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![]() Why? I talked to all the other students! + I just want to spend some time with my friends. Well, we spent, more time looking for my mom’s glasses then talking about the play or the rest of the day. It’s best if your name isn’t Amber, then… / Y-Yeah… He’s the type of guy you don’t want to make angry… Don’t be jealous, you know I like you best! / or + Nothing special, I think he wants to get new cords or something like that.īecause if Amber says anything about our kiss, I’m dead. Well, Leigh and I took our parents home, and we stayed there the whole weekend. Oh yeah? Are you sure you didn’t just “forget” to change?. Oh, I didn’t know you were agoraphobic… / So? There were a lot of people when I was there, too! + There were too many people in the locker rooms. Yeah, but I don’t like when I’m forced to do it. I have the gift of divination, you didn’t know? + No, last time I checked, I can talk to whoever I want to! / Īnd if it was, would you stop talking to him? ![]() Come on Cassy, don’t be mean to your mom. I don’t understand why you didn’t want to see your parents!. Do you not want to talk about it, is that it? +ĭon’t act innocent, every time I’ve seen you together, things end badly! (Go see Castiel and read him the riot act.) (-LOM with Nathaniel) (I don’t think that’s it…) / (more discussion and to correct answer) What is it that has four legs, one head and a foot? ![]() Yes! Even if I’m not always able to solve them…. Yes! I’m really good at them! / (more discussion) I don’t really have an opinion on that… / It’s a question! “Like the wind instrument used by Mozart in the beginning of his requiem Mass in D minor, I have a very particular shape. It’s a question this time! “What does Rene Magritte’s most famous painting, “The Treachery of Images”, represent? Who am I”? We have the choice between a clock, a cactus, and a kite… “I can be the sun, I can be the sand, and I can be a bird. Riddles for Treasure Hunt (Answer all questions correct and get a trophy for your dresser, correct answers are in bold) Hidden Items: (pictures of where items are hidden at end of page) ![]() Possibly you can’t get Castiel’s illustration in episode 23 (I’m not 100% sure on this yet)Īuntie: Found in classroom A, during objective ‘It’s time for the treasure hunt!’ when looking for the first three items.Buy a makeup kit for $180 (if you keep the kit) which gives you more options in your closet for your own Candy to have different expressions and makeup colors.Certain dialogue change in episode 23 with Castiel.It will be active once you start episode 23.ĭifferences on Making a Deal or Not Making a Deal: (keep it for someone else) until you go through all the girls (Iris, Melody, Peggy, Kim, Violette, and Rosa). OR you can keep it and it will unlock new options: face expressions and makeup colors in your closet. Instead you will end up buying a makeup kit for Amber ($180 in Dollar shop), if you give the kit to Melody after Amber rejects the kit Melody will give you back $85. ![]() Other note: If you decide not to take the deal you won’t get the illustration and Castiel’s LOM stays the same. Though you will lose 20 points with Castiel. The only way to get the illustration is to agree with the deal that Amber presents to you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other operating systems: The latest Adobe InDesign version from 2023 is also available for Mac. It's only available as a 64-bit download. What version of Windows can Adobe InDesign run on?Īdobe InDesign can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. The Adobe InDesign CS6 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software. 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FineScanner, TextGrabber, and Business Card Reader have received the new iOS 11-based functionality.ĪBBYY, a global provider of intelligent capture solutions to improve business outcomes, today released the iOS 11-powered updates for its productivity applications FineScanner, TextGrabber and Business Card Reader. ![]() ![]() I got a whole new contract, and I’ve been working ever since.”