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Armed robbery in Geneva; two suspects remain at large
The Geneva Police Department is seeking information, as well as two suspects after an armed robbery that took place around Bristol Gymnasium near the Hobart and William Smith campus.
Authorities say that the crime took place around 1:00 am when the victim was confronted at gunpoint by two individuals, who authorities believe are between the ages of 16 and 20. Police say both individuals had handguns.
The two men were described as the following:
Suspect #1: Dressed in black clothing and used a white mask to conceal his identity. Around 5 ft. 10 in. tall.
Suspect #2: Had a backpack and hooded sweatshirt during the crime. Also around 5 ft. 10 in. tall.
Property was taken during the incident and both suspects fled the scene before authorities were able to reach the location. The victim was uninjured and is now working closely with detectives on this case.
The Ontario County Sheriff's Department Road Patrol and Ontario County Sheriff's Department K-9 have been assisting in the investigation. Detectives are currently working on multiple leads, according to authorities.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using SquidReports.DataCollector.Interface;
using SquidReports.DataCollector.Plugin.BES.Model;
using RestSharp;

namespace SquidReports.DataCollector.Plugin.BES.API
{
    public class BesApi
    {
        // Fields
        private Uri baseURL;
        private HttpBasicAuthenticator authenticator;
        private IDbRelay dbRelay;
        private ILogger logger;

        // Properties
        public Uri BaseURL { get; set; }
        public HttpBasicAuthenticator Authenticator { get; set; }
        public IDbRelay DbRelay { get; set; }
        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }

        // Constructors
        public BesApi(ILogManager logManager, IDbRelay dbRelay, string aBaseURL, string aUsername, string aPassword)
        {
            // Use to ignore SSL errors if specified in App.config
            if (AppSettings.Get<bool>("IgnoreSSL"))
            {
                ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (sender, certificate, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true;
            }

            this.BaseURL = new Uri(aBaseURL);
            this.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator(aUsername, aPassword);
            ILogger logger = logManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
            this.DbRelay = dbRelay;
            this.Logger = logger;
        }

        // Methods
        public List<Model.Action> GetActions()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetActions()");

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            List<Model.Action> actions = new List<Model.Action>();

            // We need to use Session Relevance to acquire the list of Sites, REST API sucks
            // We'll use the following Relevance query, no parameters are required:
            string relevance = "(((name of it) of site of it) of source fixlets of it, id of it, name of it) of BES Actions";

            // Let's compose the request string
            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("query", Method.GET);
            request.AddQueryParameter("relevance", relevance);

            // Prepare the XML document
            XDocument response = new XDocument();

            try
            {
                // Execute the request we built
                response = Execute(request);

                // Let's check if the Result element is empty
                if (response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements().Count() > 0)
                {
                    // We'll need to fetch the list of Sites from the DB in order to retrieve the SiteID
                    // TODO: BesDb DB = new BesDb(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DB"].ToString());

                    // All answers are wrapped inside a "Tuple" element
                    foreach (XElement tupleElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements("Tuple"))
                    {
                        // The Result consists of three parts:
                        //  1) The Site Name
                        //  2) The ActionID
                        //  3) The Action Name
                        XElement siteElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").First();
                        XElement actionIDElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").ElementAt(1);
                        XElement valueElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").Last();

                        // Resolve Site Name to Site ID
                        //Site dbSite = DB.Connection.Query<Site>("SELECT * FROM BESEXT.SITE WHERE @Name = Name", new { Name = siteElement.Value }).Single();
                        Site dbSite = DbRelay.Get<Site>(new { Name = siteElement.Value }).Single();

                        // Add the new action
                        actions.Add(new Model.Action(Convert.ToInt32(actionIDElement.Value), dbSite.ID, valueElement.Value));
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return actions;
        }

        public List<ActionDetail> GetActionDetails()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetActionDetails()");

            IEnumerable<Model.Action> actions = DbRelay.Get<Model.Action>();
            List<ActionDetail> details = new List<ActionDetail>();

            foreach (Model.Action action in actions)
            {
                details.Add(GetActionDetails(action));
            }

            return details;
        }

        public ActionDetail GetActionDetails(Model.Action action)
        {
            ActionDetail detail = new ActionDetail();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("action/{id}/status", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("id", action.ActionID.ToString());

            try
            {
                // Execute the request
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                detail = new ActionDetail(
                                Int32.Parse(response.Element("BESAPI").Element("ActionResults").Element("ActionID").Value.ToString()),
                                response.Element("BESAPI").Element("ActionResults").Element("Status").Value.ToString(),
                                response.Element("BESAPI").Element("ActionResults").Element("DateIssued").Value.ToString());
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return detail;
        }

        public List<ActionResult> GetActionResults()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetActionResults()");

            IEnumerable<Model.Action> actions = DbRelay.Get<Model.Action>();
            List<ActionResult> results = new List<ActionResult>();

            foreach (Model.Action action in actions)
            {
                results.AddRange(GetActionResults(action));
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<ActionResult> GetActionResults(Model.Action action)
        {
            List<ActionResult> results = new List<ActionResult>();
            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("action/{id}/status", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("id", action.ActionID.ToString());

            try
            {
                // Execute the request
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                foreach (XElement computerElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Element("ActionResults").Elements("Computer"))
                {
                    DateTime startTime = new DateTime();
                    DateTime endTime = new DateTime();

                    if (computerElement.Element("StartTime") != null)
                    {
                        startTime = Convert.ToDateTime(computerElement.Element("StartTime").Value.ToString());
                    }
                    if (computerElement.Element("EndTime") != null)
                    {
                        endTime = Convert.ToDateTime(computerElement.Element("EndTime").Value.ToString());
                    }

                    results.Add(new ActionResult(
                                        action.ActionID,                                                            // Action ID
                                        Int32.Parse(computerElement.Attribute("ID").Value.ToString()),              // Computer ID
                                        computerElement.Element("Status").Value.ToString(),                         // Status
                                        Int32.Parse(computerElement.Element("ApplyCount").Value.ToString()),        // Times applied
                                        Int32.Parse(computerElement.Element("RetryCount").Value.ToString()),        // Times retried
                                        Int32.Parse(computerElement.Element("LineNumber").Value.ToString()),        // Which script line is being executed
                                        // Time execution started
                                        (computerElement.Element("StartTime") != null) ? Convert.ToDateTime(computerElement.Element("StartTime").Value.ToString()) : (DateTime?)null,
                                        // Time execution started
                                        (computerElement.Element("EndTime") != null) ? Convert.ToDateTime(computerElement.Element("EndTime").Value.ToString()) : (DateTime?)null
                        ));
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<Analysis> GetAnalyses()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetAnalyses()");

            IEnumerable<Site> sites = DbRelay.Get<Site>();
            List<Analysis> analyses = new List<Analysis>();

            foreach (Site site in sites)
            {
                analyses.AddRange(GetAnalyses(site));
            }

            return analyses;
        }

        public List<Analysis> GetAnalyses(Site site)
        {
            List<Analysis> analyses = new List<Analysis>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("analyses/{sitetype}/{site}", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            request.AddUrlSegment("site", site.Name);

            // TODO: Handle master action site properly
            if (site.Type == "master")
            {
                request = new RestRequest("analyses/{sitetype}", Method.GET);
                request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            }

            try
            {
                analyses.AddRange(Execute<List<Analysis>>(request));

                foreach (Analysis analysis in analyses)
                {
                    analysis.SiteID = site.ID;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return analyses;
        }

        public List<AnalysisProperty> GetAnalysisProperties()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetAnalysisProperties()");

            IEnumerable<Analysis> analyses = DbRelay.Get<Analysis>();
            List<AnalysisProperty> properties = new List<AnalysisProperty>();

            foreach (Analysis analysis in analyses)
            {
                properties.AddRange(GetAnalysisProperties(analysis));
            }

            return properties;
        }

        public List<AnalysisProperty> GetAnalysisProperties(Analysis analysis)
        {
            List<AnalysisProperty> properties = new List<AnalysisProperty>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            // The API does not assign an ID to the Site. Therefore, we use the ID assigned by the DB.
            // For this reason we're fetching the list of sites from the DB again, so we can resolve ID->Name
            Site dbSite = DbRelay.Get<Site>(new { ID = analysis.SiteID }).Single();

