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The Top 6 AI Events and Conferences for 2021
Machine learning and AI are among the top emerging business trends in the world, so let's dive into this year's top AI events and top AI conferences around the globe that showcase these groundbreaking technologies.
By Kendall Hirst
As one of the top emerging industries in the world, artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing at an amazing rate and making waves in the realm of technology and beyond. As AI continues to grow and push boundaries, conferences and events offer yearly updates and educate attendees on its many uses and benefits.
Each year, international conferences educate the AI community and accelerate its growth, and this has led to major breakthroughs in a large variety of industries. Although many of 2020's AI events took place virtually due to COVID-19, 2021 brings hope that many organizations around the world can return to physical events. Check out the following list of the top AI conferences—both virtual and in-person-that you should consider in 2021.
*Given the unpredictable effects of COVID-19, please check event websites often to verify any changes for the dates and locations of these events.
Machine Learning Prague
Date: February 26–28, 2021
Target industries and audience: Computer software, analytics, technology
Machine Learning Prague is the largest machine learning conference in Europe, involving the top minds in the industry. The conference centers on the practical applications and implications of machine learning, AI, and deep learning. It features François Chollet, author of the Keras Python network, and Dr. Hamed Valizadegan of NASA. If you're looking to diversify your thinking on the machine learning process, this event is sure to offer informative insights, since it brings together experts from organizations as diverse as McKinsey and the University of Copenhagen.
AI & Big Data Expo Global
Target industries and audience: Entrepreneurs, marketing, technology, business development
The AI & Big Data Expo Global is often described as the "leading artificial intelligence and big data conference and exhibition event" for many reasons. The expo showcases the next-generation enterprise technologies and strategies from the world of artificial intelligence and big data, providing an opportunity to explore and discover their successful implementation to take a business to the next level. Along with a series of thoughtful insights from its arsenal of industry experts, the expo hosts more than 500 speakers with AI expertise.
This event features presentations that explore:
- Business intelligence
- Deep learning
- Machine learning
- AI algorithms
- Virtual assistants
AI in Healthcare & Pharma Virtual Summit
Organization: Rework
Target industries and audience: AI technologists, healthcare professionals
Rework creates and organizes globally renowned summits that include some of the brightest minds in AI. Known for bridging the gap between the latest technological research advancements and real-world applications in business and society, Rework hosts AI in Healthcare & Pharma Virtual Summit. This event brings together decision-makers and C-level executives who leverage AI to increase productivity and to improve the efficiency of care delivery. This summit explores breakthroughs in technological advances and the healthcare industry. It gathers industry experts, academics, and healthcare professionals, diving into AI's impact on every step of the patient journey—from diagnosis to treatment.
The summit takes place online. In an effort to optimize the virtual experience, attendees have access to a selection of networking opportunities, a live Q&A, and complementary presentations.
AI in Finance & RegTech Virtual Summit
Date: April 14–15, 2021
Target industries and audience: Finance, business and development, and technology
More than 700 guests and 150 speakers plan to attend Rework's annual AI in Finance & RegTech Virtual Summit, which is offered virtually this year. Although AI encompasses a variety of industries, this summit focuses on practical examples that apply AI to challenges in the field of finance.
The event covers the following financial topics:
- Pattern recognition
- Stock market prediction
- Compliance
- Financial forecasting
- Retail finance
- Robo advisors
- Neural networks
World Data Summit
Date: May 19–21, 2021
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Target industries and audience: Business development, computer software, technology, marketing, and social media
The World Data Summit is GIA Global Group's largest event for data professionals around the world. As the challenges faced by growing data companies in the business industry change and evolve every day, the business environment becomes increasingly reliant on data analytics. This summit delves into the topics that help businesses grow and increase their data knowledge.
The two-day conference covers the following topics:
- Regulations on user data usage
- Data governance trends
- New trends in data visualization
- Social networks and AI
- Machine learning for human rights
The Responsible AI Forum
Location: Munich
Target industries and audience: Government, academia, civics, business, and development
Originally scheduled in 2020, (RAIF) was rescheduled to December 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum differs from other conferences in that it focuses on cultivating a sustainable and comprehensive framework for the future of AI. Speakers from a range of backgrounds, including academia, civil society, government, and industry, make this one of the top AI conferences of the year.
As we dive into 2021, there are a multitude of uncertainties and unknowns in the world of AI and beyond. With the promise of a new vaccine, the possibility of the return of in-person events is encouraging hope across industries, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. As we look toward a brighter future, the prospect of a year of new and informative AI and machine learning events promises to bring together business leaders and those in the data industry to facilitate innovative ideas in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.