Īn arrest for possession of marijuana cost him work in the 1965 films The Sons of Katie Elder and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, and he told Minton he “almost died of a drug overdose a couple of times.” But a short time later, the studio called me up and offered me a role in Swiss Family Robinson. “I thought the whole world had fallen to pieces. That was when the studio told me they didn’t have any future projects for me, so I was being dropped. “I was thin and gangly and I looked a mess. Kirk was earning $1,000 a week but soon went through “a difficult stage,” he noted in 1962. I think his talent and range as an actor were taken for granted somewhat. Talking about Old Yeller, film historian Leonard Maltin said, “One of the reasons people remember is not just the fate of a beloved dog, but the shattering grief expressed by his owner, so beautifully played by Tommy. In 1956, the studio sent him and Mouseketeer Judy Harriet to the Democratic and Republican national conventions for newsreel specials. He was a great talent, and it was a privilege to work with him and call him a friend.” “A friend of mine who was a casting director told me that when Tommy Kirk came in to audition, he had never seen a kid actor as good as he was, especially because he could instantly cry on cue. Frighteningly talented,” his Hardy Boys onscreen brother, Tim Considine, said in a statement. “He was one of the most talented people I ever worked with. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney.” He added, “Disney was a family film studio and I was supposed to be their young leading man. “I didn’t know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career and maybe my whole acting career.” “When I was about 17 or 18 years old, I finally admitted to myself that wasn’t going to change,” he told Kevin Minton in an interview for a 1993 article titled “Sex, Lies, and Disney Tape: Walt’s Fallen Star” for Filmfax magazine. Disney execs learned about the relationship through the boy’s mother, and Kirk was let go, though he did return for one more movie, Merlin Jones sequel The Monkey’s Uncle (1965). While filming the movie, Kirk, then 21, started seeing a 15-year-old boy he had met at a swimming pool. Kirk brought many a tear to movie audiences’ eyes starring as country kid Travis Coates alongside a heroic Labrador retriever in Old Yeller (1957), then turned into a pooch himself - a sheepdog named Chiffonn - in The Shaggy Dog (1959), the first of four movies he made with Fred MacMurray.Īfter portraying Biff Hawk opposite MacMurray as a chemistry professor in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and the sequel Son of Flubber (1963), Kirk had an unexpected hit with The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964), which had been developed for television before Disney decided to place it in theaters instead. Darren Kent, 'Game of Thrones' Actor, Dies at 36 ![]() ![]() Include as well his participation in " King of Masked Singer" for the 2nd time in 2019, as well as being the MC for BLITZERS' debut showcase.No cancellations, exchanges, or refunds will be made under any circumstances. Queen", " Police University", " Cleaning Up", and " Mimicus". Although he is currently in the military, he had participated in numerous dramas "김슬기 천재 (Kim Is A Genius)", "Woman of 9.9 Billion", " Mr. Yoo YoungJae is a soloist and actor underneath DMOST ENT, who debuted on Apwith the mini album "Fancy" and the track ' Another Night'. Check out his music releases here: 'Amazing', ' Aight', ' You're My', and ' When you call'. The channel itself is growing since the original drafting of this post (4.4K subscribers to 4.47K). DaeHyun has since opened a side channel hosted by his friend/host where they started by posting camping videos ( 893Street). Jung DaeHyun is a soloist under Lionheart Entertainment who debuted in April 2019. Known for always hearting international and Korean fan comments on his YouTube channel or underneath his vlogs, JongUp has seen an increase in his followers since the original drafting of this post and his appearance on "Peak Time" (10.2K subs to 11.4K on YouTube and 26.1K monthly listeners to 27K). Since his solo debut with ' Headache', he has been capturing new fans' hearts with his one-man cover of SEVENTEEN's Anyone and his cute interactions following the tug-of-war match with Vanner's Gon including Team 24:00's cover of TXT's ' Good Boy Gone Bad'. You might recognize his name as he is currently featured on Team 24:00 on " Peak Time". Moon JongUp is currently a South Korean soloist who debuted on May 7, 2020. Zelo and the members met up to send YoungJae off to the military.Ĭurrently, Zelo has 54.3K subscribers on YouTube and 15.5K monthly listeners on Spotify. Zelo would also take to his Instagram stories about a message he received from a fan about someone impersonating him, warning against others about this behavior. Some lucky fans event met DaeHyun, Zelo, and JongUp at their 10th-anniversary cafe event. You might recognize Zelo for his numerous appearances: " Street Man Fighter" in 2022, " Artistock" (He was able to get to the semifinal before getting eliminated), Dive Studios, and a former We In the Zone member's Youtube Channel Video " OFFSTAGE" (EP 3-1). ' Questions', ' Deadline', 'She and Malibu', ' Back On the Road', ' Drunken Master', ' Fault', and more. Since then, he is an independent soloist who has had numerous releases. Zelo has been booked and busy since debuting as a soloist with 'Distance' in June 2019. The maknae, lead rapper, and lead dancer in BAP. Here is a small recap of everything so far.