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Q: Pandas - Create Multiindex columns during rename I'm trying to find a simple way to rename a flat column index to a hierarchical multindex column set. I've come across one way, but it seems a bit kludgy - is there a better way to do this in Pandas?
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

flat_df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0,100,size=(4, 4)), columns=list('ACBD'))

print flat_df

#      A   C   B   D
#  0  27  67  35  36
#  1  80  42  93  20
#  2  64   9  18  83
#  3  85  69  60  84

nested_columns = {'A': ('One', 'a'),
                  'C': ('One', 'c'),
                  'B': ('Two', 'b'),
                  'D': ('Two', 'd'),
                  }

tuples = sorted(nested_columns.values(), key=lambda x: x[1]) # Sort by second value
nested_df = flat_df.sort_index(axis=1) # Sort dataframe by column name
nested_df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples)
nested_df = nested_df.sort_index(level=0, axis=1) # Sort to group first level

print nested_df

#    One     Two
#      a   c   b   d
#  0  27  67  35  36
#  1  80  42  93  20
#  2  64   9  18  83
#  3  85  69  60  84

It seems a bit fragile to sort both the hierarchical column specification as well as the dataframe and assume they'll line up. Also sorting three times seems ridiculous. The alternative I'd prefer would be something like nested_df = flat_df.rename(columns=nested_columns), but it seems that rename isn't able to go from flat column indexing to multiindex columns. Am I missing something?
Edit: Realized this would break if the tuples sorted by second value don't sort the same as the flat column names. Definitely the wrong approach.
Edit2:
In response to @wen's answer:
nested_df = flat_df.rename(columns=nested_columns)
print nested_df
#    (One, a)  (One, c)  (Two, b)  (Two, d)
# 0        18         0        51        48
# 1        69        68        78        24
# 2         2        20        99        46
# 3         1        80        11        11

Edit3:
Based on @ScottBoston's answer, here's a working solution that accounts for flat columns not mentioned in the nested columns:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

flat_df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0,100,size=(4, 5)), columns=list('ACBDE'))

print flat_df
#     A   C   B   D   E
# 0  27  68   4  98  16
# 1   0   9   9  72  68
# 2  91  17  19  54  99
# 3  14  96  54  79  28

nested_columns = {'A': ('One', 'e'),
                  'C': ('One', 'h'),
                  'B': ('Two', 'f'),
                  'D': ('Two', 'g'),
                  }

nested_df = flat_df.rename(columns=nested_columns)
nested_df.columns = [c if isinstance(c, tuple) else ('', c) for c in nested_df.columns]
nested_df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(nested_df.columns)

print nested_df
#   One     Two
#     e   h   f   g   E
# 0  27  68   4  98  16
# 1   0   9   9  72  68
# 2  91  17  19  54  99
# 3  14  96  54  79  28

A: You could try:
df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(df.rename(columns = nested_columns).columns)
df

Output:
  One     Two
    a   c   b   d
0  27  67  35  36
1  80  42  93  20
2  64   9  18  83
3  85  69  60  84

A: IIUC, rename
flat_df.rename(columns=nested_columns)
Out[224]:
  One     Two
    a   c   b   d
0  36  19  53  46
1  17  85  63  36
2  40  80  75  86
3  31  83  75  16

Updated
flat_df.columns.map(nested_columns.get)
Out[15]:
MultiIndex(levels=[['One', 'Two'], ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']],
           labels=[[0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 2, 1, 3]])

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De kwalificatiewedstrijden voor het Europees kampioenschap voetbal onder 21 werden tussen 20 maart 2019 en 18 november 2020 gespeeld. Hierbij konden 14 teams zich plaatsen voor deelname aan het hoofdtoernooi, waarvoor gastlanden Hongarije en Slovenië zich al automatisch hadden geplaatst.

Behalve Hongarije en Slovenië deden alle overige 53 landen die bij de UEFA aangesloten zijn mee aan de kwalificatiewedstrijden. Spelers die op of na 1 januari 1998 geboren waren, waren speelgerechtigd.

Gekwalificeerde teams

Opzet
Het kwalificatietoernooi bestond uit twee rondes.

Groepsfase (10 plekken): Aan deze ronde deden 53 landen mee en zij werden verdeeld in negen groepen, er waren acht groepen met zes landen, en er was één groep met vijf landen. Ieder land speelde een uit- en thuiswedstrijd tegen een ander land. De groepswinnaars en de beste nummers twee kwalificeerden zich voor het hoofdtoernooi.
Play-offs (4 plekken): De overige acht nummers twee speelden in de play-offs. Twee landen werden aan elkaar gekoppeld en speelden een uit- en thuiswedstrijd tegen elkaar. De winnaar kwalificeerde zich voor het hoofdtoernooi.

Op 17 maart 2020 kondigde de UEFA aan dat alle wedstrijden van die maand werden uitgesteld, vanwege de COVID-19-pandemie in Europa. Op 17 juni 2020 kondigde de UEFA aan dat de play-offs zouden worden geannuleerd. In plaats daarvan zouden de negen groepswinnaars en de vijf beste nummers twee (resultaten tegen de nummers zes niet meegeteld) zich plaatsen voor het hoofdtoernooi.

Beslissingscriteria
In de groepsfase werden de teams gerangschikt op basis van het aantal behaalde punten volgens het driepuntensysteem (3 punten voor een overwinning, 1 punt voor een gelijkspel, 0 punten bij verlies). Wanneer één of meerdere teams gelijk stonden, werd gekeken naar de volgende criteria:

 Het aantal behaalde punten in onderlinge wedstrijden tussen de gelijke teams;
 Doelsaldo in onderlinge wedstrijden tussen de gelijke teams;
 Aantal gescoorde doelpunten in onderlinge wedstrijden tussen de gelijke teams;
 Aantal gescoorde uitdoelpunten in onderlinge wedstrijden tussen de gelijke teams;

Wanneer er nog geen onderling verschil is na bovenstaande criteria, werd gekeken naar de volgende criteria:

 Het doelsaldo in alle groepswedstrijden;
 Aantal gescoorde doelpunten in alle groepswedstrijden;
 Aantal gescoorde uitdoelpunten in alle groepswedstrijden;
 Winst in alle groepswedstrijden;
 Uitoverwinningen in alle groepswedstrijden;
 Disciplinaire punten (rode kaart = 3 punten, gele kaart = 1 punt, uitsluiting voor twee gele kaarten in één wedstrijd = 3 punten);
 Positie op de UEFA-coëfficiëntenranglijst voor de loting van de kwalificatiegroepsfase.

