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Rambo V has been confirmed and is in pre-production. On February 2, 2008, Sylvester Stallone informed interviewers that making a fifth Rambo would depend on the success of the fourth movie but that he thought he was "gearing one up" and that it would "be quite different". On March 10, 2008, Moviehole.net reported that Stallone said that he was "half-way through" writing Rambo V and that it would not be another war movie. On March 20, ScreenDaily.com had revealed that the film would be shot in Bulgaria and later received word from a source that Bulgaria was to double for John Rambo's home town in Arizona. Stallone said: "Rambo hopefully will be back. We've just got to give you guys a story that's worthwhile." It is rumored that the new film's plot involves Rambo's unknown daughter being kidnapped by cult leaders and he goes on a mission to rescue her. Rambo V is planning to come out sometime in 2011.


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var keyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("32 random chars");

В PHP мне нужно передать этот массив байт в качестве ключа шифрования в метод mcrypt_encrypt.
Каким образом это можно реализовать?

A: Не знаю, правда, зачем вам нужен массив байт, если mcrypt_encrypt принимает строки на входе.
Но используйте unpack, если уж так надо:
$byte_array = unpack('C*', $my_string);

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I know DexClassLoader allows you to dynamically load a class from a different DEX file (there is an example of it here), but can I do the same thing with APK files which has resources as well? Basically modify the dynamic class loader example in a way that starts a new activity in the system?
Hope the explanation of mine is clear. Any opinion on this is very much appreciated.
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PA Transportation Institute Launches New Traffic Laboratory
University Park, Pa. -- Penn State's Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) has established a new facility designed to bring real world traffic situations into the laboratory or classroom for study and training.
Called the Advanced Traffic Laboratory for Automated Systems (ATLAS), the laboratory is under the direction of Dr. Ageliki Elefteriadou, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and PTI affiliate. The project is supported by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center at Penn State.
ATLAS will use video cameras to monitor traffic flow and bring selected congested State College, Pa., streets and intersections into a laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for continuous, automatic data collection.
Three cameras are currently in place around State College, Pa., and will soon be transmitting images back to the laboratory for further processing. The microscopic observation of traffic and driver behavior will provide researchers with unique opportunities to develop more efficient traffic operations models, greater safety measures and more efficient management of transportation facilities.
In addition, the laboratory will serve as a unique educational tool for graduate and undergraduate students. Homework assignments and projects that cannot be currently conducted because of insufficient data will be implemented in several transportation-related courses.
Among the first projects undertaken in the laboratory will be an evaluation of how drivers' behavior affects the degree of congestion at intersections.
Elefteriadou says that a unique feature of the State College area intersections is that they are often used by "recreational drivers" or drivers not familiar with the area.
The research will focus on investigating the operational effects of various driver populations on the traffic flow.
Elefeteriadou notes that through the new facility, researchers, graduate assistants and undergraduate students will be able to observe real transportation situations in real-time; to record and analyze a multitude of traffic and travel data; and to create models with a much finer detail than is currently possible. The system will also give researchers the opportunity to develop transportation models responding to real-time conditions.
Local and state, public and private agencies will likewise benefit from the technology transfer capabilities and data availability. They will be able to apply the models that will be developed by Elefteriadou and her team to improve congested traffic situations.
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When I am at the beach, I can smell the sand baking in the sun…….& the wet shrub behind me…..& the seaweed which has washed up on the shore. Interestingly, when I visit vineyards, I can smell the sun baked rocks, the wild shrub & herbs which surround the vineyard. That was the inspiration of this tasting. Here, then, are 4 wines which for me, smell of the countryside which surround the vineyard. It really is more than a romantic notion. Plus, I think each is a VERY unique & interesting wine in its own right. Just another really good opportunity to learn!
Collioure is a seaport village right on the Mediterranean, where the Pyranees Mountains dive into the multi blue hued sea. The finest sites are very steep, in fact too steep to use any type of machinery. The soil is sun baked rocky schist, which one can readily smell in the wine, much more predominantly than the vinous fruit of 35 to 70 year old vine Grenache.
Vinci is a relatively new wine prodigy from the very remote, isolated, high altitude Agly Valley. They organically farm their 6 hectares & produce some very interesting wine. For me, their crown jewel is Rafalot, which is produced from 1 hectare of 100 year old vine Carignane. This is definitely a wine of the vineyard, as the roots have had time to dig down deep into the limestone base which lies underneath, & as wild as the desolate, remote countryside it calls home. Still, Rafalot has a deliciousness from the Carignane, which in combination with its wild streak makes it quite unforgettable. It took us a while to get this wine to the Islands, but we are thrilled it is finally here.
I first bought this wine with the 1993 vintage, mainly because I heard that Didier Barral took over at the helm. He had some real radical ideas of how he wanted to grow & craft his wines. The first few vintages were okay, but more importantly, one could see this project as headed in the right direction. There were, after that, a few vintages where the wines were too extreme & too radical. In the early 2000's, the Jadis bottling was predominately Syrah based. While I am a huge fan of Syrah, in this case, I just wanted more. Well, we got more with the wines like the 2009, where old vine Carignane became the centerpiece for Didier to build from. The 2009 is in fact 50% Carignane & we love the results. Yes, the wine is still wildly rustic & certainly smells of the countryside, but now there is a deliciousness & a soulfulness to complete the picture. Bravo!!!
We end this tasting with a wild & rustic Vermentino which is VERY much about the coutryside surrounding the vineyard on the Isle of Corsica. The estate vineyards are located on the granite plateau of Reginu in the foothills of Mounte Grossu. This is a pure, masculine styled white, which is much more about granite & countryside character than grape variety. Still, this wine is thankfully NOT overdone & is therefore a fascinating drink.


