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Bill Gifford
Bike Racing Depends on Peter Sagan
Clever, goofy, charismatic, and fast, the two-time world champion may never win the Tour de France (he's not a climber), but he just might be the star who saves bike racing
Peter Sagan is late, and the crowd is getting antsy. About 50 kids, ages seven to thirteen, are eyeing a row of gleaming new Specialized mountain bikes that are about to become theirs—if and when this "Peter" kid shows up. Small skirmishes break out as parents try to restrain their offspring from lunging at the precious pink and orange rides.
It's November 2016, and Sagan is in Southern California to host an exclusive charity ride. Two hundred fans have ponied up as much as $3,000 apiece to spend the weekend rolling and schmoozing with the two-time world champion, a 27-year-old from Slovakia who is the closest thing to a cycling celebrity since the days of you-know-who. The ride was supposed to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, including this bike giveaway to deserving local kids. But now the star and his entourage have gone AWOL somewhere on the grounds of the Westlake Village Inn, a romantic expanse of Tuscan-style villas, small lakes and bridges, and even a vineyard, which once played host to The Bachelorette.
"He's a once-in-a-generation rider," his rival Mark Cavendish, a sprinter not normally given to praise, has said. "He's making us all look like juniors."
Scanning the horizon desperately, the emcee, a young woman in a Boys and Girls Club T-shirt, grabs the microphone and tries a diversionary tactic. "Peter! Peter! Peter!" she chants. A few kids and parents join in, but then the noise dies down, having failed to produce Peter.
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The emcee changes tack and asks a more basic question: "Can anybody raise their hand and tell me who Peter is?"
After some awkward silence, one boy pipes up: "He's a man who races his own bike!"
"Yes!" the host says, a little relieved.
A little girl chimes in. "He's Peter Pan!"
Which is an even better answer, as we'll soon see.
Sagan's rivals wish that he would be late more often, particularly at the finish line. Over the past two years, he's usually been the one waiting for them—in the process, establishing himself as the most compelling and entertaining cyclist of his generation. Sagan won the world-championship road race in Richmond, Virginia, in September 2015, attacking the last climb and dropping his chasers on the downhill. In 2016, he came out strong and won two tough spring classics, Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders, followed that summer by three days in yellow at the Tour de France. There he won three stages and took home his fifth green sprinter's jersey in five outings. If he wins this year, he'll tie Erik Zabel's record of six in a row.
That would have qualified as an extraordinary year for any rider, but Sagan wasn't done. He took a break from the road to race in the mountain-bike event at the Rio Olympics, for the typically Saganesque reason that it seemed like "more fun." He started dead last and threaded his way to the front before he flatted on the second lap and dropped out of contention. Several weeks later, in Qatar, he came back to take a second world title on the road, beating a stacked field of sprinters. It was a stunning feat: only five other riders have ever won two world championships in a row. "Is just lottery," Sagan told me with a shrug.
Almost no one else sees it that way. "He's a once-in-a-generation rider," his rival Mark Cavendish, a sprinter not normally given to praise, has said. "He's making us all look like juniors." Others compare him to Eddy Merckx, widely considered the best all-around bike racer ever. Like Sagan, Merckx was a versatile athlete who won many one-day races but also took the Tour de France overall five times, a goal that may not be in Sagan's reach. Because of his relatively large size—he usually weighs around 175 pounds—his one weakness is long climbs, which are essential to winning the Tour.
After he signed a contract with the Tinkoff-Saxo team, reportedly worth between $4.4 million and $6.5 million a year, he started shopping around for a replica of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard.
Even so, Sagan has electrified a sport that has needed a dash of joy lately. When he's not winning races, he's lighting up YouTube with one-handed wheelies and other impromptu stunts, like riding his bike straight up onto the roof of a car and into the rack. In his most popular effort, he and his wife, Kate, spoofed "You're the One That I Want," the big-finish number in Grease. "We are actors," Sagan said during last year's Tour de France, after he and yellow-jersey winner Chris Froome pulled off an audacious breakaway on a sprint stage. "No, we are artists."
In the media, he's famed for koan-like Sagan-isms, the product of a quirky mind and still somewhat-limited English: "Tour is Tour." "Uphill. Downhill. I like that." "I will think about tomorrow tomorrow."
Best of all, with Sagan, there's never been a whisper of rumor about doping. Although, when I pointed that out to his agent and his press spokesman, they both said, in unison, "So far!"
A day before the charity ride, I drive over to Malibu to interview the champion. He has just come back from two weeks in Bora Bora, his longest vacation in years, and he looks tanned and relaxed, his signature chestnut mane—which he hadn't cut in more than two years—streaked with blond highlights. He and Kate have been staying in a California-perfect modern house overlooking the ocean, about 45 minutes from Westlake Village. The kitchen hums with blenders and mixers, because Sagan is here to shoot promotional videos for a new sponsor, Osmo Nutrition. There's a sleek lap pool, blond wood everywhere, modern furniture, and contemporary art on the walls. Sagan lounges on the couch, looking right at home.
"He loves coming to America," his former teammate Ted King told me. "He likes the American mindset." Sagan trains at altitude near Lake Tahoe and Park City, Utah, and he has a particular fondness for IHOP and muscle cars. A couple of years ago, after he signed a contract with the Tinkoff-Saxo team, reportedly worth between $4.4 million and $6.5 million a year, he started shopping around for a replica of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard. (Apparently, the show is still big in Slovakia.) He eventually settled on a Dodge Charger, painted gray, with a blown fuel-injected engine. Sagan was still figuring out how to register it legally in emissions-conscious Europe, and the car was marooned in California.
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During races, he rides the way them Duke boys drove, with power slides and acrobatics that strike fear and awe into other riders' hearts. At the 2016 Paris-Roubaix, the biggest cobbled classic of the year, he bunny-hopped a fallen rival, Fabian Cancellara. "His bike-handling skills are like no other," says Jonathan Vaughters, founder and general manager of the U.S.-based Cannondale-Drapac team. "He's got this situational awareness and balance that no one else has."
At the beginning of last season, Sagan showed up to race with something else that no one had: hairy legs. (Whether he was thumbing his nose at one of cycling's hallowed personal-grooming traditions or merely being lazy is anyone's guess.) Earlier this morning in Malibu, he rode up and down the steep driveway on his new red and black Specialized Roubaix while a photographer snapped away. His agents watched nervously as he attempted a no-handed wheelie and then balanced on a slate ledge above the pool.
Such tricks make him a welcome anomaly in a sport that seems ruled by cyborgs. King remembers a miserable spring training ride in Italy in 2011, when they were both on Liquigas-Cannondale. As the group was struggling up a difficult climb, King looked over to see Sagan riding a no-handed wheelie up the hill. "He looked like a circus bear," he says. A painful outing suddenly became fun. The wheelie has since become Sagan's trademark move.
At the moment, Sagan is resting on a couch in the living room, eyeing his interviewer. Most cyclists resemble starving street cats. At a well-muscled six feet, Sagan looks more like a lion. "He's always watching, like a predator," says his friend Scott Tedro, CEO of Sho-Air, a trade-show shipping company that has sponsored Sagan's teams in the past.
He gives relatively few interviews, despite his outsize profile on social media and YouTube, and arranging this sit-down required the pulling of many strings. In Europe, he's besieged by journalists who want to talk to him; his face is plastered on billboards and shows up in TV commercials. A UK sports-business magazine recently ranked him the 26th most marketable athlete in the world, ahead of Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi. In the U.S., his celebrity is more limited: on the first night of the charity event, a security guard demanded to see his entry wristband.
For all Sagan's antics on the bike, the lovable eccentric proves to be surprisingly guarded in person. Perhaps it's because of his sudden fame and wealth; perhaps he's weary of answering the same questions over and over. When I open with a softball about his holiday, he turns to his agent, perplexed. "Is this going to be about my vacation?" he asks, in Italian.
Sagan was an unknown in 2008 when he showed up at the junior world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy, and crushed the field by a minute and a half. VeloNews editor in chief Fred Dreier remembers trying to interview him after the race, something that proved difficult, since the Slovakian spoke no English. Dreier was impressed by the young champion's sheer physicality.
"The other racers in the field looked like typical boys, with baby faces and skinny legs," he recalls. "Then there was Peter Sagan. He looked like a big, burly man, with bulging leg muscles and huge veins running down his calves. He was 18 but looked like he could walk into a saloon, order a beer, and then kick somebody's ass."
Born two months after the Berlin Wall came down, Sagan grew up in Zilina, an industrial city of about 85,000 in what is now Slovakia. His father, Lubomir, was a former barman who opened a small grocery store after the fall of Communism. Peter, the baby among four kids, was raised in part by his elder sister while his parents worked nonstop. When the big European supermarket chains began moving into Eastern Europe, his entrepreneurial dad closed the store and opened a pizza shop.
Sagan was too adventurous for school. One day he wandered off from kindergarten and made his way back home, a journey of well over a mile. "He was always questioning things, and he was never satisfied with an answer like, 'You're too young for this,' " says Kate. "He was always pushing, pushing."
When Peter was eight, his brother Juraj (pronounced "you-rye") got into mountain biking, and Peter followed his lead. Juraj was 13 months older, and pretty soon they realized that their primary competition was each other. Peter rode mostly because it was fun; winning was something that just sort of happened along the way. He won one race on a department-store bike he borrowed from his sister. He dabbled in downhill mountain biking and on the track as well, developing the bike-handling and tactical skills that would later help him win professional races. The family traveled around Eastern Europe, going to events in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. After Peter's world-championship victory on the mountain bike and a second-place finish in cyclocross, the pro teams came calling.
"I remember watching him at 2010 Paris-Nice and thinking, Good Lord, who is this rookie who's destroying everybody?" says King. In his pro debut, the 2010 Tour Down Under, he made himself known by dropping Lance Armstrong on a climb. He followed that up six weeks later by winning two stages of Paris-Nice, a notoriously hard early-season stage race, despite having an armful of stitches. Two years after that, he nabbed the first stage of his first Tour de France (and the third, and the sixth—enough to claim the sprinter's jersey).
He won with seeming ease, often by surprise, and generally without help. He almost never has teammates in the finale of a big race, preferring instead to surf the wheels of the other favorites, waiting for the right moment. "Most people in the peloton are scared of him, just his abilities," Froome told the Associated Press. "He can do everything. He chooses when he wants to go in the breakaway, how he wants to ride the finish."
'I love riding my bike. I don't care how much I get paid.'
Occasionally, fans were reminded that he was basically still an adolescent—like the time in March of 2013 when he pinched a podium girl's behind while cameras rolled. He apologized almost immediately and brought the woman flowers a week later, but the Twitter backlash lasted for days. It didn't help that he'd also been videoed autographing a fan's breast.
He's grown up since then, partly thanks to Kate, who he met within weeks of the butt-pinching incident. She's also from Slovakia, blond, finely featured, and, importantly, nearly three years older. Her father and brother were in construction and worked on Sagan's house in Zilina. The couple got married there a year and a half ago. Sagan dressed in traditional Slovakian garb and, for kicks, rode a bicycle suspended on a wire more than ten feet above the ground.
Other than for holidays, the Sagans rarely go home. Not that they don't want to; they simply can't. Peter is a national hero, and he gets mobbed everywhere he goes. There was even a satirical play about him, called Tourminator, that ran for years in his hometown.
"In Slovakia, it's everybody—it's just too much," he says. The Sagans' home—in glitzy Monaco—is quieter, weirdly. They are on the road most of the time, global sporting nomads. They went to Bora Bora straight from the World Championships in Qatar, so by the time they make it back to Monaco, they will have been away for more than six weeks, circumnavigating the world in the process. Looking into Sagan's eyes, I get the sense that he's deeply, deeply tired.
When Sagan flies home, it will be to a whole new set of responsibilities. He'll be anchoring a new team, after a difficult two years on Saxo-Tinkoff, where he suffered under the mercurial rule of Russian banker slash cycling aficionado slash tyrant Oleg Tinkov. When Sagan failed to deliver a Tour de France stage win in 2015—placing second or third an absurd seven times and extending a two-year winless streak—Tinkov mused that he wished he could cut Sagan's salary.
Demoralized, Sagan started shopping for a midseason transfer. One of the first teams he approached was U.S.-based Cannondale-Garmin (now Cannondale-Drapac), which could pay only about half of what he got from Tinkoff, according to team general manager Vaughters. Sagan was interested anyway. "I said to him, 'You're really going to leave the largest contract in cycling?' " Vaughters recalls. "He said, 'I love riding my bike. I don't care how much I get paid.' " The deal ultimately fell through.
Sagan addresses the topic obliquely. "You have good periods and you have bad periods. You have also crazy sometimes," he says. "It's a lot about what people you have around you. If you have always negative people around you, it is bad."
Despite the fact that these are hypercompetitive Type A cyclists, nobody takes advantage of the chance to drop the world champion.
He adds: "It is how I see the life."
His new team, Bora-Hansgrohe, is built mostly around him (and, as always, includes his brother Juraj). This is novel, given his preference for freelancing during the lead-up to big sprints. While Sagan appreciates having teammates, he says he still prefers flying solo, which suits his temperament and gives him the advantage of surprise. "They can make the tactics," he says of his rivals. "I have just follow."
"He leads with a sort of quiet humility," says King. "It's awesome. You want to go to work for him. He's not barking orders at you."
But Sagan also knows that, in his second year in the rainbow-striped world champion's jersey, he will be a marked man. It's not going to be so easy to pull his trademark surprise attacks. This will prove true in the 2017 spring classics campaign, when Sagan will find himself stymied by the negative tactics of rival teams, who seem to be riding more to make him lose than for themselves to win. He'll come away with a close second at Milan–San Remo, a disappointing 27th at the Tour of Flanders, after a freakish crash, and well off the podium at Paris-Roubaix, which he really hoped to win.
Will he ever win the Tour de France? He doubts it. He is a power rider, good at punching his way up shorter, steeper inclines, then out-kicking his rivals to the line. He thrives in one-day races with a few sharp hills. Still, if the Tour course isn't too mountainous and the other cards fall into place—like he escapes in a breakaway, gains time on the climbers, and rides a decent time trial—anything is possible. "It's all destiny, because I never did any decision," Sagan muses. "It was always life bringing me here, in this point where
I am now."
The next day, Sagan leads a pack of some 400 road cyclists up into the coastal mountains (including the paying guests and various hangers-on). At the top of the first big climb, the group stops at an espresso truck, and the champion is mobbed by delirious American cycling fans. He poses for selfie after selfie, the smile never leaving his face. He actually seems to enjoy this.
On the next climb, surrounded by superfit Southern California riders, he tells the group to ride ahead without him. It's hard to tell if he's joking, but he says, "I am three weeks in the vacation with no bike! Go ahead!"
The following afternoon, most of the guests have packed up and left when the kids start streaming into the plaza. It proves to be an excellent chance to see Sagan in his element. "He has like two sides, I think," Kate had told me. "One is like there is a big child in him, and one is a very responsible person."
Today at the charity event, the responsible person told the big child to show up, which he does, albeit a little late and looking slightly sheepish. He clacks across the cement in his cycling shoes and walks over to the row of bikes. The kids press forward, and he hands each one a brand-new toy, with a helmet thrown in. One by one, they hop aboard and their parents buckle the helmets on and send them off to wobble around the area; amazingly, no one falls.
Then Peter gets on his own mountain bike and sails into the sea of swirling kids. Soon they're clustered around as he bunny-hops and does wheelies, showing off his moves like he's just another, bigger child. Peter Pan looks the happiest he's been all weekend.
Bill Gifford is an Outside contributing editor.
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Q: Get install date from managed code Is there a managed API to retrieve an application's install date using the Product GUID?
Thanks.
Scott

