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The presenter, Abdallah bin Eisa Al Serkal, took us through a crash course on Emirati culture.
La Mer is a beachfront shopping and dining boulevard that boasts so many activities, leaving you spoiled for choice.
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Q: Questions regarding the pygame.mask function So I read the documentation of pygame but I could not understand it clearly. I recently asked a question about bitmap fonts and I got some code as my answer; here is the code:
import pygame

pygame.init()
win = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
font = pygame.font.Font("freesansbold.ttf", 32)
i = 0
text = "hello how are you?"
run = True
while run:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False

    letter = text[i]
    text_1 = font.render(letter, True, (255, 255, 255))

    bw, bh = font.size(letter)
    glyph_rect = pygame.mask.from_surface(text_1).get_bounding_rects()
    # print(glyph_rect)
    if glyph_rect:
        gh = glyph_rect[0].height
        print(f'letter {letter}  bitmap height: {bh}  glyph height: {gh}')

    win.fill((0, 0, 0))
    win.blit(text_1, (0, 0))
    pygame.display.update()

    i += 1
    run = i < len(text)

pygame.quit()

So, my questions are on the line glyph_rect = pygame.mask.from_surface(text_1).get_bounding_rects().

*

*What does the pygame.mask.from_surface() function do?

*What does the line glyph_rect = pygame.mask.from_surface(text_1).get_bounding_rects() do?

*What arguments does the variable glyph_rect return, and what is the meaning of those arguments?

A: pygame.mask.from_surface creates a pygame.mask.Mask object form a pygame.Surface.
A Surface is bitmap. A Mask is an 2 dimensional array with Boolean values. The Mask created is the size of the _Surface. A field is True if the corresponding pixel in the surface is not transparent, and False if it is transparent.
pygame.mask.Mask.get_bounding_rects creates a list of pygame.Rect objects. Each rectangle describes a bounding area of connected pixles.
If the Surface contains exactly 1 connected image, you will get exactly 1 rectangle surrounding the image.

See the example. The black rectangle is the Surface rectangle and the red rectangle is the bound rectangle of the connected component:
 repl.it/@Rabbid76/ImageHitbox

import pygame

def getMaskRect(surf, top = 0, left = 0):
    surf_mask = pygame.mask.from_surface(surf)
    rect_list = surf_mask.get_bounding_rects()
    surf_mask_rect = rect_list[0].unionall(rect_list)
    surf_mask_rect.move_ip(top, left)
    return surf_mask_rect

pygame.init()
window = pygame.display.set_mode((400, 400))
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

try:
    my_image = pygame.image.load('Bomb-256.png')
except:
    my_image = pygame.Surface((200, 200), pygame.SRCALPHA)
    pygame.draw.circle(my_image, (0, 128, 0), (60, 60), 40)
    pygame.draw.circle(my_image, (0, 0, 128), (100, 150), 40)

run = True
while run:
    clock.tick(60)
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False

    pos = window.get_rect().center
    my_image_rect = my_image.get_rect(center = pos)
    my_image_mask_rect = getMaskRect(my_image, *my_image_rect.topleft)

    window.fill((255, 255, 255))
    window.blit(my_image, my_image_rect)
    pygame.draw.rect(window, (0, 0, 0), my_image_rect, 3)
    pygame.draw.rect(window, (255, 0, 0), my_image_mask_rect, 3)
    pygame.display.flip()

pygame.quit()
exit()

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Даниел Кайзер () е полски футболист, който играе за Арка Гдиня.

Кариера

Ботев Пловдив
На 12 юни 2017 г. подписва за 2 години с отбора на Ботев Пловдив. На 6 април 2018 г. записва първата си суха мрежа при победата с 1:0 над Левски София.  На 29 април 2018 г. в мач срещу ЦСКА, спасява дузпа в последните минути, за да остави победата с 2:1. Неговото спасяване е избрано за най-добро спасяване на седмицата.

Постижения
Ботев (Пловдив)

 Суперкупа на България: 2017
 Купа на България: (финалист) 2019

Източници

Външни препратки
 Даниел Кайзер в Soccerway

Полски футболисти
Футболисти на Ботев (Пловдив)

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Q: Galerkin method for system of ode's I have the following system of ode's
$$
\begin{cases}
\frac{du_1}{dx}=u_1+u_2,\\
\frac{du_2}{dx}=u_1u_2
\end{cases}
$$
BCS
$$\frac{du_1}{dx}|_{x=0}=1,\frac{du_2}{dx}|_{x=1}=2 $$
$$x \in\Omega=[0,1]$$
I want to solve it with Bubnov-Galerkin method
So my approximation to functions is:
$$u_1(x)=\alpha_1x+\alpha_2x^2$$
$$u_2(x)=\beta_1x+\beta_2x^2$$
And weight functions are:
$$w_1(x)=\alpha_{11}x+\alpha_{22}x^2$$
$$w_2(x)=\beta_{11}x+\beta_{22}x^2$$
Now I write weighted residual form of equations:
$$\int_0^1w_1(x)(\frac{du_1}{dx}-u_1-u_2)dx +w_1(0)(\frac{du_1}{dx}-1)|_{x=0}=0$$
$$\int_0^1w_2(x)(\frac{du_2}{dx}-u_1u_2)dx +w_2(1)(\frac{du_2}{dx}-2)|_{x=1}=0$$
Now paste my approximation:
$$\int_0^1(\alpha_{11}x+\alpha_{22}x^2)(\alpha_1+2\alpha_2x-\alpha_1x-\alpha_2x^2-\beta_{1}x-\beta_{2}x^2)dx = 0$$
$$\int_0^1(\beta_{11}x+\beta_{22}x^2)(\beta_1+2\beta_2x-u_1u_2)dx + (\beta_{11}+\beta_{22})(\beta_1+2\beta_2-2)=0$$
Since the parameters $\alpha_{11},\alpha_{22},\beta_{11},\beta_{22}$ are arbitrary we get the following four equations:
$$
\begin{cases}
\int_0^1x(\alpha_1+2\alpha_2x-\alpha_1x-\alpha_2x^2-\beta_{1}x-\beta_{2}x^2)dx = 0\\
\int_0^1x^2(\alpha_1+2\alpha_2x-\alpha_1x-\alpha_2x^2-\beta_{1}x-\beta_{2}x^2)dx = 0\\
\int_0^1x(\beta_1+2\beta_2x-u_1u_2)dx + (\beta_1+2\beta_2-2)=0\\
\int_0^1x^2(\beta_1+2\beta_2x-u_1u_2)dx + (\beta_1+2\beta_2-2)=0\\
\end{cases}
$$
As you can see in the last two integrals there is a term $u_1u_2$, which. is nonlinear and gives us coeeficients like $\alpha_1\beta_1$. How can I get rid of them, and make system linear? Or maybe I should make another approximations at the beginning?

