A sub-brown dwarf planet has been found to be as black as asphalt (1). The pitch-black nature of the 'hot Jupiter' world known as Wasp-12b brings this object very close indeed to my decades-old description of a 'Dark Star' (2). This strange world is an exoplanet between two and three times the size of Jupiter (but about 1.4 times its mass) which is orbiting incredibly close to its parent star, WASP-12A, located about 1,400 light years away. Its proximity to the star has distorted its ballooning shape into that of an egg, and has created surface temperatures of approximately 2600 degrees Celsius.
This hot Jupiter world was detectable because of the gravitational effect it has upon its parent star, causing the star to wobble. It would be practically impossible, then, to detect a dark Jupiter-sized world like this using visible light. If its remarkable atmospheric conditions, and extremely low albedo, are functions of the heating effects of its proximity to its parent star, then this creates no precedent beyond its own class of hot Jupiter. But, one must wonder whether there are other worlds out there, located in a more 'normal' position around stars, or free-floating in interplanetary space, which are similarly dark, and thus incredibly well hidden from our sight.
Although there has been no news yet about the whereabouts of Planet Nine, the super-Earth/mini-Neptune shaped Planet X object now thought by many astronomers to be lurking in the outer solar system (1), there is no shortage of theoretical work going on to determine the origin of this elusive object. Because of the normal size of protoplanetary disks around young stars, there is insufficient material at the distances Planet Nine is likely to be located for it to have formed. So, its presence, if confirmed, would need to be explained in other ways.
It may fit into the generally accepted Nice model of solar system formation as an early protoplanet which migrated outwards during a period of high volatility when the major planets were shuffling around rather chaotically. Any ejected world would most likely end up entirely cast out of the solar system, but there's a working chance that it hung onto the system's cliff edge by its fingernails.
A second scenario is that Planet Nine may have been an exoplanet, born of another system, which was captured by the Sun in the early lifetime of the solar system (2). Neither of these scenarios would have been considered very likely a generation ago, but the discovery of a menagerie of bizarre exoplanets has raised the awareness of many that the universe produces many oddities. Possibly this is just how statistics work. Even if the odds against something happen seem remote, if you spread your gaze across millions of star systems, then you'll still end up finding these oddities. Perhaps, then the solar system has thrown up Planet nine as just one of these oddities.
But, despite the rationalism of science, we humans retain just a bit of pride in our local cosmic hunting ground, and tend to think that we're somehow special, or have the perfect conditions, or whatever (think of the argument for life in the Cosmos). So, where the Earthly bird of paradise sits on a perch of perfection, Planet Nine is more like a misfit mongrel locked away in the cupboard. It doesn't fit, it shouldn't be there, and if we stop paying attention to that irritating baying noise, it'll simply go away. So, there have been several calculations done using powerful computers which indicate the low probability of Planet Nine's formation.
The latest academic attempt to model the origin of Planet Nine comes from an international team led by Richard Parker of the University of Sheffield (3). Using advanced computer programs, they simulated the Sun's original star-forming region of space - likely a much denser cluster of stars than our current galactic environment - and then adjusted the model to make it as easy as possible for a star to capture a planet from one of its siblings (4).
Lots of assumptions in this work, of course, perhaps all of which are well-founded theoretically, although the population of free-floating planets compared to stars is pretty much guesswork at this stage, given how incredibly difficult FFLOPS (great name) are to find. The upshot of this is that Planet Nine has a vanishingly low chance of being a captured exoplanet, even if it's from a neighbouring 'stellar sibling' (5). These stellar siblings may even include a birth twin of the Sun - there is evidence to suggest that all stars are born with companions of one form or another, which become separated early on (6). So, maybe this latest work isn't being as generous towards the 'capture' scenario as they're making out.
At the moment, there is no concrete evidence for the existence of Planet Nine (or any other substantial Planet X body), so how it might have got there is a theoretical exercise to entertain the minds of astrophysicists, and push what is thought to be theoretically possible to the very limit. However, once Planet X is found, then the scepticism is cast off and efforts to figure it all out will take on a whole new impetus.
There are two major asteroid belts in the solar system. The traditional belt lies between the planets Mars and Jupiter, and is relatively dense and compact compared with its colder, more distant cousin, the Kuiper Belt. Both belts are thought to have formed with far more materials than they have now. Their populations of objects have dwindled down over time due to collisions, scattering encounters, and so on.
But is this necessarily the case? There have been many arguments made down the years that the main asteroid belt was once a planet in its own right which was impacted by a rogue body (1), or that an hypothesised fifth inner planet (known as Planet V) was perturbed into an asteroid belt-crossing orbit (2). Both of these scenarios would explain the phenomenon known as the late, heavy bombardment, which took places over a few hundred million year, starting about 3.9 billion years ago. The break-up of a large planet within the current asteroid belt has also been considered by astronomers down the years, but is thought to be a highly improbable event (3). Instead, the accretion of smaller planetary embryos may have driven scattering in the region.
Alternatively, Jupiter's massive gravitational effect on this region is a possible factor, including its resonance relationships with Saturn, and their wider involvement in the migration of gas and ice giants during an unstable phase of the early solar system. This is part of the generally accepted theory known as the 'Nice model' of solar system evolution, where gaseous pressures within the protoplanetary disk are thought to drive significant planetary migration. These excursions may have involved one or more now missing additional giant planets or giant planetary embryos (4), which were ejected from the solar system. The Planet Nine hypothesis gives a nod to this model by arguing that the proposed planet was originally just such an ejected planetary embryo (5).
Therefore, the researchers argue, the asteroid belt may be a conglomeration of building materials left over from the early stages of the solar system, driven both outwards from the inner system of rocky planets, and inwards from the gas giants beyond. In other words, the asteroid belt is a big pile of left-over rubble, dividing the two main planet-forming regions of the solar system. The objects within the asteroid belt did not start there, they argue, but are instead refugees from other planet-forming zones, or rings, of the protoplanetary disk. Their computer simulations support that possibility, although that's far from offering proof for this controversial hypothesis.
One might counter all of this by pointing out the growing complexity of these various mechanisms. To make the models 'fit', instabilities within the rotating gaseous nebula around the forming Sun form rings of material, which then accrete into planets. Then the remaining nebula materials create enough gas drag effects to cause these outer planets to migrate away from their initially stable resonant birth positions. This unstable period may cause the ejection of early planets, now lost. Also, now, various smaller bodies are caught up in these migratory patterns, and are flung into new zones, previously unoccupied. Like I said, this is hardly Occam's Razor at work here.
I would argue that there is another possibility involving migration, and that is that the Earth itself began life nearer to, or within, the asteroid belt. It would then have maintained its early primordial waters before itself migrating inwards to its current position as a result of a significant cosmic encounter. That event may have also lent a hand in the creation of the present asteroid belt, whose outer reaches contain waters which show a strong isotopic relationship to our own world's water.
This may include cross-over objects like 'main-belt comets' (9). The migration inwards of the Earth would have involved an encounter with another world, now beyond our sight. This lost world may now be the much sought-after Planet X (1), or Planet Nine (5), the provenance of which remains so deeply mysterious.


