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Wygranka (prononciation ) est un village de la gmina de Kłoczew du powiat de Ryki dans la voïvodie de Lublin, situé dans l'est de la Pologne.

Le village compte approximativement une population de 100 habitants.

Histoire
De 1975 à 1998, le village est attaché administrativement à la voïvodie de Siedlce.
Depuis 1999, il fait partie de la nouvelle voïvodie de Lublin.

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Village dans la voïvodie de Lublin
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UN fears 'catastrophe' if Yemen oil tanker ruptures
A breach of the tanker could cause a decades-long disaster, experts warn [Getty]
Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed inprinciple to a UN assessment of the decaying oil tanker, which experts say could cause an ecological and economic disaster if it ruptures.
Hodeida, oil, port, Yemen, Houthis, UN
The United Nations held an unusual session Wednesday to express fears of "catastrophe" if a decaying oil tanker abandoned off Yemen's coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board ruptures into the Red Sea.
A breach of the 45-year-old FSO Safer, anchored off the port of Hodeida, would have disastrous results for marine life and tens of thousands of impoverished people who depend on fishing for their livelihood.
The UN Security Council said it had sent details of a plan for an inspection team to conduct light repairs and determine the next steps to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control Hodeida, on Tuesday.
On Sunday, the UN said the Houthis had agreed in principle to the assessment.
But they did the same in the summer of 2019, only to cancel a UN mission from Djibouti at the last minute.
The tanker's "condition is deteriorating daily, increasing the potential for an oil spill", Inger Andersen, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, told the Council.
"Time is running out for us now to act in a coordinated manner to prevent a looming environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe," she said.
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) July 1, 2020" style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post
Saudi Arabia has long turned a blind eye to chaos in the south of Yemen https://t.co/gWboHa1jcw
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) July 1, 2020
The Security Council issued a communique expressing its "deep alarm at the growing risk," and called on the Houthis to move ahead with granting access to the tanker "as soon as possible".
Effectively a floating storage platform, the Safer has had virtually no maintenance for five years since war broke out in the country where the Houthis have seized much of the north from the internationally recognized government.
The tanker could break up or explode, causing a disaster that experts have said could take up to 30 years for the area's ecology to recover from.
A leak in the engine room had been plugged in May, but the British mission to the UN insisted that "a permanent solution is urgently needed".
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said he hoped a UN assessment mission would be carried out "within the next few weeks".
"I have briefed you 15 times over the last 15 months on the Safer tanker," he added, hinting at frustration over the lack of action.
Like other economic and aid issues in Yemen, the plight of the tanker has become a bargaining chip, with the Houthis accused of using the threat of disaster to secure control of the value of the cargo.
In June, the Houthis said they wanted guarantees the vessel would be repaired and that the value of the oil on board used to pay salaries of their employees.
But the Yemeni government has said the money for the oil should be used for health and humanitarian projects in the shattered country, which is again on the brink of famine after long years of conflict.
Hodeida port is a lifeline for northern Yemen, with 90 percent of all supplies coming through it.
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Q: Using RSpec how can I test the results of a rescue exception block I have a method that has a begin / rescue block in it.  How do I test the rescue block using RSpec2?
class Capturer

  def capture
    begin
      status = ExternalService.call
      return true if status == "200"
      return false
    rescue Exception => e
      Logger.log_exception(e)
      return false
    end
  end

end

describe "#capture" do
  context "an exception is thrown" do
    it "should log the exception and return false" do
      c = Capturer.new
      success = c.capture
      ## Assert that Logger receives log_exception
      ## Assert that success == false
    end
  end
end

A: Use should_receive and should be_false:
context "an exception is thrown" do
  before do
    ExternalService.stub(:call) { raise Exception }
  end

  it "should log the exception and return false" do
    c = Capturer.new
    Logger.should_receive(:log_exception)
    c.capture.should be_false
  end
end

Also note that you should not be rescuing from Exception, but something more specific. Exception covers everything, which is almost definitely not what you want. At the most you should be rescuing from StandardError, which is the default.

