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Михайло Юрійович Кожухов (16 грудня 1956) — радянський і російський журналіст, теле- та радіоведучий, сценарист, продюсер. Брав участь у створенні та веденні ряду телепрограм на різних російських телеканалах. Основну популярність здобув як ведучий програм «У пошуках пригод» і «Навколо світу» на телеканалі «Росія». З 2013 року — президент туроператора «Клуб подорожей Михайла Кожухова», що організовує авторські подорожі по всьому світу.

Біографія
Народився 16 грудня 1956 року в Москві.

У 1979 році закінчив Державний інститут іноземних мов, іспанське відділення перекладацького факультету (у тому числі один рік навчався в Гаванському університеті — за освітнім обміном).

Професійна діяльність
У 1985-1989 роках працював власним кореспондентом «Комсомольської правди» в Афганістані, нагороджений орденом Червоної Зірки.

У 1989-1994 роках працював у газеті «Вісті», власкором в Південній Америці. Був ведучим «Міжнародної панорами».

З 1994 року працював у телекомпанії ВИD, був співавтором і провідним ведучим ток-шоу «Зроби крок», яке виходило на телеканалі «ТВ-6». Був ведучим програм «У світі людей» (ТВ- 6), «Стара квартира» (РТР), «Російський пантеон. XX століття» (Наше радіо), «Наркотики. Хроніка неоголошеної війни» та інших.

У 1998 році заснував ресторан на Покровці «Петров-Водкін» (за словами самого М. Кожухова, він був швидше художнім керівником). З листопада 1999 по січень 2000 року — прес-секретар голови Уряду Російської Федерації Володимира Володимировича Путіна.

У 2001 році нетривалий час вів телепередачу «Вірні друзі» на «Першому каналі» (ОРТ).

З листопада 2002 по серпень 2006 року — ведучий телепроєкту «У пошуках пригод» на телеканалі «Росія», завдяки чому отримав особливу популярність серед російськомовного населення по всьому світу.

З 2006 по 2007 рік — співведучий телепрограми «Навколо світу» на тому ж телеканалі. Покинув програму влітку 2007 року.

З грудня 2007 по червень 2008 року вів програму «Фабрика думки» на телеканалі «ТБ Центр». У 2009 році — ведучий восьмисерійного телепроєкту «У великому місті» на тому ж телеканалі, центром уваги в якому стало місто Москва.

У 2008-2011 роках випускав фільми про Туву, Хакасію, про традиційні промисли р. Бельова у рамках проєкту «Особи Росії», двосерійний фільм «Північний маршрут» про роботу ФСКН, документальне розслідування «Час "Ч" для країни "А"», присвячене обставинам штурму палацу Аміну в Афганістані в 1979 році і інші.

У 2010 році вийшла програма «Охота до зміни місць» на каналі «Моя планета», в ній Михайло продовжує подорожі по світу. Восени 2010 року на каналі ТВ-3 стартував черговий проєкт подорожей — «Далеко і ще далі», де Михайло Кожухов відроджує свої пошуки, якщо не нового, то вже точно цікавого і таємничого (одне з нових напрямів) у всьому світі.

Окрім іншого, займається вільною журналістикою, спеціалізується на зйомках документальних фільмів і телепрограм.

У квітні 2013 року заснував «Клуб подорожей» Михайла Кожухова — туристичну компанію, яка спеціалізується на авторських подорожах по всьому світу.

У грудні 2013 року на екрани телеканалу «Росія-1» вийшов 4-серійний документальний цикл «"Нева" і " Надія". Перше російське плавання довкола світу», де Михайло Кожухов виступив ведучим, співавтором сценарію і генеральним продюсером. У вересні 2016 року на цьому ж телеканалі вийшов двосерійний документальний фільм «Севморпуть. Дорога в льодах».

У травні 2017 року брав участь в 4 випуску програми МегаГалілео на телеканалі CTCLove.

20 серпня 2017 зі скандалом залишив ефір пропагандистського телеканалу «Звезда», заявивши, що

Автор книги «Над Кабулом чужі зірки», яка вийшла у видавництві «Ексмо».

Вважає, що при створенні Європейського Союзу, він запозичив багато чого від досвіду Радянського Союзу, чого б не слід було б запозичувати.

Життя та сім'я
Одружений із акторкою Оленою Кожуховою-Кравченко. Його батько — уродженець Харкова Юрій Миронович Блошанський (1924 р. н.), головний акушер-гінеколог м. Москви протягом 40 років. Мати — Галина Петрівна Кожухова-Петренко (1933—2009), журналіст — також має українське коріння.

Нагороди і премії
 Орден Червоної Зірки
 Премія ТЕФІ в 2004 році в номінації «Кращий телеведучий»
 Національна туристична премія ім. Ю. Сенкевича
 Премія Спілки журналістів РФ «Золоте перо Росії» (2008)

Бібліографія
 Кожухов М. Над Кабулом чужі зірки. - М.: ЕКСМО/ОЛІМП, 2010. - 352 с. - 4000 прим. - ISBN 978-5-699-39744-0.
 Кожухов М. Клуб подорожей Михайла Кожухова. - М.: АСТ, 2017. - 240 с. - ISBN 978-5-17-100657-0.

Деякі факти
 У 1993 році першим з радянських і пострадянських тележурналістів узяв інтерв'ю у Піночета, результат — міжнародний скандал.
 Кожухов володіє трьома іноземними мовами — англійською, іспанською і португальською. Також розуміє італійську мову.
 Михайло Кожухов відвідав і відвідує велику кількість країн. Але першою подорожжю за кордон (тоді ще за кордон СРСР) — стала подорож на Кубу (де Михайло Юрійович вчився рік по студентському обміну). За словами самого Кожухова, перша подорож — як перше кохання.
 Кожне літо Михайло Кожухов сплавляється по річці. Сплав по воді — рафтинг — улюблений вид спорту, у якому Михайло Кожухов має високий розряд.
 З 12 років колекціонує холодну зброю.
 На передачу «У пошуках пригод» були зроблені пародії в гумористичних програмах «ОСП-Студія» і «Велика різниця».
 «Фірмова» страва Михайла Кожухова — тушкований буряк за бабусиним рецептом.