Ĭurrently, YongGuk has 206K subscribers and has seen growth on his Spotify since the original drafting of this post. ![]() Netizens often bring up the question "Where are the members now?", and "Where are the members in 2023?" when discussing the group and members themselves. B.A.P Members' Solo Debuts And Current Whereabouts In 2023ī.A.P is a group known for making waves in the K-Industry with their debut and numerous goal-achieving hits. ![]() Check out the group's latest comeback and " Peak Time" appearance here.ĩ. ![]() The group even posted a cute video to fans on their anniversary even when skiing. The group is known for constant updates about how they're doing, releasing a special series of photos to VSS on Christmas as a present without prior notice. Vanner is known to fans (VSS) as a sweet group despite their somewhat intimidating image (as seen with their song ' Form'). Striking people's hearts with their hardships and the harsh reality of what it's like with the members. You might recognize the group as Team 11:00. Ĭurrently, VANNER has 48.8K subscribers on YouTube and 29.6K monthly listeners on Spotify. ![]() The member lineup consists of YeongGwang, Ahxian, HyeSeong, Gon, and TaeHwan. VANNER is a 6-member South Korean boy group that debuted on February 14th, 2019 with ' Better do Better' including pre-debut promotions in Japan. ![]() ![]() ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. To sign up for a class visit Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]() FITPOD is an integral part of the ethos of The Studios at Lifestyle Centre, coordinated, managed, and delivered by a professional team with a collaborative mindset to promote healthy living, the Ballito way! 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FITPOD is a collection of multidisciplinary fitness and exercise studios, hosting world-class instructors in such disciplines as yoga, functional fitness, martial arts and various forms of dance, all under one roof. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you get caught picking the Chief's pockets you have one punishment, death. DO NOT PICKPOCKET THE CHIEF! He will not fine you. After you pay the fine you can continue pickpocketing the same person over and over. When you get caught you will have to pay a miniscule fine, that's all. Make your way to a stronghold and start picking. Make sure to walk by the Orc miner who will inform you she is spreading the word about you and the strongholds will accept you. It costs you very little and the owner of the mine will pay you much more than you gave. Go to Karthwasten and bribe the Silver Bloods to leave. You can level pickpocketing at any time without the bribery perk by visiting Orc Strongholds. Then I make pickpocketing legendary and go back to stealing low end items like arrows. I collect as much high end merchandise as I can and sell most or all of it. Now I take the master perk and go after the people of the hold I was in. When the skill is fully leveled and you can pickpocket everyone easily it is very unsatisfying. This entire strategy as a whole gave me a reason to continue being a pickpocket.īefore patch 1.9 I would get bored with pickpocketing once I got to 100. ![]() I did this to pickpocketing twice in each of my playthroughs. ![]() It is even better with patch 1.9, allowing us to make a skill legendary. With more perks gained quickly you can spread yourself a little more thin than a normal character while still being strong and viable. The easiest way to level any skill is to by train and pickpocket the back the money. A build can easily get over 60+ perks without spending a lot of time doing so. Pickpocketing is a very fast skill to level. The other reason to lockpick is to get rich but a skilled pickpocket should have plenty of money lying around. You have no need to pick locks because you have the key to most locks. This allows you to get into houses and chests without picking the locks. Yes, open some locks if you really want to but there is no reason to when you can pickpocket people. It makes lockpicking pretty obsolete, especially when you can pickpocket equipped weapons. Well with pickpocketing you will get some great items to use and sell. If you use lockpicking when your character is a pickpocket you are doing it wrong! What is the point of opening chests and doors? Its to get items to use or sell. I will be discussing mostly strategies but will dabble in mechanics and numbers too. After that you are ready to just abandon pickpocketing for the duration of the character. When you get to 100 you have fun taking equipped weapons and clothes for about 15 minutes. You can get to 100 in little time compared to most