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Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator Review
Written by GIS For Life Published on December 10, 2020
Garmin nüvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator Review
It is better that I call the Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT the flagship GPS navigation unit from the auto line of Garmin. Being a GPS connoisseur, I always look for advanced features in any GPS navigation unit and the nüvi 760 is perhaps the perfect little device that is going to be a delight for the techno freaks like me! At least I was happy! And I guess that instead of beating around the bush, it is time that I take you on a tour of my experience with the new Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS.
Feel and Design
Not to exaggerate, the Garmin Nuvi 1390 hard reset is sexy enough to accompany you and your girlfriend in the public. At least, I was happy to take it out in public. With an aesthetic black look on the face, it has grabbed a crispy look and the screen becomes easier to read – is that not one of the most wanted features of GPS units? Yet another noticeable feature is that the flip-up antenna is gone as compared to the 300 and 600 models of Nuvi. This is perhaps the drawback if you think that 20 seconds can impact your business or social and personal life. Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS takes nearly 20 seconds more before the inbuilt GPS chip gets activated.
It really did not bother me. The slider switch to turn the device on and off can be used as a hold button to stop the touch screen activities. There is an SD card slot and a Smartphone jack place on the left side of the unit. I always desire to have extra map coverage and multimedia files and this is what the SD card slot is used for. Simple! The maps are already loaded in the internal memory of the device. The device also has a USB port place at the bottom to let you connect to the computer. It also acts as a power/mount connector!
Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS
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Mount Talk
Compared to the other GPS navigation systems, the Nuvi 760 has a power connector chipping out only one-fourth of an inch at the bottom. It, therefore, can be easily mounted quite low on the dashboard. The mount has a socket joint and this makes it easier to tilt the unit to a comfortable angle to easily access the eject button, which is also located at the bottom location. As usual, the mount and the device have a design, which is nearly perfect. The ball and the socket joint of the mount allow easy adjustment for the GPS screen visibility. Just to add a different point, the power adapter has a dual role to play. It also acts as an antenna for the FM TMC traffic – just a perfect thing for people like me who hate to keep rolled cables in their pocket or car!
Navigation and Use
Seriously speaking guys, 'IT IS SIMPLE'! Power on the device and you will have to follow the following steps in sequence:
Select Where to…
Put in the address…
Put in the state name…
Put in the city name…
Put in the street number…
Put in the street name…
Select 'GO'…and you are done!
What annoys me the most is that the device will not accommodate any spelling mistake, which most of the GPS navigation units in the market allow! But, Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT knows a way to make up for the frustration. It allows or rather supports QWERTY keyboards! Incredible!
Extras for navigation
Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT has a big list of POIs and all I had to do was to select one of my interests from the list. Another added advantage was that it allowed me to add points on the route. It allows us to put a start point, an endpoint, and 50 other points all along the route between the start and the endpoint and thereby allowing multi-destination routing. This GPS unit has in a literal sense the most perfect multi-destination routing. The nüvi 760 has a detour option but needs a lot of improvement. I was by no means impressed by this function. If you have a problem with the route you take, it will not allow you to get an alternate route for the existing route and then continue along with the same. Rather, it will calculate a completely new route to your final destination! I do not like this one!
The GPS unit provides TTS (text to speech, which is clear and easy to understand). At least easy for me! The frequency of voice prompts and the instructions are moderate and are not too chatty. However, it is not a very acceptable frequency on highway speed where most of us rely on the voice rather than the map.
The moderate FM transistor seems to give an average performance. I must rather say, 'at par performance'! You can either tune in manually or the Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT will do that for you and select the best FM station available at that moment!
Speaking of Bluetooth, you need to check the compatibility of your smartphone's Bluetooth with that of the Nuvi 760. I was unlucky that mine was not compatible. If you are lucky and can pair your smartphone with the GPS unit, you can place calls and also receive calls from your 760!
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I heard that the unit will trace the car and the exact parking location in case you forget that! It indeed did! I picked up the Garmin nüvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS from my car and went to a different place. Two simple reasons were there. First, I wanted to test the claim, and next, I wanted to keep it away from the thieves. Amazing! It remembered the exact coordinates of its last location and the time of its removal from that location. So, if you don't find your car in that location, it is definitely stolen! Sorry folks… Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch is a GPS navigation unit and not a cop to trace the thieves!
Garmin nüvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS
Undoubtedly, the Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch has a lovely set of features and a couple of drawbacks (just as others do) but still, it is one of the handiest devices that you can get in the market. By far the worst thing about the device is that it is too expensive and is priced at $150. You will get similar products at half of this price. But mind it, I said similar, not identical. It is Garmin nüvi 1390 LMT 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS, something that makes you a proud owner!


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The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) is a psycho-social intervention designed to help people impacted by substance misuse.
It is centred on a functional analysis of their behaviour and the use of positive reinforcement by their family worker in encouraging them to change their lifestyle.
Government recommends evidence-based interventions in helping substance misusers enter treatment – and global evidence of CRA's effectiveness dating as far back as 45 years shows a success rate of more than 70 pct in achieving abstinence.
In one of the early studies from 1982 in The Journal of Behavioural Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry by Azrin, Sisson, Meyers and Godley, misusers engaging in CRA and prescribed with a disulfiram were abstinent for an average of 97 pct of days during the final month of the half-yearly follow up, while misusers in a combined CRA, 12-step and disulfiram programme were abstinent on 74 pct of days. Misusers on the 12-step programme and disulfiram were abstinent for only 45 pct of the time.
Further evidence is available from www.positivepracticepartnership.org.uk/research-into-cra-interventions/
CRA is founded on the belief that an individual's environment plays a critical role in encouraging or discouraging substance misuse.
Therefore, the intervention uses a misuser's environment or community – familial, social, recreational and occupational – reinforcers to support change in their drinking or substance misusing behaviour.
The goal is to make healthy, substance misuse-free living more rewarding than alcohol and drug misuse.
On the two-day course, workers will to taught procedures to use to offer a tailor-made solution to help substance misusers to understand themselves in order to make different choices, including:
building motivation to give up drinking and drug misuse
analysing drinking patterns
increasing positive reinforcement
learning new coping behaviours
involving concerned significant others in the recovery process
The multi-service courses cost £299 per attendee. Positive Practice also delivers in-house CRA training at clients' premises with discounted pricing for more than 10 trainees.
For further information email [email protected] or ring 0773 871 8253.
After completing training, there is the option to proceed with accreditation through one-to-one or group supervision.
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HomeThe GroupSocial responsibilityThematic reportsReport In Good WatersFrom water cycle to water services through integrated managementPurification: when water is made good enough to drink
For water to be compliant with regulations it must meet physical-chemical, microbiological and organoleptic potability requisites.
Purification processes are carried out to ensure that water is compliant with the established requisites for drinking, and to improve its organoleptic (colour, odour, taste), chemical (e.g. removal of iron and manganese) and microbiological (e.g. disinfection of water to eliminate Escherichia coli) characteristics.
The main purification treatments are, in sequence, the following.
Sedimentation: a physical process that removes solids contained in water by gravity;
Clariflocculation: several chemical compounds (e.g. aluminium salts) are added to the water as a coagulating agent. They bring small particles (that do not settle naturally) together to form larger particles which can then be removed via filtration;
Oxidation: performed using suitable chemical agents (e.g. potassium permanganate, ozone) which interact with dissolved contaminants (organic and inorganic substances) and aid their removal;
Filtration: used to eliminate particles still present after the preceding processes. Sand filtration is a physical process that separates out particles that escaped the sedimentation and clariflocculation stages; active carbon filtration removes mainly organic micropollutants;
Disinfection: this final treatment stage acts on the residual microbiological component and ensures the absence of pathogenic micro-organisms; this is usually achieved using chlorine-based products (sodium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide) that allow a residual quantity of disinfectant to be maintained throughout the distribution phase. Chlorine dioxide is produced in liquid solution from the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium chlorite at the plant; chlorites are its disinfection by-products. Ready-to-use sodium hypochlorite is, instead, associated with trihalomethane disinfection by-products. For both of these by-products, Italian Legislative Decree 31/2001 (see Annex B) establishes the parameters to be respected. This report indicates - also for these two components - the outcome of analyses carried out by both the operator and local health authorities.
Water from springs and deep wells requires less purification treatment
Water that is of higher quality at source, such as those from springs or deep wells, generally require simple treatment (e.g. sedimentation, filtration and disinfection). This is because they benefit from natural "self-purification" processes that occur during filtration in the ground and subsoil layers. Surface waters and some aquifer waters, especially on the plains, require - on account of their characteristics and vulnerability to accidental pollutant spillage - complex treatment that generally includes many or all of the above-described stages. In some aquifers it's necessary to remove naturally occurring contaminants such as ammonium, iron and manganese or anthropic pollutants, the most common of which are organohalogenated compounds.
Chlorine in drinking water
Disinfection is an indispensable part of the treatment process as it ensures adequate health safety. Adding chlorine-based disinfectant at both the water production plant and along the distribution network ensures potentially pathogenic micro-organisms are removed at source and prevented from spreading along the network. The introduction of chlorination in the early 20th century, together with filtration, drastically reduced the spread of illnesses carried in drinking water all over the globe.
The odour and taste caused by the presence of chlorine can be removed very simply: just leave the water in a jug so that the chlorine evaporates naturally. Water, since it has a more pleasant taste at lower temperatures, is best drunk cool.


