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About United
United Foundation
Our Bank in Curaçao
United is an independent provider of legal and financial services with a truly personal approach. We unite disciplines, connect networks and cross borders to bring you the services you need and deserve.
In 2007, Gregory Elias, who had already earned his spurs in the financial world, took his first steps towards the establishment of a new financial services company in Willemstad, Curaçao. He was soon followed by a group of highly experienced legal and financial specialists who left their big-bank jobs to join him. What they wanted was freedom. Freedom to provide high-quality, flexible and truly personal service to corporate, investment industry and private wealth clients. Freedom to go the extra mile - and then a few more.
And that is still what makes us tick.
'We' are United. We chose our company name because it breathes our strong team spirit. And because it perfectly reflects the essence of what we do: unite disciplines, connect networks and cross borders to create the best solutions for our clients.
Over the years, we have opened further offices in jurisdictions where our clients need our services. In 2009, we established our own fully-licensed bank in Willemstad, and became a "one-stop shop" offering our existing clients a comprehensive range of integrated financial and legal services - while also providing a new banking option for other parties in the market.
By now, the United workforce has grown to 150 legal, financial and IT experts, serving over 3000 clients from all over the world. Our outstanding service has earned us many awards. From this solid foundation, our aim is to expand the breadth and reach of our services – always driven by the needs and wishes of our clients. What won't change is what defines us: our determination to provide truly personal service.
First trust services offered, including setting up offshore operations as ancillary service by Dutch and Anglo Saxon Banks.
Further industry growth due to:
Fiscal arrangement between NL and Dutch Antilles
Dutch tax treaties with OECD countries
Ruling practice
Favourable Dutch tax legislation
Unregulated practices lead to increased market regulation and supervision; implementation of EU anti-money laundering guidelines (AML).
Netherlands Antilles adopts New Fiscal Framework, abolishing the distinction between onshore and offshore companies. United founder Gregory Elias helped shape the reforms, in his capacity as Founder and Chairman of the Offshore Association of the Netherlands Antilles and Special Council in matters of international finance and tax to the Netherlands Antilles government.
Individual jurisdictions respond to EU guidelines by implementing statutory supervision. Money laundering, 9/11 and accounting scandals lead to adverse publicity. As a result banks and law firms increasingly divest their trust activities.
Implementation of further AML regulation. New regulatory and compliance regime has a direct effect and results in renewed respectability for the industry. Renewed interest for the industry underpinned by acquisition of trust service companies by major banks and PE investors.
United Trust established, with nine world wide offices.
EU introduces Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
Election of President Obama, introduction of 'Stop Tax haven Abuse Act 2009' focused on US tax payers. Introduction of FATCA in 2010. OECD Increases focus on global implementation of internationally agreed tax standards and presents black and grey lists.
2008-beyond
United Bank established.
Curaçao tax reform. The transparent Curaçaoan entity and private foundation with an effective tax rate are new features meeting high international standards.
BEPS Action Plan launched by OECD and G20, aimed at protecting tax bases as well as offering increased certainty and predictability for taxpayers.
EU issues Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
BEPS project report and recommendations are published, raising the bar for corporate entities.
At United, our mission is to use all our financial and legal knowledge, experience and ingenuity to create the smart, cost-effective solutions you need to achieve your goals. Longer term, our vision is to remain a standard setter in our industry. In our efforts to achieve this, integrity, drive and personal commitment are the core values that support us.
Our added value
At United, we deliver top quality service with a personal touch. All of us, including our management, do business directly with and for you, actively and on your behalf. Because we know you, we can proactively answer your needs before you even ask.
United, with its wide range of legal and financial services and its global reach, is one entity – and our unified network is our strength. Whatever your needs, and wherever your activities take you, we can tap into our resources around the world to bring you the best solutions.
Our knowledge
Our collective years of experience guarantee a solid foundation of financial and legal knowledge. But that is not enough. Whatever your question about the latest market developments, it is one we have already asked ourselves. Market developments challenge and inspire us to explore new domains and develop new services. By employing people from a broad array of backgrounds and specialties, we ensure a pool of knowledge and creativity that is a match for these challenges.
But besides understanding our own business, we also make it our business to understand yours. Your story makes immediate sense to us. And we help you make sense of the bigger story.
United sector strengths include
Food, beverages & consumer goods
Governance, to United, is the continuous process of aligning the interests of all our stakeholders. More than a box-ticking exercise, it is a mindset that all our people have. Our state-of-the-art IT is a key contributor to strong governance. Because we have our own proprietary cloud, data can be accessed throughout our global organisation, with the best possible protection against cyber threats.
The best guarantee of sound governance, however, is our supremely competent leadership. Our international board of directors is composed of financial service industry professionals with profound knowledge of their specialist fields, proven capacities as senior-level advisors and extensive international business experience. Our Chairman and CEO are familiar with every single client account in the United organisation.
We employ hand-selected, seasoned local management. All our managers have experience as entrepreneurs. Together, they make up local boards that report directly to our international directors.
Our chairman and CEO together represent an unparallelled depth and breadth of financial expertise. Both of them are entirely devoted to United, and are familiar with every single client account. From Curaçao to Amsterdam, they have the company covered 24/7.
Meet our Chairman and CEO
International board of directors
United was started in 2006 by a group of financial industry veterans with years of experience working for large multinational banks. They are still the backbone of our management, and still thrive on personal dealings with our clients.
Meet our international board
The compliance standards we maintain at United equal—if not exceed—those of our peers operating in the global arena. We made a voluntary decision to adhere to the heaviest regulation in the financial industry, and our success in doing so is certified year after year by a Big Four accounting firm. Our people, our choice of jurisdictions and our licensing ensure compliance with all local laws and regulations. In fact, United people have been instrumental in shaping the laws that help govern the financial services sector.
United is fully licensed and regulated by central banks and supervisors in Curacao, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS), Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB).
We adhere to best-practice principles such as Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) standard no. 16 and Service Organisation Control (SOC) I Type II. Our services are Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70 and International Standard for Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3402 certified. What does all this mean? That, as a client, your reputation is as safe as your assets are.
Under the OECD's Common Reporting Standard, United must determine your or your entity's country of residence, and whether you are liable to pay taxes there. If so, we exchange your account information with the tax authorities of that country. United performs these duties quickly, expertly and with minimum disruption to your affairs. And we can advise you on residency issues.
FATCA policy
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) affects you if you are a so-called US person (US citizen or US-based entity). United must determine whether you meet the criteria, and if so, we must report your account information to the US tax authorities. United performs these duties quickly, expertly and with minimum disruption to your affairs.
Are you a US person?
Integrity is naturally at the heart of all we do at United. How else can we build a relationship of trust with you? When hiring, integrity is our most important criterion. All our people adhere to our Code of Conduct. Not because it is imposed top-down, but because it is their nature.
Regulatory / Licences
United Trust (Anguilla) Limited, with registered office at Caribbean Suite, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies, registered with the Registrar of Companies under 1013919, is licensed and regulated by the Anguilla Financial Services Commission to carry on general trust business.
United Trust Management (Aruba) UTM N.V., with registered office at Italiëstraat 30, Oranjestad West, Aruba, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 35664, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Aruba to provide trust services.
The United Trust Company N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 100495, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to provide trust services.
United International Trust N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 100493. is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to provide trust services.
United International Management N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 101315, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to provide trust services.
Centennial Management N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 100494, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to provide trust services.
United Finance N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 53026, is the group's financing company.
United Group Holdings B.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 104703, is the ultimate holding company for the group.
United International Bank N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi II, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 107214, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to provide international banking services.
United Payment Services N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi II, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 133162, is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten to run a money transfer company and to provide financial services to natural persons.
United International Custody Services N.V., with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi I, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon z/n, Curaçao, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 108408, is the group's custody company, set up to hold securities on behalf of clients.
United Management (Cyprus) Limited, with registered office at 75 Prodromou Avenue, Oneworld Parkview House, 4th Floor, 2063 Nicosia, Cyprus, registered at the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver under company registration number HE 245342.
United International Trust & Corporate Services (Ireland) Ltd, with registered office at 21 Priory Hall, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Ireland, registered at the Companies Registration Office under company registration number 467354.
United International Management S.A., with registered office at 5, Avenue Gaston Diderich, L-1420 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under B142022, is licensed and regulated by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF") to perform the activities of Registrar, Client Communication, Administrative and Domiciliation Agent and to provide company formation and management services.
United International Holdings (Malta) Limited, with registered office at Level 6 – Suite 1, The Plaza Commercial Centre, Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM1640, registered with the Malta Registry of Companies under registration number C46916, is the holding company for the Malta activities.
United International Management (Malta) Limited, with registered office at Level 6 – Suite 1, The Plaza Commercial Centre, Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM1640, registered with the Malta Registry of Companies under registration number C46947, is acting as CSP (Company Services Provider), is licensed and regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority to provide corporate services.
United International Trustees (Malta) Limited, with registered office at Level 6 – Suite 1 / Office 6, The Plaza Commercial Centre, Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM1640, registered with the Malta Registry of Companies under registration number C42993, is acting as CSP (Company Services Provider), is licensed and regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority to provide trust services.
United International Holdings (Netherlands) B.V., with registered office at Strawinskylaan 411, 1077XX Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 34373123, is the holding company for the European activities.
United International Management B.V., with registered office at Strawinskylaan 411, 1077XX Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 34269697, is licensed and regulated by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.) to provide trust services.
Perennial Administration Services B.V., with registered office at Strawinskylaan 411, 1077XX Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under 34323854, is licensed and regulated by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.) to provide trust services.
United International Management Ltd, with registered office at 3rd Floor, 10 Foster Lane, London EC2V 6HH, United Kingdom, registered at Companies House under company registration number 06577107, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
United Secretaries Ltd, with registered office at 3rd Floor, 10 Foster Lane, London EC2V 6HH,United Kingdom, registered at Companies House under company registration number 06670458.
EDW Nominees Limited, with registered office at 3rd Floor, 14 Hanover Street, London, W1S 1YH, United Kingdom, registered at Companies House under company registration number 07021032.
Allisten Limited, with registered office at Winnington House, 2 Woodberry Grove, London, N12 0DR, United Kingdom, registered at Companies House under company registration number 06670414.
United Technical Services Corp, with registered offices at 103 Foulk Road, Suite 202, Wilmington DE 19803 United States of America, provides technical services.
Clifton LLC, with registered office at 163 Burlington Path Road, Suite K, Cream Ridge, 08514 New Jersey, United States, registered at the Department of the Treasury under company registration number 0600330129.
At United, we believe that corporate social responsibility is first of all a matter of Tone at the Top. Our managers lead by example and are sensitive to the needs of each and every employee. We have a strict policy of non-discrimination, both in hiring and in client acceptance. Nobody is ever excluded on the basis of factors like sex, race, or nationality.
As United, we feel a great responsibility to create value not just for our clients, but also for society as a whole. One way we do this is by working to the highest ethical standards ourselves, and actively promoting such practices in the financial services industry at large. On top of being fully compliant with the laws that govern us, we contribute our expertise on a regular basis to law and policy makers in the jurisdictions we operate in. And not just regarding finance, but also regarding environmental issues like carbon emissions trade. Our experts helped shape the carbon custody and escrow protocols in practice today.
Another way we create value for society is by assisting both corporate and private wealth clients with their charitable activities, creating appropriate legal structures and providing administrative support.
Our own platform for charitable activities is United Foundation. We sponsor initiatives and organisations related to music, art and culture, sports and social development. Our aim is to build a strong community around our sponsees that unites and connects them with our own people and our clients. United provides financial support, while our people offer their knowledge, skills and physical effort when needed. Our clients, too, support United Foundation with contributions or by attending our sponsoring events.
As a financial service provider, United is in business to earn a profit. And with our business activities we most certainly do so. While we reinvest part of our profit in our companies, we also believe in investing in society. Through United Foundation, we provide (financial) support to a wide range of initiatives and organisations related to music, art and culture, sports and social development. As our name suggests, the essence of our corporate culture is uniting. And our services are consistently aimed at giving people the opportunity to realise their ambitions. As for our own ambition with our sponsoring activities, we wish to strengthen the initiatives and organisations that we sponsor, and to build a strong community around them that unites and connects them with our own people and our clients.
News on the foundation's activities
Regulatory/Licenses
Financial and payment services
Private wealth and trust
Marine and aviation
Environmental markets
United International Holdings
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Tel. +31 (0)20 575 2727
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United is an independent provider of trust and banking services with a truly personal approach. We unite disciplines, connect networks and cross borders to bring you the services you need and deserve.
United consists of a number of separate companies undertaking business in various jurisdictions. Further details of their registered office names and addresses, or their regulatory status are available on request. All services are provided on the basis of and to the extent that this is allowed pursuant to the regulatory status of the relevant entity.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 18 scientific and technical achievements to be honored at its Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Feb. 11 at the Beverly Wilshire.
The awards will be presented to 34 individual recipients, as well as five organizations.
"This year we are particularly pleased to be able to honor not only a wide range of new technologies, but also the pioneering digital cinema cameras that helped facilitate the widespread conversion to electronic image capture for motion picture production," said Ray Feeney, chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. "With their outstanding, innovative work, these technologists, engineers and inventors have significantly expanded filmmakers' creative choices for moving image storytelling."
Those achievements selected must demonstrate a "proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures." The achievements are not required to have been developed in 2016.
The Technical Achievement Awards, which receive Academy certificates, are:
— Thomson Grass Valley for the design and engineering of the pioneering Viper FilmStream digital camera system.
— Larry Gritz for the design, implementation and dissemination of Open Shading Language (OSL).
— Carl Ludwig, Eugene Troubetzkoy, and Maurice van Swaaij for the pioneering development of the CGI Studio renderer at Blue Sky Studios.
— Brian Whited for the design and development of the Meander drawing system at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
— Mark Rappaport for the concept, design, and development, to Scott Oshita for the motion analysis and CAD design, to Jeff Cruts for the development of the faux-hair finish techniques, and to Todd Minobe for the character articulation and drive-train mechanisms, of the Creature Effects Animatronic Horse Puppet.
— Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark for the design and engineering of the Zaxcom Digital Wireless Microphone System.
— David Thomas, Lawrence E. Fisher, and David Bundy for the design, development, and engineering of the Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Microphone System.
— Parag Havaldar for the development of expression-based facial performance-capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
— Nicholas Apostoloff and Geoff Wedig for the design and development of animation rig-based facial performance-capture systems at ImageMovers Digital and Digital Domain.
— Kiran Bhat, Michael Koperwas, Brian Cantwell, and Paige Warner for the design and development of the ILM facial performance-capture solving system.
Scientific and Engineering Awards, which are awarded plaques, are:
— ARRI for the pioneering design and engineering of the Super 35 format Alexa digital camera system.
— RED Digital Cinema for the pioneering design and evolution of the RED Epic digital cinema cameras with upgradeable full-frame image sensors.
— Sony for the development of the F65 CineAlta camera with its pioneering high-resolution imaging sensor, excellent dynamic range, and full 4K output.
— Panavision and Sony for the conception and development of the groundbreaking Genesis digital motion picture camera.
— Marcos Fajardo for the creative vision and original implementation of the Arnold Renderer, and to Chris Kulla, Alan King, Thiago Ize, and Clifford Stein for their highly optimized geometry engine and novel ray-tracing algorithms which unify the rendering of curves, surfaces, volumetrics, and subsurface scattering as developed at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Solid Angle SL.
— Vladimir Koylazov for the original concept, design, and implementation of V-Ray from Chaos Group.
— Luca Fascione, J.P. Lewis, and Iain Matthews for the design, engineering, and development of the FACETS facial performance capture and solving system at Weta Digital.
— Steven Rosenbluth, Joshua Barratt, Robert Nolty, and Archie Te for the engineering and development of the Concept Overdrive motion control system.
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Paul Ryan cannot be this stupid. He really can't.
FBI Director James Comey barely finished saying the words "no charges," in relation to the Hillary Clinton email investigation, when Speaker Ryan promised to drag Comey in front of Congressional hearings, implying something just wasn't right with Comey's announcement.
Let's cut to the chase: James Comey can either be an unimpeachable man of integrity, who thoroughly investigated and offered up very harsh, stern rebukes of how Hillary Clinton handled her personal email server, or he is hiding something, in trying to protect Hillary Clinton.
Apparently, Speaker Ryan has decided to make the latter argument into the GOP argument.
If you're going to call into question James Comey's judgment and integrity, you cannot then use his words in television ads against Clinton. You've cut his legs out from under him, rendering anything he says "questionable" in the minds of people.
Further, if you're going to turn the story into one about James Comey and his integrity, guess who the story isn't about anymore?
You're changing the entire focus – the entire dynamic -to the story, taking the harsh spotlight off Hillary Clinton.
In so many ways, this move is a gift to Hillary Clinton. Speaker Ryan – who is not a dumb guy – has to realize that, doesn't he?
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After decades of foregoing working on issues in favor of muckraking scandals the Republican Patty is left with nothing but a convention headed by Donald Trump. Nice job, guys.