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package main

import (
	"context"

	pubsublite "cloud.google.com/go/pubsublite/apiv1"
	pubsublitepb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/pubsublite/v1"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	c, err := pubsublite.NewAdminClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: Handle error.
	}
	defer c.Close()

	req := &pubsublitepb.SeekSubscriptionRequest{
		// TODO: Fill request struct fields.
		// See https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/pubsublite/v1#SeekSubscriptionRequest.
	}
	op, err := c.SeekSubscription(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: Handle error.
	}

	resp, err := op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: Handle error.
	}
	// TODO: Use resp.
	_ = resp
}

// [END pubsublite_v1_generated_AdminService_SeekSubscription_sync]

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Don't miss out on the videos of our two-day conference on Police violence held in organized by MSJC, CHRIPS and IFRA January 2018 .
Here are two short bonus videos: Police violence during 2017 elections in Kenya https://youtu.be/1y6lFLeMqiQ and Police violence in the context of counter terrorism https://youtu.be/GW5XGUZMbLY.
Here are the full archives of the two- day conference, with: Wangui KIMARI, Abdullahi BORU, Guillaume VADOT, Mutuma RUTEERE, Tessa DIPHOORN, Hussein KHALID, Jérémie GAUTHIER, Naomi van STAPELE, Joseph OMONDI, Betty OKERO, Kamau WAIRURI, Jean-Baptiste LANNE, Marie-Emmanuelle POMMEROLLE, Brian KIMANI, Kennedy CHINDI, Almany KANOUTE and Wamaitha KIMANI.


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Why Do Evangelicals Hurt The Elderly and Hungry?
Thousands of elderly people may be evicted due to the closure of HUD. Food stamps may not arrive for the elderly and children. Why doesn't this bother evangelicals? How can normal Americans get them to change their evil ways? How can we sane people make their lives miserable? How about the evicted elderly, and hungry children, gather in the parking lots of evangelical churches? If you are going to die of hunger and exposure, best drop dead at their feet as they emerge from another Rapture Fest.
According to this article, insane evangelicals might be overjoyed to see your suffering, because this would mean their beloved End Times is coming. This is to say, the better things are, the unhappier they are.
"Evangelical Christians overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump because they believe he'll cause the world to end.
Come February, the Department of Agriculture, among the nine federal agencies that shut down in December, is warning that it may have to severely cut the nation's largest food aid program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — commonly referred to as food stamps, the Washington Post reported.
Congress has appropriated funding for SNAP through January, according to the USDA. After that, the department has to tap into a $3 billion emergency fund, which won't be able to cover even two-thirds of the program in February. In September 2018 — the most recent month with data available — states disbursed $4.7 billion in food aid through SNAP, which serves more than 38 million people.
Entering its third week, and with no end in sight, the partial federal government shutdown is putting millions of low-income tenants who depend on funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at risk.
According the Washington Post, HUD officials didn't realize this funding had lapsed on January 1, and the shutdown prevents them from renewing it. HUD officials are now tapping reserve funds and "scouring for money," according to the Post.
About 95 percent of HUD's 7,500 employees have been furloughed. The remaining 5 percent are exempt because they respond to emergency situations that endanger life or property.
Rental assistance programs continue to operate on the basis of funding that's already been appropriated, or in situations where life or property are threatened, but should the shutdown carry on, much of that funding would lapse, and HUD wouldn't be able to renew it while the government remains closed.
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, local public housing authorities (PHAs) will be able to fund housing vouchers through February, but funding for capital improvements are less certain. Some smaller PHAs may also not have enough funding to continue normal operations. The longer the shutdown goes, the more low-income tenants are at risk of being evicted.


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Una barana és una tanca de poca alçada destinada a impedir la caiguda de persones daltabaix a un altre nivell part davall. Quan la barana la forma una paret, parlem d'ampit. Una barana complementària s'anomena com contrabarana.

