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Q: NHibernate Evict By Type instead of by instance I'm migrating an application like this:
Vehicle v = null;
using (ISession session = MyNHibernateSession())
{
    v = Vehicle.FindById(1);
}

using (ISession session = MyNHibernateSession())
{
    // somwwhere into these4 lines Vehicle comes Finded
    DoSomething();
    DoSomething2();
    DoSomething3();
    DoSomething4();
    DoSomething5();
    DoSomething6();

    // if i do this i get an error "another object with the same id etc etc etc
    session.Update(v);
}

I wan't to do something like this:
    session.EvictAllByType(typeof(Vehicle));

is it possible? how?,
thanks

A: This question may be old, but I ended up here while searching for how to do it.  So this is how I ended up doing it:
    public static void EvictAll<T>(this ISession session, Predicate<T> predicate = null)
    {
        if (predicate == null)
            predicate = x => true;
        foreach (var entity in session.CachedEntities<T>().Where(predicate.Invoke).ToArray())
            session.Evict(entity);
    }

    public static IEnumerable<T> CachedEntities<T>(this ISession session)
    {
        var sessionImplementation = session.GetSessionImplementation();
        var entities = sessionImplementation.PersistenceContext.EntityEntries.Keys.OfType<T>();
        return entities;
    }

A: IMHO I don't think evict is the solution in your case since the v doesn't belong to the 2nd session (so if you evict all vehicles is not enough).
My suggestion is to attach v to the second session like:
...
using (ISession session = MyNHibernateSession())
{
     session.Lock(v, LockMode.None);

     // somwwhere into these4 lines Vehicle comes Finded
...


