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The popular HomeGoods store is expanding its footprint, with a planned store opening at Ridgemont Plaza in Greece on May 5.
Rochester area home decorators, rejoice. The popular HomeGoods store is expanding its footprint, with a planned store opening at Ridgemont Plaza in Greece on May 5.
HomeGoods is part of TJX Cos. The chain of discount home furnishing stores was founded in 1992. It specializes in name furniture, cooking products, art and other home accessories offered at discounted prices. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts., it is a sister company to T.J. Maxx, Sierra Trading Post and Marshalls.
The discount stores are among the few growing sectors in brick and mortar retail. TJX Companies last month posted its 18th consecutive quarter of sales gain as consumers look for value and name brands.
HomeGoods is known for home decor items such as rugs and pillows and and accessories. There are stores in Webster and Henrietta. In Ontario County, you may find HomeGoods in Victor and Canandaigua. The chain has expanded rapidly, as I used to make shopping pilgrimages to Canandaigua to shop at the HomeGoods store inside T.J. Maxx. For people who like to decorate, the discounter offers many seasonal items so you may swap out your decor.
At the Mall at Greece Ridge, Podium is now open, located across from Entrance 9 near Carter's. This locally owned business carries many premium brands including Diesel, Moschino, Tru Religion, Kenzo, New Era hats and exclusive lines of Nike and Jordan Footwear. The new location is a little over 4,000 square feet.
The Mall at Greece Ridge is one of the largest shopping centers in the Northeast with 1.7 million square feet of retail space. Currently, The Mall at Greece Ridge has more than 140 variety stores, including three department stores, 10 big box stores such as Regal Cinemas and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. The mall is home to several stores that are unique to the Rochester market including Forever21 RED, Premier Sports, Macy's Home and Ashley Stewart.
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In the Gospel reading today the Pharisee prays, thanking the Lord that he is not like the rest of humanity. He goes on to list some of the ways of humanity that are not like himself: greedy, dishonest, and adulterous.
What he failed to recognize is that he was like the vast majority of humanity in that he was weighed down with pride.
Acknowledging his positive qualities this man assumed that he was, therefore, justified before God. Blind to his negative qualities, he placed himself above others and thought himself to be quite justified. In his comparisons he goes so far as to not only size himself up against the rest of humanity in general, but against the tax collector who was in the Temple at the same time.
This is important because tax collectors were considered to be among the lowest of all humanity. This is critical to the story because the tax collector went home justified while the Pharisee did not. Even though the Pharisee prayed and fasted, his arrogance was enough to bring him down. The humility of the tax collector, on the other hand, was enough to cover his sins and make him acceptable in the eyes of God.
One might object saying that in the first reading we are told that those who serve God willingly are heard when they pray. It is clear from the Gospel that the Pharisee served God willingly, so he should be rewarded. The problem the Pharisee had is that he was serving himself, but using his religious observance as the means to either convince himself of his goodness or to try to impress others.
Either way, what he is doing is for a self-serving purpose and our Lord tells us that if we do something for that reason we already have our reward. If he were truly serving God, he would have a disposition more like that which we see in St. Paul in the second reading. He had served the Lord faithfully and did not seek anything for himself. His focus was not on being justified in his own mind; rather, his focus was on God and being able to go to Heaven.
We all know from the Scriptures that God took everything from St. Paul so that the great saint would find everything in God. He served the Lord in easy times as well as in very difficult times. He did not abandon the Lord even in the times when it may have felt like the Lord had abandoned him. He proved that his effort was not about himself, but it was about God and souls. As he says of himself, he was poured out like a libation.
This is a lesson we all have to learn. Most people learn it by raising a family and learning how to pour themselves out for the sake of the others. Beyond that, there are many things in family life that help us with our humility and force us to turn to God. There may be times, especially early in a marriage, where it is hard to die to self and many things that are done are self-serving. We find ourselves like the rest of humanity with regard to both the sins we commit and with the pride that underlies those sins. With time, we learn to serve out of love.
If we learn to put ourselves last, not out of a false sense of humility, but truly seeking to place others before us and serving them, then our prayer will be heard, as we are told in the first reading. In the meantime, we have to pray and ask the Lord for the grace to become humble, to become a servant, to have our hearts transformed to love.
This is a slow and often painful process (just ask St. Paul). It requires a willingness to change, to be rejected, to be used. We cannot set out trying for these things, because that would be pride. We need to accept them peacefully and joyfully when they do arrive.
We look to the example of our Lord as Someone who poured Himself out for others, who loved and who served. People took advantage of Him then and they still try to do so today. They rejected Him and ultimately killed Him. We do not have to be put to death; we just need to die to self. But that most often requires a heavy dose of difficulties to teach us not to focus only on our own self.
Pray for humility and do not think that you can make yourself acceptable to God. Ask Him to do it for you and He will shape you into the likeness of His Son. Then you will go home (to Heaven) justified.


The living room is always designed to be within the center of any home. As such, its design is the cynosure of your entire home interior. How you design your living room will reflect on the rest of your spaces, and the most important aspect of any holistic interior design is the color harmony. The right color palate will bring out the best of your living room space, and create a fine ambiance that would be equally relatable to relaxing as well as entertaining. The most important part of implementing any color scheme in your living room involves creating the perfect harmony. This means creating a balance between the visual weights of all the colors you want in your interior. Further, let's look at just how you can create that coveted harmony within your living room via colors.
The color wheel is the basic tool that helps create a harmonized color scheme. To understand the fundamentals of contrast know the difference between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors and all of their respective hues. A dark, bold color would have to be complemented with a lighter hue in order to balance out the visuals of a space – for example; red with white, green with grey and blue with yellow. Within the context of a living room, you can carry out this concept by strategically distributing these colors in between the accessories, furniture and the walls.
Knowing the dimensions of your living room is crucial to determining a harmonious color scheme. In a small sized living room, the visual balance of your color scheme would lean towards the lighter color, but within a larger living room, you could always prioritize the rich end of your color palate. The reason behind this phenomenon is that infusing darker colors within small spaces can make your interior seem claustrophobic and constrained.
Contrast is the linchpin of any good color scheme. Imagine your living room decked out in a palate of completely likewise colors – orange, red, carrot and rust; it seems pretty bland doesn't it?
Now imagine your living room decked out in alternating shades of cerulean blue, mustard yellow and khaki beige; it seems like a completely different space doesn't it? That's the power of proper contrasting; balancing out the impact of one color with another one to get a stylish, fashionable interior.
When you're actually implementing the color scheme within your living room, start from the vertical aspect and decorate from dark to light. You have to dress the floor in all the darker shades, the walls in medium shades while the ceiling in the lightest shade to get the best color harmony within the space. Color palates become easier to collaborate with time and experience, but these are some of the basics you need to keep in mind in order to get the best results.