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("analysis/{sitetype}/{site}/{analysisid}", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", dbSite.Type);
            request.AddUrlSegment("site", dbSite.Name);
            request.AddUrlSegment("analysisid", analysis.AnalysisID.ToString());

            try
            {
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                foreach (XElement propertyElement in response.Element("BES").Element("Analysis").Elements("Property"))
                {
                    properties.Add(new AnalysisProperty(
                                                analysis.ID,
                                                Convert.ToInt32(propertyElement.Attribute("ID").Value),
                                                propertyElement.Attribute("Name").Value)
                                            );
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return properties;
        }

        public List<AnalysisPropertyResult> GetAnalysisPropertyResults()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetAnalysisPropertyResults()");

            IEnumerable<AnalysisProperty> properties = DbRelay.Get<AnalysisProperty>();
            List<AnalysisPropertyResult> results = new List<AnalysisPropertyResult>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            foreach (AnalysisProperty property in properties)
            {
                results.AddRange(GetAnalysisPropertyResults(property));
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<AnalysisPropertyResult> GetAnalysisPropertyResults(AnalysisProperty property)
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Trace, String.Format("Collecting Property - {0}: Property: {1}", property.ID, property.Name));

            List<AnalysisPropertyResult> results = new List<AnalysisPropertyResult>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            // We need to use Session Relevance to acquire property results
            // We'll use the following Relevance query:
            // {0}: The SequenceNo/Source ID of the Analysis property
            // {1}: The Name of the Analysis
            string relevance = "((id of it) of computer of it, values of it) of results from (BES Computers) of BES Properties whose ((source id of it = {0}) and (name of source analysis of it = \"{1}\"))";

            try
            {
                // Unfortunately, we'll also need the name of the Parent Analysis. For that, we'll need to query the DB
                Analysis dbAnalysis = DbRelay.Get<Analysis>(new { ID = property.AnalysisID }).Single();

                // Let's compose the request string
                RestRequest request = new RestRequest("query", Method.GET);
                //request.AddQueryParameter("relevance", String.Format(relevance, computer.ComputerID.ToString(), property.SequenceNo.ToString(), analysis.Name));
                request.AddQueryParameter("relevance", String.Format(relevance, property.SequenceNo.ToString(), dbAnalysis.Name));

                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                // Let's check if the Result element is empty
                if (response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements().Count() > 0)
                {
                    // All answers are wrapped inside a "Tuple" element
                    foreach (XElement tupleElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements("Tuple"))
                    {
                        // The Result consists of two parts:
                        //  1) The ComputerID
                        //  2) The value of the retrieved property sequence for said ComputerID
                        XElement computerElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").First();
                        XElement valueElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").Last();
                        results.Add(new AnalysisPropertyResult(property.ID, Convert.ToInt32(computerElement.Value.ToString()), valueElement.Value.ToString()));
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<Baseline> GetBaselines()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetBaselines()");

            IEnumerable<Site> sites = DbRelay.Get<Site>();
            List<Baseline> baselines = new List<Baseline>();

            // Loop through the complete list of sites provided
            foreach (Site site in sites)
            {
                baselines.AddRange(GetBaselines(site));
            }

            return baselines;
        }

        public List<Baseline> GetBaselines(Site site)
        {
            List<Baseline> baselines = new List<Baseline>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            // The list of baselines is contained within the site content
            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("site/{sitetype}/{site}/content", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            request.AddUrlSegment("site", site.Name);

            // TODO: Handle master action site properly
            if (site.Type == "master")
            {
                request = new RestRequest("site/{sitetype}/content", Method.GET);
                request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            }

            try
            {
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                if (response.Element("BESAPI").Elements("Baseline") != null)
                {
                    foreach (XElement baselineElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Elements("Baseline"))
                    {
                        baselines.Add(new Baseline(
                                        Convert.ToInt32(baselineElement.Element("ID").Value),
                                        site.ID,
                                        baselineElement.Element("Name").Value
                                    ));
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return baselines;
        }

        public List<BaselineResult> GetBaselineResults()
        {
            IEnumerable<Baseline> baselines = DbRelay.Get<Baseline>();
            List<BaselineResult> results = new List<BaselineResult>();

            foreach (Baseline baseline in baselines)
            {
                results.AddRange(GetBaselineResults(baseline));
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<BaselineResult> GetBaselineResults(Baseline baseline)
        {
            List<BaselineResult> results = new List<BaselineResult>();

            // We need to acquire some info concerning the site
            // Let's fetch the site object now
            Site dbSite = DbRelay.Get<Site>(new { ID = baseline.SiteID }).Single();

            // The list of baselines is contained within the site content
            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("fixlet/{sitetype}/{site}/{baselineid}/computers", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", dbSite.Type);
            request.AddUrlSegment("site", dbSite.Name);
            request.AddUrlSegment("baselineid", baseline.BaselineID.ToString());

            // TODO: Handle master action site properly
            if (dbSite.Type == "master")
            {
                request = new RestRequest("fixlet/{sitetype}/{site}/{baselineid}/computers", Method.GET);
                request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", dbSite.Type);
                request.AddUrlSegment("baselineid", baseline.BaselineID.ToString());
            }

            try
            {
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                // The returned document should contain 0 or more Computer resource URIs
                if (response.Element("BESAPI").Elements().Count(e => e.Name == "Computer") > 0)
                {
                    foreach (XElement computerElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Elements("Computer"))
                    {
                        // We only need the last part of the resource URI -- the ID
                        Uri resourceUri = new Uri(computerElement.Attribute("Resource").Value.ToString());
                        results.Add(new BaselineResult(baseline.BaselineID, Int32.Parse(resourceUri.Segments.Last())));
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return results;
        }

        public List<Computer> GetComputers()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetComputers()");

            List<Computer> computers = new List<Computer>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("computers", Method.GET);

            try
            {
                computers.AddRange(Execute<List<Computer>>(request));

                foreach (Computer computer in computers)
                {
                    request = new RestRequest("computer/{id}", Method.GET);
                    request.AddUrlSegment("id", computer.ComputerID.ToString());

                    XDocument response = Execute(request);
                    string hostName = response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Computer").Elements("Property")
                        .Where(e => e.Attribute("Name").Value.ToString() == "Computer Name").Single().Value.ToString();
                    computer.ComputerName = hostName;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return computers;
        }

        public List<ComputerGroup> GetComputerGroups()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetComputerGroups()");

            List<ComputerGroup> groups = new List<ComputerGroup>();

            foreach (Site dbSite in DbRelay.Get<Site>())
            {
                groups.AddRange(GetComputerGroups(dbSite));
            }

            return groups;
        }

        public List<ComputerGroup> GetComputerGroups(Site site)
        {
            List<ComputerGroup> groups = new List<ComputerGroup>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("computergroups/{sitetype}/{site}", Method.GET);
            request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            request.AddUrlSegment("site", site.Name);

            // TODO: Handle master action site properly
            if (site.Type == "master")
            {
                request = new RestRequest("computergroups/{sitetype}", Method.GET);
                request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", site.Type);
            }

            try
            {
                groups.AddRange(Execute<List<ComputerGroup>>(request));

                // The API does not assign an ID to the Site. Therefore, we use the ID assigned by the DB.
                // Let's fetch the Site from the DB first
                Site dbSite = DbRelay.Get<Site>(new { Name = site.Name }).Single();

                // Assign SiteID if the corresponding Site was found in the DB
                foreach (ComputerGroup group in groups)
                {
                    if (dbSite != null)
                    {
                        group.SiteID = dbSite.ID;
                    }

                    // Check if it's a manual group
                    group.Manual = IsManualGroup(group);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return groups;
        }

        private bool IsManualGroup(ComputerGroup group)
        {
            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            // We need to use Session Relevance to check if a group is manual or not
            // We'll use the following Relevance query:
            // {0}: The ID of the Computer Group
            string relevance = "(manual flag of it) of BES computer groups whose (id of it = {0})";

