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Remi Garde: Aston Villa to appoint ex-Lyon boss on Monday
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Garde will watch his new team in action at White Hart Lane on Monday
Aston Villa will appoint ex-Lyon boss Remi Garde as their new manager on Monday - replacing Tim Sherwood.
The Frenchman will sign a three-and-a-half-year deal and will watch Monday's trip to Tottenham from the stands.
The 49-year-old inherits a team bottom of the Premier League with just four points from 10 games.
Bastia coach Reginald Ray will become Garde's assistant and the pair will take charge for the home fixture against Manchester City next Sunday.
Garde guided Lyon to league finishes of fourth, third and fifth during three seasons from 2011 before leaving in 2014 for "personal and family" reasons.
Who is Remi Garde?
Garde's first games will be against Manchester City (home), Everton (away) and Watford (home)
The former midfielder - who was Arsene Wenger's first signing at Arsenal - was capped six times by his country. After retiring from playing at the age of 33, he coached at Lyon before becoming manager in 2011.
Wenger confirmed Villa's chief executive Tom Fox - a former Arsenal employee himself - had been in touch to discuss Garde's pedigree.
Garde - who also played for Lyon and Strasbourg - was assistant to former Villa boss Gerard Houllier at Lyon and the pair discussed the Midlands club this week.
"I told him it was a great club with excellent facilities, a very good fanbase and they have a chairman that backs you," Houllier told the Daily Telegraph.
"He is not somebody who has no experience, he speaks the English language and will get his ideas and philosophy across. His philosophy will be attack-minded, he likes to build his teams from the back."
Garde's only major honour as a manager arrived in 2012, when he guided Lyon to the French Cup.
Garde's tough task ahead
Under Sherwood, Villa averaged 0.9 goals per game this season, only Stoke (0.82) have a worse record
Sherwood was in charge for eight months and kept Villa in the Premier League last season as well as reaching the FA Cup final.
But they lost key duo Fabian Delph and Christian Benteke during the summer and Villa have not won a league game since the opening day of the season. Sherwood was sacked after defeat against Swansea. It was Villa's fourth straight top-flight loss.
The club invested more than £8m on Jordan Ayew, as well as £7m on Jordan Amavi and £7m on Jordan Veretout during the summer.
And BBC Radio 5 live's Midlands football reporter Pat Murphy said: "Garde will be expected to get more out of the more inexperienced French speaking players. The feeling still remains though that these players actually might not be good enough.
"Whichever way you look at it, whatever way Villa try to dress up Garde's pedigree and potential, it still is a major gamble by owner Randy Lerner to appoint a highly talented, promising young manager in his first job as a manager outside of France. He's really got to hit the ground running straight away."
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**Blog Tour** Thoughtful by SC Stephens
'From page one, this book is impossible to put down'
Abbi Glines, New York Times bestselling author on THOUGHTLESS
'Wildly addictive, beautifully written, and uniquely captivating'
Tracey Garvis-Graves, New York Times bestselling author on THOUGHTLESS
S. C. STEPHENS
Releases 24th February 2015
Available as a paperback and eBook
It's time for Kellan Kyle, the rockstar who captured our hearts in Thoughtless, to tell his side of the story.
The only place Kellan has ever felt at home is on stage. Gripping his guitar in a darkened bar, he can forget his painful past. These days his life revolves around his music and his band mates, and that's the way he likes it. And then one woman changes everything . . .
Kiera is the kind of girl Kellan has no business wanting - she's smart, sweet, and dating his best friend. Certain he could never be worthy of her love, he hides his growing attraction . . . until Kiera's own tormented heart hints that his feelings might not be one-sided. Now, no matter the consequences, Kellan is sure of one thing: he won't let Kiera go without a fight.
'What happens when you find your soul mate at the worst possible time, in the least expected place? What if being with that person means doing the most wrong thing you've ever done? [It] leaves you thinking about these questions, the characters and their choices for days if not weeks after reading.'
Tammara Webber, New York Times bestselling author on THOUGHTLESS
S.C. Stephens is a New York Times #1 bestselling author who spends her every free moment creating stories that are packed with emotion and heavy on romance. In addition to writing, she enjoys spending lazy afternoons in the sun reading, listening to music, watching movies, and spending time with her friends and family. She lives in Washington State with her two children. Follow her on Twitter @SC_Stephens_
Wendy's 5 Bare Naked Stars Review
I have no words. NO WORDS……..
Two and a half years ago I came across a book called Thoughtless and it broke me, so it was with apprehension that I agreed to review Thoughtful, I was pretty scared to read it, even though I wanted to get Kellan's side of the story. So after giving myself a little pep talk, about how it's only a book, it can't physically hurt you, I put on the big girl knickers and went in.
And there he was! Kellan "hot as all f**k" Kyle waiting to take me on this journey again. I feel like Kellan and the D-bags are close personal friends, I've known them for so long now and we've been through so much together. Bare Naked Words was born on the back of my love for this series.
While I was reading Thoughtless I actually lay awake at night, trying to understand why Keira wouldn't just choose Kellan, why was she being so damn well indecisive, hurtful and jealous. But if you sit back and think about it, she was young, insecure and confused by her feelings for Denny and Kellan and really didn't believe she was anything more than a conquest on a very long list of conquests to him.
While reading Thoughtful what we actually learn is, that as f**k hot as Kellan may be, his own insecurities are just as profound as Keira's. He didn't think we was worthy of her love either, which held him back from admitting this to her. Had he done so earlier who knows where their story would have gone? However, that being said, he actually understood Kiera's predicament more than you would have expected him to, he understood how hard it would be for her to leave Denny, her first true love and tried to respect that, but in the end his feelings got the better of him and his heart hurt too much to live a lie or to play second best.
Some of the iconic scenes from Thoughtless appear in Thoughtful and being able to experience these from Kellan's POV was even more heartbreaking than seeing them from Keira's viewpoint. The first time they were together… who can forget the stairs? The espresso stand, the rain scene and so many more that are ingrained in our brains. And my heart was as heavy as it was the first time round.
Even though I know what happens, even though I know it works out in the end, SC Stephens broke me again! I wanted to hold Kellan and tell him it was going to be alright, I wanted to try and spare him the pain of, not feeling wanted, worthy or loved. I never hated Kiera, I understood how scared she must have been of her feelings for Kellan and I still felt the same way, this time, not that I didn't want to shake her rather violently a number times. And to be fair, Kellan certainly got his own back on Kiera a few times, flaunting women in front of her and lying about Anna.
SC Stephens proved once again what a talented and amazing storyteller she is, her writing is heart-shatteringly real, while still bringing us laugh out loud humour from our favourite delinquent rocker Griffin. The fun times between Kellan and Kiera were cute and brought a smile to my face, imagine how great they would be together if they would just do the right thing.
There are often heated debates about this series at Bare Naked Words HQ, but one thing we all agree on, we will never, ever, ever recover from Thoughtless, it broke us and now I can add Thoughtful to the very short list of books that will stay with me forever.
SC Stephens probably had no idea that Kellan would have this effect on the world, but I'm so glad she brought him and those D-bags to us. Now I must take my water logged kindle and my Post Kellan Stress Disorder to a quiet room and slowly piece myself back together.
Perhaps SC could consider offering counselling as part of her post-release giveaways. J
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About the author: Dr. Persell received his PhD from Stanford University. He is currently Professor of History at California State University, San Bernardino. Earlier publications include his book The French Colonial Lobby, 1889-1938 (Hoover Institution Press, 1983), and many articles and reviews.
Neo-Lamarckism and the Evolution Controversy in France, 1870-1920
1999 0-7734-8275-X
This historical monograph details for the first time the work of several prominent French biologists who were involved in the controversy over the implications of Darwin's theory of natural selection. The book addresses the need for a discussion of their non-selectionist theories of evolution, primarily their adaptation of Jean-Baptiste Lamarcke's early 19th-century theory of the inheritance of acquired characters. That revival of Lamarck has been regarded by present-day historians as a curiosity and dismissed as an impediment to the triumph of the modern neo-Darwinian theory. This study challenges this as an overly simplistic view. It argues that the Lamarckian and Darwinian concepts were all part of a series of overlapping ideas as they emerged during the late 19th century. A discussion of alternate theories of evolution necessarily alters a presentist version of how any scientific theory emerges, especially the modern theory of evolution. The eventual confrontation of these two views demonstrates how a new scientific theory can result in a broad cultural crisis. The controversy in France demonstrates how science turned easily into polemics when the pseudo-science of Neo-Lamarckism was founded in the service of political ideology.


