This is an excerpt of Ambassador-at-Large Bilahari Kausikan's speech at this week's Asean Summit 2016, organised by RHTLaw Taylor Wessing and RHT Academy.
This is not just a rhetorical question. Inability to reach consensus on the South China Sea (SCS) has exposed cracks in Asean unity to the glare of public scrutiny. Asean's relevance is being questioned by academic commentators and journalists, by Asean dialogue partners and even - sotto voce - by some Asean member states. Without a minimally credible answer to the question, Asean will be marginalised. Asean will not disappear: Regular meetings of leaders and ministers will still be held with pomp and ceremony; solemn statements will be issued. But will anyone take much notice?
As far as the SCS is concerned, this is not to be taken for granted.
The SCS is a major international waterway. Vital trade routes pass through it and the skies above the SCS are among the busiest in civil aviation. The SCS occupies a uniquely strategic position connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. This is an issue of international concern. If Asean cannot take a position on such a crucial matter in its own region, why should anyone take us seriously?
There is no evading the fact that on the SCS, Asean is divided. The media has laid primary responsibility for blocking consensus on Cambodia acting at China's behest. Shortly after the 2012 meeting, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia had made a "strategic choice" in China's favour. Phnom Penh has not been shy about its position on the SCS. This year, before the Arbitral Tribunal announced its decision, Beijing had repeatedly and in often hectoring terms warned all Asean members against taking a common position on the award and Prime Minister Hun Sen said twice that Cambodia would not agree to a common Asean position. Cambodia is by no means the only Asean country that has been reluctant to incur China's wrath over the SCS. The unusual forthrightness of Cambodia's leaders in 2012 and after has been a convenient cover for the others inclined to duck.
Cambodia was acting within the letter of its rights under the Asean Charter which makes clear that decisions will be made by consensus. Asean's disagreements over the SCS have led to the efficacy and relevance of the consensus principle being questioned. Frustration with the consensus principle is understandable, particularly at a time when the East Asian strategic environment is changing rapidly with the United States and China groping towards a new modus vivendi with each other and other countries in the region. Their competition in the SCS has become something of a proxy for the larger strategic adjustments that are under way.
It cannot be denied that decision-making by consensus degrades Asean's ability to act on controversial issues. It is sub-optimal. But alternatives to the consensus principle are only theoretical propositions, advocated by those with no responsibility for where they may lead Asean. We are not the European Union and in any case it is now clear that the EU is not the most edifying of models for Asean to emulate. As an interstate organisation with a very diverse membership with different national interests, in practice Asean can only operate by consensus. Any other mode of decision-making could escalate even minor differences into major splits and risks the organisation breaking up entirely.
Decision-making by consensus is a fuse that trips when differences of national interests surge to the point where the system becomes so overloaded that it could be torn apart.
Prior to 2012, no matter how fiercely we disagreed, Asean members have been punctilious about reaching consensus. Asean's most basic consensus is a consensus on always having a consensus, even if it is only a consensus of form or on words to maintain a facade of unity. We have managed to do so even on sensitive bilateral disputes between members.
A consensus on always having a consensus preserves Asean's fundamental and enduring purpose of ensuring civility and order in relations between its members in a region where this is not to be assumed. This is a crucial function. In South-east Asia, sovereignties are relatively new and often still tender; historical enmities not yet forgotten and the region lies at the intersection of major power interests. Asean is intended to allow the small states of South-east Asia - and the biggest of us is small compared to the major powers - to retain some modicum of autonomy through maintaining cohesion.
This is one of Asean's under-appreciated successes: Today there are tensions in the SCS but as a whole South-east Asia is at peace with itself and the world and prospering. This is a situation that would not at all have seemed likely in 1967. If the consensus principle is repeatedly abused, the consequences could be unpredictable, not just for Asean but also for the major powers, including China. A repeat of what happened in 2012 could set Asean on a path to a dangerous destination.
It is not within Asean's competence to resolve the SCS disputes. In so far as the SCS has become a proxy for US-China competition, Asean is only a secondary player; as much arena as actor. Asean may have only a limited role but, potentially at least, again not an inconsequential role. The key word is "potentially". Here too the evidence is mixed.
China has agreed to Singapore's proposal for a Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea or Cues which is intended to reduce the possibility of accidents pending agreement on a Code of Conduct (COC) for the SCS. A draft declaration on an Asean-China Cues is under discussion by Asean and China.
But China only agreed to discuss a Cues for its coast guard and not the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. This is a serious limitation. China claims substantial swaths of the SCS as Chinese territory since "ancient times" and has relied primarily on its coast guard to enforce its domestic laws in the SCS, for instance on fishing. But PLA Navy patrols and exercises in the SCS and has deployed assets on the artificial islands China has created. Over time, PLA Navy will certainly qualitatively and quantitatively step up its SCS deployments. What this means for Asean and in particular the Asean claimants whose navies are dwarfed by PLA Navy - in fact overshadowed even by the Chinese coast guard - is unclear. The US 7th Fleet is the only real balancer in the SCS. Still even a limited Cues is better than nothing and could supplement the Cues that the US and China have already agreed for the Pacific Ocean, but which China has apparently also complied with in the SCS where the commander of the US Pacific Command recently acknowledged dangerous incidents have been rare.
The most potentially consequential Asean proposal on the table is a COC for the SCS. It has been under discussion for several years. Progress has been glacial. To be of real use, a COC must deal with many substantive issues. Only the surface of the substance of a COC has been skimmed so far. A disinterested observer might be forgiven for wondering whether China, or at least PLA Navy, is really interested in a binding COC which would limit the freedom of action of all parties to it, or whether the process of interminably discussing a COC is a means of constraining Asean. But that would be a churlish thought and let me make it clear that I am not a disinterested observer and so do not entertain such thoughts.
At the Vientiane meeting, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that negotiations should be fast-tracked and that China wants a framework for a COC by 2017. This can be regarded as recognition that progress on the COC has been unsatisfactory, that the SCS disputes have dented China's reputation and if allowed to get out of hand, could seriously damage relations with Asean. Concluding a COC would be a strong positive signal that any foreign ministry would welcome. But we should not expect miracles. Negotiations over the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and its implementation guidelines took 20 years to conclude. The issues that a COC must engage are more complex than those in the DOC.
The SCS issue should be seen in context. It is only one aspect of Asean-China relations. On the whole, Asean-China relations are positive. Sovereignty disputes nevertheless cast deep shadows because how a big country deals with small countries on matters of sovereignty is inevitably taken as an indication of the big country's intentions towards its neighbours. As the SCS is the locus around which US-China and Asean-China relations act and interact on each other in South-east Asia, it receives the most international attention and tends to be over-emphasised. But it is not the only issue or necessarily even the most important issue on either the US-China agenda or Asean's own agenda.
Economic integration is in my view of greater long-term geopolitical significance to Asean.
The root cause of divisions in Asean on the SCS is changes in the way some members now calculate their national interests. China is looming larger in the economic calculations of every country in East Asia, including formal US allies. The infrastructure and other investments now undertaken within the broad framework of "One Belt, One Road" are binding south-west China and mainland South-east Asia into one economic space. This is to be welcomed on economic grounds but undoubtedly also gives China political influence. Beijing cannot be blamed for exercising its influence. No major power in history has ever forsworn any instrument of influence. Asean members differ widely in their levels of economic development and hence in their economic options. For some, in particular the newer and less developed members, China represents the best - and perhaps only - hope of moving up the value chain. We must try to change their calculations of interests. This is the geopolitical significance of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). The bedrock of Asean's relevance and centrality must be economic.
The AEC cannot replace China in the economic calculations of Asean members. An AEC that achieves its goals of a common market and common production platform could, however, broaden options, mitigate China's influence and enhance Asean's attractiveness to other dialogue partners, making it easier for them to continue to believe in Asean's centrality and relevance.
It will not be easy. The key issues that must be confronted in the next phase of the Asean economic integration - non-tariff barriers, services and some form of labour mobility - are intrinsically difficult. Economic nationalism is running high in some Asean members. Others are experiencing buyer's remorse over the current level of AEC commitment. Some Asean members are undergoing complicated political changes. It will be difficult. But we must try.


