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Seahawks spend New Year's lamenting what went wrong
Tim Booth, The Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — An unfamiliar situation played out inside the Seattle Seahawks headquarters on Monday with packing boxes being filled and memorabilia getting autographed far earlier than any season in recent memory.
For five straight seasons, the Seahawks didn't just play in January. They won at least one playoff game in each of those seasons.
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It made Monday's site of clearing out lockers at the conclusion of the regular season jarring for those who became accustomed of only knowing playoff football during Seattle's five straight years in the post-season.
"At the end of the day it's just disappointing. I think everybody is disappointed," Seattle tight end Luke Willson said.
"The locker room we thought we had was pretty special. But it didn't work out and I think everyone is at a loss for words."
Only five Seattle players on the active roster from Sunday's finale were around the previous time the Seahawks didn't make the post-season in 2011. At that time, Seattle was an ascending franchise.
The tweaks and changes made by Pete Carroll and John Schneider were starting to take form by the end of the 2011 season, and the drafting of Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner before the start of the 2012 season was a catalyst in Seattle's rise to being a mainstay in the post-season.
So is this 9-7 season and missing the playoffs the start of a backslide and the first step in a major rebuild?
"We want to obviously get better because the trend that we are on right now is not good," Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said.
Universally the Seahawks believe they're not that far away from still being among the elite in the NFC. Three of their losses were by a combined eight points and in part were due to kicking woes from Blair Walsh, including his missed 48-yarder in the final minute on Sunday in the 26-24 loss to Arizona.
The 42-7 blowout loss to the division champion Rams was the only game Seattle lost by more than one possession.
Seattle also dealt with injuries to critical pieces unlike any season in the past, most notably Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor being lost for the season because of injuries suffered in Week 9.
"This just feels bad because we're a quality team and we've got experienced guys, we've got tons of Pro Bowlers, a great franchise quarterback and so we don't want to be in this position when you're team is so talented," said Seattle linebacker K.J. Wright, one of the few holdovers on that 2011 team.
"It feels much, much worse this time because in 2011 we had no business being in the playoffs."
The occasional struggles on defence this season could be explained in part due to injuries. The offensive inefficiency — especially in the first half of games — was a puzzling issue that clouded Seattle all season.
Russell Wilson led the NFL in touchdown passes with 34, including 19 in the fourth quarter, but in many games was awful in the first half. Wilson's first-half passer rating was 78.1 — compared to 111.9 in the second half — and in 10 games this season Seattle scored seven or fewer points in the first half.
Much of the blame for the first-half problems has fallen on offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell. Baldwin launched into an impassioned defence of Bevell on Monday. While not dropping any names, Baldwin made clear the issues with Seattle's offensive were not on the play caller.
"It's not play calling. It's not play calling. We go into a game knowing what the defence is going to give us, situations we're going to be in. We don't execute as a team," Baldwin said.
"Offensively that's what we've seen time and time again is we do not execute the way that we should. That's on us as players. You guys can blame (Bevell) as much as you want to. Truth is (Bevell) is not the problem. Yeah, (I) probably already said too much."
Schneider and Carroll will be facing difficult choices moving forward because some of Seattle's older stars are also among the more expensive on the roster. Seattle was open about possibly trading Sherman last off-season.
Earl Thomas will be going into the final year of his contract. Michael Bennett signed an extension before the end of last season, but is 32 and played most of this season with a foot injury.
"It's always tough to play with injuries but I had injuries I could play through. You just do what you can when you can," Bennett said. "Every year you have some kind of injury, nobody in the NFL is 100 per cent and it's those who can play with those injuries who can play the longest."
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Mohegan Gaming CEO talks growth with HM
by Jena Tesse Fox |
The Fallsview Casino Resort joined the MGE portfolio in June. Photo credit: Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment
Casino developer and operator Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment last month executed its first expansion beyond the United States in the Americas, taking over day-to-day gaming operations of three properties on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. The properties include The Fallsview Casino Resort, Casino Niagara and the upcoming 5,000-seat Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre.
MGE CEO Mario Kontomerkos
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MGE CEO Mario Kontomerkos told Hotel Management the deal came about when the government of Ontario started seeking an outside operator for 17 casinos that had been owned and managed by its subsidiary, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
At the same time, the Connecticut-based company was looking to develop a project in the area. "We looked at Niagara Falls very closely and it fit a lot of the parameters that we look for in a market," said Kontomerkos. "We had an opportunity to take operational control of two of the largest casino resort assets in North America and Canada in addition to [developing] a 5,000-seat theater, which squarely fits in the middle of what it is we do from a product offering."
Kontomerkos suspects MGE won the bid to operate the Niagara Falls assets due to the company's existing properties in several U.S. states. "The 10,000-seat arena that we have here in {Uncasville] Connecticut [is] one of the highest-volume arenas in the world," he said, adding tthe flagship Mohegan Sun property attracts 12 million people per year, compared to the 42 million that visited all of the resorts in Las Vegas last year.
But the company perhaps had another quality that made it stand out from other operators bidding to manage the casinos: MGE is fully owned by the Mohegan tribal Indians of Connecticut, a tribe with 400 years of history behind it.
"I think [the owners] were comforted by the heritage of the Mohegan tribe, the rich traditions of the Mohegan tribe," said Kontomerkos, explaining the tribe takes "a very generational approach to business, a very long-term approach to busines. I can tell you from personal experience that the way we make business decisions is not for the next month or the next quarter, and sometimes not even for the next year." He added, "A lot of times we've got to test our decisions against the very long-term horizon. Our decisions have to be sustainable for 25 to 50 years because the whole purpose of this organization, the reason that this organization exists, is for the generational sustainability of the tribe and also the communities that it operates in."
When planning for the long term, relationships are more important than individual transactions, Kontomerkos suggested. "How do we maintain relationships for as long as possible—and that's for every stakeholder? How do we maintain our relationships with our employees for as long as we can? How do we maintain our relationships with our vendors for as long as we can? How do we maintain our relationships with our communities as long as we can?"
While the Niagara Falls development is MGE's first project outside of the U.S. in the Americas, the company already has another international complex in the works. Project Inspire was announced last year and is slated to open by 2023 at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea, making the Mohegan tribe the first to enter the Asian gaming market. The entertainment and gaming complex will include a hotel and a 15,000-seat arena. "That city welcomes 15 million people a year, and that airport, which we're a thousand feet away from, welcomes 70 million people per year," Kontomerkos said. Niagara Falls, meanwhile, attracts about 13 million people per year, both international and domestic.
Those kind of visitor numbers are a major factor for MGE's interest in a region, said the CEO, since the company specializes in multibillion-dollar, integrated entertainment resorts. "There's a certain type of market that can attract and consume such a development," he said. "We're looking for large markets demographically with affluent and mobile folks…big entertainment markets where our products can really shine."
The Incheon development is only the first phase of what Kontomerkos expects will be four or five phases over a period of 20 or 30 years. "So that'll be a continued opportunity for growth and expansion for us," he said.
Asia has become a very large market for globally branded casino resorts over the past two decades, the CEO told HM, and the region is a "source of opportunity" for gaming companies. While MGE is still seeking opportunities in North America, the company—as a "fore-runner and innovator" in integrated entertainment resort developments—is looking to Europe for further growth, pursuing an opportunity to invest in a large integrated entertainment resort in Athens, Greece.
"It fits the bill of what we've been talking about," Kontomerkos said of the development along the Athenian Riviera. "It's a sophisticated, cosmopolitan market with a very large tourism influx every year." In line with Incheon, Niagara Falls and Connecticut, he estimates that Athens has 30 million visitors per year.
Ultimately, Kontomerkos wants to build MGE into a brand with loyal high rollers who can get free trips to resorts around the world. "This is the type of global cross-marketing networking opportunity that we see here going forward," he said.
In the long run, he sees opportunities in owning, operating and developing these integrated entertainment resorts at the pace MGE has set already. "That's probably gonna be the primary focus for us," he said, noting he doesn't expect the company to begin franchising like Caesars did last year. "But that doesn't mean that there couldn't be an opportunity to do something like that in the future," he added.
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Yotto recently released his debut album on Friday, September 7th. Hyperfall was distributed on Above & Beyond's deep house extension Anjunadeep, a label Yotto consistently has starred on over the years.
The attention to detail on Hyperfall is impeccable, as Yotto takes us on an adventure with an assortment of highs and lows. There are faster songs such as Kantsu and Radiate, but it also has deeper cuts like Nada C, and Epilogue. As a result these disparate sounds give the album a unique identity.
Yotto worked to make his debut album a journey, with a true beginning, middle, and end. Whereas some albums stick with a similar mood at full length, the feel of Hyperfall changes throughout. If we had to choose one word to describe Hyperfall it would be spiritual.
Nada C is the fourth song on Hyperfall, as one of many examples of Yotto's down-tempo style. The songs before it are fast and upbeat, giving off a mood of working to get to a destination. Nada C resembles us reaching that destination.
In a recent Billboard interview, Yotto speaks about originally starting work on Nada C in 2004. At a point during the creation of Hyperfall, he decided that he just had to complete the track. Musically, we can hear a choir throughout the song. In that Billboard interview, we find out that this is in fact Yotto's high school choir from Finland. "The choir sound is actually a bunch of tweaked and hyper-edited samples of my high school choir," he reveals.
The energy In Nada C reaches a peak towards the end, signaling that we can't stay in this sanctuary forever, and that we must move on.
Moving forward, the next song, Radiate, saw its first play at the Pacific Northwest's own Gorge Amphitheater last year at ABGT250. That being so, Radiate instantly brings memories of that magical weekend at the Gorge flooding back.
Yotto describes the intense attention to detail that's present in Radiate. It's a showcase of Yotto's diverse sound, and for many, it's the true anthem of the larger album.
Yotto will be returning to the Pacific Northwest this November in support of his album. This is a great opportunity for people who missed out on ABGT 250 or if you need another dose of Yotto.
He will be playing at Celebrities Nighclub in Vancouver on November 24. while the venue for his Seattle show is currently in the process of being rescheduled. According to Yotto's website it will be on November 23.
Yotto creates a magical atmosphere during his performances, making this is one of the biggest events of the year for deep house fans. Hyperfall is available right now for your listening pleasure.