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TripAdvisor's new threat: Google
As profit disappoints, big rival gears up
By Michael B. Farrell Globe Staff,February 13, 2012, 12:00 a.m.
Its stock pummeled after reporting disappointing profit numbers, its reputation for the truth under attack, the travel review site TripAdvisor Inc. has had a tough first two months as a public company.
And now Google is ramping up the competition.
Fifty million people a month visit Newton-based TripAdvisor to discover which hotel is "disgustingly filthy,'' as one user called a Cape Cod motor court, or "impeccable,'' a compliment for a historic Boston inn.
With 1,200 employees worldwide, and 500 in Massachusetts, TripAdvisor is the Boston area's largest consumer Internet company.
The company became a stand-alone, publicly traded company in December, when it was spun off from the online travel service Expedia Inc. of Bellevue, Wash.
TripAdvisor's first earnings reports, released last week, showed 2011 revenue of $637 million, a 31 percent jump over the previous year, and net income of $177 million, a 28 percent increase.
But Wall Street was not pleased.
CEO Stephen Kaufer said Newton-based TripAdvisor has increased ad spending in China and Brazil, where it expects growth.MICHELE MCDONALD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE/FILE 2011
Weaker profit numbers than expected by analysts, coupled with increased spending on marketing and TripAdvisor's projection of slower revenue growth, pushed the stock price down 15 percent in one day, to $30.04.
"From a short-term perspective, we are disappointing some,'' said Stephen Kaufer, cofounder and chief executive.
Yet he defended the company's actions, saying TripAdvisor increased advertising spending in markets such as China and Brazil, where it is banking on growth.
It currently has websites that operate in 30 countries and in 21 languages.
But as TripAdvisor grows, so does Google Inc., the giant Internet service that in preparation for entering the online travel sector purchased ITA Software Inc., of Cambridge, for $700 million in 2010.
Google recently launched a flight tool that uses airline search technology it acquired from ITA. In a challenge to TripAdvisor, it also launched a hotel search engine and has more of its users writing travel reviews on its Google Places site.
"Google is certainly not going to make life easier for [TripAdvisor],'' said Henry Harteveldt , a travel analyst with Atmosphere Research Group in San Francisco. "Google is entering into more and more travel places, but Google is approaching it from the standpoint of technology, and hoping people use it.''
A Google spokesman said its travel services are an extension of its search functions. "Whenever people come to Google looking for travel information, our goal is to show them the most relevant results as quickly as possible,'' he said.
Kaufer appears ready to fight. "If they can predict what consumers want better than I,'' he said, "then they deserve to win.''
TripAdvisor had a circuitous journey to Wall Street. In 2004, the Internet conglomerate IAC, then the owner of Expedia, bought TripAdvisor. A year later, it spun off its travel sites under the umbrella of Expedia. Then in December, TripAdvisor itself was spun off.
TripAdvisor and Expedia were growing at different rates and in different directions, Kaufer said, so the two were separated.
TripAdvisor is also under pressure because of its reviews of hotels and other travel resources, the heart of its brand. Some hoteliers and other critics have attacked the company's reviews since it began posting user comments on its website 12 years ago. This month, the British Advertising Standards Authority banned the company's UK site from saying reviews "were from real travelers, or were honest, real, or trusted,'' since it does not verify the identity of every user behind every review.
No asset is more important to TripAdvisor's future than its reputation for truthful reviews, Kaufer said. "If we would ever lose the trust that people have that our site is accurate,'' he said, "the sky would come crashing down.''
But protecting that reputation is a daunting challenge, and TripAdvisor goes to great lengths to verify reviews posted on the company's site. Kaufer said TripAdvisor's efforts have resulted in significant user trust, noting that "98 percent of the folks that use TripAdvisor said they found the reviews accurate or highly accurate'' in a July survey commissioned by the company.
Yet doubts persist. Harteveldt said that "while TripAdvisor has taken steps to remove reviews that are patently fake, it's often not easy to tell which reviews are legitimate.''
Michael B. Farrell can be reached at michael.farrell@globe.com.

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Did you know that certain species of Orchid can survive up to 100 years? And that Orchids have the largest variety of flowers with the number of officially documented species standing at an amazing 25,000 plus? With so much variety, it should be no surprise that there are some amazing facts about Orchids that are not widely known.
Except for areas with extreme hot or cold weather, Orchids practically grow everywhere in the world and scientist are discovering more new species as days go by.
Here are 15 amazing facts about this special flower, which you will definitely find very fascinating...
The size of orchids depends on the species. They can be tiny as a penny or extremely large, weighing couple of hundred pounds. Grammatophyllum are medium-sized to very large orchids, including the giant orchid(Grammatophyllum speciosum), believed to be the largest orchid species in existence. Itspseudobulbscan grow to a length of 2.5 m. Plztystele jungermannioides, which is believed to be the smallest Orchid in the world grows a measly 2mm. Orchid Plants can develop into gigantic clusters weighing from several hundred kilograms to one ton. The roots form spectacular bundles.
Each orchid flower is bilateral symmetric, which means that it can be divided in two equal parts.
Size, shape and texture of leaves depend on the habitat. Orchids that live in dry climate have thick leaves covered with wax, while species that live in warm and humid areas have thin, elongated leaves. Certain species of orchids do not have leaves at all.
Orchids do not have usual roots. They have rhizome, tuber or aerial roots.
Orchids can live on the ground (terrestrial forms), attached to woody plants (epiphytic types) or under the ground.
Certain species of orchids are parasitic. They are not able to produce food (sugar) using the sunlight and carbon dioxide (like other plants). Instead, they obtain food from fungi that live inside their roots.
Bond between orchids and certain species of insects is tight and highly specialized. Petals have similar shape and color like female insects to attract males and ensure pollination. Ophrys apifera, better known as the Bee Orchid, lures male bees with its enticing smell and bee like appearance. When a male bee approaches the flower to mate, it becomes covered in pollen and is sent off to pollinate the next orchid it visits.
Due to high specialization of pollination, extinction of insect means extinction of orchid (there is no one else who can pollinate it in the wild).
Flower of orchid can survive from few hours to 6 months, depending on the species.
Orchids produce several millions of miniature seeds. Only few seeds will develop into mature plant.
The genus Orchis comes from an Ancient Greek word meaning "testicle"; because of the shape of the bulbous roots. The term "orchid", which is just a shortened form of the family Orchidaceae, was not introduced until 1845.
Orchid seeds do not have an endosperm which provides nutrients required for the germination. Due to this fact all orchids (including non-parasitic forms) live in symbiosis with fungi during germination. Germination can last from couple of weeks to 15 years.
People use orchids for numerous purposes. Substances isolated from orchids are used in industry of perfumes, spices and in traditional Asian medicine.
Vanilla is one of the best known and widely used flavors. It is extracted from the pod of Vanilla planifolia, which is a species of orchid.
Orchids are very old plants. According to the fossil evidences, orchids have existed on the planet around 100 million years.
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Q: Error When Click In tableView Why when I click in the are outside Of the row Containing data, and outside the area of column (mark as red) I get exception. This is I try using javaFX8 from oracle. I need to disable constrained policy because I need that column to take different percentage of tableview area.