Funcions i criteris de disseny de baranes per espais públics
Les baranes han de servir per a:
 Impedir la caiguda accidental de persones als llocs on hi hagi desnivell. Això implica que les baranes:
 Han de tenir una altura mínima de 90 cm.
 No han de ser escalables.
 Si estan formades per elements discontinus (com poden ser barres verticals o brèndoles), no han de deixar un espai de més de 10 o 12 cm d'ample, per tal d'evitar que hi pugui passar una criatura entremig.
 Facilitar un punt de suport a la mà quan es camina al seu costat. Aquest suport és el passamà.
 D'acord amb el Codi d'Accessibilitat, "Els passamans de les baranes estan situats a una alçada entre 0,90 i 0,95 m, i tenen un disseny anatòmic que permet d'adaptar la mà, amb una secció igual o equivalent a la d'un tub rodó de diàmetre entre 3 i 5 cm, separat, com a mínim, 4 cm dels paraments verticals".
 A més, els suports dels passamans els escometran per la cara inferior per tal de no suposar un entrebanc als dits.
 Impedir la caiguda d'objectes i l'escapament de bastons. Per això les baranes incorporaran un sòcol, que també pot fer la funció de guia de bastons per als invidents.
 D'acord amb el Codi d'Accessibilitat, el sòcol ha de tenir un mínim de 10 cm. d'alt.
 La presència de sòcol es pot substituir pel fet que la barana arribi a terra, si està formada per un element continus.
 A més d'impedir la caiguda accidental de persones, les baranes també han d'impedir el salt voluntari. En els llocs des d'on sigui fàcil saltar a la via, la barana ha de ser un element dissuasiu. Per això ha de tenir una altura que faci impossible que s'hi saltar-la (o sigui, on hi hagi aquest risc cal substituir la barana per una tanca més alta).
 La barana no ha d'introduir nous riscs. Concretament, cal evitar el risc de xocar amb la barana.
 Ha de ser clarament visible per tal d'evitar que les persones hi xoquin. Quan la barana tingui superfícies transparents per damunt del nivell del passamà, tindran franges, inscripcions, adhesius o d'altres elements que les facin visibles, per tal que aquestes superfícies transparents no passin desapercebudes a ningú que pretengui abocar-s'hi, evitant el risc de donar-hi un cop de cap.
 No ha de tenir elements sortints.
 La limitació de la separació de les brèndoles a un màxim de 10 o 12 cm indicada més amunt també serveix per evitar atrapaments (per exemple, per evitar que hi quedi encallat el cap d'una criatura).
 La barana ha de ser resistent al desgast i a les agressions. En particular, si la barana té elements susceptibles de sofrir atacs vandàlics (com ara elements de vidre), en cap cas un atac sobre aquests elements pot fer que la barana deixi de ser una protecció eficaç. Per això:
 Les baranes exteriors no tindran elements de vidre.
 Els elements de vidre de les baranes interiors seran de vidre laminar de seguretat, de manera que el seu possible trencament no suposi la desaparició de l'element permetent la caiguda al buit.
 El manteniment de la barana ha de ser el més fàcil possible. En particular, s'ha de poder netejar els elements de vidre de la barana amb els mitjans habituals i amb seguretat. Concretament:
 La cara exterior del vidre ha de poder-se netejar des de la cara interior i, quan això no sigui possible, caldrà preveure les proteccions necessàries per netejar-la des de la cara exterior sense risc de caiguda.
 Els estris de neteja han de poder passar per ambdues cares del vidre sense obstacles o, cosa que és el mateix, aquests obstacles han d'estar a una distància suficient perquè puguin passar els estris de neteja. Si aquests estris (esponja, rasqueta de goma, etc.) tenen un mànec llarg (de manera que no calgui passar la mà pel vidre sinó només l'eina) pot ser suficient un espai de 4 a 6 cm.

Notes

Vegeu també
 Pom d'escala
 Passamà
 Barra de suport

Elements arquitectònics
Seguretat laboral

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text:
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>DisableLightShadows</title>

DisableLightShadows()

语法

DisableLightShadows(#Light, State)

概要

Disables or enables the light shadow casting.

参数

#Light

The light use.

State

The new state of the light shadow casting.
If sets to #True, the light shadow casting will be disabled. If sets to #False it will be enabled.

返回值

无.

已支持操作系统
所有

<- CreateLight() - Light Index - FreeLight() ->


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By K. Shahzad January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023 Incidents
Recently a bullying and beating incident have been spreading like fire on social media, where few girls getting together and bullying & beating their fellow student at Scarsdale International School, Lahore. After the incident widely spread over the social media, government took the notice of the incident. Specially, Deputy Commissioner Lahore (DC Lahore) had recent arranged a meeting with all the concerned stakeholders, including parents and school.
Deputy Commission Lahore revealed this in his tweets, in which he told that on the recommendation of Education Authority Lahore he heard all the concerned parties. He also suspended the registration of Scarsdale International School, Lahore, until further notice. He added to make sure the suspension, CPO Education Lahore have been instructed.
Also, in another tweet in same thread, DC Lahore further revealed that he have instructed the Scarsdale School to submit their reply about the incident, this was done on recommendation of Education Authority Lahore. He further added that he have also instructed the CPO Education Lahore to notify the parents as well to come up with their replies about the incident.
The registration of Scarsdale international school Lahore will remain suspended until further notice. DC Lahore revealed all these details in a twitter thread which consisted of two tweets, which is following.
#سکارڈیل سکول انتظامیہ کو اگلی سماعت پر انکوائری رپورٹ کی سفارشات کی بابت اپنا جواب جمع کروانے کی بھی ہدایت کی.
والدین کو بھی اپنا جواب جمع کروانے کے لیے سی ای او ایجوکیشن کووالدین کو نوٹس جاری کرنے کی بھی ہدایت کردی.
— Deputy Commissioner Lahore (@DCLahore) January 25, 2023
It is great that at least something is being done in this regard by someone in administration. Previously, the involved students, the aggressors had been granted bail before arrest while the Scarsdale school had come up with a very casual statement about the bullying and beating incident. Also the father of the victim, Aleeha Imran, had been interviewed. If you are interested you can watch interview of victim's father. In that interview, Imran Younus, father of Aleeha Imran, had revealed he is facing threats and much more in the struggle of getting justice for his daughter.
If you really have not been following social media recently and have no idea about which incident we are referring to, check out the videos in following tweet.
This incident took place at Scarsdale American International School, located in #Lahore (DHA Phase 4) BB Block.
Where a Student Allegedly assaulted a fellow Student along with her Sister, bcuz she was stopping them from Drugs.
Now Court Granted Pre- Arrest Bail.#ScarsdaleSchool pic.twitter.com/eo2UQ1UUFj
— Ahsan Rana (@ImAhsanRana) January 21, 2023
Previously, we have been bringing many updates about the incident, which are linked in the above paragraph. We will also keep bringing more updates, so do make sure to follow the push notifications via bell icon on bottom right of the screen. More importantly, we hope that justice is served and all the responsible parties are dealt with accordingly, including the school.
Bullying at school and more
One thought on "Registration of the Scarsdale School Lahore suspended over bullying incident"
I certainly hope justice will be done and the victim and her parents will be fully protected from threats and future violence.