At the place where cargo ships from all over the world unloaded their tree trunks a century ago, an attractive island district is slowly developing where Amsterdammers can live on the water.
The Houthaven is located in the northern part of the Spaarndammerbuurt. The Houthaven transforms from a business park to a special residential neighborhood on seven green, car-free islands in the IJ. This is in line with the intention of the municipality to change the IJ banks from industrial zone to a place to live.
The mainland behind the Spaarndammerdijk is partially excavated. The islands that arise as a result are extended on the north side, as a result of which they enter the IJ. The shape of the islands is derived from the headlands of the old port.
In a few years, the residents of the Spaarndammerdijk will have a view of a park with the islands behind it in the IJ.
The Houthaven is a small-scale urban neighborhood with narrow streets, plenty of space for greenery and of course lots of water. The houses on the islands have no more than four or five storeys, which is low compared to the rest of the banks of the IJ.
This new part of the Spaarndammer neighborhood will be a kind of Amsterdam in miniature, with a lot of variation in buildings and population. There is room for about 2,500 homes. Of this, 20 percent is intended for social rent, the rest is rented and sold in line with the market. The area also includes many facilities such as schools, catering establishments, a hotel, care institutions and business premises.
The layout of the islands is varied: each island has its own character. Soeters Van Eldonk architects has given the islands different themes, ranging from 'distinguished ladies' to 'tough guys'.
The municipality and developers have agreed together that the Houthaven should become a 100% climate-neutral neighborhood. The Houthaven is built in an environmentally friendly way, with extra attention for energy and material use.
The entire energy requirement is generated sustainably. To achieve this, use is made of 'trias energetica': a promising package of energy-saving and sustainability measures, consisting of sustainable hulls, sustainable energy generation – the Houthaven is connected to the Stadswarmtenet – and for the remaining demand for sustainable energy generation on location.
The Houthaven has been named Excellent by Agentschap NL of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.


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It has been 900 years since the Kardang monastery was established in the foothills of the Himalaya. Kardang monastery is one of the oldest possession of Drukpa lineage. The monastery is historical because it is a part of Kardang village which was once the capital of Lahaul.
The monastery is located at an elevation 3500 meters above sea level, on the bank of Bhaga River. As per the facts, the monastery was established in the later parts of the 12th century but was completely ruined after a while; later in the 20th century, it was constructed again by 2 lamas- Lama Norbu Rinpoche (died in 1952) and Lama Kunga. The monastery is famous all over the world for its religious significance and alluring architecture. The monastery houses a phenomenal collection of murals, paintings, frescos, Thangka paintings, old weapons and instrumentals like horns, flutes, drums, etc.
The monastery is divided into 3 sections: the first room consists of a 4 foot long prayer hall, Chaitya which has preserved the skulls and ashes of Lama Norbu. The ceilings of first section are decorated with minute frescos. In this section, there are statues of Padmasambhava, Tara (Devi), Tagden Shakyashree, 103 volumes of the Kangyur, and 64 tantra books on various subjects. In the second room, there is an eleven headed statue of Avalokitesvara, Lama M Norbu's used garments and a skull. Third room consists of a six foot high wooden prayer wheel decorated with a brass bell on the top.
Kanrdang monastery is an important educational centre as well. The library of Kardang monastery is a vault which contains some of the finest books belonging to the bygone era. The monastery is stocked with Kangyur and Tangyur books of Buddhist scriptures written in Bhoti language; there are strips of paper on which the sacred mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum' is written one million times. Every year in the months of June and July, the monastery hosts an annual Chaam dance where monks are dressed in dramatic masks and head gears.
An important center of Buddhist, this charming monastery can enlighten the tourist with its architecture and breathtaking surroundings!


