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2022 World Junior Championship Team Canada Preview
November 30, 2021 November 28, 2021 by Alex Hobson
The end of the calendar year is always lots of fun for many reasons. The obvious one is the annual IIHF World Junior Championships. And then there are a couple of holidays to celebrate too, I guess.
In all seriousness, we are a little under a month away until the 2022 World Juniors, and Team Canada will be looking for redemption after a disappointing end for what appeared to be the best junior team the country had ever iced. Despite 21 first-round picks cracking the roster and having a total of 26 first-round picks at training camp, Canada came up short in the gold medal game to the United States, who were led by Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras' 18 points in seven games.
With the bulk of Canada's talent last year being made up of 2001-born players such as Dylan Cozens (Buffalo Sabres), Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings), and Connor McMichael (Washington Capitals), their roster will likely see almost a complete overhaul for the 2021-22 tournament. Having said that, they project to have quite a talented team of their own.
Forwards: Canada's Offense Sees a Complete Overhaul (Almost)
As it stands right now, Byfield (Newmarket, ON.) is one of two possible returning forwards for the Canadians, and even he's not a sure bet to suit up for Canada for a couple of reasons. The main reason is the ankle fracture he suffered in early October. His health come tournament time will be a major factor. But even if he's healthy, it's unknown whether the Kings will loan him to the tournament seeing that he was supposed to make their roster out of training camp.
Cole Perfetti (Whitby, ON.) is the other returning forward. The Winnipeg Jets' first-round pick in 2020 had six points in seven games last year and will likely look to step into a leadership role for the Canadians this year. Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis is also eligible to return to Team Canada, but seeing what he's done with the Canes this year, I doubt they will loan him.
Cole Perfetti, Manitoba Moose (Jenae Anderson / The Hockey Writers)
Along with the possible returning forwards, Canada also has a couple of 2020 draftees who will look to make this year's team after missing the cut last year. Mavrik Bourque (Shawinigan, QC.) and Hendrix Lapierre (Aylmer, QC.), are two late first-round picks in 2020 who could add speed and skill up front, while fellow 2020 first rounders Ridly Greig (Lethbridge, AB.) and Jake Neighbours (Airdrie, AB.) could provide some grit and two-way play to the lineup. Ozzy Wiesblatt (Calgary, AB.) is another name who wasn't at the Summer Showcase but will definitely be considered come training camp. Tyson Foerster (Alliston, ON.) would be in the conversation as well but is out indefinitely after successful shoulder surgery.
Related: 4 Jets Prospects Who Could Play at World Juniors
While there are many talented prospects from the 2020 draft class, a handful of 2021 draft picks could see themselves stepping into prominent roles this year. The third overall pick in 2021, Mason McTavish (Carp, ON.), and fifth overall pick Kent Johnson (Port Moody, BC.) lead the way, with ninth overall pick Dylan Guenther (Edmonton, AB.) not far behind. Cole Sillinger (Regina, SK) is another name that will be considered, but like Jarvis, he's been a crucial part of the Columbus Blue Jackets, so it's unlikely they'll release him.
Mason McTavish is more than likely a lock to make the team after being reassigned to the OHL (Terry Wilson / OHL Images)
One exciting name who will almost certainly make the team this year is 2022 draft phenom Shane Wright (Burlington, ON.). Canada typically reserves their roster spots for older players unless your name is Connor McDavid. But in Wright's case, he's more than likely a lock to make it. He was on the outside looking in last season but likely won't even leave Canada with a choice this year.
Canada has lots of options to round out the last two forward spots. One player I may have had on the outside looking in six months ago was Luke Evangelista (Oakville, ON.), but he's having a phenomenal season serving as the captain of the London Knights with 18 goals and 30 points in 17 games. It wouldn't shock me at all to see the Nashville Predators' second-round pick crack the roster.
Luke Evangelista is having a stellar season for the London Knights. Photo by Luke Durda/OHL Images
While there's sure to be lots of competition for the final spot and it will almost certainly come down to who has the best training camp, I've got the final spots going to Philadelphia Flyers fourth-round pick Zayde Wisdom (Toronto, ON.) and Zachary L'Heureux (Mercier, QC.). With the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out the 2020-21 OHL season, Wisdom appeared in 28 games for the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, tallying 18 points. He had shoulder surgery over the offseason but is reportedly progressing ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, L'Heureux is one of those players you don't want to play against under any circumstances. He's tough, gritty, and has a nice scoring touch as well.
If the final spots don't go to Wisdom and L'Heureux, some other names to consider are Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, BC.) and Brennan Othmann (Pickering, ON.). Zach Dean (Mount Pearl, NL.), and Wyatt Johnston (Toronto, ON.) are two other names who could draw eyes at training camp, but as I said before, the final spot will ultimately go to whoever stands out the most by the time final cuts roll around.
Defense: Canada's Back End Will Be Mobile, Skilled, and Physical
Like the forwards, Canada's defensive corps will be almost brand new this year. The only likely returning defenseman will be Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Kaiden Guhle (Sherwood Park, AB.). Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale is also eligible to suit up for the Canadians this year, but like Jarvis and Sillinger, he's been a big part of his NHL team's success this year, meaning he likely won't be released.
While he didn't attend the summer showcase, 2021 first overall pick Owen Power (Mississauga, ON.) would be a massive boost to the back end. The 6-foot-5, 214-pound defenseman is part of a ridiculously stacked University of Michigan team where he has 21 points in 15 games so far. It's not often first overall picks from the year before suit up at the World Juniors, but since Power is playing in the NCAA instead of the NHL, I see no reason why he shouldn't join the team at the tournament.
Owen Power is one of two talented Michigan Wolverines who could represent Canada in 2022 (Photo credit to Michigan Photography)
Brandt Clarke (Nepean, ON.) is almost a lock to make the team as well. The Kings' first-round pick spent last season playing in Slovakia and has fit right back in at home this year with 18 points in 15 games for the OHL's Barrie Colts. Also among players who should crack Canada's back end are 2021 first-round picks Carson Lambos (Winnipeg, MB.) and Corson Ceulemans (Beaumont, AB.).
From there, I think Vincent Iorio (Coquitlam, BC.), Miguel Tourigny (Victoriaville, QC.), and Ryan O'Rourke (Bowmanville, ON.) will round out the final spots. Between these three, I would probably give the last spot on the defensive corps to O'Rourke for his gritty stay-at-home game and his booming slap shot.
Brandt Clarke of the Barrie Colts. Photo by Terry Wilson / OHL Images.
Other names who could win a job on the team with a strong training camp include Olen Zellweger (Fort Saskatchewan, AB.), Donovan Sebrango (Kingston, ON.), and Lukas Cormier (Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, NB.). Like the forwards, it will all come down to who outperforms the others once you look past the Powers and the Clarkes.
Goaltending: Canada Has Three Safe Options
Two of Canada's three goalies won't be returning to the team this year. With Devon Levi and Taylor Gauthier outgrowing the tournament, Dylan Garand (Victoria, BC.) remains the only returning goalie. And with a record of 13-2-0 for the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Kamloops Blazers to go along with a save percentage (SV%) of .933 and a goals-against average (GAA) of 1.74, he's likely a safe bet to be their starting goalie this year.
Another goalie who will likely challenge Garand for starts is Sebastian Cossa (Fort McMurray, AB.). Standing at 6-foot-7 in the crease, he's an intimidating figure both physically and in the crease. He's also having a fantastic season for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL, carrying a.928 SV% and 2.19 GAA to compliment a record of 12-3-3.
Sebastian Cossa was drafted 15th overall by the Detroit Red Wings (Andy Devlin/Edmonton Oil Kings)
After Garand and Cossa, I think the last goaltending spot will go to London Knights netminder Brett Brochu (Belle River, ON.). Brochu was a contender to make Team Canada last year before Devon Levi shocked and made the team out of camp, and it seems as though this year will be his proper chance to crack the roster.
Related: 10 Red Wings Who Could Play at 2022 World Juniors
In terms of other names to watch, Garin Bjorklund (Grand Prairie, AB.) and Tristan Lennox (Cambridge, ON.) were both at the summer showcase, but neither of them has performed at the same level as the former three goalies I named. As it usually goes with goaltenders at the World Juniors, the team will likely ride the hottest hand.
Roster Projection
Preliminary cuts typically come around the end of November and early December, so before the first round is officially announced by Hockey Canada, here's my best idea of what to expect from Canada's roster this year.
THW Projected Team Canada Roster
Goalies: Dylan Garand, Sebastian Cossa, Brett Brochu
Defensemen: Kaiden Guhle, Owen Power, Brandt Clarke, Carson Lambos, Corson Ceulemans, Ryan O'Rourke, Miguel Tourigny, Vincent Iorio