            // Let's compose the request string
            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("query", Method.GET);
            request.AddQueryParameter("relevance", String.Format(relevance, group.GroupID));

            try
            {
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                // Let's check if the Result element is empty
                if (response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements().Count() > 0)
                {
                    return Convert.ToBoolean(response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Element("Answer").Value);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return false;
        }

        public List<ComputerGroupMember> GetGroupMembers()
        {
            this.Logger.LogMessage(LogLevel.Info, "Starting GetGroupMembers()");

            IEnumerable<ComputerGroup> groups = DbRelay.Get<ComputerGroup>();
            List<ComputerGroupMember> members = new List<ComputerGroupMember>();

            foreach (ComputerGroup group in groups)
            {
                members.AddRange(GetGroupMembers(group));
            }

            return members;
        }

        public List<ComputerGroupMember> GetGroupMembers(ComputerGroup group)
        {
            List<ComputerGroupMember> members = new List<ComputerGroupMember>();

            // Let's fetch the relevant Site from the DB
            Site dbSite = DbRelay.Get<Site>(new { ID = group.SiteID }).Single();

            if (dbSite != null)
            {
                if (group.Manual)
                {
                    // If it's a manual group, we need to collect the group members using Relevance FOR SOME REASON
                    // We'll use the following Relevance query:
                    // {0}: The ID of the Computer Group
                    string relevance = "((id of it, name of it) of members of it) of BES Computer Group whose (id of it = {0})";

                    // Let's compose the request string
                    RestRequest request = new RestRequest("query", Method.GET);
                    request.AddQueryParameter("relevance", String.Format(relevance, group.GroupID));

                    try
                    {
                        XDocument response = Execute(request);

                        // Let's check if the Result element is empty
                        if (response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements().Count() > 0)
                        {
                            // All answers are wrapped inside a "Tuple" element
                            foreach (XElement tupleElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Element("Query").Element("Result").Elements("Tuple"))
                            {
                                // The Result consists of two parts:
                                //  1) The ComputerID
                                //  2) The ComputerName (name for debug purposes)
                                XElement computerElement = tupleElement.Elements("Answer").First();
                                members.Add(new ComputerGroupMember(group.GroupID, Convert.ToInt32(computerElement.Value)));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
                    client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

                    RestRequest request = new RestRequest("computergroup/{sitetype}/{site}/{id}/computers", Method.GET);
                    request.AddUrlSegment("sitetype", dbSite.Type);
                    request.AddUrlSegment("site", dbSite.Name);
                    request.AddUrlSegment("id", group.GroupID.ToString());

                    try
                    {
                        XDocument response = Execute(request);

                        if (response.Element("BESAPI").Elements("Computer") != null)
                        {
                            foreach (XElement computerElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Elements("Computer"))
                            {
                                Uri resourceUri = new Uri(computerElement.Attribute("Resource").Value.ToString());
                                members.Add(new ComputerGroupMember(group.GroupID, Int32.Parse(resourceUri.Segments.Last())));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
                    }
                }
            }

            return members;
        }

        public List<Site> GetSites()
        {
            List<Site> sites = new List<Site>();

            RestClient client = new RestClient(this.BaseURL);
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            RestRequest request = new RestRequest("sites", Method.GET);

            try
            {
                // Execute the request
                XDocument response = Execute(request);

                foreach (XElement siteElement in response.Element("BESAPI").Elements())
                {
                    if (siteElement.Name.ToString() == "ActionSite")
                    {
                        sites.Add(new Site(siteElement.Element("Name").Value.ToString(), "master"));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        sites.Add(new Site(siteElement.Element("Name").Value.ToString(), siteElement.Name.ToString().Replace("Site", "").ToLower()));
                    }

                }
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                this.Logger.LogException(LogLevel.Error, e.Message, e);
            }

            return sites;
        }

        public XDocument Execute(RestRequest request)
        {
            RestClient client = new RestClient();
            client.BaseUrl = this.BaseURL;
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

            try
            {
                if (response.ErrorException != null)
                {
                    // TODO: logger.ErrorException(response.ErrorException.Message, response.ErrorException);
                    throw new Exception(response.ErrorMessage);
                }

                // Return non-deserialized XML document
                return XDocument.Parse(response.Content, LoadOptions.None);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

        public T Execute<T>(RestRequest request) where T : new()
        {
            RestClient client = new RestClient();
            client.BaseUrl = this.BaseURL;
            client.Authenticator = this.Authenticator;

            var response = client.Execute<T>(request);

            try
            {
                if (response.ErrorException != null)
                {
                    throw new Exception(response.ErrorMessage);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                throw;
            }