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When you're tired of the usual musicals and dinner show events that merely make you want to say Aloha! (Goodbye!), why not drop by and try Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show? Performed regularly at the Luau Cove at Disney's Polynesian Resort, Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show will leave you thirsting for more Polynesian flavor for your next Disney World holiday.
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Guests who happen to be at Disney's Polynesian Resort can't afford to miss Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show on the western segment of the resort premises. With entertainment and location cuisine created in traditional Polynesian theatrical entertainment, Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show is a multi-act combination of music, dance and sketches. The musical show includes some authentic Polynesian dances and performances incorporated with an enjoyable back-story. What's more, there's family-style food to munch on as you enjoy the stage performance. What a treat for the eyes and the tummy indeed!
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The spirit of aloha is up and alive only here at Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show. Guests will surely be enchanted with the hula moves of the show's hula dancers. There's also a fire-and-knife performer whose amazing tricks can leave you breathless!
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You can get captivated by the innate charm of Polynesian culture as the open-air theater at Luau Cove comes alive with fascinating Hawaiian, Tongan, Samoan and New Zealand dance performances.
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For those who want a serving of salad greens, there's seasonal vegetable salad and fresh salad drizzled with honey-lime vinaigrette. Freshly-made pineapple bread pudding covered with caramel sauce is on the dessert menu for your sweet tooth.
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Q: Addition in Field. Find counterexamples to the following statements:

In every field $\Bbb F$, if $a\in \Bbb F$, $a+a=0$, then $a=0$;

Counterexample: Consider $\Bbb Z_2$.  Let $a = 1$, so $a + a = 2 = 0 \mod 2$. but $a \ne 0$.

In every field $\Bbb F$, $a^2+1 \neq 0 $ for all $a \in \Bbb F $

Counterexample: Consider $\Bbb Z_2$.  Let $a = 1$, so $a^2 + 1 = 2 = 0 \mod 2$. Hence $a^2 + 1 = 0 $.

In every field $\Bbb F$, $−1\neq 1$

Counter example: Consider $\Bbb Z_2$. Then $-1 = 1 \mod 2$, and $1 = 1 \mod 2$. Hence $-1 = 1$.
Please improve my answers and thanks in advance!

A: For both $(1)$ and $(3)$ the only counterexamples are fields of characteristic $2$ (e.g. $\mathbb F_2$, $\mathbb F_{2^m}$, $\mathbb F_2(x)$ with $x$ trascendental, etc.. ).
For $(2)$ you can take every field that contains the $4$-th primitive roots of unity. For example $\mathbb C$, $\mathbb Q(i) $, $\mathbb F_{p^{2s}}$ where $p$ is a prime, etc


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The USS Freedom's Dedication Plaque
The history of the USS Freedom starts in October 1992 when a group of members from the USS Starward Fury decided that it was time to form another chapter. The group elected Lieutenant Paul Dyl as the group's leader and Commander Raymond Quinones as his assistant. After the group petitioned the USS Starward Fury to be their Support Ship and consequently being denied because of ill feelings between the two groups, the group petitioned the USS Star League from North Augusta, SC to be the Support Ship. Vice Admiral Cindy Krell was the commanding officer of the USS Star League at the time. Her and her crew opened their arms to us and in October 1992 the group officially became known as the Shuttle Braxton-Bragg.
For the first nine months the chapter organized itself into a very organized and productive chapter. The Shuttle Braxton-Bragg primarily operated on Fort Bragg, North Carolina as an official club approved by the Fort Bragg Garrison Commander. During these nine months the chapter grew from the original size of 16 to 32 before she was commissioned 9 months after her launch. The chapter participated in numerous events supporting such activities as the Fort Bragg Youth Program, the base recycling efforts, the Angel Tree Project, Campbell Soup Labels for Education, and numerous food drives to name just a few. Members also participated in several Star Trek Convention Security details for the Trek O' Rama conventions.
On July 4, 1993 with Vice Admiral Cindy Krell present, the Shuttle Braxton-Bragg was officially commissioned as the USS Freedom (NCC-71817) under the command of Captain Paul Dyl and Commander Raymond Quinones as the First Officer. The following months saw great growth and activity. The chapter conducted several camping trips, participated in the Fort Bragg Youth Services Anniversary celebration, and actress Ellen Bethea who had been a Youth Counselor at Fort Bragg was made an Honorary Member of the chapter.
In November 1993, Captain Paul Dyl was reassigned for a short tour to South Korea so the chapter conducted its first CO/XO elections with Captain Raymond Quinones being elected as the new Commanding Officer, and Commander Patricia Fryer being the First Officer. This was also the time the chapter had its first shuttle called the Shuttle Lynx, commanded by Captain Paul Dyl with Commander Dawn Dyl as the First Officer. The Shuttle Lynx became a correspondence chapter and was the first chapter ever to be in South Korea.
Under the command of Captain Quinones, the chapter moved more towards the fun aspects of the chapter. More events such as swimming activities, movies, Star Trek TV nights, camping, and community service activities were planned.
In July 1994 the chapters first shuttle was officially commissioned as the USS Lynx and upon Captain Dyl's return from his overseas duty, Fort Bragg became home to both the USS Freedom and the USS Lynx.
In November 1995, the USS Freedom conducted its second elections for Commanding Officer and First Officer. Captain Patricia Fry was elected as the new Commanding Officer. It was during this time that the chapter shifted further away from formal business like activities and became more of a social get together. This continued into 1996 and the situation became worse with the problems happening in STARFLEET. The chapter decided to change the class of vessel from the Galaxy Class to the Defiant Class and with the STARFLEET elections concluding, the chapter decided to leave STARFLEET and become its own independent club in January 1997.
During this time, personal struggles and turmoil spilled over into the club and within several months the chapter began to disband. In an attempt to save the chapter, Captain Brian Allen took command of the USS Freedom and returned it back into STARFLEEET for a few more years, but with a much smaller crew then before.
In 2003, after the events of September 11, 2001 the chapter was officially decommissioned after numerous members who were military began deploying overseas and the chapter was no longer a priority at the time.
In July 2014, members of the USS Helen Pawlowski decided that the chapter was just too big and decided to take on the challenges of starting a new chapter. Some of these members had actually been crewmembers of the original USS Freedom. On August 24, 2014, the USS Freedom NX-71817 was officially launched with the Station Robert de Bruce and Rear Admiral Barry Jackson the station commander as the USS Freedom's Support Chapter. The chapter had to first complete her 9 month shakedown cruise. During this time, the chapter devoted to organization of the chapter and setting up a good foundation for the chapter to grow. The chapter participated in several community service projects such as the Angel Tree, Toys for Tots and recycling to name just a few. The chapter also held several fun/educational activities. Members of the crew participated in visits/tours of such places as the USS North Carolina, Ft. Fischer, the NC Zoo , NC Aquarium, several trips to the local beaches, and several cookouts during the warmer months.
On June 16, 2016 the USS Freedom NCC-71817 was officially commissioned as a full chapter of STARFLEET. Many of the members continued to participate in the chapter community service projects and fun activities. Every September the chapter cosponsored a yard sale that members are asked to donate unwanted items to. The proceeds were divided up to the members who either donated or volunteered to work the sale or both to help pay for the members STARFLEET annual membership. Any funds left over went to the chapters represented for things like unit t-shits, patches, etc.
During her history, the USS Freedom has had members serve outside the chapter at Regional and Fleet level positions. The following are just a few:
EC Member:
Commodore Paul Dyl – SFA Commandant (1996)
STARFLEET Academy:
Fleet Captain Raymond Quinones – Director, Cadet Academy (1996)
Marine Captain James Lee – Director, Starship Operations (1996-1998)
Commander Brian Allen – Director, Security School (1996)
Commodore Paul Dyl – Director, School of Strategy and Tactics (1995-1996)
Captain Eddie Riddle – Chief of Staff to the Commandant, SFA (1996)
Captain Robin Fleming – Academic Coordinator, SFA (2019)
Captain Paul Dyl – Region 1 Quartermaster (1993-1994)
Commanding Officers of the USS Freedom:


