Debate continues on whether the 2021 Olympic Games should/will take place as the clock ticks down to July 23 start date.
The XXX11 Olympiad will be the first time that the games have returned to Japan since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
The 1964 Olympic Summer games was a watershed for New Zealand Olympic participation, winning more medals than any previous games with three gold medals and two bronze.
The 1964 Olympiad was the zenith of the career of arguably our countries greatest sportsman in (Sir) Peter Snell.
During his time in the limelight, Peter Snell won three Olympic gold medals, two British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medals and set at least six world records.
3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
“Nature Morte,” a still-life show featuring about 60 artists; Remy Jungerman’s painterly compositions of textiles and clay; and Florian Meisenberg’s abstract blobs and painted birds.
Taylor McKimens expands still life into a glittery landfill of all-American trash in “See the U.S.A.” (2021) at the Hole’s annual thematic group show.Credit.Taylor McKimens and The Hole
May 5, 2021
Through May 16. The Hole, 312 Bowery at Bleecker Street, Manhattan, (212) 466-1100, theholenyc.com.
For those who find art galleries interesting but intimidating, the Hole is an excellent place to test the waters. Especially now, when the gallery’s annual thematic group show traditionally a crowded over-the-top affair is in full cry, along with the fearless sensibility of its founder and guiding spirit, Kathy Grayson.
Dublin s Q102 By Eamonn Falvey pic: Getty A convicted rapist s been ordered to let his probation officer know if he plans to leave the country over the next two and a half years.
In 2003, Barry McGee, of Foxfield Grove, Raheny, Dublin, was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for raping two Australian women.
On May 5th 2002, Barry McGee armed himself with a knife and subjected the women to four hours of rape, torture and terror in their Dublin home.
The investigating Garda described it as the “most gruesome” case he had ever covered.
One of the women was convinced she was going to die.
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The only housing mention that caused any buzz in this week’s federal budget was Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s promise to bring in a tax on foreign-owned property.
The pledge gave Freeland a chance to get off one of her more quotable, more populist lines: “The idea here is that homes are for Canadians to live in,” she said. “They are not assets for parking offshore money.”
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The only housing mention that caused any buzz in this weekâs federal budget was Finance Minister Chrystia Freelandâs promise to bring in a tax on foreign-owned property.
The pledge gave Freeland a chance to get off one of her more quotable, more populist lines: âThe idea here is that homes are for Canadians to live in,â she said. âThey are not assets for parking offshore money.â
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