package fjr.test;

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 * All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
import javafx.util.Callback;

/**
 * A simple table with a header row.
 *
 * @see javafx.scene.control.TableCell
 * @see javafx.scene.control.TableColumn
 * @see javafx.scene.control.TablePosition
 * @see javafx.scene.control.TableRow
 * @see javafx.scene.control.TableView
 */
public class TableSample extends Application {
    private void init(Stage primaryStage) {
        Group root = new Group();
        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root));
        final ObservableList<Person> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
            new Person("Jacob",     "Smith",    "jacob.smith@example.com" ),
            new Person("Isabella",  "Johnson",  "isabella.johnson@example.com" ),
            new Person("Ethan",     "Williams", "ethan.williams@example.com" ),
            new Person("Emma",      "Jones",    "emma.jones@example.com" ),
            new Person("Michael",   "Brown",    "michael.brown@example.com" )
        );
        TableColumn firstNameCol = new TableColumn();
        firstNameCol.setText("First");
        firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory("firstName"));
        TableColumn lastNameCol = new TableColumn();
        lastNameCol.setText("Last");
        lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory("lastName"));
        TableColumn emailCol = new TableColumn();
        emailCol.setText("Email");
        emailCol.setMinWidth(200);
        emailCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory("email"));
        TableView tableView = new TableView();
        tableView.setItems(data);
        tableView.getColumns().addAll(firstNameCol, lastNameCol, emailCol);
        root.getChildren().add(tableView);
    }

    public static class Person {
        private StringProperty firstName;
        private StringProperty lastName;
        private StringProperty email;

        private Person(String fName, String lName, String email) {
            this.firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(fName);
            this.lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(lName);
            this.email = new SimpleStringProperty(email);
        }

        public StringProperty firstNameProperty() { return firstName; }
        public StringProperty lastNameProperty() { return lastName; }
        public StringProperty emailProperty() { return email; }
    }

    @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
        init(primaryStage);
        primaryStage.show();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
}

The stacktrace:
run:
Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at javafx.scene.control.TableView$TableViewArrayListSelectionModel.handleSelectedCellsListChangeEvent(TableView.java:2657)
    at javafx.scene.control.TableView$TableViewArrayListSelectionModel.clearAndSelect(TableView.java:2180)
    at javafx.scene.control.TableView$TableViewArrayListSelectionModel.clearAndSelect(TableView.java:2140)
    at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.behavior.TableRowBehavior.doSelect(TableRowBehavior.java:196)
    at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.behavior.TableRowBehavior.mousePressed(TableRowBehavior.java:88)
    at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.BehaviorSkinBase$1.handle(BehaviorSkinBase.java:95)
    at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.BehaviorSkinBase$1.handle(BehaviorSkinBase.java:89)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler$NormalEventHandlerRecord.handleBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:218)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:80)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:238)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:191)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventDispatcher.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventDispatcher.java:59)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:58)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(EventUtil.java:74)
    at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(EventUtil.java:54)
    at javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Event.java:204)
    at javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.process(Scene.java:3746)
    at javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.access$1800(Scene.java:3471)
    at javafx.scene.Scene.impl_processMouseEvent(Scene.java:1695)
    at javafx.scene.Scene$ScenePeerListener.mouseEvent(Scene.java:2486)
    at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:314)
    at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:243)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.handleMouseEvent(GlassViewEventHandler.java:345)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.View.handleMouseEvent(View.java:526)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.View.notifyMouse(View.java:898)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.access$300(WinApplication.java:39)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$4$1.run(WinApplication.java:112)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 5 seconds)

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Maningrida is the largest Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory with a population of over 2,600. The community has a good social atmosphere with a social event almost every weekend; parents and children's activity days occur regularly.
The traditional owners are the Kunibídji people. However, after the community was established in the late 1940s by the government, other groups settled in the area meaning over ten different languages are spoken in the community today and most residents are multilingual. In per capita terms, it is perhaps the most multilingual community in the world.
The township was established when, after World War II, the Welfare Branch sent two patrol officers to set up a trading post.
Pristine beaches and waterways for fishing and recreation are within walking distance. The community has a swimming pool and basketball courts. There is a local AFL competition and a basketball competition in which members play. The main activities are fishing and hunting.
There is preschool, primary school, secondary education and a community education centre.
The Community Health Centre provides primary health care services to the residents of Maningrida community via a mix of Aboriginal health workers, registered nurses, a doctor and through visits by a district medical officer.
Maningrida Arts and Cultural Markets
The Djomi Museum
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Longitarsus melanurus är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av F. E. Melsheimer 1847.  Longitarsus melanurus ingår i släktet Longitarsus och familjen bladbaggar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Rebate on high sum assured:The Health Secure plan offers a rebate if the sum assured amount is Rs.10 lakh or more.
Free-look period:Policyholders are given a 30-day free-look period within which they can return the policy if they are unhappy with the terms. The insurer will refund the premiums paid after making necessary deductions.
Cost of medical check-up:The expenses incurred on conducting medical examinations before the purchase of the policy is borne by the insurer.
Tax benefits:Policyholders can enjoy tax benefits under section 80C and section 10(10D) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Aviva Life Insurance has two comprehensive health plans that offer protection against certain health conditions.
The Health Secure health plan provides protection against critical illnesses. The plan offers the convenience of being bought online to save time and effort. The minimum sum assured of the policy is Rs.5 lakh and the maximum is Rs.50 lakh. No death, maturity or surrender benefits are payable.
Critical Illness Benefit: If a policyholder is diagnosed with one of the 12 critical illnesses mentioned by the insurer, he/she will receive the sum assured as the critical illness benefit.
Aviva Health Secure Minimum: 18 years Maximum: 55 years Maximum: 65 years The premium payable depends on factors such as the chosen sum assured, premium frequency, policy term, etc.
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Aviva Heart Care Minimum: 28 years Maximum: 65 years Minimum: 38 years Maximum: 75 years The premium payable depends on factors such as the chosen sum assured, premium frequency, policy term, etc.
With the advent of technology, various services that could only be availed through the traditional method has gone paperless with the online facility. Aviva Life Insurance, too, offers as many as 8 plans online. In addition, individuals can file claims, pay premiums, view and manage fund details, manage the policy, etc. online. Individuals who feel the need to have a source from which they may receive sufficient funds when diagnosed with a severe health condition can consider buying the best health plan from Aviva Life Insurance. The plans offered are comprehensive and lay out options for the policyholders to choose from.