A: The "proper" way to get to that information is to use ::MsiGetProductInfo().  PInvoke should be trivial.

A: Thanks Rob! I've added a complete C# example below.
    [DllImport("msi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    static extern Int32 MsiGetProductInfo(string product, string property, [Out] StringBuilder valueBuf, ref Int32 len);

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Int32 len = 512;
        var builder = new StringBuilder(len);
        MsiGetProductInfo("{0db93d2f-a9e7-417f-9425-5e61e82c0868}", "InstallDate", builder, ref len);

        var installDate = DateTime.ParseExact(builder.ToString(), "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

        Console.WriteLine(installDate);
    }

A: I don't know about any API which will do that, but you could try to read the value from the Registry directly. Check the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{product-id}
    InstallDate = 20081004

The information stored under the Uninstall key is displayed e.g. in Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs.

A: The InstallDate key in the registry is not always there, especially when the program has not been installed with through MSI (as for example Adobe Flash Player Plugin, DAEMON Tools, 7-ZIP, Picasa, TeamViewer, Mozilla Firefox).

A: Another "proper" way is to get the creation date of some file you know for "sure" is added by installer. In my case it's "unins000.exe" which is (re)created by Inno setup v5. No PInvoke involved but simply use FileInfo's Exists and CreationTime properties!

