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package org.drools.compiler.builder.xml;

import org.drools.compiler.kproject.xml.MinimalPomParser;
import org.drools.compiler.kproject.xml.PomModel;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.kie.api.builder.ReleaseId;

import java.io.InputStream;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

public class PomModelParserTest {

    @Test
    public void parsePom() {
        InputStream is = PomModelParserTest.class.getResourceAsStream( "pom.xml" );
        assertNotNull( is );

        PomModel pomModel = PomModel.Parser.parse( PomModelParserTest.class.getName().replace( '.', '/' ) + ".pom.xml", is );
        assertEquals( "groupId", pomModel.getReleaseId().getGroupId() );
        assertEquals( "artifactId", pomModel.getReleaseId().getArtifactId() );
        assertEquals( "version", pomModel.getReleaseId().getVersion() );

        assertEquals( "parentGroupId", pomModel.getParentReleaseId().getGroupId() );
        assertEquals( "parentArtifactId", pomModel.getParentReleaseId().getArtifactId() );
        assertEquals( "parentVersion", pomModel.getParentReleaseId().getVersion() );

        assertEquals( 1, pomModel.getDependencies().size() );
        ReleaseId dep = pomModel.getDependencies().iterator().next();
        assertEquals( "dep1GroupId", dep.getGroupId() );
        assertEquals( "dep1ArtifactId", dep.getArtifactId() );
        assertEquals( "dep1Version", dep.getVersion() );
    }
}


God is. And He is holy. Psalm 139 exposes our hearts and minds to the omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence of God. He is all knowing. He is everywhere at all times. He is all powerful. We learn in the Scriptures that God is eternally self-existent; He is and always has been. The name, "Yahweh" occurs more than any other name of God in the Psalms. "Yahweh" captures more than any other this essential truth about the God of the Bible. God has not only created humanity in His image but has also entered into covenant relationship with His chosen people. In your English translations, Yahweh will often appear as LORD. In Psalm 139, David lays his life bare before God that any sin may be exposed and made clean in light of God's holiness.


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The briefing on duty free retail at airports
Globally, duty free is a major boon for airports and retailers looking to squeeze out additional revenues from passengers. Increasing demand is leading to major retail expansion at airports, with hubs such as Dubai International (UAE) and Heathrow (UK) co-existing as huge shopping centres offering a wide selection of clothing and technology products to customers from around the world.
Nevertheless, cutting taxes doesn't always seem to pay dividends for passengers. A recent study from finder-com revealed that, on average, duty free prices can actually work out approximately 17% more expensive at UK airports, with some products costing 150% more if bought just before a flight than online. If airports truly are becoming 'the new high street', it's clear they will still need to face off competition from the web.
280,000ft2
The total size committed to retail space across Dubai International Airport's numerous concourses
Duty free spend per international passenger at Los Angeles International Airport in 2017 – the highest at a US airport for this year
$136.28bn
Value of the global duty free retailing market by 2027, according to Coherent Market Insights
Asia-Pacific region's share of global duty free and travel retail sales in 2017
Number of retail and catering outlets across the UK's Heathrow Airport
Number of stores operated by Dufry, the leading travel retailer worldwide
Jon Ostler s, CEO (UK) at finder.com:
It is worth noting that duty free can offer exclusives and products that aren't readily available elsewhere, so the best thing to do is to research before you buy. Smartphones have made this easier than ever and a quick check before you hand over the cash could stop you overspending by as much as £32 for bigger ticket items like Ray-Ban sunglasses.
A statement from retailer World Duty Free, following the finder.com report:
No retailer can promise that all its products will always be the cheapest in today's fast-moving retail world and we do not make this claim, nor do we state that our products will always cheaper than those bought from online retailers. We are pleased to note that the research acknowledged that customers could find better prices on many items.
The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous and controversial philanthropic empire in Israel that runs through the corridors of power and stretches deep into the occupied West Bank. An investigation by the Associated Press news agency has found that the family has donated at least $5.6m to settler organisations in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past decade, funding synagogues, schools and social services as well as far-right causes considered extreme even in Israel.
Ever Rich Duty Free hopes to prevent a million plastic straws a year heading to waste as it adopts environmentally-friendly paper straws across all of its F&B outlets. The move impacts cafes and restaurants at four airports operated by Ever Rich Duty Free as well as those at downtown locations.
Source: The Moodie Davitt Report
Lagardére Travel Retail has won a new duty free concession at Václav Havel Airport Prague, with 24 business units covering 4,372m2. The operator will bring a much wider offer tailored to individual passenger segments, new exclusive brands, stylish and modern shop design, digital sales elements, new sales channels, and expansion of the local range of products.
Source: Airport Business
Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) on Wednesday approved King Power Group's $494 million bids for duty free retailing at its major airports over rival contenders, including a group of South Korea's Lotte and Bangkok Airways Pcl. The hotly-contested auction had lured international bidders seeking to benefit from Thailand's booming duty free industry on growing tourist numbers, and powered airport operator AOT's revenue growth.
Indian tourists don't have to convert the Indian rupee while shopping at Dubai duty free airports as the currency is now acceptable at all three terminals of Dubai International Airport and at Al Maktoum Airport. Nearly 90 million passengers passed through Dubai aiports last year. Of them, 12.2 million were Indians. Most of them came from the Indian cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Cochin.
Source: Gulf News
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Review: Too Hard to Forget by Tessa Bailey
Posted May 3, 2017 by Vampbard in Contemporary Romance, Rating A, Reviews Tags: Grand Central Publishing, Romancing the Clarksons series, Tessa Bailey, Vampbard review
Too Hard to Forget
Author: Tessa Bailey
Reviewer: VampBard
Rating: A
What I'm Talking About:
I may have devoured Peggy's story in one sitting. I may have actually re-read parts, too. When reading the Romancing the Clarksons series by Tessa Bailey, I'm entranced by the familial connection, the depth of the characters, and the build up to the next book, Too Beautiful to Break—Belmont & Sage's book. While we're three-deep in the series already, if one were to jump in right here, there's some lost backstory and outcomes for two other siblings—and the buildup to the final title in the series—but it could be read on its own. Readers will most likely devour not only this title—Too Hard to Forget—about the little sister, Peggy, and her football coach paramour, Elliott.
Who doesn't like a well-crafted second chance story? I know I **really** like them, and Peggy & Elliott's story was no exception.
Seems like I'm running across more and more titles that push my boundaries as a reader—which is cool. It's no secret I'm a teacher, and I have some personal rules, if you will, about my reading. I am very careful about teacher/student titles because there's a squick factor for me that I can't get around. Just the way I'm wired. Now, while Elliott is NOT one of Peggy's college professors, he is employed by the university she attends and that's grey zone for me. But, Tessa Bailey? I'll forge on. You know, in the interest of dirty-talking, super sexy damaged dudes.
In the two previous titles of the Romancing the Clarksons series, Too Hot to Handle (Rita & Jasper) and Too Wild to Tame (Aaron & Grace), we see little snippets of Peggy—who she is, and how she handles watching intimacy. It was obvious for me that she had commitment issues, and in Too Hard to Forget we learn why. Thank the gods. Peggy's backstory was killing me. I needed it, like, immediately after reading the first book in the series. For those that haven't read the previous two titles in the series, the Clarksons siblings' mother died. She kept a diary, and during each leg of this journey they're taking across the country to do a polar bear dip in the Atlantic Ocean—at her behest—a different sibling learns what their mother thought about them. What she saw beneath the layers.
For some reason, Peggy intrigued me from the beginning. And I think that what really drew me to her as a character was that she had unfinished business from her college days. Yeah, yeah. I know. Mental health professionals everywhere are going to roll their eyes at what I'm about to say: Peggy's experience—as crappy as it was—with Elliott shaped her into who she is. It gave her the ability to be able to communicate authentically with Elliott's daughter. It gave her insight into being the cheerleader yet not feeling as though she completely fit in (oh. Heroes flashback…).
Elliott was in a horrible position when he first met Peggy. His inner conflict made my heart break for him. Moving to present day, he has to exorcize the demons he's saddled himself with in the interim. One thing I really liked about Elliott's characterization was that he was Catholic and that figured into his conflict. While I'm not Catholic, I do know a lot about the religion as I taught in Catholic schools for 14 years. Broaching religion as a conflict point is always dicey for an author, and Ms. Bailey handled it in a way that wasn't as intense as a Dan Brown book (remember the self-flagellation and the cilice Silas used in the DaVinci Code?), but I think it was more emotionally telling, regarding Elliott's character. And, when Elliott has his AHA moment? There may have been actual tears, you guys.
There's a bit of an age difference between Peggy and Elliott, too. Elliott has a daughter and I think part of the reason I really connected with Peggy during Too Hard to Forget was because she had to forge a relationship with the other important person in Elliott's life as a stepmother. I liked the way Peggy went about this. Teens have a life full of angst anyway, and adding someone else to the mix isn't always easy. I think Peggy filled a gap neither Elliott nor his daughter knew they had in their lives. But, it wasn't in a mom-like way. Does that make sense?
The last thing I want to talk about is the super hot sexytimes. O.M.G. Peggy and Elliott surely melted my e-reader (Really. I would't have been surprised if I'd needed to make some magic happen or pick up a new device because it short-circuited due to the HOT factor). While some of the interactions were raw and intense, there was a balance—and I appreciated that, as I need to see the intimacy to believe a couple is worthy of their HEA.
Readers of the Romancing the Clarksons series won't be disappointed by Peggy & Elliott's story, and the additional bites of Sage & Belmont tossed in definitely ramp up the frenzy to get their book in September (September? Is it September yet?!?). Those who haven't jumped into the crazy road trip that is Romancing the Clarksons will enjoy this story, but will likely want to pick up the two previous titles in the series. And foam at the mouth like I am in anticipation for Belmont's book.
My Rating: A, Loved It
Peggy Clarkson is returning to her alma mater with one goal in mind: confront Elliott Brooks, the man who ruined her for all others, and remind him of what he's been missing. Even after three years, seeing him again is like a punch in the gut, but Peggy's determined to stick to her plan. Maybe then, once she has the upper hand, she'll finally be able to move on.
In the years since Peggy left Cincinnati, Elliott has kept his focus on football. No distractions and no complications. But when Peggy walks back onto his practice field and into his life, he knows she could unravel everything in his carefully controlled world. Because the girl who was hard to forget is now a woman impossible to resist.
Series: Romancing the Clarksons #3
Format(s): paperback (336 pages), e-book, audiobook
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Reviews in the Series:
Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey (Romancing the Clarksons #1)
Too Wild to Tame by Tessa Bailey (Romancing the Clarksons #2)
Review: The Mistake by Elle Kennedy