We know that babies prefer the high-pitched sounds produced by their caregivers in "baby talk" over regular speech, but a new study provides an exciting new perspective. At five months of age, it seems that babies prefer to listen to the sounds of their peers to the cooing of their mother.
Researchers at the University of Quebec tested babies on their preference for different speakers by using a specialized speech synthesizer. They were able to simulate the effects of the human vocal tract—the vocal cords, tongue and mouth—to create vowels with differing pitch and resonance, representing vowels produced by vocal tracts of different sizes.
These findings present a new view on how we think about babies' early language learning. A lot of existing research focuses on the effect of parents' speech on language development; for example, how words produced in a higher pitch grab babies' attention more easily and go on to shape their early vocabulary. And there is no denying that baby talk is important in child development. Babies who hear more high-pitched baby talk from their caregivers have larger vocabularies at two years of age and higher IQs at age seven.
But while babies prefer to listen to adult speech when it is produced at a higher pitch, a preference for infant vocalizations over and above this might have important implications for very early language learning. Authors of the study propose that it might motivate them to vocalize more in the first months of life, which could promote the transition to babble production just a few months later.
Babble is the emergence of repeated language-like syllables consisting of one or two "favorite" consonants, such as "bababa." And we now know that it is an important indication of later language ability. Earlier onset of stable babbling leads to earlier word production and a larger vocabulary in the first two years of life. With this in mind, babies' implicit preference for their own vocalizations could be an important factor in their path to full language use.
This is not the first study to suggest that infants' own vocalizations may play an important role in language learning. Perception of consonants produced in their own babble may help infants filter the speech stream into something more manageable.
Studies have shown that infants prefer to listen to words that match the sounds produced in their babble. For example, an infant who produces many "bababa" sounds will prefer made-up words containing "b," such as "bapeb," "pabep" and "pobep". This is similar to the "cocktail-party effect," where even in a noisy room we can pick out words that are more relevant to us, such as our name or the town where we live.
The importance of infants' perception of their own vocalizations is supported by research into babies who are deaf. Studies of deaf babies have shown that they do babble but they start babbling much later than hearing infants.
Without feedback on their own babble production, deaf infants typically cease to babble after a few months. These studies have allowed us to piece together a more comprehensive picture of how human language emerges, taking into account the importance of infant vocalization long before they produce their first word.
Babies learn from the adult world around them, but they also learn from their own early vocalizations. These new findings suggest that this begins much earlier than we previously thought. Perhaps language production does not start with words or even babble, but with vocalizations that begin long before the first speech-like sounds are produced.