A: The question was already answered in another thread
here
with two different solutions:

*

*Extend your polynomial expansion and apply a projection

*Solve a minimization problem

Regards


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409. The Opera
Aired November 4, 1992
Jerry and George reluctantly agree to join Kramer and Elaine at an opera. Meanwhile, Jerry and Elaine both try to avoid Joe Divola.
Quote from Kramer
Jerry: I-I-I don't like the opera. What are they singing for? Who sings? You got something to say, say it!
Kramer: Jerry, you don't understand, that's the way they talk in Italy, they sing to one another. [sings in nonsense Italian]
Jerry: All right, all right.
Kramer: That's the way it was, you know. You listen to the language, it's got that sing-songy quality. It's the language, Jerry. The language.
Jerry: So why don't they talk like that now?
Kramer: Well it's, uh... Well, it's too hard to keep up, you know. They were tired.
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Quote from Jerry
[stand-up:]
Jerry: I think the idea behind the tuxedo is the woman's point of view that men are all the same, so we might as well dress them that way. That's why to me, a wedding is like the joining together of a beautiful glowing bride, and some guy. The tuxedo is a wedding safety device created by women because they know that men are undependable. So in case the groom chickens out, everybody just takes one step over and she marries the next guy. That's why the wedding vow isn't "Do you take Bill Simpson", its "Do you take this man".
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Jerry: [on the phone] But officer, he threatened me! I don't understand. That's not right! What if it was the President of the United States? I bet you'd investigate. So what's the difference? I'm a comedian of the United States, and I'll tell you, I'm under just as much pressure.
Quote from George
George: Susan's not going tonight, you know.
Jerry: What do you mean not going? Why not?
George: I don't know. She said she had to pick up a friend of hers at the airport. It cost me a hundred dollars this ticket.
Jerry: Why doesn't she pay for hers?
George: That's a very good question. You know, she and I go out for dinner, she doesn't even reach for the check. That's all I'm asking for, is a reach. Is that so much to ask for?
Jerry: It's nice to get a reach.
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Jerry: How come you're not dressed?
Kramer: I am dressed.
Jerry: You're going like this?
Kramer: Yeah. Hey I want you to hear something.
Jerry: I thought you said people dress up when they go to the opera!
Kramer: People do, I don't.
Elaine: We're gonna miss the overture.
Jerry: [singing] Overture, curtains, lights. This is it, we'll hit the heights. Oh, what heights we'll hit. On with the show, this is it!
Elaine: You know, it is so sad. All your knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Jerry: I had some friends drag me to an opera recently. You know how they've got those little opera glasses, you know. Do you really need binoculars? I mean, how big do these people have to get before you can spot
'em. These opera kids they're going 250, 280, 325. They're wearing big white woolly vests. The women have, like, the breastplates, the bullet hats with the horn coming out. If you can't pick these people out, forget opera, think about optometry. Maybe that's more you're thing.
Kramer: So, huh?
Jerry: I don't know.
Kramer: Oh, come on, Jerry. It's opening night, black tie, Pagliacci! The great clown. The great, sad, tragic clown. Like you.
Jerry: Well it's very flattering. How did you get these tickets? I heard they're impossible to get.
Kramer: Oh, well, I have many associates.
Jerry: I don't know. Opera, it's not my kind of thing.
Kramer: All right, you're not gonna go, I'm not gonna go. I'm gonna call the whole thing off.
Jerry: No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's not fair. What about George, Susan and Elaine? What do you need me for?
Kramer: You're the nucleus. The straw that stirs the drink. You're the magliana!
Jerry: Well, I guess if I'm the magliana, I should go.
Quote from Elaine
Jerry: So I finally get to meet your pal Joey.
Elaine: It's killing you isn't it?
Jerry: Yeah, so Joey's a great lover of the opera?
Elaine: Listen, I got news for you. It's nice to be involved with somebody who's interested in something other than Nick-at-Nite. You know, he's got a grip on reality, he's happy, he's well adjusted.
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Jerry: I'm gonna call the cops. That's what I'm doing, I'm calling the cops.
Kramer: The cops? What are you calling the cops for? They're not going to do anything!
Jerry: What do you mean they're not going to do anything? They're the cops. They gotta do something, he just put the kibosh on me, do you know what the kibosh means? It's a kibosh!
Kramer: [indiscernible muttering] Kibosh.
Elaine: Oh, God. Oh, it's you. You scared me.
Joe: Good. Fear is our most primal emotion.
Elaine: You left your door open.
Joe: I know, I like to encourage intruders.
Elaine: [laughs] What's all this?
Joe: Do you like it? My home is a shrine to you.
Elaine: Where did you get all these pictures?
Joe: I took them myself with a telephoto lens. Coming out of your office, your apartment, shopping, showering.
Elaine: Showering?
Joe: I developed them myself in my dark room. Would you like to see?
Elaine: In the dark room? Uh, no. No, thank you. Not right now. I'm a day person.
Elaine: Are you all right?
Joe: Why
Elaine: Well, I don't know. You just don't seem yourself?
Joe: Who am I? Who am I supposed to be?
Elaine: That's a good question, good question, it's very... existential. Who are you? Who am I? Well...
Elaine: Oh, dammit. You know, I just remembered I gotta go. I left something on. The gas, the lights, the water in the tub. Something is on somewhere, so I'm just gonna get the, uh..
Joe: Do you know the story of Pagliacci, Nedda?
Elaine: Uh, I'm Elaine!
Joe: He's a clown whose wife is unfaithful to him.
Elaine: Oh.
Joe: Do you think I'm a clown, Nedda?
Elaine: Do I think you're a clown? No, not if it's bad to be a clown. If it's bad to be a clown, then you are definitely not a clown. But if it's good to be a clown then I would, you know, have to rethink the whole thing.
Joe: You've betrayed me with another, haven't you, Nedda? Who is he. I want you to tell me who he is. I want his name. Tell me his name.
Elaine: Oh, like any man would ever look at me, come on, I'm gonna... [Joe blocks the door] get out of here.
Joe: Pagliacci kills his wife.
Elaine: See, now that's terrible. That is not a nice thing to do at all. I don't know how this Paliachi thing turns out. But, you know, I would assume that there is big big trouble for that clown
Joe: You're not leaving.
[Elaine sprays Joe in the eyes. As he falls back, she rushes out of his apartment.]
Jerry: Well, well, look at you. It's a little skimpy there isn't it?
George: Do you know the last time I wore this thing? Six years ago, when I made that toast at Bobby Leighton's wedding.
Jerry: Ooh, that was a bad toast.
George: It wasn't that bad.
Jerry: I never heard anybody curse in a toast.
George: I was trying to loosen them up a little bit.
Jerry: There were old people there. All the relatives. You were like a Red Fox record. I mean, at the end of the toast nobody even drank. They were just standing there, they were just frozen! That might have been one of the worst all time toasts.
George: All right, still her father didn't have to throw me out like that. He could have just asked me to leave. The guy had me in a headlock!
Jerry: Well, what about me? If you're going like that, I'm not going like this.
George: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Do you think I'm comfortable here. I can't change, I've got no clothes here! You've got to go like that, I cant go like this alone!
Jerry: Why should I be uncomfortable just because my apartment is closer to town hall than yours?
George: That's not the issue. We're friends, if I've got to be uncomfortable, you've got to be uncomfortable too!
Jerry: All right, all right. I'll wear this. It's bad enough I've got to go to the opera, I've got to sit next to Ozzie Nelson over here.
Jerry: You sprayed him in the eyes with Binaca?
Elaine: Cherry Binaca. It's new.
Jerry: See, I don't get that. First they come out with the regular. Then a year later, they come out with the cherry. They know that we like the cherry, start with cherry! Then come out with the regular!
Jerry: Hey, hey. What are you doing? That's my quarter.
Man: No, it's not. It's mine.
Jerry: I was just flipping it, it's mine.
Man: No, I dropped it, it's mine.
Jerry: All right, do you want the quarter? Take the quarter, but don't try and tell me it's yours.
Man: Well, it is mine.
Jerry: What, do you think I care about the money? Is that what you think? You want me to show you what I care about money? Here look. Here look at this. Here's a dollar here. Look, [rips dollar] there, that's how much I care about money.
Man: You think I care about money? [rips money] That's how much I care about money, I don't care about money.
Jerry: Oh, yeah? Well, why don't you just get lost?
Man: Why don't you get lost?
Jerry: Because I was standing here, that's why.
Man: Oh, yeah?
Jerry: Yeah! [The man walks away] I kinda like this opera crowd, I feel tough. Anybody else got a problem?
Kramer: I got two. I got two. Paliachi, who needs two? Pagliacci, come on, the great tragic clown. Come on, check it out. He laughs, he cries, he sings, Pagliacci. Hey, I got two beauties right here, check it out, all
Man: Hey, hey.Are you selling.
Kramer: Oh yeah, I'm selling.
Man: Where are they?
Kramer: Orchestra, Row G, dead center, primo! You'll think you died and went to heaven.
Man: What do you want for them.
Kramer: All right, I'll tell you what I'll do. Cause you look like a nice guy, a thousand dollars for the deuce.
Man: I'll give you five hundred for the pair.
George: Yeah, it's a deal!
Kramer: Pfft. No.
George: No? Are you crazy?
Kramer: Look, let me handle this.
George: Five hundred dollars, that's a great deal!
Kramer: You're blowing this. The guy's a pigeon. [The man walks away]
George: Did you see that? The guy's walking away. What is wrong with you? That was a three hundred dollar profit.
Kramer: Look, I know what I'm doing here, George.
George: This is not a Metallica concert. It's an opera, all right. A little dignity, a little class. Just give me my ticket, I will stand over here and sell it.
Jerry: So, can you believe that message? Now, I've got to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder.
Elaine: Me too.
Jerry: Crazy Joe Davola
Elaine: How do you know his name?
Jerry: What do you mean? Why wouldn't I know his name?
Elaine: I never told you his name.
Jerry: I never told you his name.
Elaine: Wait a second. Who are we talking about here?
Jerry: Joe Davola.
Elaine: Right, Joe Davola.
Jerry: How do you know his name?
Elaine: I've been out with him three times. I should know the man's name.
Jerry: Oh, my God, it's Joe Davola.
Mr. Reichman: You know, Steven Holtzman did a production in Tunis last yeas and from what I understand, the Muslims really took to it.
George: [to a man] All right, I'll tell you what. You seem like a nice guy, let's stop jerking around. Give me two hundred and fifty dollars, I've got people waiting for me, I've got to get the hell out of here.
Mr. Reichman: Scalping! I told them to put out extra security. Excuse me.
George: Hey, pop, would you buzz off? I've got something cooking.
Mr. Reichman: Costanza!?
George: Mr Reichman?
Mr. Reichman: You've still got a mouth like a sewer. Give me those tickets.
Joe: Anything is welcome, I accept change.
Jerry: I don't have anything, I gave it to that guy.
Joe: You know, you could just say no, you don't have to humiliate
me. I may be dressed as a clown but I am a person.
Jerry: I'm telling you, the guy took.....
Joe: And I don't need people like you looking down their noses at me. I am just a street performer out here trying to make enough to get by.
Mrs. Reichman: Doctor! Doctor! Is there a doctor anywhere!
Joe: What, are you showing off to your girlfriend here, is that it?
Elaine: I'm not his girlfriend. We dated for a while, but things didn't really work out.
Joe: You people make me sick.
Jerry: That is one angry clown.
Jerry: The hardest part about being a clown, it seems to me, would be that you're constantly referred to as a clown. "Who was that clown?", "I'm not working with that clown, did you hire that clown?", "The guy's a clown!".
How do you even start into being a clown? How do you know that you want to be a clown? I mean, I guess you
just get to a point where you're pants look so bad, it's actually easier to become a clown than having the proper alterations done. Because if you think about it, a clown, if there isn't a circus around them, is really just a very annoying person. I mean, you're in the back seat of this guys Volkswagen, "What, you're picking somebody else up? Oh, man!"
Jerry: Oh, there's that clown again. What does he want from me? Look, I'm serious, I'm not kidding, I don't have the quarter, that guy took it.
Joe: I don't want any money.
Elaine: I smell cherry.
Joe: It's Binaca.
Jerry: Binaca?
[When Jerry and Elaine see the real clown, they realize they are talking to Joe. They both run away.]
Jerry: Come on, you gotta let us in
Usher: Not without tickets.
Jerry: We have tickets, we just don't have 'em with us.
Usher: Well, that's a problem. Excuse me.
Jerry: You don't understand. Someone's after us. A crazy clown is trying to kill us.
Usher: A crazy clown is after you? Oh, that's rich.
Jerry: Susan, what are you doing here?
Susan Ross: My friend's flight couldn't make it.
Jerry: Where's George?
Man: I got his ticket.
Susan Ross: He decided not to come. He said he was uncomfortable.
Jerry: Uncomfortable? How do you think I feel? Hey, let me ask you something, how much did you pay for that ticket?
Man: $175.
Jerry: Kramer, who'd you sell your ticket to?
Kramer: Some nut in a clown suit!
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Nairobi — South Sudan President Salva Kiir says he will not interfere with the probe into the murder of Monica Kimani even after one of his Generals, Awet Akot was linked to the incident.
Speaking on Jeff Koinange Live (JKL), Kiir stated that he will not stop detectives from questioning General Akot's alleged ties to Monica.
"That General can be put to question. I will not stop him from going for investigations or going for any questioning, no. Even where you come from, there are many things happening, but I do not believe my brother President Uhuru is aware of. It is not each and everything that is brought to the attention of the President," he said.
He however observed that those who may have been involved in her business might not necessarily be South Sudanese.
"It is not me to investigate. The people who are accused of having laundered money with her, yes, they may be in Juba but my brother, the problem is that it may not be a South Sudanese who is doing this," he said.
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"We found that when people are still pouring into South Sudan up to the northern part, they went to the most remote areas and these are business people who did not run away from the war. They are making a lot of money and how they do that I do not know. Your investigations in Kenya may find out how this young girl died," he said.
During the show, Kiir expressed his sorrow at the loss of life and stated that the culprits must be dealt with.
"I am very sorry for the loss of life of that young lady. It was my first time to hear that there was such a personality in South Sudan and that she managed to acquire a lot of money and on her way back to her own country, she got killed."
"I never knew about her, I never heard of her presence and I do not know who the culprits are because she lost he life in her own country."
Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie who are suspects in the case will know their bail fate next week after they pleaded afresh to the charge of murder jointly with others not before court.
Royal Media Services insists Maribe is still an employee and has supported her release on bail.
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Q: Passing r-value as non-const reference (VS warning C4239) What I wish to do (using a C++ lambda) is effectively:
std::vector<MyType> GetTheArray () {return something;}