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This is a great little litfest – local to West London yet attracting a starry line-up including Max Hastings, Mary (Queen of Shops) Portas and senior stateman Vince Cable,. So I was honoured to be invited to join a panel for the launch session on Thursday evening this week in the stunning Palladian setting of Chiswick House. Well, in a tent actually, though a pretty splendid tent with chandeliers and posh flower arrangements.


Heat in oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until warm.
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Stephen Wayne Mintz (born November 24, 1968 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is currently the manager of the Hickory Crawdads. Mintz is a retired professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1995 for the San Francisco Giants and 1999 for the Anaheim Angels. He currently serves as the pitching coach of the High Desert Mavericks in the Texas Rangers organization.
1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
Mintz was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1990 amateur draft. He played his first professional season with the Dodgers' Class A (short season) Yakima Bears in 1990, then played two more seasons in their organization and was released before the 1993 season.
He was picked up by the Boston Red Sox, playing one season in their farm system, then signed with the San Francisco Giants on December 15, 1993, making his major league debut for the Giants on May 18, 1995. In 14 appearances with San Francisco that season, he was 1-2 with a 7.45 earned run average.
After four seasons in the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations, he made three appearances with the Anaheim Angels during the 1999 season. He ended his career with Anaheim's Triple-A farm club, the Salt Lake Stingers, in 2001.[1]
Coaching career
Retiring as an active player midway through the 2001 season, he spent the second half of the season as pitching coach for the Angels' short-season minor league teams. He then moved to the Twins' organization, and coached for the Gulf Coast League Twins from 2002 through 2005. He was then promoted to pitching coach for the Midwest League Beloit Snappers. After two seasons there, he went on to coach for the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats.[2] In 2009, he replaced Eric Rasmussen as pitching coach of the Twins' Florida State League advanced A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle,[3] a position he continued to hold as of the end of the 2011 season.
During the 2015-16 season, Mintz was the manager of the Australian Baseball League's Adelaide Bite, leading them to a 30-26 record and a spot in the league's Championship Series.
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Rob Kearney said it best.
Seán O'Brien will be "like a caged animal" when released from the captivity that is his rehabilitation from another serious injury.
"It will bring a huge amount of energy to the squad and it will give us another impetus going forward," said the Leinster and Ireland full-back.
"If he's back and fit and playing, he'll be a huge driver in improving the team."
It is integral to O'Brien's game that he will look to take the frustration of missing out on Ireland's Grand Slam and Leinster's Champions Cup and PRO14 League on the bodies of those who stand in his way.
After all, that is just how the Tullow Tank rolls.
"I haven't done too much on the field yet," said the decorated flanker.
"I'm probably in better shape than I have been in my life.
"I should be in the best place possible that I have been in my career when I come back."
That will come as sweet music to the ears of Leo Cullen and Joe Schmidt.
Then again, they wouldn't expect anything else from a born winner.
The continuous nature of the 2016/2017 season put O'Brien into a compromising position at the end of the Lions tour to New Zealand.
He had to make the choice between managing his shoulder or seeing a surgeon's knife.
In the end, the sacrifice of missing out on big matches in October and November was not made.
The lure of big time European and international rugby was too seductive to resist.
The input into the series draw against the All Blacks probably cost O'Brien three trophies closer to home when his shoulder gave way.
There must have been demons dancing in his head as his club and country marched gloriously through last season.
"It was similar to the Ireland thing in that Leinster were going so well," he stated.
"In the background, you're trying to add a bit of value to the set-up and make sure you have the lads prepared as best as possible.
"But, yeah, it was disappointing to miss out on everything," he added.
"But, it was great to see the transformation of some players, younger lads getting through and getting to that place where they wanted to get to."
The strides taken by Dan Leavy and the imminent return of Josh van der Flier have put O'Brien in the position where he has to earn his blue and green shirts all over again.
And that's fine by O'Brien.
The plethora of injuries that have stalled his seasons have never dented his self-belief.
"I'm back on the pitch hopefully next week or the week after," he said.
"I'll then take it from there and see how the body is then.
"I know I've ticked every box. I haven't done anything that will impede me in any way coming back.
"I'll have done everything I could have done to be as fit as possible."
"Everything is in the right place at the minute. Conditioning is good and strength is good."
The Carlow man's body will never be what it once was given what he has put it through.
Fellow flanker Sam Warburton knows all about the pain having recently been forced into retirement.
"There is obviously wear and tear things there. That's a fact. Everyone has them," admitted O'Brien.
"It's just about getting all that stuff as strong as possible."
Then, O'Brien can be uncaged and let loose.