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The county's hired consulting firm produced this rendering of a proposed sports events center, seen from the north in Celebration Pointe. (Courtesy of Victus Advisors)
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City, County Leaders Spar Over Celebration Pointe As Possible Sports Arena Location
By Yiwen Niu
November 8, 2019	Development, Government and politics
A proposed Alachua County sports arena has run headlong into the politics of a decades-long effort to inject more economic activity into East Gainesville.
Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe on Oct. 22 sent a letter to Alachua County commissioners that said he and his city commissioner colleagues are concerned the location of a new sports arena sparks conflict between the city and county when it comes to developing East Gainesville.
A week earlier, a county commission meeting had Alachua County leaders focusing on Celebration Pointe as the location for a sports arena, which was once considered at the Koppers Superfund site and two other locations near Waldo Road.
The county's estimated cost right now for the project is between $30 and $50 million. The facility would host volleyball, basketball, indoor track, conventions, auto shows and potentially concerts.
Two days after the county meeting, city commissioners made known their unhappiness during a meeting of their own.
"I am saying this for the benefit of the public," City Commissioner Gail Johnson said. "To me, what it seems like you're doing, is you are absolutely selling out East Gainesville."
The county objects to that characterization.
"The sports arena and East Gainesville — they are totally different things," Alachua County spokesman Mark Sexton said.
According to Sexton, the proposed sports arena at Celebration Pointe just west of Interstate 75 would be funded by the county's tourist development tax, more commonly known as the bed tax. Over the next decade, the county is also investing $37 million into the reconfigured Gainesville Community Reinvestment Area (GCRA). A large portion of that funding is now expected to help East Gainesville.
A goal for GCRA: Help East Gainesville
City and county commissioners agreed in February to restructure the GCRA. It is a taxpayer-funded city department to redevelop slums and blighted areas in the city. Four areas of the city's former Community Redevelopment Agency department have merged into one district. According to Tricia Lopez, the project manager at GCRA, the outer boundaries of the former CRA remain the same, but without any interior line.
"Now we collect money together and distribute it depending on which we need most," Lopez said.
That need — in 2019 and beyond — is most evident in East Gainesville.
Before the consolidation, GCRA allocated funds for four areas according to taxes they collected separately from those areas. As a result, only 8 percent of CRA's revenue supported eastside redevelopment, compared to 55 percent given to the College Park area near the University of Florida campus.
Lopez said workshops this week with the four communities have begun to help GCRA decide on what projects to spend money. The details discussed will result in a formal plan to commence in April 2020.
According to Sexton, county and city leaders agreed in February that one of the main reasons for the unification was to help East Gainesville get more funds. City spokeswoman Shelby Taylor confirmed that East Gainesville will be the GCRA's priority.
Under the new agreement, the county will provide more than 50 percent of the funding, though the Gainesville City Commission will retain final decision-making power over how it's used. In the county's own Oct. 22 letter to the city, County Commission Chairman Charles Chestnut wrote the county is still waiting for the city's update about the East Gainesville redevelopment plan.
Accusations of delays, distractions and sprawl
The county's wait dates back to June 3, when city and county commissioners met. That day, Assistant City Manager Dan Hoffman said the city would bring back some concrete ideas about the redevelopment of 8th Avenue and Waldo Road of these areas at the end of the summer.
Summer officially ended on Sept. 21, and the city is still awaiting an analysis of the site, Hoffman said Thursday night.
It's not the longer timeline that worries county officials.
"That's OK," Sexton said. "But what's not OK is try to suggest the county commission is taking money out of East Gainesville with the event center, and not even mention the $70 million of GCRA money."
City Commissioner Harvey Ward said there is a misunderstanding between city and county leaders. He said "there is no delay." The city on Sept. 5 formally dissolved the CRA and created the GCRA, then on Oct. 3 appointed the GCRA advisory board to work on East Gainesville's redevelopment.
Taylor said the county is using its GCRA contributions as a way to distract the public from the fact that a sports arena is unlikely to be built in East Gainesville under the current plan.
Sexton disputed that allegation: "Far from being a distraction, the county commission is excited about the $70 million that will be available for a transformational project in East Gainesville."
City Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos said the county's support for the GCRA is separate from its sports arena intentions.
Hayes-Santos said plans should focus on how to develop East Gainesville rather than a sprawling western push for growth. He expressed his disappointment that county employees or consultants "have never actually done any study in the downtown area."
There's even a city-county conflict over the definition of "urban sprawl."
"Sprawl means you start to go away from an urban center, but Celebration Pointe is at one of the busiest places in the city (near Butler Plaza)," Sexton said. "They use this term incorrectly. We are doing this right where the city said they want a busy area to be."
'How much longer is it going to take?'
Still, the city's concerns haven't gone unrecognized by the county's hired advisor. Early in its September report, Victus Advisors noted that choosing Celebration Pointe "would limit opportunities for a new sports events center to serve as part of redevelopment efforts in the Gainesville downtown core or east side."
This issue dates to at least 2003, when the city and county adopted Plan East Gainesville, a document aiming to revitalize economic development in a historically marginalized area of the city. It suggested, in part, moving the Alachua County Fairgrounds from near the airport toward a more populated area of East Gainesville.
Sexton said that over the past year and a half, the need for new fairgrounds evolved into the demand for a centrally-located sports center, particularly with the fairgrounds moving to Newberry.
In January, Victus Advisors, a nationally-recognized and professional consulting firm hired by the city and county, released its study about the demand for a new sports arena in the county. None of the three East Gainesville sites studied — Koppers and two other sites near Waldo Road — were considered favorable.
The county then asked Victus Advisors to evaluate Celebration Pointe, a place with access to hotels and I-75. Victus came back with an answer in October and said it's an ideal location for a sports arena.
Rodney Long, the former chair of Plan East Gainesville, said that it's understandable that the county wants to find a place near the highway, but he believes a sports arena and a community center could coexist — the first at Celebration Pointe, the latter in East Gainesville.
"It can be the genesis of a diplomatic play. The question that most people have in their mind is how much longer is it going to take?" Long said. "Twenty years ago, we finalized Plan East Gainesville, but not a lot happened."
At the GCRA's first community workshop Monday night — which focused on eastside redevelopment — some felt that East Gainesville's most pressing need is not a sports arena.
"We do not need any fancy stuff now," said Gerard Duncan, pastor at Prayers By Faith Ministries, who lives in East Gainesville. "What we need are grocery stores — a Publix nearby — so we don't have to drive two miles away to shop."
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Yiwen Niu
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About Yiwen Niu
Yiwen is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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Missa de Sant Gregori és una pintura (oli i daurat amb pa d'or sobre fusta) de 168 × 168 cm realitzat per Diego de la Cruz entre 1475 i 1480, el qual es troba al Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Context històric i artístic
La iconografia de la Missa de Sant Gregori esdevé un dels temes més visitats per la pintura europea del . En realitat, es tracta d'un episodi de la vida del papa Gregori I basat en fonts apòcrifes, un relat llegendari aparegut en el segle XIV que relatava la crisi de fe soferta pel pontífex mentre celebrava missa: un dubte personal sobre la presència de Crist i la seua transsubstanciació en el ritu del sacrifici de l'Eucaristia. Sorprèn, però, en aquest cas, l'absència de referències arquitectòniques, comunes en totes les imatges de l'època, destinades a emmarcar espacialment l'escena, amb una clara intenció d'evocar l'escenari solemne de la Basílica de la Santa Creu de Jerusalem, espai sagrat on, segons la tradició, va tindre lloc l'aparició miraculosa del Crist de Dolors al papa Gregori mentre deia missa. També era molt habitual trobar aquest tipus d'iconografia en un context funerari, com a suport visual de la doctrina de la redempció de les ànimes, salvació a la qual aspiraria la imatge -vera effigie- de la donant retratada per Diego de la Cruz.

Procedeix, potser, del monestir jerònim de Fredesval (Burgos) i és un dipòsit de la Generalitat de Catalunya (dació Torelló) de l'any 1994.