The eNotebook provides the ability to create and edit Microsoft Office documents within the web browser, using a HTML-based editor. For more information on the HTML-based editor, please see the LabArchives KnowledgeBase article on the feature. You are also able to work in Microsoft Office and open and save your created files directly from or into your eNotebook with the Microsoft Office plugin.
How do I install the Microsoft Office Plugin?
Download the appropriate plugin for your system from the LabArchives website.
The Microsoft Office plugin for Mac will automatically add LabArchives to your File menu in Word and Excel. Special instructions are needed to integrate LabArchives with PowerPoint, see information below the installation instructions.
From PowerPoint, select the Tools menu, then select Add-ins. This opens a window listing enabled add-ins, and allows you to add others.
Select add (+), and then select the LabArchives add-in (LabArchives.ppam). If you cannot see the file, search LabArchives.ppam in the Finder search bar to locate it.
How do I use the Microsoft Office Plugin?
Once you have installed the plugin, the menu to open files from your eNotebook is in the File menu. Example menus for Word 2013 for Windows and Word 2016 for Mac is depicted below.
Clicking File > Open from LabArchives in Windows and File > LabArchives > Open in Mac will bring up a directory of your eNotebooks. You can then select the Office document you wish to open.
If a file has been opened from your eNotebook, clicking Save in the Office program will save directly to your eNotebook, rather than onto your hard drive.
Please note that the plugin is not completely backwards compatible with older file formats of MS Office (1997-2003 formats: .doc, .xls and .ppt). While you can save these file formats to your eNotebook through the plugin (see below), they will not be detected when trying to open these files from your eNotebook.
If you have created a new document in your Office program and wish to save it into your eNotebook, click File > Save As to LabArchives in Windows and File > LabArchives > Save As for Mac. A directory will appear of all your eNotebooks, select the page to save to and click OK.
Please note that there must be a preexisting page in your eNotebook to save a Office document/file to, you cannot create a new page from the LabArchives Save As directory box.
In instances when you have opened a document from your eNotebook and then saved it to your local drive or vice versa, there is a connection between this document and your eNotebook.
Making changes to the version on your hard drive will prompt you to log into your eNotebook when you want to save changes. It will also prompt you to load new changes if the online version has been updated. This ensures that all edits are maintained in both copies.
If you do not want the changes to be saved back to you eNotebook or updated from the eNotebook, you can Detach the document in Windows and Detach in Mac to sever the connection.


Buhari Raises Concern Over 2018 Budget Irregularities.
"As it is, some of these projects relate to matters that are the responsibility of the states and local governments, and for which the Federal Government should therefore not be unduly burdened." Giving instances of the cuts, Buhari said: " The provisions for some nationally / regionally strategic infrastructure projects such as counterpart funding for the Mambilla Power Plant, Second Niger Bridge/ancillary roads, the East – West Road, Bonny- Bodo Road, Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and Itakpe- Ajaokuta Rail Project were cut by an aggregate of N11.5 billion.
"Similarly, provisions for some ongoing critical infrastructure projects in the FCT, Abuja, especially major arterial roads and the mass transit rail project, were cut by a total of N 7.5 billion. The provisions for various strategic interventions in the health sector such as the upgrade of some tertiary health institutions, transport and storage of vaccines through the cold chain supply system, provision of anti- retroviral drugs for persons on treatment, establishment of chemotherapy centres and procurement of dialysis consumables were cut by an aggregate amount of N7.45 billion.
The president praised the successful implementation of the 2017 budget, saying a total of N 1.5 trillion was released for capital projects during the fiscal year with significant improvement in the performance of the economy. He said his administration was set to achieve the laudable objectives of the 2018 budget, while working hard to generate the revenues required to finance the government 's projects and programmes.