Примітки

Джерела
 Біографія

Посилання
 Офіційний контактний сайт
 Михайло Кожухов про Україну
 Михаил Кожухов: Самое грустное на наших бывших общих просторах произошло в Украине. Очень горько, что моя страна принимает в этом участие — http://glavcom.ua

Народились 16 грудня
Народились 1956
Уродженці Москви
Російські журналісти
Російські телеведучі
Російські мандрівники
Українська діаспора Росії
Тележурналісти

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use Prophecy\Argument;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilder;

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 * @author Saša Stamenković <umpirsky@gmail.com>
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class ItemCountConfigurationTypeSpec extends ObjectBehavior
{
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        $this->beConstructedWith(array('sylius'));
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    function it_is_initializable()
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    {
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            ->add('count', 'integer', Argument::any())
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Q: Entity Framework LinqKit dynamic where predicate over related data The code is in Alpha version, don't have validations or error management ... It would be included later.
I have a very simple model with two related entities: Location and Country:
public class UNCountry
{
    public int UNCountryId { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MaxLength(2, ErrorMessage = "The field {0} only can contains a maximum of {1} characters lenght.")]
    [RegularExpression("[A-Z][A-Z]", ErrorMessage = "The field {0}, This code is formed by Two(2) capital letters")]
    public string Code { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MaxLength(255, ErrorMessage = "The field {0} only can contains a maximum of {1} characters lenght.")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class UNLocation
{
    public int UNLocationId { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(1, ErrorMessage = "The field {0} only can contains a maximum of {1} characters lenght.")]
    public string UNChangeType { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MaxLength(5, ErrorMessage = "The field {0} only can contains a maximum of {1} characters lenght.")]
    [RegularExpression("[A-Z]{5}", ErrorMessage = "The field {0}, This code is formed by 5 capital letters")]
    public string Code { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MaxLength(255, ErrorMessage = "The field {0} only can contains a maximum of {1} characters lenght.")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public int UNCountryId { get; set; }
    public UNCountry UNCountry { get; set; }
}

I have an app that list all the locations and the user can filter by any column, this is a generic Component View in Angular and I want to have all the Column Filters be Dynamic. The filters are passed in JsonFilters Parameter as an array
[{name:"nameOfField1", value:"valueOfField1"},...],

then I construct a predicate with LinqKit and PredicateBuilder, and use the predicate in the query .Where(predicate).  It works perfectly.
Here is the initial code in the controller
       var validFilter = new PaginationFilter(
                pF.PageNumber, pF.PageSize, pF.JsonFilters
        );
        var p = validFilter.CreateDynamicSearch<UNLocation>();
        //var b = PredicateBuilder.New<UNLocation>(true);
        //b = b.And(c => c.UNCountry.Name.Contains("Col"));
        var pagedData = await _context.UNLocations
            .Include(c => c.UNCountry)
            .Where(p)
            //.Where(d => d.UNCountry.Name.Contains("Col"))
            .OrderBy(x => x.UNLocationId)
            .Skip((validFilter.PageNumber - 1) * validFilter.PageSize)
            .Take(validFilter.PageSize)
            .ToListAsync();
        var totalRecords = await _context.UNLocations.CountAsync();
        return Ok(new PagedResponse<List<UNLocation>>(pagedData, validFilter.PageNumber, validFilter.PageSize,totalRecords));

I pass the fieldname and the value in the filters parameter, and all works well, but when I have a filter over the name of the country (the field name is UNCountry.Name) the predicate fails using this name of field over UNLocations, it fails in the function that constructs the predicate, but if I use in the Where directly (The commented line //.Where(d => d.UNCountry.Name.Contains("Col")) in the previous code) It Works, I could be solve the problem like this, but it would not be dynamic for other Views with more related data fields in query.
Here is the predicate generation function:
public Expression<Func<T, bool>> CreateDynamicSearch<T>()
    {
        var predicate = PredicateBuilder.New<T>(true);
        foreach (ReqFilter filter in this.Filters)
        {
            var columnFilter = PredicateBuilder.New<T>(false);
            var param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), "a");

            string[] filterParts = filter.Name.Split(".");
            string filterName = filterParts[0];
            if (filterParts.Length == 1)
            {
                var prop = Expression.Property(param, filterName);
                var call = Expression.Call(prop, "Contains", new Type[0], Expression.Constant(filter.Value));
                columnFilter = columnFilter.Or(Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(call, param));
                predicate = predicate.And(columnFilter);
            }
            else
            {
                 var prop = Expression.Property(param, filter.Name);

                var call = Expression.Call(prop, "Contains", new Type[0], Expression.Constant(filter.Value));
                columnFilter = columnFilter.Or(Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(call, param));
                predicate = predicate.And(columnFilter);

            }
        }
        return predicate;
    }

This code works well if i pass the filters with the normal fields of the UNLocation, like code or Name byExample [{code:"MIA"},name:"MI"], but the predicate constructor fails if i send the column name of the related UNCountry Name byExample [{UNCountry.Name:"United States"}], I repeat It works if I write the Where in Design Time code, but i need to have mor flexybility, and generate in predicate.  It is possible or how can achieve this ?  Thanks in advance, excuse my English.

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package io.libraft.agent;

import io.libraft.algorithm.Timer;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public final class WrappedTimerTest {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WrappedTimerTest.class);

    private WrappedTimer timer;

    @Rule
    public final TestLoggingRule testLoggingRule = new TestLoggingRule(LOGGER);

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        timer = new WrappedTimer();
    }

    @After
    public void teardown() {
        timer.stop();
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void shouldFailToCreateTimeoutIfTimerNotRunning() throws Exception {
        timer.newTimeout(new Timer.TimeoutTask() {
            @Override
            public void run(Timer.TimeoutHandle timeoutHandle) {
                // empty
            }
        }, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldTriggerTimeout() throws Exception {
        timer.start();

        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        final AtomicLong stopTime = new AtomicLong(-1);
        timer.newTimeout(new Timer.TimeoutTask() {
            @Override
            public void run(Timer.TimeoutHandle timeoutHandle) {
                stopTime.set(System.currentTimeMillis());
            }
        }, 10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

        // sleep for longer than the timer interval, just to give it more than enough time to fire