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California Proposition 34: Death Penalty Repeal Initiative
by Bob Morris, published Oct 5, 2012
San Quentin death row. Credit: vote29.com
Should those convicted of murder in California continue to be executed or should they given life imprisonment without possibility of parole? Proponents of Prop 34 favor repealing the death penalty. Opponents favor keeping it. The California Proposition 34 death penalty repeal initiative is one of the most visible and controversial propositions on the ballot in November.
In addition to strongly-held views about the death penalty, much of the controversy centers on whether it costs the State of California less to house these inmates for life than it does to execute them, given often lengthy and expensive death penalty appeals. The non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office says repealing the death penalty will save about $100 million a year at first and $130 million a year thereafter. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, the Yes on 34 campaign agrees with this estimate. The No on 34 campaign strongly disagrees, saying the data is biased.
Proposition 34:
Repeals death penalty as maximum punishment for persons found guilty of murder and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
Applies retroactively to persons already sentenced to death.
States that persons found guilty of murder must work while in prison as prescribed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with their wages subject to deductions to be applied to any victim restitution fines or orders against them.
Directs $100 million to law enforcement agencies for investigations of homicide and rape cases.
Prop 34 is retroactive. If passed, then approximately 725 California inmates currently on death row would be re-sentenced to life without parole. They are currently housed in single occupancy cells under special security and are usually handcuffed and escorted by one or two officers when outside their cells. With no death penalty, they would presumably be put back into the general prison population. Some of the estimated savings, $100 million total, would go to law enforcement for use in rape and murder cases.
No on 34 say "Mend it, don't end it." They favor adopting a single drug for executions because of continual appeals claiming the current 3-drug method is unconstitutional. They also want to fix the appeals process by constitutional amendment to speed it up, thus cutting costs and saving time.
Yes on 34 agrees that the death penalty in California is broken and advocate ending it. Those given the death penalty receive extra protections guaranteed by the US Constitution and backed by the US Supreme Court. Those receiving life without parole do not get the extra protections, which simplifies and speeds up trial and appeals.
Prop 34 is a hot button, highly emotional issue. Voters should read what both sides have to say.
Bob has been blogging since 2003 at Politics in the Zeros on progressive politics, populism the economy, renewable energy, and cleantech. He helped organize numerous antiwar protests from 2004-2007, some of which were massive. He was Co-coordinator of the Green Party of Los Angeles County Council from 2002-2004. His politics tend towards left-wing populism and is especially interested in issues that transcend party lines and bring people together. He and his wife live in Silicon Valley.


