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Northbank 750HT Review
You may not yet have heard of Australian manufacturer, Northbank. The brand has thus far, yet to be discovered on the East Coast. Luckily though, this is expected to change, as Northbank establish some quality dealers and a larger distribution. Back home in South Australia, it's a completely different story, where the company are revered for their performance.
We last tested the Northbank 750 Hard Top back in December 2015 and to be honest, not much has changed for this flagship model. It's the same hull and largely a similar layout. The 2015 model was powered by a Volvo Penta sterndrive and tested from home base in South Australia. Our test boat today was supplied by GRE Marine out of Sydney and was rigged with a 200 horsepower Honda BF200.
The brand was established in the mid 1990s. Since then, Northbank have steadily added models to their collection and now have offerings from 5 metres, all the way through to this 7.5 metre model. They've won some fans too including myself for their no fuss builds and exemplary performance. In fact, it's hard to think of another hull that felt so safe and impressed on me as quickly as this one.
This 750 Hard Top, supplied by GRE Marine, are based at Prospect in Sydney, and I dare anyone to find a cleaner or better run dealership. While also specialising in the Malibu wakeboarding brand, they also work on all manner of boats and engines from their Northbank in-house workshop.
This boat is, well, big. The Northbank 750 Hard Top is an imposing craft on trailer and on water. While it's not as sleek looking as a speed boat, it does look the part, with all the angles in the right places. Once aboard, the space is the thing you immediately notice.
The test boat was a 'bare bones' set up. This allows you to choose exactly what you need and leave what you don't. I know, I know, fishermen like having everything thrown in but the kitchen sink. However, I much prefer personalising a vessel and selecting my immediate needs and having additional options to choose from later. As it stands, the Northbank 750 Hard Top is a usable craft with nothing but an engine and multi function display added.
Fishing fans and those with children will be mightily impressed with the massive depth of the cockpit. It is more than I can recall on any like-sized competitor. It comes up to my hip and ensures there is little chance of falling out, and effective to brace against when fighting fish. Another important design aspect, the shelves running either side are not mounted to the floor. The shelves are lifted, allowing feet to slip underneath, and an opportunity for you to get up close at a comfortable angle to the gunwale.
There is a swing away door moulded into the starboard side which will allow easy access or a place to haul a large fish aboard. There is a kill tank located between the helm and passenger seats for your catch.
The hard top is a generous design with plenty of headroom. There is a three-window windscreen arrangement across the front with port and starboard wiper. The side windows slide open to allow airflow and the only disappointment for me personally is a very small hatch in the roof.
The dash layout is simple with everything within reach. The switch panel is located close to the right hand bulkhead, so when you're running, can be a bit tough to repeatedly access. GRE Marine have mounted a large Garmin screen in the dash. If you would like a second, you can mount it on the left hand side of the dash. Another Garmin unit is located at the top of the dash to display the engine data. While the radio was mounted in the dash on the left, I would elect to utilise the top of the carpeted hard top.
At the rear of the Northbank 750 Hard Top is a six rod rack. Coupled with the four standard rod holders in the gunwale, you can carry ten rods total on a trip. Cleverly, Northbank mould in grab rails along the gunwales; another handy feature for offshore cruising.
The cabin has storage underneath the seats and optional bunk infills make this the perfect place to lie down. At a pinch, you could overnight here but not for long I expect. You could also install an optional porta-loo in the void under the infill.
Northbank offers a decent catalogue of optional extras to make the 750HT even more angler friendly, with a pair of 14-foot Top Shot outriggers, a handy inclusion for serious blue water fishing. These can be added or removed in the blink of an eye, and really do add to the boat's sport fishing versatility.
The Northbank 750 Hard Top was powered by a single 250 horsepower Honda BF250 engine. You can rig twins as an option but to me with modern reliable engines like the Hondas, that seems like overkill. You can fit up to 400 horsepower on the hull but with the performance we experienced with a 250, I doubt you'd often have a need for it.
The BF250 pushes the hull up to a maximum of 37 knots with a comfortable cruising speed of 17 knots. The boat trolls well with the torque of the engine being more than enough to get this rig moving.
We tested the boat on a windy day out of Sydney Harbour. With a forecast of 15 knots on the back of four days 20 knot Sou' Easters, it was looking like a difficult day on the water. It also rained and looked mighty dark above at 6am on the way to meet the team. I was tempted to call it off. I'm glad I didn't.
The conditions really allowed the hull the shine. Heading out through the heads into the slop and chop, I could immediately feel how sure footed and comfortable it was. At slow speeds, the 750 HT really sliced through the waves which I could barely feel behind the helm. That makes it an excellent trolling platform where other boats can sometimes be pushed around.
Further offshore, the bumpy conditions made me hesitant to really go for it. Not to mention I had Graham from GRE Marine onboard and his industry nickname is Grumpy. With a little encouragement, I bumped up the throttle till I was reading around 15 knots on the gps. At these speeds some boats would be banged to pieces given the conditions, but not the Northbank. It hardly put a foot wrong, slicing through oncoming waves, dancing over the chop and landing smoothly once airborne with hardly a bang or bump.
The Northbank 750 Hard Top also enjoys being thrown into a turn hard and at speed. For a large boat it is surprisingly nimble and really enjoys being driven like you stole it. It holds through turns and leans over at an angle that ensures you aren't fighting G Forces and clinging onto the nearest bar for support.
As expected of a large beamy boat like this, stability at rest is excellent, even with a sharp deadrise. Sure, you sacrifice a little stability with that angle, but I'd rather get where I'm going comfortably without the prospect of being 2 inches shorter.
ON THE TRAILER
The 750 Hard Top will need either a dual or triple axle trailer. GRE Marine can supply either. The reality is, that this is a large boat and will weigh over 3 tonnes, and therefore you're going to require a large four wheel drive to tow it. We'd suggest a Landcruiser, Patrol, F250 or RAM would be safe and big enough to tow with.
This boat is impressive. It's hard to think of another 7.5 metre boat that has impressed me so quickly. The Northbank 750 Hard Top may have a basic set up, but it allows you to really think about what you would like onboard. You could set it up for game fishing and it would be an excellent hull for that. Or you could add some luxuries and go cruising with the family.
The openness of the cockpit is the real wow factor and serious anglers would have no trouble finding mates willing to jump aboard with more than enough space to fit them.
Boat Supplied By
GRE Marine Prospect NSW
Dry Hard Top
Huge Space in the Cockpit
Excellent Hull
Built tough but finish isn't as nice as some other production boats
Price: (as tested) $155,000
Beam: 2.45m
Height on trailer: 3.20m
Dry weight: 1650kg
Maximum HP: 400
Fuel capacity: 350 litres


