Self Portrait, using remote, timer and all natural light.
PP in CS5 to desaturate image, add contrast, also applied minor curves adjustments.
Please feel free to give feedback, thanks.
Lighting is just a little to harsh on the right side and could def. use fill on the left (reflector). The shadow cutting across the chest is a distraction and appears to be the top of a window (maybe adjust the heighth at which you are posing to eliminate). Compositionally it just misses for me. It looks as though you are lurching forward and possibly crouching down into the picture and seems unnatural. I think that you are on the right track though. The lighting situation looks like it could really come out nice given another oppertunity. Good job!
Whilst I agree it/you look/s slightly unnatural, I think the lighting is great. The shadow on the chest is no distraction for me. Maybe it's the hair product, I don't know.
Because this is a composed set shot and not a candid I thunk that the shadow along the chest should be addressed. If you were having a portrait done and you got the photos back and there was a top of a window sitting across your chest would you be happy? And Judging by the sharp edges of the shadows on the left shoulder the lighting is too harsh. Perhaps waiting for the sun to get a little higher in the sky would help or a reflector for fill. If this were a candid it would be great but it is not. (a candid). I am not trying to be rude just giving constructive criticism.
I shot it me with directly in the window so there was nothing to soften or diff use the light.
I think the shot is great and I'm a fan of the lighting as well. We don't have to be fearful of darker shadows and I like the way this looks.
My personal choice for this photo would be to shave a bit off of the left side and the bottom in crop (this would tame the "unnatural" look of the photo), otherwise I think it's a winner.
As for the inability to diffuse try waiting for a time of day when the sun is not directly coming through the window.
The sun, as odd as it sounds, when coming directly through a window acts as a small light. Small light=harsh shadows. Waiting for the sun to move up a bit and out of the direct area creates a big light and less harsh shadows.
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Thanks for that explanation and the sketch.
The lighting is fine. If you do the classical light setup, then your shot looks like the boring, stamped out commercial portrait studio shot which is a total, yawn.
Obviously these types of things are subjective. Here is an example of what I was talking about.
Crop is better though, although I would have still cropped off some from the left instead of the right.
Interpreted more simply: avoid direct sunlight.
High or low contrast is an aesthetic choice each can make independently: this isn't a rule of thumb.


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"""a helper class for the CustomMonitor function"""

class genSow(object):
    """
a configurable Monitor generator
    """
    def __init__(self,**kwds):
        """
Build a Monitor, with channels for the provided properties
Takes **kwds of the form property="doc".
        """
        self.__args = [] #NOTE: self.__args must be subset of kwds.keys()
        self.__dict = kwds
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        self.__calllist = []
        self.__argslist = []
        self.__methlist = []
        self.__proplist = []
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            self.__calllist.append('self._%s.append(kwds["%s"])' % (key,key))
            self.__argslist.append('self._%s.append(%s)' % (key,key))
            self.__methlist.append('def get_%s(self): return self._%s' % (key,key))
            self.__proplist.append('%s = property(get_%s, doc="%s")' % (key,key,value))
        return

    def __call__(self,*args):
        """
Takes string names of properties (given as *args), and sets the
corresponding properties as required inputs for the Monitor.
        """
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        exec(self._genClass()) # generates Monitor()
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       #return self._genClass()

    def _genClass(self):
        """append the code blocks for the entire Monitor class"""
        code = self.__genHead() + \
               self.__genInit() + \
               self.__genCall() + \
               self.__genMeth() + \
               self.__genProp()
        return code

    def __genHead(self):
        """build the code block for the Monitor class header"""
        code0 = """
class Monitor(object):
"""
        return code0

    def __genInit(self):
        """build the code block for the Monitor class __init__ method"""
        code1 = """
    def __init__(self):
"""
        for line in self.__initlist:
            code1 += "        %s\n" % line
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    def __genCall(self):
        """build the code block for the Monitor class __call__ method"""
        code2 = """
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            code2 += " %s," % arg
        code2 += """ **kwds):
"""
        for line in self.__calllist:
            code2 += "        try: %s\n" % line
            code2 += "        except: pass\n"
        for line in self.__argslist:
            code2 += "        try: %s\n" % line
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        return code2

    def __genMeth(self):
        """build the code block for the remaining Monitor class methods"""
        code3 = """
"""
        for line in self.__methlist:
            code3 += "    %s\n" % line
        return code3

    def __genProp(self):
        """build the code block for the Monitor class properties"""
        code4 = """
"""
        for line in self.__proplist:
            code4 += "    %s\n" % line
        return code4

if __name__=='__main__':
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod(verbose=True)