24 PAWS OF LOVE: Blaze,Start Your Engines!
What a little hot dog and a head halter can do!! I had a great start with Blaze on practicing her leash training. I almost want to pinch myself! This couldn't be the same crazy, wild dog I tried this before?? Blaze was so great! Once she grasp what we were doing, it was almost like she couldn't get enough of it. Like she's just been waiting for the opportunity to learn. I was so proud of her, I felt like I was going to burst!
I started Blaze by putting on her no-pull head halter (like a Gentle Leader) and we walked around the yard several times in the heel position. Once she settled into that, I worked with her going out the gate. Which is usually our breaking point. She thinks she's at the Kentucky Derby when the bells sound, but with a little discipline and the wonderful head halter we were eventually able to go in and out the gate and into the driveway. This really couldn't be the same dog that was pulling my arm off, could it? Another thing I was surprised at was that she wasn't fighting the head halter, at all. That was a huge plus. This was the first time I had a leash hooked to it so that she was getting the correction and it didn't seem to phase her a bit.
I was very happy with our results and almost didn't want to stop, but I didn't want to overdo it either. It was so much fun and very exciting. As I have stated before, I have tried this with Blaze before, it isn't a completely new concept for either of us. I have always just struggled with doing those baby steps and usually bypass them by jumping in head first. I think time and maturity have done wonders for both of us. I am very impressed with Blaze and myself and ALL of the baby steps we have taken in the last three years to get to this point and I am excited at what all is waiting for us to discover together.
I struggle with that temptation too, especially when things are going so well. Everyone says to keep training sessions short and stop with your dog wanting more, but it's so hard sometimes. You want to see how much better you can get. It's kind of an adrenaline rush.
Good for you and Blaze! It's so awesome when all the hard work finally starts paying off. That's why taking baby steps are so important as the results are so much more impressive!
Go Blaze, GO! Good job!
Great work! Good luck with the next step!
Gentle Leader-type harnesses are great! They certainly help when you have a dog that pulls! I've used them with both Sage and Toby. Toby never liked it though. He's gotten much older and doesn't pull anymore. Sage pretty much always walks well on a leash so I don't really need it for her.
Isn't it exciting? Learning to walk without pulling can open up so many opportunities for Blaze. It's such a pleasure to walk a dog when you finally start communicating with each other instead of one of you (and it's sometimes the human) who just doesn't pay attention.
Oh, congratulations! I'm so happy to see this.
Great job Blaze! AND mom! Little steps will guarantee success...and don't be disappointed if there is a backslide day here and there! You are a TEAM now!
YAY!!!! COngratulations on these first baby steps!!!
I have been using the Halti head collar with Kirby for 3 weeks, not so much for pulling but it did help that, but more for his dog reactivity. It has helped me get him to focus on me when he is around other dogs has made a huge difference for him. Keep up the good work!


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This picture is of my only daughter Randi and I on board the Teddy Roosevelt. She and I got the great honor of attending the commissioning and touring the Teddy Roosevelt, the Arlington, and the USS Minnesota submarine. Here is the link to the full blog from the weekend, along with the KSTP news article.


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Il singolare femminile del torneo di tennis Dubai Tennis Championships 2001, facente parte del WTA Tour 2001, ha avuto come vincitrice Martina Hingis che ha battuto in finale 6–4, 6–4 Nathalie Tauziat.

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  Nathalie Tauziat (finale)
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (secondo turno)

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 Barbara Schett (secondo turno)
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Caballito based Ferro team presented its two possible new kits for the 2014- 2015 Transitional Tournament.
The kit will still be made by Joma in Argentina for the Ferro team, after the departure, two seasons ago, of original brand Kappa. The particular item about these Ferro shirts is that both kits are entirely designed by fans (and designers) Gonzalo Perdiz and Christian Lobo, who also participate in Ferro's Marketing team.
It's an interesting experiment for all Ascenso teams to try as historically most of the ascenso kits have not been fully "fan friendly" or "brand friendly", proving team shirts to be flooded with ads, mostly misplaced as well. Placement of sponsors in this shirt is yet to be proven, though, as seen, the sponsors for this season seem to remain the same, with La Nueva Seguros as main sponsor amongst others.
The manufacture of this shirt comes at the 110th anniversary of the Caballito Club.
Featured photo courtesy of the Ferro Carril Oeste Oficial Facebook Group.
I live in Canada. where I can buy it?
You should probably check with the Ferro Oficial people at http://tienda.ferrocarriloeste.org.ar/ or at [email protected].


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Unfortunate intervention
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:08 AM November 30, 2022
President Marcos Jr. waded into a potential legal and regulatory quagmire by issuing a statement describing as "unfortunate" the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to temporarily suspend a power supply deal between an electricity generating unit of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
The statement issued by Malacañang Palace last Sunday further quoted the Chief Executive as saying, "We hope the CA will reconsider and include in their deliberations the extremely deleterious effect this will have on power prices for ordinary Filipinos."
The issue stems from a 2019 contract of SMC's unit, South Premiere Power Corp., to sell electricity to Meralco at a fixed price for 10 years. But the combined effects of the unexpected pandemic and the equally unexpected Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed up the price of the fuel for SMC power plants by over 500 percent, resulting in over P15 billion in losses this year, according to the conglomerate.
Backed by Meralco, SMC asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for a temporary 30-centavo per kilowatt hike in generation charge to reduce its losses, citing unforeseen circumstances. Both firms say the change in circumstances caused by the sharp spike in the fuel prices merit an adjustment in its contract or, barring that, allow the conglomerate to walk away from the deal altogether.
If this happens, Meralco will have to source electricity from the spot market, where prevailing prices are substantially higher than the increase that both firms have asked the ERC to grant.
The regulator denied the petition, saying that the agreed price in the power supply agreement (PSA) was fixed in nature and that the grounds for the increase cited by the two companies were not among the exceptions that would merit a price adjustment. SMC then appealed this decision with the CA, which recently granted the temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending the PSA between SMC and Meralco.
The President said the TRO on the implementation of the PSA could "cause further dislocations and possible price increase for power." But two of the five ERC commissioners who dissented with the decision to reject the rate hike presented three scenarios in which consumers would pay much higher electricity rates compared to what SMC had asked for.
It is certainly within the President's prerogative to make the necessary decisions to cushion the impact of high prices on the public. But it is unfortunate that he felt the need to take sides in a dispute currently before the courts.
There is a reason the Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary from other branches of government. The fair administration of justice, whether in criminal or civil issues, depends on this independence from undue influence.
We recognize that the President wants to ensure the best outcome for Filipino consumers. He can do this in several ways that do not interfere with the independence of the judiciary.
For one, the President can order his appointees in various energy sector offices to fast track the development of indigenous energy sources that can cushion the blow of soaring fossil fuel prices around the world.
He can also order them to double down on renewable energy sources, which can provide consumers with substantial amounts of electricity drawn from abundant solar and wind power sources in the country.
And most importantly, the President can encourage the warring stakeholders in the energy sector, especially the conglomerates that generate the bulk of the country's electricity, to resolve their differences by finding a middle ground that satisfies the needs of all parties involved.
The President can shield Filipino consumers from the full brunt of higher energy prices by mediating a win-win solution among stakeholders that will be beneficial for everyone.
Lest anyone forget, a power supply shortage is looming next year and in the coming years as the economy fully reopens from the pandemic. The Philippines will need the financial muscle of private sector investors more than ever to ensure that its citizens have continued access to products and services like electricity at reasonable prices.
To attract this kind of money, the government should promote an environment that gives investors the confidence to commit billions of pesos in capital for the long term.
The good news is that the President has so far defied the naysaying of his critics and doubters by making, for the most part, all the right moves in shepherding the country's economy toward the right path during a time of great global uncertainty.
He can sustain this by reassuring investors that legal and regulatory mechanisms can resolve disputes independently and allowing market forces to work without succumbing to the temptation of political interference.
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2-2 so far with 2 singles. C'mon Shatkins.
Newcomb sent to Triple AAA, Touki likely to start Friday in Cleve.
in the lineup for Buffalo today, batting third.
well at least he hit the ball hard today and a couple full counts..still swinging at bad pitches he normally takes and that's getting him in trouble.
starting to think this guy is a pumpkin! He can't even hit fastballs down the middle or fastballs in general anymore dating back to 2nd half last year..all he does with them is pop them up..sad.
just when your manager starts you two days in a row you have to go and have 4 brutal at bats tonight..great lol. See you in a week, Willians!
we need full time starts for Barnes and Astudillo!
I guess this guy will play every other game as long as Martin is with the Dodgers?
the thing that worries me about Ramirez was he was pretty awful in the second half last year....batted .302 with 29 homers and 70 rbi PRE all star break and then POST all star break he batted .218 with 10 homers and 35 rbi..he's looking much like the post all star break hitter to start this year..I watched most of his at bats last year, and he looks the same this year as he did post all star break last year...BUT, yes he did start real slow last year, so hopefully he figures it out.
what a joke this guy has been lately (2 months)..i almost don't want to draft him next year cuz he did us dirty second half! Shoulda benched him during my run for the championship this week..who woulda thought we'd say that..crazy.


