Avante Corp. ( CVE:XX – Get Free Report )’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as C$1.24 and last traded at C$1.24, with a volume of 12500 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$1.20. Avante Stock Up 3.3 % The company has a 50 day moving average of C$0.96 and a 200-day moving average of C$0.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.80, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 2.77. The company has a market cap of C$33.03 million, a P/E ratio of -10.33 and a beta of 1.71. About Avante ( Get Free Report ) Avante Corp. develops security technologies, products, and solutions in Canada, the United States, Israel, Egypt, Italy, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company provides system design, sales, installations, and monitoring services, including alarm response and patrols, personal protection, house staff training, and secure transportation. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Avante Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Avante and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Roslovic scores twice in Hurricanes' four-goal third in win over Devils— BIRTH NAME: James Earl Carter, Jr. — BORN: Oct. 1, 1924, at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first U.S. president born in a hospital. He would become the first president to live for an entire century . — EDUCATION: Plains High School, Plains, Georgia, 1939-1941; Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia, 1941-1942; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1942-1943; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1943-1946 (class of 1947); Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1952-1953. — PRESIDENCY: Sworn-in as 39th president of the United States at the age of 52 years, 3 months and 20 days on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. — POST-PRESIDENCY: Launched The Carter Center in 1982. Began volunteering at Habitat for Humanity in 1984. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Taught for 37 years at Emory University, where he was granted tenure in 2019, at age 94. — OTHER ELECTED OFFICES: Georgia state senator, 1963-1967; Georgia governor, 1971-1975. — OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Served in U.S. Navy, achieved rank of lieutenant, 1946-53; Farmer, warehouseman, Plains, Georgia, 1953-77. — FAMILY: Wife, Rosalynn Smith Carter , married July 7, 1946 until her death Nov. 19, 2023. They had three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff); a daughter, Amy Lynn; and 11 living grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Source: Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
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How Is The Market Feeling About Equifax?Two innocent children will be abandoned outside of the Canada Life Centre Thursday night before the Winnipeg Jets take on the Vegas Golden Knights. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Two innocent children will be abandoned outside of the Canada Life Centre Thursday night before the Winnipeg Jets take on the Vegas Golden Knights. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Two innocent children will be abandoned outside of the Canada Life Centre Thursday night before the Winnipeg Jets take on the Vegas Golden Knights. It’s all part of a penniless single father’s plan to give his kids a leg-up, says Debbie Patterson, the director and co-writer of Sick + Twisted Theatre’s Hansel & Gretel in Portage Place, premièring Thursday night in the Colin Jackson Theatre at Prairie Theatre Exchange and running to Dec. 22. “We’re imagining that Hansel (Emily King), Gretel (Carlyn Graff-Czehryn) and their father (Michael Schellenberg) live in a tiny house in the old parking lot behind the mall, and that the house is going to be demolished during the (mall’s upcoming) renovation,” explains Patterson, who co-wrote the show with Fiona Smith and Andrea von Wichert. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS From left: Emily King (Hansel), Michael Schellenberg (Father) and Carlyn Graff-Czehryn (Gretel) star in Sick + Twisted’s take on the Brothers’ Grimm classic., Hansel and Gretel. “The dad can’t afford to get a new place, so he decides to abandon the kids outside a Jets game, hoping that someone rich enough to buy tickets would be rich enough to give his kids a better life.” Soon, the overall-clad kinder make their way to the last candy shop in Portage Place, where they’re in for an unsavoury surprise. Fictionalized with inspiration drawn from reality, is Sick + Twisted’s second annual holiday panto, the company’s take on a genre of live theatre teeming with comedy, musical