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Earl W Coons served his country in World War II with the 450th Bombardment Group .
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Network marketing changed the life of KD Kuldeep
"Never let success get to your head; never let failure get to your heart" might be a quote that no one knows who wrote, but it tells a lot about how a person should walk the road of success.
One such story is of a simple man from a small village who knew he wanted something big in his life – Mr. Kuldeep Singh, a network marketing entrepreneur and a business coach – a 37-year-old man coming from Shyampur Jatt (a small village near Hapur), Uttar Pradesh – who always wanted to shift to Delhi and live a different life than his hometown.
Though he did not like studying much, yet wanted to have a larger-than-life experience. The entrepreneur comes from a farmers' family and a town that emphasizes competitive exams and Army training. Differing from the society that wanted to decide his fate, Mr. Kuldeep came to Delhi as he was offered a job in the DMRC in 2005. However, this was not the happy ending he was aspiring for; life has some more struggles planned for him. The job was a scam, and now he had two options – go back to his hometown and tell everyone he failed or stay in Delhi and make something out of his life. Being a strong-headed person, he decided to stay in the city and figure out his life. To survive in Delhi, he got a job to work as an assistant to a person in water purifying sales and service. At that time, his salary was only Rs 1500 per month.
He tried the taste of different waters and worked in the retail sector – customer service – for some time to sustain his life in Delhi.
In 2011, when he got married to Mrs. Durga Singh, he knew this could not keep going on. He needs to stick to one profession and make something out of it for his family. Mr. Kuldeep and his wife enrolled in a hairstyling course at VLCC in 2014. A year later, they started working in reputed salons as hairstylists, and they knew this was the field they wanted to invest in – with effort and time.
The idea was to make a salon network and grow a brand with people working under them and salon outlets worldwide.
A friend introduced Mr. Kuldeep to the world of Direct network marketing, to which he did not pay much attention in 2014. However, in 2016, that friend convinced Mr. Kuldeep to work with Vestige Marketing Pvt. Ltd, and that is when Mr. Kuldeep thought of giving direct marketing a try.
He started working part-time in the network marketing industry in July 2016. He continued to work as a hairstylist in the salon. However, in November, he quit his job to continue as a network marketer full time.
Dealing in FMCG, health, and wellness products, Mr. Kuldeep has a team of lakhs of people working with him. Some of the family's incomes have surpassed lakhs in a short period.
Mr. Kuldeep Singh has managed to attain his dream life by venturing into direct selling marketing, and now, he mentors thousands of people to achieve their dreams.
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I just watched Mike Monteiro's recent talk "F*ck you. Pay me." which has a lot of great advice about how to get make sure you get paid for your work when doing service work for clients. It was targeted at designers, but it rings true for development as well. His talk focused around contracts. I thought I would add a few notes about what I've learned in running my own business for the past two years.
I started software development consulting with many years experience in contract negotiation. I have always had a policy of never starting work without a contract. When I first started consulting, I would work hard to get a contract signed as soon as possible. Now I take the time to make sure that this is a relationship I want to get into. I want to make sure we work with clients who need our services and want to work the way we work. We have always provided great value for our clients, but the best value for clients who are aligned with us in wanting agile development processes and where there is a high level of trust.
The legal agreements document a trust relationship, they don't substitute for one. Never surprise a client in a contract. If they are surprised, just treat it as a communication gap. Your standard contract documents your standard business practices.
When I started, I identified two areas that I would have to learn more about and do well: collections and keeping track of finances. The third thing that I didn't know I needed to understand was cash flow. For this post, I'll focus on collections, which is the other side of the legal concerns that Mike talked about. Sometimes, all is good, but there's a process to getting paid and every company is just different enough to get you into trouble.
Are electronic invoices ok? or do they need paper?
Who should the invoices be sent to?
Who is the person who writes the checks or authorizes electronic bill pay?
Where are they sent from?
You want to know every step of what happens from when you send your invoice to when the check is in your bank. If cash is tight, you want to have a phone call with the person who writes the check. I would just be open with them and let them know that I run a small company and that I had to be sure my folks got paid in a timely manner.
When I establish that rapport up front, the conversations are much easier if the check didn't arrive. Better yet, I would have a conversation like this: "Hey Betty. I sent an invoice to Bob yesterday and he told me he approved it. Did it get to you yet? Great. So, will payment go out today?" Once I caught my own mistake that way. I was using new invoicing software which had its default payment terms as Net 45, which was significantly longer than what the contract said. This company had a policy of using the longer of contract or invoice terms. With one friendly conversation, I was able to ensure the check got sent out weeks earlier than it otherwise would have.
And lastly, the most important thing to getting paid: always invoice on time.