How to make winter themed slime! This project is fun and safe for people of all ages. An easy project to do with your children when they are home from school for a snow day!
Combine ¼ teaspoon of borax powder into a half-filled cup of warm water.
Mix until the borax has completely dissolved.
Keep this Borax Solution for the next phase: Making your slime!
The solution will be used in the actual slime-making process.
Slowly add and mix ½ cup of warm water with the glue in the mixing bowl.
Add the entire ½ cup of Borax Solution into the mixing bowl containing the water and glue.
Add ½ cup of clear glue into the mixing bowl.
Mix with either a tablespoon or fork.
Continue to mix well for 2-5 minutes until the product begins to coagulate, or become consistently gooey.
Once the clear slime has a definite shape, add 2 drops of blue food coloring and continue to mix.
Begin to mix and knead the slime in the bowl (similar to kneading dough). It's okay if there is leftover water in the bowl once you complete this step.
Finally, add a few dashes of the snowflake confetti glitter while continuing to knead it to give it a decorative appearance.
Remove your slime from the mixing bowl and enjoy!


Each year we welcome a number of runners from Setagaya, Japan to join our 3 Waters Marathon. The runners are hosted by our members and shown the best of the south west before showing us how it's done on the race track.
In kind the Setagayan runners host members of our club for their annual half marathon in November. Here they are treated like super stars and enjoy the authentic and very generous hospitality of the Japanese.


With practice and patience you can master the method to make this traditional delicacy.
Bring milk to a boil in a large thick-bottomed non-stick kadai on high heat. Add alum and sugar, and continue to cook, stirring continuously till the milk becomes thick and grainy.
Grease a steel bowl with ghee.
Add liquid glucose and ghee to the milk mixture and mix well.
Transfer the mixture into the greased bowl and tap lightly. Cover the bowl with aluminum foil and set aside to cool.
Remove the cake from the bowl, cut into square pieces, arrange on a serving plate and serve immediately.


I think Christchurch have got it right. They have an awesome recycling system. The Holmes family had to take some stuff to the recycle centre, and I got to see first hand how it's helping the community. If you have anything that you want to throw out, like beds, bikes, wasing machines, tvs, kitchenware, and so-on, you take it to the recycle centre and they then look at it, fix it if necessary, and sell it for cheap at the SuperShed, a giant second-hand store. Now if you think about this, this is really neat, because less fortunate people can go and buy this perfectly good furniture and equipment. It's all run by a trust, and it's working!
Also, Christchurch has cycle lanes. Basically at major intersections there is a brown lane which takes cyclists up to the front of the traffic, and then spreads out into a box where the cyclists can set up in front of traffic waiting behind them at their line, so when the traffic lights go, the traffic has to wait till the cyclists are out sf the way before going!
Another thing is the awesome bus interchange airport. They have a arrival board saying how many minutes away the next 6 buses are, and when they arrive, which gate you should go to to get into it, along with an announcer (who must be human, cos he mumbles his announcements – get an automated one chch!). The waiting lounge is comfortable, and extremly user friendly. Not to mention Chch's circular bus is FREE!
If you're in Christchurch, you must stop by the arts centre. They have this awesome fudge cottage which sells fudge and all-sorts of yummy sugar-based products. Mmm… 🙂 Also, tons of stalls with arts and crafts, and there was even someone there with a refridgerated window in the back of his truck selling CHEESE! MMMMM!


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You have a food truck and want to reach people who are nearby on their mobile phones. Your maximum cost-per-click (max. CPC) bid is £1.
You have a food truck and want to reach people who are nearby on their mobile phones. Your maximum cost-per-click (max. CPC) bid is £1. You set a mobile bid adjustment of +20% and a location bid adjustment of +50%. What's the final bid amount?
Explanation: Since Max cpc is £1 and mobile bid adjustment is +20%. After calculation, it would be £1.20. Location bid adjustment is +50%. It would be £1.20+50% (£.60) = £1.80.


2017-11-11T13:03:52-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/dce/20171111130628002_hd.jpgNiki Kapsambelis talked about her book The Inheritance, about the study of Alzheimer's disease. She spoke at the 2017 Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison.
Niki Kapsambelis talked about her book The Inheritance, about the study of Alzheimer's disease. She spoke at the 2017 Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison.


