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Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Q3 2021 Earnings Call Transcript
By Motley Fool Transcribers – Nov 2, 2021 at 3:00PM
NYSE: EPRT
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
EPRT earnings call for the period ending September 30, 2021.
Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT 1.40%)
Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to Essential Properties Realty Trust Third Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
This conference is being recorded and a replay of the call will be available 2 hours after the completion of the call for the next 2 weeks. The dial-in numbers for the replay can be found on today's press release. Additionally, there will be an audio webcast available on Essential Properties website at www.essentialproperties.com, an archive of which will be available for 90 days.
It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Dan Donlan, Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Markets at Essential Properties.
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Daniel Donlan -- Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Markets
Thank you, operator. And good morning everyone. We appreciate you joining us today for Essential Properties' third quarter 2021 conference call. Here with me to discuss our operating results are Pete Mavoides, our President and CEO; Gregg Seibert, our COO; and Mark Patten, our CFO.
During this conference call, we'll make certain statements that may be considered forward-looking statements on our federal securities law. The company's actual future results may differ significantly from the matters discussed in these forward-looking statements. We may not release revisions to those forward-looking statements to reflect changes after the statements were made. Factors and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations are disclosed from time to time in greater detail in the company's filings with the SEC and in yesterday's earnings release.
With that, Pete, please go ahead.
Pete Mavoides -- President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Dan. And thank you to everyone who is joining us today for your interest in Essential Properties. The third quarter was another strong quarter for us on all fronts as we saw a continuation of the trends that have been present throughout the year, including strong portfolio performance, a robust and attractive investment environment and supportive capital markets.
In terms of the portfolio, with collections at 100% and only one vacant property today, our portfolio has fully stabilized. In fact, over the trailing 12 months ended September 30, we experienced recovery of 87% on all releasing activity, which is a strong indicator of the quality of our real estate and our disciplined underwriting. Two, in terms of investments, similar to past quarters, our industry relationships drove the bulk of our growth as over 80% of our investments in the quarter were prior relationships. During the quarter, we invested $231 million and 85 properties at a weighted average cash yield of 7% with 84% of investments originated through direct sale-leasebacks and 80% containing master lease provisions.
While we expect this high level of investment activity relative to our historical averages to persist into the fourth quarter, our future investment activity levels are likely to moderate for three main reasons: one, activity paused during the pandemic demand has largely been recaptured; two, product from sellers motivated by potential changes in the tax laws should dissipate next year; and three, pandemic-induced M&A activity moderates back to more normalized levels. Lastly, in terms of the capital markets, we remain active on the equity issuance front with approximately $103 million of gross ATM issuance during the quarter, which help lower our leverage sequentially. As such, we continue to have ample capacity to capitalize on our investment pipeline.
Turning to the portfolio more specifically. We ended the quarter with investments in 1,397 properties that were 99.9% leased to 297 tenants operating in 17 industries. Our weighted average lease-term stood at 13.9 years with 3.8% of our ABR expiring through 2025. Our weighted average unit level coverage ratio was 3.5 times, which improved versus last quarter's coverage of 2 times.
While our traditional credit statistics, which focus on implied credit ratings and unit level coverage experienced solid sequential improvement this quarter, these statistics remain negatively skewed for certain industries like movie theaters, early childhood education and health and fitness which face continued state level shutdowns and capacity restrictions well into the spring of 2021 in certain areas of the country. However, with most of our tenants reporting to us on a trailing 12-month financial basis with one quarter lag, we expect these statistics to continue to experience solid sequential improvement over the next few quarters.
Looking out to the balance of the year, we expect these positive trends to continue and we are reaffirming our 2021 AFFO per share guidance range of $1.30 to $1.32. In addition, we are establishing our 2022 AFFO per share guidance at a range of $1.46 to $1.50 per share. We continue to believe our strong AFFO growth potential combined with our well covered dividend and our commitment to prudently manage our balance sheet and portfolio risks offers investors a compelling total return opportunity.
With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Gregg, our COO, who will take you through the portfolio and investment activities in greater detail.
Gregg Seibert -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, Pete. During the third quarter, we invested $231 million through 31 separate transactions at a weighted average cash yield of 7%. These investments were made in 12 different industries with 70% of our activity coming from grocery, auto service, equipment rental and sales, early childhood education and casual dining.
The weighted average lease term of our investments this quarter was 16.4 years. The weighted average annual rent escalation was 1.6%. The weighted average unit level coverage was 2.8 times with the average investment per property being $2.7 million. Consistent with our investment strategy, 84% of our quarterly investments were originated through direct sale-leasebacks, which are subject to our lease form with ongoing financial reporting requirements and 80% contain master lease provisions. Looking forward, we are seeing increased competition from existing and new market participants due to the growing appreciation for the durability of the asset class. As a result, we continue to see cap rate compression as we seek to service and protect our relationships.
From an industry perspective, early childhood education is our largest industry at 14.5% of ABR, closely followed by quick service at 13.2%, car washes at 12.9% and medical and dental at 11.7%. We continue to view these four business segments as Tier 1 industries for Essential Properties and therefore they are likely to remain our highest concentration industries for the foreseeable future. Of note, we continue to selectively invest in proven operators of profitable locations in both the entertainment and casual dining industries, which continue to experience strong rebounds in revenues and profits.
From a tenant concentration perspective, no tenant represented more than 2.7% of our ABR at quarter end and our top 10 tenants account for just 19% of ABR, which was down 50 basis points versus last quarter. Increased tenant diversity is an important risk mitigation tool and differentiator for us and it is a direct benefit of our focus on large unrated credits and middle market businesses, which offers a significantly more expansive opportunity set that is strategy concentrated on publicly traded companies and investment-rated credits.
In terms of dispositions, we sold 11 properties this quarter for $10.1 million in net proceeds. When excluding transactions cost and properties sold subject to tenant buyback options, we achieved a 6.5% average cash yield on these dispositions. As we have mentioned in the past, owning liquid properties is an important aspect of our investment discipline as it allows us to proactively manage industries, tenants and unit-level risk within the portfolio.
With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Mark Patten, our CFO, who will take you through the financials and balance sheet for the third quarter.
Mark E. Patten -- Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Thanks, Gregg, and good morning everyone. As Pete noted, the third quarter was another strong quarter for us. The notable elements of our reported operating results for the third quarter of 2021 are as follows: Total revenue was up $16.7 million or almost 40% versus same period in 2020 totaling $59.6 million for Q3 2021, which reflects the benefits of a full quarter of our $223 million of investments in Q2 2021 and more broadly our net investment activity so far this year, which has totaled nearly $600 million.
Total G&A was just under $5.6 million in Q3 2021 versus $5.9 million for the same period in 2020, a decrease of 5%, which was largely due to a decrease in non-cash stock compensation expense. More importantly, our G&A continues to scale as our cash basis G&A as a percentage of total revenue was just 7.5% for Q3 2021 versus 10.6% for Q3 2020.
Net income was $27.6 million in the quarter. Our FFO totaled $43.6 million for the quarter or $0.36 per fully diluted share, a 38% increase over the same period in 2020. Our nominal AFFO totaled $40.2 million for the quarter, up $13.9 million over the same period in 2020, which on a fully diluted per share basis was $0.33. That's an increase of a bit more than 22% versus Q3 2020.
Turning to our balance sheet. The elements I would like to highlight include the following. With another great quarter of investments by our team, our income producing gross assets reached $3.1 million at the quarter end. From an equity perspective, our ATM program generated approximately $101 million of net proceeds during the third quarter. As Pete noted, our balance sheet remained strong with net debt to annualized adjusted EBITDAre at 4.5 times at quarter end and total liquidity of $428 million. As a result, our balance sheet and liquidity position continue to provide a strong foundation to support our investment pipeline and our future growth goals.
Lastly, I'll reiterate Pete's important note that our current investment pipeline, our portfolio outlook and our strong performance this quarter provided us with a basis to reaffirm our 2021 AFFO per share guidance and establish our 2022 AFFO per share guidance at a range of $1.46 to $1.50, which implies 13% year-over-year growth on a mid-point to mid-point basis.
With that, I'll turn the call back over to Pete.
Thanks, Mark. We are encouraged that the operating environment and capital markets have allowed us to capitalize on our robust pipeline of accretive investment opportunities, which are the predominant driver of our earnings growth. More importantly, we believe our disciplined and differentiated investment strategy has created an incredibly resilient net lease portfolio that should continue to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns as we grow into the future.