        Thread.sleep(20);

        assertNotEquals(stopTime.get(), -1);
        assertTrue(stopTime.get() - startTime >= 10);
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldCancelPendingTasksWhenStopped() throws Exception {
        timer.start();

        final AtomicBoolean ran = new AtomicBoolean(false);
        timer.newTimeout(new Timer.TimeoutTask() {
            @Override
            public void run(Timer.TimeoutHandle timeoutHandle) {
                ran.set(true);
            }
        }, 20, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

        // sleep for less time than the timeout specifies and then stop the timer

        Thread.sleep(5);

        timer.stop();

        // sleep again, and see if the task still triggers

        Thread.sleep(20);

        assertFalse(ran.get());
    }
}


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Subject to Section 15(i) of this Agreement, we reserve the right to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time. Those changes will go into effect on the effective date shown in the revised Agreement. If we change this Agreement, we will give you notice by posting the revised Agreement on the Site and/or sending you an email at the email address you have provided or posting a notice that appears on the Site. We encourage you to keep your contact information up-to-date and to check this Agreement from time to time to see if it has been updated. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE FOLLOWING POSTING OF CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.
1. USE OF SITE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to access and use the Site by displaying it on your internet browser only for the purpose of shopping for items for personal use that are sold on the Site and not for purposes of resale or any other commercial use or use on behalf of any third party, except as explicitly permitted by us in advance. Any breach of this Agreement may result in the immediate revocation of the license granted in this paragraph without notice to you. Except as permitted above, you may not reproduce, distribute, display, sell, lease, transmit, create derivative works from, translate, modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise exploit this Site or any portion of it unless expressly permitted by us in writing. You may not make any commercial use of any of the information provided on the Site or make any use of the Site for the benefit of another business unless explicitly permitted by us in advance. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, and/or cancel orders at our discretion, including, without limitation, if we believe that customer conduct violates this Agreement, applicable law or is harmful to our interests. You agree not to upload, distribute, or publish any content or material through this Site that (a) violates or infringes the copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights of any person; (b) is libelous, threatening, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under U.S. or international law; or (c) includes any bugs, viruses, or other harmful code or properties. Submissions or opinions expressed on this Site are that of the individual expressing such submission or opinion and may not reflect our opinions. We may assign you a password and account identification to enable you to access and use certain portions of this Site. Each time you use a password or identification, you will be deemed to be authorized to access and use the Site in a manner consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and we have no obligation to investigate the authorization or source of any such access or use of the Site. You will be responsible for all access to and use of this Site by anyone using your password and login name, including all communications and obligations incurred, whether or not such access was actually approved by you. You are responsible for protecting the security and confidentiality of the password and identification assigned to you. Please notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or identification or any other breach or threatened breach of this Site's security.
2. REVIEWS AND COMMENTS. Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Agreement or on the Site, you agree that we have the right to use anything that you submit or post to the Site and/or provide us, including without limitation, ideas, questions, reviews, comments, and suggestions (collectively, "Submissions"). You hereby grant us the royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable and transferable right to use, copy, distribute, display, publish, perform, sell, lease, transmit, adapt, translate, modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works from such Submissions by any means and in any form. In addition to the rights applicable to any Submission, when you post comments or reviews to the Site, you also hereby grant us the right to use the name that you submit with any review, comment, or other content in connection with such review, comment, or content. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the reviews, comments and other content that you post on this Site and that use of your reviews, comments, or other content by us will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party. You agree not to use a false email address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or mislead us or any third parties in regards to the origin of any Submissions or content. We have the right to remove or edit any Submissions for any reason.
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The content of this Site, including all text, images, graphics, publications, audio clips, and software, and the assembly and arrangement of such items (collectively, "Content"), belongs exclusively to Island Cannabis Company or its affiliates and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. ISLAND.CO, ISLAND, the "ISLAND Sunburst", "ISLAND Stripe", "ISLAND Premiums", "ISLAND Mini's", "ISLAND Catalinas", "ISLAND Classic", "ISLAND Reserves" (and design), and other logos, slogans, trade names or words are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of Island Cannabis Company, or its affiliates. The use of any of our trademarks or service marks without our express written consent is strictly prohibited. You may not use our trademarks or service marks in connection with any product or service in any way that is likely to cause confusion. You may not use our trademarks or service marks in any manner that disparages or discredits us. You may not use any of our trademarks or service marks in metatags without prior explicit consent.
4. PAYMENT TERMS AND MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION PLAN (FORMERLY "SUBSCRIPTIONS"). ISLAND accepts credit card payments only. You agree to pay all fees charged to your account based on charges and billing terms in effect as shown on the payment page on the Site. You are also responsible for paying any sales and use taxes and shipping and handling fees that may apply to your purchase and you authorize ISLAND or the third-party payment processing service provider that we engage to charge your credit card for any such taxes and fees. All payments shall be made by credit card in advance prior to shipping any products. If your credit card cannot be charged for any reason, ISLAND reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your purchase. All sales and payments will be in US Dollars.
IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR A MEMBERSHIP AFTER JANUARY 1, 2017: We will automatically renew your Membership on your Membership Anniversary Date, provided however that if your Membership Anniversary Date is on the 29th of the month or later, your Membership Anniversary Date will be treated as the 28th of the month. Thereafter, we will automatically renew your Membership on your Membership Anniversary Date each month and, as authorized by you when you consent to enroll in our Membership program during the purchase process, we will charge your credit card with the applicable Membership fee and any shipping and handling costs and sales or similar taxes that may be imposed on your Membership fee payments.
MEMBERSHIP MODIFICATION OR CANCELLATION. You may modify or cancel your Membership at any time by logging on to your account within Island.co. To modify or cancel a Membership, please log in to your account on the Site and edit your membership by clicking "skip", "unsubscribe" or other similar options that may be offered at a later date. All such requests must be received at least one (1) day before your Membership Anniversary Date and any such requests received after such date shall take effect the following month. If you have any problems, please email support@Island.co.
GIFT CARDS. The following terms under the "Gift Cards" heading relate to you as the purchaser or user of gift cards from the Site ("Gift Cards"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU SHOULD NOT PURCHASE GIFT CARDS THROUGH THE SITE.