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This article titled "Oxford Street panic began with fight at tube station, suggest police" was written by Patrick Greenfield, Ian Cobain and Vikram Dodd, for The Guardian on Saturday 25th November 2017 10.07 UTC
An altercation between two men appears to have triggered the outbreak of mass panic in London on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, leading to people fleeing in fear, armed police being deployed and a section of the West End being evacuated.
British Transport Police issued a CCTV appeal for information about two men believed to be involved in a fight in Oxford Circus tube station on Friday afternoon as part of their inquiries into the cause of the panic.
Nine people were injured as hundreds ran to escape what they believed to be an attack on Friday evening, only to find it was a false alarm. The reaction was a sign of just how jittery many have become at the end of a year in which the capital and Manchester have been targeted by five terrorist attacks.
We are releasing CCTV images of two men we would like to speak with following the incident at Oxford Circus earlier today.
Anyone with information, big or small, should get in touch by texting us on 61016. https://t.co/h71UlCqxFa pic.twitter.com/mRd8k2YIMq
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Sophia Smith, a witness to the fight, told the Guardian an altercation on a Victoria line platform panicked travellers and caused people to start running.
"Young boys with a few girls were attacking each other and everyone screamed and began to run," she said. "I escaped through the exit along with hundreds of other people and some women were on the floor and shoes were falling off and shopping bags. It was absolutely terrifying."
The incident began just after 4.30pm and centred on the tube station, where a number of passengers began to flee believing that they had heard gunshots.
As they fled, so did other passengers inside the station. As the crowds spilled out on to Oxford Street, hundreds of Christmas shoppers also started to run.
Within minutes, Oxford Street and Bond Street underground stations were both closed and Scotland Yard was issuing alerts on Twitter, warning people in the area to get inside the nearest building and stay there.
"If you are in a building stay in a building, if you are on the street in Oxford Street leave the area," the Met police said.
The panic appears to have been spread not only by the sight of fleeing crowds and word of mouth, but by incorrect reports on social media.
Inside nearby pubs and restaurants, people crowded into the cellars, while shop staff moved customers away from the doors and windows.
"There was a mass stampede of people running and trying to get away as quickly as they could," said the BBC producer Helen Bushby, who was in the area. "They were crying, they were screaming, they were dropping their shopping bags. It was a very panicked scene. A couple of people said they thought it was a gunshot or a fire."
Another witness said he saw an elderly woman and a man carrying a child knocked over in the rush. "There were people running in all directions," he said.
At Westminster University, a few hundred metres from Oxford Circus, students and staff were locked in. "I was in class and there was a helicopter, lots of ambulances and police cars," said Andrea Acedo, 21. "Then I heard that someone was shooting people but we didn't know where, so they had to lock down the university so no one could come in."
Armed police were on the scene within minutes and a police helicopter hovered overhead. But after searching the area for almost an hour, police announced that no suspects had been found and there was no evidence of any shots having been fired.
The London ambulance service said several people sustained injuries in the rush to escape from the area. Eight people were taken to London hospitals for treatment for minor injuries, and one person was taken to a major trauma centre after sustaining leg injuries.
After the stations were reopened and police cordons lifted, the Met and the British Transport Police said their response had been stood down.
"Given the nature of the information received, we responded as if the incident was terrorism, including the deployment of armed officers," the Met said.
The transport police said there had been "a significant level of panic" in the area.
Police released a CCTV image of the two men believed to be involved in the altercation and said officers "would now like to speak to these two people in the CCTV images, who they believe may have information about the incident and the circumstances around the incident. They would also like to speak to anyone who was at the station or in the area at the time and saw or heard anything that would have caused mass evacuation".
Although some stores remained closed after the panic, most of the Oxford Circus area returned to normal.
At Ponti's Italian Kitchen, a few metres from the tube station, customers sheltering in the basement erupted in applause when a waitress announced that there had been no terrorist incident.
People returned to their evening commute and the Evening Standard distributors returned to their newsstands.
Four terrorist attacks in London this year have left 18 dead and 137 injured. A further 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber in Manchester.
The UK terrorism threat level is set at "severe", meaning an attack is assessed to be highly likely.
Anyone with any information should contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 citing reference 405 of 24/11.
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When it came to picking the final theatrical show put on by the students of Harrison High School, one question emerged: should we do something we've done before or something completely different?
Turns out it's best to close out a high school with something never before heard in its auditorium. That's how 'Once Upon a Mattress' was selected as the final theatrical show put on by Harrison High School students.
"Harrison's never done it. That's what it came down to," said Sue Cobb, one of the directors of the show. "It really just came down to 'let's just do something brand new that no one at Harrison has ever done before, and now they will have done it.'"
The students at the Farmington Hills high school at 29995 12 Mile will take the stage Thursday, Friday and Saturday (March 21, 22 and 23) for the performance of the musical. The show takes a twist on the classic "princess and the pea" fairy tale, telling the story of a prince searching for a princess to marry.
"This knight is trying to search the whole kingdom and find anybody who is a princess so that the prince can get married and everybody else can go and have marriages," said Elizabeth Kagan, a senior who plays Princess Winnifred.
The show has its challenges, especially with the school lacking ninth-graders this year because of its looming closure as well as the massive amount of snow and ice days that left school closed earlier this year.
Justin Bugeja, a senior who plays Sir Harry in the musical, said everyone recognized how far back production fell because of those school closures and stepped up to the plate.
"I think it's the people's willingness to do it," he said. "If you're willing to put in the time and the energy, results will come."
Cobb said most of the students have stepped up to fill in roles, as well as a few alumni who have come back to play in the pit orchestra.
Kagan has been involved in all eight shows during her four years in high school and said acting in the lead role in her final show is an incredible feeling.
"It's definitely very surreal and it's definitely a dream come true," she said. "I've done theater for almost 10 years in my life at this point, and this is only my second lead role. Getting this opportunity is all thanks to the directors, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, who gave me the opportunity I didn't have before."
The show will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. March 21, March 22 and March 23, as well as at 2 p.m. March 23. Tickets are $12 for students and seniors (60+) and $15 for adults. Tickets can be purchased at the door or through the box office by calling 248-888-6274.
Cobb and her husband, who has been involved in the district as a teacher or director for 49 years, have directed the theatrical performances at Harrison since 2011. While it was important leading up to the year to recognize the show would be the last, Cobb said as soon as students got involved with the play, attitudes shifted into making it the best musical they could for them.
"They said, 'we're tired of this legacy business. This is our year for a musical, whether the school is closing or not,'" Cobb said. "They were adamant about it."


