Whether you agree or not, Tiger Woods remains convinced he can win four more major titles to match the all-time record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus. At St Andrews, where the 2015 Open begins on Thursday, he was asked if that record is now "a dream too far".
There is no denying it however; Woods is a genuine long shot to win this week. The former world number one is the current world number 241—an inconceivably low ranking for a 39-year-old golfer who was once indomitable—but that does not quell Woods' desire to rekindle the form that saw him lift the Claret Jug here twice, in 2000 and 2005.
The optimism is born of a recent "baseline shift" with the swing modifications he is making under the guidance of coach Chris Como, and from bringing his game to the ancient Old Course at St Andrews, Woods' favorite track in world golf.
It was in 1995 at St Andrews that the 19-year-old, amateur Woods made his Open debut. He finished tied-68th, but returned to St Andrews five years later to re-set some of the game's most significant records. A 72-hole score of 269 was the lowest Open total ever posted at St Andrews and his 19-under-par mark was a majors record. He won the first of his three Open titles by eight shots that year, and in 2005 he won here by five.
But that was then, and Woods has not won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open. His last tour win was the 2013 WGC Bridgestone Invitational, and in seven PGA Tour appearances this year he has missed two cuts, withdrawn through injury once, and his best finish is a tie for 17th in the Masters. The glimmer of hope for Woods came in the Greenbrier Classic two weeks ago, when a first-round of 66, four under par, was his lowest round of the year, although he traces the improvement back to June's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, Ohio.
Woods tees off in the first round on Thursday morning at 9:55am with Australian Jason Day and Louis Oosthuizen, the South African who won the last Open at St Andrews in 2010. This group might need to brace themselves ahead of their second-round start—2:56pm on Friday—with gusts of up to 35mph forecast for Friday afternoon.


Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has picked up a national accolade for its refurbishment project at Wemyss Bay Ferry Terminal.
CMAL received an RICS Infrastructure award for its £1 million upgrade of the Grade A listed historic timber pier walkway, which connects the terminal to Wemyss Bay Station. The walkway dates back to 1903 and is a prominent wrought iron and timber clad structure with a slate and glass roof.
The upgrade was part of a £6m investment in the ferry terminal, which also included a new fendering system, reconstructed concrete pier roundhead, refurbished linkspan and installation of a corrosion protection system, while the harbour was also dredged.


The high cost of long-term care has made planning a critically important issue for most middle class seniors and their families. In fact, most seniors will likely require some form of long-term care. Sadly, many of them are unprepared for the significant financial burdens it places on their family's hard earned savings. While there are significant federal and state benefit programs which were designed to assist the elderly, far too many people fail to understand how these programs function and what is required for eligibility. We work closely with our clients to ensure they have an understanding of the many legal options to protect assets and qualify for benefits that will help pay for long-term care.
Those who have planned ahead by purchasing long-term care insurance have a degree of certainty and peace of mind, knowing that they have a lesser need to rely on other sources in the future. Unfortunately, many can't afford the high cost of long term care insurance or worse, because of age or medical conditions, cannot qualify for long term care insurance. If you do have long-term care insurance, you should be aware of what your policy covers. Many policies have high deductibles or provide for only a short period of care in a medical facility. In fact, many who have long-term care insurance still have to resort to Medicaid to pay for their care.
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Bulgaria's Tourism Board Opposes Smoking Ban Cancellation
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Rumen Draganov, member of Bulgaria's National Tourism Board, has cautioned that lifting the full smoking ban in enclosed public places may result in a wave of reimbursement claims and complaints. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's National Tourism Board has cautioned that lifting the full smoking ban in enclosed public places may result in a wave of reimbursement claims.
Rumen Draganov, member of the National Tourism Board, called for refraining from a cancellation of the smoking ban for the time being.
Speaking after a meeting of representatives of the Board with MPs of center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria), he explained that contracts had been signed with foreign tour operators for 4 800 000 holidays in 2014 and a total of 150 000 sales had been registered.
Draganov, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), pointed out that these contracts had already been signed and any change to the terms of the agreement would give the other party a reason to claim compensation.
He emphasized that it was not possible for Bulgaria to withdraw all brochures from over 32 000 tourist agencies all over the world.
He explained that although the brochures did not explicitly specify whether there was a smoking ban in Bulgaria, the abolition of this regime involved a change to the conditions and it was mandatory for the country to announce the step in order to prevent claims.
Draganov suggested that the claims of the initiators of the legal amendments to the Health Act that the tourism was in dire straits were untrue.
He noted that the 2013 tourist season had been successful and the number of foreign visitors to Bulgaria was expected to exceed 9 million.
"There are problems in Bulgaria's tourist sector but it certainly cannot be asserted that the sector is in decline or the indicators have dropped since the introduction of the smoking ban," he said.
The National Tourism Board called for meetings with representatives of the other parliamentary groups.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen (Philippians 4:23).
It's grace–you can't earn it.
It's your spirit–God works from the inside out.
Take that reminder with you into your Friday.
The Lord of Everything chooses to love you, in spite of…well…you. He's given you all you need to live and to serve and to be amazing.


