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Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort is committed to making reasonable modifications to its policies, practices, and procedures to permit the use of service animals by its customers with disabilities. Service animals play an important role in ensuring the independence of people with disabilities, and it is therefore our policy to welcome into our resort any animal that is individually trained to assist a person with a disability.
What Is A "Service Animal"?
Service animals are individually trained to work or perform tasks for individuals with disabilities. Service animals are not always dogs. Other animals may assist people with disabilities, and they need not be certified or licensed. Service animals do not always have a harness, a sign, or a symbol indicating that they are service animals. Farm animals (other than miniature horses), rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and wild animals are generally not considered to be service animals.
Service animals assist people with disabilities in many ways, such as:
Guiding and retrieving dropped objects for people who are blind or have low vision;
Alerting people who are hearing impaired to sounds and the presence of others;
Carrying and picking up items, opening doors, or operating switches for people with disabilities who have limited use of hands or arms, limited use of their legs, or limited ability to bend or stoop;
Pulling wheelchairs;
Alerting people with disabilities to the onset of medical conditions such as seizures, protecting them and cushioning them if they fall and reviving them;
Doing work or performing tasks for persons with traumatic brain injury, intellectual disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities, such as reminding a person with depression to take medication or waking the person up, helping people with traumatic brain injury to locate misplaced items, or follow daily routines; and
Providing physical support and assisting people with physical disabilities with stability and balance.
Most of the time, service animals may be easily identified without any need for questioning, in which case, no questions should be asked. If it is unclear whether an animal is a service animal, the following questions may be asked:
Do you need the animal because of a disability?
What work or tasks has the animal been trained to perform?
If the guest provides an affirmative answer to the first question and responds to the second question, the guest and service animal should be welcomed into the hotel. No further questions about the guest or his or her service animal should be asked. Under no circumstances should any questions be asked about the guest's disability. A guest must not be asked to show a license, certification, or a special ID card as proof of the animal's training.
Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort Policy For Service Animals
Service animals are not pets. Accordingly, any policies pertaining to pets do not apply to service animals.
The resort must permit service animals to accompany guests with disabilities to all areas of the resort that are open to other guests, even if animals are not ordinarily allowed into such areas. A guest with a service animal shall be given the same access to guestrooms as other guests without service animals (e.g., guests with service animals may not be limited to "pet-only" floors). The resort may not require a security deposit for any service animal, impose any cleaning or other fees for a service animal (except for actual damage caused by the animal), or impose upon the guest with the service animal any obligations, rules, charges, or conditions (other than those relating to actual damage caused by the animal) because of the service animal.
Resort Staff Must Not interfere with the important work performed by a service animal by talking to, petting, or otherwise initiating contact with a service animal.
The care and feeding of service animals is the guest's responsibility.
All concerns about a service animal should be immediately referred to a manager or assistant manager. Only a manager can make the decision to exclude a service animal from the hotel, except in the unusual circumstance where a service animal's behavior requires immediate action to prevent imminent injury to others.
In the event that a particular service animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others, the service animal is acting out of control and the owner does not take action to correct its behavior, or a particular service animal's behavior fundamentally alters the nature of the hotel's business (e.g. excessive barking that interferes with the comfort of other guests), the hotel may exclude the animal from the hotel. However, this decision can only be made by a manager.
Not Pet Friendly Units
Under the federal law, people with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations. This includes the right to own or use a service animal. Homeowner Associations (HOA's) cannot discriminate against people with disabilities when renting their properties. Each vacation rental owner and property manager have the responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate service animals that according to the law are considered guests and not pets due to the task the animal has been trained to perform.
Resort Websites
Resort websites that contain references to pet policies should include the following statement regarding service animals:
Service animals that provide assistance to individuals with disabilities are not pets. They are welcome at the hotel/resort and are not subject to the policies and restrictions that apply to pets or other animals.
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USCIS Update: Change of Filing Location for Form N-400
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced revised addresses for applicants filing an Application for Naturalization (Form N-400) at USCIS Lockbox facilities in Phoenix and Dallas. This filing address change takes effect immediately.
Applicants who previously filed their applications at the Lewisville Post Office (P.O.) box will now file their applications at a P.O. Box in Dallas. See address below. In addition, the table below includes a change to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox address. Starting immediately, applicants filing Form N-400 at the USCIS Dallas or Phoenix Lockbox must submit the application and all supporting documents and fees to the following addresses, based on where they live:
If you live in:
Mail your application to the:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Territory of Guam, or the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
USCIS Phoenix Lockbox
U.S. Postal Service deliveries:
Express Mail and Courier deliveries:
ATTN: N-400
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennesee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
USCIS Dallas Lockbox
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
The U.S. Postal Service will immediately forward mail from the Lewisville Post Office to the new post office in Dallas until December 31, 2009. After that date, the Postal Service will forward the mail through normal channels, which will likely delay receipt at the Dallas Lockbox facility.
Applicants filing a Form N-400 under military provisions (Section 328 or 329), should file their application at the Nebraska Service Center, PO Box 87426, Lincoln, NE 68501-7426, regardless of where the applicant lives. This includes current military spouses regardless of geographic location or jurisdiction.
If you are filing a Form N-400 at USCIS Lockbox facilities, you may elect to receive an email and/or text message notifying you that your application has been accepted. You must complete an E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance (Form G-1145), and attach it to the first page of your application.
The N-400 form instructions have been updated to reflect the new filing locations.
For more information on USCIS programs, call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
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Home Article DO THE NEW GDP NUMBERS MEAN THE STIMULUS WORKED?
DO THE NEW GDP NUMBERS MEAN THE STIMULUS WORKED?
by Tim Fernholz
Critics and supporters alike have wondered if the stimulus really has been as effective as its advocates hoped it would be. The news that the economy declined at a 1 percent annualized rate last quarter -- lower than the 1.5 percent annualized rate that had been forecast and much lower than the previous quarter's 5.4 percent annualized decline -- should be taken as a sign that the stimulus was effective. We are approaching "recovery," consistent with predictions that we'll see (anemic) growth in GDP in the fall. Economist Dean Baker thinks so, writing that "in total, the stimulus probably added 2.5 to 3.0 percentage points to the growth rate for the quarter," pointing specifically to increases in government spending at all levels and an increase in disposable income thanks to the Making Work Pay tax cut. The fact that these effects are being felt now suggest that there will be even stronger effects in the next few quarters when more of the stimulus will be actually spent (most of the funding is scheduled to be paid out in fiscal year 2010, which starts in October 2009). GDP is all well and good, but unemployment continues to be the most important indicator of our actual economic health (and the president's political health). Economists expect that it will continue to rise when the new numbers come out this Friday, although the job losses will hopefully be slowing. Opponents of the administration love to portray the White House's promotion of the stimulus and its GDP effects as some kind of bamboozlement, designed to pull the wool over the eyes of people. But the Administration has always been clear that unemployment is its main measure of success, and continues to argue, correctly in my view, that job losses would be worse without the stimulus. But as we move towards economic "recovery," the administration is going to have to pivot towards policies that encourage industrial expansion. In a way, the energy bill is part of that. So yes, the stimulus is working for its intended purpose -- replacing failing private demand with government demand, boosting consumer spending and mitigating some job losses. But the stimulus is not the be-all, end-all of economic recovery policy, and both the administration and its critics shouldn't forget that.
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Lissette Gole: How to Manage Today's Digital Car-Buying Landscape
Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly how car shoppers move through the buying journey? In this episode, Lissette Gole, Head of Automotive Retail at Google joins the show to walk through key insights from Google's most recent car-buying research.
Paying attention to the customer experience and journey is hands-down one of the most important things for car dealers to focus on in 2021 and beyond. If not, you're missing out on a massive opportunity to stand up and stand apart from the competition.
Listen as Lissette shares her best advice based on the most recent Auto Dealer Guide.
4:18 - What is it like working for the biggest companies on the planet?
6:19 - What does Google use to understand customer behavior?
8:47 - Google isn't a Goliath to be feared.
10:07 - Consumer expectations grew by 10% towards online retailing.
14:04 - What are some things you see that dealers should be considering today?
17:50 - Understanding what actions people are and are not taking. Thesis-based testing.
21:02 - Google's guide is a great foundation to start tailoring those strategies to your specific dealership.
25:39 - What were some of the biggest "Aha" moments you have experienced after reading the guide the first time?
28:00 - What are some encouragements you have for dealers who would like to increase their presence on YouTube?
31:01 - What can dealers do to leverage new buyers and segments entering the market?
33:24 - Google Search is still the #1 tool people use to find the information about the cars they want to buy.
What We Got Wrong About Branding w/ Paul J. Daly
Branding is one of the best ways to scale your reputation, but we must decide what reputation we want.
Are we the car salesperson who forces customers to hold up the "You should be here" sign because everyone else did it, or is our reputation built on something more authentic?
The best we can do is be the best version of ourselves, something that many get wrong when they try to follow the crowd.
"I would be a really crappy version of Glenn Lundy, or Michael Cirillo, or Brian Benstock. I'm not wired in the ways they are. I need to be a version of myself - to be myself."
When we let go of what others do, and build a brand based on what we do well, the business opportunities grow.
For complete show notes and resources visit: https://www.thedealerplaybook.com/paul-j-daly
Paul J. Daly: How to Build Your Brand
Branding is not a logo or your marketing efforts or the fancy showroom you just updated. It's so much more.
Paul J. Daly, the founder of Congruent and the Automotive State of the Union, explains what a brand is and the power it can harness when done properly. He shares his wisdom about how your dealership can build a brand that drives sustainable growth.
3:10 - Why building a personal brand is more important now than ever?
5:40 - How do you create clarity for yourself?
10:04 - How do you overcome imposter syndrome?
14:24 - What are some actions professionals in the car industry could be taking today that can provide them more clarity?
18:30 - How do you get comfortable and stop asking for permission?
22:12 - Why isn't it ticking? Because nobody knows you!
25:02 - Am I starting a conversion, or am I just making a statement that nobody knows how to respond to?
26:50 - Start with what can I give, instead of what can I get.
32:04 - Competing in your locality.
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In a last-click attribution model, whoever drove the lead gets the credit for creating it. To date, that's how most 3rd party vendors have tried to validate their worth, however, the model is flawed.
Listen as Bob Lanham, Head of Automotive at Facebook, shares how the largest online retails map their media buying. You'll also discover how they attribute leads and marketing results more holistically rather than focusing only on the last click.