And with that, operator, let's please open the call for questions.
Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Greg McGinnis with Scotiabank. Please proceed with your question.
Greg McGinniss -- Scotiabank -- Analyst
Hey. Good morning. Thank you for the color you provided on the acquisition pipeline in your opening remarks. And I appreciate that you're hesitant to provide strict acquisition guidance. But when you speak about the pace of acquisitions maybe moderating, should we take that to mean pre-pandemic level is reasonable going forward, so $160 million to $200 million per quarter or do you anticipate even greater headwinds in 2022?
No. Listen, I think, when we came public in 2018, we thought we had an organizational infrastructure to kind of support $500 million or $125 million a quarter. That has grown since that time. And I think when we think of moderating, it's more closer to the eight-quarter average looking backwards, kind of I think you're in the right range there.
Okay. Thank you. And then, if I'm not mistaken, I believe the unit level rent coverage this quarter at 3.5 times is the best you've ever had in the portfolio. Could you help me understand the drivers of the improvement over the historical levels, obviously ignoring the pandemic? And then, also much categories generally have higher or lower coverage, especially with the top four categories that you mentioned.
Yeah. Listen, I think that number is a headline number and I think not a true indicator of what's going on in the portfolio, which is why we try to provide additional disclosure around that in our supplement. But it's great number, we're happy about it. Certainly some of the industries that are going to have higher coverage are going to be things like the equipment rental, things like medical and dental and other services, things that are going to have lower coverage are going to be the industries where the business is solely revolved around, the real estate, clearly the movie theaters in the current environment, quick-serve restaurants should be kind of in that 2, 2-plus range. So there is a wide dispersion of coverage, but we certainly think that headline number is healthy.
Thank you, Greg.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Sheila McGrath with Evercore. Please proceed with your question.
Sheila McGrath -- Evercore -- Analyst
Yes, good morning. I was wondering, Pete, if you could give us a little bit more detail on the G&A outlook in 2022, what was in your guidance and do you expect that you're going to have to add more acquisition, personnel or just personnel in general?
Yeah, I'll start and then tick it to Mark. Obviously we don't guide to G&A, but Mark can give you some color on the trend there. But we're staff, Sheila, we're transacting at a very high level. And I think the team is operating really great form. And so we don't see a lot of additions in G&A. And I think we'll be the team and the hiring is in a good spot as we sit now.
But Mark, from a trend perspective, what should they expect?
Yeah, Sheila. Thanks for that question. First, I'll just mention that sort of the puts and takes in 2021 that gave us some good efficiencies was paying off the ABS with not just the benefit to being 100% unencumbered and 100% unsecured, but it allowed us to kind of get more efficiencies in some of our outsourced expenses. And we also kind of benefited from the world around our controllable expenses that has to do with sort of conferences and the like, still we're generally virtual. So -- and our travel just generally was moderated. So we got some benefits from that in 2021. But the way I kind of think about it because stock comp is sometimes a variable that you can't peg, but on a cash basis as a percentage of revenue if you ran out Q4 '21 at kind of a similar level of where we've been and use that as your kind of percentage of revenue, I think that's the metric [Phonetic] 2022 maybe were just a little bit of inflation.
Okay, great. And then, the same-store NOI profile, it was significant for retail and experience. I was just wondering if you could provide some detail what was driving those changes.
Yeah. Listen, I think if you think back to a year ago, we had some significant repositionings in the portfolio where sites were taken offline and relayered to new tenants. And I think that's the noise you're seeing in the same-store sales number, Sheila.
Okay. One last one. Equipment share is now your biggest tenant. I was just wondering if you could provide us a little detail on about that business, that company.
Yeah. They're a growing equipment rental firm with a very differentiated technology platform. We've been doing business with them for a number of years now. And I've seen them execute on their growth plan very reliably and efficiently and predictably. And so, we were happy to continue to partner with them as they continue to kind of grow and, I think, they are well over 100 units at this point in time, 100 site locations and have a national footprint. More specifically, we generally like the real estate underlying the equipment rental space. Large yards with good buildings and industrial zonings tend to have great fungibility and an appeal to multiple users. So, great company, we're happy to continue to do business with them and really solid underlying real estate fundamentals. I would say, at 2.7% of ABR, there's room to grow there. We certainly ideally wouldn't have a tenant over 5%, but we feel comfortable where they're at.
Okay, great. Thank you.
Thank you, Sheila.
Thanks, Sheila.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Nate Crossett with Berenberg. Please proceed with your question.
Nate Crossett -- Berenberg -- Analyst
Hey. Good morning, guys. Just a question on pricing. I mean, you noted increased competition. But if you look historically, you guys have kind of been able to stay above that 7% mark. And I know you don't give specific guidance on this measure, but what are you kind of expecting, I guess, going into next year? Is that 7% in a whole or how should we be thinking about that, I guess?
Yeah. Listen, I think we're facing increased competition. We fight for every basis point. We specifically focus on an investment strategy that allows us to compete on the strength of our relationships and our reliability as a capital provider in order to get appropriate risk-adjusted returns. The cap rate is really the blend of the 30 transactions that we did in the quarter across 16 industries and that can vary greatly from low of a 6 to high of an 8 or 7.5. And so, if you look back, it's been 7.1, 7.1, 7. Could it dip to 6.9 or thereabouts? Certainly, it really just depends upon the opportunity set that we get in any given quarter.
That's helpful. And then, just a question on, I guess, the other side of the equation. So, one of your peers did their first preferred offering this quarter. Just curious to get your thoughts on that type of funding source and how you view it. And if you have priced out anything in that market?
We haven't priced out preferred. I mean, we think we have a pretty simple and efficient capital structure today, certainly getting our inaugural ABS bonds or inaugural unsecured bonds done earlier this year and paying off the secured bonds that we had in the ABS, went a long way to lending up that capital structure. I think we have a little ways to go with the rating agencies before the preferred market is truly efficient for us, but it's certainly a market that will keep our finger on the pulse and evaluate over time.
Okay. That's it from me. Thank you.
Thanks, Nate.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Haendel St. Juste with Mizuho. Please proceed with your question.
Haendel St. Juste -- Mizuho -- Analyst
Hey, good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I guess, first one, just one follow-up on the competition you noted. I'm curious, any particular subsectors appetite yield size you're seeing that most prominent and I think most folks would have thought you're focusing on smaller deal to provide you some installations [Phonetic], curious on what impact -- what level of competition you're seeing and what impact that's having on pricing and where? Thanks.
Yeah. Listen, I think, the competition is most acute for larger deals and larger credits. And I think, bigger credits with bigger deals get more people excited and they're better able to move the needle. And they get -- it gets more competition. With us transacting $230 million in the quarter and 31 separate transactions, that's, we believe, a differentiator for us. Our ability to do small deals and deliver capital through a sale-leaseback reliably allows us to compete and get outsized risk-adjusted returns. But the bigger the deal and the bigger the credit, the more competition, I think you're going to see.
Appreciate that. Second question is on -- I guess, a follow-up on the 2022 guidance. I'm curious what's embedded in there from a -- maybe a recovery perspective for sectors that haven't quite recovered to pre-COVID levels like, say, child care, early childhood centers and any other sectors that you still can swing back toward pre-COVID levels and any other deferral income or recoveries baked in there. Thanks.
Yeah. Listen, as we said in the call -- in the prepared remarks, we think the portfolio has recovered. And we're collecting 100 cents on the dollar. And while there is some recovery to go yet with the movie theaters and the child care operators and some of the gym operators, those guys are paying us the current and we expect that to continue into 2022. We bake in a normalized credit loss assumption into our model, which is baked upon very specific views of individual situations, but I would say that's more tenant specific and more normalized and not a recovery of COVID sort of analysis.
In terms of deferrals, essentially the vast majority of our deferrals are behind us from a recognition perspective. And we're probably halfway through the collection of those deferrals and we've been collecting substantially all of that's been due to us.
One clarification, if I could, normalized credit loss, is that definition or the level of observe any different versus the last year or maybe pre-COVID, any change in the level of reserve you're taking there? Thanks.
No, I think that normalized is based upon historical experience in this asset class. And what we're seeing in 2022 would have been very similar to what we were seeing or expecting prior to COVID.
Yeah. Thank you.
And to put some color around that, Haendel, as we've said a number of times, we build in roughly 1.6 times growth into our lease. And the actual growth that we realize over time is offset by a credit loss of somewhere between 25 and 40 basis points.
Appreciate that.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Caitlin Burrows with Goldman Sachs. Please proceed with your question.