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Ohio Wildlife Officer Indicted on Charges of Illegally Trafficking in White-Tailed Deer
A federal grand jury in Cincinnati, Ohio, returned a four-count indictment today charging Allan Wright, 45, of Russellville, Ohio, with trafficking in and making false records for illegally harvested white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in violation of the Lacey Act. Wright is employed as a wildlife officer for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
Among other things, the Lacey Act makes it a crime for a person to knowingly transport or sell wildlife in interstate commerce when the wildlife was taken or possessed in violation of state law. The Lacey Act also makes it a crime for a person to knowingly make or submit a false record, account or label for wildlife which has been transported in interstate commerce.
The indictment charges that Wright knowingly sold and provided an Ohio resident hunting license to a South Carolina resident during the 2006 white-tailed deer season. According to the indictment, Wright falsely entered an Ohio address for the hunter in order to obtain a resident license. Ohio law makes it a crime to procure a hunting license by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or any false statement. Ohio law also makes it a crime to hunt without a valid hunting license. The indictment charges that the hunter killed three white-tailed deer using the illegal license. Wright personally "checked in" the three deer, again providing the fraudulent Ohio address. The hunter then transported the deer back to South Carolina.
The indictment also alleges that Wright, using his authority as a wildlife officer, seized white-tailed deer antlers from a hunter who had killed a deer illegally during the 2009 white-tailed deer season. The indictment alleges that, rather than dispose of the antlers through court proceedings, Wright caused the antlers to be transported to another individual in Michigan. The indictment charges that Wright then filed an official state form which falsely reported that he had personally destroyed the antlers.
Two of the four counts charged in the indictment are felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine per count. The remaining two counts are misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine per count.
An indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney James B. Nelson of the Department of Justice's Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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Many people believe libraries to be a thing of the past due to the digital revolution and the rise of a gadget enamored society. The role of libraries as community centers is often undervalued leading to shrinking budgets and sometimes even closure. However, the increase of technologically mediated life is perhaps the reason why a community library will be an important facility for bringing together communities and providing a safe place in which individuals can gather to interact, learn and explore.


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Q: Nearest permutation to given array Question
I have two arrays of integers A[] and B[]. Array B[] is fixed, I need to to find the permutation of A[] which is lexiographically smaller than B[] and the permutation is nearest to B[]. Here what I mean is:

for i in (0 <= i < n)
      abs(B[i]-A[i]) is minimum and A[] should be smaller than B[] lexiographically.

For Example:
A[]={1,3,5,6,7}

B[]={7,3,2,4,6}

So,possible nearest permutation of A[] to B[] is
A[]={7,3,1,6,5}

My Approach
Try all permutation of A[] and then compare that with B[]. But the time complexity would be (n! * n)
So is there any way to optimize this?
EDIT
n can be as large as 10^5
For better understanding

A: First, build an ordered map of the counts of the distinct elements of A.
Then, iterate forward through array indices (0 to n−1), "withdrawing" elements from this map. At each point, there are three possibilities:

*

*If i < n-1, and it's possible to choose A[i] == B[i], do so and continue iterating forward.

*Otherwise, if it's possible to choose A[i] < B[i], choose the greatest possible value for A[i] < B[i]. Then proceed by choosing the largest available values for all subsequent array indices. (At this point you no longer need to worry about maintaining A[i] <= B[i], because we're already after an index where A[i] < B[i].) Return the result.

*Otherwise, we need to backtrack to the last index where it was possible to choose A[i] < B[i], then use the approach in the previous bullet-point.

*

*Note that, despite the need for backtracking, the very worst case here is three passes: one forward pass using the logic in the first bullet-point, one backward pass in backtracking to find the last index where A[i] < B[i] was possible, and then a final forward pass using the logic in the second bullet-point.

Because of the overhead of maintaining the ordered map, this requires O(n log m) time and O(m) extra space, where n is the total number of elements of A and m is the number of distinct elements. (Since m ≤ n, we can also express this as O(n log n) time and O(n) extra space.)

Note that if there's no solution, then the backtracking step will reach all the way to i == -1. You'll probably want to raise an exception if that happens.