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MLB Cheat Sheet: April 18th
Steve Buchanan
WATCH: IS MAX SCHERZER THE TOP PITCHING OPTION TONIGHT?
Tuesday brings us the monster 15-game slate of baseball. We have a lot of decision to make and such little time, so let's dive right into all the information for tonight. As always, you can get me on the ol' Twitter machine @SBuchanan24.
Chicago Cubs (-181) vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Brett Anderson ($6,600) – Brett Anderson would hardly put a dent into your salary cap tonight, as he and the Cubs are the heavy favorites for tonight. Anderson has faced this Brewers team once already and posted 15.2 fantasy points, allowing one run on five hits in 5.2 innings with a 4:1 K: BB ratio. Facing one of the top strikeout prone teams against right-handed batters, Anderson certainly has some upside with his price range and could be a nice cheap SP2 on the night. I'm not going crazy with exposure to him, as I think we should be cautious. It should also be noted this game has the highest projected run total of the night.
Highest Totals
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs (9.5 Runs) – The Brewers are projected at 4.1 runs tonight, which isn't usually a number that gives me all the feels when I'm looking to select a pitcher. I think Anderson has some upside with his price as I mentioned, but it certainly goes without saying to be cautious.
As for the Cubs, they have the highest projected run total of the night at 5.5 runs. They'll face Jimmy Nelson, whose gotten off to an excellent start in 2017. Nelson has allowed two runs on nine hits in 13 innings with an impressive 13:2 K: BB ratio. One of those impressive starts did come against the Cubs team, striking out eight of them in six innings. I certainly will have some Cubs exposure tonight, as I don't think Nelson will continue at this rate, especially with pitching at Wrigley tonight.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Cincinnati Reds (9.5 Runs) – The other game projected at 9.5 runs is the Orioles visiting the Reds. Kevin Gausman will take the mound opposing Bronson Arroyo in this matchup. The Orioles are projected at 5.1 runs tonight, which feels completely doable when looking at Arroyo's performance thus far. In two starts, he's allowed 11 runs on 13 hits in just 10 innings with only a 5:3 K:BB ratio. While it's still very early in the season, it truly looks as Arroyo has nothing left in the tank and opposing hitters have been feasting. Arroyo has always had issues with lefties in his career, so names like Seth Smith and Chris Davis should be headlining your Orioles stack tonight.
Weather Concerns
Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves (SunTrust Park) – Atlanta will have a chance of thunderstorms all throughout the night until the very late evening. It looks as if they can squeeze this game in, but as always keep a close eye on this one.
Park Factors
Park Factors are ranked on a scale of 1.000. Anything above 1.000 is favorable towards the hitters. Anything below that mark favors pitchers.
Kauffman Stadium – San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals – Kauffman Stadium checks in as our number one ballpark for hitters tonight. In 2016, all offensive categories were favored here except home runs.
Rogers Centre – Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays – Rogers Centre gets the nod as our number two ballpark for hitters tonight. All offensive categories were favored here in 2016.
Minute Maid Park – L.A. Angels vs. Houston Astros -Minute Maid Park was one of the worst ballparks for hitters last season. Triples were the only category that got the nod in 2016.
Dodger Stadium – Colorado Rockies vs. L.A. Dodgers – Dodger Stadium has always been cruel to hitters and last year was no different. No offensive categories got the nod at this ballpark.
Lineup Starters
Pitcher to Build Around
Michael Fulmer -Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays – $8,900 -I don't think this is a slate where we should be paying top-shelf prices for pitching. I think Fulmer at $8,900 is a nice price point, facing a team that owns the highest K% against righties so far this season at 28.1%. Fulmer certainly as the strikeout potential, owning a 7.8 K/9 since he landed in the majors last season. Fulmer has been great at Comerica Park, posting a .279 wOBA with a .341 SLG and a .289 OBP to opposing hitters since last season.
Heavy Hitter to Pay For
Chris Davis – Baltimore Orioles vs. Bronson Arroyo – $4,700 – As I mentioned earlier, Davis is one of the headliners in a potential Orioles stack with how poorly Arroyo has pitched against lefties. Davis owned a .362 wOBA against righties last season with a .487 SLG and a .341 OBP. With how poorly Arroyo has been pitching, I can envision a scenario where the Orioles won't be able to pounce and get to him early.
Save Big by Drafting…
Michael Conforto – New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies – $3,500 – I love this spot for Conforto tonight with his cheap salary to boot. He'll face off against Zach Eflin, who in his short time in the majors owns a .388 wOBA against lefties with a .603 SLG and a .336 OBP. Conforto at home owns a career .379 wOBA with a .531 SLG and a .358 OBP. At just $3,500, Conforto should fit nice and snug in your lineup.
Stack Em Up
Kansas City Royals vs. San Francisco Giants (Matt Cain) – I don't think this is necessarily a sneaky stack, but I think it's completely plausible to think it can go a bit more overlooked on a 15-game slate. With this game taking place at Kauffman Stadium, I can't see how Cain comes out of this game unscathed. Granted, Cain hasn't been healthy much over the past few years, but since 2014, he's posted wOBA on the road of .361, .412, and .365. The Royals hit extremely well at home, and the majority of their hitters are priced under $4K. I think this will be a successful group of hitters on this monster 15-game slate.
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October 29, 2007 -- October 29, 2007—Network Appliance continued its push into the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market today with the introduction of StoreVault S300—a sub-$3,000 member of its StoreVault family of multi-protocol disk arrays.
October 26, 2007 -- October 26, 2007—On October 24, IBM announced its acquisition of NovusCG, a seven-year old, 100-or-so-employee provider of enterprise storage solutions and related tools. NovusCG will be integrated into the Storage and Data Services business unit within IBM Global Technology Services.
October 25, 2007 -- October 25, 2007—IBM this week struck a deal to acquire storage services specialist Novus Consulting Group (NovusCG) for an undisclosed sum.
October 24, 2007 -- October 24, 2007—Here's a sampling of product announcements from last week's Storage Expo show in London.
October 19, 2007 -- October 19, 2007—We wrap up our coverage of partnership and product announcements at this week's Storage Networking World conference with news from Emulex, QLogic, Nuova, JMR, Rasilient, Seanodes, Aristos Logic, Wasabi, BridgeHead, and Mendocino Software.
October 15, 2007 -- October 15, 2007—Hitachi Data Systems is drawing from its expertise in the consumer electronics market and the technologies it has developed for enterprise storage customers to come up with a new entry-level storage system that could finally give the company a foothold in the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market.
October 12, 2007 -- October 12, 2007—All data-protection strategies are subject to the same challenges and outside pressures. The strategies that you choose must take into account these considerations.
October 9, 2007 -- October 9, 2007—LSI today announced support for iSCSI across its Engenio line of disk subsystems and introduced the Simplicity 1532 array, which supports iSCSI host connections and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives.
October 8, 2007 -- October 8, 2007—Start-up 4Blox Inc. today announced software, dubbed 4Mezzo, that is designed to decrease CPU utilization in iSCSI implementations. The company claims a 3X to 10X reduction in CPU utilization.
October 5, 2007 -- October 5, 2007—EMC announced this week that it has acquired online backup-and-recovery services provider Berkeley Data Systems for $76 million, a deal which gives EMC access to the consumer storage market.
October 2, 2007 -- October 2, 2007—Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) this week became the last of the major RAID controller vendors to enter the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) market with the introduction of the 3ware 9690SA controller.
October 1, 2007 -- Users should consider archiving, data compression, and data de-duplication.
October 1, 2007 -- In a keynote at last month’s VMworld show in San Francisco, Cisco CEO John Chambers likened the rise of virtualization to the rise of the Internet, saying that virtualization will “usher in a new generation of productivity, changing how we work, where we work, and the nature of work itself.
October 1, 2007 -- Over the past few years virtualization has evolved from an industry buzzword into a full-fledged revolutionary force in the data center.
October 1, 2007 -- Traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) have been the storage technology of choice for decades.
October 1, 2007 -- A relatively new set of tools enables IT administrators to manage across multiple domains, including servers and storage.
October 1, 2007 -- Each month, InfoStor rounds up timely new product announcements, providing a buyer?s guide for professionals.
October 1, 2007 -- About five years ago, I wrote an article in this magazine exposing one of IT’s now- infamous dirty little secrets. Backup and recovery, as it was done then, was grossly inefficient, and IT was fully aware of it.
October 1, 2007 -- End users in search of a way to consolidate backup and archive data onto a single system may be in luck.
October 1, 2007 -- Hewlett-Packard is out to bring blades to the masses with an all-in-one system complete with server, storage, networking, and data protection in an enclosure about the same size as a desk-side PC.
October 1, 2007 -- It has been just a few months since Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) overhauled its enterprise-class Universal Storage Platform (USP).
October 1, 2007 -- This issue marks our 10-year anniversary and, since our staff is geographically dispersed, we virtualized the celebration, complete with virtual martinis (VMs).
October 1, 2007 -- After helping bring data de- duplication to the forefront as a must-have capability in the backup process, Data Domain is taking de-dupe a step further by expanding its operating system to go beyond backup with support for nearline applications.
October 1, 2007 -- There are a range of products and technologies available to meet your RTO and RPO requirements.
October 1, 2007 -- This section takes on late-breaking business and partnership news written for industry insiders.
October 1, 2007 -- FVS, or file/NAS virtualization, simplifies the management of proliferating, heterogeneous NAS systems.


The COMPUPLAST® VEL™, Flat Spiral Die module™ is used for the analysis and design of the types of dies that are typically used in tubular (blown) film production. This module can be used for simulating the flow in flat spiral distribution systems commonly found in "stacked" type of coextrusion dies. The simulation can also include the primary distribution (ports) and also post spiral channels. This module can be easily used for the design and optimization of the flow channel geometry.
Using the fast, Control Volume Method (CVM) of mathematical analysis, or a fully 3D Finite Element Method (FEM), this module can provide the user with an accurate prediction of the expected die performance. The parametric geometry editor allows a user to create and optimize a design quickly and efficiently. Combine it with the Multi-Layer or 2D FEM module and you have all the tools you need to analysis and design annular type multi-layer dies.
The VEL™, Flat Spiral Die module has been developed with the extrusion process engineer in mind. Many world class blown film extrusion die manufacturers use the Flat Spiral Die module as a part of their daily design procedures.


