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Adam Johnson (født 14. juli 1987 i Sunderland) er en engelsk fodboldspiller, der spiller som kantspiller. Oprindeligt kom han fra Middlesbrough F.C., og han har efterfølgende spillet for Manchester City samt på lejebasis hos Leeds United og Watford. Fra sommeren 2012 spillede han for Sunderland, indtil han i 2016 blev fyret efter anklage om seksuelt samkvem med en mindreårig.

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Johnson debuterede for Englands landshold den 24. maj 2010 i et opgør mod Mexico i London.

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Reports — Mirotic to leave NBA for EuroLeague – ESPN
Free agent Nikola Mirotic plans to return to Europe after five seasons in the NBA and sign with EuroLeague team Barcelona, according to multiple reports.The stretch 4 was projected to have a starting salary of $12 to $14 million on a long-term deal if he signed with an NBA team, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.Mirotic,…
Free agent Nikola Mirotic plans to return to Europe after 5 seasons in the NBA and signal with EuroLeague crew Barcelona, per plenty of experiences.
The stretch 4 used to be projected to dangle a starting up wage of $12 to $14 million on a long-term deal if he signed with an NBA crew, per ESPN's Bobby Marks.
Mirotic, 28, had a standout occupation at Accurate Madrid before coming into the NBA with the Chicago Bulls before the 2014-15 season.
The Athletic used to be first to file Mirotic's plans to signal with Barcelona.
This past season, Mirotic used to be one in every of the excellent names moved at the NBA's change closing date as soon as again. After he used to be sent from the Bulls to the Contemporary Orleans Pelicans at the closing date in 2018, Contemporary Orleans moved him to Milwaukee on closing date day this time round.
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One blueprint or the opposite, though, Mirotic's impression in Milwaukee used to be much less than anticipated, as a thumb damage saved him to easiest 14 video games in the regular season — though he returned for the start of the playoffs. He used to be later excised from coach Mike Budenholzer's rotation in the Eastern Convention finals in opposition to the Toronto Raptors, playing correct 9 minutes in Sport 5 of that sequence before now not playing at all in Sport 6. He went 6-for-31 from 3-level differ in the sequence overall.
Nonetheless, Mirotic had entered the summer season as an consuming fit for many teams, thanks to his elite taking pictures skill as a huge man. He averaged over 15 points per sport every of the past two seasons while taking pictures 37.7 and 36.5%, respectively, from 3-level differ, taking on six triples per sport. That roughly legit taking pictures and scoring from a stretch 4 — especially one who can continue to exist defensively — is now not without grief chanced on.
Mirotic averaged 15.2 points and 7.4 rebounds in sum this past season for the length of his stops in Contemporary Orleans and Milwaukee.
Data from ESPN's Tim Bontemps used to be frail on this file.
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Nava is the first ventilated sailor in the world to sail solo.
Nava, who has just turned 21, was born in the Cook Islands and came to Australia aged one. She was involved in a motor vehicle accident at 4 years of age, and since then has been totally ventilator dependant. She fractured both C2 and C3 vertebrae and is paralysed from the neck down. She spent eighteen months hospitalised before release to 24 hour registered nursing care at home.
Nava is an extremely intelligent, vibrant and caring young woman who doesn't know what it means to give up. She attended Concord Public High School and attained her School Certificate, and since then has gone on to complete two T.A.F.E. accredited arts courses with the aim of eventually attaining a graphic arts degree. She is an extremely talented mouth artist.
She first became aware of sailing and the existence of Sailability Australia during a vacation, but because of her dependency on a ventilator, didn't believe it was possible for her to sail. After follow up with Jackie Kay (from Sailability and Access Dinghy Foundation) and Chris Mitchell (Access Dinghy designer and builder), her dreams came to fruition in October 2000 with National media coverage launch of "Pantha" and her first experience at doing ANYTHING totally unaided by nurses or carers.
This was her first truly independent activity since the accident that was to change her life completely and forever, & the sense of freedom and achievement it's given her is immeasurable.
In February 2001, after just four months of sailing experience, Nava competed in the International Access Dinghy C'ships where she came a commendable 8th in the Open Division sailing against experienced able bodied sailors. She was presented an Encouragement Award by the then Governor General, Sir William Deane.
Then in October 2001, Nava flew to Florida and competed in the North American Access Dinghy Championships. She was accompanied by four carers and her father. Nava won gold and silver medals.


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Abstraction: Pattern, Repetition and the Glitch - When something breaks with the routine of everyday life, it becomes memorable, leaves a bookmark to look back upon and illuminates certain truths that had previously gone without notice. Thus, in separating from the norm, it allows us to see it. A painting can reveal a truth, emotion, or discovery much in the same way. This class will explore abstraction and how to create an abstract painting that expresses a moment, experience or image that is meaningful to the student.
After a short introduction to the history and methods of abstract painting and painters, the instructor will demonstrate different painting techniques and possibilities for working with Holbein Acryla gouache paint. This paint is non-toxic and water soluble and has the opacity of acrylic paint yet the matte finish of watercolor. Acryla gouache is forgiving, easy to change, and quick drying for decisive or methodical painting. Each student needs to bring a sketchbook if they have one and a few photographs, objects, poems, articles or print outs of things that resonate with them, even if they can't describe why. We won't copy these source materials but use them as starting points. Each student will learn how to start an abstract painting and gain the confidence to know when to finish as well.
The instructor will provide the Acryla gouache paint and a primed wood panel that is cradled in order to hang on your wall without a frame. At the end of class it will be ready to take home and admire!


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Published: November 9, 2021, 2:20 PM
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Disney announces full list of celebrity narrators for EPCOT Candlelight Processional
Begins Nov. 26 during International Festival of the Holidays
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BAY LAKE, Fla. – Walt Disney World on Tuesday announced the full list of celebrity narrators who will participate in this year's EPCOT Candlelight Processional.
The sounds and songs of the beloved show will return on Nov. 26 as part of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth.
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Below is the current schedule of celebrity narrators:
11/26 – 11/28: Auli'i Cravalho
11/29 – 12/1: Chita Rivera
12/2 – 12/4: Jodi Benson
12/5 – 12/7: Alton Fitzgerald White
12/8 – 12/10: Bart Millard
12/11 – 12/13: Lisa Ling
12/14 – 12/16: Andy Garcia
12/17 – 12/19: Ana Gasteyer
12/20 – 12/22: Courtney B. Vance
12/23 – 12/25: Steven Curtis Chapman
12/26 – 12/28: Blair Underwood
12/29 – 12/30: Pat Sajak
Candlelight Processional dining packages can now be booked online.
Dating back to 1958 at Disneyland, the show is a retelling of the Christmas story, featuring a choir and an orchestra to regale guests with both old and new holiday songs as well as a rotating cast of celebrity narrators.
Take a look at the video below from the year's past.
This year, due to the current pandemic environment, Disney said it's not planning to host choirs from different community groups and schools.
Instead, Disney will allow fully vaccinated cast members to join the stage to sing this holiday season.
The fan favorite, "JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season" will also return this year to the Showcase Plaza Stage.
In addition to the Candlelight Processional other holiday traditions of the world will come to life around World Showcase, including:
Las Posadas at the Mexico pavilion
Canadian Holiday Voyageurs in the Canada pavilion
Chinese Lion Dance celebrating the new year in the China pavilion
A Hanukkah storyteller along the promenade and delightful holiday storytellers in France, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom
Guests can wave hello to Santa Claus as he gets ready for the big day outside The American Adventure.
During the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays guests can try foods from various holiday kitchens from around the globe.
Disney said guests can try everything from slow-roasted turkey to pumpkin gingerbread cheesecake and peppermint sundaes.
The festival is free with a theme park reservation.
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Landon joined News 6 in 2017. He grew up in Southern Illinois and graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelors degree in TV and digital media. When he is not at work you can catch him at one of Orlando's theme parks or the beach. Before working at News 6 he worked for stations in Miami and Fort Myers.