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Announcing TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise this September in San Francisco
Of the many categories in the tech world, none is more ferociously competitive than enterprise. For decades, SAP, Oracle, Adobe, Microsoft, IBM and Salesforce, to name a few of the giants, have battled to deliver the tools businesses want to become more productive and competitive. That market is closing in on $500 billion in sales per year, which explains why hundreds of new enterprise startups launch every year and dozens are acquired by the big incumbents trying to maintain their edge.
Last year alone, the top 10 enterprise acquisitions were worth $87 billion and included IBM's acquiring Red Hat for $34 billion, SAP paying $8 billion for Qualtrics, Microsoft landing GitHub for $7.5 billion, Salesforce acquiring MuleSoft for $6.5 billion and Adobe grabbing Marketo for $4.75 billion. No startup category has made more VCs and founders wildly wealthy, and none has seen more mighty companies rise faster or fall harder. That technology and business thrill ride makes enterprise a category TechCrunch has long wanted to tackle head on.
TC Sessions: Enterprise (September 5 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center) will take on the big challenges and promise facing enterprise companies today. TechCrunch's editors, notably Frederic Lardinois, Ron Miller and Connie Loizos, will bring to the stage founders and leaders from established and emerging companies to address rising questions like the promised revolution from machine learning and AI, intelligent marketing automation and the inevitability of the cloud, as well as the outer reaches of technology, like quantum and blockchain.
We'll enlist proven enterprise-focused VCs to reveal where they are directing their early, middle and late-stage investments. And we'll ask the most proven serial entrepreneurs to tell us what it really took to build that company, and which company they would like to create next. All throughout the show, TechCrunch's editors will zero in on emerging enterprise technologies to sort the hype from the reality. Whether you are a founder, an investor, enterprise-minded engineer or a corporate CTO / CIO, TC Sessions: Enterprise will provide a valuable day of new insights and great networking.
Tickets are now available for purchase on our website at the early-bird rate of $395. Want to bring a group of people from your company? Get an automatic 15% savings when you purchase four or more tickets at once. Are you an early-stage startup? We have a limited number of Startup Demo Packages available for $2,000, which includes four tickets to attend the event. Students are invited to apply for a reduced-price student ticket at just $245. Additionally, for each ticket purchased for TC Sessions: Enterprise, you will also be registered for a complimentary Expo Only pass to TechCrunch Disrupt SF on October 2-4.
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Q: Euclidean Algorithm vs Factorization Can someone give me an explanation targeted to a high school student as to why finding thegcd of two numbers is faster using the euclidean algorithm compared to using factorization, there should be no algorithm efficiency involved, just a general explanation, something my brother in grade 9 can understand.

A: The Euclidean algorithm is a definite recipe that tell you exactly what to do at any given step; there is no guessing, no trial and error involved. Trying to factor a number will (even with some of the best methods currently known) involve guesses and trial-and-error; trial division is of course the classic example, but even some of our best methods (elliptic curve factorization and number field sieve, to name two) all involve some "random guessing" and trials to try to find factors. Sure, they are more clever ways of testing than simply trying everything out there, but you still usually end up doing a lot of grunt work along the way that leads nowhere (dividing by a number that is not a factor in trial division; not getting good relations in the number field sieve; performing all computations on an elliptic curve modulo $n$ and not finding any non-invertible elements), or performing good-looking computations that end up with a trivial factor ($1$ or $n$). In essence, this is "wasted effort", waste that simply does not occur with the Euclidean algorithm.
Added: Note that this is a reflection of our current known factoring methods, and not necessarily (as Bill Dubuque points out, we just don't know either way) an inherent difficulty in factoring. You don't want to compare "factoring" with "Euclidean algorithm", you want to compare specific ways of factoring with the Euclidean algorithm. And the ways we know (and the ways the high school students know, which are likely to be trial division plus a handful or two of divisibility tests to make the former simpler) have these drawbacks.
Perhaps an analogy would be that the Euclidean algorithm is like having a full recipe to prepare a dish, and all the ingredients laid out ready to be used; factorization involves starting to prepare the dish, rummaging through your supplies for ingredients, and possibly realizing part-way through that you don't have the right ingredients, forcing you to start over from scratch with a new dish for which you hope you do have the ingredients. Even if the former situation involves a complex dish while the latter is a series of attempts at very simple and quick dishes, chances are you will spend less total time with the full-recipe-and-all-ingredients-laid-out-method than the let's-try-this-and-hope-we-have-all-the-stuff method.

A: It boils down to the fact that currently known factorization algorithms are much slower than the fastest known gcd algorithms. It would be difficult to say much more than that that would be comprehensible to a 9'th grade student (in fact one might argue that not much more than that is even known to experts).

A: For very small numbers then factorization is quicker than the Euclidean algorithm.
But the Euclidea algorithm gives more; it allows one to compute reciprocals
in modular arithmetic.
For larger numbers, finding factorizations may be slow or even practically
impossible, but the Eulcidean algorithm still works well. Also modern
factorization methods from Pollard rho to the number field sieve, make
essential use of the Euclidean algorithm.