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Staying close to winners can prove lucky for you
A new study has revealed that being near a person on a winning streak could somehow enhance you own chances of winning.
Written by ANI | Washington | Published: January 27, 2009 3:13:16 pm
Want to get lucky? Well,then start staying close to winners,for a new study has revealed that being near a person on a winning streak could somehow enhance you own chances of winning.
The study has shed light on why,at a casino,people seem to gather around machines and people on a winning streak.
"It is common to find that people consider luck to be contagious-they are likely to believe that being near a person on a winning streak somehow enhances their own chances of winning," said author Arul Mishra (University of Utah,Salt Lake City).
His study focused on testing whether consumers would make product choices based on the same contagion principle.
Participants in one of his studies were asked to choose a Pepsi bottle from one of two groups.
In one group the bottles were close together and in the other they had been arranged apart.
When the consumers were told that one of the bottles in each group contained a gift coupon,the majority of subjects chose a bottle from the close-together group.
However,when participants were told that one of the bottles in each group was defective,they were more likely to choose from the group with the bottles arranged apart.
Mishra said that the research showed that "the age-old belief that qualities are contagious and transferable is quite pervasive in simple everyday decisions."
He determined that a group that is considered contagious appears to spread the qualities of one of its members to the complete group.
So,for gain,the contagious (close) group appears more attractive since the whole group seems to reflect the positive quality.
However,for loss,a non-contagious group appears more attractive since in such a group the loss quality appears to spread less.
"Despite the fact that the qualities (a gift coupon or a product defect) cannot physically spread from one object to the other,people still believe in the contagiousness of qualities based on their grouping," said Mishra.
The research has implications for product choice,persuasiveness of advertising messages,and retail shelf displays.
The new study is published in the Journal of Consumer Research.


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Atlanta Bulls 3, Venezuela Nosotros 0By Chris Errington, MSBLNational.com
JUPITER, FL – It didn't have to be said, but every Atlanta Bulls player knew — this one was for Jim.
Playing with a heavy heart following the tragic death of assistant coach Jim Sims, Jr. just 11 days prior, the Braves rode Steve Hueston's dominant two-hit pitching performance to a championship game victory.
"It was a big, emotional win for us," said Hueston who lives near and plays in Boston. "These are a great bunch of guys."
Atlanta manager Jeff Boyar, who knew Sims, Jr. for more than 20 years, was heartbroken at the loss of his friend. "He had the biggest smile on the team and he was the most positive person I've ever met. He had friends all over the country. Once you shook his hand, he would shake your hand and you knew Jim Sims."Bulls' players wore wristbands and hung Sims Jr.'s jersey in the dugout throughout the game after the 66-year-old Stockbridge, Ga. resident was killed in the early morning hours of Nov. 6 in what turned into a three vehicle accident on Interstate 75 near Parrish, Fl. The accident was originally caused by an 18-year-old driver who lost control of her car after dropping her cell phone. Sim's vehicle hit her car, which had rolled over and come to rest on the highway. Sim's Chevy Suburban was then struck by a tractor trailer moments later, police said.
Sims, Jr. had been traveling to Ft. Myers for another baseball tournament and was scheduled to join the team in Jupiter thereafter. "It was just a tragedy," Boyar said. "Jim didn't have a ring and he was very excited to come down this year and get a ring. [Sims Jr.'s wife] Denise and I spoke the night before … and she said, 'You're doing what Jim would have wanted you to do."
While Sims, Jr. was on the minds of each Bulls player, Hueston was the story of the game. Normally reserved to a set-up role, Huston eagerly lobbied for the starting assignment.
"I was amped up and I wanted the ball," the pitcher said. "I told coach, 'I've never been in a championship game and I'd love to have the opportunity. The opportunity arose and it felt great."
With his defense playing error free and grabbing nearly every ball hit in play, Hueston cruised. He needed just 96 pitches to go the distance, walking one and allowing just five base runners –only one reaching second.
Meanwhile, Atlanta, which lost in the final a year ago, scored single runs in the first, second and third to grab an early lead and give Hueston all the support he'd need.
Hueston explained that his game plan was originally to mix his pitches well, keeping the Venezuela hitters off balance, but when he realized they had difficulty hitting his fastball, he continued to pound the strike zone with hard stuff.
"I really didn't have to use my other pitches," he said. For Boyar, Hueston's superb effort was just another in a long list turned in by Bulls' pitchers all week, including Lee Rodney's three-hit shutout of the Southern Riptides in a 2-0 semifinal victory, one game after Atlanta defeated the Connecticut Top Hats, 14-5.
"We were blessed to have quite a pitching staff," the manager said. Having former major league catcher Glenn Sutko behind the plate did not hurt the pitching staff, Boyar said. "They aren't tools of ignorance," Boyar added.
Venezuela meanwhile won a pair of one-run games to face Atlanta, besting the East Coast Cardinals, 1-0 and Great Lakes Red Sox, 3-2 behind Edinson Urbina's four hitter and Joel Albaran's stellar mound effort.
In the end, with the championship trophy residing where it was meant to for at least one year, Boyar reflected on what had just transpired.
"[Sims Jr.'s death] made [the win] so much more special," the manager said. "Jim would love to have a ring and the team knew about it. I feel like we played for Jim Sims."
Atlanta manager Jeff Boyar delivers a pep talk