const auto DoSomething = [](std::vector<MyType> & array)
{
     //Some processing that involves either sorting the 'array' or setting temporary flags on the items
};

DoSomething (GetTheArray ());

This appears to be disallowed in standard C++ because the rvalue cannot be passed as a non-const reference.
My questions:
1) Is there a way to do this using a type-cast or am I obliged to create a temporary variable to store the results of GetTheArray ()?
2) Is there a good reason why this is disallowed in C++?
Please note that the 'something' returned from 'GetTheArray' is an array that is constructed on the fly, not a stored value.

A: It seems from the comments that what you want is to take a vector, modify it destructively (in the sense that the original state cannot be reset) and then use the result internally. And you want this to work efficiently for both lvalues and rvalues.
The next question is whether in the case of the lvalue, the code that holds the original container needs it after the function call has completed, and if it needs the original state of the vector or not. Depending on the answers to that you have different solutions:
The caller holding an lvalue does not use it anymore after the call
(or alternatively, the caller holding the lvalue needs the original state)
This is the simplest case. Then your function should take the container by value. If the caller has an lvalue, it can std::move to avoid the copy (it does not care about the object anymore) or copy which might be more expensive but leaves the original container untouched.
If the function is called with an rvalue then the copy will be either elided or transformed into a cheap implicit move.
The caller holding the lvalue does not need the original state, but it needs the container
This case is the hard one, and you will need to provide two overloads for the same function (or lambda), one taking an lvalue to be used by this caller and a different taking an rvalue-reference for the case where the caller hands a temporary. In both cases the binding will be cheap. While this requires more code, you can implement one overload in terms of the other:
rtype f(std::vector<Data> & );   // for lvalues
rtype f(std::vector<Data> && v)  // for rvalues
   { return f(v); }              // v is an lvalue here

The fact that you are doing lambdas might make this slightly more complicated, but hopefully not too much.