Caitlin Burrows -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Hi, good morning. It looks like leverage was 4.5 times as of 3Q, would seem somewhat low. So I was wondering if you could go through your view on expected leverage going forward and to what extent you'd be comfortable having an increase?
Yeah. Listen, our leverage has largely been an output of our desire to derisk our external growth and keep the dry powder on the balance sheet to ensure that we have the ability to execute reliably on our growth plan. And it is varied somewhere between a 4 and a little over 5 since coming public. And you shouldn't expect that to change materially going forward, kind of sitting right in that middle of the range kind of feels appropriate now. But certainly we don't think about it as a spot estimate, given the pace at which we're deploying capital and sometimes chunking in which we raise capital, it's going to vary, but generally within that range.
Got it, OK. And then, could you also go through maybe some more of the thought process of completing dispositions in the quarter? Obviously you have a variety of ways to raise capital. But what made you go that route for those properties?
Yeah. Listen, as we said, the disposition activity is really largely driven from a risk management perspective, not a generation of capital perspective. So, the $10 million in assets we sold during the quarter were up. We're really getting assets that we didn't feel met our long-term investment criteria and more centers moving those out of the portfolio and freeing up that capital to invest with other assets. So that's generally our view on selling assets.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Katy McConnell with Citi. Please proceed with your question.
Katy McConnell -- Citigroup -- Analyst
Thanks. Good morning, everyone. Just going back to the strong growth you saw on same-store rent for experiential tenants in 3Q, can you touch on the key drivers of that improvement. And with that, any update on how your theater tenants have been performing?
Yeah. Listen, I would say, in terms of theaters, vast majority of our theaters, or 5 of 6 of our theaters to be specific is AMC. And I think, everyone -- AMC as a public company with very clear disclosure. And so, I think people can get a good sense of what's going on there. As we said during the pandemic, we think we have good theaters that work for the tenant, and certainly I think coming out. We're seeing that in the numbers.
In terms of the improvement in the experiential tenant, are they experiential sector as I told, Sheila. That was specifically related to some asset level repositioning. I mean, if you think back a year ago when we work through our Town Sports bankruptcy, those sites would have been offline for a period of time in the reported period that would have highly impacted that number.
Got it, OK. And then, for your service-based tenants, I'm curious how much of an impact labor shortages are having there and are there any categories in particular that you're more concerned about what's in your portfolio today? We're not going to see that. We're getting the financials to us on a trailing 12 basis. Anecdotally, we're hearing that but I would point to the fact that coverage is up across the board and generally everyone is doing well and certainly everyone is paying. So it's only anecdotal at this point, we're hearing about labor challenges in the restaurant space and the early childhood education space, but we're not seeing it impact our collections at this point in time. Okay, thank you.
Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Our next question comes from the line of Ki Bin Kim with Truist. Please proceed with your question.
Ki Bin Kim -- Truist -- Analyst
Thanks. Good morning. So, just to follow-up on that previous question, when you talk to your tenants and what is your kind of real-time sense of what is happening to their kind of overall profit scenario, given that you're probably getting good top-line growth but facing higher cost structures?
Yeah. I think you kind of see that in the numbers in the coverage, right. Our rents aren't growing that fast, but our coverages are improving. So, as we said, it's anecdotal and we haven't really dissected the numbers for that. And generally, I think the recovery that we're seeing and the pickups in benefit from recovering from the pandemic is outweighing the headline pressure to margins that labor and other things would create. All that said, that's not a static analysis. And I think as we think out, there is going to be continued pressure to margins and continued both cost of goods sold as well as labor. And we'll watch that closely, but with coverage at 3.5 times and real estate as rent, one of the first line items to be paid. Really that's more of an operator risk then amyloid risk
Got it. And so, I guess, thus far have you seen that impact to willingness for some of your tenants to open new stores?
Yeah. Listen, the vast majority of our incremental investment activity is with tenants opening, buying or emerging into new stores. And as we've said, it's a heightened level activity and there is a lot of capital feeding that and we have not seen any reluctance for our tenants to continue to grow.
And just last quick one here talking about the same thing, the cap rate compression environment and competition. On the flip side, I mean, you could buy, it's probably a good time to saw additional assets that might not meet your criteria. As we look forward, is it reasonable to expect a higher level of disposition activity than what we've seen?
Listen, I think generally we've tried to transact somewhere around 10% of what we bought and that it's somewhere between $10 million and $20 million a quarter. Certainly, where we're trading that becomes, dilutive for us from an -- and so, we're really going to sell to mitigate risks. And I would say, if anything disposition activity is going to moderate in the coming quarters.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you, Kevin.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Joshua Dennerlein with Bank of America. Please proceed with your question.
Joshua Dennerlein -- Bank of America -- Analyst
Yeah. Hey. Good morning everyone. Curious on your comments on the potential tax law changes driving M&A activity. Was there any specific area within -- where you would walk where you're seeing like a lot of extra activity where it might flow into 2022 or just kind of curious if there's any more color you guys could product there?
Yeah. I think it's a couple of things. There is the threat of repeal to 1031 that leads people with investment properties more inclined to sell. I would say, that's less of an impact. The bigger impact is potential increase in capital gains and taxes on wealthy motivating people to sell businesses and business investments. So, if you're a 4 unit child care operator on the cusp of retirement and you're going to sell your business in the next three to five years, the threat of the tax change will really accelerate that and really -- overall that would result in the heightened M&A activity that we're seeing.
Interesting. Would any of these potential tax law changes or maybe specifically the 1031s going away impact cap rates at all?
I don't think so. The business seller -- the business net seller scenario, that's not really a cap rate play that's more of a business valuation play. And that's driven by the overall macro capital markets environment. And so, I think there is not going to be a direct impact of cap rates there. And as we've said in the past, when we invest in sale leasebacks, it's generally not a 1031 motivated scenario, it's helping to capitalize the business and we're not competing on cap rates. When we sell, we will sell into the 1031 market, but that's not a driver. And to be clear, this is just the threat of changes in tax laws. So that it's not as actionable as when it becomes apparent that something is going to change.
Got it. Appreciate the color.
Thank you. There are no further questions at this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to Pete for closing comments.
Great. Well, thank you all for your attendance today and thank you for your questions. And we look forward to engaging with everyone in the upcoming NAREIT meetings. Have a great day. Thank you.
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Stop Candida with Curcumin
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overgrowth of a species of Candida – a fungus – accounts for the second most common type of vaginal infection in America. Like anything that gets out of balance, Candida albicans (one of the most prevalent in situations of yeast overgrowth) can cause minor conditions to life-threatening diseases. In the case of vaginal infections, Candida is frustratingly difficult to control.
Research in China has found that curcumin, one of the major curative compounds from turmeric, may help provide an answer. In laboratory study, scientists found that curcumin inhibited the growth of different strains of C. albicans – in one case, by 90 percent.
This work points to ways in which curcumin, already known for its pain-relieving and potentially cancer-stopping effects, may prove to be a helpful natural medicine for women who suffer from yeast infections. Additionally, since Candida overgrowth can cause multiple diseases, this research underscores the importance of curcumin in natural medicine.
Ma J, Shi H, Sun H, Li J, Bai Y. Antifungal Effect of Photodynamic Therapy Mediated by Curcumin on Candida albicans Biofilms in Vitro. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2019 Jun 21. pii: S1572-1000(19)30198-X.
BACKGROUND: Canida albicans can cause opportunistic infections ranging from superficial mucous membrane lesions to life-threatening diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the antifungal effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) mediated by curcumin (CUR) on C. albicans biofilms in vitro.
METHODS: One standard strain ATCC 90028 and two clinical isolates from HIV (CCA1) and oral lichen planus (CCA2) patients' oral cavities were used in this study. Biofilms were photosensitized with 60 μM CUR and irradiated by light emitting diode (LED) under the wavelength of 455 nm and energy densities of 2.64, 5.28, 7.92, 10.56, 13.2 J/cm2. Then the antifungal effects of CUR-PDT were evaluated by XTT reduction assay and confocal light scanning microscopy (CLSM) observations. The effects of CUR-PDT on the expression levels of hypha-specific and biofilm-related genes including EFG1, UME6, HGC1 and ECE1 were assessed by quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) method.
RESULTS: The inhibition rates after CUR-PDT in three biofilms (ATCC 90028, CCA1, CCA2) were 90.87%, 66.44% and 86.74% respectively (p < 0.05). Relative gene expression levels of EFG1, UME6, HGC1 and ECE1 were all downregulated after CUR-PDT, with fold-decrease of 6.865, 3.382, 2.167 and 6.887 in ATCC 90028, 2.466, 2.146, 1.627 and 3.102 in CCA1, and 5.406, 2.347, 2.073and 3.711 in CCA2 (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Curcumin-mediated PDT could effectively inactivate Candida albicans biofilms in vitro. Expression of genes involved in biofilms formation were downregulated after CUR-PDT.


