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Seven Predictions for Philanthropy in 2012
Neils Bohr and Casey Stengel both uttered the Yogi Berra-ish statement that predictions are especially difficult concerning the future. They were only addressing quantum mechanics and the prospects of the Mets' pennant chances, not philanthropy, amidst a persistent economic free-fall.
But the quote is apropos here given the possible twists and turns for philanthropy writ large in 2012, drawing from big themes in play during 2011. Here are some:
The Occupy Wall Street movement has tapped an unfortunate wellspring of popular discontent with our economy, a distrust of wealth and power. While the Occupy movement might wane, the discontent it represents will deepen, as unemployment and underemployment remain high throughout the year. Unlike its politically conservative counterpart, the Tea Party movement (and said movement's relationship with the Republican Party), the Occupy movement won't move into the electoral arena, and may not become a wing of the Democratic Party. The combination of OWS and the Tea Party has revived concepts of social and political movements and emboldened advocacy on issues of wealth and power (such as the pressure on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to preserve rather than terminate the state's millionaire's tax, discussed in the NPQ Newswire here and here, which may lead to more requests for foundation support from advocacy groups taking on policy issues of wealth and taxation.
Without overstating what Occupy Wall Street protests and the Tea Party, probably, too, have accomplished, one impact of both has been a change in the political context or dialogue of American politics. Institutional philanthropy itself will face pressure that might be seen as OWS blowback. The protesters representing the "99 percent" may aim part of their critique at foundations as instruments created and largely controlled by the "1 percent." It may be very uncomfortable for some foundation people to see themselves portrayed as part of the problem rather than the solution. It wouldn't be surprising to see 2012 iterations of the Occupy movement looking at de-concentrating concentrations of wealth, potentially by aiming at establishing minimum payout rates for public foundations and donor advised funds, and raising the payout requirements on private foundations—and perhaps even adding some spend-down language on donor-advised funds. The stance of foundations against the populist critique is not helped by the Foundation Center's observation that 60 percent of foundations accounting for roughly one-third of annual foundation grant dollars do not accept unsolicited proposals—that "you need an invitation" to apply.
One movement that is destined to take off this coming year is foundations investing their assets with corporations that generate economically, socially, and environmentally positive impacts on communities and the nation. The good work of campaigns such as More to Mission and the exemplary practices of foundations like the F.B. Heron Foundation have been paying off and will continue to do so in 2012 and beyond.
The public programs that foundations may be counting on from their federal government partners may show some discretionary signs of federal appropriation life—programs with social innovation nomenclature being a hot ticket for both the White House and Congress to find spare cash for, regardless of the constrained federal budget. It is hard to see significant appropriations going to mainstay government programs at HUD, HHS, and Agriculture—though they should. But niche programs with social enterprise language might benefit from miraculously reprogrammed cash—particularly if both political parties try to tap unspent funds (such as lagging Community Development Block Grant dollars) or funding that has been paid back (such as TARP dollars).
One area of great concern, however, is the nation's humanitarian aid budget, the non-military foreign aid that goes through USAID, which many foundations count on as a necessary counterpart to their overseas giving. Humanitarian aid has been shrinking, and now a hostile, increasingly isolationist Congress has the USAID budget on the chopping block. The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recently announced that it won't make new grants—at least until 2014—due to donor country cutbacks. Even if a debilitated USAID survives, the Global Fund won't be alone among international NGOs facing serious retrenchment challenges—and likely looking to the foundation community to fill critical funding gaps.
The collapse of the supercommittee was only the latest guarantor that the charitable deduction was not going to be capped, especially while the recession lingers. The charitable deduction debate has been political kabuki theater practiced by some of the nation's nonprofit leadership organizations. If they really feared that President Obama or the supercommittee were going to sharply limit the deduction, they would have called for its separation from the mortgage interest deduction and then taken aim at that supremely regressive and, compared to the charitable deduction, expensive element of the tax system. Expert discussions, such as a recent convening at the Urban Institute, quickly reveal that the impact of capping the charitable deduction would be relatively small. The likelihood of a reduction, much less elimination, of the deduction is virtually nonexistent, but the fear lies in opening the door to a reconsideration of exactly what should count as charitable: It is impossible to believe that in 2012, some member of Congress won't be attracted to convening a hearing or roundtable examining the extent to which the charitable deduction does or doesn't adequately target the poor, or assists charities such as nonprofit hospitals that might be a little lacking in their nonprofit bona fides.
Whether one believes that charitable giving has recovered or not, the Giving USA statistics reveal a class divide in the nonprofit sector. The bigger, better-connected nonprofits—the members of the club, so to speak—have done much better than the bulk of nonprofits, which are becoming ever smaller. That class divide is actively promoted by many foundations as well as by the federal government, attracted as they are to the nonprofits of scale, equating scale with impact. That will continue in 2012, with deleterious effects on grassroots nonprofits.
Accept these predictions for exactly what they are—the musings of someone who was supremely confident that John Kerry couldn't possibly lose to George W. Bush in 2004, and that the Boston Red Sox had sewn up the American League East this year roughly around the All-Star break.
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Empower Capital's team is honored to have a second paper on a proprietary valuation method called PESA™ (Private Equity Scorecard Approach), published by the Journal of Private Equity Fall, 2018.
The theoretical model of Private Equity Scorecard Approach (PESA™), introduced an article in the Spring 2018 issue of The Journal of Private Equity ("Private Equity Scorecard Approach: Quality versus Myth"), develops a methodology to value a company based on its quantitative and qualitative indicators. As pointed out in the article, however, any model would only exist in theoretical boundaries, unless applied in practice.
In this article are discussed the specific characteristics of the internal processes and organizational structure of a private equity fund that uses the PESA™ methodology in its modus operandi.


Max Outt here at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's gorilla exhibit. This is kind of cool because the humans on this side of the exhibit respect me and so do the gorillas on the other side. However, just between you and me, I fear that I'm confusing the hell out of the gorillas today. They're used to their kind being on the other side of the barrier but today they don't know what's going on. Because of my build they must see me as a silverback and they're all like." Why is not only a gorilla like us, but an alpha male, outside the barriers walking around free". At the same time, the silverback male is no doubt relieved that I'm on this side of the barrier. I'm careful not to get too close to the railing as the silverback may fear that may fear that I'm climbing over and panic. And now it just occurred to me that these awestruck zoo goers also might view me as a silverback and therefore panic as well. I walk a fine line being Max Outt!