Descripció
L'obra revela una dependència dels models i les fórmules compositives de Rogier van der Weyden, amb una tendència a accentuar l'efectisme dramàtic de la denominada imago pietatis (o imatge de pietat), al qual contribueix, de manera molt efectiva, la caracterització d'uns rostres amb una expressió malenconiosa, gairebé esllanguida. Sobre l'altar hom pot observar el Crist amb corona d'espines i els arma Christi que recorden la seva passió. A la part davantera hi ha les figures de sant Gregori al centre i de dos escolans assistents, mentre que a la banda dreta de la taula hi ha sant Andreu i una dama com a donant.

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Amazon, which announced a $15 minimum wage bump for 250,000 employees last week, is developing a fleet of "picking" robots to staff its warehouses, known as fulfillment centers, according to The Information, citing three people with knowledge of the work.
Warehouse pickers grab items from shelves and put them into bins before they are prepped and shipped. The new robots will be able to visually identify items as they speed down a conveyor belt, then pick them up with a compressed-air vacuum gripper before moving them onto a table or shelf — said an employee who witnessed the robot in action.
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Purple Hibiscus
Gender Roles Issues In Purple Hibiscus Novel
Paper II: Purple Hibiscus
To what extent do male and female literary characters accurately reflect the role of men and women in society?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie uses dominance, control and power to accurately reflect the role of male literary characters and silence and oppression to reflect the role of female literary characters in society in Purple Hibiscus. Eugene Achike has power over his family, companies and newspaper which leads to a desire of abusive control which can be seen through his family relationships. Obiora and Jaja assume the role of dominance, like an older son who was lacking a father figure and cared about the well-being of his family would. Beatrice Achike nurtures her children and plans for them, regardless of the abuse and oppression she undergoes due to her husband.
Eugene Achike, referred to as Papa, is one of the main characters present in Purple Hibiscus. He is the father of Kambili, the narrator of the book. Papa is dedicated to his religious studies, as well as his snack companies and being the editor of the newspaper he works for. Kambili is talking about the new baby while characterizing her father when she says, "Kambili was written in bold letters on top of the white sheet of paper, just as Jaja was written on the schedule about Jaja's desk in his room…Papa liked order." (pg.23) Papa wanting order or control in the household is similar to the stereotypical role of men in a household. In many forms of literature, men are perceived as the "bread-winners." According to dictionary.com, a bread-winner a person supporting a family with his or her earnings. This can be seen again when Kambili doesn't place first in her class and her father takes her to school to look for Chinwe Jideze and points out the fact that she only has one head, the same advantages that Kambili has, so Chinwe should not do any better than Kambili. "'Why do you think I work so hard to give you and Jaja the best? You have to do something with all these privileges,'" (pg. 47) shows Papa believes the structural influence he puts in Kambili's and Jaja's life is beneficial, since when he was growing up he didn't have these privileges of a private Christian school or transportation from a personal driver.
Another example of how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's characters reflect gender roles in society is the relationship between Obiora and Aunty Ifeoma. Similar to the controlling, bread-winner role Papa has on his family, it is a western cliché that if the father is missing from the family, the oldest son will assume that role. On page 74, it is revealed that Amaka's, Obiora's and Chiaku's father got into a car accident, and that was the reason he was not present in their lives. When Kambili and Jaja are visiting Nsukka, Obiora tells Amaka to stop being mean to Kambili, siphons fuel for Aunty Ifeoma's car and slaughters chickens for his family. This shows dominance and responsibility within Obiora, where he assumes a role within his family, something that Jaja wishes he had. Towards the end of the story, after Papa dies and Mama is broken, Jaja says "I should have taken care of Mama. Look how Obiora balances Aunty Ifeoma's family on his head, and I am older than he is. I should have taken care of Mama." (pg. 289) Jaja feels this need of dominance like his father, earlier in the book when he kneels next to his mother on Palm Sunday and helps her pick up the broken ballet figurines and tells her to be careful, like a caring husband might do for his wife. This also can be seen when Jaja takes the blame for his father's death.
A female character which accurately reflects the role of women in society is Beatrice Achike, also known as Mama. Not all married women are sheltered and silent, and subjects of marital abuse, however the majority of mothers are caring and want what is best for their children. This can be seen many times from Kambili's perspective. Mama's characterization begins when Kambili is in her room studying and Mama brings her uniforms in so that they wouldn't get rained on. Mama and Kambili share a moment, like any other relationship between a mother and daughter, when Mama tells Kambili she is pregnant. When Kambili and Jaja come home from Nsukka, and their father pours boiling water on their feet for walking into sin, Mama is there to comfort Kambili afterwards. "Tears were running down her face…She mixed salt with cold water and gently plastered the gritty mixture onto my feet. She helped me out of the tub, made to carry me on her back to my room, but I shook my head…" (pg. 195) This shows Mama assuming the role of a woman, of a mother, the role to be caring and protective of her children. Finally, Mama chooses to protect her children by killing the man who oppressed and abused them since they were little. "'I started putting poison in his tea before I came to Nsukka…,'" (pg. 290) Mama tells her questioning children. We can assume that she did this because of the harm he was inflicting on her and her children.