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Outrage merchant Katie Hopkins forced to apologise to mosque for linking it to an attack
The controversial hard-right commentator Katie Hopkins was forced to apologise today to Finsbury Park Mosque in London for her tweets earlier this year.
In her messages, now deleted, she claimed that five men who were attacking Met police officers were from the mosque's community.
The mosque brought legal action against her, which forced her to apologize to avoid paying damages.
In her apology she said:
"I am perfectly happy to correct the record to reflect the fact that the incident was not occurring outside Finsbury Park mosque but two streets away in Blackstock Road".
"Furthermore, it could be inferred from my tweet that the aggressors in the altercation with the Metropolitan police were members of the Finsbury Park mosque. I offer my sincere apologies to the Mosque for this incorrect inference and the offence or hurt caused by it."
She also had to add that the mosque had been providing food parcels to the most vulnerable in the local community and the contributions it made to society.
Two years ago, she had to apply for an insolvency agreement in a bid to avoid bankruptcy following a after being sued by the food writer Jack Monroe over other claims.
It's likely the mosque avoided pressing ahead with its libel case against Hopkins as she has little money left.
In June this year she was booted off Twitter.


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Jörn Grunert is a MarTech enthusiast and expert in data-driven marketing attribution. For 6 years, he has been Managing Director at Exactag and is responsible for the strategic orientation of the company. With over 20 years of experience as a leader in digital AdTech and MarTech start-ups, he sets the course for innovative technologies.
Any marketer has stumbled across the term "Walled Gardens". It describes the way large online platforms keep their data to themselves. In particular, the social network giants Facebook and Google are often referred to as "Walled Gardens", because they limit the use of their data by advertisers to their own platforms.
Here are 4 key questions every advertiser should ask about Walled Gardens.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE WALLED GARDENS?
In marketing, Walled Gardens refer to platforms that distribute their specific targeting data only in combination with their own inventory, without granting direct access to this data. Their unique selling point is their direct relationship with a large number of users. In this context, Facebook and Google in particular ,are repeatedly criticized for hoarding their data behind "Walled Gardens". Both companies have extremely valuable data that can be used for advertising purposes. However, advertisers cannot compare the performance of their ads on one platform with that on the other.
WHY DO THEY EXIST?
When it comes to advertising, huge companies like Facebook hold all the cards. The amount of personal information they have about users, such as age, gender, location, interests and browser behavior, is unprecedented. The data is an enormous strategic advantage for these companies. From their point of view, so far there is no reason to release them.
But closed platforms also offer advantages for the end user, as they enable more precise forecasting and optimization of the available data. No one understands their customers' intentions better than today's major social media platforms. This specific understanding of users' likes and dislikes leads to more appealing news feeds and more relevant ads.
WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF WALLED GARDENS?
One of the biggest challenges of modern digital marketing is the abundance of tools and technologies that offer limited integration capabilities. As an advertiser, it is almost impossible to master the huge number of platforms and reconcile the most diverse success metrics. But this is the only way to determine the marketing investment across all platforms. By keeping campaigns in silos, closed platforms increase complexity even further. This makes performance comparisons more difficult and budget planning a wild conjecture rather than a verifiable decision.
The principle of closed platforms is that the data remains within the platform. Findings from the targeting of Walled Gardens can therefore not be applied to other campaigns. This fragmentation leads to limited optimization possibilities. For example, advertisers know that users who like a particular brand are most likely interested in their own product, but the ability to reach consumers outside the Walled Gardens is often not possible.
WHAT WOULD THE INTERNET BE LIKE WITHOUT WALLED GARDENS?
An Internet without Walled Gardens would offer enormous advantages for many advertisers if data from all platforms could be seamlessly integrated. Marketers would gain access to a wider audience and apply intelligent bidding and targeting strategies from one platform globally to maximize optimization. However, it is doubtful that data giants such as Facebook, Twitter or Google will ever make their data completely available for integration into other platforms.
However, there are already existing workarounds, for example via API interfaces. Although it is still not possible to export real data from the platform, they enable at least a kind of communication and integration between two platforms for targeting campaigns and lookalike audiences.
WILL THE WALLS EVER COLLAPSE?
At a press conference in February this year, Facebook reported that work is underway to break open the data silos and that the company is prepared to supply some of its data to neutral third parties. With the help of an independent player, advertisers could then theoretically bring together consumers that react to certain ads on Facebook, Google or other data-rich platforms - and align their strategies and advertising budgets accordingly.
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The answer lies within the two choices we had for president and our respective perceptions of them. Hillary Clinton has spent the last 30 years of her life in politics and flaunts none of Trump's vitriolic rhetoric. Her supporters describe her as the most qualified candidate in history, while her detractors dismiss her as a slave to the establishment.
Trump, on the other hand, has no relevant experience for the presidency, as a businessman who's never held public office. He makes no effort to be inoffensive, targeting everyone from women to immigrants with despicable language and policies that range from unspeakably inhumane to logistically impossible. Trump's supporters laud his status as an outsider; to them, his political inexperience is a plus because politicians are inherently corrupt. His detractors have compared him to various dictators and no less an authority than Hillary Clinton, who dismissed his supporters as deplorable. These candidates could not be more opposite. There's seemingly little to no room for overlap between the two schools of thought. And where the liberals failed was in fully recognizing that.