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Every year I wait in anticipation to find out what art exhibits will be held in Nagoya, so I can start planning the BIG BOW Museum Excursion. At the end of last year, I was so happy to see that the Nagoya City Art Museum was going to have a Marc Chagall exhibit. Seth (the assistant teacher) and I went today so we could take notes for the excursion worksheets and we were blown away at how extensive this exhibit was. It is an excellent mix of his paintings, lithographs, woodblock prints, ceramics, and sculptures, featuring some of his most famous paintings.
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Jacksonville school board, superintendent reach five-year deal
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, smcdaniel@myjournalcourier.com
Published 4:06 am CST, Friday, December 21, 2018
Jacksonville School District 117's board has approved a new five-year contract for Superintendent Steve Ptacek.
Under the new contract, approved Wednesday, Ptacek will receive a 3 percent raise for the first year of the contract.
Ptacek is making $155,100 a year, plus payment into the Teacher Retirement System and a standard benefits package in line with other district employees.
When the raise goes into effect next month, Ptacek will be making $159,753 a year, plus standard benefits.
"I am receiving a raise, plus TRS, but I get the same benefits package as all of our employees," Ptacek said. "I'm not getting any extra benefits."
Board President Noel Beard said Ptacek is in the fourth year of his previous five-year contract, but the new contract will cancel out current contract's remaining year and take effect in January.
"He has been in a pay freeze for the last four years," Beard said. "This is a well-deserved contract. We all think and believe this is well-earned contract."
Ptacek also will receive a 2.5 percent raise for each remaining year of his contract.
While he will be making just under $160,000, that still is below what superintendents at other districts of similar size are making, Ptacek said.
In Rochester, the superintendent had a base salary of $175,926 during the 2017-18 school year and $73,357 in other benefits.
The O'Fallon superintendent has a base salary of $185,658.
Ptacek said he has enjoyed his time in the district and doesn't want to go anywhere else, despite making less than other superintendents.
"I love being in Jacksonville," Ptacek said. "I could make more money looking elsewhere, but I don't want to. We have an amazing staff and I get to work with a fantastic board. My family gets to live in a wonderful community. I have no reason to look elsewhere."
Ptacek said it isn't about the money.
"I never want to get to the point where I am pricing myself out of a position," he said.
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree can be reached at 217-245-6121, ext. 1233, or on Twitter @JCNews_samantha.


