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Pitt welcomes Maryland to the Pete in first ACC home game
By CardiacHill@AnsonWhaley Jan 6, 2014, 2:30pm EST
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Pitt's first ACC home game will come, ironically, against a team in its final season in the conference. After this season, the Maryland Terrapins will leave the ACC and join the Big Ten.
Maryland could provide a good test for Pitt, but thus far, their season has been a bit up and down. The Terps come into the Pete with five losses already. A couple were to solid ranked teams in UConn and Ohio State, and a third came against a 12-2 George Washington team. But two have also come at the hands of Oregon State and Boston University. They've also had some close calls against the likes of FAU and Providence, winning by only four against each.
For what it's worth, the Terrapins are 2-0 in the conference, but have played a 4-11 Boston College team that looks to be the worst in the ACC and a 9-5 Georgia Tech team that figures to be near the bottom of the league as well.
None of this, though, should mean that Pitt is taking Maryland lightly, obviously. The Terps come into the game ranking statistically better on the boards than Pitt and as we saw against North Carolina State, that was a problem area for the Panthers. Maryland also ranks 17th in the nation in assists, and that generally means they are finding the open man well and getting good shots off.
They're also a fairly deep team - like Pitt they legitimately go ten deep. One of those players is Seth Allen, who just returned from a fractured foot. Allen has played in Maryland's last three games and is really providing a boost the team. In 20 minutes a game since his return, he's averaging 10.3 points and 3.0 assists. Allen has struggled with his shot, making only 38% of his attempts), but is still giving the team a nice lift.
In the end, though, I like Pitt here. The Panthers get the game at home and that's always a huge advantage. Pitt comes into the game as 9.5-point favorites as of Sunday night and that's a pretty big number for a conference game. A win isn't guaranteed here, but the Panthers appear to have an edge.
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Bronzeville listed by New York Times as a 'place to visit in 2022'
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NOW: Bronzeville listed by New York Times as a 'place to visit in 2022'
Bronzeville listed by New York Times as a 'place to visit in 2022'
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee neighborhood is garnering national attention for its culture, development and growth.
The New York Times listed Bronzeville among its places for travelers to visit in 2022.
A business owner said Bronzeville is a magical place. In the past, Black families could only live and work within the neighborhood's boundaries. Now, neighbors are breaking boundaries.
Tiffany Miller is a co-founder of the Bronzeville Collective MKE. She said, "When the people are ok, the neighborhood is ok, the community is ok, the businesses can get to a place where they're ok as well."
After years of decline, the neighborhood is thriving once again, and the collective is representative of what works. Fellow co-founder Lilo Allen said, "When you are together, there is a lot of mitigation of loss and risk that other folks don't have to take, that aren't as big."
Several vendors have been successful enough to break out on their own, but that model is also exemplified by existing eclectic businesses. Miller said, "They, too, have a collaborative mindset as well. Just working, they've been in the neighborhood for years."
The Times article explains how $400 million of redevelopment funds from minority-led organizations has helped redefine the neighborhood. And it references plant shops, book bars, barber shops and jazz cafes.
The individual successes may be more recent, but it's a renaissance for the neighborhood. Allen said, "I definitely see the Bronzeville community returning to its roots. Which is people of color, and Black folks specifically, being able to work, own, play and do business in this space."
Tiffany and Lilo said the neighborhood is excited for the re-opening of America's Black Holocaust Museum, a cultural touchstone in the city. That's slated for Feb. 25.