Celebrating its 12th year of bringing a great food and wine experience on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, the Noosa International Food and Wine Festival will once again gather foodies, culinary masters, food and wine connoisseurs, and those who love food to get a taste of the most delightful food and wine and enjoy the festivities and events taking place during the festival.
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The Republic of Nepal?
By Gwynne Dyer ⋅ April 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment
Filed Under Bamdev Gautam, King Gyanendra, Nepal
The prophecy was almost right. It said that the Shah dynasty in Nepal would last for twelve generations, so King Gyanendra is pushing the edge of the envelope. His brother Birendra, whose murder in 2001 brought Gyanendra to the throne, was already the twelfth generation. Even if Gyanendra was technically of the same generation, it already felt a bit like cheating.
It feels a lot more like cheating now. Three weeks of non-violent mass protests (and fourteen demonstrators' deaths) have forced King Gyanendra to surrender the absolute powers he seized last year, and parliament has already been recalled. Only fear of imminent overthrow forced him to make these concessions, but he is still trying to split the opposition — and it looks like he is succeeding.
What forced Gyanendra to retreat was an alliance forged last November between the seven mainstream political parties and the Maoist rebels who were the king's main excuse for seizing power and dismissing parliament in the first place. That alliance was a marriage of convenience, however, and as soon as Gyanendra offered to reinstate parliament, the politicians fell over one another in their eagerness to say yes. But the deal may play differently among the protestors, most of them under 30, who have no patience for the monarchy and no loyalty to the established parties.
It is certainly playing very differently with the Maoists, who promptly denounced the politicians as traitors to the anti-monarchical alliance the two sides had made. "The minimum demand is a free election to a constituent assembly," said senior Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai on Tuesday. The next few days will decide whether the Maoists resume the ten-year guerilla war that has already killed 13,000 people and given them effective control of at least half the country's territory.
Only a few days ago, Bamdev Gautam, the leading negotiator for the mainstream political parties, was saying: "Many Nepalis have given their lives to remove the king. We are not going back…." For a moment the political parties, the youthful protestors, and the Maoists were all on the same page, and there was hope that Nepal could escape the calamity of a Maoist revolutionary victory that seems to await it. But the king is still on his throne, and the hope is evaporating fast.
Taming the Maoists and bringing them inside the political system is the highest priority in Nepal, where the peasants are so downtrodden and desperate that a radically anti-urban, anti-foreign, anti-intellectual revolution like the one that devastated Cambodia thirty years ago is a real possibility. There are alarming similarities of ideology and operational style between the Khmer Rouge of the early 1970s and the Nepalese Maoists today. Nepal needs change, but it does not need the killing fields.
Nobody knows how close the Maoists are to a military victory in Nepal, especially since India might well send in troops to prevent such a monster from emerging on its northern borders, but they have been making rapid progress in recent years. They might ultimately win power in a democracy, too, for they have real support among the semi-educated rural young, but they would then be constrained by constitutional rules and democratic norms. (Surprisingly, the prize of democratic legitimacy often makes people behave better.) Whereas if they won power through military victory, they could put even their most extreme political fantasies into practice.
The great virtue of Gyanendra's royal coup last year was that it enabled all of Nepal's other main political actors to unite behind the single cause of rolling back his take-over. The legal political parties never formally committed themselves to the overthrow of the monarchy, but that was implicit in their promise to create an interim assembly whose main job would be to draft a new constitution for Nepal. The changes being considered were so radical that they seemed likely to tempt the Maoists into giving up their revolt and entering normal democratic politics.
Gyanendra's strategy now is to break the alliance between the old political parties and the Maoist rebels in order to save his throne. With parliament restored but no new republican constitution, the old-line politicos can resume their habitual games, whose principal function is to give each urban political party and faction a turn at looting the public purse. If their deal with a chastened king survives, the Maoists will go back to war and Nepal's future is grim.
The choice lies in the hands of the tens of thousands of young people who have been demonstrating in the streets of Khatmandu for the past three weeks. They wanted real change, a goal that they correctly saw as linked to an end to the monarchy and a new constitution, although beyond that their ideas were not very clear.
If they press on with their demonstrations despite the deal struck between the political leaders and the monarchy, then the king could be gone in a week and Nepal could end up with a more inclusive democratic system that brings the Maoists in from the cold. If they settle now for a return to the system that failed Nepal for the past fifteen years, then the changes they may eventually face instead, after a Maoist military victory, would not be at all to their taste.
To shorten to 725 words, omit paragraphs 5 and 8. ("Only…fast"; and "The great…politics")


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Hot Stocks / Traders' Interest in Meta Materials Is Heating Up Fast
Traders' Interest in Meta Materials Is Heating Up Fast
TRCH stock may have joined the meme club, but investors should focus on the value-added merger
July 2, 2021 By David Moadel, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 2, 2021, 12:06 pm EST July 2, 2021
Editor's Note: This article was updated on July 2, 2021, to replace the old tickers with MMAT.
Suffice it to say that last year, not too many folks had heard of Torchlight Energy Resources. In 2021, however, a flurry of developments has directed traders' attention to this little company. Where to begin? For one thing, on June 28, the company merged with Metamaterials to form Meta Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:MMAT) stock.
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Second, before the merger, Torchlight had enacted a share split for TRCH stock. That's a need-to-know event, so we'll cover the details of that.
Finally, the meme-stock crowd has apparently targeted Torchlight. Obviously, there's a lot to unpack here. And we also have to decide whether this stock is worthy of a long position now. Are you ready?
A "Split Decision" for TRCH Stock
So, let's start with a development that's going to affect all Torchlight investors immediately.
Namely, the company announced that it has implemented a 1-for-2 reverse stock split. So, the share price will double but that shouldn't materially affect the value of anyone's currently held shares.
This is fresh news as the reverse split became effective after the market closing on June 25.
Interestingly, the 1-for-2 ratio is the lowest possible ratio that Torchlight could have implemented under the 1-to-20 range that was approved by the shareholders.
I feel that this was a wise decision. Reverse share splits are often a sign of a company in distress, but at least Torchlight opted for the least drastic share-split ratio.
Incidentally, Torchlight also paid a special Series A Preferred Stock dividend on a 1-for-1 basis to its stockholders of record on June 24. That probably won't affect you, but it's worth noting anyway.
The Meme Pop-and-Drop
The Reddit crowd can be quite fickle. They can furiously shortsqueeze a stock one week, then abandon it the next week.
Unless you have the inside scoop with r/WallStreetBets influencers, I don't recommend trying to time these meme-stock rallies.
Otherwise, you might end up buying at the wrong time and holding the bag.
Ill-timed TRCH stock price chasers definitely got punished in June. The stock tripled in price from June 10 to June 21, but then reversed course and plummeted.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't own shares of Torchlight. It's just not a good idea for most people to try to time an anticipated meme stock run-up.
Instead, a better strategy would be to pick a lower price point than the current price, and wait for TRCH stock to get there before taking a long position.
A Much Larger Entity
So far, I've cited major developments that aren't necessarily good reasons to invest in Torchlight Energy.
Now, we'll examine a more foundational company change that might spur informed investors to take a position.
To quote InvestorPlace contributor Chris MacDonald, Torchlight is "set to become a much larger entity in short order."
I already let the cat out of the bag in the introduction, but MacDonald is referring to the Metamaterial merger. Reportedly, Torchlight has officially combined with Metamaterial.
Notably, as InvestorPlace contributor Robert Lakin explains, "Metamaterial shareholders are expected to own 75% of the combined company, while Torchlight shareholders get 25%."
And as Torchlight Energy notes in the press release, starting on June 28, Torchlight changed its name to "Meta Materials Inc." and its common stock is to trade on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol MMAT.
If TRCH stock declines to a price point that you feel is acceptable, then the Metamaterial merger could be a valid reason to pick up a few shares.
Metamaterial is a fascinating company in its own right. It provides advanced materials with a broad range of applications, from aerospace and defense to automotive, consumer electronics, medical and energy.
The Bottom Line on MMAT stock
As we've discovered, there's a whole lot going on with Torchlight Energy lately.
We've identified several developments that investors should be aware of, plus, one possible reason to buy shares of MMAT stock.
Just be careful not to chase the price if it shoots higher. It's okay to hold the torch for Torchlight, but don't end up holding the bag.
On the date of publication, David Moadel did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
David Moadel has provided compelling content – and crossed the occasional line – on behalf of Crush the Street, Market Realist, TalkMarkets, Finom Group, Benzinga, and (of course) InvestorPlace.com. He also serves as the chief analyst and market researcher for Portfolio Wealth Global and hosts the popular financial YouTube channel Looking at the Markets.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2021/07/traders-interest-in-trch-stock-is-heating-up-fast/.