Much of the arguments for Clinton's candidacy consisted not of building her up, but of tearing Trump down. In most cases, supporters of Clinton resorted to mocking Trump's buffoonery and leaning on Clinton's experience in politics as her infallible right to the oval office, ignoring how undesirable that made her to naysayers. Far too much was made of her existing as an alternative to Trump. It proved a fallacy that helped feed the notion that both candidates were equally flawed and thus two sides of the same problem.
However, the liberals' strategy on Trump was their biggest misstep. It won't take an expert to inform you that Trump received a great deal of support from Americans who hold views that are racist, sexist, homophobic and xenophobic. To many of these people, the possibility of a leader who understood their concerns was a golden opportunity. The liberals were right to be disgusted by that fact. Where they got it wrong, however, was in thinking they could change anyone's mind. With candidates this opposite, there's simply no middle ground. On one end, there are those who agree with Trump's bigotry, or who are at least willing to sweep it under the rug. On the other end, there are those who are genuinely and justifiably appalled.
For those well-intentioned enough to want to fight against bigotry and naïve enough to believe that, with enough explaining and whistle-blowing, no one would be willing to feel differently, it would be almost impossible to see Trump's rhetoric as virtuous. But to the millions who finally felt their voices were being represented, Trump's beliefs on women, immigrants and Muslims were among his best qualities. Opponents of Trump could have better spent their time challenging his competence as a leader and his knowledge of America's affairs, aiming to stump him on key issues that he hadn't had time to cram for.
Moreover, the constant condemnations of Trump's behavior, while well-deserved, served no practical purpose. Those who dislike Trump are already well aware of his problematic beliefs and don't need their intelligence further insulted by having it brought to their attention repeatedly. Meanwhile, those charmed by Trump are simply being reminded of why they like him so much. The man himself said it best when he joked that he could shoot someone in broad daylight and not lose support. While he was obviously exaggerating, one could hardly be blamed if, at various points in this election season, they wondered just how far that was from the truth.
Appropriate for being at the mercy of a former reality TV star, all we can do is wait and see what happens next. Presidents are often judged by how many of their campaign promises they keep, but with promises that include building a multi-billion dollar wall on the Mexican border and mass deportation, we'd be better off if Trump kept a low percentage of his promises. Our only option is to hold out hope that Trump was merely saying anything necessary to get elected. You know—like a politician would.
I read in your November 16th edition of the Observer, the "Divided We Stand, Divided We Fall" editorial page submission by a very youthful Joseph Catrone, and couldn't help but wonder how this "self-proclaimed rational thinker", concluded that anyone who voted for Donald Trump, did so with the "basest and most reprehensible emotions of white America". As one of those reprehensible voters I'd like to respond to this young man's concerns, and more directly to his core beliefs that anyone who voted for Trump is inherently a "racist, sexist, homophobic and xenophobic".
Mr. Catrone, first let me tell you that many of us who chose to vote for Trump did so in part as a result of the actions and character flaws we've come to learn about your "most qualified candidate in history", Hillary Clinton. Your most qualified candidate has a very long list of indiscretions that in almost every case has led to some form of official investigation, from White Water to the most recent missing and deleted private server's State Department emails. Character does matter, and you believed, "both candidates were equally flawed". Many of us "older Americans" know firsthand the actual character flaws Hillary Clinton has displayed over her long political history. You never mentioned a single one of hers in your article, perhaps because of your youth, but you were resplendent with all of the things you see as wrong with Trump. You never once mentioned Hillary's inability to tell the truth and lying to the families of the four American's murdered in Benghazi, telling them that a video caused their deaths and not a terrorist act. If she lied to America and the families of four murdered Americans about Benghazi, how then could anyone trust her to tell the truth about anything? Your own words were right on point about her failures to tell the truth when you ended your article with "saying anything necessary to get elected. You know – like a politician would". I know you were referring to Trump but those words are precisely what Hillary did, and these are facts Mr. Catrone, not beliefs like those you shared in your article.
Trump voters are not inherently racist as you seemingly believe. If that were the case how did Obama get elected? Mr. Catrone, despite your reprehensible preconceived youthful beliefs about individuals who voted for Trump, let me assure you that I am not a racist, sexist, homophobic nor xenophobic, and your insinuation that any Trump voter is, is just deplorable. Yes, I said deplorable. Despite your belief that Hillary Clinton had an "infallible right to the oval office", she was not the right democratic candidate for that Office. You were also right to say that the democratic campaign was based on bashing their opponent and not on the issues that Americans wanted to hear about from their candidates. Yet you did exactly that in your article by labeling Trump voters with name calling and insulting rationalizations like racist. Clearly your candidate of choice lost this election. How that happened is simple, it's called the Electoral College. This process allows all 50 States equal input into who will lead this Nation. It's inclusive so that everyone's vote counts. That was the rational thinking of our founding fathers and it has been working for over 2 centuries. So to you and those millennials who received participation trophies and never learned that there are winners and losers, welcome to the real world where many of us voters pay taxes, rent, mortgages, and work hard to make ends meet to raise a family here on Long Island, and voted for a new direction, and can only hope it is better than it's been for the past 8 years. I hope I've helped answer your question of "how could something like this happen?" God Bless America.