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Live Poll: A Look at Satchmo - Part I
Louis Armstrong is unquestionably the biggest icon of dixie jazz. He was the king on the trumpet and had a special distinctive voice that was unique. Duke Ellington said about him:
'He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way.'
Please remember Louis Armstrong lived from 1901 to 1971. That was a time when African Americans had even more significant struggles than today.
So I want to know what the audience may think when it actually would come to a biographical biopic, what directors, actors, writers, clothing designers, set decoraters, make-up artists and sound department would you engage to make the trumpet rise up.
(This part)
If you were a producer, with a budget of $60 million or above, which director below would you choose to make a biographical drama about Louis Armstrong?
Poll:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/jjoyGsEK5pc/
Breumaster
Stephen N Russell
Taylor Hackford since did movie Ray.
rocky-o
after what he did with 'bird'...i'd go for clint...
Timothy Gray
Perhaps you should consider adding Damien Chazelle. He hasn't done any African-American themed movies as of yet, but he has done three strongly focused on jazz. A director should not only have an understanding of black culture but also a deep love of jazz music for this movie to be good.
Also for your consideration: Alan Hicks, who directed 'Keep On Keepin' On', a 2014 biographical film about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry,
and Spike Lee (Mo' Better Blues, 1990)
Thank you for contributing. :D
I put Damien Chazelle and Spike Lee in. I think they're both adequate directors to do the right thing. ;) I'm not really sure about Alan Hicks. Making a documentation is the one thing, but can he dramatize the life of Louise Armstrong? I don't write about a pure documentation. I want to get more emotional insights about his life like in the movies about the other musicians, e.g. in 'Ray' or 'Get on up'.
By the way, this polls would all stay fictional. I'm no producer. I just want to know how the community would start this movie that isn't planned. But I must admit, it would be nice, if some good filmmakers would pick up the subject and show the audience how Louis Armstrong's life was with all his ups and downs.
I just put Chazelle and Lee in the list. I guess they would do fine.
Groovy. I didn't realize Keep on Keepin' On was a documentary when I posted the comment, but I'm glad the other two suggestions were satisfactory.
'Swing Kids' forever. ;) Keep on swingin' :D
TheMovieSmith
Eastwood or Spielberg
Jen, Champion
Julie Taymor - might be a funky version of his life - Frida, Across the Universe, Broadway's Lion King
Martin Scorsese - could be a VERY interesting take - maybe go into the dark side of being a black performer in that time period - Wolf of Wall Street, Shine a Light, The Aviator, Goodfellas
Dee Rees - Pariah, Mudbound
Jordan Peele - I'd love to see his version of Satchmo's life - Get Out
Mario Van Peebles - Panther, Baadasssss! (aka How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass)
And I wouldn't pick him but Tyler Perry should be on this list.
Hello, Jen.
Thank you for contributing. I put in Jordan Peele and Julie Taylor. I've klicked the movies of Tyler Perry on IMDb and I can't imagine he would do this well, even without to have seen his movies. Satchmo was a very special high-performer. This thing would take an director who is outstanding in a special way. Is there a special cause, why I should put Tyler Perry on the list? I put martin Scorsese on the list, but first I thought he allways shows the life of white people. Can he do black heroes as well? Remember he's old and I sure don't want to put him in charge for something. But when he does, it sure would be a clear portrait in oldstyle anyway, because he is outstanding for sure. I believe in him. So I put him on the list. ;) Thank you for contributing. :)
Your reasons for not including Scorsese are ridiculous. He's too old? =^/ He's white? Some of your options on the poll are white. And Scorsese's considered one of our greatest living directors.
This is a missunderstanding. ;) I didn't mean Scorsese is unsuitable, because he is white. I just hinted on the fact, that I've not seen any Scorsese movie that has a black leading role or a bigger black supporting role. his actors are mostly white. ;) And he is old enough to have learned oldscool-thinking about black people in his youth. But I don't want to prejudge him or say something completely false on him. When you look at his movies, which were about black people? 'Wolf of Wallstreet', 'Hugo Cabret', 'Goodfellas', 'The Departed', 'Casino', etc ... I've not seen one movie from him, where black people had a role that matters. For my defence - if I'm wrong - I've NOT seen ALL of his movies. ;)) Maybe there were some, so please tell me. And ... he is in the list. :D
Clint Eastwood sometimes used black protagonists, i know. So I put him in from the start of this suggestion on the list. :) I know, he is white, too. :D
Some pro's why I have put Scorsese on the list:
+ He is a top-director, highly acclaimed in any way
+ He has experience showing the 20's, 30's ... 60's ...
+ He got the composure to do such a picture
+ He did some high-worthy biographic movies
+ He has the necessary connections and possibilities.
There are many more for sure, but these above are 'good' to 'very necessary' to do such a high quality movie with dignity for it's musical-icon that should be uphold, even by telling the whole biographical truth.
dgranger
I voted for Scorsese for something you totally had missed and this will make you back peddle on that " I just hinted on the fact, that I've not seen any Scorsese movie that has a black leading role or a bigger black supporting role."
Look at his documentaries and video shorts. Many of them are concert films, music videos and, yes, documentaries about rock, the blues and Jazz music. Three will cause you to back peddle super hard.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/?...
- "Woodstock" he was second unit director on that one.
- The Last Waltz - a concert film about "The Band"
- "Shine a Light" a Rolling Stones concert film
- "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" (2011) - Yeah, George Harrison of The Beatles.
- "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" about the singer songwriter Bob Dylan.
- and maybe "Vinyl".
Now the three:
- "Micheal Jackson: Bad" video
- Feel Like Going Home episode on a series documentary, "The Blues".
- Scorsese was not only the executive producer of Lightning in a Bottle (2004), He was also the producer of the concert itself on which the movie was based on.
Someone may need to apologize to Marty.
Oops, I forgot producer of a documentary biography on Blind Will Johnson The Soul of a Man (2003).
I'm sorry Marty for missing that one of yours.
No, I won't apologize. And I don't know why are you so dogged to that point.
I put him on the list, so what? I just said, I haven't seen him directing black
leading actors - not that he hasn't ever directed black leading actors or bigger
black supporting actors. There is a slight difference between those contents
you should look for.
You could have looked earlier for "Shine a Light", Michael Jackson's Bad
video and all you mentioned above. I can't know everything he did. And I
just said "I don't know" - If no one corrects me - It's not my fault.
You seem to have investigated only to see me backpeddle. I won't !
I wrote his great pro's on the comment and put him on the list. I
don't have to backpeddle. ;D It was not a try to mock Mr. Scorsese,
so I don't have to apologize. I always was a fan of his work, he is great !
Quote of Breumaster:
And he is old enough to have learned oldscool-thinking about black people in his youth. But I don't want to prejudge him or say something completely false on him. When you look at his movies, which were about black people? 'Wolf of Wallstreet', 'Hugo Cabret', 'Goodfellas', 'The Departed', 'Casino', etc ... I've not seen one movie from him, where black people had a role that matters. For my defence - if I'm wrong - I've NOT seen ALL of his movies. ;)) Maybe there were some, so please tell me
End of Quote.
I had the fear, he could be not suitable. But I also state clearly, that I don't want to prejudge him or say something completely false on him. It's not easy for me handling 'suspucious circumstances' political correct or diplomatically. That's I'm apologizing for. But I sure didn't want to mock Martin Scorsese. ;)
But thank you for teaching me, he worked with black leads. Now I know that,
too. Next time I can take this to my considerations.
Actually the back peddling was the secondary part. What drew my attention is that you didn't list any of his concert films where he had to work with musicians and performers on stage and an audience. I think that might help.it also shows that he has a love for music. But I can see how you could have over looked it because they were listed as documentaries on the IMDb.
Yes, so it is. I didn't knew about them. But now I feel more and more good to have put him on the list. And now even more because I know, I was wrong about missing some details. I got so much to keep in my head from the job I do ... I can't really go into all details of moviebiz without neglecting other urgent things in live. But I'm glad you mentioned some Details that complete my view on Mr. Scorsese - or Marty - in some other ways. ;)
'Interesting idea. Of those on the list, Spike Lee or Scorsese.
Sean Baker (he makes films like nothing anyone has seen before and he & Satchmo seem like a perfect fit because of several artistic choices he's made; his aesthetic palette mixed with Armstrong's story and music would be pure, vivid color)
Dee Rees (did a film about Bessie Smith, as well as Oscar/critic winner 'Mudbound,' and others)
Todd Haynes ('widely considered one of the best directors; did biopics of Bob Dylan and 80s glad rock)
hey fruit...really like the idea of todd haynes taking his unique perspective to this...armstrong's life was very faceted and to see each played out similar to what he did with dylan would be interesting to say the least...
Please help me about Sean Baker. When I search for him, I find plenty of Sean Bakers. Todd Haynes seems to have made interesting movies about Musc, too. But to me it seems that he has only minor experience with black actors. But I didn't watch a movie of him, so I can easily be wrong. Can you tell me more about him? :) Dee Rees is in, I think she's a good choice I didn't think of. :D
He (Baker) made The Florida Project and Tangerine.
Dennis Haysbert was one of three leads in Haynes's Far From Heaven.
I've put Todd Haynes to the list. I don't have seen any movie of him, but I feel more confident about choosing him, now. He seems to had made some good drama's and even one good biography, so why not. :) But to be honest - if the list would be full of better picks and there were one better pick, I would eventually kick him from the list.
By Sean Baker, I'm still unsure. Just only Oscar-experience isn't enough for such a project of high-dignity. It's more about - if the director would be suitable for this movie. Loius Armstrong was and is a icon to nearly every jazz-lover. Don't underestimate the thoughts of music-lovers. Jazz-lovers sure want to look at an adequate picture. :)
So when it comes to directors I haven't seen anything from, it's hard for me to rely on suggestions. I hope you understand my intention. Making such a movie sure wouldn't be a low-budget production. Everything below 60 million dollars wouldn't be adequate for such a film. If I would be a producer, I would take a closer look to each directing-candidate, if he could do that movie. But I'm no producer - I'm just a german, who is interested in such a (for now ) fictional project. But why not do as it were serious? :)
So I want to know something about the director I put to the list. And I must rely on your words as I as an amateur don't have the opportunity or the insight to really choose B-directors I haven't seen movies from. ;)
Why should I put Baker on the list? What makes you sure, he could do such a movie? Maybe I should watch this movies you mentioned?
I think Rocky makes a good point about Haynes' handling of a multi-faceted life.
If Baker can make one of the most acclaimed films of 2015 ('Tangerine') with an e-phone and almost no budget, and easily one of the most acclaimed films of the decade ('The Florida Project') with an incredibly modest budget and a cast that only included only one professional actor (Willem Dafoe), I can't imagine the masterpiece he could make with the budget he's likely to be offered for whatever his next project is. He's arguably the most empathetic directors working and this gives me another opportunity to recommend 'The Florida Project' to yet another poll author, lol. (https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poll-suggestion-imdb-poll-board-top-5-picks-for-2017?rfm=1&a...)
