emo and punk influences drive their songwriting styles as "big, fast and heavy". Sleep Cycles came together in the summer of 2019 as lead singer/guitarist Chris Newhard began writing with bassist Chris Poulsen, who met each other while playing in Philadelphia-based band, Promise of Redemption. Poulsen, whose resume also includes Tokyo Rose, The Color Fred and Secondhand Serenade, felt the ideas were worth exploring more so they agreed to search for another guitar player. Their search landed on Stephen Morrell, former lead guitarist for Philadelphia-based pop-punk veterans An Honest Year, who Newhard had met previously working with them as their music video director. The three immediately clicked and began churning out demo after demo as the ideas flowed.
After several months of trying out various drummers, Morrell's old friend and former An Honest Year drummer, Greg Pinney, became available and interested in playing. On the night that everyone met up to play together for the first time, it was apparent that the group was complete. They immediately began writing their first songs together as a full group and the dynamic pulse of the songs shifted into full gear. Musically, their influences range from The Menzingers and The Dangerous Summer to The Early November, Seaway, The Used and Taking Back Sunday.
In January 2020, Sleep Cycles began recording at Diver Down Studios with producer Fred Mascherino of The Color Fred and formerly of Taking Back Sunday. Once the songs were tracked, the mix and masters were handed off to mixing artist extraordinaire Paul Leavitt, who previously worked with All Time Low, The Dangerous Summer, Yellowcard, The Used and many others. Leavitt brought the final piece of the puzzle to their sound with his production knowledge and experience. On January 1st, 2021, Sleep Cycles released their first single "The Eighty-Eight" and a subsequent music video for the song, directed by Newhard. Later on in May 2021, their follow-up single "Blister" was released and featured Shane Henderson of Valencia & Promise of Redemption on vocals. In Sept 2021, the third single "Come On And Say It" will be released featuring Fred Mascherino's singing as well. Sleep Cycles will be releasing new music each month until year's end as well as performing throughout the northeast to promote the release of their upcoming EP in January 2022.
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Ralph Fitzgerald
Chris Newhard Chris Poulsen Come On and Say It Fred Mascherino Greg Pinney Sleep Cycles Stephen Morrell
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In today's interview, we chat with Micheleen and Tyler about their 2-month-old son Theodore. Arriving on November 5th, 2017, Theodore is a heart warrior who was born with HLHS. Micheleen and Tyler talk about how Instagram and Facebook parents served as great resources early on.
The couple also stresses the importance of staying positive and they discuss how they balance each other's strengths when taking in all of the medical information. In the interview, Micheleen and Tyler take the opportunity to highlight the Nicklaus Children's Hospital (@nicklaus4kids) staff, nurses, and doctors.
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All You Want to Know About Bledisloe Cup
When it comes to Rugby Union, you are certain about the intense, tough and rough sport to be played on the ground. What about when two of the most consistent Rugby Union teams like the New Zealand All Blacks and Australian Wallabies fight it out regularly for a trophy? Well then this is what Bledisloe Cup all about. All you want to know about Bledisloe Cup is here in this article.
What is Bledisloe Cup?
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History of the Bledisloe Cup
Some of the Interesting Records of the Bledisloe Cup
Bledisloe Cup is a Rugby Union's bi-nation tournament which is played between the national Rugby Union teams of New Zealand (All Blacks) and Australia (the Wallabies). The tournament was started in the year 1931 and it is named after Lord Bledisloe the then Governor-General of New Zealand. The Bledisloe Cup, the trophy was designed in New Zealand by Nelson Isaac and was crafted by Walker and Hall in London. The Bledisloe Cup is considered to be the largest trophy in the world of Rugby.
The bilateral Bledisloe Cup matches were initially played with the gap of a few years in between but now it has become an annual event. Even the matches played between New Zealand and Australia in the Rugby Championship (or Tri Nations) are considered as Bledisloe Cup matches. But, when New Zealand and Australia play for World Cup those matches are not considered as Bledisloe Cup matches. In the year 2008 the first ever Bledisloe Cup match outside Australia or New Zealand was played in Hong Kong and next year it was played in Tokyo, Japan. The New Zealand All Blacks won the last 12 Bledisloe Cup in a row (From 2013 to 2014).
Although the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is claiming that first ever Bledisloe Cup match was played in 1931 when the two involved teams played in a one off match at the Eden Park, but there is no such evidence to support their claims. It was after that match that Lord Bledisloe announced his desire to present a trophy for all the New Zealand Vs Australia Rugby Union matches and then from the next year that is in 1932 the actual Bledisloe Cup was started.
Bledisloe Cup normally has 3 matches over the years, but in 2008 it was felt that there is a need to promote Rugby Union in Asia so an extra game was organized in Hong Kong and it was attended by 39, 000 people. This was the first time that these two nations were meeting for a Bledisloe Cup outside Australia or New Zealand. New Zealand who had already won the trophy won this match too by 19-14.
New Zealand has won the Bledisloe Cup 43 times, whereas Australia has won it 12 times.
New Zealand's longest streak of winning the Bledisloe Cup is 28 years!! (1951 to 1978)
Australia's longest streak of winning the Bledisloe Cup is 5 years. (1998 to 2002)
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Review: Are You Scared, Darth Vader?
Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex is a laugh out loud story for children (adults too) about fear and one of today's most iconic villains, Darth Vader.
As one of the ultimate movie baddies, Darth Vader is someone that children might be fearful of. But as a villain he shouldn't be scared of anything, right?
In this unique story we will discover what Darth Vader is not scared of but also what he is terrified about.
Readers will discover more about Darth Vader's character though his serious and unemotional comments.
The other characters in the book are children in masks. They are trying to scare Darth Vader with their disguises of a wolfman, vampire, witch and many more scary things. These things are often at the centre of common childhood fears.
IS THIS THE GHOST OF OBI-WAN KENOBI?
OR YODA? IT IS SHORT LIKE YODA.
I think it's just a ghost.
I wonder what will scare Darth Vader so much that it will have him quivering in his suit?
On the surface Are You Scared, Darth Vader? looks like a story based around Darth Vader and Star Wars. But Rex has written a story that explores common childhood fears in a humours way. The illustrations are dark with children dressed in Halloween costumes. The lightness and humour in this story are created though the text, the characters and pops of bright florescent sunshine yellow. Rex presents a role reversal in the story by giving the children the power to frighten a villain.
Adam Rex has previously written about fear and anxiety in his book School's First Day of School.
Finally, while many children are not old enough to have watched the Star Wars movies, there are many chapter books, information books, toys and even a board book that inform children about this franchise. This prior knowledge will help them understand the Star Wars character references within this book, without having watched a single movie.
See below for more books about Star Wars.
Star Wars Block, Star Wars: The Force Awaken, Star Wars Galactic Atlas, Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary and Star Wars: The Original Trilogy: A Graphic Novel.
Title: Are You Scared Darth Vader?