            return response.Data;
        }
    }
}

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Cardiology is a branch of medicine which studies, diagnoses, and treats conditions of the heart and parts of the circulatory system. Doctors specialising in cardiology are called cardiologists. Cardiologists undergo extensive training, and are highly skilled physicians.
Dr Fakhar Khan is a prominent London cardiologist, specialised in the field of heart rhythm disorders. He divides his time between various top London hospitals and sees patients to fit pacemakers, defibrillators, and other devices. A Cambridge graduate, he completed his studies in Oxford and London. He has written numerous peer-reviewed articles, is a member of many prominent associations and is an accomplished, patient orientated consultant.
Dr Boon Lim is one of London's leading cardiologists and electrophysiologists. He specialises in heart rhythm disturbances, pacing and syncope at Imperial College and at his Harley Street clinic. He leads the established Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Service at Hammersmith Hospital and is frequently invited to national and international meetings to share his experience. He has a special interest in the mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and is highly-skilled at using modern 3-D mapping technologies. Dr Lim was awarded several prestigious prizes during his medical training at Cambridge University where he obtained a double First Class Honours Degree. He has continued his passion for education and research serving as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College where he supervises several PhD students. Dr Lim is very actively engaged in all aspects of research with a particular interest in developing the best techniques for treating atrial fibrillation. He is invited to speak both nationally and internationally to discuss his findings and to teach other physicians about the best techniques for complex mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation and other complex arrhythmias. He leads a very active syncope research team based at the Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Unit and is looking to improve healthcare delivery for patients through use of effective online education to help improve the quality of life for patients across the UK.
Dr Syed Ahsan is a leading cardiologist based in London who has won and been nominated for many awards in his field. Having trained in various prestigious centres in London, Dr Ahsan is highly experienced in all areas of cardiology with a specialist interest in heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias). He also sees patients with collapse, chest pains, shortness of breath and high blood pressure. His NHS practice is based at Barts Heart Centre, one of the largest cardiac units in Europe, where Dr Ahsan is one of the lead clinicians for atrial fibrillation (AF). He perfoms catheter ablation procedures for AF and other heart rhythm disorders and is an expert in implanting all kinds of cardiac devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and resynchronisation devices. Dr Ahsan is known for his patient-centred approach, ensuring that his patients are always fully aware and comfortable with the consultation and treatment process. From his clinics across London, Dr Ahsan offers treatment for all aspects of adult cardiology and heart rhythm disorders.
Professor Melvin Lobo is a pioneering clinical hypertension specialist, based in London. He is considered a global thought leader for his work as a specialist in all forms of blood pressure disorders, including hypertension, hypotension, variable blood pressure, postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and fainting disorders. He has been involved in a number of important clinical studies of device-based therapies for these conditions. His group has been involved in novel treatments (some of the first in humans) to help patients with these diagnoses. To help with the diagnosis and management of complex circulatory conditions, he began the Barts Autonomic Laboratory in 2012 staffed with experts in neurophysiology and haemodynamics. Professor Lobo is director of the renowned Bart's Blood Pressure Clinic in London, which has been recognised as a Hypertension Centre of Excellence by the European Society of Hypertension. The centre has become the premier UK centre for trials of device-based therapy of hypertension. He is a specialist advisor to NICE on interventional therapy of hypertension, and has authored UK and European guidance on renal denervation. Alongside his clinical work, Professor Lobo is also an NHS Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed articles for medical journals.
Professor Nicholas Peters is an esteemed London cardiologist based at London Cardiovascular Clinic on Harley Street. He is an expert in electrophysiology, arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms), and device implantations, such as pacemakers. As Professor of Cardiology and Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Imperial College London, he is well regarded as one of the best in his field. Professor Peters graduated from the University of London, before training at several London teaching hospitals. He is accredited in both cardiology and general medicine. He was awarded an MD after completing a three.year British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship at Imperial College. He also undertook post-Doctoral research in the USA, at Columbia University, New York, where he continues to hold the position of Adjunct Professor. Professor Peters' research is widely published, and he sits on several boards and committees for various organisations. He is also co-founder of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society.
Professor Jamil Mayet is a leading cardiologist based at the prestigious London Cardiovascular Clinic on Harley Street and heads the West London Cardiac Centre at Hammersmith Hospital. He specialises in cardiovascular risk assessment and treatment including high blood pressure and imaging of the heart. He is also known for his expertise in assessing the heart during pregnancy and before operations. He has been cardiologist to the England football team and premier league football clubs, screening the hearts of players before competition. He is a founding member of the International Centre for Circulatory Health at the Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College. Professor Mayet is a highly trained and experienced specialist. He graduated from the University of Dundee, before completing a research fellowship in the Cardiovascular Consequences of Hypertension at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London. He went on to train in clinical cardiology at St Mary's and the Royal Brompton Hospitals, as well as being awarded an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. A prolific researcher, Professor Mayet has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research interests include developing new technologies to assess and treat conditions of the heart and arteries, the development of atherosclerosis, and the physiology of coronary flow and blood pressure, among others. He lectures both nationally and internationally on many different facets of cardiology.
Dr Iqbal Malik is an outstanding cardiologist based at London Cardiovascular Clinic on Harley Street. He specialises in angioplasty, TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), and closure of holes in the heart, such as atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). A highly qualified and experienced specialist, Dr Malik graduated from Cambridge and trained in London. He completed a PhD in vascular biology at the Hammersmith Hospital, where he was appointed as a consultant in 2003, and is now the lead for structural heart disease as well as the Heart Attack Centre (HAC) program. Dr Malik is actively involved in research, particularly into coronary artery disease and structural heart disease. He has been involved in conducting many clinical trials, and was a founding member of the International Centre for Circulatory Health (ICCH) - a centre of research excellence at Imperial College London.
Professor Kausik Ray is an internationally renowned cardiologist, Professor of Public Heath, and Director of the Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. He specialises in cholesterol (including the use of statins in treatment), preventative cardiology, and heart problems in diabetic patients. He is an expert at the forefront of his field and is developing many of the new and emerging therapies in his area of interest. He is also Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the Imperial College NHS Trust seeing NHS patients at the Hammersmith Hospital. Professor Ray graduated in medicine from the University of Birmingham, before completing an MD at the University of Sheffield, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and finally an MPhil in epidemiology from the University of Cambridge. A member of various academic societies, he is known for his contributions to his field in the form of his extensive research, particularly into lipids, including statin therapy, diabetes, and the prevention of cardiovascular disease, and has recently been included in Clarivate Analytics' 2018 Most Cited, meaning he is among the top 1% most cited academics in his field globally.
Professor Martin Cowie is a leading London cardiologist, who holds a special interest in adult cardiology, heart failure, and complex cardiac diseases. His research interests include implantable devices (such as pacemakers and defibrillators, and the CardioMEMS monitor), new drug therapies and devices for heart failure, remote monitoring and digital health, and respiratory disease in patients with cardiac problems. He is often asked to give second opinions on cardiac diagnoses and treatment. Professor Cowie studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His post-graduate training was in London at University College London, the Middlesex Hospital, and Imperial College London. He has been a consultant cardiologist for more than 20 years. He has worked extensively with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on its work in atrial fibrillation and heart failure, and since 2016 has been a Non-Executive Director of that standard setting body. Professor Cowie has published more than 300 scientific papers, with his work being cited in the scientific literature more than 50,000 times. He has also contributed to a number of book chapters and textbooks. Professor Cowie's research studies have been published in journals that include The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal and the European Heart Journal. He is the clinical and research lead for the Heart Failure Group at the Royal Brompton Hospital (Sydney Street, Chelsea, London SW3 6NP), where his NHS and private practices are based.
Dr Sen Sankar is a leading cardiologist based in the Wirral, who specialises in adult congenital heart disease and cardiac imaging such as MRI, CT and echocardiogram. Dr Sankar completed his cardiology and general medicine specialist training in Wales and completed a post-CCT fellowship in adult congenital heart disease and cardiac MRI at Southampton University Hospital. He has the unique experience of working in the best healthcare systems in the world, including the Cleveland Clinic, which is a renowned cardiothoracic centre. Dr Sankar has held various leadership roles in developing cardiac imaging services, congenital heart disease service and clinic governance and audit lead. He has management certification from Harvard Business School, Boston USA and certification from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, USA.
Dr Adrian Chenzbraun is a highly-experienced cardiologist based in Liverpool, who specialises in treating a variety of cardiac conditions including angina, heart attack, valvular heart disease, rhythm disturbances and heart failure. Patients visit Dr Chenzbraun's clinic because of symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain or to further manage already diagnosed cardiac conditions. Dr Chenzbraun's subspecialty area of expertise is echocardiography and he performs stress echocardiography, advanced techniques echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography. He has trained in both Israel and the USA and he is presently Consultant Cardiologist at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital and has a private practice at Liverpool Spire Hospital.
In order to diagnose cardiac conditions, a cardiologist may check a patient's blood pressure or weight, and utilise tests such as an ECG (echocardiogram), exercise test, x-rays, or blood tests.
Cardiologists often work as consultants to other doctors. They are not surgeons, and, as such, do not carry out operations (these are handled by cardio-thoracic surgeons, who work closely with the cardiologist).
What conditions does a cardiologist treat?
Which subspecialties are included under cardiology?
You may be referred to a cardiologist by your GP if they suspect you have a heart condition. You should always consult a doctor if you are experiencing symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or dizziness. Heart murmurs may also warrant the attention of a cardiologist.
A cardiologist will be involved in your treatment if you suffer a heart attack or heart failure. With any serious heart issue, or treatments such as cardiac catheterisation or heart surgery, the skills and expertise of a cardiologist is required.


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Q: PHP Dropdown with start time and end time I'm currently making a booking form for a restaurant, but they have different opening hours. I have a little example how I imagined it would be.
I'm from Denmark, so it's not 10am and 10pm, but 10:00 and 22:00.
<?php

    // Opens at 10:00
    $mondayStart = "10";

    // Closes at 22:00
    $mondayEnd = "22";

?>

<select>
    // Here it is gonna generate times from 10:00 to 22:00 with 15 minutes apart like:
    // <option>10:00</option>
    // <option>10:15</option>
    // <option>10:30</option>
    // etc.
</select>

I really hope someone could help me. A tutorial or a video could also help alot.

A: You could use the strtotime function for this.
Try the following code, it should give you what you want.