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Updated: Jun 25, 2021 / 04:06 PM MDT
(MYSTERY WIRE) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has published the long-awaited UFO / UAP report Congress asked for last year.
The government has no explanation for the unidentified aerial phenomena that has captured the attention of the nation after a number of reports and videos of the flying objects were made public.
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SHOULD EMPLOYERS BE REQUIRED TO GIVE 'PRAYER BREAKS' TO MUSLIM EMPLOYEES?
A dispute between Somali Muslim workers and a Wisconsin manufacturing plant has centered around prayer breaks, as CAIR has filed a religious discrimination complaint on the workers' behalf.
he Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a religious discrimination complaint on Tuesday, in an ongoing debate over prayer breaks between a Wisconsin manufacturing company and Muslim workers.
Ariens Co., which manufactures snow blowers and lawnmowers at a plant outside Green Bay, Wis., fired seven of its Muslim employees in January, and another 14 resigned, after the company told Muslim workers they should stop taking an extra break for prayer, Laura Putre reported for Industry Week.
The prayer break dispute has reached its fifth month without resolution and highlights the challenges of balancing religious accommodation with work schedules, especially in a multicultural setting.
The company had hired the workers, Somali immigrants from Green Bay, several months earlier and accommodated them with both prayer rooms and a bus service to help with the 40-minute commute. A dispute arose in January after the non-Muslim workers complained the Somali workers were taking extra breaks for prayer time, sometimes without communicating with supervisors. The company told workers to stick to two 10-minute breaks, and 53 workers walked off the job in protest.
Muslim beliefs require five daily prayers, spaced throughout the day, and many Muslims adjust their prayer times to accommodate work, school, or travel. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires employers to accommodate a religious practice such as prayer unless it causes the company "undue hardship" by decreasing "workplace efficiency."
"Unless they can prove 'undue hardship,' and that is definitely what is at the heart of the matter," then the policy change is illegal," Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's national communications director told The Christian Science Monitor in January. "What one company thinks is an undue hardship is not actually. It is always a matter of debate and compromise."
The company hired translators to help navigate the cultural and linguistic barriers in the prayer-break dispute. The workers offered to take their third break without pay, but the company was concerned about the cost of work stoppages.
"My advice to any employer is before you take an action … see if there's a way to work it out without escalating the situation. Because a lot of the time, usually a consensus can be reached," Susan Warner, an employment attorney with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, told Industry Week. "My impression is that [Ariens] does value these employees, and this [breakdown in communication] may be a cultural thing."
In representing the Muslim workers, CAIR said it will push to have them reinstated with back pay.
"In this case, it seemed that things were going well. Ariens obviously had Muslim employees that were taking their prayer breaks and operating efficiently," Mr. Hooper told the Monitor. "What changed?"
The company spokeswoman noted that hiring the Somali workers had increased the number of Muslims at the plant significantly, so although the company does not discourage religious observance – even providing prayer rooms – the breaks had a bigger impact, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
Since CAIR has filed an official complaint, the Milwaukee office of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will conduct a months-long investigation to determine whether the group can file a lawsuit on behalf of the workers, the Press-Gazette reported.
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..... Personally I don't think that people who will not assimilate to The Constitutional Republic of The United States of America ,her laws and customs etc. should be allowed inside the borders of the U.S. and her territories. My personal advice to all employers is ....DO NOT HIRE THEM ! These people , while smiling at you and pretending to be so nice to you, are taking the money that they in-graciously earn from you to Mosque where they tithe to Islam . A portion of each tithe is then sent to support terrorist groups around the planet who perform the Jihad for all of Islam . There is no peaceful Islam . Only Islam with each Islamist doing their small part to advance Islam to world dominance . A world government called Islam with a world law called Sharia and killing anyone and everyone who will not submit to Islam as commanded by their book The Koran .
In the United States you work 8 hours a day, your entitled to two 15-minute breaks without leaving the building, and any where from a 1/2 hour -1-Hour lunch break which you must clock out for, and with in that time limit do what ever you wish to do, as long as your back from your dinner break on time, and if not, then you should consult with your supervisor ahead of that time. We don't care how may times they feel the need to pray because it seems they have taken prayers out of our schools, and work places, and they work here in our states, which provide enough breaks and lunch for them to do their praying at that time. Otherwise, go work some where else. Why would this be okay for them to take extra breaks and while others are still working and not getting the extra time for an extra break. If everybody took these kind of breaks nothing would get done. There is a reason for people to work and that is to produce what ever products they serve the purpose for. And why are they able to even pray at work, and at school, when our kids aren't allowed any longer. Here we go again, this is United States, and they follow our rules, and our laws, we don't follow theirs, nor should be have to honor theirs. They can pray when they get off for lunch, or go home, hell if they want to they can pray right where they are standing at while they work. You can pray without have to kneel. If it were up to me, they would be able to pray all day long if they liked, because they would be in their own country instead of being here.
It's really not a difficult situation; something can very likely be worked out- and 10 minutes of prayer is not different from somebody taking a cigarette break- and there's plenty of jobs where people seem to do that all day.
Also, mosques have been heavily scrutinized by the FBI since 2001 and findings all lead to the fact that 'collecting money for global terrorists' is largely done far more on the internet than anywhere else- not in mosque collections. Moreover, especially since then, mainly because of a renewed commitment among mosque leaders to confront extremism and function and practice as bastions of their communities as any other common church would- like holding weekend classes for children, offer charity to the poor, provide counseling services and conducting interfaith programs.
Also, in Islam, sharia ("the Way" to God) theoretically governs every human act. But Muslims do not agree on what sharia says; there is no one sharia book of laws. Most mosques in America do not teach Islamic law for a simple reason: It's too complicated for the average believer and even for some imams.
Islamic law includes not only the Koran and the Sunna (the traditions of the prophet Muhammad) but also great bodies of arcane legal rulings and pedantic scholarly interpretations (known as Jurisprudence). If mosques forced Islamic law upon their congregants, most Muslims would probably leave -- just as most Christians might walk out of the pews if preachers gave sermons exclusively on Saint Augustine, canon law and Greek grammar. Instead, mosques study the Koran and the Sunna and how the principles and stories in those sacred texts apply to their everyday lives.