Gevolgen van de coronapandemie
Vanwege de uitbraak van het coronavirus in Europa besloot het Uitvoerend Comité van de UEFA op 28 augustus 2020 om de volgende regels op te stellen:

 Als een team vanwege positieve coronatesten niet minimaal 13 spelers (waarvan één keeper) kan opstellen en de wedstrijd niet kan worden verplaatst naar een andere datum, krijgt het team dat verantwoordelijk kan worden gehouden voor het niet doorgaan van de wedstrijd een reglementaire 0-3 nederlaag opgelegd.
 Als de UEFA tot de conclusie komt dat beide of geen van beide teams verantwoordelijk kan worden gehouden voor het niet doorgaan van de wedstrijd, wordt de uitslag van de wedstrijd bepaald middels een loting. Hierbij kan een 1-0 thuisoverwinning, 0-1 uitoverwinning of 0-0 gelijkspel uitkomen. De loting wordt dan gehouden door de administratie van de UEFA.

Speeldata
Alle kwalificatiewedstrijden werden gespeeld op de vastgestelde data van de internationale FIFA kalender. Oorspronkelijk zouden de kwalificatiewedstrijden op 13 oktober 2020 eindigen, maar dit werd verschoven naar 18 november 2020 vanwege de uitgestelde wedstrijden in maart 2020. De play-offs, welke gepland stonden tussen 9 en 17 november 2020, werden geannuleerd.

Groepsfase

Loting
De loting voor de groepsfase vond op 11 december om 09.00 (UTC+1) plaats op het hoofdkantoor van de UEFA in Nyon, Zwitserland.

Op basis van de UEFA-coëfficiëntenrangschikking werden de teams ingedeeld. Hun positie werd volgens onderstaande criteria berekend:

 Resultaten op het EK onder 21 in 2015 en de kwalificatiewedstrijden daarvan (20%).
 Resultaten op het EK onder 21 in 2017 en de kwalificatiewedstrijden daarvan (40%).
 Resultaten in de kwalificatiewedstrijden van het EK onder 21 in 2019 (40%).

Elke groep bevatte één team uit de potten A tot F, bij een groep van vijf landen waren dit de potten A tot E. Wegens politieke redenen konden Spanje en Gibraltar en Servië en Kosovo niet bij elkaar in dezelfde groep worden geloot.

Vetgedrukte landen kwalificeerden zich voor het hoofdtoernooi.

Groepen

Groep 1

Groep 2

Groep 3

Groep 4

Groep 5

Groep 6

Groep 7

Groep 8

Groep 9

Stand nummers twee
Bij de bepaling van de beste nummers twee uit alle groepen, werden de resultaten tegen de nummers zes niet meegeteld. In totaal werd er dus gekeken naar acht gespeelde wedstrijden in elke groep. De vijf beste nummers twee kwalificeerden zich voor het hoofdtoernooi.

Play-offs
De loting voor de play-offs stond oorspronkelijk gepland voor 16 oktober 2020 op het UEFA-hoofdkantoor in Nyon, Zwitserland, om de wedstrijden en volgordes daarvan te bepalen. Tussen 9 en 17 november 2020 zouden de play-offs worden gespeeld, waarbij de vier winnaars zich vervolgens konden plaatsen voor het hoofdtoernooi. Vanwege de coronapandemie besloot de UEFA later om de play-offs echter te annuleren.

Doelpuntenmakers
13 doelpunten
  Eddie Nketiah

11 doelpunten
  Odsonne Édouard

10 doelpunten
  Dani de Wit

9 doelpunten
  Andi Zeqiri

8 doelpunten

7 doelpunten

6 doelpunten

5 doelpunten

4 doelpunten

3 doelpunten

2 doelpunten

1 doelpunt

1 eigen doelpunt

2 eigen doelpunten
  Ari Leifsson (tegen Ierland en Zweden)

Europees kampioenschap voetbal onder 21
Voetbal in 2019
Voetbal in 2020

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Q: Most popular substrings I'm trying to parse a large number of short strings into some logical parts. It seems like an interesting problem that someone could've already solved, but I cannot find any papers / solutions (or maybe I'm trying wrong keywords).
The strings are have 2-5 parts. If I substitute each word for a letter saying which "part" / "section" it belongs to, here would be a sample of them:
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Most of the "sections" are only 2-3 words long and there's ~100-500 occurrences of the exact same section in ~10k strings. That means, there's AAA == "some text here" in 100 strings and AAA == "some other text" in other 100. In one string there can be only one section of each type (and they usually go in order). There is no limited set of values for any section and new values might appear in the future.
The problem is: how do I detect such sections if I have enough samples and don't want to mark them manually? This can be supervised / confirmed, not fully automatic, so a probability list is ok.
I was thinking about simply making a list of 2-5 long word n-grams and finding the probability, but that doesn't take order into account (which could be helpful). It will also detect that some text is common, but if I have some specific 2 sections with same values used often, this method will not work nicely. Let's say I have only strings that consist of ABCD with the same values in every line:
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Doing only ngram analysis, I'll high probability of A being a section, as well as for AB, C and D. I'd like to eliminate AB from the results in this case, but in a way that doesn't assign own section to words like "the" and eliminate all larger sections which happen to contain "the".
Are there any known solutions for similar problems?

A: The Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm is very efficient at identifying common substrings, but it doesn't try to rank them. It also doesn't pay attention to word or line boundaries. It still might be possible to use it as a starting point to get what you need.


