text: As final preparations for Eurovision 2019 are taking place in Tel Aviv, the first round of delegations is landing today in Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport. The first delegation to land in the sunny Tel Aviv is Australia, with Kate Miller-Heidke flying more than 22 hours (with 1 layover).
  The second delegation to touch the Israeli soil was Hungary, with their Eurovision artist Joci Pápai. Australia and Hungary was later joined by the delegations from San Marino, Belarus and Cyprus. Other delegations expected to land later today: Iceland, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland.
  Israel decided to welcome all Eurovision delegations and special guests at the new private VIP terminal that was built inside Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, with total cost of 4.5 million euros. The private terminal includes VIP treament and treats, including private security check and check-in for a price of $400.
  First round of rehearsals will start tomorrow morning, with Cyprus listed as the first country to step on the Eurovision 2019 stage for rehearsals.
  Ticket sale for the Semi-finals and Dress rehearsels is still open, with many seats remains available for those shows. Ticket prices for Tel Aviv 2019 are considered high for locals and tourists alike. Official Ticket company, Leaan, even launched an adverstising campiagn on Israeli radio and newspapers to boost the ticket sale.
  The 64th Eurovision Song Contest takes place on 14, 16 and 18 May 2019. The contest is hosted by Tel Aviv, Israel, and produced by the Israeli broadcaster KAN.
  Grand Final: 18 May 2019. 26 participants: Israel (host), Big-5 (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and United Kingdom), 10 best from Semi-Final 1, 10 best from Semi-Final 2
  Sagi Klein is our correspondent from Israel. Sagi sees Eurovision as a unique platform that brings people together and bridging differences between them, through the amazing power of music.
  
  Cannabis has long been a contentious substance in many societies. Holding a class B classification in the United Kingdom (UK) under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act, possession of cannabis can result in a prison sentence of up to five years or a hefty fine. However, in late 2018, the UK relaxed its regulations about whether products derived from cannabis, such as pills, capsules, and oils (but not the smoking of cannabis) can be prescribed by doctors to patients. The ruling was in response to public outcry over Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, two young epilepsy sufferers, being denied access to cannabis oil. Today, research from Israel offers strong evidence for another therapeutic use for cannabis: providing comfort and independence for children on the autism spectrum.
  Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an extensive developmental disability that is expressed in almost all dimensions of the child’s development. Children on the autism spectrum experience difficulties in communication, social interaction and processing of sensory information. While autism is a lifelong disability, not a disease that can be cured, individuals on the spectrum still often require additional support to go about their daily lives. Available services include speech/language therapy and educational support, but there is still a need for greater therapeutic interventions in many cases.
  The research, undertaken at Ben-Gurion University, analysed data taken from 188 patients on the autism spectrum, all under the age of 18. The scientists aimed to assess outcomes in patients’ general quality of life as well as in specific areas, including ability to dress and shower, quality of sleep, and concentration, following six weeks of treatment with cannabis oil containing 30 per cent cannabidiol oil (CBD) and 1.5 per cent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is the psychoactive component of cannabis that produces the feeling of being “high.” One common misconception about medicinal cannabis is the notion that all patients are becoming intoxicated by their treatments. In this case, the non-psychoactive CBD component of the treatment outweighed the psychoactive THC by a factor of twenty. While THC is widely considered therapeutic as a painkiller and is legal in many countries, there are plenty of treatments created from cannabis that contain virtually no THC at all.
  When evaluating patients’ quality of life after six months of treatment, 30 per cent of patients reported a significant improvement, 53.7 per cent reported moderate improvement, and only 15 per cent had slight or no change. So, the vast majority of patients noticed an improvement in their overall quality of life after being treated with cannabis.
  One specific area in which patients felt significant improvement was the ability to dress and shower independently. Only a quarter (26.4 per cent) reported no difficulty prior to treatment while 42.9 per cent improved their ability to dress and shower independently at six months. Cannabis oil medication also significantly improved sleep and concentration. Good sleep and concentration were reported by 3.3 per cent and zero per cent respectively at the start of the experiment verses 24.7 per cent and 14 per cent during an active treatment.
  Though this is promising evidence for the therapeutic uses of cannabis for patients with autism, Dr. Victor Novack, of the BGU-Soroka Clinical Cannabis Research Institute, says that further research is required to fully understand the potential benefits.
  “While this study suggests that cannabis treatment is safe and can improve ASD symptoms and improve ASD patients’ quality of life, we believe that double blind placebo-controlled trials are crucial for a better understanding of the cannabis effect on ASD patients,” he says.
  While cannabis in some forms is now legal for medical use in the UK, it is still not entirely clear how far-reaching the therapeutic benefits may be. However, for many of the patients in this study, cannabis very much provided a welcome relief from the daily challenges that arise living life on the autism spectrum.
  
