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MLB Trade Deadline 2014: Baltimore Orioles Preview
The Orioles have been mediocre so far this season, but that hasn't pushed them out of contention and there is still time to make upgrades.
By Mattsullivan@EH_Decker Jun 10, 2014, 11:00am EDT
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The Orioles are second in the AL East at the moment despite being just two games above .500, a fact that says as much about the state of that division as it does about Baltimore's 2014 season to this point. The Orioles have not stood out in any way, but their mediocre results have been good enough to keep them in the race through the first two months and with the trade season drawing near, that is enough to make them a strong bet to upgrade.
Prior to the start of the season, the Orioles looked a team that would excel offensively while struggling with their starting rotation and late-inning relief. That has been true to some degree. Their 4.23 team ERA ranks 12th in the American League and it is supported by an AL-worst 4.30 FIP. Their starters have the third highest ERA in the league and the highest FIP and their relievers are in the middle of the pack with a 3.75 ERA but hold the fourth highest FIP in the league at 4.12.
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Unfortunately, their position players have not produced enough offense to balance things out. Baltimore ranks ninth in the AL in total runs scored and eighth in runs-per-game. Advanced metrics like them a bit more; they are sixth by wRC+ and fourth in fWAR for position players. However, their free-swinging approach has produced the lowest walk rate in the league (6.5%) and their power and contact skills have not stood out enough to produce anything more than an average hitting team overall. The injury to catcher Matt Wieters has hurt the team on both sides of the ball, but, conversely, the Orioles have also gotten much better than expect production from DH Nelson Cruz.
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Baltimore may not be much better than a .500 team at this point, but that is enough to leave them within striking distance of the AL East title and in the hunt for one of the two Wild Card spots. Improved production from stars like Chris Davis and Manny Machado could provide a significant boost to the offense throughout the summer and while the rotation remains a serious weakness, some positive regression could result in improvements there as well. With the Blue Jays sitting just 5.5 games ahead and few other AL teams standing out at this point, an infusion of talent could be the difference-maker for the Orioles. They are unlikely to deal Kevin Gausman or Dylan Bundy to land one of the top players on the market but they have a number of second-tier pitching prospects who could appeal to teams at the deadline.
Starting Pitching
The Orioles rotation is probably not as bad as its ERA suggests, but it isn't good either. Better results from players like Ubaldo Jimenez and Chris Tillman would certainly help Baltimore climb in the standings, but this team also needs to raise the level of talent here if they are going to challenge to Blue Jays for the division title. With Miguel Gonzalez missing time with an oblique strain, Kevin Gausman got a chance to show that his early struggles at the major league level are behind him, but it looks like he still has a few things to work out before he can be the answer for the Orioles rotation. Dylan Bundy is back on the mound and headed for short-season ball, according to Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com, so theoretically, he could help at some point later this year. However, Bundy is making his way back from Tommy John surgery and the loss of a full year of development probably means that he will need to build up his experience and arm strength in the minors this year.
The lack of internal options might push the Orioles to the trade market, but it is difficult to gauge exactly where that route might lead them. It is hard to imagine the Rays trading David Price in the division and it is even harder to imagine the Orioles paying the price for him. Jeff Samardzija could land on their radar and thanks to their lack of top tier pitching prospects, the Cubs are a good match for the Orioles as trade partners. Players like Ian Kennedy and Brandon McCarthy could also interest the Orioles, but unless they lose a starter to injury, Baltimore has comparable back-of-the-rotation options. I would expect them to focus their energy on impact pitchers like Price, Samardzija or the Phillies' Cliff Lee, rather than more modest upgrades but it just remains to be seen if they are willing to pony up the package it would take to make such a deal happen.
Trade Likelihood: Low
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The struggles in the rotation may not have an obvious solution, but there appears to be an easy fix for the bullpen: adding a true closer. Over the offseason, the Orioles shipped closer Jim Johnson to the Athletics and then backed out of a deal with free agent closer Grant Balfour due to injury concerns. Instead of spending on another free agent like Fernando Rodney, Baltimore decided to move eighth-inning man Tommy Hunter into the role. Hunter struggled some, blowing three saves in 14 chances, and then landed on the DL with a groin strain. He returned to the roster on Sunday, but it appears that the Orioles will stick with Zach Britton or a closer-by-committee system for the ninth inning at this point. The 26-year-old Britton leads the Baltimore bullpen with a 0.83 ERA and he has converted five of six save opportunities since mid-May.
Britton could be the Orioles ninth-inning solution, but GM Dan Duquette appears to eyeing the reliever trade market as well. The Athletics have dropped the struggling Jim Johnson out of the closer role and they nearly dealt him to the Marlins this week. Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe sees the Orioles as a potential suitor for their former closer and at this point, it probably would not take much to bring him back. Balfour has also fallen on hard times and figures to be available at a low cost. Manager Buck Showalter has typically preferred to have a single player serve as the closer, so the addition of a player with experience in the role seems like a good bet. Even if Britton thrives in the role, Baltimore could use another experienced arm to help them handle what has been the fifth-heaviest workload of any American League bullpen to this point.
Trade Likelihood: High
When Matt Wieters first fell to an elbow injury, the Orioles looked to the trade market to fill the gap,eventually trading reliever Troy Patton to the Padres for Nick Hundley. Now, Roch Kubatko of MASN reports that Matt Wieters is heading to see Dr. Andrews again, so his return for the 2014 season seems like a long shot. In place of Wieters, the combination of Hundley and Steve Clevenger has been unbearable. Clevenger own a .243/.300/.378 batting line for the season and since joining the Orioles, Hundley has hit just .125/.185/.125 in 27 plate appearances. Replacing Wieters is impossible at this point, but an upgrade from the combination of Hundley, Clevenger and Caleb Joseph is certainly obtainable.
Pieces to deal
Delmon Young
.286/.318/.369, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 89 wRC+, -0.1 fWAR (88 plate appearances)
The former top prospect has not been above replacement level (by fWAR) since 2010, but that hasn't stopped teams from giving him a chance to play. Baltimore has little use for him now that Steve Pierce is hitting and Ken Rosenthal believes they will shop him as a low-cost alternative for the teams that missed out on Kendrys Morales. That might not bring much value back in return, but if Young has enough appeal to bring in a struggling ex-closer or a serviceable backstop, the Orioles would likely jump at the chance to get something back for him.
Trade Likelihood: Moderate
Pitching Prospects
More realistically, if the Orioles want to make serious improvements this summer, they will have to tap the wealth of pitching talent they have down on the farm. It is hard to see them dealing Bundy, Gausman or even Hunter Harvey, but arms like Tim Berry, Mike Wright and Zachary Davies should appeal to rebuilding teams and could form the start of a solid trade package for all but the biggest names on the market. With the exception of Wright, the best arms after Gausman, Harvey and Bundy are all in the low minors, which makes them less appealing to teams expecting to compete in 2015, but the upside in this system gives GM Dan Duquette the tools he needs to win in a bidding war. If the Orioles target a starting pitcher, packaging a young arm with a pitcher like Bud Norris or Wei-Yin Chen, who both have some limited team control remaining, might do the trick.
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Tired of Isolation? For Billions of Animals, This Is Their Entire Existence
Pamelyn Ferdin Essays by Pamelyn May 9, 2020 October 3, 2020 COVID-19, cruelty, factory farming, farming, pandemic
Shelter-in-place restrictions, closed businesses and public spaces, and reduced social interaction has found us confronting unfamiliar feelings of alienation and isolation. Many people are disoriented by the sense of being estranged from their own lives.
Weeks or months of isolation necessary to inhibit the spread of the COVID-19 virus can be uncomfortable, but we know this disruption in our lives is only temporary. Try to imagine, if you can, the depths of isolation our society routinely inflicts on so many of our fellow beings – the nonhuman animals we breed or capture for our exploitation. For the animals languishing on farms, in zoos, vivisection laboratories, aquariums, circuses, pet stores, breeding mills, kill shelters, alienation and loneliness is the very essence of their existence, and a permanent condition.
It is widely believed that COVID-19 jumped to humans via the animal flesh trade, which has led to a critical focus on wildlife and "wet" markets. Deservedly so, but we must not forget that factory farms and meat packing plants remain the largest sources of human zoonotic disease pandemics. A 2012 study mapping human diseases that come from animals found that "while zoonoses can be transmitted to people by either wild or domesticated animals, most human infections are acquired from the world's 24 billion livestock, including pigs, poultry, cattle, goats, sheep and camels."
The World Health Organization confirms that the greatest risk for zoonotic disease transmission occurs at the human-animal interface through direct or indirect human exposure to animals, their products (meat, milk, eggs, etc.) and/or their environments, while the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization notes that "seventy percent of the new diseases that have emerged in humans over recent decades are of animal origin and, in part, directly related to the human quest for more animal-sourced food."
Just a decade ago, swine flu, an H1N1 influenza virus, jumped from farmed pigs to humans and infected nearly 61 million people in the U.S. alone, where it resulted in 12,469 deaths, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Worldwide, as many as 284,500 people were killed by the swine flu pandemic.
The infamous 1918 influenza pandemic was also caused by an H1N1 virus. Attributed to having developed from either a swine flu or avian flu virus on a pig or poultry farm (pre-dating factory farms, it should be noted), the pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people around the world.
All this is just the tip of the iceberg.
While pandemics are tragic, they are not inevitable. In the grand scheme of things, they are symptoms of a much deeper sickness with which we have infected not only ourselves, but whose toxic consequences can now be seen across the globe. Witness the burning of the Amazon rainforest to make room for ever more cattle ranching. See Australia, where the ceaseless bulldozing of koala habitat and the deliberate mass killing of kangaroos, both on behalf of the beef industry, kill far more of these animals every year than the recent wildfires. See, too, the unprecedented rates of species extinction resulting from habitat loss, whose number one driver is animal agriculture; the climate crisis to which meat and dairy production contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than all global transport combined, leading to devastating droughts, floods, fires, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events.
This sickness is not the scale of our killing but in the mentality that views animals not as fellow beings but as resources to be farmed and consumed. Humans have thrown out the order of nature and taken it upon themselves to decide where animals will live, if they may reproduce and how and when, if the children they bear will ever see their mothers, when or if they may be allowed to socialize with their own species. What, when, and how much they will eat, what mutilations they will be subjected to, and, to a great extent, when and how they will die.
What can it mean that, in a society obsessed with personal identity and freedom, we have erased the very concepts of identity, liberty, autonomy, and consent from entire populations of sentient individuals. We give little or no thought to the moral implications of the indignity and debasement we inflict on them for our own profit and pleasure. To degrade any individual, much less entire species, to the lifelong status of property, captive, and commodity, is the grossest devaluing of life, and the ultimate alienation.
Farmed animals are the innocent victims of our arrogant and ignorant species. They do not "live" as we know and value the word; they endure an existence. They are powerless, brought into the world by violation on an industrial scale for the sole purpose of gratifying human indulgence.
It doesn't have to be this way. We can thrive without causing this devastating harm.
It is no coincidence that our systematic destruction of animal lives is also destroying our own. As I write this, U.S. slaughterhouses and meat processing plants have been identified as the largest hotspot for coronavirus infection in the country. Instead of shutting them down to stop the spread of this killer virus, an executive order is forcing them to stay open to supply our society's fetish for flesh. Headlines fan the fears of "mass meat shortage" that threaten to starve us all. News flash: it won't. There are more than enough things to eat that aren't hacked off the corpses of animals.
Our culture is in a state of addiction. It is pathological. And it is wrecking our planet, which ought to be incidental to the immorality of force-breeding billions of sentient individuals into captivity, reproductive subjugation, and slaughter. Lives are not commodities; beings are not property.
Until we divest from this poisonous sense of entitlement, this blood-soaked stupor of violence, exploitation, and consumption, our species is doomed.
Their Wet Market Is Our Factory Farm
Pamelyn Ferdin Essays by Pamelyn April 11, 2020 October 3, 2020 COVID-19, factory farming, farming, pandemic, wet market
This is a follow-up to my March 27 essay about the roots of COVID-19 and other deadly viruses in the abuse, slaughter, and eating of animals.
The writing has been on the wall for years. Animal agriculture, in all of its manifestations — from the disembowelment of pigs to the bloodthirsty "sport" of hunting — is a ticking time bomb. Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, I continue to be stunned by the lack of serious reporting on the source of the problem. Finally, after weeks of sparse coverage, we are beginning to see the issue come to light through figures that have captured the world's attention, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who stated that "It boggles my mind how when we have so many diseases that emanate out of that unusual human-animal interface, that we don't just shut it down. I don't know what else has to happen to get us to appreciate that."
Since the pandemic began, experts have commented on this connection between animal agriculture and disease outbreaks. What do they say?
"Zoonotic viruses almost always leap to humans directly from our livestock or from wildlife, the slaughter and hunting of which bring susceptible human hosts in particularly close contact with live animals and their infected tissues and fluids. Both farmed and caged wild animals create the perfect breeding ground for zoonotic diseases." – Liz Specht, PhD, associate director of science and technology at the Good Food Institute. (Wired)
"We invade tropical forests and other wild landscapes, which harbor so many species of animals and plants — and within those creatures, so many unknown viruses. We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage them and send them to markets. We disrupt ecosystems, and we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts. When that happens, they need a new host. Often, we are it." — David Quammen, science writer and author of "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic." (New York Times)
"If we want to forestall the evolution of ever-newer, and possibly deadlier, human-adapted viruses, live animal markets must be permanently shut down. Until the Chinese government outlaws these markets, until factory farms housing millions of animals are eliminated, until we take the inevitable logic of disease evolution into account, novel, and potentially deadly, human diseases will continue to arise. Again. And again. And again." — Wendy Orent, an anthropologist specializing in health and pandemics, author of author of "Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease" and "Ticked: The Battle Over Lyme Disease in the South."
"It's [viral pandemics] about the way we are pushing into the last wild spaces on our planet. When we burn and plow into the Amazon rainforest so that we can have cheap land for ranching, when the last of the African bush gets converted to farms, when wild animals in China are hunted to extinction, human beings come into contact with wildlife populations that they have never come into contact with before…. So as long as we keep making our remote places less remote, the outbreaks are going to keep coming." – Global health expert Alanna Shaikh. (TED)
Those are just a few. If humans are to survive on this planet, consideration must be given to the roots of the pathogens that threaten to wipe us all out. They're out there, and they will find their way here. Unless we change the way we live with animals, no amount of soap and hand sanitizer is going to save us.
At the Root of Deadly Pandemics Is the Human Appetite for Animals
Pamelyn Ferdin Essays by Pamelyn March 28, 2020 October 3, 2020 COVID-19, Forgotten Man, pandemic, veganism, wet market
In the spring of 1971 I shut down the production of the TV movie "The Forgotten Man" for three days by coming down with the stomach flu, and once I filmed a Barbie commercial when I was sick, throwing up between every take. I suffered a bit then, but those illnesses were not that serious. Amid the global outbreak of the very serious COVID-19 virus, I am doing what I can to stay safe by washing my hands, social distancing, and relying only on credible scientific sources for the truthful information and advisories. I hope you all are doing the same.
The source of the outbreak is believed to be a wet market in Wuhan, China. In a wet market, all kinds of animals, live and dead, are for sale. Fish packed into shallow tubs splash water all over the floor. The floors and counter tops of stalls are slick and red with the blood of animals, killed, skinned and gutted as customers watch. Live turtles and crustaceans climb over each other in desperate bids to escape filthy plastic boxes. Birds and mammals scream. Sick and wounded animals crammed into small cages stacked high drip blood, pus, feces, and urine onto other animals in cages below. In the eyes of all of them there is misery and terror. Water, blood, fish scales and animal guts are everywhere. Melting ice adds to the slush on the floor. As the name implies, things are very wet at the wet market.
While wet markets can be found in many countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, researchers of zoonotic diseases — diseases that jump from animals to humans – pinpoint the wet markets in mainland China as particularly problematic for several reasons. First, these markets often have many different kinds of animals – some wild, some domesticated but not necessarily native to that part of Asia. Many of the customers who visit these markets have developed a pretentious taste for exotic animals – including dogs, bats, pangolins, African serval cats, fennec foxes from the Sahara, marmosets from South America, blue-tongued lizards, iguanas, monkeys, Australian cockatoos, African meerkats, ferrets, rare tortoises, porcupines, snakes and skunks. These rare and beautiful animals can be found at wet markets side by side with pigs, sheep, and chickens waiting to be killed and disemboweled or boiled alive before being eaten. The stress of captivity and imminent death in these chaotic markets weakens the animals' immune systems and creates an environment where viruses from different species can mingle, swap bits of their genetic code and spread from one species to another, according to biologists and epidemiologists. When that happens, a new strain of virus gets a foothold in humans and an outbreak like this current coronavirus erupts.
China closed over 20,000 wet markets in February, but markets being run by crime syndicates are still selling animals across Asia with impunity. These places of filth and death as well as hotbeds for disease are still operating in Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Burma, where millions of dollars are being made in the shipping and trading of "exotic meat" and wildlife. These and all wet markets are a time bomb of coronavirus risk.
For years, scientists have warned that filthy markets crammed full of sick animals are breeding grounds for new, antibiotic-resistant "superbugs." Some studies claim that by 2050, more people will be dying from antibiotic-resistant diseases than from cancer. What the world is witnessing in horror in 2020 may be someday be common. If we want to stop the next pandemic, there's going to have to be truly a global attempt to shut these markets down.
The United Nations has found that 70% of new human diseases were directly linked to animals used for food. The World Health Organization has concluded that the consumption of processed meat contributes to the development of cancer. Research as shown that a diet free of animal products dramatically reduces the risk of many chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, including heart disease, cancer, obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. In other words, a vegan diet is not only better for human health but for the health and survival of animals.
Deadly viruses, devastating forest fires, accelerating climate change – the farming and eating of animals has apocalyptic consequences. Friends of the meat industry and deniers with motives of their own will claim otherwise, but the truth is, we cannot expect to continue living on planet Earth if we continue to eat animals. It's really that simple: saving human lives comes down to saving animal lives. The easiest thing that you can do for your own health and the world we live in is to go vegan right now and persuade everyone you know to do the same.
An urgent reminder: Pets CANNOT contract COVID-19 or give it to you; don't dump your animal companions at shelters where they will be killed.