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Peer tutors are an integral part of academic services at SUNY Broome, helping Hornets ace subjects they may otherwise find difficult. Who better than a fellow student who has navigated those same hurdles?
Carolina knows this firsthand. An international student from Venezuela, she spoke little English when she came to SUNY Broome three years ago.
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Articulate Storyline – Old is Gold
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Of all the rapid authoring tools available in the market today, the one that has stood out (for all the right reasons), is Articulate Storyline. This blog is dedicated to this timeless eLearning authoring tool that has stood the test of time, evolving training challenges, and technological advancements.
To truly understand how this tool has evolved, a little knowledge about its humble beginnings is warranted. Articulate Storyline 1 was conceived in 2012. It successfully dealt with the authoring challenges of the times, and was especially loved because it was absolutely user-friendly. Unlike other tools of the time, developers didn't have problems understanding Articulate Storyline. This holds good today as well.
As technological advancements impacted online learning, instructional designers wanted more from their authoring tools, and Articulate kept up with these demands. The next version – Storyline 2 (2014) was better than the previous version. In my reflection of reviews from two years ago, developers' opinions of Storyline included:
It has made it possible to create content faster
Great features and advanced functionalities that keep up with the times
Amazing support from the Storyline team
Superb animations
Better user interface and a more powerful user experience with each succeeding version
But like always, technological advancements, changing corporate training landscapes, and the emergence of a new type of learners brought on new requirements:
Multi-device functionality
Faster turnaround time of content creation
More features, and enhancement of existing features
Of course, Articulate continued to live up to its name and worked on the next upgrade of its already highly-successful product to provide the above requirements and more.
This year (2017) Articulate has given us the next version – Articulate Storyline 3 (meanwhile Articulate 360 was developed in 2016). A lot of developers still prefer to hold on to Articulate Storyline 2, because they are completely satisfied with the tool and it meets all their requirements.
Even today, 'Storyline loyalists' believe that you just cannot go wrong with Storyline. This says a lot about Articulate's unwavering consistency with its support, updates, and dedication to providing developers with the best and most desired features.
Articulate Storyline 3 is not a disappointment.
Multi-device Functionality and Responsive Design
The latest version of Storyline has a new responsive player that makes a course compliant with multiple devices – with just a click. No changes, no tweaks – it's quick and seamless. Saves time and money, and does not require developers to create the course multiple times, for each type of device. The aspect ratio remains the same, but the height and width are automatically adjusted for each screen size. Developers can preview the course on different screen sizes and orientations, to make sure it looks great on all devices, before publishing it.
Mobile-compatible courses are faced with challenges related to the limited size of mobile screens. But Articulate has worked out all these challenges to give learners a very user-friendly learning experience. Some of these features include touchscreen gestures, sidebar menus that can be hidden, and mobile-friendly playback controls.
New Interactivities for Realistic Scenarios
With every succeeding version, the Articulate team has concentrated on giving learners a learning experience that is closer to a realistic one. Interactivities add immense value to an online course – an interactivity provides engagement, and promotes retention of knowledge. Unfortunately, it is one of the features of an online course that is taken for granted. Storyline 3 has 3 new interactivities to boast of, which are especially useful in game-based learning and gamification (two increasingly-used online learning strategies):
The ability to rotate objects that are following a non-linear motion path (for example, a car moving on a winding road or up a hill)
Dial interactivity – like sliders, but can move in an arc or in a circular motion
The ability to trigger events depending on the state of an object (for example, two cars colliding will result in an event – such as a big bang)
Tracking course completion rates, assessments, and performance is a necessity today. HTML5 output on Storyline 3 makes it possible to track learning. Courses are compliant with AICC, SCORM, and xAPI LMSs.
HTML5 output is also necessary to make courses responsive, and this feature makes it possible to publish courses with responsive design.
So, the bottom line is this: Articulate Storyline has progressed consistently to stay in tune with the needs of the hour – not just from a developer's perspective, but from the learners' perspective as well. It's one of those authoring tools that – although old, has managed to stay updated and will continue to do so.
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Youth Sought Oxygen for Grandfather via Tweet, UP Police File Criminal Case Against Him
The Amethi Police's action comes two days after UP CM Adityanath asked officials to take action against "anti-social elements" who spread "rumours" and propaganda on social media and try to "spoil the atmosphere".
UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow. Photo: PTI
New Delhi: The Amethi Police tweeted on Tuesday evening that they have registered a criminal case against a young man who took to Twitter to make an appeal for an oxygen cylinder.
The charges include circulating a rumour "with intent to cause… fear or alarm… whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility" and engaging in acts likely to spread infectious diseases.
On Monday evening, Shashank Yadav tagged the actor Sonu Sood in his tweet but otherwise provided no further information. He did not mention Covid-19 or any other ailment.
Message from Ankit to Arfa Khanum Sherwani seeking help for Shashank Yadav's grandfather.
One of his friends, Ankit, retweeted Yadav's appeal at 8:33 pm and also sent a direct message on Twitter to The Wire's senior editor, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, seeking her help.
Sherwani, who like other journalists and influencers on social media, has been amplifying appeals for medical help in the wake of the growing Covid crisis across India, tweeted this appeal when she saw this message, which was shortly after midnight.