Working during high school gives you a level of confidence and people skills that you just can't find anywhere else, but you have to find the job that's right for you.
With endless options to help you get a stash of moolah, it can be hard figuring out which path you want to go down.
If you love bullshitting, then do I have the field for you! Clothing sales is definitely an acquired taste, some may love, most will hate. Don't let this scare you though!
If you have a knack for sales and you don't mind occasionally getting up in someone's space, you could score some killer commission (depending on the company).
You'll also get very generous staff discounts, which is ace if you're working for a brand you regularly wear.
Hospitality gets a bad rap, but it really does help with social skills and understanding the mechanics of a business.
When you're working at a restaurant, regardless if you're a dishie or a waiter, you understand pretty quickly how important your position is in making the business function, no matter how big or small.
Restaurants will also give you heaps of perks if you're a foodie and hospo working culture is super sociable.
Let me tell you that working in a formal restaurant setting is very different to working in fast food. It's quicker and there's less meaningful interactions with customers but you'll still have to slap on a fake smile and cop it when a customer complains.
It's not all bad though, working in fast food usually means you can get shifts that fit around your school/study schedule and you'll be working with a tonne of other young people. You'll become super close with your work besties and, despite what everyone says, fast food isn't as greasy and grimy as its made out to be.
If you're a self-proclaimed smarty-pants, you could use the skills that all your friends are envious of to earn some sweet coin.
Being a tutor is great because you can usually pick your own shifts, you have the potential to earn a lot of money in not very many hours. Being a tutor is your first taste of being your own boss.
Admin work can be hard to get in to if you're still in high school, so reach out to your parents and other friends to see if there's anything going around.
Sitting behind a desk can get pretty boring pretty quickly (especially if you're the sort of person that already struggles to stay cooped up in a classroom all day) however, if you've got good attention to detail and can navigate your way around an Excel spreadsheet, this is a pretty good gig.
Whether in a call centre or door-to-door, there are plenty of jobs that simply require you to ask people questions. If you're confident, easy going and don't mind talking to randoms then this could be the perfect gig for you.
Usually, you'll be employed by the government or a third party who will ask you to conduct a bunch of surveys on random people. For anyone interested in getting a first hand insight into public opinion, surveying the public can actually be pretty interesting (and fairly easy) work. It's not always a walk in the park, but the pay can be pretty decent too.
This is definitely not the job for people without resilience and keep in mind that you will be knocked back a lot.
Being a barista is one of the most easily transferable skills to have, especially while travelling.
If you're able to get your accreditation early, you'll have that skill for life. You'll be picking up jobs from Melbourne to Paris in no time. Plus, if you can nail love heart latte art, your crush will be swept off their feet.
Working at the cinema is considered one of the best teenage jobs you can get- and for good reason.
It's so diverse in terms of the types of jobs you can do on shift: everything from making popcorn, to cleaning, to checking cinemas and making choc-tops.
Whilst these all sound quite inane, it's good to have a job where you can mix around what you're doing on shift. Plus, cheap (if not free) movie tickets are a lifesaver.
Now, I don't like kids, but I will if I'm getting paid for it. If you do happen to like kids, your first step of becoming a babysitter is complete.
Again with babysitting, it's good hours, not much work, and you can force yourself to literally get paid to do school work once the kids are asleep.
The most important thing to keep in mind is it requires a fair bit of responsibility and leadership skills; you can let the kids starve or do anything that could be potentially life-threatening.
Other than that, you're all good to do whatever you want. This is the perfect excuse to see Disney movies, head to the zoo and have naps- all in the name of entertaining the kids.
This is a classic first job and throws you into the deep-end in the best way possible. No, getting up early to throw paper in peoples lawns isn't exactly the best way to spend your Sunday morning but, it teaches you work-ethic, and gets you experience and cash-money!
Good for early birds and people who have a lot of determination to finish a job.
If you've got thick skin, love sport and have a bit of free time on the weekend, then you should definitely be considering officiating your favourite sport.
Especially if you're already playing, officiating is the perfect way to earn a bit of extra dosh and will teach you super important transferable skills like resilience and leadership.
Again, if you want to stay active while working then have a look at becoming a swimming instructor. This is perfect if you like kids, are good at speaking to groups and don't mind forking out a little for your initial qualification.
Whilst all volunteering is unpaid, it's a really good way to get experience, both for your life and for your resume. Finding a charity that promotes and advocates for something that your passionate about is easy, but following through with a volunteer program is something you really need to commit to, in a really worthwhile way.
When you're looking for a job, take advantage of the connections you already have. Your soccer club might need people in the canteen. Your neighbour might need a night out and someone to look after the kids.
Just remember, you've got to start somewhere and all experience is good experience.


Introduction to Art: Concepts & Techniques is an art appreciation course created for individuals without any artistic background. This course introduces you to various art movements, cultural influences, artistic genres, artists, and their artwork. The main emphasis of the course is to teach you hands-on studio arts techniques as you conduct personal research and explore your own creativity. While utilizing historical and contemporary art concepts, the course guides you through different time periods. Examining and discussing artwork is a crucial part of this course, encouraging you to express your opinions about art in an intelligent and articulate manner. By the conclusion of the course, you will compile a portfolio of artworks reflective of your research, understanding, creativity, and personal growth.
Subjects discussed: Fantastic Art, Mail Art, Black and White Portraiture Photography, Installation Art, and 3-D Art.
Art Concepts explored: Line, Shape, Value, Texture, and Color.
Art Mediums used: Graphite Pencils, Charcoal, Pastels, Ink, Watercolor, Acrylic Paint, Collage.
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I loved this course and would happily take it again. A unique, enlightening, and engaging way to learn about art--conceptually and historically. I undertook a few of the assignments to create art and thoroughly enjoyed the process. It wasn't about creating a masterpiece; it was about exploring a way of communicating something visually simply to enjoy and learn from the process. I especially loved the guidelines the instructor gave for how to critique a work of art. If you've ever wondered if there IS a way to evaluate a work of art other than deciding whether you "like" it or not, there is, and it's wonderful once you know how. This is a course for people who enjoy art--whether they have any experience creating it or not. Novice artists and well as professionals will enjoy the content very much.
by Chelsea completed this course, spending 8 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.
Loved this course! I was hoping for more fundamentals in drawing/painting but got other mediums. I still thoroughly enjoyed the coursework, class layout and especially the interaction. This course left me with an understanding of different mediums, their history and artists of each movement and the confidence to share my work with others. The student grading platform was at first daunting but turned out to be one of the highlights of the course. Some of us students who met on the forums decided to keep it going and formed a Facebook group with ongoing art lessons :). Highly recommended.
I liked this course despite of not learning professional techniques to being able to make a realistic portrait or still life. But who cares? I had so much fun just creating!!! My fantastic art was inspired by great Mark Shagall and Salvadore Dali, the postcard - by Eleanor Antin and her travelling boots, the portrait I made - by Dorothea Lange.
Remarkable people, unforgettable art and stories. This is what this course was about - TELLING THE STORIES WITH YOUR HEART!
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A simple way to create a bit of home decor with photos is to hang them on the wall using string and mini clothespins. This is a guide about hanging photos on your wall.
This can be a great centerpiece for your wall. Not only is it colorful, but it also showcases who you are through pictures of what and who you love! It doesn't take long to make and the results are absolutely stunning! Another great idea for using this same idea is to create a date string, also described in this post.
For both projects measure the string the length you want it. You'll need extra to connect it to the wall and you'll want a dip in it (see photo).
Tie the ends of the strings to the 2 push pins.
For the photo project put the 2 push pins into the corner of the wall. For the date string they will be pushed into the wall where ever you want this display to hang.
Grab the mini clothespins and start putting them on the photo string, spreading them out evenly.
You can add to the photo string if there's room. You can also easily replace photos.
Cut out of the cardstock the size you want for days of the week, months of the year, numbers 1-31, years starting at 2016, and "Things to Look Forward To".
Get packaging tape and wrap the "Things to Look Forward To" piece of paper in it so it is completely covered (now it is dry erase!).
Grab the mini clothespins and start putting them on the date string, spreading them out evenly. Put the day of the week, month, date, year, and things to look forward to on the string. Enjoy and update each day!