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Richard Whittet
Home staff Richard Whittet
Richard's role at Forest Research involves management of an extensive network of genetic trials and assessment data. He supports all aspects of the tree improvement work at Forest Research but also provides support and advice to the Conifer Breeding Cooperative and Future Trees Trust.
Richard is interested in genetic variation in forest trees and its response to natural and artificial selection. He aims to strengthen the links from selection and testing to production of high quality germplasm by promoting intensive management of seed orchards to bring pace and flexibility into breeding programmes to promote healthy and productive plantations. He is also keen to explore how tree improvement can harness variation in 'resilience' traits to adjust the ecological amplitude of trees where appropriate and to assist in the recovery of trees from biological outbreaks.
The main tree species Richard is currently working on are: Picea sitchensis, Acer pseudoplatanus, Fraxinus excelsior, Pinus sylvestris and Larix spp. although he is involved in work on several others in varying levels of detail.
Richard is currently compiling technical information in order to prepare the UK's first national report on Forest Genetic Resources, in line with FAO reporting guidelines for the second report on the "State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources".
Richard has a BSc in Sustainable Forest Management (Scottish School of Forestry, UHI) and an MSc in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/University of Edinburgh) and completed a PhD at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology of University of Edinburgh in 2017, working on the management of forest genetic resources and their responses to climate change.
Richard has worked as an independent researcher on contracts from University College London, Forestry Commission England, Woodland Trust and the Future Trees Trust. He joined Forest Research in August 2018 as project support officer for tree improvement.
National focal point for EUFGIS, the European Information System on Forest Genetic Resources
Deputy national coordinator for EUFORGEN
Member of Future Trees Trust research advisory group
Member of Conifer Breeding Co-operative operations group
Forest Research lead contact for Edinburgh Plant Science
richard.whittet@forestresearch.gov.uk
Head of Tree breeding
Forest genetics
Northern Research Station
Bush Estate
Living Ash Project phase II (LAP2)
Forest resources and product development, Tree health
Genetic considerations for provenance choice of native trees under climate change in England
This Research Report provides a review of published results from provenance tests of relevance to English native trees to identify factors which may influence the risk, suitability and desirability of the use of local versus non-local seed under climate change.
Climate change, Genetics, Pests and diseases
Peer reviewed journal articles
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Turner, S., Graham, E., Macphail, R., Duncan, L., Rose, N.L., Yang, H., Whittet, R. and Rosique‐Esplugas, C., 2021. Mercury enrichment in anthrosols and adjacent coastal sediments at a Classic Maya site, Marco Gonzalez, Belize. Geoarchaeology https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21868
Rosique-Esplugas, C., Cottrell, J.E., Cavers, S., Whittet, R., Ennos, R.A. 2021. Clinal genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in leaf phenology, growth and stem form in common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), Forestry https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab026
Whittet, R., Lopez, G. and Rosique-Esplugas, C. 2021. Mid-rotation variation in growth, form and phenology of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) provenances in field trials in England, Forestry https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab012
Whittet, R., Cavers, S., Cottrell, J., Rosique-Esplugas, C. and Ennos, R. 2017. Substantial variation in timing of pollen production reduces reproductive synchrony between distant populations of Pinus sylvestris L. in Scotland. Ecology and Evolution 7, 5754-5765.
Graham, E., Macphail, R., Turner, S., Crowther, J., Stegemann, J., Arroyo-Kalin, M., Duncan, L., Whittet, R., Rosique, C. and Austin, P., 2017. The Marco Gonzalez Maya site, Ambergris Caye, Belize: Assessing the impact of human activities by examining diachronic processes at the local scale. Quaternary International 437, 115-142.
Graham, E., MacPhail, R., Crowther, J., Turner, S.D., Stegemann, J., Arroyo-Kalin, M., Duncan, L., Austin, P., Whittet, R. and Rosique, C., 2016. Past and Future Earth: Archaeology and Soil Studies on Ambergris Caye, Belize. Archaeology International 19, 97-108.
Whittet, R., Cottrell, J., Cavers, S., Pecurul, M. and Ennos, R. 2016. Supplying trees in an era of environmental uncertainty: identifying challenges faced by the forest nursery sector in Great Britain. Land Use Policy 58, 415-426.
Whittet, R. Cavers, S., Cottrell, J. and Ennos, R. 2016. Seed sourcing for woodland creation in an era of uncertainty: an analysis of the options for Great Britain. Forestry 90, 163-173.
Whittet, R., Hope, J. and Ellis, C. 2015. Open structured woodland and the ecological interpretation of Scotland's Ancient Woodland Inventory. Scottish Geographical Journal 131, 67-77.
Whittet, R. and Ellis, C. 2013. Critical tests for lichen indicators of woodland ecological continuity. Biological Conservation 168, 19-23.
Technical and popular articles
Whittet, R., Ennos, R., Cavers, S., Cottrell, J. 2019. Genetic considerations for provenance choice of native trees under climate change in England. Forestry Commission Research Report. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.
Uncredited. Nursery resilience and biosecurity – The dilemma of predicting and meeting demand. Forestry and Timber News, February 2017.
Whittet, R., Ennos, R., Cavers, S. and Cottrell, J. 2016. Deploying our resources: local provenance in practice. Woodwise, Autumn 2016. Woodland Trust.
Whittet, R., Ennos, R., Cavers, S. and Cottrell, J. 2016. Adapt and survive. The origins of genetic variation in native trees and implications for practical management. Woodwise, Autumn 2016. Woodland Trust.
Whittet, R. 2016. Why does Britain import so many native trees and shrubs? Botanical Society of Scotland News. Autumn 2016.


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Following his first appearance in 1968 in The Web of Fear, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart became a firm favourite with Dr Who's many viewers. So, in this 30th Anniversary year, it is fitting that he should return – this time in the guise of his actor-creator Nicholas Courtney. On this special double video, Nicholas introduces the character's second appearance, his narrative bridging the gaps in this original 8 part adventure left by the loss of episodes 1 and 4. Originally broadcast 2 November – 21 December 1968, The Invasion can go ahead at last on BBC Video…
When The Doctor, Zoe and Jamie investigate the mysterious disappearance of an eminent scientist, their search takes them to International Electromatics, a powerful firm run by the sinister Tobias Vaughan. Under surveillance by the Brigadier's top secret UnitedNations Intelligence Task Force (UNIT), it soon becomes apparent that there is more to Vaughan's activities than meets the eye. Just who are his mysterious allies? What is lurking down the sewers of London? Is The Doctor ready to face and old enemy once more?
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Gazpacho - give me more...!
Re: Gazpacho - give me more...!
I have a feeling that 'genuine' gazpacho shouldn't have any tomatoes at all, as I feel morally certain that it was in common use pre 1492!
Me, I'm off 'ome to make a fiesty all i oli de codony, of whose ingredients I have an overabundance - thanks to a generous neighbour!