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401(k) Plan Eligibility
Generally, any business may have a 401(k) plan. In establishing a plan, the employer sets the eligibility requirements. For example, employees under the age of 21 or who have not accrued one year of service may be excluded.
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Employer contributions1 – Employers may contribute, on behalf of each eligible employee, up to 25% of their compensation or $58,000 (less employee contributions) for 2021 and $61,000 for 2022, whichever is less.
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Media reports identified the Russian official as Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia's central bank who was targeted with USA sanctions.
Butina was charged by prosecutors in July with acting as an agent of Russia's government and conspiracy to take actions on behalf of Moscow.
As a part of the plea agreement, Butina also acknowledged that she arranged for a delegation to attend the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast.
"When I heard something was going on around her, for a start I asked the heads of our secret services, 'Who is she?' Nobody knows anything about her", President Vladimir Putin said in a televised appearance in Moscow on Tuesday, the day after Butina said in a filing she wanted to change her plea.
Erickson helped Butina target Republican officials and pave the way for access to an unnamed "wealthy and well-connected U.S. person" who hosted "friendship dinners where other wealthy and influential Americans discussed U.S. -Russia relations".
In a court filing connected to her plea deal, prosecutors stated that at least two other people, in addition to Torshin, aided in Butina's conspiracy.
On Thursday, she admitted to infiltrating influential political groups in the US on behalf of high-ranking Russian officials with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Butina's initiative came during what the USA intelligence community has said was a concerted Russian government effort to help elect Trump, including by hacking and distributing emails stolen from Democrats.
Appearing before Judge Tanya Chutkan, she admitted to conspiring to work with Alexander Torshin, a former deputy governor of Russia's central bank, and two USA citizens as a Russian agent from 2015 until her 2018 arrest.
In a statement Wednesday, Erickson's lawyer, William Hurd, said, "Paul Erickson is a good American". She agreed to turn over any evidence of crimes she is aware of, submit a full accounting of her financial assets, sit for interviews with law enforcement (and waive right to counsel during those interviews) and testify before grand juries or in trials in Washington or elsewhere. The campaign declined a meeting, but documents provided to Congress show Butina and Torshin met briefly during the event with Donald Trump Jr., one of the president's sons. It also described how Butina and a "wealthy and well-connected USA person"-previously identified as conservative writer and Rockefeller heir George O'Neill Jr. -hosted "friendship dinners", where she aimed to forge ties to politically connected Washingtonians with the ear of the Trump administration".
The court has not yet set a sentencing date, but set a status hearing for February 12, the Washington Post reported. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, though the defense noted Thursday that federal sentencing guidelines recommend no time to six months. He was hit with sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department in April.
"We arrested this young woman because we need dirt on Trump and Russian Federation".
There are Facebook photos showing her posing for pictures with the NRA. But prosecutors Erik Kenerson and Thomas Saunders left open the possibility they would write a letter seeking leniency for Butina depending on the extent of her cooperation.
The lunar program ushered in a new era for China to explore the universe and peaceful utilization of space. The far side is such a place, as the body of the moon shields against radio interference from the earth.


