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Make Every Date an Unforgettable Adventure
Upgrade your dates
By Bananastock Ltd and Sarah Miller
You're creative! Talented! Full of ideas! In fact, you're a bottomless pit of innovation, curiosity, and fun! Then why are you such a boring date? Dinner? A movie? A walk in the park? Yawn. What next? A carriage ride? Noooooo . . .
Here's a little secret: If you really want to impress a woman, show her something new. Give her an experience she's never had before.
The trick is to set up a situation that can spark intimacy-building conversation. "A great date is about 'me too' moments," says Nicholas Boothman, author of How to Make Someone Love You Forever in 90 Minutes or Less. "It's also about self-disclosure, where you grow closer by exchanging ideas, feelings, hopes, and vulnerabilities."
Here, then, are five dates every man has in his arsenal—and the ways you can elevate them to a new level.
Your Upgrade: Shift the Scenes
With just a little ingenuity, you can invigorate this crusty old standby. First of all, rearrange the order: See the movie before dinner. Then "replace the popcorn and soda with an appetizer that bridges itself with the movie," says Eric Marlowe Garrison, a Manhattan-based sex therapist and dating coach. Catching an Italian flick? "Wrap a few slices of prosciutto around some honeydew, and sneak in two plastic wine glasses and a couple of splits of vino." Sure, it's against the rules, but that's the point. Have fun with it.
Seeing the early show and then sitting down for a later meal can also put you on common ground, no matter how different your days may have been, says Garrison. "And it provides some good conversation openers." Ask her what her favorite movie was as a kid and what it is now, or which director she feels could best tell her story. The idea, Garrison stresses, is to create an evening with a sense of romantic fluidity, with one thing leading to the other.
Evening Stroll in the Park
Your Upgrade: Give Her the Universe, Too
It's one thing to point up at the sky and blurt out, "Big Dipper!" That'll likely be the beginning and end of that conversation. Instead, show her some celestial sights up close.
A glimpse of Saturn's rings or Jupiter's moons through even the most modest equipment should make her melt, not only because they're gorgeous to look at, but also because seeing them firsthand makes them real in a way no Hubble photo can. Plus, it's a natural way to start a conversation about Big Stuff. "Looking at the night sky is great for encouraging discussion about those things we all think about but don't discuss much in daily life," says Yvonne K. Fulbright, Ph.D., a Washington, DC–based sex educator and the author of Pleasuring: The Secrets to Sexual Satisfaction. "It can range from where we come from to what else is out there."
You don't want to wrestle with ungainly gear that you have trouble operating, so err on the side of simple, says Artie Kunhardt of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. Kunhardt suggests buying a star chart, a pair of 7 x 50 binoculars, and a small photo tripod. (Find gear at telescope.com.)
Kunhardt also recommends printing out a chart of that evening's celestial highlights (create custom charts at skyandtelescope.com). Use this in addition to the star chart, which doesn't show the exact positions of the stars because they change on a nightly basis. Then kick back and show her that heaven exists.
Your Upgrade: Paint It
Dates are filled with potentially romantic moments. Sadly, many of these moments are clichés—the carriage ride through the park, the New Year's Eve kiss, sunset on the beach. This can work against you. "When we try too hard or in predictable ways to create intimacy, we generally fail," says Scott Stanley, Ph.D., codirector of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver and the author of The Power of Commitment. "Intimacy is about revealing the self, but the 'self' isn't revealed on command."
That's why a paint set might just totally kick the bottle of wine's ass as the must-have accessory for a cool fall sunset. You're both painting the same thing, but your final products are going to be completely different, Stanley says. Talking about why her sun is all the way to the left when yours is in the middle, for instance, will be a far more revealing conversation than the usual tell-me-about-your-parents fare.
"Being creative together reveals parts of the self—your values, dreams, fears," Stanley says. "And no one has to be interrogated or feel threatened or exposed. It comes out very organically in creative expression."
Before you stake out your picturesque view, head to dickblick.com for your paints, easels, and canvases. Helpful tip: Stick with quick-drying acrylics and bring a tube of white. Painters use white to soften and mix colors and, of course, fix mistakes.
Your Upgrade: Stage Home Invasions
Take advantage of the glut of for-sale homes on the market and go on an open-house tour. Marianne Brandon, Ph.D., the coauthor of Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost Libido, says such adventures are great for setting up scores of insightful exchanges. "You get to see that person's taste, and because you're looking at homes, this brings up memories for both of you, and interesting things to discuss," she says.
As you scan the open-house ads in the paper, go for variety—from modest older homes that might help you explore each other's past and more immediate nesting urges to the higher-dollar starter mansions that reveal your aspirations. "Looking at homes is a great way to encourage a natural, organic conversation about what you want from the future—how you see your lives unfolding," says Herb Goldberg, Ph.D., the author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love.
Smacking Golf Balls
Your Upgrade: Shoot Clay Birds
Hitting the driving range may be fun, but it's not anything she hasn't done a million times before. But exploding a bunch of clay disks with a shotgun? Now, that will surprise her. "Most women have never shot before, and they're fascinated once they do," says Paula d'Autremont, a manager at the Angeles Shooting Ranges, in Lake View Terrace, California. "And I would say 90 percent of the women who come here are better shots than the men. A woman wants to take her time and do it right, while men mostly want to shoot off a whole box of ammo."
Wacky as this might sound, a friendly round of competitive trapshooting is a great first date. "If you're sitting in a restaurant staring at each other, it's a lot of pressure on the conversation," says Stanley. "But dealing with a target and equipment is so structured and focusing. Put your anxiety into that, and the conversation flows freely."
Many public outdoor ranges rent equipment, provide lessons, and let you get to it. Go to mynsca.com to find a range
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Q: Live checker csv by python How to check csv data by python live (I mean every 0.1 second)?When I am using this code:
while True:
    with open('file.csv') as csvDataFile:
        csvReader = csv.reader(csvDataFile)
        for row in csvReader:
            url.append(row[1])
            if url[1] == "WAIT":
                    time.sleep(0.1)
            else:
                break

When I change data manually in csv I get this error:
process cannot get access to file because being used another process.

A: The thing to note, When you access the CSV file, your code will not be able to load it. Once you close the file, it will be loaded again.
To make your code wait for you to close the file you should use the try/except method with the exception ending with continue.
while True:
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            for row in csvReader:
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                if url[1] == "WAIT":
                    time.sleep(0.1)
                else:
                    break
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        continue

A: Try this;
while True:
    with open("file.csv","r") as csvDataFile:
        csvReader = csv.reader(csvDataFile)

    #Your Code#

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Mary Lua Adelia Davis Treat (* 7. September 1830 in Trumansburg, New York, USA; † 11. April 1923 in Pembroke, USA) war eine US-amerikanische Botanikerin und Entomologin.

Leben und Werk

Treat war die Tochter des Methodistenpredigers Isaac Davis und Eliza Davis. 1839 zog ihre Familie nach Ohio, wo sie eine öffentliche Schule und für kurze Zeit eine private Mädchenakademie besuchte. Sie heiratete 1863 den Arzt Davis Dr. Joseph Burrell Treat, der auch Vorträge zu verschiedenen Themen wie Astronomie, Physik, Frauenrechte, Atheismus, Abolitionismus und Transzendentalismus hielt. Sie lebte mit ihm eine Zeit in Iowa, dann zog sie mit ihm 1869 in die Stadt Vineland (New Jersey), die Charles K. Landis im Jahr 1861 gegründet hatte.  Treats Interesse an Entomologie wurde dadurch geweckt, dass Landis Belohnungen dafür anbot, Insektenschädlinge von den Erntepflanzen abzuhalten.

Korrespondenz mit Darwin und anderen Naturforschern

Von 1869 bis 1880 schrieb Treat zehn Artikel für die Zeitschrift American Entomologist über Insekten, sie schrieb aber auch über Vögel und Pflanzen. Sie war mit verschiedenen Naturforschern befreundet, so mit dem Entomologen und Herausgeber des American Entomologist, Charles Valentine Riley, und mit dem Botaniker Asa Gray. Dieser machte sie mit Charles Darwin bekannt. Zwischen 1871 und 1876 tauschte sie fünfzehn Briefe mit Darwin aus. Sie korrespondierte mit Darwin über eine Reihe botanischer und entomologischer Themen, von der Beziehung zwischen der Ernährung und dem Geschlecht von Schmetterlingen bis zur Empfindlichkeit der Pflanzengattung der Wasserschläuche. Neben der Durchführung von Forschungen, Beobachtungen und Experimenten für ihre eigenen Veröffentlichungen führte Treat im Auftrag von Darwin Beobachtungen von in Amerika heimischen Pflanzen durch. Treat interessierte sich ebenso wie Darwin für die biologischen Mechanismen fleischfressender Pflanzen und korrigierte Darwin vor allem über den Mechanismus, wie diese Insekten fangen. Darwin würdigte ihren Beitrag in seinem 1875 veröffentlichten Buch  Insektenfressende Pflanzen.