Lee Daniels, Steven Spielberg, Eastwood, and Taylor have a real talent for overdoing the obvious, packing complexities into binaries, and devolving into sentimentality. I can't imagine Rees, Haynes and Baker ever doing those things.
When you look at the list, Haynes is in for about some hours. For such a movie in this fictional poll-list-example, you need many black actors and maybe some actors who are well paid, some people who demand their money for extraordinary performance. So the main characters may cost a bit. I like your comment, but I think it's an error to expect a director does more when he gets more money. I thought that, when Aronofsky got a big budget for doing 'Noah'. That was the first time I was disappointed by one of his movies. Money isn't all of it. :(
Motivation and talent is a good way for a good movie. If the director himself says ok, ok, I do that, just because it's a lot of money doesn't guarantee a good movie. I will watch one or two of Bakers movies. But with 'The Florida Project' it's the first time, I heard of him. Please understand me. I'm a big fan of Satchmo's music. It could be that it needs more than money. Baker would need connections to music departments, older people that knew Armstrong personally for enquiring his life, links to older musicians who can talk about him, employees who investigate the legal situation, copyrights, and so on, and so on. This would be a movie for a machinery of connected people working on it. ;) It's the question, if this movie is motivating enough for Baker. I still can't consider, if he would rock it.
I will watch 'The Florida Project' soon when it comes to rent on Amazon. And yes, despite the fact that some directors might overdo, all-in-all it will be a dramtized biography. Just think about scorsese's 'Goodfellas' or the very good 'Texas Buyers Club' from Jean-Marc Vallée. Good Drama-biographys are allways a little pushed in a dramatical way. As long as it's not to far of the way, it might be good. I'll watch out for some movies of Baker. ;) Maybe that changes my mind.
Ok, I put Baker on the list. :)
Peter, Champion
A few corrections:
"Louis Armstrong unquestionably is the biggest icon of dixie jazz."
"If you were a producer - with a budget of $60 Million or above: Which director below would you choose to make a biographical drama about Louis Armstrong?"
In general, try to keep it simple so voters are not confused by the text.
Thank you much! I always struggle with writing english from a German p.o.v. I don't want to confuse, but accidently do it by mixing english with german grammar. It's so good to be in touch with you and the other buddies on getsatisfaction for getting better. I learn so much, sometimes I turn back by old habbits. But you know - practice makes perfect (or at least better). I corrected that.
I've seen some buddies on getsatisfaction mark the changes in bold. That's more easy for me to correct and i see the mistake in one look. But anayway each help is welcome by me. :)
Thank you, Peter. :)
Corrections:
Louis Armstrong is unquestionably the biggest icon of dixie jazz.
#19: Moulin Rouge
Thank you. I corrected it. :D By 'Moulin Rouge' my keyboard again swallowed the typo. I guess I have to buy a new one, soon. :)
Yay, this is really looking good!
Your intro is quite good, too; I just have a few suggested edits, most in bold below:
According to the choice of IMDb poll board users: If you were a producer, with a budget of $60 million or above, which director below would you choose to make a biographical drama about Louis Armstrong?
(Note: This poll is a fictional issue.)
Ok, I've changed that. Looks good, now.
I've a workmate at my job, who is from Greece. He has the same struggles with the german language as I have to find the right english words. So I can understand his situation very good. But he does speak english much better than me. ;)
English is a ridiculously difficult language: among other oddities, it has almost as many exceptions to rules as it has rules, lol. Most first-language speakers have problems with it, especially when writing. I'm a writer and have studied it for a long time and have often taught it and I still have to double check things on a pretty regular basis. You do a great job.
I have always struggled with languages other than my first language of English. I taught English in China for a year and, at first, I couldn't get my students to speak in class. The way I finally got them to relax a bit was to speak Mandarin to them: they laughed so hard that the school's principal came up to make sure everything was alright. Even then, my Mandarin was atrocious, as is my Spanish, and my Russian is now almost non-existent. I'm not the least bit proficient in any other language than English so I envy and admire anyone who can communicate with more than one language. :)
Cool, thanks. :D
What a Wonderful Poll ...
I'm too late for this one. I like the poll and the subject matter.
I feel that you need a director who knows how to direct a musical and has a love for jazz. But just any jazz, but Schmo's which was more, as you said, "Dixie Jazz", but he could do big band swing too. I think you would need a director who loves jazz music (which is why Eastwood did so well with "Bird" and "Honky Tonk Man" - he is a jazz enthusiast and also loves country music too).
I would have suggested Frances Ford Coppola because of his The Cotton Club because (please forgive me if I sound like Edna Mode here), because "It was BOLD! It was DARING! And stylish too. Don't forget that part." He understands the era and he understands music. He grew up in it. Born 1936.
Another suggestion, but this film involves a more sophisticated type of jazz, Steve Kloves (the writer directs too), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). I also nominate him for writing the screenplay too.
Louie played a cornet, not a trumpet. Big difference between the two brass instruments.
If you want too see Schmo in film, I suggest not only his cameo in "Hollo Dolly", where they used his version of the musical play's title song another the orginnal version, but also his appearances in The Five Pennies And others where he played himself.
Enjoy this from "The Five Pennies" - oh before you view it, understand two things when viewing it. 1) Don't confuse it as a comedy when you see Danny Kaye here, it is a serious dramatic bio picture of the life of Red Nichols. 2) Since you are German, understand that whistling in America is opposite to what it is in Europe. whistling in Europe, as I understand it, means booing or disapprove. In America, it means wild enthusiastic applause.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QCZ4KCN...
'the five pennies' is one of the best...
"Hello Dolly" - who hasn't? ;)
I Thought, he played different instruments. Trumpets, the cornet and the trombone.
For sure he played so ardent and intens, each piece of music from him is pure passion andjoy of life. Even his darker masterpieces like 'Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya' is so packed with musicaljoy. I like mostly the not so white pieces like 'Basin Street', 'Kiss of Fire', 'A Kiss to Build a Dream on', 'The Dummy Song' or 'Don't Fence me in'. The most popular are a little ear-worn, even if they are beautiful. ;) I've seen him in a few roles. But on his private life, I do know nothing. Now it's a few years, that Schmo has left earth (1971, 7.6.) so think it would be time to someone make a groundbreaking movie about him. ;)
I think you could advise me with this poll-suggestions. You seem to have a more profound knowledge of him, so we both could do this together. I have a suggestion with the writers (Part III). But no still Part IV. If you want, you could suggest Part IV with some more interesting things like the sample of masterpieces that should be cornerstones in his life. like e.g. The time when Louis came to the good book and did gospels. Or the time, when he was bigger renowned in his later life. Or something like that.
Everyone still can suggest. The more users do, the better it should get. It could be dynamic. :D
And for your listening pleasure, two scene from Howard Hawkes' A Song Is Born. (1948).
What makes it so sweet is that many swing and Jass and Big Band musicians are playing themselves in the movie (except Benny Goodman, Clarinet, was playing one of the professors in the film).
Louis Armstrong - Cornet
Benny Goodman - Clarinet
Lionel Hampton - Vibraphone
Mel Powell - Piano
Tommy Dorsey - Trombone
Charlie Barnet - Sax and band leader
Samba Kings
The Golden Gate Quartette ( honestly, I had never heard of them but boy did they sound good with their take on that gospel song.)
Page Cavanaugh Trio
Louie Bellson - drums (he played with Duke Ellington). I think he was to stand in for Gene Krupa who was in jail at that time for having been caught and arrested for possession of a small amount of marijuana. But Belkson was excellent in his own right too.
Harry Babasin - bass cello
Alton Hendrickson - Guitar
Only Virginia Mayo, professional actress who could sing, as the Chanteuse Honey, was not a jazz star.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBj_0UG...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wftSKSn...
Thank you, nice! :D
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Why Are National Championship Ticket Prices Dropping So Fast?
John Duffley, January 2, 2019 1:52 pm
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When the Alabama Crimson Tide meet the Clemson Tigers for the fourth year in a row, the first 15-0 national champion in college football history will be crowned. These two programs have dominated in the College Football Playoff era, but this year's title game is going to feel a little different.
On Monday, January 7 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, college football's best teams will square off with after dominating their respective semifinal games. However, a number of factors, including the long distance from their campuses to the game itself, have College Football Playoff ticket prices as the second-cheapest they've been since 2011.
For last year's College Football Playoff national championship game between Alabama and Georgia, the average ticket prices were the most expensive in the last decade. At this time last year, nosebleed seats on StubHub were about $2,000 for the game in Atlanta.
This year is a little different, however. As TicketIQ found, this year's ticket prices have dropped over 50 percent since the playoff semifinal games on December 29 through New Year's Day, and you can now find face-value tickets starting at $196.
Then again, playoff premium game tickets complete with a Gold Level VIP package sold by the College Football Playoff that include a post-game on-field experience, hotel accommodations and exclusive extras are still available for a measly $4,699.
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So, why are ticket prices dropping so quickly? For starters, if you're standing on Clemson University's campus, you have to travel 2,569 miles to get to Levi's Stadium. From the University of Alabama, you'll be going 2,282 miles for a four-hour football game. Location is king when it comes to traveling fan bases, and even the most die-hard football fans are going to have a hard time traveling coast-to-coast, especially with the game played on a Monday night.
For another, maybe fans are tired of Alabama versus Clemson? After the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs, No. 7 Michigan Wolverines, and No. 8 UCF Knights all lost their bowl games, the argument for expanding the College Football Playoff to eight teams is dead. It's clear that college football is dominated by two programs that are so far above the competition in today's game, but fans clearly aren't as interested in this year's game.
With the wide range of prices, many fear that Levi's Stadium may not even sell out for the title game.
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The CFP selection committee absolutely got their playoff matchups right with the teams they chose, even if Notre Dame's Cotton Bowl flop and Oklahoma's Orange Bowl mess looked terrible. Alabama and Clemson are the cream of the crop, and this college football national championship game is exactly what they deserved.
Still, if plummeting ticket prices are any indication, this year's NCAA football final might leave a little something to be desired when it's all said and done.
READ MORE: What Happens When a Longhorn Steer Meets a Bulldog? Chaos.
About the author: John	Duffley, Senior Staff Writer
John joins the FanBuzz team with five years of experience freelancing as a sports writer for TheDupes.net and Football.com. A graduate of Penn State University, John currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).