 $time_start = '10:00';
 $time_end   = '22:00';

 # use date function with the time variables to create a timestamp to use in the while loop
 $timestamp_start = strtotime(date('d-m-Y').' '.$time_start);
 $timestamp_end   = strtotime(date('d-m-Y').' '.$time_end);

 # create array to fill with the options
 $options_array = array();

 # loop through until the end timestamp is reached
 while($timestamp_start <= $timestamp_end){
     $options_array[] = date('H:i', $timestamp_start);
     $timestamp_start = $timestamp_start+900; //Adds 15 minutes
 }

 //Do with the options array as you wish
 print_r($options_array);

A: <select>
    <?php
        $tNow = strtotime('10:00');
        $end_time = strtotime('20:00');
        while($tNow <= $end_time){
            $optionvalue = date("H:i",$tNow);
            echo '<option value="'.$optionvalue
              .'">'.$optionvalue.'</option>';
            $tNow = strtotime('+15 minutes',$tNow);
        }
    ?>
    </select>

or you can use timepicker

$('#time_at').timepicker({
     'timeFormat': 'H:i',
     'step': '15',  //15 Minute
     'minTime': '10:00',
     'maxTime': '22:00',
     'showDuration': true
});
<!-- Css Link -->
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-timepicker/1.10.0/jquery.timepicker.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<!-- js Link-->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-timepicker/1.10.0/jquery.timepicker.js"></script>

<label>Time</label>
<input id="time_at" type="text" placeholder="HH:MM (Duration)">

A: Slugonamission right. You could create an array to store the booking times and then incorporate a for loop to loop through the array and increment what ever amount is needed. Hope this helps man

A: Here's the code:
<select>
<?php
$start_hour = 10;
$end_hour = 22;
$minutes_array = array("15", "30", "45");
for($i=$start_hour; $i<($end_hour + 1); $i++){
    $string = $i . ':00';
    echo '<option value="' . $string . '">' . $string . '</option>';
    if($i != $end_hour){
        for($j=0; $j<sizeof($minutes_array); $j++){
             $string = $i . ':' . $minutes_array[$j];
             echo '<option value="' . $string . '">' . $string . '</option>';
        }
    }
}
?>
</select>

Here's a different solution:
you'll be using one loop, but you'll have to write the array by yourself.
<select>
<?php
$hours_array = array("10:00", "10:15", "10:30", "10:45", "11:00", "11:15", "11:30", "11:45", "12:00", "12:15", "12:30", "12:45", "13:00", "13:15", "13:30", "13:45", "14:00", "14:15", "14:30", "14:45", "15:00", "15:15", "15:30", "15:45", "16:00", "16:15", "16:30", "16:45", "17:00", "17:15", "17:30", "17:45", "18:00", "18:15", "18:30", "18:45", "19:00", "19:15", "19:30", "19:45", "20:00", "20:15", "20:30", "20:45", "21:00", "21:15", "21:30", "21:45", "22:00");
for($i=0; $i<sizeof($hours_array); $i++){
    echo '<option value="' . $i. '">' . $i . '</option>';
}
?>
</select>

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'The Last Of Us' TV Show Looks Amazingly Similar to the Game!
Published on August 23rd, 2022 | Updated on August 23rd, 2022 | By FanFest
If you don't want to play a game that has been remade, maybe you would like to watch a live action TV show of The Last of Us. This show will be like the game, but it will be on HBO.
The new Last of Us TV show teaser trailer shows how closely the upcoming series will hew to the game's framing, pace, and even character expressions. The footage is similar to the original material, which is a good thing because other video game adaptations have been criticized for straying too far from the original work.
There is going to be a TV show based on the game, The Last of Us. The writer for the show is Craig Mazin, who also wrote for the HBO show Chernobyl. Neil Druckmann, who helped create the game, is involved in making the show. HBO, Sony Pictures, and PlayStation Productions are all working together on the project. Druckmann says it will be "the most authentic video game adaptation yet." They released a short clip of the show and it looks pretty good.
Live-action video game movies have become more common and better in recent years. Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, and other recent video game movies are examples of this. Even if a movie is not perfect, it can still be successful if it is made with the right intentions and production values. This also applies to television shows. The upcoming Fallout TV show seems to be authentic based on some leaked set photos. Since The Last of Us games are already cinematic, it makes sense that the tone of the TV show will also be good.
The Last of Us has clear connections to the world of film and literature. For example, the original game is very similar to the 2009 movie The Road. That movie was based on a book from 2006 called The Road. Another example is post-apocalyptic settings. They are common in memorable television shows and movies, like The Walking Dead and I Am Legend.
The Last of Us: HBO vs. the game pic.twitter.com/hvJl7ZLDHa
— IGN (@IGN) August 22, 2022
The Last of Us' television adaptation is different than other adaptations. It looks like the game was directly translated into a television show. This is possible because of hyper-advanced AI.
I like many of the actors in this production, but I think that seeing it will cause a lot of discussion. People will talk about what happens when a video game is remade into a TV show. The show is very similar to the original game. But Paramount's adaptation of Halo was different from the game. Some people didn't like it because it was different.
Some adaptations have to take creative liberties, because some experiences don't work well when they are changed into a different medium. However, HBO's The Last of Us shows that when the original material is strong, it might not be necessary to take such liberties.
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Academy Awards 1985 Nominations
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Best Animated Short Film Best Original Score
Best Original Song Best Sound Mixing
Best Production Design Best Cinematography
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score, Musical or Comedy
A Soldier's Story
Places in the Heart
A Passage to India (David Lean)
Amadeus (Milos Forman)
Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen)
Places in the Heart (Robert Benton)
The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé)
Best Leading Actor
Amadeus (F. Murray Abraham)
Amadeus (Tom Hulce)
Starman (Jeff Bridges)
The Killing Fields (Sam Waterston)
Under the Volcano (Albert Finney)
Best Leading Actress
A Passage to India (Judy Davis)
Country (Jessica Lange)
Places in the Heart (Sally Field)
The Bostonians (Vanessa Redgrave)
The River (Sissy Spacek)
A Soldier's Story (Adolph Caesar)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Ralph Richardson)
Places in the Heart (John Malkovich)
The Karate Kid (Pat Morita)
The Killing Fields (Haing S. Ngor)
A Passage to India (Peggy Ashcroft)
Places in the Heart (Lindsay Crouse)
Swing Shift (Christine Lahti)
The Natural (Glenn Close)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (Geraldine Page)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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Camila (Argentina)
Dangerous Moves (Switzerland)
Sesión continua (Spain)
Voenno-polevoy roman (Russia)
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The Times of Harvey Milk
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Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
Recollections of Pavlovsk
The Children of Soong Ching Ling
The Stone Carvers
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The Painted Door
Doctor DeSoto
Against All Odds ("Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)")
Footloose ("Footloose")
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The Untold Truth Of The Dolby Theatre
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By Matt Reigle/Feb. 21, 2022 9:03 am EST
According to the Los Angeles Almanac, every single Academy Awards since 2002 — with one exception — has taken place in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, with the film industry's best and brightest packing into the seats and crossing their fingers in hopes of taking home an Oscar.
The theatre has had a few different names over the years. It was initially known as the Kodak Theatre until 2012 when it was temporarily rebranded as the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre — a nod to its location in the Hollywood & Highland (now called Ovation Hollywood) retail and entertainment complex. In May 2012, audio and video company Dolby Laboratories purchased the naming rights to the theatre, and it was renamed again to the Dolby Theatre in June 2012, per Historic Theatre Photos.
In addition to the Academy Awards, the theatre has also hosted the ESPY Awards, NAACP Image Awards, BET Awards, AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as television specials and movie premieres.
The need for a permanent home for the Oscars
For the first 73 years that the Academy Awards were held, there was no permanent venue for the ceremony. According to Los Angeles Almanac, the first Academy Awards was held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Then through the 1930s and part of the 1940s, the show bounced between the Ambassador Hotel and the Biltmore Hotel. Over the years, the awards show would make its way to Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Melrose Avenue theatre before RKO Pantages Theatre took over for the duration of the 1950s.
The show was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium from 1961 to 1968, before the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County became the host venue, before alternating on an almost yearly basis with the Shrine Auditorium. However, by 2001, it was time for the Oscars to movie into its new permanent home.
The Kodak Theatre opens
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The Dolby Theatre was completed in 2001 and was opened under its original name, the Kodak Theatre, with a concert from British tenor Russell Watson with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Choir. It was designed by David Rockwell, founder of Rockwell Group, an architectural firm that has worked on stadiums, hotels, casinos, clubs, and of course, theatres (via Historic Theatre Photos). The theatre was designed with the idea of it being an ideal location to hold large-scale events that were also being televised. According to Rockwell Group, this was done by combining "glamour with function." The space needed to be able to handle the technical rigors of holding such events, but without compromising the aesthetics typically seen in traditional theatres.
One of the features built to accomplish this was a media cockpit that holds broadcasting equipment located on a hydraulic lift in the middle of the orchestra pit, which can be lowered out of sight if need be. The theatre also has the flexibility to adjust its seating configuration. While a 2,000-person capacity might be ideal for live shows held at the theatre, capacity can be expanded to over 3,000 for the Academy Awards.
The theatre changes its name ... twice
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According to Historic Theatre Photos, when the theatre opened in 2001, Eastman Kodak had purchased the original naming rights to the theatre for a sum of $72 million. In 2012, the company was having difficulties adapting to a consumer photography industry that had moved to digital and was forced to file for bankruptcy (via ABC 27).
The owners of the theatre tried to fight for the company to continue its naming rights deal that was signed in 2000 and was to last 20 years. However, Eastman Kodak won in court and was able to break their deal with the theatre. This left a brief stretch where the theatre went by the name Hollywood & Highland Center — after the complex in which it's located — while a new naming rights holder was sought.
In May 2012, Dolby Laboratories was announced as the new naming rights holder on a 20-year deal. At the same time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences signed a new contract to keep the Oscars at the theatre for another 20 years. This was big, as there was interest from other venues in moving the Academy Awards.
The new name also brought with it Dolby's audio technology, and the theatre was equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system and other technological upgrades.
Another permanent resident flounders
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The year before the drama around the theatre's naming rights unfolded, a new tenant moved into the theatre. It was a show produced by Cirque du Soleil titled "Iris." According to Cirque du Soleil, the show combined dancing, acrobatics, projections, and live music and served as a tribute to cinema. The show also featured music composed by Danny Elfman, known for his work on many films, as well as the theme song for "The Simpsons." It seemed like "Iris" would be a perfect fit given its home right in the heart of Hollywood.
The show also required some upgrades and alterations to the theatre itself. According to Historic Theatre Photos, stage lifts that reached 44 feet below the original stage were added, carrying with them a price tag of approximately $40 million.
"Iris" opened in 2011 and held performances every month except for February, which is typically when the theatre is set up for the Academy Awards, per Billboard. However, it was closed down by early 2013 due to low ticket sales.
The 2021 Academy Awards take a field trip
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While the Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre under its various names from 2002 to 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2021 ceremony to buck that trend. In need of a temporary location to host a pared-down version of the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences looked to — where else — a train station.
Los Angeles' Union Station, to be precise. According to USA Today, the show's director, Steven Soderbergh, decided the award show would play out more like a movie than a traditional awards show. He also wanted an eye-catching set, so Union Station was selected as the location due to its architecture and ample open space for crews to work safely,
There was still a connection to the Dolby Theatre at the 93rd Academy Awards: Rockwell Group. The company, which is responsible for designing the Dolby Theatre, handled production design.


