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Q: PDCurses blank character I am trying to create a rougelike, and I am using windows for the different layers. The bottom most one is the map, and the one above that is the entity layer. I have the player character, and I want to move them around on the screen. I am printing a new @ (the way the player is represented) to where they move, and I am trying to put a blank space to where the character was, so that you can see the map layer where before you couldn't. I tried using NULL, but it outputs ^@. Any idea what I can use?

A: Use a blank character, ' ', or if you prefer just 32 or 0x20.
NULL is actually defined as:
#define NULL 0

So you are writing the character with ASCII code 0, that is a NUL character, sometimes represented as Ctrl+@, or ^@.

A: On modern day machines clearing the screen and redrawing the whole screen completely after each edit would probably not cause too much performance issues. I know it's not the most optimal solution, but it gets rid of that kind of trail artifacts for good.


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Bill Kahan Kapri (ur. jako Dieuson Octave, 11 czerwca 1997 r. w Pompano Beach), bardziej znany pod pseudonimem Kodak Black – amerykański raper. Pierwszy rozgłos zyskał dzięki wydanemu w 2014 roku singlowi "No Flockin". Jego debiutancki album Painting Pictures (2017) zajął 3. miejsce na liście Billboard 200 w USA i zawierał przebojowy singiel Billboard Hot 100 "Tunnel Vision". Drugi album Kodaka Dying to Live (2018) zajął pierwsze miejsce na liście Billboard 200 jego singel "ZEZE" (z udziałem Travisa Scotta i Offseta), zajął drugie miejsce na liście Hot 100.

Kariera Kodaka Blacka jest naznaczona okresami sukcesu w mainstreamie, a także publicznymi kontrowersjami i kwestiami prawnymi. Jego problemy prawne zaczęły się w gimnazjum i znacznie wzrosły pod koniec 2010 roku. W 2019 roku Black został aresztowany za posiadanie broni i skazany na prawie cztery lata więzienia federalnego. W więzieniu wydał swój trzeci album studyjny Bill Israel (2020). Jego singel z 2021 r. "Super Gremlin" zajął 5 miejsce na Hot 100 oraz pokrył się platyną w ciągu 2 miesięcy od publikacji.

Wczesne życie
Kodak Black urodził się jako Dieuson Octave 11 czerwca 1997 r. W Pompano Beach na Florydzie, jako syn imigrantki z Haiti, Marcelene Octave. Później zmienił nazwisko na Bill K. Kapri. Kodak Black był wychowywany przez swoją matkę w Golden Acres, publicznym projekcie mieszkaniowym w Pompano Beach.

Kodak Black zaczął rapować w szkole podstawowej i zaczął chodzić po szkole do miejscowego trap house'a, aby nagrywać muzykę. Spędził młodość czytając tezaurusy i słowniki, aby poszerzyć swoje słownictwo. Kodak Black często brał udział w bójkach i włamaniach. Został wyrzucony ze szkoły w piątej klasie za bójki oraz został aresztowany za kradzież samochodów w gimnazjum. O swoim wychowaniu powiedział, że miał dwie możliwości: "sprzedawać narkotyki z bronią na biodrze lub rapować".

Od szóstego roku życia Kodak Black używał przezwiska "Black". Używał także przezwiska "Lil 'Black". Kiedy założył konto na Instagramie, wybrał nazwę użytkownika "Kodak Black". Ta nazwa później stała się jego pseudonimem scenicznym, kiedy zaczął rapować.

Kariera

2009–2015: Początki i Project Baby
W 2009 roku, w wieku 12 lat, Kodak Black dołączył do grupy rapowej Brutal Youngnz, pod pseudonimem J-Black. Następnie dołączył do lokalnej grupy rapowej The Kolyons. W grudniu 2013 roku Kodak Black wydał swój pierwszy mixtape, Project Baby, a następnie w grudniu 2014 roku mixtape Heart of the Projects, a w grudniu 2015 roku mixtape Institution.

W październiku 2015 r. Kanadyjski raper Drake opublikował wideo, na którym tańczył do jednej z piosenek Kodaka Blacka "Skrt", co pomogło mu zdobyć popularność. Pomimo sprzeciwu ze strony innych raperów, takich jak Earl Sweatshirt. W tym samym miesiącu podpisał kontrakt z Atlantic Records. W maju 2016 roku Kodak Black oraz raper i jego kolega z wytwórni Lil Uzi Vert ogłosili zamiar współpracy w ramach krajowej trasy koncertowej "Parental Advisory Tour"; jednak Kodak Black nie pojawił się na trasie.

2016–2017: Wybicie się, Painting Pictures i Project Baby 2
W maju 2016 roku pojawił się na singlu rapera French Montana "Lockjaw" z jego mixtape'u MC4, który osiągnął pozycję 23 na liście Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. W czerwcu 2016 wydał swój czwarty mixtape, Lil B.I.G. Pac, który stał się jego pierwszym mixtape'em na liście Billboard, osiągając 49 miejsce na liście "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" i numer 17 na liście Heatseakers Albums.

W czerwcu 2016 roku Kodak Black znalazł się na liście "Freshman Class 2016" magazynu XXL.

W sierpniu 2016 roku Kodak Black został skrytykowany, kiedy ukazało się nagranie z sesji studyjnej, pokazujące, jak wyśmiewa ciemnoskóre czarne kobiety z tekstami, które sugerowały, że byłyby one mniej atrakcyjne niż kobiety o jasnej karnacji, co jest uważane za rodzaj mizoginii.

W 2016 roku Kodak Black wydał piosenkę "Can I", kiedy był w więzieniu.

17 lutego 2017 roku Kodak Black wydał singiel "Tunnel Vision". Piosenka zadebiutowała na 6 miejscu, stając się pierwszym hitem Kodaka w pierwszej dziesiątce na The Billboard Hot 100 i numerem 17 na kanadyjskim Hot 100.

31 marca 2017 roku Kodak Black wydał swój debiutancki album studyjny Painting Pictures. Album osiągnął 3 miejsce na liście Billboard 200 i sprzedał się w liczbie 71 000 egzemplarzy w pierwszym tygodniu, jest to rekord Kodaka. Omawiając uczestników XXL Freshman Class 2016, Lil Uzi Vert'a i Lil Yachty'ego, Kodak Black wywołał kontrowersje, kiedy obraził ich podczas prowadzenia transmisji na żywo na Instagramie. Lil Uzi Vert odpowiedział, że nie przejmował się zniewagą i nadal przyjaźni się z Kodakiem Blackiem. Wydał kontynuację do Project Baby, Project Baby 2, 18 sierpnia 2017 r. W listopadzie 2017 roku Kodak Black wydał wersję deluxe Project Baby 2 zatytułowaną Project Baby 2: All Grown Up. Singel z wersji deluxe "Codeine Dreaming" zajął 52 miejsce na liście Billboard Hot 100.

2018 – 2020: Heart Break Kodak i Dying to Live
W styczniu 2018 roku Kodak Black został aresztowany po napadzie na jego dom na Florydzie. Kodak Black później wydał mixtape Heart Break Kodak w Walentynki.

14 grudnia 2018 roku Kodak Black wydał swój drugi album Dying to Live. Album był promowany przez udany singiel "ZEZE", na którym wystąpili raperzy Travis Scott i Offset, a także przez piosenki "Take One", "Calling My Spirit" i "If I'm Lyin ', I'm Flyin'". Album zawierał także gościnnie występy raperów Lil Pumpa w "Gnarly", Juice WRLD'a w "MoshPit" i złożył hołd zmarłemu raperowi XXXTentacionowi. "ZEZE" zadebiutowało na 2. miejscu listy Hot 100, a następnie "Calling My Spirit", również z albumu, osiągnęło szczyt na 46 miejscu. Dying to Live jako album znajdował się na liście Billboard 200 przez 15 tygodni, a zadebiutował na 1. miejscu na jeden tydzień.

25 października 2019 roku Kodak Black wydał "Zombie" z NLE Choppa i DB Omerta. 14 lutego 2020 roku Kodak Black wydał "Because of You", a następnie teledysk do tej piosenki. Kodak Black stwierdził następnie, że jeśli piosenka uzyska platynę do jego urodzin, to wyda album. W dniu 12 maja 2020 roku wydał singiel "Vultures Cry 2", z udziałem WizDaWizarda i Mike'a Smiffa. 11 listopada 2020 roku podczas pobytu w więzieniu wydał album zatytułowany Bill Israel.