A: If you for some reason you really want to modify something you could always copy the temporary into your lambda.
const auto DoSomething = [](std::vector<MyType> array) { /*whatever*/ }

The way you call your lambda a compiler might be able to elide the copy. C++11 move semantics formalize this.

A: (Actually, @honk beat me to it as regards passing-by-value.  To be different, I'll extend my answer to discuss using && explicitly)
Drop the &, and just pass it by value instead.
You're using lambdas, therefore you're using c++11, therefore you should just pass it by value.  Yes, it will be just as fast.
C++11 is very good at noticing when a temporary is being 'copied'.  It will replace the copy with a move.  It will then be fast, and arguably it will be easier to read.
So, even though you might know nothing about && and std::move and so on, it's safe to say that you should start moving towards passing things by value instead of by reference.  It will lead to more readable code, and it shouldn't lead to a slowdown if used at the right time.
Basically, it's fast if you pass a temporary value, such as that returned by a function, into a function, but only if you are using a standard container such as vector.  Otherwise, you'll need to write your own &&-aware constructors to take advantage of the possible speed up.
Update:  If you're determined to force it to be by reference, and/or you are using custom containers, then you could replace & with &&.  This will allow you to pass a non-const reference.  This is called a rvalue-reference.
As has been pointed out by many others, the temporary will be destroyed just after DoSomething returns.  Bear this in mind.  It means that you will want to fully consume the contents of the array before it returns.  Maybe you print it to the screen, or store it in a database.  Alternatively, you might copy or move the data into another object and return that.

A: You are handling a temporary returned from the GetTheArray() call in your bottom line. This can only bind to a const reference, and then the objec's lifetime will be extended to the lifetime of the const reference it is bound to (hence "binding").
Even if you could do what you wanted, your call to DoSomething would still be an expensive no-op. At the very least you'd need to return something from DoSomething.
C++ forbids this because (since C++11) it has rvalue references with move semantics, which can do awesome stuff, but not without returning something.

A: If you need to modify something array you need to return a reference to it. Otherwise don't pass it by (non const) reference to DoSomething
The reason why it is disallowed is to avoid problems you are illustrating here. It looks like you are going to modify something, but instead copy of something returned by GetTheArray() will be changed. Which doesn't make much sense since this copy will be deleted right after DoSomething exits.
You have 3 ways to solve this.
1. You need to modify something then change GetTheArray to return reference
2. You need to modify copy of something that will be discarded DoSomething did it's job then change DoSomething to accept array by value.
3. You don't need to modify something in DoSomething then const reference as param of DoSomething should be used.


If you're like most women, you are probably suffer from "Not Enough" syndrome.
I too, as a new mom, sometimes struggle with thoughts ("Maybe Lila isn't eating enough? Maybe I'm not being 'productive' enough? Maybe I'm not discipling her enough? Maybe I'm not skinny enough yet?" and the list goes on…).
After all, our culture (and the basis of our economy) is fueled by supporting people (especially women!) in not feeling 'good enough'.
A whopping 86% of girls grow up with low self-esteem, and most women today suffer with body image issues or shut down sexuality. These are seriously disturbing statistics.
I was watching a documentary last night ("Feminists… What were they thinking?" on Netflix) with Lila cuddled up in my arms, and I wanted to cry – our great grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers… all suffered from severe discrimination, lack of choice about their bodies, forced dependence on men and constantly being reminded that they weren't good enough – even though they were doing God's work of raising children and educating/nourishing/beautifying/enlightening the world. I welled up with tears of gratitude for the women who stood up for our rights – and for the freedoms I have today.
We MUST work SO HARD to overcome these beliefs of "not-enoughness", and infuse ourselves with Self Love and realize what magnificent beings we truly are. This is the greatest legacy we can leave not only for ourselves, but for our sisters, and our future daughters and sons (and our partners – who yearn for us to stop our own self-sabotage). This will change the course of your destiny – and you will begin to lead a more love-filled, connected, miraculous life.
How does the "Not Enoughness" show up in our lives?
So many women suffer with heartache and drama in their dating life because, deep down, they feel unworthy of love.
Well, my Love Goddess, this ends TODAY. Today, you must make a choice of understanding and recognizing that you, indeed, are ENOUGH.
"But, but, Sarika…." you must be thinking.
Just by being born on this planet, for being exactly who you are, how you look, what your 'mistakes' are, what you've accomplished, what you're capable of, how you spend your day, how you think or feel, how you love, everything you are doing right now… is ENOUGH.
So what are some ways that you can begin to release your old beliefs, and truly embody this truth of your greatness, your magnificence – your 'enoughness'?
2. Find a place to serve. Serve at a local homeless shelter, do random acts of kindness, smile at a stranger… find some ways to contribute to others in a joyful, meaningful way. Service is the BEST way for you to instantly reconnect with the truth that you are part of something greater, and that your presence on our planet matters.
3. Every time you start feeling that sense of inadequacy, self-criticism, or some sort of anxiety, say, "I am enough!" Just keep saying it, over and over, all day – perhaps with a sense of anger towards your inner judge/critic. Sometimes you gotta get angry to get even.
I encourage you to do a whole 'brain dump' of all your thoughts for the prompts above. I used to have hundreds of them!
This practice is powerful, because it's like doing jiu jitsu on your uncontrolled, negative self-talk. It's about bringing awareness to these, and assuring/rewiring the different parts of your brain (neocortex, limbic system, reptilian complex).
I do this exercise everyday, whenever a negative thought comes up.
Remember, dear one, you are enough. You are unbelievably loved. You are a magnificent being.
When you come from a place of 'enoughness', you will see that your life will start flowing even more smoothly, and that your self-defeating patterns will stop playing such an active role in your life and choices.
If you found this post helpful, please share this to your friends, sisters, mothers… we all need this message!


The Mets and Oliver Perez–at least he is our Enigma.
There are recent reports that the Mets have offered Oliver Perez a three year contract of approximately $30 million dollars. With the Atlanta Braves seemingly locking up Derek Lowe, with a reported four year deal, the Mets additional starting picture options seem to start and end with Ollie.
In his two full seasons with the Mets, since being acquired from Pittsburgh, Perez has compiled a record of 10-7 with a 4.22 ERA and 180 strikeouts in 194 innings this past year, and a record of 15-10 with a 3.56 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 177 innings in 2007.
Ollie Perez has shown the ability to perform in high pressure situations and games against the Yankees, Phillies and Braves over those two years, who happen to be our three biggest rivals. This is no small accomplishment, as us Met fans are very familiar with Mets meltdowns, especially September meltdowns. Being left-handed makes him even more valuable against the Mets main rival, the despised Phillies, with their predominately lefty lineup, including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and its latest free agent acquisition, Raul Ibanez.
We Met fans have been waiting for Ollie to put it all together and become a consistent part of the rotation during his tenure with the Mets. The Perez we know can be dominant, and in the same inning, much less game, blow up with wildness and lose his location and control. There definitely is an argument that the consistency that Derek Lowe has shown throughout his career might have been worth the extra years and money it would have taken to bring him to New York.
The flip side that I will take is that at least with Ollie we know what we are dealing with, a still maturing 28 year old established major league pitcher, with the necessary talent and heart to pitch in the glare of New York (ask Ed Whitson and Kevin Brown about that), who seems to have Mets pitching coach John Warthen's ear in his efforts to harness that talent. There is something about harvesting your own talent instead of bringing in another free agent acquisition and hope that the right chemistry is there. At least with Ollie Perez we know the chemistry we have- the problem is you never know when it might become combustible.