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La Traviata, Earnest, the Importance of Being & Gianni Schicchi/Riders to the Sea
By Newswire on 20 March 2019 Éducation, Musique vocale, Opéra
Discover the Stars of Tomorrow at Summer Opera Lyric Theatre's Mini-Festival of Opera – July 26th to August 4th
Toronto, 19 March 2019… Summer Opera Lyric Theatre continues its tradition as the only performance haven for Toronto's opera lovers in late summer. Since 1986, Guillermo Silva Marin has led aspiring young artists through an intensive 8-week course of study concentrating on character development in opera through text and music. These weeks culminate in a series of performances showcasing the young artists at the Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto. The only summer course of its kind in the Greater Toronto Area, alumni include Kristina Szabo, David Pomeroy, Nora Sourouzian, Joseph Kaiser, Jacqueline Short and Joshua Hopkins, all currently enjoying national and international careers.
In 2019, the season opens with Verdi's La Traviata on Friday, July 26 (8 pm) with further performances on Sunday, July 28 (2 pm), Wednesday, July 31 (2 pm) and Saturday, August 3 (8 pm). Performances of Canadian Team Davies and Benson's Earnest, the Importance of Being are on Saturday, July 27 (2 pm), Tuesday, July 30 (8 pm), Thursday, August 1 (8 pm) and Sunday, August 4 (2 pm). The double bill of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi & Vaughn Williams' Riders to the Sea takes the stage on Saturday, July 27 (8 pm), Wednesday, July 31 (8 pm), Friday, August 2 (8 pm) and Saturday, August 3 (2 pm). "This summer we concentrate on diversity and inclusion, comedy and tragedy, found in these great works for the lyric stage and the lessons we can learn about ourselves and those we love," Silva-Marin commented recently from the rehearsal hall at the Edward Jackman Centre.
The SOLT participants for this summer have been chosen after extensive auditions and come from hometowns, conservatories and universities across Canada, including professionals already in the midst of burgeoning careers. Silva-Marin, Suzy Smith and Michael Rose comprise the Creative Team for the summer and guest lecturers will include Boris Brott, Theodore Baerg, Catherine Robbin, Diane Loeb, Kathy Domoney, Derek Bate, and Henry Ingram.
All performances take place at the Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. (entrance on St. George). Subscription packages for $60 are available. Single tickets are $28, ($22 for students and seniors). The theatre is air-conditioned, completely wheelchair accessible and convenient to public parking and transit.
For subscription and single tickets call 416-366-7723 (Mondays to Fridays from 12 pm to 6 pm), at the door 2 hours prior to performances, or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
SOLT is generously supported by the Jackman Foundation and individual SUMMER PATRONS and private donors.
Guillermo Silva Marin Mini-Festival of Opera Robert Gill Theatre Summer Opera Lyric Theatre
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Think back to mid-March 2009. Nothing positive was happening, and investor sentiment was horrible. The Fed, the Treasury, and Wall Street were all trying to figure out how to prevent the financial system from collapsing. The Fed was willing to print whatever amount of money it took to bail out the system.
What if Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, and the head of one or more Wall Street firms decided that creating a stock market rally was the only way to rescue the economy? After all, after-tax income was down more than 10% y-o-y during Q1 2009, and the trillions the government committed or spent to prop up all sorts of entities was not working.
One way to manipulate the stock market would be for the Fed or the Treasury to buy $20 billion, plus or minus, of S&P 500 stock futures each month for a year. Depending on margin levels, $20 billion per month would translate into at least $100 billion in notional buying power. Given the hugely oversold market early in March, not only would a new $100 billion per month of buying power have stopped stock prices from plunging, but it would have encouraged huge amounts of sideline cash to flow into equities to absorb the $300 billion in newly printed shares that have been sold since the start of April.
We want to emphasize that we have no evidence that the Fed or the Treasury are throwing money into the stock market, either directly or indirectly. But if they are not pumping up stock prices, then who else is?
Equity Mutual Fund Cash Equal to 3.8% of Assets in November, Just above Record Low of 3.5% in Mid-2007. U.S. Equity Funds Get Estimated $5.1 Billion in December, First Inflow in Five Months.
The Investment Company Institute reported Wednesday that equity mutual funds held just 3.8% of their assets in cash and equivalents in November. To put this percentage into perspective, the record low was 3.5% in June 2007 and July 2007. While the amount of cash increased $8.1 billion in November, assets shot up $229.1 billion, leaving the ratio of cash to assets unchanged.
U.S. equity fund flows reversed sharply in December. After posting fairly large outflows from September through November, U.S. equity funds received an estimated $5.1 billion (0.1% of assets) this month.
Apart from the shift in U.S. equity fund flows, mutual fund flows did not change much in December. Global equity funds continued to post moderate inflows, taking in an estimated $7.1 billion (0.7% of assets). This month's inflow is in line with the inflows of $7.8 billion in October and $6.0 billion in November.
Finally, bond funds continued to rake in huge amounts of cash. They received an estimated $25.8 billion (1.2% of assets), putting them on track to post an unprecedented ninth consecutive monthly inflow exceeding $25 billion.
Mutual fund investors tend to be poor market timers. Based strictly on mutual fund flows, the clear contrarian play would be to short bonds right now. This year's record inflow of $375 billion into bond funds is 44% higher than the record inflow of $260 billion into U.S. equity funds at the stock market top in 2000.
Note: Flows for December 2009 are estimates based on our daily survey and data from the Investment Company Institute.
We Plan to Stay Neutral (0% Long) on U.S. Equities This Weekend. Investment Demand Remains Favorable: TrimTabs Demand Index Bullish at 58.9 on December 29.
We plan to stay neutral (0% long) on U.S. equities in our model portfolio. As we discussed Tuesday, real-time income tax data shows no sign of a recovery in the U.S. economy.
But we do not want to be short mostly because investment demand is favorable. The TrimTabs Demand Index (TTDI), which uses 21 flow and sentiment variables to assess overall investment demand was 58.9 on Tuesday, December 29. While this reading is well below the interim high of 77.1 on Friday, December 18, it is still above the neutrality line of 50. The index is so bullish mostly because indicators that tend to be leading—notably excess margin debt and the cash balance of equity mutual funds—are indicative of greed.
Corporate Liquidity Likely to Be Neutral to Bullish Next Week. New Offering Calendar Will Be Virtually Shut Down, While Corporate Buying Likely to Remain Light.
Another reason we plan to stay on the sidelines is that corporate liquidity is likely to be neutral to bullish next week.
On the sell side, new offerings are likely to be light because underwriters will just be returning from extended vacations. New offerings amounted to just $350 million in the week ended Wednesday, December 23, and they are almost certain to be lower this week (Dealogic reports that less than $50 million is scheduled for later this week in addition to the $4 million that priced Thursday through Tuesday).
On the buy side, the economy's weakness suggests corporate buying is unlikely to surge into the New Year. Nevertheless, new cash takeovers and new stock buybacks combined are likely to rival or exceed new offerings next week.
Taking a look back, corporate liquidity was extremely bearish in December. The $75.5 billion in corporate selling (new offerings + net insider selling) was 4.2 times the $18.0 billion in announced corporate buying (new cash takeovers + new stock buybacks). Yet corporate selling was highly concentrated, with large follow-on deals for three big TARP banks accounting for 79% of the corporate selling. We expect corporate liquidity to turn bearish again starting in the third week of January as companies take advantage of bubbly stock prices to unload more new shares.