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Marijuana MSO MedMen fights to turn around finances, but challenges linger
By Jeff Smith, Legal & Regulatory Reporter
December 21, 2020 - Updated December 17, 2021
Women, minority execs show few gains in U.S. cannabis industry, according to the latest data from the MJBiz Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Report. Get your copy here.
Financially strapped MedMen Enterprises is showing modest improvement, raising the possibility that the California-based multistate marijuana operator has hit bottom and is beginning to benefit from its restructuring and turnaround plan.
But huge challenges remain, including a high debt load, ongoing losses and a small cash cushion.
In another sign of financial distress and a red flag for investors, MedMen's liabilities greatly exceed its assets – a situation known as negative stockholders' equity.
The good news: MedMen's sales hit $35.6 million in the company's fiscal 2021 first quarter ended Sept. 26, up from $27.4 million in the previous quarter.
Gross margins also increased and expenses declined in part because of cost control and workforce cuts over the past year or so.
Net losses totaled $32.8 million, but that was down sharply from an $87.4 million loss during the same period of 2019.
MedMen's interim CEO called the results "transformational."
But analysts remain cautious.
"Despite the improvement, (MedMen's) cost structure is still bloated and a heavy debt burden may force management to seek dilutive solutions," New York investment firm Cowen wrote in a research note.
Pablo Zuanic, a research analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald in New York, had a similar take.
"MedMen sales bounced back in the September quarter," Zuanic wrote. But the company's debt load is high, and the "risk of further dilution remains high."
Embattled co-founder Adam Bierman stepped down as MedMen's CEO in late January and surrendered his voting control.
Less than two months later, MedMen retained a management advisory firm to help it restructure.
Under a new leadership team, MedMen recently took a $235.9 million impairment charge. The company attributed that charge primarily to a decline in the value of its assets in California, Florida and Nevada.
That, and ongoing losses, have resulted in a negative shareholder equity of $192.3 million for the quarter ended Sept. 26.
Like other companies in similarly poor financial shape, MedMen has included the obligatory boilerplate language in its public filings with securities regulators about the "substantial doubt" that it will survive more than a year as a going concern.
That's followed by the reasons the company believes it will survive:
Restructuring plans are in place.
The company is raising capital.
Debt agreements have been amended.
Noncore assets are being sold.
The company's stock price briefly went up on the news in early December of stronger sales for the quarter but has dipped again to around 15 cents a share.
The company trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol MMEN and on the U.S. over-the-counter markets as MMNFF.
MedMen's debt load is massive, equivalent to 3½ times its annual sales when counting leases, according to Zuanic.
He noted MedMen ended the latest quarter with $498 million in net debt when counting notes payable, convertible bonds and financing and operating leases.
MedMen didn't respond to a Marijuana Business Daily query for comment.
But in a news release announcing the company's first-quarter results earlier this month, interim CEO and restructuring officer Tom Lynch said that the quarter "was a transformational one for the company as we grew revenue, improved profitability across our retail footprint and strengthened our balance sheet.
"With the strength of our team and support of our capital partners, we are ahead of schedule with respect to our turnaround plan."
The company has a little more than two dozen active retail locations in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Nevada, according to the MedMen website.
What looks bright
While most MSOs have benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic by way of greater sales, MedMen actually was hurt last spring when Nevada imposed a strict lockdown, closing casinos and allowing cannabis retailers to offer only home delivery. Curbside pickup was later allowed.
But in the most recent quarter, MedMen's Nevada sales picked up, and there were other bright spots, according to Cowen:
MedMen enjoyed strong growth from its store in Oak Park, Ill., with annualized sales of around $15 million.
The company generated $20.7 million from its 11 California stores, for an annualized rate of $7.5 million a store.
MedMen operates in some of the most potentially lucrative markets in the country, but many of those investments haven't yet paid off. The latter explains the recent impairment charge.
For example, in 2018 MedMen paid a whopping $53 million to buy a Florida cultivator with a vertical license.
MedMen now has 10 dispensary permits in Florida's fast-growing medical cannabis market. But to date, MedMen has been able to carve out only about a 1% market share, according to state data.
In New York, MedMen has one of only 10 vertical medical cannabis licenses in a state that could legalize adult-use marijuana as soon as 2021. But sales are modest from the company's four dispensaries in the state.
MedMen also has shed operations in promising markets.
The company sold medical marijuana assets in Arizona, which recently legalized adult use.
MedMen also disclosed that it recently sold a license in Evanston, Illinois, for $20 million, with $10 million paid so far.
In June, Virginia regulators voted to rescind MedMen's medical cannabis dispensary license in a state seen as attractive because of a limited-licensing structure and prospects for adult-use legalization.
Bierman overhang?
Before Bierman's departure, lawsuits against MedMen were piling up.
MedMen notes in its regulatory filings six pending lawsuits, including one that's in arbitration.
Allegations include misrepresentation of a financial transaction and breaching a contract with the company's former chief financial officer.
Claims from these lawsuits run into the millions of dollars.
But MedMen hasn't set aside any money for potential losses.
In its most recent quarterly filing, the company states: "As of September 26, 2020, there were no pending or threatening lawsuits that could be reasonably assessed to have resulted in a probable loss to the company in an amount that can be reasonably estimated."
Even if the lawsuits don't result in large financial damages, MedMen will continue to incur legal expenses defending the lawsuits.
MedMen also has continued to incur expenses related to Bierman.
The company paid Bierman total compensation of $959,233 for the fiscal year ended June 27, according to a company proxy filed in October.
In addition, Bierman received estimated benefits of $890,561 for "executive protection" and $106,183 for a car lease and insurance.
The executive-protection expenses weren't detailed in the proxy, but such services typically can include bodyguards, home security systems, private jet travel and even background checks for other employees.
The proxy noted that MedMen agreed to provide security protection to Bierman for 90 days after his departure and pay for his car lease and related insurance for one year after his departure.
Analysts now are waiting to see if MedMen can continue to grow its sales, cut its expenses and show a path to profitability.
They note that MedMen is likely to open three more stores in California this fiscal year – or four if the company wins litigation over a Pasadena location – in addition to two stores in Massachusetts, one in Illinois and perhaps some in Florida.
But only the store in Illinois is substantially outperforming the market, in Zuanic's view.
"For a company with supposedly such a known retail banner, sales 14% above the California average is not much, in our opinion," he noted of MedMen's California stores.
Then there's the coronavirus pandemic, which generally has been a plus for marijuana retailers but not so good for MedMen.
The company noted in its most recent quarterly report that it had experienced decreased sales in certain locations in California and Nevada "due to reduced foot traffic as a result of shelter-at-home orders, declining tourism and social distancing restrictions within a retail establishment."
Last week, Zuanic warned that "near-term risks" are increasing for MSOs because of the coronavirus surge and the possibility of new restrictions.
If so, that could set MedMen back again.
Jeff Smith can be reached at jeffs@mjbizdaily.com
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31 coronavirus-positive patients die in Moscow in past day - crisis center
Russia 27 April 2020 00:35 (UTC+04:00)
More than 30 patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus have died in Moscow during the day, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.
"Thirty-one coronavirus positive patients diagnosed with pneumonia have died in Moscow," it said, adding that all of them had concurrent diseases.
The overall number of coronavirus-associated fatalities in Moscow has reached 435.
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.
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July 28, 2016 - 10:31 BST hellomagazine.com Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco are scheduled to visit the US later this year
Prince Albert of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene are set to visit the US later this year. The couple will visit Washington D.C. and New York City in September, the Prince, 58, has revealed.
The trip will celebrate "the tenth anniversary of diplomatic relations and the exchange of ambassadors between Monaco and the United States," Albert told People.
Following their visit to the capital, Albert and Charlene will travel to New York City to inaugurate a new Cartier store, which will feature a tribute to the monarch's late parents, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace.
Princess Charlene and Prince Albert will visit Washington D.C. and New York City
While Stateside, Albert also plans on taking his wife to a US city close to his heart. "I'd like to show her Ocean City, New Jersey," he said. "I used to go there a lot when I was young."
Growing up, the royal's mum took him and his sister Princess Caroline to her family's vacation home on the Jersey Shore. "There's still a Kelly reunion at Ocean City every Labour Day," Albert said, adding that this year, "maybe we'll just surprise them!"
A month after their visit, the Monaco royal and his wife of five years will return to the Big Apple in October. The couple will once again visit New York to attend the annual Princess Grace Foundation dinner. No word on whether the pair's one-year-old twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, will join their parents on the overseas trips.
Albert recently opened up about the couple's twins, saying "they're doing great"
Albert recently opened up about his adorable twins. "They're doing great!" he told People. "They're roaming around, starting to repeat words. They almost know their ABCs and numbers. Gabriella is good with her numbers.
"They're doing them in French and English. We're speaking mostly English. Gabriella's really very good with her numbers. Jacques is a little bit lazier but he catches up fast and will pass her."
The twins are also taking after their mum Charlene, a retired Olympic swimmer. "They're in the [the pool] twice a day," said Albert. "I try to make the late afternoon swim with them. [Gabriella] likes putting her head underwater more than Jacques does."
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The eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model  premiered on September 3, 2008, and was the fifth season to be aired on The CW network. The promotional catchphrase of the cycle was "Feel The Love."