Celebrating the launch of Leyla McCalla's debut album, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, HCX collaborated with BRIC's Stoop Series, to co-present An n' Pale|Café Conversations. To a packed house of over 150 people, Leyla regaled the audience with renditions of Haitian folk songs such as Mèsi Bondye, Manman Mwen & Latibonit as well as arrangements based on Hughes' poems. Leyla's music is a blend of Haitian and New Orleans folk music coupled with her distinct vocals and noted talent on the cello.
Following the inspired performance, Leyla and HCX Executive Director, Régine M. Roumain, discussed McCalla's current tour, experiences abroad, her upbringing, and the work that went into creating her first album.
When asked about research for the album, Leyla mentioned listening to Alan Lomax's recordings, a 10 disc and two book boxed set collected during his 1936-37 trek through Haiti, and meeting with her parents to discuss songs, their meaning, and working with her father to translate the songs from Haitian Creole.
Currently residing in New Orleans, Leyla continues to be inspired by the music of the region and collaborates with local musicians to create her unique sound. A rising young artist on the scene, Leyla is becoming increasingly well known as her work continues to receive outstanding reviews. We are thrilled to have been a part of this evening!
Take a look at some photos from the conversation & performance here.
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This An n' Pale | Café Conversation took place on February 11, 2014 at BRIC in Brooklyn.
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What's a fair amount to compensate an influencer? Boy, do we get that question a lot. And in Episode 2 of our Influencer Marketing series we'll be addressing this to understand how businesses can compensate and collaborate better with additional insights from our guest influencer.
"Give Room for Creativity"
While it may seem important to get your brand message across, don't forget that you're engaging with an influencer because you believe they have a voice that influences your target audience. So when it comes to content creation, allow your influencers to be their authentic selves. Sure, guidance is a good idea but being controlling about how they write and take photos will reduce the chances of getting the audience to engage with them. This will guarantee your chance of garnering the attention you were looking for.
"Look into other niche platforms"
With giant platforms like Instagram and Facebook dominating social media, one would think that these are the only channels to focus your marketing strategies on. But the truth is, there are other platforms out there like TikTok, Twitch, SnapChat (yes! it's still alive!) and even Twitter that may serve a purpose for your audience. So ask yourself – what is your campaign purpose? What kind of content would really create impact? Which channel would the campaign messaging likely be effective? How can an influencer start a conversation with their audience about your brand? Answering these questions would take your brand awareness a longer way then just expecting an Instagram post to translate into sales.
"Meeting each other halfway"
The key thing to remember here is that influencer marketing is a two way relationship. And for both parties to win, a business will need to understand the value that an influencer can provide for their business. Businesses should not expect that just because the influencer has less followers than another that they need to perform more tasks than the other influencer. Those high numbers mean nothing if the audience isn't truly engaged. At the same time, an influencer should not be asking for the stars and the moon knowing that businesses don't necessarily have the experience in working within industry standards and practices. It really puts them off in wanting to work with their next influencer if they have bad experiences with their first one.
S01E02 Guest #1: Hanie Hidayah
Hanie Hidayah is a fashion and travel blogger and TV host who consults in social media marketing strategies and content creation. Having been in the creative industry for more than 10 years, Hanie is no stranger to the influencer marketing world. Through working with big brands such as Adidas, Zalora, Urban Decay, Air Asia (to name a few!) this multi talented creative has gained a strong following in her community and speaks out on issues that truly matter via her Instagram channel. Despite now moving away from blogging on her website, Hanie still enjoys working with brands via her Instagram who truly resonate with who she is.
A SCOOP OF INSPIRATION
Don't skip this bit:
Instagram is better for brand awareness
Know your audience and which platform they browse from
Always prepare a contract for your influencers