Throughout Purple Hibiscus, the gender roles between the characters stays constant. One is able to see the inborn struggles between each character and the problems that are caused because of each struggle. The oppression of the Mama and the care Mama gives to her children accurately represents female roles in society. The power struggle in Papa is also extremely evident with the way he treats everyone in the family. Obiora's need to care for his family when his father is not present also shows a role of a young man in society. Adichie does a great job representing each facet in the roles of each character.
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New Horizons, the NASA spacecraft giving humanity its first up-close look at Pluto, has survived its 3 billion-mile journey and phoned home to confirm its survival. Confirmation of mission success came around 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, around 13 hours after the flyby. The spacecraft flew within 7,700 miles of Pluto at 31,000 mph and beamed back images that showed an "extraordinarily interesting and complex world," said John Grunsfeld, head of NASA's science mission directorate. More photos from the encounter will become available Wednesday.
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Q: Android application working on emulator not device Good day, I have a huge surprise.My application is working when ran on an emulator, but crashes when I try it on a real device.I do not understand how could that happen.I am trying to insert data into a databse.
For some reason the errors only come when I use a device.
Below is the error log and the code.
Error log
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10-07 16:37:03.576  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to http://10.0.2.2:81 refused
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10-07 16:37:03.586  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
10-07 16:37:03.586  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
10-07 16:37:03.586  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
10-07 16:37:03.586  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: failed to connect to /10.0.2.2 (port 81): connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
10-07 16:37:03.591  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:114)
10-07 16:37:03.591  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:192)
10-07 16:37:03.591  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:459)
10-07 16:37:03.591  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:843)
10-07 16:37:03.591  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:119)
10-07 16:37:03.596  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:165)
10-07 16:37:03.596  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ ... 16 more
10-07 16:37:03.596  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.Posix.connect(Native Method)
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.connect(BlockGuardOs.java:85)
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connectErrno(IoBridge.java:127)
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:112)
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/System.err﹕ ... 21 more
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions E/Buffer Error﹕ Error converting result java.lang.NullPointerException: lock == null
10-07 16:37:03.601  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions E/JSON Parser﹕ Error parsing data org.json.JSONException: End of input at character 0 of
10-07 16:37:03.606  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=11: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41877c08)
10-07 16:37:03.611  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
    Process: com.example.divide.asteriasolutions, PID: 10239
    java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
            at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:300)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:355)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:222)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.example.divide.asteriasolutions.BookingActivity$CreateNewProduct.doInBackground(BookingActivity.java:153)
            at com.example.divide.asteriasolutions.BookingActivity$CreateNewProduct.doInBackground(BookingActivity.java:79)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
10-07 16:37:04.176  10239-10239/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions D/AbsListView﹕ onDetachedFromWindow
10-07 16:37:04.176  10239-10239/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions D/AbsListView﹕ unregisterIRListener() is called
10-07 16:37:04.211  10239-10239/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions E/WindowManager﹕ android.view.WindowLeaked: Activity com.example.divide.asteriasolutions.BookingActivity has leaked window com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView{42ba6270 V.E..... R......D 0,0-1026,288} that was originally added here
            at android.view.ViewRootImpl.<init>(ViewRootImpl.java:457)
            at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.addView(WindowManagerGlobal.java:267)
            at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:69)
            at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:288)
            at com.example.divide.asteriasolutions.BookingActivity$CreateNewProduct.onPreExecute(BookingActivity.java:91)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.java:587)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.execute(AsyncTask.java:535)
            at com.example.divide.asteriasolutions.BookingActivity$1.onClick(BookingActivity.java:71)
            at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4633)
            at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:19330)
            at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5356)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
10-07 16:37:07.061  10239-10438/com.example.divide.asteriasolutions I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 10239 SIG: 9