The prizes for this cycle were:

 A modeling contract with Elite Model Management.
 A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen.
 A 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

Approximately the first half of the competition took place in Los Angeles, moving the show back from New York City where it was held last season. The international destination for the final episodes of the cycle was Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The promotional song was "When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls.

The winner was 19-year-old McKey Sullivan from Lake Forest, Illinois with Samantha Potter placing as the runner up.

Season summary
Starting from this cycle, the contestant called first in judging every week would have her picture (or commercial) displayed as digital art in the models' house for the rest of the week. The CoverGirl of the Week contest was replaced by a new segment called Top Models in Action, focusing on former alums post-show careers.

The show featured fourteen contestants, similar to cycles 3, 4 and 10. The winner of this cycle, similar to the past four cycles, won management and representation by Elite Model Management, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics (including a billboard in Times Square and ads in Walmart), and the cover and six-page fashion spread in Seventeen. This season averaged 4.43 million viewers.

This cycle included a first for the series – having a transgender contestant named Isis King participate and qualify for the final fourteen. The inclusion has been noted as an "unprecedented opportunity" by Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD, a national LGBT media advocacy group.

Contestants
(Ages stated are at time of contest)

Episodes

Summaries

Call-out order

 The contestant was eliminated
 The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
 The contestant won the competition

Bottom two

 The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
 The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
 The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
 The contestant was eliminated outside of the judging panel
 The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Average  call-out order
Casting call-out order and final two are not included.

Photo shoot guide
Episode 2 photo shoot: Group photo of mini girl in the middle of the giant city
Episode 3 photo shoot: Hanging on a rope ladder from a hot air balloon
Episode 4 Commercial: Dramatize Motion Video At the beach
Episode 5 photoshoot: Challenging Beauty with the feel of an eel pond
Episode 6 photoshoot: Fierces eyes above water
Episode 7 photo shoot: Extreme Upscale Fashion Hanger With Body Movement
Episode 9 photo shoot: Natural Disasters Editorial
Episode 10 photo shoot: 17th Century pirates on a Dutch clipper ship
Episode 11 photo shoots: Minnerworker girl In 1800's
Episode 12 photo shoot: Windmill couture
Episose 13 photo shoot: Classic Holland Gowns At Vintage City
Episode 14 photo shoot and commercial: Cinderella Castle Photoshoot And Commercial "The Top Model Aura In Life"

Judges

 Tyra Banks
 Nigel Barker
 J. Alexander
 Paulina Porizkova

Makeovers
 Brittany - Long straight black weave
 Hannah - Bob cut with bangs and dyed dark brown
 Isis - Long wavy dark brown weave
 Clark - Dyed chocolate brown
 Lauren Brie - Dyed platinum blonde
 Joslyn - Long curly black weave
 Sheena - Trimmed and dyed brown with blonde highlights
 Elina - Curly red weave
 Marjorie - Dyed light brown
 Analeigh - Layered and dyed blonde
 Samantha - Cut short and dyed platinum blonde
 McKey - Pixie cut and dyed black