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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Friday, August 5, 2022
CDC to ease COVID restrictions for schools; Senate bill introduced to help people with disabilities access reproductive health care; monkeypox cases multiply in India.
Mackenzie Allen
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to ease COVID restrictions for schools. The agency will likely deemphasize its focus on 6 feet of social distancing. (U.S. News & World Report)
Senators have introduced a bill to help people with disabilities access reproductive health care. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act is necessary to "restore bodily autonomy" to people with disabilities. (NBC News)
Two days after its first monkeypox infection, India reported the number of cases in the country has jumped to 9. The cases are split between India's capital and its southern state, according to media reports. (Fox News)
Some technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics have refused to take blood from possible monkeypox patients. The report coincides with a rise in public concern about stigma and testing delays. (CNN)
Amgen will purchase ChemoCentryx for $4 billion. The deal nets Amgen a newly approved medicine that treats patients with a serious autoimmune condition. (STAT)
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Report: Kamala Harris Calls Jordan's King Abdullah II, Discusses Israel's 'Escalations' and 'Aggression'
By Debra Heine
The Royal Court of Jordan announced on Thursday that Kamala Harris called King Abdullah II, and discussed efforts to stop what he called Israeli "escalations" and "aggression" in East Jerusalem and Gaza.
"His Majesty King Abdullah II receives a phone call from #US Vice President Kamala Harris and affirms the need to continue all efforts to stop the Israeli escalations in East #Jerusalem and the aggression on Gaza," the official Royal Hashemite Court (RHC) Twitter account stated.
His Majesty King Abdullah II receives a phone call from #US Vice President Kamala Harris and affirms the need to continue all efforts to stop the Israeli escalations in East #Jerusalem and the aggression on Gaza #Jordan 🇯🇴🇺🇸
— RHC (@RHCJO) May 20, 2021
RHC said that Harris and Abdullah also discussed ways to protect Palestinians from "Israeli violations against them."
"His Majesty King Abdullah II to #US VP Kamala Harris: Important to step up efforts and work together to push the peace process forward," RHC said in a subsequent tweet. "His Majesty King Abdullah II stresses the need to provide protection for the Palestinians and their properties and stop the Israeli violations against them."
His Majesty King Abdullah II stresses the need to provide protection for the Palestinians and their properties and stop the Israeli violations against them #Jordan
The readout of the telephone conversation has not yet been made available on the White House Website.
Biden spoke with King Abdullah last month to express support for Jordan, and affirm his support for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Former Vice President Mike Pence occasionally spoke directly by phone with foreign leaders during the early Trump years, but that role generally was performed by former President Donald Trump.
Press notices reviewed by the New York Post showed that Pence spoke with foreign leaders only twice in 2017. "Pence spoke on the phone with Trudeau in 2019 and with the presidents of Argentina and Australia in 2017. He spoke in 2018 and 2019 with Colombia's president. He spoke in 2018 with Iraq's prime minister and in 2019 with Ukraine's president," the Post reported.
Harris, by comparison, had already taken two head-of State phone calls by mid-February.
The Biden White House announced in March that the Biden administration should be referred to as the Biden-Harris administration.
Harris' phone call allegedly blaming Israel for defending itself against Palestinian rocket attacks, comes as Palestinian activists in the United States are literally attacking Jews in the streets in New York and L.A., among other cities.
Jews being attacked on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Can't say I didn't see this coming 😞 @jews_of_ny pic.twitter.com/s3mqaqR7Fj
— Michal Divon מיכל דיבון ميخال ديفون (@michaldivon) May 19, 2021
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Former NY State Assemblyman and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, Dov Hikand, noted on Twitter that "Hamas Caucus" members Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Ny.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) have not condemned any of these attacks on Jews in American cities.
Places where Jews have been attacked in past weeks:
🇨🇦Toronto
🇺🇸NYC
🇺🇸LA
🇺🇸DC
🇺🇸Seattle
🇺🇸S. Florida
🇩🇪Germany
🇬🇧London
# of condemnations from Hamas Caucus in Congress (@AOC @BernieSanders @RepRashida @Ilhan): ZERO
That's how you know "anti-Zionism" is nothing but Jew-hatred! pic.twitter.com/CDvkJYpbjJ
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) May 20, 2021
As anti-Israel rhetoric heats up among the Hamas supporters in the Democrat party, Biden and Harris have also yet to condemn these attacks on Jewish people in U.S. cities.
About Debra Heine
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Sacrificium is a Christian death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 1993. The band made its breakthrough in the metal scene with its 2002 album Cold Black Piece of Flesh. The second album Escaping the Stupor was released on Black Lotus Records. Their music combines melodic passages with old school death metal, and their lyrics deal with personal experiences and opinions from Christian point of view.