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Home SA Adelaide Fringe bags 'Best Festival' title at Ruby Awards
Adelaide Fringe bags 'Best Festival' title at Ruby Awards
Photographer: Trentino Priori. Artist: Alfie Ordinary
Taking home the title of Best Festival at the 2018 Ruby Awards has topped off a successful few weeks of state and national recognition for the Adelaide Fringe
Now in its 13th year, the Ruby Awards is South Australia's annual celebration of the state's arts and cultural sector.
The 2018 Adelaide Fringe was crowned winner of the hotly contested category with the other finalists including the 2018 Adelaide Festival, 2018 WOMADelaide and 2017 SALA Festival.
Adelaide Fringe Director and CEO Heather Croall said the "absolutely fantastic" award belonged to everyone who had ever made the festival possible, right back to when it was established in 1960.
"We are just the custodians of this festival for now. This award is for all the staff who have worked for Adelaide Fringe, volunteers, board members, and artists who have ever performed in the Fringe, the venues, sponsors and all the other funders and supporters," Ms Croall said. "And that's not to mention everyone who has ever bought a ticket to a Fringe show!"
Ms Croall also thanked Life Member Marjorie Fitz-Gerald for her work to officially establish the festival with support from the South Australian Government all those years ago.
Ms Croall said Adelaide Fringe dedicated the award to the man known as the Father of the Fringe, the late Frank Ford AM, who passed away earlier this year.
The win comes just days after Adelaide Fringe was named the state finalist for Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event at the 2018 Australian Event Awards.
"We're the largest annual arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's largest Fringe outside of Edinburgh, so we're thrilled that the impact of Adelaide Fringe is being recognised nationally," Ms Croall said.
Rounding out the recent success was Ms Croall's Ambassador Award from the Governor's Aboriginal Employment Industry Clusters Program in recognition of her contribution setting up and serving as the inaugural Chair of the Arts and Culture Cluster.
Ms Croall was joined at last week's Annual Forum for the Governor's Aboriginal Employment Industry Clusters Program by Adelaide Fringe ticketing staff member April Wanganeen, who received an Employee Excellence Award.
The 2019 Adelaide Fringe will run from 15 February to 17 March. Tickets are now on sale at adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix. Header Image Photographer: Trentino Priori. Artist: Alfie Ordinary
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Welcome to Providence Pilates Center. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us.
We are a Classical Pilates studio with a variety of private sessions and small group classes. The studio provides a welcoming and encouraging environment where the community can discover the physical and mental benefits of Pilates. Our goal is for each client to have a fun and challenging workout in a safe and clean studio. Upon leaving, we hope each person feels physically stronger and has increased flexibility and sharper mental focus.
In 2001, Cheryl started Providence Pilates Center. Over the years, it has grown to be a thriving studio. We changed from a single instructor to multi instructors, from a single space to a multi spaces, from a single type of class to multiple types of classes. Throughout our growth, we continue to stress the importance of individual attention in a supportive environment. From reformer classes, Tower, Mat, Barre, Spin and TRX, we offer something for everyone, strengthening, cardio and stretching to give you a complete, total body workout.
Our Pilates instructors are certified by a 600 hour program where they are trained on all types of apparatus and skilled in addressing all kinds of physical issues. Our Spin, Barre and TRX instructors have certifications in their respective disciplines. Many instructors hold multiple certifications and professional affiliations.
Providence Pilates Center offers Power Pilates Teacher-Trainer certifications. Cheryl received her certification as a Teacher Trainer for Power Pilates in 2012. She teaches students throughout New England.


Music and singing play a large role in the life of our school. Our aim is that all children fully experience the enjoyment and fun of musical learning in as many different ways as possible. We do this by providing engaging lessons in which the children have experience listening to music, making music with simple instruments and using their voices. At the same time we concentrate on building confidence within each child and encouraging them to develop their full potential.
We are fortunate at our school, that music is taught by a specialist music teacher, as well as by each class teacher. As well as this, children have access to a wide range of diverse classroom instruments for composing and performing a wide range of music. This has allowed us to fulfil our aim of developing skills in a progressive manner across the three main skill areas used in music making activities - listening and appraising, composing and performing music.
In addition to this, children can also choose to learn to play a range of musical instruments in clubs, or with visiting music tutors and have opportunities through the school year to perform to the whole school, parents and the wider community.


After months of secrecy it's finally official: our friends from The Amazing Race have been in Munich shooting with First Frame again for an Oktoberfest leg of Season 26. By Oktoberfest we mean Bavarian traditions including beer crate climbing, Fensterln, beer stein carrying and yodeling. The contestants had to wear dirndl and lederhosen, of course!
Every challenge needs to be tested during pre-production. Check out how much fun we had testing the beer stein carrying.