Liverpool centre-forward Dominic Solanke is close to completing a move to Bournemouth, with talks at an advanced stage.
The 21-year-old has not made a single first-team appearance for the Reds this season, with club boss Jurgen Klopp opting to use the likes of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane ahead of him.
The Englishman looks set to leave Anfield during the January transfer window, but with Crystal Palace pulling out of a mooted loan deal on Thursday the door has been opened for another Premier League side to swoop in.
According to Sky Sports, Bournemouth have held negotiations with Liverpool on Friday and are on the verge of signing Solanke on a permanent transfer.
The Cherries already have Josh King and Callum Wilson on their books up front, but both men have been linked with moves away from the club recently, which might be why Eddie Howe has now looked to bring in fresh reinforcements in that position.
Solanke moved to Anfield from Chelsea in 2017 but he has since only managed to rack up 26 appearances for the Reds, scoring just one goal and failing to establish himself in the senior squad.
At Bournemouth, he could well be granted the regular playing time that he craves and given the fact that Howe favours free-flowing, fluid, attacking football, he could begin to fulfil the potential he showed as a youth player.
The former Chelsea striker was prolific for the Blues at academy level and was initially tipped for a bright future, but at the moment he might need to drop down to a club outside the top six to really maximise his development.
Solanke received an England call-up back in 2017 and if he can hit the ground running at Bournemouth there is every chance he could return the international stage in the near future, while also helping his new team mount a charge for European football at club level.


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SEHK:152
Here's What You Should Know About Shenzhen International Holdings Limited's (HKG:152) 8.7% Dividend Yield
Dividend paying stocks like Shenzhen International Holdings Limited (HKG:152) tend to be popular with investors, and for good reason - some research suggests a significant amount of all stock market returns come from reinvested dividends. Yet sometimes, investors buy a popular dividend stock because of its yield, and then lose money if the company's dividend doesn't live up to expectations.
In this case, Shenzhen International Holdings likely looks attractive to investors, given its 8.7% dividend yield and a payment history of over ten years. It would not be a surprise to discover that many investors buy it for the dividends. Some simple analysis can offer a lot of insights when buying a company for its dividend, and we'll go through this below.
Explore this interactive chart for our latest analysis on Shenzhen International Holdings!
SEHK:152 Historic Dividend November 19th 2020
Companies (usually) pay dividends out of their earnings. If a company is paying more than it earns, the dividend might have to be cut. Comparing dividend payments to a company's net profit after tax is a simple way of reality-checking whether a dividend is sustainable. Shenzhen International Holdings paid out 21% of its profit as dividends, over the trailing twelve month period. We'd say its dividends are thoroughly covered by earnings.
Another important check we do is to see if the free cash flow generated is sufficient to pay the dividend. Last year, Shenzhen International Holdings paid a dividend while reporting negative free cash flow. While there may be an explanation, we think this behaviour is generally not sustainable.
Consider getting our latest analysis on Shenzhen International Holdings' financial position here.
Dividend Volatility
One of the major risks of relying on dividend income, is the potential for a company to struggle financially and cut its dividend. Not only is your income cut, but the value of your investment declines as well - nasty. Shenzhen International Holdings has been paying dividends for a long time, but for the purpose of this analysis, we only examine the past 10 years of payments. Its dividend payments have declined on at least one occasion over the past 10 years. During the past 10-year period, the first annual payment was HK$0.1 in 2010, compared to HK$1.2 last year. Dividends per share have grown at approximately 23% per year over this time. The dividends haven't grown at precisely 23% every year, but this is a useful way to average out the historical rate of growth.
Shenzhen International Holdings has grown distributions at a rapid rate despite cutting the dividend at least once in the past. Companies that cut once often cut again, but it might be worth considering if the business has turned a corner.
Dividend Growth Potential
Given that the dividend has been cut in the past, we need to check if earnings are growing and if that might lead to stronger dividends in the future. Strong earnings per share (EPS) growth might encourage our interest in the company despite fluctuating dividends, which is why it's great to see Shenzhen International Holdings has grown its earnings per share at 14% per annum over the past five years. Rapid earnings growth and a low payout ratio suggests this company has been effectively reinvesting in its business. Should that continue, this company could have a bright future.
When we look at a dividend stock, we need to form a judgement on whether the dividend will grow, if the company is able to maintain it in a wide range of economic circumstances, and if the dividend payout is sustainable. Shenzhen International Holdings has a low payout ratio, which we like, although it paid out virtually all of its generated cash. Next, earnings growth has been good, but unfortunately the dividend has been cut at least once in the past. While we're not hugely bearish on it, overall we think there are potentially better dividend stocks than Shenzhen International Holdings out there.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. Meanwhile, despite the importance of dividend payments, they are not the only factors our readers should know when assessing a company. For example, we've identified 4 warning signs for Shenzhen International Holdings (2 can't be ignored!) that you should be aware of before investing.
We have also put together a list of global stocks with a market capitalisation above $1bn and yielding more 3%.
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Teledyne Paradise Datacom's newly packaged High Power Outdoor (H) series of Solid State Power Amplifiers is packaged with the latest Gallium Nitride, GaN, based SSPA modules. Utilizing the latest in linearized GaN amplifier module technology, the High Power Outdoor enclosure can achieve the highest power densities in the industry. By utilizing an all GaN semiconductor design along with proprietary linearization techniques, the High Power Outdoor amplifier simultaneously provides excellent linear output power along with industry leading efficiency.
A robust thermal platform and mechanical design make the High Power Outdoor package one of the most reliable outdoor high power amplifiers, HPA. Teledyne Paradise Datacom outdoor amplifiers are designed and tested to many of the MIL-STD-810 environmental conditions.
All Teledyne Paradise Datacom SSPAs have a full complement of local and remote control capability. The remote control capabilities include: RS485/RS232 serial control, Ethernet including SNMP, UDP, and internal web browsing. Discrete hardware control, Form C contact alarms and opto isolated inputs are also included.
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The device is housed in a ruggedized enclosure that is environmentally sealed to IP65 levels. This allows the Universal Handheld Controller (RCH-1000) to be used in most outdoor environments. The rugged construction of the device enclosure provides protection from impact and vibration.
This device allows the operator to adjust the attenuation of the connected unit, and control the mute/unmute selection, as well as monitor the status, conditions and settings of the connected unit via a serial RS-485 connection. Fault conditions and other events are tracked in the controller's internal log.


