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  758.  
  759. // The one and only way of getting global scope in all environments
  760. // https://stackoverflow.com/q/3277182/1008999
  761. var _global = typeof window === 'object' && window.window === window
  762.  ? window : typeof self === 'object' && self.self === self
  763.  ? self : typeof global === 'object' && global.global === global
  764.  ? global
  765.  : this
  766.  
  767. function bom (blob, opts) {
  768.  if (typeof opts === 'undefined') opts = { autoBom: false }
  769.  else if (typeof opts !== 'object') {
  770.    console.warn('Deprecated: Expected third argument to be a object')
  771.    opts = { autoBom: !opts }
  772.  }
  773.  
  774.  // prepend BOM for UTF-8 XML and text/* types (including HTML)
  775.  // note: your browser will automatically convert UTF-16 U+FEFF to EF BB BF
  776.  if (opts.autoBom && /^\s*(?:text\/\S*|application\/xml|\S*\/\S*\+xml)\s*;.*charset\s*=\s*utf-8/i.test(blob.type)) {
  777.    return new Blob([String.fromCharCode(0xFEFF), blob], { type: blob.type })
  778.  }
  779.  return blob
  780. }
  781.  
  782. function download (url, name, opts) {
  783.  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
  784.  xhr.open('GET', url)
  785.  xhr.responseType = 'blob'
  786.  xhr.onload = function () {
  787.    saveAs(xhr.response, name, opts)
  788.  }
  789.  xhr.onerror = function () {
  790.    console.error('could not download file')
  791.  }
  792.  xhr.send()
  793. }
  794.  
  795. function corsEnabled (url) {
  796.  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
  797.  // use sync to avoid popup blocker
  798.  xhr.open('HEAD', url, false)
  799.  try {
  800.    xhr.send()
  801.  } catch (e) {}
  802.  return xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status <= 299
  803. }
  804.  
  805. // `a.click()` doesn't work for all browsers (#465)
  806. function click (node) {
  807.  try {
  808.    node.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'))
  809.  } catch (e) {
  810.    var evt = document.createEvent('MouseEvents')
  811.    evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 80,
  812.                          20, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
  813.    node.dispatchEvent(evt)
  814.  }
  815. }
  816.  
  817. // Detect WebView inside a native macOS app by ruling out all browsers
  818. // We just need to check for 'Safari' because all other browsers (besides Firefox) include that too
  819. // https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/the-latest-user-agent/macos
  820. var isMacOSWebView = /Macintosh/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /AppleWebKit/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/Safari/.test(navigator.userAgent)
  821.  
  822. var saveAs = _global.saveAs || (
  823.  // probably in some web worker
  824.  (typeof window !== 'object' || window !== _global)
  825.    ? function saveAs () { /* noop */ }
  826.  
  827.  // Use download attribute first if possible (#193 Lumia mobile) unless this is a macOS WebView
  828.  : ('download' in HTMLAnchorElement.prototype && !isMacOSWebView)
  829.  ? function saveAs (blob, name, opts) {
  830.    var URL = _global.URL || _global.webkitURL
  831.    var a = document.createElement('a')
  832.    name = name || blob.name || 'download'
  833.  
  834.    a.download = name
  835.    a.rel = 'noopener' // tabnabbing
  836.  
  837.    // TODO: detect chrome extensions & packaged apps
  838.    // a.target = '_blank'
  839.  
  840.    if (typeof blob === 'string') {
  841.      // Support regular links
  842.      a.href = blob
  843.      if (a.origin !== location.origin) {
  844.        corsEnabled(a.href)
  845.          ? download(blob, name, opts)
  846.          : click(a, a.target = '_blank')
  847.      } else {
  848.        click(a)
  849.      }
  850.    } else {
  851.      // Support blobs
  852.      a.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
  853.      setTimeout(function () { URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href) }, 4E4) // 40s
  854.      setTimeout(function () { click(a) }, 0)
  855.    }
  856.  }
  857.  
  858.  // Use msSaveOrOpenBlob as a second approach
  859.  : 'msSaveOrOpenBlob' in navigator
  860.  ? function saveAs (blob, name, opts) {
  861.    name = name || blob.name || 'download'
  862.  