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'Drive' to entice British car touring visitors to the island of Ireland
Tourism Ireland sponsors National Car Club Awards in Birmingham
Tourism Ireland sponsored the inaugural National Car Club Awards in Birmingham, which brought together leading classic car clubs and personalities from Britain and Ireland. The event was a good opportunity for Tourism Ireland to spread the word about car touring holidays here, among car enthusiasts and prospective holidaymakers for the island of Ireland.
David Boyce, Tourism Ireland's Deputy Head of Great Britain, said: "The island of Ireland is becoming an increasingly popular destination for car clubs from Great Britain, given the superb car touring routes on offer. We very much value the role that car clubs play, in terms of bringing trips and rallies to Ireland, and we are delighted to support the National Car Club Awards. It's another excellent opportunity to highlight our driving routes, including the Grand Tour of Kildare and Wicklow, the Causeway Coastal Route and the Wild Atlantic Way. Tourism Ireland is actively promoting longer-stay holidays and encouraging British travellers to come and discover the island of Ireland by car. Visitors who use a car on holidays tend to stay longer, spend more and are more likely to visit more than one region.
"Great Britain is our largest tourism market and we were delighted to see visitor numbers to Ireland increase by +12% in 2015, an extra 383,000 British visitors compared with 2014. We are determined to ensure that tourism growth continues." David Boyce, Tourism Ireland; Diane Poole, Stena Line; Ann Pye, Irish Ferries; Mike Brewer, presenter of Wheeler Dealers on Discovery Channel; Marie McCarthy, Irish Ferries; Colin Turkington, double British Tourism Car Champion; Jim Maher, Select Hotels of Ireland; Tom Barclay, Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, at the inaugural National Car Club Awards.
In 2015, we welcomed approximately 9.3 million overseas visitors to the island of Ireland, delivering revenue of about €4.7 billion.
Tourism Ireland's international website is www.ireland.com, 29 market sites available in ten language versions around the world, which attracted about 16.5 million visitors in 2015.
Painting the town green! Ireland float to entice Sydney's Mardi Gras revellers to 'follow the rainbow' to Ireland


Mitch Korbey was featured as a "Power Attorney" by Commercial Observer. The publication honored seven NYC lawyers who "have been getting down and dirty in the details to make sure that all of the projects that are changing the city's streets and skyline come to fruition." Korbey's clients and accomplishments were listed, such as his work managing the large-scale rezoning plan for the former site of Rheingold Brewery in West Bushwick. More recently, he has been providing zoning counsel to Mitsui Fudosan, the real estate investment subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Mitsui Group, in another Hudson Yards area office building development comprising over 100,000 square feet.


1st December 2016, London: The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants is delighted to announce its renewed partnership with Invenias, a global leader in cloud-based executive search solutions.
This is the third year that AESC and Invenias will work together, having strengthened their relationship with the integration of AESC's BlueSteps database and the Invenias platform last year. The integration facilitates a seamless transfer of confidential candidate information from BlueSteps, exclusively available to AESC members as a benefit of membership, to Invenias' platform, which is used by many AESC member firms to manage their assignments.