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June 15, 2020 Katherine Haas
McNutt & Partners' Social Media Wish List
No, it's not Christmas—but we're making our wish list early! If we could rule the social media realm, these factors would already be at play. Maybe by putting this out into the world someone will hear our concerns? Hey, it's worth a shot! Tune in for McNutt & Partners' Social Media Wish List.
How we approached the list
At first we thought about really cool things—like what if a social media ad could interact with other senses, like smell? In the end we decided we'd make this list a bit more practical. What are some things that would help us as marketers—and in turn, help our clients? Here are a few things we've come up with.
Twitter "business hub"
Right now, Twitter makes it difficult for marketers to manage multiple accounts on behalf of their clients. In fact, it's almost set up in such a way to make doing so difficult. Creating too many accounts from one IP address gets you flagged and locked out of all accounts from that IP address. Also, too many log-ins raises cause for concern on Twitter's end as well. If Twitter had something like Facebook's Business Manager to help agencies manage client Twitter accounts, we think it could be immensely helpful.
Ability to edit ads after they are running
Sometimes you need to make a change to a social media ad after it has already starting running. Currently when a Facebook or Instagram ad is running, you cannot make edits to the ad unless you stop the ad entirely, edit, and restart it. That doesn't sound like a big thing, but in doing so you lose any previous engagement or tracked data the ad has collected so far. We'd love the ability to edit an ad after it is running!
A more-accurate, more human decision-making process around the approval and disapproval of Facebook ads
Sometimes, Facebook flags an ad as "violating its policies" for no apparent reason at all. In fact, this happened to us recently. When we appealed the ad to a human being working at Facebook, we were told that it was a glitch in the system. Frustrating, to say the least.
More interactive ad options
Maybe this wouldn't necessarily have to do with ads that elicit smell, but we think there's always room to continue innovating! Facebook did roll out some new interactive ad options last October. McNutt & Partners' Social Media Wish List includes more ideas like this!
Easier for agencies to manage multiple Instagram accounts
Instagram can also be finicky about having one device, (or one IP address), access multiple of its accounts, (which is what we do as marketers on behalf of our clients). And since Instagram accounts can only be managed via a smart phone or tablet, this becomes an issue at times. Like Twitter, we wish there was a better way for Instagram to allow marketers to manage multiple accounts.
Instagram links
Speaking of Instagram, links in Instagram captions are currently a no-no. In fact, if you put a link in an Instagram caption, it won't link anywhere. Instead, if we're trying to share a link, we put cues like "Link in bio." As part of McNutt & Partners' social media wish list, let's link up on Instagram!
More than four images on Twitter
Twitter's largely a text-based platform; hence we are guessing that's why it restricts users to posting four images at a time. But we say if you're going to allow images at all, why the restriction? We'd be happy to be able to post more than four images at a time on Twitter.
Universal image size
And speaking of images, different social media platforms prefer different image/video sizes. One could argue that this is what makes them unique, but maybe life would be easier if they all agreed on one universal size. That way, your content would always look great without needing to reformat it—no matter what platform you're posting to!
Some items on McNutt & Partners' social media wish list may be more realistic than others, but we can dream! As always, we're here to help you navigate the sometimes murky waters of social media so that you can use it to the best of your brand's advantage.
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Specifically, Plenty of Fish does not attempt to verify if there users, according to the company. Match has signed agreements and statements saying how they will protect their users from sexual predators. However, are these websites really safe from criminals?
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In a few incidents, registered sex offenders decided to go on several dates with women that they met on dating sites. These women had no idea that they were talking or going out with a potential sex offender. In some cases, this lead these women being raped and having to report it to the police and moderators of the platform. These women expected the officials of the website to protect them from these types of criminals. They would soon discover they do not truly know who is using these online dating sites.
Match made a statement that they could not perform background checks on their users because it is ineffective and costly. A spokesman from Match also stated that government databases often run on old photos or lack updated information about these offenders.
In a statement to The Verge, Match said it relies on a, "network of industry-leading tools, systems, and processes and spend millions of dollars annually to prevent, monitor and remove bad actors – including registered sex offenders – from our apps." They also say they will, "aggressively deploy new tools to eradicate bad actors" when it can't find "reliable information" on users.
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There is a much bigger problem these dating apps are facing when determining if solidifying the database information is going to make a meaningful impact. Many people will not want to enter their full name into the app because it can leave them vulnerable to other types of threats. If users are required to display their full name, it can result in people stealing their information and impersonating them, or even lead to harassment from other users.
Overall, verifying a user's identity on dating platforms has always been tricky. Every platform goes about this issue in a different way. Platforms in the past would only use a username to be a user on the app. Soon problems began to arise with harmful users, and the app had to transition over to using real names.
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Most of the people on these apps are not looking for anything serious. They want to meet someone and overtime, learn if they could be the right person for them. Many times, apps will ask the user what they are looking for to help connect them with a user with similar interests. By including these details on a user's profile, this information is also accessible by shady characters using the app.
Generally, apps have resolved the identity problem with social media apps like Facebook or Twitter. Users are already sharing personal information on these different types of social media. Dating apps often will allow you to sign up through these social media apps which port their information directly into the new dating app. These dating apps are relying more on social media verification than their own.
Dating app users are relying on the fact that app officials are going to protect them from harmful predators. They are using the app to find someone that they could potentially spend the rest of their lives with.
The crucial question is, how are they going to be able to verify users while staying true to the culture of the app?
Dating sites are growing and more people are turning to these apps to meet new people. These apps need to find a way to verify the people using their app and make sure that these sexual predators are not using them. These predators are creating an image that these apps are no longer safe for users to use and that dating app companies do not care about their users.
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New AI breakthrough:
One of the hardest jobs for AI has been natural language parsing. There are many examples of ambiguity that would stump most human recipients - and yet are perfectly valid, grammatically correct, etc. We humans resolve these situations by putting them in a context and/or by seeking further clarification. This task - translating a stream of symbols such as words into a meaningful mental object in our consciousness - has been partially solved to date by heroic statistically and/or rule-based efforts such as Siri. http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-apples-siri-really-works/