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Justice Has a Waiting List in New Orleans
Brandon Buskey
"Take a number." Not words you would ever expect to hear from your attorney if you have been accused of a crime. (Photo: Mike Mozart/flickr/cc)
"Take a number."
Though rarely pleasant words to hear, you tolerate them from a teller at the DMV or your butcher the day before the Fourth of July. They are not words you would ever expect to hear from your attorney if you have been accused of a crime. But that's essentially what the New Orleans public defenders' office in Louisiana has begun telling arrestees this week, as funding shortages and staff attrition have forced the office to place new clients on a waiting list for representation. The people the public defender is making wait in line are most at risk in our justice system: usually poor, often a person of color, and facing severe sentences. Yet, these are the people who most need the public defender's help investigating the state's case against them and quickly uncovering favorable evidence before it is lost.
This is why the ACLU and the ACLU of Louisiana yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit against the New Orleans public defender's office as well as the Louisiana Public Defender Board for failing to abide by defendants' Sixth Amendment right to legal representation.
But this is not a problem of the public defender's making. It is the result of the state of Louisiana's stubborn refusal to fund its public defender system adequately. And New Orleans is not alone. Fifteen of the state's 42 defender districts have been driven to similar desperation, attempting to stave off insolvency with measures like firing staff attorneys and investigators, hiring freezes, and waiting lists. The state public defender board, which oversees the defender districts, has predicted that the system will collapse by the end of the summer, when most districts will simply run out of money.
The impending downfall of Louisiana's public defender system is both ordinary and extraordinary. It is ordinary in that all too many states fail their constitutional obligation to provide competent representation to people who cannot afford an attorney. States from New York to Florida, from Mississippi to Missouri, and from Idaho to California have all faced severe public defender crises in recent years due to legislative neglect. Each of these dysfunctional states is dysfunctional in its own way.
Louisiana is extraordinary in that the primary source for public defense funding comes from fees defendants must pay if found guilty of a crime. That means public defenders can only guarantee their salary if enough of their clients are convicted of crimes. Acquittals are bad for business. Other states impose such fees, but only Louisiana requires its public defenders to feed off their clients' guilty pleas to survive.
This is more than an abstract concern. Several district defenders have openly admitted asking local law enforcement to write more tickets to keep their offices afloat. This is because over two-thirds of the funding available for public defense comes from fees on traffic tickets. If this transgression seems mild, keep in mind that most Louisiana traffic offenses — yes, like speeding —carry up to 30 days jail time. Other districts have attempted to close the public defender's budget gap by requiring that defendants awaiting trial cannot be released until they pay their public defender's $40 application fee. Defendants in these districts may be forgiven if they have difficulty reckoning who their public defender works for: them or the district attorney's office.
Just as Louisiana's "user-funded" system leaves public defenders no choice but to risk jailing their clients to earn revenue, it places them at direct odds with reforms aimed at reducing the prison population. District defenders across the state have blamed funding shortages in part on their local prosecutors' increased use of diversion, in which the prosecution agrees to dismiss the charges if the defendant completes a treatment plan. Diversion is increasingly popular for avoiding unnecessary convictions and incarceration. But the public defender does not collect a fee if her client is successful. She therefore has a powerful incentive to avoid diversion when her job is at risk. In a state with the highest incarceration rate in the world, this is inexcusable.
The solutions to Louisiana's public defender calamity are simple, if by no means easy. The legislature must commit to fully funding its public defender office in New Orleans and across the state. Clients can no longer bear the burden, and they must never again be told to "take a number." This requires hard choices in a state facing a massive budget deficit. But if Louisiana cannot afford to defend, it cannot afford to prosecute.
Brandon Buskey works for the Criminal Law Reform Project at the ACLU.
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Teachers are often underpaid and underappreciated. There is one group that understands what teachers go through and wants to give them a little break — the IRS. The IRS offers many deductions and credits to lighten the tax burden of teachers. All teachers should make sure that they take advantage of all these tax deductions.
The IRS allows teachers to take a deduction for money they spend on their classroom. These expenses include books, craft supplies like paper and crayons, DVDs relevant to the curriculum, computers, printers, printer ink, and supplementary materials for the students. A teacher can take a total of $250 in deductions for these classroom expenses. If two people who are married filing jointly are both teachers, they are each allowed to take a $250 deduction for a total of $500. This amount is a separate line item on the Form 1040; it is not an itemized deduction. This means that even if a teacher is taking the standard deduction, the educator expense deduction can be taken.
Many teachers belong to a teacher's union and pay dues out of each paycheck. These dues are a tax deduction. This deduction can only be taken if the teacher itemizes deductions on Schedule A. In addition, the total deductions on the section of Schedule A titled "Job Expenses and Certain Miscellaneous Deductions" must exceed 2 percent of the total adjusted gross income. Teachers can include other employment-related expenses such as job-related travel. This would include expenses incurred while attending a teachers' convention, for example. Also, if the school has a required uniform, it is possible that the cost of that uniform are tax-deductible. If the uniform is not appropriate for use outside of school, the cost can be included in the "Job Expenses" section of Schedule A.
Many teachers are required to take courses continually to stay up to date in their field. These courses are not always reimbursed by the school. If a teacher pays for the continuing education out of pocket, the cost is tax-deductible. This deduction is called the Lifetime Learning Credit and is taken on the Form 8863. The credit is for 20 percent of the cost of the courses taken and is limited to $2,000 per year. This is a tax credit which means it reduces the tax bill dollar-for-dollar instead of lowering taxable income. This makes it a very desirable tax break to take.
If a teacher tutors students after hours or during the summer and is paid directly by the student rather than by the school, the teacher is considered self-employed. The teacher can deduct the cost of traveling to meet with students, expenses such as office supplies to keep track of tutoring schedules, fees, and student progress and any equipment or supplies purchased to help the students being tutored. These deductions are made on Schedule C, which is the self-employment schedule. In addition, the teacher will be able to take one-half of the self-employment tax as a deduction on Form 1040.
Teachers who make donations to the school can take a tax write-off on Schedule A under "Charitable Donations." Donations could include purchasing a new set of encyclopedias for the library or a new computer for the classroom, or giving a gift of money to the school to help with a project that the school would like to complete. These donations must come out of the teacher's own pocket and must be given to the school. Purchasing a computer for classroom use but taking it home for the summer and using it as a personal computer is an educator expense, not a charitable donation.
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I have been working on a website with a personnel directory that has a search option. When using the search option in IE, the user cannot hit enter to make the search. It returns no results. However, if he clicks on the search button, the site returns the appropriate results. When I use Mozilla, I only have to hit the enter key to make the search work properly. Is there any HTML code that will make the enter key work in IE, or is there something wrong with the settings? Is there any way to fix this problem?
Are you using a submit button or are you using a plain button? You might be able to set the button as 'default' or something like that. I think a submit button is automaticaly set for Enter.


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Goran Pastrovic
First name Goran
Last name Pastrovic
Twitter @ReSPA EU
Organisation Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)
Website http://www.respaweb.eu/
Country Montenegro
Session Practice Session 3 - Modern Human Resource Management for Better Public Governance
Presentation Title Moderator
Goran Pastrovic is the Programme Manager at ReSPA (Regional School of Public Administration), the innovative centre of interregional cooperation among the Balkan States and a centre of excellence for training and capacity building in the public administration reform and currently holds the position of RESPA Director a.i. He has more than 14 years of experience in project development, management, coordination and consulting through involvement in development and implementation of institutional, financial and strategic development. Through his elevating career Mr Pastrovic has managed national teams of experts and ensured timely delivery of project outputs and outcomes.
He has experience of working with national and international programmes enabled in specific fields such as: Capacity building, Strategic planning, Project development implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation. In early stages of his career, during the period of 2000 – 2002, Mr Pastrovic was involved as a PLA trainer in Serbia project funded by SIDA. Later he has been engaged as Regional coordinator within UNDP GEF DRP ICPDR project in the 6 lower Danube countries. In 2006 onward Goran was appointed national Expert in a EU funded project dealing with MAFWM and related strategic documents. In recent years he was involved as a national expert in the preparation of DANIDA initiatives (in Serbia), World Bank related project initiatives, USAID capacity building programme and other intergovernmental initiatives as short and long-term expert.
Goran Pastrovic graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy in Belgrade, Serbia in 2002 and finished the advanced studies in Sustainable Development in Italy in 2002/03. In 2009 he finished an MBA (Master of Business Administration) course subsidized by the European Union TEMPUS, at University of Belgrade, Serbia. Through his collaboration in different projects Goran has gained experience in providing technical assistance to central governments aimed at building institutional capacities.
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Frank Marshall Davis and the Subversion of the Democratic Party
A curious specter will be hovering over the Democratic convention this week. It is the ghost of Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party USA member 47544 and mentor to a young Barack Obama.
Readers of this site are well aware of Davis, from my writings and those of others who have posted articles here. Davis joined the Communist Party during World War II and was unflinchingly pro-Soviet and pro-Red China. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Chicago Star (1946-48) -- the CPUSA publication for Chicago -- before moving on to the Honolulu Record (1949-57), the CPUSA publication there. He excoriated the Western leaders who stood in the way of Stalin, meaning Winston Churchill and Harry Truman, whom he portrayed as colonialists, imperialists, fascists, and racists. He blasted American initiatives like the Marshall Plan, which he labeled "white imperialism" and "colonial slavery." And because Democrats were the party in power at the time, and thus America's first line of defense against the Red Army, Davis -- who literally wrote poetry hailing Stalin's tanks -- vilified the Democratic Party in particular.
Frank Marshall Davis's politics were so radical, and so pro-Soviet, that the Democrats who ran the Senate in 1956 summoned him to Washington to testify on his pro-Soviet activities. Even more remarkable, the FBI placed him on the federal government's Security Index, meaning that if a war broke out between the United States and the Soviet Union, Obama's mentor could have been placed under immediate arrest.
I've noted this here before. I've also noted Davis's unceasing class-based rhetoric and class warfare. Those words will be echoing throughout the halls of the Democratic convention this week, especially from the mouth of the man Davis influenced.
And yet, that isn't the only way that the presence of Davis will be felt this week. His presence at the Democrats' convention will be felt in a much more profound, troubling way that speaks to the overall leftward drift of the modern Democratic Party. Consider:
After all those years trashing the Democratic Party, Davis, like many American communists, decided to join the Democrats. There were two primary factors that drove this decision: 1) American communists realized that they could never get elected to national office openly campaigning as communists, and 2) when Henry Wallace's Progressive Party collapsed in 1948, the communists who had pervaded it had nowhere else to go. So, many American communists opted to hitch their wagon to a different star -- namely, to the most viable left-leaning party in America: the Democratic Party. Sure, this would be a challenge when they encountered old anti-communist Democrats like John F. Kennedy, Pat McCarran, Thomas Dodd, and Scoop Jackson, but overall, in the long run, they would be patient, and they would seek alliances with Democrats much closer to their collectivist thinking.
Frank Marshall Davis was among these. This tactical move by Davis is evident in his declassified 600-page FBI file, and specifically an April 1950 report that states that "members of the subversive element in Honolulu were concentrating their efforts on infiltration of the Democratic Party through control of Precinct Clubs and organizations." These communist subversives, said the report, were pushing "their candidates in these Precinct Club elections." According to the report, on April 6, 1950, one such candidate, Frank Marshall Davis, was elected "assistant secretary and delegate" to the Territorial Democratic Convention in his particular Precinct Club. This was the Third Precinct of the Fifth District. Davis, in fact, attended that convention on April 30, 1950.
In other words, the Hawaiian Communist Party went underground, realizing that it lacked political viability. Hawaii's communists changed their tactics, concentrating instead on the mainstream Democratic Party, even running their members in local elections to seize delegate positions. One of those who not only urged this tactic, but was himself elected to a Democratic precinct was Frank Marshall Davis.
With that, the steady subversion of the Democratic Party was on. This began a long march to transform the Democratic Party from the party of Truman and JFK to the party of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. And in a quite fascinating twist of history, Frank Marshall Davis, as a "Democrat," would go on to influence today's Democratic Party standard-bearer: Barack Obama.
Tellingly, Davis himself, in an eerily Obama-like sentiment, had emphasized the need for "fundamental change" in America -- advocating exactly that in his kick-off column for the Chicago Star on July 6, 1946. Well, with the Democrats and with Barack Obama, he has gotten just that. Frank Marshall Davis's presence will be there at the Democrats' convention this week.
Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College and author of the new book The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mentor.