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High quality components from Jena are on board during such missions. The aerospace specialist Jena Optronik GmbH has achieved national and international success with innovative sensors and camera systems for satellites. This has also been made possible through the national sponsorship of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the German Centre for Aeronautics and Space Administration which has enabled the astronauts in Jena to deploy their innovations on an international stage.
"Optical products from Jena enjoy a worldwide reputation! This success has not just happened by chance: The example of Jena Optronik shows how well and successful the coordination between researchers, developers and companies works in the region and what success is possible as a result. Thuringia and Jena have created a fantastic location and offer an innovation-friendly environment for Jena Optronik and many other high-tech companies" says Brigitte Zypries, the parliamentary state secretary.
Thuringia and Jena, the optical centre of Germany, have enabled the development of internationally successful products through the creation of their cooperative environment between research, science, universities and industries. The location offers a strongly future orientated technological foundation for Jena Optronik in an innovative environment – even beyond the borders of Jena in Thuringia.
"Jena Optronik is the public face of the high-tech location of Thuringia as it is the largest East German aerospace company" says Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia's economics minister. With its new development site the company has created the conditions required to build on its global position as a leading supplier of complex opto-electronic systems. "Jena Optronik is one of those hidden champions that are leaders in their respective areas and who substantially determine technological development internationally as a global leader in attitude control systems and sensors for satellites." The Thuringia economics ministry supported the project with 4.5 million Euros in community project funds 'improvements to the regional economic infrastructure' (GRW).
In the past few years the aerospace company Jena Optronik GmbH, a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space, has developed into one of the market leaders in the area of optical sensors for aerospace applications.
Aerospace products from Jena are deployed worldwide and contribute to the success of both important and spectacular missions.
This development has been recognized by the Airbus Group as the parent company and it has confirmed its long-term commitment in Thuringia by establishing the new production and office buildings in the Jena21 technology park. The building project has created 40 new jobs in the aerospace industry for the Jena location.
The building project is supported by the Free State of Thuringia and co-financed by the European Union within the scope of the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) (Project Nr. 42160098, Registriation Nr. WW120077). The funding amounts to 4.5 million Euros.
The total investment by Airbus including the funds required for buildings specifically for the use of Jena Optronik amounts to 20 million Euros.
A group of building consisting of five components with a floor space of approx. 8,900 m² including a production and test area with approx. 2,000 m² of cleanroom facilities for 250 future employees was built after a construction period of 14 months.
"It gives me great pleasure and makes me very proud to see the outcome of our intensive work in its full beauty and size and be allowed to use it daily. I would now like to thank all those who have supported us - from the architect to the fence builder. A special thank you to our contractor and project partner, Airbus Real Estate and the planning team of HI-Bauprojekt as well as all staff involved who have been actively supporting the project along their normal tasks" says David Hahn, project manager for new building development of Jena Optronik GmbH.