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Jordan Peele Discusses What Us is All About, Says He's Open to Telling More Stories in That World
There is a lot going on in the world of the film, so this is something he certainly could revisit in the future.
By Chris Morse
March 25 2019, 7:10 PM EDT
If the successful box office opening of Jordan Peele's Us is any indication, the filmmaker is going to continue to keep busy with plenty of new projects in the coming years. However, is it possible that we might eventually see another film set in the same universe as his latest offering? Peele says it very well could happen.
In a chat with Polygon, the filmmaker discussed this idea while also touching upon the theme of the film and its mythology as a whole. Be warned, though, that piece does contain spoilers for, so avoid reading through it until you have watched the movie. In the meantime, we will go over a few highlights below that do not contain explicit plot reveals.
Regarding the theme of the film, Peele previously teased one of the major messages behind it, but went into more detail after the world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. You can read his comments below.
This movie is about this country. And when I decided to write this movie, I was stricken with the fact that we are in a time where we fear the other: whether it is the mysterious invader that we think is going to come and kill us and take our jobs, or the faction that we don't live near that voted a different way than us. We're all about pointing the finger, and I wanted to suggest that maybe the monster we really need to look at has our face. Maybe the evil is us.
With respect to the mythology of the world of Us, here's what the filmmaker had to say about revealing too much or too little when telling a story. In short, it's all about striking a balance between what the viewer wants without taking away from the fear.
I have the entire mythology of this world because the audience can tell if you don't. The choice becomes how much of that mythology do you reveal. The line that I'm exploring in this movie is a very difficult line. Some people might want less explanation. Some people might want more explanation. I'm trying to serve whatever your appetite is, but ultimately I'm trying to give enough context to be able to discuss and hypothesize about more. When it's all wrapped up neatly and perfectly, it alleviates the fear. I don't want to do it.
Finally, Peele responded positively when asked if this is a world he would want to return to in another film, hinting at the possibility of a sequel somewhere down the road.
"Sure! It's a fun one. There's a lot going on there. The "Us-verse" ... I like that."
Something like that may not happen right away, as the filmmaker is certainly keeping busy with other projects, such as The Twilight Zone, but it's good to know this is something he might be open to doing when the time is right. Have you given Us a watch yet? If so, share your impressions with us in the comments below or on social media.
Set in present day, the film follows a woman who returns to her beachside childhood home with her husband and two children for a summer getaway. Growing increasingly more paranoid about something bad befalling her family, her fears prove to be grounded as four figures holding hands arrive at the home. Soon, the family is pitted against doppelgängers of themselves in a terrifying battle for survival.
Us stars Lupita Nyong (Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 12 Years a Slave) as Adelaide Wilson and Winston Duke (Black Panther) as her husband, Gabe, along with Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, and Noelle Sheldon.
Written and directed by Jordan Peele, the film is in theaters now.
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Because first impressions are so important, it is essential that your home is in "show-ready" condition for each and every showing. Although it can be daunting at first, if you use this quick and easy checklist, you will have your home sparkling in no time. To make it even easier, get your family involved. Assign some of these tasks to other family members to do each morning so that you are prepared for any last minute showing.
✓ Turn on lights to make your home look bright and cheerful.
✓ Pick up shoes, toys and any other items that might be scattered around.
✓ Put any dirty dishes in the dishwasher and close it.
✓ Wipe down all counter tops and tables.
✓ Put away all clothes.
✓ Make sure all dirty clothes are out of sight.
✓ Make sure rooms smell good, spray a deodorizer if necessary.
✓ Make sure any medications are out of sight.
✓ Turn oven on to 250 degrees. Put a small amount of vanilla extract on a piece of foil into the oven. This will simulate the smell of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Yummy!
✓ Turn off all televisions. You can play soft music at a low volume in the background only.
✓ Make sure all papers, mail, bills and other confidential materials are out of sight.
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Planning for the Future: PLM Success for Centric Software and YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP
Campbell, Calif., 12 December 2017 – Centric Software is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (YNAP).
For YNAP, selecting a PLM solution was about a single, actionable version of the truth for production. "We needed a holistic view of production. We hoped that having the right PLM would help us to manage the entire lifecycle of a product from prototype to production, check the gap between the initial budget we have for each brand and the real cost of goods ordered, track the cost of samples, and communicate with suppliers using one standard format and platform," explained Marco Gallo, Product Developer at YNAP. "We felt that Centric Software provided the best tool for our specific requirements."
Read full story to learn more
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (www.ynap.com)
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is the world's leading online luxury fashion retailer. The Group is a Global company with Anglo-Italian roots, the result of a game-changing merger, which in October 2015, brought together YOOX GROUP and THE NET -A-PORTER GROUP; the two companies had revolutionized the luxury fashion industry since their birth in 2000.
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is a unique business with an unrivalled offering including multi-brand in-season online stores NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER, and multi-brand off-season online stores YOOX and THE OUTNET, as well as numerous ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES, all "Powered by YNAP". Through a joint venture established in 2012, YOOX NET -A-PORTER GROUP has partnered with Kering to manage the ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES of several of the French group's luxury brands.
In 2016, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP joined forces with Symphony, an entity controlled by Mohamed Alabbar's family, to establish a ground-breaking joint venture to create the Middle East's undisputed leader for online luxury retail.
Uniquely positioned in the high growth online luxury sector, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP has an unrivalled client base of more than 2.9 million high-spending customers, 29 million monthly unique visitors worldwide and combined 2016 net revenues of €1.9 billion. The Group has offices and operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong and delivers to more than 180 countries around the world. YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange as YNAP.
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From its headquarters in Silicon Valley and offices in trend capitals around the world, Centric Software provides a Digital Transformation Platform for the most prestigious names in fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (VIP) is a visual, fully digital collection of boards for touch-based devices like iPad, iPhone and large-scale, touch-screen televisions. Centric VIP transforms decision making and automates execution to truly collapse time to market and distance to trend. Centric's flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric 8, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, business planning, quality, and collection management functionality tailored for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric SMB packages extended PLM including innovative technology and key industry learnings tailored for small businesses.
Centric Software has received multiple industry awards, including the Frost & Sullivan Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award in Retail, Fashion, and Apparel PLM in 2016 and Frost & Sullivan's Global Retail, Fashion, and Apparel PLM Product Differentiation Excellence Award in 2012. Red Herring named Centric to its Top 100 Global list in 2013, 2015, and 2016.


Turning on and off sonar sesors is easy in EasyC, how can I do this in robotc?
example of EasyC code that does this.
in RobotC? Absolutely.... using the sensor type.
Sorry I meant to put that this is for a vex mc.
To turn off a sensor set the sensor type to "none"
Replace "in1" with the appropriate port number name.