Nach der Trennung von ihrem Ehemann im Jahr 1874 verdiente Treat ihren Lebensunterhalt, indem sie wissenschaftliche und populärwissenschaftliche Texte schrieb und Pflanzen und Insekten für andere Forscher wie Gray, Riley und Joseph Dalton Hooker sammelte. Von ihrem Verdienst konnte sie sich ein eigenes Haus in Vineland kaufen, nach Florida reisen und im Alter finanziell abgesichert leben.

Sie korrespondierte auch mit dem Schweizer Entomologen August Forel und dem österreichischen Entomologen Gustav Mayr. Sie schrieb 76 wissenschaftliche und populärwissenschaftliche Artikel und fünf Bücher. Ein Buch,  Injuurious Insects of the Farm and Field, das ursprünglich 1882 veröffentlicht wurde, wurde fünfmal nachgedruckt.
Die frühen wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten von Treat beschreiben Fressverhalten und Methoden zur Bekämpfung vieler Schadinsekten. Darwin lobte ihre Experimente zur Kontrolle des Geschlechts von Schmetterlingen und schrieb, dass sie bei weitem die besten waren, die je gemacht wurden, soweit mir bekannt ist. Ihre Beschreibungen des Verhaltens von Insekten halfen Taxonomen bei der Klassifizierung neuer Arten. Sie entdeckte eine neue Art einer orangefarbenen Blattlaus, eine Schlupfwespe, zwei Spinnen und eine Ameise, die ihr zu Ehren Aphanogaster treatiae genannt wurde. Auf einer ihrer Reisen nach Florida entdeckte sie am St. John's River eine neue Amaryllisart. Zu Treats Ehren wurde diese Zephyranthus treatiae genannt. Auf einer anderen Reise entdeckte sie eine Wasserpflanze mit gelber Blüte (Nymphaea lutea) und schickte das Exemplar an Gray. Diese Pflanze war zuvor schon identifiziert und von John James Audubon gemalt worden, ging aber verloren, bevor sie wissenschaftlich beschrieben werden konnte.

1916 zog Treat in den Staat New York, um bei ihrer Schwester zu leben. Sie starb im Alter von 92 Jahren an den Folgen eines Sturzes und wurde in Vineland begraben.

Treat war Gründungsmitglied des 1898 gegründeten Woman's Club of Vineland. Sie hinterließ einen Großteil ihrer Korrespondenz und Schriften bei der Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society.

Das Standard-Autorenkürzel Treat wird verwendet, um diese Person als Autor zu kennzeichnen, wenn ein botanischer Name zitiert wird.

Anerkennungen
 Für ihre Beiträge auf dem Gebiet der Entomologie ernannte Samuel Hubbard Scudder Treat zum Mitglied der Cambridge Entomological Society.
 Die Ameise Aphaenogaster Treatae wurde von Forel zu Ehren ihrer Entdeckung von Ameisenexemplaren in Florida und New Jersey nach Treat benannt.
 Der Forscher Mayr benannte eine Gallwespe Belonocnema Treatae zu Ehren von Treat, nachdem sie diese an einer Virginia-Eiche in Florida entdeckt hatte.
 In dem historischen Roman Unsheltered der amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Barbara Kingsolver ist Mary Treat ist eine der Hauptfiguren.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 Home Studies in Nature (1885). Cornell University Library, 2009, ISBN 978-1-112-55124-6.
 Controlling sex in butterflies. American Naturalist 7, S.  129–132, 1873.
 Plants that eat animals. American Naturalist 9, S.  658–662, 1875.
 Chapters on Ants, 1879.
 Injurious Insects of the Farm and Garden, 1882,
 Through a Microscope, 1886.
 My Garden Pets, 1887.
 Asa Gray: His Life and Work, 1890.

Literatur
 Ina Gianquitto: Good observers of nature. American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820–1885. University of Georgia Press, 2007.
 The Women's Project of New Jersey, Inc.: Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. Syracuse Univ Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-8156-0418-1.
 Mary Creese, Mary: Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800–1900. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 1998.
 Vera Norwood: Made from This Earth: American Women and Nature. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993.
 Marcia Myers Bonta: American Women Afield: Writings by Pioneering Women Naturalists. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1995.
 Dawn Sanders: Behind the Curtain. Treat and Austin's Contributions to Darwin's Work on Insectivorous Plants and Subsequent Botanical Studies.  Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur, Januar 2010.
 M. W. Rossiter: Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.

Weblinks

 Biografie bei Women in Science
 Biografie bei Encyclopedia

Einzelnachweise

Entomologe
Botaniker (20. Jahrhundert)
Botaniker (19. Jahrhundert)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1830
Gestorben 1923
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Bert McCaffrey
Bert McCaffrey was the ultimate substitute player back in the 1920s. He could - and did - play any position equally well. Though he was primarily a right winger, he also played stretches on defense.
McCaffrey had a very long and very storied career. From 1916 through 1923 he was a Senior hockey star in Toronto. He was a member of two Allan Cups in 1922 and 1923, and then went to the Olympics with the University Granites in 1924. Canada easily won gold, thanks to the big line of McCaffrey, Harry Watson and Hooly Smith. That line scored an amazing 74 goals in just five Olympic contests. McCaffrey alone scored 21!
McCaffrey joined the NHL in 1924 with Toronto as a 31 year old rookie - which instantly made him one of the oldest players in the NHL at that time. He would switch to defense by the 1926-27 season.
By 1928 he was playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and by 1930 he was helping the Montreal Canadiens win a Stanley Cup.
Bert McCaffrey retired from pro hockey by 1933. In 260 NHL contests he 42 goals and 72 points - not bad for a part time forward who seemed to play more defense as he aged. When he left the NHL he was 37 - an almost unthinkable age to still be playing back in those days.
Described as "speedy" and "burly," McCaffrey was on the verge of tears when he played his final game with the Montreal Canadiens. Newspaper reports said he was very touched by the club's gift of a "a purse" in front of his teammates. He was also given a new suit.
Perhaps McCaffrey wore the suit during his return to the NHL as a referee.
Bert McCaffrey passed away on April 15th, 1955. He was 62 years old.
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Jun. 13, 2018 5:04 p.m.
NEW YORK — Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox's entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company.
The bid comes just a day after a federal judge cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner and rejected the government's argument that it would hurt competition in cable and satellite TV and jack up costs to consumers for streaming TV and movies. The ruling signalled that Comcast could win regulatory approval, too its bid for Fox shares many similarities with the AT&T-Time Warner deal.
Comcast says its cash bid is 19 per cent higher than the value of Disney offer as of Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal and others reported earlier that Comcast had lined up $60 billion in cash to challenge Disney for media mogul Rupert Murdoch's company. Disney's offer was for $52.5 billion when it was made in December, though the final value will depend on the stock price at the closing.
That was before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled in AT&T's favour and rejected the government's argument that its takeover of Time Warner would hurt competition in pay TV and cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars more to stream TV and movies. The government worried that AT&T, as DirecTV's owner, could charge Comcast and other rival distributors higher prices for Time Warner channels like CNN or HBO. In turn, that could drive up what consumers pay. AT&T and Time Warner argue they're simply trying to stay afloat in the new streaming environment.
Disney wouldn't face the same issues because it isn't a television distributor as the way Comcast and AT&T are. But if Disney gets Fox, the combined movie studios would account for 45 per cent of worldwide box office revenue, according to BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield. That could raise regulatory objections. A larger studio could use its power to keep its movies in more theatres longer, dampening competition from rival studios.
Disney and Comcast had already been at battle in the U.K. over Sky TV. Fox has a 39 per cent stake in that company and has been trying to buy outright, with the intention of selling the full company to Disney as part of that deal. U.K. regulators have given the OK to that offer if Fox sells Sky News. Regulators there also have cleared Comcast's $30.7 billion offer for the 61 per cent of Sky that Murdoch doesn't own.