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CJ warns to take strict action against false testimony
Earlier, CJ Asif Saeed Khosa on Monday announced to take strict action against false testimony. The Supreme Court bench headed by the chief justice heard a murder case. During the hearing, the chief justice has remarked that the court is starting a journey towards truth from today, which will entail strict action against those found to be guilty of having given false testimony in court cases. CJP Khosa dismissed a murder case after it was found out that it was based on a false testimony given by a police officer. "All those who have given testimonies, beware. We are starting a journey towards truth from today, March 4," the chief justice said. "If any part of any testimony is found to be false, the whole of it [the testimony] will be disregarded," the chief justice warned. "People who lie in testimonies have ruined the [judicial] system," he remarked. CJP ordered legal proceedings against a policeman on for committing perjury. It is worth mentioning here that ASI Khizar Hayat, who was summoned by the court over allegations of giving false account of a murder incident, was appeared before the bench today. "You were on duty in Wahdat Colony Lahore, while become a witness in a murder incident in Narowal," Chief Justice Khosa addressing the policeman said. " I have given statement on the oath," the ASI replied.
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In August 2018, the Government passed a new law on Public Sector Website Accessibility Regulations. Thus meaning that public sector organisations will need to put in place technical structures to ensure that they are providing a website or digital content that is not indirectly discriminating against disabled people.
While it is expected that new websites will already be published in line with the regulations, all existing public sector websites will need to be updated to comply with requirements by September 2020.
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Three College of Education Students Take Top Honors at Thesis Competition
Three graduate students from the University of Kentucky College of Education took top honors at UK GradResearch Live!, a research showcase and Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. All are studying in the college's Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology. This is the second year in a row for a student in the department to finish in first place.
Natalie Malone
The competition challenged graduate students to effectively communicate their research to a general audience, with a single slide, in three minutes or less. Judges selected Natalie Malone as top winner of the traditional 3MT portion of the competition. The traditional 3MT track is for graduate students nearing completion of their research projects and who have results/conclusions. Malone also received the most votes from audience members, making her winner of the people's choice award. She will move on to compete at a regional 3MT competition of her choice.
In the Pre-3MT track of the competition Kameron White McDaniel finished in first place and Zakary Clements took second place. The Pre-3MT track is for graduate students who have a research proposal, but do not yet have results or conclusions. While the traditional 3MT track winners were selected by a panel of judges, the Pre-3MT track winners were selected by audience votes.
Malone, who is working on her Ph.D. in counseling psychology, is advised by Dr. Candice Hargons, an assistant professor of counseling psychology. Her 3MT presentation provided a glimpse into the work she has done with Hargons as part of the RISE^2 Lab's Healing Racial Trauma study.
"The data from our study is rich with intimate details shared by Black students about their experiences with racism, racial trauma, identity, and coping," Malone said. "I chose the topic because I wanted to honor their responses and bring our findings to life."
Malone plans to pursue a career as a professor and clinician. Her research interests include topics surrounding social justice, and Black women's intersectional experience of love, sex, and spirituality.
"As a future professor, clinician, and activist, my interests will inform all domains of my career," Malone said "Additionally, I will address systemic-level barriers to mental health affecting communities of color, promote sex-positivity, and celebrate all expressions of Black love throughout the diaspora."
Kameron White McDaniel
McDaniel, who is a first-year Ph.D. student in educational psychology, is advised by Dr. Kenneth Tyler, professor and chair in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology.
The driving force behind her future research lies within how Black girls develop their racial identity beliefs during high school. She has worked as a teacher and high school counselor in Fayette and Jefferson counties and wants to use that experience, along with her own memories of navigating high school, to shape her research.
"In high school and college, I was often one of a handful of Black girls in advanced classes and/or predominantly White spaces," McDaniel said. "I was trying to maintain my Black identity while also not being perceived as the stereotypical 'Black girl.' Black girls have a lot to navigate, but these experiences are not consistently looked at critically, in comparison to that of say Black boys, or girls in general. I feel strongly that schools can't implement strategies to help a population they haven't paid attention to, and research can't offer effective strategies for the same reason."
She plans to look at how Black girls' racial identity beliefs relate to their self-efficacy, such as their beliefs about their abilities, and compare those findings between girls in predominantly black and predominantly white schools.
Zakary Clements
Clements, who is a Ph.D. student in counseling psychology, is advised by Dr. Sherry Rostosky, a professor of counseling psychology. His research focuses on the positive aspects of trans identity, a narrative he said is rarely discussed.
Clements received funding from JustFundKY and the UK's Office of LGBTQ* Resources to create a video featuring Kentuckians discussing positive aspects of their trans identity. The areas they touched on – authenticity, intimacy, community, social justice, and insights – have been identified in previous research as being among the top positive aspects of trans identity.
"Obviously, it is a struggle for various reasons, but there are so many gifts that come from this identity and these positive aspects are also empirically documented," Clements said. "I think it is vitally important to connect research to the community, and that is why using community-based research is useful in working with marginalized populations. Having other members of my community talk about their genuinely positive experience of being trans was powerful."
Clements hopes that viewing the video of young trans Kentuckians talking about their positive identities will give hope to others.
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package com.linecorp.armeria.server.encoding;

import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Predicate;

import com.linecorp.armeria.common.HttpRequest;
import com.linecorp.armeria.common.HttpResponse;
import com.linecorp.armeria.common.MediaType;
import com.linecorp.armeria.common.RequestHeaders;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.HttpService;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.ServiceRequestContext;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.SimpleDecoratingHttpService;

/**
 * Decorates an {@link HttpService} to apply HTTP encoding (e.g., gzip) to an {@link HttpService}.
 * HTTP encoding will be applied if:
 *

 *
the client specifies it

 *
the response content type is encodable

 *
the request headers are acceptable

 *
the response either has no fixed content length or the length is larger than 1KB

 *

 */
public final class EncodingService extends SimpleDecoratingHttpService {

    private final Predicate<MediaType> encodableContentTypePredicate;
    private final Predicate<? super RequestHeaders> encodableRequestHeadersPredicate;
    private final long minBytesToForceChunkedAndEncoding;

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link EncodingServiceBuilder}.
     */
    public static EncodingServiceBuilder builder() {
        return new EncodingServiceBuilder();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link HttpService} decorator.
     */
    public static Function<? super HttpService, EncodingService> newDecorator() {
        return builder().newDecorator();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance.
     */
    EncodingService(HttpService delegate,
                    Predicate<MediaType> encodableContentTypePredicate,
                    Predicate<? super RequestHeaders> encodableRequestHeadersPredicate,
                    long minBytesToForceChunkedAndEncoding) {
        super(delegate);
        this.encodableContentTypePredicate = encodableContentTypePredicate;
        this.encodableRequestHeadersPredicate = encodableRequestHeadersPredicate;
        this.minBytesToForceChunkedAndEncoding = minBytesToForceChunkedAndEncoding;
    }

    @Override
    public HttpResponse serve(ServiceRequestContext ctx, HttpRequest req) throws Exception {
        final HttpEncodingType encodingType = HttpEncoders.getWrapperForRequest(req);
        final HttpResponse delegateResponse = delegate().serve(ctx, req);
        if (encodingType == null || !encodableRequestHeadersPredicate.test(req.headers())) {
            return delegateResponse;
        }
        return new HttpEncodedResponse(
                delegateResponse,
                encodingType,
                encodableContentTypePredicate,
                minBytesToForceChunkedAndEncoding);
    }
}

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Christmas "break" (aka a few days off from work, being old = overrated) most certainly calls for red, red, red lipstick! At least that's what I always say.
Did you rock any red lips around the Christmas tree??
I love red lips but can't pull it off with my skin tone. Looks good on you though!
Not as lucky as you! I think my lips are too big and I end up looking like a clown!
There is something so old Hollywood glamour about red lips that I can never resist. You look gorg!
Ok, don't yell too loud...buttttt....I don't own red lip stick :( I know, I'm ashamed!! It's just that every time I go to pick out a different lip color, I always come out with some sort of plum-tastic color. Oh well...one day.
You look great with the red lips! Not everyone can pull that color off.
Miss Caitlin you just look so cute with your berry red lips!
yes, yes i did! i wore a red dress for my bro's wedding and rocked the red lipstick!
I just bought my first tube of red lipstick. It looks great. Its finding the right shade for your skin.
I love red lips, and I try to rock them as often as I can get away with.
I love, love bold lips they're my favorite! I am also starting to get into some berry colors. I usually rock red, but it's nice to get into something a bit more pinky :) Hope your holiday was fantastic!
I wanna try the red lip thing, however I don't think I can pull it off.
You look fab with red lips!!!!!