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'Tradition' continues, but this 'Fiddler on the Roof' falls flat
By Bob Abelman
Danny Burstein as Tevye PHOTO | Joan Marcus
NEW YORK — A new revival of "Fiddler on the Roof." Sounds crazy, no?
On the one hand, the original Broadway production — which ran for a then-unprecedented 3,242 performances and earned nine Tony Awards — premiered 50 years ago.
Today, nations still turn their backs on their own people and set entire villages adrift. So this beloved musical about the dairyman Tevye, his family and the other Jews who populate and are then exiled from the underfed and overworked Russian shtetl of Anatevka still resonates.
On the other hand, this is the fifth Broadway revival of "Fiddler." Does the world need another?
Just prior to taking on "Fiddler," Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher, an up-and-coming freelancer in 1998 when he directed "Richard III" at Cleveland's Great Lakes Theater Festival, spearheaded the Broadway revival of "The King and I," which had been revived three other times since its 1951 premiere. In 2009, he directed the Broadway revival of "South Pacific," which debuted in 1949.
The guy certainly knows how to make new productions of classic musicals distinctive.
But distinctive does not necessarily mean better, unfortunately the case in the revival of "Fiddler" that opened Dec. 20 at the Broadway Theatre.
The musical is based on stories written in Yiddish, in 1894, by Sholem Aleichem and is so brilliantly constructed that its core elements seem impervious to artistic tinkering by others. Joseph Stein's clever script captures the essence of Aleichem's tales and the show boasts a magnificent score by Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics).
The joyous freylach rhythms of "To Life" and the melancholic violin solo that is "Fiddler's" recurring theme are the show's unyielding creative and cultural cornerstones.
But Sher sacrifices some of the implicit Jewishness in the work in an effort to universalize its story about oppressed families forced from their homelands. He does this by doing away with old-world Eastern European accents, stylistically simplifying production values, and offering a more generic Tevye. It begins the moment the audience enters the theater and encounters its bare stage.
When the show opens, five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein enters dressed in a contemporary red parka jacket, reading the play's opening lines from a book of Aleichem's stories. When he removes the jacket to reveal traditional, autumn-hued shtetlwear and puts on his iconic cap, Burstein becomes Tevye and is joined by the rest of Anatevka's residents for a rousing performance of "Tradition."
The show ends with Burstein wearing the same parka as he joins the progression of Tevye's family, neighbors and friends, who have been forced out of Anatevka. His red jacket is the only splash of color and stands out like a beacon in the show's final, frozen tableau.
This device is an attempt to dramatically connect our world and time with Tevye's. But the meaning in a message as overtly theatrical and spoon-fed as this one is less poignant and affecting than one discovered on our own. And it is much harder to care about a symbolic, representative Tevye than, simply, the man.
Fortunately, Burstein is brilliant in all that he does as Tevye — particularly his endearing performance of "If I Were a Rich Man" — even though much of what he does is less interesting than it was in previous incarnations.
But Burstein serves up a Tevye who is human-sized, not the larger-than-life personality Zero Mostel established in the original production or Herschel Bernardi embraced in the 1981 revival. Other Tevyes of greater scope were Israeli actor Topol in the 1990 revival and the only non-Jewish Tevye, Alfred Molina, in the 2004 update. (The New York Times called the last one "Goyim on the Roof.")
Instead of presenting a blend of shtetl nostalgia and old-world patriarchy, Burstein's Tevye is an understated Everyman, not the outspoken voice of his village and, more importantly, his people.
Rather than passionately railing against the tidal wave of social and political change, Burstein's Tevye rarely raises his voice at his disobedient children (the delightful Alexandra Silber as Tzeitel, Samantha Massell as Hodel, and Melanie Moore as Chava), their love interests (the very talented Adam Kantor as Motel, Ben Rappaport as Perchik, and Nick Rehberger as Fyedka), a confounding God, or this production's even more intimidating force of nature: Tevye's wife, Golda (Jessica Hecht).
So tepid is this Tevye that Golda's condescension, which was playful and humorous in previous productions, becomes the real thing in this one. If not for their beguiling duet, "Do You Love Me," the answer would be a resounding no.
Oddly, only Hecht's Golda speaks with an accent, although she does so with an inexplicably Germanic inflection. The lack of old-world accents takes much of the stuffing out of the derma that is this production, which may well have been the intention.
But it tends to flatten such richly drawn and distinctively Jewish character roles as the matchmaker Yente (Alix Korey), the Rabbi (Jeffrey Schecter), Nachum the Beggar (Mitch Greenberg, who recently appeared in the Cleveland Play House production of "Yentl") and Mordcha the Innkeeper (Michael C. Bernardi, who is the son of Herschel Bernardi and wears his dad's Tevye boots in this production).
Tevye is further minimized during the gorgeous "Far From the Home I Love," when Hodel sings to her father as they await the train that will take her away forever. Halfway through the heart-wrenching and beautifully delivered song, the actress leaves the bench she shares with Tevye and delivers the song at the edge of the stage, shifting the focus from Tevye's reactions and, with it, the vicarious flood of emotion the audience would have otherwise experienced.
Michael Yeargan's scenic design, too, scales down. Rather than immersing us in the world of Anatevka, we are offered representative pieces and parts, some layered and levitated as if in a Marc Chagall painting — which also inspired the original production design of "Fiddler." The pieces are intriguing and effectively lit by Donald Holder but it is hard to care about a symbol. When the floating houses shrink as the show progresses, suggesting a distancing of Anatevkans from their homes, that also distances the audience from this production.
London-based, Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter's choreography has the opposite effect. Though grounded in the original work of Jerome Robbins, particularly the Judaic foot stomping and arm swaying during "To Life" and the traditional wedding bottle dance, wildly fluid movement replaces much of Robbins' more classic and formal dance steps. The innovative choreography, coupled with the glorious sound generated by a full orchestra under Ted Sperling's direction, is absolutely riveting and the true star of this revival.
No creative work by or about Jews has won the hearts of Americans as thoroughly as "Fiddler." But, as noted in Alisa Solomon's recent book "Wonder of Wonders," backers of the original musical worried it would be "too Jewish" for tourists. In response, the depiction of Eastern European Jews took on reassuring stereotypes that, according to the author, "preserved our heritage not so much in amber as in schmaltz."
In this revival, Sher has eliminated some of the schmaltz. In doing so, he has removed some of the show's heart as well. CV
WHAT: "Fiddler on the Roof"
WHERE: The Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway, New York City
WHEN: Open-ended run
TICKETS & INFO: $89-$227. Call 800-276-2392 or visit boxoffice.broadway.com
Bob Abelman covers theater and cultural arts for the Cleveland Jewish News. Follow Bob at Facebook.com/BobAbelman.3.
Originally published in the Cleveland Jewish News in January 2016.
Lead photo: The villagers of Anatevka. PHOTO | Joan Marcus
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Eric Sprott Announces Holdings in Orex Minerals Inc.
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 22, 2022) - Eric Sprott announces that, on August 19, 2022, 18,333,333 common share purchase warrants (Warrants) of Orex Minerals Inc., (held by 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a corporation he beneficially owns) expired unexercised representing a decrease in holdings of approximately 7.2% of the outstanding common shares (Shares) on a partially diluted basis since the date of the last early warning report. Prior to the expiry of these Warrants, Mr. Sprott beneficially owned and controlled 36,666,666 Shares and 18,333,333 Warrants representing approximately 19.6% of the outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis and approximately 26.7% on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of such Warrants.
Orex Minerals Inc., is located at Suite 300, 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9. A copy of the early warning report with respect to the foregoing will appear on the company's profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com and may also be obtained by calling Mr. Sprott's office at (416) 945-3294 (2176423 Ontario Ltd., 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1).


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My baby shower was on the 16th and it was lots of fun. I was very surprised at my turnout. I am not the most sociable person in our ward so I was excited to see that I have made a few friends. Even though we have been here for 2 years. I got a tons of cute boy stuff. Thank you to all that came. Here are a few pictures that Carolyn took for me.
Congrats! It looks like you had a lot of people show up and had a great time. Did you cut your hair? Totally looks cute! Hope the next few days fly by for you. We'll be anxiously waiting to see pictures of him.
Yes I did cut my hair. I did it about 2 weeks ago. I have been wanting to cut it forever and finally just did it and love it!!