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Why Abe Lincoln Was Lucky
This is a neat article, looking at why Lincoln was "lucky." As a note, I think I'm actually going to go watch the new Lincoln movie in theaters. I'll let you know what I think. I hardly ever see "big people" movies in the theater so I'm excited!
Anyway, back to this article, which talked about how Lincoln was "lucky" because he didn't have to work with modern media. The article did a spoof that was pretty funny of what modern media on Lincoln might sound like:
"Tonight! New scandals as a desperate President Lincoln finds himself accused of moral degeneracy as his attempt to rewrite the Constitution is on life support—AND new details about the public and private hypocrisy of his radical allies. THIS….is the Vallandigham Report!
"We begin tonight with a shocking revelation of President Lincoln's true moral character. In a just-obtained video shot during what he thought was a private conversation among cronies, the president was captured telling a joke involving a portrait of our beloved Founding Father George Washington hanging in the bathroom of a British aristocrat. We can't broadcast the full audio, but in this coarse attempt at humor, the president of the United States employs a common barnyard obscenity—and then laughs at his own crudity! Bernie, as our media analyst what's your reaction?"
"Clement, like every decent American, I'm appalled. I'm outraged. For our Head of State to resort to such language—well, it's just unthinkable that such language could emerge from a president."
"Thank you, Bernard. This latest stain on the president's moral standing comes as we learn that the president has employed what can only be called blatantly dishonest language to conceal the fact that he is willing to prolong this Civil War in pursuit of his political goals. As we've been reporting, Francis Preston Blair, founder of Lincoln's own Republican Party, has reached out to Confederate officials in search of a negotiated peace. When he was asked if such a group was in Washington—which would doom the 13th Amendment's passage, the president said there is no such group in the capital and 'is not likely' to be here. What he didn't say is that's because he's forbidden them to come here, according to our sources..."
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Each year, thousands of teacher graduates are hoping to establish a better and brighter career by taking a NYSTCE teaching licensure exam that will give them the higher qualification to work at schools or other educational centers and institutions. For this matter, the NYSTCE certification test or the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations is regarded as a highly important requirement. What should test takers know about the test? What can they do to prepare for the test? And how can they be able to successfully pass it?
The NYSTCE certification test is a state examination intended for individuals who have taken up majors during their college years and would like to obtain a valid teaching license to become an educator. The test comes in either paper-based or computer-aided exam. Like most tests, the competencies needed depend on the test subject one plans to take. Of course, preparing for the test can be quite difficult without the necessary resources needed to assist you. But then, there will always be an effective method available to help aspiring test takers out there with their endeavor towards their career.
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Support your school's anti-bullying message in a creative, memorable way. Theater is a holistic approach to learning, promoting empathy and community. Theater explores, explains, and fosters understanding of social issues. Theater is a powerful tool in preventing bullying, with the capability of reaching students, parents and members of the community. Children and students are in contact with bullying at an alarming rate with possible devastating consequences. When not addressed, the longer-term consequences are social isolation, depression and personal insecurities. HONK Jr! the musical, created by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, is based on Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Ugly Duckling". HONK Jr! the musical is a lively, comedic musical that can inspire and promote a safe place to personally connect to the subject of bullying.
Hans Christian wrote "The Ugly Duckling" over two-hundred years ago, based on his childhood and the bullying he endured. HONK Jr! the musical relates to youths' current social dynamics. HONK Jr! the musical tells the story of Ugly, who is shunned because of his odd, gawky looks and struggles for acceptance and understanding from his family and the other animals in the barnyard. Separated from the farm and pursued by a hungry cat, Ugly must find his way, while his loving mother, Ida, searches for him. Along his journey, he not only discovers his true beauty and how to be comfortable in his own skin (or rather, feathers), but he also finds love and acceptance, regardless of what others think. Honk! Jr. with all its wonderful humor, charm, and message of tolerance is perfect for audiences of all ages.
Bring HONK Jr! the musical to your students and community. We will provide a resource packet to encourage a dialogue in the classroom prior to seeing the show, as well as debrief topics to discuss afterwards.
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Metropolitan Performing Arts will come in, set up, perform and tear everything down. All we need is access to a performance space, time for a tech rehearsal prior to an audience and an audience for show time!
You: Provide the performance venue and control any ticket & concession sales. All revenue from ticket and concessions go directly back to you.
MPA: Brings in fully produced musical for school day/matinee show and evening performance for community. MPA will need access to the stage area for technical rehearsals prior to performances. Dates listed above. MPA will also need an area to set up a table in the lobby with information about MPA programming.
What does this fee cover? Fees cover costs associated with rights and royalties from Musical Theater International, sets, set dressing, costumes, hair/makeup, lighting, sound, properties, production staff, souvenir show playbills, posters and transportation of the show, cast and crew.
You: Provide the performance venue and school day/matinee audience!
MPA: Brings in fully produced musical for school day/matinee show and evening performance for community. MPA will charge tickets for the evening community performance (keeping all revenue from sales). $8 for a student ticket and $10 for an adult ticket. MPA will need access to the stage area for technical rehearsals prior to performances. Dates listed above. MPA will also need an area to set up a ticketing table and a table in the lobby with information about MPA programming.
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A lot of us may think that we can easily tell the difference between real and fake leather, and while some of us can, it is not a mistake worth making. When it comes down to it, people pay for real leather for a number of reasons – and the prices are worth it! Genuine leather lasts a life time and is more durable, it also feels better and moulds to the use of its owner whether it is a bag, shoes, or clothing item.
The well known way of smelling an item to check its real material is always helpful. Checking for the well known "leather smell" is a trick that we all know and remember. This article is for those of us who still don't feel quite sure after smelling the amazing leather bag on the shelf or the shoes that grabbed our eye.
Another way for making sure that an item is real leather is to carefully check for pores. Leather once had hair on it and the pores will be shown in some sort of consistent pattern. Thinking of the leather as a skin can help. For example, if you dug your fingernail into your skin it would leave a mark and slowly fade – the same goes for genuine leather. Genuine leather will also be thicker and softer than faux leather which often has that smooth shiny feel to it and is thinner than it should be.
The last way to check whether leather is the real deal or just trying to fake it is by looking at the other side of it. Real leather tends to have a suede type look and feel while fake leather is often plastic or material on the other side.
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Park Scholars hail from across North Carolina and the United States. They pursue degrees in a wide variety of academic majors, and many pursue minors or dual degrees. (For more details about current/recent classes of Park Scholars, see the 2018-2019 Annual Report.)
Upon arrival at NC State, Park Scholars are immediately introduced to professors who will challenge them to push the limits of scholarship, leadership, and service in their own lives and in the lives of others. In addition to working individually on academic and professional activities of personal interest, the Park Scholars engage in several team and class endeavors during their four years at NC State. They are creative, smart, motivated, service-oriented, and participate in a wide array of extracurricular activities, including student government, varsity and intramural athletics, fraternities and sororities, academic and cause-related clubs, entrepreneurial ventures, and arts organizations.
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
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Its apex of popularity occurred in the Americas and Europe all the way until the Industrial Revolution, which saw the advent of gas and electric ovens. Beehive ovens were common in households used for baking pies, cakes and meat. These ovens were also used in industry, in such applications as making tiles and pots and turning coal into coke.
A fire brick chamber shaped like a dome is used. It is typically 4 metres (13 ft) wide and 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high. The roof has a hole for charging the coal or other kindling from the top. The discharging hole is provided in the circumference of the lower part of the wall. In a coke oven battery, a number of ovens are built in a row with common walls between neighboring ovens. A battery consisted of a great many ovens, sometimes hundreds of ovens, in a row. Some mines also employed parallel batteries.
With candle wax wrapped in paper, dry kindling (twigs, small sticks, and/or wood chips), and pine cones, a small fire was made toward the front of the oven. As the fire caught, more kindling was added to produce a thick smoke, which coated the oven with black soot. The fire was then pushed back into the middle of the oven with a hoe. More wood would be added until there was a good, hot fire. After all of these steps were taken, the food would be prepared for baking.
The beehive oven typically took two to three hours to heat, occasionally even four hours in the winter. Breads were baked first when the beehive oven was hottest, with other baked items such as cinnamon buns, cakes, and pies. As the oven cooled, muffins and "biscuits" could be baked, along with puddings and custards. After a day's baking there was typically sufficient heat to dry apples and other fruits, vegetables, or herbs. Pots of beans were often placed in the back of the oven to cook slowly overnight.
Coal is introduced from the top to produce an even layer of about 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) deep. Air is supplied initially to ignite the coal. Carbonization starts and produces volatile matter, which burns inside the partially closed side door. Carbonization proceeds from top to bottom and is completed in two to three days. Heat is supplied by the burning volatile matter so no by-products are recovered. The exhaust gases are allowed to escape to the atmosphere. The hot coke is quenched with water and discharged, manually through the side door. The walls and roof retain enough heat to initiate carbonization of the next charge.
In the thirteen colonies that later became the United States, most households had a beehive oven. Bread was usually baked in it once a week, often in conjunction with pies, crackers, or other baked goods. To heat the oven, the baker would heap coals and kindling inside and wait several hours. Requiring strict regulation, the right amount of wood to ash had to be burned and then tested by sticking one's hands inside. Then one had to add more wood or open the door to let it cool to the right temperature.
Beehive ovens were also used in iron-making. Before this time, iron-making utilized large quantities of charcoal, produced by burning wood. As forests dwindled dangerously, the substitution of coke for charcoal became common in Great Britain, and the coke was manufactured by burning coal in heaps on the ground in such a way that only the outer layer burned, leaving the interior of the pile in a carbonized state. In the late 19th century, brick beehive ovens were developed, which allowed more control over the burning process.
The number of beehive ovens between 1870 and 1905 skyrocketed from about 200 to almost 31,000, which produced nearly 18 million tons of coke in the Pittsburgh area alone. One observer boasted that, loaded into a train, "the year's production would make up a train so long that the engine in front of it would go to San Francisco and come back to Connellsville before the caboose had gotten started out of the Connellsville yards!" The number of beehive ovens in the Pittsburgh seam peaked in 1910 at almost 48,000.
Although they made a top-quality fuel, beehive ovens poisoned the surrounding landscape. After 1900, the serious environmental damage of beehive coking attracted national notice, even though the damage had plagued the district for decades. "The smoke and gas from some ovens destroy all vegetation around the small mining communities," noted W. J. Lauck of the U.S. Immigration Commission in 1911. Passing through the region on train, University of Wisconsin president Charles van Hise saw "long rows of beehive ovens from which flame is bursting and dense clouds of smoke issuing, making the sky dark. By night the scene is rendered indescribably vivid by these numerous burning pits. The beehive ovens make the entire region of coke manufacture one of dulled sky, cheerless and unhealthful".
In China, beehive ovens were not banned until 1996, and this ban was not fully effective until 2011.
^ "Beehive oven". The Free Dictionary. Farlex.
^ "Manufacture of Coke at Salem No. 1 Mine Coke Works".
Taylor, Lise (2012). "Baking in a Beehive Oven" (PDF). Beehive Baking. Chadds Ford Historical Society.
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Mega Sportsplex Celebrates Grand Opening Saturday
The St. James, a sports, wellness and entertainment complex, opens Saturday in Springfield.
by Alexandria Living Magazine Staff
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The St. James Celebrates Grand Opening Saturday
A mega sportsplex is opening its doors in the region this weekend.
The St. James, a sports, wellness and "active entertainment" destination, will hold a grand opening Saturday, Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Springfield.
Located on a 20-acre campus at the intersection of I-395 and I-495 at 6805 Industrial Road, the 450,000 sq. ft. complex offers a combination of sports and wellness venues, programming and services, lifestyle, hospitality and active entertainment experiences.
The grand opening celebration is open to the public and will showcase the broad array of offerings available with fun and dynamic sports and other activities and exhibitions, spa services and food prepared by chef Spike Mendelsohn throughout the day. The activities will begin at 8 a.m. with yoga and Kaza dance classes followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring remarks from co-founders Kendrick Ashton and Craig Dixon and Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax beginning at 10 a.m.
The grand opening will feature:
Kaza Dance
Interactive Water Park
Opportunities to play soccer, lacrosse, football, rugby, basketball, volleyball, squash and golf
Exhibition games of hockey, soccer, squash and water polo
Mascots from local professional and college teams, including Slapshot from the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals and G-Wiz from the NBA's Washington Wizards as well as magicians, face painters, stilt walkers, jugglers and more
Spa services from newly launched brand, Courted
"The St. James is aiming to transform how people of all ages learn to play and love sports, train to improve their games, comprehensively take care of their bodies and enjoy themselves while doing so," said co-founder and co-CEO Kendrick Ashton, in a news release. "We're incredibly excited to welcome the entire Washington region to experience all The St. James has to offer for the very first time on Saturday, September 15."
"The experiences that are enabled by our combination of sports venues and programming, premium health club, spa and wellness offerings, delicious and healthy food from Chef Spike Mendelsohn, our health care partnership with MedStar Health and our extraordinary active entertainment offerings make The St. James a truly unique destination," said Craig Dixon, co-founder and co-CEO of The St. James. "We're delivering on the promise of providing a wholly new experience for sports, wellness and active lifestyle enthusiasts."
The St. James will provide a combination of sports venues, coaching and instruction and development-focused programming designed to enable athletes of all ages and skill levels to pursue a variety of sports from baseball and softball, basketball and volleyball, squash and golf, football, lacrosse, soccer, rugby, hockey, skating, swimming, water polo and more:
Field House with a FIFA regulation-sized turf field -- the only such field in the region -- and 65-foot roof clearances for all turf sports
Court House with four full-length regulation basketball courts that convert into nine volleyball courts
Ice House with two NHL regulation-sized ice rinks for all ice sports and a hockey skills training center that features both RapidShot and RapidHands skills training systems as well as a skating treadmill
Pool House with a 50-meter Olympic regulation-sized competition pool for all water sports
Hitting House with six batting cages and pitching machines for baseball and softball that converts into a multipurpose training venue
Squash and Golf Center with eight international regulation-sized squash singles courts and seven golf simulators, including six full swing studios and a putting studio
Gymnastics Center with 10,000 square feet with a competition spring floor, deep foam training pits, Tumbl Trak, rod floors and in-ground trampolines
Climbing and Bouldering Wall with three stories and 6,000 square foot of dynamic climbing experience
The St. James also features health and wellness experiences:
Premium Health Club with 50,000 square feet of cardio and strength-training equipment, spinning, group fitness and yoga rooms and a 10,000-square foot high-performance training center, locker rooms and childcare for member families
High Performance Center with 10,000 square feet of conditioning and training equipment housed within the 50,000-square foot premium health club
Courted premium medispa, wellness and rejuvenation brand and experience featuring nine treatment rooms for soft tissue, wellness and skin care treatments, cryotherapy, compression and other rejuvenation treatments, a manicure and pedicure studio and a Zen lounge
MedStar Health and Sports Medicine Center featuring a best-in-class health care partner providing general, non-emergent health care services, sports medicine, sports performance and rehabilitation, which opens in Spring 2019.
Active entertainment and hospitality experiences offered at The St. James include:
Super, Awesome and Amazing active entertainment brand featuring a 6,000 square foot interactive water park with slides, water dumping buckets, long-distance sprayers and other water-based play features, all indoors, which opens at the grand opening, and 25,000 square feet of dynamic obstacle courses, climbing structures and climbing walls, trampoline zones, virtual reality studios, a gaming theatre and seven party rooms all outfitted with best-in-class gaming systems, which opens in November 2018
Restaurant and Market Café conceived in collaboration with celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn delivering healthy and delicious cuisine, opening in November 2018
Premium Performance Retail Experience featuring a highly curated sneaker boutique, performance-oriented apparel, technology and equipment and premium The St. James branded apparel, which opens in November 2018
The St. James, which is backed by diversified real estate investment firm Cain International, expects to open a second flagship destination in the northern suburbs of Chicago in early 2021 and is working to bring The St. James to additional markets around the country.
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Ultra Silvam Throws Back Toward the Future on "The Spearwound Salvation"
By Brian O'Neill March 22, 2019 12:52 PM
It usually takes many years for a band to come up with something as exquisite as The Spearwound Salvation. In most cases, it's a culmination of practice and perseverance that is needed to perfect the sounds in their heads and replicate it on albums and from stages. For Ultra Silvam, they were far too impatient for that; they unleashed a masterpiece right out of the gate.
Full disclosure: this Swedish outfit did release a three-song demo in 2017 that definitely hinted at the band's promise. It attracted the attention of Shadow Records who would release it as a 7″. The label was forced to re-press the single after it sold out the initial 500 copies — this may have been the impetus to release a full album, but even without that demand, listening to The Spearwound Salvation is convincing enough that the group's creativity is not limited to three songs.
The Spearwound Salvation by Ultra Silvam
They didn't even need all of them for the record. Only one track from the demo, "A Skull Full of Stars," migrates to the debut album. It was a smart choice as it was the best song of the three, and they made it even better — the album version is a little more refined and precise than the demo. Additionally the band fleshes it out with a fittingly ambient outro. These are subtle differences, but by just taking a little reverb off the vocals and cleaning up the mix, it is a better sonic fit alongside the rest of the album which is impeccably produced.
While black metal conjures up atmosphere, sometimes abstractly, Ultra Silvam harken back to perhaps when riffs mattered even more. Maybe they're just a product of their environment, surrounded by legendary death metal bands that made distorted guitar wrangling the priority, though having seven blistering songs in less than a half hour is more directly reminiscent of thrash metal.
Make no mistake, though: The Spearwound Salvation is a black metal album. The breathy, echoing vocals of M.A. (all three members go by initials only) help make that clear. It's just an album steeped in metal traditions that most black metal continues to abandon in recently passing years. Imagine early Taake, but with a far greater sense of melody (and without the baggage). But, in an ironic twist (one the band probably would say isn't an accident), there is still loads of atmosphere too. It's just not the kind that has been fashionable for a while now, one that doesn't need eerie synthesizers to ham-fistedly invoke dusky cemeteries or howling winter storms (not that there's anything wrong with stereotypical burial grounds or blizzards as far as black metal goes).
"Ödesalens Uppenbarelse," which translates as "Revelation of Desolation," plus the song "Wings of Burial," use classic metal tropes to good effect. The former features a doomy break bookended by chaos; the latter is the only cut that takes a breather. Everything else is breathtaking breakneck brutality (seriously, "Birth of a Mountain" is over-the-top ridiculousness). By itself, that would still stand out circa 2019, but on top of that Ultra Silvam has a keen sense of melody and a seemingly innate ability to have said melodies shine through no matter how relentless it all is. In some ways, The Spearwound Salvation is a throwback, but in even more ways, it is an utterly unique statement upon today's black metal landscape.
The Spearwound Salvation releases today Friday via Helter Skelter Productions in CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats.
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Decorated AP Scholar to Pursue Pharmacy Degree at George Washington
Bokyung Kim '18 (South Korea) will begin her path to becoming a pharmacist at The George Washington University after turning down offers of admission from eight other schools in the United Kingdom and the United States: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Michigan State University, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Pennsylvania State University, University of Reading, University of Bath, King's College London, and Newcastle University.
Bokyung took 10 Advanced Placement (AP) exams over the course of her final three years at the School—Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Italian Language and Culture, Microeconomics, English Language and Composition, Statistics, United States History, and Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio—and posted an outstanding average score of 3.80, earning the College Board's highest honor, AP Scholar with Distinction, for demonstrating exemplary college-level achievement. She considers herself well-prepared for the academic rigors of college and believes her challenging course load taught her to be independent and to manage her time effectively.
Now fluent in both Korean and English and the recipient of a 4 on the AP Italian Language and Culture exam, Bokyung remembers what it was like starting out at TASIS as a fifth grader in 2010.
"I had never spoken English in school before and had never even heard of Italian," she said. "I enjoyed the first few days of school, as it was a new environment where I could hang out with people I'd never seen before. After a week or so, however, I started to face cultural and lingual barriers. But I was persistent in my studies, and eight years later I have a much better understanding of the school's diverse environment and have worked thoroughly on all my subjects. As I reflect upon these past eight years, I realize I could not have grown spiritually and academically without the early barriers that I now understand were learning opportunities."
The internationalism of the student body is the aspect of TASIS that Bokyung found most inspiring. "Attending TASIS with students from 60 countries who spoke in 40 different languages made me find diversity to be a way of life—from learning how to make Chai tea from an Indian roommate to mastering how to cook crêpes from a French friend," she said. "Such exposure to diverse cultures provided a holistic education that extended beyond the confines of a classroom."
Bokyung's memorable experiences outside the classroom included serving in student government during her freshman and junior years and making three trips to Addis Ababa with Nuove Fiore Ethiopia, a non-profit organization that aids and encourages the education of elementary school-aged and middle school-aged boys and girls in East Africa. She is one of just two students to go on three Global Service Program trips since the pioneering program's inception in 2013, and she served as a student leader for her final two years. She described these trips as her most meaningful experiences at TASIS.
"As I reflect upon these past eight years, I realize I could not have grown spiritually and academically without the early barriers that I now understand were learning opportunities."
"During my first trip, I was surprised by the students' openness toward me," she said. "Having harbored illusions about the lives of Ethiopians, I had expected to observe dejection; however, the reality was a sharp contrast from my shameful and ignorant prejudice. The little angels were the most beautiful and positive children, filling the air with bright laughter. Within a few hours of stepping into their school, I became their entrusted guardian and they became a part of my permanent life. As days and weeks progressed, I became more ambitious, spending hours revising my lesson plans to cater to their particular needs. In a society where the general population is indifferent toward the value of education, the meager educational resources we were able to offer these children were that much more valuable to them."
Bokyung cited EAL Teacher Tamara Schumacher (her advisor) and Science Department Chair Alex Ogilvie ("he always encouraged me to continue my studies chemistry") as the teachers she'll remember most fondly, thanked the College Counseling Office for opening her eyes to UK and US schools she would never have looked at had she stayed in South Korea, and, when asked what she will miss most about her time at TASIS, said, "I won't soon forget the beautiful view that features the lake and the diverse community I've described. Many people have changed my life here and my view on many points. My worldview became much broader, and I will miss the memories I have made with my fellow students and all the incredible experiences we've shared together."