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How do I find a distributor for a movie?
10 places where to find a film distributor
Contacts. Our social circle is a basic tool when undertaking and carrying out projects, with films there's not difference.
By telephone.
Film Shows.
International markets.
Sales agents.
What is the biggest film distribution company?
The leading distributor in 2019 was Walt Disney, with a box office gross of 506.8 million British pounds. Universal had 40 films on release in 2018.
What percentage does a film distributor take?
For a domestic theatrical release, a distributor may ask for a fee of 35% of gross revenues. For domestic home video, there are two basic approaches: either a 50/50 net deal, or a royalty deal.
What does a movie distributor do?
A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company may be the same with, or different from, the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film.
Is Netflix a distributor?
Netflix, the mail-order and streaming video service, also is the sole distributor of more than 100 independent films.
How do film distributors make money?
Distributors receive the returns from theater owners on a weekly basis. As if the film is released in multiplex, 50% of the first week's collection, 42% in the second week, 37% in the third week and thereafter fixed 30% share is given to the film distributors.
How do film distributors get paid?
There are two types of distribution: leasing and profit-sharing. Leasing, the distributor agrees to pay a fixed amount for the rights to distribute the film. Profit-sharing, the distributor gets a percentage of the profits made from the film. This percentage is usually between 10-50%.
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Lighthouse Baptist Church files lawsuit against Chemung County
by: George Stockburger
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The Lighthouse Baptist Church has filed a lawsuit against Chemung County after the church was shutdown earlier this year due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The lawsuit names Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss, Public Health Director Peter Buzzetti, and Chemung County Health Department Chair Mari Delaney with two counts of a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution and three counts of a violation of the 14th amendment of the Constitution.
According to the lawsuit, the church "has stated on numerous occasions that it is willing to comply with the Guidance, yet Defendants will not allow LBC to reopen until it agrees to comply with
requirements that go above and beyond those requirements set forth in the Guidance."
The lawsuit states "the Holy Spirit is with LBC membership when they worship together at LBC. God is not there on a computer screen. Mr. Mayer also cannot offer encouragement to other congregants through a computer monitor."
On Sept. 6 the church was notified of two positive cases of COVID-19 within its congregation. In September Chemung County Executive Chris Moss told 18 News that there were approximately 70 cases of COVID-19 and one death connected to the church.
County Executive Moss said at the time that the church "did not follow the guidelines" implemented by the county and state.
"Only some of the folks were wearing facial coverings, we know there was no social distancing of six feet taking place. We also have information that a parishioner who was positive was allowed to attend church, not only attend church but sing in the choir."
According to the New York State guidelines for religious and funeral services, there can be no more than 33% capacity in a church once their region is in phase four, six feet must be maintained amongst all individuals, singing activity must provide for a distance between individuals of 12 feet, and face coverings should be worn at all times.
The church has also changed attorneys and is now represented by R. Anthony Rupp III of Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham. 18 News has reached out to Rupp for additional comment.
In September Lighthouse Baptist Church was represented by James Ostrowski, an attorney out of Buffalo, who held a virtual press conference during which he claimed that there was "no evidence at all that anything improper was done" by the church.
Ostrowski said during his press conference that the church was working with Chemung County to implement a reopening plan, but on Monday rejected the guidelines proposed by the county attorney.
One guideline Ostrowski mentioned being rejected was a daily log of who visited the church, which would be submitted every day.
"It's too much, it's not justified. They don't have the legal authority to do it. There's no scientific evidence that this type of burden is, is justified… if we locked everybody in the house for the next month and ordered them not to go to any buildings over two stories high we could eliminate all elevator accidents forever."
When asked how he could compare elevator accidents to COVID-19, Ostrowski said he was "just using that as an example."
Ostrowski says that the church is "willing to compromise and go along with things that we think are illegal just to avoid litigation and to get the church back up and running."
All of the court documents can be read below:
Filed Summons by George Stockburger on Scribd
Order to Show Cause With Supporting Affidavits and Memo of Law by George Stockburger on Scribd
Filed Complaint by George Stockburger on Scribd
Chemung County Executive Moss declined to comment and referred 18 News to Chemung County Attorney Hyder Hussain. County Attorney Hussain acknowledged the notification of the lawsuit and said that the county will "respond accordingly."
This is a developing story and 18 News and we will have more information as it becomes available.
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Greg Mackay has won the Democratic primary for State House Representative in District 18, according to unofficial returns.
Mackay will now face incumbent Republican Martin Daniel in the November general election.
Mackay beat Joshua Gregory, a computer technician at Austin-East Magnet High School, by a large margin.
"I feel great," said Mackay. "I'm just honored to be chosen and to have the opportunity to represent these people."
Mackay had a strong lead against Gregory when early voting and absentee ballot results came in.
Mackay said one of his top priorities is healthcare reform. He criticized the legislature's rejection of Gov. Bill Haslam's Insure Tennessee plan, and said he hopes to improve and expand healthcare in some way.
"I'm excited about the campaign coming this fall," said Mackay. "We're going to do it the old-fashioned way, knocking on doors and telling people why we're running."
Mackay is well known in Knoxville for various reasons, having served on the Knox County Election Commission and as Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero's director of public assembly facilities.
The University of Tennessee alumnus graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science and is currently working as a real estate agent in the area.
Republican incumbent Daniel was first elected to the district in 2014. Daniel's professional experience includes serving as the majority owner, general manager, and general counsel to Elevation Outdoor Advertising.
Mackay is hoping to challenge Daniel to a debate before the general election.
"I'll debate him anytime, anywhere," said Mackay.


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Centrifuge Governance Forum
[Issuer] Alt 1.0 SPV, LLC
Real World Assets Pools
alternative-finance, pool-summary
annamehr February 10, 2022, 12:22pm #1
Intro from new issuer ALT 1.0 SPV, LLC
Alternative February 17, 2022, 3:45pm #2
Alternative is reimagining financial services through lending. We are launching Alternative Payments and Alternative Capital to democratize access to capital and provide fully customizable financing solutions to early- and late-stage venture-backed businesses.
Please give a brief history of the company and, if applicable, group structure.
Alternative was founded by Baxter Lanius, a former Principal at Apollo Global, to revolutionize the online lending industry by providing underwriting-first financing solutions.
Please give an overview of the legal structure.
Alternative Finance, Inc. ("Alternative" or the "Asset Originator") has launched ALT 1.0 SPV, LLC (the "Issuer"), a Delaware Limited Liability Company, which will offer for sale to investors tokens, corresponding to certain payment obligations owed to the Issuer by various companies.
How many full-time equivalent team members do you have?
We are a team of 10 FTE, mostly in engineering and data. Previously, Baxter Lanius, our Chief Executive Officer, was at Apollo Global, one of the world's largest asset managers, and Victory Park Capital, one of the first institutional lenders to fintech. We are actively hiring across numerous other roles.
Are you venture funded?
We are backed by Third Prime, Fintech Collective, Company Ventures and Moore Capital.
Asset Details
Describe the asset collateral that you seek to finance.
Accounts receivable and invoices
Describe your previous track record related to this business proposal.
Alternative is a new financing platform with no track record; however, the founding team has numerous years of experience in the industry.
What is the average collateral asset size?
Average loan size: $25,000 - $250,000
Describe the risk of the assets you are proposing.
This is a non-exhaustive list of potential asset specific risks that are described in detail in the executive summary: limited operating history, general early-stage and late-stage company risk, borrower default risk, failure to recoup full value of the underlying asset in foreclosure.
Please describe any conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest or any relationship that could compromise or be viewed to compromise the decision making of the company.
Are there or have there in the last 10 years, been any criminal, civil, regulatory or administrative proceedings against (i) the Company or any of its principals or (ii) the product in any similar such matters including reparations, arbitrations, and negotiated settlements? If so, please describe.
Are there any further disclosures that interested parties should be aware of?
charlieyou December 13, 2022, 8:55pm #3
Hi @Alternative,
It appears there is a 600k DAI loan outstanding that is late nearly 2 weeks now. What is the status of this asset?
hepp January 1, 2023, 8:42am #4
have a look at 1754 factory, they have 14 assets loan outstanding late for 120 days without consequences, i wouldn't suprise others pool doing the same.