The Formax FD 170 Tabletop Booklet Maker is a work of art. Its sleek compact design will blend into any office setting, but its versatility and function will make it stand out. You'll be looking for excuses to make another booklet or pamphlet just for the pleasure of using this powerful little machine.
The Formax FD 170 folds up to 15 sheets, creating 60-page double-sided booklets, at speeds of up to 800 booklets per hour. There's no guesswork as the unique photo-activated eye starts your job and a resettable counter keeps track of your progress. The Formax FD 170 Booklet Maker will fold only or give your documents a polished look with saddle stapling. The Formax accomodates standard 8.5: x 11″ or 11″ x 17″ sheets with the push of a button and catches mistakes with a fault detection system.
The Formax FD 170 Booklet Maker costs $2,995 at Lloyd's and qualifies for free shipping and a free gift.
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Pittsburgh's Oakmont named anchor web site | Information, Sports activities, Jobs
By jimadmin On Aug 12, 2021
Already identified by its U.S. Open heritage, Oakmont Country Club was named the second "anchor" course for the U.S. Open in an announcement Wednesday that includes bringing nine Opens for men and women to Pennsylvania.
Four of them will be at Merion, which was chosen to host the 2030 U.S. Open. That will be the 100-year anniversary of Bobby Jones completing the Grand Slam. The final piece of what was called the "impregnable quadrilateral" in 1930 was the U.S. Amateur at Merion.
The USGA announced the future sites during the U.S. Amateur at Oakmont, the course outside Pittsburgh with a reputation as being among the toughest in America. It already has hosted a record nine U.S. Opens, most recently in 2016 when Dustin Johnson won his first major.
The USGA is moving toward a rotation of golf courses that will get a U.S. Open every five or six years, similar to the British Open rotating to links but different in that it allows other courses not in the rotation to be used.
Pinehurst No. 2 was selected as the first anchor site last year when the USGA decided to move its testing center and museum to the North Carolina sand hills.
Pebble Beach, Shinnecock Hills and Winged Foot also are in the discussion to be anchor sites.
Oakmont was an obvious choice. It will host its 10th U.S. Open in 2025. It also will have the U.S. Open in 2034, 2042 and 2049, along with hosting the U.S. Women's Open in 2028 and 2038. Oakmont previously held two U.S. Women's Opens, most recently in 2010 when Paula Creamer won her only major.
Merion, while historic, was thought to not have enough property to host the infrastructure of a U.S. Open. The USGA pulled it off in 2013 when Justin Rose won his lone major.
It now gets two more U.S. Opens, the other in 2050. That will be the 100-year anniversary of Ben Hogan winning the U.S. Open just over a near after a near-fatal car crash. Merion is the site of the iconic photo of Hogan hitting 1-iron into the 18th green during regulation.
Merion also will host the U.S. Women's Open for the first time, in 2034 and 2046.
Both clubs also were awarded some of the USGA's elite amateur events — Oakmont gets the Walker Cup (2033) and U.S. Women's Amateur (2046), while Merion has the Curtis Cup next year along with the U.S. Amateur in 2026.
The U.S. Amateur this week is the 88th USGA championship in Pennsylvania, the most of any state. Pennsylvania courses have hosted the U.S. Open 17 times, second to New York (20).
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QuickBooks is a new age small and medium scale business accounting software program which lets you manage all the expenses as well as sales to keep a track on the daily transactions. QuickBooks is really helpful in generating daily reports, tax filing, etc. QuickBooks is reliable for anyone starting from solopreneurs to mid and small-sized businesses.
Why small and medium businesses prefer using QuickBooks?
Quickbooks is extremely helpful, especially to the small and medium scale business. This helps them to track their cash flow, manage all the invoices, and also pay the bills on time. Through QuickBooks, these businesses can create monthly or annually financial reports based on their quarterly business taxes or annual taxes. Often businesses prefer QuickBooks to manage their daily transaction and use it for their in-house bookkeeping.
One of the main reason why businesses prefer using QuickBooks is that it can create invoices easily which helps in tracking down the number of sales business have generated. Through QuickBooks, you will also stay on top by reviewing the accounts receivable report. This will give you a clearer picture of your past and current due invoices.
With QuickBooks, you will no longer have to run after each and every receipt to track down your expenses and bills. QuickBooks will take care of everything automatically. You can link your bank account as well as credit card account to QuickBooks and it will download all the expenses and bills and will categorize it. Also, if you wish to track a cheque or any cash transaction you can manually enter the details onto QuickBooks and it will be uploaded within a couple of seconds.
QuickBooks not just helps you track down all your bills and expenses, but it can also remind you and help you to pay your bills too. You can create an accounts Payable Report and make sure that you are paying all your bills on time. This process will hardly take a few minutes. This way you will have full control over all your current as well as past bills, you can access it and address the issue in no time.
Managing the cash inflow and the outflow is crucial for any business. QuickBooks enables you to generate several kinds of reports which help you to gain deep insight into the performance of your business. These reports are pre-built and can be gained access to within just a few minutes. Also, new reports are added on a regular basis to help you with save and enter transaction the way you want.
This process is particularly beneficial when you need to create reports and send it your investors or potential lenders for a small credit or credit line. Other than the major two reports which are the Accounts Receivable and the Payable Reports, you can use QuickBooks for the following three reasons to know more about the insights of your small or medium sized business.
You can start working on the profit and loss profit report and you can be done with it within a few minutes. Through this report, you will get to know the amount of profit your business is making and also the amount of loss your business is incurring. QuickBooks shows you the net worth of your company which you can check weekly, monthly, and even quarterly.
Next is the balance sheet report, now the balance sheet report is necessary for any business, no matter how big or small your company is. Through this, you get to analyse the assets, liabilities, and also the equity. With just a few clicks you can make your balance sheet report.
Creating a Statement of Cash Flows on QuickBooks is easy too. Through the Statement of Cash Flow, you will get to analyze what is affecting the operations, investments, and also manage the financial cash inflow and outflow both.
Creating manual payroll can be a bit of a headache, you have to be certain that you have entered the right details else you will end up creating the wrong paychecks and this can result in dire consequences. You might have to pay penalties and no one would want to make their employees unhappy. That's when QuickBooks Payroll facility comes handy. QuickBooks will calculate all the details of automatically and will give you the exact figures without letting you worry about anything.
The best part about using this service from QuickBooks is that it is combined with QuickBooks, hence all your financial statements are on top and ready for the payroll to run. Now, you will have to purchase a QuickBooks payroll subscription through to gain access to all the latest payroll tax calculation tables.
• Through QuickBooks payroll service you can directly pay your employees either through cash deposit or check.
• You can also directly e-pay using QuickBooks.
Another benefit of using QuickBooks service to track down the inventory. As you enter a transaction, QuickBooks will keep on automatically track down everything that you sell, like any on-hand amounts and also unit costs. You can access several types of reports on QuickBooks to prepare these reports.
Now, you might think that the same can be done on an Excel spreadsheet, but you will have to agree to the fact that it's time-consuming.
Taxes are never easy to calculate. Every year business has to run down every income and sell to calculate their tax levied upon each transaction. QuickBooks can simply it. Whether you want QuickBooks to consolidate your several Excel sheets or manage your box full of receipts, everything costs us a lot of time and also every business would like their tax sheet look professional to prepare in order to submit it for the tax return. A simple mistake can cost us a lot.
But now most of the small and medium scale businesses are now using QuickBooks to create their tax report error free and also professional. You can let your tax professional gain access to every data that you have stored on QuickBooks by offering him a user id and a password to get all the information required in order to create the tax return file. QuickBooks tracks everything, starting from every item a business has sold, receipts, and bank statements too. Each and every data that you store on QuickBooks is helpful and will be beneficial to calculate the total amount of expenses your business incurred and also the amount of revenue generated.
One of the best quality about QuickBooks is that it lets you pay for the invoices on time and via online payment mode. You can avail the Intuit Payments feature and pay for all the invoices with just one click.
Once the feature gets activated, you will get an option to include 'Pay Now' to all the customer invoices that you have been sending through email. This will help the customers to pay for the invoices with just one click. They can pay using any debit or credit card, all they need to do is enter their bank account details and authorize it for the direct payment.