2021: Działalność po opuszczeniu więzienia
23 stycznia 2021 roku wydał singiel "Last Day In", w którym rapuje o zwolnieniu z więzienia dzięki ułaskawieniu przez ówczesnego prezydenta USA Donalda Trumpa. Wydał singel "Every Balmain" 6 lutego 2021 r. 19 lutego pojawił się na singlu Lil Yachty'ego, "Hit Bout It", który został wydany wraz z teledyskiem. W dniu 5 marca 2021 roku pojawił się gościnnie w piosence "Thugged Out" od YNW Melly'ego, który przebywa w więzieniu. 26 marca razem z gościnnymi udziałami Sykoboba, WizdaWizarda i Wam SpinThaBin wydał utwór "Righteous Reapers". 4 kwietnia z okazji świąt Wielkanocnych wydał piosenkę "Easter in Miami" wraz z teledyskiem. 29 kwietnia 2021 r. ukazał się teledysk do wspólnej piosenki Kodaka z YNW Melly'm o nazwie "Thugged Out", na początku teledysku można zobaczyć rozmowę Kodaka z Melly'm przez telefon. W teledysku występują cameo m.i.n: raper Hotboii oraz raper i piosenkarz YNW BSlime, który jest młodszym bratem YNW Melly'ego. 8 maja wydał piosenkę "Rip Stick" z raperami Syko Bob i Pooh Shiesty'm z którym wcześniej miał internetowy konflikt. 14 maja 2021 r. wydał EP Haitian Boy Kodak. 11 czerwca z okazji 24 urodzin Blacka, wydał on projekt Happy Birthday Kodak zawierający 4 utwory. 18 czerwca Kodak wydał utwór Falling Over (Tribute to XXXTentacion) w którym składa hołd zmarłemu w 2018 r. raperowi XXXTentacionowi. 19 lipca wydał singel ''Senseless''. 26 lipca pojawił się gościnne w utworze "Grah Tah Tah" od Tory Laneza. 6 sierpnia wydaję kolejny singel ''Before I Go'' wraz z Rod Wave'em. Utwór zajmuje 91 miejsce na liście Billboard Hot 100 i 33 na liście Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. 28 sierpnia wydaję specjalny projekt Before The Album. 10 października Black publikuje singel ''Killing The Rats''. 30 października 2021 r. jego kolektyw Sniper Gang wydaję album Nightmare Babies. 1 listopada Kodak publikuje teledysk do utworu ''Super Gremlin''. ''Super Gremlin'' stanął się kolejnym hitem Kodaka. Aron A. z portalu HotNewHipHop zauważył, jak fani chwalili piosenkę "jako powrót do formy" Blacka. Jon Powell z portalu Revolt nazwał piosenkę wyróżniającą się na tle innych utworów z projektu Nightmare Babies. Utwór zajął 20 miejsce na liście Billboard Hot 100, 2 na liście Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs oraz 57 na Canadian Hot 100. 2 grudnia wydał singel ''Closure". 15 grudnia ukazał się kolejny singel ''Love & War''. 25 grudnia wraz z teledyskiem wydał utwór ''Nightmare Before Christmas''. "Super Gremlin" stał się sensacją na całym świecie i później dotarł do 6 pozycji na liście Hot 100 oraz 1 na Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Utwór pokrył się platyną w ciągu 2 miesięcy od publikacji. 18 stycznia 2022 r. piosenka uplasowała się na 5 miejscu na Hot 100. 9 lutego 2022 r. raper zapowiedział kolejny album studyjny, Back For Everything. 22 lutego opublikował teledysk do singla ''I Wish''. 25 lutego ukazał się album Back For Everything.

Styl muzyczny
Muzyka Kodaka Blacka często opowiada o "poprzednich i przyszłych występkach przestępczych", a on sam stwierdził, że był pod wpływem raperów Boosie Badazz i Chief Keef.

W 2016 roku The Fader napisał, że Kodak "wyartykułował ciągły stan niedoli, który może oznaczać życie w ubogim środowisku. Dokonuje inteligentnych emocjonalnie obserwacji w sposób przypominający nastoletnich artystów lat 90., takich jak Mobb Deep i Lil Wayne.

Kodak Black był często opisywany jako mumble raper.

Życie prywatne
W 2014 roku Kodak Black oświadczył, że pracuje nad uzyskaniem matury w Blanche Ely High School w Pompano Beach.

Podczas pobytu w więzieniu Kodak Black zaczął identyfikować się jako hebrajski Izraelita dzięki księdzu, który prowadzi służbę więzienną, studiował z nim pisma święte. Później złożył wniosek o zmianę nazwiska na Bill Kahan Blanco, przy czym Kahan miał być alternatywną pisownią kohen, terminu używanego w judaizmie w odniesieniu do kapłanów, którzy pochodzą od proroka Aarona, brata Mojżesza. W dniu 2 maja 2018 r. Legalnie zmienił nazwisko z "Dieuson Octave" na "Bill K. Kapri".

W czerwcu 2018 roku Kodak Black zdał w więzieniu egzamin GED.

Kapri ma syna ze swoją byłą partnerką Jammiah Broomfield. Black spodziewa się drugiego dziecka.

Filantropia
1 października 2018 roku firma Kodaka przekazała 10 000 dolarów na rzecz ośrodka Jack and Jill Children's Centre, który zapewnia wczesną edukację dzieci. W listopadzie 2018 roku Kodak Black ogłosił, że buduje szkołę na Haiti.

20 grudnia 2018 roku firma Kodaka przekazała wystarczającą ilość pieniędzy na rzecz Paradise Childcare w Broward County na Florydzie, aby zapewnić prezenty dla 150 dzieci w okolicy. Ponadto przekazał również 5000 dolarów na coroczne przyjęcie bożonarodzeniowe organizacji.

Pod koniec 2018 roku przekazał 2500 dolarów rodzinie policjanta Terrence'a Carrawaya z Karoliny Południowej, który zginął w strzelaninie na służbie. 3 maja 2019 roku Kodak Black przekazał 12,500 dolarów dziewczynce o imieniu Paige Cook, a celem dziewczynki było przekazanie ołówków i zeszytów wszystkim 7600 uczniom w Cleburne Independent School District w Teksasie, dzielnicy o niskich dochodach. W 2018 roku Paige zebrała wystarczająco dużo pieniędzy, aby kupić ponad 40 000 ołówków.

W następstwie strzelaniny w Kolorado w 2019 r. prawnik Kodaka Blacka skontaktował się z rodziną Kendricka Raya Castillo, który został zastrzelony po rzuceniu się na napastnika 11 maja i zaproponował, że zapłaci za pogrzeb Castillo i odłożył roczne stypendium w wysokości 10 000 dolarów dla każdego studenta, który chce iść na studia ścisłe lub techniczne. Jego prawnik stwierdził, że rodzina jeszcze nie odpowiedziała.

Kodak rzekomo przekazał także 50 000 dolarów Gekyume'owi, synowi zmarłego rapera i jego współpracownika XXXTentaciona. Kodak i XXXTentacion byli przyjaciółmi aż do jego morderstwa w 2018 roku.

10 lutego 2021 roku Kodak Black zaoferował opłacenie czesnego za dzieci dwóch agentów FBI, którzy zginęli w strzelaninie 2 lutego 2021 roku. Kodak wysłał specjalny list do wydziału FBI w Miami, w którym napisał, "chce mieć pewność, że rodziny agentów nie będą musiały martwić się o opłacenie studiów w przyszłości". 8 września 2021 r. Black przekazał 20 tysięcy dolarów rodzinie zmarłej w wyniku zakażenia COVID-19 Jennifer Sepot. 26 października Kodak Black zorganizował w Miami imprezę dla kobiet z rakiem, na której rozdano m.in.: peruki i gotówkę.

Kontrowersje
W styczniu 2017 roku Kodak Black wyemitował wideo na żywo na Instagramie, w którym przebywa w pokoju hotelowym w Waszyngtonie z kilkoma innymi mężczyznami, podczas gdy samotna kobieta uprawiała z nimi seks oralny. Konto Kodaka na Instagramie osiągnęło rekordowy poziom podczas transmisji. Raper zamieścił później na Twitterze wiadomość o tym incydencie: "Gdybym mógł to zmienić, przysięgam, że zrobiłbym to ... Próbowałem wszystkiego, ale jestem taki okropny." W czerwcu 2017 roku napisał na Instagramie, że woli kobiety o jasnej karnacji niż te o ciemnej karnacji. Stwierdził również w wywiadzie, że aktorka Keke Palmer była "hetero", ale "tak naprawdę nie lubi takich czarnych dziewczyn". Niektórzy użytkownicy Twittera odpowiedzieli negatywnie, prowokując Kodaka do usunięcia zarówno swoich kont na Instagramie, jak i Twitterze. Kodak Black stwierdził również, że kobiety o jasnej karnacji są łatwiejsze do złamania, czarne kobiety są "zbyt rynsztokowe", a on nie lubi własnej karnacji skóry.

22 grudnia 2021 r. Black upublicznił zdjęcie przedstawiające jego samego wraz z jego 6 letnim synem naprzeciw kobiety wykonującej erotyczny taniec. Post wywołał kontrowersje w mediach społecznościowych. 12 lutego 2022 r. Kodak Black został postrzelony podczas bójki przed restauracją w Los Angeles.

Lauren London
W kwietniu 2019 roku wzbudził kontrowersje, kiedy zaproponował, że "zaczeka" na stosunki seksualne z Lauren London, dziewczyną zmarłego rapera Nipsey Hussle, który został zastrzelony kilka dni wcześniej. Kodak Black powiedział, że "dałby jej cały rok", gdyby "potrzebowała całego roku, żeby płakać i srać dla niego". Otrzymał natychmiastową reakcję na te komentarze. Justin Credible, DJ stacji radiowej Power 106, ogłosił, że stacja będzie bojkotować muzykę Kodaka Blacka. Credible powiedział: "Stoimy z rodziną Nipsey Hussle i jesteśmy zbulwersowani lekceważącymi i kiepskimi komentarzami Kodaka Blacka". Inni raperzy T.I. i The Game również odpowiedzieli. 7 kwietnia Kodak Black odpowiedział, mówiąc: "Jeśli nie szanowałem cię Lauren London w jakimkolwiek kształcie lub formie, przykro mi. Mimo że tego nie zrobiłem".