As one of the leading specialists in hip arthroscopies, Dr. Joseph McCarthy's proposed text Early Hip Disorders promises to become a definitive addition to the field. Featuring full color, arthroscopic views and contributions from such prestigious figures in the orthopaedic community as John McGinty, Richard Villar and James Bono, this text will cover all the essentials of hip arthroscopy including: examiniations, arthroscopic procedures for loose bodies, labral injuries, defects of the femoral head and acetabulum, treatment for infections, tumors, differential diagnosis and, most uniquely, a section on pediatric hip injuries. In addition, this text will provide the surgeon with detailed analysis of cost considerations and comparison with open hip procedures as well as outcome analysis. This text is a must- have for any orthopaedic surgeon interested in learning the newest procedures in the treatment of hip injuries and providing their patients with the safest, most effective treatment available.


U.S. borrowers should be cautious when borrowing from multiple lenders, because it could negatively impact their overall credit profiles, according to the article.
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The first aim of this cultural project is to give to one of the most precious inheritances in oral Ladin dolomitic tradition -that is also characterised by various classical themes- a new and privileged means of transmission through the filmic performance, achieving a living preservation of the legend and an efficacious reception both by Ladin people and by a larger public. Interpretation and adaptation of the legend are inspired by the longing for the best presentation of the plot in today's reality, deeply bound to the various dolomitic settings as well as to different elements and colours in mountain's nature.
The film was shot in summer 2005 in some of the most fascinating dolomitic scenaries, such as the Fanes' plateau, the S.Nicolò valley in Fassa and Lake Braies.
Except of the three promoters of this cultural project there were involved in the production of the film almost hundred volunteers -as principal actors, extras, collaborators- from the vallies Badia, Gherdëina and Fascia. In the film they speak their own Ladin idiom, so that it results a meeting of linguistic varieties of this very ancient alpine language, Ladin, yet spoken today and acknowledged as minority language. Indeed the presence of different Ladin idioms in the film shows in most of cases a correspondence between the contemporary Ladin idiom spoken by the actors in today's reality and their place of origin in the legend: the king of Fanes speaks mareo (Ladin of northern Badia valley), the queen of Fanes and Dolasila badiot (Ladin of southern Badia valley), Ey de Net, the prince of the Cajutés and the chiefs of Fanes' neighbour people fascian (Ladin of Fassa valley), Spina de Mul and Tsicuta gherdëina (Ladin of Gherdëina valley).
Also the film-music was realized following a particular aim: there were involved musicians from the valleys Badia -first of all members of the band of Badia with the conductor and co-responsible for the arrangement Fridl Pescoller-and Gherdëina . The music is played with instruments that should remind of ancient times -such as wind instruments and percussions- and the female voice (Susy Rottonara, soprano) characterises the quite complex figure of Dolasila / Lujanta, expressing her feelings about the different happenings in the legend.
Bozen of Bolzano with sub-titles in German.
Born the 26.07.1979 in Milan. Degree with distinction in foreign languages and literatures in Trento, thesis on German philology. Degree in piano and singing at the Conservatory of Music in Trento with national and international artistic experience (www.susyrottonara.com).
Author of various books, radio and television - programs.
Born on 3 January 1966, cameraman, author and producer of a variety of movies for the RAI Radio Televisione Italiana, experiences in foreign countries like Bielorussia, Russia, Spain, Austria and Germany. He operates in many areas like art, extreme sport, culture and fiction.