Are Gas Stations Scamming Us?
As if we don't pay enough at the gas pump, now comes word that some stations may deliberately be shorting the amount of fuel we pump into our cars.
Originally reported by the Bangor Daily News, state inspection officials in Maine have found several stations with multiple pumps delivering less fuel than customers are paying for. In fact, some of them are so glaringly inaccurate that the agriculture department ordered them immediately shut down for being seven times outside the acceptable error tolerance.
Several well-known retailers are knowingly overcharging the public and assuming that any fines that they pay are more than offset by the increased profit.
And if it's happening in Maine, the odds are good that it's happening in other states, too. So what can we do about it?
Not much. Politicians up in Maine are steamed (like their lobsters!), asking why the weights and measures people can't do their jobs. I can only imagine how angry consumers are.
I happen to think there's an easy way to fix this problem. Two ways, actually.
A $5,000 fine for every day a pump is found to be in violation. That should wipe out those extra profits nicely.
Put this issue in the consumers' hands. Ask people to buy 5 gallons of fuel, then have the purchase weighed and tested at private test stations. If a violation is found, it gets reported to the state, which then double-checks the station. If confirmed, a massive fine gets levied, and the consumer who found the cheating pump gets ten percent of the fine. Multiple offenders should face jail time.
I can understand a gas pump dispensing a fraction of a gallon more or less than what the display says; I expect it, even. But if gas-station owners are skimming consumers on purpose, well, that's downright criminal.
What should happen to gas-station owners who cheat their customers on purpose?
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This kind of regulation is easy to administer. You simply require each station to certify all their pumps at regular intervals, and they must pay for the service from a bonded and certified inspector. It's purely legal– after all, you must pay for code/building inspections and car/emissions inspections, so there's no reasons why gas stations can't be required to pay for weights & balance inspections. With this system, you also not only don't have to hire new state employees, you add new jobs to the economy. When a pump is in violation, it is locked out. If a station has too many violations, THEN you call in the cavalry for some of the more draconian penalties you suggest. Main problem with your suggestions is that they would likely be thrown out in court because they are a bit too extreme.
I agree! If bloggers ruled the world we'd be in a much better place. How come common sense solutions like this don't get more attention? Or, for that matter, even brought up by the people in charge?
Gas stations cheating customers is no better than customers driving off without paying. It should be a criminal offense.
I love your theory on what to do to fix the problem. If it was to get implemented (and it really should), gas station owners considering to start skimming customers would think twice before doing so, hopefully it would act as a deterrent to those already doing so as well. The only thing I don't love about it is that it probably won't be implemented any time soon, given the speed of politics just about anywhere.


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Q: nested for and if inside a list comprehension I have the following code which has for and if alternatively.
lines = ['apple berry Citrus ', 34, 4.46, 'Audi Apple ']

corpus = [ ]

for line in lines:

    # Check if the element is string and proceed
    if isinstance(line, str):

        # Split the element and check if first character is upper case
        for word in line.split():
            if word[0].isupper():

                # Append the word to corpus result
                corpus.append(word)
print(corpus)
# Output : ['Citrus', 'Audi', 'Apple']

I am trying to do this in list comprehension but failing. I have tried as below.
# corpus = [  word if word[0].isupper() for word in line.split()  for line in lines if isinstance(line, str)]

How can i achieve this in List Comprehension ?

A: The following will work:
corpus = [
    word for line in lines if isinstance(line, str)
         for word in line.split() if word[0].isupper()
]

The scope in nested comprehensions can be confusing at first, but you'll notice that the order of for and if is the same as in the nested loops.

A: You can do:
[word for line in lines if isinstance(line, str)
     for word in line.split() if word[0].isupper()]

An alternate approach is to prefilter the list lines with filter:
[word for line in filter(lambda e: isinstance(e, str), lines)
      for word in line.split() if word[0].isupper()]

Or, as pointed out in comments, you can eliminate the lambda with:
[word for line in filter(str.__instancecheck__, lines)
      for word in line.split() if word[0].isupper()]

Or even two filters:
[word for line in filter(str.__instancecheck__, lines)
      for word in filter(lambda w: w[0].isupper(), line.split())]

A: As a general rule, you can take the inner part of the nested loops where you do corpus.append(xxxx) and place it (the xxx) at the beginning of the list comprehension. Then add the nested for loops and conditions without the ':'.
corpus = [ word                          # from corpus.append(word)
           for line in lines             # ':' removed ...
               if isinstance(line,str)
                   for word in line.split()
                       if word[0].isupper() ]

# on a single line:
corpus = [ word for line in lines if isinstance(line,str) for word in line.split() if word[0].isupper() ]

print(corpus) # ['Citrus', 'Audi', 'Apple']