a. Purchasing and Redemption. By purchasing Gift Cards on the Site, you certify and represent to ISLAND that the activities in connection with which the Gift Cards will be used will comply with this Agreement and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and that the Gift Cards will not be used in any manner that is misleading, deceptive, unfair, or otherwise harmful to consumers or ISLAND, including its investors, officers, employees, agents, servants, assignees, subsidiaries, or any other ISLAND-related entity. An account is not required in order to purchase a Gift Card. If the Gift Card is purchased for an individual other than you, the recipient of the Gift Card shall be notified via email at the email address you provide during the purchase. In the event the recipient does not have an account at the time of receiving the email, they will be prompted to create an account in order to redeem the Gift Card. An account is required in order to redeem a Gift Card.
b. Use and Limitations. Gift Cards cannot be used to purchase other gift cards. To the fullest extent of the law, Gift Cards cannot be reloaded, resold, transferred for value, redeemed for cash, or applied to any other account. Unused Gift Card balances in an account may not be transferred. Unless otherwise required by law, Gift Cards are not returnable or refundable for cash. If applicable law permits the card-holder cash-out a Gift Card, such request may be made to support@Island.co. To the fullest extent of the law, Gift Cards may not be sold or bartered to third parties. Gift Cards may be used as personal or business gifts, but may not be used in connection with any marketing, advertising, or other promotional activities (including without limitation via Sites, Internet advertisements, email, telemarketing, direct mail, newspaper and magazine advertisements, and radio and television broadcasts) unless you obtain ISLAND's prior written approval. Use of ISLAND's name, logo, trade dress (including any image/likeness of the Gift Cards) or trademarks (or those of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) in connection with the purchase or use of ISLAND Gift Cards is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, the use of ISLAND Gift Cards in any manner that states or implies that any person, Site, business, product, or service is endorsed or sponsored by, or otherwise affiliated with, ISLAND, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is prohibited.
c. Risk of Loss. If your Gift Card is lost or stolen, immediately contact customer service at support@Island.co. Your Gift Card will be cancelled and after an internal investigation, we will issue a new Gift Card with the remaining balance, if any. Lost or stolen Gift Cards cannot be replaced without the original confirmation email sent to the email account provided to ISLAND. ISLAND and its affiliates shall have no liability to you for: lost or stolen Gift Cards; or use of any Gift Cards by third parties through your account that is not attributable to the negligence or misconduct of ISLAND. You are responsible for keeping the username and password for your account safe and for any activity conducted under your account that is not attributable to the negligence or misconduct of ISLAND. Notwithstanding the above, the risk of loss and title for Gift Cards pass to the purchaser upon our electronic transmission to the purchaser, recipient, or delivery to the carrier, whichever is first and/or applicable. The Gift Cards never expire, nor is there a dormancy fee, but we are not responsible if a Gift Card is lost, stolen, destroyed, or used without your permission for reasons not attributable to the negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct of ISLAND.
d. Fraud. If your Gift Card is lost or stolen, immediately contact customer service at support@Island.co. Your Gift Card will be cancelled and after an internal investigation, we will issue a new Gift Card with the remaining balance, if any. Lost or stolen Gift Cards cannot be replaced without the original confirmation email sent to the email account provided to ISLAND. ISLAND and its affiliates shall have no liability to you for: lost or stolen Gift Cards; or use of any Gift Cards by third parties through your account that is not attributable to the negligence or misconduct of ISLAND. You are responsible for keeping the username and password for your account safe and for any activity conducted under your account that is not attributable to the negligence or misconduct of ISLAND. Notwithstanding the above, the risk of loss and title for Gift Cards pass to the purchaser upon our electronic transmission to the purchaser, recipient, or delivery to the carrier, whichever is first and/or applicable. The Gift Cards never expire, nor is there a dormancy fee, but we are not responsible if a Gift Card is lost, stolen, destroyed, or used without your permission for reasons not attributable to the negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct of ISLAND.
e. Issuer. Gift Cards are issued by Island Cannabis Company, a Delaware corporation.
6. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. We have the right to refuse or cancel orders or memberships if a product or information is listed on the Site with a typographical error that incorrectly identifies the true price or service conditions of a product or service. We have the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, we will immediately issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge and you agree that a credit is your sole remedy.
7. TERMINATION. We have the right to terminate the Agreement or revoke any and all of your rights granted under the Agreement with or without prior written notice. Upon termination of this Agreement, you shall immediately cease all access to and use of the Site and we shall, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, revoke all password(s) and account identification issued to you and deny your access to and use of this Site in whole or in part. Any termination of this Agreement will not affect the respective rights and obligations of the parties arising before the date of termination.
8. INTERNATIONAL USE. This Site can be accessed from countries other than the United States, but may contain products or references to products that are not available outside of the United States. Any such references do not imply that such products will be made available outside the United States. If you access and use this Site outside the United States you are responsible for complying with your local laws and regulations.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, ISLAND DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO USE OF THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS AND INACCURACIES IN THE INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE PRODUCTS SOLD ON THE SITE, WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO SEPARATE TERMS OF SALE POLICIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCT TERMS OF SALE, SEE OUR FAQS RELATED TO OUR PRODUCTS AT ISLAND.CO/FAQ. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY APPLY TO YOU.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT ISLAND, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES. THE CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF ISLAND TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CAUSE OF ACTION SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR STRICT LIABILITY, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO ISLAND BY YOU DURING THE ONE-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY OR (B) THE REMEDY OR PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE STATUTE UNDER WHICH SUCH CLAIM ARISES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS INTENDED TO APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN BREACHED OR HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE OR IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR LIMITED LIABILITY, SO NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY APPLY TO YOU. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE BY USERS WHO RESIDE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY OR TO CLAIMS BY NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY ISLAND' FRAUD, DECEPTION, FALSE PROMISE, MISREPRESENTATION, OMMISSION OF ANY MATERIAL FACT OR INTENTIONAL OR RECKLESS MISCONDUCT.
11. BASIS OF THE BARGAIN. You acknowledge and understand that the warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability set forth in sections 9 and 10 form an essential basis of the agreement between the parties hereto, that the parties have relied upon such disclaimers and limitations of liability, and that absent such disclaimers and limitations of liability, the terms and conditions of this Agreement would be substantially different.
12. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ISLAND, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the "Indemnified Parties" ) from any and all liabilities, claims, expenses and damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way related to your breach of this Agreement, your use of the Site or in connection with your account or any other person's use or access to your account, with or without your permission. This provision does not require you to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any unconscionable commercial practice by such party, or for such party's negligence, intentional or reckless misconduct, fraud, deception, false promise, misrepresentation or omission of any material fact in connection with the Site. You agree that the provisions in this section will survive any termination of your account, this Agreement, or your access to the Site.
13. EXTERNAL LINKS. This Site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for the operation of or content located on or through any such site.
14. EXCLUSIVE VENUE. To the extent the parties are permitted under this Agreement to initiate litigation in a court, both you and ISLAND agree that all claims and disputes arising out of or relating to the Agreement will be litigated exclusively in either a small claims court of competent jurisdiction or the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles, California.
15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Please read the following arbitration agreement in this Section ("Arbitration Agreement") carefully. It requires you to arbitrate disputes with ISLAND and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from us.
a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim relating in any way to your access or use of the Website, to any products sold or distributed through the Website, ISLAND's consumer marketing or advertising practices, or to any aspect of your consumer relationship with ISLAND, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, nonrepresentative) basis; and (2) you or ISLAND may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). This Arbitration Agreement shall apply, without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before the Effective Date of this Agreement or any prior version of this Agreement.
IF YOU AGREE TO ARBITRATION WITH ISLAND, YOU ARE AGREEING IN ADVANCE THAT YOU WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR SEEK TO RECOVER MONETARY OR OTHER RELIEF IN ANY LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ISLAND ALLEGING CLASS, COLLECTIVE, AND/OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS ON YOUR BEHALF. INSTEAD, BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATION, YOU MAY BRING YOUR CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY IN AN INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION PROCEEDING. IF SUCCESSFUL ON SUCH CLAIMS, YOU COULD BE AWARDED MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF BY AN ARBITRATOR. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT YOU MAY CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT.
b. Arbitration Rules and Forum. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted by telephone, based on written submissions, or in person in the country where you live or at another mutually agreed location. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
c. Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Arbitration Agreement including, but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitration will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and ISLAND. The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the arbitral forum's rules, and the Agreement (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator shall issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and us.
d. Waiver of Jury Trial. YOU AND ISLAND HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY. You and ISLAND are instead electing that all claims and disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section 15(a) above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must follow this Agreement as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.
e. Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. YOU AND ISLAND AGREE TO WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO RESOLVE CLAIMS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT ON A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE BASIS. ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT MUST BE ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE BASIS. ONLY INDIVIDUAL RELIEF IS AVAILABLE, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE CUSTOMER OR USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER CUSTOMER OR USER. In the event that this subparagraph is deemed invalid or unenforceable neither you nor we are entitled to arbitration and instead claims and disputes shall be resolved in a court as set forth in Section 14.
f. Severability. Subject to Section 15(e), if any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the Arbitration Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
g. Survival of Agreement. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with ISLAND.
h. Modification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, we agree that if ISLAND makes any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, it will not apply to any individual claim(s) that you had already provided notice of to ISLAND.
16. THIRD PARTY SERVICES. From time to time, ISLAND may provide you with access to, use or enable certain third party software, products or services (collectively, "Third Party Services"). As a result, you also agree to be bound by any additional terms applicable to the Third Party Services. For example, ISLAND has implemented a Shopify Implementation within the Site. Your use of the Site is subject to, and you hereby agree to, Shopify's Terms of Service, as they may be amended by Shopify from time to time.
a. Severability/Waiver. Subject to Section 15(e), if any these provisions will be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision. No delay or omission by either party hereto to exercise any right or power occurring upon any noncompliance or default by the other party with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement shall impair any such right or power or be construed to be a waiver thereof. The terms and conditions of this Agreement may be waived only in writing and only by the party that is entitled to the benefits of the term(s) or condition(s) being waived.
b. Our Address. Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions regarding this Site to: Island Cannabis Company, 409 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 848, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, or email support@Island.co.
c. Notice. Where ISLAND requires that you provide an email address, you are responsible for providing ISLAND with your most current email address. In the event that the last email address you provided to ISLAND is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you any notices required or permitted by this Agreement, ISLAND's dispatch of the email containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice. You may give notice to ISLAND at the following address: 409 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 848, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. Such notice shall be deemed given when received by letter delivered by nationally recognized overnight delivery service or first class postage prepaid mail at the above address.
d. Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. It is ISLAND's policy to terminate privileges of any user who repeatedly infringes copyright upon prompt notification to ISLAND by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (c) a description of the location on the Site of the material that you claim is infringing; (d) your address, telephone number and email address; (e) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
e. Electronic Communications. The communications between you and ISLAND use electronic means, whether you visit the Site or send us emails, or whether we post notices on the Site or communicate with you via email. For contractual purposes, you (1) consent to receive communications from ISLAND in an electronic form, and (2) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that ISLAND provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were in writing. The foregoing does not affect your statutory rights.
f. Notice to California Customers. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, customers from California are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
g. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the final complete and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and merges all prior discussions between the parties with respect to such subject matter.