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import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;

/**
 * @version
 */
public class ObjectHelperTest extends TestCase {

    public void testArrayAsIterator() throws Exception {
        String[] data = {"a", "b"};

        Iterator iter = ObjectHelper.createIterator(data);
        assertTrue("should have next", iter.hasNext());
        Object a = iter.next();
        assertEquals("a", "a", a);
        assertTrue("should have next", iter.hasNext());
        Object b = iter.next();
        assertEquals("b", "b", b);
        assertFalse("should not have a next", iter.hasNext());
    }

    public void testIsEmpty() {
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(null));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(""));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(" "));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isEmpty("A"));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(" A"));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(" A "));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isEmpty(new Object()));
    }

    public void testIsNotEmpty() {
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(null));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(""));
        assertFalse(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(" "));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty("A"));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(" A"));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(" A "));
        assertTrue(ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(new Object()));
    }

    public void testIteratorWithComma() {
        Iterator it = ObjectHelper.createIterator("Claus,Jonathan");
        assertEquals("Claus", it.next());
        assertEquals("Jonathan", it.next());
        assertEquals(false, it.hasNext());
    }

    public void testIteratorWithOtherDelimiter() {
        Iterator it = ObjectHelper.createIterator("Claus#Jonathan", "#");
        assertEquals("Claus", it.next());
        assertEquals("Jonathan", it.next());
        assertEquals(false, it.hasNext());
    }

    public void testIteratorEmpty() {
        Iterator it = ObjectHelper.createIterator("");
        assertEquals(false, it.hasNext());

        it = ObjectHelper.createIterator("    ");
        assertEquals(false, it.hasNext());

        it = ObjectHelper.createIterator(null);
        assertEquals(false, it.hasNext());
    }

    public void testIteratorIdempotentNext() {
        Iterator<Object> it = ObjectHelper.createIterator("a");
        assertTrue(it.hasNext());
        assertTrue(it.hasNext());
        it.next();
        assertFalse(it.hasNext());
    }

    public void testIteratorIdempotentNextWithNodeList() {
        NodeList nodeList = new NodeList() {

            public Node item(int index) {
                return null;
            }

            public int getLength() {
                return 1;
            }
        };

        Iterator<Object> it = ObjectHelper.createIterator(nodeList);
        assertTrue(it.hasNext());
        assertTrue(it.hasNext());
        it.next();
        assertFalse(it.hasNext());
    }

    public void testGetCamelContextPropertiesWithPrefix() {
        CamelContext context = new DefaultCamelContext();
        Map<String, String> properties = context.getProperties();
        properties.put("camel.object.helper.test1", "test1");
        properties.put("camel.object.helper.test2", "test2");
        properties.put("camel.object.test", "test");

        Properties result = ObjectHelper.getCamelPropertiesWithPrefix("camel.object.helper.", context);
        assertEquals("Get a wrong size properties", 2, result.size());
        assertEquals("It should contain the test1", "test1", result.get("test1"));
        assertEquals("It should contain the test2", "test2", result.get("test2"));
    }