Forwards: Quinton Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Mavrik Bourque, Hendrix Lapierre, Ridly Greig, Jake Neighbours, Zachary L'Heureux, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Mason McTavish, Kent Johnson, Dylan Guenther, Shane Wright, Luke Evangelista, Zayde Wisdom
Roster Questions Include Health and Willingness to Loan
The beauty of this year's World Juniors is that while the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, the circumstances are much clearer. Last year, the pandemic swayed the decisions of players like Power, who would have had to quarantine for two weeks in Canada. This year, the only questions revolve around players like Wisdom and Byfield, whose health remains a question mark.
It's unlikely that the players who have crossed the nine-game threshold for their NHL teams, such as Drysdale, Jarvis, and Sillinger, will be loaned for the tournament. In fact, once you look past Byfield's health, that still remains a question mark for him. The Kings are having a decent season and could use his services over that span. But again, it depends on his health and where he's at by that point.
With the tournament kicking off in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, on Dec. 26, the battle for roster spots on Team Canada remains wide open. Who do you think is going to crack the roster this year? Let me know in the comments below.
All the 2022 World Junior Championship Team Information:
Austria – Team Preview – Roster
Canada – Team Preview – Roster
Czech Republic – Team Preview – Roster
Finland – Team Preview – Roster
Germany – Team Preview – Roster
Russia – Team Preview – Roster
Slovakia – Team Preview – Roster
Sweden – Team Preview – Roster
United States – Team Preview – Roster
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Alex Hobson
Alex Hobson is a third year broadcasting student at Niagara College. He has been writing about sports since 2015 and has been with The Hockey Writers since October of 2020. He covers the Toronto Maple Leafs, World Juniors, and the NHL Entry Draft, and is also part of the Sticks in the 6ix Podcast, presented by THW. He also makes weekly appearances on THW's Maple Leafs Lounge Roundtable. For interview requests or any other inquiries, you can follow Alex's social media pages listed at the bottom of his articles like this one.
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I haven't posted a Sunday rant in quite a while. Truth be told, it's been a couple of years. Many of my followers probably don't even know that this type of post used to be a weekly event. I titled my Sunday posts, "Sunday wrap up" or "Sunday Rant", depending on the topic and my mood. I'd look at the past week's news and give my thoughts, or I'd post about something that really ticked me off. I stopped posting these not because my dear Readers didn't like them, but because I notice as I age, I don't give much energy to negativity: in myself, or world events. I hope this means I'll be a laid-back old lady who wears funny hats, not a bitter old woman who always wears a frown.
As much as I like to think I can usually roll with the punches or at least just sigh softly when annoyed, today is not one of those days. Today, I feel it necessary to rant.
My weekend mood did not start out like this. I had high hopes for a very blissful, quiet weekend. It's been raining off and on for the last few days and the weekend forecast called the same. There is nothing I like more than a rainy weekend cuddled up on the couch with a book. As a reader, I'm sure you can relate, and as a reader you probably have a specific book in mind when you plan for this kind of weekend getaway. I usually do.
My son gave me a Barns and Noble gift card for Mother's Day. I was so thrilled with the idea of ordering books off my wish list that I jumped online that very night. I picked out the second book of The Science of Discworld series and Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebook. Imagine, all four of my favorite subjects: science, the Discworld, Shakespeare, and Doctor Who, mashed together and available for my rainy weekend enjoyment.
I would need this distraction after my long workweek. One of my co-workers went on holiday and it was up to me to do both of our jobs, including dealing with the public, and forgoing my lunch breaks as no one offered to back me up. On top of this I was just beginning to learn a new software system only to find out that what we had was outdated. The new system was loaded up and it fell to me to learn it from scratch; no one else had a clue how to use it. By Friday I was mentally exhausted and looked forward to doing nothing more than moving from the bed to the couch. But, there was a problem. The books I had ordered from Barns and Noble hadn't shown up yet. Mind you, the depository is only 11 miles from my house. Where the hell were my books?
A few years ago this wouldn't have been an issue. I remember wondering if Barns and Noble had some how hacked into my computer because I'd come home a day after placing an order to find a box waiting for me. Sometimes I'd receive my books having ordered them the night before! Surely they shouldn't be taking five days to go 11 miles.
Friday morning I got online to track my order. Perhaps my books had to come from a different depository, one across the country? Nope, as you can see from the screen shot, (taken this morning with updated information) the books originated in Reno but for some inexplicable reason, went from there to California and back again in one day! It took another whole day to get from Reno to Carson City, which are only a few miles apart. Let that sink in. It took less than 24 hours to get from one state to another and back again, yet took longer to travel interstate. On top of this cluster, the books were originally shipped UPS, yet on day two they were given to the US Postal Service for delivery. Okay, I thought, don't get upset, as of Friday morning Reno has my books. With luck I'll have them Saturday. No worries. In all honesty, I had a few things I had to do Saturday morning anyway.
I got up early Saturday and spent the morning working on a side job in between washing and folding laundry. Surly by the time I was done my books would have arrived and I could disappear from this world into Terry Pratchett's. With luck, I'd be visiting Shakespeare with Doctor Who on Sunday. But no, it was not to be. When I checked the mail I was surprised to see a small package, but not my books.
The small package contained a plastic cover for my new iPhone. I ordered this on Mother's Day around the same time I ordered my books. I didn't expect to see the cover for at least two weeks, given that I ordered it from an Amazon 3rd party vendor who said their shipments take up to two weeks. Not only did it arrive early, it came all the way from Florida! For those of you who are not familiar with the U.S., Florida is about as far from Nevada as it gets. It is on the far side of the East Coast, while I sit just four hours away from the Pacific Ocean. By this time I was livid.
I expressed my displeasure with B&N via Twitter. To their credit they responded rather quickly with a request that I send them my order number so that they could look into the issue. The next response was baffling. They told me, "It shipped on the 13th, and would take 3 working days to get to me. I should see it on the 18th". I am not good at math, but if the 13th counts as the first shipping day, wouldn't the 15th be the third? And, since the Post Office is open on Saturdays, making it a workday for them, wouldn't the 16th count if the 13th didn't? There was no response to my question. As far as they are concerned this is a non-issue. Well, I have news for you Barns and Noble; I am going to make this a non-issue by never ordering from your online store again. If you don't what I want in stock, I will order from Amazon, even if I have to order from a third party vendor. They at least know how to ship a proper package.
Yes, I am aware this is a first-world problem and yes, I am aware this is not much of a problem at all. But given that other bookstores are trying to compete with Amazon, you would think that B&N would do everything in their power to ensure "expedited" (their words not mine) shipping. I know they can do it because they used to offer better service than Amazon. Thinking about carbon footprints of these two books makes me ill. And, I would at least expect a better response from the company who is only 11 miles from my house.
Thanks for letting me rant. Now, back to wearing funny hats.
My problem is rarely with the source; it's usually with whichever company ends up delivering it. I remember waiting all day once to get a replacement cell phone, a matter that was time-critical. I checked the tracking on the hour, sometimes more frequently. So it was an ugly surprise to look up the tracking info at 4:30 PM and find it was listed as delivered and signed for. Hey, what? I'm HERE, you jerks! And I've not seen it. You cannot have delivered it to me, period. You cannot even have tried!!
Well, as it turned out, they hadn't even bothered to come to our door, just knocked on our neighbor's door and had him sign for it. Excuse that makes this BARELY acceptable: our house is behind his. Fact that makes that excuse unacceptable: there's a sign clearly pointing to our house with its street number, and the place is painted a distinctive color so you KNOW it's not part of any other house around.
Rant, rant rant, RANT, RANT!
Rant on my friend! That's what this post is for. I'd rant to if this happened to me. What right did the driver have to drop it off with someone else? I hope the company looked into this.
I wouldn't be so upset with B&N if they had really looked into why the books traveled so far and why they went from UPS to USPO. All I can hope is that it rains next weekend.
Unfortunately with nary a bookstore in sight, I often order online. And while I will gladly admit to having plenty of books in the house yet to to read, I was in the mood to enter the Discworld. Good thing another weekend is just around the corner.
I hadn't forgotten you were, are, ill served by real world bookstores, and completely understand your additional frustration with one virtual world outlet.