Post-Top Model careers

Sharaun Brown signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago and LA.
Nikeysha Clarke is still searching for an agency.
Marjorie Conrad signed with Look Model Agency in San Francisco and was featured in the American Apparel Daily Update and opened a Marciano Fashion Show. In April 2014, she was working on her directorial debut "Chemical Cut" and launched a funding campaign on the website Kickstarter.
Clark Gilmer competed for Miss South Carolina USA earning her a spot in the top 10. She is a full-time professional model living in Los Angeles with boyfriend Kenny Florian. She appears on Enrique Iglesias music video "Tonight (I'm lovein' You)" and Taylor Swift music video "Mean". She has appeared in Bravo's The Millionaire Matchmaker as a date for one of the millionaire bachelors." She also made two appearances on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother, one in 2010 and the other one in 2011 as Barney Stinson's date.
Lauren Brie signed with Major Model in New York, MGMT First in New York, Muse Management in New York, L.A. Models, Nova Models in New Zealand and signed with Priscilla's Model Management in Sydney, Australia under the name "Brie."
Elina Ivanova has signed with TCM Models & Talent in Seattle and Vision Models in Los Angeles since 2013 and then signed with Elite Model Management in LA .
Isis King successfully underwent gender reassignment surgery; she had done test shots which were featured in The Tyra Banks Show together with her surgery. She also appeared on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 17, the first all-star edition of the show. In 2012, she became American Apparel's first openly transgender model.
Joslyn Pennywell has done some test shoots and now lives in Los Angeles. She has modeled for Reset Couture and appeared in a commercial. She walked at the Runway On Fire Fashion Show and Trendsetters fashion show. She also appeared in BET's The Family Crews and Bravo's The Millionaire Matchmaker as a date for one of the millionaire bachelors.
Samantha Potter signed with L.A. Models and has walked for designers Individuals by AMFI, EиD by Eva and Delia, Ready to Fish by Ilja Visser and Addy van de Krommenacker at Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2009 as part her prize in episode 10. She also appeared as one of the "Top Models in Action" in Cycle 12. In 2008, she appeared in  The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Panty Piñata Polarization", along with contestant Lio Tipton (credited as Analeigh Tipton), but her role was a non-speaking one. Potter also appeared in gospel artists Mary Mary's music video for God In Me.
Sheena Sakai signed with Model Management Group and Roman Personal Management. She has also modeled for 1800whoopass, appeared in a Trojan condoms commercial and walked in BET's Rip the Runway 2009. as well as She by Sheree SS 2010. Sakai also appeared on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 17, the first all-star edition of the show.
Brittany Rubalcaba left the modelling industry to further her education.
McKey Sullivan collected all of her prizes and signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago. She was featured in the December 2008 issue of In Touch Weekly. She appeared on the cover and had a spread in the February 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine as part of her ANTM prize package. She also has been on the cover of Forest & Bluff Magazine, January 2009 issue and Nylon Magazine, March 2009. She has recently been featured on Yahoo Style with Whitney Thompson. She had the cover and a spread in Chicago Scene, June 2009, as well as various advertisements for Forever 21, Rendezvous, Myer, Crabtree and Evelyn and Sass and Bide. She also appeared on the September 2009 issue of Marie Claire modelling Oroton, Fendi and Miu Miu handbags and purses. Sullivan was featured on the Cover Fall 2009 cover and interior fashion spread of Vogue knitting magazine. She walked for EиD by Eva and Delia, Mada van Gaans, Ready to Fish by Ilja Visser and Addy van den Krommenacker at Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2009 as part her prize in episode 10. McKey also walked for G-Star at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2009. She walked in Trinidad and Tobago Fashion Week 2009 for Heather Jones Designs Limited. She appeared in Dutch Avantgarde with Samantha Potter. She also appeared on the runway for Mr. Jay's clothing line called "attitude" along with cycle 12 contestant with Aminat Ayinde. During her My Life as a CoverGirl commercials, it was revealed that she had been working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She was named one of People magazine's Most Beautiful People of 2009. She was also named the 44th sexiest woman of 2008 by BuddyTv.
Lio Tipton (credited as Analeigh Tipton through to 2021) signed with Abrams Artists Agency, in both the commercial and theatrical divisions and Ford Models in Los Angeles. They have appeared in campaigns for Forever 21, and Guess. They made their acting breakout starring as Jessica in the movie Crazy, Stupid, Love. Their acting has also booked them modeling campaigns for Teen Vogue, Maxim, Details, and Nylon. They starred in an American zombie romantic film Warm Bodies based on Isaac Marion's popular novel of the same name, which was released on February 1, 2013. In 2014, they were one of the leads in the ABC television series Manhattan Love Story before it was canceled due to low ratings. In 2021, Tipton came out as non-binary, changing their pronouns to they/them and their name to Lio.
Hannah White has taken test shots and is now signed with Nous Model Management.

Notes

References

External links

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2008 American television seasons
ETC (Philippine TV network) original programming
Transgender-related television shows
Television shows filmed in California
Television shows filmed in the Netherlands

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Eric Porterfield is the Consumer Communications Manager for Social Good at Facebook. He joined the social media giant after spending seven years at the United Nations Foundation where he most recently worked as the Senior Communications Director, supporting communications across global issues, partnerships and events. During his time at the UN Foundation he built a journalism fellowship program that took hundreds of journalists to see the work of the UN firsthand and was seconded to the World Health Organization to support the WHO's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. Previously, Eric worked as a Senior Communications Officer for International Services at the American Red Cross, overseeing communications and outreach for major emergencies including the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He was seconded to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva and Kuala Lumpur to support responses to several natural disasters. Prior to joining the Red Cross, he worked for Good Morning America at ABC News.


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Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangārei is 17 km (11 miles) to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 km (24 miles) northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement. State Highway 1 once passed through the town, but now bypasses it to the west. Mount Hikurangi is a volcanic dome rising 365 metres (1,198 ft) to the west of the town. It is 1.2 million years old, and part of the Harbour Fault which also includes Parakiore, near Kamo, and Parihaka in Whangarei.

Hikurangi is a service town for the local dairy industry.

History
An area of  of land at Hikurangi was purchased from local Maori by the District Commissioner of Lands in 1862. The land was considered desirable because it contained mature timber and high quality flax, and transport routes were established. The area became a timber milling centre with the establishment of a road to Whangarei in 1875, and the first of several sawmills soon after. Kauri gum-diggers were also active in the area.

The town grew around local coal mines, which opened in 1890. The North Auckland railway line from Whangarei reached Hikurangi in 1894. 4.2 million tons of coal were extracted. Flooding was a problem for the mines. During a nationwide coal-miners' strike in 1931, the Wilson Colliery Company closed their mine and deliberately flooded it. The miners formed a company and bought the mine, but it closed two years later because there were few orders for coal during the Great Depression. Three brothers were killed by black damp at one mine in 1933. The last mine closed in 1971.

The Hikurangi Co-operative Dairy Company was formed in 1904. It established a dairy factory and operated a fleet of trucks to collect cream but also to deliver fertiliser and general goods to farmers. The factory was replaced by a new building in the 1950s. The company amalgamated with the Northland Co-operative Dairy Company in 1985, and the factory closed.

Six teenagers were killed in 1930 when a train hit a bus.

The Hikurangi association football team competed in the early years of the Chatham Cup.

In June 1926 a mine flooding left 150 employees idle, then unemployed.