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Serious Sam 4 shows off more trademark excessiveness in a new video
As a franchise, Serious Sam has always had the watchword "more." More guns, more bullets, more enemies to put bullets in. More, more, more. Serious Sam 4 plans to keep that tradition alive, and a new development update video from Croteam provides another peek at what that's going to look like this August.
The update doesn't provide much in the way of new information – we already knew about the Legion system, for instance – but we do get to see more footage of the game in action, and it's as excessive as Sam has ever been. There are more weapons, more enemies, more oomph in the bass line, and more enemies on screen at once – everything is "cranked up to 11," as graphics engineer Dean Sekulic helpfully explains.
"I think this game is the game that brings the most good, new 'chess pieces' since The First Encounter," says Davor Tomicic, Serious Sam 4's gameplay designer. "We have lots of new characters, many of them will become essential for Serious Sam 4 and future Serious Sam [titles]."
Here's the video:
As we learned this week, the Serious Sam 4 release date is coming up in August, and it'll feature encounters with tens of thousands of enemies on the screen at once. All that while maintaining the fast, classic-style shooter action that Sam is at its core.
What else are we looking forward to in the near-term? Find out in our list of the best upcoming PC games.
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Senior news writer, and former military public affairs specialist. Writes about wargames, strategy, and how games and the military interact.
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Home Eye on the Industry The Greenwall company reclaiming the built environment
The Greenwall company reclaiming the built environment
by editor August 7, 2021
Posted By editor August 7, 2021
Project Showcase: TWO ELEVEN – Cremorne
The Greenwall Company are thrilled to present their latest commercial project, TWO ELEVEN, located at 211 Military Road in Cremorne, Sydney. Under the careful tutelage of COSO Architects and working in conjunction with the skilful hands of Habit8 Landscape Architects, the innovative team were able to realise the creative fusion set down by Anthony Solomon and David Vago.
Featuring grouped EcoPillows over three key areas of the top floor of the complex, the planting system was designed to not only provide privacy for the residents but also a greenspace for those looking into and out of the building. Mark Paul, Founder and Director of The Greenwall Company says, "The addition of our greening solutions to the development has enabled the complex to reach a 5-star sustainability rating and provide a sustainable system, designed to last the lifetime of the building."
The project was faced with multiple challenges, including difficult access due to being located on a major road bus route, numerous neighbours at close quarters, and a head contractor eager to reach practical completion with a plethora of trades completing tasks at one time. The Greenwall Company were also challenged to deliver on time and on budget a variety of species sourced from different environs, including Byron Bay and Northern Rivers. The high density living of this complex was softened greatly by mature planting, pre-grown by The Greenwall Company, which has resulted in a significant reduction of ambient noise, while creating instant privacy and tranquillity for both residents and neighbours alike.
Anthony Solomon, Director of COSO Architects said, "Under the guidance of the team leader and skilful staff, the Greenwall Company were able to successfully deliver a first class product to this bespoke development."
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The trailer of Raghava Lawrence's Tamil film Kanchana 3 has the usual ingredients of a horror film: a haunted house, creaky noises and faceless ghosts. Apart from these supernatural forces, the protagonist has to battle earthly ones too: a group of thugs. The trailer was released on Thursday.
Produced by Sun Pictures, the horror comedy features Lawrence in the lead. He is also the film's writer and director. This is Lawrence's fourth horror comedy after Muni (2007), Kanchana (2011) and Kanchana 2 (2015). All three films chronicled the misadventures of the hero, played by Lawrence, after he gets possessed by a ghost.
Kanchana 3, which also features Vedhika, Oviya and Kovai Sarala, is scheduled to be released this summer. A date is yet to be announced.


In his first year as Barcelona captain, Messi has dominated the soccer world and put his team in position to claim a third European treble..
Werder Bremen scored twice in the space of two minutes to equalise against Bayern Munich in their DFB-Pokal semi-final.
Man City boss heaped praise on Ilkay Gundogan suggesting the German can play where.
Huddersfield manager Jan Siewert says that Germans are supporting Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool in the Premier League title race.
Check out these five things you need to know ahead of this weekend's Premier League action.
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has claimed Paul Pogba is "a problem" at the club, and that he doesn't believe a word the French World Cup-winner says. United host Manchester City at Old Trafford on the back of six defeats in their last eight games, but have the chance to derail their rival's title charge. During their recent slump under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, hallmarks of the collapse under Jose Mourinho have reemerged, with the Norwegian questioned if some of his players "care enough".
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his side have raised the bar in the Premier League after edging one point back ahead of Liverpool in a titanic title race with a 2-0 win at Manchester United on Wednesday. Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane struck for the visitors in 12 second-half minutes at Old Trafford to inflict a seventh defeat in nine games on United, who remain three points adrift of the top four. City cannot match their record 100 points tally in romping to the title last season, but victories over Burnley, Leicester and Brighton will clinch the title on 98 points and ensure Liverpool's 29-year wait to win the league continues despite already posting a club record points tally in the Premier League era.
Manchester City are closing in on becoming the first side since Manchester United a decade ago to retain the Premier League title after they gave their rivals a stark reminder that they now rule the city. City were once described by former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson as the "noisy neighbours" in the early days of their spending splurge after the club's Abu Dhabi owners took charge in 2008. But since Ferguson's retirement in 2013, when they were last crowned champions, United have not finished above City.
England boss Gareth Southgate praised his players representing the diversity of the country.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says the "cool thing" about his side playing against Barcelona is that they will never be considered favourites. The Merseyside club are looking to reach back-to-back Champions League finals but will have to negotiate a last-four tie with the Catalans to do so. Klopp is looking forward to the opportunity of facing LaLiga's leaders for the first time in his career, having already come up against the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich many times.
RB Leipzig assistant coach Jesse Marsch joins Planet Futbol to discuss Tyler Adams' seamless transition to European Soccer. For more Planet Futbol subscribe to SI TV.
Off an Arsenal corner kick, Sokratis wins a header to get a goal back against Wolves.
A look at PFA Player of the Year nominee Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk.
Manchester United has spent a lot of money on players, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the talent on show at Old Trafford is nothing compared to rivals Manchester City. What else could he say after his rivals outclassed him 2-0 on Wednesday, a club which wasn't even in the same league — physically and metaphorically — for half of his tenure as a player for Manchester United? "They had too much for us," Solskjaer said after the loss.
Jose Mourinho says players might describe him as a "b******". The former Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter boss is planning his next move having left Old Trafford last December. Bayern Munich and Lyon are among the clubs reportedly interested in Mourinho, who has said his next club will not be in the Premier League and rejected speculation he could join Benfica.
Christian Brothers University soccer star Anna Della Rosa, 21, battled leukemia in the off season, and now she`s fighting to get back on the field.
Eden Hazard is "not Lionel Messi" and Chelsea are expecting too much from a man who will never hit the heights of a Barcelona icon, claims Craig Burley. A Belgium international at Stamford Bridge is similar to a five-time Ballon d'Or winner in as much as he has become a talismanic presence for his club. If Hazard plays well, then Chelsea tend to fare better.
We bring five things you should know ahead of the week's Serie A action.
Man United are looking at another rebuild this summer and will have many changes to make if they hope to compete for titles.
England boss Gareth Southgate joked about the perception of the UEFA Nations League.
Paul Ince said he is "sick and tired" of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's nostalgic approach, insisting the Manchester United manager must get over Alex Ferguson in a stinging attack. Solskjaer was permanently appointed manager last month following an impressive interim spell following Jose Mourinho's December sacking but seven defeats in nine games has raised doubts. United were swept aside 2-0 by neighbours and Premier League champions Manchester City on Wednesday, leaving the Red Devils three points adrift of the top four.
Liverpool FC is fighting for double glory as the club prepares for a much-anticipated Champions league semi-final next week while locked in a tight English premier title race. That's got the club looking for ways to capitalize on their 700 million fans abroad. Ahead of its big match against Barcelona, Liverpool FC CEO Peter Moore told us how he plans to leverage technology to sell themselves in China's fast-growing market.
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has told the club's fans he is one of them and understands their frustrations following Wednesday's derby defeat to Premier League leaders Manchester City. Tweeting the morning after United's latest defeat, Rashford said: "Tough period for us at the moment and as a United fan myself I understand how you're feeling. The England international was born and grew up in Manchester and has been at the club since the age of seven.
Pep Guardiola applauded Bernardo Silva for his performance in Manchester City's 2-0 derby win over Manchester United and heralded the Portuguese midfielder as one of Europe's best players. Silva joined City ahead of the 2017-18 campaign from Monaco to much fanfare and had a solid, if unspectacular, debut campaign, often finding himself used as a substitute. But this term he has truly raised his game to another level, finding himself involved in 14 Premier League goals – including a strike against United on Wednesday – and impressing with his all-around play.
Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. discusses his trip to see five Premier League matches in five days, his love of the PL and more.
Wolves' Ruben Neves strikes a free kick over the Arsenal wall and into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
Man City scored two second half goals as they earned a massive derby win over Man United.
Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku has admitted that it would be a "dream" to play in Serie A at some point in his career. The Belgium international left his homeland for a career in England as a teenager in 2011 and represented Chelsea and Everton, as well as having a productive loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, prior to moving to United in 2017. At some point the 25-year-old would like to test himself in Italy, but Lukaku insists he is only thinking about his future at Old Trafford for the time being.
Joe Prince-Wright previews the five featured matches in Round 36 of the Premier League.
A weak but damaging tornado ripped through Ruston, Louisiana during the evening hours of April 24. This footage shows the damage to the Louisiana Tech University softball and soccer fields after the tornado passed through.
Diego Simeone insists his goal remains for Atletico Madrid to finish as high up the table as possible.
Liverpool's mentality this season is like that of a club that belongs at the top and challenging for major titles, according to captain Jordan Henderson. Jurgen Klopp's men are enjoying one of their best campaigns in a generation, as they remain in the Premier League title race with three games to go and are in the Champions League semi-finals. Even if the Reds do not end up topping the table, they will almost certainly break the record for most points won by a team finishing second in the Premier League, as they are just one away from equalling Manchester United's haul of 89 from 2011-12.
Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi started out well enough in his latest loan spell, getting his first goal in his first start for Crystal Palace, then adding second two starts later, and finding the back of the net in the FA Cup as well, albeit in a losing effort. According to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad (via Sport Witness), problems on and off the pitch have affected Michy during his time in South London, and have led to his dropping by manager Roy Hodgson. Palace's playing style is seen as a problem, as it does not fit Michy's skills (which seems to be a common theme for him England). Michy had great success at Borussia Dortmund thanks to their attacking style, but Palace are on the opposite side of the spectrum and it's affecting his numbers and quality of play.
Former MLS player Kyle Martino founded Goalpher with the intention to repurpose unused recreational courts and fields into usable soccer fields. Goalpher is part of the Over Under Initiative, which is aiming to convert 10 courts in 10 cities to multi-use courts by 2020. Martino discusses with Yahoo Finance's Dan Roberts, Heidi Chung, and Myles Udland.
The struggling New York Red Bulls got a major let-off Wednesday with the news that Kaku would only be suspended two more matches for blasting a ball into a group of fans. It's a total of three matches away from the Red Bulls after the incident, which occurred against Sporting KC on April 14. Someone must have convinced the league that Kaku's intent was to smash the ball into the advertising boards and not the fans, and injuring a spectator certainly could've carried a much longer suspension than three matches.
Danny Rose has said he "could not believe it" when he heard that the Dutch league had postponed a full round of fixtures to allow Ajax extra time to prepare for their upcoming Champions League semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur. The Spurs full-back has called on the football authorities in this country to provide similar assistance to English clubs when they reach the latter stages of European competition. Rose's comments echo those made by his manager, Mauricio Pochettino, earlier in the season.
Game of Thrones' Daenerys Targaryen took time off from waging war against the White Walkers to meet Liverpool's Mohamed Salah this week - and Jurgen Klopp joked that he was a little jealous of his player. Salah was in New York on Tuesday to attend a prestigious gala event for TIME magazine, having been named among the 100 most influential people of 2019 by the publication last week. The event saw the Egypt forward rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in the celebrity world, with Rami Malek, Taylor Swift and Jimmy Fallon among them.
Mourinho has been pictured watching a Ligue 1 game and took in the Premier League fixture between Fulham and Everton earlier this month. And having earlier denied he could return to his homeland to take charge of Benfica, the Portuguese has offered a hint as to his next move. "I'm back in London, now it's the starting point for me," two-time Chelsea boss Mourinho told DAZN.
League leaders Norwich City have the most players in the side with the Championship's top scorer Teemu Pukki taking his place up top with Jamal Lewis and Max Aarons featuring in in defence. Leeds United also have three players in the team with central defenders Liam Cooper and Pontus Jansson both included and the impressive Pablo Hernandez in midfield. Other notable inclusions are Aston Villa's loan striker Tammy Abraham who is the league's second top scorer and Billy Sharp of Sheffield United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has conceded that his Manchester United team have a long way to go to reach rivals Manchester City.
Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho is unsure of the severity of his knee injury as he prepares to undergo a scan on Thursday. The Brazil international, 33, came off in the second half of City's 2-0 derby win over Manchester United that returned them to the top of the Premier League table. Already without the injured Kevin De Bruyne, City could now lose Fernandinho with four games remaining in their season.