Many of those who think about contemporary cities have highlighted the shrinking or metamorphosis of public spaces in their common acceptance. Public space as a spatial entity presumably accessible to all, has been standardized, readapted, secured, museumified, privatized and no longer supports a diversity of presence. Nevertheless, contemporary movements worldwide and within Europe empirically show the contrary. Every day new individuals, new creative communities, and new collaborative networks get organized to "reclaim" public spaces – spatially, physically and politically. These initiatives, which can be material (facilities, installations, furniture, etc.) and/or immaterial (mobilizations, exchange of know how and services, etc.), long-lasting or short-lived, have one thing in common – they are backed by players who have little to do with institutions, and are trying to invent, experiment, stimulate or relay certain objects, processes, programmes, usages, and social interactions within public space. They also seem to be – at least partially – detached from other forms of activism that sprang up in urban movements in the 60s and 70s, both because of the underlying justifications, and in their formalization.
These initiatives are broadly publicized by various types of media and often inspire urban professionals, public authorities and even private actors in their interventions in public space. However, despite the broad movement of empathy they inspire, it is still hard to apprehend their real power to transform space, the way we live together, and collective discussion and action. In this context, the Human Cities network and the Thematic Group "Public spaces and urban cultures" of the Association of European School of Planning decided to organize an international Symposium that would discuss how researchers in a wide variety of disciplines (ranging from urban planning to design, via architecture, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, geography, law, etc.) contribute to observing, describing, theorizing, assessing, and even spreading these initiatives.
This online publication is devoted to the Proceedings of that Symposium, held in Brussels on the 15th and 16th March 2012 As faithfully as possible, it reflects the sequence of events, and it is divided into three main sections. The first section presents the background of the Human Cities project, and specific tools designed by the Human Cities network: the Toolbox and the Observation Mission. The second section comprises the core lectures, subdivided into the three highlights: analytical, methodological and operational.. Each highlight is introduced by members of the Scientific Board and fed by five contributors selected via the international call for papers. A reflective conclusion written by Professor Ali Madanipour - keynote speaker of the Symposium – gives an overview of the content of the lectures and discussions that took place during the debates. And last but not least, the third section presents the workshops that gave participants the opportunity to question and explore the practices related to the issues discussed during the lectures.


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Characterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
Adams, D., Collaboration, M., Adey, D. et al. (144 more authors) (2013) Characterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 73 (10). ARTN 2582. ISSN 1434-6044
A novel single-particle technique to measure emittance has been developed and used to characterise seventeen different muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE). The muon beams, whose mean momenta vary from 171 to 281 MeV/c, have emittances of approximately 1.2–2.3 π mm-rad horizontally and 0.6– 1.0 π mm-rad vertically, a horizontal dispersion of 90– 190 mm and momentum spreads of about 25 MeV/c. There is reasonable agreement between the measured parameters of the beams and the results of simulations. The beams are found to meet the requirements of MICE.
Collaboration, M.
Adey, D.
Alekou, A.
Apollonio, M.
Back, J.
Blot, S.
Bravar, U.
Capponi, M.
Carlisle, T.
Coney, L.
Cooke, P.
Fayer, S.
Fish, A.
Fitzpatrick, T.
Fletcher, R.
Forrest, D.
Graulich, J.S.
Harrison, P.
Hart, T.L.
Iaciofano, A.
Kafka, G.
Kim, Y.K.
Kolev, D.
Leaver, J.
Leonova, M.
Littlefield, M.
Lucchini, G.
Luo, T.
Moretti, A.
Nicholson, R.
Palmer, R.B.
Pastore, F.
Rayner, M.A.
Roberts, T.J.
Rucinski, R.
Rusinov, I.
Sakamoto, H.
Santos, E.
Savidge, T.
Tunnell, C.D.
Vankova, G.
Verguilov, V.
Virostek, S.P.
Walaron, K.
Wisting, H.
Zisman, M.S.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:
© The Author(s) 2013 EPJC is an open-access journal funded by SCOAP3 and licensed under CC BY 4.0
http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2582-8
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2582-8
Filename: CharMuonBeams.pdf


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NOGOWSKI OFF TO TORRID START IN AFL
Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz
The torrid bat 1B John Nogowski showed during his five weeks in Sioux City early this season has carried over to the 24-year-old's first few at-bats in the Arizona Fall League.
Nogowski cracked three doubles–one per game appearance–among his four hits in his first 10 official times at the plate, and with two walks he has a .500 on-base percentage. He has driven in one run.
The Florida State product ripped American Association pitching at a .402 clip for 34 games with the Explorers before St. Louis bought his contract and sent him to Double-A where he hit .295 with 12 doubles, two homers and 21 RBI in 59 games for Springfield.


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Historical Notes Camp Atlanta was a prisoner of war camp used during World War II. U.S. military personnel and German prisoners of war alternated use of the theater at the camp.