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Product: Web UI Release Date: February 3, 2021
Configuration Settings Audit Report
We are introducing a new Configuration Settings Audit Report.
The report's main goal is to capture changes that are happening in the administrative settings (except for changes for the roles and metadata definitions). The report contains records of setting changes and for each change, it specifies the previous and the new value of a setting, who did the change, and when it happened.
With this report, the company will ensure and control what is happening on the administrative side. Each setting change will be displayed as a separate row in the report. Find out more about this report in the Configuration Settings Audit Report article.
This report will be available to all customers (having the Audit Reports capability) under the "Reports" in the Audit section.
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WebMD Recognizes Seven Cancer Innovators With Its Health Heroes Award
The honorees cross the oncology care spectrum from physician, researcher, caregiver, and advocate to survivor.
By Jo Cavallo
James P. Allison, PhD
checkpoint molecule; and the discovery that blocking CTLA-4 enhances the activation of T-cell responses against cancer. His research has resulted in the development and subsequent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of ipilimumab, the first of the new class of drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, in the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Ipilimumab is now approved alone or in combination with other immunotherapies for certain types of colorectal cancer, melanoma, and renal cell carcinoma.
During Dr. Allison's acceptance speech, he spoke about the impact this research is having on patients with cancer.
"I've been blessed to see my research translated into a powerful new strategy for cancer therapy. For example, in 2006, I met a 24-year-old patient named Sharon, a newlywed [and] recent college graduate, who more than a year earlier doctors had told her she had stage IV melanoma and only a few months left to live. She received multiple prior therapies, but her cancers continued to grow. She had brain metastases, lung metastases, and liver metastases, and you could tell she had little time left. As a last resort, she joined a clinical trial of the drug ipilimumab that we had been developing, and within 3 months, her tumors shrank and disappeared. A year later, she was told she was completely tumor-free.
"After her first child was born a few years after that treatment, she sent me a photo. And after her second child was born, she did the same thing. She is now 14 years out after a single round of treatment in her battle with cancer, enjoying life, and has a vibrant family. Of course, we still have a lot of work to do. We've not been as successful in treating some cancers; notably, we don't do very well in pancreatic cancer or glioblastoma. But Pam -(Padmanee Sharma, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Dr. Allison's wife) and I will work together to continue our efforts."
Game Changer Award: Kathy Bates
Academy Award–winning actress Kathy Bates is a two-time cancer survivor. In 2003, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and in 2012, with breast cancer. Ms. Bates chose to have a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, which cured her breast cancer. However, removal of 22 lymph nodes from her armpits during the surgery resulted in severe lymphedema in both her arms. The complication convinced her to become active in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.
She is now the national spokesperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and advocates for increased federal funding for research in the disease and legislation that would mandate Medicare coverage for medically necessary compression garments for patients with the condition. During the award ceremony, Ms. Bates spoke about her experience with lymphedema and how the condition has changed her life.
"Four years ago, when I became the national spokesperson [for LE&RN], it was like climbing Mount Everest. Now thanks to you, and other publications and other shows I've been able to be on, we really are starting to make a difference. And that is from someone who doesn't have a medical degree; I only have my voice. Like all of us, we only have our voices, but by sharing our stories and advocating for each other and raising awareness, then we are all making a difference."
Trailblazer Award: Margaret I. Cuomo, MD
Margaret I. Cuomo, MD
Although shegrew up in a political family—her father is the late Mario Cuomo, the 52nd governor of New York, and her brother is Andrew Cuomo, the current governor of New York—Dr. Cuomo's lifelong passion has been medicine. She is a diagnostic radiology specialist in New York and the author of the book A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention (Rodale Books; October 2013). Dr. Cuomo spoke about the steps all people can take to reduce their risk of cancer and other life-threatening diseases through smoking cessation, healthier eating, and exercise.
"I'd like to encourage you all to become your own health heroes. We can all reduce our risk for cancer, diabetes, and heart disease by eating healthier food, being physically active, protecting our skin from the sun, avoiding cigarettes and alcohol, managing stress, and avoiding harmful chemicals in many personal care products. Whether we are adults or children, members of the media or medical community, government, industry, or advocacy groups, we can all create a world that is healthier and a more vibrant society and, ultimately, a world without cancer, without diabetes, and without heart disease."
Scientist Award: Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
Dr. Jaffee is a well-known oncology physician and scientist who played a role in the development of immune-based therapies, including vaccines for pancreatic, colon, and breast cancers. Dr. Jaffee's research is focused on the development of novel vaccine approaches that can overcome immune tolerance to cancers. She currently holds six vaccine patents. At the award ceremony, Dr. Jaffee talked about her commitment to developing cancer therapies that are both effective and provide patients with a high-quality life.
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
"I have dedicated my life to fighting cancer, but more than that, my life's goal is to convert deadly cancers like pancreatic cancer into chronic diseases, first, and then to prevent all cancer in the future. But treating and preventing cancer are not enough. It is critical that our treatments do no harm.
"For the past 25 years, I have worked on therapies that activate the patient's own immune system, so that we can fight cancer. I'm also working on vaccines that, hopefully, in the future will prevent cancer. We now have immunotherapies that can turn about 20% of deadly cancers into chronic diseases. I am promising all of you today that I will not stop working on this until we have turned 100% of deadly cancers into chronic diseases and all patients can have a long and high-quality life."
Caregiver Award: Lillie D. Shockney, RN
This past fall, Ms. Shockney retired from Johns Hopkins Medicine after a 36-year career as patient educator, advocate, and Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center. A two-time breast cancer survivor, Ms. Shockney continues to teach part-time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and
Lillie D. Shockney, RN
participate in several patient care programs she has launched, including the semi-annual Johns Hopkins weekend retreats for patients with metastatic breast cancer and their spouses/partners, friends, and family members. In her acceptance address, Ms. Shockney discussed how giving terminally ill patients a venue to discuss their fears about death helps them regain a sense of control over their lives.
"Many people go through their lives not knowing their purpose. I learned my purpose early on when I chose to be in the oncology field and then ended up diagnosed myself with breast cancer in my 30s. I'm passionate about taking care of patients with metastatic breast cancer…. I want their quality of life preserved and not forfeited. I want them not to postpone joy. I want them to find something to laugh about every day. I want them to know they are not alone on this journey filled with uncertainty. And when their time comes to leave this world, I want them to experience a peaceful death, having achieved full closure with their family, friends, and, most important, themselves."
Ambassador Award: Rufus Wainwright
In 2010, Mr. Wainwright lost his mother, Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle, to clear cell sarcoma. Before her death, Ms. McGarrigle began raising money for sarcoma research, an effort that Mr. Wainwright, along with his sister, Martha, are continuing today with the launch in 2012 of the Kate -McGarrigle Foundation. In accepting his award, Mr. -Wainwright spoke about the impact his mother's death has had on his life.
"The most profound statement I've heard during her illness was this: Your mother gives birth to you twice. First, when you are born, and then when she dies. I cannot [overestimate] the wisdom of this concept. When faced with mortality, her searing spirit intensified so profoundly that for everyone in her life, even distant acquaintances, a sense of honor prevailed in witnessing her bravery, even in the face of death.
"I want a cure for cancer…. The celebration of everything is what keeps me wanting to fight: the triumphs, the tragedies, the hopes, and fears, basically the gifts my mother gave me after she died. The gift of manhood."
Advocate Award: Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD
Dr. Winkfield's focus on health-care equity and patient access to high-quality oncology care took root during her training in the Harvard Radiation Oncology Residency Program, when she became aware of the health disparities in underserved populations, especially in African American communities. Dr. Winkfield became Chair of -ASCO's Health Disparities Committee to address these disparities and currently serves as Chair of ASCO's Workforce Diversity Task Force, with the goal of increasing racial and gender diversity in the field of oncology to reduce disparities in access to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment as well as to improve outcomes.
Dr. Winkfield spoke about the need to ensure that every patient with cancer has an equal chance at survival and a high quality of life throughout survivorship.
Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD
"Over the past 2 decades, we have made tremendous progress and are, in fact, curing cancers that before we would think [were] incurable. However, not everyone benefits equally from those advances. Black Americans in particular have the highest cancer incidences and along with the American Indian population, they have the highest mortality rates of every racial and ethnic group in this country. My work aims to understand and address the barriers along the cancer continuum from prevention through survivorship.
The 2018 Health Heroes Awards were presented January 15, 2019, in New York.
"The work is time-consuming and labor-intensive. I was warned early in my career when I started at Harvard that my focus and my desired focus on health disparities would impede my [career] and restrict my academic promotion, and it has. So, it is an absolute thrill to have my advocacy work recognized and celebrated. Thank you, WebMD, for this amazing award." ■
1. Winfield KM, et al: ASCO strategic plan for increasing … diversity in the oncology workforce. J Clin Oncol 35:2576-2579, 2017.
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Strategies & Tactics
Finance Careers Job Profiles
A Career in Corporate Treasury
Corporate Treasurers and Cash Managers
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Mark Kolakowski is a business consultant, freelance writer, and business school lecturer. He has been an investor and market watcher for 40+ years.
Mark Kolakowski
The corporate treasury manages a company's cash flow in the most efficient and profitable way possible. The field also involves forecasting future needs for funding and seeking the best alternatives for obtaining that funding. The head of a corporate treasury department typically holds the title of corporate treasurer and reports to the company's CFO.
A bachelor's degree can be sufficient to get your foot in the door and qualify for a junior position, but a master's degree in business administration is increasingly required for more senior positions in corporate treasury.
The need for formal certifications can vary by the employer and by position. In some cases and with some companies, you may need either a CPA or a CFA. Even if it's not required, having one can make you a much more desirable candidate. Several other more specialized designations, such as CTP or CIA, also may be in demand for certain positions and by certain employers.
Cash managers are a subcategory of corporate treasury personnel who focus on balancing incoming payments from customers with outgoing payments to suppliers and for taxes. Cash managers also seek appropriate investment opportunities for any excess cash that accrues, normally in short-term debt or bank deposits. This gives the field an aspect of money management.
Corporate treasury also has many similarities to investment banking because it involves monitoring and forecasting the company's needs for outside funding, both long-term and short-term. This may involve utilizing bank loans, commercial paper, bond issues, and stock issues to meet these needs for cash. Corporate treasury personnel typically work in close concert with outside investment bankers.
There is a great deal of variation in the schedules of corporate treasury personnel depending on the exact position an individual holds, the company, and how deeply it has staffed the function. That said, workweeks of 50 to 60 hours are not unusual, often taking place in fast-paced work environments that require adapting to frequent last-minute contingencies.
What's to Like
A career in corporate treasury can be highly paid, exciting, and stimulating work. Its affinities with money management and investment banking add to its variety and intellectual interest and can offer openings to these fields.
What's Not to Like
In some cases, especially during periods of economic difficulty when a company is under financial stress, corporate treasury personnel can be under enormous pressure. And if you're not fond of putting in long hours or you're not particularly adept at thinking on your feet, this might not be the right career for you.
Salaries depend significantly on the corporate treasury role you play, as well as on the company. The bigger the company, the more the job entails, so these positions typically pay more. The median average salary for a cash manager is a little more than $87,000 as of 2017, ranging from about $67,000 to $101,000 annually. Corporate treasurers make more, typically in the six-figure range with a median annual salary of almost $191,000, but again, this depends heavily on the corporation or company in question.
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We are happy to announce that two of Ashfield Healthcare Communications's agency members are speaking at the upcoming CIM 'Innside' Cannes Lions event, taking place on 1 August 2018 in Manchester.
Two of the three speakers at this event are Andrew Binns from Ashfield Digital & Creative and Stuart Hehir from Pegasus, both of which are Ashfield companies, part of UDG Healthcare. Both speakers will go through their expert opinions, views and highlights of the event. Cannes featured a range of compelling and informative talks, creative displays and break-through campaigns across the healthcare industry.
Our very own Andrew Binns, was awarded the status of Fellow of CIM recently. He is an advocate of the need to understand the audience, identify the behavioural change required, then, and only then, define the appropriate tactics to achieve this.
Stuart Hehir, Creative Director at Pegasus had the honour to be a speaker at Cannes Lions, opening the health track. He stepped through the development of Small Talk Saves Lives, a campaign created for Samaritans, Network Rail and the British Transport Police that aims to empower bystanders to act to help prevent suicides on the railways. This was an award winning campaign for Pegasus. You can watch the campaign here.
Overall, we are excited to attend this event and congratulate our team! Keep updated with our Twitter and LinkedIn accounts to see updates on the event.