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While previous games in the Heavy Fire series have been on-rails shooters a tiny bit (but not exactly) like a non-gun controller version of Time Crisis with a whiff of modern military shooters set in fictional locations based on real word military hot zones, Heavy Fire: Red Shadow ($19.99) is more than a little reminiscent of the arcade version of Beach Head 2000. For those with short memories (or those who've never played that older game), it was a fixed turret shooter where you mowed down enemy troops and vehicles, blasted planes out of the sky and pretty much laid waste to as much as you could in a 360 degree radius until you were overrun (or just ran out of credits). While a bit on the shallow side in terms of gameplay depth, this latest installment packs in enough stress relieving bang for the buck that keeps it replayable.
Well, provided you don't mind dealing with a few troubling bugs that really need patching.
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs…" Ha. Ha. (BOOM!), Now you have quite a few too many guns.
That said, I'd gather that some fans of the series from its beginnings as digital titles on the Nintendo 3DS may be disappointed in this because of the lack of co-op play, which a game such as this kind of needs to spread the fun past one's home. You do get PSVR support in the retail packaged version that adds some "in your face" moments (usually in those moments when you're yelling exactly that to some enemies on the receiving end of whatever ordinance you're blasting or calling down on them). But those plain-ish visuals tend to get a bit mushy in VR compared to other games using the format. Granted, it's not supposed to be a "great" game in that way some games become "instant classics" these days. But, if you just love all sorts of digital pyrotechnics and can bear the bugs, step on up and have a seat – it's your turn at the turret.