I recently had Ultherapy® at the office of Dr. Diane Walder. The procedure was done by Dr. Chimento who is the expert in this procedure. I couldn't have been happier with the care, knowledge and patience that Dr. Chimento showed me.
She took the time before the procedure to discuss my comfort. I had taken 4 Advil as per instructions and she wanted to make sure my pain threshold could handle the procedure. She offered a Percocet if at any time during the procedure I needed it. I didn't need it but my threshold is pretty high.
She then told how each of the passes was going to feel and what I would experience. She was right on so I guess she had it done on her so she could advise patients; this was great and it made me very calm.
Several times during the procedure Dr. Chimento stopped to ask if I was okay, if I wanted a break or just in general to talk to me. She is very, very professional and knowledgeable in this field and I would recommend her to anyone.
Now I hope the results are as good as the experience I had. I should know in a few weeks!


This is the first Romansh language guide ever published for English speakers. Romansh, which goes back as far as the year 15 B.C., is spoken by nearly 60,000 people in Switzerland. It is mainly spoken in the canton of Graubunden in the southeastern part of the country. This dictionary and phrasebook includes basic vocabulary and an extensive phrasebook section covering all aspects of daily life, such as accommodations, eating out, getting around, shopping, health, and much more.


In partnership with Potatoes USA and the Michigan Potato Industry Commission, MSU Culinary Services is hosting several special events Feb. 12-13 to highlight Michigan potatoes and introduce unique cuisine to the campus community.
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the team will be at Sparty's Market from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. offering small plate samples of roasted yellow potatoes tossed with pesto. They'll also share easy-to-make potato recipes with customers.
In addition to the sampling, we hope you'll join us for residential dining hall events. Tuesday, Feb. 12, Brody Square will host a dinner takeover from 5-8 p.m. All venues will feature a variety of potato dishes, including homemade gnocchi with garden vegetable marinara at Boiling Point, potato shawrma at Pangea, a potato pitaya bowl at Dolce, a truffle and potato pizza at Ciao, and loaded baked potato soup at S2.
In addition, the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 13, a pop-up dinner at The Gallery at Snyder/Phillips will feature a Pho broth with potato noodles at the Latitudes venue.


The Cheetah Gym Bucktown and Andersonville gyms opened Sunday, September 9, 2007. Edgewater will open by Wednesday. MB Financial, the bank that held former owner David Wilshire's loans, will manage the Cheetah Gym facilities. Angie Frank, who was a regional manager of Cheetah Gym under the old management will serve as Chief Operating Officer.


LEGO Minitalia series is a real rarity in the LEGO world as it was only produced for a very short period of time, in the mid 70s and only in Italy.
This is one of the main reasons for which the number of boxes Minitalia in circulation is very small.
In order to comply with the complicated Italian import laws of that era, almost all components were produced in Italy, also the period of acute energy crisis imposed a production devoted to saving up so that all the bricks were manufactured with a plastic that poorer caused them to be different from other LEGO in many respects.
For example, these bricks, they had the bright colors and brilliant as those made directly from LEGO, the LEGO brand had not applied to the buttons of the top since this part, in order to save plastic, was made with the cavity, also the joints back very often had an "x" instead of the traditional tube.
These, the major differences that have been applied only to the bricks produced in Italy for the boxes Minitalia.
However in some packs, between the last produced, were inserted directly from parts made of LEGO, as for example the hulls of ships and it is evident the difference in quality of plastics, of their colors and brilliance.
Then, the poor quality of the plastic used, which was deteriorating in a short time, he made a further contribution to make really rare Minitalia boxes that can be described as "in excellent condition".
In all the boxes Minitalia produced were between 21 and there are 2 very rare these packages (you can find in this collection) that while not presenting the logo Minitalia can be considered of the same series as, albeit in black, contain within them some components such as doors, windows and shutters, identical to those of the other series Minitalia.


Condition: Used-Fair Here is a trove of advice and new rules for every AD&D game Dungeon Master who wishes to create adventures for truly legendary heroes. Find everything you need to create encounters that confound the craftiest wizard and chill the most valiant warrior's heart.
Used Condition: Fair All the optional combat rules any gamer could want--in one volume! This first set of detailed rulebooks for AD&D game play includes alternatives requested by players, supplemental rules with global impact for the game, an advanced and improved tactical combat system, tables for critical hits and their effects, extensive information on armor and weapons, and more. Illustrations.
Fistful o' Zombies (All Flesh Must be Eaten) It's high noon at the Zombie Corral! The third supplement to All Flesh Must Be Eaten visits the Wild West. This tome is written by the Origins award-winning Shane Lacy Hensley of the Deadlands: The Weird West roleplaying game. This book will present all new western Deadworld settings, new archetypes, weapons and zombies. As well as conversion notes for the Deadlands RPG.


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There's a Chipotle coming soon to Shrewsbury, NJ
There will soon be 88 Chipotle locations in New Jersey with seven of them in Monmouth County as word has been released that the newest location will be in Shrewsbury.
The new Chipotle will be located at the Shrewsbury Plaza Shopping Center at 1026 Broad St., according to plans filed with the Planning Board.
The Chipotle will have an indoor restaurant portion as well as a pick-up window, among other sections for consumers.
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More branded businesses move into Shrewsbury
It's big news for the food scene in the borough.
"We are excited that the company has recognized what an amazing place our town is to do business," Mayor Erik Anderson said.
"Shrewsbury has been fortunate to have a number of new, nationally branded businesses open their doors in our town. This is especially true in Shrewsbury Plaza where we have welcomed Planet Fitness, YogaSix, ShopRite, iCode and soon Chipotle."
When will Chipotle open in Shrewsbury?
There has not been an opening date announced yet by Chipotle for this location in the borough of Shrewsbury.
Representatives for Chipotle did not return requests for more information.
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The Shrewsbury location of the Chipotle would be the seventh in Monmouth County joining spots in Eatontown, Freehold, Holmdel, Howell, Red Bank, Sea Girt, with another four in neighboring Ocean County with locations in Brick, Forked River, Manahawkin, and Toms River.
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Speak out about sexual assault
By Spoke
BY SARA SASILA
According to Sex Assault Canada, of every 100 incidents of sexual assault, only six are reported to the police.
Diana Boal, the executive director for Victim Services of Waterloo Region, said she isn't surprised that many sexual assaults are not reported.
"Victims can be very much re-traumatized as they go through the judicial process. Generally speaking, I think that victims of sexual assaults may fear humiliation, retribution and simply not being believed," she said. "I also personally think that rape culture still very much permeates our society and some victims may fear that somehow they were to blame, 'What was she wearing?' 'Was she drinking?' those kind of negative stereotypes."
Victim Services of Waterloo Region (VSWR) is a centre that provides immediate crisis intervention, emotional support and community referrals to individuals affected by crime or tragic situations.
Mary Lou Binkle, the crisis response co-ordinator at VSWR, said there are more females than males who come to the centre.
"In 2015/2016, we have had 32 people come forward about being sexually assaulted," she said.
According to Sex Assault Canada, one in four North American women will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime.
Joan Tuchlinsky, the public education manager at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region, said women come forward more than men when it comes to sexual assault and rape.
"Men worry about being believed not because they will be blamed but that people won't believe a male could be sexually assaulted," said Tuchlinsky. "One example might be male youth who are sexually assaulted by adult women are often congratulated – lucky them instead of being seen as taken advantage of."
Tuchlinsky said she believes that there needs to be changes to the legal system.
"The legal system currently does not provide a lot of support to survivors or provide much of an opportunity for justice," said Tuchlinsky.
She defined sexual assault as any unwanted act of a sexual nature imposed by one person upon another. Sexual assault includes rape, indecent assault, childhood sexual abuse and other forms of coercive activity.
In 2015, CBC News contacted 87 universities and colleges across Canada to request the number of sexual assaults reported on campuses between 2009 and 2013. They found there were 700 sexual assaults reported during that time, which experts said was surprisingly low, indicating post-secondary institutions are doing a poor job of encouraging students to come forward.
There were 57 sexual assaults reported at Ryerson University in Toronto, 19 at the University of Waterloo and 11 at Wilfrid Laurier University.
At Conestoga College, there was one sexual assault reported in 2011 and one in 2013.
When looked at in relation to the schools' populations, these numbers are much lower than the number of sexual assaults reported in the surrounding cities.
This raises one question – do universities and colleges hide sexual assault allegations?
"I believe that post-secondary institutions now have an amazing opportunity to take the lead on providing a reputation that is welcoming to those who have been sexually assaulted," said Boal. "To provide leadership in the area of defeating rape culture on campus, and to invite survivors and victims to speak out about how the communities in which they live/work/go to school can be at the forefront of positivity."
At Conestoga College, Security Services' Walksafe program provides escorts to staff, students and visitors at Doon campus upon request during the school year between the hours of 6:45 and 10:45 p.m. Monday to Thursday. The Walksafe teams are located at Doors 1 and 6 and will escort people anywhere on college property, to the residence and to homes in the nearby vicinity.
If you know someone or if you are a victim of sexual assault, there are many ways to find help on and off campus. Counselling Services, Human Resources, any staff or faculty member, Security Services and the Waterloo Regional Police are all available.
"If you know someone who has been sexually assaulted, let them know that you believe them and listen respectfully," said Tuchlinsky. "Reassure them that it was not their fault, let them know they are not alone and support their decisions with regard to their own healing, even if it is to do nothing."
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The Art Newspaper is launching a new weekly podcast. Published every Friday, it brings you news, interviews and discussion on the big stories in the art world, told with all the expertise, precision and enthusiasm that our readers have come to expect from The Art Newspaper's editors and reporters.
You will hear interviews with artists, museum directors and curators; previews and reviews of the latest exhibitions and art books; and reports from the big auctions and fairs. And when we talk about the art world, we mean across the world, from our dedicated teams in London and New York, to our reporters around the globe.
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Kellogg Community College's baseball and softball seasons are in full swing after kicking off with the teams' annual preseason trips down south.
KCC's baseball team returned from a week of play in Louisiana before opening conference play with a pair of wins over Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville on Friday. The KCC softball team played a week in Cocoa Beach, Fla., before returning to best double headers against powerhouse Kalamazoo Valley Community College – the defending conference champions – and Grand Rapids Community College at home at Bailey Park in Battle Creek on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
See below for information about rosters, schedules and media photos for each team.
This year's KCC baseball roster of 27 includes 13 sophomores and 14 freshman. Locals on the squad include sophomore pitcher Caleb Frein, of Battle Creek/Pennfield High School; and freshman pitcher/first baseman Jason Mueller, of Battle Creek/Harper Creek High School.
A full KCC baseball roster is available on the KCC website at www.kellogg.edu/athletics/baseball/roster. Team and individual player photos of the KCC baseball team and its members are available for download for use by fans and the media on the College's Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/kelloggcommunitycollege/sets/72157650629880028.
This year's KCC softball roster of 14 includes five sophomores and nine freshman. Locals on the squad include freshman outfielder Kelsey Konkol, of Homer/Homer Community High School; freshman catcher Mallory Ray, of Tekonsha/Homer Community High School; and sophomore pitcher Anorah Seita, of Battle Creek/Galesburg High School.
A full KCC softball roster is available on the KCC website at www.kellogg.edu/athletics/softball/roster. Team and individual player photos of the KCC softball team and its members are available for download for use by fans and the media on the College's Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/kelloggcommunitycollege/sets/72157650629880028.
The KCC baseball and softball teams' schedules include 11 home events for the baseball team and seven remaining home events for the softball team. Full schedules for each team, including away games and postseason play information, are available on KCC's website at www.kellogg.edu/athletics/baseball/schedule and www.kellogg.edu/athletics/softball/schedule. All currently scheduled remaining home games, listed below, will be played at Battle Creek's Bailey Park with free admission.
For more information about KCC's baseball or softball teams, visit www.kellogg.edu/athletics, contact the KCC Athletics Department at 269-965-4151 or email Athletic Director Tom Shaw at shawt@kellogg.edu.