Pobyt i opuszczenie więzienia
Podczas pobytu w więzieniu w 2020 roku miano się nad nim rzekomo znęcać psychicznie i fizycznie. Według Kodaka był on bity i torturowany przez funkcjonariuszy więziennych, ostatecznie Black pozwał więzienie w Inez w stanie Kentucky. Podczas odbywania kary zaatakował strażnika więziennego oraz wdał się w bójkę z innymi więźniami.

Po opuszczeniu więzienia w styczniu 2021 r. W Internecie pojawiła się teoria, która twierdziła, że Kodak Black został sklonowany, ostatecznie Black zaprzeczył tym plotkom.

4 kwietnia 2021 r. Po występie na CULTUR3 FEST brał udział w strzelaninie, napastnik miał podjechać do Blacka samochodem i otworzyć ogień. W zamachu ucierpiał ochroniarz Kodaka.

Hennessy Carolina
W maju 2021 r. Na swojej relacji na Instagramie zamieścił post w którym opowiadał o tym jakie chciałby mieć stosunki seksualne z Hennessy Caroliną, która jest siostrą raperki Cardi B. Użytkownicy Twittera zaczęli bojkotować wpis Blacka. Na jaw wyszło też, że Kodak miał w październiku 2018 r. prosić Cardi B o przekonanie Caroliny do związania się z nim, w tym samym miesiącu obrażał rapera Kanye Westa i namawiał jego żonę Kim Kardashian do zostawienia Westa.

Pooh Shiesty
Od marca do maja 2021 r. prowadził konflikt internetowy z raperem Pooh Shiesty'm, Shiesty obraził Kodaka na Instagramie i stwierdził, że ''stracił do niego resztki szacunku'' po tym jak Black oskarżył innego rapera, Lil Baby'ego o kopiowanie jego stylu ''chwalenia się pieniędzmi''. Oboje raperów później często się obrażało w mediach społecznościowych. Ostatecznie w maju 2021 roku artyści pogodzili się i wydali razem piosenkę "Rip Stick".

Problemy prawne

2015–2017
Kodak Black był umieszczany w ośrodku dla nieletnich trzy razy w ciągu jednego roku, a następnie został skazany w zawieszeniu.

W październiku 2015 roku został aresztowany w Pompano Beach i oskarżony o napad, pobicie, fałszywe uwięzienie dziecka i posiadanie konopi indyjskich. Został później zwolniony.

W kwietniu 2016 roku Kodak Black został aresztowany w Hallandale Beach na Florydzie i oskarżony o posiadanie broni przez skazanego przestępcę, posiadanie marihuany i ucieczkę przed funkcjonariuszami.

W następnym miesiącu, maju 2016 roku, został aresztowany w Broward County na Florydzie i oskarżony o napad z bronią w ręku. Został zatrzymany w areszcie.

W sierpniu 2016 roku wystąpił w sądzie w Fort Lauderdale na Florydzie. W sądzie było kilku dyrektorów Atlantic Records; wiceprezes Michael Kushner skomentował: "Black ma świetlaną przyszłość jako artysta nagrywający". Kodak Black nie wniósł sprzeciwu wobec wszystkich zarzutów i na mocy ugody miał zostać osadzony w areszcie domowym na rok, mieć pięć lat w zawieszeniu, w razie potrzeby wykonywać prace społeczne i brać udział w zajęciach z opanowywania gniewu. Miałby również pozwolenie na międzynarodowe tournee. Przed jego zwolnieniem z więzienia Broward Main Jail policja odkryła dwa zaległe nakazy karne, pierwszy z Florencji w Południowej Karolinie, drugi z hrabstwa St. Lucie na Florydzie, w którym stwierdzono dwa zarzuty posiadania marihuany. Kodak Black nie został zwolniony z więzienia.

We wrześniu 2016 roku Kodak Black nie wniósł sprzeciwu wobec dwóch zarzutów o wykroczenia i został skazany na cztery miesiące więzienia. Czas spędzony w areszcie w oczekiwaniu na proces został uznany za czas odbywania kary i musiał odbyć karę tylko 120 dni. Został również zawieszony w prowadzeniu pojazdu przez rok.

Kodak Black został zwolniony z więzienia na Florydzie, a następnie przewieziony do Florencji w Południowej Karolinie, gdzie miał stanąć w obliczu zarzutów o napaść na tle seksualnym. Według ofiary, która zgłosiła incydent swojej szkolnej pielęgniarce, w lutym 2016 uczestniczyła w koncercie Kodaka Blacka w "Treasure City" we Florencji, po czym odprowadziła go do jego pokoju hotelowego, gdzie rzekomo powiedział jej "nie mogę się powstrzymać", kiedy zdzierał z niej ubranie, wielokrotnie ją gryzł i gwałcił, gdy wołała o pomoc. Kodak Black został zwolniony z aresztu w Karolinie Południowej 1 grudnia 2016 r. Po wpłaceniu 100 000 dolarów obligacji, ale wrócił do sądu 8 lutego 2017 r. W lutym 2017 roku Kodak Black został ponownie aresztowany za naruszenie warunków zawieszenia. Był przetrzymywany bez kaucji, a jego trasa muzyczna została przełożona.

W kwietniu 2017 roku Kodak Black został postawiony w stan oskarżenia przez wielką ławę przysięgłych w Karolinie Południowej i miał stanąć przed sądem w kwietniu 2019 roku we Florencji w Karolinie Południowej pod zarzutem przestępstw seksualnych pierwszego stopnia. Zostało to później przełożone. Również w kwietniu 2017 roku pojawił się w sądzie na Florydzie, gdzie jego doradca ds. Zarządzania gniewem, Ramona Sanchez, mówiła o tym, jak przeszkadzał jej w zajęciach. Sanchez powiedziała, że ciągle odbijał się podczas jej zajęć, a kiedy został poproszony o wyjście, odmówił. Kiedy Sanchez zagroził, że zadzwoni pod numer 911, złapał jej telefon i nadgarstek. Doradca zalecił, aby Kodak Black uczestniczył w terapii indywidualnej zamiast terapii grupowej.

W dniu 4 maja 2017 roku został skazany za naruszenie jego aresztu domowego na 364 dni w więzieniu Broward County, z możliwością wcześniejszego zwolnienia, jeśli ukończy kurs umiejętności życiowych. Został zwolniony 5 czerwca 2017 r. Pozostanie w areszcie domowym przez rok i pięć lat w zawieszeniu.

2018 – obecnie
Kodak Black został aresztowany w swoim domu w Pembroke Pines na Florydzie w styczniu 2018 r. Pod wieloma zarzutami wynikającymi z transmisji na żywo na Instagramie, pokazującej, jak pali marihuanę i trzyma broń wokół małego dziecka. Początkowo stanął w obliczu siedmiu zarzutów przestępstwa, w tym zaniedbania dzieci, kradzieży broni palnej, posiadania broni przez skazanego i posiadania marihuany. 22 lutego 2018 r. Trzy zarzuty przeciwko Kodakowi zostały wycofane, a on nie przyznał się do winy pozostałym dwóm. 17 kwietnia nie przyznał się do pozostałych zarzutów, posiadania broni palnej przez skazanego przestępcę oraz posiadania marihuany i został skazany na 364 dni więzienia z zaliczeniem za odbytą karę. Został zwolniony 18 sierpnia 2018 r.

Podczas podróży po południowo-wschodniej części południowego wschodu prokurator Południowej Karoliny ogłosił, że Kodak Black będzie sądzony za przestępcze zachowania seksualne pierwszego stopnia za gwałt w lutym 2016 r. Prokurator powiedział, że latem lub wczesną jesienią Kodak Black będzie musiał wrócić do Karoliny Południowej i stanąć przed sądem. Stwierdzili, że grozi mu maksymalnie 30 lat więzienia. Biuro prokuratora stwierdziło, że ofiara nie była niepełnoletnia w chwili zarzucanego gwałtu. Proces nie został jeszcze zrealizowany, a Kodak Black wciąż oczekuje na proces za zarzut.

5 kwietnia 2019 roku promotor koncertowy złożył pozew przeciwko Kodakowi Blackowi za nieobecność na jego koncertach. Nicholas Fitts - promotor - twierdzi, że Kodak Black był umownie zobowiązany do wystąpienia dla niego 3 marca 2017 roku w Nowym Jorku, ale nie pojawił się. Następnie Fitts przełożył go na kwiecień 2017, a Kodak Black nie pojawił się ponownie. Potem, na trzecim koncercie, Kodak Black po raz kolejny nie pojawił się. Fitts stwierdził, że incydent spowodował straty w wysokości ponad 500 000 dolarów i zaszkodził jego reputacji. Jego pozew dotyczył ponad 500 000 dolarów.