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Home News Metro/Crime
Edwin Chiloba Husband Jackton Odhiambo Confess To Killing Him
in Metro/Crime, News, World News
Edwin Chiloba husband Jackton Odhiambo has confessed to killing him.
LGBTQ activist, Edwin Chiloba's husband, Jackton Odhiambo reportedly confessed to killing him because Edwin cheated on him.
Kenya officials discovered the lifeless body of well-known LGBTQ activist Edwin stuffed inside a metal box.
Edwin, a celebrated model had his eyes gouged out, with preliminary police reports indicating that he died from strangulation.
The prime suspect, 24-year-old Nairobi -based freelance photographer Jackton Odhiambo has confessed to killing Edwin.
He is being held at Langas police station in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
Peter Kimulwa, Uasin Gishu County Directorate of Criminal Investigations officer while briefing reporters said, "Apart from the eyes being gouged out, there were no physical injuries on the body, suggesting that the victim might have died out of choking."
Langas Police OCPD John Odhiambo confirmed Jackton Odhiambo has admitted to killing LGBTQ crusader, Edwin Chiloba.
Police were pursuing a betrayal angle in the investigations, with Jackton suspected to have committed the act over jealousy. Jackton is said to have been in a relationship with Chiloba, his close friend, but "felt betrayed" after ending the relationship, Kapsaret sub-county police commander John Odhiambo told Citizen TV.
Edwin and Jackton reportedly lived together as 'husband and wife' last year.
They also shared a girlfriend who has a baby for one of them.
Jackton is suspected to have had the help of his two other friends in the murder, before stashing the body in a metallic box and later dumping the decomposing body along Kapsaret-Kipkenyo road in Kapsaret, Uasin Gishu County.
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Alex Nyamwrya, the caretaker of the house where the two lived on Kimumu estate, said Jackton called on January 4 on plans to vacate the house.
"I received a call on Jan 4 from Chiloba's mobile phone, but it was his friend Odhiambo on the line informing me that he was vacating the house," said Mr Nyamweya in a TV interview.
He said when he visited the house, there was a sofa set and Jackton was to clean it before being refunded the deposit. The two, he said, lived together.
Detectives are pursuing the two suspects who were still at large and the vehicle used to transport the body.
"It is a matter of time before we arrest the two suspects who were spotted by neighbours loading a metallic box into a vehicle that was later discovered to contain the body of the late Chiloba," added Mr Kimulwa.
Human rights activists and civil society groups have condemned the horrific killing.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International-Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton demanded quick action, and called for a national debate on such killings, including that of university student Phyllis Jepleting, and the gouging out of Baby Sagini's eyes.
"Gay rights activist Edwin Chiloba has been brutally murdered. Our opinions will filter his death as a hate-crime, grim murder or another example of a state that failed to protect its own citizens. We have to go beyond arresting serious criminals. Too many of us normalise prejudice, stigma, and violence.
"Sexism, ableism, and homophobia are rooted in destroying the autonomy and independence of human beings we think are different from us. Time to disrupt the normalisation of prejudice and pain in all our spaces," Mr Houghton said.
READ ALSO Popular Kogi Pastor Ayo Adun Is Dead
Last year, Chiloba survived an attack in public by unknown assailants. He was badly injured in the face. The injuries included a large cut in his lips and bruises all over his body.
University of Eldoret student leader Evans Kipchumba said Chiloba was pursuing Apparel Fashion and Design and was set to complete his studies in April this year. "We know him as a social and outgoing person. His death remains a mystery to us," said Mr Kichumba.
The case is being investigated.
Despite Difficult Times, FirstBank Excited Families With Unique "DecemberIssaVybe" Experiences


National Gallery of Victoria Art & Design. The app description in Google Play read as, NGV App is your guide to navigating the National Gallery of Victoria's collections, programs and exhibition spaces. Use it to pre-plan your visit, discover more about art and artists, and find your way around the gallery.
NGV App has been installed between 10-50 times by users at the time of this review and has not been reviewed yet in Google apps store.
NGV App app size varies from device to device and can be installed on any Android device running version 5.0 and up.


WWDC 2017 gave onlookers new hope (Metal 2!), but Mac gaming still lags despite growth.
Back at MacWorld 2008, Aspyr rightfully got major treatment at the gaming pavilion. Alongside Feral, it's one of two major dev companies who have consistently ported titles for Macs over the ages.
PowerPC-based Macs in the '90s and early '00s used a different processing architecture from the Windows PCs for which most games were primarily developed. It didn't help, either, that Microsoft's Direct3D (part of the DirectX suite of APIs) became the industry standard graphics API. The cross-platform OpenGL API used in Apple computers struggled to keep up in the meantime. And frankly back at that point in time, Macs weren't very popular, so the audience was small. It was abundantly clear to gamers that the Mac was not a competitive platform in the PowerPC days.


any other tips / tricks that make Procontrol a better surface since 5.1 ?????
Ah.........no trim with Scrub? I thought this was the version it would be implemented! Can you at least use the scrub wheel for the insertion selector now?
insertion selector .... ??? you could with preveious versions too .... pref called insertion follows trim / scrub .... and after scrubbing the selector is where you stopped scrubbing .
So is there no trim scrub in 5.1?
Hey PC users... I just got my first PC in the mail on saturday (overnight fedex.... I couldn't wait any longer).