Wooden Nickel Dedication Program October 1991.
A man who grew up on Woodward Street in Lancaster tells how his family sold their house and moved to the suburbs in the 1940's, around the time the photo on the left was taken, because, well, the neighborhood had changed with all the black people who'd moved there.
"What's white flight?" a young white teen asked during a 1993 tour of the building in the photo.
A sign on the corner tavern in the photo says "Ortlieb's Beer." You may recognize the intersection of South Queen Street and Howard Avenue. South Queen was a two-way street.
By the 1980's the tavern was called the Wooden Nickel and had become a center for cocaine dealing (owner Dallas Maurice Bowers disappeared before sentencing in Lancaster County court in 1988 and today lives openly in Houston, TX). The bar was shut down and the building was bought and renovated by Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity.
At the time the crack cocaine epidemic was raging. Crack vials crunched underfoot. I heard gunfire on almost a weekly basis; saw a man with a straight-edge razor threaten a teen; saw young white people driving in to purchase drugs from dealers.
Saw a boy of about 10 on a bicycle zip past police searching for a dropped stash amid all the trash on the sidewalk, scoop up the bag and pedal away.
Saw a junkie-dealer dance on the street wearing a white helmet in mockery of DADDS (Demonstrators Against Drug Dealers).
Marched with people in protest of the shooting of 18-year-old Debbie Rivera by a 13-year-old boy on the playground of Carter-MacCrae Elementary School.
Walked with unarmed citizens' patrols carrying only walkie-talkies.
Today Lancaster is amazingly revitalized. The credit is due not to any one person or project, but to a cast of hundreds. To name just a few: Calvin Duncan, the retired Lancaster police captain who was president of DADDS, (he passed away in 2006); Tom Hyson (who died earlier this year); the pastors, priests and many people of faith who kept their hands on the tiller: Rev. Louis Butcher, Rev. Edward Bailey, Rev. Albert Belton, Rev. Betsy Iseminger and her husband Jon, Father Pete Greenfield; the good people of the Crispus Attucks Center, the Urban League, and the Spanish-American Civic Association; and the many hard-working families who purchased or rented homes in this former no-man's land.
And yes, the mayors, city council people, and the good people of city hall.
The new shops on East King Street are astonishing. Lancaster has become the western terminus of Main Line Philadelphia. White people (and their money) are returning in droves. Once the county bled the city; now the children and grandchildren of people who fled to the suburbs are back. Here there is affordable housing compared to their families' quarter-acre mansion-ettes. The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design moved here; the Fulton Opera House was beautifully renewed; Frances Veri and Michael Jamanis founded a musical legacy here. Small businesses have bloomed.
The convention center and Marriott Hotel helped insofar as they certainly created buzz but please... Lancaster's real heroes are the everyday people who work without seeking the spotlight or taking undue credit. Here's to the heroes.