In subsequent tweets, she tagged Union minister Smriti Z. Irani, who is the MP from Amethi, as well as a prominent Lucknow-based editor and a Samajwadi politician, both of whom have been involved in helping patients.
Irani responded promptly, despite the lateness of the hour, to say she had tried to reach Shashank but had received no response.
Called Shashank thrice .. no response on the number shared by you in your tweet. Have alerted office of @DmAmethi & @amethipolice to find and help the person in need. https://t.co/4D3Nfe2Nue
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) April 26, 2021
Meanwhile, Ankit, who first alerted Sherwani to the need for oxygen, had messaged her at 00:44 am to say his friend's grandfather had passed away.
When she saw Irani's tweet, therefor, Sherwani immediately informed her that the grandfather had died. To which the minister replied, "Kept calling his number , we all did including CMO, @amethipolice.. I just wish he had picked up his phone. My condolences."
Ankit – who had requested Sherwani to tweet the call in the first place – thanked Irani for reaching out to the family.
Thank you for reaching out to us Smriti ma'am. Appreciate it. This is to inform you, with heavy heart, that Shashank's Nanaji is no more. For now, we can only pray for the departed soul. Thank you. Thanks to @khanumarfa ma'am also.
— Ankit (@gund_ankit) April 26, 2021
This is where the matter ordinarily would have ended. In the crisis that has unfolded as COVID-19 numbers rose across the country in a second wave, several thousand people have been active online attempting to help secure essential medical supplies for others by amplifying their messages so that more people see them and help comes quicker. Many urgent calls for assistance are quickly resolved while others, tragically, fail to stave off death.
But because Amethi is a high profile constituency – Irani beat Rahul Gandhi in the 2014 elections and is now a minister – someone in government decided this 'bad publicity' for the district and the state should not go unpunished.
A little after noon on April 27, the Amethi District Magistrate tweeted the Amethi Chief Medical Officer's report in reply to Sherwani's post.
The report said that the man in question was not suffering from COVID-19 and had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Durgapur.
उक्त प्रकरण में मुख्य चिकित्सा अधिकारी अमेठी की जांच रिपोर्ट। pic.twitter.com/Rg15yfto4r
— DMAmethi (@DmAmethi) April 27, 2021
Though neither Shashank Yadav nor Sherwani had said the oxygen was needed for a COVID patient, the police too focused on this aspect to suggest the two had broken the law in some way.
On Tuesday evening, the Amethi Police tweeted a reply to Yadav and to Sherwani's original messages in which it said the grandfather had not been suffering from Covid did not have a prescription for oxygen and had died of a 'heart attack'. "Spreading these kinds of rumours is not just condemnable but a criminal offence.
तत्काल संपर्क किया तो जानकारी हुई कि इनके चचेरे भाई के नाना 88 वर्षीय थे, न उन्हें COVID था, न ऑक्सीजन की चिकित्सीय परामर्श थी। रात 8 बजे उनकी मृत्यु हार्ट अटैक से हुई। इस समय सोशल मीडिया पर इसप्रकार की समाज मे भय पैदा करने वाली पोस्ट डालना निन्दनीय ही नहीं, कानूनी अपराध भी है।
— AMETHI POLICE (@amethipolice) April 27, 2021
Although oxygen levels are known to drop in cases of patients who test COVID-19 positive, this disease is not the only one that causes such a drop. It is but natural that the crippling shortage of medical oxygen – which has led to international help pouring in – affects patients in need of oxygen for other ailments as well.
Sherwani responded to this warning from the police with a screenshot of the message she had received seeking her help, noting in a subsequent tweet that she did not know 99% of the people whose SOS calls she had been amplifying at this time.
संकट की इस घड़ी में नागरिक एक दूसरे की मदद कर रहे हैं,जान बचाने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं। मैं भी एक ज़िम्मेदार नागरिक होने के नाते जो लोग मुझसे मदद की गुहार लगा रहे हैं, उनके संदेश ट्वीट कर रही हूँ। तथ्यों की जाँच करना पुलिस का काम है।आपकी जानकारी के लिये ये स्क्रीन शॉट लगा रही हूँ1/2 pic.twitter.com/cjkHiFSHOq
— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) April 27, 2021
The police replied to her tweet to say they had registered a case under sections 188, 269 and 505 (1)(b) of the Indian Penal Code, along with Section 3 of the Epidemic Act and Section 54 of the Disaster Management Act.
उक्त प्रकरण में मु0अ0सं0 51/21 धारा 188,269,505(1),(बी) भादवि व 03 महामारी अधि0 व 54 आपदा प्रबन्धन अधिनियम पंजीकृत कर विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है ।
Soon after, however, the police rushed to clarify that the case they had booked was against Shashank Yadav, whose original appeal for oxygen had set off the calls for help which eventually reached Smriti Irani. This clarification was in reply to a tweet by The Wire's founding editor condemning what he said was an attempt to intimidate Sherwani, other good samaritans and the families of patients desperate for medical help.
उक्त प्रकरण में मु0अ0सं0 51/21 धारा 188,269,505(1),(बी) भादवि व 03 महामारी अधि0 व 54 आपदा प्रबन्धन अधिनियम बनाम शशांक यादव पंजीकृत कर विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है
The charges against Yadav are serious and could result in jail time if the police pursue the case and manage to get a conviction. The aim could also be to send a signal to families like Yadav's across Uttar Pradesh that any attempt to speak in public about difficulties in getting treatment could lead to a criminal case against them. With Uttar Pradesh set to be the state with the highest number of Covid cases and its health system floundering, this is clearly not an empty threat.
Adityanath's warning
The Amethi Police's action comes two days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, in a virtual interaction with select journalists, asked officials to take action under the National Security Act and the Gangsters Act against "anti-social elements" who spread "rumours" and propaganda on social media and try to "spoil the atmosphere". In the same meeting, Adityanath asserted that there was no shortage of oxygen in any private or public COVID-19 hospital in Uttar Pradesh.
A section of Twitter users who have been amplifying SOS calls for supplies, have alleged that the Delhi Police has cracked down on them and sought to silence them for their work. The police, however, have denied this.
Twitter, meanwhile, has withheld from public view around 50 tweets critical of the manner in which the Narendra Modi government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Centre's request.