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Q: PHP fileToUpload I've traced around many of the forums looking for an answer. Hopefully someone could steer me in the right direction. Or possibly have the answer.
I understand this part
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  Select image to upload:
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The problem is, I don't want to have to select the file. I want to launch my HTML page and it upload my files that reside in a folder. Let's call it /Users/Scott/Desktop/exports
Based on the forums I've found, PHP isn't able to do that.
1) is this true?
2) if it isn't how can I use PHP to take files from a defined folder.
3) If it is true, what Methods can I do to achieve the above without using PHP then.

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You can use html5 and drag and drop multiple files at a time, but you can not set the value dynamically using JavaScript.
Take a look on this link to upload multiples files.

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George Marshall, known as one of America's most distinguished leaders, had a powerful career largely shaped by his character and moral compass that continues to inspire almost 60 years after his death.
"The sheer sweep of Marshall's 50-year career [as a] soldier-statesman under 10 presidents is truly breathtaking," said David Roll, author of George Marshall: Defender of the Republic.
Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army's Institute of Land Warfare Lemnitzer Lecture on Sept. 23, Roll said Marshall, who served as Army chief of staff and then as secretary of defense, is remembered by most people today as the "man with a plan."
Roll's book—set against the backdrop of five major conflicts between World War I and the Cold War—explores the general's education in military, diplomatic and political power as America emerged as a global superpower.
"By the middle of the 20th century, he became the most respected public figure in America," Roll said. He focused on Marshall's inner life and character as they influenced the general's decision-making, from his time at Virginia Military Institute to his death in 1959.
"Because Marshall's character enabled him to accomplish great things, it mattered," Roll said. "It'll never be replicated, but it needs to be remembered, if not emulated, by today's leaders."


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"At Them, Girls!" How the Amazon Defence Corps Trained to Take on Nazi Invaders
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 17th June 2017
Members of the Amazon Defence Corps train in unarmed combat (July, 1940).
During the fraught summer of 1940, the people of England were bracing themselves for a seemingly inevitable invasion by the German army. While politicians dithered over whether women should be allowed to serve as "Home Defenders" – and some women planned suicides – others began training themselves to repel the Nazis by force.
Venetia Foster's London-based Amazon Defence Corps was among the first of these organizations. Legally prevented from carrying firearms, they neverthless practiced with rifles in shooting galleries set up in public amusement arcades and members' homes. Weighted beanbags served as facsimile hand-grenades and molotov cocktails. The Amazons also studied unarmed combat, rehearsing jujitsu throws on their lawns, and scanned the skies for German parachutists with their opera glasses.
As branches of the Amazons Defence Corps got underway in areas outside London, Percy Longhurst (whose self-defence expertise dated back to the glory days of the Bartitsu Club circa 1900) contributed a series of five illustrated photo-features to the Daily Mail. Titled "At Him, Girls!", the articles instructed readers in some basic jiujitsu techniques and also included advice on how to wield an umbrella, walking stick or fireplace poker if attacked by an invading enemy soldier.
In August of 1940 the ADC joined forces with Dr. Edith Summerskill's new Women's Home Defence organization and thereafter continued their training throughout wartime, as shown in this newsreel footage:
Although women were never formally admitted into England's Home Guard as potential combatants, the former members of the Amazon Defence Corps showed true initiative and determination in preparing to resist Nazi invaders.


