Hola amigos! Well this is my part two of my Alphabet Nail Art Challenge: W for Water Marble. I loved how part one of my water marble design came out, I couldn't resist to try again. I even wanted to create a Valentines Day theme, with the hearts and half moon (and of course pink nails).
For the base, I applied two coats of OPI Alpine Snow. Once the polish dries I used the same the tutorial by Mucking Fusser, only I kind of zig zagged the lines to have it more or less "floating" look (if that makes sense). The colors I used is Sation Nail Lacquer Delete Junk Male and Of Corset I'll Call You (in that order). I repeated the method for each nail.
Once I had the marbling done, with a nail art brush I used Essie's Good as Gold to draw the hearts, in various sizes and dots around them. Using the same nail art brush I created the half moons and the dots with a dotting tool. Lastly, I sealed the designs with Duri- Super Fast Dry Through Top Coat and that's it!


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Hug urged parties to the conflict in Donbas to withdraw weapons from DFS
12:57 / 13 Dec. 2016 / 577
First Deputy Head of the OSCE SMM Ukraine Alexander Hug visited Donetsk filter station and urged the parties to take arms near the site.
"Weapons should not be near this object. Both sides of the conflict are to withdraw the weapon from Donetsk filtering station to continue its normal operation. It is the responsibility of both sides," – Hug said.
He recalled that recently Donetsk filtration station was again damaged and were shortages of water supplies.
Hug said that thanks to the cooperation of the Joint Center of control and coordination (JCCC), as well as SMM who coordinated work of the staff of the filter station, and all these problems have been eliminated.
"But, unfortunately, civilian infrastructure damage during armed clashes still happen" – Hug admitted.
He added that most of these clashes took place due to the fact that the parties are too close to each other.
"This is a result that does not adhere to the agreements that were reached in Minsk. OSCE will register violations of agreements, but that the parties should cease fire and dilute the strength and the means ", – he said.
Earlier, it was reported that Avdiivka Coke plant fully reopened.
By the materials: www.novosti.dn.ua
The restoring-donbass.com website - is an interactive platform, which was created by the "Restoring Donbas" community initiative of Oleksandr Klymenko. The latest news, blogs and analysis, background information and useful ads for IDPs and Donbas residents are available on the website.
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This is one project I've been thinking about for a long time and finally put myself to the task while feeling quite under the weather this week to do much of anything else. How to make a quilted pincushion with a wood base.
Raid your fabric scraps to make the cutest pincushion and then I'll show you how to attach it to a solid 4×4 wood base for stability and weight. Anytime you can combine fabric and wood in a project is a win / win in my book!
The finished size on the squares is 3/4″ but the whole pincushion measures about 4″ square and just over 2″ tall.
I posted these in my etsy shop here but I show you how to make your own down below.
Step 1: Cut fabric strips at 1 1/4″ wide (for a 3/4″ finished square). Sew 7 strips together using 1/4″ seam allowance. Vary the fabrics and make lots of 7 strip sections.
Step 2: Cut the strips into 1 1/4″ wide sections then lay out 7 sections carefully positioning fabrics so no two alike are next to each other. Sew the 7 sections together then press.
Step 4: Trim edges flush and loose strings.
Also cut 1/4″ plywood scraps into 3 1/2″ squares and sand edges smooth.
Step 6: Place quilted fabric face down then a large pile of fiberfil and on top the 1/4″ plywood.
Step 7: Begin attaching quilted piece to plywood using a staple gun (I used 5/16″ staples – worked like a charm). Don't worry too much about fiberfil at the moment, you can add more before you close up the last side.
Step 8: Then attach the other two sides and it should look like above.
Step 9: Snip off the excess at the corners then tuck one side in and pull the other side over. Make sure the ends match for a nice appearance.
Above is a better view of the corners tucked in and pulled over taught.
Step 10: Predrill 5 countersunk holes into the stained 4×4 wood base and apply glue to bottom of pincushion.
Step 11: Using 1 1/4″ wood screws press down firmly and attach pincushion piece to wood base in all 5 spots.
My girls are taking a sewing class currently (because I don't have the patience!) and I'm definitely planning to make one of these for their teacher as a thank you gift.
These are beautiful. Such a clever idea and so easy to do. Thank you for sharing.


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Business Profile - Karen Perry, Alice Chilton In Home Care Services Ltd
PUBLISHED: 00:00 24 November 2014
Karen Perry
Spend five minutes with Karen Perry and you're left in no doubt that this is a strong, passionate and yet compassionate woman who is dedicated to using all her considerable skill and experience to not only create a successful business, but to change lives.
The business she has launched, alongside her husband, brother and sister-in-law, in named Alice Chilton, and there's even a clearly thought out reason for that.
Karen lost her mother in her late twenties, a time when most of us are, thankfully, still trying to work out just exactly what we plan to do with our lives. Following her loss, Karen not only continued building a successful career in global marketing and events, but volunteered with Age Concern. This was due to a realisation that we're not perhaps as good as we could be at caring for the elderly and vulnerable in our communities.
Karen says: 'My husband and I reached a point where we knew that if we ever wanted to step back and re-evaluate our lives, change direction if we chose, then it was now – this was the time. So we bought a property in France, left our jobs and moved there. Like many others, we renovated a property and ran holiday gites. It was so far away from our previous roles we were given the opportunity to really look at our lives and what we wanted to do with them.
'In 2013 we came back for a visit in December, and I fell into conversation with my brother, who worked in the at-home care industry. We of course discussed the recent care scandals and he told me about the challenges carers faced.
'On my way home I said to my husband that I wanted to establish a business that not only offered superior at-home care to the elderly, but offered superior employment to those who do the caring. There are many, many wonderful people out there doing an amazing job and those who do it well should be recognised and rewarded.
'It's a very big thing for an elderly person to finally recognise that they need help with living independently. It impacts their pride, their dignity and their entire sense of self. To go from independent living to realising you can't quite manage anymore, and then to let a stranger into your home…these aren't small things and shouldn't be handled by people who really don't care and aren't paid a respectful wage themselves for doing a job where respect is due.
Karen's passion for her new business is apparent in every word she utters.
'I want to make Alice Chilton a company that people want to join, a business they feel proud to work for. Training, recognition and reward all form a part of the way we look after our staff. We aim to be the benchmark for all similar businesses and hope that this will drive change in the whole industry.
'However, there needs to be a social and political sea-change before I think this will happen. The NHS and Local Authority budgets are spread so thinly. Finding a way to fund excellent in-home care would actually save funds, as it's cheaper than a residential care-home for people who are still mostly independent.'
'I know that Alice Chilton will be a success. But for me the greatest success will come when we achieve a fundamental change in the way we view and care for the elderly.'
www.alicechilton.com
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And with PROOF, w-t-f was wrong with THIS ELECTION ????????
robbedagain said: ↑
"DEAD ON", robbed with this assumption !!!!!!!!!!!
Need further Proof anyone, just look at the CAPITAL Police, and the Half-Assed Job they did the other day !
Anyone want to venture a guess of how many CPO's voted for the ORANGE MORON ?
T H I N K about IT. THINK HARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gulfcoast1 said: ↑
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-hill-insurrection-extremist-flags-soh/index.html
Given its supposed to be one of the most secured bldgs on earth and warning signs missed i can see a number of people both las enforcement and intelligence have a lot to answer for as somehow someway signs were missed. Total breakdown in a number of areas
P. REZ Veteran
#35 P. REZ, Jan 9, 2021
You are joking right? There is nothing to investigate except for how people who believe this were so gullible.
P. REZ said: ↑
It is sad that so many people can be convinced by one evil man that lies are truth and reality is not real. What could possibly have gone wrong inside their heads to believe things that have been proven false just because one man says otherwise? How can their minds be so weak to choose to believe obvious lies over truth?
I could never be that weak. If any Democratic president had committed even a fraction of the crimes trump (sic) did, or told a fraction of the lies, there is no way I would support him or her. That is the difference between us.
trump (sic) will be leaving office soon. But the sickness will remain as long as almost half the country will continue to believe lies over truth and commit these acts because of it.
P.Rez it is good to see AZ continue on its path to a more labor and union-friendly state. Happy new year 2021.
False. If they had a spine they would have stayed in the chambers during the treasonous insurrection. The rioters are traitors and those in Congress who incited them are traitors and should be tried as such.
NewHampshire Black Bears said: ↑
Get a grip Bears. Do you think income tax is the only federal tax you pay? Do you buy gas? Check out the fed tax listed on the pump. I'm sure there are others if you look hard enough. you should get out more often. sheesh
Just look who won. There's your proof.
funny...we said the same thing in 2016. Our candidate lost some "swing" states by a far narroow margin that Trump lost these. We weren't happy because 3 million more people voted for our candidate, but we were told to "suck it up, you lost". They usually added that the electoral vote is what matters. And they said that because, save for the "swing" states, the EC vote usually goes to the GOP. And since the GOP didn't win the electoral vote this time around, there was OBVIOUSLY fraud (but only in the swing states, the states that Trump won, the election was pure as the driven snow). So I understand your shock. YOu all were most likely ready for a repeat of 2016...where our candidate wins the popular vote but Trump wins the electoral vote. What's hard for many Trump supporters to understand is that there were a lot of people who didn't like Trump. Even in swing states. My county has been reliably red in the presidential election for over half a century. But this election, Biden won by 9 percentage points.
There wasn't any fraud....just more people didn't like Trump.
I agree 100% and although many of us said trump (sic) was not our president, we did not say he was not the president of the USA.
Oh, and we also weren't traitors who stormed the capitol resulting in 5 deaths while trying to stage a coup. It does not matter what I think, KC thinks, or Bear thinks. History has already judged these traitors who have brought shame upon themselves and their families. All the historians that make the news circuits on several networks-all of them including some who were on Reagan's team-have said they will be judged as traitors.
#42 NewHampshire Black Bears, Jan 11, 2021
NO gas-pump-shock Here, Sea' !
Up here in Gods Country, we're Use to $ 3+ gas !!
'GRIP xxxx ' !
dude'.
UR 11 + 0 Boys just LAID a HUGE friggin' E G G !
#44 Dog Wonder, Jan 11, 2021
Steelers have too much class claim a landslide and hire Giuliani.
Dog Wonder said: ↑
ANOTHER of your " Better-ones ", Dog'.
Truth be told, I've got a TON of Respect for PIT, and BEN. Taking nothing away from CLE !
There is a silver lining for PIT though. At least they can't LOSE to ' Prince Patrick ', and the CHIEFS .