Biography
Sacrificium has its roots in a band called Hardway, formed by Sebastian Wagner and Oliver Tesch. Musically, the band was pop rock oriented. That changed in 1991, when the session drummer Markus Hauth took the direction more towards a hard rock sound. In 1992, Hardway performed at the reputive Steiger 14 club in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The band name was changed to Corpus Christi (not to be confused with Corpus Christi from Ohio) in 1993 and they began playing thrash metal. The style developed to death metal, and in 1994, after recording a demo, the name was changed to Sacrificium.

After a few line up changes in 1996, Sacrificium recorded its second demo and in 1998 another demo titled Mortal Fear was released. Although the demos were well-received, the vocalist Roman Wagner left Sacrificium in 2000. After that, the band played concerts with bands such as Extol, Dismember, Unleashed, The Black Dahlia Murder or My Darkest Hate. The second guitarist, Claudio Enzler, started performing vocals, and the guitarist position was taken by Ulrike Uhlmann.

In 2002 Sacrificium was signed to Whirlwind Records, who published the band's debut Cold Black Piece of Flesh. The album caught the attention of the press, and received positive reviews. For example, Rock Hard gave it 7.5/10 in its February 2004 issue. Afterwards they toured Europe with the band Brain[Faq].

On November 28, 2005, Sacrificium released its second album Escaping the Stupor on the Greek metal label Black Lotus Records.  The album features guest performances by Karl Walfridsson of Pantokrator and Simon Rosén of Crimson Moonlight.  Escaping the Stupor was well-received: Rock Hard gave it 7.5/10, Legacy 10/15 and Metalnews.de 6/7.

The band is currently working on new material and is updating its Facebook bulletin with pre-production demo takes and news.

Founding guitarist Oliver Tesch left the band in 2012, and was replaced by Wolfgang Nillies.

Guitarist Matthias Brandt and bass player Thorsten Brandt left the band on October 30, 2015 and have been replaced later on by Fred Berger and former member Ulrike Uhlmann.