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Q: How would I set this up? Basically I want a webpage where when it loads it shows the sign up screen. But then when the user scrolls down they'll see more stuff. I want to "mask" the bottom part so that then the user doesn't see it if they don't scroll down.I'm not sure what I should Google to find results. How would I go about on setting this up? Would I use margins? Its in HTML and CSS by the way.

A: html

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I am out

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    height: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
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Heat oven to 375°F. Line large cookie sheets with foil; spray with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Microwave frozen potatoes as directed on package.
Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, heat olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add leeks; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add potatoes and thyme; cook 1 to 2 minutes, coarsely mashing potatoes with fork. Remove from heat; cool mixture slightly.
Separate both cans of dough into 20 biscuits. Press each biscuit into 3 1/2-inch round. Spoon about 1 heaping tablespoon potato filling in center of each round. Fold dough over filling; press edges to seal.
Place cheese in shallow dish. Press biscuits into cheese to generously coat all sides. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
Bake 11 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Serve warm.
Piroshki are small Russian turnovers. They are served as appetizers and can be filled with savory or sweet fillings.


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#include "map/hdr_map.h"
#include <cds/urcu/general_instant.h>
#include <cds/container/lazy_kvlist_rcu.h>
#include <cds/container/michael_map_rcu.h>

namespace map {
    namespace {
        struct map_traits: public cc::michael_map::traits
        {
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::hash_int            hash;
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::simple_item_counter item_counter;
        };
        typedef cds::urcu::gc< cds::urcu::general_instant<> > rcu_type;

        struct RCU_GPI_cmp_traits: public cc::lazy_list::traits
        {
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::cmp   compare;
        };

        struct RCU_GPI_less_traits: public cc::lazy_list::traits
        {
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::less  less;
        };

        struct RCU_GPI_cmpmix_traits: public cc::lazy_list::traits
        {
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::cmp   compare;
            typedef HashMapHdrTest::less  less;
        };
    }

    void HashMapHdrTest::Lazy_RCU_GPI_cmp()
    {
        typedef cc::LazyKVList< rcu_type, int, HashMapHdrTest::value_type, RCU_GPI_cmp_traits > list;

        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list, map_traits > map;
        test_rcu< map >();

        // option-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list,
            cc::michael_map::make_traits<
                cc::opt::hash< hash_int >
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        test_rcu< opt_map >();
    }

    void HashMapHdrTest::Lazy_RCU_GPI_less()
    {
        typedef cc::LazyKVList< rcu_type, int, HashMapHdrTest::value_type, RCU_GPI_less_traits > list;

        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list, map_traits > map;
        test_rcu< map >();

        // option-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list,
            cc::michael_map::make_traits<
                cc::opt::hash< hash_int >
                ,cc::opt::item_counter< simple_item_counter >
            >::type
        > opt_map;
        test_rcu< opt_map >();
    }

    void HashMapHdrTest::Lazy_RCU_GPI_cmpmix()
    {
        typedef cc::LazyKVList< rcu_type, int, HashMapHdrTest::value_type, RCU_GPI_cmpmix_traits > list;

        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list, map_traits > map;
        test_rcu< map >();

        // option-based version
        typedef cc::MichaelHashMap< rcu_type, list,
            cc::michael_map::make_traits<
                cc::opt::hash< hash_int >
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        test_rcu< opt_map >();
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Contrary to what you've been intentionally & fraudulently lead to believe, the Crown does not represent the government of Canada, nor the illegitimate German (Saxe-Cobourg & Gotha) Catholic (married Roman Catholic Hitler Youth schooled Philip Battenberg) Queen of England, Canada and the Commonwealth.. The Crown represents the "corporate entity" of the Pope; self-proclaimed king of kings. For all intents and purposes, the Crown represents the Vatican Mafia and its "criminal" activities in Canada, the UK and the illegally established 1871 Crown Corporation UNITED STATES (10 square miles District of Columbia).
The Crown ceased to represent the UK and Canadian monarchy when Queen Victoria forfeited the Protestant England throne by marrying her "German" first cousin, "Roman Catholic" First Reich Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Immediately upon Queen Victoria illegally marrying a Roman Catholic, violating the Act of Settlement of 1701 law and her coronation oath, Pope Pius IX assumed control of the German monarchy of England, Canada and the Commonwealth and the Bank of England. On Jan 1, 1855 the Bank of England became a Crown (Pope) Corporation called the "City of London Corporation".
All Crown Corporations are illegally assumed (via racketeering) "corporate" assets of the Pope, who assumed the title "the Crown" (king of kings) during the First Vatican Council.
The City of London Corporation (the Bank of England; converted to a Crown Corporation on Jan. 1, 1855), the Bank of Canada (converted to a Crown Corporation in 1938), the Federal Reserve (1913 est. Crown Corporation) and the 10 square miles UNITED STATES (became a Crown Corporation in 1871 with the Act of 1871) are all Crown Corporations, illegally acquired by and controlled by the reigning Pope.
Since Queen Victoria's illegal Roman Catholic marriage, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, the UK and Canadian Prime Ministers and Premiers, the President(s) of the 1871 est UNITED STATES (10 sq miles District of Columbia), UK, Canadian and US Supreme Court judges, the Secret Service (SS), the RCMP, the UK, Canadian and US Armed Forces, CSIS, MI5, MI6, the CIA, DHS, IRS, CRA, all betray their country, the rule of law and even their faith, as they all purposely and consciously serve a foreign state and head of state. the "Roman" Catholic Pope.
Because Vatican City is a foreign state & the Crown is the Pope, not the Queen, the Prime Minister(s) & all Crown judges and RCMP (1867 est. "military force" that serves the Crown, not Canada) members are guilty of treason and high treason, Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada. They and any Canadian who serves or served the foreign head of state and our WWI and WWII enemy, the Crown, are traitors – betrayed his or her own country, Canada; aided and abetted our enemy.
Canadian Forces enlisted and RCMP officers are all guilty of high treason and treason against Canada because of the fact that they serve as an armed "military force" for a foreign head of state, the Crown. Their oath of allegiance may be to the illegitimate (forfeited the throne when she married a Roman Catholic and became leader of the "Order of the Garter" a Roman Catholic military order) Queen of Canada but they do not serve her. According to Section 36 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act under "Agencies and Servants of the Crown"
36. For the purposes of determining liability in any proceedings by or against the Crown, a person who was at any time a member of the Canadian Forces or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shall be deemed to have been at that time a servant of the Crown.
Any and all police/security forces member in Canada who bear the Crown symbol on their uniform as part of an insignia and/or badge, are also guilty of high treason and treason against Canada. The Crown identifies servants of the foreign head of state, the Crown.
High treason
(1) Every one commits high treason who, in Canada,
(b) levies war against Canada or does any act preparatory thereto; or
(c) assists an enemy (Vatican Second, Third and Fourth Reich) at war with Canada, or any armed forces (Vatican Nazi/NATO forces) against whom Canadian Forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Canada and the country whose forces they are.
(2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,
(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government (exists to secure the rights of the people and must be based on the consent of the governed) of Canada or a province;
(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defense of Canada;
(c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);
(d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an overt act; or
(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act."
The Catholic Church illegally imposed a latifundia (Mafia) system of governing and justice system in Canada, the United States of America and England after the Catholic Chuch arranged the marriage of Queen Victoria to her first counsin (incest) and Catholic Church First Reich Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (violation of England's monarchy laws).
The Vatican Mafia was formed by the Egyptian sun god trinity – Isis Horus Seb (IHS) worshiping Jesuits (descendants of the Knights Templar) to illicitly acquire wealth and property for the Pope.
Since Queen Victoria's unlawful marriage to Roman Catholic First Reich Prince Albert, the Pope, not Jews, has been illegally acquiring wealth via Catholic Church owned Crown Corporations and by taxing the Canadian, USA and UK people under false pretense, false representation and color of law.
The Catholic Church would have you and I believe that the Crown represents the reigning King or Queen of Canada and the UK when in fact the Crown represents the Pope's color of law (not law, pretense of law) established temporal authority. The Crown is the "corporate entity" of the reigning Pope, not the Anglo-Saxon monarchy.
The exact date on which the Catholic Church Pope assumed control of Canada, the USA and the UK was Jan 1, 1855. That is the day Pope Pius IX unlawfully seized control of Bank of England by converting the Bank of England into a Vatican Mafia Crown Corporation called the "City of London Corporation". Before Jan 1, 1855 the reigning Anglo-Saxon "Protestant" monarchy owned and controlled the Bank of England.
From Jan 1, 1855 to present day the Catholic Church Pope has unlawfully taken over and assumed control over the "Protestant" UK monarchy, the UK, Canada and the United States of America through the illicit monetary theft and taxation via the Pope's Crown Corporation (Vatican Mafia) City of London Corporation.
"He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation." – James A. Garfield
Since Jan 1, 1855, the Catholic Church Pope (the Crown) has unlawfully assumed control the UK, Canada and the United States of America governments and judiciary system (all judges, persecution and defense lawyers, RCMP in Canada) by controlling the Bank of England (Crown Corporation "City of London Corporation") under false pretense, false representation and color of law/right.Short URL: http://presscore.ca/?p=10855