Now Google has raised the bar. http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-open-sources-natural-language-understanding-tools
The impact will likely include a lot better machine translations, but also a lot more practical robotics. That means fewer things for humans to do, as far as any current job model is concerned. Instead of scripting a sequence of codes and parameters to control a robot or robotic process in some big metal factory, this moves us much closer to the day when we can tell our robot helper to "walk the dog and try to be back in time to fix dinner, after which you can give me a pedicure while I'm kicking the latest X-games VR, and then remind me about Mama's birthday party and be sure to have the UberAutoCab ready at the door at 7. Let me know if you're not going to able to finish everything, in time to adjust our schedules."
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-robot-with-human-like-grace-and-precision
It will give first the .1% and then potentially just about everyone, the working equivalent of a butler, maid-servant, secretary, auto-mechanic, plumber, and maybe artist/musician/poet in residence, differing in exchangeable tools, but accessing the same core goal/value structure, based on you and your needs, desires, and $capabilities. The success of the new Google advances will also become yet another driver of cyber-evolution.
The question is then, "what ARE your basic and derivative values and what happens as our home robot moves ever closer in capability from Siri to Semantha? What is the point of even living, if one's life is simply a net drain, with no hope of ever doing anything significant, as we are totally eclipsed in capability by our home hardware? Check out David Brin's "Kiln People" for a highly amusing future society in which this is becoming a real problem...
(If it's more cost-effective to use a factory robot than a human, then why would that distinction not apply at home? If you haven't seen the original movie spin-off from the Japanese TV series, "Ghost in the Shell," I highly recommend it, for starters as a thinking-about object.* The premise of the movie is that somehow it is possible to extract the soul in pieces that can be reanimated in androids or robots. Plausible enough if one believes in souls to begin with. The purpose being to create sex-dolls that the owner or user experiences as real people that can feel pleasure, fear, pain, lust, etc. It seems that the target market - wealthy, powerful, pedophylic sociopaths - need the feedback that he or she cannot get from a mere Siri level droid, who one knows is just executing code, but they can't afford the risk involved with kidnapping a real girl. So, taking a page from the offshore investment people, the girls are kidnapped from whatever 3rd world source by the usual suspects and then their souls are extracted in pieces in a remote safe house until they die as soul-less zombies.
The problem with trying to have a love or lust affair with a robot is that the true personal feedback - the mirror of one's consciousness - can never be completely there, as to reach that level would of necessity require that the robot develop a true consciousness, at which point it would have its own motivations and legal/moral status.
*There must be a vocabulary for mental objects somewhere. Julian Jaynes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes) did some fascinating work in this direction, pointing to the Iliad and Odyssey for evidence of his conclusion, that mental objects serve as the building blocks of sentience.
One obvious solution to what to do with life, when a better replacement is available - which I suggested in the '60's - is to join them. As we boomers start replacing more and more of our aging bio with synthetic replacements - cochlear implants with WiFi built in, artificial retinas with record/playback/alter/edit, the time will come when losing our last bio components will be a relief. No more eating - or the other end, except as a dying art form (food, that is). Music and music appreciation - including VR real-time environments keyed off the mix of the music and our emotional responses. Communal mind-melding as depicted in "Avatar." Just samples of where we could go if we don't self-destruct. As New Men, death will come only as chance or choice, and we should be inherently capable of living LONG lives of ever-increasing intelligence and creativity. There ARE physical limits - C, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, etc., but we are a long ways from them.
The trick is getting there. Let's consider some of the possible mental perspectives.
I suggest that a good reference model for building a memetic object cluster about this general subject is the on-line gaming economy, where-in virtual objects in a game acquire real-money value, starting, I guess, about 20 years back, when game factories were starting up in China and elsewhere, with low pay employees working 16 hour days as players solely to acquire game objects to be marketed to the wealthy gamers who didn't want to waste their time fighting endless battles in hopes of acquiring some sword with magical powers. Just buy some virtual gold with real $ and then BUY the damned sword with the gold. This is now Big Business.
In the real world outside gaming, we are paying for cars that more and more incorporate on-board intelligence. Meanwhile the Geo locators will collaborate, offering premium routing to those who can afford the premium, leaving the less privileged stuck in the long way home.
Eventually, something like an upgraded Glass/Rift will sweep the market, putting the user in an immersive augmented experience whose desirability will range over a broad spectrum, based mostly on what you can pay. The .1% will live in relative augmented paradises, while the typical worker around the world will struggle with limited access at home and over-access at work, as competition forces businesses to pressure their employees to stay on top of an ever-steeper technisization curve.
Don't believe any of this?
Today at the LA Fitness gym, about half of the exercise machines were idle and not available. Why? Because 30 or so people had forgotten about exercising and were busy smart-phoning, often for extended periods.* The gym should logically be providing an area with chairs, with a big sign, "WiFi" and charging outlets - like StarBucks. But apart from a couple chairs in the lobby, the only place to sit and text is an exercise machine - meaning everyone else is deprived of its use. I.e., LA Fitness is losing value, as the available equipment is taken off-line by the phone addicts and the membership numbers will likely suffer as the serious fitness buffs leave.
(Unfortunately, LA Fitness corporate does not have a reputation for listening. Just for one example, in their Costa Mesa spa, the hooks for clothes in the pool area are placed about 7 feet from the floor, making them totally inaccessible to most women and Asian men. This has not changed in about 15 years. I, or any reasonably intelligent person could save them $millions, just on such practical issues, but then it would make management look bad.)
*Some of the patrons who are into actual workouts have begun doing what appears to be retaliation or preemption by either camping out on their favorite machine or leaving a towell across the backrest and maybe a gym bag on the seat of a 2nd machine and then working out on a 3rd machine, all of which makes for confrontations and probably some fights if it continues. I had a little confrontation on that basis just this morning.
One obvious solution that just occurred to me is a Queue APP, in which everyone in the gym who had a smartphone and the QUAP could autoschedule time on a sequence of exercise machines. In an ideal world, the machines themselves would know if they were in use and also whether someone's allotted time had come. The phone would then inform the patron that the machine had come open and the window of response. A possible twist on this would be to allocate gym time via a counter. If people were charged on a use basis, then you wouldn't see many people texting on a machine.
Meta, a smarter LA Fitness would do a complete VR model of the situation and test various solution paths, spotting glitches like out of reach clothes hooks.
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Our goal is to open doors for the most creative and beautiful women in the beauty, fashion, and entertainment industry, and give these industries a makeover of new creative talent and new beautiful faces that deserve recognition and a moment to shine among the stars.


