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title: “Off The Deep End” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “James Hardin” Barely 100 days into his tenure at the Finance Ministry, Sarkozy has focused on the most controversial pocketbook issue in French politics: the nation’s 35-hour workweek. This revolutionary labor law, passed by the previous Socialist government, went into effect in 2000. It was supposed to be a panacea for the jobless, founded on the peculiarly European notion that if more people work less (but keep the same salaries as when they worked more) lots of good jobs will be created....

The concept of grid girls seems to pervade a message of women being primarily ’eye candy’ or some form of window dressing for Formula 1, as opposed to being potentially involved. This unfortunately strongly entrenched ideal could, in and of itself, be discouraging to women keen to take up the sport. The number of women active in the sport is abysmally low: for numerical comparison, there have only ever been five women who have competed in Formula One, which is less than half the number of male drivers in any given race....

Kramaric: Leicester will never repeat last season After leaving Sporting Gijon, the Spanish defender joined the reigning Premier League champions on a free transfer in June, signing a four-year deal. But the 27-year-old, having made eight appearances in all competitions, is already on the move again, exiting the King Power Stadium in favour of a return to La Liga. A product of Real Madrid’s academy, Hernandez’s long throw helped to set up Marc Albrighton’s strike against Club Brugge, the Foxes’ first goal of their debut Champions League campaign....

The Pokeballs are being released, at least initially, as part of the Pokemon the Movie 20: I Choose You! marketing campaign. The film retells the origin of the Pokemon cartoon’s protagonists, Ash and Pikachu. Fittingly, the first set of 6 Pokeballs to be released will include the special Pokeball featuring a lightning bolt that Ash keeps Pikachu in. That set also includes a Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Master Ball, Premium Ball, and normal Pokeball....

Perhaps the most unexpected of the stream’s announcements came at the midway point, however, with the company announcing a new online take on the series called Super Mario Bros. 35. The game looks to be a hilarious twist on the battle royale genre, with 35 players duking it out through old-school Super Mario Bros. inspired maps in an effort to be the last Mario standing. RELATED: Footlocker Leaks PUMA Super Mario Sneakers...

Bills receiver Sammy Watkins caught the ball and rolled out of bounds near midfield with two seconds remaining. Many believed Watkins had given his team a chance to make one last desperate heave toward the end zone. The officials, however, ruled him to be still in bounds, and the final seconds ticked off. The play was not reviewable. The Patriots won 20-13. MORE: Top fantasy waiver wire pickups for Week 12 | Bad calls are ruining games After the game, referee Gene Steratore defended the call by saying Watkins “had given himself up in the field of play,” which kept the clock running....

The Buckeyes won by 22. MORE: Urban’s Way: Ruthless, relentless equals more titles | SN early Top 10 | Hey, SEC, Big Ten’s back The wager will prove costly; the company is expected to shell out up to $1.5 million in refunds to about 500 customers in Ohio and Kentucky. You can’t blame Morris for trying. Oregon was favored in Las Vegas, and based on its Rose Bowl blowout of Florida State all signs pointed to a close game....

And yet, this rivalry has become one of the most one-sided affairs in college football this millennium, with the Buckeyes posting a 15-3 record since 2000. What will it take for the Wolverines to add to get a few more wins on the board? MORE: SN’s post-spring top 25 This week, Sporting News is looking at five rivalries that have taken on a one-sided feel, and whether that will change in 2018....

The video starts off at the Sugar Bowl against Alabama and works through some of the bigger moments in the Ohio State season. It makes reference to the Buckeyes having to deal with injuries and the final battle coming for the first championship under the new system. MORE: Numbers that Matter: Ohio State vs. Oregon | Ohio State’s road to the championship It all ends with a single, glimmering shot of the National Championship Trophy....