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Home » Archive » Crime » Tick Fire Crews Prepare for New Santa Ana Winds, Increase Damage Numbers
Tick Fire Crews Prepare for New Santa Ana Winds, Increase Damage Numbers
by Contributing Editor October 26, 2019 October 26, 2019
More than 900 firefighters continue to clear lines of vegetation around the Tick Fire in Canyon Country and Santa Clarita as assessment teams increased to 18 the number of structures destroyed in the blaze.
The fire that started at 1:24 p.m. Thursday was 55% contained Saturday, it's size remained at 4,615 acres and 16 structures were found to have been damaged, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.
The 925 firefighters remaining on the scene were putting out hot spots and continuing to clear containment lines of vegetation around the burn area to prepare for a new round of Santa Ana winds forecast for Sunday night into Monday, fire officials said.
Three lanes of the southbound Antelope Valley Freeway, including the carpool lane, reopened at 10:30 p.m. Friday. The right lane and shoulder remained closed from Agua Dulce Canyon to Soledad Canyon roads for about three days for guardrail repair from the fire, the California Highway Patrol said. The Soledad Canyon Road and Sand Canyon Road off-ramps will remain closed until further notice, Caltrans said.
The northbound Antelope Valley Freeway, which had been closed between Golden Valley Road and Agua Dulce, was reopened about 4 p.m. Friday. The freeway was closed early Friday morning when flames jumped the roadway.
Residents were urged to avoid Bouquet Canyon Road because sheriff's deputies and firefighters were using it as a primary staging area.
Evacuation orders affecting tens of thousands of residents were lifted for those living north of Soledad Canyon between Whites Canyon Road and Sierra Highway, and for residents in the Sand Canyon area south of Fire Station 132 from Sand Canyon Road to Placerita Canyon Road, Los Angeles County Fire Department Assistant Chief Vince Pena said at a Friday afternoon news briefing.
As of 2 p.m., evacuation orders were lifted for Saturday, evacuation orders were lifted for Baker Canyon Road from Sierra Highway, north of Vasquez Canyon Road, to where it ends near 15142 Sierra Highway. Earlier in the day evacuation orders were lifted for any area south of Fire Station 132 at 29310 Sand Canyon Road and south of the Sand Canyon off-ramp to Placerita; the area between Whites Canyon Road and Sierra Highway; the area south of Plum Canyon and north of Soledad Road and the areas southwest of Sierra Highway at Linda Vista.
Areas still under mandatory evacuation order were at Tick Canyon Road from Abelia Road to Summit Knoll Road.
About 11:30 a.m., a public works employee "stumbled across" human remains around Sand Canyon Road and Thompson Ranch Drive, said Deputy Morgan Arteaga of the Sheriff's Information Bureau. Sheriff's homicide detectives responded to the scene, she said, but it was believed the skeletal remains had been there about a year, concealed in brush and exposed by the blaze.
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County Friday in response to the fire, freeing up state resources to assist in the firefighting effort. County Board of Supervisors chair Janice Hahn also issued a local emergency declaration.
Eighteen structures have been confirmed destroyed and 16 more damaged, although fire officials said that the numbers will likely increase following damage assessments. More than 10,000 structures had been considered threatened in the fire area.
Evacuation centers were opened at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Valencia; and West Ranch High School, 26255 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita.
The evacuation center at West Ranch High School was closed by the Red Cross around 2 p.m. Saturday, Santa Clarita officials. The other evacuation center at College of the Canyons remained open.
Evacuations of small animals were being handled at the Castaic Animal Care Center at 31044 N. Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic; and evacuations of large animals were being handled at Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 2551 West Avenue H, Lancaster; Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills; and the Castaic Animal Care Center.
As of about 4 p.m. Friday, electricity was interrupted for nearly 8,400 Southern California Edison customers in parts of Los Angeles County under the utility's "Public Safety Power Shutoff" program.
Around 10,400 customers had been affected by the PSPS program in the Leona Valley, Agua Dulce, White Heather, Boiling Point, Mint Canyon, Chatsworth, Oaks, Lincoln Crest, Acton and Val Verde communities.
The program targets areas where weather conditions "may create the potential for elevated fire risk," SCE reported. More information is available at www.sce.com/safety/wildfire/psps.
Caltrans issued a Saturday statement reminding motorists that they should treat traffic signals as stop signs when the power is off and treat every entrance to an intersection as if it had a stop sign.
The fire prompted the cancellation of classes at numerous schools and two colleges.
The blaze began near the 31600 block of Tick Canyon Road, earning it the moniker Tick Fire, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Initially reported at 200 acres, it rapidly grew to more than 850 acres in less than an hour, fire officials said.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory through Saturday for northwest Los Angeles County, and eastern and western San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Gabriel Mountains. As of 7:30 p.m. it had not been extended, according to the AQMD web site.
Residents, particularly those with sensitivity to air quality, were asked to avoid outdoor activity and remain indoors as much as possible. It was also recommended that pets be brought inside, particularly at night.
No injuries were reported in the fire.
Two other, smaller brush fires broke out in the same general area Thursday while crews were battling the Tick Fire. One erupted about 10 miles to the west along the Golden State (5) Freeway in the Castaic Lake area, scorching about 18 acres while destroying two homes and damaging six, Pena said.
Another fire broke out in the Del Valle area west of the Golden State Freeway and burned about an acre of brush, officials said.
The series of fires erupted amid red flag conditions prompted by Santa Ana winds and single-digit humidity.
Newsom's office announced Thursday night that the state was awarded a Fire Management Assistance Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help cover costs of efforts to fight the Tick Fire. The grant allows agencies responding to the fire to apply for 75% reimbursement of eligible firefighting costs.
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Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for the warm reception. It is astonishing that it has only been a year since the last SEC Speaks. Between the effects and consequences of the economic crisis, the White House and Congressional focus on financial reform, the active Commission agenda, and the press and pundit scrutiny . . . it feels like five years have passed by. Yet, despite the intense focus on financial reform over the last year, very little has changed. Last year, I stood here and spoke about the need for sustainable regulatory reform oriented towards investors. It is clear that the need is even greater today.
John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach, used to say: "Never mistake activity for accomplishment." This adage perfectly sums up the last year. While there was much activity this past year, very little has actually been accomplished. There have been many speeches given and many preliminary steps taken toward regulatory reform, but for all the activity, reform itself has yet to be achieved. For example, despite the clearly demonstrated need, OTC derivatives, hedge funds, and municipal securities markets still lack appropriate regulation, and our inspection and enforcement efforts in these areas continue to be severely undermined. Moreover, there are those who are using the process of reform as an opportunity to weaken strong investor-focused laws arising from lessons learned in prior crises. In my remarks today, I will highlight the progress we have made and the distance we have to go.
Third, I will discuss the elements needed to make reforms truly sustainable.
Before I continue, and as is customary, let me say that the views I will share today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, my fellow Commissioners, or the Commission staff.
I worry that, as time passes and the momentum for change is stymied by politics and lobbyists, the passage of comprehensive reform legislation is more in doubt. In this last year, I have seen the memories dim as we hear the arguments for "business as usual." Let's face it, there will always be institutional and political pressure fighting the enactment of robust regulation, particularly if times are good. Thus, it is imperative that financial reform be enacted now, rather than being subjected to more delay.
While steps were made this year toward enacting legislation, concerns remain about how robust the legislation will be. As a first step, last December, the House of Representatives did approve the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. This substantial package contains, among other things, provisions to rein in predatory mortgage lending, enhance enforcement powers at the SEC, and strengthen federal oversight of derivative markets, private fund advisers, and credit ratings agencies.
However, this legislation also contains some loopholes. Many of you know that, at the end of last year, I voiced my concern that the draft legislation would weaken protections developed from the lessons learned about corporate governance after Enron and Worldcom.3 One loophole in the bill that exemplifies this is the provision that would exempt 50% of all US public companies from having an outside audit of their internal controls.
Meanwhile on the Senate side, Chairman Dodd and Ranking Member Shelby issued a joint statement highlighting progress being made and indicated that they hoped to resolve remaining issues early this year.4 However, Chairman Dodd made a statement just this morning indicating that bi-partisan talks have reached an impasse and that the Democratic Party will proceed to introduce a bill. As you can see, it is hard to predict if there will be actual legislation.
In short, though there has been activity, we do not — yet — have accomplishment. In fact, trying to read the tea leaves on whether we will have financial reform legislation and, even more importantly, what it will contain, is next to impossible. What is not in doubt is the clear need for smart and effective legislation.
The recent crisis made clear that the financial sector was, and remains, dangerously exposed to firms that are too large and too interconnected to fail without crippling effects throughout the financial system and the real economy. As I have said,5 this must be changed.
Today, we live in a world where a significant amount of the profits, and financial market activity, arises from leverage-financed bets on stock prices and credit derivatives, with not enough concern for the fundamentals of the underlying companies. It is clear that the direction of Main Street and Wall Street should be brought back into alignment. Regulatory reform that curtails inappropriate risk taking, such as excessive leverage, could help curb the trend toward casino capitalism.16 In this way, our financial system will not only be safer, but will better serve its role in the economy.