  Matchmaking has become done primarily by algorithms, relating to new research from Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld. Their study that is new shows many heterosexual couples today meet on line.
  Algorithms, and never friends and family, are now the matchmaker that is go-to individuals shopping for love, Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld has discovered.
  Internet dating is just about the most way that is common Americans to locate intimate lovers. (Image credit: altmodern / Getty Images)
  In a brand new study published when you look at the procedures for the nationwide Academy of Sciences, Rosenfeld unearthed that heterosexual partners are more inclined to meet a romantic partner online than through individual associates and connections. Since 1940, old-fashioned methods for meeting partners вЂ“ through family members, in church as well as in the neighbor hood вЂ“ have got all held it’s place in decrease, Rosenfeld said.
  Rosenfeld, an author that is lead the investigation and a professor of sociology into the class of Humanities and Sciences, received for a nationally representative 2017 survey of US grownups and discovered that about 39 per cent of heterosexual partners reported meeting their partner on line, in comparison to 22 per cent during 2009. Sonia Hausen, a graduate pupil in sociology, had been a co-author associated with paper and contributed to your research.
  Fulfilling a substantial other on line has replaced meeting through buddies. People trust the brand new dating technology more and much more, while the stigma of meeting on the web appears to have worn down.
  Last year, once I past researched exactly how people find their others that are significant many people remained utilizing a buddy being an intermediary to meet up their lovers. In the past, if individuals utilized websites, they nevertheless looked to buddies for assistance starting their profile page. Buddies additionally helped display prospective romantic interests.
  I happened to be amazed at just how much internet dating has displaced assistance from friends in meeting a romantic partner. Our past reasoning ended up being that the part of buddies in dating could not be displaced. However it may seem like online dating sites is displacing it. ThatвЂ™s an important development in peopleвЂ™s relationship with technology.
  exactly What can you believe resulted in the change in exactly exactly how individuals meet their significant other?
  There are two main innovations that are technological have actually each elevated internet dating. The first innovation ended up being the delivery associated with graphical web around 1995. There have been a trickle of online dating sites when you look at the old text-based bulletin board systems just before 1995, nevertheless the graphical internet put photos and search in the forefront regarding the internet. Photos and search may actually have added a great deal to the online world experience that is dating. The second core innovation could be the dazzling increase for the cell phone into the 2010s. The increase of this cell phone took internet dating from the desktop and place it in everyoneвЂ™s pocket, on a regular basis.
  Additionally, the internet dating systems have actually much larger swimming swimming pools of possible lovers set alongside the number of individuals your mom understands, or even the number of individuals your closest friend understands. Dating internet sites have actually enormous benefits of scale. No matter if all the individuals when you look at the pool are to not your taste, a larger option set helps it be much more likely you will find an individual who fits you.
  With regards to solitary people searching for intimate lovers, the online dating technology is only the best thing, within my view. It seems in my experience so itвЂ™s a fundamental individual need certainly to find another person to partner with and if technology is helping that, then it is doing something helpful.
  The decrease of fulfilling partners through family members is not an indication that individuals donвЂ™t need their family members any longer. It is simply an indication that intimate partnership is occurring later in life.
  In addition, within our research we unearthed that the success of the relationship failed to depend on whether or not the social people met online or perhaps not. Eventually, it does not make a difference the came acrosshod that you met your significant other, the partnership takes a life of the own following the initial conference.
  We think that internet dating is a modest good addition to our society. Its producing connection between people who we otherwise wouldnвЂ™t have.
  Individuals who have in past times had difficulty getting a potential romantic partner advantage probably the most through the wider option set provided by the dating apps.
  Web dating has got the prospective to provide people who were ill-served by household, buddies and work. One band of those who ended up being ill-served had been the community that is LGBTQ. Therefore the rate of gay couples conference on the net is a lot higher compared to heterosexual couples.
  The landscape of dating is merely taking care of of our life that is being afflicted with technology. And I also constantly had a normal desire for exactly exactly how new technology ended up being overturning just how we develop our relationships.
  I became curious just how couples meet and exactly how has it changed as time passes. But no body has seemed too deeply into that concern, it myself so I decided to research.
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  AmirKoushkani is an ethnomusicologist, composer, performer, and instructor of traditional Persian stringed instruments Tar and Setar. Dr. Koushkani’s training in Persian music began in Iran, where he was introduced to traditional Persian themes, under the tutelage of Master Dariush Pirniakan.
  Amir Koushkani holds a Master’s Degree in Western Musical Composition and he also received a PhD in Ethnomusicology at York University, with a dissertation on the history and theory of the Iranian musical transcription. With specializing in on a different aspect of Persian music, over the last three decades he composed widely for theatre, orchestra, and various musical ensembles. He has recently published a two-volume study on the “Persian Avaz” in collaboration with Master Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and Professor Rob Simms at York University.
  Professor Mark Chambers conducts the York University Symphony Orchestra in a concert featuring 2017 Concerto Competition winners.
  Produced by Professor Sherry Johnson, this global sonic tour presents a sampling of international cultures represented in York’s world music program.
  