other skills. Everyone who has used it noticed how quickly it levels. The pickpocketing skill in Skyrim is possibly the most underrated and overlooked skill in the game. ![]() ![]() If not wanting to associate with that makes me part of “cancel culture”, or constitutes “virtue signalling” or being “woke”, I’m OK with that.” GMillerTSN on Twitter “My problem with Barstool is the history of unapologetic misogyny, racism, xenophobia and the repeated condoning of non-consensual sex. Miller accused Barstool of being a company that discriminates and that they “condone non-consensual sex” The response has been incredibly positive, especially from female/BIPOC colleagues who have been afraid to speak out about their issues with Barstool (and sites like it)- Gord Miller ? March 17, 2021 John, too, is confused because Sam should be in Palo Alto, seeing as how it’s 2003 for Papa Winchester.My comment today about not wanting to associate with Barstool Sports has prompted a lot of texts/emails/calls. Dean and Sam fill dad in on everything - angels, Lucifer’s child, his Men of Letters heritage, his death - over a drink, because can you imagine doing this sober?! Then Mary walks into the bunker, and John’s face crumbles as he realizes that his longtime love is alive in 2019. (If Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s emotional, teary “Mary…?” didn’t gut you, we need to have a talk.) The two kiss so passionately that Dean and Sam awkwardly leave the room. 2 is delivered by John and Sam, who have an overdue heart-to-heart about their troubled relationship. Sam doesn’t really want to talk about it, because for him, “that fight was a lifetime ago,” he tells his dad, who acknowledges that he messed up. “When I think about you - and I think about you a lot - I don’t think about our fights. I think about you on the floor of that hospital, and I think about how I never got to say goodbye.” (At this point, I became a little worried that Jared Padalecki was going to drown in his own tears.) John and Sam apologize to each other before Sam reassures his dad, “You did your best. That’s enough.”ĭean, too, gets his moment with John, who admits that he thought the fight would end with himself and the Yellow-Eyed Demon. “I guess that I hoped, eventually, you would get yourself a normal life, a peaceful life, a family,” he confesses to Dean, who replies after a thoughtful beat, “I have a family.”īut unfortunately, this family reunion is not meant to last: Dean and Sam discover that the timeline is starting to change. Because John was plucked from 2003, Sam never joined the family business and is now a kale-loving lawyer, while Dean is still a hunter, albeit a Most Wanted one. And eventually, Mary will fade away, so as far as John’s concerned, there’s no choice to make he must go back to his time. In a surprising turn of events, it’s Sam who seems a bit reluctant to send John home and erase this happy moment from his memory. “Because our lives, they’re ours, and maybe I’m just too damn old to want to change that.” But if they send him back knowing everything, “who does that make us?” Dean wonders, adding that he’s good with who he and Sam are. So after the first-ever (and last?) Winchester family dinner, Dean, Sam, John and Mary exchange their goodbyes. (Yes, there are even more tears.) “My girl. I miss you so damn much,” John says to Mary, and you can really feel it in his words. To Dean and Sam: “I am so proud of you boys. Then Sam crushes the pearl, barely able to look at his dad as he does it, while Dean jerks at the sound. With that, John fades away, waking up in the Impala circa 2003. “It was a good one.” So how does what John experienced fit into the show’s mythology? Does he actually recall what happened in 2019? “I just had one hell of a dream,” John says when Dean calls him. “I think it would create some problems for us, time travel-wise, if he remembered everything,” co-showrunner Andrew Dabb tells TVLine. And it didn’t change him, it didn’t change our history, but I would like to think it did, for maybe just a small amount of time, soften him toward Sam Dean. The John we see in Season 1 is very much not the John we’ve talked about who existed before Sam went away. That John was much more hard-edged… And I would like to think that, possibly, this dream, this experience that happened, marks that turning point.Gord is a racist and kills puppies. ![]() ![]() If you want to point out where I lied about these incidents. A lot of positive responses from people too scared to speak about might Gord Miller- Matt March 17, 2021Īccording to Twitter’s own rules, targeted harassment, which both Portnoy and Barstool employees regularly partake in, is against the social media platform’s rules. Twitter didn’t respond to a Daily Dot request for comment on the matter on Wednesday. “You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone or incite other people to do so. ![]() ![]() ![]() William Zana, the Guard Bureau's director of Strategic Plans and Policy and International Affairs, said approximately 1% of the United States' security cooperation budget across the Defense Department and State Department is allocated to the SPP. "Our years of existing partnership have established levels of trust and respect that are invaluable in the middle of a crisis."