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A Study in Scarlet, Part 2, Chapter 7, Reading and Listening
"A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Part 2, Chapter 7.
Play Chapter 7
Chapter 7. The Conclusion
We had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the Thursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our testimony. A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson Hope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would be meted out to him. On the very night after his capture the aneurism burst, and he was found in the morning stretched upon the floor of the cell, with a placid smile upon his face, as though he had been able in his dying moments to look back upon a useful life, and on work well done.
"Gregson and Lestrade will be wild about his death," Holmes remarked, as we chatted it over next evening. "Where will their grand advertisement be now?"
"I don't see that they had very much to do with his capture," I answered.
"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done? Never mind," he continued, more brightly, after a pause. "I would not have missed the investigation for anything. There has been no better case within my recollection. Simple as it was, there were several most instructive points about it."
"Simple!" I ejaculated.
"Well, really, it can hardly be described as otherwise," said Sherlock Holmes, smiling at my surprise. "The proof of its intrinsic simplicity is, that without any help save a few very ordinary deductions I was able to lay my hand upon the criminal within three days."
"That is true," said I.
"I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance. In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the everyday affairs of life it is more useful to reason forward, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically."
"I confess," said I, "that I do not quite follow you."
"I hardly expected that you would. Let me see if I can make it clearer. Most people, if you describe a train of events to them will tell you what the result would be. They can put those events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass. There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backward, or analytically."
"I understand," said I.
"Now this was a case in which you were given the result and had to find everything else for yourself. Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning. To begin at the beginning. I approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely free from all impressions. I naturally began by examining the roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night. I satisfied myself that it was a cab and not a private carriage by the narrow gauge of the wheels. The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham.
"This was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down the garden path, which happened to be composed of a clay soil, peculiarly suitable for taking impressions. No doubt it appeared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had a meaning. There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me. I saw the heavy footmarks of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had first passed through the garden. It was easy to tell that they had been before the others, because in places their marks had been entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them. In this way my second link was formed, which told me that the nocturnal visitors were two in number, one remarkable for his height (as I calculated from the length of his stride), and the other fashionably dressed, to judge from the small and elegant impression left by his boots.
"On entering the house this last inference was confirmed. My well-booted man lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there was. There was no wound upon the dead man's person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him. Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features. Having sniffed the dead man's lips, I detected a slightly sour smell, and I came to the conclusion that he had had poison forced upon him. Again, I argued that it had been forced upon him from the hatred and fear expressed upon his face. By the method of exclusion, I had arrived at this result, for no other hypothesis would meet the facts. Do not imagine that it was a very unheard-of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist.
"And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? That was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition. Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately, and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong, and not a political one, which called for such a methodical revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall, I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was too evidently a blind. When the ring was found, however, it settled the question. Clearly the murderer had used it to remind his victim of some dead or absent woman. It was at this point that I asked Cregson whether he had inquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr. Drebber's former career. He answered, you remember, in the negative.
"I then proceeded to make a careful examination of the room which confirmed me in my opinion as to the murderer's height, and furnished me with the additional details as to the Trichinopoly cigar and the length of his nails. I had already come to the conclusion, since there were no signs of a struggle, that the blood which covered the floor had burst from the murderer's nose in his excitement. I could perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his feet. It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded, breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man. Events proved that I had judged correctly.
"Having left the house, I proceeded to do what Gregson had neglected. I telegraphed to the head of the police at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to the circumstances connected with the marriage of Enoch Drebber. The answer was conclusive. It told me that Drebber had already applied for the protection of the law against an old rival in love, named Jefferson Hope, and that this same Hope was at present in Europe. I knew now that I held the clue to the mystery in my hand, and all that remained was to secure the murderer.
"I had already determined in my own mind that the man who had walked into the house with Drebber was none other than the man who had driven the cab. The marks in the road showed me that the horse had wandered on in a way which would have been impossible had there been anyone in charge of it. Where, then, could the driver be, unless he were inside the house? Again, it is absurd to suppose that any sane man would carry out a deliberate crime under the very eyes, as it were, of a third person who was sure to betray him. Lastly, supposing one man wished to dog another through London, what better means could he adopt than to turn cabdriver? All these considerations led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.
"If he had been one, there was no reason to believe that he had ceased to be. On the contrary, from his point of view, any sudden change would be likely to draw attention to himself. He would probably, for a time at least, continue to perform his duties. There'was no reason to suppose that he was going under an assumed name. Why should he change his name in a country where no one knew his original one? I therefore organized my street Arab detective corps, and sent them systematically to every cab proprietor in London until they ferreted out the man that I wanted. How well they succeeded, and how quickly I took advantage of it, are still fresh in your recollection. The murder of Stangerson was an incident which was entirely unexpected, but which could hardly in any case have been prevented. Through it, as you know, I came into possession of the pills, the existence of which I had already surmised. You see, the whole thing is a chain of logical sequences without a break or flaw."
"It is wonderful!" I cried. "Your merits should be publicly recognized. You should publish an account of the case. If you won't, I will for you."
"You may do what you like, Doctor," he answered. "See here!" he continued, handing a paper over to me, "look at this!"
It was the Echo for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed was devoted to the case in question.
"The public," it said, "have lost a sensational treat through the sudden death of the man Hope, who was suspected of the murder of Mr. Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stangerson. The details of the case will probably be never known now, though we are informed upon good authority that the crime was the result of an old-standing and romantic feud, in which love and Mormonism bore a part. It seems that both the victims belonged, in their younger days, to the Latter Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased prisoner, hails also from Salt Lake City. If the case has had no other effect, it, at least, brings out in the most striking manner the efficiency of our detective police force, and will serve as a lesson to all foreigners that they will do wisely to settle their feuds at home, and not to carry them on to British soil. It is an open secret that the credit of this smart capture belongs entirely to the well-known Scotland Yard officials, Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson. The man was apprehended, it appears, in the rooms of a certain Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who has himself, as an amateur, shown some talent in the detective line and who, with such instructors, may hope in time to attain to some degree of their skill. It is expected that a testimonial of some sort will be presented to the two officers as a fitting recognition of their services."
"Didn't I tell you so when we started?" cried Sherlock Holmes with a laugh. "That's the result of all our Study in Scarlet: to get them a testimonial!"
"Never mind," I answered; "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them. In the meantime you must make yourself contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser—
"Populus Me Sibilat, At Mihi Plaudo
Ipse Domi Simul Ac Nummos Contemplar In Arca."


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Where Film Matters
Volume 15, Issue 3 / March 2011
A Few Festivals
Beauty at the Margins: The Vancouver International Film Festival, 2010
Mike Archibald
Verities: the 2011 Berlinale
Virginia Wright Wexman
17th Bradford International Film Festival, 16-28 March 2011
Philip Gillett
Incest and the Isolation of Country Life: Beautiful Kate, a film by Rachel Ward
A story more frightening for being somewhat mundane
Daniel Garrett
The Sentinel (1977 ): Hell on the 5th Floor
Donato Totaro
For cinephiles whose interests go beyond the mainstream, especially beyond North American cinema soils, the local film festival(s) represents the mother lode, the treasure trove of cinema pearls. Offscreen concentrates on three such 'events' in this issue, VIFF (The Vancouver International Film Festival), the Berlinale (The Berlin International Film Festival) and The Bradford International Film Festival. In the first report Mike Archibald discusses this very theme in his preamble to his discussion of selected films at the 2010 VIFF. Archibald laments the frustrating reality found in even cinematically affluent major cities: the confinement of great International cinema to a concentrated annual period during Film Festivals. The result is that critics and lovers of non-North American cinema have to overload on these films in the unenviable manner of a cinema gorging; watching three or four intense, demanding films day after day for a ten or 14 day period is not the best way to appreciate these films. In his preamble Archibald (with a mixture of humour and frustration) discusses the reasons for this from his geographical position of Vancouver, Canada. In the second report Wexman looks at key films at the Berlinale through the theoretical gaze of realism and truth in cinema. While it is a knotty issue, there is something about cinema's noted ability to convey (cinematic?) truth and purport to realism that routinely needs to be hashed out, and this is exactly what Wexman does, through (among other films), Mothers (Majki), Lipstikka, The Turin Horse, and selected films featured in an Ingmar Bergman retrospective. The next festival covered is the 17th Bradford International Film Festival, by regular attendant Philip Gillett. Of the films covered there are three documentaries on cinema: Hollywood on the Tiber (Marco Spagnoli, Italy, 2010), Two in the Wave (Emmanuel Laurent, France, 2010) and Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 (Paul Cronin, GB, 2003). The final two pieces are non-festival. First up is Daniel Garrett's review of first-time actress-turned director Rachel Ward's Beautiful Kate, a film whose subject matter is so dark and disturbing that Garrett rhetorically refers to it as "a horror film." No rhetoric is required in describing the subject of the fifth and final piece as a 'horror film": The Sentinel. Something for those of you who are feeling nostalgic for the good old horror films of the 1970s. (Donato Totaro, ed.)