President Trump called on "young and moderate voices in the Middle East" to speak up during his recent speech announcing the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. So here we are responding to the call, a 30-year-old moderate Egyptian with a Western education and an "Americanized" upbringing, who grew up highly affected by American values like freedom, tolerance, and justice, and a 28-year-old Arab-American born and raised in Miami, FL.
The Shafik Gabr Fellowship took us both recently to Egypt and the US on a cultural exchange program. For the Egyptian Fellows, being there, living and working with other American fellows, meeting American officials, and taking cultural tours, we quickly realised that America is as great as we had always learned from movies.
This decision makes it harder for the Palestinians and the Israelis to come together and throws conversation and negotiation out of the window. Perhaps the world's reaction is the largest indicator of how dangerous and ill-sighted this decision was.
It is obvious that disrupting the status quo by "shocking the system" has been part of Trump's strategy, but this is dangerous with the Israel-Palestine conflict. The most distressing part is Trump was only thinking of the domestic political victory that this decision will bring him. It's an example of an administration prioritising domestic politics over foreign affairs because of a President who can't tell the difference. In foreign affairs this decision is a disaster, however those who only look at this decision through an international lens will be missing the fuller picture.
However, Trump fails to consider why his predecessors never moved the embassy before. The 1995 Act even compelled President Clinton to move the Embassy and he wouldn't do it. Why? Because this decision endangers U.S interests more than it helps. America considers itself Israel's protector, but Palestinian terrorists are only more likely to increase their efforts against Israel. The fight against terrorism is only going to be made harder with this decision, with more money spent and lives lost.
Finally, another question to ask is why haven't any of the U.S's closest allies (U.K, Canada, France, or Germany) made this decision before? It's because it makes working with key stakeholders in the Middle East a lot more difficult. There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, all concentrated in countries of strategic interest, or concern, like: Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Egypt. How is deescalating a nuclear Iran made easier by this decision? How can the U.S still be a legitimate mediator between Qatar and the rest of the Middle East if a majority of the stakeholders don't trust Trump? For many of these issues, each of national security concern to the U.S, Trump may have surrendered all moderating privileges to Russia. Regardless of Trump's admiration for Putin, Russia will not be looking out for U.S interests.
Those 1.8 billion will be citing International Law on why this was a bad decision, specifically the United Nations Security Council resolutions 476 and 478 of 1980, which did not recognise any measures that would change the status quo in Jerusalem and unanimously rejected all Israeli laws aimed at claiming Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel. Moreover, one year ago in 2016, the Security Council resolution 2334 reaffirmed in a very clear language, the condemnation of all measures aimed at changing the geographical situation of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem.
On the other hand, the Palestinian government, Hamas, and Fatah, need to truly come together and combine their leadership, instead of the current pseudo unity. One of the reasons the international community is not standing firmly with the Palestinian rights is that they are fighting each other and are not united amongst themselves. More importantly, the Palestinian leaders need to publicly recognise the right of Israel to exist so their followers would be more likely to as well.


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The Moneybox team has trebled in size over the last year. While expanding the team has been an exciting time for us and is key to making our app the best it can be, some teams have needed to make adjustments in order to keep up with the needs of the company as we grow. In this edition of our tech blog, our Head of Engineering, Sian, outlines the changes she's made to the workflow of our tech teams since joining.
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I started my job as Head of Engineering at the same time as Ed, our Head of Application Architecture, and with very aligned remits and goals. When we arrived, Moneybox was coming out of the tail end of being a true startup, the kind where you have a small number of people who all sit next to each other and understand exactly what each other is working on and, from a tech point of view, know most of the codebase inside out. Success had meant the company was starting to scale to the point where processes and ways of working that had been great for a smaller organisation were no longer working as well. My challenge was to try to find ways of helping with that without losing the team's ability to make fast pivots to meet new business challenges, and without damaging our startup "hustle" to get things done.
So what did I do? I started off by introducing the most lightweight of agile processes, unfashionably picking Scrum rather than Kanban because I wanted to set us the target of planning our work at least a little bit in advance. I also worried that going from adhoc to Kanban would almost certainly end up as waterfall, because the building blocks that needed to be in place for Kanban weren't there. Then I threw out a lot of the "must haves" of the Scrum process if I didn't think they were going to work for Moneybox as an organisation.
Some of the changes we made to the Scrum handbook: at that point, our amazing Product team consisted of one individual (now at 7 and climbing!) and the UX team were also stretched, so insisting on perfectly designed "Definition of Ready" tickets at the start of each sprint was a non-starter. Instead, Product aimed to have tickets in the best state possible for the refinement and for the start of each sprint, with the best Zeplin designs that the UX team could pull together. As a tech team, we also accepted that we needed to be collaborative and understand that sometimes those things would be in progress as we started work.
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We haven't stuck to Scrum throughout, either. We toggled to Kanban for a 3 month period while we rebranded the app, accepting that even a semblance of predictability wasn't possible as new designs were drip fed through from the designers as fast as they could produce them, then switched back after a successful delivery.
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I knew that we had the right mix for us as a team when the Covid-19 lockdown sent us all home from the office and by the next morning everybody was working from their own homes utterly unphased, showing up for stand-up online, talking to the people they needed to talk to and just getting stuff done. I don't doubt that our processes will change again as we scale again over the next year, but we're doing the right things for us right now to be able to deliver without getting too stressed out about it, and that's great – I'm really proud of what we've been able to achieve together over the last year!"


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CEO Turnover Report
In Age of #MeToo, More Companies Crack Down on CEOs', Top Leaders' Consensual Relationships
Published on: Feb 12, 2019
It is almost Valentine's Day, which, for many offices, means candy and flowers at the front desk and public proclamations of love to employees. This year, it could also mean navigating tricky relationships at the workplace, especially in light of the #MeToo movement, which so often included allegations of inappropriate conduct at work. While it is virtually impossible for employers to outright ban romantic relationships, companies appear to be instituting policies that limit dating for their top executives, according to data on Chief Executive Officer turnover compiled by global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
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"Boards are instituting zero-tolerance policies on sexual harassment and cracking down on even consensual relationships, particularly between leaders who may have any kind of perceived or actual professional power over the other person," he added.
In 2017, during which the powerful #MeToo movement effectively began, 12 Chief Executive Officers left their posts due to sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, including Harvey Weinstein, whose fall in October 2017 touched off a wave of investigations into misconduct allegations. That's compared to three CEOs who left for this reason in each of 2016, 2015, and 2014.
Last year, eight CEOs left their posts due to allegations of sexual misconduct, including two who were forced out after a consensual relationship was discovered, violating company policy. This year has already seen one CEO ousted due to a policy-violating consensual relationship.
"Companies are taking the imbalance in power dynamics very seriously, especially when it comes to their top leaders, who are oftentimes the faces of the companies," said Challenger.
Meanwhile, studies show harassment is still prevalent in the workplace. A 2018 study conducted by Stop Street Harassment (SSH), with analysis by the UC San Diego Center on Gender Equity & Health, found that 38 percent of women reported experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace.
"Companies are responding to this alarming data by putting structures in place that help protect not only their employees, but also their reputation. No one wants to be known for sexual harassment allegations," said Challenger.
"For those employees who want to pursue a relationship at work, communicating clear policies and guidelines is key to creating a safe environment for successful relationships as well as successful de-couplings," he added.
One of the most common workplace policies is to ban relationships between managers and their direct reports. Sometimes, companies will require employees to submit love contracts, which disclose the details of their relationship. These policies should be uniformly enforced.
Companies also must consider the consequences of the relationship ending. According to a 2018 CareerBuilder survey, while 31 percent of people who start dating at work end up getting married, another 6 percent have left their job because of a failed relationship. It could be extremely costly to an organization to lose talent in this manner, especially in a tight labor market.
"If the people engaged in a relationship are on the same team, a fallout could cause strife at work and hinder performance. Keeping a strategy in place that allows for moving someone to a different department or remote work could cut down on possible productivity losses," said Challenger.
It is not surprising that people date co-workers, and company policymakers cannot stop co-workers from dating each other altogether. However, HR leaders can work to develop clear action plans for employees that help them navigate dating at work.
December 2022 CEO Turnover Report: CEO Changes Fall to Lowest Level Since 2017
CEO Exits Surge in November 2022; After Summer Lull, November Sees Most Retiring CEOs Since January 2020
Oct 2022: CEO Exits Fall to Start Q3; Companies Holding Onto Leaders to Weather Coming Economic Challenges