A crowded plaza at night. There are lights of various colors strung between poles, and people are milling about, washed in the colorful glow from above. The murmur of the crowd is loud, but it's a pleasant noise. Faint snippets of conversation can be heard, but they are quickly drowned to your ears by the scene. Everyone is happy.
An empty, tropical beach. Clear waves lap at impeccably clean sand, and gulls can be heard calling from above. There's a stand of trees at the edge of the sand opposite the water. A faint sea breeze tugs the waves to land and rustling the plant life beyond the beach. It's a lonely scene, but relaxing.
A peaceful, dusky forest. The sun has already set, but its glow still lingers, painting the sky a dull shade of purple. Nocturnal animals are just beginning to stir. There is no breeze, and the sounds of waking nightlife can be heard clearly. The plant life is dense, but the stars twinkling to life in the night sky can be seen through the canopy.
A dark but cluttered room. It smells of old books and faintly like lingering smoke. A single candle illuminates only a small corner of the room, warm glow revealing piles of books, old, weathered tables and shelves, and cobwebs that haven't been cleaned for years. There's the distinct feeling of being watched.
A factory. Machines upon machines work tirelessly upon their repetitive tasks, making nothing in particular. Despite the multitude of machines working, there's little noise aside from a gentle rumble to stave off complete silence. Lights blink on and off everywhere in gentle shades of blue. Footsteps echo in the vast empty spaces, walking to and from nowhere.
A rustic looking magic show. There's a silent magician on stage, dressed in crisp brown clothes. They say nothing but grin devilishly as they shuffle card upon card, their hands never stopping. There's silence aside from the flipping of cards and the clack of shoes on the polished stage. They perform for an audience of empty seats.
A massive, lost space cruiser. Everything is much too futuristic for modern day. Empty metal halls echo with the faintest sounds. Nothing seems quite right. Faint, inexplicable dread hangs in the still, stagnant air. Something unidentifiable roams the halls, piercing yellow eyes watching everything.
The old ruins of a castle. The dark sky is empty, new moon hiding in shadows. A lantern is held up by a hand coated in rusted plate, squeaking slightly as it sways. The rusted adventurer's horse whines, kicking the dust as its rider walks themself into the crumbling structure.
An empty expanse of nighttime desert. A single figure walks through the sand, walking wrapped in robes and guided by the moon. Under their robes are flashes of gold, ivory, and obsidian, like a calico cat of the most expensive make. Wind whips around them, kicking up dust and howling over the empty plains. The uncaring moon watches the persistent traveler.
A confectionary shop. The smell of sugar and baked goods laces the air. Something beeps in the back of the shop, probably something finishing. Everything in the shop is done in pastel colors, pinks and blues mostly, even the foods. The shop is warm, welcoming.
The side of a train track. A train comes thundering down the track, which runs in the middle of nowhere. Hot wind blasts to either side of the track, flattening the grass that spreads in endless fields. The cars that follow it jostle and rumble, creating a cacophony of noise. It's strangely pleasant.
why am i not surprised that mine is about a train.
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I've always heard the saying that there are two things in life that are certain: death and taxes. This week being the deadline for tax returns in the US means this is likely ringing true to many of you right about now. In addition to these two certainties, there is one more event that seems inevitable in work life… Meetings.
While meetings are a necessary part of getting things done, I find them even more difficult to plan and execute in school or campus settings. When individuals are working in different buildings with different schedules it sometimes feels impossible to get everyone in one place to gain consensus on a topic. That's where Google Hangouts come in.
A Google Hangout is an all in one instant messaging/video conferencing/screen sharing tool that has the potential to replace many of the face-to-face meetings individuals are accustomed to. We have been using it often here at Texthelp and have found it very useful in many settings. In this post I will be sharing some specifics on how you too can get the most out of this free tool.
In order to use Hangouts you will need a Google account. You can then download Hangouts to your Computer, Android, or Apple device from the appropriate store (i.e. iTunes for Apple devices). Once installed you can start a Hangout with a contact you already have in your contact list or invite others. The screenshot below is what appeared after I clicked "Start a Hangout" from my Google+ page.
As you can see it resembles the screen that appears when sharing a Google Document. Anyone you enter in the "send an invite" box will get an invitation and be able to join your Hangout.
Another super easy way to start a Hangout is through Google Calendar. When you create a new event, you can choose to include a link to a video call (see image below). Individuals who you invite to the event will be able to click and join the meeting at the scheduled time.
You can have up to 10 individuals join your Hangout. This includes video conferencing capabilities, meaning that if participants have a webcam you will be able to see them during the meeting (don't worry, you can always turn off your webcam). Hangouts attempt to be smart, so the person talking shows up full screen while others are in smaller windows at the bottom of the screen. You will find that this doesn't always work as expected however. If someone coughs, types on the keyboard, or makes other noises the system will sometimes show that person full screen instead of the person talking. To prevent this anyone not talking can easily mute or un-mute themselves as needed.
You can easily switch to screen-share so that individuals see your screen as opposed to your webcam view.
It integrates nicely with Google Drive, so that you can easily pull documents into the Hangout. Many times this is preferred over screen-sharing because everyone can be looking at the same document and still see each other.
It also integrates nicely will other Google Apps (Calendar, Gmail, etc…). For example, if using the chat feature, your chat history can be searched via gmail. This makes Hangouts the go to solution for Google Apps for Education users.
Need more than 10 people to join your Hangout? No problem… Google also has Hangouts on Air (or HOA for short). Basically Hangouts on Air allow you to schedule an event and invite participants, then when you are ready to broadcast as many people as you would like can join in and watch. While the limit of 10 is still in place for those that can talk and be seen via a webcam, an unlimited number of people can attend. In addition, after the Hangout on Air is complete, you can make a recording available and share with those that couldn't make it to the live event. This is great for announcements, training events, and more!
Save time. If meeting attendees are scattered across a school district or campus, the time required to travel to and from a meeting can easily exceed the time needed for the actual meeting.
Save space. Finding an available space to meet is not always easy. Many designated meeting areas have a two week wait (or more) just to schedule a time slot. With Hangouts, attendees can be in their office, at home, or even join in on their smartphone from anywhere in between.
Get more done. Face to face meetings always encourage additional conversation, snacks, and other non-essential items that can increase the length of meetings. While this is nice on occasions, holding Hangouts helps to keep attendees on task and less likely to fall behind on other work.
Be creative. While meetings may be the number one reason you choose to use a Hangout, I've seen them used for everything from providing large scale training to conducting classroom or student observations. I've even heard of Grandparents who use Hangouts to watch Grandkids open presents across the country.
Now that you know a little more about Google Hangouts it's up to you to schedule one. I would love to hear how you plan to use a Hangout (or are already using Hangouts) in the comments section below!
Also, a special thanks to Greg O'Connor for agreeing to join a Hangout last minute so that I could grab a screenshot for this post.