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Q: How to align BottomNavigationView to the bottom on an activity along with NavigationView? I'm trying to implement BottomNavigationView along with NavigationView on the same activity but BottomNavigationView doesn't seem to go at the bottom.
As the BottomNavigationView is at the center of the activity. I browsed through the internet regarding this problem but didn't find any solution.

My XML code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/main_content">

    <include layout="@layout/search_toolbar"/>

</RelativeLayout>

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/main_drawer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:menu="@menu/navigation_menu"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    app:itemTextColor="#e6000000"
    app:itemIconTint="#8c000000"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/navigation_header">
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
    android:id="@+id/bottom_navigation_bar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom"
    android:itemBackground="@color/colorPrimary"
    app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation" />

Error shown:
onMeasureError
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Child android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView{64f98f6c V.E...... ......I. 0,0-0,0 #7f0c0080 app:id/bottom_navigation_bar} at index 2 does not have a valid layout_gravity - must be Gravity.LEFT, Gravity.RIGHT or Gravity.NO_GRAVITY
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onMeasure_Original(DrawerLayout.java:1112)
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onMeasure(DrawerLayout.java)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:19734)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6120)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:185)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:19734)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:715)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:461)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:19734)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.measureView(RenderSessionImpl.java:589)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:342)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:429)
at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:368)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:567)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:549)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:863)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:549)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.lambda$inflate$1(RenderTask.java:680)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

A: Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/main_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <include layout="@layout/search_toolbar" />

        <android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
            android:id="@+id/bottom_navigation_bar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:itemBackground="@color/colorPrimary"
            app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/main_drawer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/navigation_header"
        app:itemIconTint="#8c000000"
        app:itemTextColor="#e6000000"
        app:menu="@menu/navigation_menu" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

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Q: Using Interop.Excel, Workbooks.open() returns null I have meet a weird problem.In my console app,there is only one file which Workbooks.Open() opens to return null nor a Comb_Object.And in my test app,it can correctly return.
When I change the file name from '人员信息模板.xlsx' to any other like 'aaa.xlsx',it can correctly open this file.
I searched in Google.Someone said it may be a permission problem,and I set Everyone totally control to this file.It doesn't work.
Interop.Excel version:14, 0, 4756, 1000
Excel file is created by Excel 2016
Following is my Code
Application app = null;
Workbook curWB = null;
Worksheet curSheet = null;
app = new Application();
app.Visible = false;
app.UserControl = true;
app.DisplayAlerts = false;
//filename is C:\Users\29561\Desktop\AccmulateInfoTool\AccmulateInfoTool\bin\Debug\2018春季信息\原始邮件下载\人员信息模板.xlsx
curWB = app.Application.Workbooks.Open(filename);
//curWB is null now
curSheet = curWB.Worksheets[1];

A: The following works for me, just testing with the file name, not the folder names in Chinese (?). Note that I do set CultureInfo, which is often necessary with Excel. I don't know if that has anything to do with it...
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
        Excel.Workbook wb = null;
        Excel.Worksheet ws = null;
        try
        {
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
            Excel.Application xlApp = new Excel.Application();
            xlApp.Visible = true;
            xlApp.UserControl = true;
            wb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\\Test\\人员信息模板.xlsx");

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); }
        finally
        {
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;
            ws = null;
            wb = null;
            xlApp = null;
        }
    }


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Cortland to Face Tufts in NCAA Women's Soccer First Round Saturday at TCNJ
Cortland Sports Information Department
The Cortland women's soccer team will be making its 13th NCAA Division III tournament appearance and 18th overall national tournament appearance when the Red Dragons (12-5-2) face Tufts University (12-3-2) in a first-round game Saturday, Nov. 16, at 3:30 p.m. at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J.
The other first-round game in the four-team bracket at TCNJ features the host Lions (16-1-1) versus John Jay (12-6-1) Saturday at 1 p.m. The two advancing teams will play Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m. at TCNJ.
Cortland, under 16th-year head coach Heidi Axtell, earned an NCAA automatic berth by defeating host Geneseo, 1-0 in overtime, in the SUNYAC tournament championship game this past Saturday. The Red Dragons won their first SUNYAC title since 2012.
Cortland tied for ninth nationally in 2012 and advanced to the national quarterfinals to tie for fifth place in 2011. The Red Dragons were the 1992 NCAA Division III champion, were national runner-up in 1990, and were a national semifinalist in 1986. Cortland's previous national appearances include four NCAA Division I tournaments from 1982-85 and a win in the 1980 U.S. National Women's Soccer Championship, which predated the NCAA playoffs.
Sophomore forward Jaden Galluzzo (Commack) leads Cortland with 10 goals and six assists for 26 points. She scored the overtime game-winning goal at Geneseo in the SUNYAC finals. Junior goalie Danika Svendsen (Stillwater) has a 0.93 goals-against average, .841 save percentage, 95 saves and six shutouts in 19 starts.
Tufts was the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) regular-season champion with a 7-2-1 league mark. The Jumbos beat Bowdoin in overtime in the NESCAC quarterfinals before losing to Amherst in the semifinals.
Cortland has never faced either Tufts or John Jay. The Red Dragons have played TCNJ twice. Cortland beat then-Trenton State, 1-0, in the 1992 NCAA quarterfinals on the way to capturing the national title, and the Red Dragons lost to TCNJ, 1-0, in 1996 at the Binghamton University Invitational. TCNJ won both the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) regular-season and postseason titles this fall. John Jay was the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) regular-season and playoff champion.