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And then I noticed that XML::FeedPP had some substantial bugfixes, and decided to install and play with it. Alas, it's built on top of XML::TreePP which seems considerably less robust than LibXML.
Both of them drop everything but the most basic fields, in the name of providing a standardized interface. This is usually fine since, honestly, almost no one fills in the more esoteric Atom fields. But if the data is there, I'd like to grab it, which means I'm increasingly leaning toward dropping the off-the-shelf library and just fleshing out Wirebird::Remote::XML.
This probably means it's time to learn GRDDL, a tortured acronym for a method of converting XML to XML/RDF by means of a ruleset. Which really means this should be a "what I'm reading" entry rather than a "coding out loud" entry, since I'm scrapping code instead of committing it. Oops.
On a more meta note: it's graduation week, so probably another light schedule for Wirebird work.


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What Are You Not Reading This Summer?
June 11, 2015 by Joanne Leedom-Ackerman 2 Comments
I was recently sent a questionnaire as part of a profile asking me what I was reading:
I find myself reading several books at the same time. I just finished Phil Klay's Redeployment today, am reading Jennifer Clement's Prayers for the Stolen, am re-reading Graham Greene's The Comedians, re-reading Kate Blackwell's you won't remember this and can't leave this question without noting Elliot Ackerman's Green On Blue. Because I read both e-books and paper books, I move around among narratives easily.
The answer was a snapshot in reading time, indicative of the pleasure of dancing among narratives. I find myself enjoying on several platforms the movement between hard-edged, nuanced stories of war and its aftereffects in Klay's Redeployment and Ackerman's Green on Blue, the harsh and surprising world of Clement's indigenous Mexican women in Prayers for the Stolen and the gentle, but no less desperate stories of Southern women trying to find their lives in Kate Blackwell's you won't remember this, a collection recently re-published by a new small press—Bacon Press—in paperback. Graham Greene is a master who I am always re-reading, appreciating how he integrates the international world of politics and deceit with compelling narratives set around the world.
Recently I returned from PEN International's biennial Writers in Prison conference and the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) meeting, a gathering this year in Amsterdam focused on Creative Resistance, a gathering of over 250 individuals from 60 countries around the world who work on behalf of writers threatened, imprisoned and killed for their writing. I remain conscious of these voices too. They occupy a kind of negative space—those we are NOT reading, not able to read because they are not able to write.
The list unfortunately is long, and many individuals stand out for me, but I will highlight two here. Though I couldn't read either because of language differences, I read with attention their cases and link here to actions that can be taken on their behalf:
—Raif Badawi, a blogger and editor in Saudi Arabia, had his sentence confirmed this past week by the Supreme Court that he must serve 10 years in prison and receive 1,000 lashes for "founding a liberal website," "adopting liberal thought" and for "insulting Islam." Raif had planned a conference to mark "a day of liberalism," and he launched an online forum, Liberal Saudi Network to encourage political and social debate. His lawyer has now also been arrested.
His wife, who fled with their three children, says she received threats from the Saudi embassy when she was in Lebanon that they would kidnap her children and forcibly return them to Saudi Arabia; the court verdict would force her to separate from her husband.
Though now living in Canada, she says, "I believe that there is a will for freedom in the country that will not be deterred." Of the solidarity movements that support her husband, she adds in an interview with PEN International, "I used to believe it was a fantasy for a person to stand in support of another person regardless of geographical, racial, religious, linguistic and other differences, but what you have done for Raif's case has taught me that I knew nothing about humanity."
Link for more information and action.
—Gao Yu–Chinese journalist, former chief editor of Economics Weekly and contributor to the German newspaper Deutsch Wele and a poet–was arrested on charges of illegally obtaining state secrets and sharing them with foreign media and sentenced this spring to seven years in prison. When she was first disappeared, she was writing a column entitled 'Party Nature vs. Human Nature,' which is said to have considered the new leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and its internal conflicts. Gao Yu, who is 71, has been an intrepid journalist her whole career and an honorary director of the Independent Chinese PEN Center. She has often been at PEN conferences in Hong Kong and contributed to an essay in PEN's 2013 report "Creativity and Constraint in Today's China."
She has served time in prison before, the first time for reporting on student protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and five years for reporting on political and economic issues in Hong-Kong based publications. She's known for her critical political analysis of the inner circles of the Chinese Communist Party. Her arrest and sentencing has signaled to many the retreat from hope of wider press freedoms under the new leadership.
For those of us lucky to have met Gao over the years, we've seen she has a sharp mind, a smiling face and an unmistakable light in her eyes as though she is slightly amused and looking at a much longer narrative for China. At the recent PEN conference, each meeting had an empty chair on the stage, and a picture of Gao Yu as the honored writer not there.
Link to more information and action.
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And soon, "Far as the Eye Can See,"…………..Right? Seriously, you are a truly generous artist, and the shindig you put on for Kate Blackwell's highly deserving collection, was both memorable and rewarding. It was great to see you and Patty and Susan again.
Azar nafisi says
Joanne, so moved by your email, a reminder of Baldwin's assertion that 'Art would not be important if life were not important. And life is important.' You so beautifully weave in the reality of incarcerated writers with your own reading list. Thank you. And of course thanking you is not enough. Azar