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June 25, 2008 Calendar » Night&Day
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
By Michelle Orange Wednesday, Jun 25 2008
My first boyfriend was a juicer. Steroids were the drug of choice at my high school, having washed into the Canadian suburbs in the early '90s on the same raft as crushed-velvet dresses. As described in Christopher Bell's documentary, Bigger, Stronger, Faster, a similar phenomenon played out in his hometown of Poughkeepsie. Beginning with a Spurlockian account of his upbringing as the second of three sons who all loved the World Wrestling Federation, worshipped Rambo, and developed distorted body images, Bell spirals outward into the culture of outrageous expectations, and the resultant generation of should-be-average Joes who believe that greatness is their birthright. For the Bell brothers, that meant transforming their genetically rotund physiques into bloated beefcake. Having avoided the havoc that steroids wreaked on his siblings, Christopher sets out to interrogate the politics of "cheating" in sports, the disputed dangers of juicing (the pro-steroid testimonials are a marvel of rationalization), and the grotesquerie of an industry that has sprung up to exploit male inadequacy and an entire nation's grasping, relentless dissatisfaction. Bell finds the epitome of that tragedy in his own family and digs unflinchingly at its roots. Like Bell, my high-school boyfriend became obsessed with body-building; like Bell, he wanted to be as big and strong as his older brother. Like Bell, he'd be 33 years old today, had he not taken his life at the age of 28.
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Brooklyn (New York City), Poughkeepsie, RAMBO (Brooklyn), World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.
Michelle Orange


It takes a lot of hard work and determination to inspire entire generations of people and to give back to the society as much as some people do.
Only a few are able to succeed so well.
Among them is one name we all know well – Ar. Charles Correa.


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Playground sandbox for Atlassian applications with automated server setup with [vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com).
The aim of this project is to get a sandbox running in 3 steps:

    ~$ git clone https://github.com/wooyek/jira-sandbox.git
    ~$ cd jira-sandbox/
    ~/jira-sandbox$ vagrant up full

…assuming that you have all prerequisite tools installed and Atlassian software downloaded (see below)

## Prerequisites

Before you can enjoy quick virtual machine provisioning you need to install
[VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) and [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/)

On Windows machines, please open an **administrative** `cmd.exe` command prompt (Right click cmd, Run As Administrator) and run these commands there:

    @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
    choco install git
    choco install vagrant
    choco install putty
    vagrant plugin install vagrant-multi-putty

### Manual install

If you like to have total control over what and how software is installed on your machine, please install the below software manually:

- https://www.virtualbox.org
- https://www.vagrantup.com
- https://git-scm.com/downloads

I you want to have an ssh access to the virtual machine you should install [PuTTY](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html)
on windows.
On linux (or mac), you just need to use the terminal and start typing SSH commands.

- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

## Download Atlassian software

Please download Atlassian software installation files
and put them in [downloads](downloads) folder:

You can download them with [download-x64.sh](download-x64.sh) script. Or manually

1. [atlassian-jira-software-7.0.0-jira-7.0.0-x64.bin](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-software-7.0.0-jira-7.0.0-x64.bin)
2. [atlassian-servicedesk-3.0.0-jira-7.0.0-x64.bin](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-servicedesk-3.0.0-jira-7.0.0-x64.bin)
1. [atlassian-confluence-5.8.14-x64.bin](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/downloads/binary/atlassian-confluence-5.8.14-x64.bin)
2. [atlassian-bitbucket-4.0.2-x64.bin](https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/downloads/binary/atlassian-bitbucket-4.0.2-x64.bin)
4. [atlassian-bamboo-5.9.4.tar.gz](https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo/downloads/binary/atlassian-bamboo-5.9.4.tar.gz)

## Sub domain mapping on host system

To use this sandbox you'll need to map few domains to VM private network IPs. You'll need admin privileges to do this.

On Windows host edit `%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts` file. You can use Notepad by right clicking and using Run As Admin.

On Linux host edit `/etc/hosts` file.

…and append it with contents of [hosts.txt](hosts.txt) file.

## Virtual machine provisioning

To finish setting up this sandbox run:

    jira-sandbox$ vagrant up full

or

    jira-sandbox$ vagrant up testing

See [vagrant up](https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/getting-started/index.html) command description for more details.

## Post setup configuration

After your sandbox virtual machine is up and running, you should be able to access it through following URLs.
Each time select testing configuration with built in database for quick configuration.

1. http://jira.example.com/

2. http://confluence.example.com/
    During setting up user managment with JIRA user `jira-software-users` instead of `jira-users`.

3. http://bitbucket.example.com/

4. http://bamboo.example.com/

## Run on different port than 80

I you have port 80 already taken, you can change port mapping in [Vagrantfile](Vagrantfile)
and listening port for Nginx in [atlassian.conf](atlassian.conf), then:

    ~$ vagrant reload
    ~$ vagrant ssh full
    vagrant@jira-sandbox:~$ sudo cp /vagrant/atlassian.conf ./
    vagrant@jira-sandbox:~$ sudo nginx -s reload

## One domain with context paths

There is an experimental support for one domain and setup of all services in context paths like http://localhost/jira.

To run services on one domain you'll need to modify Tomcat configuration files on installes services. See the [attlasian-one-domain.sh](attlasian-one-domain.sh) for examples.

Nginx configuration for this setup is in [atlassian-one-domain.conf](atlassian-one-domain.conf).

Please bare in mind that you'll problaby run into issues with Bitbucket
as [cookies can be overwritten by different services](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BitbucketServerKB/XSRF+Security+Token+Missing).