  863.    if (typeof blob === 'string') {
  864.      if (corsEnabled(blob)) {
  865.        download(blob, name, opts)
  866.      } else {
  867.        var a = document.createElement('a')
  868.        a.href = blob
  869.        a.target = '_blank'
  870.        setTimeout(function () { click(a) })
  871.      }
  872.    } else {
  873.      navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(bom(blob, opts), name)
  874.    }
  875.  }
  876.  
  877.  // Fallback to using FileReader and a popup
  878.  : function saveAs (blob, name, opts, popup) {
  879.    // Open a popup immediately do go around popup blocker
  880.    // Mostly only available on user interaction and the fileReader is async so...
  881.    popup = popup || open('', '_blank')
  882.    if (popup) {
  883.      popup.document.title =
  884.      popup.document.body.innerText = 'downloading...'
  885.    }
  886.  
  887.    if (typeof blob === 'string') return download(blob, name, opts)
  888.  
  889.    var force = blob.type === 'application/octet-stream'
  890.    var isSafari = /constructor/i.test(_global.HTMLElement) || _global.safari
  891.    var isChromeIOS = /CriOS\/[\d]+/.test(navigator.userAgent)
  892.  
  893.    if ((isChromeIOS || (force && isSafari) || isMacOSWebView) && typeof FileReader !== 'undefined') {
  894.      // Safari doesn't allow downloading of blob URLs
  895.      var reader = new FileReader()
  896.      reader.onloadend = function () {
  897.        var url = reader.result
  898.        url = isChromeIOS ? url : url.replace(/^data:[^;]*;/, 'data:attachment/file;')
  899.        if (popup) popup.location.href = url
  900.        else location = url
  901.        popup = null // reverse-tabnabbing #460
  902.      }
  903.      reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
  904.    } else {
  905.      var URL = _global.URL || _global.webkitURL
  906.      var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
  907.      if (popup) popup.location = url
  908.      else location.href = url
  909.      popup = null // reverse-tabnabbing #460
  910.      setTimeout(function () { URL.revokeObjectURL(url) }, 4E4) // 40s
  911.    }
  912.  }
  913. )
  914.  
  915. _global.saveAs = saveAs.saveAs = saveAs
  916.  
  917. if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
  918.  module.exports = saveAs;
  919. }
  920.  
  921. /*! ics.js Wed Sept 14 2017 */
  922. var ics=function(e,t){"use strict";{if(!(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>-1&&-1==navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 10"))){void 0===e&&(e="default"),void 0===t&&(t="Calendar");var r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win")?"\r\n":"\n",n=[],i=["BEGIN:VCALENDAR","PRODID:"+t,"VERSION:2.0"].join(r),o=r+"END:VCALENDAR",a=["SU","MO","TU","WE","TH","FR","SA"];return{events:function(){return n},calendar:function(){return i+r+n.join(r)+o},addEvent:function(t,i,o,l,u,s){if(void 0===t||void 0===i||void 0===o||void 0===l||void 0===u)return!1;if(s&&!s.rrule){if("YEARLY"!==s.freq&&"MONTHLY"!==s.freq&&"WEEKLY"!==s.freq&&"DAILY"!==s.freq)throw"Recurrence rrule frequency must be provided and be one of the following: 'YEARLY', 'MONTHLY', 'WEEKLY', or 'DAILY'";if(s.until&&isNaN(Date.parse(s.until)))throw"Recurrence rrule 'until' must be a valid date string";if(s.interval&&isNaN(parseInt(s.interval)))throw"Recurrence rrule 'interval' must be an integer";if(s.count&&isNaN(parseInt(s.count)))throw"Recurrence rrule 'count' must be an integer";if(void 0!==s.byday){if("[object Array]"!