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The proof to be discussed may be categorized as "proof of god from secrets in holy texts see Part 1. Please skim part one before reading this part two.
The argument claims that Psalms 148:3 has secret knowledge. Praise him ..."stars of light". As if to imply there are stars that do not give off light ! How did those ancients know that some stars do not give off light ? Thus the text must be of divine origin.
So according to the theologians advocating the above 'proof' only stars of light should praise the Lord ? Those stars not giving light should not praise the Lord ? Why would the Psalms intend that ?
Verse 4 speaks about waters above the heavens. This refers to the incorrect notion of water above the firmament with the Lord controlling it's sluices to withhold water or provide it like described in the Noach flood story of Genesis. How ironic to quote verse 3 to support secret science in Psalms, when the very next verse is factually wrong !
Furthermore, why can't it be poetic license to add the word light ? The Tenach when writing about stars sometimes associates them with light, but more often Tenach just writes stars with the implicit understanding the stars give light. (see below for various Tenach verse relating to stars. }.
Even if the word light in Psalms 148:3 is superfluous on what basis may one presume it was done to teach there are stars with no light ? There could have been any number of other things it may want to teach or perhaps not teach anything at all. Maybe Psalm wrote light for poetic reasons. It is an attempt to retroactively shoehorn a scientific fact into the Tenach.
Moreover, consider Psalms 14 and 53 which are very similar. Also Psalms 40:14-18 is found in Psalm 70. Are there hidden secrets in these duplications ? Maybe the editor of Psalms just included duplication or superfluousness for one reason or another and for reasons having nothing to do with 'teaching' us science secrets.
Why does finding secrets of science in holy texts require these mental gymnastics ? Why are these science secrets only found after science discovers them ?
When the Tenach uses the term stars it is not being used the way science uses the term. Science may include stars with extreme poor eye visibility to those actually visible by eye. So the 'proof' is comparing apples to oranges.
Even if Tenach directly wrote of the existence of stars that do not give off light it is not proof of anything. The ancients observed stars with strong light and those with weaker and weaker light, and extrapolated to the existence of stars with no light. How miraculous is that ?
Finally, it is important to note the translation usually provided for Psalm 148:3 may not be correct ! The Anchor Bible Psalms III by M. Dahood 1970 pages 351-353 discusses Psalm 148:3. The translation is frequently rendered 'shining stars' or 'stars of light'. However Dahood argues the hebrew word which has been translated as 'light' should be translated as 'morning' as in Neh VIII:3. Dahood uses Job XXXVIII:7 to translate Psalms 148:3 as morning stars: Stars visible at dawn, meaning the planets.
Thus the translation of Psalm 148:3 is uncertain; the so called superfluous word is not extra at all and the 'proof' collapses.
Here are some related Tenach verse involving stars with of my related commentary.
a) Nehemiah 4:15 So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
It does not make a distinction between types of stars. It is understood by the Tenach that stars give us light.
b) 1 Chronicles 27 : 23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under; because the LORD had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
No distinction between types of stars.
c) Psalms 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy endureth for ever.
Implicit the stars give of light. Does it make sense that dead stars are to rule the night ?
Should we infer that there exist stars not in heaven ! ? Of course that is not the intent of the verse. Notice the verse again links Stars with light.
Notice verse does not write the stars of light will not give their light. This because it is understood stars give light, not that there are stars that do not give light.
e) Ecclesiastes Chapter 12. 1 Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them'; 2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and ..
Implicit the stars, sun and moon give off light.
So does this imply some stars do not exist in heaven ? I do not think that is the intent. Should we infer that there are stars not in our heaven and this proves a Multiverse ?
Clearly writes the stars are for light. Nothing about giving us stars that do not give off light.
The STARS withdraw their shining. Implies that Stars means the object giving off light.
j) Genesis 1 : 16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
The Moon and Stars are about light.
Does not specify darken only the stars giving light. That is because the presumption is all stars give off light.


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Q: No GRUB, Boot-Repair-Disk asking me to close package managers.... How to proceed? So I had a perfectly functioning triple boot system (Windows 10, Ubuntu 14.04, Kali Linux 2.0). Tonight I come home boot up my system and don't get GRUB. I tried to trouble shoot from Boot-Repair-Disk but when running boot repair I get a message "Please close all your package managers (software center, update manager, synaptic, ...). Then try again." ..... I don't have anything of the sort open.
My boot info summary is here. Looks like GRUB somehow got deleted from the fact that there is no boot manager installed.
So my main question is obviously how to resolve this since for some reason Boot-Repair-Disk isn't working
My other major question would be what caused this? I haven't done any major updates to windows. The only thing I can think of that might have caused this was flashing my BIOS the other day? Just want to know what to avoid for futures sake!

A: You do have boot loaders installed. I suspect you're reading the following:
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.

That, however, refers to BIOS-mode boot loaders. Your system, however, is clearly booting in EFI mode, and there are EFI-mode boot loaders on your EFI System Partition (ESP; /dev/sda2 in your case).
EFI boot loaders are registered with the firmware, and the Linux efibootmgr tool can display information on them. Your Boot Repair output includes this information on lines 1081-1108:
Boot0003* UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell  Vendor(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012,)..BO
Boot0004* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0007* Hard Drive    BIOS(2,0,00)..GO..NO........o.S.a.m.s.u.n.g. .S.S.D. .8.5.0. .E.V.O. .2.5.0.G.B....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.2.S.N.1.X.N.G.A.0.C.8.1.2.3. .H. . . . ........BO..NO........o.W.D.C. .W.D.1.0.E.Z.E.X.-.0.0.B.N.5.A.0....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . .W. .-.D.C.W.3.C.0.F.L.N.T.V.D.Y........BO
Boot0008* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0009* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000A* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000B* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000C* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000D* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000E* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot000F* Unknown Device    BIOS(b,0,00)..GO..NO........i.P.N.Y. .U.S.B. .2...0. .F.D. .1.1.0.0....................A.......................<..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.P.N.Y. .U.S.B. .2...0. .F.D. .1.1.0.0........BO
Boot0011* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0012* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0013* UEFI: PNY USB 2.0 FD 1100 ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(12,2)USB(1,0)HD(1,70,1d19f90,c3072e18)..BO
Boot0014* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0015* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0016* UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0017  UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0018  UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot0019  UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot001A  UEFI: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000000ffff0000HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)..BO
Boot001B* Windows Boot Manager  HD(2,e1800,32000,a58a1cd6-0de6-44ef-ba6e-a358cdc2952b)File(EFIMICROSOFTBOOTBOOTMGFW.EFI)..BO

Two things jump out at me about this output:

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*There is no ubuntu entry, as there should be.