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12 Tips for Capturing Amazing City Skylines
By Serena Dzenis
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Tip #1. Choose the Best Lens for the Situation
Tip #2. Use a Tripod
Tip #4. Set Your Shooting Mode to Aperture Priority
Tip #5. Use a Narrow Aperture for Better Depth of Field
Tip #6. Low ISO
Tip #7. Straight Horizon Line
Tip #8. Get a Different Perspective
Tip #9. Shoot During Golden Hour, Sunset and Blue Hour
Tip #10. Bracket Your Exposures
Tip #11. Experiment with Long Exposure
Tip #12. Make Use of Reflections
There's something incredibly fascinating about city skylines. Captured in images, the soaring skyscrapers of cities such as Shanghai, Dubai and New York draw you into the midst of the world below, placing you right in the centre of the incredible hustle and bustle that makes up city life. You can almost sense all of the different sounds and smells, as well as the fast-paced action from people crossing the streets to cars whizzing by past you.
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The most iconic shots of city skylines don't just transport you into the heart of the urban landscape – instead, they employ various photographic techniques to evoke a sense of atmosphere that we mentioned above, including unique elements such as monuments and buildings that make each location instantly recognisable.
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While learning these techniques may take a bit of practice, we have a few tried and tested tips for photographing city skylines that will help to get you started. So whether you're shooting Los Angeles downtown, the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the vibrant centre of Rio de Janeiro, follow these tricks and you'll be on your way to improving your cityscape photography.
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Photographing the urban landscape isn't quite as difficult as it seems. As long as you use appropriate camera equipment with the best camera settings, then you'll already be taking a step in the right direction.
Choosing the right lens will improve your cityscape photography. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
When shooting cityscapes, it's important that you pick the right lens for the situation. Wide angle and fisheye lenses are great for creating a sense of drama, though there can be quite a bit of distortion associated with these types of lenses. Rather than going all-out wide, try lenses with a mid-range focal length of around 28mm to 100mm, particularly if you'll be focusing in on a single important landmark within the city skyline. This focal range is also great for capturing the expanse of the skyline, without making it seem too small or far away.
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While it can be annoying to have to bring your tripod along with you into the city, it's a good idea to have one, particularly if your aim is to achieve sharp images. Using a tripod can help to reduce camera shake. It will also allow you to shoot with slower shutter speeds, which can be useful if you'll be out in low-light conditions, practicing night photography, or when you want to get a little bit more creative with your exposure.
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Tip #3. Focus Manually
Despite the benefits of autofocus, there are a few reasons why you should focus manually when shooting cityscapes, even if you feel that your vision is not quite 20/20.
Manual focus will produce sharper images. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
Manual focus nearly always produces sharper images than the autofocus, especially when the lighting is poor. Focusing manually can also be much more accurate when you're shooting buildings from a distance, where the autofocus may have difficulty deciding how far away the structures actually are. In addition, when it's dark, the autofocus function of your camera may fail to work, meaning that you'll have no other choice but to manually focus the lens. An easy way to do this is by switching to Live View, which will allow you to magnify the scene so that you can ensure that the area you want to have in focus is actually sharp.
If you're having trouble deciding on where to set your focal point, simply place it on the centre of interest within the frame. For example, if you are shooting St Paul's Cathedral in London, then make that your point of focus. If you'll be shooting the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, then that should be the building that you focus on.
A tripod will allow you to take longer exposures of the city. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
To get the most out of using a tripod, set your shutter release on a 2-second delay. This will give your equipment time to settle to reduce any movement between pressing the button and the shutter being released.
Unfortunately, there may be times when you'll want to shoot where tripods are not allowed – for example, on the roof of a hotel or a business where there are great views of the city. When you can't bring your tripod, try improvising instead by balancing your camera on a railing or some other part of the building which is safe and stable.
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While it's best to shoot in Manual mode where possible, photographing the city skyline is one situation when it can be useful to set the mode to Aperture Priority. This is because the Aperture Priority mode allows you to control all of the settings in your camera, apart from the shutter speed.
Shooting on Aperture Priority mode allows you to maintain the best aperture for your lens. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
What does this actually mean? Well, you'll be able to set the ISO low to reduce noise whilst maintaining the best aperture for your lens to ensure sharpness and adequate depth of field. Meanwhile, the camera will automatically calculate the shutter speed, so all you'll need to do is to exposure compensate for low light or very bright scenes. Shooting cityscapes can't get any easier than that!
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We just mentioned the need to ensure an adequate depth of field, so you're probably wondering what the best aperture is for photographing city skylines. This really depends on what you're hoping to achieve though most of the time, the aim will be to capture all the details by having everything sharp and in-focus.
Shooting with a narrow aperture will give you better depth of field. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
To achieve this, use a narrow aperture of around f/11, which will result in better front to back sharpness. For nighttime cityscapes, you may need to open up the aperture to around f/3.5, in order to obtain a brighter exposure.
See also: The Exposure Triangle: Aperture, ISO & Shutter Speed Explained
As with any other genre of photography, it's best to use the lowest ISO possible for the situation when photographing the city. This will help you to reduce the risk of noisy and grainy images, as well as camera shake and motion blur.
Shooting with a higher ISO is best for handheld daytime photography and at night. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
When shooting cityscapes in the daytime on a tripod, you can get away with using ISO 100. If you'll be shooting handheld, then you may need to use an ISO between 100 to 400. For night photography, anywhere from ISO 800 to 1600 may be appropriate on a tripod. Handheld photographs may require a higher ISO; simply experiment until you're able to achieve a sharp and well-exposed image.
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Whether or not the horizon line is straight can make or break a photo, particularly with cityscape photography... though you'd be surprised at how many photographers don't pay enough attention to making sure that the horizon is level when taking a shot. The result can be a terribly skewed image that is aesthetically unsound. As such, after deciding on your composition, you should always check that the horizon is straight before pressing the shutter release.
It can be difficult to see the horizon when it is obscured by buildings. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
However, the difficulty with photographing the city skyline is that the horizon line may sometimes be obscured completely by skyscrapers and other buildings. When this occurs, simply take a look at the centre of your frame to ensure that the vertical lines aren't curved. If the lines are not straight, then you may need to move or tilt the camera a little up or down until the horizon is level.
See also: Ultimate Guide to Composition in Photography
This brings us to the benefits of shooting with different perspectives. When you're standing at ground level, it can sometimes be impossible to get the city skyline to look the way that you want, particularly if you are close to the buildings and the distortion effect makes them appear as though they are rising up before you at an angle.
Cities look different from above. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
Rather than capturing everything from the ground, try to locate other interesting vantage points, such as shooting from the Brooklyn Bridge for a remarkable view over lower Manhattan. Some buildings may have observation decks where you can get up high to see the city from above – think the Empire State Building in New York City or the Shanghai Tower in China.
See also: Aerial & Drone Photography
One of the keys to producing stunning cityscapes is to shoot with the best light. City skylines look incredible during the golden hour right after sunrise or before sunset, when gorgeous colours light up the sky.
Cities look beautiful when the lights come on right after sunset. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
Cityscapes can also be amazing during the blue hour or twilight, when the sky is darker and the city lights come on. The ambient light will be enough to illuminate the buildings without too much contrast, giving them a kind of enchanting beauty.
To make the most of your shoot, make sure to get to your vantage point early and to take pictures from the beginning of golden hour right into the night. As the light changes, you'll capture a myriad of different effects and see the atmosphere changing before your eyes.
See also: Ultimate Guide to Golden Hour Photography