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Determination of Non-interactive or Interactive Authentication may be difficult to establish.
Windows Logon Types and/or Authentication Method Reference Values may be helpful.
Non-interactive authentication can only be used after an interactive authentication has taken place. During Non-interactive authentication, the user does not input logon data, instead, previously established credentials are used.
Non-interactive authentication is performed when an application uses the Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) and a security package to establish a secure network connection.
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Man, who promised millions to Kimberley hockey team, admits to fraud in unrelated case
Mike Gould pledged to donate $7.5 million last fall, but the team has yet to receive any cash
Trevor Crawley
Feb. 13, 2018 9:30 a.m.
A local man charged with fraud by using bad cheques to pay a restaurant bill pleaded guilty in Cranbrook Provincial Court on Tuesday.
Mike Lawrence Gould pleaded guilty to fraud, however, he is facing a second count of using a forged document, which has been put over until Feb. 26 for disposition.
Gould was represented by legal counsel, but was not present in the courtroom. During the proceedings, the fraud count was also amended to reflect fraud over $5,000.
The charges stem from an alleged incident where Northwest Grill, a local restaurant, claimed an $8,000 bill went unpaid after Gould hosted a banquet for a local junior hockey team.
According to Jolene Salanski, the restaurant owner, cheques were provided to cover the bill, however, there were no funds in the accounts provided.
Gould pledged to donate $7.5 million to the Kimberley Dynamiters Jr. B hockey club last fall, claiming he won millions of dollars in a European lottery.
Since his pledge that was made in October during a centre ice ceremony at the Kimberley Civic Centre, the Dynamiters has not received any money.
The donation was also intended to provide funds for the Kimberley Minor Hockey Association, which has seen less corporate sponsorship because of Gould's pledge.
Cattlemen urge B.C. to prevent erosion caused during 2017 wildfire season


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require "rails_helper"
include Warden::Test::Helpers

Warden.test_mode!

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) do

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end


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using FluentAssertions;
using Xunit;

namespace FluentUri.Test
{
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The soundtrack won the "Best Original Soundtrack Of The Year" at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards held at the Game Developer's Conference in 2004.
Based loosely on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel.


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Dangerous Game is a 1987 Australian slasher film directed by Stephen Hopkins.

Plot
Jack Hayward (Marcus Graham) is a computer hacker who breaks into a department store one night with his friends for thrills. They are soon locked in by former cop, turned security guard, Patrick Murphy (Steven Grives) who had recently been suspended from his job because of Jack and his friends. This cat-and-mouse game becomes a fight for survival when Tony (John Polson), one of Jack's friends, is murdered by Murphy, and his friends are next.

Cast
 Miles Buchanan as David
 Marcus Graham as Jack
 Steven Grives as Patrick Murphy
 Kathryn Walker as Kathryn
 Sandie Lillingston as Ziggy
 John Polson as Tony

Production
The set built by Igor Nay was one of the largest ever built for an Australian film.

Reception
According to Stephen Hopkins, the film sold well at Cannes because "at that time it was quite cool to be Australian."

Accolades

References

External links

 Dangerous Game at Oz Movies

1987 films
1980s slasher films
1987 thriller films
Australian independent films
Australian slasher films
1980s English-language films
Films directed by Stephen Hopkins
Films set in department stores
Films shot in Sydney
Murder in films
1987 horror films
Australian horror thriller films
Australian horror drama films
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Luck favors the prepared. Most definitely. When you work the energy of what you want first, even if that means you have an intention, and are willing to play the game.
Being prepared isn't always hard work. Yes, it can be hard work for some things, but when you are committed to what you want to create, and are 100% there, showing up, and in your integrity, that %100 is actually easy. It is a joy, because you chose it to be.
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Loving yourself. Unconditionally. Asking for help. Letting go of the how it manifests itself. Trusting the universe. Trusting your angels, and guides.
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It was too hot, and my sandals were so worn out, I don't think they would make it. Usually I like the exercise, but not today!
As I drove from Pinole to Orinda, I kept asking my intuition, and my guides to help. I asked "Is someone leaving soon? Should I just show up? Should I wait a bit? Can you help me? What should I do?
I did sense help on the way, and as I drove closer, had a "certainty" that I should drive right in, and try my luck. It was not only full, but brimming over, and there were various cars waiting, like I would be. I sensed to go to the opposite side of the lot from everyone else, and I did. And then I waited, about 30 seconds, and a man walked over, and motioned to me, that he was leaving! I had to drive in reverse about 20 cars, which I excitedly did, and drove into a tree shaded spot, waving blessings to him. I had a glorious time with my friend, and it taught me a few things.
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Later, I put the experience in the file folder of my mind, entitled "Beliefs about life", under "I can easily co-create".
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Two theories of excuses are currently popular in criminal law theory: the character theory and the capacity theory. In the former the defendant claims that although he performed a wrongful action, it did not properly reflect his character. In the latter, the defendant claims that although he performed a wrongful action he lacked the capacity to do otherwise. In John Gardner's view neither claim is adequate to provide the defendant with an excuse. Excuses, Gardner thinks, are only appropriate where the defendant can claim that he has lived up to the standards reasonably to be expected of a person performing the role that the defendant was performing. The view defended here is that whilst the Gardner style excuse is an excuse, both of the claims that he rejects properly ground excuses in the criminal law as well. Furthermore, they do not exhaust the field of excuses. Excuses are best seen as defences that mop up where an application of the other rules of the criminal law would not adequately serve its principles. No further ordering of excuses is possible.


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Lisa Lampanelli to Perform at The Pearl Concert Theater on January 17
Dubbed by The New York Times as comedy's "Lovable Queen of Mean," Grammy-nominated Lisa Lampanelli is set to perform at The Pearl Concert Theater on Saturday, January 17, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Lisa Lampanelli is a no-holds-barred insult comic who masterfully works her audience while maintaining an inherent likeability that wins the hearts of her fans. Hailed as a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker and a vial of estrogen, she has even won accolades from The King of All Media, Howard Stern, who describes her as "a real funny broad." The comic will be shooting a one-hour HBO standup special this November, and also has a pilot deal with HBO for her own sitcom.
Lampanelli's ability to make people laugh at their own stereotypes and differences helped her conquer the club scenes in both New York City and Los Angeles in a few short years. Her popularity skyrocketed in 2002 when she was the only female comedian invited to skewer Chevy Chase on the NY Friar's Club Roast on Comedy Central. Since then she has become a staple of the Comedy Central Roasts for her stinging jests towards the guests of honor. Again, she was the only female invited to be part of the enormously rated "Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy" in March 2004, and in the summer of 2005, her show-stopping performance on the "Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson" received national attention. She has since closed the "Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner" and most recently drew headlines for her appearance on the "Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav."
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As one of the few white comedians to perform on BET's "Comic View," the comic cemented her huge crossover appeal. Lampanelli also taped several specials for VH1, MTV and CMT, and with frequent spots on Sirius satellite radio and hitting the big screen as well with a role in "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" and an appearance in "The Aristocrats." Currently, Lisa can be seen in the Lionsgate release "Delta Farce" starring Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and D.J. Qualls. She also appeared in the feature film "Drillbit Taylor," opposite Owen Wilson. For more information about Lisa Lampanelli, visit www.insultcomic.com.
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import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
import {CountDown} from "../node_modules/angular2-simple-countdown/countdown"