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LightUpToys.com Plans Expansion of Headquarters in Sellersburg
Home LightUpToys.com Plans Expansion of Headquarters in Sellersburg
Facility projected to create up to 39 jobs in area
LightUpToys.com, LLC, also known as LightUp, the number-one worldwide supplier of LED toys for entertainment venues such as Disney, appeared before the Clark County Council on Tuesday, October 15 to discuss a proposed expansion and request incentives. The $5.3 million project calls for the construction of a 30,000-square-foot facility to house offices and warehousing, which would triple the company's current space. The property being considered for the project is a lot on Commerce Park Drive, Sellersburg, IN. AML Construction is the firm chosen to build the facility.
LightUp Founder and President Josh Kelly, along with his family, established the business at age 12 in Southern Indiana, importing hand-crafted items from Ecuador where the Kelly family were missionaries for six years. Helping children in need is still the mission at LightUp. Today, LightUp has 70 employees worldwide and ships its toys to every major theme park and entertainment venue in 14 countries around the world.
Kelly said "One of our biggest challenges is keeping up with the demand for our products, and having our headquarters centrally located here in Southern Indiana gives us a huge market advantage to best serve our customers with our dedicated team of engineers, designers, and account managers. We appreciate the assistance received from 1si, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Clark County and we look forward to moving forward with our plan."
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) offered LightUp up to $350,000 in conditional tax credits based on the company's job creation plans. These incentives are performance-based, meaning the company is eligible to claim incentives once Hoosiers are hired.
"As a global company, LightUpToys.com had a world of options of locations to grow, and we're thrilled to see the company expanding at its Sellersburg headquarters," said IEDC President Elaine Bedel. "It's great to see a company focused on bringing joy to not only its clients, but also to the orphanages it supports around the world, using its global reach for good. We look forward to watching LightUpToys.com's continued impact on our state and beyond."
Members of the Clark County Council have the opportunity to vote on local incentives to secure the project. The company will submit a 10-year tax abatement request for real property taxes and a 5-year tax abatement request for personal property taxes. If approved, the tax abatements will allow LightUp to phase in its property taxes over time for the project's qualifying investment.
"The Council is looking forward to hearing more about the expansion of the LightUpToys.com's headquarters, and if possible, assisting with that endeavor," said Clark County Council President Barbara Hollis. "It's exciting this homegrown business, which was started by a 12-year-old entrepreneur, has grown into a nationally known company providing products to some of the largest entertainment corporations in the world. Companies like these are what make you proud to live and work in Clark County."
Upon the council's approval, LightUp plans to have the facility built and in use by the end of 2020. Approximately 39 new jobs will be created by the expansion and the salary for these positions is estimated to be 17 percent higher than the Clark County average.
"It always amazes me how a piece of Southern Indiana can make its way across the globe. I'm sure many of us have waved a product from LightUpToys at a theme park once or twice," said 1si President and CEO Wendy Dant Chesser. "The expansion of the Sellersburg facility is great news. We appreciate their desire to stay and grow right here and 1si stands ready to help the company in any way we can."
About LightUpToys.com, LLC:
At LightUp, the vision is to be the global leader in Light Interactive Technologies. With nearly 20 years of experience in theme park glow merchandise, employees at LightUp focus on quality products, market innovation, certified factory production and fast competitive development. With a talented team of world-class artists, creative professionals and sales teams, they strive to put all of their resources and expertise into creating brand-enhancing merchandise for their customer. LightUp is a company that values shining Jesus' love and light around the world. Their mission is, "To transform the toy industry by creating innovative toys so that we can transform the lives of those in need around the world." The mission that began in Ecuador in 1989 progressed to Southern Indiana in 1996 and has continued and will to continue to grow currently impacting over 450 people. LightUp's culture is to create a reality in which every smile from a child enjoying one of their products or experiences in a theme park, contributes to a smile on the face of a less fortunate child elsewhere in the world. LightUp works together, with their customers, to bring that mission to life and lighting up the world one toy at a time! For more information, please visit our website at www.lightuptoys.com.
About One Southern Indiana
One Southern Indiana (1si) was formed in July of 2006 as the economic development organization and chamber of commerce serving Clark and Floyd counties. 1si's mission is to provide the connections, resources and services that help businesses innovate and thrive in the Southern Indiana / Louisville metro area.
Since its inception, the organization has evolved to include a three-prong approach to serve its members and investors. Business Resources, as the chamber side of the organization, encompasses membership, signature events and programs which support and encourage business growth; Economic Development works to grow the regional economy through the attraction of new commerce and assists with retention and expansion of existing businesses; Advocacy supports businesses at the government level by engaging in the initiatives to preserve, protect and promote a business-friendly environment free of obstacles to growth and development of commerce. For more information on One Southern Indiana, visit www.1si.org.
October 30, 2019 / Expansion, Indiana