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Kansas Falls to Villanova 64-59 in the Elite Eight
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LOUISVILLE, KY. – Wayne Selden stared straight to the ground. Reporters had him encircled, attempting to figure out what went wrong for the Jayhawks. Selden never looked up.
"I don't know," Selden said, shaking his head. "I don't know."
Kansas just came off the floor after losing to the Villanova Wildcats 64-59, and emotions were still high for the number one overall seed for the tournament. Senior Perry Ellis had scored at least 20 points in 7 of his last 8 games, but could only manage 4 against a Villanova defense determined to keep him out of the lane.
"We made some mistakes, and they really keyed in on them," Ellis said. "We fought back against them, but we just fell short."
Kansas fell behind 32-25 by halftime due to a Villanova defense that forced the Jayhawks into 10 turnovers in the first half. A Villanova zone forced the Jayhawks into some poor passes that cost them early.
"They were sending a weak side guy to double-team us," sophomore Devonte' Graham said. "I hate that it had to end like this. This season could have been really special for us, but overall it was a great season and I'm going to miss the [seniors]."
The Jayhawk seniors were on the minds of all the players, as realization began to set in that they would no longer have the opportunity to suit up with their team mates again.
"It's hard to look at any positives for the future when I know there's a couple people that won't be apart of it," junior forward Landen Lucas said. "I came here with some of these guys. Perry's my locker mate and Jamari [Traylor] is the heart and soul of the team, so to have them not be there is going to be weird."
Along with Ellis and Traylor, the Jayhawks will also be losing seniors Evan Manning and Hunter Mickelson to graduation. Kansas ends their season with a final record of 33-5.
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Q: Convert to epoch in python I have got a time in this format 2019-05-01T01:59 and I need to convert it into epoch.
 pattern = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
 datefromsec = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(datefrom, pattern)))

I am trying with this code but I am getting this error
time data u'2019-05-01T01:59' does not match format.
Can anyone please help me out.

A: Your pattern is wrong - you are missing the T
Solution:
pattern = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M'

A: Your pattern was incorrect. It should have been %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M instead of %Y-%m-%d %H:%M.
You can then calculate epoch as follows .
import datetime

pattern = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M'
s = '2019-05-01T01:59'

dt_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(s,pattern)

#Get epoch date
epoch = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)

#Print epoch
print((dt_obj - epoch).total_seconds() * 1000.0)

The output will be 1556675940000.0


Before Ryo (Furukawa Yuki)'s girlfriend Yuri (Fujii Takemi) went missing, she tells him that a woman who looks identical to her is in Hokkaido. Ryo travels to Hokkaido in search for this young woman, and to fulfill Yuri's last wish to see the infamous shifting sea ice of Shiretoko. Ryo meets his lover's doppelganger Aya, but finds our that her missing lover Ryu, a renowned magician and escape artist, also mysteriously resembles himself. Aya and Yuri, Ryu and Ryo, fate pulls two pairs of lovers together, striking across the parallel dimensions of two worlds. The story tells that we have not one but two doppelgangers, and when any of the three meets one of the others, one of them must disappear.