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Man who supplied illegal drugs to San Antonio pill mill gets nearly 21 years in federal prison
By Guillermo Contreras
Updated 9:17 pm CDT, Monday, July 8, 2019
Alaa Mohammed Allawi, an Iraqi native who was an interpreter for U.S. military forces, is serving 30 years in federal prison. He was the leader of a San Antonio-based ring that used the dark web to distribute thousands of potentially deadly fake prescription pills across the country.
Alaa Mohammed Allawi, an Iraqi native who was an interpreter for U.S. military forces, is serving 30 years in federal prison. He was the leader of a San Antonio-based ring that used the dark web to distribute
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A federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who supplied a deadly San Antonio-based pill mill with fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to nearly 21 years without parole.
The drugs provided by Fernando "Kalifa" Padilla Becerra, 34, were used to lace counterfeit prescription pills that the group made in a lab located in a San Antonio house and later, a suburban Houston home, according to court records.
The pills were then distributed on the darknet to buyers around the country.
Becerra, who was born in San Antonio but now lives in California, was just one of several suppliers, but under federal law, he was held accountable for the entire estimated output of the lab over two years, more than 800,000 pills. The pills were made using commercial presses obtained from China.
The case grew out of an influx of hydroponic marijuana and prescription medication distributed at the University of Texas at San Antonio campus and student housing, and mushroomed into one of several investigations of illegal fentanyl distribution on the darknet — the black market on the internet, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Pills linked to the San Antonio ring eventually killed a U.S. Marine in North Carolina, who died of a fentanyl overdose, according to court records and prosecutors.
On ExpressNews.com: Feds, UTSA police break up national pill mill after two-year investigation
In court Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra detailed the huge number of counterfeit medication sold by the ring from 2015 to 2017: 359,553 oxycodone pills with fentanyl, 342,551 pills of Adderall with meth, 145,395 pills of Xanax laced with cocaine.
"I'd like apologize to the court and my family," Becerra told the judge. "I take responsibility and want to see if I can get a second chance. We all make mistakes."
"That's quite a mistake," the judge responded, noting the huge number of pills that were sold. "That's a big mistake over quite a period of time. I mean, we're not talking about a few joints."
Becerra and his lawyer, Guillermo Lara Jr., asked for leniency, seeking 200 months. They also asked for a furlough for Becerra to see his son, who turns 3 years old this week.
The feds wanted 293 months, the highest under recommended sentencing guidelines.
The judge opted to split the difference and gave him 250 months. He also denied the furlough. However, as Ezra has done for other defendants, the judge allowed Becerra to hug his son and family goodbye in the courtroom under the watchful eye of federal marshals.
"This defendant was a long-time supplier of large amounts of narcotics that were being distributed ... using Bitcoin and the internet. This came about as discovery of an increased amount of narcotics on the University of Texas (at San Antonio)," Assistant U.S. Attorney Bettina Richardson told the judge.
"He said he wants to be there for his son, but every parent who sends their child to college wants to be there for their son, too," Richardson said. "This organization that Becerra was providing narcotics for was responsible for the death of at least one individual."
Court records said the Marine's supplier bought 25 oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl from the ring's site on the darknet March 25, 2017, and provided some to the serviceman, whose name has not been made public.
The court documents also said two people in North Dakota overdosed on fentanyl-laced pills bought from the San Antonio ring's site, but they survived after being treated by medical staff.
Becerra pleaded guilty last year to two charges: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and more than 500 grams of meth; and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
On ExpressNews.com: Leader of deadly San Antonio-based pill mill ring agrees to plead guilty
The leader of the ring, Alaa Mohammed Allawi, 30, pleaded guilty June 20 to numerous drug- and gun-related charges and is facing a sentence of 30 years in prison.
Allawi was a former interpreter in Iraq for U.S. military forces who had been granted legal residency in the United States for his service.
Besides Becerra and Allawi, six others were charged in the case and all have agreed to plead guilty. Jason Ray Saucedo, 23, is expected to be sentenced later this week on charges of possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and carrying or possessing firearms during a drug-trafficking crime.
Guillermo Contreras covers federal courts in San Antonio and international legal issues. Read him on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | gcontreras@express-news.net | Twitter: @gmaninfedland
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Maven's bright future: a strategic Q&A with James Heckman
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Brad Thomas, No. 1 analyst on Seeking Alpha, published a Q&A with Maven CEO James Heckman.
This story was originally published on SeekingAlpha.com by Brad Thomas and is republished here with permission. Brad's "REIT Maven" site is now live - Click Here.
Aug. 2, 2017 8:59 AM ET
I normally don't talk about companies outside of my circle of competence, but in this case, it's something special - it has my personal interest.
Today I want to talk about a digital media company launched by several C-level executives with an incredible track record leading multi-billion public media companies. Their latest public venture is called Maven (OTCQB:MVEN) and there's an opportunity for investors to get involved at an early stage in their development - I've already done so.
Maven seems to be leading a movement among independent publishers, with its holistic approach to meeting professional publisher needs. The combination of transparency, fair revenue share, world-class tech platform, curated "invite-only" approach (expert, authentic, passionate category leaders) which includes equity -- has attracted dozens of channel partners thus far; among them are NYT best sellers, Pulitzer and Emmy award winners, Youtube and Facebook stars and globally impactful foundations and nonprofits. That list also now includes me.
Investors who have followed this team over the years understand their experience and track record of growing this business model specifically, as well as other market-changing platforms like Myspace, Hulu and Yahoo!.
A few weeks ago I traveled to Seattle (where MVEN is based) to meet with other "mavens and the company's CEO, James Heckman. At the conference, Heckman explained Maven's eventual goal to build partnerships with more than 1,000, hand-picked independent media channels across twenty verticals; operating within their model refined over the last 20 years.
In short, one business and technical infrastructure to manage distribution, advertising and publishing platform - and all partners working together in a mutually supporting network. Maven manages operations, while channel partners control their own content and community.
I sat down with Heckman recently to address questions in the marketplace, to provide insights into their game plan and specifically, learn what is involved in launching the network, after the platform unveiling in May at the Maven Founders' Conference in Seattle.
Full disclosure, after spending seven months personally diligencing the company, doing a deep dive into their technology and business model and discussing business strategy with their team, I've decided to become a publisher on the Maven. It's clear, after listening to their executive team - and seeing everyone's reaction to their vision - Maven is onto something.
So I'm not only a believer, I certainly am proud to disclose I now have a commercial relationship with Maven, and am an equity holder as well. So let's hear from CEO Heckman so investors understand what attracted me to their business model and leadership team:
Q: It was exciting to meet my future partners in Seattle. What is the status of the network's growth and expected timing of full network launch?
A: We've averaged 8-10 partner signings per month since last January, and expect to continue this pace and hopefully slightly accelerate, once the platform is live and driving revenue. There've been lots of rumors about our timing and we've intentionally been quiet on the issue but we're simply launching one channel at a time, and with 50 in the queue, awaiting integration.
We hope to reach 1,000 channels within the next few years but these conversations and partnerships cannot be rushed. We are methodical and calculating in our approach with partners. It's critical we find the entrepreneurial teams who believe holistically in our mission.
There's a balance of integrating them technically into a cohesive platform, while ensuring they maintain independence and control of their audience and content. It's totally different than simply pulling together an ad network - it takes years of experience and several layers of technology we've perfected over the years.
Q: What does it mean to "launch" a channel (post signing).
A: Securing a channel agreement is the initial step. There are 10 more steps to launch, including SEO analysis, content migration, training, adding social platform and team, video integration, lots of secret sauce and finally a launch of the partner's new home.
It's a process that can take 30 days and we're a victim of our own success right now because we have a 50 channel backlog. So, we're spending our summer integrating our founding partners. We expect over half of these channels to be live during September. Over the years, this discipline and our methods have ensured all of our previous networks are still operating today, profitably and with partners producing significantly more engagement and revenue than before joining our model. Of course, investors understand past performance ensures no future results.
Q: What does this mean for revenue?
A: As most are aware, our senior leadership team has led billions of dollars of revenue over the years and have always driven new ideas and new value to the market. From Rivals to Hulu, to Accuen, to the huge ad network the three of us put together with Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and dozens of major media companies (5to1), the commonality of all of these business is bringing to market professional digital media coalitions.
The key each time, is a fully integrated, single point of contact and platform. We believe as enough channels are deployed, the scale, engagement and quality will be a perfect match for marketers, who are today trying to figure out how to build brands in the middle of a sea of fake news, amateurism, ad-farms and fraud. We believe our network, comprised exclusively of hand-picked experts with high social engagement, will fill a material need in today's market.
To be clear, we're not an open platform and so will never compete with Facebook or Google. We're simply a boutique of expert channels offering marketers and viewers a specialized experience. We plan and look forward to partnering with both Google and Facebook to find new audiences and introduce them to our authentic content.
Q: So when should we expect material revenue?
A: "Material" will be gradual, as we build out the network. We believe, if we continue a similar pace of signings, followed by deep integration, that relevant scale can be demonstrated to the ad community at CES this January. Until then, expect revenue on a channel-by-channel basis, as each one comes live.
Q: I noticed a certain number of new shares of stock will be unrestricted. Can you explain the details?
A: Investors participating in the private placement last April, holding 3.7MM shares, will soon be registered and unrestricted. The "PIPE" was not offered to unknown investors but were hand-picked by senior management - close personal friends and industry colleagues, who understand and support our business and as a group and continue to accumulate shares on the open market. These long-term investment partners are a great asset for this mission.
An additional 5.4MM shares are registered but restricted, owned by board members and other insiders, while the entire management team and key employees hold over 12.5 million shares that are also subject to long-term vesting requirements, have restrictions and much are tied to incentive targets.
There are roughly only 5 million shares of stock not closely affiliated with management - but they were registered long ago, and make the current market. The important thing to remember is that only 3.7 million shares are newly registered and unrestricted and these are investment partners we brought to the table.
Q: Back to the business; who do you consider your competitors?
A: Well, I'll tell you who we don't consider competitors - Ad Networks, CMS platforms or open social networks (FB/YT/T). We don't believe any ad network survives to compete with Google and Facebook and we don't believe the CMS model makes sense in a world where media software continues to consolidate and be offered at no cost. We feel the same about open-social platforms; competing with a duopoly with that much cash, talent and data doesn't make a lot of sense.
So our strategy is closed/invite-only, professional, boutique and holistic - to provide an end-to-end closed platform, which includes distribution, advertising, unified brand power and scale as well as business and technical infrastructure. By maintaining our position as a network of invite-only professionals, we can afford to offer intense service while we intentionally stay out of the way of Facebook and Google. We will never open our platform.
Our model is to host and assist 500 - 1,000 channel partners, while Youtube and Facebook literally host billions. It's not an easy task but it's the only way to succeed in a consolidated, commoditized marketplace. We offer a real partnership within a mutually supportive network.
Q: Why do you think the timing is right for Maven?
A: We think it's obvious there's a need for a new, efficient, professional media network and we believe major media doesn't have the technical capabilities to effectively pivot. We also don't believe a sustainable model exists in the current marketplace based on traffic-buying off someone else's platform.
Link-bait headlines landing on ad-farms which generate commodity-based content is not authentic and viewers feel tricked not satisfied but more importantly, it's simply not possible to build a long-term media business that depends on arbitraging Facebook or Google - feels like a ponzi scheme. In my view, most media numbers reported to investors are misleading - because they are not in the least bit organic. It's unsustainable.
Our model requires us to create enough value - that our partners are thrilled to remain in the partnership and those unified partnerships create actual, organic scale. At the same time, our partners maintain ownership and control of their audience and this positive, collaborative approach is proven over the past two decades to be sustainable.
Our plan is to extend our proven model to 20 categories. We've been thinking about it, training, testing and dreaming about this expansion since the 90's - and thus far, the strategy seems to be gaining momentum. Our plan is specifically limited to independent, professional media business owners - not long-tail or major media. That's been our sweet spot over the years - and so we're sticking with it.
Q: What is the upside of this model?
A: We believe this strategy, over time, is capable of reaching more than 100 million monthly viewers across 20 content verticals and so the revenue opportunity is material. Execution tactics are simple to us, because this exact leadership and engineering team has been refining this platform for twenty years.
An end-to-end solution is hard to get right (e-mail, CMS, App, video platform, network harmony, branding, advertising, total technical and operational infrastructure, with trains running on time) but is certainly worth pursuing, given our positive experience and proof points. If we get it right, it's a formula for scale and profitability.
Q: What kind of market-cap can we expect?
A: We certainly can't predict the future but I'll promise you one thing, our intense focus on winning until we reach our goal is unmatched. Last summer, our brilliant, veteran team demonstrated our loyalty to each other and willingness to go to whatever length to win together and now we're perfectly positioned, properly backed by trusted investors, tested and aligned without distraction to build a great network.
To bet against this team, at this early stage, I'm not sure makes a lot of sense for any investor - because we're just starting and have tremendous momentum. The feedback for our offering is certainly better than I'd hoped and timely, given the media landscape. It's no accident our great digital media pioneers and engineers have come together in common cause. Who knows what that means, from a market-cap standpoint, but we're thrilled we can offer an equity opportunity to the general public. It's seldom an average citizen has an opportunity be involved early in something with this much potential, operated by a team like this.
I am a publisher and investor in MVEN. This company is a micro-cap stock so shares are more volatile than many of the stocks that I generally recommend. For more information on the Maven, visit the website.
HERE IS THE LINK TO MY REIT MAVEN SITE .
I am also on the Advisory Board of NY Residential REIT.
Note: Brad Thomas is a Wall Street writer, and that means he is not always right with his predictions or recommendations. That also applies to his grammar. Please excuse any typos, and be assured that he will do his best to correct any errors, if they are overlooked.
Disclosure: I am/we are long MVEN.