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Two hours in to a five hour trip...we are relocating our Bangkok Condo cats up-country to our Surin house.
Even in the dark I think this picture shows something of the stress these poor cats are suffering.
Finally in the house, all refused to eat/drink for 24 hours, but finally quit the fast.
Met, for a beery Fabulous Four chat, in Steve's Restaurant...many of the world's problems now sorted, but awoke next morning with a sore head from too much heavy thinking.


Speaking at a UNSW Business School conference, the Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Philip Lowe said strengthening supervision of the global financial system is just as important as new regulations for maintaining stability.
"Regulation can be measured, it can be printed and it can be enforced, but history teaches us that regulation can't solve all problems. There needs to be a strong, parallel focus on effective supervision," he said.
UNSW Business School organised the International Conference on Financial Cycles, Systemic Risk, Interconnectedness, and Policy Options for Resilience, held in Sydney's CBD on 8-9 September, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB),and sponsored by Bloomberg and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
Professor Fariborz Moshirian, the Director of the Institute of Global Finance at UNSW Business School opened the conference, emphasising the need to pay more attention to corporate governance and increase data sharing in order to recognise early warning signs of a crisis. "We need to address global governance in a world that is highly interdependent and this is the challenge for all of us," he said.
In his opening remarks, Dr Philip Lowe, Governor-Designate of the Reserve Bank of Australia, said addressing the issues highlighted by the conference was fundamental to the proper functioning of a modern economy.
Susantono continued on to say the challenge for the international delegation was to focus not only on ensuring the strength of their respective economies, but also to work together to understand and resolve these global issues.
Keynote Speaker, Nobel-Laureate Professor Robert Engle, NYU Stern, discussed the work of NYU's Volatility Lab in understanding systemic risk.
Regulation, said Engle, can be adequate to prevent financial disaster, however, the challenge for regulators is to ensure they are addressing the challenges of the next crisis not just the last one. "Institutions have to have the resources to not only survive a crisis, but continue to intermediate and provide financial services" Engle said.
He highlighted Australia's strong economic growth, but said it would be a significant challenge for other economies to leverage Australia's success.
The conference brought together international regulators, central bankers, and academics to spark robust discussion on the challenges, risk and opportunities facing Asian markets in an increasingly connected financial landscape.


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angular.module('cartoview.index', ['cartoview.base']);
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Q: Search through a big collection of objects i have a really big collection of objects that i want to search through.
The array have > 60.000 items and the search performance can be really slow from time to time.
One object in that array looks like this:
{
  "title": "title"
  "company": "abc company"
  "rating": 13 // internal rating based on comments and interaction
  ...
}

I want to search for the title and the company info and order that by the rating of the items.
This is what my search currently look like:
    onSearchInput(searchTerm) {
        (<any>window).clearTimeout(this.searchInputTimeout);
        this.searchInputTimeout = window.setTimeout(() => {
            this.searchForFood(searchTerm);
        }, 500);
    }

    searchForFood(searchTerm) {
        if (searchTerm.length > 1) {
            this.searchResults = [];
            this.foodList.map(item => {
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                    if (item.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchTermPart.toLowerCase())
                        || item.company.toLowerCase().includes(searchTermPart.toLowerCase())) {
                        this.searchResults.push(item);
                    }
                });
            });

            this.searchResults = this.searchResults.sort(function(a, b) {
                return a.rating - b.rating;
            }).reverse();

        } else {
            this.searchResults = [];
        }
    }

Question: Is there any way to improve the search logic and performance wise?

A: A bunch of hints:

*

*It's a bit excessive to put searching through 60,000 items on the front-end. Any way you can perform part of the search on the back-end? If you really must do it on the front-end considering searching in chunks of e.g. 10,000  and then using a setImmediate() to perform the next part of the search so the user's browser won't completely freeze during processing time.

*Do the splitting and lowercasing of the search term outside of the loop.

*map() like you're using it is weird as you don't use the return value. Better to use forEach(). Better still, is use filter() to get the items that match.

*When iterating over the search terms, use some() (as pointed out in the comments) as it's an opportunity to early return.

*sort() mutates the original array so you don't need to re-assign it.

*sort() with reverse() is usually a smell. Instead, swap the sides of your condition to be b - a.

*At this scale, it may make sense to do performance tests with includes(), indexOf(), roll-your-own-for-loop, match() (can almost guarantee it will be slower though)

A: Alex's suggestions are good. My only suggestion would be, if you could afford to pre-process the data during idle time (preferably don't hold up first render or interaction) you could process the data into a modified prefix trie. That would let you search for the items in O(k) time where k is the length of the search term (right now you are searching in O(kn) time because you look at every item and then do an includes which takes k time (it's actually a little worse because of the toLowerCase's but I don't want to get into the weeds of it).
If you aren't familiar with what a trie is, hopefully the code below gives you the idea or you can search for information with your search engine of choice. It's basically a mapping of characters in a string in nested hash maps.
Here's some sample code of how you might construct the trie:

function makeTries(data){
    let companyTrie = {};
    let titleTrie = {};
    data.forEach(item => {
        addToTrie(companyTrie, item.company, item, 0);
        addToTrie(titleTrie, item.title, item, 0);
    });
    return {
        companyTrie,
        titleTrie
    }
}

function addToTrie(trie, str, item, i){
    trie.data = trie.data || [];
    trie.data.push(item);

    if(i >= str.length)
        return;
    if(! trie[str[i]]){
        trie[str[i]] = {};
    }

    addToTrie(trie[str[i]], str, item, ++i);
}

function searchTrie(trie, term){
    if(trie == undefined)
        return [];
    if(term == "")
        return trie.data;
    return searchTrie(trie[term[0]], term.substring(1));
}

var testData = [
    {
        company: "abc",
        title: "def",
        rank: 5
    },{
        company: "abd",
        title: "deg",
        rank: 5
    },{
        company: "afg",
        title: "efg",
        rank: 5
    },{
        company: "afgh",
        title: "efh",
        rank: 5
    },
];

const tries = makeTries(testData);
console.log(searchTrie(tries.companyTrie, "afg"));