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A healthy Glen Perkins is a dominant Glen Perkins.
The two time All-Star closer struggled in the second half of last season, posting a 4.84 ERA after the break before shutting himself down in mid-September with a forearm injury.
Now healthy, Perkins is a perfect five-for-five in save appearances and is looking better than ever. He has struck out eight batters while surrendering no walks and the St. Paul native has allowed just five hits as his ERA sits at an impressive 1.13.
Perkins is sitting at the back of what has been a strong Minnesota bullpen, a unit that is partly responsible for helping the Twins improve their record to 8-10 after a forgettable 1-6 start.
In front of Perkins this year is Casey Fien, possibly the most underrated eighth inning set-up man in baseball. He finished 8th league-wide in holds last year and is off to a fantastic start in 2015, posting a 0.60 WHIP through 8.1 innings pitched.
With Perkins looking even better than the player who has been named to the American League All-Star team each of the past two years and Fien able to get batters out at will right now, if the Twins get to the final two innings with a lead they look to be one of the toughest teams in baseball to take down. But getting there has been a little difficult in the early parts of the 2015 season.
The bullpen's efforts have been bogged down by one of the most inconsistent starting staffs in baseball and slow starts to the season from fellow relievers Tim Stauffer and Blaine Boyer, but even things are turning around for them.
Stauffer's ERA on the season currently sits on the wrong side of seven but he was the winning pitcher two nights ago in Seattle and didn't allow a run in his outing before that against the Royals.
After allowing five earned runs over his first four appearances (3.0 innings), Boyer has settled in with his new team and not allowed a run over his last 5.2 innings, surrendering only two hits.
With the Twins going 6-4 over their last ten games, a major task is ahead of them with the Twins facing the Tigers, who swept Minnesota in Detroit to open the season.
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Princess Wanda (reputedly lived in 8th century Poland) was the daughter of Krakus, legendary founder of Kraków. Upon her father's death, she became queen of the Poles, but committed suicide to avoid an unwanted marriage to a German.

Wanda legend first told by Kadłubek

The first written record of the legend of Wanda was by the Polish chronicler Wincenty Kadłubek. In this version of the story Wanda ruled Poland after the legendary Polish king Krakus. When her lands were invaded by an "Alamann tyrant", who sought to take advantage of the previous ruler's death, Wanda led her troops out to meet him. Seeing her beauty, the German troops refused to fight and their leader committed suicide. Towards the end of the story Kadłubek states that "the river Vandalus is named after" her and hence the people she ruled over were known as "Vandals". In this version Wanda remained unmarried and had a long life.

Later versions of the legend

Subsequent versions of the story differ significantly. In the version from the Wielkopolska Chronicle, the German leader, Rytygier (Rüdiger), first wanted to marry Wanda and invaded her lands only when she refused. Here, he died during the ensuing battle, while it was Wanda who afterward committed suicide, as a thanks and a sacrifice to the pagan gods who gave her victory. In yet other versions of the story, Wanda commits suicide, by throwing herself into the Vistula river, because she knows that as long as she is alive, there will be future potential suitors who will use her refusal to marry as a pretext for an invasion.

Historiography
The story of princess Wanda was first described by medieval (12th and 13th centuries) Polish bishop and historian, Wincenty Kadłubek, and it is assumed by most historians that it was invented by him, possibly based on Slavic myths and legends, although some historians see the legend rooted in Scandinavian or Ancient Roman (or Greek) traditions.

The Kadłubek version has the German prince, not princess Wanda, committing suicide: according to Kadłubek, the princess lived a long and happy life, forever remaining a virgin. It was only in the 13–14th century Wielkopolska Chronicle that the variant with Wanda committing suicide was popularized by the 15th-century historian, Jan Długosz.