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives Scott Pelley a behind the scenes look at her private office.
©BBC UK Three-part series in which award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers the secret world of Whitehall, showing what the trio of great offices - Home, Foreign and Treasury - are really like. In his look at the Home Office - the ministry of law and order, immigration, MI5 and counter-terrorism - Cockerell blends fresh access filming with formerly unseen and rare archive, and interviews with present and past home secretaries and their senior officials. Cameras follow Alan Johnson from the moment he became the sixth home secretary in twelve years, after the resignation of Jacqui Smith. Johnson is briefed by the Home Office spin doctor about what to say to story-hungry journalists waiting for him. 'The Home Office's job is to confront human evil', says one mandarin, 'but every person in the pub has his own view of how to do it and is his or her own home secretary'.
The California Secretary of State has many essential responsibilities that most people aren't probably aware of. The office oversees everything from business filings to preserving valuable historical documents. But the biggest obligation the California Secretary of State has is running state and federal elections. From ballots to tracking financial expenditures for candidates, the California Secretary of State is the one making sure there are free, fair and open elections in our state. The office is also responsible for sending you that hefty but helpful voter guide.
If you think the executive branch is just the President, Vice President, and a small team of advisors, you are wrong. Mr. Beat explains the President's Cabinet. Want a specific history topic covered? Just like Ian, your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music, used by permission, by Jermaine Hysten. In this video, I will explain the history and purpose of the Cabinet. So let's start with the Constitution. Article II, Section 2 says the President gets some help- he or she doesn't have to do job alone. The Cabinet's official role is to give the President advice based on their expertise. The Constitution actually doesn't say anything explicitly about a Cabinet. The word "cabinet" comes from the Italian word "cabinetto," which means a small, private room. You know, a place to talk about important stuff without interruptions. The first President to use the term was James Madison, who called his meetings "the President's cabinet." Over the years, as the country has grown, the Cabinet has grown. George Washington, the First President and still my favorite one by the way, held the first cabinet meeting on February 25, 1793. He had just four Department Heads there. His Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War, Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. Jefferson and Hamilton spent much of the meeting fighting over the creation of a national bank. Today the Cabinet officially includes the heads of 15 executive departments. All 15 Department Heads are in the line of succession, meaning that if the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and the President por tempore (por temporay) of the U.S. Senate all died, these folks would be next up to take the President's spot. That's why Kiefer Sutherland became President that one time, even though he was just the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Wait a second, was that real life? Nooo, yeah I'm pretty sure that's just a TV show, come to think of it. The President nominates the department heads and presents them to the Senate to be approved by a simple majority, aka 51 of the 100 Senators approve. The Vice President doesn't need Senate approval, as he or she is elected, but neither does the White House Chief of Staff, who is basically the President's personal assistant. Because the Chief of Staff manages the President's schedule and manages the White House staff, her or she is often seen as a gatekeeper of sorts. The Chief of Staff actually isn't technically a part of the Cabinet, though. He or she is what we call a Cabinet-level official. Cabinet-level officials attend Cabinet meetings but are not official Cabinet members. It includes the Trade Representative, Director of National Intelligence, Ambassador to the United Nations, the OMB Director, the CIA Director, the EPA Administrator, and SBA Administrator. Cabinet members, except the Vice President, can be fired by the President fairly easy. (Donald Trump clip "you're fired") Yeah, the current President probably has made that quite evident. All Cabinet members are subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives if they act up. Now here's the thing. I haven't even got to the individual federal agencies that both fall under the umbrella of the departments or are independent agencies. You know, like the FBI, CIA, Federal Trade Commission, Social Security Administration, National Park Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NASA, and many others I am sure you have heard of. For the most part, they all are part of the executive branch. How many federal agencies are there? Well, I had a really hard time figuring this out. I honestly don't think anyone really knows. There might be 430, according to one source I found, or there might just be 115, according to the Administrative Conference of the United States, which recently printed "There is no authoritative list of government agencies." We do know that there are approximately 4 million people who work for the federal government. Probably. Maybe? That number is not for sure either. There's also all the state and local workers who get federal aid, not to mention the millions of contractors who work for the federal government. The bottom line is, the executive branch is HUGE. The Cabinet is a gigantic force, and not one easily reckoned with.
This is a video about Hillary's time at the State Department.
Only "Extra's" special correspondent, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, was with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan, who opened up about their personal lives in a rare interview in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State on September 14, 2018. A transcript is available at https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/09/285934.htm.
Reena Ninan reports the latest State Department news from Washington, D.C.
In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State (SofS) is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department (though not all departments are headed by a Secretary of State, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer).
There are a number of Secretaries of State, each formally titled "Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for ...". Legislation generally only refers to "The Secretary of State" without specifying which one; by virtue of the Interpretation Act 1978 this phrase means "one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State". These positions can be created without primary legislation, nowadays at the behest of the Prime Minister.
In the Middle Ages the kings of England were attended by a cleric called their "king's clerk" and later "secretary", who dealt with their correspondence. Until Henry VIII, there was usually only one secretary, but under him a second appeared. In the time of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) these men gained the title "Secretary of State". With Cabinet government after 1688, the Secretaries of State took on higher duties. Their posts came to be known as the Secretary of State for the Northern Department and the Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Both dealt with Home Affairs, but they divided Foreign Affairs, so that one dealt with the Protestant states of northern Europe and the other with the Roman Catholic states of southern Europe.
Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) was a Sub-Cabinet Post in the Cabinet of Canada. The post was created in 1993 with the Department of Secretary of State (created 1868) and abolished in 2003 (the Department attached to the post where eliminated in 1993 and remaining role was finally transferred to the Minister of Canadian Heritage in 1996).
Secretary of State was a title given to some Ministers of State in the Government of Canada sitting outside Cabinet from 1993 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2008. Secretaries of State were members of the ministry and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Just as Ministers of State, they were assigned to assist Cabinet ministers, but unlike ministers of state are not themselves members of Cabinet. For instance, the Secretary of State (Training and Youth) would assist the Minister for Human Resources and Development. This usage is opposite to that in the United Kingdom, where junior Ministers generally report to more senior Secretaries of State.
These positions were first used by Jean Chrétien as a way to decrease the size of the cabinet without substantially decreasing the size of the ministry. When Paul Martin became Prime Minister in 2003, this usage ended, and he instead appointed Ministers of State and increased the powers of Parliamentary Secretaries to act in junior policy positions.
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SAO PAULO - Chants of "Nippon!" broke out in a Japanese-Brazilian cultural centre in Sao Paulo as 300 fans cheered on the Asian team in their World Cup game against Ivory Coast.
But make no mistake. If his dream final in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium comes true, he wouldn't hesitate: "I would cheer for Brazil." Just as Brazil's Selecao is a symbol of national identity, supporting the Blue Samurai is a way for Brazilians of Japanese descent to reconnect with their ancestors' homeland.
The crowd at the cultural centre watched the game on a big screen in a room decorated with paper lanterns in the colors of Brazil and Japan.
Brazil is home to the world's largest Japanese community outside Japan, with some 1.8 million people of Japanese descent. About 60 per cent live in Sao Paulo state.
The cultural centre is located in a Sao Paulo district called Liberdade, a neighborhood lined with red Japanese-style street lights, restaurants serving tempura and shops selling anime videos.
Claudio Kurita, director of the Japanese-Brazilian cultural centre, said having Japan play in Brazil was a chance for migrants to feel closer to their ancient land.
Two sharply-headed goals within three second-half minutes gave Ivory Coast a 2-1 Group C victory over Japan as the World Cup's four-game "Super Saturday" concluded with yet another hugely entertaining match.
Keisuke Honda's fierce left-foot drive after 16 minutes had Japan ahead, but the introduction of substitute Didier Drogba just after the hour seemed to lift the Africans and almost immediately they turned the game on its head.
Wilfried Bony headed the equaliser after 64 minutes and the Ivorians had only just concluded their dancing celebrations when Gervinho glanced in the second, both goals coming from pinpoint crosses by Serge Aurier.
Ivory Coast join Colombia on three points atop the open-looking group after Colombia's 3-0 victory over Greece earlier on Saturday, and the Ivorians will be growing in confidence that they can reach the knockout stages for the first time.
Chants of "Nippon!" broke out in a Japanese-Brazilian cultural centre in Sao Paulo as 300 fans cheered on the Asian team in their World Cup game against Ivory Coast.
Brazil is home to the world's largest Japanese community outside Japan, with some 1.8 million people of Japanese descent.
About 60 per cent live in Sao Paulo state.
Football fan Marilza Guimaraes da Silva, 63, plays with a ball as she poses for a picture, dressed in one of her many outfits matching the colours of the national flag at her home in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.
Football fan Marilza Guimaraes da Silva, 63, holds up her hands decorated with accessories in Brazil's national colours.
Religious figurines are seen beside figurines of football players at the house of Brazilian football fan Marilza Guimaraes da Silva, 63.
Marilza Guimaraes da Silva holding up a replica of the World Cup trophy.
Artist Paulo Consentino works on a mural in celebration of the 2014 World Cup at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, which will host the opening ceremony.
A graffiti depicting Brazilian football star Garrinhcha, painted by Brazilian street artist Paulo Consentino in celebration of the FIFA 2014 World Cup, is seen on a perimeter wall of the Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo.
Police confront native Brazilians who protested last month against the costs of the 2014 World Cup.
Anti-World Cup demonstrators in front of a major bus terminal in Brasilia.
Protesters burn a World Cup sticker album.
Brazil has been hit by a wave of strikes and protests against the more than S$14 billion being spent on the tournament in a country that desperately needs investment in health, education and transport.
Only two Asian teams qualified for the World Cup 2014 - Japan and South Korea. Having co-hosted the World Cup in 2002, both teams have proven time and time again that they are Asia's best. Follow their progress here.


