Doha: The ultra-luxury Raffles Doha and the luxurious Fairmont Doha – heralding the entry of the ambitious Raffles Hotels & Resorts and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts brands into Qatar – are now open exclusively to guests of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and the VIP delegation.

The five-star, dual-branded properties, housed in the Katara Towers, welcomed their first guests while supporting the historic FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, delivering exemplary service and truly exceptional experiences at both hotels.

Seven exceptional dining outlets and restaurants have opened to the public, four located within Raffles Doha and three at Fairmont Doha.

Through advance booking only, non-resident guests can now book to enjoy next-generation dining experiences at Raffles Doha’s Alba, which is the first overseas outpost for chef three’s acclaimed restaurant. Michelin stars Enrico Crippa; L’Artisan, which celebrates the art of modern cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner; Blue Cigar, a lounge that features 6,000 literary classics, including some first-edition classics as well as a collection of bespoke cigars, as well as the Malaki Lounge, which spans the atrium lounge and ground floor ground floor and is the perfect venue for afternoon tea.

Diners can head to the Fairmont Doha to savor progressive Indian cuisine at Library Masala, the concept of restaurateur, TV host and author Jiggs Kalra, and Latin American cuisine at Vaya, a lively eatery with open kitchens and bars. interactive service stations and where South American inspired dishes are prepared at the table. Guests can also choose to visit Dôme, an elegant and chic tea room that’s the perfect spot for afternoon tea and French-inspired bites and sips.

Raffles Doha, a lavish, ultra-luxury 132-room property and Qatar’s only all-suite hotel, offers an awe-inspiring experience and décor, paired with views of the Doha skyline. Each suite’s experience is enhanced with personalized butler service, bespoke amenities including an exclusive fragrance by Frederic Malle, a gallery wall with a collection of curated books, and an in-suite boutique .

Raffles Doha also features the wondrous Katara Hall, a dazzling space at the heart of the hotel that has created new aspirations for lavish events, with 22-metre-high ceilings making it the world’s largest ballroom with country daylight. The hotel also offers advanced beauty and wellness offerings with nine spa and fitness suites, each equipped with its own state-of-the-art treatment rooms and some offering private outdoor terraces and plunge pools.

The luxurious Fairmont Doha includes 270 rooms, 92 suites, four themed suites and a presidential suite, all inspired by the interiors of luxury yachts, as well as an exclusive hotel floor, Fairmont Gold, which is a privileged hotel experience in a hotel. .

Raffles Doha and Fairmont Doha will welcome room bookings after the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Buckle up, revelers, there’s a new place in town making waves for two things in particular: swanky private karaoke rooms and premium oysters.

Until recently, Vancouver was in dire need of establishments offering karaoke in private rooms – longtime spot Fantacity was one of the only places in town to offer this – but now that The switch is openthere is a new spot for the revelry of the sung genre.

In addition to having 16 private rooms (with three deluxe VIP rooms) and a songbook system with approximately 36,000 English songs, Switch also offers some of the most indulgent Izakaya-style restaurants.

The karaoke bar-turned-restaurant offers Kusshi oysters all day for $1.50 — probably one of the best oyster deals in town — but it also has a varied menu, from rack of lamb to lobster in passing by the chicken karaage bowls.

Even those who refrain from karaoke will want to have a good time here, as Switch’s entire forward space features a huge bar and multiple dining tables for parties, dinners, and even lunches.

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Switch’s menu is heavily influenced by seafood, and in addition to the aforementioned oysters, which are served with a mignonette of yuzu pear, the restaurant offers sharing plates like a Kaisen salad (shrimp, scallops, calamari and arugula with a yuzu lime vinaigrette) and a whole lobster with a tomato butter sauce.

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The menu here is incredibly extensive, so be prepared to really indulge. Other offerings include snails with herb butter sauce, Chutoro (fatty blue tuna sashimi from Japan), and Caesar Mentaiko salad with pollock roe, grilled prawns, and mullet bottarga.