As the day transitions into night and the city lights begin to glow brightly, you may start finding it difficult to capture the skyline in a single image due to the wide dynamic range caused by artificial lighting. In some shots, the lights may be too bright, resulting in clipping of the highlights. When you try to compensate for this, you may end up with an image where the buildings are underexposed with clipping of the shadows.
Bracketed exposures help you to keep the highlights and shadows in check. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
To get around these strong contrasts, try bracketing your exposures. You can take a shot where the shadows are properly exposed, followed by a shot where the city lights are properly exposed. To create a balanced exposure, simply combine the best parts of both images by blending them together in Adobe Photoshop using luminosity masks.
See also: Ultimate Guide to HDR Photography
Speaking of combining images, have you ever seen those amazing images of cities at night with light trails from trains, trams or cars snaking through the frame? They usually feature famous landmarks, such as train stations, buildings and monuments.
Light trails can make for more dynamic shots. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
The way to do this is by taking an image (or a series of images) of moving sources of light with a longer exposure. If you take a few shots of the same composition with a shutter speed of around 25 seconds with different lights, then you can layer the images in Photoshop to create strong light trails, which can sometimes serve as incredible leading lines.
Light trails can highlight strong leading lines. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
To capture successful long exposure images of light trails in the city, mount your camera to a tripod to reduce the risk of camera shake and movement. The trick to ending up with a great shot is to choose a good composition with a lot of trails. Shooting during the blue hour or twilight can result in some outstanding photos, as the ambient light from the sky can add a further dynamic of interest.
See also: Ultimate Guide to Long Exposure
Whether you're shooting during the day or night, capturing a city skyline reflected beautifully and symmetrically in a body of water can make for truly breathtaking photos.
A perfect reflection can add further interest to the scene. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
While capturing the city skyline in a reflection may seem difficult at first, all you need is the right mix of elements to get you started. First of all, you need to settle on a good location. Some of the most famous cities around the world are situated near rivers, harbours and bays – just think of San Francisco, Singapore and Sydney.
A good composition goes a long way with reflections of cityscapes. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
As with light trail photography, the key to capturing a great reflection is to choose a good composition with a strong focal point, such as the Golden Gate Bridge or the Sydney Opera House.
For the best reflections, make sure that there is balance and symmetry within the frame. You'll also need to shoot when there is little wind, which can cause so much movement in the water that the reflection will be ruined. Don't fret though if there is a bit of movement – blurred reflections can add visual interest in a dynamic way.
Don't worry if the water isn't still. Blurred reflections can make a scene seem more abstract. Photo by: 'Pxhere'.
Photographing cityscapes may be challenging though also enjoyable and incredibly rewarding. There's nothing more exciting than an eye-catching image of the urban landscape which can take you straight into the heart of a big city scene. With the right techniques and a bit of practice, you'll soon be on your way to creating fascinating images of the city skyline… so get out there with your camera and start shooting!
About the author: Serena Dzenis is a landscape photographer based in Iceland. You can find more of her work on her website or by following her on Facebook and Instagram.
Have you got any other tips for urban or cityscape photography? What has worked for you and what hasn't? Leave a comment below!
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Republican Congressmen Folding Under Pressure to Support Gun Control
Chris Reeves
Posted: Mar 08, 2018 1:00 PM
In the continuing political aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, House Republican incumbents facing tough races this November are increasingly turning towards supporting gun control measures in Congress, according to an analysis from Reuters.
Leading the pack of new pro-gun control Republicans is Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida's 26th district, who has "expressed support for raising the age of purchase for long guns, banning civilian purchases of military style weapons, and regulating high-capacity magazines," according to his Chief of Staff. This is the level of gun control typically supported by California Democrats like Sen. Diane Feinstein, and yet, as of now, Curbelo still has a "B+" rating from the NRA. (Every other Republican lawmaker mentioned in this article has an "A" rating from the NRA.)
For the most part, even the Florida congressman's colleagues who have called for more stringent gun control measures after the Parkland school shooting are acting noticeably more restrained than him in their gun control virtue signaling, but a couple have proposed concerning new measures that would strip people of their Second Amendment rights without due process.
For example, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California's 48th district is calling for the creation of a "federal list" that can be used to deny gun sales to people who use psychiatric prescription drugs and convicted felons. Putting aside the question of whether or not we really need to track down and disarm everyone on Xanax lest they turn into the next Nicholas Cruz, Rohrabacher is 50 years behind the times if he thinks that felons can legally acquire modern firearms. According to the ATF:
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) prohibits felons and certain other persons from possessing or receiving firearms and ammunition ("prohibited persons"). These categories can be found at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and (n) in http://atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-4.pdf.
However, Federal law does not prohibit these persons from possessing or receiving an antique firearm. The term "antique firearm" means any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898.
Perhaps the congressman is genuinely concerned about felons going on a mass shooting spree with a Brown Bess or a 17th century replica from the Jamestown history museum, but it seems more likely that he just doesn't know what he's talking about.
Rep. John Faso of New York's 19th district has been much more vague than Rohrabacher, but he also appears to now support some sort of new background check list that would prevent people with clean criminal records from buying guns:
"We need to really seriously examine the means by which individuals who are not adjudicated of a particular offense can be placed on a background check list."
According to Reuters, Faso also supports legislation banning anyone under 21 from purchasing semi-automatic firearms.
In the meantime, Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania's 6th district is launching a late campaign for the Democratic primary by calling for "commonsense" gun control policies "to reduce gun violence in society." Towards this end, Costello supports banning bump stocks, "increasing and enhancing background checks" (whatever that means), and striking down any bill for concealed carry reciprocity.
This last position is particularly striking, as the current state level patchwork of concealed carry reciprocity laws is a real legal mess that can and should be resolved at the federal level, especially given that the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit clause (Article IV, Section I) already appears to recommend such a law:
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
In other words, the Constitution explicitly allows Congress to force state governments to respect other states' legal determinations and records, so why shouldn't they require all states to respect one another's lawfully issued concealed carry permits? That seems pretty "commonsense" to most conservatives.
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska's 2nd district has been much more circumscribed in his support of gun control. Although he initially supported allowing teachers to be armed in schools, Bacon now opposes the measure after some liberal Nebraska school superintendents told him that they didn't like that solution:
Analysis: Why the Upcoming SCOTUS Confirmation Battle May Be Relatively Tame
Congressman @RepDonBacon meets with metro superintendents about school security. The conversation changed his stance on teachers having the choice to being armed with guns. @3NewsNowOmaha VIDEO: pic.twitter.com/jFiE5PU4u7
— Nick Starling (@NickStarlingTV) March 2, 2018
Bacon also supports strengthening criminal penalties against straw purchasers:
I introduced the Stop Straw Purchases Act w/ @RepCarbajal. HR 5134 will increase punishments for those who buy gun for one who's prohibited by law from having gun. Officer Orozco was killed by a gun obtained through a straw purchase- purchaser walked away with slap on the wrist. https://t.co/c5YFtza2kT
— Rep. Don Bacon (@RepDonBacon) March 1, 2018
Rep. Steve Knight of California's 25th district has had the most tepid and ambiguous pro-gun control shift of all, simply telling the press: "I believe there is a bipartisan path forward for meaningful legislation that protects people's rights while also protecting our children while in school and our families while in public spaces." This kind of response sounds more like meaningless rhetorical wordplay and political hedging than anything substantive, but Knight did sign an October 11th letter to the ATF last year calling for a "reevaluation" of the legality of bump stocks along with Rep. Curbelo, Rep. Bacon, and Rep. Costello (79 members of Congress signed the letter).
The Reuters analysis of Republican lawmakers' statements can be found here (and in this accompanying article).
gun control advocate