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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel
Read by Neil Gaiman
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A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
A 2014 Audie Award Finalist for Fiction
A 2014 Audie Award Finalist for Author's Narration
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
Winner of the 2013 Specsavers National Book Award
Winner of the 2014 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Winner of the 2013 GoodReads Readers' Choice Awards
A #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller
A 2013 Time Magazine Best Book for Fiction
A 2013 New York Times Editor's Choice
A USA Today bestseller
A Wall Street Journal bestseller
A Washington Post bestseller
A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
An NPR bestseller
Finalist for the 2014 Mythopoeic Award
Nominated for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel
A Barnes & Noble Best Book, June 2013
An AudioFile Editors' Pick, June 2013
Selected for the July 2013 Indie Next List
A Publishers Weekly bestseller
A BookPage Best Book of 2013
A 2013 Booklist Editors' Choice for Young Adult Books
Kirkus Reviews' Best Books, Best Fiction 2013
An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2013
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys.
This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
"An evocative, lyrical fantasy by a master of the craft." —Barnes & Noble, editorial review
"In Gaiman's latest romp through otherworldly adventure, a young boy discovers a neighboring family's supernatural secret. Soon his innocence is tested by ancient, magical forces, and he learns the power of true friendship. The result is a captivating read, equal parts sweet, sad, and spooky." —Parade
"Gaiman is especially accomplished in navigating the cruel, uncertain dreamscape of childhood…His mind is a dark, fathomless ocean, and every time I sink into it, this world fades, replaced by one far more terrible and beautiful in which I will happily drown." —New York Times Book Review
"[This] marks the return of one of the fantastic mythmakers of our time…Gaiman is a magpie, a maker of collages, creating something new and original out of the bits and pieces of his wide reading of myth and folklore…The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a small thing with much joy and heartache, sacrifice and friendship, beautifully crafted and as lonesome as the ocean." —Washington Post
"Wry and freaky and finally sad…This is how Gaiman works his charms…He crafts his stories with one eye on the old world, on Irish folktales and Robin Hood and Camelot, and the other on particle physics and dark matter." —Chicago Tribune
"His prose is simple but poetic, his world strange but utterly believable—if he was South American we would call this magic realism rather than fantasy." —Times (London)
"Poignant and heartbreaking, eloquent and frightening, impeccably rendered, it's a fable that reminds us how our lives are shaped by childhood experiences, what we gain from them and the price we pay." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Gaiman has crafted a fresh story of magic, humanity, loyalty, and memories 'waiting at the edges of things,' where lost innocence can still be restored as long as someone is willing to bear the cost." —Publishers Weekly
"A slim and magical feat of meaningful storytelling genius." —Library Journal
"Gaiman mines mythological typology—the three-fold goddess, the water of life (the pond, actually an ocean)—and his own childhood milieu to build the cosmology and theater of a story he tells more gracefully than any he's told since Stardust...[A] lovely yarn." —Booklist
by Elliotts12 9/13/2017
Not quite as awful a reading as Scott Brick
Having an author read his own work is always a questionable act. Gaiman is a superb writer, but he should leave the reading of his books to the pros, excluding Scott Brick. Still, since this is the only version out there, unless you read it out loud yourself, it's worth a listen.
by Lauren M 9/13/2017
Strange and Fascinating
This story is really beautifully written with a haunting, other-worldly quality that makes it stay with you long after reading. I've seen it classified as a fable, and that really seems to fit. It's a strange book in a lot of ways and not what I was expecting at all. It very much skews into fantasy and fairytale territory, and has a darkness that's a bit unsettling, but that only adds to its arresting and absorbing style. I haven't read anything else from Neil Gaiman, but definitely plan to now. I can't imagine this not in audio as it was so well done. Neil Gaiman reads it and does a fantastic job. Highly recommend if you're looking for something a little out of the ordinary!
by Holly 9/13/2017
Love his stories!
What does one say about a Neil Gaiman book? The worlds he creates are always interesting, always unique, always absorbing. Whether writing to an adult audience or a younger audience, he knows how to entertain, how to grab your attention and suck you into a story. And often, his stories can cross age lines, appealing to both young and old. "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" is one such book. Though hailed as an adult novel, the protagonist is a seven year old. Younger readers would certainly be able to jump into this story.
I love it when Gaiman reads his own stories. He's got a great voice for audio, and since he knows his own story intimately, his delivery is spot on. He's able to do different voices, even if they're only slightly different, so you can distinguish fairly easily between characters. He had to tackle a lot of female characters in this novel, and he did just fine.
Author Bio: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Norse Mythogy, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Anansi Boys, and others, as well as the Sandman series of graphic novels. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. His novel American Gods aired as a TV series in 2017. Originally from England, he lives in the United States, where he is a professor at Bard College.
Publisher: HarperAudio Publisher: HarperAudio


Sometimes as a freelancer you might feel like needing 3 additional pairs of hands in order to deal with all of the clients. You have to keep deadlines and be aware of small details so that you can do your work at its best. Unless you're born with the natural talent of juggling more than 2 projects at once, it could be stressing. That's why there have been created some really useful online tools that are of great help to freelancer and successfully do the job of the addition pairs of hands you may need while freelancing.
Quire is a traditional organizer tool. You can create tasks and divide them by projects. It will be easy for you to track your deadlines and set a reminder. There are many organizing tools, but what makes Quire worthy is that the organizing of certain project could be shared via url if you want to update the client with the current progress. Additional bonus is the shortcuts navigation that is easy to used to with after the first week working with the program. And of course it's free.
This organizing tool is going to help you observe your to-do list. What's make the program special is that you can simply forward the email you receive from client to Wunderlist, and the client's message will become a to-do task. Reminders could be used too, but if your big struggle is with the to-do tasks, then Wunderlist is your thing. The price is free.
Wrike classifies in this list with the similarities it has with QUIRE and Wunderlist. However, what's worthy about using Wrike is the feature that allows the program to track the time each project costs you. This feature might be of great use to freelancers who charge by hourly rate. You can integrate Wrike with your email, Chrome browses and cloud storage. The bonus thing is that you can easy share the statistics of your projects to clients. The price is free.
Share your experience with organizing tool that helped you keep track of your freelance work.


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Cornish Short Stories: A Collection of Contemporary Cornish Writing, The History Press, forthcoming.
The Amberstone Dragon by author and illustrator Mary Griffin, Hezicos House Publishing, May 2015.
There's an Alien in My Wardrobe by Kimberly Oram.
Marazion's Magical Mount by Angelina Rose, Kernow Rose Publications, June 2014.


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package commands

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/layeh/gumble/gumble"
	"github.com/spf13/viper"
)

// ResumeCommand is a command that resumes audio playback.
type ResumeCommand struct{}

// Aliases returns the current aliases for the command.
func (c *ResumeCommand) Aliases() []string {
	return viper.GetStringSlice("commands.resume.aliases")
}

// Description returns the description for the command.
func (c *ResumeCommand) Description() string {
	return viper.GetString("commands.resume.description")
}

// IsAdminCommand returns true if the command is only for admin use, and
// returns false otherwise.
func (c *ResumeCommand) IsAdminCommand() bool {
	return viper.GetBool("commands.resume.is_admin")
}

// Execute executes the command with the given user and arguments.
// Return value descriptions:
//    string: A message to be returned to the user upon successful execution.
//    bool:   Whether the message should be private or not. true = private,
//            false = public (sent to whole channel).
//    error:  An error message to be returned upon unsuccessful execution.
//            If no error has occurred, pass nil instead.
// Example return statement:
//    return "This is a private message!", true, nil
func (c *ResumeCommand) Execute(user *gumble.User, args ...string) (string, bool, error) {
	err := DJ.Queue.ResumeCurrent()
	if err != nil {
		return "", true, errors.New(viper.GetString("commands.resume.messages.audio_error"))
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf(viper.GetString("commands.resume.messages.resumed"), user.Name), false, nil
}

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The British BLM Movement needs help.
I'm not one to meddle in the affairs of foreigners. However since the British BLM movement involves blacks, I feel I can provide some counsel.
The terror group of Black Lives Matter, ergo BLM represents a fraudulent farce, as I've said many times. The supporters of the movement only need to hear "black person shot by police", and they race to social media to decry all things sane.
In the recent death of Korryn Gaines, a woman who kept her child hostage as she shot at police, BLM claimed the police targeted and killed her for no reason. Yes America, the black Liberal community knows no bounds, when it comes to political and social insanity.
In an attempt to legitimize the movement, BLM wishes to spread around the world. Since brown countries don't care about BLM and Africa loves killing blacks, the BLM movement must settle for Britain, at least for now.
Black Lives Matter protesters blocked off a road leading to Heathrow Airport in the British capital Friday, causing traffic chaos.
Meanwhile, in the central English city of Nottingham, activists blocked trams by lying down on the tracks while other protests took place in the cities of Birmingham and Manchester, the group said.
The killing of blacks (in America!) by police outrages Brits.
They know the names of those killed by cops: Filando Castile, Alton Sterling, Eric Garner, Jamar Clark, Freddie Gray, and the what, six or seven other controversial cop killings over the past THREE DECADES!
Forget that Michael Brown, Jr, the father of this new Civil Rights movement got himself killed as he attempted to KILL A COP! Forget that almost all these blacks killed by police resisted arrest or TRIED TO KILL A COP!
But the reason for the Brits version of BLM amazes me. They are protesting the 2011 shooting of Mark Duggan.
I suggest that British blacks get BLACK names, so we can know when cops shoot a black guy. Try LaQuand or Jamar, for example.
However, the U.K. version of BLM has more. They also protest deaths in authorities' custody and stop-and-searches in Britain.
Here's the recap: one death since 2011, unnamed deaths while in police custody, AND the dreaded "stop and search." It's a indeed a CRISIS!
Where is the British Deray, when you need one?!


Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga poses with her award in London. Photo by PoU.
Uganda Parliament Speaker, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is battling for her life following admission to health facility on Thursday.
Kadaga, now admitted at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala and put in Intensive Care Unit, according to various reports, is closely being monitored by doctors.
Her office issued a press statement on Friday.
In a press statement released, the Speaker, Kadaga who is also the Kamuli district Woman MP, had a hectic working tour in Morocco and United States.
"The Speaker of Parliament is currently being managed by doctors at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala, over fatigue-related illness. She was admitted yesterday soon after her return from a hectic working tour in Morocco and the United States of America," Sam Obbo, the press secretary writes.
"While abroad, she steadfastly advocated for better policies for women and children in Uganda and across the globe," the statement further reads.