Cultural influences
Tradition has it that she is buried in the large Wanda Mound (). A custom observed up to the 19th century was that at Pentecost bonfires were lit on this mound, located on the outskirts of Kraków in Nowa Huta, the industrial district established in 1949. Nowa Huta construction begun on the name day of Wanda (23 June), and she is a semi-official patron of that district, which has a trade center, street, bridge and  stadium bearing her name.

The German poet Zacharias Werner wrote a drama named Wanda, which under Werner's friend Goethe was performed on stage in 1809.

In Polish literature, the story of Wanda has served as inspiration of several works, often stressing the themes of Polish independence and victorious conflict with Germany.

The Polish poet C.K. Norwid visited the Mound in 1840. He subsequently composed the narrative poem Wanda in honor of the ancient princess.

The Serbian dramatist Matija Ban made Wanda the symbol of Poland in his 1868 play, Wanda, the Polish Queen.

Antonín Dvořák composed the fifth of his 11 operas, the tragedy Vanda around this episode in Polish history legends. Writing in 1875, he cast the story as a struggle between the pagan Slavs and the Christian Germans.

In 1890, a statue designed by the Polish artist Jan Matejko depicting an eagle turning to the west was mounted on top of the mound. On the base of the statue the inscription WANDA was carved, together with two swords and a distaff.

Scholars Albina Kruszewska and Marion Coleman described Queen Wanda as having "the pure white chastity of Elaine, the filial devotion of Cordelia, and the iron will of Boadicea".

References

Further reading
Anstruther & Sekalski, Old Polish Legends, Hippocrene Books; 2nd edition, May, 1997.
Kraków District Guide, OAG Cities Guides, 2007.
 Cabras, Francesco. 2016. "The Legend of Wanda in Jan Kochanowski's Elegy I 15". In: Studi Slavistici 12 (February), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.13128/Studi_Slavis-17969.

External links

Wanda: A Tragic Opera in Five Acts
The Legend of Wanda

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Dallas Cowboys hire Mike McCarthy as new head coach
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy looks on from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Detroit, Michigan, October 7, 2018. Former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is joining the Dallas Cowboys as the franchise's next head coach, the team announced Tuesday. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fired former head coach Jason Garrett after 10 seasons, a move the team announced late Sunday. "We are extremely grateful to Jason Garrett for his more than 20 years of service to the Dallas Cowboys as a player, assistant coach, and head coach," Jones said in a statement. McCarthy, 56, brings a wealth of experience to the Cowboys, winning 61.8% of his regular-season games in 13 seasons, from 2006 to 2018, with the Green Bay Packers.
Mike McCarthy hired as next Dallas Cowboys coach: sources
DALLAS, Texas -- A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy have agreed on a deal for the former Green Bay coach to replace Jason Garrett.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the Cowboys haven't announced the hiring.McCarthy interviewed over the weekend before the Cowboys had announced Garrett wasn't returning. Garrett had an expiring contract coming off a make-or-break season that ended with Dallas missing the playoffs for the sixth time in his nine full seasons.The 56-year-old McCarthy won a Super Bowl with the Packers on the Cowboys' home field nine years ago. Green Bay made nine trips to the playoffs in his 13 years. McCarthy was fired in the middle of what ended up being a second straight losing season for the Packers in 2018.
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Dallas Cowboys hire Mike McCarthy as head coach, sources say
DALLAS, Texas -- A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy have agreed on a deal for the former Green Bay coach to replace Jason Garrett.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the Cowboys haven't announced the hiring.McCarthy interviewed over the weekend before the Cowboys had announced Garrett wasn't returning. Garrett had an expiring contract coming off a make-or-break season that ended with Dallas missing the playoffs for the sixth time in his nine full seasons.The 56-year-old McCarthy won a Super Bowl with the Packers on the Cowboys' home field nine years ago. Green Bay made nine trips to the playoffs in his 13 years. McCarthy was hired in the middle of what ended up being a second straight losing season for the Packers in 2018.
Dallas Cowboys is cutting ties with head coach Jason Garrett after 10 seasons
Head coach Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys looks down after a ruling against them during the first quarter at Lincoln Financial Field on December 22, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Dallas Cowboys will not retain head coach Jason Garrett after 10 seasons, according to Jerry Jones, the owner and general manager of the Cowboys. "We are extremely grateful to Jason Garrett for his more than 20 years of service to the Dallas Cowboys as a player, assistant coach and & head coach," Jones said in a statement released late Sunday. The Giants also made a coaching move after the season, firing head coach Pat Shurmur after two seasons. Garrett would finish his tenure as the Cowboys coach with an overall record of 85-67 in 152 games, going 2-3 in five postseason contests.
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Lawsuit could open sports gambling across U.S.
With the start of college basketball's March Madness less than a month away, Las Vegas is gearing up for some action. Last year, gamblers in Nevada -- where sports betting is legal -- placed an estimated $240 million in bets on the tournaments. A court battle pitting New Jersey against the NCAA and major pro sports leagues could determine whether other states could also soon see a piece of that action. Mike McCarthy, reporter and columnist for "Sporting News" joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" with more on the lawsuit and its potential impact.