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@interface addAddressViewController ()<UITextViewDelegate>
{
    NSDictionary *addressDic;
    UITextField *personName;
    UITextField *telephone;
    UIButton *choose;
    UILabel *chooseLabel;
    UIImageView *chooseImage;
    UITextView *address;
    OSAddressPickerView *_pickerview;
    UIButton *defaultBtn;
}
@end

@implementation addAddressViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self setUpForDismissKeyboard];
    self.view.backgroundColor=Color(238, 238, 238);
    addressDic=[NSDictionary dictionary];

    UIButton *back = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 25, 25)];
    [back setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"back"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [back addTarget:self action:@selector(back) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    UIBarButtonItem *backItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:back];
    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backItem;

    NSArray *array=@[@"收货人  :",@"联系电话  :",@"所在地区  :",@"详细地址  :"];
    for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
        UIView *view=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 118*WidthScale*i, ScreenWidth, 116*WidthScale)];
        if (i==3) {
            view.frame=CGRectMake(0, 118*WidthScale*i, ScreenWidth, 179*WidthScale);
        }
        view.backgroundColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
        [self.view addSubview:view];
        UILabel *label=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(8, 40*WidthScale+118*WidthScale*i, 100, 20)];
        label.text=array[i];
        label.textColor=[UIColor blackColor];
        label.textAlignment=NSTextAlignmentLeft;
        [self.view addSubview:label];
        switch (i) {
            case 0:
                personName=[[UITextField alloc]init];
                personName.placeholder=@"请输入姓名";
                [view addSubview:personName];
                personName.sd_layout.leftSpaceToView(label,10).rightSpaceToView(view,0).topSpaceToView(view,0).bottomSpaceToView(view,0);
                break;
            case 1:
                telephone=[[UITextField alloc]init];
                telephone.placeholder=@"请输入联系电话";
                [view addSubview:telephone];
                telephone.sd_layout.leftSpaceToView(label,10).rightSpaceToView(view,0).topSpaceToView(view,0).bottomSpaceToView(view,0);
                break;
            case 2:
                chooseImage=[[UIImageView alloc]init];
                chooseImage.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"choose_huise"];
                [view addSubview:chooseImage];
                chooseImage.sd_layout.rightSpaceToView(view,8).topSpaceToView(view,36*WidthScale).bottomSpaceToView(view,36*WidthScale).widthIs(24*WidthScale);
                chooseLabel=[[UILabel alloc]init];
                chooseLabel.text=@"请选择";
                chooseLabel.textColor=Color(199, 199, 205);
                chooseLabel.textAlignment=NSTextAlignmentRight;
                [view addSubview:chooseLabel];
                chooseLabel.sd_layout.rightSpaceToView(chooseImage,10).topSpaceToView(view,40*WidthScale).bottomSpaceToView(view,40*WidthScale).widthIs(60);

                choose=[[UIButton alloc]init];
                choose.contentHorizontalAlignment=UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft;
                [choose setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
                choose.titleLabel.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:17];
                [choose addTarget:self action:@selector(chooseBtn) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
                [view addSubview:choose];
                choose.sd_layout.leftSpaceToView(label,10).rightSpaceToView(view,0).topSpaceToView(view,0).bottomSpaceToView(view,0);
                break;
            case 3:
                address=[[UITextView alloc]init];
                address.text=@"街道、楼号等";
                address.font=[UIFont systemFontOfSize:17];
                address.textColor=Color(221, 221, 221);
//                address.backgroundColor=[UIColor yellowColor];
                address.delegate=self;
                [view addSubview:address];
                address.sd_layout.leftSpaceToView(label,10).rightSpaceToView(view,0).topSpaceToView(view,25*WidthScale).bottomSpaceToView(view,0);
                break;

            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    UIView *view2=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 553*WidthScale, ScreenWidth, 118*WidthScale)];
    view2.backgroundColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
    [self.view addSubview:view2];
    UILabel *label2=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(8, 40*WidthScale, 140, 20)];
    label2.text=@"设为默认地址:";
    label2.textColor=[UIColor blackColor];
    [view2 addSubview:label2];
    defaultBtn=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    [defaultBtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"dadui_hui_03"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [defaultBtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"dadui_lv_03"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [defaultBtn addTarget:self action:@selector(changeDefault:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [view2 addSubview:defaultBtn];
    defaultBtn.sd_layout.rightSpaceToView(view2,8).topEqualToView(label2).widthIs(20).heightIs(20);

    UIButton *queren=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    queren.backgroundColor=Color(0, 239, 200);
    [queren setTitle:@"保存" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [queren addTarget:self action:@selector(querenBtn:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:queren];
    queren.sd_layout.leftSpaceToView(self.view,8).rightSpaceToView(self.view,8).topSpaceToView(view2,20*WidthScale).heightIs(98*WidthScale);

    if (self.changeDic!=nil) {
        NSLog(@"/////");
        [self changeView];
    }
}
-(void)changeView{
    personName.text=self.changeDic[@"name"];
    telephone.text=self.changeDic[@"telePhone"];
    [choose setTitle:self.changeDic[@"releaseAddress"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    address.text=self.changeDic[@"detailAddress"];
    address.textColor=[UIColor blackColor];
    if ([self.changeDic[@"default"] isEqualToString:@"1"]) {
        defaultBtn.selected=YES;
    }
}
-(void)changeDefault:(UIButton *)sender{
    sender.selected=!sender.selected;
}
-(void)chooseBtn{
    _pickerview = [OSAddressPickerView shareInstance];
    [_pickerview showBottomView];
    [self.view addSubview:_pickerview];

//    NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

    __weak UIButton *temp = choose;
    __weak UIImageView *imageview=chooseImage;
    __weak UILabel *label=chooseLabel;
    _pickerview.block = ^(NSString *province,NSString *city,NSString *district)
    {
        if (imageview) {
            [imageview removeFromSuperview];
        }
        if (label) {
            [label removeFromSuperview];
        }
        [temp setTitle:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@%@",province,city,district] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//        [defaults setObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@ %@",province,city,district] forKey:@"address"];
    };

}
-(void)querenBtn:(UIButton *)sender{
    BOOL isPhone=[self isMobileNumber:telephone.text];
    if (personName.text.length!=0) {
        if (isPhone==YES) {
            if (choose.currentTitle.length!=0) {
                if (address.text.length!=0) {
                    YFAlert *yfAlert = [[YFAlert alloc] initWithTitle:@"提示" message:@"要提交了哦,检查清楚哦O(∩_∩)O~"];

                    [yfAlert addBtnAlertTitle:@"取消" action:^{

                    }];
                    [yfAlert addBtnAlertTitle:@"确认" action:^{
                        if (defaultBtn.selected==YES) {
                            addressDic=@{@"name":personName.text,@"telePhone":telephone.text,@"releaseAddress":choose.currentTitle,@"detailAddress":address.text,@"default":@"1"};
                        }else{
                            addressDic=@{@"name":personName.text,@"telePhone":telephone.text,@"releaseAddress":choose.currentTitle,@"detailAddress":address.text,@"default":@"1"};
                        }
                        NSLog(@"%@",addressDic);
                        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

                    }];

                    [yfAlert showAlertWithSender:self];

                }else{
                    [YFAlert showAlertViewCertainWithTitle:@"请填写详细地址" WithUIViewController:self];
                }
            }else{
                [YFAlert showAlertViewCertainWithTitle:@"请选择您所在的地区" WithUIViewController:self];
            }
        }else{
            [YFAlert showAlertViewCertainWithTitle:@"请输入正确的手机号" WithUIViewController:self];
        }
    }else{
        [YFAlert showAlertViewCertainWithTitle:@"您还没有填写姓名" WithUIViewController:self];
    }

}
//将要开始编辑
- (BOOL)textViewShouldBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView{
    if ([textView.text isEqualToString:@"街道、楼号等"]) {
        textView.text=nil;
    }
    textView.textColor=[UIColor blackColor];
    return YES;
}

#pragma mark---状态监测---
// 正则判断手机号码地址格式
- (BOOL)isMobileNumber:(NSString *)mobileNum {

    //    电信号段:133/153/180/181/189/177
    //    联通号段:130/131/132/155/156/185/186/145/176
    //    移动号段:134/135/136/137/138/139/150/151/152/157/158/159/182/183/184/187/188/147/178
    //    虚拟运营商:170

    NSString *MOBILE = @"^1(3[0-9]|4[57]|5[0-35-9]|8[0-9]|7[06-8])\\d{8}$";

    NSPredicate *regextestmobile = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", MOBILE];

    return [regextestmobile evaluateWithObject:mobileNum];
}
- (void)setUpForDismissKeyboard {
    NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTapGR =
    [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                            action:@selector(tapAnywhereToDismissKeyboard:)];
    NSOperationQueue *mainQuene =[NSOperationQueue mainQueue];
    [nc addObserverForName:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
                    object:nil
                     queue:mainQuene
                usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note){
                    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:singleTapGR];
                }];
    [nc addObserverForName:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification
                    object:nil
                     queue:mainQuene
                usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note){
                    [self.view removeGestureRecognizer:singleTapGR];
                }];
}
-(void)back{
    [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
- (void)tapAnywhereToDismissKeyboard:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
    //此method会将self.view里所有的subview的first responder都resign掉
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@end