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Home Elections Fulop cruises to re-election in Jersey City, but several council runoffs ahead
Fulop cruises to re-election in Jersey City, but several council runoffs ahead
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop had no problem defeating Bill Matsikoudis at the polls, though four city council races are potentially going to be settled with a December runoff election.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, seen here with his wife Jaclyn (right) and a campaign volunteer at his victory party, had no problem getting re-election – but the city council remains up in the air.
While it wasn't much of a surprise, Fulop dominated Matsikoudis at the polls, securing nearly 78 percent of the vote with 174 out of 181 districts reported, according to the Hudson County Clerk's Office.
"Today is a record-breaking Election Day in Jersey City, with the largest percentage margin since 1947 to re-elect a Mayor after four years," Fulop said in a statement.
"From a larger police force, to new parks, to stable taxes, I know that the efforts of our first term can be seen everyday, and I am honored to have been given another four years to build upon the progress we have worked so hard to achieve."
Fulop's at-large council candidates, Joyce Watterman, Daniel Rivera and Council President Rolando Lavarro were re-elected with very little opposition: the fourth place finisher, Esmeralda Trinidad was nearly 12,000 votes away from Rivera, the clerk's office reported.
Ward F Councilman Jermaine Robinson also had no problem securing a first ballot victory, notching 2,406 votes, over 55 percent of the total vote. The second place finisher, Michael Griffin, only scored 582 votes with 30 of the 31 districts' tallies in.
The evening wasn't all good news for Fulop though. His Ward D candidate, Moriah "Mo" Kinberg, who hoped to defeat administration nemesis Michael Yun, was beaten decisively.
Yun nearly doubled Kinberg's totals in the Heights (2,608 to 1,332 with 30 of 31 districts reported).
Additionally, Ward A, B, C and E appear to be heading to the December 5th runoff: though Mira Prinz-Arey still has a chance to takeout incumbent Chris Gadsden, who ran on Matsikoudis ticket, on the first ballot.
In Ward B, Prinz-Arey has secured 48.79 percent of the vote with 32 out of 33 districts reported. Gadsden is a ways off with 37.7 percent of the vote, but he will make it to the runoff as long as Fulop's candidate does not make it to 51 percent.
Ward E, Fulop's former stomping grounds where he did not endorse a candidate, will feature a showdown between attorney Rebecca Symes and college professor James Solomon.
Nick Grillo, who was endorsed by a number of Fulop allies including Rivera and Freeholder E. Junior Maldonado, who was elected as the next county clerk, was a distant third – roughly over a 1,000 votes away from making the runoff.
With 21 of 23 districts reported, Symes has 40.86 percent of the vote, with Solomon locking up 32.73 percent of the vote.
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Maestro McCarthy can bring harmony
John Fickling last night defended the snap decision to end Howard Wilkinson's five-month tenure as Sunderland manager.
And the Stadium of Light vice-chairman hailed his successor as a man truly in touch with the Wearsiders' needs.
As the Black Cats unveiled Mick McCarthy, the immediate future of a club in crisis continued to dominate the thoughts of those supporters braving the elements to greet the former Republic of Ireland boss.
Fickling, standing in for chairman Bob Murray, absent with illness, sought to assure the club's loyal fans that this week's events were completely necessary as a means of breathing new life into an ailing giant.
"It's a very disappointing state of affairs but it's been the same for some time now," explained Murray's forthright number two. "If you go back to last summer, prior to Peter Reid's departure, we'd just come through a very traumatic season and nobody wanted to go through that again.
"In fact we didn't have the best of starts after investing heavily in players to strengthen the squad.
"In October we made the decision to bring in a new management team but everyone would agree that it was a totally different regime to that which had been in place previously.
"Sadly, 20 league games later, and the right results have not been forthcoming. We're right at the bottom of the league and you cannot get any lower.
"Things couldn't continue in the same vein as they have done during the last few weeks. But there are still nine Premiership games remaining and who knows what might happen?
"We needed to change things. Whatever next season brings everybody has to be in the right frame of mind to be able to take up the challenge."
Fickling is convinced the Barnsley-born coach can pick up the pieces in the post-Wilkinson era and added: "Mick's qualities are his love of the game and the character he is. He knows Sunderland football club and knows the fans.
"He knows what football means to people in this part of the world and he can relate to them. It's not only the challenge of the football that has persuaded him to come here, but it's the bigger picture.
"Mick was one of the names we considered in October but he was in another job then and that was a problem." Both Fickling and McCarthy approached yesterday's packed press conference in upbeat mood, belying the widespread belief that the Black Cats are already doomed.
However, Murray's right hand man was quick to admit that everything hinges on first team results.
"Everything about this club in terms of facilities, the quality of staff and our vision of the future is spot on," added Fickling. "It would appear that everything is in place for success.
"Sadly, first team performances is where it's simply not happening and that's where we'll be judged. That's why we are in business.
"Mick knows that everything else is here to bring the good times back to Sunderland and he has been brought in to do just that."
Stadium of Light


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    let id = req.user._id
    let id2 = id.toString()
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        uid: {
            $elemMatch: { _id: id2}
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            console.log(dir);
            res.render('direcciones', {dir: dir, id: id})
    });
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active:true
dir:"asdasd, Pariahuanca, Los Olivos, Peru"
dirname:"aeds"
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What should I do?