Podczas próby ponownego wjazdu do Stanów Zjednoczonych z Kanady 17 kwietnia 2019 r. Kodak Black został aresztowany przez służby celne i graniczne Stanów Zjednoczonych po tym, jak służby graniczne znalazły w jego samochodzie marihuanę i glocka. Został oskarżony o posiadanie broni trzeciego stopnia i nielegalne posiadanie marihuany. Kaucja została ustalona na 40 000 lub 20 000 $, został zwolniony 18 czerwca. W wyniku aresztowania, występ w Bostonie i występ w Connecticut został odwołany.

24 kwietnia 2019 r., podczas trasy koncertowej, urzędnicy z Federalnego Biura Śledczego i policji miejskiej weszli i przeszukali jeden z autobusów wycieczkowych Kodaka Blacka zaparkowanych na miejscu. Podczas gdy Kodaka nie było w pojeździe w tym czasie, FBI znalazło w pojeździe broń i zatrzymało kilku członków ekipy Kodaka. Podobno FBI próbowało wejść do klubu, w którym występował Kodak Black, ale właściciel odmówił wejścia. TMZ stwierdziło, że "nie jest jasne", czy autobus był faktycznie własnością Kodaka Blacka. Nastąpiło to tydzień po jego aresztowaniu na granicy USA i Kanady. Stwierdzono, że sam Kodak Black nie miał kłopotów z egzekwowaniem prawa.

11 maja 2019 roku, podczas przygotowań do występu na Rolling Loud Miami, Kodak Black został aresztowany pod zarzutem posiadania broni palnej, zanim mógł wystąpić. Został aresztowany przez policję w Miami i funkcjonariuszy federalnych i postawiono mu zarzuty stanowe i federalne. To było prawie miesiąc po tym, jak został aresztowany podczas wjazdu do Stanów Zjednoczonych z Kanady. Kodak Black został oskarżony o dwa zarzuty złożenia fałszywego oświadczenia na rządowym formularzu ze stycznia 2019 r., Kiedy skłamał na formularzu podczas próby zakupu broni palnej. Przyznano mu kaucję, po czym został zwolniony. Podobno grozi mu do 10 lat więzienia za zarzuty. Kodak nie przyznaje się do winy, jednak prokuratorzy federalni próbują cofnąć kaucję Kodaka Blacka, wskazując na popełnione w przeszłości brutalne przestępstwa, takie jak incydent z porwaniem samochodu w 2012 r. oraz strzelaniny w marcu. Nowe aresztowanie może również spowodować unieważnienie jego kaucji w sprawie gwałtu w Karolinie Południowej w 2016 roku. Prokuratorzy federalni stwierdzili, że jest on zagrożeniem dla społeczeństwa ze względu na jego długą historię przestępstw, a także wielokrotne łamanie przepisów dotyczących okresu próbnego. Adwokat Kodaka Blacka oświadczył, że dobrowolnie zgłosił się po usłyszeniu nakazu i nie stanowi zagrożenia dla społeczeństwa ze względu na brak przemocy w jego zachowaniu. TMZ poinformowało 13 listopada 2019 r., że Kodak Black poszedł na ugodę i został skazany na 46 miesięcy więzienia, drastycznie krótszy wyrok niż 96 miesięcy, które sądy rozważały z powodu tego że raper był zamieszany w walkę podczas pobytu w więzieniu, która wiązała się z obrażeniami strażnika więziennego.

11 marca 2020 roku Kodak Black przyznaje się do winy w sprawie posiadania broni palnej, o którą został oskarżony po tym, jak został zatrzymany na granicy kanadyjsko-amerykańskiej. Data wyroku została ustalona na 24 marca, sąd rozważa od 2 do 7 lat więzienia, które będą obowiązywać równolegle z 46-miesięcznym wyrokiem za kłamstwo w federalnych papierach.

Od czerwca 2020 roku do stycznia 2021 roku Kodak Black odsiadywał wyrok federalny w więzieniu o zaostrzonym rygorze w Inez w stanie Kentucky w Stanach Zjednoczonych. W październiku 2020 roku Kodak Black został przeniesiony do więzienia w .

19 stycznia 2021 r. ówczesny prezydent USA Donald Trump złagodził wyrok Kodaka Blacka za wyrok skazujący go w 2020 r. Kodak Black nadal jest oskarżony o przestępstwo seksualne we Florencji w Południowej Karolinie.

W kwietniu 2021 r. został skazany za gwałt z 2016 roku na karę 10 lat pozbawienia wolności w zawieszeniu i 18 miesięczny nadzór kuratorski.

1 stycznia 2022 r. został aresztowany w Broward County na Florydzie i oskarżony o wkroczenie, według lokalnych raportów.

Dyskografia

Albumy studyjne
 Painting Pictures (2017)
 Dying to Live (2018)
 Bill Israel (2020)
 Back For Everything (2022)

Mixtapey
 Project Baby (2013)
 Heart of the Projects (2014)
 Institution (2015)
 Lil B.I.G Pac (2016)
 Project Baby 2 (2017)
 F.E.M.A z Plies (2017)
 Heart Break Kodak (2018)

Trasy koncertowe
 Dying to Live Tour (2019)

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1997
Amerykańscy filantropi
Amerykańscy raperzy
Amerykańscy przestępcy
Skazani za przestępstwa seksualne
Zdobywcy platynowych płyt