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Sainsbury's partners with Just Eat for speedy home delivery
UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's has partnered with food delivery app Just Eat, with 175 stores available for quick delivery from March 2023.
Sainsbury's has partnered with Just Eat to allow consumers to order their food shopping directly to their house from more than 175 stores across the UK by March 2023.
Adding to its growing collection of UK supermarket partnerships, Just Eat claims that the new business move means that consumers will have access to more than 3000 products via the platform, including Sainsbury's own branded food and drink. What's more, Just Eat has said that deliveries will take under 30 minutes.
Sainsbury's opens walk-in freezer to help combat waste
Starting in January, consumers across the UK will be able to purchase Sainsbury's items from Just Eat, a platform that says it reaches 97 percent of all UK postcodes
"With the partnership launching in more than 175 sites by March, we're delighted to bring a wide range of options to thousands of consumers, demonstrating the huge value we can provide in this space with on-demand delivery," said Amy Heather, Director of Strategic Accounts at Just Eat.
Also commenting on the partnership, Siobhan McMullan-Finnegan-Dehn, Director of eCommerce at Sainsbury's, said: "Just Eat will offer another fast and convenient way for customers to get Sainsbury's groceries delivered to their door.
"We are always on the lookout for more ways to make our customers' lives easier and we look forward to working with Just Eat and to serving more shoppers with even more great value and quality Sainsbury's products."
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I agree with Clarkson, and I don't say that very often
By Professor Chris Elliott


Our afloat work force is comprised of civil service mariners, a unique group of skilled federal government employees who serve aboard MSC's logistic support fleet of ships. As a CIVMAR, you will play a critical role in supporting our nation's defense.
A shipboard tour is a minimum of four months. At the completion of the four month tour CIVMARs may elect to continue their assignment aboard, transfer to another ship, take a training class, or go on earned leave. CIVMARs employed by MSC are paid a base salary and earned overtime. Overtime is earned for work performed in excess of eight hours per day and work performed on weekends and holidays. All CIVMARs earn, on average, two to three weeks vacation time per four month tour aboard ship.
MSC provides the mandatory training required of our newly hired CIVMARs. This training is conducted at our schools in either Freehold, NJ or San Diego, CA. Additional paid training and upgrade opportunities are based on position held, ship requirements, self-initiative and the ability to advance to the next higher rated position through our merit promotion process.
MSC employs a variety of positions onboard our civil service manned ships. All personnel serving onboard an MSC ship must have, at a minimum, a valid U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Document with entry-level endorsements. Specific ratings may also require additional endorsements, licenses or prior experience in order to qualify. Additional requirements for individual position vacancies are listed on the Now Hiring page. Click here to view descriptions of our shipboard departments, as well as all externally hired MSC positions.