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My Best Friends
June 22, 2019 davisg022 1 Comment
I grew up with a dog. A little red Cocker Spaniel named Cookie. She was my dog from the time I was twelve until I enlisted at seventeen. We played through the woods and explored the creeks and streams of Western North Carolina during those years. Mama told me that she seemed to miss me after I left and spent a lot of time on the porch watching up the road, hoping to see me coming home. She was always excited and happy to see me when I did come home on leave. I remember the sad day I received a letter from my sister telling me of her demise.
During the fifty-four years, Kikuko and I have been married, there have been six dogs who shared the time with us. First, there was an Akita named Taro who was with us for thirteen years. For a short time, he had a companion, a Shiba named Boots who tangled with a car and lost. Then there was a Shikoku also named Taro. As he got older he was joined by a female Shiba that we called Yuri although her "paper name" was Kotobuki Hime. After Taro II died at age twelve, Yuri was alone for a number of years and then was joined by a Shiba puppy, Taro III. Yuri lived seven more years and died a month before her eighteenth birthday. Taro, as he grew older was joined by another female Shiba named Izumi. Taro succumbed to cancer at the age of twelve. Izumi is sleeping under my desk as I type this. Each of these dogs had names on their pedigree that didn't seem to fit them or their personalities. It is probably good that they didn't know.
Kikuko and I are both aging and don't want to leave a dog as an orphan so we have decided that Izumi will be the last fur baby.
Someone once wrote a piece called, "The Rainbow Bridge." According to this missive, as each dog leaves this life, they gather just this side of a rainbow-colored bridge to wait for their human companion to join them and they cross that bridge together, united once again forever. If there is a life after this, I pray that all my dogs are there.
I echo the comment of Will Rogers, the great cowboy humorist who said, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
I remember seeing an episode of Death Valley Days with Ronald Reagan playing the part of George Vest. Someone posted about it the other day on Facebook. George Vest is credited with coining the term "Man's Best Friend." I can think of no better description of a dog's devotion to his friend. I hesitate to use the word master as that isn't the relationship I have had with my dogs.
George Graham Vest (1830-1904) served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1879 to 1903 and became one of the leading orators and debaters of his time. This delightful speech is from an earlier period in his life when he practiced law in a small Missouri town. It was given in court while representing a man who sued another for the killing of his dog. During the trial, Vest ignored the testimony, and when his turn came to present a summation to the jury, he made the following speech and won the case.
"Gentlemen of the jury, the best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter whom he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us — those whom we trust with our happiness and good name — may become traitors in their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolute, unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world — the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous — is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives fiercely if only he can be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
"If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter, if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside, will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death." — George Graham Vest


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Q: Explain why the determinant of $A$ must be $1$ or $-1$ Assume $A$ is an $n\times n$ matrix where every entry is an integer.
Suppose $A$ is invertible, and that every entry in $A^{-1}$ is also an integer. Why must $\det(A)$ be only $1$ or $-1$?
It's clear that any matrix $A$ consisting only of integers will produce a determinant that is an integer, but I am unsure of how to show why that integer can only be $1$ or $-1$ in this case. Is there a specific equation I should consider? Any push in the right direction is appreciated.

A: We know that
$$1=\det I = \det (A\cdot A^{-1}) = \det A \cdot \det A^{-1}.$$
And by the assumption, both $\det A$ and $\det A^{-1}$ are integers.
Hence, $\det A$ should be $1$ or $-1$.


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HomeShaitaan A Criminal MindShaitan - A Criminal Mind: Inside story of the case (Episode 5 on 15th Dec 2012)
Shaitan - A Criminal Mind: Inside story of the case (Episode 5 on 15th Dec 2012)
Satyanveshi December 16, 2012
What type of criminal is shown
Megalomania is a psychopathological disorder characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence. 'Megalomania is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their powers and beliefs'. Historically it was used as an old name for narcissistic personality disorder prior to the latter's first use by Heinz Kohut in 1968, and is used these days as a non-clinical equivalent. It is not mentioned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Jagir Kaur
Bibi Jagir Kaur is the first woman to be elected for the second time as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), an organisation that manages historic Sikh shrines and some educational institutions in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Ms. Kaur's name was put forward by the senior Akali leader, Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, and seconded by another SGPC member, Harswinder Singh. There were no other contenders. She had held the same post from March 1999 to November 2000, when she resigned. The post became vacant since the death of the Akali stalwart, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, who served for 26 terms. He died in March, 2004 after a brief illness.
Jagir Kaur is an active member of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a Sikh political party with a strong following in Punjab. She joined the party in 1995 and was shortly thereafter appointed member of the party's working committee. In 1997, she was elected from the Bholath constituency in Kapurthala district. She was appointed Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister in addition to holding the portfolios of social welfare, development of women and children welfare in the Parkash Singh Badal Cabinet. She resigned the post of minister when she was appointed as the President of the SGPC. Her rise was meteoric, rising from the position of a teacher in Mathematics to the post of President of the SGPC.
Harpreet Kaur Murder Case
She was convicted on 30 March 2012 by a special CBI court for the "illegal confinement, forceful abortion of her daughter". She was handed a sentence of 5 years. On 1/11/2012, she was let off on bail on condition that she would not leave the country.
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This week's UK news: 29 May 2015
Student Interview: Yoshinobu Murata
Yoshinobu Murata, who is 30 and comes from Japan, found his course life-changing. He not only enjoyed travelling around England but used learning English in the UK as a gateway to explore Europe, a great chance for students coming from further afield.
Former English UK language student represents Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Did you know that the singer of Spain's entry to this year's Eurovision Song Contest studied English at one of our member schools?
English UK Wales - our newest national group
English UK is delighted to welcome its newest national association: English UK Wales
Formed this month, the group has eight founding member centres, including seven language schools and a further education college.
This week's UK news: 8 May 2015


Invincible Spirit scored his 14th individual Group 1 victory when Signs Of Blessing won the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville yesterday (Sunday 7th August).
The five-year-old gelding was bred by Serge Boucheron and is owned by Mme Isabelle Corbani. Signs Of Blessing got off to a great start in the 6½ furlong contest. He set a stern pace and never saw another rival, holding on for the win from the fast finishing Donjuan Triumphant.
After the race, trainer Francois Rohaut commented: 'Signs Of Blessing has always shown a huge amount of promise and I am delighted he has been able to make good on it today. He will have a break and then go back to Ascot. If all goes well he could go to Hong Kong after that'.
Signs Of Blessing is the second individual Group 1 winner for Invincible Spirit this year along with Profitable who won the King Stand's Stakes at Royal Ascot. His full sister sells at the forthcoming Arqana August Yearling Sale in Deauville.
Congratulations to all the winning connections.