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1) CONTEST: 2019 Carrie-Okie Contest (the "Contest").
2) CONTEST SPONSOR: The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club, Twang, Inc., Sparkart Group, Inc., and their respective affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of prizes, material and services related to this Contest (collectively, "Sponsor and its Agents").
3) INTRODUCTION: For good and valuable consideration (including, without limitation, the possibility of publicity), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, you are submitting certain design(s), illustrations, logos, artwork, photographs, videos, animation, writings, proposed product and/or brand names, idea(s), concept(s), communication(s), programming code, and/or other material(s) (the "Submission") as part of your entry to the Contest upon the following express understandings and conditions.
4) ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the U.S. (except Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) 13 years of age or older. An entrant who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence must have the signed, written consent and all required paperwork completed by his/her parent or legal guardian in order to participate. Sponsor and its Agents and members of their immediate families and people living in the same household of each are not eligible. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Contest Rules and Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.
5) TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. NO ENTRY FEE, PAYMENT, OR PROOF-OF-PURCHASE IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST.
(a) Online Entries: Go to the "News" section of the fan club website, click on the "Announcing the 2019 Carrie-Okie Contest" news post, and fill out the contest entry form. If online entry is not available, please enter via email or regular mail, as described below.
(b) Email Entries: Go to the "Contests" section of the website, follow the "How to Enter" instructions, and send an email with all required information (and with the Submission attached, if applicable) to carrieunderwoodsupport@sparkart.com. If email entry is not available, please enter via online entry, as described above, or via regular mail, as described below.
All entries (whether submitted online, by email or mailed) must be received by Friday, May 10, 2019 at 11:59PM PDT, regardless of method of entry. No facsimiles or mechanically reproduced entries (other than the electronic transmission of the online entry or entry via email) will be allowed. Limit one entry per person regardless of method of entry. In the event that there is more than one entry for the same person, Sponsor and its Agents may disqualify that person. Each entry must be mailed in a separate outer mailing envelope. Sponsor and its Agents are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, stolen, damaged, illegible, misdirected or postage due entries. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any entry not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort. Upon submission, all entries and Submissions (if applicable) become the property of Sponsor and its Agents and will not be returned.
6) CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest commences on or about Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10AM PDT and continues through Friday, May 10, 2019 at 11:59PM PDT (the "Contest Period").
7) SUBMISSION TERMS AND CONDITIONS; SPONSOR'S OWNERSHIP AND USE OF SUBMISSIONS; YOUR AGREEMENT TO UNRESTRICTED USE: By entering your Submission into this Contest, you hereby grant, transfer and convey to the Sponsor and its Agents all rights, title and interests in and to the Submission, including but not limited to the irrevocable, royalty-free right to trademark, copyright, reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used) your Submission (as submitted or as edited/modified in any way by the Sponsor and its Agents, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and its Agents) on the Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club website, other websites, in concerts, on merchandise, for television, motion pictures, in home video copies, and in other media, whether now known or hereafter invented, throughout the world for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party.
You acknowledge and agree that you have no right of approval or consultation with respect to Sponsor and its Agent's use of the Submission.
You agree to provide the Submission at no cost to Sponsor and its Agents or any other party.
You represent and warrant, and agree to further do so in writing, that you possess all necessary rights and authority to grant, transfer and convey to Sponsor and its Agents all the rights herein granted.
You represent and warrant, and agree to further do so in writing, that the Submission is wholly original with you and does not and will not violate the right of privacy or publicity of, or constitute a defamation against any person or entity and that it does not and will not infringe upon or violate the copyright, contract rights, proprietary rights, or common law rights or any other rights of any other person or entity.
You represent and warrant, and agree to further do so in writing, that the Submission has not been entered into a previous contest or has received any awards and has also not been published previously in any medium.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its Agents and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, demands and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of or resulting from possession or use in any manner of the Submission.
8) WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Four (4) or more winners will be chosen, at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents, who will review and judge the Submissions privately. Winners will be notified by email and/or telephone on or about Tuesday, May 21, 2019 and potential winners may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release (where lawful) within 7 days of the date of notification, in which the winner will acknowledge that the Submission is a "work for hire" and will irrevocably transfer to the Sponsor and its Agents any and all rights, title, goodwill and interest in and to the Submission, including without limitation, all copyrights, trademarks and waive all moral rights in such Submission. If the Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release is not received within 7days of the date of notification, the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to require a potential winner to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity will not bring the Sponsor and its Agents into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably as determined by the Sponsor and its Agents in their sole discretion. A winner who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence must have all required paperwork completed and signed by his/her parent or legal guardian within the time period specified above, or the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected.
10) PRIZES: Four (4) winners will receive first entry to the event and be selected to sing at the Grand Ole Opry during the 2019 Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club Party on June 4th in Nashville, TN. There is no retail value associated with this prize. Travel, transportation, and lodging not included. Sponsor and its Agents make no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, performance or safety of any prize awarded. Limit of one prize per person, household and address. Prizes will be delivered only to addresses in the United States or Canada. The timing and method of delivery of the prize will be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents. Return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable may result in the prize being forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The winner shall bear all risks of loss or damage to prize after it has been delivered. No prize substitutions or cash equivalents are allowed, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes may not be transferred. All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the receipt of any prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. If the prize includes the online posting of materials, including but not limited to photos, text, audio, video, animation, graphic art, illustration, etc., then the location and duration of such posting will be determined solely by Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes for which a minor has been selected may be awarded to his/her parent or legal guardian.
11) GENERAL: Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to cancel or modify the Contest if fraud, technical failures, or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Contest, or for any other reason or for no reason, as determined by the Sponsor and its Agents in their sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to (but are not required to) award the prizes at random from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment or cancellation. By entering, you: (a) agree to release the Sponsor and its Agents from all liability, injuries, loss and/or damage of any kind arising from your participation in the Contest and the acceptance, possession and use/misuse of any prize; (b) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and its Agents; and (c) give your express permission to be contacted by Sponsor and its Agents by email, mail or phone. By submitting an entry, you further consent to the use of your name, address, image, voice, likeness, statements, biographical material, as well as any additional photographic images, video images, portraits, interviews or other materials relating to you and arising out of your participation in this Contest (with or without using your name) in any media, whether now known or hereafter invented, throughout the world for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party (except if winner is a resident of Tennessee or where otherwise prohibited by law). If you are selected as a winner, prior to receiving the prize, you must agree to sign an affidavit to such effect, unless the winner is a resident of Tennessee or otherwise where prohibited by law. Each winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the acceptance and use of his/her prize. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Contest is governed by laws of the United States and all claims must be resolved in the United States. You further agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or the appropriate California State Court located in San Francisco County, California. Should any of the provisions of the Official Contest Rules be found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severed or restricted and the remainder of the Contest Rules shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of Sponsor and its Agents to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12) RELEASE: You release, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor and its Agents, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (the "Released Parties") from and against all claims (know and unknown), liabilities, injuries, death, loss and/or damages of any kind arising from your participation in the Contest or the acceptance, possession or use or misuse of the prize. You assume all risks associated with the Contest or use or misuse of the prize, and you agree that the Released Parties will not be responsible or liable for any injury, harm, death, damages, costs or expenses.
13) WINNERS LIST & OFFICIAL RULES: The names of the winners will be posted on the News section of The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club website after eligibility is confirmed. To obtain the name of a winner, send a request via email to carrieunderwoodsupport@sparkart.com or mail a letter request and self-addressed stamped envelope to: The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club, c/o 2019 Carrie-Okie Contest P.O. Box 1346, Oakland, CA 94604. Requests must be received by Friday, May 17, 2019. To obtain a copy of these Official Contest Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address, Attn: Rules Request, 2019 Carrie-Okie Contest.
ENCINO, CA (April 5, 2019) – The Academy of Country Music® announced today that Chrissy Metz, star of the upcoming movie BREAKTHROUGH being released by 20th Century Fox this Easter, will make her live television performance debut at the "54TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™," and be joined on stage by Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton, Maddie & Tae and Carrie Underwood for a must-see collaboration. The artists, who are each featured on the film's soundtrack will perform a special rendition of the song "I'm Standing With You," while spotlighting ACM Lifting Lives®, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music dedicated to improving lives through the power of music.
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Attendees must have their printed ticket AND a government issued ID in order to gain access to the Fan Club Party. Tickets will be available to print closer to the event date (you will receive an email with these details).
As it is the minimum age to be a Fan Club member, you must be 13 years old to attend the event.
For members chosen who are between 13 and 17 years old, ONE parent or legal guardian is required to accompany that chosen member. If you are a confirmed winner and under 18, please fill out this form with your chaperone's information.
You must bring a picture ID with you in order to gain access to the party, unless you are a child who does not have a picture ID.
Tickets are non-transferable. Your ID must match the name on your ticket.
Seating at the Fan Club event is general admission on a first come, first served basis.
Video cameras, monopods, tripods, and audio recording devices are not permitted inside the Grand Ole Opry House at any time. This policy will be strictly enforced. You may bring in a digital, disposable or 35mm camera. The Opry reserves the right to disallow photography as warranted.
For detailed driving directions from your point of departure, we suggest you visit the mapping website of your choice (i.e., Mapquest.com, maps.google.com, etc.) and input physical address: One Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 as the destination address.
The Opry House shares parking with Opry Mills Mall and can be accessed via Exit 11 or 12 off Briley Parkway (TN 155).
If you have any questions, please contact carrieunderwoodsupport@sparkart.com.
1) CONTEST: 2018 Carrie-Okie Contest (the "Contest").
(a) Online Entries: Go to the "News" section of the fan club website, click on the "Announcing the 2018 Carrie-Okie Contest" news post, and fill out the contest entry form. If online entry is not available, please enter via email or regular mail, as described below.
All entries (whether submitted online, by email or mailed) must be received by Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT, regardless of method of entry. No facsimiles or mechanically reproduced entries (other than the electronic transmission of the online entry or entry via email) will be allowed. Limit one entry per person regardless of method of entry. In the event that there is more than one entry for the same person, Sponsor and its Agents may disqualify that person. Each entry must be mailed in a separate outer mailing envelope. Sponsor and its Agents are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, stolen, damaged, illegible, misdirected or postage due entries. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any entry not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort. Upon submission, all entries and Submissions (if applicable) become the property of Sponsor and its Agents and will not be returned.
6) CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest commences on or about Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10AM PDT and continues through Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT (the "Contest Period").
8) WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Four (4) or more winners will be chosen, at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents, who will review and judge the Submissions privately. Winners will be notified by email and/or telephone on or about Tuesday, May 22, 2018 and potential winners may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release (where lawful) within 7 days of the date of notification, in which the winner will acknowledge that the Submission is a "work for hire" and will irrevocably transfer to the Sponsor and its Agents any and all rights, title, goodwill and interest in and to the Submission, including without limitation, all copyrights, trademarks and waive all moral rights in such Submission. If the Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release is not received within 7days of the date of notification, the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to require a potential winner to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity will not bring the Sponsor and its Agents into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably as determined by the Sponsor and its Agents in their sole discretion. A winner who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence must have all required paperwork completed and signed by his/her parent or legal guardian within the time period specified above, or the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected.
10) PRIZES: Four (4) winners will receive first entry to the event and be selected to sing at the Grand Ole Opry during the 2018 Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club Party on June 5th in Nashville, TN. There is no retail value associated with this prize. Travel, transportation, and lodging not included. Sponsor and its Agents make no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, performance or safety of any prize awarded. Limit of one prize per person, household and address. Prizes will be delivered only to addresses in the United States or Canada. The timing and method of delivery of the prize will be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents. Return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable may result in the prize being forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The winner shall bear all risks of loss or damage to prize after it has been delivered. No prize substitutions or cash equivalents are allowed, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes may not be transferred. All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the receipt of any prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. If the prize includes the online posting of materials, including but not limited to photos, text, audio, video, animation, graphic art, illustration, etc., then the location and duration of such posting will be determined solely by Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes for which a minor has been selected may be awarded to his/her parent or legal guardian.
13) WINNERS LIST & OFFICIAL RULES: The names of the winners will be posted on the News section of The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club website after eligibility is confirmed. To obtain the name of a winner, send a request via email to carrieunderwoodsupport@sparkart.com or mail a letter request and self-addressed stamped envelope to: The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club, c/o 2018 Carrie-Okie Contest P.O. Box 1346, Oakland, CA 94604. Requests must be received by Friday, May 18, 2018. To obtain a copy of these Official Contest Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address, Attn: Rules Request, 2018 Carrie-Okie Contest.
1) RANDOM DRAWING: Show Us Your Patch Contest (the "Random Drawing").
2) RANDOM DRAWING SPONSOR: The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club, Twang, Inc., Sparkart Group, Inc., and their respective affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of prizes, material and services related to this Random Drawing (collectively, "Sponsor and its Agents").
3) ELIGIBILITY: An entrant who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence must have the signed, written consent and all required paperwork completed by his/her parent or legal guardian in order to participate. Sponsor and its Agents and members of their immediate families and people living in the same household of each are not eligible. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Random Drawing Rules and Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Random Drawing.
4) TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. NO ENTRY FEE, PAYMENT, OR PROOF-OF-PURCHASE IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RANDOM DRAWING.
(a) Online Entries: Go to http://www.carrieunderwood.fm/news/news/announcing-the-summer-playlist-contest, follow the instructions, and click on the "Submit" button.
All entries must be received by April 1, 2018 at 11:59pm PDT. No facsimiles or mechanically reproduced entries (other than the electronic transmission of the online entry or entry via email) will be allowed. Limit one entry per person. In the event that there is more than one entry for the same person, Sponsor and its Agents may disqualify that person. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any entry not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort. All entries and Submissions (if applicable) become the property of Sponsor and its Agents and will not be returned.
5) ENTRY PERIOD: The entry period for the Random Drawing commences on or about March 26, 2018 at 7:00am PDT and continues through April 1, 2018 at 11:59pm PDT.
6) WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: One (1) winner will be chosen by random drawing. The winner will be notified by email on or about April 2, 2018 and potential winners may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release (where lawful) within one day of the date of notification. If the Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release is not received within one day of the date of notification, the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected. If the potential winner is a resident of Canada, he/she may be required to correctly answer a skill question in order to receive the prize, and only potential winners who correctly answer the skill-testing question will be eligible to win and receive a prize. The skill-testing questions may be part of the entry process or the process in which the potential winner is notified and required to sign and return the paperwork specified above. In either case, the correct answer to the skill question must be submitted within the time limits set forth herein for the submission of the drawing entry or the winner paperwork, as applicable. Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to require a potential winner to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity will not bring the Sponsor and its Agents into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably as determined by the Sponsor and its Agents in their sole discretion. A winner who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence must have all required paperwork completed and signed by his/her parent or legal guardian within the time period specified above, or the prize may be forfeited (at the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents) and an alternate winner selected.
8) PRIZES: One (1) chosen winner will receive (to be confirmed). Sponsor and its Agents make no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, performance or safety of any prize awarded. Limit of one prize per person, household and address. The timing and method of delivery of the prize will be determined as the sole discretion of Sponsor and its Agents. Return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable may result in the prize being forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The winner shall bear all risks of loss or damage to prize after it has been delivered. No prize substitutions or cash equivalents are allowed, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes may not be transferred. All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the receipt of any prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. If the prize includes the online posting of materials, including but not limited to photos, text, audio, video, animation, graphic art, illustration, etc., then the location and duration of such posting will be determined solely by Sponsor and its Agents. Prizes for which a minor has been selected may be awarded to his/her parent or legal guardian.
9) GENERAL: Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to cancel or modify the Random Drawing if fraud, technical failures, or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Random Drawing, or for any other reason or for no reason, as determined by the Sponsor and its Agents in their sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor and its Agents reserve the right to (but are not required to) award the prizes at random from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment or cancellation. By entering, you: (a) agree to release the Sponsor and its Agents from all liability, injuries, loss and/or damage of any kind arising from your participation in the Random Drawing and the acceptance, possession and use/misuse of any prize; (b) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and its Agents; and (c) give your express permission to be contacted by Sponsor and its Agents by email, mail or phone. By submitting an entry, you further consent to the use of your name, address, image, voice, likeness, statements, biographical material, as well as any additional photographic images, video images, portraits, interviews or other materials relating to you and arising out of your participation in this Random Drawing (with or without using your name) in any media, whether now known or hereafter invented, throughout the world for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party (except if winner is a resident of Tennessee or where otherwise prohibited by law). If you are selected as a winner, prior to receiving the prize, you must agree to sign an affidavit to such effect, unless the winner is a resident of Tennessee or otherwise where prohibited by law. Each winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the acceptance and use of his/her prize. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Random Drawing is governed by laws of the United States and all claims must be resolved in the United States. You further agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Random Drawing or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or the appropriate California State Court located in San Francisco County, California. Should any of the provisions of the Official Random Drawing Rules be found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severed or restricted and the remainder of the Contest Rules shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of Sponsor and its Agents to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10) RELEASE: You release, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor and its Agents, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (the "Released Parties") from and against all claims (know and unknown), liabilities, injuries, death, loss and/or damages of any kind arising from your participation in the Random Drawing or the acceptance, possession or use or misuse of the prize. You assume all risks associated with the Random Drawing or use or misuse of the prize, and you agree that the Released Parties will not be responsible or liable for any injury, harm, death, damages, costs or expenses.
11) WINNERS LIST & OFFICIAL RULES: The name of the winner will be posted on the News section of the Carrie Underwood Fan Club website after eligibility is confirmed. To obtain the name of a winner, send a request via email to carrieunderwoodsupport@sparkart.com or mail a letter request and self-addressed stamped envelope to: Carrie Underwood Fan Club, c/o Show Us Your Patch Contest, P.O. Box 8639, Emeryville, CA 94662. Requests must be received by April 1, 2017. To obtain a copy of these Random Drawing Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address, Attn: Rules Request, Carrie Underwood Fan Club Show Us Your Patch Contest.
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Apollo 11 Space Capsule Is Going On Another Mission
The space capsule that took the first moonwalkers on their historic adventure is getting ready to take off on another trip — its first tour of the United States in more than 40 years.
The Apollo 11 command module is the spacecraft that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins rode in to the moon and back in 1969. To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of that achievement, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is sending the space capsule to four different museums around the country.
It's the first time the space capsule, called Columbia, will have left the museum since it opened to the public in 1976.
The traveling exhibit also will include objects such as the helmet and gloves that Aldrin wore during his moonwalk, a "rock box" that the astronauts used to bring back some of the first samples ever from a heavenly body and the watch that Collins wore during his lonely time orbiting the moon while Aldrin and Armstrong explored the lunar surface.
"This is the spacecraft that brought the three astronauts home from the first landing on the moon, so it's one of the Smithsonian's most important artifacts," says Michael Neufeld, a senior curator at the museum.
In 1970 and 1971, before it came to the Smithsonian, the capsule went on a 50-state tour. This time around, it will be going here:
Space Center Houston — Oct. 14, 2017–March 18, 2018
St. Louis Science Center — April 14–Sept. 3, 2018
Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh — Sept. 29, 2018–Feb. 18, 2019
The Museum of Flight, Seattle — March 16–Sept. 2, 2019
Those museums were picked for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they had the capacity to display such a large, heavy object.
"All of the venues actually had to submit engineering documentation to make sure that the floor load was one that could support not just the Columbia, but also the rest of the traveling exhibit," says Kathrin Halpern, a project director at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. "It's a very special artifact. And it does weigh a lot. The command module, on its traveling ring, is over 13,600 pounds."
She says this is likely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the command module outside of Washington, D.C. When it returns, Columbia will be the centerpiece of a new "Destination Moon" exhibit that will open in 2021 to tell the story of lunar exploration from ancient times to today.