numbers, gags and slapstick. With the audience encouraged to cheer for its heroes and boo any villains, the panto style engages playfully with the rigid barriers one might expect from a production in a seated theatre setting. For this year’s show, the writers decided to put a theatrical twist on arguably the biggest story in the ongoing saga of downtown Winnipeg: the proposed redevelopment of Portage Place. Having seen an early rendering of a reimagined mall, the writers considered how to comment, landing on a Brothers Grimm tale of cautionary consumption, navigational breadcrumbs and the cannibalistic tendencies of capitalistic adventures. “After they’re left outside, the kids find their way to Portage Place where a single candy store is still in operation,” Patterson says, a subtle allusion to the downtown as a food desert. Under pressure to change their business model to better suit the wellness bent of the mall’s new owners, the chocolatiers pivot to health bars, but where oh where will they find a cheap source of protein? After writing the script in September, the production was given renewed relevance when in November the real estate development arm of True North, the entity which owns the Winnipeg Jets, officially acquired the 37-year-old shopping centre, along with the land it stands on and all associated assets. The $650-million redevelopment plan will include 216 housing units, a health services tower, a main-floor grocery store, community centres and social agency spaces. The news of Portage Place’s next phase of life piqued Patterson’s interest. After moving to Winnipeg from Thunder Bay in 1992, her first job was in the mall, running Prairie Theatre Exchange’s annual Robert Munsch show, adapting the children’s author’s work for a live audience. “Back then it was a fancy new mall. They had Holt Renfrew and Birks,” she says. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. In recent years, though the mall’s food court has remained a vital gathering space and the Pitikwe Skate Park (inside the former Staples) has become an exciting beacon of youth-centred community space, most of the neighbours PTE had when it moved to the mall in 1989 have jumped ship. The corporate exodus from Portage Place, and the mall’s upcoming redevelopment, stimulated the writers to consider the way land is used in the city and “how capitalism changes the way we interact with each other and with the land,” Patterson says. That’s very much in line with the ethos of Sick + Twisted, a company that consistently challenges the status quo while poking fun at real-world issues. Founded in 2016, the company was created to address the lack of representation of deaf and disabled people in the professional theatre industry. The latest transformation of Portage Place, which True North Real Estate Development expects to be complete by 2028, will continue to dominate headlines for the next three years and beyond. With its version of , Sick + Twisted will get out ahead of the conversation. If it were up to Patterson, a newly imagined Portage Place would begin with an open door. “I think making the community feel welcome here should be the priority,” she says. ben.waldman@winnipegfreepress.com “The face of the city is changing,” a full-page advertisement declared in the Sept. 16, 1987 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. When the ribbon was cut on Portage Place, the vision was grand: in addition to more than 150 storefronts, the mall touted a 10,000-square-foot town square featuring a massive clocktower, with “a showcase of extensive cultural, community and entertainment events featured under the 100-foot-high skylight atrium. The retailers included Radio Shack — complete with a Plus Computer Centre; the Muffin Oven, “the originator of the sugar-free muffin,”; Faces, a cosmetics store; Pantorama, which sold not only trousers but “tops, jackets and sweaters galore,”; a two-floor restaurant called Picasso’s; W.H. Smith and McNally Robinson booksellers; Mariposa/Boppers, selling “casual clothes for mom and daughter,”; Tall Girl, specializing in sizes 18-20; Baskin Robbins, named in part for Winnipeg-born founder Irv Robbins; a short-lived downtown excursion by Gunn’s Bakery; Lawley’s of London, for all your Royal Doulton needs; and Wicks ‘n Sticks, which invited customers to “light a little fire under your life with this array of candles, lanterns and candlestick holders.” Need something else to light? Check out the United Cigar Store. When the mall officially opened on Sept. 17, a draw was held for one lucky customer to drive away in their choice of a 1988 Lincoln Mark VII or a Merkur Scorpio luxury sedan, courtesy of Landau and McPhillips Lincoln-Mercury dealers. Based in Germany, where Hansel and Gretel were raised, the Merkur brand shut down in 1989, effectively ending Scorpio Season and putting Merkur in the same conversation as the Edsel when it comes to notorious automotive flops. Ben Waldman is a National Newspaper Award-nominated reporter on the Arts & Life desk at the . Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ben completed three internships with the while earning his degree at Ryerson University’s (now Toronto Metropolitan University’s) School of Journalism before joining the newsroom full-time in 2019. . Every piece of reporting Ben produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider . Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acadia Ventures Ltd. 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Sports on TV for Wednesday, Dec. 11Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I know every family has at least one legendary Thanksgiving Drama Debacle. So, I decided to ask members of the BuzzFeed Community what happened at their family's Infamous Thanksgiving Incident. Here are their best answers: 1. "My aunt and uncle who don't believe COVID exists tried to have everyone over for Thanksgiving in 2020 after their trip to Boca Raton. No one wanted to go because they are pretty rude in general and it was 2020 and they'd just been to Boca Raton." "Long story short, they started a fight with my parents (and my other uncle) about politics and it turns out they have a whoooooole HOST of crazy opinions! We did not go to Thanksgiving at their house that year (or any of the last four years), but Grandma did. And guess what? She caught COVID, because they had just caught it in Boca Raton." —Anonymous 2. "The FBI came to my door as we were having sushi. ([Yes, sushi] on Thanksgiving, I have no idea why.)" — sbuzzfeed7 3. "The stomach bug started to hit the children first, and two of them vomited on the Thanksgiving dinner table minutes apart. Half of the family was puking by the next morning." — lizney 4. "So my aunt and uncle are swingers, and apparently, I was the only one who didn’t know." "So it’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’m sitting next to my grandma and my cousin's at-the-time girlfriend... We always had a huge feast the night before, with snow crab legs and blue crabs from the East Coast. I remember sitting there helping the new girlfriend out with the crab (she was very inexperienced compared to everyone else). My uncle was at the head of the table far away from me. We were all talking and playing 'games,' some stupid word game that my cousins had made up. Somehow it became a question about favorites, like 'What’s your favorite book?' So here I am, youngest at the table, across from my dad and stepmom, and right next to my grandma. My uncle looks dead at me and says to everyone, 'What’s your favorite sexual position?" Mind you the other adults there are his kids, his mom, his wife, my dad and stepmom, his son’s very serious girlfriend, and myself. Deadass eye contact with me and no one knew what to say. I don’t remember how I got saved from answering that one." — edgywalrus305 5. "The week before Thanksgiving, my mother overdosed on pills and alcohol. They almost didn't save her in time. She was released a few days before turkey day." "My sister and her new husband were visiting from Atlanta, I was on a break from California, and my baby brother was home from college. We were so stressed; at that time, Mom's drug addiction and mental illness were coming through hardcore. Sis stuck close to her husband, but bro and I decided that we should remove all the alcohol from the house and the opiates from her purse. HOO boy – when she found out what we did, she screamed, 'That's MY property and you have NO RIGHT!' Dad is her evil-minded enabler, so he was of no help. Suddenly, quiet sister pipes up and yells, 'F— YOU, MOM." We were so proud of her—even thankful—and that, my friends, became known as 'F-Bomb Thanksgiving 2004.'" — clumsybunny8556 6. "My family decided to be fancy and use Sterno-powered chafing dishes to keep everything warm...in another room, unattended. We almost burned the house down and had no leftovers that year." — lobster_lemon_lime 7. "My mother’s birthday is on or around Thanksgiving, and every year I purchase or make a cake to honor her memory. A few years ago, my sister hosted dinner at her house, and the night before, we set up tableware and desserts plus other things buffet style." "I crashed on the couch and during the night, I heard her dogs moving around and playing with something. I went back to sleep and later ran a few errands only to come back and find out the dogs had helped