Rich and beautiful heiress to the international Hosho group, Reiko (played by Keiko Kitagawa) has started a new life as a rookie detective. She thinks it's a secret from her family and her attentive butler Kageyama (Sho Sakurai), but Kageyama easily sees through her ruse and goes so far as to help her solve her first case: The Woman Who Died With Her Boots On. Reiko has exhausted every lead and come up empty, and she's even more frustrated by the overbearing behavior of her superior, the flashy and flirtatious Detective Kazamatsuri. Kageyama listens to her story and shamelessly points out that she's missed the most obvious solution to the murder. But he'll only tell her the answer after she's finished her elegantly-prepared meal.
A large part of the episode takes place in the living-room or dining-room of Reiko's mansion. Detective shows always have the "explanation" section (See Matlock, Colombo, Murder She Wrote) but Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de smartly breaks this up with split-camera angles, freeze-frame POVs, and quick cuts. The variety isn't just on the visual end: Kitagawa's performance hints at much more depth to Reiko than her pouting and rich-girl manners, and Sakurai adds loads of comic finesse to what could have been a one-note role.
The comic-book visual direction balances perfectly against the upper-class society properness and heavy dialogue, going all out with bright colors, page-frames, thought balloons, and animations. The scene where Reiko literally throws the word "Fired" at Kageyama is comedy gold.
Kippei Shiina as Kazamatsuri is fantastic in this premiere episode. His larger-than life intensity is just a step or two away from Ace Ventura, and the unanswered question of why he became a detective (he's rich, too) is the mystery I'm looking forward to. Listen for Dreams Come True playing from his car stereo as he speeds away in his silver convertible.
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The After Dinner Mysteries) is currently playing on UTB Hollywood in Southern California.


significant contributions to addiction research and treatment is one of the selection criteria.
9:50 – Dopamine dynamics during the progression of substance use.
3:50 – From optogenetics to a treatment against cocaine use disorders.


I was so excited to get the news that this little one finally decided to make his entrance! His mom brought so many fun props to her maternity session which was very close to his due date and we thought she would go early but he had other plans. He was pretty alert and content with not sleeping for about the first hour he was here for his session. I promised his mom that if we held out it would be worth and……well I will let the photos speak for themselves!


Ha Na Jang won the 2016 Coates Golf Championship.
The conditions were not ideal for a day on the golf course, but as the rain poured down at Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club Saturday afternoon; Ha Na Jang won the 2016 Coates Golf Championship. She finished -11 for her first LPGA victory. Upon sinking a birdie putt for the victory, Ha Na turned her putter into a samurai sword in what could go down as one of the greatest sports celebrations of all time.
The weather was expected to cooperate throughout the 3rd and 4th round on Saturday, but it did not. Lydia Ko was in charge for most of the final round and the 2nd year LPGA golfer Brooke Henderson moved in solo second with a 5 under par, 67. Lydia Ko would eventually give up first place to Ha Na Jang finishing tied for 3rd and Brooke Henderson would finish in second.
The final Coates Golf Championship leaderboard.
The PRO-AM took place Tuesday, February 2nd with some pretty famous armatures coming out to play like The Ol' Ball Coach Steve Spurrier. There were plenty of new activities to do during this year's Coates Golf Championship, such as a new Craft Beer Festival. Fans could play a round of golf while enjoying sample tastings from 18 different local, regional and national breweries. There were also several food trucks on site to provide food for fans. We gave away sleeves of golf balls and a brand new driver during our #RLDrives social media contest.
Steve Spurrier participating in the Pro-AM.
R+L Carriers would like to thanks Coates Golf, The LPGA, Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club and all of the other sponsors and volunteers who made this year's tournament a success. It's a wonderful experience to be the title sponsor of this great event, and we look forward to presenting the event again next year!
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for photos of the event. Check out our Storify with some of the best fan interaction from social media too!
Fans at the Coates Golf Championship.
Ha Na Jang with the winners trophy.
LPGA golfer Candie Kung playing the 18th hole during the Coates Golf Championship.
The R+L Carriers Expedited truck.
Ha Na Jang is the winner of the 2016 Coates Golf Championship.
Fans braved the pouring rain to watch the finale of the Coates Golf Championship.
The 18th hole at Golden Ocala.
A variety of food trucks were on hand for fans during the tournament.
LPGA Golfer Austin Ernst at hole 8.
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Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
by News Feed Editor | Jan 23, 2023 | Health
Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to states convening their first full legislative sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Although some state GOP lawmakers have filed bills to ban abortion pills or make it more difficult for women to travel out of state for an abortion, others seem split about what their next steps should be. Some are even considering measures to ease their states' existing bans somewhat, particularly after Republicans' less-than-stellar showing in the 2022 midterm elections and voters' widespread support for abortion on state ballot measures.
Meanwhile, Democratic-led states are looking to shore up abortion protections, including Minnesota and Michigan, where Democrats sewed up legislative majorities in the November elections.
Anti-abortion groups said their goal in overturning Roe v. Wade was to turn the decision back to the states, but now they are making clear that what they want is an encompassing national abortion ban.
"Legislation at the state and federal levels should provide the most generous protections possible to life in the womb," says the "Post-Roe B …


Moore brings his sharp satire to analyze the legacy of 11/9 and to raise questions about what lies ahead. Trump is a master distractor with his incendiary tweets, staff firings, and outright lies. But within the chaos, his administration has delivered on a right-wing agenda with tax cuts for the wealthy, environmental deregulation, court appointments, and treaty withdrawals that will be felt long into the future.
In Moore's three decades of filmmaking, he's often voiced progressive ideas that sound radical at first but eventually become mainstream.
Moore likes to subvert expectations, so we'll refrain from disclosing too many details ofFahrenheit 11/9. Let's just say there are aspects that feel very timely in the lead-up to the US Congressional elections. But overall, this is an evergreen film that applies historical lessons from both progressive and repressive movements. It speaks strongly to a younger generation in the hope that they might fix what the previous generation has royally fucked up.


What is the purpose of a White Rubber Base Plastic Chain Post?
A Rubber Base Post can be used on its own or with a sign attached or as part of a complete system linked by plastic chain They serve to secure areas undergoing maintenance as well as manage queues of people or vehicles. The posts also act as holders for temporary traffic signs. They make lightweight and handy barrier posts as the rubber bases weigh only 1.6kg. The posts are easily made visible with coloured connecting chains.
Where can a White Rubber Base Plastic Chain Post be used?
A Rubber Base Post can be used in commercial areas such as shopping centres, hotels and hospitals. They can likewise be used at activity centres such as concert venues, banquet halls and reception areas. Schools can use the posts to manage queues at canteens, libraries as well as entrance gates. Parks can use the kit for different purposes. The posts can be used to hold temporary safety signs or serve as barriers at indoor and outdoor car parks. It is always a good idea to have some of these posts at home for a variety of uses.
Security personnel in schools, hotels, hospitals and concert venues can use the product for crowd control. Park keepers use the kit to secure areas undergoing maintenance work as well as reroute park visitors whenever necessary. Traffic enforcers can utilise the posts as temporary barriers during emergency road situations.
The posts are 880mm (H) x 40mm (Dia) while the base is 265mm square.


Note. This help note applies only to certificates generated prior to 1 July 2017, or revision of those certificates if validly lodged with the consent authority.
BASIX gives a concession to dwellings that have little or no choice but to have a suspended floor due to site constraints, such as a sloping site, flood-prone area ormine subsidence area.
Suspended floors of any construction tend to have lower thermal performance than slab on ground floors. For both circumstances, BASIX increases the maximum heating and cooling loads.
The selected suspended floor has a site slope greater than 10% directly below all or part of that floor.
If a flat area is created under part of the floor for a garage or carport, the concession can still be claimed provided some part of the area under the floor has a greater than 10% slope.
You can select another floor type that is slab on ground or a suspended floor with flat ground below and still claim the concession for the suspended floor.
Your drawings MUST show the sloping site. It is good practice to show the calculated site slope to confirm that it is greater than 10%. As a minimum, the site slope must be able to be calculated by the consent authority.
The dwelling is required to have a suspended floor due to it being located in a flood-prone area.
Evidence to support the requirement for a suspended floor must be provided to the consent authority.
The dwelling is required to have a suspended floor due to it being located in a mine subsidence area.