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Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership (sc 13d/a)
Stock : Alico, Inc. (ALCO)
Quote : 31.1 -1.16 (-3.60%) @ 9:30PM
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
(Amendment No. 1)*
ALICO, INC.
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
016230 10-4
Arlon Valencia Holdings LLC
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
Note : Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes ).
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CUSIP No.: 016230 10-4
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
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The percentage of shares of Common Stock was determined using a denominator of 7,454,795 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 3, 2018, as disclosed in the Issuer's Form 10-K, filed on December 6, 2018.
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Arlon Food and Agriculture Partners LP
Arlon Food and Agriculture Associates LLC
Arlon Food and Agriculture Holdings LLC
Continental Grain Company
Paul J. Fribourg
This Amendment No. 1 (this " Amendment No. 1 ") amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") on November 29, 2018 (the " Schedule 13D ") by 734 Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" 734 Investors "), Arlon Valencia Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" Arlon "), Arlon Food and Agriculture Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (" AFAP "), Arlon Food and Agriculture Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" AFAA "), Arlon Food and Agriculture Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" AFAH "), Continental Grain Company, a Delaware corporation (" CGC "), and Paul J. Fribourg (together with Arlon, AFAP, AFAA, AFAH and CGC, the " Reporting Persons "). The Reporting Persons are making this single, joint filing because they may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, although neither the fact of this filing nor anything contained herein shall be deemed to be an admission by the Reporting Persons that a group exists. Except as indicated in this Amendment No. 1, all other information as to the Reporting Persons set forth in the Schedule 13D remains unchanged, and capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein have the same meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.
As set forth below, as a result of the stipulated status quo order entered in the Delaware Litigation (as defined below) on December 5, 2018 each of the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Common Stock.
ITEM 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The third paragraph in Item 3 in the Schedule 13D is hereby deleted and replaced with the following paragraphs:
On November 19, 2018, the members of 734 Investors passed a resolution by written consent to remove 734 Agriculture as managing member of 734 Investors, and to designate Arlon as the new managing member of 734 Investors (the " 734 Consent ").
On November 20, 2018, members of 734 Investors filed a lawsuit against 734 Agriculture and Mr. Remy W. Trafelet, the Issuer's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the " Delaware Court "), captioned Arlon Valencia Holdings v. Trafelet , C.A. No. 2018-0842-JTL (the " Members' Delaware Litigation "). The plaintiffs seek, among other things, a declaration that (1) 734 Agriculture was validly replaced as the managing member of 734 Investors pursuant to the LLC Agreement and the 734 Consent and (2) a purported shareholder action by written consent, delivered to the Issuer in the name of 734 Investors, 734 Agriculture and certain other shareholders of the Issuer on November 11, 2018 (the " Purported Consent ") is invalid under the LLC Agreement.
Also on November 20, 2018, 734 Agriculture filed a lawsuit contesting the 734 Consent in the Delaware Court, captioned 734 Agriculture v. Arlon Valencia Holdings, LLC , C.A. No. 2018-0844-JTL (the " 734 Delaware Litigation "). On November 27, 2018, the Delaware Court entered a stipulated order consolidating the Members' Delaware Litigation and the 734 Delaware Litigation into a single lawsuit, captioned In re 734 Investors, LLC Litigation, Consol . C.A. No. 2018-0844-JTL (the consolidated suit, the " Delaware Litigation ").
On December 5, 2018, the Delaware Court entered a stipulated status quo order which provides, among other things, that 734 Agriculture shall serve as the managing member of 734 Investors during the pendency of the Delaware Litigation. The status quo order also provides that 734 Agriculture shall not take any actions outside of the ordinary course of business of 734 Investors without the consent of two-thirds of the membership interests of 734 Investors, including exercising any voting rights with respect to any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by 734 Investors.
ITEM 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The first paragraph in Item 4 in the Schedule 13D is hereby deleted and replaced with the following paragraph:
The shares of Common Stock owned by the Reporting Persons represent approximately 0.25% of the Issuer's outstanding voting securities.
ITEM 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs of Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated, respectively, as follows:
(a) Unless otherwise indicated, percentage interest calculations for each Reporting Person are based upon the Issuer having 7,454,795 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 3, 2018, as disclosed in the Issuer's Form 10-K, filed on December 6, 2018.
Individually, Arlon may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
As the managing member of Arlon, AFAP may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
As the general partner of AFAP, AFAA may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
AFAH
As the managing member of AFAA, AFAH may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
As the managing member of AFAH, CGC may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Mr. Paul J. Fribourg
As Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of CGC, Mr. Paul J. Fribourg may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 18,752 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth paragraphs of Item 5(b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated, respectively, as follows:
(b) The power to vote or to direct the vote of shares of Common Stock described in this Item 5(b) is subject to the restrictions described in Item 6, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Individually, Arlon has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
In its capacity as the managing member of Arlon, AFAP may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
In its capacity as the general partner of AFAP, AFAA may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
In its capacity as the managing member of AFAA, AFAH may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
In its capacity as the managing member of AFAH, CGC may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
In his capacity as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of CGC, Mr. Paul J. Fribourg may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 18,752 shares of Common Stock.
Except as described in this Item 5(b), no person listed in Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is a beneficial owner of the Common Stock in which Arlon has beneficial ownership.
ITEM 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by replacing the fourth paragraph under the heading " Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement" with the following :
On November 19, 2018, the members of 734 Investors passed a resolution by written consent to remove 734 Agriculture as managing member of 734 Investors, and to designate Arlon as the new managing member of 734 Investors.
On November 20, 2018, members of 734 Investors filed a lawsuit against 734 Agriculture and Mr. Remy W. Trafelet, the Issuer's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in the Delaware Court, captioned Arlon Valencia Holdings v. Trafelet , C.A. No. 2018-0842-JTL. The plaintiffs seek, among other things, a declaration that (1) 734 Agriculture was validly replaced as the managing member of 734 Investors pursuant to the LLC Agreement and the 734 Consent, and (2) the Purported Consent is invalid under the LLC Agreement.
Also on November 20, 2018, 734 Agriculture filed a lawsuit contesting the 734 Consent in the Delaware Court, captioned 734 Agriculture v. Arlon Valencia Holdings, LLC , C.A. No. 2018-0844-JTL. On November 27, 2018, the Delaware Court entered a stipulated order consolidating the Members' Delaware Litigation and the 734 Delaware Litigation into a single lawsuit, captioned In re 734 Investors, LLC Litigation, Consol . C.A. No. 2018-0844-JTL.
ITEM 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit A – Agreement pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k).
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
/s/ Michael R. Mayberry
Michael R. Mayberry
Authorized Signatory
By: Arlon Food and Agriculture Associates LLC
Its: General Partner
Senior Vice President - Legal
/s/ Paul J. Fribourg
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AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)
The undersigned hereby agree as follows:
Each of them is individually eligible to use the Schedule 13D/A to which this Exhibit is attached, and such Schedule 13D/A is filed on behalf of each of them; and
Each of them is responsible for the timely filing of such Schedule 13D/A and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such person contained therein; but none of them is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
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Q: Infinite series and uniform convergence I wanted to determine if
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^n x^n(1-x) \text{ uniformly converges on } [0,1]$$
I know that if
$$ S_m(x) = \sum_{n=1}^{m}(-1)^n x^n(1-x) = \frac{-x(x-1)((-x)^m-1)}{x+1}$$
$$ S_m\rightarrow \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1} \text{ when } m\rightarrow \infty \text{ for } x\in[0,1] $$
$$ \left\lvert S_m(x) - \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert = \left\lvert \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert |x^m|$$
I was trying to show that the partial sum of the series was uniformly convergent but I don't know what to do next.
Thanks in advance!

A: We have uniform convergence by the Cauchy criterion, since
$$\left|\sum_{k=n}^m (-1)^kx^k(1-x)\right| = (1-x)(x^n - (x^{n+1} - x^{n+2}) - \ldots) \leqslant (1 - x)x^n,$$
and as $n \to \infty$,
$$\sup_{x \in [0,1]} (1-x)x^n = \frac{1}{(1 +1/n)^n}\frac{1}{n+1} \to 0 $$

A: Note
$$ \left\lvert S_m(x) - \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert = \left\lvert \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert |x^m|\le(1-x)x^m. $$
Let
$$ f_m(x)=(1-x)x^m. $$
Let $f_m'(x)=0$ which has a solution $x_m=\frac{m}{m+1}$. Also $f''(x_m)<0$. So $f_m(x)$ attains the max value at $x=x_m$. So
$$ \left\lvert S_m(x) - \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert = \left\lvert \frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}\right\rvert |x^m|\le(1-x)x^m\le f_m(x_m)=\frac1{m+1}(\frac{m}{m+1})^m\to0 $$
as $m\to\infty$. Thus $S_m(x)$ uniformly converges to $\frac{x(x-1)}{x+1}$.


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