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Les Miserables (2012) Blu-ray Review: Bring This Home
Les Miz fans won't want to go one day more without it.
By Lorna Miller on March 20, 2013 11:43 PM |
Les Miserables was one of my most anticipated films of 2012. I have seen the stage musical numerous times and find deeper meaning and greater appreciation for the themes each time. The 1998 film version with Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush was a tremendous disappointment; therefore, while my expectations were high for the new film, I was cautiously optimistic that they would be able to translate this tale on screen in a deserving fashion. Tom Hooper managed to bring it to the screen it a way that not only pays homage to what I have always loved about the musical but his interpretation brought a level of depth to the characters along with a heightened level of storytelling beyond what I could have imagined.
In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is being released after serving a 19-year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread and a failed escape attempt. While Valjean believes he is now free, prison guard Javert (Russell Crowe) informs him that will never be the case. He has been put on lifetime parole and forever labeled as a criminal. Valjean quickly learns this is the truth when he is unable to find a job or even a place to sleep. The Bishop of Digne (Colm Wilkinson) offers him food and shelter but Valjean repays him by stealing the church's silver. Rather than sending Valjean back to prison, the Bishop tells the police it was gift hoping to bring Valjean back to the right path in order to save his soul.
Eight years later, the Bishop's actions have brought positive repercussions to the town of Montreuil-sur-Mer where Valjean is now the mayor and a factory owner employing many people. One of his employees, Fantine (Anne Hathaway), is discovered to be sending money to her illegitimate daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen). When she rejects the advances of the foreman after her secret is revealed she is fired. This forces Fantine to do unspeakable things she would have never imagined in an effort to continue to send her child money. Due to a course of circumstances, Valjean ends up caring for Cosette while on the run from Javert who never stopped looking for him.
Fast-forward nine years and the death of one of the few politicians sympathetic to the poor causes a group of students to look to revolution. One of the students, Marius Pontmercy (Eddie Redmayne), glimpses Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) in the town square and they instantly fall in love. Marius' friend Eponine (Samantha Barks) knows Cosette from childhood and she is able to bring them together. As the revolution begins, the storylines converge resulting in a dramatic conclusion.
The video comes with a 1080p/MPEG-4 AVC encoded transfer, displayed at 1.85:1, which does a marvelous job capturing the both the dark and the light of Danny Cohen's cinematography. The image offers great clarity, revealing fine textures. The DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 immerses the viewer within the music and the scene. Vocals are clear and located throughout the channels, which adds dimension to the audio.
There are several bonus features, which as a huge fan, gave me something new to enjoy and offers a way to dive even deeper into the film. "The Stars of Les Miserables" focuses on the casting, why the actors wanted to be involved, and how they prepared. "The West End Connection" is immensely interesting, highlighting the history that was brought into the film, such as the original stage production producer Cameron Mackintosh and the original Valjean, Colm Wilkinson. Watching this intensives the scenes between Wilkinson and Jackman in the film.
"Les Miserables on Location" gives a behind-the-scenes look at the sets, locations and, filming logistics. "Les Miserables Singing Live" includes interviews on how the actors were required to sing live rather than lip-syncing for the first time in film-making history. "Creating the Perfect Paris" details the construction of the Paris set while "Battle at the Barricade" focuses on how the barricade was created. "The Original Masterwork: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables" is a featurette on how the filmmakers used the novel to enhance the film while dissecting some of the history and themes. Lastly, there is a commentary with director Tom Hooper.
From the spectacular opening sequence, I was hooked. The film has a solid foundation in an amazing story and some of the best theatrical songs ever written. They key to the success in my mind was casting. The stunning and powerful performances of Jackman and Hathaway are breathtaking. Jackman carries the heaviest load and delivers. While always having been a fan, this is beyond anything he has ever done. He is perfectly cast as the prisoner with a heart of gold. Crowe is the weakest link but I don't think he is as bad as other reviews have made him out to be. I give him credit for being brave enough to take on this role and it is passable.
The second half of the film with the students and revolution drags a bit and isn't as engaging but that is in part because I long for more screen time of Jackman and Hathaway. Seyfried and Redmayne are good but Barks is wonderful and left me wanting more as well. Sasha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter are a delight performing a song that is always highly anticipated during the stage production.
While Les Miserables is a rather dark depressing film, there are overriding themes of sacrifice, redemption, love, and survival of the human spirit that alllow the film to rise to great heights.
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Comparison and Contrast of "The Management of Grief" and "And of Clay Are We Created" Introduction missing…… The main characters in "And of Clay Are We Created" and of "Management of Grief" differ in many ways. In "Management of Grief", Shaila Bhave is the main character who is a 36 year old Indian Hindu Canadian woman that lost her husband and two sons in a plane crash to India. On the other hand, the main character in "And Clay are we created" is Rolf Clarke who is a middle age TV reporter, first to arrive at the mud slide disaster caused by volcanic activities that tries to save a girl trapped in the mud.
The difference of both characters separates them from one another. While one character is a reporter at the scene trying to save life the other is dealing with the grief of her lost ones and helping a social worker with the families of the crash. "This should be paragraph 2" The tone and point of view of "And of Clay Are We Created "and "Management of grief" differs from one another.
"The Management of Grief" is narrated in the third person limited by the main character Shaila.In contrast, the other is narrated in the first person in a very unique way and is told by the main character's lover as witness miles away, through television with unedited access. The tone of "And of Clay Are We Created" is melancholy throughout the story. It gives the sense of gloom "the sky is weeping" as murmured by Azucena as she begins to cry. Unlike in "The Management of Grief" the tone is more subtle through the voice of Shaila. The narrator has a more rational view of the events and delivers it with calmness. "This should be paragraph 1" ….
.A transitional sentence between the difference and similarity paragraph should be here. …… The characters in "And of Clay Are We Created" and "The Management of Grief" are quite similar in repressed feelings towards the tragic events of their lives. In beginning of "And of Clay Are We Created" the narrator describes Rolf Carle to report the news with "equanimity in the face of danger and suffering" and seemed detached from his emotions. The way he tried to comfort the girl and help her through the night by singing songs and staying with her shows his demeanor and resilience in the face of the tragedy.Midway in the story when the girl starts to remind Rolf of all the women in his life, his past opens up and the repressed memories becomes fresh in his mind. The memories – burying of prisoners died from starvation in the concentration camps as he recalls "the naked bodies piled like a mountain of firewood" and how his father would beat him and his retarded sister.
Likewise in "The Management of Grief", Shaila doesn't lose herself in the tragedy and remains calm while she narrates the story as a reporter much like Rolf and is described by the people as "the strongest of us all" in coping with the tragedy.Then underneath it all as she says in her mind "I wish I could scream, starve, walk into Lake Ontario, jump from a bridge" shows that she is repressing her feelings of the tragedy. Towards the end of the stories, the characters reached a point of acceptance and started on the path of healing. In "And of Clay Are We Created" and "The Management of Grief" deals with the inadequacy of the government in dealing with tragedies. In the tragedy of the mud slide, millions of dollars of special television equipment, helicopters and personnel arrives at the scene but fell short of a mere water pump.The narrator calls important people from the city, senators, and commanders of the armed forces, begging for the pump, and only obtained vague promises. Likewise in the plane crash tragedy that was under investigation for a terrorist plot and how the social worker Templeton could not effectively help the families of the tragedy.
Templeton who continues to endeavor to assist members of the Toronto Indian community who either refuse to accept the loss of their family members, or who have no ability to operate effectively in a Canadian culture of legal requirements, bank documents and government forms.Shaila assists her with the families but soon realizes that Templeton doesn't understand that not all Indians are the same and they are different in religions and traditions. For instance when they visited a couple and she told Templeton "They are Sikh. They will not open up to a Hindu woman. " Templeton shows her frustration afterwards and Shaila sees that she doesn't understand their culture and stopped helping her. Although the stories have different tragedies in different countries, the fact remains that the government was not as effective as they should have been in dealing with the tragedies.The two stories are of different tragedies in different places with different people.


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A powerful crossover story of race and friendship - WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S YOUNG QUILLS AWARD 2017
WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S YOUNG QUILLS AWARD 2017Jack has left his native Ireland and is making a new life as Professor of Neurology at a university in the American South. He has certain skills, honed over his lifetime, that he mostly keeps hidden. Skills in hypnotism and mind control . . .Thirteen-year-old Pip is plucked out of an orphanage by a farmer, hired as a farm-hand, and as carer for the farmer's wife. But Pip is black. The farmer and his wife are white. And this is 1960s America, where race defines you and overshadows everything.As racial tensions reach boiling point with a danger closer to home and more terrifying than either thought possible, Jack and Pip's lives become inextricably linked. And Jack's hypnotic skills are called on as never before . . .
Born in 1959 to a Dutch family with Persian roots, Laurence Anholt spent his early years in Holland. He trained as a painter at Falmouth School of Art where he met his wife, the artist, Catherine Anholt. Laurence went on to take a Master's Degree in Fine Art at the Royal Academy in London.
The Anholts have produced more than 200 children's books, which have been translated into 30 languages. Their titles have won numerous awards including the Nestlé Smarties Gold Award on two occasions. Many of their books are written by Laurence and illustrated by Catherine, but Laurence has written for several other artists including Arthur Robins and Tony Ross, and in addition, he self-illustrates his Anholt's Artists series, an introduction to great art for young children.
Laurence's first full-length novel, The Hypnotist was published by Penguin Random House in 2016.
The Anholts have three grown up children: Claire works for the United Nations in Geneva, and twins, Tom and Maddy are a Berlin based artist and an actor in London. They also have twin grandchildren, Nina and Felix.
Catherine and Laurence live in an 'upside down' eco-house, surrounded by wildflower meadows overlooking the sea in Devon. Laurence's passions are family, art, bees, books and Buddhism.
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Italian Market è il nome popolare di South 9th Street Curb Market, un'area di South Philadelphia dove hanno sede numerose attività commerciali, molte delle quali italiane. Il cuore storico del mercato era l'area tra la 9th Street tra Christian Street e Washington Avenue. Il distretto comemrciale istituito nel 1915, la South Ninth Street Business Men's Association, copriva l'area tra Catharine to Federal e Eighth to Tenth street,  mentre ora il mercato si estenda nell'area compresa tra Fitzwater Street a nord a Wharton Street a sud. Il termine Italian Market è anche usato per descrivere generalmente il quartiere circostante tra South Street a nord e Wharton Street a sud, che si estende per pochi isolati a est e ad ovest della 9th street.

Sebbene sia considerato il cuore sociale e commerciale della comunità italiana di Filadelfia, il 9th Street Market comprendeva inizialmente anche molte attività commerciali ebraiche.  Negli ultimi anni, un afflusso di immigrati dall'America Latina, principalmente dal Messico e in misura minore da paesi centroamericani come Guatemala ed El Salvador, ha contribuito in modo significativo a modificare il carattere dell'area, specialmente nel settore meridionale del quartiere.

Storia

L'Italian Market, ebbe origine come mercato tra la fine del XIX e l'inizio del XX secolo. A quell'epoca, l'area, che si trovava al di fuori dei confini originali della città pianificata da William Penn, era un'area di insediamento per gli immigrati. Gli italiani iniziarono a trasferirsi nella zona intorno al 1884, quando Antonio Palumbo iniziò a ricevere immigrati italiani nella sua pensione. I negozi lungo la 9th Street sono stati aperti poco dopo a servizio della nuova comunità italiana e sono rimasti attivi fino ad oggi, con molti degli attuali venditori che fanno risalire la fondazione delle loro attività al primo decennio del XX secolo.

L'area continua ad attrarre nuovi immigrati e un molte aziende gestite da vietnamiti, coreani, cinesi e messicani sono stati aperti in tutta l'area.

Il mercato ospita anche l'annuale Italian Market Festival con musica.

Oggi e riferimenti alla cultura pop
Il mercato all'aperto presenta tende da sole in metallo dai colori vivaci che coprono i marciapiedi dove i venditori di frutta, verdura, pesce e articoli per la casa conducono affari tutto l'anno. Negozi al piano terra nelle tradizionali case a schiera di Filadelfia fiancheggiano la strada. I proprietari spesso vivevano originariamente sopra i loro negozi, e molti lo fanno ancora.

Il mercato è aperto tutto l'anno, generalmente dalle 9:00 alle 17:00, anche se le bancarelle all'aperto e i caffè spesso aprono prima e i ristoranti servono i clienti fino a tarda sera. Molte attività sono aperte fino all'ora di pranzo la domenica e chiuse il lunedì.

Il mercato svolge ricopre un ruolo nel panorama culturale di Filadelfia, venendo spesso incluso in opere come Rocky e Rocky II, la serie televisiva Hack e in un episodio della quinta stagione del programma televisivo It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .

Come il resto della città, anche Italian Market è oggi andato incontro al fenomeno della gentrificazione.