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Rangers sign Panarin to seven-year deal
The New York Rangers' rebuild just took a giant leap forward. Winger Artemi Panarin, the top free agent available this off-season, signed a seven-year, $81.5 million deal to join the Rangers.
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NEW YORK — The New York Rangers' rebuild just took a giant leap forward.
Winger Artemi Panarin, the top free agent available this off-season, signed a seven-year, $81.5 million deal to join the Rangers, a person with knowledge of the signing told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team didn't announce terms of the deal Monday. He reportedly turned down more money from the crosstown rival Islanders among others.
The 27-year old Russian had 28 goals and 59 assists last season while helping Columbus get the last wild card in the Eastern Conference and then beat Presidents Trophy-winning Tampa Bay to advance to the second round. Panarin, who won the Calder Trophy with Chicago as the league's top rookie, has career totals of 116 goals and 204 assists in 322 games over four seasons with Blue Jackets and Blackhawks.
He gives the Rangers the scoring touch they've lacked while missing the last two playoffs after a run of seven straight post-season appearances, including a run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2014.
New York also agreed to terms with forwards Greg McKegg and Danny O'Regan. McKegg had six goals and five assists in 41 games with Carolina this season, and the 25-year-old O'Regan has totalled one goal and four assists in 25 career games with San Jose and Buffalo.
Ahead of trade deadline in 2018, Rangers released a letter to fans announcing their intent to rebuild, and then dealt forwards Rick Nash and J.T. Miller and defenceman Ryan McDonagh. The purge continued at this year's deadline with the departures of Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes.
There were a lot of ups and downs for the Rangers in the first full season of the makeover. They were 32-36-14 in the first season under coach David Quinn, getting just five wins in their last 21 games (5-10-6) to finish seventh in the eight-team Metropolitan Division — 20 points out of the last wild card in the East for the second straight year.
However, the Rangers have been busy improving the defence since the end of their season. They signed Adam Fox, acquired the rights to restricted free agent Jacob Trouba from Winnipeg and drafted Kaapo Kakko with the second overall pick in the draft.
The Rangers also hired John Davidson as team president — bringing back their former goaltender and broadcaster — after he stepped down from the same role following seven seasons in Columbus.
New York also signed two Russians they drafted in previous years — forward Vitali Kravtsov (first round, 2018) and goalie Igor Shesterkin (fourth round, 2014) — to entry-level contracts.
Shortly before reports of Panarin's signing, the Rangers dealt forward Jimmy Vesey to Buffalo — leaving Chris Kreider, Vladislav Namestnikov and Jesper Fast as potential unrestricted free agents next year.


I am grateful to call Peterborough my home for so many reasons.
My family moved to Peterborough in 1991, when I was in my last year of high school. I only attended Adam Scott for one semester, but met two people who impacted my life in a large way.
The first was Mrs. McIlmoyle, my grade 13 biology teacher, who encouraged me to pursue medicine as a career. The second was a good friend, Andrew Wagar, who immediately welcomed me to the "North End", the track team and eventually introduced me to my future husband, Andrew Shufelt.
I work full-time at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre as an Interventional Cardiologist.
I am one of three doctors in the Kawarthas who performs cardiac angioplasty procedures.
Together with a dedicated team of support staff, nurses and X-ray technologists, I work to save lives of patients who present with heart attack. I am incredibly proud of the service we provide to this community. The fast actions of our team have helped so many people survive. We also perform more complex procedures on patients who are suffering from chronic chest pain to help them get back to more active lives. One of the things I am also interested in is patient safety and the processes we can follow in a systematic way to improve outcomes.
I have three young children and together with my husband, we enjoy so much of what the Kawarthas has to offer.
Life in Peterborough makes it easy to "practice what I preach" in terms of a heart healthy lifestyle. I am an avid cyclist, hockey player and cross-country skier. These activities give me an outlet for my competitive nature, but more importantly, a strong social network. Many times, a challenging ride with good friends can bring clarity to problems and give me a good laugh.
Rewind to the start again – my family moved to Peterborough when my father (John Macdonald) took a new position as the Director of the Foundation at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Over the years it has been important to me to be close to my parents as a source of mutual support. My mother and father have always shown me the importance of community involvement and philanthropy.
I have sponsored the Dr. Shufelt's Kids Triathlon since 2010 and every year, watching the excitement of the kids on race day is inspirational. I also participate with my oldest daughter in the MS Bike event every year, and am immensely proud to see her carrying on the family tradition by raising over $30,000 for MS research over the past 4 years.
The Inspire Women's project is important to me as I feel that we don't always take the time to recognize and lift up fellow women we admire. Working together with respect for our differences and admiration of our strengths can make so much happen in our community.


Traders are afraid we're heading for a full-blown global trade war.
LONDON – Global markets are falling late on Friday morning after US President Donald Trump threatened to levy new tariffs on more than $500 billion of goods from China.
Trump told CNBC in an interview that ran on Friday that he is "ready to go to 500" on tariffs on Chinese imports.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 dropped half a per cent in minutes after the comments and Germany's DAX suffered a similar fall.
Trump has been threatening to levy tariffs on European car manufacturers in a bid to force more production into the US. European auto shares fell on Friday in response to Trump's China comments. Volkswagen shares are down 2% at 12.35 a.m. BST (7.35 a.m. ET) and BMW is down 1.5% at the same time.


Upon Obama's succession, the majority of the public believed that tensions between Muslim and non-Muslims were a thing of the past. Since his election, Obama has already appointed a U.S. envoy to the Muslim world, pulled an unknown deputy mayor of Los Angeles for an assistant director position with the Department of Homeland Security, and hired a Muslim woman as an interfaith advisor. Between this and the growing number of Muslims on Capitol Hill, it would be easy to imagine that America's traveling a golden path toward Muslim American relations.
Yet the past several months have witnessed a rise in tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims. Between demonstrations against building a mosque on Ground Zero, a renewed interesting in defying threats against depicting the prophet Muhammad, and (mostly recently) rising domestic tension between Israeli and Arab groups on the Flotilla attack, it is clear that American Muslim relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace.
As with the "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," what we now see is a public reaction to the acts or attitudes held by a wider Muslim community. The same shift of action and reaction is what ultimately caused the New York public bus ads offering Muslim apostates refuge from a potentially hostile Muslim community – a move made in response to Islamic Circle of North America [ICNA].