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Dueling Marathon-bombing movies both filming today
By adamg on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:42am
While Marky Mark was down at the Marathon finish line playing a cop for his Patriots Day Marathon-bombing movie, Jeff Bauman was at Fenway throwing out the first pitch to David Ortiz for inclusion in the other Marathon-bombing movie, Stronger, as Patty Neal shows us.
Boston Marathon bombings
Ugh. I'm hoping the both
By anon on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 12:37pm.
Ugh. I'm hoping the both bomb at the box office.
And why is that? Do you have
By anon on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 5:00pm.
And why is that? Do you have a reason?
Exploitation+too soon
By CT on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 8:15pm.
Those are my reasons for sharing the sentiment. I can't imagine wanting to watch one of those movies. And the very idea that they are filming them gives me the creeps.
By bulgingbuick on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 6:13pm.
Marky...
Wahlberg to play role of dirty cop
By anon on Tue, 04/19/2016 - 8:43am.
His cheap movie is going to lionize Dan Keeler, a dirty lying cop who belongs in jail.
Screw them both.
By anon on Tue, 04/19/2016 - 12:33pm.
Whalberg is nothing but an opportunistic punk - willing to exploit any problem or tragedy that has befallen Boston for his own profit. And that's just the ethics of it all - it doesn't help that he's a no-talent jackass to boot.
In other Back Bay news
Another one bites the dust: Top of the Hub to close forever
Swept off his feet in the Back Bay?
Firecrackers lit in Back Bay Station
Company that won approval for medical-only pot dispensary on Newbury Street now wants to sell recreational pot in store it has yet to open
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Ground Up in Iraq.
Iraq is a weak country that is being ground up in the struggles of other, stronger countries. In 1979, the Iranian Revolution created an anti-American Shi'ite republic that soon was at daggers drawn with both the United States and with the Sunni monarchies on the Arabian peninsula. Saddam Hussein attacked Iran. His regime survived this misjudgment in large part because Saudi Arabia and Kuwait bankrolled Iraq's war effort with loans. When Saudi Arabia and Kuwait refused to forgive the debt—"they hired the money didn't they?"—Hussein sent his army into Kuwait to exert pressure on the Saudis. Much to Hussein's discomfort, the Americans pounded his army to bits in the "Hundred Hours War." However, the George H. W. Bush administration pulled itself up short of invading the country, but Iran remained implacably hostile. In 2003, the George W. Bush administration abandoned prudence. The Americans invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein.
Whatever—tyrannical—system for maintaining social cohesion created by Saddam Hussein fell with him after the American invasion in 2003. Shi'te fell out with Sunni, and both fell out with the Americans. Eventually, a kind of peace returned, the American left, and Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated government went to oppressing the Sunni minority while stealing everything officials could get their hands on, from oil earnings to soldiers' pay.
Meanwhile, civil war fractured Syria. Iran offered its support to the Assad regime against the Sunni rebels. Then ISIS invaded Iraq from its base in eastern Syria. Many Iraqi Shi'ites turned to Iran for support, while the American shouldered their way back in, mostly by supporting Kurdish fighters in both Iraq and Syria. The government of Haider al-Abadi leaned rather more away from Iran and toward the Saudis and the Americans. The Obama administration—sensibly determined to slow Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and recognizing that the American people didn't want to participate in another large war in the Middle East—refused to choose sides in the Sunni-Shi'ite split. The Russians had no such obstacles: forged an alliance of convenience with Iran in order to aid their Syrian client, Assad.
Now ISIS is beaten. People are looking around at the aftermath of the storm. It is an ugly sight. Recent elections toppled Abadi's party from first place to third.[1] The anti-Iranian and anti-American party of Moqtada al-Sadr came first, followed by an anti-American, pro-Iranian party. Sadr quickly began plastering over these cracks by issuing emollient statements and forging a coalition with the anti-American, pro-Iranian second place finishers. "We believe in setting up an Iraqi government in the way that protects Iraq from all regional and international conflicts, making it immune from the hostility between the U.S. and Iran, or between Iran and Saudi Arabia," announced one Iraqi politician. More than that, they profess to want to end the sharing-out of government ministries on a party basis. This played a role in the patronage and corruption that undermined both public support for the government and economic progress.
This sounds like a good plan, if a very ambitious one. It also would have sounded like a good plan in 2003 or 2012. Have the minds of Iraqis changed enough to make it possible? Beyond that, will Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States be content to stand down from their own rivalries in Iraq?
[1] Yaroslav Trofimov, "Iraq Faces Diplomatic Balancing Act," WSJ, 15 June 2018.
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I've had repeated requests for the language I use to describe and define common conflict resolution terms like dispute, conflict, mediation, and facilitation. Here's the language I use and a PDF download suitable for printing.
Some definitions are contextual. That's true for terms related to intangibles like conflict and conflict resolution as well.
In a handout I prepared years ago for graduate students in my theory of conflict resolution and negotiation course, proposed definitions of conflict showed the influence of world events, the academic discipline of the writer, and the rise and fall of popular terms.
The language I used will be contextual, too, though mine is deliberately less academic. I have a preference for simple, straightforward language and my definitions most likely reflect that much of my conflict resolution work centers on helping people in states of conflict and who must be or want to be in continued personal or professional relationship.
Dispute: A disagreement, often short-term.
Conflict: A state of disharmony, perhaps long-term.
Negotiation: Discussion aimed at finding common ground or mutual agreement.
Mediation: A process for resolving disputes and conflict in which another person, substantively impartial, helps the parties negotiate a solution.
Facilitation: A process for helping a group reflect on and discuss a matter, solve problems, and/or make decisions; there may or may not be conflict.
ADR: Alternative dispute resolution is a collection of processes available for resolving conflict and disputes. "Alternative" signifies that these processes (mediation, coaching, arbitration, etc.) are different from traditional resolution processes like grievances or court. Some ADR providers prefer "appropriate dispute resolution" to signal that these processes should no longer stand in the shadow of traditional processes and that the best process should be determined by the circumstances of the conflict or dispute.