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title: kitchenham
excerpt: kitchenham effort estimation
layout: repo-dataset
author: Masateru Tsunoda
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#URL

  * Latest version: [kitchenham](https://terapromise.csc.ncsu.edu:8443/svn/repo/effort/function-points/kitchenham/kitchenham.arff),
  * With change log:[https://terapromise.csc.ncsu.edu:8443/svn/repo/effort/function-points/kitchenham](https://terapromise.csc.ncsu.edu:8443/svn/repo/effort/function-points/kitchenham)

#Change Log

When | What
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   September 30, 2011 | Donated by [Masateru Tsunoda](/repo/people/data-donors/promise3.html)

#Reference

1 Barbara Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Beth McColl and Suzanne Eagan, "[An empirical study of maintenance and development estimation accuracy](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0164121202000213)," Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 74, pp.57-77, 2005.

2 Masateru Tsunoda, Takeshi Kakimoto, Akito Monden and Ken-ichi Matsumoto, "An empirical evaluation of outlier deletion methods for analogy-based cost estimation," In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering (Promise 2011), ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 17 , 10 pages.

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02 November 2021 | Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance responds to Reclaim Finance report
In response to the Reclaim Finance report, "It's Not What You Say, It's What you Do", the Chair of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Günther Thallinger says:
"The Alliance is looking for active and constructive dialogue with civil society so that its members can enable the implementation of the crucial transition to a 1.5°C pathway, as required by the 2015 Paris Agreement."
"Asset owners themselves must raise ambition to achieve robust interim emission targets for which they are accountable. While civil society has a crucial role in helping get more financial service providers to commit to net-zero by pushing those who are already running to go faster and push those who remain standing."
"Alliance members are already changing their investment decision-making, enabling them to work effectively with others on the transformation at the beginning of this decisive decade. With science-based short-term targets for portfolio emission reductions; sector emission intensity reductions; company engagement; and financing the transition, plus neutral target-monitoring established in the form of an UN-led secretariat, we have made robust first steps."
"The transformation away from fossil energy is driven by these science-based pathways. Such an approach allows for not only a viable but also a just transition. A simple 'no investment in fossil energy – especially oil and gas' would create social and economic inequities, and thus would ultimately slow down the crucial transition into renewable energy."
The Alliance has produced the following FAQ to guide stakeholders through the complexities of transitioning investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050
Why isn't the Alliance acting right now to reduce emissions and alleviate the climate emergency?
Alliance members have set strict deadlines on target-setting: 29 of AOA's 60 members have already set 2025 targets. The net-zero AOA is thus one of the few, if not the only, globally active group of companies (not only financial institutions) who have set 2025 targets. They will begin reporting against these targets next year. Reporting is monitored by the UN.
Members have 12 months from joining the Alliance to set their interim targets, with the cut-off point for inclusion in the Progress Report being 30 June 2021. The Progress Report aggregated the intermediate emissions reductions targets set by members as part of the 2025 Alliance Target Setting Protocol. The Protocol guides how individual members will set science-based emission reduction targets, achievable in the next five years, informed by IPCC 1.5°C no and low overshoot pathways.
Surely any meaningful action on climate change must require immediate coal phase-out
Alliance targets must be set on scientific no and low overshoot pathways, that include several technological phase-outs over time, certainly including coal. In addition, the Alliance has an explicit Position on Coal phase-out, which members are adopting into their own policies, a process that is ongoing and that the Alliance will accelerate.
Why doesn't the Alliance require members to bring an immediate halt to fossil fuel funding?
Alliance targets must be set on scientific (IPCC) no and low overshoot pathways that are clear on fossil fuel-related pathways. A viable and just transition must be ensured to allow for acceleration of the transition. The Alliance wants to work with governments on long-term plans to guide the transition, and then speedily retire fossil energy assets.
Why doesn't the Alliance prohibit the use of carbon offsets?
Nearly all low and no overshoot models used by the IPCC require negative emissions technologies (NETs), as does the IEA's NZE 2050 pathway. The Alliance's Position on NETs was published in September.
Why doesn't the Alliance forbid its members from supporting Carbon Dioxide Removal?
The Alliance believes that asset owners' immediate efforts must foster the rapid and deep cutting of GHG emissions as a priority, so that fewer emissions enter the atmosphere, requiring less Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) in the future. The Alliance prioritizes abatement, natural sinks, and then, where necessary, CDR technologies, but also acknowledges that without CDR at all, 1.5 will be near impossible.
The Alliance sees divestment as incompatible with engagement strategies. They are complementary — divestment must be used as a threat to ensure that the demands from the asset owner are taken seriously.
The Alliance agrees the two approaches are complementary. It does see engagement as the clear starting point because only through engagement (and not through divestment), can real-world impacts be achieved, and real-world emissions are reduced swiftly. If engagement over time remains futile, however, then certainly the Alliance sees divestment and other forms of portfolio-level capital reallocation as a valid measure of last resort.
Would the Alliance delist a member if it did not set targets or comply with the Protocol?
To date, all members are fulfilling the commitments they agreed to when joining the Alliance. If this were to change, then the Alliance, guided by its governing and multi-stakeholder Steering Group, would work closely with the member in question to meet the requirements of membership. As a last resort, and after a suitable grace period, the member would be delisted.
Oliver Wagg, UNEP FI: +44 7885 377264; oliver.wagg@un.org
About the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
The 60 members of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance have committed to: i) transitioning their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 consistent with a maximum temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels; ii) establishing intermediate targets every five years; and iii) regularly reporting on progress. The Alliance is convened by UNEP's Finance Initiative and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The Alliance is supported by WWF and Global Optimism, an initiative led by Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Q: Расчёт разницы во времени между двумя ячейками С программирование на Google apps script знаком очень поверхностно, на основе своих знаний написал такой код (сразу скажу работает не корректно):
function ResponseTime(){
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var sheetName = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetName();
  var range = sheet.getActiveRange();
  var data = range.getValues();
  if(sheetName == "Вопросник" && range.getColumn() == 17){
    for (var i=0;i < data.length;i++){
      if (data[i][0]>0) {
        (data[i][0])=Date.parse(data[i][0]);
        var time1 = (data[i][0])}
      else {
      }
    }
  }
  if(sheetName == "Вопросник" && range.getColumn() == 18){
    for (var i=0;i < data.length;i++){
      if (data[i][0]>0) {
        (data[i][0])=Date.parse(data[i][0]);
        var time2 = (data[i][0])}
      else {
      }
    }
   for (var i=0;i < data.length;i++){
      if (data[i][0]>0 && time2>0) {
        let date = new Date(time2);
        range.offset(i,+1,1,1).setValue(date.getHours()+':'+date.getMinutes());}
      else {
      }
   }
  }
}

У меня в таблице в столбцах 17 и 18 идут две даты, как рассчитать разницу между ними особо не нашел, поэтому решил сначала из обеих ячеек получить таймстамп с помощью Date.parse(str), далее уже найти разницу в миллисекундах и преобразовать ее в "часы:минуты".
Но в итоге что планировал получить не удалось. Я так понимаю основная проблема с методом .getColumn() он позволяет работать с определенным диапазоном, то есть только с одним столбцом и мне не подходит.
Подскажите на какой метод его заменить? и также я предполагаю что много лишнего написал в коде, может его как-то можно упростить, что-то выбросить?
Возможно я изначально пошел не по тому пути и все можно реализовать намного проще?
Буду рад любым предложениям.