Facebook is back in the headlines again on the topic of "fake news" – this time for the initial US launch of its new warning feature that automatically displays an advisory message when users attempt to share a story that one or more of its verification partners has flagged as false or misleading. Yet, once again Facebook's actions demonstrate that Silicon Valley still hasn't quite figured out how the real world works.
Many of the headlines about Facebook's new tool have lauded it as an instant solution that will completely eliminate the spread of false news and even go as far as to save journalism itself. The problem with these claims and Facebook's approach in general is that it completely ignores the basic psychology of how we as humans process information.
We all like to think of ourselves as logical rational beings who consume the factual information that surrounds us and make correct decisions supported by truth. The problem is that in the general case this could not be further from reality. As any Star Trek fan will know by heart, Spock taught us that humans are the furthest thing imaginable from cold logical rational beings and that our decisions tend to be entirely illogical and emotional, commonly divorced from what common sense would suggest is the proper response.
The problem with this idea is that human understanding of the world is clouded by cognitive bias. Perhaps most famous in the data science world is confirmation bias in which we accept any scrap of evidence, no matter how tenuous, that supports our views and discard any information, no matter how widely accepted, that disagrees with those beliefs.
Most relevant to Facebook's latest approach is a concept colloquially called the "backfire effect" in which telling someone they are wrong and presenting them with "correct" information actually can cause them to retreat even more strongly into their existing view and more forcefully discard contradictory information. In effect, by placing that warning label on a post Facebook may actually be pushing the user to more strongly agree with its contents. Or, for those that believe that Facebook or its fact checking partners hold strongly liberal biases, then having Facebook label your posts as "disputed" may actually act as a stamp of approval and a mark of stature. At the very least, a warning from Facebook may mean as much to such an audience as a warning from Russia to American audiences that all of the Russian hacking stories in the news right now are "fake news."
When it comes to communicating with the public and correcting false and misleading information, simply telling people that they are wrong is unlikely to bring them into your camp. I have been personally involved for more than a decade with various efforts around communicating information on climate change to the public and especially how to correct misconceptions regarding certain aspects of environmental change and its impact on human health and life. Unfortunately, too many of the scientists I have worked with have argued that all you have to do is tweet out a link to a 50-page scientific paper with lots of complex math and figures that definitively demonstrates some complex scientific phenomena and magically everyone in the world will get on board with climate change. Some have at least recognized the need to translate complex scientific ideas to a colloquial audience, but even they all too often believe that by simply telling people they are wrong and putting the scientific facts out there that everyone will simply change. On the contrary, the bottom line is that numbers tend not to matter in the court of public opinion - mountains of scientific evidence and hard observational numbers might seem as if they will instantly sway everyone who encounters them, but the reality is that if someone disbelieves in climate change, telling them they are stupid and handing them a spreadsheet of numbers you claim prove this is unlikely to bring them to your way of thinking.
In terms of actually discouraging the spread of false and misleading news, Facebook's new feature may therefore actually do greater harm than good. The company did not respond to a request for comment as to whether it had consulted with psychological researchers in the creation of its new service or how it came to its current approach, but in conversations I have had with psychologists over the years with respect to communicating climate change research, Facebook's approach could not be further from the recommendations they offered.
It also leaves open how Facebook will apply its new system to sensitive topics like religion – if a public figure makes a statement regarding religion, would Facebook go so far as to flag articles about it as being disputed because leading fact checking organizations have asserted that his or her religion is based on false beliefs and is unsupported by science?
More troubling will be how Facebook and its fact checkers handle evolving news stories, especially when it comes to cases where citizens and police have differing views of what happened. Would Facebook flag every Black Lives Matter post that cites the rallying call of "hands up" as "disputed" since the final government report indicates this was a false narrative and the phrase was not actually spoken during the encounter? Conversely, when police reports stated Laquan McDonald was turning towards police, would Facebook's new approach have flagged all community media reports citing witnesses to the contrary as disputed and discourage their spread? If so, would that prevent the kind of community pressure that led to the dashcam video being released that showed the police narrative was wrong?
We like to think that its easy to separate fact from fiction, but the reality is that so much of the false and misleading information we encounter every day is far from black and white.
As I discussed last November, false and misleading information actually spans a continuum from satirical entertainment to the willful distribution of false information for self-benefit. One small change Facebook could easily make is to allow news outlets to self-identify as satirical or entertainment, such that posts from The Onion, The Borowitz Report and others would be readily identifiable as entertainment to those unfamiliar with them.
The company could also take further steps to allow users to block posts from sources they identify as frequently posting largely false or misleading information. When I asked the company in December why users can hide posts from some sources but not others, a company spokesperson confirmed that there "are a few cases that we haven't provided this option for" and that the company was working on the issue, but three months later there appears to be little change on this front and the company did not respond to a request for comment on why it still does not permit users to block false or misleading information sources if Facebook is so focused on helping users reduce the spread of false information on its platform.
Another possibility would be to adopt an informational, rather than adversarial, stance on offering corrective information for posts containing potentially false or misleading information. Rather than placing a large warning notice on an article labeling it as "disputed" (which automatically pushes the reader away if he or she holds beliefs contained in that article), one could offer a continuum display of coverage of the topic showing the full range of views and placing the post in question on that display.
For example, take an article lauding the appearance of the Rogue Twitter accounts as instances of heroic government workers standing up to oppression. When someone tries to share that article on Facebook, a horizontal line would appear above it for every user seeing the post that shows the range of full range of coverage about the "rogue" accounts with articles on the leftmost side being the most critical accounts, questioning whether the accounts really were who they said they were and raising concerns about their activities, while coverage on the rightmost side would be largely celebratory announcements lionizing them as heroes. Articles listed in the middle of the line would be the most clinical – those neither lauding nor criticizing and simply recounting what the believed facts are at the moment. In essence, one would have an emotional graph ranging from deeply negative to neural to deeply positive. In this case the given article would appear as a mark on the rightmost side of the line showing that in the continuum of coverage of the accounts, it falls all the way into the most glowing and positive accounts.
Someone who genuinely believed in their heart that the Rogue accounts were 100% all government workers "gone rogue" and that anything they might do to break the law was acceptable in the service of getting their voices heard, might never bother to glimpse at articles on the left side or middle of the emotional graph. However, by avoiding labeling their beliefs as "disputed" or forcefully confronting them with alternative views, it is more likely that they might at least take a second to see what those from the other side are saying. In short, by avoiding labeling their beliefs as "disputed" or offering judgement and instead treating coverage in the purely clinical terms of "here's what everyone is saying" you engage people's curiosity. In much the same way that the Drudge Report frequently links to liberal news articles and the Huffington Post frequently links to conservative news articles, you can create pathways that expose people to opposing views, even if only to criticize them (which in turn increases their visibility). By creating an environment in which a user sees a post as an expression of a broader conversation rather than a simplistic label of "disputed" or not, it reduces the "outgroup" narrative and backfire defense.
Putting this all together, Facebook's latest attempt at combating "fake news" reflects that Silicon Valley has steadfastly refused to learn the lesson that technology in the real world collides with the reality of human nature and that our Silicon Saviors have much to learn about psychology and the users they serve.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) � When you exit Arlanda Airport on the highway toward Stockholm, you'll see a Boeing 747 on your left that looks curiously out of place.
The plane sits idle and lonely on a grass-covered mound just outside the airport perimeter, without any recognizable airline colors.
You might think the giant aircraft got lost on the way to the runway and was abandoned here, were it not for the inscription on the side: "Jumbo Hostel."
Turns out this former Pan Am jumbo jet is no longer taking passengers to the skies, but will soon be accommodating them on the ground. Left inactive at Arlanda, Stockholm's main airport, after its last owner went bankrupt, the plane was rescued by a Swedish entrepreneur looking to expand his hostel business.
"I got information about this airplane standing abandoned at Arlanda," says Oscar Dios, who runs a hostel in Uppsala, about 20 miles north of Arlanda. "I thought why not try to convert it into a hostel? Since you've been converting boats and light houses and trains before into hostels."
Construction crews are working through the holidays to get the 25 rooms ready for the scheduled opening on Jan. 15. Jumbo Hostel is already taking bookings.
The 65-square-foot rooms are Spartanly furnished, with a bunk bed, an overhead luggage compartment and a flat screen TV with entertainment as well as flight information.
Every inch of the 3,800-square-foot floor space is being used. There will be a reception and small cafeteria just inside the front entrance, two rows of rooms on each side of the aisle, and showers and toilets in the rear. The bubble on top is being remodeled into a conference room with first-class flight seats.
Dios is hoping for a diverse clientele, including airport taxi drivers stopping for a coffee break in the cafeteria, business travelers needing accommodation close to Arlanda and even wedding parties looking for an unusual ceremony.
As soon as the guard rails come up, couples will be able to exchange vows on the left wing, receive a small party in the conference room and spend the night in the cockpit, converted into a bridal suite with a private bathroom.
Rates range from $40 (300 kronor) for a bed in a shared four-bed dormitory to $170 (1,350 kronor) for a private room with a twin bed and a single bed. The bridal suite costs $420 (3,300 kronor) per night.
Dios says his idea of aircraft lodging is unprecedented: "That's what we've heard so far. Smaller planes have been turned into restaurants, but never a 747 into a hostel."
While emphasizing comfort, he's added details in the interior decor to remind guests "that they're actually inside an aircraft."
When you wake up, you'll see the soft curvature of the ceiling, and, through the row of windows, the tail fins of operational aircraft parked at their gates at Arlanda.
Hostel staff will wear cabin crew uniforms � what else � and the furniture in the cafeteria will evoke the glory days of air travel.
"We're going for the Pan-Am era. A lot of '70s," says project leader Gisela Olsson, holding up an orange seat for the cafeteria chairs.
Built in 1976, the plane � now named Liv after Dios' daughter � first took to the skies with Singapore Airlines before shifting to Pan Am for about 10 years.
After that airline went belly up in the 1990s, it flew under a variety of colors until being bought by Swedish leasing company Transjet. When that, too, went bankrupt, the aircraft was left decaying at Arlanda Airport until Dios came along with a bundle of cash.
It remains to be seen whether his idea will take off among Arlanda air travelers.
"If I've been flying all day, I wouldn't want to sleep on a plane," says Lynn Sundelius, a 19-year-old student at Stockholm University.
Still, Dios is confident Jumbo Hostel will be profitable, and even spread to airports around the world. "It's no kamikaze project," he says.