The .java File
package com.example.divide.asteriasolutions;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.DatePicker;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TimePicker;

public class BookingActivity extends Activity {

    // Progress Dialog
    private ProgressDialog pDialog;

    JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
    EditText inputName;
    EditText inputSurname;
    EditText inputPhone;
    EditText inputEmail;
    EditText inputSeats;
    DatePicker inputDate;
    TimePicker inputTime;
    CheckBox inputNews;

    // url to create new product
    private static String url_create_product = "http://10.0.2.2:81/android_connect/create_product.php";

    // JSON Node names
    private static final String TAG_SUCCESS = "success";

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.place_booking);

        // Edit Text
        inputName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputName);
        inputSurname = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputSurname);
        inputPhone = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputPhone);
        inputEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputEmail);
        inputSeats = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputSeats);
        inputDate = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.inputDate);
        inputTime = (TimePicker) findViewById(R.id.inputTime);

        inputNews = (CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.checkBox);
        // Create button
        Button btnCreateProduct = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnCreateProduct);

        // button click event
        btnCreateProduct.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // creating new product in background thread
                new CreateNewProduct().execute();
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Background Async Task to Create new product
     * */
    class CreateNewProduct extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

        /**
         * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
         * */
        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            super.onPreExecute();
            pDialog = new ProgressDialog(BookingActivity.this);
            pDialog.setMessage("Making Reservation..");
            pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
            pDialog.setCancelable(true);
            pDialog.show();
        }

        /**
         * Creating product
         * */
        protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
            String name = inputName.getText().toString();
            String surname = inputSurname.getText().toString();
            String phone = inputPhone.getText().toString();
            String email = inputEmail.getText().toString();
            String seats = inputSeats.getText().toString();
           //String date = inputDate.getText().toString();
            String date = inputDate.toString();
           // String time = inputTime.getText().toString();
            String time = inputTime.toString();

            String ch = "";
            if(inputNews.isChecked())
            {
                ch = "1";
            }
            else
            {
                ch = "0";
            }
            int y = inputDate.getYear();
            int m = inputDate.getMonth();
            int d = inputDate.getDayOfMonth();

            int h = inputTime.getCurrentHour();
            int mi = inputTime.getCurrentMinute();

            String ma = "";

            if(h < 12) {
                ma = "AM";
            } else {
                ma = "PM";
            }

            date = y+"/"+m+"/"+d;
            time = h+":"+mi+" "+ma;

            // Building Parameters
            List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("name", name));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("surname", surname));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("phone", phone));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("email", email));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("seats", seats));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("date", date));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("time", time));
            params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("news", ch));

            // getting JSON Object
            // Note that create product url accepts POST method
            JSONObject json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(url_create_product,
                    "POST", params);

            // check log cat fro response
            Log.d("Create Response", json.toString());

            // check for success tag
            try {
                int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);

                if (success == 1) {
                    // successfully created product
                    Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyActivity.class);
                    startActivity(i);

                    // closing this screen
                    finish();
                } else {
                    // failed to create product
                    Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), RegisterActivity.class);
                    startActivity(i);

                    // closing this screen
                    finish();
                }
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            return null;
        }

        /**
         * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
         * **/
        protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
            // dismiss the dialog once done
            pDialog.dismiss();
        }

    }
}

the XML file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <ScrollView  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <!-- Name Label -->

    <!-- Input Name -->
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputName"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Name"
        android:singleLine="true"/>

    <!-- Input Name -->
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputSurname"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Surname"
        android:singleLine="true"/>

    <!-- Input Name
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputPhone"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Phone Number"
        android:singleLine="true"/>-->

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="phone"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Enter Phone Number"
        android:id="@+id/inputPhone" />

    <!-- Input Name
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputEmail"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Email"
        android:singleLine="true"/>-->

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
        android:ems="10"
        android:id="@+id/inputEmail"
        android:hint="Enter Email"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

    <!-- Input Name
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputSeats"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Number of seats"
        android:singleLine="true"/>-->

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Enter Number of seats"
        android:id="@+id/inputSeats" />

    <!-- Input Name -->
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Pick Date:"
        android:id="@+id/textView4"
        android:textSize="30dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
    <DatePicker
        android:id="@+id/inputDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Would you like to receive newsletters from Capeesh?"
        android:calendarViewShown="false"

        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>

   <!-- <EditText android:id="@+id/inputDate"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:hint="Enter Date"
        android:singleLine="true"/>
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Pick Date:"
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:textSize="30dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
    <DatePicker
        android:id="@+id/inputDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Would you like to receive newsletters from Capeesh?"
        android:calendarViewShown="false"

        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>-->
<!--    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Choose Time"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:elegantTextHeight="false"
        android:textStyle="bold|italic" />-->
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Pick Time:"
        android:id="@+id/textView3"
        android:textSize="30dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
            <TimePicker
        android:id="@+id/inputTime"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Would you like to receive newsletters from Capeesh?"
        android:calendarViewShown="false"

        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>-->

    <!-- Input Name-->
    <!--<EditText android:id="@+id/inputTime"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Enter Time"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
        android:singleLine="true"/>-->
    <CheckBox
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Would you like to receive newsletters from Capeesh?"
        android:id="@+id/checkBox"
        android:checked="true"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnCreateProduct"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:text="Make Reservation"
        android:background="@drawable/menu1"
        style="@style/ButtonLogin"/>

</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Manifest File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.divide.asteriasolutions" >
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity
            android:name=".MyActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".BookingActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".RegisterActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".ContactActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".MenuActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".AntiPasteActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".DolciActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".MenuActivity1"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".InsalateActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".LacarneActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".PastaActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".PizzaActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".PesceActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".EventsActivity"></activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

Forgive me if its a small mistake and I am asking.I have been trying for hours and still puzzled as to how can an adroid work on an emulator and not on a real device.