A: One mistake is that you convert your _id, that is already coming as string, to string with .toString(). You should convert it to an ObjectId if your field is an Object Id in your database.
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I really love horizontal stripes. This stripe has a very soft billowing quality to it. It is the result of layering hand-painted washes of color. This would be an amazing fabric to use for draperies but would be beautiful for other uses as well.
The inspiration for this pattern was Brancusi's Endless Column series. I love how the interlocking shapes have an undulating quality. The shapes in the fabric were printed using stamps of transparent ink to give a mottled quality. By staggering the rows a zig-zag negative space is created and adds even more depth and play to the pattern.
In the Loop is a 3 color print with a decidedly retro feel. It's consists of 2 different color hand-painted squiggles which interlap in a random structure. Its a playful yet sophisticated pattern which would work beautifully for draperies as well as upholstery and wall panels.
Damask patterns tend to be some of the most formal and traditional fabrics in the market. The Studio B interpretation is much friendlier due to the loose drawing and painted technique used to achieve the forms. The bright colorways tend to make it more whimsical while the subtle colorways bring out the sophisticated charm.
This pattern was created using a hand-cut stamp which 2 different colors of pigment were applied onto paper with. The center motif is laid out in a diamond arrangement which makes it perfect for decorating and the variations in color create a sense of age and patina.
This is a small scale pattern based on handpainted linework and diamond shapes. The overall pattern is loosely influenced on interlocking circles. The colorations are designed to work with some of the patterns in this collection as well as fabrics from previous collections.


Today I went out for week three with Michael Ibrahim and Fiona O'Keefe. We measured plants 294 to 325. Our section had quite a few Monarchs, and many of them were already 2nd or 3rd instar. One plant had 12 eggs on it, and another one had what we think was a 4th instar caterpillar.
Overall, the plants seemed to be doing well, as did the Monarchs. There wasn't anything particularly noteworthy this trip.


Armor Mayhem is a cool shooting game in which you can show off your skills while trying to defeat toe enemies. Your main objective is to battle against other opponents in order to seize the control of a very restricted amount of power crystals. Take control of your hero carefully, make your way through the dangers, aim and shoot down all enemies, collect more weapons and be sure to make more chaos! Are you willing to join this? Give it a try now! Have fun!


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Geek Pick: Retro-Bit Metal Storm Collector's Edition Is an NES Classic
By Will Greenwald 12.10.2019 :: 10:00AM EST 12.10.2019
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Metal Storm is one of those unsung classic NES games. It's a remarkable run-and-gun shooter with a unique gravity flipping mechanic (that Capcom ripped off a year later for Gravity Man's stage in Mega Man V), clever level design, and Konami-like Nintendo Hard difficulty. It's a legitimately great NES game that didn't get much attention because of its brutal difficulty and lack of a franchise. NES fans recognize Metal Storm's value, though. So does Retro-bit, which re-released the game for the NES this year. Now you can get a brand new copy of Metal Storm, in standard edition for $45 or collector's edition for $70. Retro-bit sent us a collector's edition of Metal Storm to check out.
First, we need to talk about the game re-release itself, because that's the heart of both editions. Retro-bit's version of Metal Storm takes the original game and puts it on a fresh NES cartridge. The standard edition is a black cart, though the Collector's Editions can be metallic silver (if bought from Limited Run Games), opaque blue (if bought from independent resellers in North America), or transparent blue (if bought from resellers in Europe). We got the opaque "galactic blue" cart, and it's a nice piece of freshly manufactured NES software, complete with a black slipcover to keep dust out of it. The cartridge comes packaged in a proper cardboard game box with full-color art, outright reproducing the original NES box art on the front. There's also a full-color glossy instruction booklet, printed in both English and Japanese.
That's what you get with the standard version of the game, all for a slightly below-standard game price of $45. Some sticker shock, but you're getting heaps of authenticity. The Collector's Edition comes with all of that, plus a figure, a metallic enamel pin, a thick, double-sided, fold-out poster, two small art prints, and a certificate of authenticity. So, you're paying $25 more for a figure, a pin, a poster, and two postcards.
That's totally worth it, because look at the figure. This is the M-308 Gunner, the mech suit you play in Metal Storm. It's five inches tall, full-color, with a built-in base and loads of detail. It's a gorgeous little mini-statue for any fan of 80s and 90s mech design. It doesn't pose, but it looks good.
The other extras are nice, but not as amazing at the figure. The pin is a large picture of the M-308 Gunner with the Metal Storm logo below it in English and Japanese. The poster is a thick, full-color, double-sided print of both the North American and Japanese box arts (though it comes folded down in the box, so get ready to press it thoroughly if you want to actually hang it on the wall). The art cards and certificate of authenticity are just those.
Metal Slug was a great NES game, and it's great to see it get some modern-day love from Retro-bit. The re-released game looks fantastic (as box art and cartridge art, since the game itself isn't changed), the figure is an amazing collectible, and it's simply a very appealing package for any retro game fan.
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The Hair-Raising Adventures Of Mr Hair - COMING SOON to a ZX Spectrum near you
Putting aside the C64 as we've just come across an update from Andy Green, that a new ZX Spectrum game is coming called ' The Hair-Raising Adventures Of Mr Hair '. This game which currently doesn't have any in game screenshots or footage, is an upcoming action-adventure by Lee Stevenson that will featuring foul beasts, crazy creatures, and aliens with your path being blocked by cunning, powerful forces beyond your imagination!
Although there is nothing else to show for the game other than the beautiful loading screen by Andy Green above (and new screenshots). Andy Green has told us the game has been in development for sometime, but because of real life getting in the way, it has hampered progress and wasn't until now Lee was pleased to say that the game is now complete with all that remains to be added is music.
So watch this space as this ZX Spectrum game is COMING SOON!
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Labels: Andy Green, GAMES, GAMING, Lee Stevenson, The Hair Raising Adventures of Mr Hair, work in progress, Zx Spectrum


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Enter Shikari returning to Australia Sept 2016
Enter Shikari will return to Australia this September to sweep your mind and assault your senses on a five-date tour around the country with support from fellow UK band Hacktivist and Sydney's Stories.
Enter Shikari are one of the most exciting live bands on the planet right now and their exhilarating live show was a sight to behold on their last Australian trek in 2015. Since forming in school, Enter Shikari have amassed well over 1500 live shows to their name, selling out prestigious venues in Australia and overseas such as the much missed London Astoria, Camden Roundhouse, Brixton Academy, Hammersmith Apollo, New York's Irving Plaza and LA's Roxy; as well as commanding many festival stages around the globe, including those on Soundwave 2012.
Building a career on doing their own thing, Enter Shikari have charged light-years ahead of their contemporaries with their wild experimentation and complete disregard for genre boundaries. Their last album, 2015's The Mindsweep, received universal acclaim, with Alternative Press hailing it as "the best album of Enter Shikari's already impressive career. Yes, it's that good".
Joining Enter Shikari will be fellow UK citizens Hacktivist. Born out of a studio jam between guitarist / producer Timfy James and MC J Hurley in late 2011, Hacktivist fuse the groove, attitude and brutality of metal, grime, hardcore and hip-hop to create a unique sound that has excited and divided audiences. Their debut self-titled EP was lauded by the likes of Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and Kerrang!, and even found its way to hip-hop publication Insomniac and went as far as The Guardian. Hacktivist went on to dominate main stages at Sonisphere, Rock Am Ring / Im Park in Germany, Download, T in the Park and Reading / Leeds festivals and they were last seen in Australia on Soundwave 2014. Earlier this year, the boys released their debut album, which features a cameo from Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds that will slay live.
Sydney's Stories took the heavy music world by surprise when they dropped their top 50 ARIA chart debut last year, and since then the young band have cemented their reputation as an exceptional live band. Their last Australian headline tour saw sold out signs on box offices at all but one show.
Enter Shikari website pre-sale 10am 4th May 4 until 9am 5th May
My Live Nation pre-sale 10am 4th May 4 until 9am 5th May
General public tickets on sale 11am Thursday 5th May
Mon 19th Sept - Melbourne, 170 Russell - tickets from 170 Russell and Ticketmaster
Tue 20th Sept - Brisbane, the Triffid - tickets from Oztix
Wed 21st Sept - Sydney, the Metro - tickets from Ticketek
Thu 22nd Sept - Adelaide, the Gov - tickets from Oztix
Sat 24th Sept - Perth, Fremantle Metropolis - tickets from Oztix