A: Время находится в столбцах A & B, Разница записывается в столбец C.
function diffDates() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
  var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Вопросник'); // ss.getActiveSheet();

  sheet.getRange('C:C').setValues(
    sheet
    .getRange('A:B')
    .getValues()
    .map(function(row){
      if (row[0] && row[1]) {
        return [msToTime(Math.abs(row[0] - row[1]))];
      }
      else return [''];
    })
  );
}

function msToTime(duration) {
  var seconds = Math.floor((duration / 1000) % 60),
    minutes = Math.floor((duration / (1000 * 60)) % 60),
    hours = Math.floor((duration / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24);

  hours = (hours < 10) ? "0" + hours : hours;
  minutes = (minutes < 10) ? "0" + minutes : minutes;
  seconds = (seconds < 10) ? "0" + seconds : seconds;

  return hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
}

Функция msToTime взята отсюда

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Over the past several months, I've been building up my training skillset with several of my coworkers at Shelter Insurance. This past week one of those coworkers and I put on Shelter's first in-house two-day Agile training session. It was super fun!
There were initially a half dozen of us that went through a series of coaching and training courses put on by Agile 42. (Thanks, Dhaval, Daniel, and Richard!) Throughout those courses and afterward, the six of us put together a ton of training content to present at Shelter. We presented our content in several formats, stringing it together to fit different needs and formats. However, it was always our ultimate goal to put together two-day, immersive training sessions for new hires and current employees who are new to Agile ideas and practices. It was fantastic to see those goals reached.
This first session that we put on was, I think, I huge success. The participants were engaged throughout the session, asked good questions, and gave good feedback.
We definitely have some areas of improvement moving forward. We weren't too sure of how much content it would take to fill two days, so we trimmed it down to what we thought was the bare minimum that our participants would need for success. We plowed through that content in a day and a half, even after taking long breaks and lunches. Now that we have a little hindsight, we can see which of those pieces of content would have been most useful to the group and can add that back in.
Most of our participants were on one team. They're currently engaged in transitioning to Scrum and I'll have the pleasure of coaching them through that transition. I'm looking forward to watching that evolution, as well as getting more insight into what we didn't share with them that we could have.


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Comic Book Reviews: 'Captain American' and 'Catwoman'
By Meredith Harris, Kyle Thompson
'Captain America' No. 1
Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, artist Leinil Francis Yu
Review by Kyle Thompson, The Great Escape Louisville
BETWEEN FAMILIES being separated at the border, a government that seems to care more about social media than governing and the fact that less than a year ago Captain America was essentially a Nazi, Ta-Nehisi Coates has his work cut out for him. The character just doesn't seem necessary right now. But early on in "Captain America" No. 1, we see that he is, now more than ever.
Coates' writing in both books and essays combine the frustration we all feel with empathy, and frames current events in the broad scope of history. Captain America would seem to be the perfect comic for him, but I was still skeptical. I just didn't want a Captain America book. I thought maybe he should just go away for a couple years and, when things are less embarrassing, he can make his triumphant return.
Coates and artist Leinil Francis Yu dissolve any skepticism immediately. This Steve Rogers is at once proud to be an emblem of the American Dream, and greatly burdened by the weight of how that dream has been bastardized. He fights a group of men with American flag face paint in this first issue (you can easily imagine them owning MAGA hats), and has to deal with the fact that his enemies also see themselves as representative of his country.
Like the best superhero stories, this is shaping up to be an epic in which Captain America can't punch his way to victory. No. 1 was released on July 4 (of course), with No. 2 coming on Aug. 1.
Catwoman' No. 1
Writer and artist Joëlle Jones
Review by Meredith Harris, The Great Escape Louisville
SELINA KYLE is a week out from leaving Bruce Wayne at the altar, and she's apparently spent that time gambling and suffering from insomnia. Oh yeah, and having the police come after her because Catwoman has murdered two officers. Well, kind of. It's actually a copy cat (get it?), and they're ruining Kyle's already-questionable reputation.
It's not as if the law coming after Selina is anything new; at worst she's a criminal, and, at best, an antihero. The idea of an imposter Catwoman isn't exactly unheard of, either, but Joëlle Jones, who writes and draws the book, adds in enough new twists and details that the story remains fresh and engaging. There are a handful of plot threads woven throughout the issue that are obviously meant to set up for the long-term, and we also meet a number of supporting characters who will clearly remain important in the future.
The fact that Jones is writing and drawing the book means there are twice as many things for me to praise her for, and I'm happy to do it. She does so much with body language and facial expressions, and with her doing both writing and art, she can add details that are usually lost between a writer and an artist.
I hate the idea of people skipping over this issue because they're upset about the events of "Batman" No. 50, because "Catwoman" No. 1 is phenomenal and it deserves a fair shake. It's setting up not only a fun story arc but a fun series in general, and Jones' work, as always, deserves your attention. Issue No. 1 came out July 4 with issue No. 2 following on Aug. 2
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Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum
Judith N. Steenbergen, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Stephanie D. Malliaris, Arturo Casadevall
Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated, environmental fungus that can cause life-threatening meningitis. Pathogenicity of C. neoformans for macrophages and vertebrate hosts may be a mechanism selected in evolution for protection against environmental predators. In this study, we investigated whether Dictyostelium discoideum could serve as an alternate host for C. neoformans. D. discoideum has a defined genetic system which provides significant advantages for the study of fungus-amoeba interactions. Our results show that D. discoideum is susceptible to infection with C. neoformans and that the interactions are similar to those described previously for this fungus with macrophages and Acanthamoeba castellanii. Acapsular C. neoformans cells did not replicate when coincubated with D. discoideum. However, incubation of acapsular C. neoformans with D. discoideum mutants defective in myosin VII synthesis resulted in infection, validating the concept that avirulent organisms can be virulent in impaired hosts even at the unicellular level. Phagocytosis of C. neoformans by D. discoideum could be inhibited with capsule-specific antibodies and various sugars. Passage of an encapsulated C. neoformans strain through D. discoideum cultures increased virulence and was accompanied by larger capsules and faster time to melanization. These results add to the evidence implicating soil ameboid predators as important factors for the maintenance of C. neoformans virulence in the environment and suggest that D. discoideum promises to be an extremely useful system for studying the interaction of C. neoformans with phagocytic cells.
https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.9.4862-4872.2003
Published - Sep 1 2003
10.1128/IAI.71.9.4862-4872.2003
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Steenbergen, J. N., Nosanchuk, J. D., Malliaris, S. D., & Casadevall, A. (2003). Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum. Infection and immunity, 71(9), 4862-4872. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.9.4862-4872.2003
Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum. / Steenbergen, Judith N.; Nosanchuk, Joshua D.; Malliaris, Stephanie D. et al.
In: Infection and immunity, Vol. 71, No. 9, 01.09.2003, p. 4862-4872.
Steenbergen, JN, Nosanchuk, JD, Malliaris, SD & Casadevall, A 2003, 'Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum', Infection and immunity, vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 4862-4872. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.9.4862-4872.2003
Steenbergen JN, Nosanchuk JD, Malliaris SD, Casadevall A. Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum. Infection and immunity. 2003 Sep 1;71(9):4862-4872. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.4862-4872.2003
Steenbergen, Judith N. ; Nosanchuk, Joshua D. ; Malliaris, Stephanie D. et al. / Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is enhanced after growth in the genetically malleable host Dictyostelium discoideum. In: Infection and immunity. 2003 ; Vol. 71, No. 9. pp. 4862-4872.
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Died 21 Apr 1552 at age 57 (born 16 Apr 1495).German astronomer and geographer, also known as Petrus Apianus, whose major work was Instrumentum sinuum sivi primi mobilis (1534), in which he gave tables of his calculations of sines for every minute, with a decimal division of the radius.
A small two-seater Cessna 152 plane crashed into a cemetery early this afternoon in central Poland. Polish search and rescue workers have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the evening.