Tamil kara kuzhambu recipe using poondu This is Tamil kara kuzhambu recipe using poondu/ garlic. This is one of the best recipes in all Tamil marriage function dish. Here is the details for ingredients needed, and how to prepare this recipe to get authentic taste of Tamil nadu .
Tamil kara kuzhambu recipe is popularly called spicy gravy with tamarind. This south Indian special recipe prepared almost in all states of Tamil nadu. This can be prepared by using the vegetables like brinjal, ladies finger or by using garlic (poondu). This is the favorite recipe for all youngsters for its hot and spicy texture.
Fry the onion separately and keep it aside. In the same pan add little oil and fry the garlic cloves into golden brown and keep it separately.
Fry the tomatoes separately, and keep it aside. Now add little oil and fry fenugreek, curry leaves, pepper and coconut. Add this with fried tomatoes.
Now add the friend ingredients except garlic (onion, tomato, fenugreek, curry leaves, pepper and coconut) in a mixer grinder.
Also add turmeric powder, coriander powder, jeera powder with the friend ingredients and grind it nicely as a fine paste.
Heat oil in a pan, sauté fenugreek seeds, mustard and curry leaves. Then add the fired poondu/ garlic and fry by keeping the flame in low.
Now add the ground ingredients with garlic, add salt as per your taste. Then add the tamarind juice and jaggery.
Sprinkle two tsp of oil in the gravy. Close the lit and let it to boil until the raw smell goes off.
Finally remove the lit and add 2tsp of oil mix it properly and serve with hot rice or dosa.
Instead of garlic you can also add friend brinjals for making kara kuzhambu.
In another method in khara kulambu prepration is dry grinding method. For this you can grind the fenugreek, jeera, coriander seeds, by dry frying it. This is tradition type preparation. In villages people use hand grinding method to enhance its taste. Cholesterol patients can avoid adding coconut. Instead of sunflower oil cholesterol oil patients can use olive oil or sesame oil.


While I am taking a break from formal touring, I am open to booking individual shows within the U.S. If you'd like to have me come and play a concert or fund-raiser event for you in your home, your church, or other venue, get in touch - I would love to come and play for you and your guests! The cost would be my travel expenses PLUS my fee - so you're looking at a grand total of about $2,000 depending on airfare at the time. Also, keep in mind that you'd need to provide a piano for the event that's well-maintained, tuned up just prior to the show and in good working order.
If you would like to talk about scheduling a performance now or in the future, drop me an email at dnevue@gmail.com and let's talk! Even if you can't budget for a show right now, get in touch and at least let me know you're interested. You never know what the future holds!