On January 6, 2019, it was announced that longtime drummer Mario Henning was departing from the band. They therefore had to cancel their Mexico tour which would have been in April 2019.
At the same time the band announced to release an EP The Avowal of the Centurion in early 2019 and a full-length record in 2020. On March 16, 2019, it was announced that former bassist Thorsten Brandt would take over Henning's position on drums. On March 18, the band revealed that The Avowals of the Centurion would be released via Nordic Mission on April 19, 2019.

Discography
Studio albums
Cold Black Piece of Flesh (2002)
Escaping the Stupor (2005)
Prey for Your Gods (2013)

Members
Current
Claudio Enzler – vocals (2000–present), guitar (1994–2000)
Wolfgang Nillies - guitars (2012–present)
Frederik "Fred" Berger - guitars (2017–present)
Ulrike Uhlmann - bass (2017–present), guitars (1993-2010)
Thorsten Brandt – drums (2019–present), bass (2008–2017)

Former
Oliver Tesch – guitars (1991-2012)
Sebastian Wagner – bass, vocals (1991-1993)
Markus Hauth – drums (1991-1995)
Roman Wagner – vocals (1993-2000)
Manuel Iwansky – bass (1993-1997)
Manuel Kerkow - bass (1997)
Samuel Herbrich - bass (1997-2008)
Matthias Brandt – guitars (2010-2015)
Daniel Maucher - guitars (2015–2017)
Mario Henning - drums (1995-2019)

Timeline

References

External links

 Sacrificum at Metal-Archives

German Christian metal musical groups
German death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1993

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By Shelley Shepard Gray
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Shelley Shepard Gray Blackstone Publishing
The Sisters of the Heart Series: Book 3
When tragedy strikes, a brother and sister find themselves facing a situation that will shape the rest of their lives. When a fire destroys the Lundys' barn, Winnie is injured trying to get the animals to safety. Confined to a hospital for weeks, out of touch with her loved ones who live too far away to visit by buggy, she must depend on Englisher Samuel Miller to keep her company. Though his family is part of Winnie's tight-knit Amish community, Samuel left years earlier to pursue a university education. Through conversations, and Samuel's dedication to her recovery, a friendship forms. But despite their growing attraction, Winnie knows it can never develop into something more as long as Samuel chooses to remain in the outside world. When Winnie returns home, she finds her brother, Jonathan, struggling with his own dilemma. Cigarette butts were discovered in the debris of the barn and Jonathan is determined to find out who is responsible for destroying his property and putting his family at risk. But in a community founded on grace and forgiveness, will his unwillingness to move on eat away at the trust that is the foundation of their lives?
When tragedy strikes, a brother and sister find themselves facing a situation that will shape the rest of their lives.
When a fire destroys the Lundys' barn, Winnie is injured trying to get the animals to safety. Confined to a hospital for weeks, out of touch with her loved ones who live too far away to visit by buggy, she must depend on Englisher Samuel Miller to keep her company. Though his family is part of Winnie's tight-knit Amish community, Samuel left years earlier to pursue a university education. Through conversations, and Samuel's dedication to her recovery, a friendship forms. But despite their growing attraction, Winnie knows it can never develop into something more as long as Samuel chooses to remain in the outside world.
When Winnie returns home, she finds her brother, Jonathan, struggling with his own dilemma. Cigarette butts were discovered in the debris of the barn and Jonathan is determined to find out who is responsible for destroying his property and putting his family at risk. But in a community founded on grace and forgiveness, will his unwillingness to move on eat away at the trust that is the foundation of their lives?
"Gray has written a story based on a powerful emotion and equally powerful act: anger and forgiveness." —OnceUponARomance.net
"A multidimensional tale of romance and forgiveness…a must read for lovers of inspirational romance who love dynamic characters." —BookIlluminations.com
Author Bio: Shelley Shepard Gray
Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous romantic fiction series and mystery novels, including the Seasons of Sugarcreek series, the Sisters of the Heart series, the Families of Honor series, and others. She is a recipient of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award. She has written more than eighty novels, translated into multiple languages.
Author Bio: Adm. James Stavridis USN (Ret.)
Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) is a 1976 distinguished graduate of the US Naval who spent over thirty-five years on active service in the US Navy. He served for seven years as a four-star admiral. He holds a PhD in international relations, and is currently Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Stavridis has written six books and hundreds of articles on global security issues and leadership.
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L'église Sainte-Marie aux Marches (St. Maria ad gradus) est une église paroissiale dédiée à la Sainte-Vierge, qui jusqu'en 1803 jouxtait à l'est la cathédrale Saint-Martin de Mayence, ce qui signifie qu'elle se dressait entre cette cathédrale et le Rhin. On la désignait indifféremment sous le nom d'« église de la Vierge » (Liebfrauenkirche), « église Notre-Dame », « Notre-Dame aux Marches » ou « Notre-Dame aux degrés », parce qu'on accédait de l'esplanade de la « Porte aux Poissonniers » (Fischtor) au portail oriental de l'église par un grand escalier.