As a Social Media Marketing Firm, we see a lot of galleries that run their marketing effectively, leading to sales and other great results, and others that run theirs fruitlessly, leaving them disillusioned and empty-handed. Marketing is as vital to a prospering gallery as water is to fish because the flow of new water can bring an endless stream of food to the fish just like a marketing stream can constantly bring new customers to view and purchase art. Marketing is all about getting the good word about your gallery and offerings – but marketing is also all about knowing the appropriate timing and message to be delivered through the appropriate channels, or marketing mediums.
Galleries today have a myriad of online marketing available to them. Their website can blog about their offerings, they can link to their social channels, have an email list and so on.
Many galleries might, for example, have a social media channel, like Facebook or Twitter, but are they integrating their social channels with the events listed on the website? Is your gallery integrating the information you market with effectively, taking advantage of your marketing efforts?
When you post a great blog about an event or a new artist, who will see it? Sure some people might be searching the internet or your blog for such an event and find your blog post, but why not maximize your efforts?
There are so many websites and galleries online today that relying on the few people who will come to your site is like the old adage 'leaving money on the table'. This is also true when you send an email to your email list but include no online link. Or posting great updates on Facebook without ever referring to your website!
The internet evokes a great image that is like a spider's web in which all 'roads' intersect and, ultimately, lead to the same place. That one place you want all of your marketing to lead to is your website and the message or offering that you want customers and potential clients to find. However, this only happens when the roads are all pointing in the same direction because they are coordinated, providing the same information.
Your marketing needs to do the same thing. While different marketing mediums serve different purposes, they all need to work together in their efforts to create an integrated message. Just like our metaphor of the internet or a spider's web, your marketing mediums need to work symbiotically to create one powerful campaign.
It's true that once you have a follower online as a fan or subscribed to your blog and email, they are connected to your gallery. However, marketing plans leave gaps in the road when they assume that someone subscribed to their blog will know about the newest piece that just came in.
Maximizing marketing efforts means that you let your social media fans know that you just snapped some pictures of the fabulous new painting or sculpture you have for sale, which they can see by going to your blog. Your blog can write all about the artist, encouraging readers to sign up for your email to be notified of future additions to your gallery and to be pointed to a blog all about the artist or similar works. In any case, the idea is to create several ripples in the pond with your marketing efforts by communicating your vast knowledge and offerings to as many people as possible through all of your marketing channels.
A cohesive message this way creates a more orchestrated and melodious message. This method can simplify your marketing efforts, because you'll only create one message at a time and just translate it into the appropriate message for each marketing channel. It will also save you time and enhance your marketing reach, by allowing you to reach more people at the same time. Most of all, by enhancing your communication and message, your gallery will enjoy greater audience engagement, which will translate to greater sales.