*There are multiple duplicate entries for Samsung SSD.

You should be able to fix the first problem with the following command, typed from the emergency disk you used to run Boot Repair:
sudo efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 2 -l //EFI//ubuntu//shimx64.efi -L "ubuntu"

(If the system complains that there is no efibootmgr command, type sudo apt-get install efibootmgr to install it.)
That command should create an ubuntu entry and make it the default. That said, it's possible that the ubuntu entry does not exist because whatever has caused the redundant Samsung SSD entries to appear has messed up the NVRAM data and pushed the ubuntu entry out. This type of problem could also prevent the new entry from "taking." If so, there are at least a couple of possible workarounds:

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*You can use efibootmgr to delete the redundant entries. Typing sudo efibootmgr -b 0004 -B will delete the Boot0004 entry. Repeat the command, but changing 0004 to each of the Samsung SSD entries in turn, to delete them all (or perhaps just all but one of them). Do not delete the various entries other than the Samsung SSD -- those all seem to be valid, and I've seen EFIs flake out if you delete certain necessary entries.

*You can use the firmware's setup tool to reset all the firmware options to the default. This may eliminate all the NVRAM entries, whereupon you'll need to use efibootmgr to re-create the ubuntu entry, as just described.

If you continue to have problems after trying this, I recommend you read the following pages for more background information before trying anything else:

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*Adam Williamson's blog entry on how EFI works -- This page describes the theory behind EFI-mode booting.

*My page on installing Linux on EFI systems -- This page is a more practical introduction to EFI-mode booting than Adam Williamson's blog.

With any luck, the information on those pages will help you understand EFI-mode booting, which should help you debug EFI boot problems and, if you can't figure it out yourself, ask the right questions.

A: I encountered this error message from Boot Repair when trying to use it to install GRUB for an installation with a separate /var partition. Deselecting the option "Purge GRUB before reinstalling" got rid of the error and Boot Repair successfully installed GRUB.
(In my case, GRUB was not previously installed. The Ubiquity installer for Linux Mint 18.1 failed - and crashed - to install it to a disk on a Promise fakeRAID controller, meaning I had to use the --no-bootloader option for Ubiquity to get the installation - into LVM partitions - to complete.)

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DIRECTED BY: Sarah Adina Smith
FEATURING: Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, Kate Lyn Sheil
PLOT: A mysterious loner living in isolation in the mountains survives off the food and shelter of unused vacation homes; through flashbacks we see how his life unraveled after meeting a doomsday-prophesying computer engineer.
WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: With its nonlinear style and a few nearly incomprehensible plot elements, this is definitely weird. But it also throws in a by-now familiar twist that makes it feel less special.
COMMENTS: For years, a man (Rami Malek) known only as "Buster" has been haunting the woods where a number of high-end vacation homes lie empty the majority of the year. He breaks into these homes and stays for a few days at a time, neatly tidying up after himself but often leaving some memento of his visit behind for the owners to find. The only interactions we see him engage in are periodic phone calls to radio DJ's and phone sex workers, warning them of some impending doom called "the Inversion." In an alternate vision of his life, he is lost at sea, waiting out his own death on a small rowboat, alternating between English and Spanish as he shouts at the sky. With the third version of Buster, we learn his history. He was once named "Jonah," a hard-working young family man who had overcome drug addiction and homelessness and found salvation (and a wife) in the church. He works the night shift at a quiet airport hotel, and dreams of whisking his family away from the toil of working-class suburban life to their very own plot of land in the mountains, where they can live on their own terms. Jonah's chance encounter with an unnamed drifter (DJ Qualls) who foretells the end of the world sets a chain of events in motion that leads to drastic changes in his lifestyle and worldview.
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While for the audience Buster's Mal Heart is at times difficult, even impossible, to parse, it is handled with such an assured, determined hand that its inscrutability never feels like a failing. The back-and-forth narrative, bold cinematography, riveting performances, and joint themes of apocalyptic paranoia and man's struggle with duality allow for a strange, contemplative, emotionally resonant film. However, the reveal near the very end is frustratingly familiar, and suddenly the story does not stand out as something different. Admittedly, Smith handles this well-trod plot twist with a fresh take, throwing in a memorably mystifying ending that opens up more questions than anything that came before it, but the fact that this twist element is even used does something to minimize the otherwise unique attitude of the film. It is nevertheless a distinctive second feature, cementing Smith as an exciting new voice in the weird cinema genre.
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If you talk the talk, you have to go out there and walk the walk and Broad did that admirably. He was brilliant from first ball to the last.
At teatime on day four, West Indies were only four down - and my feeling was that, as long as they were still batting the next day, the Wisden Trophy would be safe.
But they lost six wickets quickly after tea and, from Jason Holder's point of view, the question would be whether they gifted it to England and let them back in the game - or whether it was ripped away from them with magical new-ball bowling.
I would actually say Broad's spell, when he took three wickets for one run with that new ball, got the initiative back and gave England the platform to go on and win the match.
With those bowlers they've got, it'll be interesting to see who plays now in the series decider - are you going to tell Jofra Archer and Mark Wood they're not playing?
Does Jimmy Anderson miss out again at his home ground? This game will have taken a lot out of the bowlers and it's back to back to back - so I would probably go with rotation again.
It's a difficult one - Sam Curran always nips in with vital wickets, as does Ben Stokes, who is such a phenomenal cricketer. Any side in the world would want him.
England spinner Dom Bess picked up two of the last three West Indies wickets at Old Trafford
Just when they desperately needed to get Shamarh Brooks out, Curran found a way. There's a stat I saw that, out of 18 Tests Curran has been involved in, England have won 13.
I was also really pleased for Dom Bess to get two of the last three wickets after the seamers had set it up. Right at the end, he found that line.
Rob Key made the point in the morning that England needed to bowl him from the James Anderson End. The problem was all the seamers were queuing up to bowl from that end because it was doing more and the breeze was taking it away.
So Bess had to wait his turn patiently, finally he got to the right end and it was nice for him to get the wicket that won the match.
The pick of the action from the final day of the second #raisethebat Test as England beat West Indies by 113 runs to level the series at 1-1.
He's still learning his trade and he's learning it in front of the Sky cameras, trying to help England win a Test series.
For me, if there was one real highlight of the whole Test, it was to see England put runs on the board in the first innings.
I think that's one thing they were desperate to put right. Once they do it, they've got the bowling attack - whoever's injured or rested - to take 20 wickets.
Stokes showed he can play any way he wants to, contrasting the style of his two innings - but Dom Sibley also played a big part with his first-innings hundred.
Dom Sibley celebrates reaching his hundred at Old Trafford
He may not be overly pleasing on the eye, but he's very pleasing on the scoreboard. The bowlers are always grateful for an opening batsman who bats time and lets them sit and watch.
Pakistan will have quality spinners when they come here next month and Sibley's going to have to work out a way of rotating the strike against them, but he will develop and get better at that.
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West Indies have got more problems with the batting and they'll have to go again with virtually the same bowling attack. England have options and I'd say they're in the ascendancy now.
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Been following the work of Neil Milton aka beneath us, the waves... since he DJ'd at the first Twestival in Glasgow. I am particularly fond of the track elegy for tramway and featured it on my first mixtape.
Anyway... Neil & co held their first live performance on the 1st April 2010... and have released the tracks recorded "by an off-stage stereo microphone" as a bootleg download.
Well worth checking out here. Can't wait to hear the album when its released.