## Environment update

When you want re-provision the environment use these commands:

    ~/jira-sandbox$ git pull origin master
    ~/jira-sandbox$ vagrant destroy basic
    ~/jira-sandbox$ vagrant up basic


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ACCEPTED

#### According to
The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

#### Published in
Annls mycol. 21(3/4): 290 (1923)

#### Original name
Endoramularia ulmi Petr., 1923

### Remarks
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Great Horned Owl illustration
Vintage Illustration of Great Horned Owl.
Vintage Illustration of Great Horned Owl
Vintage Illustration of Great Horned Owl from Birds of America.
Great Horned Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University… Free Image from public domain license
Snowy Owl illustration
Vintage Illustration of Snowy Owl.
Vintage Illustration of Snowy Owl from Birds of America.
Snowy Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Large billed Puffin illustration
Vintage Illustration of Large billed Puffin.
Long-eared Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Burrowing Owl, Large-Headed Burrowing Owl, Little Night Owl, Columbian Owl and Short-cared Owl from Birds of America (1827)… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Large billed Puffin from Birds of America.
Vintage Illustration of Large billed Puffin
Tengmalm's Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Great Cinereous Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from… Free Image from public domain license
Little Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Hawk Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Barn Owl from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
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Virginian Partridge from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from… Free Image from public domain license
Shore Lark from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Horned Grebe from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Tufted Auk illustration
Scarlet Ibis illustration
Louisiana Heron illustration
Purple Heron illustration
Roseate Spoonbill illustration
Vintage Illustration of Fulmar Petrel from Birds of America.
Vintage Illustration of Purple Heron.
Vintage Illustration of Pink Flamingo
Pink Flamingo illustration
American White Pelican illustration
Semipalmated Sandpiper from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), etched by Robert Havell (1793 -… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Hooping Crane.
Green Heron from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Turn-stone from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Maria's Woodpecker from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851 ), etched by Robert Havell (1793 - 1878).… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Pink Flamingo from Birds of America.
Pine Grosbeak from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
American Widgeon from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University… Free Image from public domain license
Red-necked Grebe from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University… Free Image from public domain license
Eared Grebe from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), etched by Robert Havell (1793 - 1878). Original… Free Image from public domain license
Large billed Puffin from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Tufted Auk.
Hooping Crane illustration
Vintage Illustration of Scarlet Ibis from Birds of America.
Roseate Spoonbill from Birds of America (1827) illustrated by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), etched by Robert Havell (1793…
Vintage illustration of Florida Cormorant
Common American Swan from Birds of America (1827) illustrated by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), etched by Robert Havell…
Trumpeter Swan from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Roseate Spoonbill.
Glossy Ibis from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Ruddy Duck from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Band-tailed Pigeon from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from… Free Image from public domain license
Snow Goose from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Gannet from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Goosander from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Barnacle Goose from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of… Free Image from public domain license
Common Cormorant from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University… Free Image from public domain license
Vintage Illustration of Fulmar Petrel.
Vintage Illustration of Louisiana Heron
Vintage Illustration of Hooping Crane
Black-bellied Darter from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from… Free Image from public domain license
Mango Hummingbird from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University… Free Image from public domain license
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Bournemouth vs Fulham – Predictions, Odds and Betting Tips
Bournemouth take on relegated Fulham at the Vitality Stadium still capable of finishing in the top 10 places. The Cherries are five points behind Watford in the 10th spot, but they have been very inconsistent in the second-half of the campaign. Meanwhile, Fulham are playing for pride in the last four games of the season…
WLLDWL
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Bournemouth take on relegated Fulham at the Vitality Stadium still capable of finishing in the top 10 places. The Cherries are five points behind Watford in the 10th spot, but they have been very inconsistent in the second-half of the campaign. Meanwhile, Fulham are playing for pride in the last four games of the season as they prepare for life in the Championship once again. Follow all our predictions, odds, and betting tips below.
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – Betting Tips for the game
Bournemouth picked up their biggest win of the campaign after beating Brighton 5-0 at the AMEX Stadium. This victory improved on the 4-0 success over Chelsea back in January, but Bournemouth were helped by Anthony Knockaert's 68th minute red card.
Fulham ended a nine-game losing streak with a 2-0 success over Everton at Craven Cottage. This was the first victory for Scott Parker since coming in as the replacement for Claudio Ranieri.
Fulham lost 3-0 against Bournemouth earlier in the campaign and the Cottagers were reduced to 10 men late in the game. Meanwhile, the Cherries prepare to host Fulham in the Premier League for the first time as the last meeting between these two clubs at the Vitality Stadium was in the Championship. The hosts picked up a 2-0 victory in this game. Our betting tips and predictions would opt for a Bournemouth win.
Bournemouth win at 1.65
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – Match odds
Fulham may have picked up a crucial victory and kept a clean sheet for the first time this season only last weekend, but Bournemouth will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of another big win. The massive success over Brighton will provide confidence amongst the Cherries to go for a 13th win of the campaign. Bournemouth are also on a three-game winning sequence against Fulham, who do not travel well. The Cottagers have only managed two draws in 17 away games this season. Our preview would opt for a Bournemouth victory.
Bournemouth vs Fulham draw odds: 4.40
Fulham win odds: 5.25
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – Correct Score odds
Bournemouth registered five goals in a recent match against Brighton, but Fulham may not offer the Cherries with the same kind of time and space. After the clean sheet against Everton, Fulham may have built up a small amount of confidence at the back. Still, there is a large gap between the two teams and our correct score prediction would go with a 2-1 win for Bournemouth.
Bournemouth 2-1 win at 9.00
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – Over/Under 2.5 Goals odds
Fulham are looking to avoid an eighth consecutive defeat. Crucially, six out of these matches have produced over 2.5 goals but it should not be a surprise since Fulham are the worst defensive unit in the division by a significant margin after conceding 76 goals. Our total goals prediction would opt for over 2.5 goals.
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – First Goalscorer odds
Callum Wilson came up with his 12th goal of the campaign in the big win over Brighton. It happens to be his first goal in four games for the Cherries. The England forward came up with a brace against Fulham in the reverse encounter and his physical presence will be hard to deal for Fulham, who could have conceded at the hands of Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the recent game. Our first goalscorer prediction would opt for Callum Wilson.
Callum Wilson at 4.75
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham FC – Free bet offers
Callum Wilson to score 1st at 4.75