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For an unexpected yet amazing downtown lunch deal, head to Switch for one of its lunch box specials, available between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily. The lunch menu includes options like spaghetti with cream and mussels, a lobster burger with truffled mushroom soup and a chicken karaage donburi – all of which cost just $10.95.

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Guests are also invited to enjoy their lunch (or any other menu item) in a karaoke room, which itself offers daily happy hour fare from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

As for Switch’s beverage program, all beer is sourced from local breweries, including its special Japanese-style Ichivan lager. For cocktails that stand out, opt for the bar’s spicy margarita (with house-made garnishes), a classic Caesar or the Cherry Gin Fizz.

The drink menu here, like the food menu, is incredibly extensive. There are cocktails for all tastes, a whole page of special shooters, as well as wine and sake. Those who feel like spending a lot of money can also request bottles of champagne in their room.

Although Switch is a sister location to Fantacity, it certainly enhances the karaoke experience with luxury dining offerings that rival some of the more established restaurants in town.

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One-of-a-kind package includes exclusive F1® and resort access during the inaugural Las Vegas race

$100,000 of each package will benefit the philanthropic efforts of Las Vegas

LA VEGAS, November 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Formula 1® (F1) and Founding Partner Wynn Las Vegas (Nasdaq: WYNN) have joined forces to create the “OFFICIAL HEINEKEN SILVER FORMULA 1 LA VEGAS GRAND PRIX Million Dollar All-Access Experience” for the inaugural race which will take place November 16-18, 2023.

This unprecedented offer will give a group of six people unique access not only to the most exclusive events organized during the Grand Prix, but also to unique and tailor-made events and activities. Only purchasers of this official package will be able to experience the Las Vegas Grand Prix in such style and luxury.

Plus, for every package purchased, F1® and Wynn Las Vegas will donate $100,000 to local philanthropic efforts.

“We’ve partnered with F1® to curate an exclusive selection of premium racing experiences that give fans unparalleled access to race week events, plus world-class amenities from Wynn,” said Brian Gullbrants, president of the Wynn Las Vegas. “The Official F1® All-Access Racing Experience is the perfect example of the bespoke experiences we seek to deliver to our guests.”

“Wynn Las Vegas is the ultimate partner to deliver the caliber of experience we know our global Formula 1® fans have come to expect,” said Emilie PrazerCommercial Director of FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LA VEGAS GREAT PRICE. “We’ve combined the most exclusive access points across the track with Wynn’s ultra-luxurious accommodations and amenities to deliver a better-than-ever package and create the greatest race weekend imaginable.”

Each $1 million The package grants a group of six people access to a collection of official F1® activations not available elsewhere, including full access to the most exclusive VIP areas along the track, such as the ultra-exclusive Wynn Grille Club located in the Paddock Club, plus unique F1® events and experiences throughout the weekend provided by the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

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Plus, the party of six will enjoy Wynn Las Vegas like few others do:

• A four-night stay in a duplex Still 3 Bedroom Duplexcan accommodate all six guests in its three bedrooms with 24-hour butler service, daily breakfast and personalized in-room amenities.

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• Exclusive access to Opening ceremonies, including the red carpet viewing and the weekend’s event launch party. This event is also by invitation only, as no tickets are available for public purchase.

• Dinner for six Delilahthe acclaimed nightlife dining experience, with a menu specially selected by the Executive Chef Joshua Smith and champagne from Dom Pérignon.

• Priority access at the Race Week events, which will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas.

• Wynn Elite tickets for Awakening, the new flagship show at Wynn Las Vegas. Tickets include private seating, a selection of free small bites and premium drinks, and a dedicated server throughout the show.

• A free Spa and Living room treatment for each person.

• A free round of golf at Wynn Golf Club For each.

• Luxury transportation for each person to and from the airport, as well as The Paddock.

• A dedicated ambassador to help priority reservations at Wynn restaurants and nightlife venues.

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The construction works of the Bahir Dar International Stadium are expected to be finalized at a cost of one billion birr in one year. The Amhara region will cover 70% of the cost, while the rest will be covered by Midroc Ethiopia.