==Object.prototype.toString.call(s.byday))throw"Recurrence rrule 'byday' must be an array";if(s.byday.length>7)throw"Recurrence rrule 'byday' array must not be longer than the 7 days in a week";s.byday=s.byday.filter(function(e,t){return s.byday.indexOf(e)==t});for(var c in s.byday)if(a.indexOf(s.byday[c])<0)throw"Recurrence rrule 'byday' values must include only the following: 'SU', 'MO', 'TU', 'WE', 'TH', 'FR', 'SA'"}}var g=new Date(l),d=new Date(u),f=new Date,S=("0000"+g.getFullYear().toString()).slice(-4),E=("00"+(g.getMonth()+1).toString()).slice(-2),v=("00"+g.getDate().toString()).slice(-2),y=("00"+g.getHours().toString()).slice(-2),A=("00"+g.getMinutes().toString()).slice(-2),T=("00"+g.getSeconds().toString()).slice(-2),b=("0000"+d.getFullYear().toString()).slice(-4),D=("00"+(d.getMonth()+1).toString()).slice(-2),N=("00"+d.getDate().toString()).slice(-2),h=("00"+d.getHours().toString()).slice(-2),I=("00"+d.getMinutes().toString()).slice(-2),R=("00"+d.getMinutes().toString()).slice(-2),M=("0000"+f.getFullYear().toString()).slice(-4),w=("00"+(f.getMonth()+1).toString()).slice(-2),L=("00"+f.getDate().toString()).slice(-2),O=("00"+f.getHours().toString()).slice(-2),p=("00"+f.getMinutes().toString()).slice(-2),Y=("00"+f.getMinutes().toString()).slice(-2),U="",V="";y+A+T+h+I+R!=0&&(U="T"+y+A+T,V="T"+h+I+R);var B,C=S+E+v+U,j=b+D+N+V,m=M+w+L+("T"+O+p+Y);if(s)if(s.rrule)B=s.rrule;else{if(B="rrule:FREQ="+s.freq,s.until){var x=new Date(Date.parse(s.until)).toISOString();B+=";UNTIL="+x.substring(0,x.length-13).replace(/[-]/g,"")+"000000Z"}s.interval&&(B+=";INTERVAL="+s.interval),s.count&&(B+=";COUNT="+s.count),s.byday&&s.byday.length>0&&(B+=";BYDAY="+s.byday.join(","))}(new Date).toISOString();var H=["BEGIN:VEVENT","UID:"+n.length+"@"+e,"CLASS:PUBLIC","DESCRIPTION:"+i,"DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:"+m,"DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:"+C,"DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:"+j,"LOCATION:"+o,"SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"+t,"TRANSP:TRANSPARENT","END:VEVENT"];return B&&H.splice(4,0,B),H=H.join(r),n.push(H),H},download:function(e,t){if(n.length<1)return!1;t=void 0!==t?t:".ics",e=void 0!==e?e:"calendar";var a,l=i+r+n.join(r)+o;if(-1===navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 10"))a=new Blob([l]);else{var u=new BlobBuilder;u.append(l),a=u.getBlob("text/x-vCalendar;charset="+document.characterSet)}return saveAs(a,e+t),l},build:function(){return!(n.length<1)&&i+r+n.join(r)+o}}}console.log("Unsupported Browser")}};
  923.  
  924.  
  925. function GenerateICS(title, description, start, end) {
  926.    let cal = new ics();
  927.    cal.addEvent(decodeURIComponent(title), decodeURIComponent(description), "", start, end);
  928.    cal.download(decodeURIComponent(title));
  929. }
  930. </script><script>
  931.    /* https://stackoverflow.com/a/26633844/3019650 */
  932.    if (!window.CSS || !CSS.supports('color', 'var(--fake-var)')) {
  933.        (function(a, b, c, d) {
  934.            a = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/css-vars-ponyfill@2';
  935.            b = document;
  936.            c = 'script';
  937.            d = b.createElement(c);
  938.            d.src = a;
  939.            d.type = 'text/java' + c;
  940.            d.async = true;
  941.            a = b.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];
  942.            a.parentNode.insertBefore(d, a);
  943.        })();
  944.  
  945.        function deferCssVars(method) {
  946.            if (typeof cssVars === "function") {
  947.                method();
  948.            } else {
  949.                setTimeout(function() {
  950.                    deferCssVars(method)
  951.                }, 50);
  952.            }
  953.        }
  954.        deferCssVars(function() {
  955.            cssVars()
  956.        });
  957.    }
  958. </script>
  959. </body>
  960.  
  961. </html>
  962.  

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