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Novel hydrogel scaffolds developed by researchers from the University at Buffalo containing various concentrations of strontium. (Image: Michelle Visser)
Franziska Beier, Dental Tribune International
Wed. 28 December 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y., US: Formation of an effective soft-tissue seal around dental implants can be supported by modifying implant surfaces. A research team from the University at Buffalo has found that strontium supports soft-tissue function and therefore developed a customisable strontium-filled scaffold that is intended to improve wound healing and tissue attachment in dental implant treatments.
Strontium, a naturally occurring metal, has been shown to be helpful in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. It has been used for treating dentinal hypersensitivity and works as an agent against plaque and gingivitis. Previous research by the university found that the metal promotes the activity of fibroblasts—a cell type responsible for forming connective tissues that plays a crucial role in wound healing.
In the current study, the research team developed a strontium-loaded hydrogel scaffold that can be customised to any size and shape of implant collar or healing abutment by the creation of reusable, ring-shaped templates and moulds. The strontium ions are then released from the scaffold in an initial burst over 24 hours, followed by a sustained dosage over four days. According to the researchers, this process involves minimal toxicity for the patients.
The study results indicated that the strontium ions were effectively released from the scaffold, stimulating gingival fibroblast activity and thus promoting wound healing. In addition, tests showed that the hydrogel scaffold alone had only a minimal effect on the tissue.
The study authors stated that the strontium-loaded scaffold displays good biocompatibility and functionality and that it has great potential for promoting wound healing processes following implant placement.
"Scaffold materials have been explored to promote bone and skin wound healing, but adaptations for the oral cavity are limited," commented lead author Dr Michelle Visser, associate professor of oral biology at the university's School of Dental Medicine, in a press release. "These novel scaffolds represent a system for effective strontium release in the oral cavity," she added.
The study, titled "Strontium-loaded hydrogel scaffolds to promote gingival fibroblast function", was published in the January 2023 issue of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research.
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Transport union RMT is officially backing Janine Booth - a Socialist Green Unity Coalition candidate in Hackney, east London - in next month's local government elections.
RMT's Scottish region is officially affiliated to the Scottish Socialist Party, of course. But this must be the first time a major union has endorsed anybody against Labour in England for decades.
RMT has also come out for John Marek of Forward Wales and independent socialist Peter Law for the Welsh Assembly.
This development comes after Unison Labour Link's decision not to fund or work for Labour on May 4. Both moves underline the growing disaffection with Blairism among organised workers.
Some groups on the far left - most notably the Socialist Party - are actively demanding union disaffiliation. There are dangers with this as a tactic, especially given the lack of a credible alternative to Labour on the left. Unions leaving the Labour Party could just as easily become depoliticised as radicalised.
It's not that I'm against such calls. I am just arguing they should be handled carefully.
By the way, I can personally endorse Janine, an RMT activist who stood for the Socialist Alliance in the 2001 general election. The ward she is contesting this time round is not too far from where I live, and I intend to help canvass for her at some point. Details of the campaign can be found here.
Perhaps significantly, RMT is not backing Respect, the Socialist Workers' Party/George Galloway electoral vehicle, which is likely to win council seats in the heavily Muslim boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham.


I've, yet again, run into a brick wall with lscript. All I'm trying to do is save some data in the save function, and then load it again. But noooo.
Right. The concern is with the value m. I cannot get this float/double value to save and be reloaded. The documentation does not provide any assistance either.
What happens is that io.writeln(m) will write the value as a string. Fine.
m = io.readNumber() will then fail. I don't know why., I just get an error.
m = io.read() works, but returns a string which then causes c0 = ctlnumber("Multiply factor", m) to fail whenever the options are clicked.
If I use io.writeNumber(m), or io.writeDouble(), all read functions fail when trying to load the data.
Please help, I'm being driven out of my tiny little mind.
Your problem is how you read it. In ascii mode, (which the io functions are), you can only read and write strings.
So you'll need to read the string, the convert it to the float or int type you want.
To be more specific, when the light to which the channel modifier script is attached is cloned, I want to reasses some values, as all the old variables will be pointing to the old light, not the cloned one.
Ok I have a similar question so I hope Mr Anti-Distinctly don't mind me jumping in.
What about saving object references?
Do I only need to save the objects name?
How do I load it correctly on load scene?
I'm very new to lscript (hence all the questions) but would saving the object ID work?
Thanks but I get errors on both. Can't seem to find any clean scripts showing this..
I'm not so sure about the Light(ID) one, but Light(lightName) should work fine. What are the errors? Try to strip the code down as much as possible to eliminate anything else as being the error.
When the light is cloned, the create function is called whereby I store data such as the light's ID by using channel.parent.id or something like that.
I've made the lscript's desc function output the parent's id and the channel id, so I can make sure its referencing the correct object, which it seems to be..to start with.
I double click on it and click 'ok' (or do anything that calls the setdesc function again) and the values have all reverted back to the original object. Why are these values discarded!?
try io.read().asInt(); if the loadID isn't correct in some way - write debug(); in the code and add loadID to the watch and see what's going on there.
Ok, so you want to have one value on the light follow another value on itself, then clone it and have light2 value one follow light2 value two, clone and have light3 value one follow light3 value 3.
Is that oversimplifying what you want?
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. It's not just me being dumb is it? When you first clone the light, the create function has all the correct values, but at some point after that those values just end up pointing back to the original item.


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Dancing With The Stars Results Tonight, Season 20 Winner Revealed at Live Finale Tonight
May 19, 2015 Mirex Sebastian Dancing With The Stars, News, Television 0
Who won Dancing With The Stars 2015 Season 20? The votes are in and grand winner will be revealed at the end of the Grand Finale Results show tonight, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Tonight, Dancing With The Stars will crown its Season 20 winner!
Last night, the remaining dancing couples including Rumer Willis and Val Chmervoskiy, Riker Lynch and Allison Holker, and Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgees performed two dance routines — a dance they previously performed this season and a super-sized Freestyle routine.
Favorite Routine
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess Dance 'Argentine Tango'
Riker Lynch and Allison Holker Dance 'Paso Doble'
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy Dance 'Foxtrot'
Freestyle Routine
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy 'Freestyle'
Riker Lynch and Allison Holker 'Freestyle'
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess 'Freestyle'
Tonight, the couples will compete in the final round called the 24-Hour Fusion Challenge, where the couples will fuse two contrasting dance styles and learn the moves within 24 hours.
At the end of the show, the results will be revealed and the winner of Dancing With the Stars Season 20 will be crowned!
Who do you think will took home the Mirror Ball Trophy? Rumer Willis and Val Chmervoskiy, Riker Lynch and Allison Holker or Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgees? Write your prediction on the comment section below.
We will be doing live recap on this page, videos and results will be posted below once announced!
Don't miss the Grand Final episode of DWTS 2015 on ABC at 9/8c, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
LIVE FINALE BEGINS NOW!
FIFTH HARMONY perform "Worth It"
24-Hour Fusion Challenge
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess dance Cha Cha / Argentine Tango
"You've been the viewers favorite. You've given so much to America, why shouldn't America give you the mirrorball," said Len Goodman. "You are legend," said Bruno Tonioli.
Scores: 36 (9-9-9-9)
Total: 108 for the two nights
Riker Lynch and Allison Holker dance Salsa / Quickstep
"That was incredible," said Julianne Hough. "You're just a superstar," said Carrie Ann Inaba.
Scores: 40 (10-10-10-10)
Total: 120 for the two nights. Perfect!
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy dance Foxtrot / Paso Doble
"This girl is on top of the game," said Bruno Tonioli."You are just the real deal," said Carrie Ann Inaba. "The quality of movement… listen to me Rumer, I am honest. You are as good as anyone who's ever been on Dancing with the Stars. That was brilliant," said Len Goodman. "From Day One we believed in you," said Julianne Hough.
Dancing With The Stars Season 20 Winner: Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkvoskiy!
Second Place: Riker Lynch and Allison Holker
Third Place: Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess
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use Opifer\ContentBundle\Model\ContentManagerInterface;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\Type\EntityType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\CallbackTransformer;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormView;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;