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Fall's biggest attraction is the Adkins Farm Market corn maze and play area. With over 7 acres of different mazes and an additional 2 acres in our play area there is enough to keep you playing all day. Our mazes include our corn maze, straw maze, milo, maze, spider maze, rope maze and more. Our famous corn maze is over a mile long. Check out the "corny" jokes along the way, but don't worry there is a shortcut exit if you need to get out quicker. Pack a lunch and plan to stay for the whole day. Sneakers and closed toed shoes are recommended for the play area. On the weekends in the fall we have an hourly hayride for all as well as our newest kiddie caboose train ride for the young ones. Our SuperSlide is over 60 feet long. Rubber duck racing is a fan favorite. There is plenty to do to keep you occupied all day.


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Q: How to read web.config settings in .html page? I'm using ASP.NET 3.5 web forms.
I've stored my site path in web.config adding key named "CommonPath".
Now I've one simple html page and want to use this key on this static html page.
So how can i do this? or Is there any other way for this?
Thanks in advance

A: What I did in the past was to register ".html" pages to be interpreted as dynamic pages, too. (I.e. just like ASPX).
This can be done through your "web.config" file:
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As Robert points out, this works well with IIS 7 and IIS 7.5 (and probably on above versions, too). If you are using IIS 6, you have to do it through the IIS Management Console.

A: As per Ramesh and Andrew Barber's comments: the best approach would be to rename the .html file to .aspx, so that ASP.NET will handle it instead of IIS just returning the static file.  Add a simple redirect-permanent rule to your web server to handle legacy traffic.  If you must leave the .html file as is, you could add a rewrite rule (if you have the IIS Rewrite module installed) to point the .html file to the .aspx file without anyone knowing; or, alternatively, use ASP.NET routing to achieve the same effect.


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Barrick may refer to:

Barrick Gold, a Canadian mining company
Barrick Gaming Corporation, a Las Vegas-based gambling company
Barrick Nealy (born 1983), football quarterback in the CFL
David Barrick (born 1984), English cricketer
Dean Barrick (born 1969), English footballer
Des Barrick (1926–2007), English cricketer
Jesse T. Barrick (1841–1923)[2], American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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Immigrant Rights, Massachusetts, Migration, Supreme Court
Landmark High Court Decision in MA: Law Enforcement Cannot Detain Immigrants Just for ICE
Ruth McCambridge
Image from PBS Frontline, "The U.S. Immigration Detention Boom."
July 24, 2017; WBUR News
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts handed down a landmark decision yesterday, ruling that the state's law enforcement officials do not have the right to detain immigrants based only on a detainer request from ICE.
Massachusetts law provides no authority for Massachusetts court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of a Federal civil immigration detainer, beyond the time that the individual would otherwise be entitled to be released from State custody.
The ruling in Lunn v. Commonwealth found that state law "provides no authority for Massachusetts court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of a federal civil immigration detainer, beyond the time that the individual would otherwise be entitled to be released from state custody."
The plaintiff, Sreynuon Lunn, was born in Thailand to Cambodian parents. He brought suit because he had been held on a Department of Homeland Security civil immigration detainer even though county prosecutors had dropped the original robbery charge that had been lodged against him. The feds picked him up in February, but neither Thailand nor Cambodia considered him a citizen, so he has not, after all, been deported—just detained.
"Today's decision is a victory for the rule of law and smart immigration and criminal justice policies, and a rejection of anti-immigrant policies that have stoked fear in communities across the country," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. She added that the ruling "allows local law enforcement to focus their resources on keeping people safe."
C.M. Cronen, the director of the ICE field office in Boston, says they are still determining what their next moves will be but asserts that the ruling "weakens local law enforcement agencies' ability to protect their communities."
Eva Millona, director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), said the ruling "provides much needed clarity for Massachusetts law enforcement." But Susan Church, a former head of the New England chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, believes that the influence of the ruling could be far greater, providing a roadmap for elsewhere.
Carol Rose of the ACLU of Massachusetts called the ruling "the first of its kind in the nation."
At a time when the Trump administration is pushing aggressive and discriminatory immigration enforcement policies, Massachusetts is leading nationwide efforts by limiting how state and local law enforcement assist with federal immigration enforcement.
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The price range can be $50 to $500, depending on how badly a buyer wants to add a marble to a collection. This marble was sold during a 2004 Morphy's Auction. More Rare Knives. In addition to being vintage, the comic book is rare — only 100 or so copies exist. Agate Swirls were made from 1927 to 1929 and can be valued as high as $600. History of Collector Marbles. I just found my marble collection on a trip back to see family in Kansas Feb 28, 2014 - Made in the 1940's, these opalescent beauties come in blue and white. The Leighton Oxblood marble made in the United States from 1880 to 1910 brings an average price of $1,200 to $2,000 each. FAST 'N FREE. Handcrafted and designed marbles are slightly more valuable, selling for $275 to $350. Fortunately help is at hand, with our crash course in recognising valuable marbles. Peltier Honey Onyx Rare Marble .66" NM #139. Granted, $300 bucks won't put you through college, but it's pretty great considering the toy was free and is usually the size of a yo-yo. Every couple of years, the mine puts the beautiful, rare diamonds up for auction. Copyright 2020 Leaf Group Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Identify the type of marbles you have. Certain examples of these miniature pieces of art have since become very valuable, but unless you know exactly what you're looking out for it can be difficult to tell if you've just found the big one. Many are early Case (Case Brothers, WR Case, Tested XX & XX) but some are Remington, Winchester and Sheffield folding Bowie knives. Coins. Only a few are mined each year at Argyle Mine in Australia. When I wrote previously about that lot of rarest handmade marbles that eventually sold for US$13,000, I said you likely wouldn't see anything like them soon. See more ideas about Paperweights, Glass marbles, Marble. The most popular color? 3/4" Akro Agate Double Ingot Sparkler Vintage Old Glass Marble Rare. In July 2020, a single rare German handmade lavender sulfide marble in mint condition sold for $5,200 with 77 bids. The history of marbles traces back to ancient China, and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of Egypt. Packaging. In fact, a sulphide marble featuring Teddy Roosevelt sold for $4,500 in a 2011 sale. That means marbles made before 1950 may be worth a considerable sum to … You guessed it: blue. Extracted from our just-published Rare Record Price Guide 2008 – the ultimate collector's bible – these are the ones that we dream of finding.. (2004) 1945 box plastic planes offer "Here, years later, we are out chasing those very same marbles." Generally speaking, the wider the variety the more valuable the marble. "There are probably hundreds of dollars worth of marbles in that creek now," he said. They are called Benningtons because their glaze resembles that of the brown and blue glazed Bennington ware pottery produced in Bennington Vermont during the nineteenth century. Many of these marbles can be worth hundreds of dollars, with the rarest ones worth thousands. Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive Steelies. This time it's a 1-19/32″ single gather confetti mica marble being sold by none other than legendary mibologist marblealan. Handpainted chinas can also be quite rare. The most valuable marbles are those manufactured prior to 1950. As you might expect, handmade examples are rarer. ~5/8" Rare Peltier NLR Marble MINT Copperhead Transparent Hybrid Opal Opalescent womansuffragememorabilia.com. To buy bulk marbles, Chinese checker or game marbles, new marbles and marble games please visit www.moonmarble.com . There are 668 rare marbles for sale on Etsy, and they cost $31.02 on average. RARE EARLY GERMAN … Coin collectors truly enjoy a valuable hobby. The value is best determined by an expert in antique marbles; values can range from $20 to a few hundred dollars. Solid Core Swirl marbles, made in 1998, surprisingly have a value of $25 to $40 each. or Best Offer. Great start but would like a lot more information. Crockery Marbles - Most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze. Coins, Money & Stamps (16537) Collectibles - General (1079) Couture, Fashion & Accessories (8822) Electronics Collectibles (1117) Historical, Political & Space Collectibles (636) Memorabilia (8043) Military & Wartime Collectibles (8380) Musical Instruments & Equipment (406) Natural History Collectibles, Fossils & Minerals (3267) Pens (439) Carnelian, cobalt, malachite, jade, jasper, onyx, quartz and tiger eye, among others, can still be found. Lutz (handmade) The WorthPoint® database shows a single antique onionskin lutz marble selling for $8,000 in February 2018. Marbles of yesteryear, though, are more unique. If you've hung onto an original copy, you may be in the market for more than just a satisfied appetite— a first edition in good condition with the original jacket is rare and earns top dollar on Ebay and other online auctions sites. Jimmie Tramel 918-581-8389 This is what makes marbles such fascinating items to collect. Collector marbles that are very rare will fetch a larger amount of money. While most of these palm-sized cars go for just a few dollars, rare finds can be worth thousands. The popularity of marbles has withstood the test of time. Most collectors desire marbles made in the late 1800s through the 1940s. Marbles: Rare Mint Vitro Agate 15/16" Parrot Red, Blue, Green & Ylw w/Aventurine. While marbles may all look the same at first glance, take a closer look and you'll see a huge range of styles, designs and materials. Fast & Free shipping on many items! The most common rare marbles material is glass. What makes this one special is that it was designed and autographed by Japanese idol Mayuko Iwasa when she was just 17 … Sulphide marbles (which feature animals and other figures inside clear glass) are very rare, as they have not been produced for around 100 years, Rarer still are those featuring human figures. In fact, any first edition of a comic book series could be worth serious money. $9.99 shipping. Simply email a digital image to us so we can give you a more accurate value of the marbles. So, here's a copy of one I produced. Computer games are a favorite with children today, and games like Ringer, Marble Arch, Lagging, etc., playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones. $19.99 . I pay top $$$ for quality vintage marbles. Here are four of the most sought after varieties: Agate marbles were chiefly produced in Germany and the US and are among the most valuable on the market. HobbyZeal's collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection! No marble collection is complete without a sampling of hand-cut agates either. Sulphide marbles can bring you several thousand dollars in the marketplace. What it's worth: $2,000 and up. Varieties of blown glass marbles were available from 1870 to 1890 in many colors and patterns. 5. Gracie Sprouse has been writing professionally since 1976. We can split marbles into two varieties – handmade and machine made. Well you're in luck, because here they come. (2004) W/Woody Woodpecker on front/trading card inside ; Cheerios - $500 (2009) 1948 Lone Ranger Frontier Town box, #5 of 9 ; General Mills Fruit Brute - $375. You see, what makes toys worth money is how rare they are, and McDonald's toys are made only for McDonald's, which means, once they run out there are NO MORE, therefore the value of the toys skyrocket. Watch. Wild Warrior Bill 5,273 views The agents replaced the rare stamps with regular $1 issues, then sold a sheet with 85 of the inverted rush lamp stamps (plus one damaged stamp) to … (2009) Kix - $36. Feb 24, 2013 - Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years. Well you're in luck, because here they come. Older marbles in good condition are hard to find, as most were used to play marble games, and can be very expensive. or Best Offer. Colored glass marbles were used in 15th-century Germany. Her areas of expertise are in antiques, crafts, real estate, income taxes and small businesses. "Here, years later, we are out chasing those very same marbles." They have refused to put an Erratum sheet in the book. Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use, and are fairly common. Rarer still are those featuring human figures. Among the most valuable is the 1969 "Volkswagen Beach … Colored sulphide marbles are very rare. Fill glass jars with marbles and line them up on a shelf, out of reach of small children. Roman Empire. We also buy marble related items such as original boxes, tins, bags, postcards, photos, artwork, games and just about anything else that is related to marbles. End of day marbles are made from the leftover cuts from other marbles picked up off the factory floor. The most common question I am asked is "Are my marbles worth anything?" There are 668 rare marbles for sale on Etsy, and they cost $31.02 on average. Of course, most antique and vintage marbles don't sell for anywhere near that much. These knives are either exceptionally rare or in great shape. The history of collector marbles goes back to ancient Rome. Erratum sheet for Marbles: Identification and Price Guide 5th Edition After I approved the Final Draft of the book, the publisher changed two of the images without my consent. In fact, a sulphide marble featuring Teddy Roosevelt sold for $4,500 in a 2011 sale. (2004) 1978 with Tony Jr on the box Kellogg's Sugar Pops - $161. Customise your homepage so only you item of interest to you. Great deals on Cat's Eye Toy Marbles Pre-1970. JustCollecting Ltd, Embassy House, 28 Halkett Place, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 4WG. They are still inexpensive and within reach of the average marble collector. Highly Prized Marbles. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about rare marbles? If you are looking for a particular style of marble, feel free to email me as I just might have one for sale. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at eBay.com. Many of the American marble-manufacturers were put out of business in the 1950s, which means the marbles they produced are now considered rare. List View. Here's a strange one—a Transformers toy that's exceedingly rare (this is the only one in existence) that's actually not worth all that much. Note: Make sure your bookmarks are visible. Antique glass marbles are highly collectible, from handmade examples by German glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by U.S. companies like Christensen, Peltier Glass, Akro Agate, and Vitro Agate. // Leaf Group Lifestyle, American Toy Marble Museum: Marble Pictures, Cowtown Collectibles: Collector's Guide to Marbles, "Marbles"; Willliam Bavin; Outline Press; 1991. Prior to the introduction of machine made marbles, almost all were hand-blown. Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece. It measures 2 and 1 1/32" in diameter. Set email alerts so you never miss an auction lot again. China and pottery marbles were used in the 1800's. I sell marbles regularly at marble shows around the country as well as on eBay. These are valued from $150 to $250 each. These transparent glass marbles come in all colors and contain mica chips. Here they are, the 250 most sought after records in the UK, with values ranging from £500 to (almost) infinity. We strive to provide collectors with unparalleled access to high quality, rare or hard to find marbles at reasonable prices with the assurance of a money-back satisfaction guarantee, to maximize the collecting experience to new collectors through educational information on marbles, and to become a trusted resource for exploring, building and enjoying the antique marble-collecting hobby. May must be the month for rare marbles! Marbles we are interested in are almost always pre-1950's. All activity on JustCollecting is rewarded with exclusive points which can be used to spend on amazing products, special discounts and entry into monthly competitions. Collecting marbles is a game, and the person with the greatest skill is the winner. Marbles have been made from non-glass materials such as wood, clay and stone, for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Scenic chinas rival most handmade glass marbles in terms of the price for rare examples. The most common rare marbles material is glass. Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece. 49-96 of 1,492 Results. Midcentury Modern ceramics manufactured after World War II and through the 1970s have been strong for years with no end in sight, says Michael Hubert, 51, owner of Funk & Swagger, a Huntington antique These can sell for thousands of dollars. What you're looking for in this case is turquoise blue lettering spelling out Led Zeppelin in the upper left corner of the cover. Created by glassblower Nicholas Lutz in his Massachusetts workshop in the 1800s, they are characterised by their use of gold colour crystals in alternating bands. Hand-painted china marbles made from 1860 to 1890 were produced in Germany. Extremely Rare Marbles. For instance, a 1938 copy of Action Comics #1 sold in 2014 for $3.21 million on eBay. Rare Marbles. 0 bids. Sign up for all the latest collecting news, expert blogs and auction lots from around the world. … The earliest known marbles were made of stone, marble or clay. Collector marbles have been around in some form since the Roman Empire. Akro + JABO Rare-bird MARBLES / Akro Vintage Prize Name Pistachio (Approx. These are made of clear glass with a clay figure in the center. Swirl marbles produced in England from 1870 to 1920 have retail values of $1,000 to $2,000. The modern 'cat's eye' marbles started to be mass-produced and imported from Japan in the 1950s. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about rare marbles? They are centerpieces of our collections; the ones that we hope will continue to gain in value over time. It was 1970. 5. Older clay, handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration; prices for these may be less than $50. As one of the most popular rock bands of all time, the … Avid collectors regularly study realized … Collectors must quickly identify a vintage marble, recognize its manufacturer, spot any flaws and have an in-depth knowledge of the market. Very Rare Marbles. … Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child's play. There are a number of types of non-glass marbles that collectors seek out. Vintage marbles can be worth a lot of money. Check out the Appraisals page for more information. These marbles will have a pontil mark left by the glass blower's rod on one side and are extremely scarce. Just nine copies have surfaced over the years, making the rare records worth a pretty penny: In 2003, a copy with the paper sleeve sold for £13,000 (about $17,600). $499.99. They often display varied patterns and colours. The lot of clay or "commie" marbles is nice. Swirl marbles produced in England from 1870 to 1920 have retail values of $1,000 to $2,000. Ending Nov 4 at 12:49PM PST 4d 1h. The quality of glass used when making marbles in the old days … Then there are the collectors—people who buy and sell items whose value are far more than their original worth. Rare marbles have small, white figures of people or animals in their center and are very collectible. Marbles in poor condition will have very little value. 3. In the 1950s marble production moved to the Far East (these are largely worthless). Its pattern is called the… Fill a clear glass vase with marbles and set it on the center of a table, or line the inside of a shadow box with marbles and hang it on the wall. Shop with confidence on eBay! $269.99. Antique Commies are still fairly common. These rare vintage knives are priced near $500 and up. The marbles that are rare finds certainly will be worth more money. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at eBay.com. Great deals on Cat's Eye Toy Marbles. What Are My Marbles Worth? It did, and then some. The figures may depict animals, famous people, flowers, trains or many other subjects. Early marbles have much more vibrant colors than their modern equivalents. Today, these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. Keep an eye out for the rare sub-variety featuring two (rather than four) bands. Erratum sheet for Marbles: Identification and Price Guide 5th Edition After I approved the Final Draft of the book, the publisher changed two of the images without my consent. This type is, for many collectors, the Holy Grail. Some mint in-the-box marbles from the 1930s can sell for as much as $5,000 (the boxes are rare), and a single marble can sell for $30 if perfect. or Best Offer. Required Cookies & Technologies. Marbles are not just a childhood plaything. Best Match. Led Zeppelin's First Album Rare Cover Art. We pitched in $100 each, thinking that would buy everything we needed. Time: ending soonest; Time: newly listed; Price + Shipping: lowest first; Price + Shipping: highest first; Distance: nearest first; View: Gallery View. Sulphides are the most sought-after marbles. Collector shows off rare marbles ... hundreds of dollars worth of marbles in that creek now," he said. This section discusses these types, and offers an image identification library. There are thousands of marbles of each design produced. (2004) 1978 w/secret agent pen offer ; Kelloggs Frosted Rice Cereal - $15. A red diamond is actually one of the most expensive diamonds in the world due to their being the rarest type. Well, I was wrong. Fast & Free shipping on many items! End of the Day marbles were made with leftover glass at the end of the manufacturing day. 1") $250.00. You guessed it: blue. They have refused to put an Erratum sheet in the book. German Handmade Glass Marbles – 1850s to early 1900s: One of the first styles of marbles imported to the U.S. $3.50 shipping. 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Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
At the heart of our community, on 1 Paul Shaffer Drive, stands the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium an impressive 1,500 seat performing arts centre. Since its grand opening on October 16, 1985, the TBCA has been host to countless events and millions of patrons.
Paul Shaffer
On Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, Paul Shaffer came home to Thunder Bay for a celebration of his tremendous career and success in show business. Fans lined up outside the Community Auditorium to catch a glimpse of the famed musician who is best known as the bandleader on The Late Show With David Letterman .
The evening included a series of very special moments. It all began with a troupe of kilted bag pipers leading Paul down a red carpet as local dignitaries paid tribute to him and officially dedicated Paul Shaffer Drive. The evening ended with a sold-out three-and-a-half hour musical extravaganza that many still consider one of the best shows to grace the Auditorium's Stage.
The vestibule of the Auditorium proudly features a display of memorabilia from the event along with memorabilia from Paul's amazing career.
Pride of the Community
Considered to be one of the finest concert halls in North America, the Community Auditorium offers some of the best acoustics in the world... The architects and designers created a warm and intimate environment that is both technologically advanced and versatile. The concert ceiling canopy may be raised or lowered, the orchestra pit lifts may be used to extend the stage into the audience chamber, lowered to accommodate additional seats, or dropped down to create an orchestra or dance pit. Fourteen large rolling panels may be used to create an orchestra shell, and larger banners and draperies covering the inner walls can be moved and adjusted to soften or liven the sound.
In addition to these theatre configurations and acoustic variables, the TBCA maintains state-of-the-art sound, lighting and theatre systems equipment to fulfill the range of requirements large touring companies and local performers alike. The stage can also be set up as its own cabaret style venue for more intimate performances with tables and chairs on stage around a smaller stage set-up. The TBCA's Marketing and Development Department and Box Office are also available to assist in promoting and selling any event or performance.
Versatility Plus
In addition to more than 100 live performances each year, the TBCA also hosts many non-performance events either on stage or in our three lobby spaces. The flexibility of the Auditorium is perfect for events such as graduations, meetings, conventions, presentations, conferences, weddings, socials, banquets, trade shows and exhibitions to name a few&
Symphonic Delights
The TBCA is also home to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, which presents a full season of Masterworks and Pops Programs. On occasion, the Auditorium has been host to visiting orchestras including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Calgary Symphony Orchestra, and the USSR State Orchestra.
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I always feel like we are performing in a magnificent church or cathedral when we play at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. It is a beautiful hall and the sound is amazing! You should be very proud to have this here where you live.
Alan Doyle/Great Big Sea
Why do you call this a Community Auditorium? This is a MAGNIFICENT THEATRE!
From the state of the art theater to the excellent catering, the well thought out back stage and dressing rooms, it was a great experience for us and our crew. The Thunder Bay fans certainly know how to enjoy themselves and we had a lot of fun performing for them. Congratulations on your amazing venue!
Tommy Shaw/STYX
The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium ranks with the very finest halls that I have experienced both in North America and in Europe. To rehearse and perform in it is a great privilege.
Glenn Mossop, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra 1994