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The disappearance of Earhart and Noonan on July 2, 1937, in the Western Pacific Ocean has gained legendary status among the age's unsolved mysteries.
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Insight secures $2 billion across two funds
Ronny Kerr · April 4, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/18de
Twitter and Chegg investor gets a few big boosts from most existing contributors
VC firm Insight Venture Partners announced Monday that it has closed two new funds totaling $2 billion in investor commitments.
Insight Venture Partners VII received about $1.5 billion of institutional commitments and $70 million of affiliate and friend commitments. Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund II, established for co-investments in larger deals, received $450 million in commitments.
The firm says a "significant majority" of existing investors committed to the new funds.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New York City, Insight focuses exclusively on software, Internet and data services around the world. Here's a breakdown of some of the firm's most notable, recent investments:
Last week: Free website builder Wix raised $40 million in Series D funding led by Insight Venture Partners and DAG ventures, with Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners participating.
November 2009: Insight joined the ranks of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maples Investments and more when the firm helped tip Chegg's funding over $100 million. The book rental service, which has by now raised over $200 million, is now expanding into new educational avenues.
September 2009: Twitter closed a "significant" round of financing from Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, Institutional Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Benchmark Capital. Though it was a late-stage round for Twitter, it will likely still prove very profitable for Insight.
May 2009: Private fashion sales site HauteLook raised $10 million from Insight for the startup's first round of funding. This one was awhile ago, but it's noteworthy because it demonstrates the firm's foresight; private sales and daily deals site proliferate like crazy these days.
To date, Insight has received over $5 billion in investment commitments. With its latest fund, the firm says it will invest up to $150 million per transaction.
CVS Health launches Community Equity Alliance to close health disparities
Its first partners are Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago, and Wayne State University
Kaiser Permanente commits $25M to preventing gun violence
The company established its Center for Gun Violence Research and Education last year
With the goal of democratizing lab results, Elaborate raises $10M
The company embeds itself into EMRs and uses patient data to create an actionable report
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What is Twitter?
Twitter is an online information network that allows anyone with an account to post 140 character messages, called tweets. It is free to sign up. Users then follow other accounts which they are interested in, and view the tweets of everyone they follow in their "timeline." Most Twitter accounts are public, where one does not need to approve a request to follow, or need to follow back. This makes Twitter a powerful "one to many" broadcast platform where individuals, companies or organizations can reach millions of followers with a single message. Twitter is accessible from Twitter.com, our mobile website, SMS, our mobile apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, our iPad application, or 3rd party clients built by outside developers using our API. Twitter accounts can also be private, where the owner must approve follower requests.
Where did the idea for Twitter come from?
Twitter started as an internal project within the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, and engineer, had long been interested in status updates. Jack developed the idea, along with Biz Stone, and the first prototype was built in two weeks in March 2006 and launched publicly in August of 2006. The service grew popular very quickly and it soon made sense for Twitter to move outside of Odea. In May 2007, Twitter Inc was founded.
How is Twitter built?
Our engineering team works with a web application framework called Ruby on Rails. We all work on Apple computers except for testing purposes.
We built Twitter using Ruby on Rails because it allows us to work quickly and easily--our team likes to deploy features and changes multiple times per day. Rails provides skeleton code frameworks so we don't have to re-invent the wheel every time we want to add something simple like a sign in form or a picture upload feature.
How do you make money from Twitter?
There are a few ways that Twitter makes money. We have licensing deals in place with Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft's Bing to give them access to the "firehose" - a stream of tweets so that they can more easily incorporate those tweets into their search results.
In Summer 2010, we launched our Promoted Tweets product. Promoted Tweets are a special kind of tweet which appear at the top of search results within Twitter.com, if a company has bid on that keyword. Unlike search results in search engines, Promoted Tweets are normal tweets from a business, so they are as interactive as any other tweet - you can @reply, favorite or retweet a Promoted Tweet.
At the same time, we launched Promoted Trends, where companies can place a trend (clearly marked Promoted) within Twitter's Trending Topics. These are especially effective for upcoming launches, like a movie or album release.
Lastly, we started a Twitter account called @earlybird where we partner with other companies to provide users with a special, short-term deal. For example, we partnered with Virgin America for a special day of fares on Virginamerica.com that were only accessible through the link in the @earlybird tweet.
What's next for Twitter?
We continue to focus on building a product that provides value for users.
We're building Twitter, Inc into a successful, revenue-generating company that attracts world-class talent with an inspiring culture and attitude towards doing business.
Funding roundup - week ending 04/01/11
Textbook renter Chegg raises $75 million
HauteLook raises $10 million
Twitter confirms new funding


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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Brendan D. Maxcy
Brendan D. Maxcy Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
https://education.iupui.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/maxcy-brendan.html
https://education.iupui.edu/faculty-research/research-office/index.html
CV Page
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https://pivot-exl.s3.amazonaws.com/links/77D641D1AC1BA51A67923E09D1B0FE1F/CV.Maxcy.2020.pdf
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My research employs qualitative methods and critical theories to explore educational policies and school leaders' responses to these. In addition to work on US schooling, I have studied leadership in schools contending with national educational reforms and intense regional unrest in the border provinces of southern Thailand.
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, School of Education, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Associate Professor, Urban Education Counseling, Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington
Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Educational Administration, 2004
MEd, University of Texas at Austin, Science Education, 1996
BS, University of Maine, Education, 1990
educational administration and policy equal educational opportunity politics of education urban education educational leadership
Jack A. Culbertson Early Career Award, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), 2010
Outstanding Dissertation in the Politics of Education, Politics of Education Association (AERA SIG), 2006
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Politics of Education Association


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Q: How can I get the same bitrate of input and output file in pydub? I've use pydub to output a file(chop the file into shorter one), everything is great, but the bitrate has changed from 256k to 124k(why I will get this number instead 128k?). I know that AudioSegment has an argument to set bitrate, but I just want the same bitrate instead manually set every time. Any way to fix this issue?

A: I was unable to use the example above using the mediainfo object. I just found the way to calculate the bitrate for WAV files here and used that.
Translating it into python and pydub, and assuming the pydub object is called wav you would get that:
bitrate = str((wav.frame_rate * wav.frame_width * 8 * wav.channels) / 1000)
Then you could pass it forward into the export function and not set it manually. Hope it helps :)

A: This has mainly to do with ffmpeg/avlib, but you can pass a flag to the AudioSegment().export() method to specify the bitrate you'd like:
from pydub import AudioSegment
from pydub.utils import mediainfo

source_file = "/path/to/sound.mp3"

original_bitrate = mediainfo(source_file)['bit_rate']
sound = AudioSegment.from_mp3(source_file)

sound.export("/path/to/output.mp3", format="mp3", bitrate=original_bitrate)