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Experience and equal opportunities
Discover 09.11.2021 / Posted by Maria Solberger 0 comments
Are you familiar with these moments that you look back on in awe years later, but in that very moment you just had no idea how unforgettable they would be, because you were too committed to the pure excitement?
One such moment for me was when a number of audience members stormed our stage, causing my synths to jump around 10 centimeters in the air. Nevertheless, I still tried to carry on playing in time. Or when this huge storm hit us towards the end of our set and the lightning struck the stage, forcing us to evacuate. Luckily my synths weren't damaged, probably what I feared most when it happened. All of these incredible experiences make life as a musician memorable and beautiful. I could carry on listing such memories forever, but I would also like to share some other experiences as well.
I also remember the backstage areas being mostly empty of women, and technicians asking you if you know the difference between mono and stereo. Or organizers who would only address the male members of the band, and whose worlds apparently turn upside down when they realize that YOU were the one driving the tour bus.
Even though it's also nice to have the women's backstage restroom to yourself, I'd rather it was different. At some point it was very irritating and incomprehensible just how fewer women than men you meet on your journey in the music business. Don't get me wrong. Being backstage is not a solemnly frustrating thing, most of the time it's OK, and sometimes it can be great. Especially when you get to hang out, chitchat and drink beer with one of your favorite artists, which in my case happened with e.g. "Portugal. The Man." I want to share the full extent of my experiences, also the problematic ones.
The music industry has, presumably, always been male dominated. And not just in the live sector. Usually it's men who produce songs by artists and bands who also happen to be mostly men. Even though there are more-and-more initiatives and role models that oppose this endless cycle, there are still many more men than women in the industry. This is especially prevalent within music production where the numbers show the greatest lack of women.
2% female producers
Did you know that a woman has never won the 'Producer of the Year' award at the Grammys? How is it possible that on the Hot 100 Billboard charts between 2012-2019, just 2.6% of producers were women, and 3% were engineers? (See Inclusion Initiative, Dr. Stacy L. Smith, USC Annenberg, 2020). That's not because there aren't good female producers or engineers out there. There are! And pretty good ones, too! Linda Perry, for instance, was the only female nominated for Best Producer in 2019 [the first woman to be nominated in that category since Lauren Christy in 2004]. There's also St. Vincent, Adrianne Gonzalez, Emily Lazar, Wondagurl, to name but a few.
Particularly when being represented in the media, women have to struggle with inadequacy or simply bad presentation, either portrayed somewhere in the background or hidden someplace else. So why are female producers/engineers still in short supply? One reason could be the lack of female role models, reinforced by a male-dominated media. More role models and more promotion of women in these fields could strengthen the lower number of female producers/engineers.
Examples such as the Grammy presentation for Adele's "25", which took place in front of an all-male production team, will hopefully no longer be a reality at some point. Shouldn't women also find a place on the production team, especially with such great role models? In the movie industry, the "Inclusion Rider" initiative obliges production companies to ensure equal opportunities for gender equality, diversity, and the promotion of minorities. Having adequate support could be of great importance in the music industry. More female, self-determined artists would certainly enrich the entire market.
Another probable reason for this great disparity is the strong, conservative gender mentality within young people. Boys are still introduced or influenced to pursue technical professions more often than girls. As a result, there is a persistent deficit of women in musical-technical professions. How is it possible to generate more interest in these occupational fields in girls and young women, and to increase their representation as a whole?
A personal initiative for support
Along with some colleagues of mine, I was dealing with this question personally for a long time and so I put together a workshop that could offer support and possible solutions to rectify this.
In these workshops, children and adolescents (with a focus on girls and young women) have the
opportunity to create their own songs, regardless of style, in a studio setting, and to record and produce them and then take them home as their own bodies of work. We want to support them artistically, pedagogically and technically, and introduce them to recording techniques, producing, and the playing of (mainly electronic) instruments. What we're offering is cooperation with social inclusivity. With our team of women, we introduce female role models at a younger age, while teaching musical technical skills.
Further Links:
"Inclusion in the Recording Studio? – Gender and Race/Ethnicity of Artists, Songwriters & Producers across 800 Popular Songs from 2012-2019" by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Hannah Clark, Ariana Case & Marc Choueiti
SheIsTheMusic.org
WomensAudioMission.org
Grammy's Task Force On Inclusion & Diversity
Author: Maria Solberger
Maria Solberger is an Austrian musician, artist and a band member of Naked Cameo. Maria is known for her highly skilled live performances and her creative use synthesizers.
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HÖR Berlin
The duo behind HÖR speak to us about being outsiders in Berlin, surviving COVID-19 and the importance of diversity in their music policy. Pete Armitage caught up with co-founders Charly and Ori to get the full scoop on the journey of Berlin's favorite Youtube channel. The pair…
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How to transform a young life through music
In the Saarland region of Germany, a nonprofit organization is helping the development and personal growth of young adults through musical and creative initiatives. Speaking to the team behind the project, we find out what programs are available, and what results that have been made through their years of work.
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The right high school courses can help you reach your career goals.
While high school may not prepare you for the rigors of medical school, it will prepare you to study college-level anatomy or biology. The courses you take to prepare for college-level science will depend largely what school you attend. Most high schools require biology, chemistry, physics and algebra, so push yourself to go beyond the basic requirements and take the most challenging math and science courses available at and beyond your school.
While biology, a graduation requirement at most high schools, will teach you about ecosystems, evolution, cell division and other concepts, biochemistry focuses more on the chemical reactions involved in biological processes, including the nervous system. In addition to learning more about how the body functions, a biochemistry course will likely give you the chance to practice your surgical skills. Granted, dissecting a rat or a fetal pig is hardly comparable to operating on the central nervous system of a human being, but you can still practice holding a scalpel properly and gauging the pressure necessary to make an incision.
Like biochemistry, anatomy focuses more on specific functions within the body. The concentration in anatomy is more on the physical and less on the chemical. Most anatomy courses offer software that mimics the dissection of a human body. Some courses will also require you to dissect the brain itself. According to Biology Corner, some anatomy courses require students to dissect a sheep's brain in order to identify the parts of the brain and their role in the central nervous system.
Anyone who plans to enter the sciences, medical or otherwise, needs a solid foundation in mathematics. According to Emory Medical School, most medical schools require at least two years of college-level math and recommend calculus. Clinical research requires you to record and extrapolate from data accurately. If you are able to pass an AP exam in calculus, you can take higher levels in college or free up time to take more science courses.
Though a summer premed program at a university isn't necessarily a class, it will give you more practical experience: Some programs will even teach you routine medical techniques like suturing and splinting. Other programs may teach you about the cutting-edge equipment physicians use to diagnose their patients. Experienced medical scholars and students will give you more insight as to what you should expect from your future studies and career. Beyond this, as always, participating in programs that indicate your ambition and work ethic will improve your chances when applying for colleges and financial aid.
New York University Department of Neurosurgery: How Do I Become a Neurosurgeon?
Awana, Momi. "What Are the Helpful High School Courses to Become a Neurosurgeon?" Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/helpful-high-school-courses-become-neurosurgeon-5108.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.


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Q: How to Split String and get Number form it? I have one string "I_am_125_developer_25" and want result 150 means 125+25 using javascript
var a = "I_am_125_developer_25";

I tried following solution
for(var i = 0; i<= a.length; i++)
{
    if(typeof a[i] == Number)
    {
        var c = a[i]; console.log(c);
    }
}

Here I need to add two numbers from string need to check whether it is number or not.

A: Try
"I_am_125_developer_25".match(/\d+/g).reduce( (a,b) => Number(a) + Number(b) )

Explanation

*

*Match numbers, get the array ["125", "25"]

*Reduce the array by adding the converted (to Number) array items (reference here)

Edit
If you also want to support the scenarios like "I_am_1x5_developer_25", then make it
"I_am_1x5_developer_25".split(/_/).filter( s => !isNaN(s) ).reduce( (a,b) => Number(a) + Number(b) );

Explanation

*

*split by _

*filter out non-numeric values

*Reduce the array by adding the converted (to Number) array items

A: function getSumFromString(str) {
  var total = 0;
  str.split('_').forEach(function(e){
    var num = parseInt(e);
    if(num) {
        total +=num;
    }
  });
  return total;
}

getSumFromString('I_am_125_developer_25');

A: I got the solution
    var total = 0;
for(var i=0; i<=arr.length; i++){
    if(!isNaN(arr[i])) {
    total+=Number(arr[i]);
}
}
console.log(total);

A: A simple solution would be to split the string and make it an array, loop through it, verify which are numbers using isNaN() method and sum up the numbers:

var a = "I_am_125_developer_25";
a = a.split('_');
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La Chautauqua Opera è la compagnia d'opera estiva residente della Chautauqua Institution. È una delle più antiche compagnie d'opera estive continuamente attive negli Stati Uniti, essendo stata fondata nel 1929 come Chautauqua Opera Association.

Storia
Da allora ha prodotto diverse opere durante la stagione estiva di nove settimane dell'Istituzione ogni anno. Generalmente le produzioni d'opera vengono eseguite in inglese nella Norton Memorial Hall, di solito in specifici lunedì e venerdì sera per tutta la stagione. Di recente, tuttavia, la Chautauqua Opera è stata eseguita sempre più spesso in produzioni concertistiche all'Anfiteatro Chautauqua.

Il primo direttore di produzione della compagnia fu Alfredo Valenti, che iniziò la ricca tradizione operistica di Chautauqua con Martha di Flotow il 19 luglio 1929. Henry Ford e la signora Thomas A. Edison erano tra il pubblico. Valenti, che ha prestato servizio come regista per ventotto anni, ha sostenuto giovani cantanti americane come Rose Bampton, che si è esibita in quella stagione e nel 1930 e che, come molte altre star alla Norton Hall, come Charles Kullman ed Helen Jepson, ha continuato la sua fama al Metropolitan Opera e altrove.