Review for the film " James and Alice"
James and Alice created much curiosity among the fans since it has Prithviraj as the lead Also, the beautiful actress Vedhicka is featured in the movie. Let's see how James and Alice has turned out to be.
Prithviraj has done the role of James in the movie. Vedhicka has done Alice in the movie. The couple marries against the wishes of their parents. But, their marriage proceeds smoothly until a juncture. The couple has a child also. But, since James gives more priority to his job, the marriage between the couple heads for trouble. Watch the movie to know whether the couple resolve their issues.
Prithviraj has once again proved that he is a good actor. He draws the audiences to the theater for his performance in the movie. He is romantic during the flashbacks and handles the character of a carefree guy in a deft manner. At the same time, he handles the character of a committed family man in a way that captures the attention of the fans. Vedhicka's character has been chiseled well. Her role is such that she doesn't make any loud demands to her husband. The character that she does knows that she has to sacrifice certain things for her husband. Overall, Vedhicka has portrayed her role well.
The movie is directed by debutant director Sujith Vasudev. Although his inexperience shows out in certain places, the movie is decent enough for the Malayalam audience. The story has been weaved in such a manner that it proceeds in two different times. There is a flashback in the movie, which engages the audiences. The younger days of love between the couple is shown on one side, and troubled marriage on the other side. The movie could have been better if it had picked up a bit more pace.
The camera sweeps gently across the greeneries and provide a unique, mind-blowing experience.
The performances by the actors are commendable.
The second half and the climax is crisp and entertain the audiences till the movie's end.
A few numbers keep the audiences humming the tunes.
There are a few good twists here and there.
The pace is slow, and one can easily make out the ending.
The comedy element is lacking in the movie.
For a debutant venture, the director has done a laudable job.