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Chandolin is one of the highest villages in Europe that are inhabited all year round. It gets a lot of sunshine and its height means it catches the last rays in the evenings. Long the favourite destination of some illustrious visitors, Chandolin has welcomed such well-known figures as Ella Maillart, René-Pierre, Edmond and Corinna Bille, Konrad Adenauer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Edouard Ravel. It is the ideal destination for those seeking peace and quiet and to recharge their batteries at an altitude of 2000 m.


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Clan Documentary Series: MacGregor
YouTube can be a treasure trove of interesting information, including on the topic of Clan History!
This documentary series - which is available in its entirety on YouTube - provides a fascinating insight into the background of Scotland's Clans and delves into the stories that define their past.
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More Scottish Anniversaries in July - Death of Robert Burns; and The Union of the Crowns.
Anniversary of Robert the Bruce's Birthday, 11 July 1274
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Bannockburn marked the end of the first Scottish War of Independence, which began back in 1296 when Edward I was King of England and continued until 1328. It was a decisive victory for the army of King Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England.


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Juan is a self-taught technology expert and entrepreneur, with vast experience in the video game industry and leadership roles. He is also the creator and lead developer of Godot, a popular open source game engine. Besides his ample work as tech consultant and founder of many successful companies in Latin America (NGD, Codenix and Okam), Juan is committed to fostering and promoting game development. He does this via his volunteer work in Godot Engine, and via FUNDAV, a foundation he and others created to promote game development in Latin America.
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BigRoad - A Fleet Complete Company, a leading provider of electronic logging devices (ELDs) and hours-of-service (HOS) compliance solutions for the transportation industry, has been named by Branham300 as one of Canada's top performing technology companies.
The Branham300 is the definitive listing of Canada's top public and private ICT companies, as ranked by revenue. BigRoad is proud to place #239 of the Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies list, #20 on the Top 25 Movers and Shakers list, and #15 on the Top Growth Companies list. BigRoad's commitment to simplifying hours-of-service and ELD mandate compliance for thousands of owner-operators, drivers, and fleets has led to its tremendous success.
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Home > About Us > Find a USCIS Office > International Offices > Asia/Pacific (APAC) District > South Korea - USCIS Seoul Field Office
South Korea - USCIS Seoul Field Office
Effective September 1, 2019, the USCIS Seoul Field Office will no longer process Form N-400, Form N-600, or Form N-600K for overseas military personnel and qualified family members. As of the effective date, the Guam Field Office will assume responsibility for these cases. Officers from the Guam Field Office will travel to Asia Pacific locations as necessary.
New Cases Filed After Seoul Field Office Closure:
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RedParticle::RedParticle(cocos2d::Vec2 position, std::string img, Player* player, std::vector<UnlockPortals*>* portals, float detectRange, float followRange, float followSpeed)
	:	m_player(player),
		m_portals(portals),
		m_detectRange(detectRange),
		m_followRange(followRange),
		m_speed(followSpeed),
		m_isFollowing(false),
		m_startPos(position),
		m_followOffset(rand() % 40 - 20, rand() % 40 - 20),
		m_incFrame(true),
		m_frame(1),
		m_maxFrames(0)
{
	setPosition(position);
	this->setCameraMask(4);
	if (img.find(".") >= img.size())
		initWithSpriteFrameName(img + "1.png");
	else
		initWithSpriteFrameName(img);
	m_imgBase = img;
	scheduleUpdate();
}

RedParticle::~RedParticle()
{
	removeAllChildrenWithCleanup(true);
}

void RedParticle::Reset()
{
	setPosition(m_startPos);
	m_isFollowing = false;
}

void RedParticle::update(float delta)
{
	float playerDist = m_player->getPosition().distance(getPosition());
	if (playerDist < 0)
		playerDist *= -1;
	if (!m_isFollowing)
	{
		if (playerDist <= m_detectRange)
		{
			m_isFollowing = true;
		}
		if ((m_followOffset).distance(getPosition()) > m_speed / 4.0)
		{
			cocos2d::Vec2 dirVector = ((m_startPos + m_followOffset) - getPosition()).getNormalized();
			setPosition(dirVector * m_speed / 4.0 + getPosition());
			float offsetDif = (m_startPos.y + m_followOffset.y) - getPositionY();
			if (offsetDif <= 1.4 && offsetDif >= -1.4)
				m_followOffset = cocos2d::Vec2(rand() % 50 - 25, rand() % 50 - 25);
			else
			{
				setPosition((cocos2d::Vec2(((float)(rand() % 50)) / 100.0f - 15.0f, (m_startPos.y + m_followOffset.y) - getPositionY()).getNormalized()  * m_speed / 4.0 / 3.0f) + getPosition());
			}
		}
		else
		{
			m_followOffset = cocos2d::Vec2(rand() % 50 - 25, rand() % 50 - 25);
		}
	}
	else if (m_isFollowing)
	{
		if (m_followRange > 0.0f && playerDist > m_followRange)
		{
			m_isFollowing = false;
		}
		else
		{
			for (int i = 0; i < m_portals->size(); i++)
			{
				if (m_portals->at(i)->getPosition().distance(getPosition()) <= m_detectRange && !m_portals->at(i)->IsUnlocked())
				{
					m_portals->at(i)->AddParticle(1);
					Delete();
					return;
				}
			}
			if ((m_player->getPosition() + m_followOffset).distance(getPosition()) > m_speed)
			{
				cocos2d::Vec2 dirVector = ((m_player->getPosition() + m_followOffset) - getPosition()).getNormalized();
				setPosition(dirVector * m_speed + getPosition());
				float offsetDif = (m_player->getPositionY() + m_followOffset.y) - getPositionY();
				if (offsetDif <= 1.4 && offsetDif >= -1.4)
					m_followOffset = cocos2d::Vec2(rand() % 40 - 20, rand() % 40 - 20);
				else
				{
					setPosition((cocos2d::Vec2(((float)(rand() % 50)) / 100.0f - 25.0f, (m_player->getPosition().y + m_followOffset.y) - getPositionY()).getNormalized()  * m_speed / 3.0f) + getPosition());
				}
			}
			else
			{
				m_followOffset = cocos2d::Vec2(rand() % 40 - 20, rand() % 40 - 20);
			}
		}
	}
	if (m_incFrame)
	{
		if (m_frame < 1)
			m_frame = 1;
		if (m_frame <= m_maxFrames)
		{
			setSpriteFrame(cocos2d::SpriteFrameCache::getInstance()->spriteFrameByName(m_imgBase + std::to_string((int)floor(m_frame)) + ".png"));
			++m_frame;
		}
		else
			m_incFrame = false;
	}
	if (!m_incFrame)
	{
		if (m_frame > 1)
		{
			setSpriteFrame(cocos2d::SpriteFrameCache::getInstance()->spriteFrameByName(m_imgBase + std::to_string((int)round(m_frame)) + ".png"));
				--m_frame;
		}
		else
			m_incFrame = true;
	}
}

void RedParticle::Delete()
{
	setPosition(cocos2d::Vec2(-100, -100));
	setVisible(false);
	m_isFollowing = false;
	unscheduleUpdate();
	m_isDeleted = true;
}