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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - A worker at a July Fourth fireworks show in South Carolina's North Myrtle Beach was hurt after a shell exploded prematurely.
City spokesman Pat Dowling says part of the Cherry Grove Pier was damaged in the blast Thursday evening.
The man was taken to a hospital in Myrtle Beach for treatment. There was no word on his condition early Friday. His name hasn't been released.
Dowling says the show ended after just six minutes because of the explosion.
Dowling says the blast put a hole in the pier and damaged part of the railing.
The incident happened the same night more than two dozen people northwest of Los Angeles were injured when a wood platform holding live fireworks tipped over, sending the pyrotechnics into a crowd at a 4th of July show.


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Comic Books Press Releases Previews
EXCLUSIVE Image Comics Preview: Dead Romans #1
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In an echo of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the rebirth of Dionysus from the shredded remains of Zagreus in the Orphic tradition…
Now up for preorder, Mark O. Stack (The Scent of May Rain, Young Offenders!) and artist Helen Robinson (The Light Thief, Wayward Sisters) join forces for Madness; or, the Modern Dionysus. It's the spiritual successor to their previous work The Scent of May Rain. This 64-page, the perfect-bound graphic novella will be released in print and digital simultaneously in January 2022.
"The response to May Rain last year was shocking to me. Some books end up being more for you as a creator than for an actual audience, so the enthusiastic reception from readers, outlets, and industry legends I'd grown up reading was completely unexpected," said Stack. "That became the motivation for me to consider going out on an even further limb with this book to make something that engages with the questions of spirituality, personhood, and recovery that began to consume my mind upon entering lockdown in 2020."
In an echo of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the rebirth of Dionysus from the shredded remains of Zagreus in the Orphic tradition, Zig finds himself called into being by members of a modern cult who have returned a cadaver to life in the hopes that the spirit manifesting within it will be the next coming of their patron deity.
But in the process of his becoming, Zig runs from the pain of his death and into Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, and enters the world as little more than a blank slate. With his most devoted worshipper at his side, Zig must go on a journey through America and into the Underworld to discover what it means to be the god of ritual madness in a world full of struggle.
If pain and suffering are unavoidable in life, maybe a little bit of madness is the key to survival?
Check out a preview of the book below.
Sign-up here for pre-order notification. For more on this upcoming series read the official press release below.
MORRISTOWN, NJ 06/21/2021—Writer Mark O. Stack (The Scent of May Rain, Young Offenders!) and artist Helen Robinson (The Light Thief, Wayward Sisters) are working together to create Madness; or, the Modern Dionysus. This graphic novella is a spiritual follow-up to 2020's critically-acclaimed The Scent of May Rain in the literal sense as it tells the story of a Greek god who finds himself resurrected by worshippers in the modern day. This 64-page, perfect-bound graphic novella will be released in print and digital simultaneously in January 2022.
"Greek mythology and its adaptations have fascinated me since I was a kid, so Madness was bound to draw me in," said Robinson. "Seeing how Mark has recreated the character of Dionysus (with a wonderful touch of Frankenstein) has been really exciting, as has been bringing his story to life. Every page has had something different to explore as our Dionysus finds his way through the world. From resurrections to road trips and a bit of romance in between, it's been a blast!"
Madness; or, the Modern Dionysus will be available for pre-order in October 2021 and release on January 25, 2022. Sign-ups for pre-order notification can be found at: https://forms.gle/humE62Fv82J4HKfr7
Creator Credits
Art by Helen Robinson (they/them)
Script by Mark O. Stack (he/him)
Letters by Jodie Troutman (she/her)
Research and Editing by Rae Epstein (she/her)
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When the times come to buy a home or condo in Toronto, most buyers will start their search on the Internet and more specifically on Realtor.ca, an online database of properties for sale. This site which was formerly known as MLS.ca has recently experienced a nice face lift and now incorporates interactive maps to help simplify your search. Buyers can search for a property based on location, price and type of home (condo or residential) which is then shown plotted on a map. Although the public Realtor.ca site is a fantastic tool for home buyers, Realtors are privy to a whole wealth of information on their own MLS database. So what's the difference you ask?
The Realtor MLS site is a system used and accessed only by Realtors and is operated by CREA (Canadian Real Estate Association). REALTOR.ca on the other hand is a public website also operated by CREA but this system displays a condensed version of the listings on MLS. Realtors have access to extra info and details about the property that is not exposed to the public.
Besides including additional property information, one of the major and most important differences is timing. What I mean by this is the time it takes for a property to appear on the public Realtor.ca site. It takes a few days after loading a property onto MLS to show up on the REALTOR.CA site. In a hot market, many of the properties on the public site have sold as they have already been exposed on the Realtor MLS system for days. Realtors are able to give their buyers up to date information, therefore giving them an opportunity to jump at a property before the public. This is just one of the many advantages of working with a Realtor.
If you are looking to purchase a condo or a home in Toronto, contact me and I would be happy to send you up to date listings on properties that may be of interest to you.