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Q: expressJS and nodemon on Ctrl + C and restart: Error: bind EADDRINUSE null:3000 when stopping and restarting When I run yarn dev, it runs nodemon via the start script.  Once my express server is up and running, if I Ctrl + C on it then try to run yarn dev again I get:
Error: bind EADDRINUSE null:3000
    at listenOnMasterHandle (net.js:1380:18)
    at rr (internal/cluster/child.js:132:12)
    at Worker.<anonymous> (internal/cluster/child.js:99:7)
    at process.onInternalMessage (internal/cluster/utils.js:47:8)
    at process.emit (events.js:327:22)
    at emit (internal/child_process.js:906:12)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:21)
Emitted 'error' event on Server instance at:
    at listenOnMasterHandle (net.js:1381:21)
    at rr (internal/cluster/child.js:132:12)
    [... lines matching original stack trace ...]
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:21) {
  errno: -48,
  code: 'EADDRINUSE',
  syscall: 'bind',
  address: null,
  port: 3000
}

Here it is running the first time I fire it up after say I reboot my machine and there are no processes running yet:

The only way I can manually kill it and temporarily move on is to use pkill node.  lsof -i :3000 -t | xargs kill` doesn't work.
If I then Ctrl + C then run yarn dev I get:

Here are my scripts
"start": "PORT=3000 nodemon --trace-warnings dist/server/server.js",
"build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack -p --env=prod --watch && yarn compile-server && yarn start",
"dev": "NODE_ENV=development yarn lint && yarn copyData && yarn compile-server && yarn start & webpack-dev-server",
"compile-server": "tsc -b ./src/server",
"copyData": "mkdir -p dist/shared/data && cp src/shared/data/companies.json dist/shared/data && cp src/shared/data/countries.json dist/shared/data",

server.ts
const app = require('./api.js');
const cluster = require('cluster'),
    os = require('os'),
    port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

if (cluster.isMaster) {
    for (let i = 0; i < os.cpus().length; i++) {
        cluster.fork();
    }
    console.log('Ready on port %d', port);
} else {
    app.listen(port, (err: string) => {
        console.log(`express is listening on port ${port}`);
        if (err) {
            console.log('server startup error');
            console.log(err);
        }
    });
}


Practical Applied Hermetics shows a mural with black paint or ink on the wall; a trompe 'l oeil of a rather mysterious and claustrophobic living room. In the center it shows an open window. Inside the window, on it's black reflective surface, an animationloop is projected. The film shows a continuous forward camera-movement through a (virtual) forest. A soundtrack by Belgian musician Tim Vanhamel accompanies the film and adds hypnotism to the animation.
The only light, apart from the projection, comes from a safe-light which is placed in accordance with the painted shadows of the mural. The combination of the movement within the animation and the suggestion of 3D-objects in the mural gives the viewer a sense of being in a moving, furnished room.
2010 – 2011 Hareng Saur, Ensor and Contemporary Art, SMAK, Ghent. With, a.o. Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Francis Alys, Huma Bhabha, Jake en Dinos Chapman, George Condo, Thierry De Cordier, Marlene Dumas, Thomas Hirschhorn, Yang Jiechang, Tomasz Kowalski, Jonathan Meese, Bruce Nauman, Ugo Rondinone, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Raymond Pettibon, Thomas Schütte, Jan Vercruysse, en Thomas Zipp, Guillaume Bijl, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven.
The final version of the animation loop, as shown in the installation at 'Visions Fugitives', Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, Fr.


Can you send me a standardized test question that is JUST PLAIN IDIOTIC!?!?
Texas State Representative Gene Wu recently sent this around to the folks at the Texas State House. I believe it is a 2012 4th grade Texas STARR test question.
At first I couldn't decide what category to put it into – but yes, it is the first "idiotic" question. What digit 4? And what's with that new coin?
This really is one of the most idiotic test questions I have ever seen. What digit 4 are they taking about, indeed! I think that "new coin" is supposed to be a Roosevelt Dime (assuming that is the coin you are talking about) which, by the way (if minted before 1965), is worth $2.10 in silver and copper scrap – so start collecting those little beauties!
I was thinking about the showing of both Lincoln's head AND his memorial to represent a penny.
Since when did standards become accountability?
I agree that this question is idiotic. However, I would say the answer is b. The money amounts to five dollars and 34 cents. Here the "4" represents cents. The conflicting answer is c, where the 4 represents dollars. To me, it doesn't seem very difficult, but still absurd.
It's not so much that it's a difficult question as in how it's presented. Why are two versions of a penny shown? Is this a test of a kid's ability to recognize coins or to show understanding of place value?
I agree that the answer must be B, because that's the only answer in which any digit represents 4 cents. . . but what is "digit 4"??? There are only three digits in $5.34, unless you count the decimal point as a "digit," but that's obviously idiotic. Plus whoever refers to digits that way?
I've been enjoying the rest of the error-ridden questions on this site, but this one is actually something that students in 4th grade should be comfortable with. All of the coins shown look just like the ones in my pocket, and digits and place value are how students and teachers talk about math at an elementary level because it is part of fundamentally understanding how numbers work in base 10. You might not remember this if you've tuned out your elementary math lessons, but that doesn't make it a bad question. My only thought on this is that my 1st grade students could answer this, so I'm not sure why it's being asked on a 4th grade test!