Perma Stripe Finishes Rehab on Parking Facilities of One of the Largest Convention Centers in the World, with No Down Time!
Perma Stripe, Florida's largest and most diverse road and parking lot striping company put the finishing touches on Orange County Convention Center's servace roads, parking lots, parking garages and signage. The job could only be handled by professionals like Perma Stripe, Headquartered in Central Florida, who recently completed Universal Studios Florida and the new attraction center on International Drive.
The Orange County Convention Center consists of two buildings joined together by a covered pedestrian sky-bridge. The West Building, completed in four phases between 1983 and 1996, is located on the south side of International Drive. The North/South Building, located on the north side of International Drive, was completed in 2003.
Three covered loading docks/173 truck bays"completing a complicated job like The OCCC takes a great team and a lot of planning, roads connectors more than 4000 parking spaces and over 500 signs to install, with the goal of making OCCC shine outside like it does inside" said Darrell Chapman, founder of Perma Stripe "doing a job right is important, doing it consistently over many many acres of parking lots and parking garages is why they call Perma Stripe""Perma Stripe works on hundreds of condo, apartment complexes, shopping centers, malls and hospitals state wide, but projects like OCCC and Universal Studios, really test our resolve, and we always are equal to any task here in Florida, and have proved that for many years" concluded Darrell Chapman.


The Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) has opened the first long-term African Ocean Observatory with a permanent time-series to monitor in parallel multiple ecosystems and ongoing climate change.
The Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) is home to the first long-term African Ocean Observatory with parallel permanent time-series monitoring multiple ecosystems and ongoing climate change. This is a unique global initiative, as other schemes maintain normally single ecosystem time-series, research lines/transects or buoys. With more than 7 different tropical marine ecosystems located within 2km of the facility, including open ocean and pelagic waters, coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, sandbanks, oyster beds, mud flats, saltwater marshes, freshwater boreholes, sand dunes, island bush and vegetation, the Bazaruto Archipelago is a unique place for study.
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Links Flashback: All-Star 2003
by Lang Whitaker February 14, 2007
by Lang Whitaker
The first year I went to All-Star, in D.C. back in 2001, I wasn't sure how to cover it. Blogs hadn't been invented then, and most websites were creaky and updated once a day. So I took notes the entire weekend and when I returned to the office I posted a massive 6,000-word manifesto. Some of it was surely boring, but I also tried to fit a lot of minutae in there; what it's like to run into Rasheed Wallace in a hotel bar in the middle of the night, stuff like that. The next year, a few weeks before the game, people starting asking when my All-Star report was going to drop. Since then, we've spent a lot of time and energy covering All-Star, because it really is the NBA's biggest weekend. And this year will be no different.
With the 2007 All-Star Game in Las Vegas right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to resurrect some of our previous All-Star reports. Each day this week I'm bringing out the archives. (Which I've condensed to make things easier for all of us.)
Today, we visit my hometown, the ATL, and Michael Jordan's final All-Star appearance…
By 6:45 a.m., as I stood around outside my apartment waiting for Russ to roll through and pick me up so we could fly out to Atlanta, the snow was piled in the streets, getting gully in the gutters. We still made it out to LaGuardia pretty quickly. We'd been in line for maybe ten minutes when Shandon Anderson came rolling in, wearing a beige sweatsuit, a plain baseball cap pulled low over his eyes. He hustled to the first class line, where he settled in behind Craig Sager and Danny Ainge, who was wearing a colorful McDonald's Open 1993 leather jacket with a huge Phoenix Suns logo on the back, the orange collar turned up. At least Ainge wasn't trying to draw any attention to himself.
As we hit the security checkpoint, Ainge, who has no idea who I am, suddenly cut me off.
"I'm sorry," he said quickly, but still not stopping to let me back in ahead of him.
"You should've said, 'Tree Rollins wasn't,'" Russ noted.
I was also hoping that when they passed out the warm towels in first class, a crafty stewardess would recognize Ainge and throw the towel in his face.
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After checking into our hotel in downtown Atlanta, we hustled across the street to the Hyatt Regency, where all the players were staying. There was a staircase up the back of the hotel that led directly to the interview room. Atop the staircase were a guard and a fence. Our passes got us past the guard, as well as a gathered handful of hoochies. The fence, we supposed, was to keep the ho's out.
Just behind us, Jason Terry was doing interviews about his participation in the celebrity 3-on-3 game. JT's team was to include Dominique Wilkins, Sheryl Swoopes and Frankie Muniz, though JT apparently couldn't remember Muniz's name and kept referring to him as "Malcolm in the Middle." JT also reported to us that he'd hit three clubs the previous night and was turned away at all of them because they were too crowded. JT finally squeezed into Club Vision, but he said it was wall-to-wall with people. You know the city is over-crowded when one of the best basketball players from the host city can't even get into the clubs.
Jay Williams showed up in a throwback Sixers shooting shirt, which we're pretty sure said "TRADE ME" across the back.
When asked how he and Jason Kidd ended up on separate flights, Richard Jefferson said, "Jason is a very, very rich individual, and that allows him to charter his own flights." Dajuan Wagner, meanwhile, was about as excited as a rock, throwing one-word answers with no expression whatsoever. In some circles, that's called keeping it real.
As my main man Drew Gooden left, I caught up with him for a second. I told Drew that the annual pimp convention The Player's Ball was also supposed to be going down in the ATL, with Snoop Dogg hosting, and Drew begged me to find out the info and let him know when and where it would be. I decided maybe I should just let that one go.
Right at 3:00 p.m., your NBA All-Stars came rolling in. Iverson and Jordan skipped the event, because they are Iverson and Jordan, and if they'd shown up, they wouldn't be Iverson and Jordan. Kobe missed it because he supposedly got stuck in New York with the bad weather (although we made it down, and although Shaq, who was also in NYC, made it down; rumor circulated that Kobe would only fly on a private jet, and all private jets were grounded). But everyone else was there.
Yao Ming entered like a rock star, surrounded by a cloud of media; all you could see was a head sticking up above the cameras. He even rocked a Chinese National Team jersey — Yao representing! Once he was at his table, the NBA had set up an elaborate sound system with two speakers, one on each side of Yao. The one on Yao's right translated Yao's words into English, the one on the left brought him in Mandarin. (If you were wondering, by the way, when Yao speaks it's in Mandarin. When the language is written down it's called Chinese.) Once again, his words came like a cross between Confucious and Yogi Berra. My favorite exchange:
MEDIA PERSON: A lot of people say there's a lot of pressure on you, so what do you most want to do at the end of this? YAO: I would like to leave this state as soon as possible.
I took a lap around the interview room. Steve Nash, wearing a "No War" t-shirt, glanced up and flashed me a hand sign that could alternately be interpreted as "Hook 'em Horns" in Texas or "Ozzy Rules!" at OzzFest. As I approached him, someone asked about the shirt.
"In the Constitution it states that war is to be used in the case of self-defense," said Steve, "and I don't think that this is self-defense or that it's necessary." That's just great: Steve Nash, who is not even American, is over here quoting the Constitution. Meanwhile, no one can get a coherent answer out of Vince Carter about whether or not he's going to start in the All-Star Game or let MJ start.
Antoine Walker was again covered in adidas gear, including his now-trademark bucket hat. When a foreign reporter asked him why he shoots so many threes, 'Toine dropped an instant quote of the year nominee: "Because they don't have fours."
A lot of the bigger name guys — Shaq, T-Mac, Vince — were totally engulfed by reporters, so much so that I couldn't even get close. Conversely, Brad Miller showed up in a lumberjack look, topped off with a wool ski cap, and the media seemed so terrified that they mostly steered clear. When a reporter asked Brad what he'd be doing if he wasn't at the All-Star Game, he said, "I'd probably be back home, working with my best friend, figuring out how to weld some crap."
At one point I think I saw Zydrunas Ilgauskas alone, napping with his head on his table. And I must admit that they did a great job filing down the bolts on Big Z's neck for All-Star Weekend.
The Tim Duncan Robot surprised everyone by turning up in adidas. We'd heard rumors a few days before that The Tim Duncan Robot was going to switch from Nike, and it apparently went through at the last minute. Russ said it was cool that they let The Tim Duncan Robot out of The Hall of Presidents for the weekend.
I told Russ that he should never, never joke about The Hall of Presidents. And how cool would it be if they opened a Hall of Power Forwards down at Disneyworld, with audioanimatronic versions of Duncan, Kevin McHale, Samaki Walker, Alan Henderson…all the robotic power forwards. The NBA is down with ESPN, which is basically Disney, right? Of course, the NBA also hates good ideas, so I guess this won't be happening any time soon.
Khalid heard one of the writers ask how Iverson got the nickname "A.I." No, really. As the hour wound down, Jamal Mashburn, a first time All-Star, was the last guy left in the room, talking about anything anyone wanted to talk about. We figured he would get injured as soon as he stood up. Also, he described T-Mac as "fabulous."
We were in the adidas suite, when the godfather of adidas, Mr. Sonny Vacarro, came storming into the room. I'd never met him, but Sonny acted as though we went way back. "SLAM magazine has all the kids in America locked down," he told Russ and me. "You guys keep it up. You're doing great." We just nodded along, thoroughly hypnotized. I managed to ask Sonny if they were going to sign LeBron, and he went into this whole spiel about how they don't have a chance.
As we left, I asked Russ if maybe we could get Sonny to sign us to endorsement deals. I'd wear adidas every day when I wrote The Links…for a nominal fee, of course.
At the Jam Session, we got over to the basketball court, where Kenny Smith's celebrity team was playing Charles Barkley's celebrity team. Somehow we snuck through a gate and onto the edge of the court, and were immediately confronted with a horrible, horrible sight: Manute Bol playing basketball. Nutey always looked kind of awkward, but the years have not been kind to Manute: The widest part of his legs these days are his knees, making him look a lot like the giraffe on "Man vs. Beast."
Spud Webb and Muggsy Bogues were also running around out there, but with my eyes glassed over from watching Manute, I couldn't see much. We must, however, give Manute this: He blocked the game winning shot attempt.
It was now about 10:00 p.m., and hunger was starting to set in. There were a couple of food courts set up, but I couldn't figure out how it worked, as people just seemed to be coming and going without any money changing hands. So I secretly followed Hawks television announcer Bob Rathbun, who walked in and served himself up a plate of chips and salsa and walked out. Then it hit me: The whole thing was free!
Russ and I went in and served up a few plates of steak, potatoes and salad. We were standing there eating when we heard a commotion behind us at a paella stand — banging pots and pans and people yelling. A fire had broken out near the stove, and flames were shooting high into the air. No one really seemed sure what to do. One cook ran over with a small glass of liquid that he threw on the fire, sending the flames a few feet higher into the air. (What was in that glass, kerosene?)
Russ and I calmly kept eating and watching. Two other chefs decided to try and douse it with a tablecloth, which they yanked off a table devoted to bread, sending hundreds of biscuits, rolls and baguettes soaring into the air.
"That was dope," Russ said.
The tablecloth didn't work, and the fire continued growing. I got some more roasted potatoes and settled back in to see what would happen. While all the chefs kept sprinting over to battle the blaze, someone knocked the tremendous paella frying pan onto the plastic-covered floor, and the awful smell of burning plastic began filling the air. Finally someone managed to put the thing out, and everyone broke into applause. It was more entertaining than the Charles and Kenny game, I know that much.