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Why DC's Shazam Director Will Be Able To Introduce The Hero To New Audiences
By Corey Chichizola published 8 August 17
Between the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Extended Universe, and the X-Men franchise, there is an abundance of comic book characters being regularly adapted for the silver screen. But now that most of the biggest and most iconic characters have already showed up in movies, both DC and Marvel are beginning to delve into the lesser known heroes to keep their shared universe fresh and constantly expanding. On the DC side of things, this includes the long brewing Shazam! movie, which will bring the hero of the same name to live-action for modern audiences. But since he's not quite as iconic as the DC trinity, it's certainly an uphill battle to get audiences invested in the character. Luckily, director David Sandberg gets this, and can empathize with not growing up loving Shazam. He recently said,
To be honest, it was not a superhero I grew up with either. When I grew up in Sweden, there wasn't a lot of Shazam around. So it's someone who I've learned to love later in life as well,so I can relate to [people who are] new to Shazam. I think [it] might be a good thing that I'm doing it, because I know what you need to learn.
This statement, which comes to us from ET, might actually prove why David Sandberg is such a good choice to bring the unconventional character to life on the big screen. He understands the trepidation of some audiences, and knows what plot points to hit to ensure those in the theater fall in love with Shazam.
For those who aren't as familiar with DC's long list of superhero properties, Shazam actually used to be named Captain Marvel. But Marvel's character of the same name resulted in a lawsuit, with DC conceding the title to its competitor and renaming him Shazam. Despite his appearance, the hero is actually a young boy named Billy Batson. When Billy exclaims the phrase "Shazam!", he temporarily transforms into the full grown her who has the powers of flight, super strength, near invulnerability, and magical lightning. He's got much of the strength of Superman, but with a more jovial and child-like wonder to world of superheroics.
Having the character of Billy Batson in the upcoming Shazam movie will no doubt help keep the film light, which seems to be the direction that the DCEU is going after Zack Snyder's first divisive films. Originally Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was set to star as the villain Black Adam, but it now appears that he'll make his debut as the character in his own solo film. Director David Sandberg is just coming off of the release of his horror flick Annabelle: Creation, which is already being more critically acclaimed than its predecessor.
Shazam! doesn't currently have a release date, but you can see Annabelle: Creation on August 11, 2017. In the meantime, check out our 2017 release list to plan your next trip to the movies.
Corey Chichizola
Corey was born and raised in New Jersey. Double majored in theater and literature during undergrad. After working in administrative theater for a year in New York, he started as the Weekend Editor at CinemaBend. He's since been able to work himself up to reviews, phoners, and press junkets-- and is now able to appear on camera with some of his famous actors... just not as he would have predicted as a kid.
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All political and religious leaders to be invited on December 23: Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri
Dated: 05 December 2012
Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, President of MQI's Supreme Council, has said that present electoral system is the real enemy of people and democracy and responsible for the challenges facing the country at external and internal level. He said that PAT or MQI would not take part in politics. He said that Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri was returning to Pakistan with an agenda of saving the state, not politics. He would lay bare his agenda before the nation on the 23rd of December 2012 at Minar-e-Pakistan and invite the political parties to work for a new Pakistan.
Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri expressed these views while addressing a seminar titled 'Let us save state, not politics' held under the banner of Movement Club in Lahore today. Saeem Alam, Yousaf Youqub and others were present on the occasion.
Dr Hassan said that no political party, including PPP, PML-N was enemy of the country. Rather the real enemy was electoral system currently in vogue which fosters corruption, hooliganism, culture of winning horses and foul play in politics. He said that leadership of all political and religious parties would be invited to attend the public reception at Minar-e-Pakistan on December 23 without any discrimination.
Dr Hassan said that efforts were gaining momentum to extend historic and extraordinary welcome to Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri not only in provincial metropolis but also in the entire country. He said that MQI was not against elections and considered it as a legitimate means for transfer of power but added in the same context that the concept of real democracy did not exist in the country altogether. He said that elections often result in empowerment of a select number of elite families and the masses remain powerless.
Dr Raheeq Abbasi, Tassawar Alam and Allama Sadiq Qureshi also spoke on the occasion.


Ukraine's largest mobile operator by subscribers Kyivstar – which is in the process of rolling out a 3G W-CDMA/HSPA+ network following the country's recent UMTS licence awards – has disclosed in a website release that its existing 3G W-CDMA/HSDPA roaming-based mobile data service introduced in 2008 has a total user base of just 25,000. Kyivstar adds that customers of the 7.2Mbps-capable 3G resale service – offered via a reciprocal network access agreement with Ukrtelecom (TriMob) – use on average more than 700MB of data each month via modems and tablets; per year customers generate a total of more than 120TB of traffic.
With rival MTS Ukraine having also recently launched roaming-based 3G HSDPA services ahead of its own upcoming HSPA+ network launch, the country's third-largest cellco Astelit (life)) is also highlighting its ongoing HSPA+ network rollout by launching a dedicated website to inform customers and potential users about the 3G rollout progress across Ukraine's regions, while providing an online feedback centre for enquiries on the forthcoming life:) 3G service.