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This fun tune makes use of hammer-ons and pull-offs and is a delight for both performers and listeners!
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Google Isn't Opening a Soho Store After All
By Channing Hargrove Nov 2, 2015, 4:00pm EST
Via Google abandons plan for a retail store in New York City [Crain's New York]
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What would have been Google's first retail store, post-renovation.
Sinvin Real Estate via Crain's New York
It appears Google may have decided against opening physical stores. The tech giant had planned to sell its line of laptop and desktop computers, as well as Android phones, at what would have been its first-ever retail store at 131 Greene Street. Now, Crain's New York is reporting that Google is saying goodbye to all that: The company put the 5,442-square-foot location on the market, asking for $2.25 million in annual rent.
If the address sounds familiar, it's because prior to Google spending $6 million to renovate the space, it was home to several short-term retail spaces like BaubleBar's pop-up shop and Vanessa Bruno's first standalone shop in the United States. Fashionable neighbors on the block include Dior, Costume National, and Proenza Schouler, and it would have been right around the corner from Apple's Greene Street outpost.
Not Google
131 Greene St, New York, NY 10012, USA


We will be closing off the year with a 7 Step toolkit to reflect on last year and set new goals for this year. Today I will share my favourite ritual that I do at the end of each year which is an exercise called Magic Memories.
This exercise will help to reflect on the year that has passed and focus on creating a spectacular year ahead. What do you want to accomplish, change and what are you committed to? Next week we have a handy goal setting worksheet to help you create 100 goals.
If you need any assistance or have any questions, I would be happy to help. You can book in a free 30-minute call with Shelley Rogers.
This worksheet is compliments of Keith Abraham – Episode 080 Passion – Goals – Focus. Lastly we will cover how to create Vision Boards.
It is so easy to get to the end of the year and go into recovery mode over the Christmas break before setting New Year's resolutions (that don't stick!) and then repeat the same thing the following year. One year just blends into the next and years can become a blur.
Reflecting on the memories of the year gone by will help you realise all the good things that have happened and also take in all the positive learning's from those things that did not seem to be 'good' at the time.
This New Year Magic Memories process is absolute gold and will help anchor in the positive memories of the year and start the New Year invigorated, clear and focused. The process does take some time, effort and yes you will have to think, a rare quality in today's world of instant everything.
Do this in a place you find inspiring and preferably somewhere you do not regularly go. Some examples maybe on the beach, on a mountain, in the forest. Being with nature helps to activate the 'spirit' or essence of you that is at the core of creating your vision and goals.
I did this exercise with my mom last year in Canada. We went the beautiful Fairmount Banff Springs hotel, sat in the Rundle lounge overlooking the snow-covered Rocky Mountains.
This exercise can take anywhere from 1-3 hours to complete… a small investment to pay for getting outstanding results. Doing this with other people is also powerful. It helps to keep focused and create momentum. As mentioned at the end, once you have finished the process share your learning's and what your new year is going to look and feel like with the other people. This helps to integrate and embed all your learnings.
Journal to write down your ideas – I like buying a good quality journal one that jumps off the shelf when you see it.
When writing you reflect on the questions consider your answers in these areas.
Mind Map, dot point, list – or any combination of these, your Magic Memories of the year just passed. These are memories that were highlights for you. Also consider moments that may have not been 'happy' however you felt the depth of human emotion. Dump them all down the order does not matter. When you have written all you can remember, grab your diary and use it as a memory jogger of events, experiences or projects. Add anything you may have missed. Hand drawn pictures, diagrams, symbols and keywords are all great.
If you had done a dream board last year, pick it up and write down all the things you achieved. Write down what you did not and why. What lessons did you learn? I find if I answer this in a mindmap format that roughly matches my dream board layout, this works really well. We have links on our show notes page to 20 of the best mind map software solutions on the market to help you find one that can meet your needs and fall within your budget. Details on their notable features and available pricing plans are also provided so you can better compare them.
Completing and remembering the year just passed – review the list of all completed ventures. We have 15 thought provoking questions to help you reflect.
What was your biggest triumph last year?
What was the smartest decision you made last year?
What one word best sums up and describes your 2013 experience?
What was the greatest lesson you learned last year?
What is your biggest piece of unfinished business last year?
What are you most happy about completing last year?
Who were the three people that had the greatest impact on your life last year?
What was the biggest risk you took last year?
What important relationship improved the most last year?
What was the most impactful movie/ play/ theatre you saw and why?
What compliment would you liked to have received last year?
What compliment would you liked to have given last year?
What else do you need to do or say to be complete with closing off the year?
What would you like to be your biggest accomplishment this year?
What advice would you like to give yourself this year?
What is the major effort you are planning to improve your financial results this year?
What would you be most happy about completing this year?
What major indulgence are you willing to experience this year?
What would you most like to change about yourself this year?
What about your work, are you most committed to changing and improving this year?
What is one as yet undeveloped talent you are willing to explore this year?
What brings you the most joy and how are you going to do or have more of that this year?
Who or what, other than yourself, are you most committed to loving and serving this year?
What one word would you like to have as your theme this year?
You are sitting in a press conference a year from now making an amazing announcement. What are you saying? Remember to create the vision first and work out the 'how' later.
Doing a Vision board with these goals is a fantastic way to help make these goals become a reality • When doing a vision board keep it simple and clear. We will cover how to create a Vision Board next week so make you have a listen to episode 182.
Share your future vision with others. If you have done this with other people, share what you wrote and your new future with them. You will get massive learning's and even more distinctions by sharing.
Celebrate completing this process and your Amazing Life. Put on some of your favourite music, go for a swim, run, laugh, whatever makes you feel great, then go and do it. Celebrating at each stage is also important, especially at the very end and also when you have completed Step 4. Doing the new dream board can take time and you may do it over a couple of days, so it is important to celebrate when you have done your review and initial goal setting. Make your new year Bigger, Brighter, Happier, Healthier and even more Abundant than any other year of your life.
Don't miss next week on how to create vision boards to achieve an amazing 2019.