Galleria

Voci correlate
 Italiani di Filadelfia

Riferimenti

Bibliografia
 Liberati, Maria. TOUR DEL MERCATO ITALIANO DI PHILADELPHIA - Un tour a piedi pittorico autoguidato Data di pubblicazione: 21 gennaio 2012 (Visual Travel Tours Book 107) [Edizione Kindle] ASIN B0070N2FNK

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 The Ninth Street Market and South Philadelphia: Personal Connections, Particular Views, Past Times, and Embodied Places
 Mapping the Ninth Street Market
 American Coal and Ice Company Ice House
 Different Paths, One Market: Awnings and Interviews
 Anthony's Italian Coffee and Chocolate House
 Dan Khang Nha Trang, Inc. Chinese Apothecary
 Grassia's Italian Market Spice Company
 Fante's Kitchen Shop
 Giordano's Produce
 D'Angelo Bros. Meat Market
 Cannuli's Quality Meats & Poultry
 Lupita's Grocery
 Connie's Ric-Rac - A Dream Pursued, A Block Saved
 Fante-Leone Public Pool

Cucina italoamericana
Quartieri di Filadelfia
Little Italy negli Stati Uniti d'America
Emigrazione italiana


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We offer accomodation in the 3* hotels on the half board basis (breakfast and dinner). There is limited number of rooms available, so make sure to send the forms to the organising committee as soon as possible.
and transportation between official hotels and competition field.
Lunch for archers on Saturday and Sunday is included in the entry fee. For others lunch will be available for 10 EUR per lunch.
We offer regular menu and vegeterian menu. We kindly ask all who want vegetrian menu, to let us know before April 18, 2019.


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Q: TypeError: while building a keras model I am trying to generate a siamese model and I am adding a final dense layer which calculate the pairwise distances between the set of pairs of input images for easier loss calculation later. The result should be an array which has single outputs for each pair of images vertically.
Code:
def pairwise_dist (A, B):
    ''' Computes pairwise distances between each elements of A and each elements of B.

      Args:
        A,    [m,d] matrix
        B,    [m,d] matrix
      Returns:
        D,    [m] matrix of pairwise distances between each separate vertical pairs  pair of A and B
    '''

    output_list = []

    for i in range(A.shape[0]):

        # return pairwise euclidead difference matrix
        output_list.append(tf.sqrt(tf.maximum(tf.reduce_sum(tf.square(A[i] - B[i])), 0.0)))

    return tf.reshape(tf.stack(output_list),[1,len(output_list)])

def get_siamese_model(input_shape):
    """
        Model architecture based on the one provided in: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~gkoch/files/msc-thesis.pdf
    """

    # Define the tensors for the two input images
    left_input = Input(input_shape)
    right_input = Input(input_shape)

    # Convolutional Neural Network
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(Conv2D(64, (10,10), activation='relu', input_shape=input_shape,
                   kernel_initializer=initialize_weights, kernel_regularizer=l2(2e-4)))
    model.add(MaxPooling2D())
    model.add(Conv2D(128, (7,7), activation='relu',
                     kernel_initializer=initialize_weights,
                     bias_initializer=initialize_bias, kernel_regularizer=l2(2e-4)))
    model.add(MaxPooling2D())
    model.add(Conv2D(128, (4,4), activation='relu', kernel_initializer=initialize_weights,
                     bias_initializer=initialize_bias, kernel_regularizer=l2(2e-4)))
    model.add(MaxPooling2D())
    model.add(Conv2D(256, (4,4), activation='relu', kernel_initializer=initialize_weights,
                     bias_initializer=initialize_bias, kernel_regularizer=l2(2e-4)))
    model.add(Flatten())
    model.add(Dense(4096, activation='sigmoid',
                   kernel_regularizer=l2(1e-3),
                   kernel_initializer=initialize_weights,bias_initializer=initialize_bias))

    # Generate the encodings (feature vectors) for the two images
    encoded_l = model(left_input)
    encoded_r = model(right_input)

    # Add a customized layer to compute the pairwise distance between the encodings
    L1_layer = Lambda(lambda tensors:pairwise_dist(tensors[0], tensors[1]))
    pw_distance = L1_layer([encoded_l, encoded_r])

    # Add a dense layer with a sigmoid unit to generate the similarity score
    prediction = Dense(1,activation='sigmoid',bias_initializer=initialize_bias)(pw_distance)

    # Connect the inputs with the outputs
    siamese_net = Model(inputs=[left_input,right_input],outputs=prediction)

    # return the model
    return siamese_net

model = get_siamese_model((105, 105, 1))

Error:
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-85-9ba3e962b271> in <module>
     44     return siamese_net
     45
---> 46 model = get_siamese_model((105, 105, 1))
     47 model.summary()

<ipython-input-85-9ba3e962b271> in get_siamese_model(input_shape)
     33     # Add a customized layer to compute the pairwise distance between the encodings
     34     L1_layer = Lambda(lambda tensors:pairwise_dist(tensors[0], tensors[1]))
---> 35     pw_distance = L1_layer([encoded_l, encoded_r])
     36
     37     # Add a dense layer with a sigmoid unit to generate the similarity score

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\keras\backend\tensorflow_backend.py in symbolic_fn_wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
     73         if _SYMBOLIC_SCOPE.value:
     74             with get_graph().as_default():
---> 75                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
     76         else:
     77             return func(*args, **kwargs)

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\keras\engine\base_layer.py in __call__(self, inputs, **kwargs)
    487             # Actually call the layer,
    488             # collecting output(s), mask(s), and shape(s).
--> 489             output = self.call(inputs, **kwargs)
    490             output_mask = self.compute_mask(inputs, previous_mask)
    491

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\keras\layers\core.py in call(self, inputs, mask)
    714         else:
    715             self._input_dtypes = K.dtype(inputs)
--> 716         return self.function(inputs, **arguments)
    717
    718     def compute_mask(self, inputs, mask=None):

<ipython-input-85-9ba3e962b271> in <lambda>(tensors)
     32
     33     # Add a customized layer to compute the pairwise distance between the encodings
---> 34     L1_layer = Lambda(lambda tensors:pairwise_dist(tensors[0], tensors[1]))
     35     pw_distance = L1_layer([encoded_l, encoded_r])
     36

<ipython-input-84-45055088321b> in pairwise_dist(A, B)
     11     output_list = []
     12
---> 13     for i in range(A.shape[0]):
     14
     15         # squared norms of each row in A and B

TypeError: 'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

How to change the dense layer to make it work?

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Salford 10k this morning. 39:36 and took 20 seconds off my PB.
Spindash wrote: Salford 10k this morning. 39:36 and took 20 seconds off my PB.
I ran the Greater Cambridge 10k today in 45:21 which in itself is a PB but the course was 160 meters too long and I really wanted to run sub 45. My Strava has me at 10k running 44:41 but it's really wound me up.
I guess it's still a PB.
They had subsidence on the track and ended up having to change the course and go Garmin distance instead, not sure what that means other than bring 160 meters too long.
Today I took my consecutive parkrun tourism run at a different venue streak to 20.
Got my 10k official PB today, 49:32.
Ran for bloodwise charity, the t-shirts look pretty cool.
Well that didn't go to plan.
Collapsed 100 Miles into Spartathlon (153 mile ultra in Greece) at the Mountain Base Checkpoint, was put on an IV drip and then pulled from the race by the medics.
It was pretty grim conditions with a Cyclone hitting the course causing torrential rain.
Feeling a bit sorry for myself today. Got one more ultra in a few weeks (Thames Trot) which I will aim to plod through and then looking to take a nice long break from ultra events.
Avon wrote: Well that didn't go to plan.
Ah that sounds pretty horrible, but at least you're okay. I had a quick look at the results page last night but couldn't see you on there and just assumed the site hadn't updated.
My training for the Thames Trot isn't quite going to plan. I haven't been building the distance up quick enough (keep getting niggling pain in feet and knees) and the race has suddenly crept up on me. Got a 20 mile run in today but even at a slow pace it was tough.
Managed to get around to do Platt Fields park parkrun. I beat my four an a half year record time too. Ive also now done all the Manchester parkruns within the M60.
Satrialies, just pulled out of the Thames Trot. Only just recovered from illness and now my body seems to be a bit broken.. have deferred until next year.
After running (on average) a marathon or an ultramarathon every month for the past 10 years I think I need a rest!
mcjihge2 wrote: Managed to get around to do Platt Fields park parkrun. I beat my four an a half year record time too. Ive also now done all the Manchester parkruns within the M60.
I wouldn't go running on busy roads mate. That's quite dangerous.
I would wish you good luck, but you'll have finished by now... how did you get on?
Had a half marathon of my own this morning - Manchester (which actually takes place entirely in Trafford). New PB of 1:27:08.
1:48:36 Ran the second half faster so it went perfectly to plan, apart from the all day rain!
Absolutely buzzing at the moment, feel like a champion!
Main goal is just to finish within the 11hr cutoff, but I'd love to finish around 9hrs. We shall see, it all depends on if I can keep walking to a minimum in the second half. Wishing I had done lots more training now.
Avon wrote: Satrialies, just pulled out of the Thames Trot. Only just recovered from illness and now my body seems to be a bit broken.. have deferred until next year.
Hope you're recovering well. I'm sure you'll be back soon enough stronger than ever, but you've definitely earnt a rest until then!
9hrs 45min. Not too disappointed with that, it was about what I expected. I did get off to a good start, felt great up to 20 miles and was on for 8hr pace. Then between 20 - 35 miles it became a struggle. My quads kept seizing up, forcing me to keep stopping. Feet were hurting bad. And I had some knee pain. It was hard to get into a rythm and when I did it was only at 11:00/mile pace.
Once there was only a half marathon remaining I managed to push on slightly. My quads and knees were no longer a problem, but feet were still bad. I tried to keep walking to a minimum, but I was on my own at this point and had to stop and check the map a few times. Running pace was also still very slow, so despite digging deep I wasn't that much quicker in this section.
At halfway I had called my girlfriend to tell her I expected to finish around 5:30 - 6:00pm, and ended up finishing at 6:15pm, so despite everything I wasn't too far off and happy with the result. I'm sure I'll be back next year and now have a time to beat!
Well done. I struggle with running over an hour. Almost 10 is very good.
That's incredible, just to be able to Keep moving is an achievement.
Excellent, well done. My entry was deferred due to illness and injury so I'm in for next year.
Bought a bike this week so I can start doing some other exercise while I can't run.
Yesterday I did my 200th Parkrun. Which is nice.
mcjihge2 wrote: Yesterday I did my 200th Parkrun. Which is nice.