/**
 * Content Parent Form Type
 */
class ContentParentType extends AbstractType
{
    /** @var ContentManagerInterface */
    protected $contentManager;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param ContentManagerInterface $contentManager
     */
    public function __construct(ContentManagerInterface $contentManager)
    {
        $this->contentManager = $contentManager;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder->addModelTransformer(new CallbackTransformer(
            function ($original) {
                if (is_null($original)) {
                    return null;
                }

                return $original->getId();
            },
            function ($submitted) {
                if (null == $submitted) {
                    return null;
                }

                $content = $this->contentManager->getRepository()->find($submitted);

                return $content;
            }
        ));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $optionsResolver)
    {
        $tree = $this->contentManager->getRepository()->childrenHierarchy();
        $optionsResolver->setDefaults([
            'tree' => $tree
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function buildView(FormView $view, FormInterface $form, array $options)
    {
        $view->vars['tree'] = $options['tree'];
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getParent()
    {
        return EntityType::class;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getBlockPrefix()
    {
        return 'opifer_content_parent';
    }
}

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Died husband Celine Dion 'still present every day' in her life
Two years ago Celine Dions died husband René Angélil, but according to the singer he is still with her every day.
"René is still present in my life, he is not physically with us, but he is still there every day, I also see him in the eyes of my children", the singer (49) tells in an interview with the Australian TV program The Project.
Angélil died in January 2016 at the age of 73 from the effects of throat cancer. Dion had married him for almost 22 years and together they have three sons, René-Charles (17) and the twins Nelson and Eddy (7).
The manager and music producer was ill for several years before he died. "For three years he could not eat or drink, he got his food through a tube," says Dion. "The only thing I hoped for all those years of suffering was that he would go peacefully, I wanted him to feel light and carefree."
Angelil eventually died of a mild heart attack. "It went so fast, he did not feel any of it, for me it felt like he was finally relieved of his pain," said the singer.
Liam Payne and Cheryl relationship is on brink of ending
Fergie receives a harsh shower of criticism after her last and strange presentation ¡Mírala!


I have enjoyed many of Tamera's books and was eager to read this final book in the Belle Meade Plantation series. I can always count on her books being full of history and well thought out, developed characters. I really liked Sylas but Alexandra took me awhile to really like for some reason. I love the cover and the setting of this book, as always great secondary characters as well! The romance in this book felt rather awkward at times but that is much more realistic for a relationship. While not my favorite book in the series, To Wager Her Heart made a great addition to this collection of books and I eagerly await Alexander's next novel!
Thanks to the publisher for offering me a free copy in exchange for honest review. All opinions are my own.


The British passport still has clout!
Nearly three quarters of the UK population hold passports.
Indeed, a British passport is almost considered an essential now as your passport can be used for proof of citizenship and an official identification in many areas when you need to prove who you are.
Whether after Brexit we change to the historic blue passport or retain the red cover, holding a British passport is still something to value.
The idea of a passport in Britain is thought to have originated from an Act of Parliament in 1414, when documents for safe conduct were issued by the King. In 1540 the issue of travelling papers was taken over by the Privy Council and from 1794 passports were taken under the control of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Amazingly there are records of every British passport granted since this time, a wonderful resource on our historic population. But in the past, ownership of passports was of course limited, and they were not necessarily required for travel until the early part of the 20th century.
All passports issued since 2006 have been biometric – meaning an electronic or ePassport. They feature an electronic chip which holds not only your details but also your facial biometrics. These have been taken from the photograph you supply and include measurements such as the distance between the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. This is why it is important these days to provide a precise passport picture that is full face without smiles or screwed up cheeks.
It takes around three weeks to get a renewed or replacement passport and will cost £72.50p, or £82.50; including the Post Office check system. However, if you are in a panic, you can get a new passport in just a few hours or within a week through the most costly Passport Offices Premium Service or Fast Track Service.
It is easy to complain about the cost of Passports, but they do open up the world for today's travellers. The UK is among the top 4 in the world based on the power of the passport.
Henley and Partners are global leaders in citizenship planning and have just put together a ranking of all the passports in the world according to their value. It is based on the number of countries that can be visited visa free by the passport holders, and gives an interesting insight into the power of each passport.
Japan and Singapore have knocked Germany off the top spot of the Index, with citizens of both Asian nations now enjoying visa-free access to a record 180 destinations. The German passport has topped the list for the past five years but has now dropped down to the second most powerful globally, with access to 179 destinations worldwide.
The UK has dropped down one rank to 4th place overall, but the country still provides its citizens with visa-free access to 177 destinations. Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan sit at the bottom of the Henley Passport Index, each still only able to access 30 or fewer destinations visa-free.
1: Singapore and Japan, both scoring 180.
2 : Germany at 179.
4 : the UK, equal with Austria, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg and Holland at 177.
There are some interesting variations, Hong Kong only scores 161 coming in at 16th, while tiny St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean come in not that far behind at 26th with a score of 141. Russia scores a lowly 114 to come in at 45th .