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Midnyte Reader: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry.
Title/Author: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry.
Favorite character: Joe Ledger, the main protagonist. Church the uber military leader in charge of super, secret organization DMS. Toys, the right hand man to the bad guy.
Favorite quote: "Anytime something is too easy, it isn't." Joe Ledger.
All in all: Intricate and exciting.
Synopsis: When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short. It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.... ~From Amazon.com.
What I didn't like: It's not so much I didn't like it, I'm just a person who questions everything and I wondered how certain people managed to survive at the end.
What I liked: This was the first book that I have read that used first person and third person (that I can remember anyway) and it broke up the novel in a unique way. This style drew me into Joe's mind and let me get to know him yet kept me at arm's length with the bad guys. Almost like I was next to Joe but was watching the other parts in a movie theater. I loved Maberry's descriptions, the way he kept me at the edge of my seat and the pacing of the story. Each scene moves the action along and everything fell into place.
I liked Joe Ledger right away because of his humor, sarcasm and clever banter. This part of Joe's personality was apparent right away due to the initial interview between him and Mr. Church. (I also learned that Joe would think I was evil because I prefer Vanilla Wafers over Oreos.) I kept thinking, "Should I really be giggling when reading a zombie novel?" So I learned fairly early that Joe is funny, but then I learned other traits throughout the novel. He is trustworthy, dependable and has a conscience, although he sometimes has to put it aside in order to keep the public at large safe. Joe worked for me as a semi reluctant hero. He is confident and knows his strengths without being fearless because he knows he could die at any moment. He also acknowledges his darkness. He talks of the Mark of Cain (marked with the awareness of the beast that lives in all of us) and sometimes struggles with keeping all the pieces of his personality separate. The Warrior vs. the Man.
In this novel, the strains of the zombie infection are likened to strains of the flu and are developed by religious militant terrorists backed by a greedy entrepeneur who owns several pharmaceutical companies. So, theoretically the Americans (the targets of the strain) wouldn't be able to keep up with the "disease." One of the characters explained the way the zombie virus worked. It was unpretentious, yet complicated enough. Although I didn't fully comprehend how the virus worked I was able to believe that it did work.
This was by far not a typical girlie novel; there were lots of descriptions about guns and weapons, so if you're not into that you may not appreciate the level of detail Maberry put into this story. I loved the fight scenes though and I couldn't help but feel that Joe Ledger and his team could probably teach Buffy a thing or two. Sad but true. For those of you who absolutely need romance in all your stories, there is some here between Joe and Grace, another agent. It was realistic but didn't distract from the story.
Joe's special ops team (Top, Bunny, Skip and Ollie) were sometimes hard for me to keep straight, I had to keep checking back to see who was who, but by the end of the novel I had it. I loved the camaraderie between them and the humor. The potential threat of mistrust among them was intriguing.
**SPOILER ALERT: Not many books make me cry, but there was one scene that did. It was when the First Lady's secret service bodyguard was dying and all he cared about was if she was okay or not. A scene like this could easily have been cliche, but it was touching. We see this happen through the eyes of Joe and it also serves to bring his own humanity and tenderness to the surface. :END SPOILER ALERT**.
This is probably not a book I would have normally picked up. However, I took a workshop with Jonathan Maberry at a conference and I liked what he had to say about his writing process enough that I was curious about his work. I'm glad I tried Patient Zero and I look forward to more of Maberry's books.
Wow, this one is completely knew to me and sounds fantastic. I have his Rot & Ruin book on my list but haven't gotten to it yet. I'm usually not a big zombie fan, but it sounds like the story is strong and Joe is a solid hero so maybe I need to get over that and read this! Thanks for the review!
My husband really liked this one and has read the sequel. We also have Rot & Ruin in the TBR pile.
I actually just saw an ep of Buffy and was thinking that I may have to re-think that comment.


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Our story begins at home
MĀKGOODS WAS CO-FOUNDED BY TWO LONG-TIME FRIENDS, CHAD AND STERLING.
We both grew up in Idaho (in different towns) and we both eventually ended up in Texas for graduate school. Texas has a way of grabbing you tight and holding you close, so after graduation we both decided to stick around and grow our families and careers. As the saying goes, we weren't born in Texas but we got here as soon as we could.
We didn't know it at the time, but both of us ending up in Houston was a big deal. Chad tells it like this:
Shortly after graduation, my family and I moved to a Houston suburb for a new job. When furnishing and decorating our home, one particular room was particularly boring. We wanted wall art that was interesting and dimensional. Our search was unsuccessful; everything we found was just as boring as the room. It was all similar in shape or color, and most of it could be found in half of the homes in our neighborhood.
We wanted something unique and dimensional, and I only had one option: fill my garage with gigantic power tools and make something myself. At great length I made a wall sculpture out of 2x4s. Having never made an original thing in my life, this was a significant accomplishment! We were constantly asked where it was purchased and it was surprisingly gratifying to say, "I made it!" To this day when I look at that creation I think of the personal meaning behind it.
The creative process and end result were incredibly powerful for me. I wondered if there was a way to help others solve the same problem, but without having to haul lumber, fill a garage with power tools and invest in hearing protection.
I needed a gifted designer. I called my friend Sterling, who has a degree in fine art, a graduate degree in architecture and years of professional design experience. I've never known a more talented person. An early morning call was all it took. Sterling was in.
Modular Art Kits
We wanted to offer modern, completely customizable products for people that don't have the resources of serious, "I'm going to build my own casket" DIYers or the know-how of professional designers and architects. And we wanted to use materials that were real, the best we could find.
We're inspired by minimal, geometric, modern design. We started designing kits composed of modules, or pieces, that add interesting dimension, can be arranged and finished in any way and are easily mounted on the wall. We call them modular art kits. Each kits' modules are based on a grid, making it easy to see and arrange patterns and compositions that make sense for your space. And they are all made of the best materials we can find.
It's simple, we'll manage the hard work of designing kits, sourcing and storing materials, building parts and cleaning up. You do the fun part of creating original art with real materials.
© 2021 mākgoods .


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Blueshirt client Coupa ringing the opening bell on Nasdaq.


Finely mince the garlic and half of one of the onions. Heat the cooking oil in a large pot. Add the garlic and onions and brown. Add the beef and salt and saut until beef is thoroughly browned. Add tomato sauce and enough water to cover the beef. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer covered, until meat is tender - a half an hour longer (longer for short ribs).
Meanwhile, cut the remaining onions into wedges (six to an onion). Add the potatoes to the pot and again bring to a boil. Replace the lid and simmer another half hour. Add carrots and cook 15 minutes; add the onions; simmer another 15 minutes.
Mix the thickener ingredients (flour, sugar, soy sauce and water) in a small bowl. Make sure to get all the lumps out. Bring the stew back up to a boil. Add thickener, stirring constantly until well combined. Simmer another 10 minutes. Serve on plates over steaming hot white rice.


The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) organized the 31st Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) from 17–19 December in Islamabad, Pakistan. The theme of the conference was 'Vision 2025: Effective Strategies for Transformational Growth'. The energy-food-water nexus is one of the seven pillars of Pakistan's Vision 2025. PIDE, which is the primary think tank for the Federal Ministry of Planning in Pakistan, invited Dr Golam Rasul, Theme Leader of Livelihoods at ICIMOD, to provide his thoughts on managing the challenges of the energy-food-water nexus in Pakistan.
Dr Rasul was the lead panellist and moderator for the session 'Keeping the Incentive Alive: Investment in Energy, Water and Food Security' and key discussant on 'Energy, Water and Food Security'. Referring to declining investment in agriculture and water, Dr Rasul highlighted the importance of direct and indirect incentives for investment to achieve energy, water, and food security in Pakistan. However, he emphasized that we need the right kind of incentives. Misplaced incentives can encourage misallocation and inefficient use of resources and, thus, exacerbate problems. As such, he recommended greater synergy and the integration of policies and practices in the energy, water, and agriculture sectors to achieve sustainable production. He said that "Embracing the nexus perspective will provide an innovative way forward to ensure the efficient management of these critical resources to secure future food demands and address poverty and climate change issues". He also provided insights on managing the nexus challenges in Pakistan to achieve the Vision 2025. Dr Rasul has also been invited by Pakistan's national television channel PTV World to talk on the different aspects of the energy-food-water nexus.