themselves to a thing or two on the table (bread, crackers, etc). After dinner, I asked my sister to bring out the cake and she said we'd eaten it the night before. Our other sister agreed with her and insisted we ate it. Turns out the dogs had eaten the cake and they did a terrible job lying about it." —Anonymous 8. "I almost killed my entire family, quite literally." "We'd had a heavy snow, and trees were falling, taking out power lines. We had no power, and the home heater was electric as well. I fired up the portable generator in our basement and carefully ran the end of the exhaust pipe outside. We enjoyed a nice dinner in a house with lights and heat. After dinner, the kids complained of having headaches. I found their complaints to be mildly irritating but went about the business of cleaning up after dinner. While doing so, for no reason whatsoever, I simply fell down... I hit the floor." "Somehow, I still had enough sense to realize that something had gone wrong with the generator, and we were getting poisoned with carbon monoxide." "Everyone in the house—all eight of us—were groggy by this time, but I summoned my brother to assist me. It was a struggle to walk, but we made our way to the basement and shut off the generator. It turned out to be that the exhaust hose had fallen off of the generator, and the machine had filled the house with the deadly gas. We opened the doors and windows for the next several hours and cleared the house in spite of the 25-degree temperature. Phones were down, so we could not even summon emergency help. For the next several weeks, most of those present had headaches, body aches, and great difficulty thinking and performing even simple tasks. What I have read since then about carbon monoxide poisoning is that we had experienced a very severe case of it, and had only very narrowly escaped death. That was the Thanksgiving that I ALMOST killed my entire family." —Anonymous 9. "I came out as a lesbian and my homophobic little sister smacked me in the face. :)" "She was like 13 and she has grown since then. Now she's my biggest supporter. I don't ever bring it up but I still laugh to myself about it whenever we go over to my grandparents' for holiday dinners." —Anonymous 10. "One year my brother wanted to roast a suckling pig to go with my turkey, but he couldn't use my kitchen... I had a whole day of cooking ahead of me, especially in the oven! Everyone was coming from out of town, so ours was the only kitchen." "[On Wednesday evening my dad, husband, and brother constructed an outdoor oven. They started the cooking process early Thursday morning and were in and out checking the pig every 10 to15 minutes. Please note: It was VERY WINDY that Thanksgiving. About two hours into the process, several grandkids and the outside chefs ran through the kitchen and out the back door. All I heard was, 'The pig's on fire!' I flew outside to find smoke billowing from their 'outdoor oven...' a 3'x3'x3' cinderblock cube in which a groove was chiseled to allow a spit to rest that held the pig. The inside was lined with foil and a foil-covered piece of plywood served as the lid. So... yes, they had created a KILN. With the wind continuously blowing through the little spit holes, that poor charred, black, raw, baby pig never stood a chance." —Anonymous 11. "My brother decided I was too stressed cooking dinner so he insisted I have a marijuana gummy. Not something I normally do, but something he regularly does. I eat a whole delicious fruit punch gummy bear and go on cooking." "During dinner, I start feeling off. I think, 'it’s clearly kicking in,' and continue eating, thinking let the fun begin! God, was I wrong. I look across the table and my twin uncles start merging together. Starting to panic, I think, 'I’ll go to the bathroom, splash some water on my face, and be fine.' Spoiler: I was not fine. My husband had to carry me to a bedroom to lie down. I start hallucinating some seriously crazy stuff. My husband decides he’ll sober me up with a shower, but has to carry me to the shower because I can’t walk on my own and proceed to violently throw up in the shower. My mom, brother, and husband have to help me clean up and get dressed. The rest of the family is oblivious to what’s going on and thinks dinner simply did not sit well. I keep throwing up while my aunt assures me that dinner was great! My parents finally put everything together and yell at my brother for getting me too high and ruining the evening. If anyone even mentions Thanksgiving my family tells this story and laughs uncontrollably. Apparently, I cannot handle my gummies and haven’t had one since. My daughter has no idea any of this happened and likes to