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The original item was published from 9/27/2022 11:46:00 AM to 9/27/2022 12:07:52 PM.
[ARCHIVED] Hurricane Ian information and resources
Hurricane Ian Updates for the Town of Oakland
Sign up for Town of Oakland Alerts and Notifications
Sign up to receive emergency alerts and severe weather warnings that could directly impact you and your family. The Town of Oakland is able to send you emergency alerts via text message, email, pager, or voice mail (in extreme cases), based on your preferences. Click on Civic Ready > Sign Up > Selects All Severe Weather Alerts.
Oakland Sandbag Pickup and Fill Information
In preparation for Hurricane Ian, sandbags will be available inside Town Hall, 230 N. Tubb Street, beginning at noon on Monday, September 26, and will continue to be available as necessary and as supplies last. A maximum of 10 bags will be available for each Town address during normal business hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. The sandbags will be empty. The bag fill site at the intersection of Sadler and Cross will open at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 27, for those residents who do not have fill material. The fill site will be unmanned. Please bring your own shovel or trowel to fill your sandbags.
Oakland Trash Collection
WM is closely monitoring Hurricane Ian. Based on the current trajectory and intensity, WM may not be able to perform normal operations starting Friday or Saturday. Please do not set trash at the curb on Wednesday nor during hurricane conditions. Conditions permitting, WM will resume collection operations on Friday or Saturday this week. WM will not operate when sustained wind speeds exceed 35 mph. Resuming "post storm" operations will depend on storm damage safety assessments and open disposal facilities. At this time, residents/customers should refrain from placing additional yard waste or other bulky items at curbside. WM has created the attached website in order to keep our municipal customers informed and updated on impending Florida storms/hurricanes: www.wmfloridastorm.com.
Household trash and recycling must be kept separate from storm debris. Per FEMA directions, please separate storm debris into the categories below and place at the curb away from your regular household trash and recycling. Waste Management will pick up CONTAINERIZED trash, recycling and yard waste. Other contractors will remove storm debris. Learn more by visiting WM.
Oakland Closures and Cancellations
The Oakland Nature Preserve is closed until further notice.
Take Over the Trails, which was scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Orange County Hurricane Safety Guide
9/26/22: Orange County Office of Emergency Management continues to monitor the shifting track of Hurricane Ian and its impact to Orange County. As of 11 a.m. this morning, a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Orange County. Heavy rainfall and winds estimated at 39-73 mph are expected for later this week. For more information visit the National Weather Services. To prepare for storm conditions, Orange County Public Works has been working to mitigate the potential for flooding throughout the community by lowering the water levels in lake and other water bodies. By Tuesday evening, residents are asked to make sure homes are prepared and loose items are clear from outside homes. Additionally, residents should have essential supplies and an emergency preparedness plan for their family and pets. For more preparedness information, visit ocfl.net/storm or ready.gov. Residents who require a Special Needs/Medical Shelter are urged to contact Orange County by dialing 3-1-1 or 407-836-3111 to ensure that they have the necessary access to resources and transportation before a storm arrives. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can start a chat online by visiting ocfl.net/311.
MatthewsHopeMinistries.org will remain open and provide Safe Shelter through the weather caused by Hurricane Ian to the homeless.
Oakland Avenue Charter School will follow OCPS decision to cancel school on Wednesday 9/28 and Thursday 9/29. At this time, we do not know if we will be required to make up these days. We will provide update next week sometime if we are required to make up days.
Orange County Public Schools: Due to the forecasted potential impact on Orange County, all after school extracurricular activities are canceled Tuesday except for extended day which will be open until 6 p.m. On Wednesday, all schools and facilities will be closed and extracurricular activities canceled through Thursday. County emergency management personnel will be hosting special needs and general population shelters in select schools. To see the list of shelters please visit ocfl.net/storm for more information. We will continue to update you throughout the storm. The district will send messages by phone, email and text (type Yes to 68453). OC Schools will provide information about make-up days at a later time. To see the list of bad weather make-up days click on the school calendar on ocps.net.
Florida Division of Emergency Management
#2022-219 amends Executive Order 22-218 re: Emergency Management – Tropical Depression Nine.
#2022-218 declares a State of Emergency in 24 Counties re: Tropical Depression Nine.
Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation have suspended tolls on several facilities statewide effective at 12:00 EST 9/26/22. Drivers on these roads will not be charged. Please follow FL511 for traffic updates and travel safely.
Attorney General Ashley Moody activated Florida's Price Gouging Hotline. If anyone suspects price gouging, report it to by calling 1(866) 9NO-SCAM, file online at MyFloridaLegal.com or using the No Scam reporting app.
NASA Hurricane Resource Page
National Weather Service (Melbourne)
Federal Emergency Preparedness Association (FEPA)
Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM)


Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s 40-year bond, maturing in 2057, posted the biggest losses year-to-date among Asian dollar bonds, as the Chinese e-commerce giant's shares fell the most in 18-months, reducing its market capitalisation by US$30 billion late last week. The main reason cited for Alibaba's dramatic stock price decrease was disappointing earnings brought on by the Group's poor investments in bricks-and-mortar assets and digital media leading to profit margins being squeezed in the December quarter.
According to data provided by BondEvalue, Alibaba's $1 billion notes maturing in 2057, which was priced in November in a five-tranche offering, closed the week at $98.409, down from its $102.61 price on January 16th. Another 4 of Alibaba's bonds are among the top 10 worst-performing notes in the region so far in 2018, a Bloomberg Barclays index shows.


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import io.yawp.commons.http.ExceptionResponse;
import io.yawp.driver.api.Driver;
import io.yawp.driver.api.DriverFactory;
import io.yawp.repository.Yawp;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;

public class FixturesServlet extends EndpointServlet {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -7833278558858095857L;

	@Override
	public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
		super.init(config);
		setWithShields(false);
	}

	@Override
	protected void service(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
		if (!enableFixtures()) {
			response(resp, new ExceptionResponse(403));
			return;
		}

		Yawp.yawp.namespace(req.getHeader("namespace"));
		super.service(req, resp);
	}

	private boolean enableFixtures() {
		Driver driver = DriverFactory.getDriver();

		if (!driver.environment().isProduction()) {
			return true;
		}

		return driver.environment().isAdmin();
	}

}

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace RandomGen.Fluent
{
    public interface IGen : IFluentInterface
    {
        IRandom Random { get; }

        IDateChange Change(DateTime date);
        IDateTimeOffsetChange Change(DateTimeOffset date);
        IDoubleChange Change(double amount);
        IDecimalChange Change(decimal amount);
        ILongChange Change(long amount);
        IIntChange Change(int amount);
    }
}


About the Body Oil: The ingredients in this body oil were carefully chosen to hydrate even the most dry skin making this an optimal choice for dry or mature skin. One of the natural powerhouses in this body oil is olive oil which has been used for millennia for skin care. We also included ingredients that are natural antioxidants capable of fighting free radicals, which cause wrinkles, and are easily absorbed by the skin.
Skin Type: Dry or mature skin.
Ingredients: Olive Oil, Calendula, Chickweed, Comfrey, Tamanu Oil, Vitamin E, Lavender Essential Oil.
OLIVE OIL: Contains oleic acid which is a moisturizing and regenerating fatty acid. Also has squalene which is a naturally-occurring, non-toxic, hypoallergenic, ingredient that enhances the ability of other emollients and humectants to penetrate into the skin.
CALENDULA: Also called "Pot Marigold" and is a cleansing and detoxifying herb good for inflamed or angry skin.
CHICKWEED: A soothing herb with vitamin C proven to help with skin conditions like eczema.
COMFREY LEAF: Known for its astringent and anti-inflammatory effects on the skin from the rosmarinic and phenolic acid it contains in addition to being both soothing and protecting because of the allantoin in it.
TAMANU OIL: A thick and rich oil that is rapidly absorbed and leaves no oily residue. It contains three types of fats - netural lipids, glycolipids, and phospholipids - which help skin stay nourished and supple. The calophyllic acid it contains provides antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
VITAMIN E: Known for reducing skin damage caused by UV rays and pollution by increasing vitamin E amounts in skin cell membranes and in the lipid matrix of the lower levels of skin. Provides protection for the cells that make collagen and elastin and also helps to hydrate skin which can make fine lines less noticeable.
LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL: A circulatory stimulant that increases blood flow bringing both nutrients and oxygen to the skin. Its antiseptic properties soothe and heal skin. Helps the body produce powerful antioxidants (glutathione, catalase, and superoxide dismutase) which help fight free radical damage.
Our Packaging: Packaged in glass and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers which are easily identifiable by their number 1 recycling codes. PET does not contain Bisphenol-A (BPA). PET is lightweight, strong, safe, shatterproof, and is the most widely recycled plastic since it can be recycled multiple times and turned into a variety of different products/containers.