One of the reasons I started this blog was that it's hard to find other information online that might help me to explain or understand these experiences from a dad or caretaker's perspective. Dads to little ones don't seem to write a lot about it, and there are no 'dad' sites like there are 'diaper boy' or AB sites.
Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to be a caretaker or daddy to a diaper lover or baby. But if not, that's fine – because at least I can share what I learned from the times I was a happy dad to a 'son'.
But it got me thinking: maybe it's just as important for the diaper lovers or babies out there to have their questions answered.
So, if you're a diaper wearer, bed wetter, adult baby or diaper lover – what questions do YOU have for a dad?
What kinds of experiences do you want to hear about? Is there any advice you want from a 'dad'? Are there specific things you'd like me to talk about? Maybe you want to know about types of diapers or clothes, how to handle certain situations, or what it's like in certain places or circumstances.
Please let me know! Hugs.
i wonder how i can let somebody know i want to be diapered or babied. when i had a bf who knew me for most of my life i could just act like a baby and he knew i would like it if he helped me do it. but now i dont have anybody that knows me like that so i cant just pee in my pants to tell them i want to wear diapers, and i cant just start sucking my thumb to let them know i want to be babied. if i just say like, "sit down and let me tell u how to treat me", it seems it will kill the game for me.
Daddy who can i find a roommate as a daddy?
Can you be too big to be a baby? i know it sounds like a stupid question but im 6′ 4". thats a big little kid, thats been bothering me for along long time.
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On Saturday last he visited a relative—Mr. Alfred Fairfax—at Burwood, where he met a number of friends. In the afternoon the whole party set out for a ride, in the course of which he was thrown from his saddle, and falling on the back part of his head, received a concussion of the brain, of which he languished until four o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning, when he died.
Mr Charles Fairfax, although not a native of the colony, spent here the greater part of his life. He was an apprentice in the Herald Office, and a few years ago became a member of the firm. All connected with the Herald have marked his assiduity in business, his tact in the management of its details, and his consideration for persons employed under him. Among the employees of the establishment it would be difficult to find anyone who did not regard him as a personal friend, and who did not deplore his loss as an individual bereavement.
In all the relations of life—as a son, as a husband, and as a father, he displayed devoted affection. The death of a person known so extensively, by an accident so sudden, could not fail to create some sensation. We believe that in this community it will be difficult to find any person who did not regard him with respect. If we were to select the feature of his character most prominent and most endearing, it would be the extreme kindness of heart which he always displayed towards suffering in every form.
A calamity so sudden and so impressive has its lesson for all. It repeats to us again the words we have so often heard—"In the midst of life we are in death." It points out the importance of a prompt fulfillment of duties which, if neglected, would make death more bitter to those who survive. It reminds us that the youthful may not trust in their strength, nor the fortunate in their prosperity, since both are but a shadow; and it renders still more imposing the grandeur of that faith which alone can afford consolation in such bereavements, or shed the radiance of hope upon the tomb.
Our departed friend had just returned from a tour extending through many countries. He travelled probably not less than 50,000 miles. So long a journey was not without perils. He visited most of the capitals of Europe, and saw the greater part of those objects which commonly attract the curiosity of tourists, besides seeking in every place such information as might be useful in the business which he returned to assist. Strange lot to have spent scathless so many months in travelling and encountering dangers by sea and land, and then within a few miles distance from his home to have met with such a fate.
Mr. Charles Fairfax was born on 1st January, 1829, and had he lived but a few days longer he would have completed his thirty-fifth year. On New Year's Day he was expected to meet a very numerous circle at his father's house. For this festivity the invitations were already issued, but the day designed for festivity and congratulation will dawn upon his mourning kindred who lately received him with welcome, but who will see him no more.
'Fairfax, Charles John (1829–1864)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-charles-john-13776/text24615, accessed 23 April 2019.