}


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Home General PDP Leadership: Why Wike, other Governors Rooting for Dan Orbih
PDP Leadership: Why Wike, other Governors Rooting for Dan Orbih
Chief Dan Orbih of PDP
By Onukwube Ofoelue
Chief Dan Orbih is today perhaps the most prolific state Chairman of any political party in the history of Nigeria.
Chief Orbih had a robust stint in the business sector after his education, which probably prepared him for the task of chairing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, a task which he did for 11 years, emerging as one of the toughest egg heads in the job.
Dan Orbih became a student of politics under the late Chief Anthony Anenih, one of the founding fathers, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PDP. He quickly rose in ranks and began to get appointments to serve at various times in committees at both (Edo) state and national levels of the PDP.
In 1998, he had contested for the position of Deputy Governorship Candidate in Edo State under the All Peoples Party (APP)(1998 – 1999).
In 2006, he became a member of the PDP Presidential Electoral Panel, and was the Chairman, Edo State PDP Finance Committee between 2006 – 2007.
He was a member of the PDP Edo State Campaign Committee for the 2007 elections and member of the PDP national convention concluded in August, 2013.
After Comrade Adams Oshiomhole regained the Edo State Governorship position through a court ruling, Orbih became like a thorn in the flesh of the state ruling party, ACN and APC later, and the governor, Comrade Oshiomhole.
During his term in office, he became known as the most active and constructive opposition chairman in Nigeria. He was the Chairman of Edo State PDP between 2008 and 2019.
In the history of Nigeria, Dan Orbih is probably the Chairman that served longest for any political party, having stayed for a whopping 11 years, and the one that achieved the most successes by dint of hardwork.
He was carefully chosen to replace the late Chief Samson Ekhabafe, by PDP national leader Chief Anthony Anenih, who must have looked forward into the future, and must have seen the turbulent path the party was going to travel in the state.
At the demise of the erstwhile state chairman, Barr. Ekhabafe, Chief Dan Orbih was unanimously picked by Chief Anenih and other officials to lead Edo PDP. For t 11 years, the rest is history and before posterity, Edo people, nay Nigerians, are already judging Dan Orbih as the most prolific opposition leader ever in Nigeria's history.
It is known that both Oshiomole and his then god-son, Governor Godwin Obaseki, cringe at the thought of Orbih, and at the mention of his name, they seek support. Edo PDP had only remained a state chapter because of the leadership of this man from Ogbona, in Etsako Central LGA of Edo State.
Having gone through his late father's tutelage, who was also a foremost politician in the Second Republic, Dan has proved to Edo people that he is one who is capable of humongous political responsibility, not just in Edo State.
Achievements as PDP chairman in Edo
Despite the fact that Edo State was ruled by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of the APC in 2015 during the presidential elections, the PDP in the state, ably led by Chief Dan Orbih was bent on delivering Goodluck Jonathan as president.
The presidential and National Assembly elections in Edo State held amid tension, following the sour relationship between Governor Adams Oshiomhole and President Goodluck Jonathan.
Oshiomhole had made it clear that people of Edo will not support Jonathan, but Jonathan's men in the state took up the challenge to prove them wrong. Led by the Bini born billionaire, Captain Hosa Okunbor, the Edo PDP worked tirelessly to get results for Jonathan.
While the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, and the Minister of Works, Arch.Mike Onolemenmen, held sway in Edo Central, Okunbor and the state Coordinator of Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organization, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, led the attack in Edo South.
While Oshiomhole battled and barely won victory for Gen.Buhari in Edo North, the PDP clinched three House of Reps seats while the voters also gave good votes to Jonathan. Also in Edo Central, Anenih's domain, the PDP clinched the senatorial slot and the two House of Reps seats. For the presidency, APC polled 208,469 while PDP scored 286,869 in the state. At the end of the National Assembly elections, PDP won two of the three Senatorial seats in the state, that is, Edo Central and Edo South while the APC won Edo North.
The PDP also won five of the nine House of Representatives seats in the state. It clinched the two Reps seats in Edo Central and three in Edo South. The APC claimed the three seats in Edo North.
Edo State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, while commenting on what gave the PDP the leverage over the APC in the National Assembly election said: "Before the elections of March 28, PDP worked very hard and the morale of the people was very high following the presentations of candidates with good credentials for the election from the three senatorial districts. PDP was the only party that exploited its internal democracy where all its candidates emerged freely without interference from the party."
He also noted that the state executive of the party led by Chief Dan Orbih, put behind its failure in the 2012 governorship election when Governor Oshiomhole won in all the 18 local councils of the state to mobilize Edo people for the elections.
With his constant but seemingly well constructed criticisms of the Oshiomhole administration and government expenditures, Orbih was able to woo some notable politicians and supporters to the PDP fold in the never-ending political alignment and realignment in the state.
Snatching meat from the mouth of the lion
On January 10th, at Igarra, Akoko Edo Local Council of the Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih correctly predicted the final downfall of the APC in Edo State. Recall that a deep crises had erupted between the former governor of the State and the then national chairman of the APC, Oshiomhole, and the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki.
While Oshiomhole vowed to replace Obaseki with another candidate for questionable loyalty, Obaseki boasted that he will win his coming elections as Edo Governor.
Therefore, the party was engulfed in heavy crises.
So, while speaking at Igarra, the indefatigable Orbih was quoted to have said "History will repeat itself in 2020, as we had it during the PDP crisis, which led to emergence of Adams Oshiomhole as governor.
"What is happening in Edo State has a history. Years ago, the PDP worked hard and installed a governor in person of Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor. After he assumed office, he started quarreling with the party. There was a quarrel between Osunbor and Chief Tony Anenih. It was from that quarrel the APC took over the government.
"Today, history is repeating itself. There is a quarrel between Adams Oshiomhole and Mr. Godwin Obaseki. From that quarrel, the PDP will come back to power.
"If Godwin Obaseki has his way, PDP will win. If Adams Oshiomhole also has his way, PDP will still win,"
True to his words, that became his last major assignment as the party Chairman in Edo State, and the PDP ended up dislodging the APC in the state. Not only did the state fall to PDP, as Obaseki ported to PDP and won under the platform, but the crises also swallowed Oshiomhole, who saw Orbih as a nightmare all the days of his life as a governor.
Serving the South South zone
With such a resounding success at the state level, Orbih was elected as the South-south National Vice Chairman.
On March 9, 2021,Chief Orbih, who was returned unopposed at the party's zonal congress held at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, polled 960 votes out of the 964 votes cast.
In his acceptance speech after the inauguration of the new leadership of the party in the zone, Mr Orbih pledged to reposition the party and make it stronger in 2023.
He assured that the new executive would not betray the trust and faith reposed in them by the delegates.
Mr Orbih commended the PDP governors in the zone for continually keeping faith with the party.
He added that South-south was proud of PDP governors in the zone whom he said had done well and showed that "if it's not PDP, it's not PDP".
Hitting the ground running
Since resuming office in Port Harcourt, Orbih has never taken a day off work.
He instituted the South'south PDP Caucus Tour, and has since led the Executives round the 6 states of the zone. Despite the fact that the Cross River Governor, Professor Ben Ayade left the party in May, this did not deter their tours, as they also visited the PDP State Working Committee in Cross River, assuring them of support.
Orbih has also visited the Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom State governors.
Orbih and his team has continued to cry out of the dangers of allowing the security situation in the country to degenerate beyond what it is at the moment and appealed to governors to set up a trusted security outfit for the region to check the growing cases of insecurity.
Onukwube Ofoelue, a journalist writes from Nigeria
Dan Orbhi
PDP. Rivers State
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Abstract : In this paper, Sphere Decoding (SD) algorithms for Spatial Modulation (SM) are developed to reduce the computational complexity of Maximum-Likelihood (ML) detectors. Two SDs specifically designed for SM are proposed and analysed in terms of Bit Error Ratio (BER) and computational complexity. Using Monte Carlo simulations and mathematical analysis, it is shown that by carefully choosing the initial radius the proposed sphere decoder algorithms offer the same BER as ML detection, with a significant reduction in the computational complexity. A tight closed form expression for the BER performance of SM-SD is derived in the paper, along with an algorithm for choosing the initial radius which provides near to optimum performance. Also, it is shown that none of the proposed SDs are always superior to the others, but the best SD to use depends on the target spectral efficiency. The computational complexity trade-off offered by the proposed solutions is studied via analysis and simulation, and is shown to validate our findings. Finally, the performance of SM-SDs are compared to Spatial Multiplexing (SMX) applying ML decoder and applying SD. It is shown that for the same spectral efficiency, SM-SD offers up to 84% reduction in complexity compared to SMX-SD, with up to 1 dB better BER performance than SMX-ML decoder.


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From 2008-2017, Pifer was a senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, and the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, where his work focused on nuclear arms control, Ukraine and Russia. At Brookings, he authored The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times and co-authored The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms as well asnumerous papers, op-eds and articles.
A retired Foreign Service officer, his more than 25 years with the State Department included assignments as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2001-2004), ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000), and special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council (1996-1997). In addition to Ukraine, Pifer served at the U.S. embassies in Warsaw, Moscow and London as well as with the U.S. delegation to the negotiation on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Geneva. From 2000 to 2001, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford's Institute for International Studies.
"His expertise will be invaluable in developing the European Security Initiative," said Anna Grzymala-Busse, incoming director and senior fellow in FSI's Europe Center.
Pifer's work at Stanford will include teaching in the CISAC Fellows' Policy Workshop, and teaching a course on European security in the Master's in International Policy program at FSI.


Dillon de Give's art project, "Long Walks on the Beach," had strangers randomly pair up with each other, and then take a walk along Rockaway Beach in Queens.
I think the most telling thing about the region is what it's called: Pays-Basque, or Basque Country. I like to think it's a little dig to the Netherlands (Pays-Bas), like hey–one region in France has just as much as your whole country! But Pays-Basque really does have quite a lot to offer.