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War Foes Were Right
author: Don Williams e-mail: donwilliams7@att.net
The French were right.
The liberals were right.
The peaceniks were right.
True conservatives were right.
Veterans opposed to the war - I hear from more of them than you might imagine - were also right. They said this war was based on lies, and it was. They said this war, like most wars, would lead to more chaos and killing, and it has.
By DON WILLIAMS
Now some in the Bush administration are telling the world that the car bombing of United Nations headquarters in Iraq is evidence that our policy is right.
How illogical can you be? Insurgents blow up oil pipelines and water mains; American soldiers get killed or maimed almost daily. Demonstrations are ongoing. And the biggest blow from the Iraqi resistance so far - destruction of U.N. headquarters in Iraq - is presented by the Bush team as evidence that our policy is correct because - because - because this proves terrorists are really, really bad.
Duh. We all know terrorists are really, really bad. That's why it's best not to give them more chaos in which to thrive. That's why it's best not to stir up new nests unnecessarily as we did by invading Iraq.
The Soviets couldn't win in Afghanistan, and I'll be surprised if, in five years or seven, American-style democracy has taken hold in Iraq. Like Afghanistan under the Russians, Iraq has become the rallying point for a growing jihad.
It all makes for mesmerizing news, and I've spent lots of time tuned to the daily media looking for evidence to support my gut feeling that this war, like most wars, was based on lies and misconceptions from the start. You don't have to look very hard these days. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Every public argument for making war on Iraq has broken down. Let's start with the biggest:
Weapons of mass destruction: None has been found. I'm sure that, at some point, evidence will mysteriously appear to show Iraq had a weapons program, but we already knew that, and to prove they had a program is a far cry from finding the tons of anthrax and chemical bombs, the armed missiles and mobile labs, the remote drones and nuclear components the Bush team scared us with almost daily in its drive to war.
Speaking of nukes, Bush's allegations were based almost solely on documents he apparently knew were forged. What could be more damning? Bottom line, if WMDs existed, they're now in the hands of terrorists or unfriendly governments or they're up for grabs in the Iraqi desert some place. Either way, it's a bad result.
The link to al-Qaida: The myth that Iraq had significant ties to al-Qaida was based on a hospital visit to Iraq by one man and another meeting in a third country that likely never took place. No evidence has surfaced for an Iraqi-al-Qaida link. Ironically, Bush's misguided war now has forged just such a link. Osama bin Laden recently called on all Muslims to oppose our occupation of Iraq, and they appear to be responding.
Iraq would welcome us as liberators: It happened only in a few places, and some of those appeared stage-managed. Now Iraqis are criticizing and demonstrating and shooting Americans. We've become occupiers. In the process we've killed, maimed, destroyed the Iraqi infrastructure and caused the loss of priceless cultural artifacts from the dawn of civilization. Some of our actions can be justified, but being justified and being wise are different things.
We'd be out in 60 days, leaving behind a democracy that would take root, then blossom across the Middle East: Well, if majority rule flowers in Iraq, Shiites will run the place, as they do in Iran. That's who the majority is.
Saddam Hussein is an evil man who must be destroyed. As this is written, he's still at large. All thinking people hope he's brought in, preferably alive, so he can shed more light on those who helped him in his rise to power, including some now serving Bush.
Now, as I say, the car-bombing of U.N. headquarters in Iraq is being used as proof we're in the right. Two points: One, like several thousand others, those U.N. workers would be alive today except for the will to empire by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and a few others who are pulling the strings.
Two. If, in Country X, the power is out, the water's out, the oil pipeline is burning, unemployment tops 60 percent, murder and rape are daily occurrences, the treasury is looted, the museums are looted, official history is a tool for propaganda, and U.N. headquarters are bombed, then the ruler of Country X should be held accountable, right?
Well, Iraq is Country X. Bush is its ruler.
Don Williams is the founding editor of New Millennium Writings. You may write to him at PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN., 37901.
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Flashback! O'Brien's first day in Newcastle
Zac Nissen newcastleknights.com.au
Fri 18 Dec 2020, 03:54 PM
You can't blame a person for wanting to take a few weeks to celebrate winning a premiership.
We've all seen the Melbourne Storm players on Instagram following the Grand Final, with the likes of Cameron Munster and Brandon 'Cheese' Smith entertaining the masses with their antics following their victory over Penrith.
A year earlier, Adam O'Brien had every reason to throw his feat up and toast a premiership win of his own, after assisting the Sydney Roosters in their successful campaign for back-to-back titles in 2019.
However, the man known as 'AOB' had other ideas.
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Just a few days after the 14-8 triumph over Canberra, O'Brien was itching to get to work.
"It must've been the weekend after, I just wanted to get up there (to Newcastle)," O'Brien told the Brett Finch Uncensored podcast.
"I wasn't due to arrive for another two or three weeks."
While the Roosters were still well in the thick of some well earned celebrating, O'Brien made tracks up the M1 to start planning for season 2020.
"I got dropped off at Central Station and caught the train up," he said.
"I thought I'd just go in there and get a feel for the joint without anyone being there."
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What greeted O'Brien at Knights HQ wasn't an empty office or field full of four-leaf clovers.
"I rolled in at 7:30am on the first day and there was 19 players there training," O'Brien said.
"They didn't have to be there for another month.
"I just thought, 'geez that's a good sign'.
"They must've gotten on the WhatsApp group because 19 turned into 26 the next day."
One man who stood out to O'Brien was the skipper, Mitchell Pearce.
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"He (Pearce) was so energetic, and that's what he is at training everyday," he said.
"You won't get a better trainer than Mitchell, and I think that summed up his season as well.
"Every week, I know he's going to try his backside off."
The pre-season that followed O'Brien's arrival has been heralded as one of the toughest ever undertaken by a Newcastle Knights team, with the team put through a torturous series of sessions designed to test their resilience.
However, it wasn't just the blood, sweat and tears which had O'Brien proud of the team.
"I was really proud of our pre-season, not just in terms of the training ethic and the work we got done, but we did a lot of community work in and around the bushfires and I just felt that we had a really good bunch of people here," O'Brien said.
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"That's a big recipe for success.
"You get good people in your joint who want to work hard, that's a big foundation that you need."
With the 2021 pre-season well underway, let's hope that foundation continues to build.
You can listen to O'Brien's full chat with Brett Finch by clicking here.
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The competition for a A$50 billion ($34.55 billion) contract to build Australia's next submarine fleet is narrowing to a race between Japan and France as a bid from Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems loses ground over technical concerns, multiple sources said. Australia is expected to decide the winner of one of the world's most lucrative defense contracts within the next six months, ahead of a national election in which the deal and the jobs it will create is expected to be a key issue for the conservative government.
TKMS is proposing to scale up its 2,000-tonne Type 214 class vessel, while Japan is offering a variant of its 4,000-tonne Soryu boats made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T). France's state-controlled naval contractor DCNS has proposed a diesel-electric version of its 5,000-tonne Barracuda nuclear-powered submarine.Australia has said it wants a boat in the 4,000-tonne class.
Scaling a submarine to twice its original size presents exponential technical challenges, experts say.That puts TKMS furthest from having the experience to offer what Australia wants in a large, long-range, stealthy submarine to replace its aging Collins-class fleet, said six industrial sources in Asia and Australia with knowledge of the situation."The German proposal is an enlarged version of a smaller existing submarine, and that technically is risky," said one source.
Officials at the Future Submarine Program at the Australian Department of Defence did not respond to a request for comment. DCNS Australia CEO Sean Costello declined to comment on his competitors, but said experience in large submarine design was critical for the Australian project. Tokyo was initially seen as the frontrunner, partly due to close ties between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who was ousted in a party coup by Malcolm Turnbull last September.
With Turnbull quiet on the matter, Japan is touting its offer as a way to build military ties between two allies in Asia, something U.S. officials have said they want to see as China emerges as a regional power.But Tokyo, which until two years ago had a decades-long ban on arms exports, has been hobbled throughout the process by a lack of experience in managing overseas defense contracts and the shifting political tide in Canberra.
With Australia facing an economic slowdown, that has put job creation and innovation atop the political agenda.Japan was slow to commit to build all vessels at South Australian shipyards, a politically significant pledge that both DCNS and TKMS made quickly.At the same time, DCNS and TKMS pledged to share sensitive technology with the Australian government and promised packages of economic incentives.Australia's Defence Department is formulating a recommendation based on materials submitted by the bidders late last year and is expected to give that to cabinet as early as March.