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ACG Automation Consulting Group GmbH gets new main shareholder
The IT consulting company for project management, cybersecurity and DevOps is continuing its growth course of recent years with a financially strong partner.
After 37 years of ACG participation, founder and previous majority shareholder Gerhard Neidhöfer is selling his majority stake to financial investor Marondo Capital. The minority shareholders Christina Reuter and Carsten Tusch will remain involved. In addition to Marondo Capital, the successful management team has invested in the company, thus participating in the future of ACG. Carsten Tusch remains managing director of ACG Automation Consulting Group GmbH.
"I am pleased to have a strong partner in Marondo Capital, who will support our growth without influencing the daily operational business. In doing so, we can benefit from strategic consulting and are also well positioned for inorganic growth." reports Carsten Tusch. The transaction offers ACG's employees continuity and, under the slogan "Next Generation Consulting", good prospects for the future. This step was also important to Gerhard Neidhöfer, who attached great importance to the continued existence of ACG when selecting the investor and wanted to preserve the independence of the strong, medium-sized ACG brand.
Dr. Stefan Elßer sees the transaction as an "investment in the topic of cybersecurity, which together with the digitalization expertise in the area of DevOps offers the best prospects for the future. In addition, ACG convinced us with its competent employees and its experienced management team. Together, we will positively shape the company's growth trajectory."
Marondo is an innovative investment company for fast-growing, technology-focused companies of the next generation of medium-sized businesses in Germany and DACH.
The fund invests up to €15 million in companies in classic German technology disciplines through majority & minority transactions, this includes the industry sectors of medical technology, health technologies, software & IT, environmental technologies, new materials and industry 4.0. In addition to substantial expansion capital, Marondo offers liquidity solutions for existing shareholders.
The partnership is supported by three partners with over 75 years of industry experience, 90 financed companies and several hundred transactions in the last 2 decades.
ACG is an established IT consultancy focusing on the financial industry and critical infrastructure companies. With the topics: Project Management, DevOps and Cybersecurity, it generates competitive and cost advantages for its clients. Here, the focus is on the customer. The designers and implementers of ACG provide consulting and support services with premium quality. Under this guiding principle, ACG offers long-term security to its customers and employees. This describes the ACG brand.
"A successful path since 1986 will be continued in a new line-up. The new main shareholder Marondo Capital supports a proven management team and together they are shaping the future of the ACG Group, the success of which is still very important to me. I would like to thank the many employees, business partners and customers who have accompanied me on my way and wish all those I know a positive attitude, a satisfying work-life balance and a successful future," says Gerhard Neidhöfer, who is leaving on the best of terms at over 73 years of age.
Years experience investing
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€ 430m
Capital deployed to date
by the Partners of Marondo
Companies backed
in over 25 years
Marondo was founded by three experienced partners and has been operational since 2019. Their skills from equity financing and corporate management complement each other in a value-adding way.
Office Stuttgart:
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Dunama tuna är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av William Schaus 1901. Dunama tuna ingår i släktet Dunama och familjen tandspinnare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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We provide high calibre event staff and exhibition staff across the UK for trade and consumer shows, events and product launches.
From conferences to events, exhibitions to consumer trade shows, product sampling to demonstrations our experienced teams are professional, reliable and consumer facing.
Available from London to Leeds, Edinburgh to Glasgow, Birmingham to Manchester and everywhere inbetween we have core teams in all major UK cities.
We supply full team profiles for each individual member of staff for selection pre-activity and only supply staff who fit the campaign or brand perfectly.
Whether you need event staff for a festival, roadshow, consumer event or product launch we have a core team of iMP staff available from just a couple of hours to a six month tour.
Brands we regularly provide event staff for include Maserati, Rolls Royce, Wall's and Sofology.


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Q: Selenium Java - Select option under optgroup I have an element with 2 optgroups, each one has several options (some of the options exist in both optgroups

I need to find one of the options.
How can I do it?
Thanks


Ben Close was rewarded with a new Pompey contract yesterday.
And the Fratton faithful were delighted to see the homegrown midfielder sign an extension on his deal.
The 22-year-old's new contract comes after a string of fine performances across the campaign.
The Southsea talent has flourished since Ben Thompson returned to Millwall in January.
Close has racked up 39 appearances so far this term, netting six times and has featured from the outset in the Blues' previous 15 games.
And supporters are in agreement the academy graduate fully deserved his fresh deal.
True Pompey lad right to the core and one of our original former academy players who has actually been associated with our club since the age of five. So well done, Ben!. Brilliant news!.
Love seeing Ben Close finally get the recognition and love he deserves.
Certainly one of our starting 11 now. Been singing his praises for five years.


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	}

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		CakePlugin::unload();
		unset($this->Helpers, $this->View);
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		$this->assertEquals(array('Html'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');

		$this->assertTrue($this->Helpers->enabled('Html'));
	}

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		$this->assertInstanceOf('FormHelper', $result);

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		$this->View->plugin = 'TestPlugin';
		CakePlugin::load(array('TestPlugin'));
		$result = $this->Helpers->OtherHelper;
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		$this->assertEquals(array('Html'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');

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		$this->assertInstanceOf('HtmlAliasHelper', $result);

		App::build(array('Plugin' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'Plugin' . DS)));
		CakePlugin::load(array('TestPlugin'));
		$result = $this->Helpers->load('SomeOther', array('className' => 'TestPlugin.OtherHelper'));
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherHelperHelper', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherHelperHelper', $this->Helpers->SomeOther);

		$result = $this->Helpers->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Html', 'SomeOther'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');
		App::build();
	}

/**
 * test that the enabled setting disables the helper.
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadWithEnabledFalse() {
		$result = $this->Helpers->load('Html', array('enabled' => false));
		$this->assertInstanceOf('HtmlHelper', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('HtmlHelper', $this->Helpers->Html);

		$this->assertFalse($this->Helpers->enabled('Html'), 'Html should be disabled');
	}

/**
 * test missinghelper exception
 *
 * @expectedException MissingHelperException
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadMissingHelper() {
		$result = $this->Helpers->load('ThisHelperShouldAlwaysBeMissing');
	}

/**
 * test loading a plugin helper.
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadPluginHelper() {
		App::build(array(
			'Plugin' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'Plugin' . DS),
		));
		CakePlugin::load(array('TestPlugin'));
		$result = $this->Helpers->load('TestPlugin.OtherHelper');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherHelperHelper', $result, 'Helper class is wrong.');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherHelperHelper', $this->Helpers->OtherHelper, 'Class is wrong');

		App::build();
	}

/**
 * test unload()
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testUnload() {
		$this->Helpers->load('Form');
		$this->Helpers->load('Html');

		$result = $this->Helpers->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Form', 'Html'), $result, 'loaded helpers is wrong');

		$this->Helpers->unload('Html');
		$this->assertNotContains('Html', $this->Helpers->attached());
		$this->assertContains('Form', $this->Helpers->attached());

		$result = $this->Helpers->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Form'), $result, 'loaded helpers is wrong');
	}