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St. Paul's By-election
Blast Radius
Game Fixer
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Baker's Oven
Huskies fatigue works in Lancers' favour
Written by Brian Baker on June 8, 2011
HOOK SLIDE: Leaside Lancers' Sam Lee evades Humberside shortstop Nick Szymczyk during a close play in the top of the fourth inning.
Smart baserunning provided the foundation for Leaside's slow and steady win to end the 2011 campaign.
Winning 4–0 against South Region rivals Humberside on May 24, coach Eric Stickney is hoping for more than just a 3–2 record to end the school year.
"We're hoping for more competitive ball," he said of their next task of OFSAA qualifiers that started May 26, post Huskies win.
Aside from their OFSAA qualifiers and the Citys thereafter, Stickney was charged by the key performances of Nick Mitchell and pitcher Harris Shenstone.
In the first inning, Mitchell would carve the visiting team's winning path by scoring off a sacrifice by Stephen Edwards. Two innings later Mitchell would smack a single to right field. Systematically he would steal each base, including home to put his Lancers up by two.
"I came to the game with the mindset to be aggressive," he said. "I had to really jump at the opportunities that I got, so I feel I did that well today."
Mitchell would get his third hit in as many tries only to lose a bit of his stride in the top of the fifth. On a call argued by Leaside as a balk, Huskies southpaw Jackson McCabe Gray picked off the baserunner at first.
It wasn't the first time Humberside coach Bob Walton saw disagreements on the field on that day.
Appearing in the second game of a double header, the Huskies won a wild won against Lawrence Park 4–0. The catcher and coach from the Panthers were thrown out for contesting an umpire's call.
Kafuffle aside, Walton was surprised his team had the durability to play a jam-packed schedule due to a rainy spring.
"We got through a rainout last week, many games at many times," he said. "We're lucky we had enough arms to finish games. We put our sixth and seventh guys in pitching today and one guy never pitched before."
Unfortunately the Huskies lost their mush against the Lancers. Though they were shut out, Jeremy Newton provided the offensive pop to the line-up, batting 1.000 with two stolen bases.
Though Humberside's Adam Raithby only allowed three runs in four innings and sat down three, Newton admitted there was plenty of work ahead of the Maroon and Grey for the OFSAA qualifiers and Citys.
"We're a little shaky in some places," he said. "We definitely need to work on our hitting, sort of getting consistent."
Smothering the rest of his teammates was Leaside's Shenstone who allowed three hits, no runs and sat down three in four innings.
But as is the case with a strong South Region, featuring Northern, Malvern and East York at the top, Mitchell serves himself a healthy slice of humble pie.
"The league's pretty competitive," he said. "Any team can beat any team on any given day."
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Born, Stockholm, 1968 to Swedish and Lebanese parents.
Raised in Lebanon, Sweden and France.
2012 (march) - Borderless exhibit at the Agial Gallery, Beirut. Photographs printed on canvas, mounted on light boxes, and two videos. A reflexion on borders and the absence of borders. 2010 (mars) - Participated at Art Paris with Galerie Vanessa Suchar.
2008 (june) - Participated in the Parcours Saint-Germain exhibition based on the theme, Once Upon A Time. Installation at the Saint-Germain Barclays bank featuring paintings, photography, silk screen, video and light boxes.
2008 (march) - Renaissance exhibit at the Galerie Langlet. Site-specific installation. Painting, photography, silk screen, video and light boxes. Words figure increasingly in the work. Each piece starts a story.
2006 - Participated in Mickey dans tous ses états, an exhibit at Artcurial with her piece, Unframed.
2003 - Founder and principal of a new graphic design company, Kaissadesign.
2002 - I Want, an exhibit at the Strange Fruit space, in collaboration with the Galerie Agial. Canvases, video instal- lation and silk-screen paintings. The mise-en-scène is heightened by incorporating the visitor and his shadow into the installation, thus completing it. Toiles du maître au mètre appears, a silk-screened roll of canvas sold by the metre.
1999 - Circuit Invisible, first solo exhibit at the French Cultural Center in Beirut, introduced the elements of her visual signature: site-specific installations, scenography and texts. The exhibit design follows a course along which the visitor climbs stone steps to gain access to a text that isvisible through a peephole inserted in the paintings.
1993-2003 - Artistic director, One-Off.
1993 - Artistic director, Femme Magazine.
Founded the One-Off, graphic design firm. 1992 - Graduated top of her class from the E.F.E.T. school of graphic arts in Paris.
2001 - Zupa Inglese exhibit at Artishow in partnership with the British Cultural Center in Beirut. Designed and laid out the exhibit and contributed works.
1997-2002 - Created Artiline, a collection of objects and furniture. Opened Artishow, a concept store that has became a benchmark for design in Lebanon.
1996 - Created the Table Rase project and exhibit, assembling the work of a generation of contemporary Lebanese designers and creative artists at the Beirut French Cultural Center. Designed and laid out the exhibit and contributed works.


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Fair Portfolio
Commencing his career in the 1980s, Sandile Zulu came of age as an artist in Apartheid South Africa where inequality, exclusion and discrimination were institutionalized evils. Zulu is known for his controlled methodology of burning and scorching canvases, paper, newspaper, wood and other found materials such as board. These supports have in common the quality of being readily available, offering themselves to the artist or man on the street as surfaces of inscription, on the one hand, and a conceivable source of combustion (or shelter) on the other. Zulu's choice of materials is one that cannot go unnoticed, as it is on these surfaces that we choose to record our passing, be it in the form of a picture, a telling mark on a tree, or the narratives, history and stories of those victorious and those vanquished, published in throwaway newspapers or tomes in series. We record statistics on paper, findings are published, and theories are often refuted in writing. Ultimately combustible, the knowledge, systems and subjects – both avowed or disavowed – that have and continue to be committed to writing are continually under threat or siege. The archive can easily be destroyed, or alternatively, replaced. The process always implies a loss, a forgetting, a victim in the singular, but more so in the plural, a specter, an ignis fatuus, all the more if the victim has been silenced or writ out from the annals of History.
Within the context of Southern Africa, Zulu's oeuvre evokes the omnipresence of fire, our fascination with it, and reminds us of its social history. Fire is a fuel for families and industry. In its primordial application and signification, it is as a source of light, protection, warmth and healing, but it is also has a darker, potentially destructive character when unbridled. The fires of desperation, anger and fear are cruel and blind. One need only think of the silencing and punishing technique of necklacing, practiced by militias in townships, but also the poor man's grenade, also known as the Molotov cocktail, employed during the height of the Apartheid years as an incendiary device against the regime. More recently, the element brings to mind the burning of libraries in protests against the non-delivery of services, but also the lost library of Timbuktu, where manuscripts were burnt at the hands of colonialists. Janus-like, fire reveals what we do not know or wish to acknowledge about ourselves.
Zulu's work often transgresses medium distinctions. He transmutes a sheet of paper or a once-flat canvas into a three-dimensional, sculptural support, counterposing the hard geometrics of the surface he has chosen, which he often multiplies into different planes, fragmenting the gaze and the viewer's perception, for instance in the work Spinal Diagnoses (2014) with the organic, soft cell-like structures of his themes. Populated by atomic, molecular and intestinal looking forms, which Zulu seems to blow onto his surface of choice, these life-giving or life-taking structures and systems, normally invisible to the naked eye, render his production replete with allusions to the bio-politic. One might argue their reference to the spread and handling of viruses such as AIDS and, when read in the present, Ebola, which threatens to rage through the continent like an apocalyptic wildfire. One might even posit that Zulu's interest lies in the phoenix, in what will rise from the ashes, from certain destructive forces metaphorically embodied by fire and disease.