Attualmente la Chautauqua Opera è sotto la direzione generale di Jay Lesenger. La stagione 2014 includeva le esibizioni di Madama Butterfly di Puccini e The Ballad of Baby Doe di Moore. La prima è stata eseguita all'Anfiteatro, insieme a due concerti "pop"; The Ballad of Baby Doe è stato eseguito alla Norton Hall. Ciò indica una significativa contrazione delle produzioni operistiche, che richiedono risorse sostanziali per le prove e l'allestimento e suggerisce anche che la Norton Hall sta diventando meno sede di opere a Chautauqua; questo schema è stato ripetuto nel 2015, con il Macbeth di Verdi eseguito all'Anfiteatro e l'Eugenio Onegin di Čajkovskij alla Norton Hall. Al contrario, c'erano sei produzioni separate alla Norton Hall durante la stagione 1967.

Young Artists Program
Inoltre la Chautauqua Opera gestisce il Young Artists Program, formando giovani cantanti di grande talento che intendono intraprendere una carriera nella musica operistica. I membri del programma Young Artists presentano recital il giovedì pomeriggio nella Sala di Cristo dell'Istituzione, oltre a due concerti con la Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra e due spettacoli di riviste durante la stagione estiva.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Compagnie di opera degli Stati Uniti d'America

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McDonald and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2004-211
Joanne Morris (Chair)
Diane Musgrave
Tapu Misa
Paul France
Donald McDonald
Holmes promo
Free-to-air TV Code: Law and Order
Complaint under section 8(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989
Holmes promo broadcast during One News – interview with crime novelist – said "I'm going to tell you about how to commit the perfect murder" – allegedly in breach of law and order
Standard 2 (law and order) – promo consistent with law and order – no glamorisation of crime – crime novelist promoting her work – not upheld
This headnote does not form part of the decision.
[1] A promo for the Holmes show aired on TV One at 6.20pm on 27 October 2004. The presenter announced that he would be interviewing Tara Moss, a former model and "Australia's number one crime writer". The author was then shown to say:
Join me tonight…on the Holmes show, and I'm going to tell you about how to commit the perfect murder.
[2] Donald McDonald complained to Television New Zealand Ltd, the broadcaster, that the item had breached broadcasting standards. He alleged that the author's comment was "sanctioning the worst crime in New Zealand" during "family viewing hours".
[3] TVNZ assessed the complaint under Standard 2 of the Free-to-Air Television Code of Broadcasting Practice, which provides:
Standard 2 Law and Order
In the preparation and presentation of programmes, broadcasters are responsible for maintaining standards which are consistent with the maintenance of law and order.
2a Broadcasters must respect the principles of law which sustain our society.
2b Factual programmes should not glamorise criminal activity or condone the actions of criminals.
2c Programmes should not depict or describe techniques of crime in a manner which invites imitation.
Broadcaster's Response to the Complainant
[4] In its response to the complainant, TVNZ contended that Mr McDonald had taken "what was clearly a tongue-in-cheek remark far too seriously". It did not consider that the author's remarks could be regarded as "sanctioning" murder, as alleged by the complainant. TVNZ said:
Novelists use imagination in their writings, and authors of crime stories are constantly setting up tales about imagined crimes and how they are solved (or in some cases not solved). In a previous age an Agatha Christie or a Ngaio March would have been trailered making similar remarks.
[5] The broadcaster noted that during the Holmes item which was promoted by the trailer, the author was asked to describe what her idea was of a "perfect murder". It considered that this question was "perfectly legitimate" given that she was being interviewed because of her success as a crime novelist.
[6] In considering Standard 2, TVNZ concluded that the promo was consistent with the maintenance of law and order. The author was speaking as a novelist, it said, and her comment "cannot seriously have been taken as sanctioning murder".
Referral to the Authority
[7] Dissatisfied with the broadcaster's response, Mr McDonald referred his complaint to the Authority under s.8(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989. He submitted that the national news "is not a suitable forum for tongue-in-cheek murder classes".
Broadcaster's Response to the Authority
[8] TVNZ added nothing further to its original reply to the complainant.
Authority's Determination
[9] The members of the Authority have viewed a tape of the broadcast complained about and have read the correspondence listed in the Appendix. The Authority determines the complaint without a formal hearing.
[10] The Authority does not uphold the complaint and concurs with the reasons advanced by TVNZ in its decision.
[11] The Authority notes that the author was introduced as "Australia's number one crime writer", and that she was shown holding a copy of her book. In the circumstances it was clear that Ms Moss' comments related to her novel, and there is no suggestion that she was glamorising or condoning criminal activity.
[12] Accordingly, the Authority agrees with TVNZ that there was nothing in the promo which was inconsistent with Standard 2 (law and order).
[13] The Authority records its view that Mr McDonald's complaint received a considered and appropriate response from TVNZ. The Authority considers that the subsequent referral to the Authority by the complainant bordered on being trivial.
For the above reasons the Authority does not uphold the complaint
Joanne Morris
The following correspondence was received and considered by the Authority when it determined this complaint:
Donald McDonald's formal complaint – 31 October 2004
TVNZ's decision on the formal complaint – 24 November 2004
Mr McDonald's referral to the Authority – 6 December 2004
TVNZ's response to the Authority – 9 December 2004
18 February 2005 Hunt and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2005-002
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Methodist and Wesleyan Studies
Author/ContributorFeinman, Peter (1)Rogal, Samuel (1)Keywordbiblical archaeology (1)Church (1)Intellectual (1)John Wesley (1)Methodism (1)View MoreYear2000 - 2009 (1)1988 - 1989 (1)Languageeng (2)Source/Journal
Andrews University Seminary Studies (2)
GE subjectCultural ethics (2)18/19th century (1)Christian denominations (1)Comparative religion and interreligious dialogue (1)European theologies (1)View MoreDocument typeArticle (2)GlobeEthicsLib / GlobeTheoLib (GTL)GlobeEthicsLib (2)GlobeTheoLib (2)ProvenanceGlobethics object (2)
John Wesley's Journal
Rogal, Samuel (Andrews University, 1988)
"Writing for Blackwood's Magazine less than eighty years following the death of John Wesley, the novelist Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897)' in one of her "Historical Sketches of the Reign of George 11," identified the life of the founder and leader of British Methodism as "no life at all in the ordinary sense of the word, but only a mere string of preachings. His journals are like the notebooks of a physician-a curious, monotonous, wonderful narrative." Certainly, throughout the fifty-five years of that "wonderful narrative," from 14 October 1735 through 24 October 1790, Wesley did preach to congregations; and he did ride to and through hundreds of towns, villages, and cities in Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. He inculcated religion; he conversed with practically everyone whom he met; he sympathized with, harangued against, and prayed for and with backsliders; and he read volumes of poetry, history, theology-even a bit of fiction. He also wrote sermons, tracts, dictionaries, grammars, biographies, and hymns"
Methodism and the Origins of Biblical Archaeology
Feinman, Peter (Andrews University, 2009)
"Methodism and biblical archaeology have a closely entwined history that previously has not been fully addressed in the literature of either discipline.1 The close relationship between the discipline and the Church may be attributed to the childhood of William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971), a son of Methodist missionaries, who became the father of biblical archaeology in America.2 While there is little debate about the significance of Albright's scholarship and that of his students who continued his work as part of the "Albright School," there is little awareness of the profound impact Methodism had on his personal life. This article seeks to remedy this situation by attempting to understand Albright's childhood experiences that molded him into the adult scholar he would later become. It addresses not the scholarship, but the person behind the scholarship, specifically focusing on one single incident in his life that he himself portrayed as being the first step in his journey toward becoming the father of biblical archaeology"


I am working on an application through which messages can be send to JMS Topic from browser and the MessageBean will store the received messages to a table called newsentity in postgresql database. The Entity Class name is NewsEntity. My application server is JBoss-4.0.5.GA and version is J2EE 1.4.
The table newsentity contains 3 fields - id, title and body. The id field is the PK and it's type is BIGSERIAL.
Since the id field will auto increment, I did not set any value to the id field while sending message to MessageBean.
I assume this problem occured because I could not provide the annotation @GeneratedValue as GenerationType.AUTO in NewsEntity Class since the J2EE version is 1.4. Most of the annotation types are not supported in 1.4.
If I remove the comment of the lines in Bold, I will get error - Unknown class while building the application.
Can any one provide me the way to define that the id field in NewsEntity class will be auto-generated? If I can do so then I need to pass value to id field while posting data to JMS topic. Thank you for your kind attention.