The stadium should comply with the 16 basic requirements of the Confederation of African Football. This is the second mega stadium project next to Adey Ababa which is under construction in the heart of Addis with over five billion birr, of which 2.5 billion birr is already spent on the first phase of the construction.

The construction of Bahir Dar Stadium was started in 2008 by Midroc with a budget of 780 million birr. The second phase of the construction of the stadium launched in the presence of Yilkal Kefale (PhD), President of the Amhara Regional State, Temsgen Tiruneh, Director General of the Federal Information and Network Security Agency, Kajela Merdasa , Minister of Culture and Sports, Jemal Ahmed, CEO of Midroc Investment Group, and various investors in the region.

Midroc will remain the main contractor for the project, while MH Engineering has been engaged as a consultant. Construction of the stadium will be completed before all other stadiums are finished and will be fully ready to host international matches, according to Kejela.

Yilkal stressed that the project will have an immense contribution for the sports of the country, “and the main objective is not to start the construction but to complete it”. He also announced that they would not only improve the stadium but also the fenced areas outside to make it more comfortable for the youngsters.

In 2015, the stadium received recognition from CAF and FIFA and successfully hosted various international matches. In March 2015, the stadium hosted the CAF Confederation Cup match between Dedebit and Seychelles’ Cote d’Or.

The stadium also hosted the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Ethiopia and Lesotho. The match brought together more than 70,000 spectators, which greatly exceeded the capacity of the stadium.

However, CAF banned the stadium from hosting international matches after the CAF inspection team checked the stadium in terms of basic organizational requirements. According to the assessment, the playground failed to meet at least seven criteria. Problems in low-quality VIP areas, media centers, training facilities and medical rooms contributed to the ban.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Voters in Missouri will decide on Tuesday whether recreational marijuana should be legal for those 21 and older.

In addition to bringing more jobs to the state, Amendment 3, if approved, is expected to bring in millions of dollars in revenue. While growers, manufacturers and dispensary owners are asking voters to vote “Yes” in the referendum, the head of state is opposed.

“I don’t think the time is right, right now, but we’ll see what happens,” Gov. Mike Parson said.

Parson has previously criticized the amendment, calling it a disaster. Legal Missouri 22 is the campaign behind the initiative petition asking voters if those 21 and older should be allowed to buy, grow, and use marijuana recreationally.

“We know we have a mental health issue, we’re talking about addiction,” Parson said. “I’m not sure adding anything else to that at this point is a very wise decision to do.”

Amendment 3, which will appear on all statewide pollsconsists of the following language:

“Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:

• remove state prohibitions on the purchase, possession, consumption, use, delivery, manufacture and sale of marijuana for personal use for adults over the age of twenty-one;
• requiring a personal cultivation registration card with prescribed limits;
• allow individuals who have committed certain non-violent marijuana-related offenses to seek release from incarceration or parole and probation and have their records expunged;
• establish a lottery selection process to award licenses and certificates;
• issue licenses equitably distributed to each congressional district; and
• impose a 6% tax on the retail price of marijuana for the benefit of various programs?

Legal Missouri 22 said the vast majority of people who have committed a nonviolent offense receive citations for simple possession or arrest for possession of less than 35 grams. Allowing Missourians 21 and older to possess up to three ounces at a time would be the second-highest possession limit in the nation.

Susan Griffith is one of the owners of CAMP Cannabis, a grow facility in St. Louis. After she and her partner received their medical marijuana license in 2018, she wants to expand the business.

“We’re statewide now,” Griffith said. “We are growing every day, we receive new orders every day.”

CAMP currently uses approximately 40,000 square feet of the 100,000 square foot facility. The company grows 26 different cannabis strains, but only 10 are sold statewide.

“As we build, certainly once we start adding our rooms, if we have 33 employees right now with four rooms, when we get to 12 rooms, we’re looking at almost 100 employees and that’s really just for the growing area,” says Griffith.