Edited to add (2019-02-01):
In a now-deleted answer, גלעד ברקן summarizes the goal this way:

To be lexicographically smaller, the array must have an initial optional section from left to right where A[i] = B[i] that ends with an element A[j] < B[j]. To be closest to B, we want to maximise the length of that section, and then maximise the remaining part of the array.

So, with that summary in mind, another approach is to do two separate loops, where the first loop determines the length of the initial section, and the second loop actually populates A. This is equivalent to the above approach, but may make for cleaner code. So:

*

*Build an ordered map of the counts of the distinct elements of A.

*Initialize initial_section_length := -1.

*Iterate through the array indices 0 to n−1, "withdrawing" elements from this map. For each index:

*

*If it's possible to choose an as-yet-unused element of A that's less than the current element of B, set initial_section_length equal to the current array index. (Otherwise, don't.)

*If it's not possible to choose an as-yet-unused element of A that's equal to the current element of B, break out of this loop. (Otherwise, continue looping.)

*If initial_section_length == -1, then there's no solution; raise an exception.

*Repeat step #1: re-build the ordered map.

*Iterate through the array indices from 0 to initial_section_length-1, "withdrawing" elements from the map. For each index, choose an as-yet-unused element of A that's equal to the current element of B. (The existence of such an element is ensured by the first loop.)

*For array index initial_section_length, choose the greatest as-yet-unused element of A that's less than the current element of B (and "withdraw" it from the map). (The existence of such an element is ensured by the first loop.)

*Iterate through the array indices from initial_section_length+1 to n−1, continuing to "withdraw" elements from the map. For each index, choose the greatest element of A that hasn't been used yet.

This approach has the same time and space complexities as the backtracking-based approach.

A: There are n! permutations of A[n] (less if there are repeating elements).
Use binary search over range 0..n!-1 to determine k-th lexicographic permutation of A[]  (arbitrary found example) which is closest lower one to B[].
Perhaps in C++ you can exploit std::lower_bound

A: Based on the discussion in the comment section to your question, you seek an array made up entirely of elements of the vector A that is -- in lexicographic ordering -- closest to the vector B.
For this scenario, the algorithm becomes quite straightforward. The idea is the same as as already mentioned in the answer of @ruakh (although his answer refers to an earlier and more complicated version of your question -- that is still displayed in the OP -- and is therefore more complicated):

*

*Sort A

*Loop over B and select the element of A that is closest to B[i]. Remove that element from the list.

*If no element in A is smaller-or-equal than B[i], pick the largest element.

Here is the basic implementation:
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

auto get_closest_array(std::vector<int> A, std::vector<int> const& B)
{
    std::sort(std::begin(A), std::end(A), std::greater<>{});

    auto select_closest_and_remove = [&](int i)
    {
        auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(A), std::end(A), [&](auto x) { return x<=i;});
        if(it==std::end(A))
        {
            it = std::max_element(std::begin(A), std::end(A));
        }
        auto ret = *it;
        A.erase(it);
        return ret;
    };

    std::vector<int> ret(B.size());
    for(int i=0;i<(int)B.size();++i)
    {
        ret[i] = select_closest_and_remove(B[i]);
    }
    return ret;
}

Applied to the problem in the OP one gets:
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> A ={1,3,5,6,7};
    std::vector<int> B ={7,3,2,4,6};

    auto C = get_closest_array(A, B);

    for(auto i : C)
    {
        std::cout<<i<<" ";
    }
    std::cout<<std::endl;
}

and it displays
7 3 1 6 5

which seems to be the desired result.