A couple of the people we bumped into were talking about hitting Kenny Smith's party. We didn't talk about it because Kenny didn't invite us. So, don't be surprised when Kenny's next column drops full of misspelled words and without any pictures.
We headed out and went back to the hotel to hook up with SLAM associate editor Khalid Salaam, who'd gotten in town the day before and had been visiting his peoples in the ATL. We briefly caught up and then headed back out to the Jordan Brand party, where Ludacris was finishing up his set with "Move, B****." We'd missed The Roots, Eve and Jurassic 5, among other bands, but we were luckily just in time to catch Ja Rule. Holla.
Saturday began at 11:00 a.m., as we rallied around the hotel and headed back out to the Jam Session to see our peoples at the EA Sports court, where my man Drew Gooden was supposed to play NBA Street Vol. 2 against Dominique Wilkins. Nique never did show up, not surprisingly, but Drew did. Drew had to run off to get ready for Rookie/Sophomore practice, and once he left Russ and I sat down to play.
We'd been playing for maybe two minutes when one of the EA big whigs ran over and yanked the controllers out of our hands, blurting an apology and resetting the game. We got up from the couch and turned around to find Dr. J — Julius Errrrr-ving — walking onto the court. He walked right up to us and shook our hands, introducing himself (yeah, like we didn't know who he was) and then he sat down to play the game. Not surprisingly, the Doc wasn't much of a video gamer, but he gave it a shot and did pretty well for himself.
After the Rookie/Sophomore game, Drew left the locker room, then returned moments later and started rifling through the mess of dirty socks and used tape in front of his locker. From the gross mélange he extracted a huge diamond earring, which he stuck in his ear. "That's why we have insurance," he announced.
We settled back into our seats in time for All-Star Saturday night, which was introduced by Atlanta resident Isaac Hayes. To start things off he introduced Gloria Gaynor, who is not, to my knowledge, an Atlanta resident, or related to Atlanta at all. She sang "I Will Survive," which she apparently does by singing that song over and over and over again. And by the way, the fact that every person in the city was wearing retro jerseys does not mean that people care about Gloria Gaynor or, even worse, Meatloaf. (Yes, he later sang, too.) As one NBA staffer told us, "There is a serious disconnect between the NBA and it's players. It's very clear that the players do not like the League."
Gary Payton was good for some entertainment. He showed much love for our recent issue (with featured Gary himself on the cover), asking for a new box of issues because "people keep asking me for him." And though GP is generally a fly dresser (which Sunday's pin-striped leather suit would prove), our man lost some points Saturday night for wearing a throwback Phillies jersey, which is not bad in and of itself. The problem was that it wasn't a Mitchell and Ness — it was a budget Majestic replica joint.
There had been no celebs at the rookie game (Bill Walton was courtside), but a few people started showing up for the Saturday night stuff. Ice Cube, for instance, was in the second row, sipping a beer, sitting just behind Nelly and his tremendous bodyguard and just in front of Johnny Cochran, rocking a cobalt blue suit. Also spotted was Mark Eaton, a.k.a. The Abominable Snowman; Tara Reid, a walking anti-bulimia ad, with a bodyguard and someone that looked like her mother; one side of the court had Bill Russell, with Dave DeBusschere right behind him and Buck Williams right behind him — a cool, multi-era row of frontcourt greats; Warren Moon, looking like he could still throw some TDs.
At one point during the evening, Khalid stopped in the restroom, when Nelly came walking in. Khalid reported that he was washing his hands and Nelly was at the sink next to him. Some guy (not a kid but a grown man) stood behind Nelly but didn't speak for about three or four seconds and then asked him to sign his basketball. Nelly said, in his St. Louis drawl, "Man, damn. Can I just wash my damn hands first? Damn."
The dunk contest judges coming onto the court may have been the highlight of my weekend: Doctor J, Dee Brown, Spud Webb (looking good and healthy, replete with the old school part on top of his head), Nique and Michael Jordan (who wore a beret all day, for some reason). The usual dunk contest spectators gathered on the front row, including Dikembe Mutombo, who accessorized his suit by bringing along a small child. And of course, Damon "Basketball" Jones, who always somehow manages to be courtside. A new addition to the front row this year was Michael Redd, who figures to be back for years to come.
Inside the locker room of the 2Ball contestants, Ashton Kutcher dressed quietly while Danny Masterson, his co-star on "That '70s Show," sat nearby.
"Dude," I said to Kutcher, "you should have been posting up Malcolm in the Middle all day." Kircher easily had a foot on Muniz.
"I felt bad," Kutcher muttered. "I couldn't do that to him."
"I would have," Masterson interjected. "All day, man, all day."
Magic Johnson emerged with his shirt off, not really a pleasant sight, and sat down in a corner of the room. Camera crews swarmed him, and he immediately announced, "I am not doing any interviews. No interviews. Turn the cameras off." But within five minutes, he was doing interviews. Dude can't help it, I guess.
And as Turner Sports analyst Magic Johnson noted: "Wesley Person made Slacovic play his best…"
Yes he did, Magic. Yes, he did.
We navigated the sea of SUVs on foot and made it back to the hotel pretty quickly, by around 11:30 p.m. We were supposed to go to the Reebok launch party for the new S.Carter (that's Jay-Z to you) shoe, but we knew there was no way to make it on the street, thanks to the standstill traffic. Instead, we rode the subway (officially called MARTA, though we named it Mar-tuh in honor of Ja Rule.)
We stepped outside the Midtown Mar-tuh station and tried to figure out which direction Club Velvet was, but were quickly tipped off when we heard a marching band playing "Big Pimpin'" from our right. We walked up the street and came across the marching band from Khalid's alma mater, Clark Atlanta University. While we tried to get in, the band also played through "Bonnie and Clyde," "H to the Izzo" and "Hard Knock Life." We were not mad.
Someone did a Rodney White impression later that evening on the hotel rug. I'm not sure which is worse: No one being able to recall who did it, or the person who did not being able to recall doing it in the first place.
Sunday night, and the All-Stars were alleged to be available in their locker rooms. Rumor was circulating that all the Nike guys would be wearing Air Jordans in tribute to MJ, but the brilliant national media was saying that EVERYONE would be wearing Air Jordans. Right, like all the shoe companies would just be fine with their guys wearing Nikes in arguably the biggest showcase of the season.
When the West locker room opened, Steph was sitting in his stall with his Dell laptop (with faux wood grain) open in front of him, listening to 50 Cent's new album. Everyone was asking him how he and KG were getting along, but Steph down-played it. "It's not like we hang out or go to movies together." Really?
Nash laced up his kicks with "Fin 4" scrawled on them, and Dirk tried to figure out how to avoid the media. Finally a League official told him to sit down and answer a few questions, and then someone would come rescue him moments later.
Paul Pierce was asked about his boy Antoine finishing dead last in the three point contest.
"Whoa," P-Double answered. "All I know is Antoine Walker can never say nothing to me about my 3-point display from last year's All-Star. He can't say nothing to me. I know I was bad, but he got me though. He knows he got me."
While everyone else tried to get Vince to say something, anything at all intelligible about why he refused to give up his All-Star spot for Mike, I had an idea: Why don't they let the fans vote on the Dunk Contest competitors for next year. Then Vince would have to do it, right? Can't let the fans down, can we Vince?
We got back out on the court and settled in for the festivities. We all started celeb watching, and here's our compiled list, in no particular order: Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon, Oscar-nominee Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Usher and Chili, Beyonce and Jay-Z, P. Diddy in a gator/fur jacket, Magic Johnson, Bob Lanier, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Russell Simmons, Nelly, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Justin Timberlake, Jeff Gordon, Jamal Anderson, Anthony Anderson, Funkmaster Flex, former Earth, Wind and Fire lead singer Phillip Bailey, Gabrielle Union, Lisa Leslie (dressed just like J-Lo), Kelly Rowland and the third girl from Destiny's Child, Donnie Wahlberg, Taye Diggs, Matthew Lillard, an oddly demure Janet Jackson sitting with Jermaine Dupri, Juicy Iverson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Ricky Williams, among thousands of others.
(By the way, isn't Evander Holyfield's ear the most gangsta thing of all time? Not many people are missing a part of their ear, but I bet even fewer are able to tell other people, "Yeah, well Mike Tyson bit my ear off.")
After the game, the West players were more relieved that the game was over than anything else, I think.
"What time is it?" Steve Francis asked, as he got out of the shower. Told it was midnight, Steve dropped his head. The clubbing may have been curtailed.
KG came in for a second to grab his gear, and Amare Stoudemire followed him in with a video camera, narrating his own footage as he shot around the room. Spotting KG, he put the camera on him and softly said, "There he is. The man. KG. MVP. Straight outta' high school, representin'."
I was waiting outside Steve Francis' circle of media when Shaq showed up, one arm around a young kid and a digital camera in his other hand. The Daddy walked right up behind the pile of media, grabbed the nearest reporter from behind and yanked him out of the way, literally pulling the guy six feet to the side. Shaq forced the kid through the opening and mumbled, "This is my nephew."
He lifted up the camera and snapped a picture of the kid and Steve, then extracted the kid.
"I'll see you soon, man," Shaq said.
"Next week, right?" asked Steve.
"Yeah," said Shaq.
He then turned to the media and announced, "Yao-Shaq II, coming soon!"
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By the time this post is live, I will be waiting for the Grand Final to start and I will be likely completely excited and bouncing around the house like a crazy person.
I have been obsessed with Eurovision for a little while now, because my husband – bless him – decided to start supporting my lunacy and having a good time when we watched it together. This increased my obsession from secretly reading sites and information so full blown dress ups and excitement for the weekend in May when my life just gets to exciting for words.
Anyway the entire point of this is that I will be not be around this weekend at all, I will be sipping rum and coke on the lounge enjoying the spectacle and awesomeness that is Eurovision!
I cannot tell you how excited I am!!
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In the Firebase console I can see the my_event in Events tab but I can't find the my_key and some_value. I came across some similar questions like this where is stated that data will be available as soon as your audience reach 10 or more. Well I've reached that audience.
The documentation says:

Custom parameters: Custom parameters are not represented directly in
  your Analytics reports, but they can be used as filters in audience
  definitions that can be applied to every report. Custom parameters are
  also included in data exported to BigQuery if your app is linked to a
  BigQuery project.

But in the Audience tab I have:

If Filter not applicable  how can I consult my custom event? I don't want to use BigQuery, all I want is to create custom events and consult them like I would with Google Analytics.
Thanks.

A: You cannot change these 2 predefined audience types, but you can create your own audience type:
This audience can either be based on an event or a user property. In your case, check event, you should see a list of predefined and custom events. Choose my_event, and then you get the button to add a parameter. this button allows you to further refine your query with parameter values.
Hope this helps.

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Next Moving On – 5 July 2019!
Moving On 2018 – We have blast off!
We will be moving on from the Paddock at 12.30 on Friday 6th, getting to the top of the High Street at about 12.45 and reaching the Crown Court at 1pm. We will be in Cliffe at around 1.15 before parading back up School Hill and to the Paddock for a party from 13.40 for about an hour. Really looking forward to seeing everyone there!


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Should you go for green FDs?
January 15, 2022 - Updated 07:35 pm IST
While Green FDs can help create a 'feel good' factor about your portfolio, they are not an advisable bet from returns standpoint
By Keerthi Sanagasetti
Environmental enthusiasts would sure agree that it pays to go green. But it doesn't pay well for investors of these curated fixed deposits. Trying to lure investors who would love to go green, banks and even NBFCs have launched deposits that appeal to the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) theme.
While HDFC launched its Green & Sustainability deposit in August last year, IndusInd Bank launched its green deposits in the last week of December 2021. Union Bank, too, offers a fixed tenure Green Deposit that can be applied for, through the bank's mobile banking application (U-mobile app).
That said, these deposits don't seem attractive, across tenures, given that there are many other fixed deposit options offering higher returns, both from banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) that investors can consider. With interest rates expected to move up, investors can go for these normal 1–2-year deposits (and not very long-tenure ones) to benefit from a potential rate hike.
What is on offer?
Green deposits are aimed at those who wish to create a positive impact on the environment through their investments. IndusInd and HDFC for instance, will deploy the proceeds from their Green FDs in organisations supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – across sectors such as Energy efficiency, green transport, renewable energy and waste management, to name a few. Similarly, funds from Union Bank's Green Deposits would be utilised for environment-friendly projects. The bank went a step further in environment conservatism by offering these FDs in online only mode.
Union Green Deposits comes with a fixed tenure of 1111 days (a little longer than three years) and currently offers interest at the rate of 5.5 per cent per annum. Seniors get an additional 0.5 per cent.
HDFC's Green & Sustainable Deposits range from tenures of 24 to 120 months, with an option to pay interest at monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual rests. One can even opt for a cumulative payout at the time of maturity. Currently these deposits offer 5.75 to 6.6 per cent per annum across the abovementioned tenures for annual payout and for cumulative options. Rates for more frequent payouts are lower.
IndusInd Bank offers the green deposits for tenures ranging from two years to 61 months, offering interest at 6 per cent across tenures (seniors get an additional 0.5 per cent).
While these FDs can help create a 'feel good' factor about your portfolio fulfilling ESG needs, they don't seem attractive from returns standpoint. If generating superior returns is your goal, there are other lucrative options for FD investors.
How they fare?
At this juncture, locking into deposits with tenure greater than two years may not be a wise choice, given that the interest rates are likely to inch up going ahead.
For tenures of just above two years, while PSU banks offer interest in the range of 4.9 to 5.3 per cent per annum, private banks such as DCB Bank (up to 5.95 per cent), RBL Bank and YES Bank, offer up to 6 per cent. Small finance banks (SFB) offer slightly higher rates —- up to 6.6 per cent for tenures just above 2 years and can be a good option. Bank deposits (including that of SFBs) worth up to ₹5 lakh are covered by Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). Union and IndusInd's green FDs lose out from returns perspective. HDFC's best rates of over 6 per cent are offered for longer tenures which are not advisable at this juncture.
That said, investors with an appetite for risk can even consider FDs offered by other AAA-rated NBFCs, that offer superior returns. Shriram Transport Finance (whose FDs are rated FAAA by CRISIL), for instance, offers interest at the rate of 6.75 per cent on its 24-month deposits.
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You'll be charmed by this kokopelli clock with Kokopelli as the pendulum. Made by an artist with a beautifully finished rust color that will complement virtually any decor, this wall clock is called "Kokopelli in the Desert" and is shown above.
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Located just outside Cooperstown, The Rosemary at Spano Lake is located a short drive to some of the best attractions, dining, and outdoor activities New York State has to offer.
Located on Main Street in the historic Village of Cooperstown, the Museum brings the history of our National Pastime to life. Since opening its doors more than 80 years ago, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has been dedicated to preserving history, honoring excellence and connecting generations of baseball fans.
Cooperstown Beverage Trail
Cooperstown Beverage Trail is New York State's first official cuisine trail. Enjoy tastings, take a tour to give you a close-up look at how the beverages are made, or just walk around in our specialty shops. Last year alone, more than 20,000 visitors explored the entire length of the 37-mile trail.
Otsego Lake
Easily one of the prettiest lakes in New York state, Otsego Lake offers myriad swimming, fishing, boating, and other recreational opportunities. Many, however, know that just sitting on a bench and marveling at the clean, placid waters will do just fine.
Glimmerglass State Park
Glimmerglass State Park overlooks beautiful Otsego Lake, nicknamed "Glimmerglass" by James Fenimore Cooper in his Leatherstocking Tales. Open year-round, each season brings a multitude of outdoor recreational activities for visitors to the park.
Flycreek Cider Mill
Witness cider-making at the historic Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard just three miles from Main Street Cooperstown. Discover the Mill Store Marketplace filled with Pride of New York products like extra-sharp cheddar cheese and creamy Mill-made fudge. Savor the flavors of more than 40 specialty food, wine and hard cider tastings. Children will enjoy feeding the friendly ducks and geese. The Fly Creek Cider Mill provides history, tastes, and traditions for generations of visitors.
Cooper's Tour & Pour
Coming soon! Cooper's Tour & Pour, the region's first and only British double-decker sightseeing bus tour, will begin offering tours around Cooperstown and Otsego Lake in summer 2023. In addition to being the most exciting way to sightsee all the area attractions, it offers another unique feature—a rolling pub! Sit back and relax as we cruise through downtown Cooperstown and then continue by all the local attractions you've come to see!
Main Street Cooperstown
The Village of Cooperstown has something to offer for the whole family! Enjoy a beautiful day shopping, visiting historic Doubleday Field, or have lunch alongside picturesque Otsego Lake. Later, grab dinner and a drink with friends at one of the many restaurants and bars Cooperstown has to offer. There is no shortage of charm on historic main street!
Glimmerglass Festival
Glimmerglass is a professional non-profit summer opera company dedicated to producing new productions each season. The company continues its tradition of four new fully staged productions, now including three operas and one work of American musical theater, performed with full orchestra, large cast and no sound amplification. These four productions are supplemented by special performances, cabarets, concerts, lectures and symposiums throughout the season. The company continues to attract an international audience to the scenic Cooperstown area, where the talent of singers, directors, designers and staff from around the world converges in the Alice Busch Opera Theater to produce world-class opera and music theater.


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Best Investment in the World Is Human Resource- Speaker Bagbin
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has stated that Parliament is working towards the creation of a Museum and an Archival Department to enable the institution to preserve and share with citizens, relics of the Legislature. Speaker Bagbin said this when he received three hundred copies of a supply chain application book from the Author, Professor Douglas Boateng.
The Rt. Hon speaker bemoaned the fact that readding culture among the youth is at an all-time low. He referred to Ghanaian scholars, who in the past stood shoulder to shoulder with world leaders and said this was only made possible because they took knowledge acquisition very seriously. Speaker Bagbin urged Members of Parliament to read more, in order to improve their knowledge in new trends of politics and parliamentary practices.
The Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim, emphasized the need for libraries in the country to be digitalized, in line with what pertains in other parts of the world. He said, this need is underscored by the fact most of the new knowledge that is available on academic subjects can be found online and books that cannot be found in large quantities for distribution could easily be uploaded by the libraries for anyone interested in them.
The Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Hon. Habib, speaking in a similar vein, said books should be made more easily available for those who need them. He expressed his appreciation for the supply chain principle and described how those principles, when applied in economics and politics enhance efficiency.
The author and donor of the book to Parliament, Professor Douglas Boateng, indicated that over fifty thousand copies of the book have been supplied to institutions worldwide, including Harvard university. He said application of the supply chain principles results in efficiency and incremental gains, as policy makers are able to plan in stages and execute these plans, knowing and appreciating the effect of one stage on the other. He indicated that the book, which is in English and has a French version, will soon be uploaded on an APP that will be launched in August.
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Berwick Rangers Supporters Trust is a member of Supporters Direct Scotland who recently sent us this interesting information about proposed international developments.
Recently you will have received a message from Brian Burgess.Chair of SD, sent out to all SD members regarding our recent governance review. This follow-up newsletter is to provide more background to the opportunities presented to our members in Scotland.
In terms of moving forward, there was a majority view that the work SD Europe does in over 20 countries on the continent should come under an independent Pan-European Umbrella Body, with a membership network of National Organizations across Europe, which could include our work here in Scotland. This new organization will facilitate further growth and development of the Supporters Trust and fans group movement across member countries throughout the UEFA area. To help prepare a clear vision of what this may look like, a Steering Group has been established which includes the chairman of the SD Scotland Council, Neil Bone. He will join colleagues from Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Israel and Andy Walker from FC United of Manchester on behalf of the SD Board. The Group will be working closely with Antonia Hageman, Head of SD Europe, to prepare a plan for the establishment of this new organisation.
The outcomes of the governance review and the board's decision following that will give us an opportunity in Scotland to incorporate as a separate entity, as and when this is beneficial for SD Scottish member trusts. This could provide SDS with a greater degree of flexibility as to how we address issues within Scotland, and also, how we work with our members.
The intention is to provide a flexible framework; within which our Scottish member trusts and the SD Scottish Council representing you, will have opportunities to benefit from not only the existing close working relationship with SD staff and members in England and Wales but also from developing new relationships with similar European supporters groups and national organisations. Simply put, the experience gained from our work in Scotland can be of value to groups in other European countries, and we can learn just as much from them.
We also received some other very clear messages from the review process, and these messages will be enormously helpful to us, as we look at the way in which we can engage with our members more effectively in the future. We know that members value our work, particularly in times of crisis, but we want to ensure that members feel very much part of the organisation, all the time.