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Happy Friday everyone! For those kids back at school - I hope your week went well. Ours did! Those summer-stay-up-until-the-sun-goes-down nights are getting bumped by school-is-making-me-sleepy bedtimes. Nightly routines are here again.
Today is RESULTS DAY and we have an incredibly special guest this week: Automotive Designer Extraordinaire Brian Nielander (Anna and Elliot's dad and my dear spouse). The kids were completely delighted he joined them in character creating and we loved his results. Check out what popped from the negative space...a true and pure creative at work. BLOBS were a breeze for this dad. Scroll on for team Nielander's designs below!
Thanks again to my dear family for happily participating! Stay tuned to Monday's new set. I'd love to hear what your family can create!
It's NEW BATCH OF BLOBS Monday! It could also mean...barbecues, picnicking, parade watching or school bag packing. Whatever it is, may your Labor Day be spent leisurely with friends, family, lots of laughter...and...maybe a quick 5 minute round of Character Creating! So spin, flip or add to these BLOBS and unleash those idea boosting powers. Find Batch #10 HERE!
It is RESULTS DAY and thanks to all of you checking in! We've got some good ones and can't wait to share, so here goes. My kids have contributed their creations (as well as me!) and once again I am blown away at the different directions they get pulled in with BLOBS. The best part - no right or wrong answers. Just fun ones.
Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was inspiring and you tried something new. We did some rock climbing (still a little new for us), watched an old movie (refreshing), hauled more boxes up and down the stairs (getting old), played some Scrabble (made up new words to get out of jams) and worked on BLOBS! Get your very own HERE!
Welcome to BLOB RESULTS! I am up and running on a higher level of the house today, and ready to get back to BLOB business.
We are very fortunate to have not only one Kid Character Creator on results day, but TWO! And following their designs is the talented and imaginative Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MI member, author/illustrator Virgina Rinkel (their grandma). What a fun time that BLOB session must have been. Super job artists! I love the variety and the fact it was a family activity (most of all). Thanks so much for participating and I hope you'll visit again. Kristin's designs are on the left, Elena's on the right and Virginia's, underneath.
Favorite Children's Book Character (Kristin): "Jane Benson" from the book "Stranded" by Jeff Probst.
Favorite Children's Book Character (Elena): "The Ghost" which is in the 3rd book series of the "Dog Whisperer" by Nicholas Edwards.
Favorite Children's Book Character (Virginia): "I have too many favorite books to mention, many of them from our own MichKids (Michigan authors)."
Thanks again to Kristin, Elena and Virginia for sharing your work and time! You are all inspiring. Please drop them a comment to show your support!
Happy Friday all. So sorry to report this, but results for Monday's BLOBS #8 will be posted next Friday due to major flood destruction in our basement. Roughly 20" of sewage swept up our entire (finished) basement, and we've been hauling things out to the curb since Tuesday. Lots of drywall and insulation ripping going on. My studio was downstairs, so I've been trying to shift operations to the main floor. For those of you also affected, hang in there! For those who weren't - please take a moment to roll around on your basement floors for us today. Stay tuned to next Friday!
Happy Monday everyone! Hope your weekend was spectacular and you did something fun or completely different from your normal weekends. We spent some time with good old friends yesterday - fishing, riding horses, petting unbelievably soft rabbits, and gazing at the stretchy necks of alpacas. Fun times. Maybe these fine creatures will inspire some BLOB designs for me! Download the worksheet HERE and start creating! Love what you come up with? Awesome - be the featured Kid Character Creator this week and send a JPG to me. I'll post them Friday!
Happy Friday everyone! BLOBS have arrived and its been tough waiting all week to post. I considered throwing my own rules out the door when I got images from our guest artist Monday. They were so charming I wanted to share that day. But, I decided to keep my word and...just peek at them now and then until Friday.
Introducing our guest contributing BLOBBER, MI SCBWI author/illustrator, Heidi Woodward Sheffield and her incredibly talented daughter, Lauren. Excellent job artists! These designs are packed with color and energy. Thanks for sharing and I hope you had fun creating!
Heidi's BLOB descriptions: "One tough Ladybug", "Elephant", "Alien" and "Little Lambkins Frolicking" Lauren's BLOB descriptions: "You step up to see the star and moon and...", "A girl", "A spaceship", "Jetske"
Medium used: "A whole lotta Crayolas"
Favorite Children's Book Character: Lauren couldn't name just one character. A couple of favorite collections: The American Girl Doll books and Rainbow Magic books.
Thanks again artists for sharing! Please show your support and leave a comment!
Happy Blob Day! Hope everyone had a great weekend and experienced some kind of adventure to kick the week off (I had a high school reunion, which was oh- so fun. Felt like 18 all over again). So today is pretty special because my very first Guest BLOBBER will be downloading a sheet and contributing some designs of his/her own! How lucky am I to be sharing their work here on The Blob Blog later this week?! Very. So, look out - some fun stuff is brewing and I'll be posting amazing work Friday by this incredible Michigan SCBWI author/illustrator - name to be revealed then. I'm hoping for some KID designs too! Get your sheet HERE! And if you're trying to piece together what SCBWI stands for - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Thanks for checking in!
Happy Monday! We are back and ready to go. Even got our Blobs finished this morning with some good laughs. What fun characters can you dream up? Get your sheet HERE!
Happy Friday everyone! Amazing how one shape can trigger so many different ideas! Top two rows are my kids fun designs and the bottom row, mine! Keeping it simple with quick pencil sketches. I think these could inspire a story? Stay tuned for new Blobs Monday, featuring an outstanding Michigan artist. The name to be revealed on results Day! Spread the word and thanks for checking in!


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Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) in The Walking Dead season 5. (Gene Page/AMC)
The Walking Dead Season 5 Set Photos: Is the Hospital a Safe Haven After Escape From Terminus?
June 10, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015
The Walking Dead season 5 is currently filming in Georgia, and three episodes have been completed already. [Spoilers and speculation to follow]
Season 4 ended with Rick and most of the group trapped in a boxcar in Terminus.
Based on set photos leaked to The Spoiling Dead Fans, it looks like Rick and some of the group make it out of Terminus, and arrive at a hospital.
The hospital is surrounded by fences and tents are set up outside of it.
Check out the images from the leaks.
Post by The Spoiling Dead Fans.
There's lots of speculation about these photos and what they mean.
Rick and the group could have escaped from Terminus and came upon the hospital, and decided to recover there. If they did escape, it's very likely that at least one person died and several others were wounded during the escape.
The tents are intriguing because they appear to be army tents. Could some soldiers have formed a base camp at the hospital, and welcome Rick and the group in?
It's unlikely that any major new characters will be introduced in the first part of season 5 other than the ones we already know about–such as Father Gabriel–so if it's not Rick and part of the group that makes it there, there's two other possibilities.
Carol and Tyreese, last seen leaving the home where Lizzie and Mike died, could have come upon the hospital early in season 5. They are not at Terminus and their storyline could easily stay separate for a while. It's possible that they never go to Terminus.
The hospital could also have something to do with Beth, who has missing in action for a while.


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Der Zehnkampf der Männer bei den Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften 1938 wurde am 4. und 5 September 1938 im Stade Olympique der französischen Hauptstadt Paris ausgetragen.

Europameister wurde der Schwede Olle Bexell. Auf den zweiten Platz kam der Pole Witold Gerutto. Bronze gewann der Schweizer Josef Neumann.

Rekorde

Bestehende Rekorde

Rekordegalisierung
Die 7214 Punkte des schwedischen Europameisters Olle Bexell sind wegen der unterschiedlichen Wertungssysteme nicht mit den durch den Europameister von 1934 Hans-Heinrich Sievert erreichten 8103 Punkten vergleichbar. Nach der heute gültigen Wertung von 1985 erzielten beide Athleten 6667 Punkte. Deshalb findet sich in der Ergebnisübersicht unten die Anmerkung zur Egalisierung des Meisterschaftsrekords.

Durchführung
Der Zehnkampf wurde nach denselben Regeln wie heute durchgeführt. Die zehn Disziplinen fanden auf zwei Tage verteilt statt.
Gewertet wurde nach der Punktetabelle von 1934.