Hikurangi was administered by the Hikurangi District Roads Board until the formation of the Hikurangi Town Board in 1908. The Board became the Hikurangi Town Council in 1955. In 1989, they amalgamated with the Whangarei City Council and Whangarei County Council to form the Whangarei District Council.

Limestone has been quarried at Hikurangi since the early 20th century. The quarry still supplies limestone to the cement works at Portland.

Demographics
Hikurangi covers  and had an estimated population of  as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Hikurangi had a population of 1,617 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 207 people (14.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 198 people (14.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 516 households, comprising 792 males and 825 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 30.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 465 people (28.8%) aged under 15 years, 333 (20.6%) aged 15 to 29, 645 (39.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 174 (10.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 67.9% European/Pākehā, 49.9% Māori, 5.0% Pacific peoples, 3.0% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 10.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.1% had no religion, 32.1% were Christian, 3.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 93 (8.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 282 (24.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 72 people (6.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 525 (45.6%) people were employed full-time, 141 (12.2%) were part-time, and 84 (7.3%) were unemployed.

Education
Hikurangi School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of  students as of  The first public school in Hikurangi opened in 1883 at View Road until the school was demolished in 1922. The school was built on the current site at Valley Road in 1922-1923 and has been enlarged numerous times over the years. The site of the former school on View Road was sold to Mr and Mrs Robert Cherry. They got their house built on it in 1923 and it has been designated a Group II historic place. The builder was Mr Watts from Whangārei.

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Populated places in the Northland Region
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When I visited my doctor last week, I had to wait. The doctor was running just a little bit late. I had a chance, therefore, because of that, to see just where my doctor's head is at. The picture, above, a sampler on her wall, is a pretty nice way for her to tell it all. She will try to cure me, if she can. Relieving pain and distress is part of the plan. But if none of that works, and well it might not, comforting words can do a lot.
The message from the sampler is not exactly the Hippocratic Oath, but it's close. It's in the same ballpark, anyway. It is comforting to know that these enumerated promises are ones to which my doctor is committed, and I appreciate the sentiments she has displayed for her patients. I appreciate, also, the basic commandment that all doctors are urged to keep: "first do no harm."
I particularly appreciated reading these sentiments on the sampler in my doctor's office since just before coming to her office I had finished reading an horrific article about modern medical practice in Belgium. That article, published in the June 22, 2015 edition of The New Yorker, was titled "The Death Treatment." The article discusses medical care in Belgium, which has a law promoting "dignified death as a human right."
I am not using the word "promote" casually. The story told in "The Death Treatment" is centered on one doctor's effort to promote euthanasia to patients facing various adversities. He will be glad to kill you, if you'd like. Read the article to see if you find the incidents described as offensive as I did.
The law in Belgium is not like the Oregon "Death With Dignity Act," or like Senate Bill 128, the "End of Life Option Act," which is a legislative proposal being carried by State Senator Bill Monning, currently under consideration in the California State Legislature. Both these laws provide for "doctor-assisted suicide," and facilitate the ability of a person, under certain circumstances, to be able personally to end his or her life with dignity.
In Belgium, the patient is killed by the doctor directly. It also appears, at least the way the article tells the story, that there is no prohibition on a doctor's active encouragement to a patient to sign up for the "death treatment."
It strikes me that a "Two Worlds" analysis might shed some light on why I have reacted so badly to the medical practices outlined in "The Death Treatment," and also why humans have historically felt that "suicide" is somehow fundamentally wrong.
What we think of as our "lives" do, in fact, belong to us, and are properly under own own dominion, because the lives we live are the result of our own choices, and we are free, always, to change our choices and do something new. That is the essence of human freedom, and such freedom is at the foundation of our human world, since our exercise of our freedom is what, in fact, builds and maintains the human world in which we most immediately live.
Our biological "life," though, is not something that we construct. It is a mysterious gift, and we find ourselves alive not because of anything we have done, or can do. Why we are alive remains a mystery. All the knowledge being accumulated in the biological and physical sciences has not been able to provide us with an answer to that question: "Why am I here?" Why, indeed, are any of us here?
Whether we count it as a blessing or a curse to be here (and I am sticking with the "blessing" option), we do not give life to ourselves,. Why we are alive remains a mystery. We are not in charge of deciding that we will live.
A recognition that our biological life comes from some source other than ourselves (and that is in fact absolutely true) has always underlain, I think, the idea that since we did not give ourselves our biological life, we should not arrogate to ourselves the right to end it.
The more we get confused about whether or not we are in charge of the Natural World, which has mysteriously created us as alive, the more it is likely that we will continue to "unpick the fabric of life," even including those threads that specifically sew us into the world into which we have been born, a world we have not made, and cannot make, ourselves.
Actually, the biological sciences have answered "why" question of human existence, which is also shared by all other living things on Earth. Why questions have two parts, explanation and purpose. By way of explanation, life evolved by natural selection starting from simple chemical processes in which some elements were more readily replicated than others. Life has no intrinsic purpose except for procreation. In terms of human life we make our own purpose.
It happens to be objective fact that humans are capable of suicide, and so are literally in charge of deciding to live or die. Suicide is an act which harms other people who morn, have to clean up the mess, etc. This is why suicide is illegal. End of life care should include a dignified end.


Choosing the right accounting professional will be one of the most important decisions that you make for your business, but how do you decide between a bookkeeper and an accountant, and when should you start looking?
Bookkeepers typically "keep the books", hence the name. They set up the accounting procedures and maintain the records for a company, usually using some form of software. The purpose of a bookkeeper is to organise financial information in such a way that it can be used by business owners, managers and accountants.
Bookkeepers understand the day-to-day financial operations of the company and typically dig into the details. Skilled bookkeepers should have at least 2 to 4 years of experience or an associate degree in accounting.
Accountants analyse the financial information that bookkeepers prepare. They advise their clients on a variety of financial issues, and they complete financial reports and tax forms.
While some accountants provide bookkeeping services, they are also skilled in preparing the financial statements and reports that are required by banks and governmental agencies.
It isn't always bookkeepers vs accountants: there is some overlap.
Both bookkeepers and accountants provide strategic advice to their clients. A bookkeeper might tell you how to streamline your accounting processes or help you create a budget for your business while an accountant could suggest ways to minimise your tax liability or help you decide whether to incorporate your business.
Now that you have this information, you are able to make a much more informed decision. Sometimes there are no need to have either and sometimes you need both. All of this depends on your business's situation and the amount of money and spare time that you have.
There are affordable bookkeeping solutions available and they are not hard to come by. Make the decision today and hire a bookkeeper or accountant if this is the way that you need to go to help develop your business further.