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Two new sorority houses proposed to be developed near Marquette
Rob Gebelhoff|February 10, 2015
The new sorority houses are proposed for a parking lot on the 1500 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue.
Two new sorority houses are proposed to be built on the 1500 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue.
An affiliate for Cedar Square LLC filed a request for the development to house the Sigma Kappa and Alpha Phi sororities, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday. The $1.4 million construction is proposed for what now is a parking lot.
Milwaukee's Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on the proposal at 5 p.m. on Thursday. The board will have to approve a request to construct the houses without the minimum required rear setback or number of parking spaces.
This is a growing trend in the Greek-life community on campus. Another affiliate of Cedar Square started developing a three-story building this past summer to house the Alpha Xi Delta sorority at 1436 W. Kilbourn Ave. All three projects are to be designed by architect Fouad Saab.
Also this summer, the Kappa Sigma fraternity moved into a house that currently holds 35 residents.
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President Donald Trump addresses large crowd at the White House on final night of RNC
Mitch McConnell speaks on the final night of the Republican National Convention
Vice President Mike Pence says 'violence must stop' in Kenosha
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence among third night of speakers at RNC
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Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's most famous stories. It was first published in the Cornhill Magazine in 1878 by Leslie Stephen (Virginia Woolf's father) and became instantly popular. It was reprinted several times within a couple of years, and it was even pirated in Boston and New York. On the surface it's a simple enough tale of a spirited young American girl visiting Europe. She is a product of the New World, but her behaviour doesn't sit easily with the more conservative manners of her fellow expatriates in Europe. She pushes the boundaries of acceptable behaviour to the limit, and ultimately the consequences are tragic.
Daisy Miller represents a difficult case for making distinctions between the long short story and the novella. Henry James himself called it a 'short chronicle', but as a matter of fact it was rejected by the first publisher he sent it to on the grounds that it was a 'nouvelle' – that is, too long to be a short story, and not long enough to be a novel.
It should be remembered that the concept of the novella only emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century, and publishers were sceptical about its commercial appeal. This was the age of three-volume novels, serial publications, and magazine stories which were written to be read at one sitting.
If it is perceived as a long short story, then the basic narrative line becomes 'a young American girl is too forthright for her own good in unfamiliar surroundings and eventually dies as a result'. This seems to trivialize the subject matter, and reduce it to not much more than a cautionary anecdote.
The case for regarding it as a novella is much stronger. Quite apart from the element of length (30,000 words approximately) it is a highly structured work. It begins with Winterbourne's arrival from Geneva, and it ends with his return there. It has two settings – Vevey and Rome. Daisy travels from Switzerland 'over the mountains' into Italy and Rome, one of the main centres of the Grand Tour. And it has two principal characters – Winterbourne and Daisy. It also has two interlinked subjects. One is overt – Winterbourne's attempt to understand Daisy's character. The second is more complex and deeply buried – class mobility, and the relationship between Europe and America.
Daisy's family are representatives of New Money. Her father, Ezra B. Miller is a rich industrialist. He has made his money in unfashionable but industrial Schenectady, in upstate New York. Having made that money, the family have wintered in fashionable New York City. This nouveau riche experience has given Daisy the confidence to feel that she can act as she wishes.
But the upper-class social group in which she is mixing have a different set of social codes. They are in fact imitating those of the European aristocracy to which they aspire. In this group a young woman should be chaperoned in public, and she must not even appear to spend too long in the company of an eligible bachelor because this might compromise her reputation.
Daisy has the confidence and the social dynamism provided by her father's industrial-based money back in Schenectady, but she is denied permanent entry into the upper-class society in which she is mixing because she flouts its codes of behaviour.
Conversely, Winterbourne is attracted to Daisy's frank and open manner, but he does not understand her – until it is too late. In fact he fails to recognise the clear opportunities she offers him to make a fully engaged relationship, and as she rightly observes, he is 'too stiff' to shift from his conservative attitudes. The text does not make clear his source of income, but he obviously feels at home with the upper-class American expatriates, and his return to Geneva at the end of the novella to resume his 'studies' underscores his wealthy dilettantism.
He is trapped in his upper-class beliefs in a way that Daisy is not in hers. She has the confidence of having made a transition from one class into another at a higher level. She has a foot in both camps – but her tragedy is that she fails to recognise that she cannot enjoy the benefits of the higher class without accepting the restrictions membership will impose on her behaviour.
Part I. Frederick Winterbourne, an American living in Geneva is visiting his aunt in Vevey, on Lake Leman. In the hotel garden he meets Daisy Miller via her young brother Randolph. He is much taken with her good looks, but puzzled by her forthright conversation. He offers to show her the Castle of Chillon at the end of the lake.
Part II. Mrs Costello, his rather snobbish aunt warns him against the Miller family on the grounds that they lack social cachet. When he visits the castle with Daisy she teases him, offers to take him on as tutor to Rudolph, and is annoyed when he reveals that he must leave the next day. Nevertheless she invites him to visit her in Italy later that year.
Part III. Some weeks later on his arrival in Rome, Winterbourne's friend Mrs Walker warns him that Daisy is establishing a dubious reputation because of her socially unconventional behaviour. Daisy joins them, and Winterbourne insists on accompanying her when she leaves to join a friend alone in public. He disapproves of the friend Signor Giovanelli who he sees as a lower-class fortune hunter, and Mrs Walker even tries to prevent Daisy from being seen alone in public with men.
Part IV. The American expatriate community resent Daisy's behaviour, and Mrs Walker then snubs her publicly at a party they all attend. Winterbourne tries to warn Daisy that she is breaking the social conventions, but she insists that she is doing nothing wrong or dishonourable. He defends Daisy's friendship with Signor Giovanelli to her American critics. Finally, Winterbourne encounters Daisy with Giovanelli viewing the Colosseum by moonlight. Winterbourne insists that she go back to the hotel to avoid a scandal. She goes under duress, but she has in fact contracted malaria ('Roman Fever') from which she dies a few days later. At the funeral Giovanelli reveals to Winterbourne that he knew that Daisy would never have married him. Winterbourne realises that he has made a mistake in his assessment of Daisy, but he 'nevertheless' returns to live in Geneva.
Elizabeth Allen, A Woman's Place in the Novels of Henry James, London: Macmillan Press, 1983.
William T. Stafford (ed), James's Daisy Miller: The story, the play, the critics, New York: Scribner, 1963.


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Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth
José A. Bauermeister, Marc A. Zimmerman, Tracey E. Barnett, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell
Health Behavior & Health Systems
Researchers have found mixed support for documenting whether work is protective or harmful during adolescence. This study examined the association between work and problem behaviors among African American youth (N = 592; 53% female; M = 14.8 years, SD = .60) followed from mid-adolescence to young adulthood over eight Waves (90% response rate over the first four Waves and a 68% response rate across all eight Waves). We explored three competing operationalizations of work: work history (never worked, worked), work intensity (no work, 20 h or less, and 21 h or over), and work trajectories (never worked, episodic work, stopped working, late starter, and consistent worker). Non-working youth reported higher marijuana use during young adulthood than their working counterparts. Nonworkers reported lower self-acceptance during young adulthood than those working greater number of hours per week. Differences in work trajectories for cigarette use, depression, and anxiety during adolescence imply that when and for how long youth work are also important factors to explore. Our findings lend tentative support to the work benefits perspective and suggest that the association between work and problem behaviors may depend on the work measure used. We discuss the implications of employing different work measures in adolescent research.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Adolescent development
Externalizing behavior
Work transitions
Dive into the research topics of 'Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
African Americans Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
adulthood Social Sciences 90%
American Social Sciences 82%
adolescence Social Sciences 20%
Problem Behavior Medicine & Life Sciences 15%
youth work Social Sciences 11%
Marijuana Use Medicine & Life Sciences 9%
operationalization Social Sciences 8%
Bauermeister, J. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Barnett, T. E., & Caldwell, C. H. (2007). Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36(7), 877-890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9196-0
Bauermeister, José A. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Barnett, Tracey E. et al. / Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth. In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 2007 ; Vol. 36, No. 7. pp. 877-890.
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Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth. / Bauermeister, José A.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Barnett, Tracey E. et al.
In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol. 36, No. 7, 10.2007, p. 877-890.
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AU - Zimmerman, Marc A.
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AU - Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgements This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to the University of Michigan—School of Public Health (Grant Number R01-DA07484; Principal Investigator: Marc A. Zimmerman, Ph.D.) and a center grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University (P30-MH43520; Principal Investigator, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Ph.D.).
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Bauermeister JA, Zimmerman MA, Barnett TE, Caldwell CH. Working in high school and adaptation in the transition to young adulthood among African American youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 2007 Oct;36(7):877-890. doi: 10.1007/s10964-007-9196-0