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The Pink Titans - FRC 5719 of David & Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute is aiming to participate in District Events in the Greater Toronto area in March every year. However, funding is required by the FIRST's annual due date of mid-November to support this!
The students would very gratefully appreciate any kind assistance (financial, in-kind, mentorship) offered by the community to help make this possible.
Please contact Edmund Kim at Edmund.Kim [at] tdsb [dot] on [dot] ca or PinkTitansCA [at] gmail. [dot] com who is happy to answer your questions.
 FIRST Robotics tournaments are open to the public and held mostly at university athletic venues and multi-purpose complexes. The Pink Titans have competed at the Mattamy Athletic Centre [formally Maple Leaf Gardens] in Toronto, Durham College's Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre in Oshawa, Hershey Centre in Mississauga, and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Thousands of people, many of whom associate with the business-side of FIRST programs, attend over each multi-day event. Events are broadcast online, enabling sponsors to be recognized locally, nationally, and globally.
The FIRST Robotics Competition has over 91,000 students participating on over 3,600 teams in Canada, USA, and internationally. The 2019 FIRST World Championship, held at Ford Field (Home of the National Football League's Detroit Lions) in Detroit MI and Minute Maid Park (home of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros) in Houston TX USA, was attended by over 70,000 people and 700 teams from 70+ countries, providing international exposure for team sponsors. (Source: FIRSTChampionship.)
VEX Robotics Competition is the fastest growing robotics platform in the world. In 2018, the Guiness Book of World Records identified the VEX Robotics World Championship as the largest robotics competition in the world. (Source: RoboticsEducation)
Mar. 2015. Greater Toronto Regional Event, held at Mattamy Athletic Centre (formerly Maple Leaf Gardens) in Toronto, Ontario. Over 35 FRC teams competed here.
Apr. 2019. Ontario District Championship, held at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Eighty FRC teams competed here.
Apr. 2019. One of the FIRST Championships, held at Ford Field (home of the National Football League's Detroit Lions), Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Please click on images below for the Sponsorship Overview and Donation Form
Updated: Oct. 6, 2019
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To make a donation online via eCheque, Interact, or credit card, you can click here and following the prompts illustrated below. Please complete the Donation form (above) and mail it to the address on the form. Alternatively, please e-mail Edmund.Kim@tdsb.on.ca with early heads-up notice of your gracious donation to the Pink Titans.
Below are two posters that visually summarize the efforts of the Pink Titans in promoting gender diversity and inclusiveness in robotics education, plus interest in STEM/Robotics education, in 2018. Additionally, the Pink Titans were honoured to be recipient of two technical awards: Autonomous Award at the Ontario District Ryerson University Event (Mar. 16, 2019) and Innovation In Control Award at the Ontario District York University Event (Mar. 24, 2019). At the Ontario District , recognizing the team's efforts in encouraging the principles of FIRST. Thank you to the judges and volunteers for your great efforts and time in support of high school students' interests in STEM/Robotics-based learning!
Principal Sponsor: $2,000 +
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Largest-sized company logo and/or name:
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Sustaining Sponsor: $1,500
Medium-sized company logo and/or name:
Banner (at competitions, outreach events)
Robot (at competitions, outreach events)
Team print material
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Supporting Sponsor: $1,000
Community Advocate: up to $500
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Small-sized company logo or name:
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* All sponsors will receive a photo of the team, an invitation and tour of the Pit Area at the regional tournament, and personal demonstration of the robot at the site of the sponsor if requested.
How Would Funding Be Utilized?
FIRST Robotics Competition
7,500 - Registration fee for District Qualifying Events. (Minimum of two events automatically entered in Ont. District Qualifying format.)
3,500 - Participation fee for Ontario District Championship Event (if qualify)
6,550 - Participation fee for FIRST World Championship Event (if qualify)
4,000 - Robot components (metal, drive train parts, electrical parts, pneumatics, hardware, wood, plexiglass)
2,500 - Tools, storage, software (computer-assisted drawing or CAD), and 2 laptop computers (CAD, programming, controlling robot)
1,500 - Transportation (rental van, school buses)
7,000 - Rental van, school bus, charter bus for Ontario District Championship and FIRST World Championship Events (if qualify)
1,000 - Public Relations materials (team clothing, handouts, banners, costs of fundraising, website domain)
1,000 - STEM Outreach materials (non-renewable) and robot kit components (VEX, Arduino, Makeblock, LEGO Mindstorms)
500 - Dinner for students working in evenings


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It is the home of the Burundi National Museum and the Archdiocese of Gitega. Several karyenda royal drum sanctuaries are located in the area, as well as the ibwami (royal court).
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How do I get my hands on that in the popup ?
var map = L.map('map').setView([53.505, -7.09], 7);

L.tileLayer('https://{s}.etc.etc/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
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  attribution: '',
  interactive: true,
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var popup = L.popup();
map.on('popupopen', function(e) {
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});
TilesPbfLayer.bindPopup(popup)

A: I can get a click event on the tile layer, and its got a layer with my stuff in
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Australia-based blockchain energy company Power Ledger has partnered with Thai renewable energy firm BCPG to launch a trial peer-to-peer energy sharing program in Bangkok, Thailand, according to an August 21 Medium post.
To facilitate energy trading, BCPG will be responsible for designing and installing connections, meters, and solar panels, while Power Ledger will provide its "blockchain technology as the transactive layer across 18-meter points to monitor energy transactions between participants, enable P2P trading, generate invoicing, and evaluate the trading position of individual participants."
In the trial, the Power Ledger blockchain platform will reportedly allow 635KW of solar energy provided by BCPG to be traded among four participating entities in T77, an upscale urban precinct in Bangkok: the Habito shopping mall, Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School, Park Court Serviced Apartments, and Dental Hospital Bangkok.
The program is intended to show how blockchain technology can create efficient energy trading to lower energy costs for consumers "by allowing generating customers to monetize excess energy generation through selling energy to third parties."
Pending successful completion, Power Ledger and BCPG hope to use the platform for 31 other prospective projects and increase the power generation to 2MW over a three-year period.
"This trial will showcase how our world-leading blockchain technology can provide secure, trustless and immutable transactions of renewable energy between participants," said David Martin, the managing director at Power Ledger.
In a reported first, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), will allow access to its network to facilitate the physical moving of energy and use metering data from the new platform for customer billing.
"Having a utility allow the physical transaction of energy inside the T77 precinct is an important step towards our aim of providing individuals with the ability to sell their excess renewable energy," added Martin.
Additionally, BCPG has reportedly entered into an agreement with the MEA to research the potential for a power distribution system and development of solar-powered rooftops within the next 2 years.
Thailand has explored use cases for blockchain technology in the past. In August 2017, ETHNews reported that state agencies from Thailand were looking to blockchain technology to modernize their postal service and state railway systems. In May of this year, it was reported that Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya had deployed a blockchain platform to facilitate cross-border transfers.
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Disconnecting is so important to Bart Lorang, CEO of FullContact, that he assigns his employees a mandatory 3-week vacation each year + a $7,500 bonus if you travel off grid.
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If you leave the house and realize you've left your phone home and feel a deep sense of panic, then maybe it's time to step back. Surely this is no reason to panic in the grand scheme of life.
From October 15, 2014 to January 11, 2015, I ran a rather peculiar experiment... traveling from Paris to New York, and spending 90 days there without Internet, computer or a cell phone. Why? I needed to disconnect in order to better reconnect in a hyper-connected environment.
Are people less friendly than they used to be? As I looked beyond having just a "gut feeling" about attitudes and practices of people, I became aware of the "General Social Survey." I found a lot of information that relates to the friendliness of people.
Giving much-needed, nonjudgmental advice can be transforming -- but one of the simplest and most powerful things you can do for another person is simply to listen.
We don't just have devices -- we have a collective digital rash. And we keep scratching. We're not just connected, we're inflamed by our hyper-reachability.
Earlier this year, I attended the opening nights of two Bay area productions that could not have been more dissimilar. In each case, the audience's final response was telling.
'42' vs. 'Scary Movie 5' vs. 'Disconnect': Which One's For You?


The Graduate Student Scholarship recognizes and rewards outstanding students entering their second year of a full-time masters program in Alberta.
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Applicants entering into the 1st year of another program, or not proceeding directly into the 2nd year of study are NOT eligible. As well, applicants cannot receive this award if they previously received the Arts Graduate Scholarship for the same period of study.
Applicants are nominated by the Faculty of Graduate Studies at their school.
Post-Secondary schools to submit eligible enrolments by December 1.
Student Aid will send allocations by December 15.
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