Ergebnis

4./5. September 1938

Vorbemerkungen zu den Punktewerten:
Zur besseren Einordnung der Leistung sind neben den offiziellen Punkten nach der Wertungstabelle von 1934 die nach dem heutigen Wertungssystem von 1985 umgerechneten Punktzahlen mit angegeben. Nach dieser heute gültigen Tabelle hätte es die exakt selbe Reihenfolge ergeben wie damals. Diese Vergleiche sind allerdings nur Anhaltswerte, denn als Grundlage müssen die jeweils unterschiedlichen Maßstäbe der Zeit gelten. Am auffälligsten wird das im Stabhochsprung, bei dem damals mit ganz anderen Stäben gesprungen wurde als heute.

Weblinks
 Paris European Championships 1938, European Athletics, european-athletics.com, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022
 Men Decathlon European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA), todor66.com, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022
 II European Championship, Paris 1938, trackfield.brinkster.net, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022
 2. Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften der Männer 1938 in Paris, Frankreich, ifosta.de, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022
 Mehrkampfrechner, Zehnkampf Männer, ladv.de, abgerufen am 29. Juli 2022

Einzelnachweise

Zehnkampf der Manner
Europameisterschaften 1938

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text:
Q: Eclipse Javadoc error/exception I am trying to attach the javadoc to Guava in Eclipse. I set the javadoc location to http://guava-libraries.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/, the validation passes. When I press F2(force show javadoc) on a Guava class, I get the error below. I am I doing something wrong?
eclipse.buildId=M20110909-1335
java.version=1.6.0_29
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64
Error
Thu Oct 27 14:46:53 PDT 2011
String index out of range: -10
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -10
    at java.lang.String.checkBounds(String.java:397)
    at java.lang.String.(String.java:442)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.getURLContents(JavaElement.java:786)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.BinaryType.getJavadocContents(BinaryType.java:1037)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.BinaryType.getAttachedJavadoc(BinaryType.java:995)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.javadoc.JavadocContentAccess2.getHTMLContent(JavadocContentAccess2.java:462)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.hover.JavadocHover.getHoverInfo(JavadocHover.java:621)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.hover.JavadocHover.internalGetHoverInfo(JavadocHover.java:567)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.hover.JavadocHover.getHoverInfo2(JavadocHover.java:559)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.hover.JavaTypeHover.getHoverInfo2(JavaTypeHover.java:73)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.hover.JavaInformationProvider.getInformation2(JavaInformationProvider.java:67)
    at org.eclipse.jface.text.information.InformationPresenter.computeInformation(InformationPresenter.java:344)
    at org.eclipse.jface.text.AbstractInformationControlManager.doShowInformation(AbstractInformationControlManager.java:1131)
    at org.eclipse.jface.text.AbstractInformationControlManager.showInformation(AbstractInformationControlManager.java:1121)
    at org.eclipse.jface.text.source.SourceViewer.doOperation(SourceViewer.java:941)
    at org.eclipse.jface.text.source.projection.ProjectionViewer.doOperation(ProjectionViewer.java:1534)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaSourceViewer.doOperation(JavaSourceViewer.java:191)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor$AdaptedSourceViewer.doOperation(CompilationUnitEditor.java:200)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.TextOperationAction$1.run(TextOperationAction.java:128)
    at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.TextOperationAction.run(TextOperationAction.java:126)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor$InformationDispatchAction.run(AbstractTextEditor.java:1904)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
    at org.eclipse.ui.commands.ActionHandler.execute(ActionHandler.java:185)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.LegacyHandlerWrapper.execute(LegacyHandlerWrapper.java:109)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:169)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard.executeCommand(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:468)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard.press(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:786)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard.processKeyEvent(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:885)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard.filterKeySequenceBindings(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:567)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard.access$3(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:508)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.keys.WorkbenchKeyboard$KeyDownFilter.handleEvent(WorkbenchKeyboard.java:123)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.filterEvent(Display.java:1262)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1052)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1077)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1062)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendKeyEvent(Widget.java:1104)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendKeyEvent(Widget.java:1100)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.wmKeyDown(Widget.java:1809)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.WM_KEYDOWN(Control.java:4892)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4560)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:341)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4985)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessageW(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(OS.java:2531)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3752)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2696)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2660)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2494)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:674)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
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A: I fixed it by removing the library and adding it back in. I should have done this in the first place, but I spaced it. EDIT: And now it's broken again. I don't know what is happening.