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The Heartbleed bug is a recently discovered security vulnerability which puts users' passwords at risk on several popular websites. It is an extremely serious problem that has single handedly turned the whole internet onend.
Heartbleed is a security vulnerability in OpenSSL software that lets a hacker access the memory of data servers. According to the Internet research firm Netcraft, 500,000 websites can potentially be affected. This means that a user's sensitive personal data, including usernames, passwords and credit card information is at risk of being potentially stolen. This also means that companies are in danger of having their server's digital keys, used to encrypt communications stolen along with confidential internal documents.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), also known by its current name, Transport Layer Security, or TLS. It is the most basic means of encrypting information on the Web, and it mitigates the potential of someone eavesdropping on you as you browse the internet. The "https" in the URL of SSL-enabled sites like Gmail, rather than simply "http" is an indication of SSL.
In regards to open-source software for SSL implementation, the versions with vulnerability are 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f. OpenSSL is also part of the Linux operating system, and as a component of Apache and Nginx, two very widely used programs for running Websites. In other words, it is used extensively across the Web.
Discovery of the bug
Credit for the discovery of the Heartbleed Bug is given to the security firm Codenomicon and Google researcher Neel Mehta, who both found the bug independently, however, on the same day.
Mehta donated the $15,000 bounty he was awarded for helping find the bug to the Freedom of the Press Foundation's campaign for the development of encryption tools for journalists to use when communicating with sources. Mehta has declined press interviews, but when asked for a comment, Google said, "The security of our user's information is a top priority. We proactively look for vulnerabilities and encourage others to report them precisely so that we are able to fix them before they are exploited."
How it got its name
According to Vocativ, the term "Heartbleed" was coined by Ossi Herrala, a systems administrator at Codenomicon. It's got a nicer ring to it than its technical name, CVE-2014-0160, which is the name for the line of code that contained the bug.
Heartbleed is a play on words referring to an extension on OpenSSL called "heartbeat." The protocol is used to keep connections open, even when data isn't being shared between those connections. David Chartier, chief executive of Codenomicon told Vocativ, "Herrala thought it was fitting to call it Heartbleed because it was bleeding out the important information from the memory."
The name was specifically chosen to be catchy because the team at Codenomicon wanted something press friendly that could catch on quickly, to warn more people of the important bug. Soon after they named the bug, they bought the domain Heartbleed.com to educate people about the very destructive bug.
Some sites aren't affected
Although OpenSSL is very popular, there are other SSL/TLS options. In addition, some websites use an earlier, unaffected version, and some didn't enable the "heartbeat" feature that was central to the vulnerability.
While it doesn't solve the problem, what mitigates the scope of the potential damage is the implementation of perfect forward secrecy, or PFS, a practice that makes sure encryption keys have a very short shelf life, and are not used forever. What this means is, if an attacker did get an encryption key out of a server's memory, the attacker wouldn't be able to decode all secure traffic from that server because key use is very limited. While some tech, giants, like Google and Facebook, have started to support PFS, not every company does.
How the bug works
The vulnerability allows a hacker to access up to 64 kilobytes of server memory, but perform the attack again and again to get a massive amount of information. This means an attacker can, not only, receive only usernames and passwords, but also "cookie" data that Web servers and browsers use to track individuals and ease login. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, committing the attack repeatedly could yield more serious information, including a site's private SSL key, used to encrypt traffic. With this key, someone could run a fake version of a website and use it to steal all other forms of information, like credit card numbers or private messages.
For many websites, changing your password will help protect your important information from attack. However, wait until you get confirmation from the website operator that the bug has been patched. It's a natural reaction to want to change all of your passwords immediately, but if the website's bug has not been fixed yet, making the change could be useless, you would only be giving an attacker your new password.
Checking to see if a website is affected
A few companies and developers have created testing sites to check which websites are vulnerable or safe. Two of the better sites are by LastPass, a company that makes password management software, and Qualys, a security firm. While these test sites are a good preliminary check, continue to proceed with caution, even if the site gives you an all-clear indication. If you're given a red flag, however, avoid the site altogether.
Who came up with the bug
According to the Guardian, the programmer who wrote the glitchy code was Robin Seggelmann, who worked for the OpenSSL project while getting his Ph.D. studies from 2008 to 2012. Adding to the drama of the situation, he submitted the code at 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve 2011, though he claims the timing has nothing to do with the bug. "I am responsible for the error," Seggelmann said. "Because I wrote the code and missed the necessary validation by an oversight."
As an open-source project, it's hard to place the blame completely on one person. As Zulfikar Ramzan, chief technology officer of cloud security startup Elastica, explained to The New York Times, there's so much complex code that people had been writing, and the particular protocol Heartbeat did not get enough scrutiny. "Heartbeat is not the main part of SSL. It's just one additional feature within SSL," he said. "So it's conceivable that nobody looked at that code as carefully because it was not part of the main line."
Is my bank account in danger?
Most banks don't use OpenSSL, but instead use proprietary encryption software. But if you're unsure, contact your bank directly for confirmation that the website is secure. Still, John Miller, security research manager for security and compliance firm TrustWave, suggests keeping a close eye on financial statements for the next few days to make sure there are no unfamiliar charges.


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Michael Ladisch is the Scholarly Communications Officer and Program Lead at the UC Davis Library. He provides guidance and support to UC Davis' researcher community on issues related to scholarly communications, creates educational and outreach materials about intellectual property issues, and provides consultative services regarding scholarly works permissions. He also serves as the primary spokesperson regarding all aspects of scholarly publishing, barrier-free access to knowledge, changing scholarly credit mechanisms, and new modes of knowledge creation. In addition, Michael partners with campus units and other library programs to develop solutions for collecting, disseminating, and preserving new forms of scholarly communication.
Michael is a research librarian with more than 20 years of experience in academic settings ranging from Germany to Ireland to the U.S. He has extensive experience in all areas of scholarly communication, with specific expertise in citation analysis and altmetrics. Before joining the library, he was the STEM Librarian at University of the Pacific Libraries in Stockton, CA, and lead for their library's scholarly communication support. His past experience includes several years as the bibliometrics librarian at University College Dublin, Ireland, and four years as Head Librarian at the newly founded Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany, where he established the institute's library from scratch. Before that, he served as head of the Hospital Library at Halle's University. In his early years, Michael earned a certificate in dairy farming and worked for a couple of years in that profession.
Michael has a Master of Arts, Library and Information Science from the Institute of Library and Information Science at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany and a Diploma in Library Science, from the Department of Library Science, Book Trade and Museology, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. He is active professionally, having presented extensively at regional, national and international conferences, and is very interested in the changing modes of scholarly communication and their effects on researchers and their research.
Beyond work, Michael is a cinephile, appreciating world and arthouse cinema (but not exclusively). He also likes to read, cook and travel, and does some occasional birdwatching.


The Chief Observer concludes today his first visit to Zimbabwe. During his stay he met with the President of Zimbabwe, the Chair of the Zimbabwe Election Commission, political parties and candidates, civil society and other stakeholders.
"We hope the presence of EU observers can be a source of support for the conduct of credible elections Our observation focuses not only on the election day, but on the entire electoral process, including the environment for the polls, conduct of the campaign, results transmission and the resolution of any election-related legal disputes after voting has finished. In making our assessment we will consider the environment and context for the polls alongside election day itself", said Mr Brok.
A core team of ten analysts arrived in Harare on 6 June 2018. Forty-four long-term observers arrived two weeks later and are deployed to all ten provinces to observe the process in urban and rural areas. A further forty-four short-term observers will reinforce the mission before Election Day. They will be joined by a seven-person delegation from the European Parliament, as well as by diplomats of EU Member States and partner countries, bringing the mission's strength on and around Election Day to some 140 persons.
The EU EOM conducts a comprehensive and impartial analysis of the whole electoral process. This includes assessing the legal framework, the performance of the election administration, voter registration, candidates' nomination, campaign activities, respect for fundamental freedoms, access to and conduct of the media, voting and the counting and transmission of results, and the period after the polls. If a second round of voting is required, the mission will remain in Zimbabwe for this.
The EU EOM is bound by a code of conduct, which requires strict neutrality and no interference in the process. The mission undertakes all its work in accordance with the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and cooperates closely with national and other international observers. The EU EOM will publish its initial findings in a Preliminary Statement, which will be presented about two days after Election Day. A final report will be published within two months.