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Many of you who know Jane Fonda would know that she is not just a great actress but also a political activist and feminist. The name Hanoi Jane was coined after the controversial photograph of her sitting on an anti-aircraft gun on her 1972 visit to Hanoi. She has not just been through all genres of film but has been involved with men from all walks of life. Fonda is currently single and is the mother to three kids. Read on to know all there is about her multiracial family.
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Roger Vadim (ex-husband)
Duration of Marriage: August 14, 1965 – January 16, 1973
Date of Death: February 11, 2000 (age: 72)
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Date of Death: October 23, 2016 (age: 77)
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When Mary was 14, she was taken from the poverty-stricken streets of East Oakland into the home of a white and wealthy Hollywood family. Jane adopted Williams while she was married to her second husband Tom Hayden. On getting to this new home, Lulu was quite apprehensive about Tom but he amazingly turned out to be one of the most amazing people she'd ever met.
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TwoCentsTomlinson
Interesting format — I like that you include the star's children and their backgrounds too. However, I have feeling that English is not your first language as your grammar needs work as well as the narrative. Interesting stuff though. Thanks.
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The moment I heard about the extraordinary feat of the draining of Italy's Pontine Marshes – the Agro Pontino – and the construction of the new towns in the 1930s, I knew I had found the perfect setting for my next book.
It was my husband who first drew my attention to this amazing project of Mussolini's Fascist regime and I became fascinated by it. The scheme was driven by a risky combination of idealistic vision to create a brave new world and pragmatic political expediency to silence the unrest among the veterans of the Great War and give them employment. But it was the engineering expertise and the bottomless coffers that made it possible. I think it is debatable whether anything but a totalitarian state could have forced through such a vast project at the time. In 1933, at the peak of the work, 124,000 men were employed on it.
Of course I had to go and take a look at the flat expanse of the Agro Pontino as it is now and it was an enthralling research trip – naturally checking out the delicious local Carmenere and limoncello at the same time! The wide open plain covers an extended rectangle about 30 miles long and roughly 20 miles wide, bordered by the coastline of the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west and by the Lepini mountains to the east. It lies 30 miles SW of Rome, between the ancient towns of Cisterna in the north and Terracina in the south.
I started my research by reading all about the area and its history and quickly discovered what the problem was that caused the unhealthy swampland to form. Much of the land is below sea level and there is a quaternary dune that runs parallel to the coastline, preventing the mountain rivers from draining into the sea. So they pool and stagnate on the plain, and as a result these marshlands became an impenetrable forested malarial swamp. It was infested by dense black clouds of anopheles mosquitoes that had plagued this area for centuries. Even Nero and Napoleon and numerous Popes attempted to release the water by digging channels through the barrier dunes but no one succeeded.
His breathtaking ambition stormed through all obstacles.
In 1930 the forest was cleared by a vast army of workmen, many of them veterans from the war. It's hard to imagine the logistics of this. The amount of timber that had to be hauled. The fires that had to burn day and night to consume the branches and stumps in the black volcanic earth. It must at times have felt like a scene out of hell.
The workmen lived in camps behind barbed wire, poorly fed and poorly paid. Many hundreds of them, maybe thousands, died from malaria and in accidents, but no records were kept of this. The sick and the dead were removed, so that the Great Scheme could claim it was untainted by failure. The workers then constructed over 10,000 miles of canals and trenches, as well as the essential pumping stations to keep the water flowing into the sea.
Once stripped of vegetation and drained of water, the barren plain was dug and furrowed by hundreds of giant tractors until it was ready to be farmed. Small blue homesteads sprouted up for farmers across the plain and five new towns were built during the years 1932-1939. The first was called Littoria, later renamed Latina, which was followed by Sabaudia, Pontinia, Aprilia and Pomezia.
Mussolini knew the value of propaganda. He employed LUCE Films to make regular newsreels of the Pontine Marshes to be shown in cinemas throughout Italy to demonstrate the success and power of Fascism. He made frequent trips to the area to be photographed in macho poses – shirtless with a shovel in his hand or driving a tractor or threshing wheat at harvest time. He loved to present himself as a man of the people and a lover of the land. But there was never any mention in the propaganda films of his Blackshirts or his secret police who backed up every decision he made.
In 1940 Italy entered World War II as an ally of Germany. The Agro Pontino and its new towns would suffer for this when towards the end of 1943 American and British forces landed nearby to fight the German troops stationed at Anzio. Anzio lies on the edge of the Pontine plain and to gain access to the land a bombardment of the area was carried out by American forces. At the same time the Germans stopped the pumps and opened the dikes, flooding the marsh once again, causing devastation to the population and the agriculture. The Allies and the Germans found themselves fighting in a mosquito-infested bog.
The Battle of Anzio laid waste the area. Everything that Mussolini had accomplished was reversed. The towns were in ruins, the houses blown up, the marshes flooded, the canals filled in and the mosquitoes flourishing. Malaria returned and the remaining population of the towns fled.
This struck me as immensely sad. It had been such an awesome achievement, but rescue came after the war ended in 1945. The major structures for water control were renovated, the Pontine plain was restored and the towns were rebuilt.
I was anxious when I travelled to Latina, afraid that there would be nothing left to see of the grand buildings constructed in the 1930s. But what I saw on my research trip to the Agro Pontino warmed my heart. It is a green and flowering landscape. I saw flourishing towns and a wonderfully fertile plain where a wealth of fruit and grapes are cultivated. Particularly striking are the kiwi-fruits. Mile after mile of tall graceful vines were fluttering in the warm breeze. They were introduced into Italy from New Zealand in the 1980s and Italy now produces 70% of the northern hemisphere's kiwis. A high percentage of them are grown on the Pontine plain.
And the towns? The wonderful Modernist buildings that my fictional heroine, Isabella, helped to create. What about them?
Though many of them were flattened by the wartime bombardment, fortunately many of them did survive and form a magnificent reminder of an era that has long past. In Latina in particular there is still much to see.
The town of Bellina in my book is, I must emphasise, a fictional town, a creation of my imagination for the purposes of my story. There were in reality only five new towns constructed, not six as I state in my story, but Bellina is loosely based on the impressive centre of Latina (originally Littoria). Dramatic, grandiose and beautiful, the buildings and town plan of Latina are a blend of Modernist and Rationalist styles, and form a tribute to the vision of Mussolini's great architects and to the people of Italy.
I would also like to point out to readers that the assassination attempt on Mussolini's life in THE ITALIAN WIFE is fictional.


Following the widespread destruction of World War I, in 1918 Europe was faced with political, economic, and social chaos, especially in Germany. In volume 5 of his seven-volume biography of Rudolf Steiner and his work, Peter Selg focuses on the three years following the "Great War" and Steiner's efforts to help restructure society in a way that the recurrence of such a terrible calamity would be prevented in the future. He saw the root sociopolitical and spiritual causes of the devastation and sought to change the flawed worldviews and impulses that led to the hubris behind the World War.
Rudolf Steiner thus began to concentrate on various means to renew and invigorate society, both through immediate measures—especially in his plan for a "threefold social order"—and through the new form of pedagogy that came to fruition with the Waldorf education movement. Steiner saw that a renewed form of education was necessary to the development of peaceful and healthy social conditions in the future. This education was intended to help children grow into responsible, free, and imaginative adults.
This was a time of intense work for Rudolf Steiner, including a full schedule of travel and lectures, reaching out to political leaders, training teachers for the new schools, and working with theologians and ministers toward religious renewal.
This volume is a translation from German of the first chapter of Rudolf Steiner. 1861 - 1925: Lebens- und Werkgeschichte, Band 2: 1914 - 1922 (Ita Wegman Institut, 2012).