Fondation

L'histoire de la construction de l'église n'est pas aujourd'hui complètement éclaircie. On suppose que l'archevêque Willigis, maître d'ouvrage de la cathédrale et de l'église Saint-Étienne, est aussi le promoteur de Sainte-Marie aux Marches. Cette hypothèse se fonde sur le fait que les vantaux en bronze qui parent aujourd'hui la Porte du Marché de la cathédrale, et qui proviennent en réalité de l'église Notre-Dame, avaient été commandés au temps de Willigis.

Une source écrite du  évoque la consécration le , c'est-à-dire sous le pontificat de l'archevêque Siegfried , de la nouvelle abbaye Sainte-Marie (novi monasterii S. Mariæ). Une congrégation était donc associée à cette abbaye. L'église, incendiée le , fut reconstruite et agrandie dans le style gothique. De nombreux legs testamentaires montrent l'imminence de la reconstruction après l'incendie.

Selon un document retrouvé dans le maître-autel, ce serait l'archevêque Pierre d'Aspelt qui, en l'an 1311, aurait consacré le nouvel édifice, qui toutefois n'était pas alors complètement achevé : on s'affairait encore à la construction du clocher, du transept et du baptistère. Le maître d'œuvre était, selon un parchemin de 1314, un certain Magister Heinricus Lapicida de Boemia.

Architecture

Grâce aux planches graphiques conservées de cette église disparue, on peut encore aujourd'hui appréhender le plan basilical, analogue à celui de l'église Saint-Étienne et de l'église St. Quentin. La distribution en trois nefs s'organisait sur un plan carré. Les nefs étaient reliées par trois arcs, l'arc central se déchargeant sur les  collatéraux.

Si les contreforts, intégrés à la maçonneries, n'étaient effectivement plus visibles, l'espace intérieur étriqué laissait peu de place à la décoration intérieure. L'édifice était orienté (tourné vers l'est). Comme en témoignent les renforts des murs extérieurs, deux tours devaient à l'origine se dresser face au Rhin au-dessus des voûtes des collatéraux, à côté des absides rayonnantes, lesquelles se refermaient sur cinq côtés d'un octogone couvert ; toutefois, seule la tour nord fut construite.

Les murs reliant les absides aux premières paires de colonnes rallongeaient le chœur. C'est pourquoi il ne restait que deux colonnes indépendantes. On avait adjoint aux piliers des pilastres pour reprendre la poussée des reins des voûtes. Les chapiteaux étaient ornés d'éléments floraux et végétaux. Le plafond se refermait sur une  croisée d'ogives.

Décadence et destruction
L'église fut sérieusement endommagée par les bombardements de l'armée prussienne (1793) ; des mesures de confortements auraient été possibles, mais les forces d'occupation françaises les jugèrent inopportunes. L'évêque Joseph Ludwig Colmar ne put sauver toutes les églises de la ville, et l'église Notre-Dame se trouvait désormais sur le tracé de la nouvelle Grand Rue Napoléon : entre 1803 et 1807, on rasa les vestiges de l'église et les pierres furent réemployées pour les fortifications de Cassel (Mayence) et revendues pour l'amélioration de la Finther Landstrasse. Les statues qui ornaient le portail de cette église gothique comptent aujourd'hui au nombre des plus belles pièces de la collection du musée régional de Rhénanie.

En jonction avec le chœur orienté de la cathédrale, on a conservé en souvenir de l'église les fondations en pierre de grès dans le sol nommee Liebfrauenplatz. Elles font ressortir l'emplacement du chœur.

Notes et références

J. Baum: Drei Mainzer Hallenkirchen. Fribourg, 1906
G. Bittens: Der Dom zu Mainz und seine Umgebung im Laufe der Jahrhunderte. Jahrbuch der Volks- und Heimatforschung, Darmstadt 1933-38
Friedrich Schneider : Die ehemalige Liebfrauenkirche. Darmstadt 1878
August Schuchert: Die Mainzer Kirchen und Kapellen. Verlag Johann Falk 3. Söhne, Mainz 1931
Philipp Anton Brück: Die Mainzer Liebfrauenkirche im Jahre 1794, in: Jb. Bistum Mainz 1, 1946, pp. 96-102