}


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INTERVIEW: Singer, Songwriter & College Freshman TATUM SCOTT Says Hello To New Sound in Latest Single, "goodbye guy." Talk Single, Pandemic, How Instagram Led To An Audition with The Voice & MORE.
Tag: Tatum Scott, The Voice
3 days before her 18th birthday the rising singer/songwriter Tatum Scott found herself entering the studio to record her debut EP. The project, titled Dear Future Me found Scott making sense of her world within an acoustic and introspective form. Less than a year later saw Scott release her latest single, "goodbye guy" which marked a starch contrast to her previous releases through upbeat melodies that combine acoustic guitar riffs and light synths. The North Carolina native continues to develop her sound as she takes on the next chapter of her life: college. She joins All Access to answer some questions where she discusses everything from the new single, how she used Instagram to land an audition with The Voice, how she balances music, school and her social and so much more. Check out the full interview below:
ALL ACCESS: Let's start from the beginning – what inspired you to pursue a career in music?
TATUM SCOTT: My mom has always been musical and plays the piano by ear so she definitely gave me a love for music and it came naturally. When I was little I would always look up to Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. I always wanted to be just like them. I remember when Carrie Underwood won American Idol and I would always tell myself that I am going to be on that show one day.
AA: How has growing up in North Carolina influenced your music? Do you see yourself staying there for a while?
TS: It has definitely been tough growing up in a small town in NC, because there is obviously not a lot of opportunity so I have had to do the best I can musically. I play as many gigs as I can and record my original music in a local recording studio so I am grateful that I have access to that. I grew up here so this place will always been home, but I will not be staying here because I feel like there is so much of this world that I have not been able to see and experience.
AA: How do you balance pursuing music, having a social life and also going to school? Any advice/routine/tips you found that work well for you to be able to balance them all?
TS: I really try to balance everything out especially because all of these things are important. I really try to set aside time for everything and make sure I am giving enough time for these things.
AA: Congrats on the release of "goodbye guy" – what's the story behind this one?
TS: Thanks! "goodbye guy" is a super quirky and fun song that is about teenage love- so many people ask me what the story behind this song is and they make assumptions about who it is about and I always tell them it is not about anyone specifically – Its just in general like when I think I am falling for someone and I think he is falling for me. Because there is a line in the song that says "sometimes I fall too fast" before I can really know how someone really is. and that line is so true and I feel like it is relatable too- and then the song goes on to say "is love really blind or am I to the goodbye guy."
AA: "goodbye guy" follows up 2020's EP, Dear Future Me that contained two acoustic driven songs that are distinctly different than this most recent release. How did you approach "goodbye guy" differently than those two?
TS: So my EP Dear Future Me shows definitely more of my chill side- and it's more of me telling my story about growing up and becoming an adult and its very laid back.. both of the songs are acoustic driven which fully separates the EP from the single "goodbye guy." They both show two completely different sides of my personalty which is so cool. So I definitely think I have found my voice in this specific style.
EP Artwork for Dear Future Me
AA: How did the pandemic affect or adjust your plans as an artist? Were there plans to release more music initially?
TS: The pandemic really motivated me to keep going and keep writing because I had a lot of down time. I did several livestreams like this with different artists and connected with so many people which was super cool.
AA: You're currently (19) and so you grew up with social media and information at your fingertips. How has it been growing up in the digital age? Anything you wish would change about social media going forward?
TS: Social Media has definitely made a huge impact on me especially being a musician. I have met so many people- You can market yourself, you can contact anyone using hashtags and whatnot. For example when I was about 16 The Voice casting page was hosting this thing called the InstaBlinds on their official casting page for Instagram. It was like blind auditions but through Instagram. And people had to post themselves singing but they could not show their face so it was like an actual blind audition. I obviously wanted to do this and decided to post a video of me using the hashtag InstaBlind. I didn't think that anyone was gonna see it considering the fact that hundreds of people posted and they could only choose 6 winners to compete on their Insta Story using polls to narrow it down to 3 to compete again for the red card for a live callback in NYC. So I ended up being one of the three winners which was crazy to me and from there I got a callback.
AA: If you had the ability to headline any music festival or musical event – which would be a dream for you to perform at?
TS: Coachella!
AA: If you could only listen to (5) artists for the rest of your life who would they be?
TS: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Morgan Wallen, FINNEAS and Kacey Musgraves
AA: What's the rest of 2021 look like for Tatum Scott?
TS: I'll be recording and releasing more music and playing gigs. I also just started college!
Thank you to the talented up-and-coming Tatum Scott for hanging. Be sure to keep up with Tatum by following along with her journey by checking out her social media below:
Facebook | Instagram | Tik Tok | Twitter | Website
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Cheers erupted as leaders from the historic Clayoquot Sound blockade crossed police lines to protest Kinder Morgan's efforts to twin the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and bore a tar sands pipeline through Burnaby Mountain. Organizers say 103 people have been arrested so far, 13 today.
Valerie Langer, Karen Mahon, Chris Hatch, Jean McLaren and Bonny Glambeck -- all of whom played key roles in the blockade and eventual protection of old growth forest in Clayoquot Sound, the largest civil disobedience movement in Canadian history -- are now in police custody. The Clayoquot Sound protests drew 11,000 Canadians over the course of a summer who participated in protests.
From right to left, Valerie Langer, Bonny Glambeck, Karen Mahon, Jean McLaren, Chris Hatch on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday . All played a key role in the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa.
"So today we have a number of people who were actually organizers of the Clayoquot Sound blockade in 1993," Mahon told a large crowd gathered at the conservation park on Burnaby Mountain.
"A number of them are willing to risk arrest, myself among them. We have friends from Solidarity Notes the choir, and we have a number of people from Vancouver Island who've come. Thank you Vancouver Island. Yesterday, we we're contacted and told tomorrow we're going to have some very special guests," she added.
"Tomorrow we're going to have Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs here crossing the police line. He says he will be arrested tomorrow on Burnaby Mountain thinking of his grandchildren," Mahon added, her voice rising with emotion.
"It makes me really happy and really sad, because the fact that First Nation chiefs of this area have to be arrested to be heard by this government is madness, it is craziness. This is a crazy crazy time we are living in."
Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman, who had a leading role in the Clayoquot Sound movement, told the crowd that more than 100 people had been arrested so far on Burnaby Mountain. The crowd roared with cheers in response.
"A democracy can only function if we have information, If we have transparency, if we have participation, and the Harper conservatives are quickly robbing all three," Berman said, who did not herself get arrested, citing travel concerns.
"At the NEB hearings, the reviews of these pipelines, we are not allowed to talk about climate change. People from across this country who would like to participate in a public process are no longer allowed to participate. It is no longer a public process, it is broken, it is corrupt, it is a rubber stamp for the pipeline companies and together we are saying that has to change," Berman added.
Jean McLaren, 87, crossed police tape on Burnaby Mountain this morning, singing and smiling. Later, she was gingerly escorted back in front of the tape to a police van, to cheers from crowd.
McLaren hiked up a steep incline for 10 minutes, a challenge for most, much less an 87 year old. She said she had been an activist since 1947. She said she was protesting inaction on climate change.
"I want my kids and my grand kids to have a future," she said.


Ghana International School in Accra, Ghana seeks fresh graduate teachers from tertiary institutions nationwide who have the potential to be outstanding educators and are interested in gaining rich experience in teaching.
To act as a role model at all times – interacting positively with the children in and outside the classroom.
To work with groups under the supervision of the teachers during differentiated activities.
To reinforce teaching instructions through individual pupil support to stimulate and facilitate learning.
Be fully qualified as a teacher, with a Degree in Education (B.Ed. Early Childhood, Basic Education) or post graduate qualification in Education.
Demonstrated use of technology in instructional delivery.
The applicant will be a motivated individual with a keen interest in encouraging and inspiring students to love learning and excel in the classroom.
*Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish good working relationships across the school community.


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Q: Asus RT-AC58U DNS point all .lan domains to local machine I have an Asus RT-AC58U and am setting up a development server on my local network.
I would like to point all .lan domains to this local server via the router as I want to avoid editing host files on machines that are trying to access the dev server.
I have read that is can be done if you flash AsusWRT-Merlin to an Asus router, but my particular router is not supported.
Is there another way I may be able to do it?

A: I will put this here in case someone else runs into the same problem.
I found there was no real way of changing the router dns to point all .lan domains to my local dev server, as this particular router is not supported well by open source router software that is often flashed to routers, eg. AsusWRT-Merlin.
Instead I installed dnsmasq on the dev server and told it to point all .lan domains to it's own IP and then passthrough other DNS queries to Google (8.8.8.8).
I then set the router's DNS settings (under the WAN settings) to use this local dev server as it's first DNS, and the google DNS (8.8.8.8) as it's secondary DNS.
This way, when my local dev server is turned on, the router uses it's DNS, when the local dev server is turned off, the router uses the google DNS.
It works well.

A: Just for anyone looking for similar solution on the AX58U you can use Merlin to do so, just doesnt work on the AC one - but you could still get openWRT on it(AC58U)
I just found out how to set it up correctly with AsusWRT-Merlin.
https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng/wiki/Custom-domains-with-dnsmasq
even without the last bit with those settings and the option to define a Hostname under DHCP-Server setting I got it working.
tried on RT-AX58U with Merlin 384.19


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25 Legendary Quotes from Alfred Hitchcock
Post published:Jan 20, 2010
Post category:Quotes
Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, London in the United Kingdom in 1899. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He moved to Hollywood after achieving success in his native England with silent films and early talkies. In 1956 he became an American citizen but he retained his British citizenship. In his career (which spanned 60 years) he directed more than 50 feature films.
He directed the now legendary psychological thriller Psycho (which was released in 1960). He also directed The Birds which was released in 1963. Besides being a director, Alfred Hitchcock was also an actor, often making cameo appearances in the films he directed. He was also involved in the movie industry as a writer, and contributed to a few screenplays as well. He directed his first film in the early 1920s.
He directed his last film, The Family Plot in 1976. He died in 1980 in Bel Air in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The cause of death was renal failure. He will be remembered as the "Master of Suspense" and a legend of both the silver screen and television.
Here are a few quotes from Alfred Hitchcock, a true legend:
1. "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
2. "Always make the audience suffer as much as possible."
3. "Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints."
4. "Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up."
5. "Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
6. "I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline – production: 1) small children, 2) policemen, 3) high places, 4) that my next movie will not be as good as the last one."
7. "I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm."
Alfred Hitchcock really knew what he was doing he was making films
8. "If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. "
9. "In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. "
10. "When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.' "
11. "We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. "
12. "Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house."
13. "Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work."
14. "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."
15. "There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it."
16. "There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever."
17. "I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks."
Alfred Hitchcock even had some solid maritial advice
18. "The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say."
19. "This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop."
20. "Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food."
21. "You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer."
22. "The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well."
23. "Here's a choice item, very rare. Only 740,000 were ever made!"
24. "I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films."
25. "Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it."
Well, there you have it, some legendary quotes from Alfred Hitchcock. If you've enjoyed reading them, feel free to share this article on your social networks. Sharing is caring after all.
Watch this space for regular updates in the Quotes category on Running Wolf's Rant.
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Phillip Gibb 20 Jan 2010 Reply
Alfred Hitchcock, the legend
Running Wolf 20 Jan 2010 Reply
Phillip: Indeed 🙂