For the offshore angler, the news is good -- the first white marlin and bluefin tuna made their appearance last weekend.
A 43-pound marlin was taken aboard the Shadowfax at the Washington Canyon on a cedar plug by Bill Woodard of Edgewater. Two other white marlin were also reported out of Indian River.
A bluefin tuna was reeled in at the Fingers by Ron Gladkowski aboard the Instigator. The 25 pounder was taken on a mackerel bait. And the charter boat Virginia weighed in a 130-pound bluefin tuna. Angler Chip Pharr of Baltimore caught the fish at the Hot Dog Lump on a mackerel bait.
Flounder also continued to be prevalent in the area. B.J.'s South restaurant sponsored a flounder tournament June 4, which proved that locals could really catch fish. Barbara Glinka from Bahia Marina and three friends landed 22 keeper flounder in the bay behind Assateague between buoys 10 and 12, offshore of the Eagle's Nest Campground.
Ms. Glinka and her party were using live minnows with squid strips to catch these flounder that won them first prize. "The ratio of keeper flounder to throwback flounder was a surprising 50 percent," Ms. Glinka said.
The bay behind Ocean City saw a much different ratio of keepers to throwbacks, though many good flounder catches were reported. The party boat Tortuga, out of Bahia, had days where it caught as many as 70 flounder, though only a dozen or so were legal.
Another hot spot this week was in the bay behind Assateague between buoys 3 and 5, where anglers caught flounder up to 3 pounds. This area is offshore of the airport.
Anglers also reported doing well in the flats north and west of the Thorofare. Dan Mumford of Ocean City and his wife, Liz, landed two flounder in 15 minutes drifting near Drum Point on the outgoing tide. They used live minnows to catch the 2 1/2 - and 1 1/2 -pounder.
There have also been some nice flounder catches in front of Hooper's Restaurant, north of the U.S. 50 bridge in the west channel. The channel in front of Harbor Island in the east channel at 14th Street is also starting to produce.
Bud Waltz of Ocean City landed four keeper flounder along with several throwback flounder while casting off the Shantytown Pier with shiners. Others have bragged of good catches of flounder on the U.S. 50 bridge, also with shiners.
Unfortunately, the water in the bay, which had been crystal clear, clouded up last weekend due to a west wind, making fishing only fair Saturday and Sunday.
Anglers in boats are still catching sea trout at the south jetty on the incoming tide with bucktails and pieces of peeler crab. Calvin Smack of Ocean City pulled up an unusual catch while fishing for trout -- a 9 1/4 -pound sheepshead.
Sea trout also came into the bay and surprised the anglers on the Oceanic Pier. Slim Griffin, the manager of the pier, said the trout were so large, the hooks were bending straight out.
The best sea trout fishing seems to be at night. The U.S. 50 bridge, Oceanic Pier and Shantytown Pier are the places to wet your line at night in Ocean City.
Surf anglers have been waiting for a serious blue blitz that has never really happened. Occasionally, the blues decide to come close in, and anglers are happy to report a catch of two to four blues. Some nights, though, the catch may only be a shark or skate.
For the patient surf angler, the hours of waiting are worthwhile when he or she is standing on the beach, and the bait fish start jumping. This happened to fishermen near Fenwick Island last Sunday when a school of kingfish and Norfolk spot suddenly came in the surf. Anglers using bloodworms caught a number of these delicious panfish.
Buck Brown of Buck's Place on Route 611 reported good surf fishing on Assateague last weekend: "They caught blues, kings, flounder and spot."
The past couple weeks have been a fisherman's dream on the party boats. According to David Bunting of the Captain Bunting, "Anglers have stringers of bass long enough to decorate a Christmas tree." And Monty Hawkins of the O.C. Princess at Shantytown said, "It's been a fine pick."
Scott Baltz of Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said that tautog fishing has slowed up at Indian River Inlet. "They are there, but most are awfully small. [Anglers] caught some larger blues this week in the 3- to 4-pound range by working the bucktail deep at the end of the outgoing tide."
He also said that sea trout are hitting on the incoming tide with bucktails with either a white or black worm. At night, he said, anglers are catching rockfish, and most are releasing them.
In tournament news, the Indian River Boating Association sponsored a shark tournament out of Indian River last weekend. The Last Try came in first with a 284-pound mako shark, and the Hideaway came in second place with a 258-pound mako.


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Stacked with Exciting Rookies and Steady Vets, Texas Stars Ready for New Season
Posted by Stephen Meserve on October 03, 2019
(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars)
Coming off a season without playoffs for just the third time in team history, Texas is motivated and ready to make it back to the postseason with a roster stacked with young, exciting prospects and veteran experience as well.
"What excites me is that we've got a balanced group with a lot of depth," head coach Derek Laxdal told the media at Wednesday's Media Day. "From what I've seen, we have a bigger team with more speed and more skill. We're going to have a few players sitting out that could have played in our lineup last year."
Texas adds significant rookies to the lineup this season with highly touted draft picks and strong free agent pickups in the mix. Jason Robertson, a second round pick from 2017, was the OHL's top scorer last season. Laxdal calls his a "pure scorer," noting that if he gets around the net, he's going to score. Second place in the OHL scoring race was Tye Felhaber, who is also joining Texas this season. Former first rounder Riley Tufte, a 6'7" winger, is getting his first pro shot, and don't sleep on his former teammate at UMD, Parker MacKay, who made the team on an AHL contract.
The defense is mostly stacked with veterans, but Joe Cecconi is making his rookie debut as well. "I really like the outlook of our group," noted Laxdal. "[Depth is] the strength of the organization. Dallas has done a great job of providing that depth."
Dillon Heatherington is one of those veteran defenders and was named captain of the team Wednesday as Justin Dowling has now cemented his place in Dallas. The NHL club told Dowling to get a place in Dallas, confirming his spot for the long-term.
Heatherington said that the captaincy means a lot to him personally, "My pro career I've had some excellent captains, and I've learned a lot. I want to implement those things with our young team." He added that he felt he was named captain because "I'm a more vocal guy in the dressing room. I play a hard physical game and I don't take shortcuts."
Among the veterans also returning on the blueline are Reece Scarlett, who is making his return to the ice after missing all of last season with an ACL injury, and Joel Hanley, who was named an alternate captain and is the oldest player on the team at all of 28.
At 23 years and 7 months, Texas ranks as the ninth youngest team in the league. The Stars are actually quite often in the top ten youngest teams in the league, but this is the youngest the team has ever been on average in its eleven year history.
Michael Mersch, who is the other alternate captain on the squad, recalled his rookie year when asked about how these players will adapt to the pro game, "There was a time where I felt I was getting it, probably around the All-Star Break. You just have to come in everyday and put the work in. You're going to have good days and bad days, even still. As long as you're putting in the work, you're going to see results at some point in the season."
If a prediction were to be made on how this team has success this year, it's going to rely heavily on the success of their newest additions. Can the new forwards who have a flair for offense make an impact and push this team to the top of the standings? The Stars lost a lot of offense with the departures of Dowling, Erik Condra, Travis Morin and Denis Gurianov. I would predict that if Texas is to have success this season the secret weapon will be this veteran defense. The offense will only feel comfortable jumping into the play if the defense can get their backs when something goes sideways. Mersch added, "Having the defense who can get the pucks up into our hands, the less time you're in your d-zone and the more you're playing offense." With a solid blueline, the forwards will be ready to take more calculated risks and, if they are rewarded for it with goals, the success will compound on itself.
Landon Bow, who anchors the goalie tandem with another highly-touted newcomer in Jake Oettinger, summarizes the optimism this team has about this season. "We weren't happy with how the year went, but we have a whole new team basically. We have a lot of new guys. We need to gel as a team, get those bonds together. Everyone is going to be pushing each other this year, and we're going to be an exciting team."
RickGorskie October 3, 2019 at 2:32 PM
Do we have a team roster yet?
Stephen Meserve October 3, 2019 at 3:39 PM
Hey Rick - No, we don't have the official roster yet. However, there don't appear to be any changes expected/additional cuts before tomorrow.