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Amazing Riversrun! Like a new three years old custom home featuring a lot of extras and upgrades. Three gas fireplaces include one in suite, 3 bedrooms up with 4th office, master bedroom with spa see through fireplace. Gourmet style kitchen with high end appliances & large granite island. Rear covered deck for ultimate family gathering. 2 bedrooms legal suite with 2 full bathrooms, and a guest room downstairs. Walk to Pinetree School, Douglas College, Evergreen Line Skytrain Station.Open House Sat 12 Jan & Sun 13 Jan, 2-4pm.


The kids have been messing about with their new toys this weekend, which we were kindly sent for them to review.
They are, I am guessing, aimed at the more link market, given their packaging, but we have never encouraged the kids to think that just coz it is presented in a specific way, that it isn't for them, so I was rather pleased that my Stuntboy son, was just as interested in Exploring the Littlest Pet Shop range as his nine-year old sister.
There are a number of toys within the LPS Your World range, but they are all designed with the idea of letting kids use their imaginations to play with, and design, the way the toys look themselves. They are able to use the Netflix TV show for The Littlest Pet Shop as inspiration, or just let their own ideas and thoughts take them wherever they want to go.
We were sent The Spa, the Fun Room, and Blythe's Bedroom, as well as a couple of the little pet characters to check out and see where our kids imaginations led us…..
My son was just as keen to get involved, and dived into the Fun Room, all guns blazing, though didn't quite manage to keep going until it was complete I am afraid: I think he got distracted by his sister….
These two toys sell at £16.00 – £19.00 depending on the retailer, and come with a couple of characters, stickers, a few accessories for the pets and instructions for construction.
Blythe's Bedroom, which we were also sent, is a larger toy, and retails at around £30.00. This also comes with information on how to put it together, stickers and accessories.
Some of the pets have pawprints on the back of their heads. This enables you to transport your pet into the LPS Your World App, which has just been released for Apple and Android devices. This App, which does include in-app purchases, enables you to play with your pet for 24 hours inside the App. After this time, he needs to be re-scanned with the camera so you can play again.
Within the App, children can explore the online world, and "level up" their pets by playing the activity based games, which include painting, and smoothie making with their little friends. The more pets a child manages to collect, the more activities and games are available for them to play.
As usual, my kids got stuck in pretty quick with their imaginative play once the toys were out of the box, and have created their own two story "house" for Blythe and her friends, sent the pets to the Spa, and even created an art room for one of the wee blighters thanks to some other toys we already had. They don't really need too much encouragement to let their imaginations go…..
To be honest, the Fun Room and Spa, for their RRP, seemed a little on the expensive side, with only a few accessories, and a couple of plastic play items. My daughter also struggled to get the accessories into the wall within the Spa, though I managed it in the end. I think most little hands would find it tough going.
The bedroom toy seemed much better value for money, with some great add-ons, including an iPod and player which my kids loved, and more scope for them to "hang their imaginative hats on", as it were. It was only after this was unboxed that they both really got into "their LPS world" and my daughter, in particular, started imagining Blythe taking her pets out for a play in the fun room, and my son dropping Hamilton Rumble off at the Spa for his latest buffing up.
Perhaps this was because they needed a "human" to get their pets moving – and Blythe provided the perfect opportunity.
The App proved to be more of a hit with Stuntboy than Chatterbox; he is a bit more of a screen fiend though, and is very much motivated by "rewards", which the game is focused on. The kids found it hard to scan in their pets, and frustrating that they had to do it every 24 hours. We think that it might be worth allowing them to last that little bit longer for us slightly more impatient types.
Playing and looking after your pet gives you coins, which can be exchanged for items to dress your pet up in. Watch out for your little one buying the coins though, as they do cost real money. However, you don't need to use in-app purchases to play the game, and my kids were quite happy without them.
In general, the kids seemed to like these toys, and though they are plastic, they do seem to have been made well, and aren't in danger of falling apart after five minute of imaginative play, which can be with case with some plastic playsets. However, the Fun Room and Spa seemed to us to be a little over-priced, thankfully the Bedroom redeemed the range.
My daughter gave the Spa 8/10, as you can see from the video, because she struggled with the accessories.
Personally, I would give the two rooms in the range a 7/10, with the bedroom and App a healthier 8/10. The reason for the mark down is my feeling of the value for money for these two rooms. In addition, I think that these two toys may not have the long term play value; there simply isn't too much you can do with a pet, and a plastic tunnel, for example.
However, they can be constructed by 6+ kids on their own, which is no bad thing for a plastic toy. In addition, the packaging, though secure, wasn't as difficult to get into as some we have come across. That's a significant plus as we approach Christmas…!
We were sent these toys for review, and paid for this post, however all opinions are our own, and this is a completely honest review.
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Q: $A(Bv)=B(Av)=B(\lambda v)=\lambda Bv$, $\lambda$ the eigenvalue of $B$?
Let V be a finite dimensional vector space. Let $A,B$ be linear maps of $V$ into itself. Assume that $AB=BA$. Show that if  $v$ is an eigenvector of $A$, with eigenvalue $\lambda$, then $Bv$ is an eigenvector of $A$, with eigenvalue $\lambda$ also if $Bv\neq 0$.

SOLUTION. We have
$A(Bv)=B(Av)=B(\lambda v)=\lambda Bv$.Solutions Manual for Lang´s Linear Algebra,Rami Shakarchi.
Question:
Given $B(\lambda v)=\lambda Bv$? How do I know $\lambda$ is the eigenvalue of $B$? If I take $5x6=x5\times 6$ however $x=1$.

A: If v is an eigenvector of A then $$A v = \lambda v$$
Multiply by B on the left:
$$B(Av)=B(\lambda v)$$
$$(BA)v=\lambda (Bv)$$
$$(AB)v=\lambda (Bv)$$
$$A(Bv)=\lambda (Bv)$$
This last expression shows that $Bv$ is an eigenvector of $A$ if it is not the null vector by definition.

A: $B(\lambda v)=\lambda (Bv)$ because $\lambda$ is a scalar, and can be freely moved around matrices like $B$ and $v$.  See the third property here.
$\lambda$ need not be an eigenvalue of $B$.