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Anthonyville (Crittenden County)
Anthonyville is a town located on State Highway 147 in southern Crittenden County. The town has never had a post office, a school, or a railroad depot; it exists largely as a bedroom community for the greater Memphis, Tennessee, area. The population is largely African-American. The rich soil of Crittenden County, replenished by Mississippi River flooding, has long drawn people to the area. Ancient artifacts have been unearthed in the county as reminders of its long history of human habitation. Both Spain and France held ownership of the land for a time, and some Spanish settlers had already established plantations in the county before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 made the land part of the United States. Afterward, American settlers …
Bauxippi (Crittenden County)
Bauxippi was a short-lived shipping point on the Mississippi River in Crittenden County established by the American Bauxite Company in 1917. The name comes from a combination of the words "bauxite" and "Mississippi." Very little is known about the community. The first mention of it in the Arkansas Gazette was in the March 7, 1917, issue, which noted that the American Bauxite Company was planning to "resume shipments by a combination rail and water route, sending ore via the Rock Island from here [Bauxite in Saline County] to a new shipping point on the Mississippi, called Bauxippi, and thence by river to East St. Louis." During World War I, demand had increased for bauxite ore, which is used in the …
Clarkedale (Crittenden County)
Although it remained unincorporated until the twenty-first century, Clarkedale is one of the oldest settlements in Crittenden County. Clarkedale is situated near Interstate 55 north of West Memphis (Crittenden County) and very close to Jericho (Crittenden County). Wapanocca Bayou once flowed into the Mississippi River in this vicinity, and several communities have existed in this area since the Archaic Period. During the time the land was claimed by Spain, land grants were issued to Benjamin Fooy, Mundford Perryman, John Grace, and Cathy Gallowhorn. The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–1812 changed the landscape and waterways of northeastern Arkansas. When Crittenden County was established in 1825, the county seat was first placed at Greenock, a settlement located within the current boundaries of …
Crawfordsville (Crittenden County)
Crawfordsville is a second-class city located on U.S. Highway 64 in central Crittenden County, about halfway between Earle (Crittenden County) and Marion (Crittenden County). Crawfordsville benefits from a slightly higher elevation (ten to fifteen feet) in comparison to its immediate neighbors, and its history is largely unblemished by the devastation that floods have exacted on nearby communities. City establishment began as an outgrowth of the timber industry in eastern Arkansas during the post–Civil War era, and the opening of a railroad line through the community sustained city growth as its economy transitioned from timber to farming during the early twentieth century. Unlike other communities in Crittenden County that diminished or disappeared once the timber-rich acreage had been cleared, Crawfordsville continued …
Earle (Crittenden County)
Earle is an incorporated city in western Crittenden County located on U.S. Highway 64 near the border with neighboring Cross County. The history of Earle is really that of two towns—Earle and Norvell—which grew alongside each other for decades and were separated only by a boundary line running down present-day Ruth Street in Earle. Both towns arose as a result of the timber industry boom following the Civil War and shared most of the same civic and business leaders. In 1888, a railroad line through the southern part of Earle was established, which benefited Earle more than its smaller neighbor, as the route of the railroad bypassed Norvell entirely. Talks of merging the two towns lingered for more than sixty …
Edmondson (Crittenden County)
Edmondson is a town on State Highway 131 about three miles south of Interstate 40. As of the 2010 census, two-thirds of the population of Edmondson is African American. Much of Crittenden County was forested swampland when the county was established in 1825. Fifty years later, the Edmondson area was described as a "terrible canebrake full of bear, panther, wolves, possum, and squirrel." Land was being cleared before the Civil War for cotton plantations, and a settlement was named for Andrew Edmondson, who arrived from Virginia in the 1840s and died in 1852. His family remained, and a post office bearing their name was established in 1859. A Methodist church for white citizens was built in Edmondson before the war. …
Gilmore (Crittenden County)
Gilmore is a small incorporated community in northern Crittenden County, situated along U.S. Highway 63, about two miles south of the Poinsett–Mississippi county line. Gilmore attracted interests in the timber industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and later became an agricultural community after the land was cleared. The first white settlers began immigrating to the Gilmore area in the 1850s, about thirty years before construction of the first nearby railroad. Virginia-born John Gilmore, for whom the community and later rail station were named, moved to the area with his family by way of Missouri in the late 1850s. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a hunter and outdoorsman and made his fortune as one of …
Greenock (Crittenden County)
Greenock was a promising settlement, active in the 1820s and 1830s, located near the banks of the Mississippi River in northeastern Arkansas. Before its demise, it was designated as the inaugural county seat of Crittenden County. Alexander Ferguson, his wife, and three sons (William, Horatio, and Allen) arrived in the Arkansas Territory in 1820 and settled in present-day Crittenden County near the banks of the Mississippi River. During the next few years, the family established its own homestead and began developing plans for the founding of a town. Horatio Ferguson provided fifty acres for the sum of one dollar, with John Fooy supplying an additional five acres. In 1827, William Ferguson, who was serving as justice of the peace and …
Hopefield (Crittenden County)
Hopefield was a small town on the Mississippi River in eastern Crittenden County near West Memphis (Crittenden County) and across from present-day Mud Island in Memphis, Tennessee. As a railroad terminal and river landing, the town was pivotal in the development of transportation and commerce between Tennessee and Arkansas during the nineteenth century, but devastation from war, disease, commercial setbacks, and the geological power of the Mississippi itself ultimately destroyed Hopefield in the early twentieth century. Hopefield traces its origin to a Dutch immigrant named Benjamin Fooy (also spelled "Foy"), who established a Spanish encampment (Foy's Point) in 1795, which was built to regulate river traffic and discourage American encroachment past the Mississippi River. He had been appointed by the Spanish …
Horseshoe Lake (Crittenden County)
The town of Horseshoe Lake is located on the old Seyppel area in Crittenden County at the east end of the lake from which it takes its name. Horseshoe Lake is predominately a bedroom community, with the surrounding area consisting of farmland where cotton, feed corn, soybeans, and milo are grown. Some cattle are also raised on the high ground of the levee. The Great River Road encircles the lake. Several legendary blues musicians, including B. B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and Hurbert Sumlin, once played in juke joints on the plantations. Pre-European Exploration The remnants of Native American civilizations surround Horseshoe Lake. The oldest recorded Indian mounds in the area are believed to be pre-Mississippian, as evidenced from artifacts found dating back to …
Jennette (Crittenden County)
Jennette is a largely African-American town in western Crittenden County, located north of the Shearerville (Crittenden County) exit on Interstate 40. Jennette is variously spelled Jeanette, Jennettee, and Jenette. The location of what is now Jennette was swampy hardwood forest until early in the twentieth century, when the Edwards Fair Lumber Company, based in Crawfordsville (Crittenden County), cleared the land. Various drainage ditches were dug to make the cleared land suitable for farming. The origin of the name Jennette is unknown. Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church was established in Jennette around 1900. A post office opened in Jennette in February 1904 and continued operating until May 1927. A school was organized on the Baptist church property in 1908. The school …
Jericho (Crittenden County)
Jericho is a town in Crittenden County. It is located on State Highway 77 a few miles north of Marion (Crittenden County) between Interstate 55 and the Mississippi River. Jericho's population is largely African American. Jericho was settled in the 1840s by riverboat captain Stephen Stonewall James and his brother John C. James, who built the first gin and sawmill in Jericho. They named the settlement for the city mentioned several times in the Bible. Other settlers joined the James brothers, establishing sawmills and planting orchards on their farms. One settler reportedly also operated a wine press. During the 1880s, the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (often called the Frisco) built rail lines through Crittenden County toward West Memphis (Crittenden County) …
Marion (Crittenden County)
Marion is located in eastern Crittenden County, along the Mississippi River. Marion became the county seat in 1836 thanks largely to better accessibility than the original county seat of Greenock, combined with a donation of land by the Talbott family for the purpose of building a courthouse. The fourth Crittenden County Courthouse, completed in 1911, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pre-European Exploration through European Exploration and Settlement Marion's history can be traced back to its settlement by Native American tribes, including the Quapaw. Spanish exploration of the region occurred in the 1500s, and Spanish land grants in the area that is now Marion were later granted to Francis Gragen and Justo Mecham. Fort Esperanza, established in …
Neuhardt (Crittenden County)
Neuhardt is an unincorporated community in south-central Crittenden County, located on Arkansas Highway 147 between Anthonyville and Edmondson. The town grew up around 1900 as a result of the timber industry and was named for lumber tycoon George Neuhardt, who purchased thousands of timbered acres in the area. Information regarding George Neuhardt is scarce, but it is known that he suffered tremendous commercial losses due to flooding and eventually committed suicide when forced into bankruptcy. Following the Civil War, a statewide timber industry expanded in earnest due to the construction of railroads and availability of powered machinery. Cutting of timber in the Arkansas Delta (including Crittenden County) and the "sunken lands" of northeast Arkansas played a pivotal role in encouraging …
Norvell (Crittenden County)
Norvell was an incorporated town in western Crittenden County located just southeast of the Tyronza River, about one mile east of the Cross County line. In 1862, Dr. James Throgmorton arrived in what would become Norvell. In later years, he described the landscape as "a dense forest inhabited by bears, wolves and panthers," adding that "it remained so until 1888." The raw wilderness with abundant virgin timber invited settlement and commercial growth during the timber boom that swept Arkansas following the Civil War. This growth gave rise to Norvell and its larger neighbor Earle (Crittenden County), which were settled simultaneously and shared many of the same business and civic leaders. Population in the area was sparse until the 1880s, when the …
Sunset (Crittenden County)
Sunset is a largely African-American town north of Marion (Crittenden County) and adjacent to Interstate 55. A school building in Sunset is on the National Register of Historic Places. Quapaw lived in the area before European explorers first visited. Two Spanish land grants were bestowed before 1800 for the land where Sunset would be built. The land became part of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Cotton was grown on the land both before and after the Civil War. Many former slaves continued to live as tenant farmers in Crittenden County after the Civil War. Friendship Lodge No. 39, a Masonic association for African Americans, was organized in 1873. A school for African-American children was built in …
Turrell (Crittenden County)
Turrell is an incorporated city located along Interstate 55 in northern Crittenden County, about five miles south of the border with neighboring Mississippi County. The town first coalesced in the 1880s around timber-cutting operations owned by Wisconsin native Fletcher E. Turrell, for whom the town is named. Turrell ran the Turrell-Lily Lumber Company, among other local business ventures, and also served as the first postmaster. Aided by the presence of a railroad constructed in 1883, other timber-related businesses thrived at Turrell throughout its history until the cleared forest acreage was utilized as farmland, as it is today. Well before the construction of the railroad, Native Americans once had an established village and built several mounds at what is now …
West Memphis (Crittenden County)
West Memphis is the largest town in Crittenden County. Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River where I-55 and I-40 meet, West Memphis has been referred to as the crossroads or mid-point of the United States and is one of the largest trucking centers in the nation. Memphis, Tennessee, is located just across the Mississippi River. Pre-European Exploration through European Exploration and Settlement Native Americans lived in the Mississippi River Valley for at least 10,000 years, although much of the evidence of their presence has been buried or destroyed. The Indians of the Mississippian Period were the last native inhabitants of the West Memphis area. Mound City Road, located within the eastern portion of the West Memphis city …