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Tag Archives: Keith David
American Dresser
Posted on October 1, 2018 by carlosdev
Give me life on the road.
(2018) Drama (Cinedigm) Tom Berenger, Keith David, Carmine Canglialosi, Gina Gershon, Penelope Ann Miller, Jeff Fahey, Bruce Dern, Kathrine Narducci, Andrew Bryniarski, Becky O'Donohue, Elle McLemore, Rob Moran, Jennifer Damiano, Wyatt Lozano, Scott Shilstone, Ryan R. Johnson, Josh Owens, Jim Ford, Michael Perri, Sophia Franzella. Directed by Carmine Canglialosi
There are few things more American than hopping on your motorcycle and going off in a cloud of dust to travel the highways and byways of our great nation. It's been an idea that has captivated American cineastes at least as far back as Easy Rider and it is a motif that has shown up in movies over and over again ever since.
John Moore (Berenger) is dealing with the grief of his wife's (Gershon) death from cancer and not at all dealing with it well. He has fallen into the bottle, much to the disgust of his two adult daughters who are further mortified when he shows up late to his wife's funeral. Basically in an alcoholic stupor all day, he decides to assuage his grief by going through his wife's things – doesn't everybody? – which is when he finds a letter she had written to him but never sent. The contents aren't revealed other than obliquely and even then not until late in the film but John is inspired to dust off his old bike and head off on a road trip to Oregon from whatever Eastern hamlet he lives in.
Joining him is Charlie (David), John's comrade-in-arms in Vietnam. Charlie has been recovering from the effects of an auto accident and the surgeries haven't gone well. Facing the loss of a leg, he wants one last adventure with his buddy before going under the knife. And, to paraphrase the great Paul Simon, they rode off to look for America.
America in this case being a land of sexy waitresses in honkytonks, barroom brawls with inbred rednecks, hooking up with a group of L.A.-based lady bikers, having the black member of the party accused of a murder he didn't commit and beaten up by small town cops and for John, finding romance with the cousin of Charlie's fiancée. They also pick up a stray in hunky Willie (writer-director Canglialosi) who helps them out in the previously mentioned barroom brawl and whom women seem drawn to like catnip. He's also hiding a secret, on the run from the cops. There is a point to the journey for John but I won't mention it here.
This is a movie I really wanted to like. Road films are some of my favorites and the strong cast promised at least decent acting but alas, that's not what happened in either case, me liking the film and decent acting by the strong cast. Although Berenger is game, David is as always reliable and Miller is as pretty as ever, other than a cameo by Dern the acting is largely disappointing. The overall tone is kind of muted, like all the energy has been wrung out of the film before it unspools. Considering the level of talent in the film that's pretty shameful.
The hero of the movie is not John Moore or the man that plays him so much but cinematographer Jesse Brunt who comes up with some iconic shots of the back roads of the Midwest and West, the somewhat forced shot of the bikers roaring past Mount Rushmore notwithstanding. While the movie seems meant for an older adult audience, there seems to be little here to drive them into theaters other than a blast from the past cast; the relationship between John and Charlie for example seems pretty sketchy with little filling in the blanks other than a few story references and the obvious band of brothers in Vietnam reality but other than some insulting boys banter, the bond between the two remains maddeningly unexplored. For my money Canglialosi the writer should have eliminated the part of Willie entirely; that would have at least forced him to develop the relationship between the two vets more thoroughly. Frankly, Willie adds almost nothing to the movie other than to be the brawn for the two older men.
To be fair, there is some fun in watching some of these veteran actors go about their business and the scenery along the road is wonderful but that's really all the movie has going for it which is mighty sad. You get the sense that the writer didn't really have anything to say other than that older people can still ride and anyone who has been to a gathering of bikers can tell you that anyway. Did the film make me want to get on a bike and ride off? To a degree yes, but definitely not with these people.
REASONS TO GO: There are some nice shots of the American road.
REASONS TO STAY: A little maudlin, a lot cliché, the tone of the film is tepid at best.
FAMILY VALUES: There is some profanity, drug references and violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Tom Berenger's birth name was Moore, the same as his character's last name.
BEYOND THE THEATERS: Amazon, Fandango Now, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube
CRITICAL MASS: As of 10/1/18: Rotten Tomatoes: 0% positive reviews. Metacritic: 24/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Wild Hogs
NEXT: Queen of the World
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New Releases for the Week of September 28, 2018
Posted on September 27, 2018 by carlosdev
(Universal) Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Keith David, Rob Riggle, Romany Malco, Al Madrigal, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ben Schwartz, Anne Winters. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Hart stars as one of several misfits taking night classes in an attempt to pass their GED exams. Haddish is the no-nonsense teacher assigned to help them get there.
See the trailer, clips and video featurettes here
Release Formats: Standard, DBOX, Dolby, IMAX, RPX, XD
Rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some drug references and violence)
(Vertical) Emily Ratajkowski, Noah Robbins, Kathrine Narducci, Spencer Boldman. An Italian-American boy from the mean streets of Brooklyn falls for a beautiful Jewish girl from Long Island. It's 1987 and anything is possible.
See the trailer here
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs
(CBS) Bex Taylor-Klaus, Tony Todd, Reign Edwards, Amy Forsyth. A masked serial killer finds a happy hunting ground in a horror-themed amusement park where the guests think that his gruesome murders are all part of the show.
See the trailer, interviews and B-roll video here
Release Formats: Standard, DBOX
Rating: R (for horror violence, and language including some sexual references)
(Pure Flix) Lea Thompson, Ian Bohen, Lucas Grabeel, Melanie Stone. A modern update of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel follows the March sisters as they traverse the often treacherous path from girlhood to womanhood.
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Regal Oviedo Marketplace, Regal The Loop, Regal Waterford Lakes, Regal Winter Park Village, Rialto Spanish Springs Square
Rating: PG-13 (for some thematic elements and teen drinking)
(National Geographic) Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster. For high school science nerds, their super bowl is the International Science and Engineering Fair. This documentary follows nine students from around the world as they compete for the "Best in Fair," an award that only one of them can win.
See the trailer and a video featurettes here
Rating: PG (for some thematic elements and brief language)
(Warner Brothers) Starring the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common. A bright young yeti discovers the existence of what was thought to be a mythological beast – a human. The news of his discovery turns the world upside down for his people who wonder what else might be out there.
See the trailer and a video featurette here
Release Formats: Standard, 3D, DBOX, DBOX 3D
Genre: Animated Feature
Rating: PG (for some action, rude humor, and thematic elements)
Sui Dhaaga: Made in India
(Yash Raj) Anushka Sharma, Varan Dhawan, Raghuvir Yadav, Govind Pandey. A husband and wife in India discover the need of entrepreneurship while trying to revive the artisan traditions of their homeland.
See the trailer and an interview here
Now Playing: AMC West Oaks, Touchstar Southchase
At First Light
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
Devadas
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Nawab
Trico Tri Happy Halloween
The Apparition
Pataakha
Natakam
The Padre
Pick of the Litter
FILM FESTIVALS TAKING PLACE IN FLORIDA:
South Asia Film Festival (Maitland, FL)
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An outtake from The Shining?
(2016) Action Comedy (Warner Brothers) Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Kim Basinger, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Keith David, Beau Knapp, Lois Smith, Murielle Telio, Gil Gerard, Daisy Tahan, Jack Kilmer, Lance Valentine Butler, Ty Simpkins, Cayla Brady, Tammi Arender, Rebecca Dalton Rusk, Terence Rosemore, John L. Morris, Michelle Rivera, Nathaniel "Nate" Scott. Directed by Shane Black
1977 in Los Angeles was an interesting place. It was the golden age of porn; bell bottoms and flower shirts were the fashion, and guys with too-long locks and elaborate facial hair were on the prowl for chicks with teased hair. Smog choked everything and in the post-Watergate atmosphere, it felt a lot like innocence had been irrevocably lost. This is where and when I grew up.
Shane Black gets it note-perfect, and while I admit I had very little to do with the porn industry as a teenager (other than as a prospective consumer) this feels like the L.A. I grew up in. This is the kind of town where a sports car might crash from a hilltop road into your background, disgorging a beautiful naked porn star (Telio) whose final words are "How do you like my car?"