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Halt ART Bus System Before Someone Gets Killed; A Case For Negligent Design; Find Alternative Uses For ART Platforms
Posted on December 6, 2019 by
On Saturday, December 1, the two year delayed Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) bus service began operation on the 9 mile stretch of Central with great fanfare to coincide with Small Business Saturday. The city's transit department had " station ambassadors" at each of the 19 ART bus stop platforms in the middle of central to answer questions and help direct passengers. Mayor Tim Keller even took the opportunity to ride the bus for photo ops. It was announced the ART bus service is free through the end of the year with the city scheduled to start charging fees on January 2.
ART is a replacement of the 766 Red Line, which runs from the Central and Unser Transit Center to Louisiana Boulevard before turning north to the Uptown Transit Center It also extends the 777 Green Line, which serves Central Avenue all the way from Unser Boulevard to Tramway Boulevard.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1396308/after-delays-art-to-begin-service-on-saturday-ex-all-bus-rides-will-be-free-until-january-2-after-which-fares-will-be-the-same-as-abq-ride.html
SIX ACCIDENTS IN 12 DAYS OF FULL OPERATION
The local news media has reported that there have been 6 accidents involving the ART Buses in the first 12 days of full operation.
The first crash involving an ART bus happened on Central near 52nd Street on Wednesday morning, December 4. APD Police reported that a driver was in the ART bus lane when he was hit by the bus. The driver of the car hit was taken to the hospital for medical treatment, and the bus had to be towed.
The second ART bus crash happened in front of the New Mexico State Fairgrounds at Central and Louisiana at around 4:30 p.m on December 4. A driver sideswiped the bus with their front left light as they were trying to turn into the ART lane. The bus was scratched, but resumed service. No injuries were reported.
https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/third-art-bus-involved-in-crash-since-launching-last-week/5571442/?cat=500
On December 5, a third ART bus crash was reported near Central and Monroe. According to one news report the crash involved a black Dodge that appeared to have damage to the driver's side door. Accroding to news reports, a driver heading east merged into the ART bus lane thinking it was a left-hand turn lane, east of Nob Hill on Central near Monroe.
City spokeswoman Alicia Manzano said this of the accident:
"The driver of the car needed to be turning left, and he told officers he thought he needed to be one more lane over … He turned into the ART bus."
On December 6th, the city confirmed a 4th crash involving an Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus in its first week of service. According to a news report, a car crashed into the bus around 10:30 p.m. Friday, December 6 at Central and Princeton, possibly after trying to pass another vehicle by using the ART lane. The driver of the car was taken to the hospital in unknown condition, and the bus only sustained minor damage to the front bumper.
On December 7, a 5th accident involving another ART Bus occurred around 5:15 pm on Central Ave. SW, near New York Ave. SW., directly across the street from the El Vado Hotel. There were approximately 10 passengers on board, at the time of the crash. No one was injured.
On December 11, a 6th Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus crash was reported in southwest Albuquerque. The crash happened at Central Avenue and 52nd Street. It is the same spot the first ART bus crash happened. According to a city spokesperson, an eastbound ART bus had the right of way and was trying to proceed when a black vehicle turned in front of the bus. The driver of the black vehicle was at fault. The ART Bus sustained minor scratches and resume its normal route.
Media reports of all 5 accidents can be viewed at the below links:
https://www.koat.com/article/sixth-art-bus-crash-reported/30201310
https://www.koat.com/article/fifth-art-bus-crash/30162514
https://www.krqe.com/home/art-bus-crash-marks-fourth-in-transit-systems-first-week/
https://www.abqjournal.com/1398363/art-bus-involved-in-east-central-crash.html
https://www.koat.com/article/art-bus-involved-in-another-crash/30141389
As of December 20, there have been 10 accidents with ART Buses. The city says it has "$300,000 in replacement parts, including mirrors … fenders, windshields and windows and wheelchair ramps, doors, the whole slew of different parts" to repair the ART Buses in anticipation of all the accidents. According to this report, the parts are interchangeable with buses they already have. After 10 accidents, the city is now worried about running out of buses and parts and the city says if they're forced to take any more buses off the route, they'll have to change the schedule. According to this report two ART buses are out of commission and it will cost about $80,000 to repair them.
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/how-is-the-city-maintaining-art-buses-after-crashes/
A CASE OF NEGLIGENT DESIGN
(DISCLAIMER: This section is not intended in any way to be an exhaustive or definitive statement of the law to be relied upon as legal advice to anyone or by anyone.)
In general, tort law is a collection of civil law remedies entitling a person to recover damages for loss and injury, even death, which have been caused by the actions, omissions or statements of another person in such circumstances that the latter was in breach of a duty or obligation imposed by law.
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Contract_vs_tort
When it comes to civil causes of action for negligence to collect damages, a plaintiff in general must establish in court by preponderance of the evidence 5 elements:
1. A duty of care owed by the defendant to the plaintiff;
2. A breach of that duty by the defendant;
3. A "causal connection" between the defendant's conduct and the resulting harm;
4. Proximate cause, which relates to whether the harm was foreseeable;
5. Actual harm (monetary or physical damages)
(SOURCE: Pete Dinelli memories from second semester law school, TORTS II)
When it comes to the ART Bus Project, many of the same principles applied to "defective products" and "negligent design" will probably be argued.
Under the law of negligence, one of the most common causes of action for damages that the general public is familiar with is for "defective product" claims involving negligent design of the product. "Such cases involve the design decisions made by the manufacturer during the creation of the product. The focus of a negligent design claim is that even if the product was in its intended condition once produce, there was something inherently wrong with the product that was foreseeable and that caused the damage. In a negligent design case, a plaintiff must prove that a defendant failed to exercise reasonable care, the injured plaintiff must demonstrate that the product created an unreasonable risk of foreseeable injury.To establish a negligent design case, the injured person must present evidence regarding either:
The magnitude of the risk of injury presented by the defect in the product and the reasonableness of the proposed alternative designs, or
Other evidence concerning the "unreasonableness" of the risks in the design"
https://callsam.com/resources/negligent-design-of-the-product/
Many of the principles of negligence and burden of proof requirements apply and are relied upon in "negligent design of highway construction." Accidents caused by inadequate signage, lack of warning lights, poor lighting, improper drainage, defective traffic control signs, faded highway lines or even unsafe, inadequate or nonexistent guardrails could all be considered negligent road design. Improper maintenance of the road such as loose debris, gravel, potholes, construction refuse, or cement cracks can also be considered negligent road design. When it comes to ART, the bus stop platforms in the middle of central and no left turns along the route could conceivably fall into the category of negligent design contributing to accidents.
https://www.rosenthalkreeger.com/negligent-road-design/
Under the New Mexico Tort claims act, the city is generally granted immunity from liability for personal injury barring recovery for tort (41-1-4 NMSA 1978). However, there are exceptions to the immunity. The immunity granted does not apply to liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of the government entity and immunity exists for design but not for maintenance. ( 41-4-11. Liability; highways and streets.)
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2011/chapter41/article4/section41-4-4/
The subsequent maintenance language of 41-4-11 (A) is what is problematic and says immunity granted "does not apply to liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence … in subsequent maintenance of any … highway, roadway, street, … ." The platforms were completed almost a year ago and stood idle and unused and with no accidents. Now that the buses are up and running the city has the duty to maintain the route and required to take steps to reduce accidents now that the city now knows what the problems are with the line and there is a duty of maintenance. If the buses themselves, the platforms and no left turns are contributing to accidents that can now be forseen, and the city does not do anything to mitigate or cure the problem, it's a maintenance issue and the language of 41-4-11 (A) kicks in.
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2011/chapter41/article4/section41-4-11/
In the event that a civil lawsuit is filed relating to any accident on the ART Bus route, it is extremely likely that the attorney for the injured plaintiff will be demanding all documents relating to the design and construction of the ART Bus project. The lawyers will demand to see all the plans, construction designs and traffic flow studies for the project and perhaps even environmental impact studies and the applications with the Federal Transportation Administration for the $125 million dollar grant. At the center of the law suite will be that the city knew or should have known that the construction and design of the ART Bus system would lead to multiple accidents with the buses and perhaps the death of pedestrians trying to catch a bus in the middle of central. What is pathetic is that during public hearings on the ART project held by the previous Republican administration, speaker after speaker warned city officials of the problems associated with building bus platforms in the middle of central.
After 5 accidents in 8 days of full operation involving ART Buses, the city said it has no plans to suspend service and are looking at plans to add barriers or make changes to the ART stretch. Alicia Manzano, a city spokesperson said:
"We've been trying to do an evaluation of the corridor, and we'll continue to do that over the next six months to see if there are probably areas, if we need to put temporary barricading. … What we've heard from partners across the country, like those in Cleveland who have operated a system similar, it took folks many years to get used to the new driving pattern and it's just a matter of continuing to educate drivers."
https://www.koat.com/article/four-art-bus-crashes-in-first-week-of-service/30159227
No one in their right mind will want to take an ART Bus and risk serious injury as a passenger and no one will want to drive central and deal with 60 foot buses barreling down on you on left side. No one will want to wait years for people to get use to driving patterns.
With 4 ART Bus accidents in 7 full days of operation, this is what happens with a negligent design of a bus system. Keller should suspend the service along central before someone gets killed, rededicate the bus lanes to public use and start to find an alternative use for the platforms. It is better to have the dedicated lanes used by the public and the platforms stand idle before someone gets killed. Otherwise, the Keller Administration is setting the city up for lawsuit after lawsuit as more accidents happen.
From the get go, it was a lack of common sense to have a bus system on one of the busiest streets in the city that resulted in one lane of traffic in each direction and that prohibits left lane turns along a 9 mile stretch of central. It was also obvious that the platforms built in the middle of Central would lead to people getting into danger by walking through traffic to get to them. With the 3 accidents its apparent vehicular traffic will have trouble adjusting to having 60-foot buses traveling passing by them on their left side. It was foreseeable that the ART Bus System would result in serious accident.
Complicating the problem is that bus ridership continues to plummet and it is doubtful a "cheesy" little 9 mile stretch of central is going to increase ridership. See the below postscript on bus ridership.
ALTERNATIVE USE SOLUTION PROPOSED
Although the financial cost of ART was $125 million, it did not come out of the city's coffers. The funding was overwhelmingly from federal grants from the Federal Transportation Department. The real loss the city sustained is the destruction of the character of central and Route 66. Mayor Tim Keller when refusing to stop the project said it would cost upwards of $200,000,000 million to restore central to its original state. The argument made by Keller was highly doubtful without him providing how that figure was arrived. Keller was also presuming the bus stop platforms would have to be removed.
One solution to consider is to get rid of the dedicated bus lanes and return Central to the two-lane traffic it was in both directions and restore the 350 lost parking spaces on Central. An alternative use for the bus station platforms needs to be found. The white "elephant canopies" should be removed and the platforms stripped barren, but leaving the electrical utilities installed. An alternative use for the platforms that blends into the neighborhood architecture needs to be found. Such alternative use could be large sculptures to commemorate route 66, neon signage reminiscent of the 1950s and Route 66's heyday or even planters for trees and nighttime lighting.
The $50,000 BURQUE sculpture which now sits on a flat bed at the Rio Grande zoo after removed from civic center could be placed on one of the platforms as a permanent fixture. Designed sculptures could carry the theme of the platform's locations, such as the Nob Hill platform, the UNM platform across the street from the Frontier Restaurant and the Old Town area platform.
The funding can easily come from the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) with general obligation bonds placed on next year's ballot for voter approval. Funding could also come from the "Art In Public Places" fund mandated for development.
Work on rededicating the bus platforms for other usage would not take as much time nor as much construction and no tearing up central the way ART did.
Given the continuing plunge in bus ridership, it is more likely than not ART is already an obsolete project that no one will use. The $135 million ART Bus project was built on the philosophy "if we build it, people will use it". With the accidents, the real philosophy is looking more and more like "if we built it, someone is gonna get killed."
Mayor Tim Keller should order the the transit department to shut down the ART Bus line immediately.
On November 5, 2019, the city's ABQ RIDE Ridership Statistics by Route for Fiscal Year 2018 (July 2017 through June 2018) were released by the Keller Administration. You can read the report here:
https://www.cabq.gov/transit/documents/fy18-annual-productivity-summary.pdf
The city report published by ABQ RIDE bus service shows a decreasing number of riders boarding buses in total and a decrease in ridership on some of the city's bus system's most popular routes. According to the statistics compiled by ABQ Ride for Rapid Ride buses, ridership fell from 1.91 million total riders on all Rapid Ride routes in FY 2017, to 1.65 million total riders on all Rapid Ride routes in FY 2018.
The Route 66 bus across Central Avenue, the total number of riders fell from 2.26 million total riders in FY 2017, to 2.06 million total riders in FY 2018. Comparing the data between FY 2016 and FY 2018, the ridership decline is very noticeable. In FY 2016 (July 2015-June 2016), ABQ Ride counted 11.20 million riders on all Rapid Ride and regular routes. In FY 2018 (July 2017-June 2018) ABQ Ride counted 9.47 million riders on all Rapid Ride and regular routes.
In a story written by reporter Dennis Domrzalski and published by ABQ Reports on November 18, it was reported very few, or almost no one, uses the Albuquerque bus transit system. According to the United states Census Bureau's American Community Survey, a meager 1.7% of working-age people in the Albuquerque area use public transit to commute to work while 89.5% take cars or trucks to commute to work.
According to the census, there are 322,822 working-age people yet a mere 4,857 of those people, or 1.5%, walked to work, and 6,150, or 1.9% found some other way to get to their jobs. The statistics reflect that 98.3% of the working-age people in the Albuquerque area do not use public transit to get to work all the while the city's bus system keeps growing despite falling ridership.
You can read the full ABQ Report and review statistical graphs here:
https://www.abqreport.com/single-post/2019/11/18/Almost-no-one-rides-buses-in-ABQ-Really-almost-no-one