Mayence Marie
Église à Mayence
Église détruite
Marches


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Last January it was revealed that after things had become tricky in the US, the copyright trolls behind the action movie London Has Fallen were testing out the Norwegian market.
Reports emerged of letters being sent out to local Internet users by Danish law firm Njord Law, each demanding a cash payment of 2,700 NOK (around US$345). Failure to comply, the company claimed, could result in a court case and damages of around $12,000.
The move caused outrage locally, with consumer advice groups advising people not to pay and even major anti-piracy groups distancing themselves from the action. However, in May 2017 it appeared that progress had been made in stopping the advance of the trolls when another Njord Law case running since 2015 hit the rocks.
The law firm previously sent a request to the Oslo District Court on behalf of entertainment company Scanbox asking ISP Telenor to hand over subscribers' details. In May 2016, Scanbox won its case and Telenor was ordered to hand over the information.
On appeal, however, the tables were turned when it was decided that evidence supplied by the law firm failed to show that sharing carried out by subscribers was substantial.
Undeterred, Njord Law took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. The company lost when a panel of judges found that the evidence presented against Telenor's customers wasn't good enough to prove infringement beyond a certain threshold. But Njord Law still wasn't done.
More than six months on, the ruling from the Supreme Court only seems to have provided the company with a template. If the law firm could show that the scale of sharing exceeds the threshold set by Norway's highest court, then disclosure could be obtained. That appears to be the case now.
In a ruling handed down by the Oslo District Court in January, it's revealed that Njord Law and its partners handed over evidence which shows 23,375 IP addresses engaged in varying amounts of infringing behavior over an extended period. The ISP they have targeted is being kept secret by the court but is believed to be Telenor.
While rejecting some categories, the court was satisfied that 21,804 IP addresses of the 23,375 IP addresses presented by Njord Law met or exceeded the criteria for disclosure. It's still not clear how many of these IP addresses identify unique subscribers but many thousands are expected.
"For these users, it has been established that the gravity, extent, and harm of the infringement are so great that consideration for the rights holder's interests in accessing information identifying the [allegedly infringing] subscribers is greater than the consideration of the subscribers'," the court writes in its ruling.
While the ISP (Telenor) will now have to spend time and resources disclosing its subscribers' personal details to the law firm, it will be compensated for its efforts. The Oslo District Court has ordered Njord Law to pay costs of NOK 907,414 (US$115,822) plus NOK 125 (US$16.00) for every IP address and associated details it receives.
The decision can be appealed but when contacted by Norwegian publication Nettavisen, Telenor declined to comment on the case.
There is now the question of what Njord Law will do with the identities it obtains. It seems very likely that it will ask for a sum of money to make a potential lawsuit go away but it will still need to take an individual subscriber to court in order to extract payment, if they refuse to pay.
This raises the challenge of proving that the subscriber is the actual infringer when it could be anyone in a household. But that battle will have to wait until another day.


The United States now offers $25 million for Bin Laden's successor.
The numbers are determined based on perceived threat and may change if, for example, a terrorist gets promoted or demoted in their organization.
Yet one economist notes that $25 million seems too low when compared to the trillion dollars spent on the Afghanistan invasion.
If instead the United States had offered $500 million or a billion everybody could potentially have been saved a lot of trouble, grief, and money.
Critics note that such a high offer could result in even more false leads that would result in wasted time.
But false leads are the cost of doing business – and the government seems willing to accept that costs given the tremendous amount of false leads that must be generated by the NSA's bulk metadata collection.
Moreover there's not much of an incentive to offer false leads – no money will change hands as a result of it.
Other critics note that the bounty may in fact be too high. $25 million may seem too abstract and potential informants may not appreciate just how much it is.
Read more musings about the subject here.


She was an extraordinary force in everyone's life that had the good fortune to spend time with her; and all of us who did so are better people as a result.
Jane Knowles Willet, beloved wife and mother peacefully passed away May 3, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jane is survived by her loving husband of 35 years, Don, son Bruce Brown, daughter-in-law Debi Gardner, brother Jim Knowles and many nieces and nephews. Jane lived a full life and will be remembered as a generous and loving wife, mother and friend. Jane considered herself a wealthy and fortunate woman as a result of all the wonderful people that were part of her life. During her five years of cancer treatment, she enjoyed wonderful support from her many friends in Newport Beach and the desert. One wish Jane had was that she hoped she had given back half of the love, laughter, compassion, companionship and fun that she received from those that she loved throughout her life.
Jane had a wide range of hobbies and volunteer interests to which she devoted time and passion. These included Republican politics, golf, bridge, sailing, ice skating and tennis. She loved to travel and had made several wonderful trips in recent years with her dear friend, Diane.
Please go to www.JanesCelebrationofLife.com for information regarding a celebration of life. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Desert Cancer Foundation — In memory of Jane Willet, 74091 Larrea St., Palm Desert, CA 92260, www.desertcancerfoundation.org.


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He m. Vincennes, 21 Feb 1906, IDA M. KATZORKE, b. Peoria, IL, 7 May 1884; dau of Frank and Julia (Marvue) Katzorke.
i MARTHA12, b. 29 Aug 1907; m. Mr. ETTLEMAN.
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