This is also the kind of place inhabited by Jackson Healy (Crowe), a Bronx-bred tough guy who is the kind of guy you call when you want someone hurt, but not killed. He's also a bit of a knight in not-so-shining and dented all to hell armor, hired by a young woman named Amanda (Qualley) to discourage a guy who's been stalking her.
That guy happens to be Holland March (Gosling) whom Healy appropriately sends to the hospital with a spiral fracture of his arm. But as it turns out, he's been hired to find Amanda – he's a private detective, albeit one who drinks far too much and isn't nearly as bright as he thinks he is. After their encounter, Healy is visited by a pair of mobsters (Knapp, David) who are trying to intimidate him about the whereabouts of Amanda. March gets away from the two of them, leaving one of them with permanent blue dye all over his face.
Realizing that he's stepped into something that doesn't smell so good, he enlists the guy he sent to the hospital – March – to find out what's going on and locate Amanda, who's disappeared off the face of the Earth. At first none too pleased to be teamed up with him, March begins to grudgingly respect his new partner. The two are helped by March's precocious daughter Holly (Rice) who is a better detective than either of them.
It turns out the case is related to the porn industry, the California Department of Justice whose head honcho (Basinger) turns out to be Amanda's mother. On the trail is the chief bad guy John Boy (Bomer) who is thus named because he has a similar mole as Richard Thomas of The Waltons. And with avant garde pornographers, vicious hit men, and Vegas mobsters to contend with, these two ne'er-do-wells will have their work cut out for them if they plan to live to see 1978.
Black has always been a terrific writer, going back to his Lethal Weapon days and to an extent, he's mocking the genre he helped create (the buddy cop movie) with this film, which would come out ten years after this film was set. As I mentioned earlier, he gets the period stuff right on with the fashions, the smog, the soundtrack and even the vibe. This is most definitely the City of Angels I remember.
He also casts his film nicely. Both Gosling and Crowe take to their parts like they were born to them, and the chemistry between the two is what carries the movie and holds it together. Crowe, who carries himself as a big guy, does the tough-with-a-heart-of-gold as well as anybody and while Gosling is often the comic relief, he never stoops to making his character a laughing stock, although March easily could be considering all the poor choices he makes.
Rice should also be given some credit. The movies are filled with precocious kids who are smarter than the adults in the movie, and often these types of characters are annoying as the fluctuating price of gas. However, Rice makes the character credible enough and vulnerable enough to avoid that pitfall, although again I do wish the adults here didn't have to be quite so dumb.
The action sequences are decently staged as are the comedy bits, although I think most of the best comedy moments can be found in the trailer which is a bummer. At times, it feels like it is one irritable police captain away from a TV cop show from that era – Starsky and Hutch much? There is also a little bit of a reach in the plot department in terms of the conspiracy going on in high places, although the movie is well-written overall in terms of plot construction. However, it feels a little bit like a noir film with a funk soundtrack, if you get my drift. Some of it just doesn't work.
Overall though this is far more entertaining than a lot of stuff out there. It's smart, it has some decent performances and it captures a place and time better than most. Some might find the immersion in the porn culture a bit distasteful but Black doesn't stick it in your face overly much. Well, maybe not to me. While I have friends who dug this a lot more than I did, I can say they're not wrong in giving this film the kind of love they've given it and as far as I'm concerned, Shane Black is the kind of director who always seems to make movies that are worthwhile viewing. Boom shaka laka laka, baby.
REASONS TO GO: Smart dialogue and plot construction. Crowe and Gosling have genuine chemistry.
REASONS TO STAY: Originally started life as a television pilot and has that kind of TV quality to it. A little far-fetched in places.
FAMILY VALUES: Violence abounds as well as sexuality and nudity with plenty of foul language and a smattering of drug use – all 70s-centric things.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: In the elevator scene, the same background Muzak plays as in the similarly-set scene in The Blues Brothers.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Inherent Vice
NEXT: Warcraft
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(Columbia) Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, Haley Bennett. Directed by Antoine Fuqua
McCall is a man with a mysterious and violent past that he would much rather put behind him. He lives a quiet life doing a non-descript job. When he meets a beautiful and sweet young girl who is under the control of vicious, violent and sadistic Russian gangsters, he is bothered. When they beat her up and put her in the hospital, he knows this will only end in her demise. He sets out therefore to use his skills to get her out of their control, even if it means taking on overwhelming odds but that's nothing new for McCall. If you have a problem, he's the man who can fix anything. Based on the 80s TV hit that starred Edward Woodward in the same role.
See the trailer, clips, a featurette and B-roll video here.
Release formats: Standard, IMAX (opens Thursday)
Genre: Action Thriller
Rating: R (for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references)
(Gravitas) Alex Russell, Nick Offerman, Johanna Braddy, Miles Fisher. Everyone knows that the cost for higher education is terrifying. When four seniors discover that their money has run out and in order to graduate they'll have to come up with a semester's worth of tuition, they are concerned. When they find out how much that is, they are in full-on panic mode. With no jobs, no money and no ideas, they hit upon the idea of establishing a fake charity. They become so successful at raising money that real charities begin to take notice – and want them on board. Except those real charities might not be quite so charitable as they might seem.
Rating: PG-13 (for some language)
The Boxtrolls
(Focus) Starring the voices of Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg. A community of mischievous but good-hearted creatures that live below the town discover an orphaned boy who has nobody to take care of him. Naming him Egg, they agree to raise him as best they can. Years later when the Boxtrolls are threatened by the townspeople, it will be Egg who must come to their rescue and get both sides to learn to live together.
See the trailer, clips and a featurette here.
Rating: PG (for action, some peril and mild rude humor)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
(Weinstein) James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, William Hurt. A couple whose relationship is falling apart make a last ditch effort to rescue it. Originally made as two separate films – one from the viewpoint of each person in the relationship – Weinstein in their infinite wisdom or lack thereof has decided to combine both films into a single movie. I suppose we'll never know if the two film thing was gimmicky or innovative.
Field of Lost Shoes
(Bosch) Lauren Holly, Jason Isaacs, David Arquette, Keith David. As the Civil War progressed, it chewed up soldiers at a terrifying rate. Particularly in the South where they didn't have the manpower reserves that the North had, young and elderly men alike were called upon in the latter stages of the war to defend their native soil. At the Virginia Military Institute, raw cadets were tasked with defending the monstrously important Shenandoah Valley. This is their story.
Genre: War
Rating: PG-13 (for war violence and some thematic elements)
(Sony Classics) Ulrich Thomsen, Ulrich Matthes, Laszlo Gyemant, Andres Gyemant. On the border of Hungary and Germany during the Second World War, a pair of 13-year-old twin boys are given a notebook by their father to chronicle their lives. Living with a terrifying grandmother, they train themselves to desensitize their bodies to the value of human life. Few films have ever captured the effects of war on the innocent as this one has.
Rating: R (for disturbing violent and sexual content, nudity and language)
The Skeleton Twins
(Roadside Attractions) Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell. A pair of twins, estranged for a number of years, are forced back together by economic circumstances. As they reacquaint themselves, they discover that the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality and drug use)
The Song
(Goldwyn) Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Danny Vinson. An aspiring musician meets and marries the devout daughter of a vineyard owner. As musicians sometimes do, he writes a song for his new bride. However, he is unprepared for what happens when the song becomes a huge hit. Beset by pressures and temptations he's ill-equipped to handle, his life and marriage slowly begin to crack at the seams.
Genre: Faith Musical
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements including some substance abuse, smoking and rude references)