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Gov. Ivey Awards $9.5 Million in Grants to Expand Broadband Access
Written by Dakota Layton on April 1, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic becomes more devastating across the United States, students are continuing their academic studies online. Public schools and universities across the country have closed their campuses and fully transitioned to an online instruction platform. Communities are thus reliant on access to broadband high-speed internet.
Today Governor Kay Ivey awarded $9.5 million in grants to telecom companies across the state in order to bring broadband to rural and under-served areas. These grants were made possible by the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund.
In a press release, Governor Ivey stated, "Availability of high-speed internet has always been vital, but the events of the past several weeks magnify just how imperative it is that all Alabamians have access to broadband,"
"I am pleased to support these projects and look forward to the day when every household, school, healthcare facility, emergency service and business throughout Alabama is afforded broadband availability." she concluded.
The following companies received grants:
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $224,175 to provide broadband services in north Lowndes County including 301 households and 15 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $289,100 for service in southwest Autauga and southeast Dallas counties including 343 households and 38 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $480,200 for service in northwest Autauga, northeast Dallas and south Chilton counties including nearly 500 households and 31 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $682,325 for service adjacent to the town of Billingsley in Autauga County which includes 656 households and 45 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $1.06 million for service in Chilton County south of the city of Clanton and north of the town of Billingsley which is in neighboring Autauga County. The project will offer service to 1,093 households and 41 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $557,987 for service in north-central Autauga County and parts of south-central Chilton County to include service offerings to 743 households and 21 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $531,650 for service in southeast Chilton County, northeast Autauga County and northwest Elmore County including 509 households and 17 businesses.
Central Alabama Electric Cooperative – $279,300 for service in northwest Chilton County and east Bibb County including 409 households and 12 businesses.
Charter Communications – $336,830 for service in the town of Autaugaville in Autauga County including 641 household and 14 businesses.
Comcast of Alabama – $820,750 to service the Town of Dauphin Island in Mobile County including 2,500 households and 24 businesses.
Hayneville Telephone Co. – $205,705 for service in Lowndes County's Black Belt and Hicks Hill communities including 258 households and four businesses.
Hayneville Telephone Co. – $125,671 for service in an area southeast of the town of Hayneville including 187 households and one business.
Hayneville Telephone Co. – $143,265 for service southwest of the town of Hayneville including 191 households and two businesses.
Hayneville Fiber Transport Inc. (Camellia Communications) – $90,072 for service in the Butler County community of Poorhouse community northeast of the city of Greenville.
JTM Broadband – $404,414 for service in Lauderdale County east of the town of Killen including 1,303 households and 247 businesses.
Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative – $529,707 for service in north Crenshaw County and south Montgomery County including 350 households.
National Telephone of Alabama – $357,171 for service in the Red Rock community in Colbert County including 205 households and six businesses.
Roanoke Telephone Co. – $308,882 – for service in an area of south Randolph County between the municipalities of Roanoke and Wadley including 269 households and four businesses.
Troy Cablevision – $1.38 million for service in parts of Coffee, Covington, Geneva and Houston counties including 1,190 households and 80 businesses.
Troy Cablevision – $750,625 for service in parts of Coffee, Crenshaw and Pike counties including 603 households and 38 businesses.
Dakota Layton
Dakota Layton graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. He is currently enrolled at the University of Mississippi where he is working to earn his Master of Arts in Philosophy.
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Yanks' Betances: Still upset with team president
Feb 19, 2017 at 7:35 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 12:18 AM
TAMPA, Fla. — Dellin Betances doesn't feel he needs to talk with Randy Levine after the Yankees' president called the reliever a victim of "over-the-top demands based on very little sense of reality" by his representatives at an arbitration hearing Friday won by the team.
The Yankees beat Betances in the year's final salary arbitration case, and the relief pitcher will be paid $3 million rather than his $5 million request.
Levine, on Saturday after the decision was announced, said he felt bad that Betances "was used that way by his agents."
"I don't feel like I need to speak to him," Betances said Sunday. "I don't know how they feel on their part. I'm just going to try to get ready, prepare for the season. Try to help my teammates as much as I can win ballgames and perform the best I can."
Betances had said Saturday he was prepared to move forward until Levine's comments.
"You're just not going to get over it as easy," Betances said. "I'm not going to say today is a different day for me. I was just glad I was able to come out here and get some work done. That kind of takes some stress off your mind and puts you at ease."
Betances threw off a bullpen mound Sunday in his first spring training workout, which was also the Yankees' initial full-squad session. He is set to throw batting practice Wednesday.
"I've gotten a lot of support, I've talked to a lot of guys," Betances said. "A lot of people called me, texted me. They're just making sure I'm good and focused on what I have to do, which I am."
A right-hander who turns 29 in March, Betances figures to be primarily a setup man again following Aroldis Chapman's return to the Yankees. The Yankees gave Chapman an $86 million, five-year contract, a record for a relief pitcher.
Betances struck out 126, leading big-league relievers for the third straight year, and went 3-6 with a 3.08 ERA and 12 saves in 17 chances.
"My thought on Dellin is it just happened and everything is fresh in his mind," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "This kid is a fierce competitor. This kid is a great teammate. This kid has always given us everything he has, and I think he'll continue to do that. I'm not really concerned about that. I think he'll be just fine."
Notes - Opening-day starter Mashiro Tanaka threw 25 pitches in batting practice and might next take part in a simulated game. ... OF Jacoby Ellsbury, excused from camp for the birth of his child, is expected to report Tuesday or Wednesday.


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Congress Watches Uneasily as Fed, Treasury Move Boldly
Lawmakers complain of lack of oversight, being left out of loop as feds commit billions
By Jim O'Neill, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 18, 2008 10:47 AM CDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
(Newser) – Like sports fans second-guessing officials' calls, lawmakers are watching uneasily from the sidelines as Treasury and Federal Reserve officials pledge billions of taxpayer dollars to fight Wall Street's meltdown, the Washington Post reports. And, while many in both parties have been convinced the moves were appropriate, they're worried too few players—unelected, at that—have too much power.
Lawmakers were left playing catch-up after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke decided to lend failing AIG $85 billion, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sending Rep. Barney Frank out to figure out whether Bernanke should even have the authority to make such unilateral decisions. "There's a great deal of confidence in Bernanke, but that reservoir is not limitless," one GOP congressman said. "People need to understand what the guiding principles are behind this ad-hoc strategy. …There has to be some better understanding of that." (Read more AIG stories.)