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UPDATE #3 Niall Ferguson on friendly Bloomberg TV this morning (Tuuesday) to hit back at critics, who are merely "nit-picking" not really fact-checking. Also says he's sure this will not impact his academic reputation. My piece at The Nation collects new opinions from James Fallows, Andrew Sullivan and others.
UPDATE #2 : More fact-checking (it's a gold mine) of the Ferguson piece via The Atlantic and by John Cassidy at The New Yorker and from Alex Pareene at Salon (who exagerates only slightly in declaring "every fact wrong"). Pareene: "Niall Ferguson is an intellectual fraud whose job, for years, has been to impress dumb rich Americans with his accent and flatter them with his writings...[W]hile there are tons of very legitimate and compelling arguments against the Obama presidency, Ferguson instead based his article on a bunch of crap he made up." Plus, more from Josh Holland -- Ferguson can't even get his own history right, or lies about it.
UPDATE #1: Ferguson has now replied to Krugman, provoking economist Brad Delong to say he should be fired by Newsweek--and reviewed by his peers at Harvard. And Krugman sure to reply.
Paul Krugman in a blog post just up slams new "Hit the Road, Barack" Newsweek cover story by right-wing Niall Ferguson for several severe and "unethical" factual errors. Getting to just one for now, he points to a grossly misleading claim about the CBO saying Obamacare will be adding to the deficit when in fact it said no such thing. Krugman says an official correction of this "cheap shot" by Newsweek is warranted.
Here's the Ferguson piece, via Daily Beast. Just at a glance I can already see that he uses 2008 numbers (from the Bush years) against the president, to show what we have lost--going back to BEFORE the economic collapse. Also, he makes the despicable claim, which isn't even true, that half of Americans don't pay taxes. He writes, "Welcome to Obama's America," when it's more accurate to say, "Welcome to the Bush-Romney America." Instead he finds only "some truth" in any blame for Obama's predecessor. Plus he regrets that we left Iraq--and apparently wants us to stay in Afghanistan forever. Yet claims go be a deficit hawk.
And then the inevitable: "I know, like, and admire Paul Ryan. For me, the point about him is simple. He is one of only a handful of politicians in Washington who is truly sincere about addressing this country's fiscal crisis." Unsaid, of course, is that Ryan supported every major budget-busting move of the past decade. I love this: He writes of a dinner with Ryan in 2010, "Ryan blew me away. I have wanted to see him in the White House ever since." Get a room, guys! This is the Kristol-Palin affair, redux. Send him one of the shirtless Ryan shots in any event.
One more classic: "But one thing is clear. Ryan psychs Obama out. This has been apparent ever since the White House went on the offensive against Ryan in the spring of last year. And the reason he psychs him out is that, unlike Obama, Ryan has a plan—as opposed to a narrative—for this country." Come on Niall, even school boys know it should be "psychs out Obama."
Sounds like a typical "Blame Bush" argument. Bush is running. When does blaming end and leadership begin? Or do Democrats want to ignore that little fact?
Obama has had four years to implement policies to help improve the economy. None have worked.
Guess this is what journalism has come to. Factual or not, I'm sure the cover will do the job they wanted.


I haven't formally entered this year's challenge but thought I'd enter anyway. It will give focus to my blogging this month, especially since I haven't been particularly active here in the last month. I don't have a particular theme. All I know is that it will include photos. Lots of them.
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Q: Proving that roots of a equation lies outside the circle $|z|=1/2$
Show that all the roots of the equation $$z^n \cos(\theta_0) + z^{n-1} \cos(\theta_1)+ \dots+\cos(\theta_n)=2$$ where $\theta_0,\theta_1,\dots,\theta_n \in \mathbb{R}$, lie outside the circle $|z|=1/2$.

I tried with the case when all theta are 0 then equation simplifies to $1+z+z^2+\dots+z^n=2$ . We know that if $1+z+z^2+\dots+z^n=0$ then $z_i$ are the complex $(n+1)$th roots of unity. So in this case origin is shifted such that here $z_i$ are roots of equation $$\left(z-\frac{2}{n+1}\right)^{n+1}=1.$$ I couldn't proceed after. this Any ideas?

A: Suppose to the contrary that $z$ is a root of the above equation and that $|z|\le 1/2$. Since $|\cos(\theta_k)| \le 1$ we get
$2 \le \frac{1}{2^n}+\frac{1}{2^{n-1}}+...+\frac{1}{2}+1=2-\frac{1}{2^{n}}<2$,
a contradiction.

A: $$2=S_n=|z^n \cos(\theta_0) + z^{n-1} \cos(\theta_1)+ \dots+\cos(\theta_n)|$$
Using this,
$$S_n\le\sum_{r=0}^n|z^r||\cos\theta_r|\le\sum_{r=0}^n|z^r|$$
Now if $|z|\le\dfrac12,$
$$\sum_{r=0}^n|z^r|\le\sum_{r=0}^n\left(\dfrac12\right)^r=2\left(1-\left(\dfrac12\right)^{n+1}\right)<2$$

A: Suppose that $|z|\leq \frac{1}{2}$. Then $|z|^i\leq \frac{1}{2^i}$ for all $i\in\mathbb{N}$.
If
$$z^n \cos(\theta_0) + z^{n-1} \cos(\theta_1)+ \dots+\cos(\theta_n) =2,$$
then certainly
$$|z^n \cos(\theta_0) + z^{n-1} \cos(\theta_1)+ \dots+\cos(\theta_n)|=2.$$
By the triangle inequality,
$$\begin{align}|z^n \cos(\theta_0) + z^{n-1} \cos(\theta_1)+ \dots+\cos(\theta_n)|&\leq |z^n\cos(\theta_0)|+\ldots+|\cos(\theta_n)|\\
&\leq |z^n|+|z^{n-1}|+\ldots+1\\
&\leq \frac{1}{2^n}+\ldots+1\\
&=2-\frac{1}{2^n}\\
&<2
\end{align}$$
Therefore, there are no solutions $z$ to the equation such that $|z|\leq \frac{1}{2}$.


