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One of the best parts about being a student at Hogwarts, aside from the potions and the broomstick riding, is getting sorted into one of four schoolhouses. The houses represent different values, and they compete against each other every year for the elusive House Cup. For Hogwarts Legacy, the house badges have been redesigned as minimalist crests that can be stitched to one’s uniform. While they bear a lot of resemblance to the badges many may be familiar with from the Harry Potter movies, there are a few differences....

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell, who was the national talent manager, has also been added to the panel in a temporary position, CA said on Thursday. “It is vital that Australian cricket finds the best candidate for this role,” CA chairman David Peever said in a statement. “Trevor is highly experienced as a selector, and will ensure we place our best players on the field this summer while we seek a permanent replacement for Rod....

title: “Hold My Calls” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-13” author: “Roland Ford”

Mongoose Rodeo, a game development company located in Canada, has just posted on its official Twitter page that its game has absolutely crushed the Crowsworn Kickstarter stretch goals. Now, the company has reached the last leg of the fundraising expectations and is close to raising $1 million for the game. RELATED: Stormrite Interview: Kelechi Apakama Talks Skyrim-Inspired RPG, Kickstarter Goals If it reaches its final stretch goal, Mongoose Rodeo will be able to implement fully animated cutscenes into Crowsworn....

Calvin Coolidge once noted that the chief business of the American people is business. And now Hollywood is getting with the program in a big way–with story lines built around evil megacorporations, the booming stock market and the lust for overnight riches. Coming to a small screen near you: two TV series set in the world of high finance, Fox’s “The $treet” and TNT’s “Bull.” The movie pipeline is filled with more business sagas, including two projects inspired by Bill Gates: “Anti-Trust” and “20 Billion....

What that clientele is after these days is a loosely cohesive young L.A. art that seems to revel in the cacophony of garishly disposable images and ideas offered up by popular culture. It’s part pop, part slacker and almost all irony. Among the hot work favored by collectors with clout: Monique Prieto’s Teletubbyish abstract paintings, Amy Adler’s drawings of herself as a melancholy kid, Kim Dingle’s brushy paintings of combative little girls, Laura Owens’s parodies of abstraction and Kevin Appel’s fey, pastel renderings of blandly modern architectural interiors....

Like any good politician, Toledo understands the power of symbols. And for millions of dirt-poor Peruvians, the hawk-nosed 55-year-old academic is himself a compelling symbol of what a bright and hardworking nobody can accomplish in one of the most racist and class-conscious societies in Latin America. Polls at the weekend predicted he would handily carry Sunday’s election and that he’s poised to win a runoff in May. If he does, “El cholo,” as he is popularily known, will become the first man of primarily Indian ancestry to be democratically elected president of Peru....

With Jurgen Klopp confirming most of his star players were to be rested for the visit of Everton, his new signing was to be thrust straight into the action in front of expectant Reds fans. Minamino’s ability and mentality had been plain to see at close quarters for Liverpool already this season, the Japan international having played against his new club twice in the Champions League with Salzburg. His displays in that competition suggested Minamino was perfectly suited to Liverpool, stylistically at the very least....

Will customers pony up to be pitched? Already the show has logged hundreds of calls and advance ticket sales from locales as distant as California and New York. As many as 100,000 visitors are expected, and similar shows in Tokyo and Berlin annually attract several times that number. That’s not to mention the 55,000 or so regular attendees who will leave more than $40 million in Chicago’s pockets during the show’s four-day run-and place orders for $12 billion or so in merchandise....

While Final Fantasy 7 Remake takes place entirely in Midgar, many memorable moments during this portion of the original still stick out with fans. The remake had to keep various elements similar while also making changes to keep things fresh. Square Enix needed to walk a fine line between fan service and telling the same story with a twist, and it seems like it has accomplished this quite well so far as many fans have enjoyed this retelling....

Tsui was photographed at Hung’s birthday party, where many of the attendees did not wear masks. The photo showed Hung singing into a microphone and having his arm around Election Committee member Ellen Tsang Fung-chu, according to The Standard. Tsui was among 15 government officials to attend the party, The Standard reported. Among those who attended were Director of Immigration of Hong Kong Au Ka-wang and political assistant of the Development Bureau Allen Fung Ying-lun, both of whom were allowed to return to work on January 25....

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger tried to make it a little harder for Ahmadinejad to maintain his charm offensive. Under fire for inviting the Iranian president to speak on campus, Bollinger smacked him hard in his introduction. “You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated,” Bollinger said in reference to Ahmadinejad’s views on the Holocaust. “Will you cease this outrage?” His guest said he felt the matter should be better researched, and claimed the episode was used as a political club by Israelis against the Palestinians, asking, rhetorically, “Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with?...

After a terrible transfer window and an embarrassing Europa League elimination at the first hurdle, PSV are gearing up for another difficult season. The Eindhoven side may have started the domestic campaign with three wins from three, keeping pace with reigning champions Feyenoord, but there are severe doubts that their thin squad can last the distance. AZ Alkmaar 40/1 to win Eredivisie The departures of four key players in Davy Propper, Hector Moreno, Andres Guardado and Jetro Willems means they have lost valuable sources of goals, creativity and defensive stability, but the summer could have been worse as other key players came invariably close to leaving....

One was Jean Houston, co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research, which studies psychic experience and altered and expanded consciousness. She was a believer in spirits, mythic and other connections to history and other worlds. Houston believed that her personal archetypal predecessor was Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. She conducted extensive dialogues with Athena on her computer that she called ““docking with one’s angel.'' Clinton acknowledged that he was feeling pretty beaten down....

New rip? A defense photo appeared to show a rip in the glove, unlike what Dennis Fund remembered when he examined it. Proof of planting? Second Forensic expert Henry Lee testified trail about a possible second blood trail. It suggests two killers. Pre- O.J. agreed to rip up his pre-nup with nuptial Nicole if he ever struck her again. Defense said the document was a sign of his repentance. Letter In a 1995 letter to Simpson, Nicole declared her never-ending love....

The punch line is not that the song blew her away; in fact, it worried her. " It was so painfully personal, so obviously about the son that he’d lost [ Would you know my name, if I saw you in heaven?]. I wondered if it would work in the movie." Several weeks later, after Clapton had recorded the ballad with a new bridge provided by songwriter Will Jennings, the guitarist himself was having doubts....

Ole Miss and Mississippi State are tied for third in The Associated Press college football poll after a wild day of unexpected results brought major changes to the Top 25. Just about the only thing that didn’t change this week was No. 1: Florida State is still top-ranked, with 35 first-place votes. MORE: AP Top 25 | HAYES: Ole Miss wants more | BENDER: Miss. State looks like Florida of old Auburn, the only other team in the top six to win, moved up three spots to No....

I'm going to tell you I was wrong. Big time. I'm not going to set it up with some retreaded one-liner like "I'm not saying I was wrong, but ..." No, I was wrong about Victor Martinez. No sarcasm, no snark-casm, no bull. I was wrong. All through the preseason -- especially in back-and-forths on the Sporting News podcast with Matt Lutovsky -- I basically thought Martinez was done at 35 years old....

ITV reported that her chauffeur-driven car broke down 25 minutes away from the church, and the bride was already running 20 minutes late. Beirne wrote on Facebook she borrowed the chauffeur’s phone to call different taxi companies, but didn’t receive any help. Taking matters into her own hands, she started to hitchhike. “I couldn’t believe it,” Beirne told Newsweek. “I thought ‘This isn’t happening’ but at the same time I found it funny....