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newness: sewing vintage. well, vintish. this is on its way to becoming vogue 1044, '50s design but modern instructions and a multisized pattern (although apparently not resized for modern underpinnings, i may need to make a few alterations).
and on this topic a whole new world of reading material, not least sew retro - a group blog for vintage sewists - and gertie's new blog for better sewing - where our intrepid heroine attempts to sew a complete '50s wardrobe.


This team works on questions about adaptions and actualizations of the legal aspects concerning MCG.
* any related matter raised by the membership.
This announcement is addressed to either young or experienced researchers in the field of mathematical creativity and giftedness, as well as to those who perceive themselves as both young and experienced researchers, as the authors of this announcement do.
The paper is about an interesting and important topic… However, the paper in its present form raises serious concerns related to its theoretical background and contribution.
The second research question is particularly important… Unfortunately, it is out of reach of the implemented research methodology.
This reviewer was impressed by the clarity of the introduction and by the detailed procedure the author developed for analyzing his or her data. I am much less satisfied with presentation and discussion of the results of the study and suggest major restructuring of these sections.
Now imagine that some of the reviewers' criticism could be anticipated and that you are given a chance to improve your paper prior to formally submitting it to a journal.
Imagine that you are a young researcher…Your chance to be advised and assisted at the early stages of your career depends on the good will of your experienced colleagues.
Many of us gratefully remember a piece of advice from a caring stranger, in addition to the immense advice that came from our research advisors. Our working team needs you in the role of such a caring stranger for young MCG researchers.
The main goal of the AYR-MCG working team is to assist young researchers in conducting their first studies and preparing their first research publications. Our additional goal is to facilitate the development of the community of practice involving MCG researchers from different countries and at different stages of their careers. We hope that the team will accumulate the expertise of the members of the MCG International Group in conducting and publishing high-quality research. The work of the team will be organized in two directions.
We will respond – within reasonable time and at reasonable level of detail – to requests regarding the informal evaluation of research reports and proposals prior to their submission. Young researchers may also seek in the AYR-MCG team advice regarding the journals for publishing or conferences for presenting their results, methodological issues, etc. The requests will be addressed by us, the authors of this announcement, or will be redirected to other researchers cooperating with the AYR-MCG team. Currently, we are able to respond to requests written in English, German, Russian and Hebrew.
We plan to occasionally publish on the MCG Website tips on preparing the reports, comments on research methodology, reflections of reviewing processes etc.
(a) Promoting teaching for creativity: in many cases, teachers of gifted students, or those with a classroom goal of fostering creativity, work in isolation. This forum will offer a platform for discussion of issues that arise in everyday pedagogical and mathematical life.
(b) Encouraging teachers who foster creativity: discussing the problems of supporting teachers in this subtle area of teacher education.
(c) Developing resources for gifted students: gifted students often cannot find resources to fit their special needs in their classroom. Meeting with other gifted students and experts in this area can help them. (Note that this is a forum for teachers, not for the students themselves).
(d) Supporting parents of creative or gifted students: A discussion of the need for family support of students who think out of the box. This includes parents of home-schooled students, parents in remote areas, or parents looking for a support network in nurturing their creative or gifted child.
ü Corner for mathematical problems and other resources, written from a pedagogical viewpoint.
This working team will take leadership on the development of the MCG website and encouraging broad educational community to share their ideas and experiences in the field of MCG. This WG will provide support to AYR-MCG WG and STIN-MCG WG as well as to other initiatives.
The MCG members are invited to share their ideas about development and promotion of the site by writing an e-mail to Marianne (marianne.nolte@uni-hamburg.de) Mark (mark@kaye.ac.il) and Viktor(viktor.freiman@umoncton.ca).
The ISCIL Working Team of the MCG is planning to support members of the educational community in organization of mathematical competitions, summer camps and other out-of school activities directed at promotion of MCG.
As a start for the work of WT we invite teachers, teacher educators and researchers to attend the 2013 edition of the International Summer Camp Kangaroo in Romania.
The International Camp Kangaroo emerged in 1997 to award the winners of the International Competition of Applied Mathematics Kangaroo. Within the expansion of the Kangaroo competition in Romania (and elsewhere), the summer camp has become more and more developed. The camp is organized by the Institute for the Development of Educational Assessment (IDEA) and the Foundation for European Integration Sigma (FIES). The camp becomes a place of meetings between students, teachers, and researchers, where ideas develop and are put into practice, with important educational benefits. It involves a high degree of flexibility in order to create an environment for highly effective informal learning.
The group history started in 1999 when Hartwig Meissner organized an International Conference on Creativity and Mathematics Education in Muenster, Germany. About 80 participants from more than 20 countries participated. In 2002 Agnis Andzans organized our next conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students in Riga, Latvia. About 40 experts from 15 countries discussed the role of creativity and the role of competitions on future developments in mathematics education.