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Successful correction of a patient's genetic mutation
11:49 October 13, 2011
Researchers led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge targeted a gene mutation responsible for both cirrhotic liver disease and lung emphysema. The condition is the commonest known inherited lung and liver disorder, occurring in about one in 2,000 North Europeans.
Using cutting-edge methods, scientists were able to correct the sequence of a patient's genome, remove all exogenous DNA and show that the corrected gene worked normally.
Dr Ludovic Vallier, principal investigator at the University of Cambridge's MRC Centre for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Surgery, said:
"This study represents a first step toward personalised cell therapy for genetic disorders of the liver. We still have major challenges to overcome before any clinical applications but we have now the tools necessary to advance toward this essential objective."
The researchers used human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs) which, once reprogrammed in the Petri dish, can be converted into a wide range of tissues. If stem cells from a patient with a gene defect can be corrected, scientists believe that they could treat the effects of the mutation when reintroduced into the patient.
The team looked a condition caused by a mutation in the alpha1-antitrypsin gene, which is responsible for making a protein in the liver that protects against excessive inflammation. People with mutant alpha1-antitrypsin cannot release the protein properly and it becomes trapped in the liver, eventually leading to cirrhosis and lung emphysema.
The team successfully and accurately corrected an alpha1-antitrypsin gene in an established cell line containing the mutation. Using 'molecular scissors' to snip the genome at precisely the right place, they then inserted a correct version of the gene using a DNA transporter called piggyBac.
The piggyBac sequences were subsequently removed from the cells, allowing them to be converted into liver cells without any trace of residual DNA damage at the site of correction.
The scientists then proved that the accurate copy of the gene was active in the liver cells they had produced by demonstrating the presence of normal alpha1-antitrypsin protein in both test tube and mouse experiments.
Professor Allan Bradley, Director Emeritus of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said:
"We have developed new systems to target genes and integrated all the components to correct, efficiently, defects in patient cells. Our systems leave behind no trace of the genetic manipulation, save for the gene correction. These are early steps but, if this technology can be taken into treatment, it will offer great possible benefits for patients."
Professor David Lomas, Professor of Respiratory Biology at the University of Cambridge and Consultant Physician at Addenbrooke's and Papworth Hospitals (who has worked on the mechanism of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency for 20 years and looks after patients with this condition), said:
"As there is currently no cure for this disease other than liver transplantation, and given the increasing strains being placed on the national liver transplant programme as a result of the sharp increase in the frequency of liver disease, alternative therapies for genetic and other liver diseases are urgently being sought.
"Our research is a critical step to developing enhancing or life-saving treatments these individuals. It is a quite remarkable series of results, founded on strong research and the generous participation of our patients. One of the next steps will be exploring the use of this technique in human trials."
Professor Roger Pedersen, Director of MRC Cambridge Centre for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, said:
"This is an important step forward in the Medical Research Council's drive to translate fundamental stem cell research into new treatment strategies for this and other genetic and degenerative diseases. It deftly solves two major obstacles to successful therapy, first by fixing the mutation that causes the disease, and second, by doing this with the patient's own cells, thereby avoiding immune rejection."
Yusa K, Rashid T et al. (2011) Targeted gene correction of α1-antitrypsin deficiency in induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature, published online on Wednesday 12 October 2011
doi: 10.1038/nature10424.
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I'm clearing a lot of my Acorn kit I've accumulated over the years and paring down my collection. Thankfully there is a handy Acorn Show this weekend in Wakefield, and I've got a stall there.
A variety of Model B's, some workers, some not (keyboard cable or PSU faults sometimes), some with boards, 1770/8271 DFS, etc.
Additionally, there's a load of other bits including MIDI interfaces, Music 4000 keyboard, EMR stuff, EPROM programmers, other bits and bobs. There's also some non-Acorn stuff I chucked in a box for sale.
Although I'll have basic guide prices with me for some of it, I'm willing to entertain any sensible offers (including "job lots") as this is all part of my house clearance. I will not sell privately in advance of the day. However, I'm expecting a bit of interest so you will need to get in early if you want a chance of "the good stuff", I suspect.
Edit: As of 12th May, everything has been sold. Please don't waste my time or yours by asking me if stuff's still available 😉 Ta!


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The Producers' Cory English Will Succeed Roger Bart in London's Back to the Future Musical
The Producers' Cory English Plays 6-Week Run in London's Back to the Future Musical Starting November 23
London's Back to the Future Welcomes New Cast Members August 17
Broadway-Bound Back to the Future to Welcome New Cast in London
Back to the Future Musical Teases 2023 Broadway Transfer
Broadway News Back to the Future: The Musical Sets Broadway Bow; Roger Bart and Hugh Coles to Lead the Cast
The Olivier-winning musical based on the 1985 film made its West End premiere in 2021.
By Logan Culwell-Block
Back to the Future: The Musical has finally made its Broadway bow official, with performances set to begin June 30, 2023, at the Winter Garden Theatre ahead of an August 3 opening night. Tony winner Roger Bart and Olivier nominee Hugh Coles will reprise their West End performances on the Main Stem as Doc Brown and George McFly, respectively. Further casting is to be announced.
Get a first look at Bart—and a special guest—in a teaser for the upcoming production above.
Based on the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, the musical, which opened in London September 13, 2021, has a book by Bob Gale and new music and lyrics by Emmy and Grammy winner Alan Silvestri and six-time Grammy winner Glen Ballard, with additional songs from the film, including "The Power of Love" and "Johnny B. Goode."
Olly Dobson and Hugh Coles in Back to the Future at Manchester Opera House
A fan and American Express ticket pre-sale is currently available, with a general sale date set to begin October 28 at 10 AM ET.
The production will be directed by Tony winner John Rando, who will reunite his entire London creative team. The production will feature set and costume design by Tim Hatley, lighting design by Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Finn Ross, choreography by Chris Bailey, musical supervision and arrangements by Nick Finlow, music direction by Ted Arthur, illusions by Chris Fisher, orchestrations by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, and dance arrangements by David Chase. Casting is by Tara Rubin.
The musical enjoyed a world premiere at Manchester Opera House in 2020, a run that was cut short due to COVID. The production transferred to London's West End the following year, earning seven Olivier Award nominations and winning Best New Musical.
Alan Silvestri
Bryan Crook
Chris Bailey
Chris Fisher