Adjust & secure the angle of your GoPro HERO camera with a flick of this all-metal clamp.
The Schier Clamp is a design improvement on the standard GoPro thumbscrew, using a tensioning clamp to quickly lock your camera in place. So if you need a quick angle adjustment, just flick open the clamp, adjust your camera's angle and then flick the clamp closed.
Works with all GoPro HERO Cameras.
Clamp design works much like a quick-release tension lever on a bicycle.
To install: Insert threaded screw into the 3-pin mount, tighten the included knurled nut and then close the clamp to lock down your GoPro.
Clamp design allows easy camera angle adjustment because you can just flick it open, adjust and flick it closed (instead of messing with a thumbscrew).
All-metal design withstands the shock, dust and water of extreme sports and other high-octane activities.
Schier Clamp comes in a variety of colors to trick out your camera rig.


UPDATE: Download the 2019 scorecards and priority recommendations by clicking on the Publications tab.
Download the 2017 scorecards and priority recommendations by clicking on the Publications tab.
Unhealthy diets and obesity are among the biggest contributors to poor health in Australia. Efforts to address obesity and improve population diets need a comprehensive response, and there is broad consensus on the general areas for action in this area.
However, the development and implementation of recommended policies has been slow in Australia and globally. While there has been increased focus on increasing accountability for taking action to address the problem, including through rigorous monitoring and benchmarking of performance against targets, Australia's performance in obesity prevention is not currently systematically monitored.
INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support) is an international network of researchers and public health organisations that aims to monitor and benchmark public and private sector actions to create healthy food environments and reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases globally.
INFORMAS has developed the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to assess government policy across 14 action areas related to food environments. The tool comprises a 'policy' component with seven domains each related to specific aspects of food environments that have been shown to have an important impact on population diets, and an 'infrastructure support' component with six domains based on the World Health Organization (WHO) building blocks for strengthening health systems.
This project implemented the Food-EPI in Australia to benchmark the diet-related aspects of obesity prevention policies of Australia and compare it to international best practice. The policies of each State and Territory as well as the Federal Government were assessed.
Government, including knowledge of government officials, relationships within government and with external stakeholders, impact on policy.
As part of INFORMAS, the Food-EPI data from this project were added to data collected in other countries to form a database of policy action worldwide. This database will ultimately be used to compare policy implementation across countries and over time.
Identifying priority areas for action in Australia to improve food environments.
The project directly assessed the degree to which policies in Australia are meeting best practice guidelines for improving food environments, and identified priority areas for action in Australia to improve food environments.
As part of the project, the extent to which each jurisdiction in Australia is implementing globally recommended policies was assessed, and priority actions for each government identified in 2017 and then again in 2019. Download reports for Australia and each state and territory below.
National media launch, February 20, 2017.
A sample of the media coverage is listed below.


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using System;
using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL;
using OpenTK;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace SimpleScene
{
    public class SSShadowMap
    {
        // http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/intermediate-tutorials/tutorial-16-shadow-mapping/

        // TODO: update shadowmap mvp when position of SSLight changes

        public const int c_maxNumberOfShadowMaps = 4;

        private readonly Matrix4 c_biasMatrix = new Matrix4(
            0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
            0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
            0.0f, 0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f,
            0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f
        );
        private const int c_texWidth = 1024;
        private const int c_texHeight = 1024;
        private static int s_numberOfShadowMaps = 0;

        private readonly int m_frameBufferID;
        private readonly int m_textureID;
        private readonly TextureUnit m_textureUnit;
        protected readonly SSLight m_light;

        public static int NumberOfShadowMaps { get { return s_numberOfShadowMaps; } }

        public Matrix4 DepthBiasVP {
            get { return m_viewMatrix * m_projMatrix * c_biasMatrix; }
        }

        public int TextureID {
            get { return m_textureID; }
        }

        public TextureUnit TextureUnit {
            get { return m_textureUnit; }
        }

        private Matrix4 m_projMatrix;
        private Matrix4 m_viewMatrix;

        public SSShadowMap(SSLight light, TextureUnit texUnit)
        {
            validateVersion();
            if (s_numberOfShadowMaps >= c_maxNumberOfShadowMaps) {
                throw new Exception ("Unsupported number of shadow maps: "
                                     + (c_maxNumberOfShadowMaps + 1));
            }
            ++s_numberOfShadowMaps;

            m_light = light;
            m_frameBufferID = GL.Ext.GenFramebuffer();
            m_textureID = GL.GenTexture();

			// bind the texture and set it up...
            m_textureUnit = texUnit;
            BindShadowMapToTexture();
            GL.TexParameter(TextureTarget.Texture2D,
                            TextureParameterName.TextureMagFilter,
                            (int)TextureMagFilter.Nearest);
            GL.TexParameter(TextureTarget.Texture2D,
                            TextureParameterName.TextureMinFilter,
                            (int)TextureMinFilter.Nearest);
            GL.TexParameter(TextureTarget.Texture2D,
                            TextureParameterName.TextureWrapS,
                            (int)TextureWrapMode.ClampToEdge);
            GL.TexParameter(TextureTarget.Texture2D,
                            TextureParameterName.TextureWrapT,
                            (int)TextureWrapMode.ClampToEdge);

			// GL.TexParameter(TextureTarget.Texture2D, TextureParameterName.GenerateMipmap, (float)1.0f);

            GL.TexImage2D(TextureTarget.Texture2D, 0,
                PixelInternalFormat.DepthComponent16,
                c_texWidth, c_texHeight, 0,
                PixelFormat.DepthComponent, PixelType.Float, IntPtr.Zero);

			// bind the framebuffer and set it up..
			GL.Ext.BindFramebuffer(FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer, m_frameBufferID);
            GL.Ext.FramebufferTexture(FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer,
                                      FramebufferAttachment.DepthAttachment,
                                      m_textureID, 0);

			// turn off reading and writing to color data
			GL.DrawBuffer(DrawBufferMode.None);
			GL.ReadBuffer(ReadBufferMode.None);
            //GL.Ext.FramebufferTexture(
            //	FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer,
            //    FramebufferAttachment.Depth,0,0);

			assertFramebufferOK();
        }

        ~SSShadowMap() {
            // DeleteData();
        }

        public void DeleteData() {
            // TODO: who/when calling this?
            GL.DeleteTexture(m_textureID);
            GL.Ext.DeleteFramebuffer(m_frameBufferID);
        }

        public void PrepareForRender(SSRenderConfig renderConfig,
                                     List<SSObject> objects,
                                     Util3d.FrustumCuller frustum,
									 SSCamera camera) {
            GL.Ext.BindFramebuffer(FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer, m_frameBufferID);
            GL.Viewport(0, 0, c_texWidth, c_texHeight);

			float width,height,nearZ,farZ;
            Vector3 viewEye, viewTarget, viewUp;
			if (true) {
				// dynamically compute light frustum
	            Util3d.Projections.SimpleShadowmapProjection(
					objects, m_light, frustum, camera,
					out width, out height, out nearZ, out farZ,
	                out viewEye, out viewTarget, out viewUp);
			} else {
				// hard-coded "whole scene"...
				width = 2500;
				height = 1500;
				nearZ = 1;
				farZ = 15000;
				viewEye = new Vector3(0,0,-1500f);
				viewTarget = new Vector3(0,0,1f);
				viewUp = new Vector3(0,1f,0);
			}

			m_projMatrix = Matrix4.CreateOrthographic(width,height,nearZ,farZ);
            m_viewMatrix = Matrix4.LookAt(viewEye, viewTarget, viewUp);

            renderConfig.projectionMatrix = m_projMatrix;
            renderConfig.invCameraViewMat = m_viewMatrix;
            renderConfig.drawingShadowMap = true;
            SSShaderProgram.DeactivateAll();