  Prep Dig Showcases are back in 2021! This will be Prep Dig’s third year of Showcases, having hosted nearly 1,000 prospects and hundreds of college coaches from across the Midwest in previous years. In addition to watching the showcase in-person or via BallerTV, coverage of our showcase will be made available to over 100 college coach subscribers on PrepDig.com.
  If you are a current prospect seeking college exposure, media coverage, an increase or entry into our prospect rankings, and/or an opportunity to compete against other top talent, then the Prep Dig Indy Showcase is a can't miss event for you this summer. The event will feature elite competition, positional breakdowns, and a chance for our Prep Dig Scouts and College Coaches to evaluate prior to the 2021 club season.
  Coaches from D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO will be in attendance with BallerTV streaming for ALL coaches to watch. CMM Highlight Video and Productions will also be in attendance for athletes to purchase an additional highlight video from the event.
  Due to COVID-19, space will be limited. We strongly suggest registering as soon as possible to guarantee your spot in the event. Masks must be worn by everyone at all times.
  When you check-in, you will receive a Prep Dig t-shirt and sticker number to put on your shirt (front and back). These numbers will enable the CMM Production team to tag athletes for video highlights that have been purchased. The numbers will also be provided in the college coaches recruiting packets. We will be taking headshots of all the athletes, writing articles on players, and heavily covering the event on social media.
  We will breakdown into positionals where athletes will get to showcase their talents, but there will also be plenty of games where athletes may showcase their all-around skills. We will be running mini-court games, positional breakdown and combos, and six on six competitive play at the end.
  This event isn’t done after just one day, it is only the beginning. We will be providing live exposure via social media during the event, but will also be writing articles the week following the event such as “Top Outside Hitters at the Summer Showcase”, “Hidden Gems You Need To Know About”, or “All Grit Team; Athletes Who Just Compete.” If the school of your choice not there, no problem. Just send them a PrepDig.com article or a post you were mentioned in. This event also provides the opportunity to improve your ranking and/or get you on the radar. This gives our writers a head start heading into the season as we look forward to building relationships with athletes, families, and coaches.
  Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic parents and spectators will not be allowed inside the venue to watch the event.
  We have CMM Production Highlights coming to shoot video on every court on both sides. This company is based out of Indianapolis and specializes in volleyball video. They will provide 7-10 clips of your best highlights and the turnaround time is 7-10 business days following the event. If you are already registered you can still purchase the video highlight option after the fact. All you need to do is email events@prepdig.com and we’ll get you taken care of.
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  High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with Mike Amrhine is all about energy! This series promises dynamic workouts that will be sure to raise your heart rate in a short 30-minute class. HIIT workouts alternate between short, intense bursts of activity matched with short recovery periods. This class is perfect for anyone from beginner to experienced athlete. It promises to change up your workout routine in the best way possible!
  
  Sometimes when we are making breakfast I like to make a special treat for the kids, birthday pancakes. These are a really easy way to make the start of their day extra special and really who doesn’t love sprinkles?
  flip pancakes after approx. 1 min- (look for the bubbles to come up to the top of the pancake, then you know it is ready to flip)
  
  Rep. Joe McGonagle along with his colleagues in the House and Senate passed legislation Tuesday to help protect public health by providing cities and towns the authority to postpone and reschedule certain municipal elections and related activities. The bill now goes to the Governor.
  “The right to vote is at the very core of our American values,” said McGonagle. “I’m so proud our legislature is making sure we protect that right amidst this crisis. In doing so, we are prioritizing our people by protecting their public health and their fundamental rights. I’m very thankful to Speaker DeLeo and Senate President Spilka for their joint leadership on this.”
  The House also issued orders to reschedule two special state elections until June 2, 2020. The Senate issued an order to reschedule two state special elections until May 19, 2020.
  The legislation includes guidelines for public notification of rescheduled election dates, voter registration deadlines, absentee ballots processing, and the display of sample ballots. The legislation:
  •Allows municipal governments to postpone caucus or certain elections scheduled before May 30, 2020 and reschedule the caucus or elections to a date prior to June 30, 2020.
  “Massachusetts took action to not only preserve our elections system, but to protect public health during this historic public health emergency,” said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D – Winthrop). “We appreciate the leadership of Senate President Spilka and the work of Chair Lawn on this COVID-19-related public health issue.”
  
  Japan is opening up its nation to casino gambling and Wynn Resorts is lining up with the rest of the international gaming corporations to get a foot inside that nation.
  Japan remains vastly underutilized as an international entertainment and travel destination, partly because of its distance from Europe and North America, but also because of Japan’s secular leanings – that is – the Japanese have never really welcomed the world to their nation.
  All this is changing and fast as Japanese officials have begun an application process that is expected to really get going in 2021.
  The Japanese want to bring tourists, who bring revenues, which contribute greatly to economic growth.
  Wynn CEO Matt Maddox has said Wynn is looking to gain a license and will build, very likely, a $7-$9 billion 3 million square foot facility if given the chance.
  This would be fully three times the size of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor facility in our city which opened, of course, to great fanfare in June.
  In other Wynn/Encore news…gaming income figures for August will be released by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on the 15th.
  Industry sources claim Encore will reveal higher income because of a number of marketing efforts that were successful during the month of August, and which should be responsible for a boost in income.
  Wynn/Encore are in a three year plan to grow revenues to more than $1 billion in a year at the Everett facility.
  Industry sources say it will take at least this amount of time to grow the business base of the casino and the hotel.