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Q: Matplotlib table falls outside plot area I have a table within a plot using Matplotlib and the table spills out past the plot area. Is there a way to make this not happen, perhaps with an offset or something similar?
import matplotlib.pylab as plt

plt.figure()
ax=plt.gca()

col_labels=['col1','col2','col3']
row_labels=['row1','row2','row3']
table_vals=[[11,12,13],[21,22,23],[31,32,33]]
the_table = plt.table(cellText=table_vals,
                  colWidths = [0.1]*3,
                  rowLabels=row_labels,
                  colLabels=col_labels,
                  loc='center left')
plt.text(12,3.4,'Table Title',size=8)

plt.show()

A: Add a bbox parameter, in this way you can control the exact location, for example:
plt.table(cellText=table_vals,
                  colWidths = [0.1]*3,
                  rowLabels=row_labels,
                  colLabels=col_labels,
                  loc='center left',
                  bbox=[0.25, -0.5, 0.5, 0.3])

Here is the corresponding documentation for table and the one for bbox.


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Remember the time….
When black Kings and Queens were the foothold of our society. They exhibited the strength, courage, and knowledge that has yet to be paralleled nowhere on earth. We are starting to see flashbacks of the past, it's sprouting from the concrete jungle's of the future. Let's reflect….
African Kings
AFFONSO I KING OF THE KONGO (1506-1540) Affonso I was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures, but as a unified nation fully equipped with advanced knowledge and technology. He was also known as the first ruler to resist the most despicable act ever known to man, the European slave trade.
AKHENATON The Creator of Monotheism (1375-1358 B.C)
Akhenaton was the first ruler in recorded history to believe in the concept of One God. He also taught this concept to all his citizens. He built a new city in the desert that was dedicated to religion, art and music. This new city, Akhenaton (now Tell el Amara), with its lush gardens and magnificent buildings is where
Akhenaton and his wife Queen Nefertiti changed Kemet's culture so radically that their influence is felt for centuries right up until today. Akhenaton was also the first Pharaoh of whom a true likeness is recorded as shown in the picture to the left.
ASKIA TOURE KING OF SONGHAY (1493-1529)
Askia Toure united the entire central region of the Western Sudan, and established a governmental machine that is still revered today for its detail and efficiency. He divided his country into provinces, each with a professional administrator as governor, and ruled each fairly and uniformly through a staff of distinguished legal experts and judges.
BEHANZIN HOSSU BOWELLE THE KING SHARK (1841-1906)
Behanzin was the most powerful ruler in West Africa during the end of the nineteenth century. He strongly resisted European intervention into his country. This was done with a physically fit army which included a division of five thousands female warriors. He is often referred to as the King Shark, a Dahomeyan surname which symbolized strength and wisdom. He was also fond of humanities and is credited with the creation of some of the finest song and poetry ever produced in Dahomey.
HANNIBAL RULER OF CARTHAGE (247-183 B.C.)
Hannibal is well known as the greatest general and military strategist who ever lived. He used his overpowering African armies to conquer major portions of Spain and Italy and came very close to defeating the Roman Empire. His audacious moves-such as marching his army with African War elephants through the treacherous Alps to surprise and conquer northern Italy and his tactical genius, as illustrated by the battle of Cannae where his seemingly trapped army cleverly surrounded and destroy a much larger Roman force, won him recognition which has spanned more than 2000 years. His tactics are still being studied in many military schools today.
IDRIS ALOOMA RULER OF BORNU (1580-1617)
He is credited with re-uniting two of Africa's Kingdoms, the kingdoms of Kanem and Bornu. This union lasted many generations with sustain peace becoming a part of the Bornu.
IMHOTEP THE WORLD FIRST KNOWN GENIUS
Imhotep was the royal advisor to King Zoser during the Third Dynasty of Kemet. Regarded as the world's first recorded multi-genius, Imhotep was an architect, astronomer, philosopher, poet and physician. As an architect he was responsible for designing the Step Pyramid and the Saqqara Complex. During his lifetime he was given a host of titles, among them:Chancellor of the King of Lower Kemet, the First after the King of Upper Kemet, High Priest of Heliopolis and Administrator of the Great Palace. As a physcian, Imhotep is believed to have been the author of the Edwin Smith Papyrus in which more than 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries are described. This is well over 2,200 years before the Western Father of Medicine Hippocrates is born. Some 2,000 years after his death, Imhotep was deified by the inhabitants of Kemet and was known later as Asclepius, God of Medicine, to the Greeks. His very name, Im-Hotep, translates as the Prince of Peace. His tomb near Memphis became a sacred place and the site of pilgrimages for those seeking a cure. As a philosopher and poet, Imhotep's most remembered phrase is: "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we shall die." There still remain many bronze statuettes, temples and sanatoria bearing his name, as is depicted in the picture of the statue above.
JA JA KING OF THE OPOBO (1821-1891)
He was the founder and leader of the territory of Opobo an area near the Eastern Nigeria River. This area was very favorable to trading. This trading route soon attracted the greedy Europeans who seek to capture this trading route. Ja Ja put up fierce resistance to this outside intervention. This resistance lasted for many years until at an older age of 70 he was finally captured by the British and sent into exile to the West Indies. The greatest Ibo leader of the nineteenth century never saw his kingdom again.
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Troubleshooter è il terzo EP del girl group sudcoreano Kep1er. Uscito il 13 ottobre 2022 sotto la Wake One Entertainment, è composto da cinque brani, di cui la title-track "We Fresh".