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Setting the scene; Oman Aquarium's focus on Omani heritage
18th	August 2017
The Middle East's biggest aquarium, set to open in Autumn 2018, is in development just outside of Muscat, Oman. Adrian Tolliday's company TGI represents the project's developers, Al Tamani Entertainment. In his second post he looks at how the country's heritage and culture provide a rich source for storytelling.
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By Adrian Tolliday, CEO, Tolliday Group International (TGI).
Once upon a time".
These words are usually a precursor to a really good story. Everyone enjoys a good story and I have spent many a night reading to my children before bed.
So what has this got to do with designing an aquarium? I guess that depends on what you want to achieve and how you want to engage with your guests. I personally believe that the first thing to do in any attraction development is to create an interesting and exciting story.
How many aquariums have we built or visited that use the water cycle as the basis to deliver its exhibits and journey? Rain drops fall and create the river, the river turns to Estuary, then to shoreline out to the open ocean. This information definitely has its place, as this is a major part of the aquatic cycle of life, but I prefer not to use it as the underlying theme to create my guest experience.
Creating the storyline takes some time and a lot of research. It is well worth investing time and effort into this process, as it can determine how many, as well as the type of exhibits and animals you will have, and during your research you may just uncover a jewel that can really make a difference to a story and design.
The Middle East's biggest aquarium
In 2012, I first met HE Mahmoud Al Jarwani, Chairman of the Al Jarwani Group. They were planning to build a new shopping mall in Muscat, Oman, and it would include the biggest Aquarium in the region. He said to me, "Adrian, I want to create an aquarium that has a deep and rich cultural theme, one that Oman people will cherish as their own, one that will stand up against any aquarium in the world and one that has Education and Conservation at its heart. "
With this in mind we set about how to achieve this request.
What makes Muscat and Oman Unique?
Oman is a country that has 3000km of coastline, with seas that are full of marine life, Corals, fish, sharks and particularly Turtles. You also get an abundance of Whale Sharks, Humpback Whale and many other Marine mammels passing through.
On the land side you get mountains peaking at over 3000m, and to the West lies the empty quarter ' a vast and arid desert.
There were many cultural aspects we related to as we developed the Oman Aquarium storyline. When you study the history of this country you find that much of the population lives and lived off of the sea. There is huge fishing industry to consider, which even now supports a large part of the population. Then you look back and discover Pearl diving was an important trade, with men holding their breath, diving deep down to the ocean floor to seek their bounty. And there is trading. People would travel across the deserts and oceans to trade their wares to sustain their families well being.
So for us it was important to see how we could incorporate these historical and heritage aspects to our storyline.
The Lion of the Sea
Ahmad Ibn Majid
The breakthrough came when we learned about 15th Century Sea farer, Ahmad Ibn Majid. Known as the "Lion of the sea'. He was an Arabian navigator and cartographer who was born in 1421, in Ras Al Khamah, which at the time was a part of Oman. Raised with a family famous for seafaring itwas said that at the age of 17 he could navigate ships by himself. Ibn Majid's fame was such that he became known as the first Arab seaman. He was also the author of nearly forty works of poetry and prose.
This gave us the fundamental backbone to our story. Something local Omanis could relate to and bond with emotionally. A story about one of their famous ancestors, and a story about Oman. It was perfect and we developed the concept design and journey of the region's biggest aquarium and the associated exhibits with Ahmad Ibn Majid in mind.
We hope that the Omani people will love the story of Ahmad Ibn Majid told in the setting of the region's biggest aquarium. We also want tourists and visitors to Oman to learn a little about the natural history. In addition they will learn about the heritage and culture that has created the nation. Let us hope we can educate all our guests as they follow Ahmad Ibn Majid on his journey. Perhaps some will make changes in their lives that will help protect and conserve the marine environment for generations to come.
That way we can all live happily ever after.
Images courtesy the author except Omani fort and whale shark by Paul Flandinette.
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Charles Barkley Net Worth 2022: How Much Is Barkley's NBA Salary?
By Wilbert On Nov 1, 2022
Charles Barkley Net Worth: Former professional basketball player Charles Wade Barkley presently serves as one of the hosts for the television program "Inside the NBA." Barkley, one of the National Basketball Association's most dominant players, played professionally for 16 years and was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets, among other NBA clubs.
Basketball piqued Barkley's interest as a youngster, and he continued to play it through high school. Despite having a strong record, he did not attract much attention from college scouts until the state high school semifinals, where his performance led to Auburn University recruiting him.
After three seasons of collegiate football, Barkley declared himself eligible for the 1984 NBA Draft. He was named to the All-NBA First Team five times, the All-NBA Second Team five times, and the All-NBA Third Team once during his incredibly successful career.
He was voted the NBA's season's Most Valuable Player in 1993. He won two gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics while competing for his country, as well as one gold at the 1992 FIBA Americas Championship. Since his retirement in 2000, he has established a lucrative career as an NBA analyst.
Charles Barkley Early Life
Frank and Charcey Barkley welcomed Charles into the world on February 20, 1963, in Leeds, Alabama. John Glenn Barkley and Darryl Barkley are his two siblings. Like every young person, he was profoundly influenced by his surroundings as a child and became interested in basketball.
He soon started to show signs of his talent. He went to Leeds High School to study. Because of his height, he was placed on the reserve team as a junior after failing to earn a berth on the varsity team (he stood at 5 ft. 10 in and weighed 220 pounds).
But he gained six inches in height throughout one summer and, in his senior year, started for the varsity team. He led his team into the state semifinals as a senior by averaging 19.1 points and 17.9 rebounds per contest. He made significant improvements, but no scouts were interested in him.