A: You used,
if (success == 1)
{
      // successfully created product
      Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyActivity.class);
      startActivity(i);

      // closing this screen
      finish();
  }
  else
  {
     // failed to create product
     Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), RegisterActivity.class);
     startActivity(i);

     // closing this screen
     finish();
   }

getApplicationContext() is a method on Context, and AsyncTask does not inherit from Context.
Rather try other way to get Context - getting context in AsyncTask

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Ricky Todd Guice, 41, was arrested Sunday after running into the back of a car at a traffic light on Ga. 278. He was out on bond within a few hours, which has greatly upset the family of 74-year-old Sarah Maddox Belcher, the victim in the 2011 case.
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3D Realms Forums > General Topics > Popular Media Forum
MGM has "The Hobbit" license..planning major movie(s)!
KaiserSoze
This is actually good news for Lord of the Rings/Hobbit fans.
It's MGM that has the rights to the long rumored "Hobbit" movie which New Line was thought to have.
It's probably good news for those of us who'd only want to see a Hobbit movie directed by Peter Jackson.
Jackson had a major falling out with New Line Cinema over money issues with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and many think Jackson will never work with New Line Cinema again(or at least until all the various legalities are sorted out, which could take years)
With the Hobbit movie at MGM, you'd have to think they'd go after Jackson to direct the movie. Jackson has a few current projects such as "The Lovely Bones" and "Dambusters" he's actively developing. That wouldn't keep MGM from potentially giving Jackson a record payday to put those projects on the back burner and step in to direct the Hobbit.
Also, I see no reason MGM wouldn't be able to secure the original cast members from the New Line Trilogy as those actors portrayed the characters that are in the Hobbit.
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Re: MGM has "The Hobbit" license..planning major movie(s)!
What the, they have the license but haven't even contacted Jackson? Without him I don't see this movie going anywhere but the trash can. I'm not that interested in a hobbit movie anyway unless they really do it well.
Jackson also can't stretch this movie to 3 hours, as the events of the hobbit won't make for a good length film. A standard film length with Bilbo doing his thing could be interesting.
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"one or two installments of The Hobbit"
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Originally Posted by ReadOnly
I know, and personally I don't think that will work. LOTR was nonstop and always had something going on. The hobbit wouldn't work that way.
Opus131
Well, without Jackson they might actually get somebody who understands emotion and isn't a complete studio whore.
Granted, that's never going to happen so what the hell, might as well use Jackson again...
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Originally Posted by Opus131
Well, without Jackson they might actually get somebody who understands emotion
The LOTR films were damn emotional.
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Originally Posted by FullMetalJacket
"Do you remember the taste of strawberries?"
I enjoyed Return of the King (the only Jackson LOTR film I've seen), but that line made me want to puke.
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This is cool news, I'd say. I love Jackson's LOTR movies, and hopefully they get him back for this one.
More importantly, Ian McKellen must return as Gandalf. No one else could play him as well.
Amakou
The only problem I had with the LOTR movies was they cut out all the good stuff.....
And the Hobbit is as long as any part of the LOTR trilogy, I can see it being 2 1/2 hours easy.
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DOSGuy
A lot of stuff happens in the Hobbit. They escape one enemy after another, followed by a battle with a dragon and a war with the orcs. LOTR, on the other hand, really focused on one crisis per book. There was a lot of adventure The Fellowship, but The Two Towers is almost entirely the Battle of Helms Deep in Rohan, and Return of the King is almost entirely the battle for Gondor. I can definitely see a production of the Hobbit on the same scale as one of the LOTR movies. I was hoping they would do this, retaining everyone responsible for LOTR. It seemed logical to do the whole series in four movies, starting with the Hobbit in order to set up the Lord of the Rings.
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How on earth could you argue jackson as a studio whore? HE apperated almost entirely independant of studio control and complaining about his handling of the "emmotion" of lotr? Jesus christ. If you're going to complain about it being sappy melodrama then he did the books exact justice because that's all they are.
Jackson isn't a great director but those criticisms are just ridiculous.
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This is nothing new, they've had this license since before the three movies finished airing in the theatres. It was said at the time they'd do it after Jackson was done working on some other things he was doing.
As for Opus' "studio whore" and "emotional" remarks.. Those who know him knows he always says stuff like that. Don't let it bother you or post flames, eh?
Mountain Man
They were more melodramatic than emotional, actually.
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Last edited by Opus131; 09-10-2006 at 11:52 PM.
Originally Posted by Paroxysm
How on earth could you argue jackson as a studio whore? HE apperated almost entirely independant of studio control
By calling him a studio whore i was merely being kind to him. I'm trying to be moderate when i go off against Jackson because i'm still unfamiliar with his previous work as an 'indipendent director', as you say.
When it comes to his big budged films however i must conclude his work is either maimed by producers and executives or else he is simply inept (or both).
and complaining about his handling of the "emmotion" of lotr? Jesus christ. If you're going to complain about it being sappy melodrama then he did the books exact justice because that's all they are.
There might be some truth to that but after watching King Kong i'm not so sure Tolkien's inherent lack in narrative power is entirely at fault here.
Whatever Jackson did to earn your admiration seems to be missing is his late work, at best. Right now he is the very embodyment of all that is wrong with modern cinema, which is style over substance and lot's of pointless eye candy.
IMO, at any rate...
Higher Game
LotR would be impossible to do in this era, anyway. Making it properly would require lots of knowledge about classical European works, Christian theology, cryptofascist environmentalism, late 19th century spiritualism, old as the hills racial theories that separate Germans from Italians, etc. One would have to be alive in Tolkien's day as well as very well educated to make the film good. Our whole general worldview has changed since his time, so I don't think any amount of research would capture all of the meaning behind LotR, at least for the typical Hollywood director.
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Delicieuxz
I'd really like to see a Hobbit movie, but definitely not by Peter Jackson. LotR were extremely drawn out and dull, with way too much hollow drama instead of real character. The constant gray and blue or green tints over the entire screen were terrible additions.