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Off Topic: Favorite Music?
By MissGoddess, January 25, 2008 in Your Favorites
JackFavell
A woman after my own heart. I like her best in running mode, when her lyrics are a little gritty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=233o3DL1DwE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DsWLQ4gl4k&feature=related
*Watch out for loud click at beginning of song:*
MissGoddess
LocationHaleakaloha and Monument Valley
Ha!! What some people won't do....
Isn't it the truth.....
Hey, look what I found.... remember him?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41U_T7pQjQ
Snorky
My latest two-song soundtrack take is from Another Cinderella Story with *Selena Gomez*:
1. *Selena Gomez* - Tell Me Something I Don't Know
2. *Tiffany Giardin* - Hurry Up and Save Me
Selena joined best friend *Demi Lovato* on this last week's
Sonny With A Chance. A great send-up of their own characters
and other Disney shows when they change places mocking each other.
It's obvious they're having a blast working together!
In another scene Selena's finally had enough and exclaims,
"I don't need this; I was in "Camp Hip-Hop""!
Selena and Demi's character, Sonny, are at each others' throats
up 'til then but as soon as Selena leaves
Demi smiles and says sweetly, "Aww, she seems nice.
Maybe I should call her."
Chad: Why? Ya gonna become BFFs with Selena Gomez?
Sonny: It could happen!
The show wraps up with Selena doing a "Camp Hip-Hop" spoof.
It's part of the run-up to Disney's release of Princess Protection Program,
a movie starring *Demi Lovato* and *Selena Gomez*.
Message was edited by: Snorky
Poinciana
For all you Orchestra Wives fans here's Kalamazoo with Glenn Miller, Tex Benecke, the Modernaires, and the fabulous Nicholas Brothers.
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this one - the Nicholas Bros. are the greatest dancers ever!
Back when he was a beautiful loser......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FmUU-y7Nk0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzS2Vug-esA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ7kTxHLJss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEROk-Y27Q
This is one of my favorite songs! It was from my dance recital.
Alice JackFavells daughter.
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Happy to report those craving more Demi Lovato
can pick up the Disney CD, Disney Channel Playlist,
containing two new songs by her including the Sonny with a Chance theme song,
"So Far So Great", which follows in the China Forbes - Ordinary Girl tradition
by delivering a bit more than the short clip used for broadcast.
Selena Gomez also sings two songs including the theme to her show.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZbzgVJXjI
An impressive soundtrack rendition performed by the The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, btw.
Just found out Demi has a new album out later this month!
The aptly titled, "Here We Go Again" also includes the
Sonny With A Chance theme song, "So Far So Great".
The Snork's not waiting for the deluxe edition to purchase this one. : )
How old is your daughter, Snorky?
> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEROk-Y27Q
> This is one of my favorite songs! It was from my dance recital.
> Alice JackFavells daughter.
> Message was edited by: JackFavell
Oh my goodness! I just saw this, Jackie---Alice posted this, really? How sweet!!
Oh, yes, she played it over and over and over again when she found it! I don't let her watch videos, but since it was in her recital, I thought I would check it out on youtube. I looked at it first and told her she could see it and then she wanted to post it! She completely forgot about it after that, and I haven't reminded her....I have to admit that I am now thoroughly sick of the song.....
She usually likes anyone who is blonde, since she is too. She thought you were great on the guest programming event!
pktrekgirl
I enjoy a wide range of music - classical (including Opera), big band, easy listening, jazz, rock, and even some pop. I can find something to like in pretty much any genre except for rap, which I cannot STAND. My likes are also somewhat limited among country music listings as well, but I do like a couple of country artists, anyway.
*Classical* - I am particularly partial to Mozart and Rachmaninov, but other favorites include Liszt, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, and several others. My favorite pieces of instrumental classical music are:
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor - This is my all-time favorite. Music doesn't get any more passionate than this!
Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat K 364
Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor
Mendelssohn's Symphony #4 in A Major - "Italian"
Mendelssohn's Overture "The Hebrides"
Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Op 61
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1
Barber's Adagio for Strings
My favorite vocal/Operatic music:
Mozart's Requiem
Mozart's Don Giovanni K 527
*Rock* - my favorite rock, classic rock & pop artists are:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Others I really like alot are:
The Police/Sting
The GooGoo Dolls
*Country* - I only like two country artists. They are:
The Dixie Chicks
*Big Band* - mostly really love Glenn Miller
*Easy Listening* - who else? Frank Sinatra! All others are pretenders!
HollywoodGolightly
> {quote:title=Snorky wrote:}{quote}
> The Good, The Bad & The Ugly:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZbzgVJXjI
That's terrific - I love it! :x
(I just watched the movie on blu-ray over the weekend)
PK - you have _great_ taste!
> Oh, yes, she played it over and over and over again when she found it! I don't let her watch videos, but since it was in her recital, I thought I would check it out on youtube. I looked at it first and told her she could see it and then she wanted to post it! She completely forgot about it after that, and I haven't reminded her....I have to admit that I am now thoroughly sick of the song.....
> She usually likes anyone who is blonde, since she is too. She thought you were great on the guest programming event!
Unbelievably cute! Has she ever seen Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? When I used
to babysit my friend's daughter when she was six or seven, she ADORED that movie---but
her favorite was "Dorothy" (Jane Russell) because she's a brunette, ha!
Wow, PK, I'm impressed. If I know the name of the composer of
a piece of classical music I think I'm doing good. Movieman1957 will
be in ecstasy when he sees your list. He loves classical. I do, too,
but I am embarrassed at my lack of knowlege---and I grew up in a house
where both my parents were passionate about it.
Easy Listening - who else? Frank Sinatra! All others are pretenders!
Now you're talking my language!


"When a kid with peanut allergy eats a peanut and dies, we don't say 'his underlying metabolic condition was significantly aggravated to the extent of manifesting as an anaphylactic shock with features of death,' he continues. "No, we say the peanut killed the poor boy. Remove the peanut from the equation, and he would still be with us today."