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The Gemora states: Rav Amram said in the name of Rav that there are three transgressions from which no person is saved every day. They are: thoughts of sin, examining one's prayers (Rashbam – feeling overconfident that his tefillah will be answered positively; Tosfos – lack of concentration during tefillah), and lashon hara. The Gemora explains that lashon hara refers to avak lashon hara (close to being lashon hara).
What does the Gemora mean that "no man is saved" from these transgressions? Certainly there are great Tzadikim and Talmidei Chachamim who -- even if not entirely free of sin (see Koheles 7:20) -- do not transgress all of these transgressions every single day! How can the Gemora say that "no person" is saved from these three transgressions every day?
In addition, if no one is saved from these three transgressions, then why are they transgressions? Hashem certainly would not give commandments that are impossible to keep.
The Iyun Yaakov explains that the Gemora means to say that because the temptation for these three transgressions is so great, no person is saved from these three transgressions without putting forth much effort. Someone who puts forth the effort to protect himself from these transgressions, though, will succeed and will not succumb.
The Toras Chaim, however, does not seem to agree with this explanation. He asks why the Gemora says that "no person is saved" from these three transgressions, instead of saying simply that "there are three transgressions which a person transgresses every day." He answers that the Gemora is teaching that even one who attempts to avoid these transgressions will not be saved from transgressing them inadvertently, since the frequency of the challenge of these transgressions is so great.
How, though, does the Toras Chaim explain that there are Tzadikim who are able to avoid these transgressions?
The Maharsha explains that when the Gemora says that "no person is saved" from these three transgressions, it is referring to an ordinary person, but not to Tzadikim, who indeed are saved from these transgressions. He explains that while only a Jew, and not a gentile, is called "Adam" (Yevamos 61a), there is still a much higher level that a person can reach. The verse in Zecharyah (3:7) says that when a person follows the ways of Hashem, then "I will give you strides among these [Mal'achim] standing here." Similarly, the Gemora in Chagigah (15b) explains that the verse, "The lips of the Kohen shall safeguard knowledge, and they shall seek Torah from his mount, because he is an agent (Mal'ach) of Hashem..." (Malachi 2:7), is teaching that when a Torah teacher is similar to an angel, then one should seek to learn Torah from him. This teaches that a person should strive to reach a level of absolute submission to Hashem, like the level of the angels.
When the Gemora here says that "no person (Adam) is saved" from these three transgressions, it is referring to a person who has not yet reached this level of perfection in his Avodas Hashem. The Maharsha explains that the word "Adam" is an acronym for the words, "Efer" (ashes, dust), "Dam" (blood), and "Marah" (bile), as the Gemora in Sotah (5a) says. An ordinary person, whose physical composition dominates his actions, is not able to prevent himself from transgressing these three transgressions. The fact that he is comprised of "Efer" negates his ability to activate his spiritual strengths in order to pray properly, and thus he sins with the transgression of iyun tefillah. The heat of the "Dam" within him causes him to lust for immoral pleasure, and thus he is not saved from thoughts of sin. His element of "Marah," bile, creates in him the bitterness that causes him to have bad Middos and leads him to speaking lashon hara.
A person who conquers the lusts created by his physical composition overcomes the pull of those elements and rises above the status of "Adam" ("Efer, Dam, Marah") and becomes comparable to an angel. Such a person certainly is able to avoid transgressing these transgressions.
Posted by Avromi at 2/01/2010 01:56:00 PM
Labels: adam, Bava Basra 164, Gemora Sotah 5, lashon hara, tefillah, transgression


The August 26 closing of the two indoor pools will kick off the annual Maintenance Week, which will shut down most of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn.
From August 31-Sept. 7, the entire building (including the Dearborn Senior Center and the vicinity of the Michael A. Guido Theater) will be closed for the facility's annual maintenance, except for the The Center's service desk, and the Michael A. Guido Theater Box Office. The service desk will be open from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. from August 31-Sept. 3, and the box office will be open Sept. 1-4 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (the entire building will be shut over the Labor Day weekend before normal operations resume at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday).
Kerr pointed out that Ford Community and Performing Arts Center pass-holders will have their pass cards honored at Dearborn's outdoor pools during Maintenance Week. Both the Dunworth and Ford Woods Pools will be open daily through Labor Day (4-7 p.m. weekdays and noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day). Those people who are not pass-holders will pay the regular price for using the Dearborn's community pools, he added.
King Boring Field and the soccer field on the grounds surrounding The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center will continue normal operation during Maintenance Week.
The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center is located on the eastern edge of the city's municipal complex (including the Dearborn Police Headquarters and 19th District Court, the Henry Ford Centennial Library, and athletic field and the Dearborn Administrative Center. It is on the south side of Michigan Avenue (U.S.-12), generally across from Ford World Headquarters and just east of Exit 6 off the Southfield Freeway (M-39).
For further information on the maintenance work and resulting closures until normal operations resume Sept. 8, call (313) 943-2350.


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