A proposal designed to limit the number of payday loans a Utah resident may obtain has been torpedoed in the state Legislature.
House Bill 113 (Daw) was defeated in the House Business and Labor Committee by a 9-4 vote. The bill would have mandated the creation of a state database of those who have an outstanding payday loan and those in default on a payday loan. Those on the list would have been disqualified from receiving additional short-term loans.
A spokesperson for the state's payday loan industry successfully argued the majority of payday customers repay the loan promptly and avoid getting caught in a "debt spiral." It was also agrued Utah payday lenders allow customers to make long-term, interest-free payments to pay off their debt.
Utah law allows payday loans to be rolled over for a maximum of 10 weeks. At that time the payday lender must put a stop to the interest build-up. State residents may, however, continue to apply for additional loans.


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25 Empowering Quotes For The Newly Single Woman
Quotes, Self
By Kelcey Connors — Written on Dec 30, 2017
There are a lot of reasons you may find yourself living the single life. Maybe someone broke up with you, maybe you broke up with someone.
Maybe you've been single for a couple of months or a couple of years, or maybe you've been single your whole life. Maybe, just maybe, you've found yourself newly single for the first time in a long time.
The idea of being single, being on your own, can be scary. You're so used to having someone there for you through everything.
Someone there for the little things like goodnight and good morning texts and kisses, and someone there for the big things to help you celebrate life's milestones, like birthdays and new work opportunities.
Now that you're single, who will you go to for these things? It seems like the end of the world, but you'll get through it.
Maybe we can look on the bright side of the single life, and find the positives of being a single woman in today's society.
Take it from some of us who have been single for a while: you get used to it. That doesn't sound too appealing, though, does it? Let's try that again.
RELATED: What Your Breakup Month Says About Your New Single Life, According To Astrology
Are you open to being in a relationship? Of course, you are. You would love to have someone to go on cute dates with and make your friends roll their eyes at your social media takeover, right?
The thing is, us single ladies are not unhappy being single, we're doing pretty well, thanks for asking.
So a guy has to make you super happy, and make you feel pretty damn amazing about yourself, better than you already do, for you to date him. It takes a while getting to this point and feels this way, but you will.
And if a newfound sense of self-confidence and happiness isn't completely winning you over on how amazing the single life is, think about all the benefits of being single!
Think about all the amazing single things you get to do. You get to dress solely for yourself. The only people who need to approve your life choices is YOU. You can sleep in as late as you want (unless you have to work) and stay out as late as you want (considering if you have work the next day) and not have to answer to anyone.
Also, you don't have to share your food OR your bed.
And you become okay with being single, though it doesn't mean you're going to be forever alone. Guys will come along. You will give some of them a chance, and others you may not give the time of day.
RELATED: 7 Reasons Being Single Makes You Healthier, Says Science
Being single for a while will give you time to get to know yourself better and you will know exactly what you want out of life and out of a relationship.
If you are scared of your new found single freedom or are unsure about embracing what the single life has to offer, maybe you just need to be able to laugh about where you are in life right now.
If that sounds like you these quotes and memes are for you. They will remind you how strong you can be while still being single, how it is not a low point in your life, and how it can be pretty damn awesome at times too.
If you're searching for the best quotes and memes to share with the people you love (or just want to feel inspired yourself) ... look no further! From the sweetest love quotes, inspirational sayings, and hilarious friendship truths, we've got you covered.
Seize this opportunity.
"Single is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize."
Focus on yourself.
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"Being single isn't a time to look for love, use that time to work on yourself and grow as an individual."
Learn how to create your own happiness.
"Waiting for someone else to make you happy is the best way to be sad."
The only way to go is up.
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"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." — J.K. Rowling
Such a hard part of being single.
"Being single sucks. The only thing I get to do anymore is whatever the hell I want."
RELATED: 10 Remarkably AMAZING Benefits Of Being Single
Prove your strength and do what makes you happy.
"It takes a strong person to remain single in a world that is accustomed to settling with anything just to say they have something."
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"Trust that an ending is followed by a beginning."
It's all in the timing.
"Love when you're ready, not when you're lonely."
Know what you need and what you want.
"Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve."
Im too busy to be in a relationships, tbh.
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"Building an empire, finding myself, healing myself, loving myself, being passionate, getting fit, growing friendships, meeting new people and making memories."
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Times have changed, and so has the definition.
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You may be hurting, but look to the positive.
"If you can love the wrong person that much, imagine how much you can love the right one."
Maybe it is better to have loved and lost.
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It's not what you think it means.
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Q: Create Array from XML nodelist directly without looping through nodelist? I'm using XML together with VBA and I'm wondering, is there a way to directly create an array from a nodelist without looping over the nodelist and adding all the elements? This would improve speed dramatically I suppose.

A: If your xml file/data are of table type you could use ADODB.Recordset which could be created from xml file. Next you could use .GetRows method to create array from retrieved values. Follow the code below and comments inside:
(Tried and tested for simple access database/table)
Table in Access:

Sub ArrarFromXML()

    'this code works for Access where test table tblTable was created
    'required references to ActiveX library

    '1. EXPORT
    'create xml file by exporting table

    Dim RS As New ADODB.Recordset
    RS.Open "tblTable", CurrentProject.Connection

    RS.Save "xmlFile.xml", adPersistXML

    RS.Close
    Set RS = Nothing

    '2. IMPORT
    'open file and save data in Recordset...

    Set RS = New ADODB.Recordset
    RS.Open "xmlFile.xml", "Provider=MSPersist;", adOpenForwardOnly, _
                        adLockReadOnly, adCmdFile

    '3. ...export Recordset to Array
    Dim myArray As Variant
    myArray = RS.GetRows

    Debug.Print myArray(0, 0)