tell me how great gummy bears are and that I’m missing out!" —Anonymous 12. "Unbeknownst to me, my family invited the uncle who molested me. Before he could even sit down my brother went and beat him to shit with a baseball bat." —Anonymous 13. "We learned that my brother was having an affair with a married man. We hadn't known he was gay, but we'd suspected. (Yes, the affair guy was married to another man.)" "My sister tried to announce to the family that she had an unhealthy dependence on alcohol and wanted to be sober by Christmas, but this was upstaged by the gay brother affair. By the end of the night she, my aunt, and I were the last stragglers in the gleaming kitchen splitting a bottle of wine." —Anonymous 14. "My grandma decided we were all on a diet and tried not to use any butter. For anything. That would've just been kind of a fail, except it started a fight between my mom and my uncle about diet culture that they still haven't stopped beefing about. It's been two years." —Anonymous 15. "My sister's abusive piece of shit husband got shot while dealing drugs on Thanksgiving morning." "He was admitted to the hospital at like 5 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day and my sister didn't tell us until she came over for dinner without him and we were like, 'Where's Jeff?' Turns out he had been dealing drugs to teenagers! Now we don't have to worry about him because he is in jail. I always hated him. Now I am free ❤️" —Anonymous 16. And finally: "When I was in eighth grade my parents (who I thought were in a very loving relationship!) decided to announce to our very large, very Catholic extended family that they were getting a 🎵Divoooorce!🎶 😃" "My grandma cried. My other grandma (dad's mom) was there too, and she and my crying grandma put on a rare united front to yell at my parents. My two aunts and my uncle were texting each other under the table. My parents honestly had each other's backs in this one instance and were NOT gonna be pressured out of a divorce. Turns out my dad had been lowkey cheating (talking to a woman from CHURCH! but no actual sex), and when we found that out, my aunt (his sister) smacked him with a full glass of wine in her hand and it broke against his face. Screaming ensued and my cousins and I went upstairs to play Mario Kart. I slept at my aunt's that night." —Anonymous So, what do you think? Let me know in the comments down below. Hopefully, our Thanksgivings are not as eventful as some of these.
A company that makes superconducting wire for the energy sector has pledged to invest $193.7 million in a production facility in Chatham County that it expects will create 333 jobs, Gov. Roy Cooper's office announced Tuesday. MetOx International Inc., which has headquarters in Houston, Texas, is a leader in high-temperature superconducting, or HTS, technology across multiple industries. HTS is an advanced power delivery technology capable of transmitting extremely high power at low voltage with zero heat generation or energy loss. The state’s Economic Investment Committee earlier Tuesday approved a Job Development Investment Grant of about $3.18 million over 12 years if MetOx hits job and investment targets. Chatham County is providing incentives of $5.7 million. The company’s Chatham County manufacturing center will produce the company’s Xeus HTS wire, which can make transmission cables up to 10 times more efficient than traditional copper cables, said Bud Vos, CEO of MetOx. “Establishing our new large-scale manufacturing facility in Chatham County is a pivotal step toward securing a reliable, domestic supply of HTS wire for the development of critical infrastructure in the United States,” Vos said. “This facility will not only deliver transformative energy technologies that strengthen our grid and reduce carbon emissions but also create high-paying manufacturing jobs in a community eager to lead in innovation. We are proud to partner with North Carolina to drive forward a resilient energy future built on cutting-edge science and strong local collaboration.” HTS technology is expected to revolutionize critical energy sectors, including power transmission, distribution and grid expansion, while also meeting the high-power demands of AI-driven applications and large data centers, the governor's office said in a press release. HTS is also pivotal in enabling high-field magnet applications such as next-generation wind turbines, motors and generators for clean aviation and aerospace, advanced defense systems, and magnetic confinement fusion energy. Although specific wages will vary depending on job role, the average salary of the new positions is $75,132, bringing more than $25 million of annual