Jennifer Love Hewitt's Beauty Secrets!
Jennifer Love Hewitt is another celebrity who takes a product that we would normally put in our mouth and puts it on her face. In Jennifer's case...it's TOOTHPASTE! She dabs it on blemishes to zap them away! She's got the gorgeous skin to prove that maybe she's on to something.
Other supposedly great zit zappers are ASPIRINS (which are Salicylic Acid) softened in water (apply paste to blemish and leave on over night), and VISINE EYE DROPS...Some folks swear that if it takes the red out of your eyes, it will take the red out of your blemish!
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North Goa or South Goa – Which One Is To Choose First?
Gurez is one of the top beautiful valleys of India. It is situated in northern Kashmir. The distance of this valley from Srinagar is 135Km.
Located in the high Himalayas at a height of 8000 feet from sea level, the valley is surrounded by snow-covered mountain peaks. Most famous peak of Gurez valley is Habba Khatoon. It is named after the famous poet Habba Khatoon of Kashmir.
The valley is famous for its uncommon wildlife. Among which Himalayan Brown bear and snow leopard are most famous.
The beautiful river Kishanganga is flowing through this valley. Dawar is the central township in this area. It is scattered among 15 villages.
About 22 Km from Dawar, there is a beautiful village- Tulael. The village has log wood houses from where you can enjoy the beauty of snow capped mountains and pine and fir trees.
About 4km from Dawar, there is Habba Khatoon Waterfalls. Another beautiful location.
About 7Km from Dawar, there is beautiful Chorwan village. Regular tourist can go upto this location.
Room Fare: INR 1000 for double bed rooms and INR 1500 for Double bed cottages.
Gurez is located near the Indo-Pak border area. You have to take permit from Bandipora DC office prior to your visit. You will need your voter card, passport size photograph to get this permit. Keep multiple Xerox copies of the permit with you. You may have to submit the same in different military check points.
Only post paid mobile connections are active in Jammu Kashmir.
Carry sufficient cash with you, as ATMs may not work properly.