She served on the drafting committee of Amendment 3, which would tax recreational marijuana at a higher rate than medical. Currently, medical patients pay 4% sales tax. If approved by voters, the recreational pot would be taxed at 6%, then municipalities could add another 3%.

“There are people in our state who travel out of our state to buy products and pay exorbitant amounts of money, and they can stay here now,” Griffith said.

Griffith said she and other industry players want to compete with states like Illinois, which have already approved recreational use. In Lincoln country, products purchased for recreational purposes are taxed based on the amount of THC.

“A lot of people cross the river for gasoline, tobacco and alcohol and I think we’ll gain a lot of consumers in that regard as well,” Griffth said.

The two female partners who own CAMP Cannabis were both previously in the medical field. After voters endorsed medical marijuana in 2018, Griffith said they wanted to be part of the industry.

“My partner and I have both witnessed and have friends who have used medical cannabis to help edibles, and these were edibles they had tried everything and received large doses of pharmaceuticals that caused side effects. secondary,” Griffith said. “We saw a little girl go from having over 300 seizures a day to just a few seizures a month. To be able to see that and see the benefits of that and think why it’s so bad when it has such great effects on people.

Under current state law, each grow facility is allowed to have 30,000 square feet of flowering plants. Griffith said they also have 10,000 square feet dedicated to the CAMP manufacturing facility.

“We also plan to add space for a research and development program as we would really like to get into our own selection,” Griffith said. “The generics we have are exceptionally hard to find, if not impossible, near here, so we would love to be able to take those genetics and create our own genetics.”

Griffith said CAMP has just received its first dispensary license, which will be located in the Third Congressional District, which includes parts of St. Charles, Jefferson, Miller and Cole counties. If passed Nov. 8, medical marijuana dispensaries, grow facilities and manufacturing license holders would first have the opportunity to apply for a full license to sell medical marijuana and recreational; after that, a lottery system would be used for an additional 144 micro licenses, but those who get the smaller business license would also have restrictions on who they can sell their product to.

According to the amendment, those 144 micro-licenses would be issued in three different waves, giving six licenses in all eight congressional districts at once. Under the micro-license, grow facilities will be able to grow up to 250 plants.

Jason Nelson is the managing director of BeLeaf Medical, which operates three production sites, two manufacturing plants and five retail outlets in the St. Louis area. If approved, he said BeLeaf Medical would double its number of employees and help the state from a public health perspective.

“Or they [Missourians] may participate in purchases from the illicit market, and we know that, unfortunately, purchases from the illicit market carry a danger of consumption that there could be contamination of this product because it is not tested,” Nelson said. .

He said his company has a plan if the referendum passes for medical patients. Those with a medical card would receive what he calls a “VIP experience.”

“From the beginning, we are implementing a fast line, easy line pickup, line pickup with delivery is an option to ensure that medical patients are still entitled to participate in the marketplace,” Nelson said.

He hopes some Illinois residents will come to the Show-Me State to buy recreational pot because the tax rate will be cheaper.

“You can buy 3.5 grams of flowers in this store right now for anywhere in the ballpark between $15 and $25, all the way up to $50,” Nelson said. “That same 3.5 gram tested flower, you can hop across the river to Illinois and be between $60 and $80 with or without tax.”

Legal Missouri 22 originated the initiative petition. Campaign manager John Payne previously said Legal Missouri 22 collected 400,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office certified 215,000 of the signatures. If approved by voters, it would change the state constitution, like medical marijuana and Medicaid expansion.

Since the medical marijuana industry opened its doors to patients two years ago, the state has brought in about $495 million, sending about 5% of that, or about $27 million, to services. veterans’ health. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) said there are approximately 204,000 patients and 3,000 licensed caregivers in Missouri.

The DHSS has no position on the success or failure of Amendment 3 on the November ballot, but would be obligated to put the program into effect. But if the measure is approved by voters, how soon will Missourians be able to buy recreational marijuana, and how is the state preparing to roll out the program?