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Only God can take my life – Tinubu
..Says he is hale and hearty
Tinubu
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has affirmed the supremacy of God on every human being, saying only Him alone has the authority to take his life when it is time.
He however, stated that he is "Hale and hearty," after a successful medical trip in United Kingdom.
Tinubu made the remarks on Sunday, in his "Thank you speech" during a grand reception to welcome him back home, organised by Governor Bababjide Samwo-Olu of Lagos State, onbehalf of the state government, held at the Lagos House, Marina.
The event is tagged: "Welcome Back Home Asiwaju."
Recall that Tinubu, on Friday night, returned to the country, after a successful surgery operation on his right knee as well as rigorous post-surgery physiotherapy, spending about three months.
Dignitaries present at the event were: wife of the state governor Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, his wife Oluremi, former Lagos Deputy Governors, Mrs. Idiat Adebule, Abiodun Ogunleye, Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa, Senator Olamilekan Solomon,members of the Governor's Advisory Council, GAC, local government chairman, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Folasade Jaji, Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde and other members of the state Executive Council, members of the House of Representatives, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, party chieftains, clergymen, market leaders, among o thers.
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The arrival of Tinubu, came barely 24 hours after a campaign group, South-West Agenda (SWAGA 2023), was flagged off in Lagos by the state Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu to champion Tinubu's presidential ambition ahead of 2023 general polls.
Tinubu, at the event which witnessed prayers for him, expressed gratitude to God for bringing him back to Nigeria safely.
He thanked all the political leaders and groups who have wished him well saying, he was very happy to be back home.
Tinubu, also thanked God for sparing his life till the moment and seeing him through the medical trip abroad.
He said despite his medical trip he colud not praise God better than any other person and all those who prayed for his safe return home.
According to him: "I am a little emotional, but I am happy to be back home.God is the giver of life and he alone can take it. I'm grateful to Him for giving me the privilege to be alive. "I'm Hale and hearty, I can't but praise and thank Him enough."
Earlier, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Gbajabiamila, Olamilekan, said they were ready to work more and already working to ensure his mandate in 2023.
Representing Lagos Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Stephen Adegbite, quoting Plsam 91 from the Holy Bible, prayed copiously for Tinubu's good health and his family and his destined ambition in 2023, saying, "We are praying for you. You will get there. You will not die."
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7:1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning Cush a Benjamite.
7:3 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
7:7 Arise, O the Lord, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.
7:8 And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.
7:9 O the Lord, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O the Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
7:10 Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.
7:11 My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
7:14 He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.
7:15 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
7:16 He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
7:17 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
7:18 I will give thanks unto the Lord according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
7:11 mâghinniy `al-'elohiym moshiya` yishrêy-lêbh.


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Der Bahnhof Bad Soden (Taunus) in Bad Soden am Taunus ist der nördliche Endpunkt der Sodener Bahn sowie der Limesbahn.