Promozioni
In occasione della pubblicazione dell'album, il 10 ottobre 2022 il gruppo ha organizzato il suo primo fanmeeting, chiamato "2022 Kep1er Fan Meeting 'Kep1anet'", in cui si sono esibite con la quarta traccia dell'EP, "Dreams".

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OSAKA, Japan — An Japanese travel & tourism company is taking bus travel to new luxurious heights with their Express Cocoon service between Osaka and Tokyo. The 12-passenger buses, with only window seating, features self-contained module seating angled toward the central aisle and partially enclosed by a rounded partition wall. Seats recline 140 degrees and include a padded footrest, according to an Inventorspot.com story.


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Glenn Close, Owen Wilson and Ed Helms star in a scene from the movie "Father Figures." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo by Warner Bros.)
Two adult brothers set out to find their biological father in the comedy, 'Father Figures'
John Mulderig | 12.30.2017
NEW YORK (CNS) — About the funniest joke in the threadbare comedy "Father Figures" (Warner Bros.) concerns the fact that, in childhood, its two main characters — now-grown and estranged fraternal twins Kyle (Owen Wilson) and Peter (Ed Helms) Reynolds — had a pet cat named Chairman Meow.
That historical pun aside, though, there's precious little that's revolutionary about the film that surrounds this duo.
Reluctantly reunited by the second wedding of their supposedly widowed mother, Helen (Glenn Close), bored-with-his-life proctologist Peter and carefree beach bum Kyle are in for a surprise. The man Helen long ago told them was their deceased father was, it seems, just a friend of hers.
So their real dad may, in fact, still be alive — though Helen's promiscuous past makes it impossible for her to identify for sure which of many candidates he might be. This discovery launches the siblings on a road trip during which they visit a series of contenders, the first being famed football star Terry Bradshaw, playing himself.
As Terry and the lads toss the old pigskin around on a Florida beach, director Lawrence Sher's formulaic feature debut quickly sinks into a stupor from which only an energetic turn from Katt Williams as a hitchhiker can it briefly emerge.
Predictable developments include, most obviously, the gradual repair of the breach between the temperamentally diverse brothers. But subplots concerning Kyle's money troubles and divorced Peter's efforts to get back on track romantically are equally easy to anticipate.
Kyle's interest in serving as Peter's "wingman" by facilitating a casual encounter is symptomatic of the fact that the movie's distasteful premise is matched by a worm's-eye view of human sexuality throughout. The resolving plot twist can, however, be seen as vaguely pro-life.
The film contains pervasive sexual and some scatological humor, an incest theme, a premarital bedroom scene, about a dozen uses of profanity, a couple of milder oaths and constant rough and crude language. The Catholic News Service classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Mulderig is on the staff of Catholic News Service.


pocky: Several Surly fatbikes on a 40-50%-off overstock sale right now. These are Surly's own rate slashes, so you get this deal through any bike shop that will sell you a Surly and you get to support your local shop.
Pugsley at $799 for SS, $899 for geared, $999 for Pug Ops. Moonlander or Ice Cream Truck Ops for $1199.
My friend just bought a Moonlander through this deal.
Killer deal on several varieties of 45NRTH and Surly fatbike tires. Just received my Flowbeist and Dillinger yesterday (shipping took exactly two weeks) and I can confirm they are the real deal. $90, shipped, for a pair -- these tires will run you 2-3x that price anywhere else, including from other sellers on eBay.
wish they had something in the 32-38 range.
650c, 26" and minivelos in a range of frame sizes!
Whenever I'm looking for a part I think it's more fun to call around and find the best deal in town rather than just find the cheapest mail order place and save like $7 bucks. So since I'm this much of a winner, I'll share my findings for 10spd chains. Note: Many bike shops seem to pay little to attention to the mspr of chains.
It's not really fair to compare pretty different items. 10 speed chains are not all created equal, even the Ultegra 6600 10 speed chain and 6700 10 speed chain are different, both in weight and in profile.
Please repeat for noseless saddles.You said time was infinite, so why the watch wrapped around your wrist?
Right. I didn't bother asking Landry's which Ultegra it was because no one seems to have 6600 any more, but if those are actually the ones they have, it's probably still a good deal. 6700 chains were $45 at most places.
nandys been slackin on posting tiny bikes.
^ saw that on the STEEL IS REAL fb group, but there's no size info and the wheels look too big.
Nandy: ^ saw that on the STEEL IS REAL fb group, but there's no size info and the wheels look too big.
I wish I knew you before. I had one of these, and gave it away to some other garden gnome for 75 dollars, + gold anodized front Araya wheel. I had too many Terry frames, and none of them fit.
is this the time where i'm supposed to mention i had one in white too, as well as a team miyata knock off that was full chrome? because i did. i think i gave her one of the frames, because i just wanted to get rid of it.


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Darby has established himself as one of the most popular and versatile vocalists in South East Queensland,
and soon became a regular on the club circuit working from Tamworth to Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast.
His unique blend of songs and vocal versatility has always left a lasting impression and made many new fans.
His earlier involvement with notable bands includes The Blue Healer Band, The Smokin' Crawdads & The Country Boys.
Interested in song writing for most of his musical career, he has amassed quite a catalogue of originals to select from.
His song writing is influenced by the talents of John Denver, James Taylor, Vince Gill and the Eagles to name a few.
His live show band is Facin' the Crowd & they provide the backing on his inaugural album – JOURNEY.
In true Country style, this album is an original collection of stories mainly from his life's experiences,
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W Fort Lauderdale has several options for indoor and outdoor wedding events at their spectacular location. The pre-function room is more than 8,000 square feet of space and accommodates more than 600 guests. The Courtyard is more than 5,500 square feet and can accommodate 500 guests for a seated dinner reception and 600 guests for a cocktail reception. The Industry room is more than 4,300 square feet of space and accommodates 280 guests for a seated dinner reception and 500 guests for a cocktail reception. The Great room is 4,200 square feet and can accommodate up to 480 guests. The Mingle room is nearly 4,000 square feet of space and accommodates up to 350 guests. The Terrace is 1,800 square feet of space and accommodate 150 guests for a seated dinner reception and 220 guests for a cocktail reception. The Bungalow is more than 1,300 square feet and can accommodate up to 100 guests. You can also take advantage of the beautiful beach for ceremony sites.
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I am SOOO happy with everything about my wedding at the W. First off, the guests were sooo excited to be at the hotel for the weekend. The pool, the bars, the restaurants, all made it well worth a weekend stay there for them. The Great room was the perfect room for my wedding - not to mention how beautiful it is. The chef there is the best in the business. All my guests said everything was DELISH!
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The staff at the W was also spectacular. Dahana at the front desk was my welcome agent, and she was such a sweetheart. She went out of her way to make sure my (now) husband and I were taken care of to the fullest. Anything I asked of from the hotel or needed, was done for me. They really strive in making sure their guests are taken care of. Def have your wedding at the W FTL!!!!!!
My Wedding was absolutely magical. I had the best help from Patricia to make all my dreams come true for my Wedding day. I had the best vendors and Couture Bridal Photography was absolutely amazing with the best Wedding Photography in Florida.
I almost wish I could do it all over again!
The staff is so great and very accommodating!