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How can chemical and other industries reduce damaging environmental effects and comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations?
Cambridge University's June Horizon seminar Green Frontiers - novel chemical technologies looked at the new and exciting research undertaken in novel, sustainable chemical technologies, waste treatment, materials recycling and process efficiency that minimise waste and lower damage to the environment and human health. It took place at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences on 27th June 2006.
Amongst the leading academic and industry experts were Prof. Howard Chase, Prof. Malcolm Mackley and Mr Bob Skelton from the Department of Chemical Engineering. Other speakers were Prof. Derek Fray, Dr Jonathan Goodman and Dr Florian Hollfelder (University of Cambridge), Prof. Mark Hillmyer (University of Minnesota) and Andreas Kicherer (Head of eco-efficiency, BASF AG).
Prof Howard Chase presented a paper entitled Microwave pyrolysis of plastic laminate wastes: spinning out research innovation.
Food and drink packaging like milk and fruit juice cartons are difficult to recycle because they contain aluminium, cardboard and plastic. The abstract for Prof Chase's paper goes on to say, "We have developed a novel process in which the residue following depulping of the paper content is subject to a pyrolytic process driven by microwave heating in order to recover the aluminium. The fundamental research which was originally supported by an EPSRC grant has been subject to University's technology transfer procedures and through the winning of awards for entrepreneurism has resulted in the setting up of a spin-out company (Enval Limited). The scientific basis of the process and the sequence of the technology transfer will both be described."
Prof Malcolm Mackley (on the left) and Mr Bob Skelton (on the right) presented a paper entitled Going green making bio-diesel.
Biodiesel is a sustainable, cleaner burning alternative fuel to crude-oil derived diesel. It may be produced from waste cooking oils such as rapeseed oil. The photograph shows the initial small scale equipment in use in 2002 and this was later scaled up to a pilot plant capable of producing 30 litres per hour.
There is currently potential for a large market for biodiesel with a European directive setting a target that by 2010, 5.75% of all road transport should be powered by biofuels.


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Zamfara State has recorded its first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed
Elites in the state who have been in a joyful mood claimed that since the creation of the State in 1996, it has been without any Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Speaking DAILY POST in Gusau, Andi Haliru, a former Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment to the first executive Governor of the State, Ahmed Sani Yarima, said the people of the state are proud to be associated with Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed.
"Barrister Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed has made Zamfara indigenes very proud even though he is the only SAN the State has produced, he said.
"Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed was born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Sani Mohammed on the 8th of October 1979 in Gusau, Zamfara State capital.
"He had his Primary School education at Township Model Primary School in Gusau between 1986 to 1990 and later proceeded to Federal Government College, Jos in Plateau State between 1991 to 1997, after which he proceeded to Haliru Binji College of Arts and Science Sokoto between 1999 to 2000 where he obtained his Certificate.
"Thereafter, he was admitted to study Law at Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto, where he obtained LLB in 2004 and then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 2005, after which he was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2006.
"He was employed as Legal Officer by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Abuja in 2007 and specialized in election-related matters of all kinds including employment disputes, alternative dispute resolution and land matters."
Andi Haliru explained that Sani's SAN instalment was only made possible following the cordial relationship and cooperation he garnered from colleagues as well as senior members of the Legal Department of INEC.
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The riots broke out Friday in the village of Behma, about 50 miles south of Cairo, reportedly after a Muslim sermon at a nearby village mosque accused the town's Coptic Christian population of planning to construct a church without a permit. The Christians said the sermon was meant to stir violence.
The Egyptian government heavily restricts the construction or enlargement of churches, requiring permits for any Christian building.
The riots this weekend reportedly saw Muslim gangs of more than 500 clash with about 200 Christians. At least 27 Christian-owned houses and shops were damaged by fire, including 10 homes that were completely gutted. Muslims reportedly threw Molotov cocktails at some Christian homes. Sixty-nine Christians were injured, some gravely.
A spokesman for Egypt's interior ministry confirmed around 500 Muslims had gathered in Behma after Friday prayers and that the entrances to three Christian homes had been set on fire.
According to a Muslim reporter who was on the scene for a top Egyptian daily, Egyptian police forces did not immediately step in to stop the violence.
"There was an atmosphere of terror for the Christians of Behma. The police could have intervened early, but they seemed to let the clashes go for some hours before stepping in," said the reporter, who spoke to WND on condition his name be withheld. He said he was banned from filing a report for his newspaper.
Security forces ultimately reportedly arrested 59 Muslims, who were charged with arson and with spreading sectarian strife.
It wasn't immediately clear if the Behma Christian were enlarging or building a church. Christians in the town currently pray from a house that doubles as a worship center.
The Coptic Church, a major Christian community in Egypt, reportedly dates back to the origins of Christianity. Christians were the majority in Egypt until several centuries after the Arab conquest of the seventh century.
Christians now comprise about 10 percent of Egypt's 75 million population, but Christians are effectively restricted from senior government, military or educational positions, and any worship services require the permission of the government.
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Subject: 2009–10 in English football, FWA Footballer of the Year, Luton Town F.C., Arsenal F.C. Academy, Kenilworth Road
The season ended with success for both Manchester clubs, as City won the FA Cup and Manchester United won the First Division title by an 11-point margin.
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Footballer of the Year – Bert Trautmann (Manchester City)
Top goalscorer
Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers), 33
First Division Manchester United (4) Blackpool
Second Division Sheffield Wednesday Leeds United
Third Division North Grimsby Town Derby County
Third Division South Leyton Orient Brighton & Hove Albion
FA Cup Manchester City (3) Birmingham City
Charity Shield Chelsea Newcastle United
Home Championship Shared by England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Manchester United won the First Division title by 11 points, featuring a squad of players with an average of just 22, with manager Matt Busby's emphasis on youth paying dividends and answering the critics who felt that his policy would not be able to maintain United's place among the game's elite. Second place was occupied by Blackpool, with Stanley Matthews still a dominant presence in the team in his 41st year, while Wolves finished third, FA Cup winners Manchester City finished fourth, and Arsenal completed the top five. Birmingham City finished sixth to record their best ever final position.
Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town finished the season relegated.
1 Manchester United 42 25 10 7 83 51 1.627 60
2 Blackpool 42 20 9 13 86 62 1.387 49
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 9 13 89 65 1.369 49
4 Manchester City 42 18 10 14 82 69 1.188 46
5 Arsenal 42 18 10 14 60 61 0.984 46
6 Birmingham City 42 18 9 15 75 57 1.316 45
7 Burnley 42 18 8 16 64 54 1.185 44
8 Bolton Wanderers 42 18 7 17 71 58 1.224 43
9 Sunderland 42 17 9 16 80 95 0.842 43
10 Luton Town 42 17 8 17 66 64 1.031 42
11 Newcastle United 42 17 7 18 85 70 1.214 41
12 Portsmouth 42 16 9 17 78 85 0.918 41
14 Charlton Athletic 42 17 6 19 75 81 0.926 40
17 Cardiff City 42 15 9 18 55 69 0.797 39
18 Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 7 20 61 71 0.859 37
19 Preston North End 42 14 8 20 73 72 1.014 36
20 Aston Villa 42 11 13 18 52 69 0.754 35
21 Huddersfield Town 42 14 7 21 54 83 0.651 35
22 Sheffield United 42 12 9 21 63 77 0.818 33
Sheffield Wednesday crossed paths with their cross city rivals to return to the First Division by winning the Second Division title, joined by runners-up Leeds United. Liverpool narrowly missed out on a First Division comeback by finishing third.
Plymouth Argyle and Hull City were relegated.
1 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 101 62 1.629 55
2 Leeds United 42 23 6 13 80 60 1.333 52
3 Liverpool 42 21 6 15 85 63 1.349 48
5 Leicester City 42 21 6 15 94 78 1.205 48
6 Bristol Rovers 42 21 6 15 84 70 1.200 48
7 Nottingham Forest 42 19 9 14 68 63 1.079 47
8 Lincoln City 42 18 10 14 79 65 1.215 46
9 Fulham 42 20 6 16 89 79 1.127 46
10 Swansea Town 42 20 6 16 83 81 1.025 46
11 Bristol City 42 19 7 16 80 64 1.250 45
12 Port Vale 42 16 13 13 60 58 1.034 45
13 Stoke City 42 20 4 18 71 62 1.145 44
14 Middlesbrough 42 16 8 18 76 78 0.974 40
15 Bury 42 16 8 18 86 90 0.956 40
22 Hull City 42 10 6 26 53 97 0.546 26
Grimsby Town clinched the Third Division North title and secured promotion to the Second Division.
1 Grimsby Town 46 31 6 9 76 29 2.621 68
2 Derby County 46 28 7 11 110 55 2.000 63
3 Accrington Stanley 46 25 9 12 92 57 1.614 59
4 Hartlepools United 46 26 5 15 81 60 1.350 57
8 Bradford City 46 18 13 15 78 64 1.219 49
9 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 46 20 8 18 75 63 1.190 48
10 Workington 46 19 9 18 75 63 1.190 47
16 Tranmere Rovers 46 16 9 21 59 84 0.702 41
17 Chester City 46 13 14 19 52 82 0.634 40
20 Oldham Athletic 46 10 18 18 76 86 0.884 38
21 Carlisle United 46 15 8 23 71 95 0.747 38
23 Bradford Park Avenue 46 13 7 26 61 122 0.500 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 9 10 27 50 105 0.476 28
Leyton Orient reached the Second Division by finished top of the Third Division South by a single point, one point ahead of Brighton and two points ahead of Ipswich Town.
1 Leyton Orient 46 29 8 9 106 49 2.163 66
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 29 7 10 112 50 2.240 65
3 Ipswich Town 46 25 14 7 106 60 1.767 64
4 Southend United 46 21 11 14 88 80 1.100 53
5 Torquay United 46 20 12 14 86 63 1.365 52
6 Brentford 46 19 14 13 69 66 1.045 52
7 Norwich City 46 19 13 14 86 82 1.049 51
9 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 19 10 17 63 51 1.235 48
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 69 71 0.972 48
17 Reading 46 15 9 22 70 79 0.886 39
18 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 11 21 64 86 0.744 39
19 Newport County 46 15 9 22 58 79 0.734 39
22 Millwall 46 15 6 25 83 100 0.830 36
23 Crystal Palace 46 12 10 24 54 83 0.651 34
24 Swindon Town 46 8 14 24 34 78 0.436 30
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There is a fairy in the rudbeckia garden. She has sparkling hair and sparkling clothes. Of course, everything she touches sparkles afterward.
I worked on this embroidery piece over the course of a few years and just finished it. The felt appliqués were stitched unto corduroy fabric (retrieved from old pants). I chose to take the pictures in full sun as it enhances beautifully the metallic thread and the embroidery floss. The sun also increases the dimensional effect created by the ribs of the corduroy fabric.
A gentle witch not too fond of black clothes. She prefers to adorn the same colors the trees do during the harvest season. She likes to give candies to the little children too!
Today, I am showing you a placemat my mother have made. She embroidered flowers and leaves unto a beautiful white fabric.
My favorite part is the sunflower. She has an excellent eye for colors and she embroidered it thickly. So sumptuous.
This last picture shows how it looks with my pinwheel glass and fall dinnerware. Perfect for a Sunday brunch, on a sunny fall day. Don't you think?
The gloomy and grey month of November is here. Outside, only a few leaves remain on the trees and those on the ground are dry and brown.
But inside, I have a few maple leaves with everlasting shiny colors.
This one is my favorite, with the beige and brown spotty fabric.
This orange leaf is perfect to lighten a particularly dark day.
I made those leaves with leftover cotton fabric, following a wonderful tutorial written by Lara. She shared her Maple Leaf Mug Rugs or Coasters – Tutorial & Pattern last September and as soon as I read her post I knew I would make some this fall. They were so easy to do that I was able to sew three leaves in less than one hour.
Have you made fabric leaves too?