            GL.DrawBuffer(DrawBufferMode.None);
            GL.Clear(ClearBufferMask.DepthBufferBit);

			assertFramebufferOK();
		}

        public void FinishRender(SSRenderConfig renderConfig) {
			GL.Ext.BindFramebuffer(FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer, 0);
            renderConfig.drawingShadowMap = false;
        }

		public void BindShadowMapToTexture() {
			GL.ActiveTexture(TextureUnit.Texture4);
			GL.BindTexture(TextureTarget.Texture2D, m_textureID);
        }

		private void assertFramebufferOK() {
            var currCode = GL.Ext.CheckFramebufferStatus(FramebufferTarget.Framebuffer);
            if (currCode != FramebufferErrorCode.FramebufferComplete) {
                throw new Exception("Frame buffer operation failed: " + currCode.ToString());
			}
		}

        private void validateVersion() {
            string version_string = GL.GetString(StringName.Version);
            Version version = new Version(version_string[0], version_string[2]); // todo: improve
            Version versionRequired = new Version(2, 2);
            if (version < versionRequired) {
                throw new Exception("framebuffers not supported by the GL backend used");
            }
        }
    }
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Chicago Booth, LBS Reign In New Forbes Business School Ranking
Last Updated Sep 19, 2019 by Matthew Korman
The biennial Forbes "Best Business Schools" ranking is out, with Chicago Booth on top for the first time in school history. And among international schools, London Business School finds itself on top yet again.
MBA graduates from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business saw the highest five-year net gain, according to Forbes data. The estimated net gain factors in the cost of education, plus annual salaries both before and after one earns their degree. Chicago MBA grads saw a net gain of $94,400—roughly $4,000 more than the 2nd highest ranked U.S. business school, the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
"Chicago grads sent two thirds of the 2018 class into consulting or finance, which rate as the most lucrative positions for M.B.A.s," Forbes' staff writer Kurt Badenhausen notes. "Consultancies McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group and Accenture are among the five largest hiring firms at Booth, along with Amazon. The median base salary for Booth grads who took consulting jobs was $150,000, tops among all U.S. schools and tied with Stanford's and Harvard's finance grads for the top salaries across any function."
Two of the finest business schools in the Windy City earned spots in the top three U.S. best business schools, including Chicago Booth at first overall, according to the most recent Forbes ranking.
Stanford GSB, for the second consecutive time, finds itself second overall in the Forbes U.S.-only list. Graduates from the California business school actually report the highest annual salary ($250,000) in the country, but the five-year net gain falls just short of Booth's, with MBAs earning around $90,800 after factoring in other costs.
The Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, also located in Chicago, rounds out the top three of the Forbes U.S. list, with MBA graduates earning a net gain of $89,600 after five years. The rest of the top ten shakes down as follows:
Five Year Net Gain (USD)
1 Chicago Booth $94,400
2 Stanford GSB $90,800
3 Northwestern Kellogg $89,600
4 Harvard Business School $89,500
5 The Wharton School $84,700
6 Dartmouth Tuck $82,700
7 (tie) Columbia Business School $80,900
7 (tie) MIT Sloan $80,900
9 Cornell Johnson $78,300
10 Michigan Ross $78,000
Wharton Stumbles, Vanderbilt Rises in 2019
No business school in the top ten saw a further fall than The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, slipping from first overall in 2017 to fifth in 2019. Considering Forbes ranks schools by the average five-year net gain of its graduates, Wharton fell mostly because its students typically enroll with the highest annual salary in the nation at $92,000. This total is roughly $4,000 higher than new MBAs attending UC Berkeley Haas and Harvard Business School, both of which earn around $88,000, respectively.
While the majority of the changes from 2017 to 2019 remain fairly mundane, no business school in the U.S. saw a better two-year turnaround than the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. The Nashville metro business school rose from 49th overall in 2017 to 30th overall this year; a 19-spot climb. With only 61 total schools recognized on the official Forbes ranking, this jump was by far the highest in the country.
Owen MBA graduates saw a typical five-year net gain of $55,300. Students joining the full-time MBA program typically earn around $64,000 per year and see a salary jump to around $160,000 five years after earning the degree.
Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management saw the biggest jump in the newest Forbes ranking, climbing from 49th overall to 30th overall.
MBA Salaries By The Numbers
Among the 61 schools ranked by Forbes, only five produced MBA graduates that typically earn less than $100,000 per year: the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business (51st); the University of Missouri, Columbia Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business (53rd); the Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management (57th); the University at Buffalo School of Management (49th); and the University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business (50th). On average, graduates of the other 56 schools in the ranking earn between $100,000 to $250,000 per year.
To fully pay back the cost of one's MBA education among the 61 schools, the shortest amount of time per student came from the Michigan State Eli Broad College of Business (27th overall) and the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business (37th); both of which took around 3.6 years, respectively. MBAs from the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (61st) often took the longest at 4.9 years.
Michigan State Eli is also the only business school ranking in the top 30 of the Forbes list with students earning less than $50,000 per year prior to enrollment. Considering the ranking heavily factors graduate salary, the higher the school ranking, the higher the likely correlation between pre and post-MBA earnings. University at Buffalo School of Management MBAs rank the lowest in terms of pre-MBA salary at around $25,000 per year. This is, however, also considering Buffalo MBA students only have around one year of previous work experience, on average.
Only three schools in the ranking (Willamette, Buffalo, and Rollins) had an average class GMAT score below 600. Two schools within the top 10—Columbia Business School and Northwestern Kellogg—tied for the top GMAT average per student at 740.
The entire Forbes ranking, data, and methodology, can be found here.
London Business School Earns Top International Honors … Again
Those familiar with the Forbes biennial MBA ranking likely won't be surprised to hear that the London Business School earned top honors among international two-year programs. This marks the 7th time in row LBS earned top-billing in the publication, which is even more remarkable considering there have only been 11 editions of the ranking so far. For those keeping score, LBS earned the number one spot in the Forbes international two-year MBA list over 63 percent of the entire history of the ranking.
MBAs from LBS earn around $197,000 (USD equivalent) five years after graduation—nearly $40,000 more than the second-highest ranked school (IESE in Barcelona). The five-year net gain of $93,100 is also the highest in the two-year program ranking, by far, with HEC Paris (2nd overall) MBA graduates sporting a $79,800 five-year net gain.
London Business School MBA graduates typically earn the most among all non-U.S. MBAs at around £157,304 ($197,000 USD) per year.
For a real five-year turnaround, however, students are better served to attend a one-year MBA program. The overall costs are generally much lower than the two-year equivalent, although many international programs are intensely competitive. The IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland earned the top honors among Forbes one-year international MBA programs for the second time in a row, with graduates earning a five-year net gain of $168,900. The average annual salary of IMD MBA grads is around $200,000 five years after graduation, which is also the highest figure on the one-year international MBA list. However, in terms of overall earning potential, two-year programs in the U.S. still see higher averages. Ten schools among the top two-year U.S. programs saw graduates earn annual salary rates above IMD's $200,000 mark five years after leaving their respective programs.
Matthew Korman
Matthew Korman is the Managing Editor of MetroMBA. Since graduating from Rowan University with a degree in journalism and political science, Matthew has worked as a music industry writer and promoter, a data analyst, and with numerous academic institutions. His works have appeared in publications such as NPR and Sports Illustrated.
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New York Mets (46-40) vs. Atlanta Braves (45-40)
C.Young(R) vs. T.Hudson(R)
Easily the best odds can be found at bodog.eu for this game is New York Mets (143) / Atlanta Braves (-152).
Mets 46-40 (Road: 20-20) C.Young(R) 143
Braves 45-40 (Home: 20-22) T.Hudson(R) -152
Statistical Preview | Prediction: Braves
The Atlanta Braves have a 20-22 record at home this season.
The New York Mets have a 20-20 record on the road this season.
The New York Mets are 46-40 on the season.
The Atlanta Braves are 45-40 on the season.
The New York Mets have a 18-12 record in divisional rivalry games.
The Atlanta Braves have a 11-14 record in divisional rivalry games.
This is the first game of the series.
Atlanta Braves - Batting
The Atlanta Braves are averaging 4.00 runs per game over their L3 games.
Against righties, the Atlanta Braves are 32-23 on the season.
Atlanta Braves - Pitching
The Atlanta Braves are allowing 1.33 runs per game over their L3 games.
New York Mets - Batting
The New York Mets are averaging 3.67 runs per game over their L3 games.
Against righties, the New York Mets are 34-22 on the season.
New York Mets - Pitching
The New York Mets are allowing 3.33 runs per game over their L3 games.
The Atlanta Braves falls into the Keeping the Intensity Alive in Baseball Games system.