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Christmas in Compton
Sheryl Lee Ralph does Christmas Africa-style.
(2010) Holiday Comedy (Barnholtz Entertainment) Omar Gooding, Keith David, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Eric Roberts, Porscha Coleman, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Orlando Brown, Edwin Hodge, Charles Kim, Arif S. Kinchen, Charlotte Ayanna, Jayda Brown, Kristinia DeBarge, Melanie Comacho, Leslie Jones, Evan Rayner, Darryl Alan Reed, Emiliano Torres, Malin Yhr. Directed by David Raynr
Having lived in Los Angeles for many years, I can say with certainty that the South Central community of Compton means different things to different people. Mainly populated by minorities (in particular African-Americans), the white community tends to view it with suspicion and perhaps a little fear. For the African-American community, Compton means something else entirely.
Big Earl (David) owns a Christmas tree lot that doubles as a flea market and community center. He is a well-respected member of the community, one who dispenses wisdom as well as Christmas cheer. However, his son Derek (Gooding) is a source of frustration. He wants his son to be a winner, successful as Big Earl himself is.
Derek though has other definitions of success. He dreams of being a music producer but Tommy Maxell (Roberts), the unscrupulous owner of a major record label, has stolen one of his acts and now has his greedy paws at the ready for his latest one, Sugar Stuff – a Destiny's Child-like girl group. Derek is not real good about reading the fine print on contracts and is consistently getting screwed by those who write that fine print. Big Earl is anxious for Derek to give up what he considers to be unrealistic dreams and take over the Christmas tree lot, but Derek is reluctant.
Surrounding them are a cast of oddballs and hangers on like Steve Ho (Kim) who seems to relish being the token Korean, Squeaky (Kinchen) and Pookie (Hodge) who are kind of boys from the hood sorts, the beautiful single mom Kendra (Campbell) whom Derek becomes sweet on and her precocious 8-year-old daughter (Brown), and Abuta (Ralph) who has a love-hate relationship with Big Earl who looks upon her obsession with Kwanzaa as anti-Christmas and as such suspicious behavior. Abuta is kind of the surrogate mom for Derek since his own mom and Big Earl's wife had passed on some years earlier.
Derek hates the thought of losing Sugar Stuff – they're really his last shot at his dream – so he hatches a plan to steal some jewelry from Tommy and his wife and fence it with Delicious (Nunez), a fast-talking fence who constantly refers to himself in the third person, then use the money he gets to retain the rights to Sugar Stuff who are dazzled by the dollars being dangled by Maxell. Predictably, things don't go as planned.
As plots go, this one is about as stale as a re-gifted fruit cake. It's fairly standard for an urban comedy – think Barbershop and Friday for starters. Gooding doesn't have the charisma and likability to really carry the movie – he comes off a bit bland. David, however, lends gravitas and genuine warmth which really makes up for it.
While not all the humor really appealed to me – keep in mind I'm not really the target audience for this film – there were some laugh-out-loud moments for me. Most of all though you want a Christmas movie to deliver heart and the warm fuzzies and Christmas in Compton does that. I don't know that Compton in 2013 is anything like this – I suspect it isn't all Kumbaya and neighborhood barbecues but the community spirit depicted here is at the core of what Compton is and was when I lived and worked there (just out of college I sold a subscription TV service there). Sure, there are problems there. Poverty will do that to a community, but there has always been a sense of togetherness that is enviable. I often wonder how much could be accomplished were the spirit of Compton a more universal thing.
In any case, despite the staleness of the plot, I actually found myself warming to Christmas in Compton which I didn't honestly expect to. Sometimes a good heart can overcome an unremarkable script.
WHY RENT THIS: Nails the heartwarming aspect. Gives a sense of community.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Been there done that. Some of the jokes fall flat.
FAMILY VALUES: There is a fair amount of foul language, some sexuality and some crude humor.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Gooding is the younger brother of Cuba Gooding Jr. and also has a thriving rap career as Big O.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: There is a short film, Santa Better Do Me Right.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: Not available.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Best Man Holiday
NEXT: The last day of The Holly and the Quill 2013!
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Pitch Black
Posted on March 3, 2013 by carlosdev
Even the landscape is giving Vin Diesel the finger.
(2000) Science Fiction (Universal) Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Claudia Black, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery, Sam Sari, Firass Dirani, Ric Anderson, Vic Wilson, Angela Moore. Directed by David Twohy
Most of us are scared of the dark in one way or another. We are scared by what we can't see. We are scared by what we don't know. And those strange noises that could be claws and fangs….those can be terrifying without a doubt. We are frightened by the things that lurk just beyond the shadowline.
With good reason, it turns out. Especially on this planet. A transport carrying Muslim settlers bound for New Mecca and Riddick (Diesel), a prisoner with surgically enhanced eyesight bound, is holed by space debris, killing the captain and sending the ship crashing to the surface of a barren world with three suns.
The situation seems pretty bleak; the surviving senior officer is Fry, the docking pilot (Radha Mitchell) and she's a bit shall we say prone to panic. What's worse is that there is no water to be found, and Riddick has managed to escape. That doesn't please Johns (Hauser), the marshal escorting Riddick to prison (and a guy with a few secrets of his own rattling around in his brain).
It looks like they may have lucked out in finding an abandoned mining operation with a working well and what seems to be a serviceable transport vehicle that only needs power cells in order to get off the ground. That's when they find out that they aren't alone on the planet. There are things lurking in the darkness, things with teeth and insatiable hunger. And those miners didn't just leave. Unless of course you're talking about leaving this life.
But the crash survivors be OK as long as they stay in the light. Light hurts these creatures, after all. But don't you just hate it when you land on a planet with nocturnal carnivores just before a total eclipse? So do these guys.
There is a great deal of suspense of the gut-wrenching variety. There is also more than a little gore, so the squeamish need not view this one. Still, this movie is less about viscera than it is about keeping you on the edge of your seat, and sending some genuine shivers up and down your spine. The various creatures, which are rarely seen well due to the darkness, are really amazing CGI creations. Not only do they LOOK lethal, they look plausible as well.
Diesel is excellent in this movie. As the amoral Riddick, he can be intimidating, creepy even – but he retains a rather dry sense of humor. He is a mess of contradictions, with the devils of his worse nature winning out over the angels of his better nature, but he is not entirely unredeemable or evil. He is a man of shades of gray; mainly dark gray, I grant you, but not entirely without light. He turns Riddick into a human being instead of a cartoon, which movies of this nature tend to do. The character was so fascinating that a second movie, less successful, was later made – and a third is due out this September. While Mitchell and Hauser do passable jobs, they are simply blown out of the water by the character and performance of Riddick. Fans of Farscape will get a big kick out of seeing Claudia Black in a small role here prior to appearing in that groundbreaking sci-fi series. David has a role that adds a bit of gravitas and is the moral crux of the film, which believe it or not it possesses.
Fans who liked Aliens will probably revel in this one. Fear and redemption are the underlying themes here, and horror is the vehicle for facing those themes. Shakespeare it isn't, but Pitch Black manages to look at human nature at the same time as giving us a hell of a ride. Check it out – but be warned, it IS nightmare-inducing even if you're not terribly sensitive.
WHY RENT THIS: Diesel creates an iconic anti-hero in Riddick. Great monsters and a fabulous premise well-executed.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Exceedingly nightmare-inducing. Some of the initial crash effects are pretty weak, even by the standards of the time. Some of the support performances don't measure up.
FAMILY MATTERS: There is quite a bit of violence and gore, some nightmarish creatures and a goodly amount of language. There's also some drug use which isn't for the squeamish.