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Graney: Knights won't use 'woe is me' attitude with stars out
A banged-up Golden Knights side managed just one goal off 43 shots in falling to the Blues on Wednesday night.
By Ed Graney / Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 20, 2021 - 10:05 pm
Updated October 21, 2021 - 1:00 am
Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) breaks for the net defended by Blues defenseman Marco Scandella (6) and left wing Brandon Saad (20) during the first period of an NHL hockey game at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt
Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner (90) looks skates around the net during the second period of a NHL hockey game against the Blues at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt
Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) is congratulated by defenseman Alec Martinez (23) and right wing Reilly Smith (19), who assisted his goal, during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Blues at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt
Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith (19) skates around the net followed by Blues defenseman Marco Scandella (63) during the first period of an NHL hockey game at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt
Adversity in sports isn't a singular matter. It comes in all different shapes and hardships. You can't always overcome it with the same strategy.
The Golden Knights, hardly a franchise that has been beset with great misfortune, has been given a small taste to begin their fifth season.
Better now than in April.
"For sure," coach Pete DeBoer said.
The Knights that lost 3-1 to the Blues on Wednesday night before an announced gathering of 17,690 at T-Mobile Arena — um, there were plenty of empty seats, folks — are without their best player (Mark Stone) and best goal scorer (Max Pacioretty).
Both are out with injury — Pacioretty for several weeks and Stone indefinitely.
It's professional sports. It's not as if the Golden Knights have been totally healthy for long stretches throughout the last four years. But they have been so good and won so much that many of those bumps and bruises and strains and sprains have been camouflaged by all the success.
"I think, with our group, my history with them, when we've played a little bit scared of the situation or the opposition, we've responded," DeBoer said.
Here's another opportunity.
Other nervous times
There have been other disjointed and nervous times.
Like when DeBoer replaced Gerard Gallant in January 2020. Or when the Knights faced an elimination game in the first round of the playoffs against Minnesota last season. Or being down two goals in the third period of Game 5 in Colorado and rallying to win.
Marc-Andre Fleury missing 25 games in the inaugural 2017 season with a concussion. Nate Schmidt being suspended for 20 in 2018. Teams go through these sorts of things. The best ones rise above it.
"We sure won't be having any 'woe is me,' type of attitude," general manager Kelly McCrimmon said. "Teams win with (great players) short-handed. It heightens the importance of trusting your systems and provides opportunities for players that are going to get larger roles than what they would have if we were fully healthy.
"Sometimes, that's where hockey players are found."
It's one thing to know the NHL more often than not produces one-goal games. Not as big a cushion to rely on. Not as big a margin of error for either side. Lots and lots of games like Wednesday's.
But the Knights will be a much different team until Stone and Pacioretty return to their top line. They need to find scoring somewhere.
Some different options
Maybe it comes more from defensemen. Maybe the bottom six. Maybe what was a top line Wednesday of William Karlsson and Reilly Smith and Jonathan Marchessault continues creating odd-man rushes as they did for a 1-0 lead and nearly a second early goal.
Maybe more guys just get healthy — Nicolas Roy, Brett Howden and William Carrier made season debuts.
Maybe they get more nights such as the one goaltender Robin Lehner offered against the Blues.
It was probably a game Lehner needed to steal for the Knights to win. He'll probably need to steal more than a few.
For most of Wednesday, he was the best player on the ice.
Lehner faced three Grade-A chances in the first five minutes alone. Faced 37 shots before the Blues put things away with an empty-netter. He was terrific.
His team had 43 shots. One goal.
"I'm excited to see how we handle all of this," DeBoer said. "Every team is different. We could play our asses off and be .500 and might say we handled it well. Or we might be better than that. I don't know. We'll see what this group can do."
Adversity, if approached well, makes people better.
Same goes for hockey teams.
Ed Graney is a Sigma Delta Chi Award winner for sports column writing and can be reached at egraney@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4618. He can be heard on "The Press Box," ESPN Radio 100.9 FM and 1100 AM, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday. Follow @edgraney on Twitter.
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date: 2011-12-16 18:53:00+00:00
excerpt: 'Our annual team-building exercise this year was Go Kart racing (again -
  we did it last year too). This year, I managed to win the second race! It was a
  beautiful thing. Here are some videos a co-worker took:'
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Our annual team-building exercise this year was Go Kart racing (again - we did it last year too). This year, I managed to win the second race! It was a beautiful thing. Here is a video a co-worker took.

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*This is a cross-post. [Go here](https://aprivateword.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/go-kart-racing/) for the original post.*

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Q: Why is button_to_function method undefined (RoR)? I'm just starting out in Ruby on Rails so sorry for the n00bish Q…
I want to make a button that triggers some javascript. I found this Q that lead me to writing the following code:
<%= button_to_function "Change Password", "$(this).toggle();", :class =>"password_div" %>

(Elsewhere, I have
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 tags.)
The issue is that when I run this code I get the following error:
undefined method `button_to_function' for #<<Class:0x00000006abc1c8>:0x0000000647ee00>

Which I find confusing. My impression is that this comes standard in Rails (it is listed here along with lots of other methods that as far as I can tell are available immediately in RoR).
Do I need to make JavaScript Helper available somewhere? Or am I missing something somewhere else?

A: It looks like it's been removed (Source code):
  def button_to_function(name, function=nil, html_options={})
    message = "button_to_function is deprecated and will be removed from Rails 4.1. We recommend using Unobtrusive JavaScript instead. " +
      "See http://guides.rubyonrails.org/working_with_javascript_in_rails.html#unobtrusive-javascript"
    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn message

    onclick = "#{"#{html_options[:onclick]}; " if html_options[:onclick]}#{function};"

    tag(:input, html_options.merge(:type => 'button', :value => name, :onclick => onclick))
  end


This is a roundtable audio interview conducted by James Farmer (Edublogs) with Anne Bartlett-Bragg (University of Technology Sydney) and Chris Bigum (Deakin University). Skype was used to make and record the audio conference and the resulting sound file was edited by Andrew McLauchlan.
Anne Bartlett-Bragg (ABB)-Cert IV AWT, Dip HRM, Dip e-Learning, BEd (Adult Education), MEd (Adult Education), PhD candidate. Currently she is working as a part-time academic in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She developed and delivers e-Learning content – in the organisational context.
Anne also has a consultancy business, Digital Dialogues, and is the Executive Director of the Learning Technologies User Group (LTUG), and a member of the advisory board for the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Professor Chris Bigum BSc, Dip.Ed, PhD, is Dean of the Faculty of Education at Deakin University. I have always been broadly interested in the world as it has been remade via the deployment of computing and communication technologies of various kinds and have made use of these technologies to keep an eye on key thinkers, key writers, key centres around the globe. Thank goodness for RSS feeds now and before them email filters to manage the large number of discussion lists I kept an eye on.
James Farmer is the founder and CEO of Edublogs and provide consultancy, design and development for a variety of different online community projects.
In past incarnations I've been involved in new media as the Online Community Editor of The Age and worked as a Lecturer in Education Design at Deakin University.