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Members of the Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra performed at a special concert last week, in conjunction with a meeting of the Moore Schools Board of Education. The orchestra led an effort that has replaced 100 musical instruments destroyed in the May 20 tornado. The ensemble performing at Central Junior High included Brian Gorrell (Tenor Sax), Jay Wilkinsen (Trumpet), Jason Cademy (Guitar), Justin Walke (Drums) and Larry Moore (Bass).
A wildly successful post-tornado effort has resulted in donation of more than 100 band instruments to benefit the Moore public school band program.
The Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra brought together businesses, music fans and school patrons to replace instruments destroyed when the May 20 tornado devastated Highland East Junior High School. Members of the city orchestra organized the benefit while in the midst of preparation for the upcoming season of performances.
Last week, officials with the OKC Jazz Orchestra presented a wide variety of musical instruments to Moore school officials, shortly after a 30-minute performance by five members of the ensemble. The concert and subsequent school board meeting was held at Central Junior High Auditorium.
Five members of the OKC Jazz Orchestra performed for the Moore event, including Brian Gorrell (Tenor Sax), Jay Wilkinsen (Trumpet), Jason Cademy (Guitar), Justin Walke (Drums) and Larry Moore (Bass).
Beyond the broad impact throughout the Moore system, the program will be of special benefit to three students who lost their personal instruments when the storm shattered their school site. One of those students (a girl named Mikala) received a new clarinet from orchestra board chairman Tony Johnson at last week's event.
Support for the jazz orchestra's effort came from many individuals, 40 of whom presented "gently used" instruments. At BancFirst's Moore locations, supporters brought instruments for direct support of the drive to restore needed instrument for the band program.
Around 60 of the 100+ instruments were new, due to a successful drive to raise money for purchases.
Supporters of the new-instrument drive included Cash America International, Inc. Cash America is described as a specialty financial services company, which includes 17 stores across Oklahoma under the "Cash America Pawn" brand. Officials with the company say their "corporate citizenship" efforts focus on education, financial literacy, public safety, families in need, disaster relief and the military.
Brad Shipp, from Cash America's Texas office, said he firm was delighted to assist the Moore program. Music teacher Angie Taylor of the Highland East staff expressed appreciation for the jazz orchestra's support of young musicians.
In other arts news, the OKC Jazz Orchestra has set its 2013-14 season.
The jazz orchestra performs at the Oklahoma City Petroleum Club, 100 North Broadway (Chase Tower), on the 34th floor. Tickets, sold at the door, are $20 Adults and $5 Students. All performances begin at 7 p.m.
OKC Jazz orchestra leaders say the group is dedicated to preserving the uniquely American musical art form. In addition to Johnson, Dr. Bob Spinks, also an orchestra board member, participated at the Moore presentation.