Īrmy Maj. ![]() Dusty Jones, the state's senior enlisted leader. "This engagement shows the true benefit of the SPP, allowing life-saving knowledge and experiences to flow through open dialogue between Peru and West Virginia," said Army Command Sgt. State Partnership Program events can also be small: a handful of Guard participants exchanging best practices with foreign counterparts in medical response, small-arms proficiency, professional development or other specialties.Ī small group of West Virginia Guardsmen conducted a virtual information exchange on best vaccine practices during the COVID-19 pandemic early last year. forces together, particularly Utah National Guard, makes us very proud, and it is humbling to see that we can have that much effect on the local populace." "Our ability to work with our Moroccan partners to provide humanitarian assistance is one of the most rewarding parts of African Lion and the relationship with the Kingdom of Morocco," Nielsen said. Spencer Nielsen, senior enlisted advisor, Utah National Guard, took part in African Lion 2021 with the state's SPP partner, Morocco. Focus areas include field training chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response and humanitarian and civilian assistance events.Īrmy Command Sgt. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise, which brings thousands of multinational service members and hundreds of Guardsmen to the continent to work together with African partners. These events can be complex, like African Lion: U.S. of about $42 million per year, the SPP averages about 1,000 engagements, exchanges and training exercises worldwide annually. Some aspects of the SPP can be measured: At a cost to the U.S. In the global security environment, our superpower is our relationships with so many partners who trust us, who know us, who understand us."Īlliances and partnerships help nations deter adversaries, enhance military capabilities, foster cooperation and grow together: Eleven European nations ascended to both NATO and European Union membership after their SPP partnerships were formed. ![]() Joseph Lengyel, 28th Chief of the National Guard Bureau. "Our real superpower as a nation is our allies and partners," said retired Air Force Gen. The SPP also supports America's National Defense Strategy, which highlights the significance of allies and partners in maintaining national security, emphasizing the importance of strengthening alliances and building partnerships to address shared challenges and promote global stability. Those long-term relationships are the bread and butter of the program." "By working with foreign counterparts and exchanging valuable experience and knowledge," Whitehead said, "participants can significantly enhance the capabilities of our military while fostering long-term connections that extend beyond just the days and weeks of training together and span over decades and entire careers. SEA Tony Whitehead, the 6th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the CNGB, said the State Partnership Program provides enlisted airmen and soldiers the unique opportunity to broaden their understanding of the world while simultaneously increasing their readiness. We are more alike than I initially thought, and it has been an awesome experience working out here." "When we get to work with other NATO forces, we get an idea of how to work with each other, how we operate. "This is my first time going out of the country," Lynch said. ![]() Josh Lynch was one of the Maryland National Guardsmen who traveled to SPP partner Estonia for Spring Storm, the Estonian Defense Force's largest annual military exercise. "By sharing what we're good at, we both become better." And, for our military leaders, it's one-on-one training and learning from our partners, because each partner has unique capabilities and specialties, as we do." "It gets them out there to give them a better picture of the globe and some of the issues other nations face. 1, it gives our Guardsmen the experience of operating in a unique environment," Hokanson said. Current and former senior leaders say it is equally beneficial to both partners. The SPP pairs the National Guard of every state, territory and the District of Columbia with nations around the world. ![]() |
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