Cellectricon announces the addition of two new cell-based assay systems to its product offering: Cellaxess Elektra Discovery System for automated cellular electrical field manipulation and Dynaflow Resolve System. Cellaxess enables research applications for primary cells, neurons and stem cells such as small-molecule screening, genomic screening and lead identification and target validation. The Dynaflow Resolve System, an add-on to existing patch-clamp setups, markedly reduces experimental setup and enables reproducible execution of patch-clamp experiments with minimal compound consumption, with an incorporated reusable microfluidic Dynaflow Resolve chip.


The dropout rate of boys in secondary education increased last year, according to the draft report of Bangladesh Education Statistics 2018.
The report also showed that the completion rate of boys in secondary education decreased simultaneously, while the dropout rate of girls still remains high.
The draft report was presented at a dissemination workshop organised by Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS), at its Palashi office in the capital.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni was present at the workshop as the chief guest while Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, Secretary (Secondary and Higher Education Division) of the Education Ministry Md Sohrab Hossain and Secretary (Technical and Madrasa Education Division) of the Ministry Md Alamgir were present there as the special guest.
The dropout rate of girls stood at 40.19 per cent in 2018, slightly reduced from 41.52 per cent in 2017. All together the dropout rate stood at 37.62 per cent in 2018, decreased from 37.81 per cent in 2017.
Secondary education completion rate of all students is 62.38 per cent in 2018 -63.99 per cent for boys and 59.81 for girls.
In 2017, the rate was 62.19 per cent for all students - 66.57 for boys and 58.48 per cent for girls.
The survey was conducted in 41,905 post-primary level educational institutions, including schools, colleges, madrasahs, technical and vocational institutes, professional educational institutions, teachers' training institution, medical and nursing colleges, universities and English medium schools across the country.


Earlier this year, I created a piece of cover art for my Cyberpunk Synthwave playlist on Spotify. At the time, I was completely out of practice drawing and I attempted to make the art in Photoshop, which really limits me, both technically and creatively. The end result was serviceable, but I was never excited about it. I decided it was time for a new image.
As with the last few drawings I've started, I was really pushing myself to create a compelling composition, in this case with the figure. Ideally, if this image were silhouetted, a viewer would still have a strong idea of what the figure was and the composition would be interesting to look at. I was also pushing myself to use more detailed line work to indicate shadows and gray tones.
I struggled a bit with the armor design. I was aiming for a mix of fantasy and cyberpunk themes, though the early designs of the armor felt too much like straight-up fantasy, so I had to rework some things. I've created quite a bit more fantasy art in my life than sci-fi art, and I can tell I have a lot of work to do with creating compelling designs with a futuristic flair.
Still, overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Inking it will be a fun challenge.


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Sof Omar Cave
Armaye
Sof Omar Cave is one of the world's biggest and Africa's largest cave. This marvelous underground world is located in Dawe Qachan District of Balé Zone at a distance of 110m from the Zone's capital Robé and 40 kilometers from the nearest town Goro. The cave's area which is typically characterized by flat topography and a deep gorge cut by river Web which forms the cave, and in particular the Ayyo-Mako cliff gate of river entrance is the right spot where visitors start cave expedition while the Hulluqa is the resurgence of both visitors and the river from the cave;
The beauty of the cave comes from the untouched and savage aspects of the huge main passages, the very special shape of the sections of the galleries, the white color of the lime stones and basalt that form the walls, the great number of entrances, the bewitching noise of the river, labyrinthine morphology of the galleries network and the presence of the many bats, etc;
The 42 internal entrances and its total passages distance of 15.6 kilometers its 1.2 kilometers tourist route, which crosses the river seven times and takes visitors about two hour's walking.
Sof Omar cave is a reputed historical Islamic heritage dedicated to the Sufist Sheikh Safiy Ullah Umar (abbreviated as "Sof Omar") from whom the name of the cave is originated. The Sheikh is said to be the nephew as well as the disciple of Sheikh Husein. He lived and worshiped Allah in the cave and taught Islam to his followers many centuries ago.
The cave thus is one of the venerated monuments of religious history that predate the arrival of Islam in Bale. The present cultural practice of offering prayers and sacrifices by the pilgrim twice a year to celebrate events of religious ceremony gives opportunity to experience history and culture.