1 of 9This sign for the now-defunct Golden Bridge Beverage Company, located on a Webster Street building in Alameda, California, was restored in 2007.
2 of 9All around, a very useful car that will likely last until internal combustion is outlawed for street use. With one of these and a '66 Lancia Fulvia, you'd have most of your driving needs covered.
3 of 9As is the case with most cars, the Corolla has grown substantially in the last 15 years. Here it is next to a 2002 Camry, which has about the same exterior dimensions.
4 of 9I used to photograph old street-parked cars in Alameda, for my Jalopnik Down On the Street series. Here's a '67 Chevelle next to the Corolla... which weighs nearly as much as the Chevy.
5 of 9The trunk in this car is impressively spacious, fitting my big LeMons-judge suitcase even better than the trunk in my daily-driver Lexus LS400.
6 of 9Running errands for my relatives, I was able to fit an 8-foot-long closet rod inside the Corolla with nothing sticking out of a window.
7 of 9The Corolla has always been a sensibly invisible car, so you won't attract unwanted attention with this view.
8 of 9I used to cruise my '69 Corona in the San Leandro Marina parking lot (a big teenage hangout in the early 1980s), so I brought the '17 Corolla back for some photos.
On the Corolla's 50th anniversary and the 35th anniversary of my driver's license, retracing old Toyota tire tracks.
I bought my first car, a 1969 Toyota Corona sedan in Soporific Beige™, for $50 in 1980, at age 14. My first driver's license followed in early 1982. Now that the Corolla is 50 years old and my driving privileges are 35 years old, it seemed like a good time to return to my San Francisco East Bay Area roots in a 2017 Corolla (because, sadly, the Corona has been out of production since 2003, not to mention out of the United States market since 1982).
Toyota sells a special 50th Anniversary Edition Corolla, but one wasn't available during my visit and I got the top-trim-level XSE instead. Which was fine, given that my '69 Corona was a no-frills, four-on-the-floor model with slippery vinyl upholstery and a CONELRAD-enabled AM radio. The first thing I did with the Corolla was to recreate the only photographs of me with my Corona, in the exact same location on the Island That Rust Forgot. On the left, 1981; on the right, 2017.
I headed to the nearby 24 Hours of LeMons HQ, where we had a high-level Race Organizer meeting (i.e., discussed ideas for future LeMons Rallies while eating Japanese food). The Corolla was exactly as you would expect— in fact, maybe insist— on a 21st-century Corolla being: competent, quick enough to keep up with chaotic Nimitz Freeway traffic, and devoid of all frivolity. The CVT transmission was acceptable, save for a strange tendency to hold at a short gear ratio for several seconds after backing off of a full-throttle application.
After that, I headed south on the Nimitz and toured the Tesla assembly plant in Fremont (more on that in a later post). When I had a summer warehouse job in the late 1980s, I made many deliveries to the plant when it was NUMMI, building Corollas and their Prizm brethren. The '17 Corolla made for pleasant driving in the usual stop-and-go-at-midday Bay Area traffic, with the SofTex upholstery feeling less sweaty than real leather and the sound system putting out sufficient thump for Paul Wall's latest.
Back when I started driving my '69 Corona, I broke parts right away. The very first junkyard I visited— to get a replacement gearshift lever, after my excessively exuberant shifting broke off the original on at the base— was Phelps Auto Wreckers in San Leandro. I decided that this would be a good location for a glamor shot for the '17 Corolla, and so I traversed a frighteningly potholed mud driveway to get there. The Corolla did a fine job dealing with the terrible road surface, as you'd expect from a car that sells well in places like Ho Chi Minh City and Lahore. After that, a bit of cruising in some of the other East Bay spots my Corona traveled back in 1982.
For all the talk of reviving the spirit of the AE86 Corolla, I would prefer to see the spirit of the AE82 FX16 GT-S Corolla, the versatile front-wheel-drive hot hatch that was the last really fun US-market Corolla. That's unlikely to happen, though, so the Corolla remains what it has been for most of its half-century: a car that will give you decades of no-jive commuting.


Full details of Ancient Egyptian Religion, Death Rituals, Embalmers and Mummification can be found via the sitemap, in the Section called Egyptian Mummies. The following table lists details of the Tomb of Ramses XI including its reference number, the date the burial place was discovered and the name and details of the Egyptologist who discovered or excavated the Tomb of Ramses XI.
Ramses XI (1102 BC – 1069 BC) was the last Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty and this tomb is believed to be the last one built in the Valley of the Kings. Although built for Ramses XI there is no evidence that this King was actually buried here.
Egyptologist John Romer is also an artist, author and TV presenter.
The Valley of the Kings is a necropolis. A necropolis is defined as a large cemetery or burial place near the site of a center of an ancient civilization. The Valley of the Kings, where the Tomb of Ramses XI was found, is located near the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes (now modern-day Luxor). There are 63 tombs which have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings belonging to the Pharaohs and leading dignitaries. Many of the tombs were discovered by the Egyptian tomb robbers of antiquity but during the 19th and 20th centuries renewed interest in Egyptology led European Egyptologists, such as John Romer, to make further excavations in the Valley of the Kings, hoping to find undiscovered tombs, complete with fabulous treasures.
Each section on the subject of Egyptian Tombs addresses all topics and provides interesting facts and information about the Golden Age of Pharaohs and of Egypt. The Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts provided about the fascinating subject of the Tomb of Ramses XI discovered by John Romer.


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Q: Tkterminal basename not changing My tkterminal basename is not changing. I looked at the docs and this is what it said:
My code:
from tkinter import *
from tkterminal import Terminal
import os
root = Tk()
terminal = Terminal(pady=5,padx=5, background = "black", foreground="green", insertbackground="green")
terminal.tag_config("basename", text = "CMD2 >")
terminal.tag_config("error", foreground="red")
terminal.tag_config("output", foreground="white")
terminal.pack(expand=True, fill=BOTH)
root.mainloop()

Error image :

So, how do I change it then???

PS : Here is the library link - https://pypi.org/project/tkterminal/


This amplifies a point I make to myself all the time. By using a grading company a collector is ceding his or her own appreciation of an artificact to a third party. Instead of "Look at this card, *I* just love it!" people are instead saying "Look at this card, random people I have never met really love it!" I believe something is lost when a collector gives up his agency in this regard.
I'm good with grading if we're talking about cards where I honestly don't know enough about them to decide whether or not they are what they claim to be. Like I'd love to get into pre-war cards but I don't know enough to determine what's real and what's not. And I can see buying graded cards and cracking those cases open so I can learn about them.
Distilling the card's"quality" into a number though is anathema to how I collect.
In any case there are two independent things going on with the grading companies. The "what condition is this" aspect is one I care not a whit about. The "is this 'real'" question though is extremely interesting and important and seeing the instances where they refuse to answer that question really troubles me.
I agree with that. Determining that something is not a forgery is a valuable service (though potentially error prone).
Great post, njwv. We shouldn't dismiss the preservation aspect of card grading (the slabbing part of it, really) and the proof of ownership, as well as the authenticity. I don't see a heck of lot of difference between a graded 7, 8, 9 or 10. You don't need a third-party grader to tell you a card is a 2 or 3. Dave Jamison's "Mint Condition" has a chapter on creating fakes, so obviously authenticity is a problem with pre-war cards. I don't have the resources to buy any of those, anyway. The fakes with Bucky Harris from the '59 Fleer Ted Williams (heck, a decent admitted fake was all I could afford) and the '63 Rose rookie are the only concerns in my price range. Grading can guard against the fakes that don't admit what they are.
Yeah like I mentioned in my discussion with Mark above I do appreciate grading as a guard against fakes. It's just that the situations where they may refuse to grade a card are much less transparent than I'd like to see.
Seems as though not grading a card is akin to pretending that the cards don't exist–though I understand the being part of the catalog issue. It reminds me of other things that have been done in sports to pretending that certain events did not happen: in baseball–Buster Posey being awarded the batting title after Melky Cabrera was pinged for steroids and voluntarily gave up the batting title. And in football-pretending that the Baltimore Ravens don't have lineage to the original Cleveland Browns.
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MONTREAL— Humane Society International/Canada applauded the people of Inukjuak for their compassionate response to the plight of up to one dozen orcas trapped in sea ice off their shores. Mayor Petah Inukpuk immediately called on the Canadian government and the international community to assist the whales, while local residents used all means at their disposal to free the animals. The Town Manager has confirmed to HSI this morning that high winds last night had shifted the ice, freeing the trapped orcas.
A similar rescue effort was requested in 2008 when nearly 500 narwhals were trapped in sea ice off of Pond Inlet, Baffin Island. The DFO did not send an icebreaker in that situation and the narwhals perished. Our changing climate and other factors may lead to an increase in instances of cetaceans becoming trapped in sea ice. HSI urges the Canadian government to invest in a response strategy to address these situations.
In 1988, an international rescue team attempted to save three gray whales trapped in sea ice off the coast of Alaska. Two of the whales were led toward open water with a path of holes drilled in the ice and the use of an icebreaker.
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Hashir Mohamed  (Kerala, India) is a screen writer in Malayalam cinema.