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Riddick was initially written as a female character and was to have been killed off in the end until Universal decided that the character would prove popular enough to warrant a sequel.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO FEATURES: The initial DVD release includes footage from rave parties used to promote Pitch Black. The Director's Edition has an introduction to the Video Game prequel Escape From Butcher's Bay and the animated Dark Fury which connects Pitch Black to The Chronicles of Riddick. There's also a visual encyclopedia of the universe of Riddick as well as a "Johns Chase Log" in which actor Cole Hauser narrates his version of events that led to the capture of Riddick. The Blu-Ray also has a featurette in which the sequel's connections to the original are explored.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $53.2M on a $23M production budget; the movie didn't make a huge profit via it's USA Films theatrical release but has been a big seller on the home video market.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Aliens
NEXT: The Silver Linings Playbook
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Meet Monica Velour
Truer words were never written…even accidentally.
(2010) Comedy (Anchor Bay) Dustin Ingram, Kim Cattrall, Brian Dennehy, Keith David, Daniel Yelsky, Jee Young Han, Sam McMurray, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jamie Tisdale, Tony Cox, Henry Yuk, Lauren Mae Shafer, Peter Carey, My-Ishia Cason-Brown, Nicole Stober, Kathi J. Moore. Directed by Keith Bearden
The problem with meeting our idols is that they rarely live up to our expectations of them. They are all, without fail, human beings every one, all of whom are imperfect and in some cases, downright awful – which is how they got to the pinnacle in the first place. That goes for '80s porn legends as well.
Tobe (Ingram) has been dealt a pretty raw hand by life. His parents are both dead and he lives with his aging cantankerous grandfather (Dennehy) and drives a weenie truck, the "Weenie Wiz" which he is now having to sell. Unprepossessing in the looks department, Tobe hasn't had a lot of experience in l'amour. His ideal woman is a beautiful porn star from the 80s named Monica Velour (Cattrall).
But that was a quarter of a century ago and she's more or less disappeared from the porn scene. Tobe is driving the Weenie Wiz to a collector (David) of American kitsch in Indiana who's buying it. Tobe learns that his idol is making a live appearance at a strip club not far from where the collector lives. Tobe figures that this might be his only chance.
However when he gets there he discovers that not everyone has the same admiration for his idol that he does. A group of drunken frat boys heckle her unmercifully and when Tobe asks them to stop, they beat the holy crap out of him.
Monica takes him home and he discovers to his…shock? surprise? I'm not really sure…that she is pushing 50 and lives in a trailer, recovering (and not always fully) from a drug habit and embroiled in a bitter custody suit with her asshole of an ex-husband who forbids her any contact with her daughter and uses that as a means of torturing her.
Monica is a tough broad who's survived one of the most heartless and cruel lives imaginable but her kid is her Achilles heel. Tobe wants to do something for his idol that will prove his devotion and savvy readers will have an inkling of what that just might entail.
For a comedy this movie is a bit of a downer. The two characters at the heart of the movie lead fairly bleak lives and yes, they're played for laughs but when you look at it in black and white you kind of feel that sense of quiet desperation that are the lives so many of us lead. That doesn't mean there aren't legitimately funny moments which the filmmakers are trying to juxtapose with genuine pathos. They succeed only part of the time on that score however as some of the plot points feel a bit contrived.
Cattrall does some of the best work of her career. One of the most beautiful women in the world (still), she allows herself to be photographed sans make-up and with her hair left pretty much the way she woke up with it. That takes some guts in an industry where glamour is everything and its lack can set your career back some, particularly if you're an actress pushing middle age.
What makes Monica Velour successful as a character is that she's no angel, no hooker with a heart of gold and certainly no role model. She makes some pretty self-destructive choices and there are times you really want to give her a good "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING" rant nose to nose with her. She'd probably head-butt you though so do be careful if you decide to take me up on it.
Cattrall brings that aspect of her to life, makes Velour a survivor – in some ways barely but a survivor nevertheless – and believable in that role. She has been chewed up and spit out in some ways but she has most of her fight left in her although when it comes to her daughter again…Achilles heel, remember?
I wish I could say the same for Tobe. He's played as a kitsch worshipping outsider who loves jazz from the '30s, cars from the '50s and porn from the '80s, golden ages all. He has the gangly mawkishness of Napoleon Dynamite which isn't a good thing. The trouble with using that kind of quirky indie eccentric as a main character is that those sorts of people only exist in New York and Los Angeles and their only friends are writers. I'm convinced of that because I've never met these sorts of folk anywhere else. Tobe is a sweetheart sure but there's also a creepy stalker aspect to him and I don't see someone as cynical and guarded as Monica really succumbing to a guy like this. It doesn't seem to be in her nature.
Like Meat Loaf warbling "I'd do anything for love but I won't do that," so the right-minded critic can see a movie he or she wants to love but just can't quite bring themselves to recommend their readers see it. I liked the individual elements to this movie just fine but it didn't jell into a cohesive whole. I would have liked to see more story and less quirkiness and more humor along the lines of the opening credits in which Monica's porn career is seen through posters and clippings. It turns out that Monica's career choice as a porn star is unfortunate for the movie overall; not because I have anything against porn stars but because the filmmakers used it as a license to be quirky. The irony is that they were trying to show Monica as a down to Earth decent sort with problems that down to Earth decent sorts tend to have. Unfortunately they use Monica as an excuse to be quirky in a story that would have been better served with a couple of ordinary folk in a situation ordinary folk tend to have.
WHY RENT THIS: Cattrall puts on a brave performance. Gets the 80s era porn right.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Too much of a Napoleon Dynamite vibe. Worships the low-brow a bit too lustily.
FAMILY VALUES: There is a good deal of sex and nudity, plenty of bad language and a bit of drug use.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The "Weenie Wiz" hot dog truck was stolen shortly after production wrapped. It has yet to be recovered.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: None listed.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $33,042 on an unreported production budget; this was not a box office money maker.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Miss March
NEXT: Cinema of the Heart 2013 Day Three
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Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy update looks at successes, challenges in fighting crisis
Daina Goldfinger GlobalNews.ca
This Aug. 29, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of prescription oxycodone pills in New York.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mark Lennihan, File
The Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy's update looks at the successes and challenges of the plan in combating the opioid crisis.
Some of those accomplishments, the update says, include training 132 health professionals to treat opioid use disorders, establishing three new needle exchange sites and distributing over 7,000 naloxone kits, an antidote for overdoses.
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"While there is much more to be done, the SMOS 2018 status update demonstrates significant achievements that have been made to date across our region," Lisa Simon, the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy's co-chair and the associate medical health officer at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, said in a statement.
Preliminary data for 2018 indicates that the number of emergency department visits grew in area, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says, and that opioid-related deaths from January to September 2018 stabilized.
According to Public Health Ontario, 77.2 per 100,000 people in the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit's area visited the emergency department for an opioid-related problem in 2017, compared to 54.6 per 100,000 in the rest of the province.
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The Aboriginal Health Circle has also developed an Indigenous-led opioid strategy to combat the opioid crisis for North Simcoe Muskoka, which launched May 2018.
In the fall of 2018, the Aboriginal Health Circle collaborated with the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy to work together on their action plans to fight the opioid problem in the region.
"The roots of addiction run deep, and we know that reaching upstream causes will require sustained efforts over years, and generations, to make meaningful impact on the lives and health of our family members, friends, and neighbours," Rebecca Van Iersel, clinical vice president of the North Simcoe Mukoka Local Health Integration Network and the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy co-chair, said.
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