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I have just completed a commercial photography assignment for Pizza Hut at their newly refurbished Oracle Reading restaurant.
Yes it is that time of year again and the shops are filled with Christmas offerings. One way to give a Christmas card with a difference is to use your own photos.
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The larger the contingent of ODs visiting Capitol Hill, the greater the impact the profession can have.
It's time to make your voice heard with lawmakers on Capitol Hill: Registration has opened for the AOA's 2015 Congressional Advocacy Conference in Washington.
Hundreds of optometrists and students from across the country will convene in the nation's capital April 12-14 to educate members of Congress on optometry's top priorities.
One of the AOA's top priorities is to build support for newly introduced legislation (H.R. 1312) that would reinstate ODs into the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). This would give ODs the opportunity "to serve an underserved population while competing for debt forgiveness," says Roger Jordan, O.D., chair of the AOA's Federal Relations Committee.
Doctors and students will make a strong push on Capitol Hill for a long-term solution to Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula (SGR). AOA experts anticipate Congress may enact a permanent solution to the SGR problem this year. Having sought and won safeguards to optometry's physician status in previous SGR reform bills, the AOA will continue to push for full OD physician recognition in any and all Medicare reforms.
Such legislation includes an effort to repeal the AOA-backed provider nondiscrimination law. Another bill the AOA has opposed would give the federal government new powers to single out ODs and other health professionals and assert greater control over critical aspects of how ODs can practice and provide care for patients. The advocacy conference is an important time for AOA members to take steps to prevent these types of bills from advancing.
In advance of the White House Conference on Aging, to be held this December, the AOA and AARP will co-host a special session in which panelists will inform federal agency officials and others on the importance of eye exams and follow-up care for Medicare patients. These patients often have undiagnosed and untreated eye or vision problems, leading to issues such as preventable falls.
Want to make a difference on Medicare payment reform? Fight for inclusion in NHSC programs? Take a stance against anti-optometry bills? Join the hundreds of ODs and students on Capitol Hill to fight for patients and the profession. The larger the contingent of ODs visiting Capitol Hill, "the greater the impact that we all can have on Medicare payment reform and other issues critical to our patients, our practices, and our profession," Dr. Jordan says.
The 2015 Congressional Advocacy Conference will take place in Washington, D.C., April 12-14.


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Trinity College Dublin has introduced a masters programme leading to M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage.
This is a new one-year full-time or two years part-time programme, commencing September 2011. It has been designed to be a bridge between Humanities disciplines in the university and the professional and creative concerns of cultural institutions (the research libraries, museums and galleries), both in Ireland and beyond. It seeks to offer a rich historical grounding in what constitutes public history as well as provide a unique preparation for the management of cultural heritage.
Many of Ireland's finest cultural institutions are involved in the development of the programme, and students will be offered work experience internships at libraries, galleries and museums including the National Library of Ireland; the National Museum of Ireland; Dublin City Libraries and Archives; Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane; and the National Archives of Ireland. In support of this initiative the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, together with the National Library of Ireland, are offering this year a limited number of bursaries towards the cost of fees.


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Q: Excel Macro to populate value in column U on sheet1 if column H in sheet1 contains a value listed in column A of sheet 2 So I'm stumped on this logic for writing a macro and I would love some help!
I have a list of about 1700 different numbers on sheet 2 in column A.  I need a macro to find if those numbers exist in in column H in sheet1, and if they do, to populate column U in the same row with a word or character.
Make sense?
I figured out a way to find if column H in sheet1 has those numbers and to delete the rows, but that's not exactly what I'm going for.  I was just trying to see if I could suss out the logic from the delete row, but not so much.
Thanks in advance!
The code I have so far is:
The code I have so far is:
Sub DL()
Dim LR As Long, i As Long
With Sheets("Sheet2")
  LR = .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
  For i = LR To 1 Step -1
    If IsNumeric(Application.Match(.Range("A" & i).Value, Sheets("Sheet2").Columns("A"), 0)) Then

A: Try this:
Sub DL()

Dim LR As Long, i As Long
Dim rngList As Range

    Set rngList = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("H:H") 'lookup list

    With Sheets("Sheet2")
        LR = .Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
            For i = 1 To LR
            If IsNumeric(Application.Match(.Cells(i, "A").Value, rngList, 0)) Then
                .Cells(i, "U").Value = "Match"
            End If
        Next i
    End With

End Sub


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Lance Armstrong's Texas Bike Shop To Stop Providing Bikes to Cops
Brittany M. Hughes , @RealBrittHughes
August. 10. 2020
A Texas bike shop owned by cyclist Lance Armstrong said it will no longer be honoring a contract to sell or service bikes for law enforcement citing protests over alleged police brutality.
"In the context of the current evaluation of community policing in Austin, we have decided to no longer purchase, re-sell and service police-issue Trek bikes and accessories under a City of Austin RFP [Request For Proposal] the shop was previously awarded," Armstong's Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop announced on social media last week.
pic.twitter.com/kHdOXaZ4tm
— mellowjohnnys (@mellowjohnnys) August 6, 2020
According to the Washington Examiner, the shop had been awarded a $300,000 contract to give bikes to local police officers to use on the job. The city has so far spent $52,000 of that, meaning the store will walk away from about $314,000 left in the deal.
The shop pulled their participation with local police after some of their bikes were seen being used by cops during recent anti-cop protests.
"Businesses can no longer be non-participants in the communities they serve," the statement continued. "We chose what we think will do the most to suture these divides and place our community on the right side of history."
Despite terminating a contract to provide police with bikes, the store said that they "are not anti-police" and that they trust "our local police force will protect us from the very threats we are facing right now."
Assuming, of course, the cops can get there in time. I hear it takes a hot minute to walk all the way across Austin.
Police Bicycle
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Arrived early at the office, the sun not even peeking over the horizon.
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The crisp logo of a dala horse, my favorite roast, recently ground.
The smell of fresh hot coffee was moments away.


The Healthy Living Expo is a one day interactive show, featuring local businesses in the health and wellness industries. Show up early, stay all day and take part in all the activities and challenges that are going on throughout the day! Our Live Stage is busy all day with CALIHA presentations, Interactive Demonstrations and more!
Check out what you can expect from the Live stage at the Healthy Living Expo.
Door prizes from the Healthy Living Expo Exhibitors are given away from the Live Stage throughout the day. The Passport to Prizes is available to everyone over the age of 18 that enters the Expo. Passport to Prizes encourages our exhibitors and participants to interact with each other throughout the day, visiting each booth at the Expo. Once your Passport to Prizes is completely filled out, visitors to the Expo are eligible for door prizes and surprise giveaways.
Our Interactive Demonstrations showcase premier Central Alberta businesses and we highly encourage you to attend and participate in these demonstrations.
Should I Do an Interactive Demonstration at the Event?
This is an interactive show. We highly encourage our exhibitors and participants to interact with each other throughout the day. There are giveaways throughout the day for door prizes right from the stage. If you want to showcase your business as a premier business in Central Alberta through an on interactive stage demonstration, we highly encourage you to get your application in early as there is a limited number of demonstration spaces available.
Due to the nature of the show, we do not allow any public speaking presentations from the stage, all demonstrations must be engaging of the audience.
Previous demonstrators have included: Bikram Yoga Red Deer, Absolute Fitness, Jazzercise Red Deer and Premier Academy.
Take part in our Plank Challenge at the Live Stage to test yourself against your fellow Central Albertans and see how your core strength stacks up. This annual favourite allows Healthy Living Expo visitors of all ages to challenge their abilities and compete for prizes.
The Central Alberta Leadership in Health Awards (CALIHA) are presented to the category winners at the Vendor Networking Night. Nominees to the CALIHA are invited to be at the Expo to be recognized for their contributions to our community.