Lambert refuses to visit the site herself because she's still haunted by seeing Davis land there the day of the crash.
Six claims have been approved for payment and have been sent to the Department of the Treasury to distribute the checks, which takes four to six weeks, according to spokeswoman Jennifer Zeldis with the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy.
Approval process aside, 4 to 6 weeks just to cut a check? Now that is pretty amazing. I hate to ask how long the approval process takes. After all, it could have been someone elses landing gear that tore through that home. You just never know with all those landing gears flying around all over the place.
I wonder why the Navy is not releasing the findings of this completed investigation.
The release of the investigation into what caused the April 21 crash that killed a Blue Angels pilot during an air show in Burton has been delayed again.
The investigation by the Navy was complete in early June and since then has been undergoing approval and preparation for public release.
The original projected release date was late August. The next date was Sept. 1. Now it has been pushed back to Sept. 17 -- tentatively.
Last edited by howela; 09-08-2007 at 07:38 PM.
70 to 80 percent of all aircraft crashes are pilot error.
I have a source very close to this story. He tells me the cause "Is" pilot error.
The Navy has completed their investigation but continues to delay the public release. I am curious why. If the investigation is complete then tell the public what you found.


"Chromosomal Mapping of Beta-Globin and Albino Loci in the Domestic Cat" by Stephen J. O'Brien, M. E. Haskins et al.
Siamese cats are homozygous for the recessive C6 allele of the color (albino) locus. The c locus is shown here by backcross analysis to be linked to the beta-hemoglobin (HBB) locus in the cat at a distance of approximately eight centiMorgans. The HBB locus and, by inference, the clocus were assigned to feline chromosome D1, by analysis of genomic DNAs from a panel of rodent X cat somatic cell hybrids with a molecular clone of the human beta-globin locus. Evolutionary conservation of the syntenic homology of feline chromosome D1 and human chromosome 11 is extensive. Comparison of high resolution G-trypsin-banded preparations of the two chromosomes permitted cytological alignment of the long arm of the conserved chromosomes providing that a minimum of one paracentric inversion is hypothesized. The placement of the albino locus on conserved syntenic groups of several markers (HBB, HRAS, LDHA) In both cat and mouse strongly Indicates the conservative placement of the as yet unmapped human albino locus in the homologous syntenic group on human chromosome 11p.