There are many ways to stay on top of trigger events or growth indicators for the industries and spaces that you sell into. There is one that most sales reps don't think of.
An easy place to find those kinds of triggers on your target accounts is Twitter.
By creating a private Twitter list and adding your target accounts Twitter handles to the list each time you decide to name or target an account can be very helpful in gaining more knowledge and insight into the account. This knowledge and insight will be timely and you can use that in your prospecting to set yourself apart from the unhelpful sales reps calling them.
Here is a quick guide on how sales reps can start using Twitter for target account selling.
Go to Twitter and click on Lists. On the right hand side there will be a button that says Create New List.
2. Name your list target accounts or territory accounts. Make sure you make the list private by checking off the private check box in the privacy area when creating the list.
3. Now you can start to add company Twitter accounts to your private target list.
Each time you decide to name an account or target an account you should search the company Twitter handle and add that company Twitter handle to the list.
Here is an example of my Twitter lists in my Twitter. See the one labeled Silicon Valley Leads with a lock next to it. This is where I add my accounts that I am targeting.
4. If you use HubSpot social monitoring tools you can then go into your HubSpot social monitoring tools and create a stream for that Twitter list.
Here is an example of what my stream in my HubSpot looks like for my target accounts that I follow in my private Twitter list.
5. Everyday you can go in to your stream and read through what the companies in your target accounts are sharing on Twitter.
They will share news, articles they write, white papers, conferences they are attending, company updates, new hires, etc.
These updates that you read on Twitter will help you to learn more about your accounts. You will then have more relevant things to bring up as you prospect them and work the account. You will be smarter at your prospecting and more timely in what you bring up to the prospect.
Today is your day to know why you are calling a prospect and impress them for knowing something relevant and timely about them.
Be a great sales rep by knowing relevant and timely things about the company that you are targeting.
If you happen to be a woman working in tech sales and want to join other women who work in sales in a Slack Channel and community you can join here.


Facial redness, known as erythema, is a troubling condition shared by those with sensitive skin. Finding redness relief has long been a frustrating quest for rosacea patients and others. At last, a new treatment is changing lives and overcoming what was once an intractable problem. Understanding more about the sources and symptoms of facial redness will empower affected individuals to make better choices in their own care and treatment.
rosacea or any of its related symptoms including inflammatory acne and severely dry skin; external cosmetic procedures produce short-term facial redness with symptoms that are uncomfortable and difficult to treat during the healing process; other causes, like a contact reaction to irritating topical skin care products containing acids, or even secondary ingredients that trigger allergic dermatitis.
Traditional rosacea treatments may include oral antibiotics. When used long-term, they can have negative effects on beneficial intestinal bacteria. Other treatments rely on acid-based topical creams that can further irritate and dry out the skin, and must be discontinued after limited or no improvement in symptoms. Avoidance is an important basic strategy in treating skin conditions, including facial redness. Avoiding sun exposure, extremes of temperature, spicy foods, alcoholic drinks and excessive exercising can help reduce rosacea symptoms.
PyratineXR® Intensive Anti-Redness & Healing Ointment is an anti-redness treatment that utilizes advanced cytokinin technology. This technology produces a powerful plant extract that slows the aging process in plants. It has been clinically proven in human trials to soothe sensitive, irritated skin and to minimize free radicals, slowing the aging process in human skin.
The PyratineXR® formulation is a healing ointment, specially made for intensive spot treatment of stubborn red blotches on the face, severely dry skin, skin roughness, and other conditions that are often resistant to treatment with less occlusive lotions and creams. Designed to penetrate quickly, it provides a protective coating that is highly effective in keeping moisture in and increasing the skin's water content. It is ideal for conditions that require deep moisturization and for accelerating healing from cosmetic procedures.
PyratineXR® is formulated with a single cytokinin molecule, furfuryl tetrahydropyranyladenine, derived from. PyratineXR® reduces facial redness as it attacks and helps control the main symptoms of rosacea, including facial redness, inflammatory lesions and spider veins, in one pure product. Human clinical trials at major medical institutions utilizing US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protocols demonstrated that this breakthrough technology is also highly effective in ameliorating the signs of aging skin in humans, significantly reducing fine lines, wrinkles, mottled hyperpigmentation and skin roughness.
PyratineXR® is natural and botanically based. It is a safe, non-acid alternative to harsh chemical treatments like tretinoin, and can be used long-term with little or no side effects. A powerful moisturizer, anti-aging product and anti-inflammatory agent all in a single molecule, PyratineXR® helps eliminate the need for multiple products, thus reducing the likelihood of an adverse reaction from the dozens of harsh ingredients found in most products today.


Toby Keith and Taylor Swift were honored by their songwriter peers Sunday night (Oct. 18) during the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony. The event at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel provided the official induction of the organization's newest Hall of Fame members — Kye Fleming, Mark D. Sanders and the late Tammy Wynette.
Keith was named songwriter-artist of the decade for his lengthy string of No. 1 hits. Keith earned NSAI's songwriter artist of the year award in 2003, 2004 and 2006 and was named BMI's songwriter of the year in 2001, 2004 and 2006.
Craig Wiseman was named songwriter of the decade for his catalog that includes hits such as Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff" and "Summertime" and Brooks & Dunn's "Believe." Wiseman received ASCAP's country songwriter of the year award in 2003, 2005 and 2007. He earned a 2004 Grammy for best country song for Tim McGraw's recording of "Live Like You Were Dying," a composition that also resulted in song of the year honors from the CMA and NSAI.
Appropriately, Fleming was inducted by Barbara Mandrell, who enjoyed success in the '70s and '80s with several of her songs. Edens Edge, a new vocal trio, performed a medley that included "In Times Like These," "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" and "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool." Ronnie Milsap then performed "Smoky Mountain Rain" and "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World," two of his hits from Fleming's song catalog.
Hall of Fame member Bob McDill presided during a special tribute to the late Bill Hall, recipient of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation Mentor Award acknowledging those who have nurtured and encourage songwriters. Hall and music veteran Jack Clement established one of Nashville's most successful music publishing companies. It included Hall-Clement (a BMI affiliate) and Jack and Bill (an ASCAP affiliate).
"What Hurts the Most," Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele (recorded by Cascada).
View photos from the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction banquet.


Bono insisted on specially-prepared food when dining out recently, it has been claimed.
The U2 frontman amazed fellow diners at New York eatery Butter on Tuesday (23.02.10) when he made a string of requests to restaurant staff - and then made sure they were carried out.
A source said: "He demanded that his salad be chopped. And he made sure it was when it arrived."
The 'One' singer - who was eating with his bandmate The Edge - sent staff into a panic when he asked for a specific type of bottled water not stocked by the eatery.
The source - who was seated at the next table to the rockers - added to the New York Daily News newspaper: "He wanted Perrier, which they didn't have, so a waiter actually ran across the street to a store and bought him a bottle."
Bono isn't the only star to have caused a stir in a restaurant.
Lady Gaga reportedly exasperated staff at London eatery Hakkasan last year after she demanded to be re-seated because another diner was "ogling" her.
She later asked staff to help her look for her "lost" Chanel handbag. After a frenzied search, another diner found the bag under a discarded napkin.
The eccentric singer also insists on taking her own cup and saucer everywhere with her.
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Andrew Cane has released his brand new single 'All I Wanted Is to Have Sex with You'
The new launch is a testament to his ever-evolving genuine sound. The new recording arrives after the release of the single 'Lies' on September 30, 2020.
Most listeners probably associate Andrew Cane with guitars and rock drums. Not so with "All I Wanted Is to Have Sex with You", here he breaks his previous line in music.
In fact, not a single guitar appears in this tune and so do not rock drums.
The song is not performed vocally, but to emphasize the atmosphere, whispered.
A whisper with the fictional love on the other end of the digital connection.
The LoFi piano sound, the atmospheric vinyl crackle and analog noise , convey the mood of a lonely night in front of the computer.
As a genre, Andrew describes the track as whisper rap or whisper pop.
It describes the fictional situation of a pair of lovers who are spatially separated by the Corona Pandemic and can only communicate via the computer.
The song title clearly states what is missing for many of those who live alone and have no opportunities to meet the opposite sex.
Andrew explains, "At times like this, many people are realizing that physical closeness cannot be replaced by digital applications like Zoom over a long period. I don't want to mention warm hearted feelings. You can easily become alienated in the long run.
Until now, probably only sailors, soldiers or prisoners knew this feelings, to this extent.
'All I Wanted Is to Have Sex with You' is the shortest song I've ever recorded as I see it like a snapshot with a Polaroid camera.
In light of this pandemic, I hope it stays a snapshot of history."
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