People mistake P.J. as a good director without thinking about it. His movies are big because they are already grand stories that he's using. I think he works are so much less than what could have been done with the projects, it's disappointing to me.
Also, the books didn't come out in my mind as "sappy melodrama" when I read them. That's P.J.'s touch, and a bitter one.
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Originally Posted by Higher Game
Um, there are many people around with sound knowledge all mentioned areas. Maybe not 14 year old forum-goers living in downtown urban America, not to suggest anything on you... but I don't see why you'd think the elements are out of grasp, or even not fully present today. "His time" is not that long ago either, he died in the 70's. Europe also doesn't age like the US has. There's quite a lot more culture running in their blood.
In addition to all this I could easily do a far better job myself... but those're just words on a forum, aren't they? To some.
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Ian McKellen has to be back. I didn't think his portrayal of Gandalf was particularly accurate. He's just too ingrained in the role in my mind for it to be anybody else.
As for the rest, I can see a few cameos: Aragorn (at Rivendell) and Legolas could have a huge role in the battle scenes.
Yes king kong is trash and your criticisms are all justified for that film. But then it was also a project made by peter entirely as a fanboy exercise because he could afford to. It wasn't really for anyone else but Peter. He shared it around but in the end it was just masturbation.
I'd wait to see what peter does with the lovely bones before even thinking he may have lost his way.
Originally Posted by Mountain Man
Actually, they were profoundly moving. If you watch Gandalf's death in FOTR or pretty much anything in ROTK from the Ride of the Rohirrim onwards and aren't emotionally stirred, something's wrong with you.
And Jackson's King Kong remake wasn't all that impressive, but it was basically his masturbation project so I'll forgive him for that.
If you watch Gandalf's death in FOTR or pretty much anything in ROTK from the Ride of the Rohirrim onwards and aren't emotionally stirred, something's wrong with you.
Fine. Then there's something "wrong" with me.
Personally, I found Jackson's attempts to squeeze "emotion" out of his actors' performances to be a largely overwrought effort that edged more towards melodrama and parody than genuine emotion.
Mind you, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the films (as a matter of fact, I own all three extended editions). I simply recognize that they're a bit overrated and have their share of flaws.
Last edited by Mountain Man; 09-11-2006 at 01:41 PM.
O.k. it seems New Line Cinema has the rights to produce the movie and MGM has the rights to distribute the movie. So it will be a co-production of sorts.
Peter Jackson has said he'd love to do the film but has not been approached by either New Line or MGM as of yet:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/24456
Since Jackson seems willing to direct the movie, it would indicate he's "smoothed" over any hard feelings/legalities with New Line over the LOTR Trilogy ie: $$$$$$$.
I simply recognize that they're a bit overrated and have their share of flaws.
I say the same about Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane and Casablanca.
ZuljinRaynor
I say, what will be the tone of the movie? The Hobbit was awfully light and happy, since it was a children's book that "Bilbo" wrote; so I wonder how it will be...
I want to see the studio that did the 3D CGI for LOTR to be back, Jackson, and the characters from LotR that are in the Hobbit.
And PJ should be back.
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Dr.Dude
I don't really see this really working without Jackson directing... its not that another director couldn't do the book justice, but with the huge success of the LOTR movies, its clear that audiences want more of that exact same tone and style. That style and intepretation is just too ingrained in the general public's mind by now, myself included.
But either way, since he probably will direct... looking forward to it. The Hobbit was one of my favorite books as a kid.
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Kevin Wolff
Well, we've known that for years, but still....
Heh. Perhaps I'm just a pushover, but I almost cried (took a lot effort to avoid) at the end of ROTK in the theater. Yes, I just admitted to crying after a fantasy film, in a gaming forum.
Originally Posted by Dr.Dude
I don't really see this really working without Jackson directing... its not that another director couldn't do the book justice, but with the huge success of the LOTR movies, its clear that audiences want more of that exact same tone and style.
The Hobbit had a far different tone than LOTR did. If the movie is just like the LOTR movies, it won't be good.
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Karthik
Maybe MGM should let Paul Anderson direct it. Also they should set the Hobbit in the far future sci fi enviroment married with fantasy settings.
Originally Posted by Kevin Wolff
The tone was different cause it was Biblo's book. Gandalf said that if he told the story it would be different... so it would be really interesting if the Hobbit does Gandalf's version of the Hobbit and not Bilbo's Kid-Hobbit friendly story. But I would prefer either way.
kylemf88
The hobbit was so much less dark. I'm not sure if this could possibly be good.
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More adventure, less philosophy. I've read the Hobbit more than once, but I find it hard to stick with LOTR for more than a few chapters. The Hobbit gets to the freaking point.
Originally Posted by ZuljinRaynor
The best thing about going from The Hobbit to LOTR was the twist to the children's fairytale. Tolkien took something as innocuous as a magic ring and made it so much more. Most people had that spoiled if they didn't read the Hobbit first. It's what keeps you reading. And it's something that couldn't have been portrayed in the LOTR movies without the Hobbit as a background.
I think The Hobbit should attempt both. Appear as a fairytale on the surface but with the darkening undercurrent of Gandalf's version- the necromancer's rise, without ever naming him although the film audience gradually realises who it is.
Bilbo and the dwarves have a number of fairytale escapes in the first part of the book, but the story ends in a very LOTR fashion. Smaug unleashes his power on the river people, smashing, scorching and destroying, before being slain. Quite dramatic.
In the days following the death of Smaug, the dwarves take up positions in the mountain and call for reinforcements, a la Battle of Helms Deep. The situation escalates into a final climactic battle between men, dwarves, elves, goblins and wargs in which members of all five armies are slaughtered, and Thorin dies. The Battle of Five Armies absolutely works in the style of LOTR and makes an excellent transition into the trilogy.
Actually, they were profoundly moving. If you watch Gandalf's death in FOTR
I'd say from this point on the movies start getting emotionally powerful at points. Before this it's adventerous, but after Gandalf dies the tone takes a more serious turn (obviously deliberately meant to be a "loss of innocence" kind of thing). There are countless moving scenes in the trilogy. Some don't work very well, others are incredibly effective. There's too many characters and too much story for them all to work perfectly, really.
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I look forward to the movie, I only hope it will be as good as the cartoon from many years ago.
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I didn't like the cartoon. Voices of the eagles sucked ass.