Brent Harris stars as Screwtape in "The Screwtape Letters," on stage at the Irvine Barclay Theatre from Dec. 27 to 29.
Brent Harris is an experienced bad guy — on stage, at least.
Without tooting his own horn too much, the New York City actor said he is a peaceful sort who avoids confrontation and is opposed to violence.
But directors don't necessarily see that.
Demons, vampires, soldiers and Scar from "The Lion King" are some of the feathers in Harris' cap.
Starting Friday, he will adopt the attitude and attire of yet another rogue: Screwtape from C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters." His deeply layered character is confident, selfish, triumphant, manipulative, ambitious and hopeless — all at once.
"I get into someone else's skin, psyche and experience, which I think acting is all about," said Harris, 54. "There's a liberating feeling to get inside an alien sort of behavior and communicate it. I have to understand the villain and why he's doing what he's doing — not judge him. It's a lesson in empathy that we can all use."
At the Irvine Barclay Theatre, the roughly 90-minute show will be followed by a conversation with director Max McLean, who co-adapted the work with Jeff Fiske.
"The Screwtape Letters" came to the theater twice before, in 2011 and 2012, and was greeted by full houses both times.
"I saw the production when it first played the Barclay," President Douglas Rankin said. "I will return to see it because I am especially interested in what the new actor brings to the role."
As an academic and Christian theologian of repute, Lewis is of interest to a diverse demographic. And "The Screwtape Letters" is high-quality and original — both necessary ingredients for a Barclay offering, according to Rankin. Advance sales, indicating that the show is slated for yet another success, encouraged organizers to add an extra performance on Sunday evening.
"That's why we keep coming back," McLean said.
Starting at Manhattan's Theatre at St. Clement's in 2007, the play began its first national tour in early 2011. Since then, audiences in Atlanta, Portland, Washington, D.C., Houston, Salt Lake City and elsewhere have watched Screwtape (Harris), a senior demon in the hierarchy of Hell, use 31 letters to train his nephew Wormwood, a junior Tempter, to bring down a British man, known only as the Patient.
In this inverted universe, where up is down, good is bad, God is the "Enemy" and the Devil is "Our Father below," Screwtape, who belongs to the Infernal Civil Service, ruins people by guiding them to the "soft, gentle path to Hell."
Set in his eerie office, where the decor mainly features skeletal bones, "The Screwtape Letters" also includes Toadpipe, a grotesque creature who assists Screwtape. The serpentine secretary's body is transformed to depict vices that Screwtape employs to collect human souls, the main source of food in hell.
Although a team of more than 100 people work on the play, whether it's behind-the-scenes or helping with marketing and administration, only two actors appear on stage: Harris and either Marissa Molnar or Tamala Bakkensen, who take turns playing Toadpipe, but have no lines. Instead, their contribution comprises an elaborate physical vocabulary.
"I think [C.S. Lewis] has an extraordinary imagination and he's an extremely learned and generous writer," said McLean, who played the titular role until Harris took over in January. "He is vulnerable and so much of his work comes from his own experiences. He wrote about his own battles with temptation in 'The Screwtape Letters' — it's personal and has been so helpful to many people who have read it."
When taking this story "from the page to the stage," McLean and Fiske beefed up Toadpipe's component and picked a dramatic and captivating narrative arc: a hunt. The play simultaneously follows the Patient's transformation from distant to devout and Screwtape's fall from being like the master of the universe to a deflated devil.
Thinking back to his audition, Harris, who zigzags across the United States with a yoga mat, Kindle and mouth guard, recalled being instantly hooked to the rich language. Now, he finds that the part has challenged him physically and psychologically. It's the first time he's been asked to speak at one stretch for almost an hour and a half. So, as Satan's chief psychiatrist, clad in a red silk brocade frock coat, he is forced to pace himself.
"It comes down to being aware of what your body is doing and how you're feeling," said Harris, who's been to dry locations where his throat was parched in the first 10 minutes. "You have to check in with yourself, not panic and tell yourself, 'I can get through this.' It's interesting how the brain and body can compete with each other or, if you relax, come into harmony again."
This mantra — "Don't freak out, just keep going" — helped Harris overcome an untied shoelace in the early moments of a show last week. While it's also enabled him to remain unperturbed by the loss of luggage, flight delays caused by technical glitches and even getting stuck on the tarmac for three hours, it does come with a caveat.
"You have to meet a challenge and not be afraid of it, but remain on guard," he said. "You can't walk through it. You can't fall asleep. You're dead if you fall asleep."
What: C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters"


Sue accompanied a group of Cumbrian GPs to the Department of Health last night, to raise their concerns regarding local community hospitals in West Cumbria with the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP.
The delegation comprised Sue Hayman MP, GPs Dr Simon Desert, Dr John Howarth, and Dr Niall McGreevy, and the leader of Allerdale Borough Council, Cllr Alan Smith.
The group pressed Mr Hunt on the need for the Cumbrian NHS Success Regime to be truly holistic by fully including the county's community hospitals, community services and primary care teams, and how, by supporting these, this would lead to a dramatic improvement to the Cumbrian health economy as a whole.
Jeremy Hunt was very receptive to the views of the group, and said he would go away and ensure that the crucial role of Cumbria's community hospitals would not be overlooked as part of the NHS Success Regime process.


We all know the impact and popularity of social media, but yet many companies, especially small businesses are not using this powerful medium properly to generate interest and new customers for the products and services they sell.
Personal recommendation or word of mouth has always been one for the most cost effective ways to get new business, so engaging and even rewarding customers for sharing their experiences of your businesses products and services via social media is now a marketing essential. How many of us have checked in at restaurant on facebook or even shared pictures of our meals. This form of social recommendation is growing and we are now starting to new social media platforms, such as Jelly, were people ask questions of their friends and followers. The amount of posts now asking questions like "can anyone recommend a good trades man" are increasing every year along with possible potential business.
Well accept that as a business we need a phone, we now accept that we need a website and social media should be treated no differently than any other way of communicating with your customers. The fact is, the cost of management of your social media platforms is relatively low considering that it allows you to directly communicate and engage with them at home, work or even on the move. Have a special offer on this week, well letting your followers, who already know and understand your business know first, could see you sell out straight away.
While it is still unclear how and which social signals Google uses in its rankings, it is clear that by launching their own platform Google+ they feel that it is important to the way the web works and the sharing and linking via social networks will show to Google as well as others your expertise in your businesses field.
Time, it's all about time. So many small businesses that I speak to say the same thing, "I just do not have the time to post and tweet regularly" and we do understand. Setting aside 30 mins or an hour a day to write interest and engaging post and tweets will seem like a complete nightmare to most small business owners, but there is a simple and cost effective answer.
Social media management packages are now starting to come down in price thanks mainly due to some cleaver tools. Packages offering 4 tweets and 2 posts per day, all well written and with images for the posts, can now be found for under £200 per month. These also include control panels that allow you schedule the releases to make them a full fire and forget solution.
As with everything we do, we are here to help, so if you are not sure what type of Social package your business needs or which company to go with, then get in touch with us via our contact us page and we'll find you one that fully meet your needs and budget.