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Two Phelpses arrested at Brown dedication
The Capital-Journal/May 17, 2004
By Tim Hrenchir and Cait Purinton
Topeka police said they thought security measures went well for today's Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site dedication, though two protesters from Westboro Baptist Church were arrested at the scene.
People who attended today's ceremony tended to be patient and well-behaved, said Topeka police Maj. Jerry Young, who was in charge of security.
"It was a great event for Topeka," he said.
Police Lt. Randy Listrom identified those arrested by police and U.S. park rangers as Margie J. Phelps, 47, and Jacob Z. Phelps, 20, both of 3734 S.W. 12th. Each was taken in connection with one misdemeanor count each of disobeying a lawful police order, Listrom said.
Margie Phelps is the daughter of the Rev. Fred. W. Phelps Sr. Jacob Phelps is her son. They are members of Phelps' congregation at Westboro Baptist Church, which is known for conducting anti-homosexual picketing.
Listrom said Margie and Jacob Phelps entered the fenced area where Monday's event was held, then stood on chairs holding a banner and an American flag that was hung upside down. Both were arrested after they refused an order from park rangers to get down, according to Listrom, who said the event's rules banned them from having the flag and banner inside the fence.
Records showed Margie and Jacob Phelps were booked into the Shawnee County Jail, where an official said late Monday afternoon that both had been released on bond.
No other arrests were made at Monday's event, Listrom said.
However, a man wearing a bright shirt -- which falsely indicated he was a member of the security detail --was met at the north entrance to the celebration site by several police officers, who told him he would be arrested if he came further. He left, and wasn't arrested.
It wasn't clear whether anyone else was asked to leave Monday's event.
Topeka Police Chief Ed Klumpp said he was very satisfied with the way security arrangements went Monday and at related activities that occurred over the weekend. Topeka police were among 13 law enforcement and government agencies involved with security at Monday's celebration.
Young said Brown-related events where Topeka police provided security over the weekend meant overtime pay for "a lot" of officers. He didn't know how much that would cost the department.
Police Maj. Gary Herman said the department changed officers' days off work so that nobody was scheduled to be off Monday. Police also brought in officers who generally worked evening and night shifts to help with Monday's events.
Police said agencies involved had been planning the celebration's security efforts for several months. Authorities felt particularly concerned because important people, including President Bush, were to appear outdoors in an area of homes and businesses.
Sharpshooters perched atop the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site and other area buildings at Monday's event, scanning the grounds for any behavior they might consider suspicious.
At the request of the Secret Service, Young said, school buses and large trucks had been placed around the perimeter outside the fence.
Before visitors were allowed inside, they walked through a metal detector. Many were also searched using a hand-held detector. Authorities confiscated any items found that were prohibited inside the fence.
Klumpp said authorities seized about two dozen small knives, mostly pocketknives, as well as about a half-dozen containers of pepper spray or mace, two umbrellas and a pair of scissors. Those items were taken to the property room at police headquarters, where owners may reclaim them.
As people waited to enter the grounds, a long line developed, Herman said.
"We became backed up about to the point where people had a 30-minute wait," he said.
Herman said in the morning before Monday's event a police officer driving with his emergency lights on was hit by another motorist at S.W. 17th and Topeka Boulevard. Damage was minor, and there were no injuries, he said.
An American Medical Response ambulance dispatcher said AMR took two patients to Topeka hospitals from the celebration site. AMR also treated several people at the scene for minor medical problems.
One person who had been at the event was released after receiving treatment for a heat-related problem Monday at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, said hospital spokeswoman Nancy Burkhardt.
"We also saw a person from the media who evidently cut his hand, but he left before he was treated because he had to get back to doing his job," she said.
Young said police appreciated the cooperation they received Monday from other law enforcement agencies, as well as businesses and homeowners in the Monroe area.
Outside the Monroe area, the city of Topeka was calm Monday afternoon. Klumpp said that at no point did police find themselves with more calls than available officers.
Shawnee County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Deputy Martha Lutz said deputies on patrol in the county reported "nothing out of the ordinary."
Deputies helped direct traffic at the Kansas Expocentre, where people attending the celebration parked their cars and got onto buses that shuttled them to the historic site or to the Capitol for a celebration featuring Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
"It went really smooth, getting people into the Expocentre," Lutz said. "They did an excellent job."
She said about 20 volunteers from the sheriff's Citizens' Academy handed out brochures with information about what people could and couldn't take with them into the secured areas of the Brown v. Board of Education celebration and Gov. Sebelius' proclamation event.
Topeka firefighters also reported no major activity in the city during Monday's celebrations.
"It seems to be going OK," said Battalion Chief A.R. Smith.
He said additional firefighters worked Monday to support the department's specialty units for technical rescue and hazardous materials. An engine company of four firefighters was stationed at Monroe for the celebration, Smith said.


U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is delaying $195 million and ultimately denying an additional $95.7 million in aid to American ally Egypt over a "lack of progress in key areas, including human rights" and democratic "governance," the U.S. State Department and White House have confirmed to Breitbart News.
Meanwhile, the administration has only decided to withhold $50 million in outstanding fiscal year 2016 military reimbursements from Pakistan, which the American president himself has recently accused of "harboring terrorists" who are fighting and killing American troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
The Trump administration halted $50 million in military aid for Pakistan because Islamabad has failed to take adequate action against the Taliban and its ally the Haqqani Network, considered to be the top threat against U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
At the end of his administration, former President Barack Obama required Pakistan to forfeit a much larger amount ($300 million) than Trump has for the same reason: Islamabad's support for Islamic terrorists.
"The $195 million will be in an account that can be accessed at any time; but these funds will be held in reserve until we see progress from Egypt on key priorities. We remain concerned about Egypt's lack of progress in key areas, including human rights and the new NGO law," added a State spokesperson, also on condition of anonymity.
In May, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi allowed the implementation of the controversial NGO law, which human rights groups and activists have denounced, saying it prohibits their work and makes it harder for charities to function in the country.
Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Reuters first reported that the Trump administration is withholding up to $290 million from close U.S. partner Egypt.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson "has decided that it is in the interest of the United States to exercise a national security waiver to obligate the remaining $195 million in Fiscal Year 2016 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Egypt, for the purpose of assisting Egypt in addressing threats to its security and strengthening the global fight against terrorism," explained a State spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. law mandates that the administration withholds 15 percent ($195 million) of the $1.3 billion it provides Egypt annually in FMF funds unless Cairo can certify that the African nation is making progress on advancing human rights and democracy.
Nevertheless, the law grants the secretary of state the ability to issue a national security waiver to allow the appropriation of the funds. This year, the U.S. again decided it could not certify that Egypt had made progress on human rights.
Although Secretary Tillerson issued the national security waiver, the Trump administration has decided to withhold the $195 million.
Trump administration officials insist that withholding money from Cairo will not have an impact on U.S.-Egyptian efforts to combat Islamic terrorism.
A summit of Muslim leaders hosted by the Saudi monarchy this year prompted the formation of a new military alliance expected to coordinate counterterrorism operations with the United States.
President Trump, who spoke at the summit, appeared to welcome the coalition, expected to include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Overall, the U.S. provides more foreign aid to Egypt than Pakistan.
While the United States has funded Egypt to the tune of $2.6 billion annually in recent years, Pakistan has received about $2.1 billion each year.
The U.S. provided about $30 billion to Pakistan in the first 14 years of the ongoing Afghanistan war, according to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
President Trump's 2018 request for U.S. security aid to Pakistan did drop by $186 million, when compared to the previous year.
The president has advocated increasing pressure on Pakistan over its support for Islamic terrorist groups fighting and killing Americans in Afghanistan.