Lage und Bestand

Der Bahnhof liegt im Zentrum von Bad Soden am Taunus. Das Empfangsgebäude wurde 1847 erbaut. Erhalten ist aus dieser Zeit der mittlere Teil des Gebäudes. Der südliche Giebeltrakt und der nördlich angebaute Schuppen sind Ergänzungen aus dem zweiten Jahrzehnt des letzten Jahrhunderts. Das Empfangsgebäude ist ein Kulturdenkmal nach dem Hessischen Denkmalschutzgesetz. Gegenüber dem Bahnsteig gab es lange Zeit noch einen Güterschuppen mit eigenen Abstellgleisen. Diese Anlagen wurden in den letzten Jahren immer weiter abgebaut.

Geschichte
Der Bahnhof Bad Soden wurde am 22. Mai 1847 als Endpunkt der Sodener Bahn eröffnet. Diese verband Soden mit dem nächstgrößeren Ort, Höchst. Dort bestand Anschluss an die 1839 eröffnete Taunus-Eisenbahn von Frankfurt am Main nach Wiesbaden. Die Strecke wurde einschließlich aller Anlagen zum 3. Mai 1872 von der Preußischen Staatsbahn übernommen.

Im Zuge der Anbindung an die S-Bahn Rhein-Main wurde 1978 der Ausbau zur heutigen Form mit zwei Gleisen abgeschlossen. Zugleich erhielt der Bahnhof Anschluss an eine zweite, neu gebaute Strecke von Frankfurt über Eschborn und Schwalbach für den S-Bahn-Verkehr. Im Zuge der Umgestaltung des Bahnhofsumfeldes in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 wurde das Bahnsteiggleis der Linie S3 verkürzt und endet nun auf der Höhe des Zuganges vom und zum Busbahnhof.

2011 wurde das Gebäude von der Messer Group aufgekauft und 2013 für 3,5 Millionen Euro saniert. Dabei wurde das Innere vollkommen entkernt und renoviert. Das Unternehmen wird hier seine Mitarbeiter-Kantine einrichten.

Anbindung
Die S-Bahn-Linie S3 (Limesbahn) verbindet Bad Soden und Darmstadt über Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof. Von 1979 bis 1997 verband sie Bad Soden auch mit Frankfurt-Höchst. Diese Strecke, die Sodener Bahn, wurde ab 1997 lange – trotz der vorhandenen Oberleitung – betrieben mit Dieseltriebwagen der Baureihen VT 2E und  LINT 41 der Hessischen Landesbahn. Inzwischen verkehren dort elektrische Züge vom Typ Alstom Coradia Continental als Regionalbahnlinie RB 11 des Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbunds.

Im Busbahnhof am Bahnhofsvorplatz halten die lokalen Buslinien 253, 803, 810A, 811, 812 und 828.

Zukunft

Da die Strecke der S3 zwischen Niederhöchstadt und Bad Soden nur eingleisig ausgebaut ist, ermöglicht dies maximal einen 30-minütigen Takt. Im Stadtparlament Bad Sodens wird daher der Bau eines weiteren Bahnsteiges diskutiert, um eine 15-minütige Taktung zu ermöglichen. Bahnhofsvorplatz und Busbahnhof sollen im Zuge eines Parkhausneubaus ebenfalls umgestaltet werden; hierzu fand bereits ein Architekturwettbewerb statt.

Literatur
 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (Hrsg.): Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnenbauten- und -strecken 1839–1939, 3 Bände, 1. Auflage. Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1917-6. Bd. 2.1, S. 82 ff.

Weblinks

 Bahnhofstafel des Bahnhofs Bad Soden (Taunus): Aktuelle Abfahrten
 Stationsplan (PDF; 214 kB)

Einzelnachweise

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Bauwerk in Bad Soden am Taunus
Kulturdenkmal in Bad Soden am Taunus
Erbaut in den 1840er Jahren


The Canadian Government has released the new food guidelines. How would you best summarize the new guidelines?
Eat tons of meat and dairy.
Eat alone and eat out all the time.
Eat more sugar and drink more orange juice.
Eat more well balanced home-cooked meals with fruit, vegetables, protein, whole grains, and eat with friends and / or family (and drink more water)!


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As part of its Dreamforce conference this week in San Francisco, Salesforce is revamping its whole mobile strategy—not an unusual move for a company that's always done its best to align with the tech industry's latest trends.
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