payroll growth to the region. The current average wage in Chatham County stands at $48,413. Over the course of the 12-year term of the state incentives grant, economists in the Department of Commerce estimate the project could grow the state’s economy by $987.8 million. State payments will only occur following performance verification by the departments of Commerce and Revenue that the company has met its incremental job creation and investment targets. MetOx’s JDIG agreement could also move as much as $1.06 million into a fund that helps rural communities across the state attract business in the future.Local nonprofits that have gift shops often count on the gift-giving season to raise a little extra funding for their charitable or educational programs. From museums to art galleries, nature centers to native American cultural centers, nonprofits offer a variety of items that make worthy stocking stuffers and packages wrapped in colorful paper, ribbons and bows. There’s the usual array of coffee mugs and baseball caps emblazoned with the name or logo of the nonprofit, but also plush toys, ornaments, books, T-shirts and hoodies. There’s also the option of paid memberships to a recipient’s favorite museum, cultural institution or outdoor center – ideal for slipping inside a stocking or tucking inside the branches of a Christmas tree. This year, Hannukah begins on the same day as Christmas, Dec. 25, making the gift-buying season that much more intense. In some cases, the gift shops are open for last-minute shoppers, but for most of them, the online versions of their stores are the best bet, provided orders are placed now for timely delivery. There are numerous gift shops across the region. If you have a favorite charity, museum, library or other cultural organization, check out their respective websites to see if they offer specialized merchandise. They make thoughtful gifts for both your loved ones as well as for the nonprofits themselves. Here’s a sampling of just some of the gifts available from nonprofits in the area. Carousel Museum thecarouselmuseum.org/giftshop 95 Riverside Ave., Bristol From the website: Your purchase helps us to preserve the history and beauty of carousels for future generations. As a token of our appreciation, we’re offering free shipping on all orders. Items include a spiral bound journal featuring images of carousel animals, an oval necklace, dog bandanas and hoodies, a 10- ounce tumbler, a Bushnell Park Carousel tripod lamp, flip flops and tote bags, to name a few. Mattatuck Museum mattmuseum.org 144 Main St., Waterbury (For GPS, search for 26 Park Place) The gift shop includes an enamel mug featuring the outline of the state, cork screws and bottle openers fashioned from vintage golf clubs, a frame to make your own pressed flowers, and books on the history of the city in general, the Irish in Waterbury, trolleys in the Brass City, and the history of beer in Connecticut by The Beer Snob, Will Siss. (The best access to the gift shop online appears to be through Instagram; search for mattatuck_museum.) American Mural Project americanmuralproject.org/store 90 Whiting St., Winsted The store that supports the largest indoor collaborative mural in the world includes hoodies, T-shirts, hats, caps, post cards and stickers. A sample of one of the post cards is shown above. At left, one of the three designs of hooded sweatshirts that are available, with the acronym for the American Mural Project, AMP, used in the text. White Memorial Foundation 80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield whitememorialcc.org/gift-shop (extra clicks are required to reach the gift shop items) The gift shop at Litchfield’s White Memorial Foundation has a variety of items for nature lovers, from guide books, wool caps, T-shirts, water bottles, hats, mugs, tumblers, stickers and maps, many with the White Memorial insignia. There also several options for gift memberships available as stocking stuffers. It also has a Christmas ornament featuring one of the winged residents of the 4,000-acre preserve. Gunn Memorial Museum gunnlibrary.org/gunn-museum/museum-support/shop 5 Wykeham Road, Washington, Conn. Items include a handsome hardcover coffee-table book on the country houses in Washington, Conn., designed by architect Ehrick K. Rossiter at the turn of the 20th century. From the website: The museum has a variety of merchandise related to the history of Washington, Connecticut for sale. Items can be purchased at the museum or online below. Items can be shipped by mail for an additional shipping fee. Email museum @gunnlibrary.org if you need assistance. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk muzemerch.com/partner/maritime-aquarium 10 N. Water St., Norwalk. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is offering harbor seal adoption kits now through Dec. 31. The symbolic adoption kits include one 10-inch harbor seal plush toy, a certificate of adoption, a fact sheet about harbor seals and two tickets to the Aquarium’s 4D theater. “A harbor seal adoption kit ... will not only will it bring joy to the children in your life, it will help us advance conservation efforts in Long Island Sound, provide educational experiences to people of all ages and care for our resident animals – including harbor seals Sono, Gracie, Feisty, Leila, and Rasal,” said chief strategy and growth officer Danielle Tranzillo. This limited edition toy can be purchased online for $99. It can be delivered by mail or picked up at the aquarium, 10 N. Water St., Norwalk. Allow 10-14 business days for delivery and 2-3 business days for on-site pick up. For more information on how to symbolically adopt a harbor seal, visit maritimeaquarium.org/holiday-guide. New England Railroad Museum dynamicticketsolutions.com/rmne/store 242 E. Main St., Thomaston In a unique partnership with the well-known toy train maker Lionel, the Railroad Museum of New England is offering a boxcar emplazoned with the logo of the old Naugatuck Railroad. (The O gauge car is $85, while the HO gauge is $44.) Other rolling stock is also offere as gifts through the museum’s online store are Atlas engines from the Central Maine and New Haven railroads, a Main Central snowplow, and a plush pillow of a New Haven FL9 locomotive. Institute for American Indian Studies Holiday Market on Saturday and Sunday 38 Curtis Road in Washington, Conn. 860-868-0518 The Institute for American Indian Studies will host a one-of a-kind holiday shopping experience that celebrates Native American culture. The institute’s Holiday Market offers both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in Native American culture. The Holiday Market takes place this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are many gifts to choose from, including Native American jewelry, paintings, photography, apparel, and candles, decorative gourds, pottery, rattles and flutes at a variety of prices. The chance to talk with the artists who have created these one-of-a-kind objects and to learn about the culture that inspired them makes gift purchases even more meaningful. If you are shopping for pottery and decorative items check out Primitive Technologies that showcase wood fired pottery, decorative masks, and unique jewelry, Jeanne Morningstar Kent (Nulhegan Ban, Coosuk-Abenaki) who creates tribal art on gourds, and Eva Newell, a multi-talented artist who offers a range of artwork from beadwork to paintings. For music lovers, Allan Madahbee (Ojibwe) is offering handmade Native American flutes as well as paintings and crafts. Shoran Piper, the Clan Mother of the Golden Paugussett Tribal Nation, is offering a variety of items from lotions and herbs to beaded jewelry and dream catchers. Keith Rood (Metis) will be selling a selection of leather bags as well as fans, pottery and stone blade knives. Eddie Cuevas of Taino Trinkets will has an array of handmade items, while Native Visions will be have a selection of contemporary and traditional original paintings, limited edition prints, kachinas and Zuni fetishes created by Native American artists and craftsmen from the Plains and Southwest. Some vendors may not be present on certain days, so call ahead for details, 860-868-0518. Also, there may be additional vendors that are not listed here. The museum’s gift shop has a distinctive collection of Native American jewelry, including wampum jewelry crafted by area Indigenous artists as well as silver and turquoise jewelry from the Southwest. For foodies, there is a selection of traditional Native American food products from Sweet Grass Trading Co., from the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and others. The gift shop also has a good selection of books and children’s items. Entrance to the Holiday Market is free but donations are welcome. A tour of the museum is available for a nominal fee while visiting the Holiday Market.CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Maria Gakdeng tied her season high with 21 points and grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds, Alyssa Ustby added 19 points and 13 boards and the No. 17 North Carolina women beat Miami 69-60 on Sunday for their third consecutive win. North Carolina (13-2, 1-1 ACC) lost its conference opener to No. 13 Georgia Tech on Dec. 15 before nonconference wins against Florida and Norfolk State. 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