In Frankfurt am Main, you can now see an exhibition on the redesign of city centres. Since the end of April, the exhibition "CYCLE - The Reconquest of the City" has been on display in the German Museum of Architecture. Subject is a sustainable and green urban development, which also includes clean air.


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Libertas Dubrovnik je  dubrovački javni prijevoznik sa sjedištem u  Mokošici.

Povijest Libertasa

Popis autobusnih gradskih, prigradskih i otočkih linija

Gradske autobusne linije:

 1A MOKOŠICA - PILE
 2 GORICA - PILE
 2A GLAVICA B.K. / SOLITUDO - PILE
 3 NUNCIJATA - PILE
 4 HOTEL PALACE - PILE
 5 VIKTORIJA - BABIN KUK
 6 BABIN KUK - PILE
 7 KANTAFIG - BABIN KUK
 8 VIKTORIJA - GRUŽ
 9 OPĆA BOLNICA - PILE
 17 BOSANKA - PILE

Prigradske autobusne linije:

ISTOK

 10 DUBROVNIK - CAVTAT
 11 DUBROVNIK - MOLUNAT
 16 DUBROVNIK - PLAT
 16A DUBROVNIK - SREBRENO
 23 DUBROVNIK - BUIĆI
 23A DUBAC / BRGAT - SREBRENO
 25 DUBROVNIK - VODOVAĐA
 27 DUBROVNIK - VITALJINA
 29 DUBA - CAVTAT
 30 VODOVAĐA - CAVTAT
 31 VITALJINA - CAVTAT
 38 DUBROVNIK - GRUDA

ZAPAD

 12 DUBROVNIK - SLANO
 15 DUBROVNIK - STON
 21 DUBROVNIK - OREBIĆ
 22 DUBROVNIK - IMOTICA
 26 DUBROVNIK - MAJKOVI
 28 DUBROVNIK - OSOJNIK
 35 DUBROVNIK - BRSEČINE

Otočke autobusne linije:

MLJET
 18 POMENA - SOBRA
 19 SAPLUNARA - SOBRA

ŠIPAN

 20 LUKA ŠIPANSKA - SUĐURAĐ

Vanjske poveznice

Izvori

Gospodarstvo Dubrovnika
Hrvatske tvrtke za autobusni prijevoz putnika


CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Keep your balance no matter what is developed. Know your limits and take care of their responsibilities will help you to achieve your goals without forcing it to give up too much.
If your birthday is today, use your intuition and sensitivity to read between the lines. Take a look at what others are doing and how their own actions affect the way things develop.
ARIES (march 21 to April 19) A trip or attend a retreat will help you discover things about yourself that you will be encouraged to use their skills, knowledge and experience more efficiently.
TAURUS (April 20 to may 20) Contracts, settlements, and receive something that is not expected to fill your day. It does not get caught in a bind of something misleading. It is good to get something extra, but not to spend the money frivolously.
GEMINI (may 21 to June 20) Your ability to perform multiple tasks and use technology to get what they want and will bear its fruits. Host an event and enjoy the talks that can help you.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Accept too will be a remedy for disaster. Calculate your time wisely and don't let your generosity bring out the best in you. It is important to maintain peace and balance.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Let your creative imagination take control, follow up with a practical plan and time to finish what he starts. Keep the personal information secret.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) don't judge very fast to others. Emotional situations can cause those around you to act differently. Be willing to wait and see how to move forward better.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Make changes in the way we manage your personal economy, as well as your home life. Look for an unusual way of living to be cheap and efficient, and will avoid being stressed out each month.
SAGITTARIUS (22 November-21 December) will Face a dilemma when dealing with a couple or with someone who is emotionally bonded. Try not to react. Get the facts and see all of your options.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19 ) Will be the emotions if you have given a wrong impression with regard to how someone feels about you. Avoid disappointment by asking questions.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) don't spend more on something that someone tries to convince you to buy. Take care of your money in cash and don't get involved in something that seems to be excessive or financially indulgent.
PISCES (February 19 to march 20) Do something that allows you to use your creative imagination. Take a course, or socialize with people who have something unique to offer. Be close to those who do the help you.