ITEM 5: Docket No. 100160-EG – Petition for approval of demand-side management plan of Progress Energy Florida, Inc. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation addressing the utility's demand-side management Compliance Plan and Rate Mitigation Plan.
ITEM 6: Docket No. 100155-EG – Petition for approval of demand-side management plan of Florida Power & Light Company. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation addressing FPL's revised demand-side management plans.
ITEM 11: Docket No. 100330-WS - Application for increase in water/wastewater rates in Alachua, Brevard, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lake, Lee, Marion, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia, and Washington Counties by Aqua Utilities Florida, Inc. The Commission will consider a staff recommendation to acknowledge the utility's implementation of rates pursuant to Section 367.081(8), Florida Statutes, on a temporary basis pending the outcome of the current rate proceeding.
ITEM 13: Docket No. 110194-EI - Petition by Florida Power & Light Company for approval of amendment to economic development rider rate schedule and new existing facility economic development rider rate schedule. The Commission will address a staff recommendation on a proposal to reduce the thresholds for new businesses to qualify for an economic development electricity rate.


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Priest Hits Hypocritical Hollywood for Supporting Child Rapist Roman Polanski and Celebrating 'Spotlight'
Joel Ryan/Invision/AP
Kipp Jones
2 Mar 2016 Los Angeles, CA
Renowned Roman Catholic priest Robert Sirico underlined Hollywood's blatant hypocrisy this week, hammering the film industry for celebrating Best Picture winner Spotlight at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday, while refusing to disavow convicted child rapist Roman Polanski.
Spotlight — which stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Liev Schreiber — chronicles The Boston Globe's investigation into rampant child sex abuse inside the Catholic Church and efforts to sweep the crimes under the rug in 2003.
In a surprise win, the film took home this year's Best Picture Oscar on Sunday.
During a conversation with a TMZ film crew on Wednesday, Sirico was asked about the film and whether the Catholic Church had "mixed feelings" about its big victory in secular Hollywood.
While Sirico agreed the film "underscores the great shame" of the chapter in the Church's history, he hammered the industry for standing by confessed child sex abuser Polanski.
"What is lamentable to me, particularly in the kind of celebration over this … is that it [Spotlight] covers a scandal that took place in the very year that the Academy … itself awarded an award to Roman Polanski, who is a child molester," said the priest and commentator. He added:
There is just this contradiction … the church needs to, and I think has done many things to repent, of the heinous crime of child abuse. I wonder if the rest of our society, particularly Hollywood and the school system, and many other secular institutions would follow along.
As Sirico rightly points out, numerous high-ranking Hollywood figures, including Harvey Weinstein, Martin Scorsese, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and accused child molester director Woody Allen, have embraced Polanski, who fled the United States for Europe in 1978 as he awaited sentencing for drugging and raping 13-year-old Samantha Geimer.
Polanski served only 42 days in a California jail after pleading guilty to abusing the 13-year-old at the Los Angeles home of actor Jack Nicholson in 1977.
The international fugitive later won a Best Director award for for his Holocaust drama The Pianist at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, the same year Spotlight is set.
Fortunately for convicted child rapist Polanski, actor Harrison Ford was there to assist the Academy in accepting the award on his behalf.
Watch a clip of the ceremony below:
After Polanski, now 82, was arrested and detained in Switzerland in 2009, more than 100 film titans, actors, and producers signed a petition demanding his release.
He was eventually released, and numerous efforts to have him extradited to the United States for sentencing have failed.
Entertainmentchild abusechild sexual abuseHollywood hypocrisyroman polanskiSpotlightTMZWoody Allen


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Q: Make a user defined variable array I have to write a simple code that takes a char as input or a string with an integer. Then makes a std vector, depending on the input. If the text says int I have an int vector.
The only problem is that I don't want to declare for each variable type a vector even if empty, and I want to make it scalable so if someday I want to put a struct or something else in it i can.
dvec::dvec( char t){
if ( t=='i')
    vector<int> a;
else if( t=='f')
    vector<float> a;
}

A: If all you want is primitive types or pointers, you can make a union (8 bytes in size) and a vector of that union.  It's a bit C'ish, but template is a compile time solution, so for a linkable solution, you need space for every type.  You can have getters, setters, constructors for each type.

A: You can implement this thing in two ways:
1.
using element_type = std::variant<char, int, float /* ... other types */>;

using dvec = std::vector<element_type>;

This will be type safe, albeit the disadvantage is that every element of the vector is a variant, which might not be what you want.
2.
using dvec = std::variant<std::vector<char>,
                          std::vector<int>,
                          std::vector<float> /* ... other vector types */>;

This will give you a variant of vectors, where all vector elements are homogeneous.
This cumbersome expression could be simplified by using Boost.Mp11
    template<class T> using vectorize_t = std::vector<T>;

template<typename ...T>
    using dvec = std::variant<mp_transform<vectorize_t, T...>>;

which basically puts all respective types in T... to an std::vector.

A: Write a helper function to do the real work.
template <typename T>
void do_work() {
    std::vector<T> a;
    // do stuff
}
// ...
if(t == 'i') {
    do_work<int>();
}
else if(t == 'f') {
    do_work<float>();
}
else if(t == 's') {
    do_work<your_struct>();
}

Depending on what your specific uses are you might need (or at least want) to have do_work just call multiple functions, that way you can specialize if needed.


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Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Stars: Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal
Director: Thomas Del Ruth, Jonathan D. Krane, David Kitay, Debra Chiate, Amy Heckerling
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Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Havoc (2005)
Inside (2007)
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Disaster Movie (2008)
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Marley & Me (2008)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Village of the Damned (1995)
Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
Look Who's Talking Now! (1993)
Look Away (2018)
Beethoven (1992)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Twins (1988)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Wild Hogs (2007)
The Flintstones (1994)
Shallow Hal (2001)
Sister Act (1992)
3 Men and a Baby (1987)
Blind Date (1987)


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Q: Rails Server won't complete I'm relatively new the coding world so apologies upfront if this is vague or i'm mis using some jargon...
I am trying to create a new application using Ruby on Rails. Having created the app, I went to run it on my local machine by typing rails server  but it seems as though the server won't complete..any thoughts? I only get as far as the below and then nothing else materialises to indicate the server has successfully completed... I've tried shutting down the server and trying again but no luck
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 4.2.3 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
[2017-04-29 15:58:45] INFO  WEBrick 1.3.1
[2017-04-29 15:58:45] INFO  ruby 2.3.1 (2016-04-26) [x86_64-darwin16]
[2017-04-29 15:58:45] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=1493 port=3000


One of the key features of the cryptocurrency markets is that they never close.
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