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You Gotta Listen to Chris Stapleton's "Scarecrow in the Garden" Right Now
Linda Beth
These days, there aren't a lot of country music artists that truly embody the aspect of storytelling in their music. Carrie Underwood does it, just like Reba McEntire did it before her and Chris Stapleton nails it during his newly released "Scarecrow in the Garden."
"Scarecrow in the Garden" was written by Stapleton, Brice Long and Matt Fleener and recorded in the historic RCA Studio A with harmonies from the incomparable Morgane Stapleton.
The song is the story of generational farmers in West Virginia who passed the land down from one son to another before the land eventually let them down.
The song is the second new material unveiled from Stapleton's anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 2, which will be released December 1 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available to pre-order digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles.
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BOREMAN, Arthur Inghram, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Waynesburg, Pa., July 24, 1823; moved to Virginia with his parents, who settled in Middlebourne, Tyler County, in 1827, and in Moundsville, Marshall County, in 1840; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Parkersburg; member, Virginia house of delegates 1855-1861; presided over the convention of supporters of the Union of the northwestern counties of Virginia held at Wheeling, June 19, 1861, to form the new State of West Virginia; elected judge of the circuit court, nineteenth circuit of Virginia 1861-1863; the first Governor of West Virginia 1863-1869, when he resigned to accept the nomination as United States Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection in 1874; chairman, Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Territories (Forty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law in Parkersburg, W.Va.; elected judge of the circuit court for the fifth judicial circuit of West Virginia in 1888 and served until his death in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., April 19, 1896; interment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
"Boreman, Arthur Inghram," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000638.
From 1855 to 1861 Boreman represented Wood County in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Whig, opposing the dominant Democratic party, which he believed chiefly represented the planter and slaveowning interests of eastern Virginia. During the secession crisis, he joined the Unconditional Unionists in opposing secession, which he feared would mean the end of the best government in the world and a future of "impenetrable gloom."
Because of his outspoken Unionist stand, Boreman was chosen to preside over the Second Wheeling Convention (11-25 June and 6-21 Aug. 1861), which first organized a Restored Government of Virginia and then moved toward creation of a separate state. After the Second Wheeling Convention and while the movement for a separate state proceeded, Boreman served as a circuit judge of Reorganized Virginia, which, led by Governor Francis Pierpont, administered the Unionist counties of western Virginia from Wheeling.
Jerry Bruce Thomas, "Boreman, Arthur Ingram," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00122.html.
10/25/1866 10/25/1866 Republicans score significant victories in the West Virginia state elections.
How to Cite This Page: "Boreman, Arthur Ingram," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/11745.


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2021 Lincoln Town Car – The Comeback of the Iconic Sedan
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The all-new 2021 Lincoln Town Car is a luxury sedan that should arrive later next year. This iconic model was present since the 80s. However, after 30 years of production, Town Car was discounted. Now, speculated comeback could become true. On the other hand, Town Car doesn't fit in Lincoln's plan for the future.
The same plan says that the manufacturer will focus on the crossovers and SUVs only. For that reason, some cars are already killed. However, the 2021 Town Car could be a luxury variant that could find its place in a world dominated by SUVs and pickup trucks.
If the comeback rumors are true, one thing is certain. The upcoming 2021 Lincoln Town Car will look no way near the previous-gen model. This sedan will get all-new exterior features and styling will be impressive. The new platform is a must so we can expect small dimensional changes as well. As for the appearance, the Town Car will get new bumpers, modern grille, and very stylish headlights.
The back of the vehicle will sport stretched taillights that will wrap into the trunk. Aerodynamics will be better, no doubt about it. However, the ultimate goal is to deliver a luxury car that will look sophisticated and classy.
The interior will be equally stylish or even more. The forthcoming 2021 Lincoln Town Car will get a very unique cabin design packed with modern features. We can expect traditional wood accents combined with the modern chrome trims. All of the materials from the inside will look premium and high-quality. Soft-touch surfaces are a must for this luxury sedan as well.
However, the modern world requires modern features inside the vehicle. For that reason, Lincoln will opt for large 8-inch touchscreen. Besides that, the manufacturer will introduce new infotainment system, phone integrations and much more. Stainless materials are available as standard and we like the rumors about the rear privacy glass.
Speculated Engine Options
Under the bonnet, new 2021 Lincoln Town Car will most likely offer a 3.5-liter EcoBoost. This specific unit produces 350 hp and 370 lb-ft of torque. It comes with a 6-speed automatic transmission. Some rumors are even suggesting a smaller displacement with less power.
Knowing that this EcoBoost output could be an optional engine. All-wheel-drive setup will be optional and new platform will support front-wheel-drive configuration. A 2.7-liter V6 is a known engine that could also get some sort of electrification, possibly a hybrid variant.
How Much For a 2021 Lincoln Town Car?
The brand-new 2021 Lincoln Town Car will start somewhere in range of $40,000. The starting price could be even higher, but not drastically. This luxury sedan will offer three trim levels but even the base model is more than well-equipped. However, the range-topping trim that will cost over $55,000 will be a thing of luxury. Lincoln will release its iconic model once again, later in 2020. It will be interesting to see how this sedan will find its place in the luxury-car segment.
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ISIS supporters have been praising and joking about the low death toll in the wake of the deadly truck rampage in downtown Manhattan after reports of the driver being a suspected terrorist who shouted "Allahu Akbar" just moments after getting out of his vehicle.
Pro-Islamic State channels have posted commemorative posters online — which feature photographs that were taken at the scene and edited images of the Statue of Liberty being blown up.
Rumkmini Callimachi, a correspondent for the New York Times who closely follows the terror network, has been sharing the disturbing propaganda on her Twitter page in the wake of Tuesday's incident.
Some even discussed what they would have done differently in order to take more innocent lives.
Mocking the attack, Abdullah Sami said: "Trick-or-treat New York City. Alhamdulillah Happy Hauntings," along with laughing emojis.
According to Callimachi, the pro-ISIS channels are "not official communications by the terrorist group," but they still offer insight into what supporters have been doing following the attack.
The vile messages of joy circulated between extremists just hours after a terror cell called on supporters to launch Halloween attacks.
The terror network told fanatics to "terrorize October 31", alongside a harrowing image of a bloodied machete edited on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Tuesday's incident in Manhattan left eight people dead and nearly a dozen injured. The driver has been identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov — an Uzbeki national whose last known address was in Tampa, Florida.
The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, described the attack as "a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians going about their daily lives".
The FBI and NYPD are investigating.


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Q: How to conditionally subtract from a value I'm running Python 3.7.4 and I noticed some undesireable behavior while working on something, which I then reduced to this:
>>> x = 5
>>> x -= 1 if False else print("blah")
blah
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'int' and 'NoneType'

Unless there's something obvious I'm just missing? Why is it even trying to eval the -= if it's fallen through to the else?

A: This is grouped as:
(x) -= (1 if False else print("blah"))

Not:
(x -= 1) if False else (print("blah"))

Although since -= and other assignment statements don't themselves evaluate to a value, they can't appear as a part of a conditional expression. The left and right-hand arguments to the assignment are evaluated separately, then assigned to the left-hand argument:

An augmented assignment evaluates the target [x] . . . and the expression list [1 if False else print("blah")], performs the binary operation specific to the type of assignment on the two operands [-], and assigns the result to the original target.

The conditional expression on the right evaluates to None (because print returns None), then you attempt to subtract the resulting None from x.

A: There are two ways to do what you're after:
if <condition>:
    x -= 1

or
x -= 1 if <condition> else 0

In the first case, if the condition is met, 1 will be subtracted from x. Otherwise, no operation is performed on the value of x.
In the second case, some value is always subtracted from x. When the condition is met, that value is 1, otherwise it is 0 (effectively a no-op for the value of x).