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Book Review: Traveling Down 'Paradise Road'
Paradise Road: Jack Kerouac's Lost Highway and My Search for America by Jay Atkinson, Wiley and Sons, 250 pages, $25.95
Reviewed By Nancye Tuttle
I'm ready to pack my bag and hit the road. But it isn't Jack Kerouac's iconic 1957 novel On the Road that's fueling my wanderlust. It's Jay Atkinson's compelling, new memoir Paradise Road that is prodding me to see the world and do it with little more than a map, notebook, and friend along for the ride.
Atkinson, a master journalist whose eye for the revelatory detail serves Kerouac's kaleidoscopic visions well, set out with a few friends in 2007-2008 to retrace the five trips the legendary Beat writer made across America in the late '40s and early '50s, the journeys that inspired On the Road.
It was the 50th anniversary of Road's publication, and Atkinson, who admires and emulates the Beat scribe from Lowell, wanted to celebrate that landmark event in American literary history, a modern classic filled with the jittery vibrations of "restless young Americans." He does this by focusing on the past and the present, a stereoscopic maneuver that combines a fact-filled, gossipy meditation on the life and writings of Kerouac with the highs and lows of an entertainingly personal trip through the roads of the novel:
Just as Kerouac had done, I had traded my small town in Massachusetts for someplace else, held great philosophical debates in moving automobiles, and stood on lonely roadways with my thumb out and four dollars in my pocket. Kerouac's subject, of course, is more than just bop parties and boxcars, or drinking wine and chasing women. Like a Brueghel painting, On the Road, teems with life, celebrating our moments on earth even as it mourns them. As Sal Paradise says, "The only people for me are the mad ones."
At its best, Paradise Road evokes the enduring craziness of American life, partly through the power of Atkinson's lively prose, which is filled with vivid descriptions, empathic observations of people at the margins, and colorful vocabulary. So, too, does his sense of whimsy, irony, and even a touch of nostalgia when he references Kerouac's words or remembers old friends.
While Kerouac had a young, Denver-based car thief named Neal Cassady to ferry him from New York to New Orleans, Mexico, California, and Colorado, Atkinson travels with three old friends, Surfer, Bongo and Piercey, each at different times. They are far more than your standard, protective sidekicks chosen for their driving skills: each companion brings his own perspective and personality to Atkinson's encounters, sometimes driving the book in surprising directions.
In a sense, of course, Atkinson is also traveling with Kerouac and Cassady. He does not consign them to the past:
Right now we're listening to Charlie Parker's crazy horn, as the sun tracks towards it zenith. When Kerouac and Cassady traveled this same highway, they listened to a radio show called Chicken Jazz'n Gumbo emanating from New Orleans that featured the Bird and other jazz luminaries. If Neal Cassady were alive now, he would be listening to hip-hop and sagging his pants, as the music that sprang from the stoops and alleys of the inner city is the "bop" of today: loud, sharp, carnal, and omnivorous.
Atkinson captures some of this "loud" and "sharp" energy in his writing: you careen with him down a perilous mountain road in Mexico, cool off in a lake on a hot summer day, and feel the ongoing pain and agony during a tour of the distraught Gulf coastline, still reeling over the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Neil Cassady and Jack Kerouac: Paradise Road follows their trail
You taste the food, too, and smell the strong odors of life on the road. Hummus and lentils in Queens, boiled peanuts at a Georgian roadside stand, perfect Southern barbecue presided over by a pretty, sweet young thing who sets every man's heart aflutter.
And the people you meet are just right for the road—cops and quirky guys, old ladies and pretty young things, immigrants and low-lifes, charlatans, shysters and just plain folk. Atkinson gives each an honest, outgoing, accepting look and shares their stories.
Predictably, he finds quite a few changes on the road from Kerouac's day, offering glimpses of a nation that's more prosperous but in some ways blander and sadder: "The Denver neighborhood where Jack and Neal searched for Cassady's alcoholic father has been updated and gentrified by juice bars and outdoor restaurants and brick-fronted lawyers' and Realtors' offices."
But, like Kerouac, Atkinson ultimately savors the joy of the ride, the moment, the person, the taste, and the unknown. With eyes wide open and pen always poised, he takes us on a memorably adventurous journey.
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Eigth-grader Rylan Ivaldi (L) and ELA teacher Elyse Mirena (R) go over elements of a software program being used in Mirena's class as part of an integrative unit on science fiction and technology, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 at the Long Pond School in Andover Township. (Photos by Mandy Coriston).
The Long Pond School in Andover Township flies its Chargers Pride banners in this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2019.
Andover - At the Long Pond School in Andover Township, Principal Bryan Fleming's office is decorated with student artwork and the coffee pot is always on. Fleming, who came to the school district in the latter part of the 2016-17 school year, is an enthusiastic administrator, and it's clear from the atmosphere in the school that his enthusiasm is contagious.
Decked out in a red Andover Chargers jersey on Thursday, Feb. 21, the day of the 8th-grade versus faculty and police basketball game, Fleming reflected on the state of the 2018-19 academic year as it comes past the 100-day mark.
The game, in its third year, has become an event which the whole school district embraces. Fleming said the student team coaches itself, and clubs from around the school get promote and participate beyond the basketball court.
Long Pond faculty members work on innovative ways to integrate the curriculum. Eighth-grade English and Language Arts (ELA) teacher Elyse Mirena's classes recently undertook a science fiction unit which began with fundamental study of the genre and ended with students writing stories and creating and coding scenes in virtual reality.
The next step was to build a scene on the computer, using a program called CoSpacesEdu. The students worked on backgrounds and details, one pair even going so far as to put flower arrangements on their virtual tables.
Once the scenes were built, they could be sent to an application on a phone to be viewed in virtual reality using Google's VR CardBoards.
Mirena said that even in this age of technology and academic tools, she still incorporates solid grammar skills and language structure into her lessons.
Another of Mirena's units was a collaboration with the math department, where the students learned about finance and business writing.
"We're lucky to have a teacher like Elyse, who thinks outside the box," said district director of curriculum, Jennifer Reynolds.
Back in Principal Fleming's office, he's happy to talk about other initiatives they've been working on this year, including the school's new PEP program. The Personal Enrichment Period allows students to work on projects and interests outside the scope of the core curriculum.
The PEP program now allows students in all grades the opportunity to mingle and collaborate in electives such as print and broadcast journalism, computer coding, art, debate, and solar sprint car racing. Also available are; academic remediation, a school spirit club, and a peer mentorship group where 7th- and 8th-graders create recess activities and lunchroom conversation starters for the 5th- and 6th-graders.
"When I first got here, there wasn't much interaction between the grade levels, and now we see the kids working together on all these projects, and it's just amazing," Fleming said.
Of note for meeting academic standards, the district began using the Eureka math method this year, and according to Fleming, while there was a bit of a learning curve, it seems to have caught on. The Florence M. Burd Elementary School even hosted a Math Night for parents to familiarize them with the new system.
"We've all had our 'aha!' moment with it now, and we're on track to succeed with it," Fleming said.
The innovations at Long Pond extend to finding ways to draw parents and students to the district's Board of Education meetings.
Looking forward to the rest of the school year, Andover is looking to finish out strong.
This is the second installment in a three-part series on innovative curricula, community initiatives, and cooperative learning. Districts around the region have marked the 100th day of school and looking towards the last few months of the academic year, administrators and faculty members shared their insights on what's happening in their classrooms and communities.


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Uruguay 0-0 South Africa (Group F, 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, 27 May 2017)
Uruguay's third and final Group D game of the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup saw them uncomfortably draw 0-0 with a decent South Africa side. Below are video highlights, a brief summary of the match and, most importantly, @DarrenSpherical's armchair talent-tracking…
Uruguay 0-0 South Africa
2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Group D, 27 May 2017 (YouTube)
A somewhat lacklustre stalemate was enough for Uruguay to confirm themselves as winners of Group D.
At kick-off, South Africa were already virtually eliminated – that, is barring a high win plus some favourable results elsewhere – but Fabián Coito's men struggled to assert their supposed superiority. Indeed, though they had a chance or two in the first half it was a largely quiet affair and, soon after the break, their opponents were to look the more likely to score. Luther Singh, in particular, stood out, hitting the crossbar with his right boot from a deep position on the left before having another effort from the same area tipped over soon afterwards. South Africa had other chances to score though, in the latter stages, so did the South Americans, with Nicolás Schiappacasse notably guilty of some eyebrow-raising misses.
Nevertheless, upon the final whistle, the Uruguayans were officialy proclaimed as winners of Group D and, irrespective of today's performance, will go into the knock-out stage as one of the favourites to lift the trophy.
Perhaps it is best not to expend too much thought on this outing, given that Coito's men were certainly not charging around in top gear. This was possibly owing to the strains of the tightly scheduled group stage as well as the knowledge of their qualification having already been accomplished.
Some changes from the side that beat Japan 2-0 were made, including Matías Viña (No. 17, Nacional) coming in for club team-mate Agustín Rogel (No. 18, Nacional) at centre-back. It is unlikely that this alteration was the sole cause but, despite impressively keeping a third consecutive clean sheet, the back four were to have more than a few hairy moments in this game, conceding space as well as several opportunities.
That said, the right-back, José Luis Rodríguez (No. 4, Danubio), did nevertheless maintain his propensity for admirable attacking play when, in the 36th minute, he supplied Uruguay's best chance of the first half, knocking in a sublime curled ball from the right.
However, the man whose head this greeted, Nicolás Schiappacasse (No. 9, Atlético Madrid Under-19s), was unable to direct his effort goalwards, as he attempted to nod around the onrushing goalkeeper but instead watched the ball trickle wide. This was to be the first of a few opportunities that the 19-year-old was to squander. The second came in the 74th minute when he bypassed a player in the centre, had a clear sight of goal, yet whacked his shot slightly over. Several minutes later, he was similarly guilty when, following a corner, he ran into a promising position to have a free header in the centre, yet ended up putting his effort wide.
He will not wish to recall this game in a hurry and, for the Uruguayan attack as a whole, it was a far from memorable encounter, with their only other attempt of note being a strike from Agustín Canobbio (No. 19, Fénix) which, from an angle, went across goal and wide.
Still, with seven points, they progress as table-toppers and will regroup for their second round encounter, which shall be played on Wednesday 31 May 2017 against as-yet-unknown opponents. Following the conclusion of the group stage tomorrow, they shall know who precisely shall be next on their gauntlet.
In the other Group D game played today, Italy and Japan drew 2-2 and will both qualify along with Uruguay.
This entry was posted in South American Youth Football and tagged 2017 South Korea Under-20 World Cup, 2017 Under-20 World Cup, Agustín Canobbio, FIFA 2017 Under-20 World Cup, José Luis Rodríguez, Matías Viña, Nicolás Schiappacasse, South Africa, South American Youth Football, South Korea 2017, Uruguay, Uruguay Sub-20 2017 World Cup, Youth Football on May 27, 2017 by hispanospherical.
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