This changed following the state high school semifinals, as he defeated Butler High School's Bobby Lee Hurt with 26 points. Sonny Smith, the head coach of Auburn University, had one of his coaches in attendance. He was so pleased that he described Barkley as "a huge guy… who can play like the wind" in his report back ".
Charles Barkley's Personal Life
In the 1980s, Charles Barkley had his first encounter with Maureen Blumhardt at a City Avenue Restaurant. She was working as a legal assistant and a part-time model in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at the time. Christiana, their daughter, was born the same year that they got married, in 1989.
Barkley is one of the few true basketball legends who has never won an NBA title and is regarded as one of the most divisive, opinionated, and dominant players in the sport's history.
He believed that players shouldn't be looked up to as role models throughout his entire career.
He consistently urged parents and educators to provide a better example for their children than to look to him for guidance. In a game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Nets (now the Brooklyn Nets) on March 26, 1991, in New Jersey, a fan started yelling racial epithets at Barkley.
Barkley attempted to spit on the individual in reaction, but it instead fell on a young girl. He was then penalized $10,000 and given a game's worth of unpaid suspension. Barkley expressed regret and made contact with the girl's family.
They ultimately grew close, and he frequently sent them sports tickets. Barkley received ten days in jail and a $2,000 fine in February 2009 for two DUI-related offenses and one count of running a red light. You may also check our trending articles like Vanna White and Scottie Pippen.
Charles Barkley Career
College Career
1981 saw Charles Barkley enroll at Auburn University to pursue a business administration degree. Smith quickly accepted him into the Auburn Tigers basketball team. Throughout his time in college and his professional career, Barkley struggled with weight management.
But he was exceptional on the court, averaging 14.8 points on 68.2% field goal shooting, 9.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game after three seasons. He made his one and only NCAA Tournament appearance in 1984, recording 23 points on 80% shooting from the field, 17 rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks.
On March 3, 2001, a little over a year after he decided to stop playing professionally, Auburn honored him by retiring his number 34 jersey. Many years after he graduated from Auburn, some issues regarding his time there came to light.
Barkley admitted in 2010 that he had asked sports agents for money and received it in return. The money he requested from the agents, he claimed in defense, was "chump change." He then questioned, "Why can't an agent lend me some money, and I'll pay him back after I graduate?"
Since then, he has continued to assert that he has repaid all of the money he received after signing his initial NBA deal.
For Auburn, Charles Barkley did not participate in the senior campaign. Rather, he declared himself open to the 1984 NBA draft. Finally, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the fifth overall pick in the first round. That season, the 76ers' team was primarily made up of seasoned players.
Despite being the 1983 World Series champions, they had a subpar 1983–84 campaign. Moses Malone, a renowned basketball player who won the MVP award three times, and Barkley grew close over time. Malone assisted him with his weight problems and showed him how to get ready and warm up for a game.
Barkley played 82 games in his first season as a professional basketball player, starting 60 of them, and averaging 14.0 points per contest. The Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the playoffs, and Barkley played in 13 games, started two of them, and averaged 14.9 points per contest.
Under Malone's guidance, Barkley's game significantly improved during the 1985–86 season. He played in 80 regular-season games, all of which he started, and averaged 20.0 points per contest. Barkley played 12 games in the playoff series and averaged an amazing 25 points in each contest.
He started at power forward for the 76ers. Even though the Milwaukee Bucks ultimately defeated them in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Barkley's effort earned him a position on the Second Team of the All-NBA.
The 76ers moved Malone to the Washington Bullets in the months before the 1986–87 season began, forcing Barkley to assume the role of the team's on-court de facto leader. He did it quite well. He participated in 68 games during his third season with the 76ers, starting 62 of them, and averaging 23.6 points and 14.6 rebounds per contest.
Charles Barkley Net Worth
In the playoffs, he played in five games and averaged 24.6 points per contest. He was selected to the NBA All-Star squad for the first time during this season. Julius Erving announced his retirement at the start of the ensuing season, and Barkley replaced him as the 76ers' new franchise player.
When he scored 41 points, 22 rebounds, five assists, and six steals in a 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on November 30, 1988, he became the first player in league history to record a 40-point, 20-rebound, five-assist, and five-steal performance.
In this season, Barkley also registered the highest points per game on average (28.3) of his career during the regular season. Even though he barely had time to play five games before they were eliminated, he continued his strong play in the playoffs.
Barkley continued to play for the 76ers until the 1991-92 season. He had already established himself as a household name across the nation and had secured himself a remarkable legacy by the time he was traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry, and Andrew Lang, but as subsequent events would demonstrate, the best years of his basketball career were still to come.
On November 7, 1992, he made his Suns debut against the Los Angeles Clippers. He led the Suns to a 111-105 victory with 37 points, 21 rebounds, and 8 assists. He participated in 76 regular-season games, starting every one of them, and averaged 25.6 points per contest.
In the playoffs, he played in 24 games, starting every one of them, and averaged 26.6 points per contest. The Chicago Bulls of Michael Jordan defeated his team in the NBA Finals, which he guided his squad too. In 1993, Barkley won the Most Valuable Player award for his performance.
He would continue to play for the Suns for three more seasons before being moved to the Houston Rockets in 1996. His first year with the Rockets did not go well because of his ongoing injury problems. The second season didn't change anything.
He performed well and guided his club into the playoffs despite this. This was his final postseason outing. Barkley played in the NBA for one more season, in 1999–2000. He participated in 20 games, started 18 of them, and averaged 14.5 points per contest.
He ruptured his left quadriceps during a game against the 76ers on December 8, 1999. It appeared as though his career was over after this injury. Barkley, though, made a comeback for one more game because he didn't want the injury to be the end of his career.