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JCPenney Has An Omnichannel Strategy Secret
John Waldron
It wasn't so long ago that retail department store chain J.C. Penney was having to fend off some pretty serious press coverage about "epic declines" and "closing stores". But, such dubiety has now been cast back to the realms of history, as last year's overhaul of the chain's leadership team has led to new strategies that combine online and offline consumer channels. JCP has come fighting back with an aggressive enhancement of its digital capabilities, and a clear mission to convert as many store-only customers to omnichannel customers as it can, potentially driving a critic-hushing $1.2 billion in incremental sales by 2017.
Leading the changes are newly appointed Executive Vice President Mike Amend – former vice president of online, mobile and omnichannel for The Home Depot Inc. – and Marvin Ellison, who officially took over as CEO of JCP in August last year.
The Decline And Recovery
About six years ago, a major decision was taken at J.C. Penney that, in hindsight, was perhaps responsible for ushering in the era of decline – JCP's famous Big Book catalogue was scrapped.
Previously, the firm had published three of these 1,000 page tomes a year, in a defining campaign that dated all the way back to 1963. But, in 2010, the catalogue was axed following a conclusion that the traditional catalogue shopper would simply migrate online. Needless to say things didn't quite pan out as smoothly as that. In internet terms, 2010 was practically a whole generation ago, and so the transition, which would have probably been perfectly effective in 2015, was a little premature for the 2010 JCP consumer.
Even so, it still came as somewhat of a surprise when in March last year the firm published a 120-page catalogue featuring its home department range – a policy reversal that seemed to suggest that the top brass at JCP had finally conceded their mistake: consumers – even online consumers – still like leafing through print publications.
Indeed, what JC Penney found was that what it thought were pure online sales, were actually sales that were driven by customers browsing the catalogues and then completing their transaction online.
The Omnichannel Demand
Whilst there are no current plans for JCP to revive its iconic Big Book, the lessons learned by the retailer over the past half-decade are very much informing the latest strategies championed by the new leadership. "We have no expectation to try to recreate a pre-2011 JC Penney," said Marvin Ellison in diginomica. "That company could not compete well in this marketplace."
Indeed, the mindset that Ellison is adopting is one that decidedly looks forward rather than back. Talking frankly about the challenge ahead, the CEO said in Internet Retailer: "It's very clear to us that our effort to improve omnichannel functionality while increasing our online SKU count is key to our future."
Internet Retailer reports that the department store expanded the SKU count on jcpenney.com by more than 40% during Q3 2015, and it increased the number of drop-ship suppliers it works with by 15%.
Keeping Pace With The Competition
In pursuit of the omnichannel ambition, Ellison has always been frank about the realities of J.C. Penney's need to play catch-up, while also being able to exploit the firm's own private brands business: "Candidly, we are quite a bit behind," said Ellison. "But we are excited, because we are creating a very talented team that can accelerate our improvement [in omnichannel].
"On the private brands side, we were excited about the infrastructure we currently have with sourcing in private brands, design and development. The challenge we face is, how do we intelligently attack the opportunity? Our goal is to increase our online business while increasing our private brands penetration, while nurturing and protecting the national brands that really matter to our customers."
The private-label side of the business accounts for more than half of total sales for JCP, and indeed omnichannel innovation is part of the ongoing plan for this segment in 2016 as well. "It is our belief that if we grow our private-brand penetration and position these goods online, we will grow our top line, protect our bottom line and have differentiation from pure-play e-commerce competition."
New Goal: Same-day BOPUS
During Q3 2015, J.C. Penney also introduced updated versions of its mobile apps, improved its website speed by 30% and increased the number of product reviews by 40%. This translated directly into revenue – net sales of $2.90 billion were enjoyed, a 4.7% increase compared with $2.77 billion in the third quarter of 2014, and comparable-store sales, which include revenue from jcpenney.com, increased by 6.4%.
However, Ellison admits that there still remains one glaring trick that JCP is missing – shoppers cannot buy online and pick up in-store (BOPUS) on the same day. As such this is a top priority for 2016, and Ellison has turned to old colleagues from Home Depot, his previous firm, to lead the way:
We are in pilot and we will roll it out in the first part [of 2016]. The good news is that we now have a leadership team in place on the supply chain and the dot com side that has executed and rolled us out before, bringing a degree of knowledge from my years at the Home Depot where I think we did it very well.
Whilst it's clear that J.C. Penney took its eye off the ball there for some time, the firm's focus is now crystal clear once more, and the track that it's on is the correct one. It will, naturally, take time to deliver the results that it craves – but, the combination of JCP's omnichannel improvements with its increased online SKU and private label assortment, will most surely spell retail success, with 2016 perhaps being the tipping point for the company.
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About John Waldron: John Waldron is a technology and business writer for markITwrite digital content agency, based in Cornwall, UK. He writes regularly across all aspects of marketing and tech, including SEO, social media, FinTech, IoT, apps and software development.
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