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07 September – Additional Notes
ACTS 7: Religious Aggression
One of the first things for anything in life, is not to believe what you see, hear or read without checking it out carefully first. We seem to know this instinctively when it comes to our money! At the time of writing this, we were in the middle of a refugee crisis in Europe. ISIS killings added to the huge disruption, civil unrest and poverty. Adding to it all, many 'sharks' out there were offering refugees boat rides to European beaches for a tidy sum of money! With harrowing newspaper pictures, the public started to take matters into their own hands.
One Britain, living on a Greek island, was raising money to fund his maverick endeavours. He tried frantically to provide basic needs for the homeless as they flooded in daily, along with the tides. Giving money via his website couldn't be done, however, without checking to see if he was for real! My inner reservations, before believing what I was hearing, isn't uncommon. These second level checks are considered natural for making an informed decision. And, many would agree to checking out this man's story to find out more, before parting with their money.
It's interesting then, that we're considered wise, if we 'do our homework' when it comes to our money. Yet many of us completely skip this basic wisdom when it comes to hearing stories from the Creator God's Handbook. The last thing we want to do is check it out, go deeper, and find out more, before we write it off. However, it's only as we go to that next level (by giving it a second thought, and checking out what we're hearing), that we can make an informed decision.
At face value, for example, we can look at today's story in Acts 7 and write it off as yet another incident of religious aggression. At the very least it's a load of boring information to wade through, when you're too busy to bother with it. After all, what has all this information about ancient Israel got to do at all with modern day life?
If you do want to give it a second thought, however, the Creator God has woven into HIStory golden threads that lead to buried treasure, which has been stored up in secret locations.[a] He's done this to show you that HIStory isn't a useless fairy tale. It is instead, the Master Weaver's Plan. So, here's some thoughts for you from Stephen's seemingly boring rendition of a nation's history…
When our Maker said that His people will be enslaved and mistreated and that He'll "…punish the nation they serve as slaves…" [v7], you may remember that much of humanity is living in slavery to Planet Earth and being mistreated, even to this day.[b] One day, by a display of His wonders, the whole earth will be judged and, afterwards, the blameless will come out and worship their Creator in His dwelling place.[c]
By giving Joseph wisdom, the Creator God enabled him to gain favour with Pharaoh, King of Egypt. [v10] Today, we need God's Holy Spirit to give us wisdom – at least enough to look up, which is often all what it takes[d] – in order to find favour with our Lord and King, our Father God.
The bodies of Abraham and Sarah, along with the next three generation down, were buried in Shechem. [v16] This isn't incidental/useless information. It's not random that Abraham's seed (his body) was planted in the ground there. All scripture is God-breathed and profitable for our understanding and walk with our Maker.[e] Shechem as in the hill country of Ephraim – within the boundaries of the Palestinian West Bank today. Ephraim's prophetic future was to become a "multitude of nations".[f] Therefore we can say: "…as the time of the promise was approaching, which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied on the earth…" [v17] Our Father's MasterPlan is global, and these are the hidden clues.
Moses, who was born as no ordinary child in the sight of God. [v20] He thought that his own people would realise that God was using him to rescue them. [v25] They didn't. Instead, they pushed him aside [v27,40], just as they did (and what we continue to do today) to Jesus who was also no ordinary child, sent to save. [v51]
And so, Father God's 3D puzzle board (that has inter-connecting pieces that straddle whole millenniums), is still relevant in a Masterplan that's being fulfilled today. The reason that the Creator God had it recorded so carefully, before He miraculously preserved it these 3,500+ years, is so that we'll learn from history's mistakes. Most especially, to see that our Maker can, and will, turn away from us if pushed too far. [v42]
Without looking too deeply, we may just see a guy pushing his point in an unstable environment. He's stirring up trouble, instead of towing the line and keeping the status quo, in a bid to foster religious tolerance. On the other hand, there's a group of religious zealots whom the average person today can't understand, and don't want to understand. At face value, we'd read this story in today's chapter, like another newspaper article. Then say that Stephen caused his own death, by not keeping quiet!
Unless we give this chapter a second thought and go deeper, we'll probably never fully understand why it's been miraculously preserved for us to read today. What we're often not told about stories of religious aggression, is the real story behind the story. If we understood the story behind the story, we'd have a better chance of making an informed decision, with the additional information we've found.
Weirdly enough, Stephen wasn't killed for his speech. He died because he suddenly saw something that King David had predicted[g], and the ancient prophet Daniel saw in a vision[h] 700 years earlier. [v56-58] Everything was going fine up until v50. Stephen's rendition of their national history was tolerable. However, the moment that the spotlight fell on his listeners to change their ways, all hell broke loose!
Most of us are happy today to tolerate the existence of our Maker's ancient storyline. We tolerate and ignore it, so that we can get on with minding our own business. Things change dramatically, though, when the Creator's message reflects on us; when we're under the spotlight; and/or a personal response is required in light of the new information that we now can't escape – when we're left with no excuse.[i]
Stephen's listeners may have been furious but not murderous. [v54] Had the story ended at the impersonal historical rendition, Stephen may have ended up with a beating for being different – just as the prophets had been. [v52a] But what caused the axe to fall, was not the past but the future. The content of Daniel's vision 700 years earlier, was what cost Stephen his life. [v56]
This "dividing issue" hasn't changed in two thousand years since the day Stephen was killed for what he saw, and what he testified to. The issue hasn't changed in 27 centuries since Daniel first told us about our future. The dividing line comes when we choose to believe what we're told …or not…
"…In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a bar enash (a son of man, like a human being) coming with the clouds of heaven.[j] He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power[k]; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed." [Daniel 7:13-15]
[a] Isaiah 45:2-3
[b] Genesis 3:16-19
[c] Joel 2:30-32 and Acts 2:17-21
[d] Daniel 4:34
[e] 2 Timothy 3:16-17
[f] Genesis 48:8-20 (Referring to v19)
[g] Psalm 110:1
[h] Daniel 7:13
[i] John 15:22; Romans 1:20
[j] Matthew 24:30 and 26:64; Mark 14:62; Revelation 1:7
[k] Isaiah 9:6-7


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Q: How to open an specific application in PC when connecting a USB? I want to open an application which is developed in windowsforms using C# in PC when connecting a PDA device via USB connection.
Question is:

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*How do I check the particular USB device has connected (Eg:PDA)?

*how do I launch the specific application when connecting a
particular USB (Eg:PDA)?

A: I don't understand why you tagged the question with ASP.NET. ASP.NET is a server-side technology, and ASP.NET applications are "started" by IIS in response to an HTTP request (typically from a browser).
What you're looking for is to detect a USB device insertion event, and for that you need an application that runs on the client (and have certain permissions).
Here's a thread that would get you started.


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Q: Install4j: Create shortcuts "Create program group" in Linux doesn't work In install4j, when I "Create program group" with the Add button (Add File link or Add URL link)
it works fine in Windows , but it doesn't work in Linux (no shortcut is created in Debian)
Someone can help me ? Thanks

A: The launcher integration on Linux only works for launchers. The additional program group entries are only created on Windows.


Investigations into criminal behavior are the investigations that make the headlines, and here in San Diego, it is no different than anywhere else. There is often a relationship to what you hear about on television and what private investigators do. It is true that government investigations are done differently than what is done by private investigators, but they both serve the same purpose: justice The following are a couple of examples of investigations here in San Diego, and how they relate to the field of private investigation.
The sheriff's department is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice.
Specifically, the investigation focuses on an incident that happened in December of 2012 and the possibility of a young man having his civil rights violated under the Disabilities Act. Antonio Martinez was stopped by a deputy sheriff as he walked to his parent's store. He did not follow instructions from Deputy Jeffrey Guy and was hit with the deputy's baton as well as pepper sprayed. He was then taken to the sheriff's station where he was booked for resisting arrest. However, it became apparent that the 23 year old Martinez was mentally disabled. In fact, he has the thinking capacity of a seven year old child. The charges against Martinez were later dropped.
The family of Antonio Martinez is in the process of bringing a lawsuit against the sheriff's department. It is in this situation where a private investigator can help an attorney as well as the family bringing the civil action. It is important to not depend fully on the government in an investigation. The first reason is that it is not always as comprehensive as it should be; some stones are left unturned. In addition, the government will only bring criminal charges; compensation will not be an issue. A private investigator can help with a more thorough investigation to help get the compensation that a plaintiff is entitled to.
In a related story, a college student is claiming that the same deputy sheriff that beat Antonio Martinez beat him too. Brett Bacon has a civil suit pending from an incident in February of 2013. Mr. Bacon is claiming that his head was stomped on by the deputy causing abrasions. It is unclear whether this case is being investigated by the Department of Justice, but this is all the more reason to have a private investigator look at the evidence. It is possible that not all witnesses were interviewed or were not interviewed thoroughly. Having a private investigation firm, along with working with an attorney, can increase the chances of a successful civil suit.
Keep in mind that most cases involving an injury that lead to a civil suit are not reported on television, and the work that a San Diego private investigator does in these cases is seldom mentioned. However, it is important to know how valuable these services are. The best place to begin thinking about a private investigator is at the time you consult with an attorney about your case. You can contact us directly or have your attorney contact us, and we can discuss what services we can provide you as they apply to your particular circumstances.


Thanks for letting me leave without picking a blogfight! I appreciate not getting a beatdown in the name of technology!
I think you're on to something with the utilitarian angle. Still, it shouldn't be 100% dry, because you'll want new people to feel at ease when they attend these things. Bloggers aren't always the most social people on Earth to begin with, so it can't all be SEO and widget talk. I definitely look forward to next month's meetup.
You can present. Come up with a topic.