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Дорелл Лоуренс Райт (; родился 2 декабря 1985 года в Лос-Анджелесе, штат Калифорния) — американский баскетболист, игравший на позиции лёгкого форварда.

Карьера в НБА
Дорелл Райт был выбран под 19-м номером на драфте НБА 2004 года Майами Хит сразу после окончании школы. В 2006 году он стал самым молодым в составе «Майами» чемпионом НБА. 21 августа 2008 года Дорелл Райт продлил контракт с «Майами Хит». 13 июля 2010 года он стал игроком Голден Стэйт Уорриорз.

Дорелл Райт в сезоне 2010/2011 был лидером НБА по трёхочковых броскам: по количеству забитых трёхочковых бросков (194) и по числу попыток (516).

По окончании сезона 2010/2011 стал третьим по итогам голосовании на звание Самый прогрессирующий игрок НБА после победителя Кевина Лава и Ламаркуса Олдриджа.

11 июля 2012 года в ходе трёхсторонней сделки Райт был обменян в «Филадельфия Севенти Сиксерс».

18 ноября 2020 года на своей страничке в Instagram объявил о завершении профессиональной карьеры.

Личная жизнь
В августе 2014 Райт женился на давней подруге Мией Ли. 25 февраля 2008 года у пары родился сын Девин Квентин Дуэйн Райт. У Райта есть младший брат Делон Райт, тоже баскетболист.

Статистика

Статистика в НБА

Статистика в других лигах

Примечания

Баскетболисты США
Игроки «Майами Хит»
Игроки «Флорида Флейм»
Игроки «Голден Стэйт Уорриорз»
Игроки «Филадельфия Севенти Сиксерс»
Игроки «Портленд Трэйл Блэйзерс»
Игроки «Бэйцзин Роял Файтерс»
Игроки БК «Игокеа»
Игроки БК «Брозе»
Игроки БК «Локомотив-Кубань»
Выпускники Южно-Кентской школы (Коннектикут)