He played in a home game against the Vancouver Grizzlies on April 19, 2000, capping out his remarkable athletic career in style.
At the Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, Barkley was a member of the US "Dream Team." They won the gold medal after defeating Croatia in the men's final. In addition, Barkley was a member of the US team that took home the gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The 1992 FIBA Americas Championship was also competed by the "Dream Team," who prevailed.
Charles Barkley is a well-known analyst and pundit who works as a crew member on "Inside the NBA" after his retirement. He is a member of the expert panel for the pre-game and halftime shows at Turner Network Television (TNT), where he formerly worked.
He also shows up at exclusive NBA occasions. He started presenting "American Race" on TNT in May 2017. For years, Barkley identified as a Republican, but in 2014, he announced during a broadcast on Monday Night Football that he was an Independent.
He backed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race. He is an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights. He informed the media in October 2008 that he intended to run for governor of Alabama in 2014 but decided against it in 2010.
" These people are entertained. All you have to do is smell." – Charles Barkley on the recreational choices of the SF crowd pic.twitter.com/xughgyHv7n
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Charles Barkley's Net Worth
Charles Barkley is a former professional basketball player who is now a $60 million-rich television sports analyst. If it weren't for the fact that Charles lost an estimated $10–$30 million in his lifetime gambling, his net worth would be substantially greater.
Charles has a long history as a well-known brand ambassador, frequently appearing in advertisements for a variety of well-known companies both during and after his professional playing days.
His endorsement deals with brands including Nike, FanDuel, T-Mobile, McDonald's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Right Guard have brought in tens of millions of dollars. When he was at the top of his game, Charles made an appearance in a very well-known Nike commercial and said, "I am not a role model."
Charles has built a successful career as a sports pundit in retirement. He is one of the hosts of the wildly popular "Inside the NBA" TNT program. Below is further information on his TNT contract and pay.
NBA Career Earnings
Charles Barkley made a total of $40.3 million in pay alone during his playing career. In 1999, during his final season with the Houston Rockets, he earned his highest salary of $9 million. That is equivalent to almost $14 million in today's dollars after inflation.
TNT Contract And Salary
Charles Barkley agreed to a 5-year, $30 million contract with TNT in 2020 to continue hosting "Inside the NBA." That translated into a $6 million yearly income. Charles inked a 10-year, $100 million contract extension to stay with TN in October 2022, it was revealed.
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1 Charles Barkley Early Life
2 Charles Barkley's Personal Life
3 Charles Barkley Career
4 College Career
4.1 Professional Career
4.2 International Career
4.3 Post-Retirement
5 Charles Barkley's Net Worth
5.1 NBA Career Earnings
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Dominique's School of Dance opened it's doors in 1993 as a small studio in Dominique Hutchinson's home in Hopkins Landing on the Sunshine Coast.
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The Tandridge & Warlingham Amateur Dramatic Society are about to perform their latest play, a radio drama to be broadcast live from Warlingham Church Hall. 'High Winds in Torguga' is a stirring tale of romance and adventure, of pirates and lost treasure, set on the high seas in the 18th century. However, it is not all plain sailing as the group have to overcome missing cast members, dodgy electrics and unpredictable sound effects; as well as other antics that come with many an amateur production. Will our jolly crew of actors steer a straight course and finish their journey with their dignity and the good reputation of the group intact?
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News, Reviews and Features 'A lot of potential': GOING THE DISTANCE — Lawrence Batley Theatre (Online)
'A lot of potential': GOING THE DISTANCE — Lawrence Batley Theatre (Online)
In Features, Online shows, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Louise Penn 8th October 2021 Leave a Comment
Theatres were in trouble over the whole of 2020, and many are still waiting for audiences to return to their pre-pandemic levels. In this co-production from the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Oxford Playhouse, the Dukes in Lancaster, and the Watermill in Newbury, we watch a musical production of The Wizard of Oz take shape with all the creative spats and questionable choices you might expect.
Matchborough Community Theatre is a little theatre with a huge challenge, and that isn't just finding the right dog to play Toto. As the show develops within this play, we get to peek behind the curtain and see how this disparate team make showbusiness happen.
With Matthew Kelly giving a fine showcase as the befuddled director and Stephen Fry as narrator, this has the big name pull, but its comedic timing and writing falls a little short. It isn't the wild farcical rush you might expect from the likes of Noises Off. As the play's writer and the director's ex, Shobna Gulati has moments which raise a smile; while Emma MacDonald's sweet Dorothy has a lovely voice and a definite way with a gingham apron.
Directed by Felicity Montagu, Going the Distance has a lot of potential, but there is a sense of deja vu running throughout. Is there a power-mad person threatening to derail the production? Check. Is there a crisis of sexuality in a main character? Check. Is there an eye-popping and inappropriate musical number? Check. I was half expecting a nice juicy murder too, but that was not to be.
At just seventy-five minutes, you can forgive the show's tendency to contrivance, and there are moments which are genuinely funny. Henry Filloux-Bennett and Yasmeen Khan have taken the issue of pandemic creativity and mined it for the potential of laughter, and the show's support of many theatres across the UK as they slowly get back on their feet is an excellent reason to purchase this stream and give these great venues a boost.
Going the Distance is available to stream until the 17 October. Book your tickets here.
Image credit: Dennis Madden and James Rees
Louise Penn
Louise Penn is an experienced writer and editor, published in a variety of outlets. She worked as a professional librarian for 25 years before going freelance full-time in 2018 and setting up her Lou Reviews blog. She is passionate about all types of theatre and the arts.
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Hidulf de Trèveris (612 - 11 de juliol de 707) fou un abat benedictí, fundador de l'Abadia de Moyenmoutier, bisbe de Trèveris.