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New Virginia Minimum Wage: Effective Date Could Change Due to Coronavirus
By Kris Janisch
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, has declined to sign the legislation, citing the economic effects of COVID-19. Instead, he proposed pushing back the initial minimum wage increase to May 1, 2021.
While Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to increase the state's minimum wage, its implementation could be delayed as the state grapples with the impact of the coronavirus.
The first increase was slated to go into effect Jan. 1, 2021. But Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, has declined to sign the legislation, citing the economic effects of COVID-19. Instead, he proposed pushing back the initial minimum wage increase to May 1, 2021. (The governor also proposed delaying other measures — including collective bargaining and project labor agreement legislation — to May of next year.)
Legislators are expected to reconvene this week for a one-day session to hash out minimum wage and other issues. Check back on this Employment Law News blog for an update.
UPDATE: The state appears set to delay the effective date.
Virginia Minimum Wage Increases
Today, the minimum wage in Virginia is $7.25, which is the federal rate.
As initially passed by the General Assembly, the new minimum wage rates in the state would be:
May 1, 2021 – $9.50
Jan. 1, 2022 – $11
Jan. 1, 2025 – $13.50
Meanwhile, the legislation would also eliminate certain exemptions for certain categories of employees, including people who are paid by the amount of work done, home domestic service workers, small businesses and others.
Coronavirus and the Minimum Wage
Though paid leave laws have rightfully risen to the forefront as a result of the coronavirus, minimum wage increases have also been part of the current discussion of employment law.
In addition to Virginia, other jurisdictions have considered a delay to minimum wage increases in an effort to lessen the impact on employers as the economy continues to struggle.
Many states, counties and cities schedule minimum wage increases at the start of the year (Dec. 31 and Jan. 1), but some also opt to raise rates during summer (June 30 and July 1). With officials continuing to ponder ways to help employers in the wake of COVID-19, it's worth tracking these laws and making sure the correct minimum wage is applied.
The current climate has sparked an additional focus on employment law, especially after the federal government stepped in with paid leave and emergency relief measures. A post-coronavirus U.S. could look much different in terms of employer responsibilities.
In the meantime, it's incumbent upon employers to stay on top of potential legislative changes at all levels of government to ensure compliance.
GovDocs is working to keep employers informed during the coronavirus pandemic. Check previous installments of Employment Law News for other blogs related to COVID-19:
Coronavirus: What Employers Should Know
Coronavirus: U.S. House Passes Bill for Emergency Paid Leave
COVID-19: Colorado, New York Combat Coronavirus with Emergency Paid Sick Leave
Coronavirus: DOL Issues Guidance on Emergency Paid Leave Act
DOL Issues Additional Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
What Does the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Mean for Employers?
Companies Doing Good During the Coronavirus Pandemic
DOL Issues Temporary Rule on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Federal Vaccine Mandate
Allegheny County Paid Sick Leave Effective Date
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Group of Same Letters Opening with the Alphabet 'C' in the Different Words of English Language Have Different Pronunciations: A Justificational Study
Dr. Uttam Balu Koli
The present research article highlights the group of same letters opening with the alphabet 'C' in the different words of English language having different pronunciations. The group of same letters opening with the alphabet 'C' in the different words of English language, having different pronunciations, are 43 in numbers which are: ca, cce, ccla, cco, ccu, ce, ch, cha, che, chi, cho, chri, chro, chu, ci, cia, cka, cke, cla, cle, clea, cli, clie, clo, co, coa, coe, con, coo, cou, cqui, cra, cre, crea, cri, cro, cru, cry, cta, cti, ctro, cu and cy. The group of same letters opening with the select alphabet of 'C' in the different words of English language, having different pronunciations, have been written with examples including words and phonetic transcriptions which will help to acquire the proficiency over the select area of study. Conclusion and references have been included.
Keywords: Acquire, area, help, proficiency, study, written.
Dr. Uttam Balu Koli did his M. A., M. Phil., Ph. D. in English and M. B. A. in Human Resource Management. Apart from doing Course in English for Communication and Course in Information Technology, he has a teaching experience of eleven years as an Assistant Professor of English and Communication Skills at the engineering college. In addition to twenty-seven research article publications in different peer-reviewed journals, he has some best paper awards to his name. He specialises in the areas of English Language, English Literature, Soft Skills and Human Resource Management.
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Copyright (c) 2021 Dr. Uttam Balu Koli


We are again thrilled to present an exciting opportunity to connect with hundreds of Queensland parents, volunteers and teaching leaders for our annual state conference, with Innovate as our theme for the year.
As one of Australia's leading parent advocacy and support groups, P&Cs Qld is pleased to be joined again this year by many national education partners and statewide parent advocates, the Australian Council of State School Organisations, state school administrators and kindred associations.
Paying for a P&C representative to attend the conference fits within the constitutional functions and powers of an Association. Attendance at the conference is considered a P&C expense and is able to be paid for from P&C funds. Remember that proposed expenditure of P&C funds must be put forward as a motion and passed at a duly constituted meeting of the P&C.
Please click on the appropriate button for more information and to register.
P&Cs Qld will part-fund a limited number of delegates representing the eight geographic Areas of P&Cs Qld.
If successful, your P&C will be required to contribute $200 towards the registration cost (an invoice will be issued to your Association if your application is successful). We can only accept one expression of interest per P&C, so please discuss your submission as a P&C. You will be asked to explain why we should sponsor you and what you can bring to the Conference. You will also need to provide contact information for your P&C President so that we can confirm that your application has been authorised by your P&C.
travel for delegates residing more than 100 km from the venue (organised by the P&Cs Qld State Office). Travel expenses for delegates living less than 100 km from the venue are the responsibility of the delegate.
Part-funded places are only available to current P&Cs Qld affiliates.
Submitting an expression of interest for a part-funded place does not automatically result in a place being offered.
All EOIs will be evaluated and applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after 21 June 2019.
If your application is unsuccessful, we still encourage you and your team to register and will honour the earlybird rate, providing your EOI is received by 21 June 2019.
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to attend for the full duration of the conference.
Registrations open 11 March 2019.
accommodation Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September, including breakfast (please select SHARED or SINGLE option).
Evening events are not included in day registrations. Tickets for the Friday welcome reception and/or Saturday evening Conference Dinner are available for separate purchase.
For all the ease and convenience of staying on site at the Conference venue, Sofitel Brisbane Central offers discounted rates for all P&Cs Qld State Conference delegates. Use the following links to book accommodation at the Sofitel Hotel room only or room + breakfast. We have also negotiated special rates at a selection of nearby hotels.
Bookings at these venues are subject to availability at the time of booking.
The QCPCA AGM is held in conjunction with the State Conference. Under the QCPCA Constitution, each affiliated P&C is entitled to one vote only, but may send any number of observers. If you are attending the AGM as a representative of a P&C Association, you must have the endorsement of your P&C Association for voting purposes. Part-funded delegates are expected to attend the AGM.
Bring a school team of three or more people (e.g. P&C member, Principal & teacher) to receive a discounted group rate on day registrations. Discounted rate will be applied on your invoice.
When you register, please ensure that you provide an email address that is easily accessible for the duration of conference and for inclusion in the Conference App and activities as this will be how we communicate with you on session choices.
All registration fees include 10% GST. ABN 90 286 258 263.
P&Cs Qld will only co-ordinate travel for successful part-funded delegates residing more than 100kms from the venue.
At the end of the online registration process, you may choose either payment by cheque or direct deposit – for both options, a tax invoice will be emailed to you upon confirmation of registration. Once you have received your tax invoice, payment can be made by cheque, direct deposit and credit card. Our office will contact registered attendees for payment via credit card.
Your email address will be used to communicate with you during the conference and as part of the conference app. When registering, please provide an email address that you can access from your mobile device, if possible.
Accommodation is included with full registrations and hotel bookings will be made by the P&Cs Qld State Office. Delegates do not need to book directly with the hotel.
P&Cs Qld will co-ordinate travel for successful part-funded delegates only. Non-funded delegates are responsible for their own travel in all instances.
Madonna King is the author of nine books, including Being 14 and Fathers and Daughters. She is the biographer of former Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, as well as Australia's leading scientist Professor Ian Frazer.
A trusted journalist with 25 years' experience, she works nationally as a corporate MC and keynote speaker and has publicly interviewed most of Australia's leading CEOs. Her weekly column appears each Thursday in Fairfax newspapers.
Madonna has spoken to dozens of school communities over the past two years, on the back of her research which involved 1500 teen girls across Australia, 400 fathers, and more than 100 school principals, parenting experts, teen psychologists and academics.
Madonna headed the Queensland taskforce on cyberbullying in 2018, is a graduate of the AICD, a company director and serves on two university-linked boards.
Taj Pabari is 18 years old – just finished high-school – yet his passion for young people, business and entrepreneurship has led him to a level of influence well beyond his years. Taj established Fiftysix Creations, Australasia's largest youth entrepreneurship provider at the age of fourteen. As of 1 December 2018, Fiftysix Creations has educated 50,022 Australian students.