How would the Buckeyes have fared against either Clemson or Alabama the night before? Ohio State looked a lot like a playoff contender against Michigan and Notre Dame. In those two wins, J.T. Barrett totaled 324 passing yards, 235 rushing yards and 5 TDs. Elliott had 366 rushing yards and six TDs. PLAYOFFS: Five things for Alabama-Clemson final | QBs are key | TV ratigns abysmal That’s enough to ask the annual obligatory question....

Texas A&M freshman Patrick Kypson appeared to spit in his hand before attempting his postgame handshake with Ohio State freshman J.J. Wolf. Wolf avoided the handshake. MORE: Most talked-about moments from the 2018 Winter Olympics The incident happened on Friday, as the No. 6 Aggies made the trip to Columbus to take on No. 2 Ohio State. Wolf defeated Kypson in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Kypson was disciplined for his actions and did not appear in Sunday’s match against No....

No. 5 Ohio State (13-1) managed to hold off a second-half resurgence by No. 9 Washington (10-4) to win the Rose Bowl, 28-23. That gives Urban Meyer a career 83-9 record at Ohio State. The Buckeyes raced out to a 28-3 lead. After scoring with 8:23 left in the third, however, Ohio State allowed the Huskies to get back in the game with a 20-0 run that nearly ended in one of the most amazing Rose Bowl comebacks we’ve ever seen....

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed the finalists for its major awards Monday night. The winners will be announced next week. Ohtani figures to be in a tight race with Yankees infielders Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres after a historic first season with the Los Angeles Angels. The two-way Japanese sensation was 4-2 with a 3.31 ERA as a starting pitcher before an elbow injury forced him off the mound....

Ohtani, who is now batting .275 this season, hit his seventh home run. He was cleared to hit earlier this week after suffering an elbow injury, but has not yet been cleared to pitch. The Japanese sensation has been even better than advertised this season, and he helped get the Angels (46-45) back above .500 this season. Andrew Heaney started the game for the Angels, and he allowed just three runs with 10 strikeouts in seven innings....

“I believe that people are created by God to be male or female. Period,” Stitt said in a statement. “There is no such thing as non-binary sex and I wholeheartedly condemn the purported OSDH court settlement that was entered into by rogue activists who acted without receiving proper approval or oversight.” Kit Lorelied, who was born in Oklahoma but now lives in Oregon, identified as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns....

Murray beat out Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on 56 ballots submitted by AP college football poll voters and announced Thursday. Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. was third. “It’s humbling and an honor to be named AP Player of the Year, to be mentioned in the same realm as a lot of great players, a lot of hall of famers,” Murray said. “It’s a special deal for me and hopefully I can continue to make my family and teammates proud....

“We are pleased to be part of a vaccination program that will help put an end to this pandemic,” Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby said in a Saturday press release. “Vaccinations are one of the many measures we can take to help make our communities safer for everyone.” Anoatubby added, “Wearing masks, responsible distancing and washing our hands will help protect our family, friends and neighbors and quicken our return to a more normal state of affairs....

Riley relayed the news to reporters in a Tuesday Zoom meeting when he was asked about the possibility of players being featured at multiple positions. Riley said he learned of the positive tests the night before practice, resulting in a scramble to quarantine effected players. “We lose all but one person at a position group — a major position group on the field — and we have to practice that day with a position where we had multiple players on the field at one time and we had one player there,” Riley said....

With how many quality titles Obsidian Entertainment has released, there are many examples of what defines its games and makes the studio so successful. One of the biggest strengths of the studio is its writing. Games like The Stick of Truth, Fallout: New Vegas, and The Outer Worlds all feature vastly different themes, characters, tones, and voices. However, the writing stands out in all three for its creativity, engaging nature, and how deep characters....

The goal of OT is to help a person who is injured, ill, or disabled do things that are important to them and to work on solutions to problems that interfere with their ability to do so. Occupational therapists (OTs) may help with areas such as self-care, school or work, leisure activities, and more. ST (also called speech-language pathology) focuses specifically on challenges with communication and/or feeding/swallowing. Read on to learn more about OT and ST and how they intersect....