Hi ha cròniques contemporànies afirmen que no fou bisbe diocesà ni abat de l'Abadia de Saint-Dié a França. La seva festivitat se celebra l'11 de juliol per les esglésies catòlica i ortodoxa.

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Hidulf nasqué vora el 612, i morí, segons les hagiografies, l'11 de juliol del 707. La llegenda diu que fou enterrat a Moyenmoutier en un sarcòfag encara visible a l'antiga capella de Sant Gregori.

Originari de Norique, al sud de l'actual Baviera, freqüentà les escoles de Ratisbona. Es consagrà molt jove a la vida religiosa i feu la seva professió monàstica a l'Abadia de Sant Maximí de Trèveris. Es creu que pogué ser corobisbe en aquesta ciutat episcopal i que hauria conegut Gondelbert i Deodat, futurs monjos dels Vosges.

Després d'una trentena d'anys renuncia al seu càrrec i arriba a Rabodeau el 670. Construí la seva cabana a mig camí d'Étival i de Senones, al bosc. El renom del nou ermità atragué de seguida molts deixebles. Hidulf decidí aleshores construir un monestir on tenia la cabana, el qual esdevingué l'Abadia de Moyenmoutier, i ell el primer abat, escollí la regla de Sant Benet com mode de vida de la nova comunitat.

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Arts, Lifestyle & Events • Hong Kong • Interviews
Interview: 'Hong Kong feels like home' says Canadian Miss World contestant barred from China
Medhavi Arora
A Canadian China-born beauty pageant winner who is currently in Hong Kong after being denied permission to fly to China said she feels "cosy and at home" here.
Anastasia Lin, 25, is an outspoken actress, Falun Gong practitioner and winner of Miss World Canada who has been barred from travelling to Sanya, Hainan for the 2015 Miss World competition. She has been in Hong Kong for almost 36 hours and has spent most of her time at Hong Kong International Airport since she landed early Thursday morning.
Anastasia Lin. Photo: Apple Daily.
She told HKFP in a phone interview that she feels completely safe in Hong Kong.
"I admire the will of the people of Hong Kong who are fighting hard to preserve their freedom… I feel cosy here and with Chinese people all around me, it feels like home," said Lin.
"And I'm able to eat a lot of dimsum," she added.
Before Lin moved from Canada at the age of 13 and became a follower of Falun Gong, she was a student leader at her school in China and participated in the "propaganda of spreading lies" about Falun Gong.
"After I moved to Canada, my mom introduced me to the other side of the story. The more research I do, the more it's clear that I was stifled for years under a smear campaign, and that the Chinese government was lying. It's not an evil cult and they don't kill people. I have talked to Falun Gong practitioners in Canada who have experienced labour camps and heard their experiences, it's really horrendous."
Photo: WikiCommons.
"Personally I resonate with the teachings of Falun Gong, that is truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. These are traditional beliefs of China that have existed since ancient times, and are quite valuable especially after the spiritual vacuum in China after the Cultural Revolution," she said.
Lin was a close follower of last year's pro-democracy Occupy movement. "Seeing so many young kids going on the streets to defend what they believe in was inspirational and emotional. They are infectious and inspire people and the movement becomes big, and that's what the Chinese government is really afraid of."
Despite her outspoken views and criticisms of human rights in China, Lin shies away from politics and does not consider herself a dissident or an activist.
"The thing about me is that I'm a theatre major. I'm not good at politics or policy. I got into this because I was an actress and acted in shows that discussed Chinese issues like corruption and media control. I never considered myself involved in politics. I just simply speak my mind," she said.
Photo: Anastasia Lin, via Facebook.
According to a statement she posted on Facebook, Lin did not receive an invitation letter from the 2015 Miss World competition being held in Sanya, which prevented her from arranging the necessary visa. As a Canadian citizen, she still feels she is eligible to receive an on-arrival visa in Sanya.
However a spokesman from the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, Canada told The Globe and Mail that China does not allow any 'persona non grata' to come to China. While Lin wasn't mentioned by name, it was implied that she wasn't welcome in China as per the country's sovereign prerogative.
Even though Lin plans to leave Hong Kong and travel back to Canada on Saturday, she still maintains hope that the Chinese authorities will change their mind. "I have every right to be there," she said.
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One of the most exciting things that's going to happen in the next 10 years, in my view, is that the Wikipedia will move into the physical world. It may not be a Wikipedia initiative (ie it might be a new and different organisation that makes it happen), but the principles will transfer and apply.
Let's look at how this might work.
You're in London and are standing in a pleasant, sunny street in Camden Town. City life is going on around you and you fancy the idea of knowing a little more about where you are right now.
Using your phone, as if it was a PC mouse, you uncover snippets of information from the world around you. You click on an old house in the road and a wealth of digital information comes onto your phone screen. Some contain video and audio links.
You learn that the house is on the site of one lived in by Charles Dickens' wife after their separation. You're interested in Dickens so you poll the area and find that there's actually a tour of Dicken's Camden Town that afternoon.
Out of curiosity, you look up how much this kind of house would be worth, what local rates and taxes are. And you read a review of a local citizen's view of schools in the area.
Moving on you see a tree, which looks unusual and casually click on it to reveal its genus. Then you click on car you like the look of, to find out how much it would cost second hand (2003 model), where you might be able to find one and what the gas consumption is like.
He's essentially arguing for an open urban informatics model, one combining camera phone networks, virtual tags and location-based services. What makes his argument novel is that it makes the wiki concept central to the model -- anyone can annotate, update and edit.
Why do I blog this? I think it's an interesting step forward the integration of various sources of information to build a bottom-up physical-space augmentation. Besides the cost of implementing it is not so touggh, relying on today's technologies.