Tennikoit also known as tenniquoits or Ring Tennis is a form of game which is played with a circular rubber ring (Koit ring) on a badminton type court. First of all, the main objective of player is to catch and throw Koit ring on the opponent side, until one of the player unable to catch the ring and loses a point. Also, there are many false rumors on many countries that invented this sport, but it is believed that Germany has invented this sports. Tennikoit is usually played in single and double player format. Single and double player format is accepted by most of all countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, United States of America, Germany and Brazil.
Tennikoit can be played both on Indoor Stadium or outdoor Stadium. While playing indoor matches, almost every games are conducted under floodlight whereas for outdoor matches daylight is used. In addition this, three forms of matches are mainly played which is singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Singles is played by two players; each of them is separated by a Net on the opposite half of the court. Doubles is played between four players; two-two players make their team on the opposite side of court. Mixed double is also played between four players but in this match pair of male and female player is made.
Players have to catch Koit ring with only one hand and throw it properly.
The Koit Ring be thrown with the same hand it has been caught and without wobbling.
Also players are not allowed to step into the area under the Net which is called as dead Court.
Players are not allowed to walk and run with the ring.
Tennikoit is played in three (3) sets of games and each set consists of twenty one (21) points.
In addition to this, to win the match players have to win at least two (2) Sets of the game.
Also to win a Set player have to make twenty one (21) points with at least two (2) points lead against opponent. For example: 'Player A' will win the Set if he/she scores twenty one(21) points while his/her opponent 'Player B' is at nineteen(19) points.
If Both player A and player B scores twenty (20) points each, then that player who scores twenty two (22) will be awarded as winner of the set.
Also in this game each player has to take five (5) services continuously, regardless of the fact that player lost or wins the point.
In addition, Players have to serve the Koit ring over the Net diagonally into the opponent court.
A time spam of 30 minutes is given to the server player in each set in which server have to win a point in their nine rallies, failing in this will result a point gain to the opponent player.
Koit ring entering opponent court within the Net is a fault. Therefore, opponent player will get a point from this.
Also Koit Ring cannot be thrown straight downward.
Ring touching the Net, pole, Net posts or anything while passing will be considered as a fault. Therefore, this will award point to the opponent.
Furthermore, wobbling and shaking of Koit rings is also considered as a fault in the game.
Tennikoit game can be played on cement surface, red sand surface and Clay surface.
The height of the Tennikoit Net is around 1.8 Meters.
The dimension of Net is 0.7 meter wide and 6.1 meter long.
The shape of the court is rectangular just like badminton court.
The dimension of Tennikoit Court is 12.2 meters in length and 5.5 meters in breadth.
A centre line is used to divide the court into two equal part of 6.1 meters in length and 5.5 meters in breadth.
The Koit ring is generally made up of white thin rubber sheet and it is filled with some foam rubber.
The weight of Koit ring is generally around 198 to 226 grams.
The poles of Tennikoit Net are made up of mild steel tubes having 6 cm of outer diameter.
Dead Lines: A parallel line to the centre line which is drawn 0.9 meter away from centre line is called as dead line.
Dead Court: The area which lands between centre line and deadlines is called as dead court.
Really nice article and great information.


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This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Kansas City Royals professional baseball team.

Regular-season awards

MVP Award
 1980: George Brett

Cy Young Award
 1985: Bret Saberhagen
 1989: Bret Saberhagen
 1994: David Cone
 2009: Zack Greinke

Rookie of the Year
1969: Lou Piniella
1994: Bob Hamelin
1999: Carlos Beltrán
2003: Ángel Berroa

Comeback Player of the Year
2017: Mike Moustakas
2020: Salvador Pérez

Silver Slugger Award
1980: George Brett and Willie Wilson
1982: Hal McRae and Willie Wilson
1985: George Brett
1986: Frank White
1988: George Brett
1995: Gary Gaetti
1998: Dean Palmer
2012: Billy Butler
2015: Kendrys Morales
2016: Salvador Pérez
2017: Eric Hosmer
2018: Salvador Pérez
2020: Salvador Pérez
2021: Salvador Pérez

Rawlings Gold Glove Award
1971: Amos Otis
1973: Amos Otis
1974: Amos Otis
1977: Frank White and Al Cowens
1978: Frank White
1979: Frank White
1980: Frank White and Willie Wilson
1981: Frank White
1982: Frank White
1985: George Brett
1986: Frank White
1987: Frank White
1989: Bret Saberhagen and Bob Boone
2000: Jermaine Dye
2006: Mark Grudzielanek
2011: Alex Gordon
2012: Alex Gordon
2013: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon
2014: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Glove Award Winner)
2015: Salvador Pérez, Eric Hosmer, and Alcides Escobar
2016: Salvador Pérez
2017: Alex Gordon
2018: Alex Gordon and Salvador Pérez
2019: Alex Gordon
2020: Alex Gordon (Gordon-Rawlings Platinum Gold Glove Award Winner)
2021: Andrew Bennintendi and Michael A. Taylor

Edgar Martínez Award
1976: Hal McRae
1980: Hal McRae
1982: Hal McRae
2012: Billy Butler
2015: Kendrys Morales

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves.
Team (at all positions)
 (2012)
 (2013)

Left field (in MLB)
Alex Gordon (2014)

Centerfield (in MLB)
Lorenzo Cain (2014)

USA Today AL Top Rookie
Eric Hosmer (2011)

Rolaids Relief Man of the Year
See footnote
Dan Quisenberry has won more Relief Man of the Year awards than any other player in baseball history.
1980: Dan Quisenberry
1982: Dan Quisenberry
1983: Dan Quisenberry
1984: Dan Quisenberry
1993: Jeff Montgomery

MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"

Note: These awards are voted on by five groups for all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not one per league).
Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.