Well, I haven't been to the park much lately but I have been entertained by the avian visitors to the backyard. On Labor Day, Sept. 3, I saw a Cooper's Hawk perched on the short fence on the north edge of the backyard. I've been wondering what attracted it there. Maybe the next-door neighbor's cat was out? Apparently I startled the hawk as it quickly flew to the top of the tree in their yard.
Later in the week, on Sept. 6, my partner and I were standing on the patio and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird made a very brief visit to the only tubular flower in the little triangular flower garden area near where we stood. We were in the right place at the right time to witness its quickness.
A good friend, fortunate to view our park from her front yard, informed me that she and her son have recently seen an opossum on their back porch and on another occasion, a family of four raccoons on that same porch. On yet another night, she observed three baby raccoons on the porch lattice roof. They were right outside a second floor window and munched on the grapes that weren't harvested this year. From her vantage point, she sees the usual Canada Geese, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Herons, Egrets and Cormorants in the park.
On Saturday, Sept.22, we ventured to Hastings to witness a raptor release event, sponsored by the Carpenter Nature Center and the U of M Raptor Center. A friend of ours who volunteers for the Raptor Center and who recently celebrated his 80th birthday was one of those chosen to release a Broad-winged Hawk. It was a lovely day to see several rehabilitated raptors successfully return to their glorious freedom.
I would be remiss to not thank the people who have sent "thinking of you/fan letter" notes recently, prompted by the news of my recently diagnosed metastatic melanoma. Specific thanks to a couple who lives west of the park and to the mother and daughter who regularly read my column together.
Health update: Near the end of September, I will begin a new regimen of two medicines to be administered intravenously, a dose of each medicine every three weeks for the first four doses. After this combination phase, this infusion (immunology) treatment continues with one of them alone every two weeks. Depending on how this goes, I may also later participate in a clinical trial.