As Congress returns its attention to financial reform, I urge it to do so with investors and the American public foremost in mind. It is my hope that we can shift the dialogue from the discussion of how best to preserve "too big to fail" financial institutions to what is best for investors, particularly retail investors, and to our long-term economic growth. Political leaders, market participants, regulators, and other interested parties have to remember that financial services exist to serve investors — and in turn, our economy. To that end, it's important that the focus on "too big to fail" doesn't ignore retail investors by thinking of them as "too small to matter."
Whether reform legislation comes soon or not, the SEC must continue its own revitalization.
Last year at this time, it would not have been an exaggeration to say that the SEC's very existence was in question. Viable rumors had the SEC being split up, with various parts going to the Federal Reserve Board, the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and FINRA. As recently as late last year, there was language in the House bill that would have had the SEC outsource its supervisory authority over large investment advisers to FINRA. Thankfully, this idea has been set aside.
Very nearly lost in all of this discussion about restructuring and reshuffling was an appreciation for the vital role that is unique to the SEC. Only the SEC acts as the investor's advocate. And only the SEC is charged with a comprehensive mission tied to the whole of the securities markets: to protect investors, maintain fair and orderly markets, and facilitate capital formation. How would parsing those responsibilities out to competing agencies be beneficial for investors, or facilitate the reduction of systemic risk? If we've learned anything over the past few years, it is that regulating parts of the whole in isolation is fraught with peril.
Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and recognized that, as I said last year, if you didn't have the SEC, you would need to invent it. The increasingly integrated nature of capital markets and the needs of investors require a regulator with a holistic understanding of the overall system and the inter-connected chain of market participants.
There is no question that the SEC had to start its own transformation in order to restore its reputation as the investor's advocate — a process that continues in earnest. I stood before you last year and said that in the short-term the Commission needed to empower its enforcement and inspection staff and that it also needed to take steps to increase retail investor participation within its processes.
I am particularly pleased to report that two initiatives I advocated last year at SEC Speaks have been launched, and we can already see the positive benefits.
First is the Investor Advisory Committee. I am proud to be associated with the formation of this Committee. As the sponsor of the Committee, I can affirm that this Committee has a broad mandate to represent the viewpoints of investors and to make recommendations to the Commission on their behalf. The Committee has reached a stage where the initial logistics are behind it, and its members are hard at work. I can also relay how enthusiastic people are about this Committee, inside and outside of DC. As I travel around the country, I meet people who are energized by its formation and are trying to figure out how best to be involved. As the Committee continues its work, I look forward to the recommendations ahead.
The second initiative is that the Commission has streamlined its formal order process by delegating to senior staff the power to issue a subpoena. Under the prior system, it would often take staff many months to pass through all the bureaucratic hoops required to obtain the Commission's approval for a routine subpoena. Because we have streamlined the process, we have seen a huge improvement in the speed and efficiency by which our enforcement staff can conduct an investigation. Last October, staff in San Francisco discovered a fraud and managed to investigate and file the case within a three-week timeframe. This would have been virtually impossible under our prior system.
I have also been greatly heartened by the boost in morale I have seen. By streamlining this process, the Commission has effectively dismantled a regime that micro-managed a routine process and, in turn, has established a process that utilizes Commission resources much more efficiently. The Commission is also sending the message that we support our staff. Consequently, in situations where the staff find themselves being deliberately stonewalled in an inquiry, they can now move quickly and effectively to obtain the necessary information.
I know my forceful advocacy for our Enforcement program has surprised some people, given my life-long career as a corporate and '40 Act lawyer. The stark truth is that when I took office it was obvious that our Enforcement and Inspection programs were in need of serious revitalization and empowerment. I took a keen interest in our Enforcement program and have been very vocal about how to improve its policies and processes. When I was referred to as the "Enforcement Commissioner" in Compliance Week, it was a title that I never expected, but it's one I don't run away from. The continued reinvigoration of Enforcement is essential.
I also want to flag two issues that would go a long way to truly empowering our staff and removing barriers from their path. We continue to have in place the Commission's Penalty Statement of 2006, a misguided approach to how to weigh factors one considers when deciding whether to seek a corporate penalty.
The degree to which the penalty will recompense or further harm the injured shareholders.
Under this framework, the conduct itself becomes of secondary importance, and the Commission fails to appropriately focus on deterrence. Clearly, this is a serious flaw. The purpose of penalties is to deter and punish misconduct. By penalizing, or not penalizing, corporations based primarily on things other than their misconduct — such as whether the company happened to benefit from a fraud by issuing shares at an inflated price — the 2006 factors misdirect where the focus should be and fail to serve investors. Others, such as the GAO, have also expressed concerns about the Commission's penalty guidelines.
I believe the Commission should promptly revisit the 2006 penalty guidelines because every day these guidelines are in place they adversely impact the cases we are working on.
Another initiative that would empower our enforcement and inspection staff is the establishment of a uniform audit trail for securities trading. To effectively monitor and enforce compliance with the securities laws, the staff must have swift access to information regarding trades. As many of you know, the staff currently relies on information obtained from the Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) system and on information from the self-regulatory organizations (SROs), together commonly referred to as the audit trail. The existing system has resulted from the Commission tacking on new record-keeping and reporting obligations to the many already in place — clearly an outdated, patchwork approach. Accordingly, I believe that a fundamental reworking of the way the staff obtains and analyzes trading information is necessary to improve the staff's ability to detect and investigate complex market-wide transactions, as well as to investigate trade activity in multiple securities during heavy trading periods.
I hope that this year the Commission considers a new approach — replacing the current system with a searchable repository of trading data that would provide the staff with a near real-time view of market activity. The proposed system should be scalable to allow for the inclusion of new products and practices in securities markets, and ideally the derivatives markets. The proposed audit trail system would serve two important purposes: (1) it would provide relevant and timely information to SROs and the Commission staff; and (2) it would reduce the cost and complexity of current record keeping and reporting obligations of market participants.
The establishment of the uniform audit trail system would go a long way toward providing our staff with the basic tools they need to surveil the markets.
Last year, I also was critical about the effect of e-Proxy, the Commission's rule that allows companies to send shareholders a notice that proxy materials are available online, but not the materials themselves. Under the implementation of e-Proxy so far, the number of shareholders who vote online has been unacceptably low. Informed participation by retail investors, in particular, has plummeted.19 For many investors, access clearly did not equal delivery. As a result, I called for us to either "fix it or scrap it." So I am happy to report that soon the Commission will take action designed to improve e-Proxy, by establishing educational efforts to help investors understand e-Proxy and their rights, as well as amending our rules so that the process is less confusing to investors. But nevertheless I remain concerned, and I will be watching to see if the amendments result in real improvement.
Stepping back from specific initiatives and looking at the bigger picture, the Commission's agenda is bursting at the seams. This is a direct response to the turmoil and issues that currently confront investors and our capital markets. However, as we move forward it is important that the Commission engage in sustainable reform, both for itself and those it regulates.
As I have consistently advocated, the single most transformational act that Congress could do is to allow the SEC to be self-funded. Unlike almost every other financial regulator, the SEC remains without a stable funding stream. Self-funding would enable the SEC to set multi-year budgets and respond promptly to drastically changing markets, while also maintaining appropriate staffing.
No matter what additional authority the SEC may receive, without appropriate long-term self-funding, the SEC will risk being just a "paper tiger."
Beyond the viability of the agency, the other required piece of sustainable reform is to recognize that regulation is more than the laws on the books. A regulatory structure should be dynamic, and it must be robust from every angle. Although the Commission is in an active rulemaking period, that does not by itself equal strong regulation. Regulatory oversight is robust only if the rules are implemented fully and enforced. For example, the Commission recently adopted proxy enhancement rules that, among other items, require greater disclosures to investors about board member qualifications. The usefulness of this disclosure to investors will depend on how well these rule requirements are implemented. To that end, I commend those who will work to meet not only the letter of the law, but the spirit as well.
In addition, the SEC may need to consider whether existing and upcoming regulatory action encourages or discourages productive investment. For example, the Commission's concept release on market structure stated, "it is important to assess more broadly the performance of the market structure, particularly for long-term investors and for businesses seeking to raise capital."22 Sustainable reforms are reforms that prioritize long-term investors.
I also want to commend my colleagues at the SEC. I believe deeply that the SEC has been an important factor in the development of our capital markets and the confidence of investors. The several thousand men and women who devote themselves to the protection of investors, markets, and capital formation are among this nation's finest public servants. I am proud to work at their side, and, as they work tirelessly in the best tradition of public service, I too will work tirelessly to make sure they have the tools to do their job.
1 Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Quarterly Report to Congress, January 30, 2010, page 6.
5 See, e.g., Luis Aguilar, Reversing Course — Putting Investors First in Regulatory Reform, Keynote address, Compliance Week Annual Conference (June 3, 2009).
14 See, Keynes, supra note 7.