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The 2006 Turkish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 27 August 2006. The race, which was the fourteenth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and the second Turkish Grand Prix, was held at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It marked the first race victory, and also the first pole position, for Felipe Massa, who drove for the Ferrari team. Fernando Alonso, who drove for Renault finished the race in second position and Massa's teammate Michael Schumacher occupied the final position on the podium. The race was also the first Grand Prix meeting for future quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who was assigned a Friday test driver role for the BMW Sauber team.
As a consequence of the race, Fernando Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 12 points from Michael Schumacher. With victory, Felipe Massa retained third place in the standings, and despite closing the gap between himself and Schumacher to 34 points, it was still near impossible for him to surpass his teammate's points total. This basically created a two-horse race for the title in the four remaining rounds. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari closed the gap to leaders Renault to just two points. McLaren remained in third position, a huge 69 points behind the top two teams.
1.2 Friday drivers
1.3 Practice and Qualifying
1.4 Race
1.5 Post-race
1.5.1 Podium display becomes international political incident
3 Standings after the race
Prior to the Grand Prix weekend, Renault's Fernando Alonso led the Formula One World Drivers' Championship on 100 points. He held a ten-point lead over main rival Michael Schumacher, despite retiring from the preceding race in Hungary. Ferrari teammates, Schumacher and Felipe Massa lay second and third in the standings on 90 and 52 points respectively, ahead of the second Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella and the McLaren of Kimi Räikkönen, both on 49 points.
Renault led the Constructors' Championship with 149 points, seven clear of Ferrari, while McLaren were in third position with 89 points. They were ahead of Honda F1, who sat in fourth with 52 after picking up their first and to be only victory since their return, three weeks before in Hungary. BMW Sauber completed the top five with 26 points.
Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.
23x15px Williams-Cosworth 23x15px Alexander Wurz
Template:Country data JPN Honda 23x15px Anthony Davidson
23x15px 23x15px Red Bull-Ferrari 23x15px Robert Doornbos
23x16px 23x15px BMW Sauber 23x15px Sebastian Vettel
23x15px MF1-Toyota 23x16px Giorgio Mondini
23x15px Toro Rosso-Cosworth 23x16px Neel Jani
Template:Country data JPN Super Aguri-Honda 23x15px Franck Montagny
Practice and Qualifying
File:Jarno Trulli 2006 Turkey.jpg
Jarno Trulli qualified thirteenth, but started in twelfth because of his teammate's ten place grid penalty.
Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in the first free practice session, despite only completing five laps; ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button, who were both just within half a second of Räikkönen's time. In the bottom half of the order, Felipe Massa finished the session 17th and Fernando Alonso 23rd. Neither of the Williams left the garage during the session.[1] Sebastian Vettel impressed many as he set the fastest time in the second free practice session, on his first Grand Prix weekend appearance.[2]
The following day however, in qualifying, it was Felipe Massa who set the fastest time, taking the first pole position of his career, ahead of Schumacher by one tenth of a second. The two Renaults occupied the next row with Alonso in front of Fisichella again. Fifth spot was initially taken up by Ralf Schumacher's Toyota, before he was demoted to fifteenth for a gearbox change. This was also true for Christijan Albers, who was taken from a good sixteenth place qualifying for the Midland team, to the back of the grid. Only four hundredths of a second separated Nick Heidfeld, Button and Räikkönen qualified from sixth to eighth before all moving up a place after Ralf Schumacher's penalty. Robert Kubica and Mark Webber completed the top ten fastest times, with Christian Klien completing the top ten on the starting grid.
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Kimi Räikkönen retired early due to collision damage.
The start of the race was affected by a multi-car accident entering the first corner. Massa, Michael Schumacher, Alonso and Fisichella all battled for position entering the first corner, with Fisichella spinning, causing a chain reaction behind him. During the chain reaction, Scott Speed collided with the McLaren of Räikkönen, causing one of Räikkönen's rear tyres to puncture. Räikkönen pitted for a new set of tyres, but soon faced a similar problem due to damaged bodywork; because of this he went straight off the outside of turn 4 and into a barrier, on the next lap. Nick Heidfeld, Fisichella, Speed and Ralf Schumacher all needed repairs from the incident, and the Midland of Tiago Monteiro was forced to retire.
On lap 13, Vitantonio Liuzzi, who had climbed to seventh place, lost control entering the first turn and spun, stalling the engine. The car was left stranded on the racing line at the exit of the corner, and the Safety Car was deployed. Massa, Schumacher, Alonso, Button, Kubica and Webber all came in to make pit stops whilst the Safety Car circulated. The first four drivers stayed at the front, but Webber and Kubica dropped to near the back of the pack. Alonso, however, was able to jump Schumacher, as his title rival was forced to 'stack' behind Massa before the mechanics could set to work on his car. The final 15 laps of the race were focused on Alonso and Michael Schumacher, who fought for second place behind Massa as part of their championship battle. Schumacher pursued Alonso for the last laps, but was unable to catch Alonso until the final corners of the final lap. Schumacher was right on the gearbox of Alonso exiting the last corner, but did not get past.
Thus, Massa took his first career Formula One victory, making it the second Grand Prix in a row with a first-time winner, following Button's win in Hungary three weeks earlier. It was the first time this had happened since 2003, when Räikkönen and Fisichella won their first victories at the consecutive Malaysian and Brazilian Grands Prix. Drivers' Championship rivals, Alonso and Schumacher completed what was to be a controversial podium ceremony. Button, de la Rosa, Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello completed the points-scorers and the cars on the lead lap.
Post-race
Podium display becomes international political incident
The podium display after the race caused controversy when winner Felipe Massa received the trophy from Mehmet Ali Talat, who was referred to as the "President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." This breakaway area of the island of Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey. The government of the Republic of Cyprus filed an official complaint with the FIA, the body governing the Formula One world championship. After investigating the incident, the FIA fined the organizers of the Grand Prix $5 million on September 19, 2006.[3]
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Christijan Albers was demoted ten places for an engine change.
6 23x15px Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.907 1:27.059 1:27.306 1
5 23x15px Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:27.284 1:25.850 1:27.385 2
1 23x15px Fernando Alonso Renault 1:27.321 1:26.917 1:27.861 3
2 23x15px Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:27.564 1:27.346 1:28.175 4
7 23x15px Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:27.569 1:27.062 1:27.668 151
16 23x15px Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:27.785 1:27.251 1:28.200 5
12 23x15px Jenson Button Honda 1:27.790 1:26.872 1:28.222 6
3 23x15px Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.866 1:27.202 1:28.236 7
17 23x15px Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:28.167 1:27.405 1:28.212 8
9 23x15px Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:29.436 1:27.608 1:28.307 9
15 23x15px Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:27.852 1:28.271 10
4 23x15px Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.897 1:28.403 11
8 23x15px Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:27.973 1:28.549 12
11 23x15px Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:28.257 1:28.411 13
10 23x15px Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:28.386 1:28.889 14
19 23x15px Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:28.639 1:29.021 221
14 23x15px David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:29.136 16
21 23x15px Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:29.158 17
20 23x15px Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:29.250 18
18 23x15px Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:29.901 19
23 Template:Country data Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:30.607 20
22 Template:Country data Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:30.850 21
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^1 – Ralf Schumacher and Christijan Albers both received 10 place grid penalties due to engine changes..
6 23x15px Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 1:28:51.082 1 10
1 23x15px Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +5.575 3 8
5 23x15px Michael Schumacher Ferrari 58 +5.656 2 6
12 23x15px Jenson Button Honda 58 +12.334 6 5
4 23x15px Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 58 +45.908 11 4
2 23x15px Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 +46.594 4 3
7 23x15px Ralf Schumacher Toyota 58 +59.337 15 2
11 23x15px Rubens Barrichello Honda 58 +1:00.034 13 1
8 23x15px Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +1 lap 12
9 23x15px Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 57 +1 lap 9
15 23x15px Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 57 +1 lap 10
17 23x15px Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 57 +1 lap 8
21 23x15px Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 57 +1 lap 17
16 23x15px Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 +2 laps 5
14 23x15px David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 55 Gearbox 16
19 23x15px Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 46 Spin 22
22 Template:Country data Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 41 +17 laps 21
10 23x15px Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 25 Water leak 14
23 Template:Country data Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 23 Spin 20
20 23x15px Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 12 Spin 18
3 23x15px Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1 Accident 7
18 23x15px Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 0 Collision 19
Source:[6]
Standings after the race
Note, only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Drivers' Championship standings
1 23x15px Fernando Alonso 108
2 23x15px Michael Schumacher 96
3 23x15px Felipe Massa 62
4 23x15px Giancarlo Fisichella 52
5 23x15px Kimi Räikkönen 49
Constructors' Championship standings
1 23x15px Renault 160
2 23x15px Ferrari 158
3 23x15px McLaren-Mercedes 89
4 Template:Country data JPN Honda 58
5 Template:Country data JPN Toyota 28
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^ "2006 Turkish Grand Prix – Fri Prac 2". formula1.com. 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
^ F1 News > Turks fined only $5m
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Q: objects in String constant pool in java public class NewClass {

    public String makinStrings() {
        String s = "Fred";
        s = s + "47";
        s = s.substring(2, 5);
        s = s.toUpperCase();
        return s.toString();
    }
}

How many objects are created in the above program? I see as 4 objects after converting to uppercase string, but the answer is 3 according scjp book. I don't understand how come only 3 objects

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*s = "Fred"

*s = s+47; => s = Fred47

*s = s.substring(2,5); => s = ed4

*s = s.toUpperCase(); => s = ED4

A: Yes 3 objects
    String s = "Fred";             // created in pool
    s = s + "47";                  // created in heap
    s = s.substring(2, 5);         // created in heap
    s = s.toUpperCase();           // created in heap

If you see the source of substring() and toUpperCase() it returns a new string and s + "47"; since the value of s is determined at runtime it willl create new string so a total of 3 objects.