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VLOG / PODCAST
'Blondel' was the first musical Tim Rice wrote with a composer other than Andrew Lloyd Webber. The music for 'Blondel' was instead provided by opera composer Stephen Oliver, who penned a lively score that was not at all operatic.
The musical follows the trials and triumphs of Blondel, an ambitious minstrel in King Richard The Lionheart's court, desperately trying for a chart-topping song. Blondel and his long-suffering girlfriend Fiona undertake a multi-nation search when King Richard is taken captive during the Crusades. They rescue him and return to England just in time to prevent the coronation of his brother Prince John. A quartet of Monks provide plot commentary between scenes, also putting in appearances are Blondel's backing group, The Blondettes, and a hapless Assassin who does not enjoy international travel.
'Blondel' starred Paul Nicholas in the title role alongside Sharon Lee Hill as Fiona, Stephan Tate as Richard, David Burt as John, Chris Langham as the Assassin and vocal quartet Cantabile as The Monks. The show opened at the Theatre Royal Bath on September 12th 1983 followed by a two week run at Manchester's Palace Theatre before opening the newly refurbished Old Vic on November 2nd. 'Blondel' subsequently transferred to the West End's Aldwych Theatre opening on January 21st 1984, running for 278 performances.
The complete original London cast album of 'Blondel', originally issued as a 2LP set, now makes a welcome return to CD having been out of print for nearly 20 years. The album, produced by its creators Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver, represents the complete production including the songs 'Running Back For More', 'The Least Of My Troubles', 'I'm A Monarchist' and 'No Rhyme For Richard'. Ahead of the 'Blondel' cast album reissue, lyricist Tim Rice commented:
"More than thirty years after its creation, I still enjoy listening to Stephen Oliver's marvellous score for 'Blondel', which was this great classical composer's one foray into commercial musical theatre (perhaps "commercial" is the wrong word as Blondel's first staging only ran for a year in London). However there have been quite a few further productions around the world since 1983, primarily amateur and school versions, and there are ambitious plans for a relaunch of Blondel in 2017-18. While waiting for this to happen I hope this re-release of the Original West End Cast recording will stir a few memories and/or help to create fresh interest in the show".
"Tim Rice at his wittiest and sparklingest"
- The Sunday Times
"Stephen Oliver's score is a marvel"
- Sunday Telegraph
RELEASE DATE: MAY 26th, 2017
CATALOGUE #: STAGE 9050
DISC ONE - ACT I
01. MONKS' INTRODUCTION - Cantabile
02. BLONDEL AND FIONA - Paul Nicholas, Sharon Lee Hill, Blondettes
(a). THE CREATIVE PROCESS
(b). HOW LONG CAN SOMEONE WAIT
(c). I'M A MONARCHIST
(d). ARTISTS ARE TRAGIC AND SENSITIVE SOULS
03. THE MINISTRY OF FEUDAL AFFAIRS - Cantabile, Sharon Lee Hill, David Burt, Stephen Tate, Company
(a). OPENING ENSEMBLE
(b). FIONA'S PLEA TO JOHN
(c). RICHARD'S INTERVENTION
(d). ECONOMIC ACROSTIC
(e). CRUSADE RALLY
04. THE LEAST OF MY TROUBLES - Paul Nicholas, Sharon Lee Hill [LISTEN]
05. LIONHEART - Cantabile, Stephen Tate, David Burt, Paul Nicholas
06. NO RHYME FOR RICHARD - David Burt, Sharon Lee Hill [LISTEN]
07. TRIO - David Burt, Paul Nicholas, Sharon Lee Hill
08. ASSASSIN'S SONG - David Burt, Chris Langham [LISTEN]
09. RUNNING BACK FOR MORE - Cantabile, Blondettes, Sharon Lee Hill [LISTEN]
DISC TWO - ACT II
01. BLONDEL IN EUROPE - Chris Langham, Paul Nicholas, Blondettes, Cantabile, Sharon Lee Hill [LISTEN]
02. SALADIN DAYS / I CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING
- Cantabile, Stephen Tate, David Burt [LISTEN]
03. THE INN AT SALZBURG / BLONDEL'S SEARCH - Cantabile, Chris Langham, Paul Nicholas, Sharon Lee Hill
04. THE DUKE OF AUSTRIA'S QUARTERS
- Kevin Williams, Tracy Booth, Sharon Lee Hill
05. THE CELL - Paul Nicholas, Stephen Tate, Kevin Williams, Sharon Lee Hill
(a). REUNION
(b). DEATH OF A STATESMAN
(c). TRIBUTE TO A STATESMAN/A ROYAL PARDON
(d). THE WRONG TRAIN
06. WESTMINSTER ABBEY - Cantabile, David Burt, Stephen Tate
(a). JOHN'S CORONATION
(c). RICHARD'S RETURN
07. I'M A MONARCHIST (Reprise) - Paul Nicholas, Blondettes [LISTEN]
08. RUNNING BACK FOR MORE (Reprise) - Paul Nicholas, Sharon Lee Hill
09. RUNNING BACK FOR MORE (Single Version) - Sharon Lee Hill
10. THE LEAST OF MY TROUBLES - Colm Wilkinson
11. RUNNING BACK FOR MORE - Murray Head
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A Lost City - in Wicklow?
When archaeologists began excavating the very ancient Stone Age structure at Newgrange they found thousands of tonnes of quartz stones and boulders surrounding it and built into the structure.In fact, the inner walls comprised gigantic quartz boulders. There is no quartz found in the Boyne Valley, the location of the Newgrange complex, and the much larger Knowth complex and smaller Dowth complex. Geologists have long noted that much of the white quartz was originally placed next to granite, and the only place where these two rock formations occur in such proximity is in the Wicklow mountains, 70 miles to the south.
So how did all this rock get to the Boyne Valley?
Archaeologists believe that the stone was quarried in Wicklow and then loaded onto barges, probably on a river. From here the barges made their way down to the Irish Sea and north, along the coast, to the River Boyne. But this was no small-scale operation - it required thousands of people to do the quarrying and transport the rock to the initial port. This kind of operation would have required a permanent or semi-permanent settlement, either a long-term basecamp or an existing settlment.
As previously mentioned, Wicklow has received only a modicum of archaeological study. But the whole county is studded with ancient standing stones and prehistoric mounds, from the Neolithic Stone Age - over 3,500 years ago, and much older.
But where could this ancient city be?
The archaeologists could be wrong and the quarrying might have taken place somewhere along the coast, although white quartz is certainly not common there. If so, then the location would probably have been somewhere on either side of Bray Head or Wicklow Head. Both Bray and Wicklow Town are natural harbours built on river mouths.
But if the archaeologists are right, then there are only two rivers large enough to allow barges access to the mountains - a) the River Liffey, and b) the Avoca River in south Wicklow, which flows out to sea at Arklow.
The Liffey flows west out of the Wicklow Mountains, into the interior then turns north and finally east, skirting the mountains before flowing into the Irish Sea in Dublin.The Avoca flows from the south-eastern orientated Avoca Valley, the site of the 1797 goldrush. This area also has quite a few archaeological remains, and the valley is overlooked by the Motte Stone, which is very similar to many of the white quartz stones found at Newgrange. Significantly, although most studies and searches for the precise rock that was found at Newgrange have occurred near Blessington, in the upper reaches of the Liffey. there is a strong possibility that if there is a lost city here, it lies beneath the huge Poulaphuca Reservoir.
However, most geologists agree that the type of quartz from Newgrange is more likely to be found on the eastern side of the Wicklow Mountains. Therefore, it seems likely that the lost quarries, and any accompanying settlement/city, is still waiting to be found.
One thing is for certain: whoever finds or identifies this site will be granted instantaneous fame.


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As a non-profit foundation dedicated to championing the arts and to elevating artists who dedicate their lives to interpreting the world through a creative lens, Engaging…
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Poet's Corner, Uncategorized, What's New
I want to suggest this: that the majority for which everyone is seeking, which must reassess and release us from our past and deal with the…
Please Join Us in Enjoying the Offerings of Skirball at Home
We are always inspired by Skirball Cultural Center, our wonderful partner in the arts, poetry, and mindfulness. Since 1996, Los Angeles' Skirball has been a place…
Supporting Life, Joy, and Indigenous Arts
Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF) is amongst our deeply valued partners in robustly supporting the arts as a means toward healing and preserving indigenous cultures….
Lost & Found's Light Relief Program
It's a pleasure to share the newest venture from one of our wonderful partners in the realms of poetics and mindfulness, Lost & Found: The CUNY…
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