On Facebook, a page is exactly what it sounds like; unlike your personal profile, people won't have to send you a friend request to view this material. Anyone who has a business or professional brand, including authors, should have a Facebook page in addition to his or her profile. This page can be shared to others who aren't personal friends of yours. This is beneficial because individuals can share posts from this page with their friends, spreading the word more effectively. On your author page, you should include the titles of your books, updates about upcoming events, photos of you and your book covers, and links to your other social media accounts.
Facebook groups are a collection of people who support the same cause or are interested in the same subject matter. You should join groups strategically; if you write psychological thrillers, maybe it would be beneficial to join the American Psychological Association Facebook group to stay up-to-date on industry trends. You can post a promotion for your book, along with the cover and link to purchase it, on the group homepage. All members of the group will get a notification and will be able to see the post. Be wary of posting with the intent to sell too much - this will be seen as spam and is unwanted.
Be sure to invite anyone you think you will be interested to like your page. This way, you start with a number of likes (even if it's just your family and friends) to give your page more accountability.


Investors focused on the positive and drove stocks to new highs in a low-volume, holiday-shortened week. It could have gone the other way as economic reports were mixed. Investors cheered improvements in existing home sales and a drop in initial jobless claims and they shrugged off much worse than expected new home sales and the revision of Q3 GDP down to a paltry 2.2%.
Investors tend to focus on the new orders numbers since shipments are ancient history. This chart shows new orders have hit the highest level in twelve months so it is clearly a welcome development. Even though new orders can be canceled or delayed, it is still encouraging to see the bottom holding.
So much for economic statistics, how are things doing from a technical analysis point of view?
This first chart presents our moving average analysis.The number of stocks above the 50-day moving average surged higher this week and crossed above the magenta line that represents the number of stocks whose 20-day moving average is above their 50-day moving average. Also note that the magenta line is trending upward in concert with the yellow line. This suggests a very bullish outlook.
Here we also see stocks finally moving in a decisively bullish direction. The number of stocks in strong up-trends has increased nicely while the number of stocks in down-trends has stayed at a relatively low level.
In last week's weekly review I pointed out that tech would be in the spotlight with Jabil Circuit, Progress Software, Micron Technology, Red Hat, TIBCO and 3Com reporting earnings. Every one of them met or exceeded expectations. This followed the previous week when Research in Motion and Oracle also beat. So it appears tech stocks are indeed poised to turn in good results and, if this week is any indication, they will lead this market to further highs. Unfortunately, there are no significant tech earnings coming up this week so I don't know if we can keep the momentum going.
On the other hand, there are some economic reports of note coming up including the Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, Chicago PMI (Purchasing Managers Index), crude oil inventories and the weekly initial jobless claims and continuing claims numbers.
With our Alert HQ statistics showing broad-based strength in the market and investors rotating into tech and other economically sensitive sectors, things are looking up. The zig-zag sideways action we have seen for the last month or two looks to be giving way to a trending market, one that is trending to the up-side. Thanks Santa!


A £1,000 award from Sanctuary Housing is funding the outing where visitors can find out about safety and citizenship through real-life scenarios staged on the centre's purpose-built set.
Local youngsters aged 12-16 are welcome to join Sanctuary's local neighbourhood team on the excursion, taking place on Wednesday 12 August 9.30am-3.30pm.
Already attending are young people from local youth group Forge Youth and volunteers from Sheffield Wednesday FC's National Citizenship programme, who are set to discover key safety messages around issues like fire safety, fraud and staying safe on the internet.
Sanctuary's neighbourhood partnerships manager Sophie Lejeune-Peggie added: "After the success of last year's trip we wanted to open up the excursion to a new audience in Shiregreen. As part of our aim of developing successful communities, we felt young people would benefit from the opportunity to experience scenarios at Lifewise, helping them to acquire the knowledge needed to make informed decisions in real life situations.
To book a place, contact neighbourhoods@sanctuary-housing.co.uk or call 0800 131 3348 (0300 123 3511 from a mobile), asking to speak to the Shiregreen neighbourhood team, by 5 August.
This excursion is funded by Sanctuary Group's Community Investment Fund, supporting projects which benefit Sanctuary residents and their communities.


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Q: Making a Bland-Altman plot for 2 columns of a data set using R Can someone help me on this? I would like to make a Bland-Altman plot using R, for 2 columns of my data, the columns are forearm and forearm2 in the data below, but I have no idea how.
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      Sex Forearm Height Age  Forearm2
1    Male  17    182     55      26
2    Male  18    185    103      28
3    Male  20    171     49      25
4    Male  18    176     58      25
5    Male  21    158     57      23
6  Female  21    155     43      25
7    Male  18    199    114      29
8    Male  19    176     90      25
9    Male  17    191     68      29
10   Male  23    176     52      25
11 Female  19    153     34      24
12 Female  19    160     56      26
13   Male  19    170     47      25
14   Male  22    178     62      25
15 Female  21    174     49      27
16   Male  22    162     40      24
17 Female  23    172     82      27
18 Female  19    185     99      28
19 Female  18    168     66      25
20 Female  17    155     45      24
21   Male  17    182     83      27
22 Female  17    164     42      25
23 Female  18    162     73      26
24   Male  18    185     68      28
25 Female  18    146     50      23
26 Female  23    169     47      25
27 Female  18    160     51      24
28 Female  18    170     69      25
29   Male  24    185     57      27
30   Male  24    167     46      24
31 Female  25    169     47      26
32 Female  24    164     50      25
33 Female  21    155     47     235
34 Female  24    158     37      24
35 Female  23    177     88      27
36 Female  23    155     36      24
37   Male  19    170     47      24
38 Female  21    170     48      26
39 Female  23    160     74      25
40   Male  21    180    100      26
41   Male  19    186     95      27
42   Male  21    181     65      26

Here is part of what I have done, but am getting nothing. I saw this on wikipedia, so I tried it out to see what i get.
> BAplot=function(data_2$forearm,data_2$forearm2){
  (data_2$forearm,data_2$forearm2,
   xlab="Mean size(mm)",
   ylab="Difference(mm)",
   ylim=c(15,40),pch=42)
  abline(0,0)}

Error: unexpected '$' in "BAplot=function(data_2$"

A: library(sos); ???altman  produces :   Packages MethComp, pairedData, epade,ResearchMethods , and mcr .  The MethComp help page warns that the plot command may be deprecated and removed, so I'd grab it while you can :-) or use the other packages.