A: That is not how you do ternary expressions in Python. You can do it like this:
x = (x-1 if False else print('foo'))

Only thing to keep in mind, this will set x=None since that is what the print statement returns.
If you mean to set x to the string foo, this will work
x=(x-1 if False else 'foo')

Or, as @PaulH suggested, x is to remain unchanged:
x=(x-1 if False else x and print('foo') or x)

doing that last one might not be the clearest way of doing this, but it works:
>>> x=5
>>> x=(x-1 if False else x and print('foo') or x)
foo
>>> x
5
>>> x=(x-1 if True else x and print('foo') or x)
>>> x
4

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using namespace cv;

void MeanShift::replace(Mat frame, Mat hist) {
    for (int i = 0; i < frame.rows; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < frame.cols; j++) {
            uchar value = frame.at<uchar>(i, j);
            int proba = cvRound(hist.at<float>(value)*(trans.getHistSize()-1)/max);
            if(proba>(trans.getHistSize()-1))
                proba=(trans.getHistSize()-1);
            frame.at<uchar>(i, j) = proba;
        }
    }
}

Point MeanShift::center(Mat frame, Rect roi) {
    int m00 = 0;
    int x = 0;
    int y = 0;
    for (int i = roi.y; i < roi.height + roi.y; i++) {
        for (int j = roi.x; j < roi.width + roi.x; j++) {
            m00 += frame.at<uchar>(i, j);
            x += j * frame.at<uchar>(i, j);
            y += i * frame.at<uchar>(i, j);
        }
    }
    Point point(x / m00, y / m00);
    point.x = x / m00;
    point.y = y / m00;
    return point;
}

void MeanShift::process() {
    replace(transformedFrame, histRef);
    do {
        prev.x = centerPoint.x;
        prev.y = centerPoint.y;
        Mat ROI = transformedFrame(modelArea);
        centerPoint = center(transformedFrame, modelArea);
        modelArea.x = centerPoint.x - modelArea.width / 2;
        modelArea.x = modelArea.x < 0 ? 0 : modelArea.x >= frame.cols ? frame.cols - 1 : modelArea.x;
        modelArea.y = centerPoint.y - modelArea.height / 2;
        modelArea.y = modelArea.y < 0 ? 0 : modelArea.y >= frame.rows ? frame.rows - 1 : modelArea.y;
    } while (prev.x != centerPoint.x || prev.y != centerPoint.y);
}

MeanShift::MeanShift(VideoAbstract &video, AbstractFrameTransformation &trans,string windowName,int waitDelay,bool show) : TrackingMethod(video, trans, windowName,waitDelay) {
    if(show){
        rectangle(frame, modelArea, Scalar(0, 0, 255));
        imshow(windowName, frame);
        waitKey(waitDelay);
    }
}


As a renown 'Machead' and devotee of all things Apple, I couldn't really see the point of the iPad.
A surfeit of Qantas FF points - and not wanting them to go the way of my Ansett one's - I lashed out and bought one with points from the Qantas shop.
What an amazing little machine - it actually hasn't been out of my hands since I got it last week.
Nola wants to try it but she's still waiting for me to put it down !
What have I achieved with it ?
It's the best thing I ever bought, unfortunately the wife and kids agree, so I don't get to use it much!
Hope you have a great great Xmas.
They're clever buggers at Apple - one of the best Chrissy toys I've had in long time !!


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Q: Rails 4 Update Multiple Records Been at this the last 2 days and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to update multiple match_pick objects on a screen at the same time using form_tag. Bare match_pick records get created as soon as a user signs up. I then want the user to be able to update relevant info on these records and press a submit button. Here's what I have so far:

routes.rb

post "match_picks/adjust_match_picks" => "match_picks#adjust_match_picks", :as => :adjust_match_picks

match_picks_controller.rb

def adjust_match_picks
  puts "The update_match_picks method has been called"
  @match_picks_recd = params[:match_picks]
  puts @match_picks_recd.inspect
  puts "The parameters are:"
  puts params.inspect
  puts "The object passed is:"
end

views/match_picks/index.html.erb

<%= form_for adjust_match_picks_path, :method => :post do %>
  <% @match_picks.each do |pick| %>
    <%= fields_for "match_picks[]", pick do |mp| %>
      <%= mp.text_field :id %>
      <%= mp.text_field :result_pick %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

The HTML generated by the above is as follows:-
  <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/match_picks" method="post">
<input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="EIEFdhjkkfnkjfYjlkjdlkjCzxaxHeaXbkvu0wbLB1QsOj+o=" />

The above code is giving the following error:
    ActionController::ParameterMissing in MatchPicksController#create

    param is missing or the value is empty: match_pick

It then highlights this paragraph
        def match_pick_params
          params.require(:match_pick).permit(:user_id, :match_id, :round_id, :result_pick, :team_id, :try_pick, :margin_id, :result_points, :try_points, :margin_points, :random, :closed)
        end

I've put some debug in each of the methods in the match_picks controller and the form submit seems to be triggering the create method of the controller instead of my custom adjust_match_picks method. It looks to me like the error is triggering because the create method is not being passed match_pick_params. But I don't want the create method triggering, I want my custom adjust_match_picks to trigger.
I haven't put any code in to handle what's being passed to the adjust_match_picks as yet because I can't even get it to trigger.
I'm hoping I'm doing something sill here as I'm at my wits end. Thanks for looking.

Edit 1

The parameters that are getting passed when the submit button is pressed are:
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"EIEFdhjkkfnkjfYjlkjdlkjCzxaxHeaXbkvu0wbLB1QsOj+o=", "match_picks"=>{"1"=>{"id"=>"1", "result_pick"=>"6"}, "2"=>{"id"=>"2", "result_pick"=>""}, "3"=>{"id"=>"3", "result_pick"=>""}, "4"=>{"id"=>"4", "result_pick"=>""}, "5"=>{"id"=>"5", "result_pick"=>""}, "6"=>{"id"=>"6", "result_pick"=>""}, "7"=>{"id"=>"7", "result_pick"=>""}, "8"=>{"id"=>"8", "result_pick"=>""}, "9"=>{"id"=>"9", "result_pick"=>""}, "10"=>{"id"=>"10", "result_pick"=>""}, "11"=>{"id"=>"11", "result_pick"=>""}, "12"=>{"id"=>"12", "result_pick"=>""}, "13"=>{"id"=>"13", "result_pick"=>""}, "14"=>{"id"=>"14", "result_pick"=>""}, "15"=>{"id"=>"15", "result_pick"=>""}, "16"=>{"id"=>"16", "result_pick"=>""}, "17"=>{"id"=>"17", "result_pick"=>""}, "18"=>{"id"=>"18", "result_pick"=>""}, "19"=>{"id"=>"19", "result_pick"=>""}, "20"=>{"id"=>"20", "result_pick"=>""}, "21"=>{"id"=>"21", "result_pick"=>""}, "22"=>{"id"=>"22", "result_pick"=>""}, "23"=>{"id"=>"23", "result_pick"=>""}, "24"=>{"id"=>"24", "result_pick"=>""}, "25"=>{"id"=>"25", "result_pick"=>""}, "26"=>{"id"=>"26", "result_pick"=>""}, "27"=>{"id"=>"27", "result_pick"=>""}, "28"=>{"id"=>"28", "result_pick"=>""}, "29"=>{"id"=>"29", "result_pick"=>""}, "30"=>{"id"=>"30", "result_pick"=>""}, "31"=>{"id"=>"31", "result_pick"=>""}, "32"=>{"id"=>"32", "result_pick"=>""}, "33"=>{"id"=>"33", "result_pick"=>""}, "34"=>{"id"=>"34", "result_pick"=>""}, "35"=>{"id"=>"35", "result_pick"=>""}, "36"=>{"id"=>"36", "result_pick"=>""}, "37"=>{"id"=>"37", "result_pick"=>""}, "38"=>{"id"=>"38", "result_pick"=>""}, "39"=>{"id"=>"39", "result_pick"=>""}, "40"=>{"id"=>"40", "result_pick"=>""}, "41"=>{"id"=>"41", "result_pick"=>""}, "42"=>{"id"=>"42", "result_pick"=>""}, "43"=>{"id"=>"43", "result_pick"=>""}, "44"=>{"id"=>"44", "result_pick"=>""}, "45"=>{"id"=>"45", "result_pick"=>""}, "46"=>{"id"=>"46", "result_pick"=>""}, "47"=>{"id"=>"47", "result_pick"=>""}, "48"=>{"id"=>"48", "result_pick"=>""}}, "button"=>""}

Edit 2 (SOLVED)

I've realised I was using a form_for instead of a form_tag. WHen I change it to form_tag my custom route fires. Silly mistake!! Thanks for looking

A: You should use form_tag instead of form_for because you are not using any model object in form here.

A: Switch
params.require(:match_pick)

To
params.require(:match_picks)