End Sub

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How much evidence do we need to destroy someone?
Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh in a confirmation hearing in Washington on Sept. 5. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
By Marc A. Thiessen
Columnist focusing on foreign and domestic policy
How much evidence is required to destroy a person's life?
Christine Blasey Ford has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh of attempted rape while they were both in high school — a charge he unequivocally denies. She can't remember the date the alleged attack took place. She isn't even certain about the year (although she reportedly thinks it may have been the summer around the end of her sophomore year when she was 15). She can't remember whose house she was in. She can't remember how she got there. She says she didn't tell anyone about it at the time, not even her closest friends — so there are no contemporaneous witnesses to back her claims.
No other women have come forward to say that the young Kavanaugh assaulted them. There is no pattern of bad behavior. Quite the contrary, by all accounts other than Ford's, he treats women with respect in his personal and professional life. (Full disclosure: I worked with Kavanaugh in the George W. Bush White House.) The gathering included just Ford and four others, according to her confidential letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). One man named by Ford as a witness has come forward and not only denied knowledge of the assault but also denied knowledge of the gathering in question. Another, who said he was the "PJ" mentioned in the letter, Patrick J. Smyth, has also denied being at a gathering like the one Ford described.
Ford deserves to be treated with dignity, not maligned or attacked. But let's not forget that Kavanaugh is human too. This ordeal affects not only him but also his family, including his two young daughters, who are hearing awful things said about the father they love. He cannot prove a negative. So far, there are accusations but no corroborating evidence. And accusations without evidence cannot be the standard by which a man's reputation and career are ruined.
Both Kavanaugh and Ford have been ill-served by Senate Democrats in this process. Feinstein, the Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, knew about Ford's accusation for about six weeks and did nothing. She never asked Kavanaugh about the allegations in private or in public. She did not use the confidential, bipartisan process that the Judiciary Committee uses every day to assess the credibility of allegations against hundreds of judicial nominees — which would have given Ford the chance to talk to the committee's professional investigators in a confidential setting. Bizarrely, to this day Feinstein has not shared a copy of Ford's unredacted letter with Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa). But Democrats appear not to have been too scrupulous when it came to protecting her confidentiality.
Ford has also been ill-served by her lawyers, who initially stated that Ford "will agree to participate in any proceedings that she's asked to participate in." Then, when Grassley canceled the vote on Kavanaugh's nomination and scheduled a hearing where she could testify in public or private, her lawyers started echoing Senate Democrats' new message that a full FBI investigation was needed before she would speak to the committee — undermining the perception of Ford's independence. (At this writing, she has reversed course yet again, with her lawyer now saying she might be willing to testify next week).
It's not the FBI's job to investigate. There is no federal crime alleged. As Grassley explained in a letter, "We have no power to commandeer an executive branch agency into conducting our due diligence." Senate Democrats know this. They have turned down Grassley's offer to participate in interviews of Kavanaugh, Ford and other alleged witnesses. They are using Ford to demand an FBI investigation in the hope they can use it to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation until after Election Day — when Democrats hope to take back the Senate and block him from joining the Supreme Court.
The #MeToo movement is a force for good in society. It has removed sexual predators from the workplace in politics, media, entertainment, religion and elsewhere. It has encouraged women and men who have been abused to speak up — and others to support their allegations. But allegations alone are not enough. There must be evidence. With the evidence available right now, there is no chance Kavanaugh would be convicted in a court of law. Indeed, no reasonable prosecutor would agree to bring a case. But in the court of public opinion, the standards of evidence seem to be much lower. This much is certain: The standard of evidence to ruin a man's reputation cannot be zero.
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The Post's View: Slow down, Senate Republicans. The FBI should investigate.
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Christine Emba: The Kavanaugh allegations are making us wait. Thank God.
Megan McArdle: A full Kavanaugh investigation? Yes — it won't take long.
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Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in the thessaloniki eye study
Fotis Topouzis, M. Roy Wilson, Alon Harris, Panayiota Founti, Fei Yu, Eleftherios Anastasopoulos, Theofanis Pappas, Archimidis Koskosas, Angeliki Salonikiou, Anne L. Coleman
Purpose: To investigate risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PEXG) in the Thessaloniki Eye Study. Design: Cross-sectional, population-based study. Methods: Randomly selected subjects 60 years of age and older (n = 2554) participated in the Thessaloniki Eye Study. Glaucomatous damage and presence of pseudoexfoliation (PEX) were defined according to specific criteria. Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) subjects were compared with nonglaucoma subjects (controls), POAG subjects were compared with controls without PEX, and PEXG subjects were compared with controls with PEX for demographic, lifestyle, ophthalmic, and systemic factors. Factors with P <.2 in the univariate analysis were retained for multivariate analyses. Results: In multivariate analysis restricted to persons who participated in clinic visits and who had at least 1 phakic eye (n = 2078), intraocular pressure (odds ratio [OR], 1.21 per 1 mm Hg; P <.001), PEX (OR, 2.81; P <.001), history of coronary artery bypass or vascular surgery (OR, 1.95; P =.017), and moderate-to-high myopia (< -3 diopters; OR, 2.40; P =.009) were associated with higher odds for OAG. In analysis including all clinic visits (n = 2261), age became significantly associated (OR, 1.05; P =.004). In multivariate analysis for POAG (n = 1840), associations were found for age (OR, 1.04 per year; P =.048), IOP (OR, 1.19 per 1 mm Hg; P <.001), history of coronary artery bypass or vascular surgery (OR, 2.09; P =.01), and history of diabetes treated with insulin (OR, 3.05; P =.045). In multivariate analysis for PEXG (n = 238), the latter was associated with increased IOP (OR, 1.25 per 1 mm Hg; P <.001). Conclusions: IOP was the only factor associated with both POAG and PEXG, whereas moderate-to-high myopia showed borderline significance in both. Vascular systemic diseases and their treatment were associated only with POAG. The implications of these differences for the pathogenesis between the 2 common types of OAG should be explored further.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.032
Open Angle Glaucoma
Coronary Artery Bypass
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Topouzis, F., Wilson, M. R., Harris, A., Founti, P., Yu, F., Anastasopoulos, E., ... Coleman, A. L. (2011). Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in the thessaloniki eye study. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 152(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.032
Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in the thessaloniki eye study. / Topouzis, Fotis; Wilson, M. Roy; Harris, Alon; Founti, Panayiota; Yu, Fei; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios; Pappas, Theofanis; Koskosas, Archimidis; Salonikiou, Angeliki; Coleman, Anne L.
In: American Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 152, No. 2, 08.2011.
Topouzis, F, Wilson, MR, Harris, A, Founti, P, Yu, F, Anastasopoulos, E, Pappas, T, Koskosas, A, Salonikiou, A & Coleman, AL 2011, 'Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in the thessaloniki eye study', American Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 152, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.032
Topouzis F, Wilson MR, Harris A, Founti P, Yu F, Anastasopoulos E et al. Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in the thessaloniki eye study. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2011 Aug;152(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.032
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On the Homefront: Here, in Montreal, a couple was "shaken" after an Amazon delivery person entered their home. Crazy. Intelcom Express (a delivery service that Amazon subcontracts to) apparently dropped off a package inside the home of a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve resident. After the driver rang the bell to no answer (the husband/father was home, but was tending to his young child), the driver decided to try the unlocked front door, and was caught by the homeowner while he was leaving a package inside the house. The company has apologized and the driver has been fired.
Snapchat Dysmorphia is a thing. Sadly. Because Snapchat (and Instagram) offer filters, it also offers people a version of themselves with flawless skin, different shapes of eyes, etc…. Now, people think that maybe they should like that all of the time? Self-image specialists and doctors are sounding the alarm. These selfie filters have given rise to people seeking plastic surgery, especially those dealing with the medical disorder of body dysmorphia. Yes, people want cosmetic surgery to look like the filtered version of themselves on social media.
Uber (and Lyft) continue to disrupt, while traditional business models (and the governments that regulate them) fight back. Last week, New York became the first US city to cap services like Uber and Lyft by freezing new car licenses for one year, while the city looks at the impact these ride-hailing services have had. The thinking is that these services have caused much congestion, traffic and problems (which runs counter to the company's intent). It is doubtful that New York will be the only city to do this.
App of the Week: Hibooks.