"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Major Leaguer, Postseason
 –  Wade Davis

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Closer
 – Greg Holland

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Setup Man
2014 – Wade Davis

MLB "GIBBY Awards" Best Executive
2014 – Dayton Moore
2015 – Dayton Moore

Baseball America All-Rookie Team
See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team
2011 – Eric Hosmer (1B)

Topps All-Star Rookie teams

Manager of the Year
2003: Tony Peña

Postseason and all-star game awards

World Series MVP
1985: Bret Saberhagen
2015: Salvador Pérez

American League Championship Series MVP
1980: Frank White
1985: George Brett
2014: Lorenzo Cain
2015: Alcides Escobar

All-Star Game MVP
1989: Bo Jackson
2016: Eric Hosmer

Team award
1980 – William Harridge Trophy (American League championship)
1985
 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series championship)
 – Baseball America Organization of the Year
2014
 – Baseball America Organization of the Year
2015
2015

Other achievements

Baseball Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Baseball Hall of Famers

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)
George Brett — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

Ford C. Frick Award recipients
See: Kansas City Royals#Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Royals Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Hall of Fame

Retired numbers
See: Kansas City Royals#Retired numbers
5 - George Brett; 10 - Dick Howser; 20 - Frank White;
42 - Jackie Robinson * ( retired across all of MLB) <kcroyals.com>

Sporting News Sportsman of the Year
See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
See: Kansas City Royals#Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Kansas City Sports Walk of Stars
See: Barney Allis Plaza
George Brett

Season leaders

Batting champions
George Brett is the only person in baseball history to win a batting title in three different decades.

1976: George Brett (.333)
1980: George Brett (.390)
1982: Willie Wilson (.332)
1990: George Brett (.329)