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T N Ninan: Hope or hype?
T N Ninan | New Delhi Last Updated at March 28, 2014 21:58 IST
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Brazil got downgraded last week by Standard & Poor's - the fate that India escaped last summer. Russia has seen $40-50 billion flow out of the country in the first quarter of this year, on top of $60 billion in 2013. India, in contrast, has seen international money flood the country, and therefore the rupee climb to its highest level in eight months - even as the ruble and the real have fallen by 10 per cent and more. The stock market here is one of the better performers. Phasing out of monetary expansion by the US Fed (the "taper") is greeted by the market with a dismissive shrug - quite a change from last April, when the mere hint of a taper caused near-panic.
The difference between domestic and international opinion on India is too stark to be missed. Just as it is hard these days to meet an Indian businessman who sounds positive about either the present or the short-term to medium-term future, it is almost as hard to understand why international investors are willing to discount all the negatives about India that stare them in the face. Some macroeconomic indicators put India near the bottom of the rankings tables - as on industrial growth and inflation. Some other indicators have improved (so that Brazil now has a larger current account deficit), but there are hardly any variables (for example, the Budget balance) on which India shines in comparison with others.
Commodity markets may have had a bigger role to play than most people realise. Oil prices have been falling, for instance, though not by much. Coal prices have dropped more precipitously, by a half or more. Gold has fallen too, and aluminium prices are near their bottom. A lot of the things that were causing India stress - and proving to be a boon to commodity-exporting countries like Russia and Brazil - have disappeared as metals prices across the board have fallen by about 10 per cent. If China slows down further and demand flattens for a whole range of commodities, the price cuts (with the exception of iron ore) would be to the benefit of a commodity importer like India.
Or, perhaps the markets are rising on a wish and a prayer, and the change of the international investor's mood has to do largely with the hope of a new, firm government after the elections. Certainly, at the annual round of investor meets that the big broking houses held in Mumbai in the last few weeks, investors were interested above all else in what the pundits had to say on the general elections and their likely outcome. So it is possible that investors can't wait to see the back of the jaded Gandhi-Singh team and associated hangers-on, and are desperate to see a more energetic Narendra Modi in office. Other than this, there is no reason why India should become the flavour of the month. Its stock markets have done well, but some other emerging markets have done even better - Pakistan, for instance. Many middle-income countries have been growing faster than India, and most of them have better macroeconomic balances.
The problem with the "hope" surge is that it may have been built on hype. There is the risk that the Narendra Modi-led phalanx will not get quite as many seats in the Lok Sabha as the enthusiasts wish for. Even if their wishes materialise, the Modi campaign has been short on specifics, and the talk of the "Gujarat model" shown to have been overblown. So, should Mr Modi get to South Block, what are the decisions that he can or will take which will change the macroeconomic situation in double-quick time, or at least change the psychology of both business and markets? At some point, even the most bullish investors are going to need answers.
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| 11 augustus, 1934
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De tweede British Empire Games, een evenement dat tegenwoordig onder de naam Gemenebestspelen bekend is, werden gehouden van 4 tot en met 11 augustus 1934''' in Londen, Engeland.