Early life and education
Hashir Mohamed was born in Kottakkal, kerala, and was graduated from College of Engineering, Trivandrum . His family name is Valiyakandathil.

Career
After graduation, before joining films Hashir Mohamed worked with IT companies like HCL (Bangalore), Accenture (Chennai), Nokia (Helsinki), and Deutsche Bank (Singapore)

His first film as a writer, Aami in Anchu Sundharikal directed by Anwar Rasheed was released in 2013- June, and his second film as writer Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (NPCB) directed by Sameer Thahir was released in 2013- August. Many incidents in the film NPCB were reportedly based on real life incidents.  Both were commercially successful and critically acclaimed.

Sexual Assault Charges and Imprisonment
On 28 February 2014, Maradu police arrested Hashir Mohamed from his apartment, on charges of assault on a woman with sexual intent.

When the lady came down from the 10th storey flat to get baby food from the 4th story flat of her sister, Hashir Mohamed came down from the flat above in the nude and assaulted her outside the flat. When she cried out for help, neighbours came out and apprehended him. He was later handed over to the police. The police said that he was in the nude and under the influence of drugs during the act. In the subsequent search, cops recovered ganja from his flat. In the bail petition, Hashir denied the charges.

He was awarded a sentence of three and half years imprisonment and  40,000 rupees fine by the Ernakulam additional sessions court for this crime.

Filmography

References

External links

Malayalam-language writers
1984 births
Living people

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This year's Intensive Seminar Mergers & Acquisitions addresses various practical issues occurring in connection with joint ventures and due diligences and provides a platform for discussing current developments in the M&A market.
Dr. Rudolf Tschäni participates on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, in a legal/tax panel discussion which is chaired by Felix R. Ehrat.
Stephan Erni will act as co-head of and speaker in the Legal Workgroup "Due Diligence" on 20/21 September 2011.


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El Premio Yehudi Menuhin otorgado por el Círculo Filatélico de Música ( o PMC), sancionado desde 2001 para los artistas por la mejor estampilla del año anterior en la temática musical. El trofeo se instauró en honor al violinista norteamericano y director Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999). Menujin durante 30 años, desde 1969 a 1999, fue el líder de la asociación filatélica internacional PMC. De 1980 a 1997 también fue el presidente internacional de los jueces para el Premio Robert Stoltz, que era entregado a los artistas por el mejor sello postal en la temática musical.

El Premio Robert Stoltz cesó desde la muerte del fundador. Sin embargo, en 2001 se fundó un nuevo premio para la mejor estampilla musical  - a nombre de Menujin.

Laureados
 2001 - Myriam Voz, Thierry Martin - la estampilla de Bélgica "Johann Sebastian Bach y Museo de instrumentos musicales en Bruselas" (Michel #2963-2968; Scott #1812-1817)
 2002 -  Carlos Menck Freire - hoja bloque de Uruguay "125 años de la creación de "El anillo del nibelungo" por Richard Wagner" (Scott #1907)
 2003 -  Nelson Inocencio - la estampilla de Brasil "Instrumentos musicales" (Scott #2869A-2877A)
 2004 - Emre Becer - la estampilla de Turquía "Instrumentos musicales" (Michel #3355-3356; Scott #2866-2867)
 2005 - Franco Filanci - hoja bloque de San Marino "Redescubrimiento del Teatro de La Scala en Milán" (Michel #2175-2177; Scott #1623)
 2006:
 el 1r trofeo - Adolf Tumma - la estampilla de Austria "El 50° aniversario del redescubrimiento del teatro urbano y la Ópera Estatal de Viena" (Michel #2555-2556; Scott #2027)
 el 2do trofeo - Leandro Dopasio - la estampilla de Argentina "El 50° aniversario de las relaciones bilaterales entre Argentina y Tailandia" (Scott #2312-2313)
 el 3r trofeo - Colin Tiller y Arion Vong - hoja bloque de Hong Kong "Exposición filatélica internacional Pacific Explorer 2005 in Sídney" (Scott #1137)
 2007:
 the 1r trofeo - Miriam Voz Thierry Martin  - la estampilla de Bélgica "Les Polifonistes de Renaissance" (Michel #3519-3523)
 el 2do trofeo - Ülle Marks y Jüri Kass - hoja bloque de Estonia "El 100° aniversario del Teatro de Estonia en Tallinn" (Michel #546-547)
 el 3r trofeo - CDT - la estampilla de Gran Bretaña "Musica de Gran Bretaña" y Wolfgang Seidel - hoja bloque de Austria "Masonería en Austria" (Michel #2577)
 2008:
 el 1r trofeo - Eugene Kalmus - la estampilla de Luxemburgo "Gran órgano de Dukedom"
 el 2do trofeo - Guy Rausch - la estampilla de Luxemburgo "Mosaico romano de Vichten"
 el 3r premio - N. Gyulumyan - hoja bloque de Armenia "El 250° aniversario del nacimiento de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"

Véase también
 Música en los sellos postales
 Premio Robert Stoltz
 :fr:Philatelic Music Circle

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Temáticas de sellos postales


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Q: Function for custom setter / getter Core Data I'm trying to create a global function so my Core Data classes can use this function to create custom setters. But I'm getting `ambiguous use of 'willChangeValueForKey".
The code I'm using is:
func coredataSetter<T: NSManagedObject>(entity: T, attribute: CustomStringConvertible, value: String) {
    entity.willChangeValueForKey(attribute.description)
    entity.setPrimitiveValue(value, forKey: attribute.description)
    entity.didChangeValueForKey(attribute.description)
}

I'm kinda confused...

A: I'm not sure why that reference is ambiguous. There's another implementation of willChangeValueForKey but your function declaration should clarify it.
Making this function generic isn't helping you in this case though. This function would be just as useful in a non-generic form which, fortunately, doesn't have the ambiguous reference problem. This version still handles both NSManagedObject instances and subclass instances:
func coredataSetter(entity: NSManagedObject, attribute: CustomStringConvertible, value: String) {
    entity.willChangeValueForKey(attribute.description)
    entity.setPrimitiveValue(value, forKey: attribute.description)
    entity.didChangeValueForKey(attribute.description)
}


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Bird e-scooters take flight in Tel Aviv
'One in 10' residents have used California start-up's system in fight against traffic congestion.
By EYTAN HALON
Updated: DECEMBER 19, 2018 06:30
A Bird electric scooter in Tel Aviv.
(photo credit: BIRD)
Electric scooter start-up Bird has an ambitious, global mission to reduce car ownership and decrease pollution – and Tel Aviv is at the heart of the California-based company's global expansion strategy.
Since Bird landed in Tel Aviv in August, the second location outside the US, "one in 10 Tel Avivians" have used Bird's shared electric scooters, according to Bird Israel general manager Yaniv Rivlin.
Earlier this year, reports issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Monetary Fund awarded Israel the unenviable title of having the worst traffic congestion in the Western world.
Estimates suggest that by 2025, more than one million cars will enter the city every day, not only increasing congestion but also pollution. According to Bird, every mile traveled on a Bird scooter instead of a car prevents 0.4 mg of carbon emissions.
"It's a big mission to take cars off the road, but Israel and Tel Aviv are the perfect places for it," said Rivlin. "The incredible weather all year long, combined with Israel having an early adopter culture and passionate scooter scene, makes it a perfect spot."
The company, founded in April 2017 by former Lyft and Uber executive Travis VanderZanden, saw 2.1 million unique users and some 10 million rides worldwide during its first year of operations.
A critical element of choosing locations for expansion is the availability of "last mile travel" – the final stage of travel within a city, or the last segment between the bus or train station and the final destination. By offering a transport solution for that "last mile," the company aims to lower the need for car ownership.
"People have had enough of sitting in traffic and they want to have a fun, reliable mode of transportation, and also to treat the environment better," said Rivlin.
In November, Bird extended its operations to Ramat Gan and is planning further expansions soon. Even as the venture grows, Rivlin emphasizes the need to treat the public space with respect.
Every night, the company collects all the scooters and releases them the following morning in "nests" to ensure that users have a reliable transportation service. Bird also seeks to create a shared economy by incentivizing individuals to charge scooters at home overnight and return them in the morning for Bird credits.
"It has been an incredible ride so far," said Rivlin. "I hope that the estimate of one million cars coming into Tel Aviv in 2025 will not come true. If we can prevent that, then we have started to achieve our goal."
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I update from a older version to 2017.2.
In the old version I define categories via attributes. I localize the strings via own classes inherit from CategoryAttribute.
On the attributes I also give a sort-order of the category.
In the new version I didn't find a way to access the given sort-priorities.
Sorry I'm not sure how what you're describing worked before since LocalizedCategorySortOrder is your own custom attrribute class.
We examine that Order value in DisplayAttribute for our default logic.
I've solved my problem by using the GetCustomAttributes-function inside the overridden GetPropertyModels-function. Here I built my index for the categories.
This index will used in the overriden GetDataModels-function.