RBI
1982: Hal McRae

Wins (pitcher)
1977: Dennis Leonard
1989: Bret Saberhagen

ERA
1989: Bret Saberhagen
1993: Kevin Appier

See also
Baseball awards
List of MLB awards

Footnotes

Major League Baseball team trophies and awards
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Ryan Spitz and Crew Kick Off California Untamed and the New California Adventure District
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Adventure Untamed
Story by Aaron Williams
Photos by Nigel Skeet
NIGEL SKEET'S PASSION is far Northern California. Ryan Spitz craves adventure. Together, the pair teamed up to create an adventure/endurance race aimed at spotlighting the abundance of outdoor opportunities in the vast terrain from in the upper reaches of the Golden State.
On June 6, Spitz took off from near Arcata, planning to run a 330-mile wilderness course snaking its way to Mt. Shasta that would last until June 12. It will be the longest endurance race in the country, outpacing the Moab 240. Along the way, Skeet and a team of filmmakers would chronicle the adventure.
The end of the race for Spitz is Bunny Flat on Mt. Shasta. The end game for Skeet is getting the state, the nation and the world to see the beauty and economic potential of Northern California's wilderness.
"The California outdoor adventure industry is a $92 billion enterprise, with 95 percent of it south of the Bay Area," Skeet says. "I believe that if we can get people here, they'd see what a wonderful place we live in. I believe outdoor recreation is the bread and butter of our region. If we can get people to come and play here, they're likely to invest here."
Skeet and Spitz joined to create California Untamed and the California Adventure District, each focused on shining the spotlight on the outdoor recreation activities and adventures from Mendocino to Lake Tahoe and north to the Oregon border.
"When we got together and started talking, we asked ourselves, 'What are the ways to bring multiple counties together and bring in untapped potential?'" Spitz says a few days before taking off on his trek. "Adventure tourism falls into that category."
So Spitz, the 35-year-old father of three who migrated north from San Diego two years ago and owns Shasta Trail Runs, started mapping a world-class endurance course to run.
"I won't do something unless I put my boots on the ground, and my wife, Bree, was the one who said 'You've got to do this,'" Spitz says.
Starting near Arcata, Spitz will run mostly on forest service roads and logging roads. The route travels from the coast to near Willow Creek, up through Six River National Forest south of Orleans, east past Forks of Salmon, through the Trinity Alps past Callahan and Kangaroo Lake eventually dumping out past Mt. Eddy, Lake Siskiyou and up to Bunny Flat.
"This is the most scenic and epic permittable route," he says, adding the route steers from wilderness trails and the Pacific Coast Trail as they don't allow permits. "Now, it's all about can I do this and what will I run into?"
A pre-race trip at the end of May found several logging roads washed out, while Spitz and Co. encountered a few bears as well.
Skeet and his team jockeyed back and forth to film and help with supplies. The crew carried satellite phones and air horns to ward off the bears. Meanwhile, Spitz estimates he'll consume 350 calories per hour as he will run when possible, hike when necessary and scramble when called upon.
"Having the crew helping means I can refill my food supply every 20 miles or so," says Spitz, who will subsist on water, peanut butter and jelly, beef jerky, trail mix, Tailwind Powder and Muir Energy Gels after filling up on a hearty cooked breakfast each morning.
To prepare for a trek that includes 50,000 feet of elevation gain and 43,000 feet of elevation loss, Spitz varied running between 50 and 100 miles per week, closing in on the race with a four-day training block of 25 miles per day.
"We also did a thing where some friends and I had to run four miles in an hour," he says, "and then you reset and keep doing it until you can't hit that cutoff. I wound up running 84 miles in 20 hours."
And while Spitz is this year's test subject, he and Skeet plan to open the race to the top 20 endurance athletes from around the world
next year.
"Ryan is such a good story and person and creating this will no doubt draw people to come race and fall in love with this part of California," Skeet says.
"It's genius, really," Spitz adds. "We can showcase this area, bring outdoor enthusiasts here and bucket all the outdoor adventure we have to offer."•
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Scuba diving and Diving school.
Sea diving below are among those possible in the archipelago and here is a description to give you an idea of our diving suggestions.
In the center, we organize places of sea diving as PADI, SSI, NACE (international certificates) with patents delivery at all level.
It's a small island close to Nosy -Be ("small land island" in Malagasy) covered with a beautiful forest. It's a marine reserve with an amazing coral floor. Depth varies between 5 to 23 m.
Fauna: black coral, carangue, leopard shark, fusilier, blue spotted ray, lobster, red carp, lion fish, turtle. Easy diving for all levels: even the beginners can take advantage of it.
This diving is characterized by several places on the falling that goes to 60m where Manta rays, white spotted sharks, leopard sharks, swordfish, alcyonarians, sea fans and all species of corals can be seen.
Fauna: Tunas and often leopard sharks, gray sharks, carangues, barracudas, you will likely see some hammer head sharks.
The beaver is one of the most technical diving of the zone: a circular sandbar or cay? with a 18 m top. The diving especially develops on the outside walls, in the western part, not far from another small relief with a hat of about 25 m. Here live the gray sharks and the white spots with big groupers and moray eels in the high part of the relief. A splendid diving in open sea for submarine expert divers because of the average depth and the presence of current.
This diving is characterized by several spots on the falling that goes to 60m where Manta rays, white spotted sharks, leopard sharks, swordfishes, alcyonarians, sea fans and all species of corals can be seen.
Diving with possibility of current, appropriate for experienced ones (from Level 2). This diving takes place on a fishing boat measuring 25m on a sandy bottom of 28m.
Fauna: Carangue, fusiliers, shoal of barracuda, lionfish, glassfish, stonefish, tuna, ray.
Diving place with 5m sandbar? With a depth of 25 to 28 m. Sandy bottom with coral potatoes. This spot is a cleanup station for Manta rays. This diving works for those of first level with minimum of experience.
Fauna: Stingrays, spotted grouper, turtle and a passage of tuna.
At Northern miles of the private island of Ankazoberavina, the seafloor is of 18m depth. It's an easy diving level, appropriate for everyone, even the beginners.
Practiced close to the private island of Ankazoberavina in a protected marine zone. Easy diving, appropriate for everyone, even the beginners; with 15 m depth.
Faunes: Abound in turtle, grouper, fusilier, bumped parrot and all coral fish and blue spotted rays.
C'est une plongée pas profonde avec courant (18m) très riche en corail mou (alcyonaire) et poisson de barrière. Il est aussi possible de voir des raies Aigles. Ce plongée est adaptée à tous les niveaux.
This diving is of 18 m depth with current. Adapted to all levels with cave under the coral reef.


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Firms' ownership, employees' altruism, and product market competition
De Chiara, Alessandro
Manna, Ester
Ester Manna
The paper considers profit-maximizing (or private) firms and socially-concerned (or public) firms that compete against each other on both prices and quality. In this setting, we study how product market competition affects firms' decision to hire altruistic or selfish employees. We show that public firms will always hire altruistic employees, whereas private firms will hire selfish employees only if (i) products are sufficiently differentiated and (ii) they compete against public firms. Lastly, we determine which market configuration is associated with the highest quality and the overall customers' utility. We find that mixed duopoly is more likely to be preferred when product market competition is tougher.
De Chiara, Alessandro & Manna, Ester, 2022. "Firms' ownership, employees' altruism, and product market competition," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
Handle: RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:109:y:2022:i:c:s0264999322000207
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105774
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