Er namen zestien teams deel aan deze spelen, vijf meer dan op de eerste editie. Debuterende teams waren Brits-Indië, Hongkong, Jamaica, Trinidad en Tobago en Zuid-Rhodesië. Newfoundland nam voor het laatst onafhankelijk van Canada deel.

Net als bij de eerste editie werden er zes sporten beoefend, hierbij maakte het roeien plaats voor het wielrennen. Bijna alle wedstrijden werden gehouden in het 'White City stadion', uitzondering was het wielrennen dat in het 'Fallowfieldstadion' in Manchester plaatsvond.

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Um Dumb Question.. can this be combined with the 4k challenge for silver status or are these non EQM?? I don't understand the bmi program very well..
Too bad I'm not in the USA until this April… Should be an easy 20.000 miles!
Not all Wyndhams post properly. Last summer they had a 3-stay 10,000 bonus mile promotion. One of my stays posted right away, the other two only after I had written to them, and the 10,000 bonus still hasn't posted despite me writing to them multiple times.
This much said, I have a Travelodge stay in a week. I was thinking of charging it to United to get my account to 12,500 (after which I'll stop collecting), but perhaps BMI makes more sense now.
While a lot of the Wyndham Rewards hotels are on the, how shall I put it, basic side, their relatively new brand "Wingate by Wyndham" is comparable to a Hampton Inn or similar, but at better rates – I stayed in one last month in Bradenton and was pleasantly surprised.
They also have the Wyndham and Wyndham Grand Collection upscale hotels, and Ramada, although I find Ramadas something of a crapshoot…one of the worst hotels I ever stayed in was the (now thankfully closed) Ramada at JFK.
I didn't know the Microtel brand was still around!
One of my regular airport motels is most times <$40 all in. I was considering Pricelining something for $45ish++, but for an easy 5k BD, I booked the Travelodge.