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Today, social sharing buttons are, essentially, a core component of most web content. Users "like" content for Facebook, retweet it for Twitter, +1 it for Google+, or even pin it for Pinterest.
Since these actions are becoming a particularly popular way of selling content around the Internet, a Swedish based company that has put a completely unique spin on social sharing hopes to become the following big sharing mechanism. The service is known as Flattr and is designed to aid people share not just content, but additionally money.
Is there room for an additional social sharing button- Tell us.
Although it is usually generally known as an "Internet tip jar," Olsson told us that users don't make any purchases. Instead, they just make a donation in the event that they just like the content.
The content includes anything from music to software to articles whatever users think deserve a donation. Olsson said Flattr is "agnostic" to content so long as no laws are broken. Incidentally, Flattr was said for use as a technique of donating money to WikiLeaks after PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard bring to an end submissions to the positioning.
PayPal and other payment systems were a conventional as much as this point, but Flattr believes its service is a higher alternative for micro-donations. Olsson explained that, while PayPal is a superb platform, its system is "too tedious" for small payments because it relies on purchases.
On the social side, Flattr is integrated into both Facebook and Twitter. Last week, the corporate also announced an Explore feature that permits users to follow content producers and fellow donators. Olsson told us that this selection was step one toward a more social and personalized experience through Flattr.
"Donations and financial payments toward content on the internet have to be as social because the content itself," he mentioned.
According to Olsson, Flattr is taking social sharing to a completely different level. Due to the, he thinks that Flattr will soon be listed with your complete other social sharing buttons.
Would you be willing to "flattr" your favorite content- Could this alteration the best way businesses are funded- Please share.
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11 Iconic Movies About New York
June 2, 2015 by Tessa Riley
You can learn a lot about a city through the films that are set there. This is especially true when it comes to the Big Apple. The story may be largely fictional, but the distinctive urban backdrop is like a character in its own right. Here are 11 iconic movies about New York, where the skyline, hubbub, street culture and attitudes depicted on screen capture some vital essence of this great city.
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's
This classic Audrey Hepburn romantic comedy was based on a Truman Capote novella. It tells the tale of a small town girl trying to reinvent herself as socialite Holly Golightly in New York City. She does this by gold digging wealthy men to try to secure her position. The film begins on Fifth Avenue, with Holly eating a pastry outside the famous Tiffany & Co. jewelry store that seems to represent everything she wants in life. The Upper East Side, Central Park and the New York Public Library are also featured in this NYC film. It is often said that New York is a symbol of capitalist excess in this movie.
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2. Manhattan
It's hard to get more New York than a movie called Manhattan. One of Woody Allen's many odes to his hometown, this dramatic comedy tells the tale of a 40 something man dating a teenage girl (a common plot for Allen). Filmed in black and white and scored to Gershwin tunes, the city of New York shows off well in this artistically shot film. The Museum of Modern Art, a Central Park carriage ride and Queensboro Bridge are all showcased in this critically acclaimed film.
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There have been multiple versions of King Kong films throughout the years, including 2005's three hour CGI epic directed by Peter Jackson. It tells the tale of an enormous gorilla taken from Scull Island and brought to New York to be put on display as a Wonder of the World. Only vaudeville actress, Ann Darrow, seems to have sympathy for the captured beast. All Kong films end in an iconic scene of the great ape atop the Empire State Building, where (spoiler alert!) he ultimately meets his demise.
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4. Taxi Driver
Like Woody Allen, director Martin Scorsese loves to make films about life in the Big Apple, often capturing the grittier end of the spectrum. This one stars Robert De Niro as troubled wannabe vigilante, Travis Bickle, who drives a taxi around the boroughs of NYC at night in the mid-1970s. Incensed by the crime, violence and prostitution he encounters on the city streets, the unhinged cabby decides to take matters into his own hands. Even if you've never seen the movie, you've no doubt heard its famous "You talkin' to me" line.
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5. West Side Story
This classic American musical is a reworking of Romeo and Juliet, only set in 1950s New York City. This time, the rivals are the Sharks and the Jets, two Upper West Side street gangs of Puerto Rican and Caucasian backgrounds. Maria and Tony from each group meet and become the star-crossed lovers that ignite a tragic series of events. Despite the serious themes of racial tensions, the song and dance sequences are some of the most entertaining scenes on celluloid. This film won ten Oscars, including Best Picture in 1962.
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6. The Great Gatsby
New York as a symbol of decadence and carelessness in the Roaring Twenties is captured effectively in this Jazz Age cautionary tale. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel about the flawed American dream, there have been two films made about it. The most recent was Baz Luhrmann's 2013 epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, the object of his misguided affections. The real star of the film is the dazzling and stylized Long Island and Manhattan backdrop (although many scenes were actually shot in Sydney, Australia).
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7. Do the Right Thing
Writer/director/actor Spike Lee captures a different side of New York City in this 1989 film. It depicts the escalating racial tensions in a diverse Brooklyn neighborhood. Italian, Latino and African-American issues come to a head during the hottest day of the year. The entire film was shot on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue. Although somewhat controversial, Do the Right Thing was hailed as a "culturally significant" movie and has been included in the National Film Registry.
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8. Man on Wire
It's rather haunting to watch this 2008 documentary on French street performer Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers, considering their ultimate fate a few decades later. Through rare footage, still photography, reenactments and interviews, the film unfolds like a thriller. It shows both the audacious high-wire feat and the authority's attempt to stop the illegal act, which some consider the artistic crime of the century. Although it's bittersweet to see images of New York's World Trade Center again, it's a fascinating movie about the unexpected things that take place in this city.
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9. 42nd Street
This one's more famous for being a stage play, but it was also a 1933 musical on the silver screen. It's a love story set during the Great Depression, involving the cast of a struggling Broadway production. Through song, dance and romance, it captures the back-stage shenanigans on one of New York's most iconic streets.
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10. Annie Hall
Another Woody Allen flick makes the list of iconic movies about New York. This 1977 classic stars Allen as a neurotic comedian desperately psychoanalyzing his on-again-off-again relationship with flighty Annie Hall, played brilliantly by Diane Keaton. He examines his childhood, drug use, ex-wives, and even asks passersby on the street for clues on the what the point of love is. Ultimately, he concludes that love is fleeting, absurd yet necessary. Part of the film takes place in California, and this vapid LA/intellectual New York contrast adds another layer to the Oscar winning film.
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11. Metropolitan
This 1990 movie is a glimpse into the pretentious pseudo-intellectual world of New York's young debutante scene. A middle-class Princeton student falls in with a group of Upper East Side socialites and begins to attend their various balls and after-parties. Through witty dialogue, the cast dissects issues of class, cultural politics and coming of age. Scenes shot at the Plaza Hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria and 21 Club give this film an upper crust New York feel.
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Q: Confusion about malloc and calloc function in C Declaration of malloc function:
void *malloc(size_t size);

Here, malloc returns void pointer. So, A void function returns nothing, then
Why we assign malloc(function call) value to pointer?
For example:
int *ptr;
ptr = malloc(10 * sizeof (*ptr));
^^^

What does return value holds from malloc()???

A: This was probably an unfortunate choice on the part of language designers, but they decided to reuse void for their void* construct, which nearly reverses its meaning: while void means "returns nothing", void* means "return a pointer to anything."
Essentially, void* is a pointer to an unspecified object. It must be converted to a pointer to a specific type before you dereference it. That is precisely the kind of pointer returned by malloc or calloc.

A: void and void* are different.
void means nohting but void* can be anything.
A pointer of void (void*)  can be casted into any other pointers.
Why malloc() return void*?
It means malloc allocated a memory buffer for you and you can use it to store anything you want.

A: Try not to get confused by the white space. In C, you should read declarations this way:
int *i; is to be read as - the variable *i which gives an int or the variable i which is a pointer to an int. Same goes for functions. Something like void *fun() means fun is a function which returns a pointer to a void. Check this for a more complete answer.