As for when could Missourians 21 and older buy recreational marijuana if voters approve of it? DHSS believes that will be February 2023. The state has 30 days after it is passed to publish the rules and regulations, and then dispensaries, grow facilities, and manufacturers have 60 days to apply for their licenses.

The referendum also includes revisions to the medical marijuana program. If approved, Amendment 3 would extend the validity of medical marijuana cards. Currently, medical cards are only valid for one year, but if the initiative is passed, they would be valid for three years and the cost would remain at $25.

It also increases the amount of medical marijuana a patient can purchase from 4 ounces of dried marijuana flower to 6 ounces per month. The revisions also include allowing a nurse practitioner to certify a patient’s medical marijuana card instead of just a doctor.

Missouri’s NAACP is asking voters to vote “No” on the ballot, saying approving recreational marijuana would not diversify the industry. In the 40-page amendment document, it says that if approved by voters, an “equity director” would establish a program dedicated to communities that have been impacted by the ban on marijuana on the licensing process and provide resources for those interested in licensing.

To read the full version of the constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana, click here.

It’s been a very exciting year on the football field for many of South Dakota’s high school teams and it will culminate with some of them having a shot at winning a state championship next weekend.

All South Dakota High School Football State Championship games will be played inside the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, SD.

After a highly entertaining semifinal on Friday, the matchups for all state championship games are set.

Here’s a rundown of all South Dakota State title matchups on the football field.

Class 11AAA – Saturday at 7 p.m.

No. 1 Sioux Falls Jefferson vs. No. 3 Harrisburg

Class 11AA – Saturday at 1 p.m.

Tea Zone #2 vs. Stone #1

Class 11A – Friday at 7:30 p.m.

No. 2 West Central vs. No. 1 Dell Rapids

Class 11B – Friday at 2:30 p.m.

Winner #1 vs. #3 Elk Point-Jefferson

Class 9AA – Friday at 10:30 a.m.

Wall #1 vs. Parkston #6

Class 9A – Thursday at 7 p.m.

#1 Warner vs. #3 Gregory

Class 9B – Thursday at 11 a.m.

No. 1 Herreid-Selby Area vs. No. 2 Hitchcock-Tulare

All games can be seen on the South Dakota Public Broadcast and tickets for the game are all general admission and can be purchased at the USD box office and at the door.

For more information on the schools involved as well as other high school sports in South Dakota, you can visit the SDHSAA website.

No words can ever do justice to the uniqueness of Father Marius Zerafa, OP. His spirit was renowned and his personality filled the rooms with the light and love he embodied so warmly. It’s no surprise that he regularly replies “If I got better, I’d be dangerous” when asked how he was doing.

My “ugly cousin”, as I called him, was brave and had a great sense of humor. Honest, humble, hard-working and endearingly hard-headed. He was inherently kind and empathetic by nature, never too busy for anyone who asked for his help, never expecting anything in return. He lovingly introduced me, saying, “He’s my favorite cousin.”

A conversation with him at the priory or in a nearby cafe was usually followed by a tour of his cell and studio which housed his works of art and “true fakes”, spilling out into the adjacent hallway. Visitors were greeted by a sign reading “Bless this mess!”. A free spirit with a magnificent soul, those who have crossed paths will surely agree.

Others who may not know him will notice that his formidable persona shines from the first pages of his as yet unpublished book, Memories, which he completed a week before his disappearance. His many accomplishments, vast and impressive as they are and have been, need not be repeated here.

My earliest memory of him as a little girl is when he helped my dad decide on the most appropriate place to hang a large picture at home. In the end, it was hung in the only suitable place available, above a fireplace, on the condition that we never had to relight the fire again.

I felt disappointed as I liked to roast chestnuts over the flames and thought it was cheeky of her to order us. At the time, I never imagined that, in the years that followed, he would become an integral part of my life – my teacher and mentor and, later, my rock and confidant – whom I loved to all heart.

It was that of my grandfather, Paul Boffa, the greatest admirer-Lara Boffa