According to one of the most powerful people in the world, 3D Printing "has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything". Speaking at the State of the Union address in February of this year, President Barack Obama revealed himself to be one of the many proponents of 3D printing and its potential to change the way we make things.
That's all very well and good, but what is 3D printing? What's all the hype about? Why are we writing about it?
The answers to the first two questions will be addressed later in this blog, but we thought it would be pertinent to quickly introduce the reasoning why we've dedicated a few thousand words to the technology up front.
3D printing is a technology that's close to RHA for a number of reasons, principally, that it is an integral part of our product design and pre-manufacturing processes. RHA has been using 3D printing to develop prototypes of our products since the company's founding and invested in the technology at an early stage to be one of the first headphone manufacturers to make use of 3D printing's many advantages for consumer electronics companies. We'll discuss the specific applications of 3D printing at RHA later on in this blog, so keep reading.
Now for the other questions, if you already have an idea what 3D printing is all about but want to know a little more about how it works or how it can be used; if your eye has been caught by an outlandish headline about a 3D printing project that seems unfeasible and wondered if its achievable or if you've simply just heard the name this blog is for you. We're covering all the bases to ensure that anyone can get up to speed with technology's 'next big thing'. So dive in, read on, and enjoy!
3D printing is a method of creating physical objects from digital 3D drawings; and unlike typical manufacturing processes, 3D printing is an additive process. Additive manufacturing means that rather than taking a block of material and removing parts of it to create an object (subtractive manufacturing or machining), an object is built up from nothing, adding substance to create a fully realised shape. There are a number of methods of 3D printing, each using slightly different technologies, but all adhering to the additive manufacturing principle.
3D printing uses cross-sections of objects to build them up in layers. The first 3D printing method was developed in 1986 by Charles Hull, founder of 3D printing company 3D Systems. He created stereolithography (SLA), a form of 3D printing which uses a vat of UV sensitive, plastic resin. The liquid plastic is subjected to a UV laser which traces a shape of an object's cross section across the surface of the liquid, curing and hardening it. The base of the vat then descends to lower the solid, cured plastic below the level of the liquid plastic so that the process can be repeated and another layer of plastic lasered and cured on top.
A second method of 3D printing, known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), was developed shortly after stereolithography. FDM is similar to stereolithography in that both primarily use plastic as a source material, however FDM uses an inkjet-style printhead to draw layers of an object from molten strands of plastic which fuse together as the material hardens.
Whilst there are a number of other 3D printing technologies emerging (including the excitingly named Selective Laser Sintering), FDM and SLA are the most prevalent. FDM is the most commonly used printing method for non-commercial 3D printing; it is by far the cheapest method, and the printer hardware is usually of relatively small size. SLA is used mostly by industrial grade machines and offers greater speed, reliability and strength properties of the objects produced. SLA objects are often strong and accurate enough to be machined and used as prototypes of objects to be later manufactured using injection molding techniques, something we'll discuss in greater detail later.
FDM and SLA underwent intensive development in the late 1980s and early 1990s, however it was not until the final few years of the twentieth century that 3D printers had advanced out of the prototyping stage and could be made available to the public. Three different companies released 3D printers in the late nineties - Stratasys (the company responsible for developing the FDM printing method) 3D Systems, and Z Corp.
Once the first 3D printers were on the market, the technology received more and more attention, leading to more research, which in turn lead to drastic improvements in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of 3D printers in the early 2000s. Founded in 2006, the RepRap project is an open source, collaborative initiative started by the University of Bath with the aim of creating the world's first self-replicating 3D printer. Their first printer, the Darwin, was released in 2008, utilising a variation of FDM technology. The Darwin was capable of reproducing over 50% of its own parts and its successors capable of producing even more, which helped reduced the cost and greatly quickened the spread of early home 3D printers.
The current state of 3D printing could be described as at late-stage early adoption. The consumer 3D printer marketplace is becoming crowded, and online and local 3D printing centres that users can send designs for professional printing are becoming more and more common. There's a wide variety of companies attempting to get onboard with technology's 'next big thing', but are their efforts in vain? Will 3D printing instigate major change in the way we manufacture, interact with and repair objects? To answer these questions we need to look at what 3D printers are capable of.
The current applications of 3D printers are slightly limited, but there are examples of fantastic things being created within the confines of the current abilities of the technology and exciting theories regarding how 3D printing could be used in the future when the technology advances.
One of the most useful things that 3D printing can produce at the moment are small, precise components for equipment. The additive manufacturing process has the potential to be much, much more accurate than traditional methods, meaning intricate, mechanical parts for machines can be created with a much greater degree of accuracy.
Similarly, 3D printing product prototypes has become a common practice for industries making consumer electronics. We mentioned earlier that RHA uses 3D printing to manufacture prototypes of new products, product parts and components. Using a SLA 3D printer for prototyping gives our design team the opportunity to experience the aesthetic and functional properties of a design before committing to manufacturing on a large scale. Where normally a factory tooled prototype would take several weeks to produce, the speed and convenience of 3D printing means our that designers have the opportunity to create completely unique designs and test them within hours of making their first sketches, and can refine the design based on the first prototype before printing another prototype just as quickly.
3D printing also has applications in the field of medicine. 3D printing is already being used to create replacement bones, and there are some incredibly exciting advances being made in the field of stem cell printing. In January of this year, Edinburgh's Heriot Watt University announced it had successfully 3D printed human stem cells using bio-ink. This breakthrough is effectively the first, small step towards 3D printed human organs created using the host's own DNA. 3D printed organs could eliminate the need for organ donors and greatly reduce the risk of host rejection.
Currently, the most common use of 3D printing, especially in regards to consumer 3D printers, tends to be small scale craftwork and art projects. The technology, despite its recent significant advances, is yet to reach a stage that the average consumer is able to create a particularly wide range of meaningful products. There are examples of bigger 3D printing projects including guitars, clothes and even headphones, but for the most part, these items exist as one-offs and novelties - experiments to illustrate what the technology could be capable of.
At the other end of the scale, media outlets are often quick to pick up stories about large scale 3D printing projects such as cars and houses. These are projects which are far from being a reality, yet capture the imagination of the public because of the hype around technology. Like every major technological advancement, there are companies racing to be the first to market with a new version of it, or a new way to use it, and large scale projects such as these are likely to generate publicity for the companies behind them, if nothing else.
So what are the pros and cons of 3D printing? Why is the technology the subject of so much hype? Revisit the RHA blog next week, as we'll be discussing the benefits and drawbacks of 3D printing in its current state and those that might arise in the future and trying to figure out just whether 3D printing could be the catalyst for the next manufacturing revolution.
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Splotter Spellen's Bus Board Game | Capstone Games | 20-year Reprint
Bus is a game about the development of public transport in a city that is expanding quickly. The citizens are busy travelling up and down between their houses, the office, and most importantly the pub. Your task as a player is to develop a bus line which takes as many passengers as possible to the place they want to be. You do this by expanding your bus line, developing new suburbs, luring new potential passengers to the city, and investing in more and more buses! But you can also try to ride just a bit earlier than other companies and steal their passengers away. Sometimes, something unexpected happens, time comes to a standstill and all of a sudden, the demand for transportation is completely different. But you cannot let t his happen too often, as the space-time continumm will rupture and the universe will collapse, thus ending the game.
Game Designers: Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga
This is the 20th year since its first printing of Splotter Spellen's "Bus" which has been in limited supply but high demand. Get your hands on the all-new reissue with updated game art.
If you've never had the chance to play Splotter Spellen Bus - this limited-run reprint is your chance to own it!


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Иван Йорданов Иванов е български актьор.

Биография
Роден на 7 юли 1931 г. в Провадия.

Работи във Варненския общински театър.

Умира на 62 години на 3 май 1994 г. във Варна.

Театрални роли
 "Иркутска история" (от А. Н. Арбузов) – Виктор
 "Иван Шишман" (от Камен Зидаров) – Иван Шишман
 "Езоп" (от Г. Фигейреду) – Езоп
 "Маскарад" (от Михаил Лермонтов) – Арбенин
 "Иванов" (от Антон Чехов) – Иванов
 "Мечка" (от Антон Чехов) – Смирнов
 "Едип цар" (от Софокъл) – Едип
 "Хъшове" (от Иван Вазов) – Македонски
 "Дванайсета нощ" (от У. Шекспир) – сър Тоби
 "Възкресение" (по Лев Толстой) – председател на съда
 "Конармия" (по И. Бабел) – Хлебников
 "Събота '23" (от Стефан Цанев) – Дамян
 "Процесът против богомилите" (от Стефан Цанев) – поп Стефан
 "Рейс" (от Станислав Стратиев) – Разумният
 "Крал Джон" (от Фридрих Дюренмат) – Пембрук
 "Пожар" (Владков) – Андрей
 "По следите на радостта" (В. Розов) – Генади

Телевизионен театър
 "Страшният съд" (1992)
 "Ревизия" (1988) (Борис Рабкин)
 "Йоан Кукузел" (1987) (Делка Димитрова), 2 части
 "Легенда за майката" (1985) (Кръстю Дренски)
 "Протокът съществува" (1984) (Е Раблес)
 "Дом за утре" (1984) (Младен Денев)
 "Време за любов" (1983) (Кольо Георгиев)
 "Седем вика в океана" (1982) (Алехандро Касона)
 "Червено и кафяво" (1982) (Иван Радоев) – Фрик
 "Магелан" (1981) (Еманюел Роблес)
 "Неспокойна старост" (1979) (Леонид Рахманов)
 "Като лъв" (1978) (Рустам Ибрахимбеков)

Филмография

Източници

Външни препратки

  Иван Йорданов в КиноПоиск

Български актьори и актриси
Български театрални актьори и актриси
Родени в Провадия
Починали във Варна

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