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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle is proud to present its fourth solo exhibition of the Danish artist Anders Clausen, whose oeuvre examines the principles of consumer societies and mass production as well as the digital age and the way in which it has altered our everyday behaviors. In his current works, the artist explores several examples of evolution technology and globalization phenomena. The exhibition consists of two work groups: reproductions of the standard meter bars and bird feathers, which have been treated and manipulated to varying degrees.
The standard meter dates back to an invention in eighteenth-century France, and was the equivalent of one ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the equator via Paris. Anders Clausen explores the origins of this length unit that today we take for granted. He created reproductions of the prototype meter from aluminum, brass, and plastic. The meter bars in the exhibition room have an x-shaped cross section and are modeled after the second prototype of the standard meter from 1867, a bar made of platinum-iridium. Replications of that were installed in public places in the city of Paris to give citizens free access to, and thus familiarize them with, the new measurement. The definition of this meter has since been revised several times and adjusted to scientific developments.
Similarly, in the study of birds, the first known feather dates back to the Archaeopteryx from the Late Jurassic epoch. Since its excavation in the nineteenth century, the fossil serves as the basis for ornithological evolutionary research. Insights about the properties of feathers and the origin of the biological class of birds (Aves) have constantly changed based on new research and international fossil finds. Originally, Anders Clausen used pennaceous feathers from various bird species (e.g., eagle, turkey) to render pearlescent, completely novel feather compositions complex techniques such as water print, galvanisation, aerosol paint and paper cutting. The artificial colors and forms stand in contrast to the natural function of feathers for the birds themselves.
Anders Clausen's new works are subtle references to occurrences that today we take for granted. They remind us of how flexible an existing system can, and must, be. As the mathematician Kristin Shaw noted, the international standard meter maybe was for eighteenth-century Parisians what internet is for us today. We have become dependent on its functionality and existence, but, originally, it was designed by scientists to exchange data. Anders Clausen (born 1978 in Copenhagen) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London. His most recent works were featured at "Between Bridges" in Berlin in 2015 and in the exhibition "A Perfect Match" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of PIN. Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
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When I picked up this audiobook I wasn't aware it was a coming of age/young adult novel, which is usually a genre I avoid like the plague. I think I burned myself out on them a while ago and I tend to get annoyed with less mature protagonists. So, when it was clear a few chapters in that this book had a 12 year old main character I was skeptical if I should continue, but, it was being narrated by the lovely Tim Gerard Reynolds, so I continued despite my hesitations.
I'm glad I did, I liked this book overall even though there are some things that kept me from giving it 5 stars.
The book starts out with a group of kids growing up in a smaller village somewhat in the middle of no where. There was a raid by pirate slavers, and the main character and his family were falsely accused of being a part of it, so they were forced to take a long trip to relocate to a new city.
Despite the book adhering to many of the coming of age tropes, having dead parents wasn't one of them – the relationship between the father and son in this book is extremely complex. Despite seemingly caring for his family (in his own twisted way) the father is extremely verbally and physically abusive to his wife and son. It's left the main character with PTSD, a topic I don't see brought up in fantasy, let alone YA.
I unfortunately have several people very close to me with this sort of relationship with their fathers, and many aspects of the relationship I feel were portrayed accurately, including what it's like to live with PTSD and suffer from panic attacks. Some people got annoyed with this part of the book, but considering my background with it I found it to be well done for the most part. After losing control of his temper, the father goes through a phase of shame at his loss of control and becomes distant and cold unable to bring himself to apologize. The son, despite the messed up things his father does to him, clings to the good memories they create while hunting and foresting together.
When they reach the new city he decides he wants to take vengeance against the people who raided his home town and took someone he cared deeply about. He signs up for the military academy there and the bulk of the book takes place within this academy. This is not a magic academy, and in fact magic has just barely been touched on – if you dislike being beaten over the head with magic systems and powerful mages and really enjoy military academies this book may appeal to you.
The length spent at the academy is one of my complaints though, not because of the lack of magic, but because I feel like it could have been condensed a bit to keep the pacing a bit faster. The book is LONG for a YA book and I think that's part of the reason I didn't realize it was YA, at 700+ pages I thought this was an adult epic fantasy.
We do eventually get to the fantastic elements of the book in the last quarter of the book when a short sighted prince decides to send a group of people he considers to be trouble makers on a suicide mission to an ancient ruin where scouting parties have not returned from. The main character, a friend of his, and a group of trained soldiers are sent to go explore the ruin and see why people haven't been returning.
Here we encounter some ENORMOUS beasts that haven't been seen in the realm for ages. The ruin is full of ancient treasures, monsters, and traps.
By the end of the book we are seeing more mystical things occur, and Aeden has gone from being 12 at the beginning of the book to 16. He's preparing to be sent as an infiltrator to the land of the people who stole the villager he cared so much about, and lamented about for much of the book.
It didn't end on a cliffhanger, some of the challenges the main character faced have been resolved, but it's absolutely not the end of the story, and I hope that the next one has a bit more action and faster pacing. I expect that it will due to where he's going, and the impending war his realm has been prepping for during much of the book.
Despite some pacing issues and my general disinterest in coming of age novels I did feel compelled to keep reading and finished the book within a few days – I will be picking up the second book when it comes out.
If you're looking for something that fits debut novel or self published, enjoy ya and coming of age stories I would recommend picking it up.


This CD contains a nice selection of Yiddishe and Jewish music.
Elvis Costello's CD is like ballet music written to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." I like Elvis Costello's music, but basically this sounds like music scores made for television.
This is a beautiful CD. Charlotte Church is the original opera prodigy.
This CD is wonderful and includes many favorites you'll be familiar with. It is a tragedy about his life.
Her lyrics are open and emotionally honest in this CD. Some of the better songs include: Guardian, Empathy, Lens, Havoc, Receive, and Edge of Evolution.
A well-written work by this very talented and rather young historian with a lot to say in an imagined historic recounting and musings of a romantic, Royalist past.
The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3,000-Year Tradition; Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, 2005, and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto; Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping, copyright 2005 by both, above.
Liu Yuxi (Male) (772-842): His outspoken political poetry caused his repeated exiles and demotions from posts he had attained. "Mooring at Niuzhu at Dusk", "Black-Uniform Lane" and "Looking at Dongting Lake" are all nice.
Zhang Ji (Male) (c.776-c.829): Contemporary of Meng Jiao, who helped him obtain employment alongside himself. "Song of a Virtuous Woman" and "Arriving at a Fisherman's House at Night" are both good.
Li He (Male) (791-817): Led a very short life, and was mostly unappreciated during his days. I think he's fantastic. "Twenty-Three Horse Poems" and "Shown to my Younger Brother" are both very nice.
Wang Anshi (Male) (1021-1086): Torturously pulled words beat into beautiful configurations — "Plum Blossoms" and "Late Spring, a Poem Improvised at Banshan" are particularly nice.
Su Shi (Su Dongpo) (Male) (1036-1101): "Boating at Night on West Lake" is nice. "Brushed on the Wall of Xilin Temple" is perhaps an allegory of how one cannot see one's true self as one is, just as a mountain appears different from where one stands. In "To the Tune of 'Prelude to the Water Song'", he notes that the same moon can be shared by people who are even a thousand miles apart.
Wen Yiduo (pen name of Wen Jiahua) (Male) (1899 – 1946): "Miracle" has nice phrasing. Parts of it I didn't like, as he calls the miracles of nature ordinary, but it seems like he is saying that he can't help but to cry at the birdsong of orioles. How beautiful.
Lin Huiyin (Female) (1904 – 1955): "Sitting in Quietude" has a dainty feel.