Mississippi voters elected Cindy Hyde-Smith to a full Senate term on Tuesday, ending a closely watched runoff election again her Democratic challenger Mike Espy.
Hyde-Smith had a lead of more than 68,000 votes over Espy as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday night. It is the last Senate election of the 2018 season.
She has held the office since March when she was appointed after Sen. Thad Cochran resigned.
Espy, a former congressman and Clinton administration alum, had sought to capitalise on Hyde-Smith's missteps on the campaign trail, but ultimately fell short in the deep-red state.
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a Senate runoff election in Mississippi on Tuesday night, beating her Democratic challenger Mike Espy in what had become a tumultuous contest in the state.
Hyde-Smith and Espy were vying for the seat in a deep-red state where President Donald Trump took nearly 58% of the vote in 2016.
Hyde-Smith, the state's former agriculture and commerce commissioner who was appointed to the Senate seat in March after Sen. Thad Cochran resigned, was favoured to win, despite recent criticism she received after telling a supporter she would attend a "public hanging," if invited.
That remark conjured Mississippi's history of racism, lynchings, and Jim Crow laws – and caused a handful of companies to withdraw their support for Hyde-Smith's campaign. She has apologised for the comment.
Espy had sought to capitalise on the fallout from Hyde-Smith's missteps, as well as subsequent revelations that his Republican opponent attended a "segregation academy" and celebrated the Confederacy.
But he, too, faced significant headwinds on the road to Washington.
An assessment from FiveThirtyEight indicated that Espy would need an "unprecedented" swing in order to win Tuesday night.
Some Democrats held out hope for Espy citing a resemblance between the Mississippi runoff and the December 2017 special election in neighbouring Alabama, where voters chose Democrat Doug Jones over the embattled Republican Roy Moore, whose campaign was crushed under the weight of a sexual-misconduct scandal.
The Alabama election gave the state its first Democratic senator in more than two decades, but that energy did not transfer to Mississippi, which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1972.


Hi, everyone I'm a senior in college and now I'm expecting my first child. This baby was definitely a surprise but I want to embrace every moment and work harder than ever to provide for my bundle of joy! My due date is 12/09/19 but my birthday is just five days before that so I'm hoping (he 🙏🏾🤞🏾 arrives on my birthday 🎉.
I'm a college senior too! Also surprised with a baby and also hoping for a boy.... My due date is also December 9th! That's crazy!
Senior in college, due on the 9th as well!! Hoping for a girl though.
Oldies but Goodies - who's an older mom?


People who played Albert Einstein in a virtual reality game actually experienced a change in the way they think and choices they made - with some even reaching a higher IQ, a new study has shown.
"Virtual reality can create the illusion of a virtual body to substitute your own, which is called virtual embodiment,"said Professor Mel Slater of the University of Barcelona.
Previous research by Slater and his associates had suggested that the virtual embodiment of someone else can have a significant impact on attitudes and behavior.
A study published in the journal 'Frontiers in Psychology' in June found participants with low self-esteem scored better in IQ tests when they virtually stepped into the genius' body.
The researchers were keen to take the virtual experiment to the next level, and wondered if the immersive experience could alter cognitive ability.
"If we gave someone a recognizable body that represents supreme intelligence, such as that of Albert Einstein, would they perform better on a cognitive task than people given a normal body?" Slater wrote about the inspiration for the new study.
Some 30 young men took part in the experiment. Prior to the VR experience, each man completed three tests to measure their cognitive ability, self-esteem, and bias towards older people.
The participants then dressed in a full-body suit and VR headset to embody Einstein.
The study found people with low self-esteem performed better in their follow-up cognitive exam, and all had a reduced bias against older people.
The researchers behind the study hope the results can be utilized to better serve students. Especially those with low self-esteem who, they say, have the most to gain by changing how they think about themselves.


Let's be honest. Most of us have the best of intentions when a new console generation emerges. For example when the Xbox One launched, many of you vowed to play both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One. In your mind it is very logical. You have games on both consoles that you enjoy. Then it happens. Slowly over time that poor Xbox 360 rarely is turned on and soon those games just seem to fade from your memory.


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Q: How to convert current date to float which is stored in excel as date? I can convert date read from excel to a proper date using xldate_as_tuple function. Is there any function which can do the reverse i.e. convert proper date to float which is stored as date in excel ?

A: In the xlrd xldate.py module there are several functions, xldate_from_date_tuple(), xldate_from_time_tuple() and xldate_from_datetime_tuple(), which convert datetime objects to Excel series dates.
Also, in the XlsxWriter utility.py module there is a function called datetime_to_excel_datetime() which converts datetime objects for an Excel serial date.
All of these solutions take into account the epoch and the Excel 1900 leapyear bug.

A: Excel dates are represented as pywintypes.Time type objects. So in order to e.g. assign the current timestamp to a cell you do:
workbook.Worksheets(1).Cells(1,1).Value = pywintypes.Time(datetime.datetime.now())

A: Almost Bjoern Stiel's answer (tried to up arrow but don't have enough reputation).
Had to add tz_info (used pytz for this):
    from win32com.client import Dispatch
    xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
    book = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(r"C:\Path\to\file")
    d = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime.now())
    book.Sheets(1).Cells(2,12).Value = d

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Planning for a Noah's Ark themed party? This is a set of 4 cute Noah's Ark Thank You Cards, blank inside for your personal message. You choose your color! Noah's Ark is a popular party theme for baby shower or little one's birthday, for a boy or a girl. See more pictures for inspiration and idea on what we can do for you.
These cute Noah's Ark thank you cards are perfect to express your gratefulness to your loved ones, family and friends, for their thoughtfulness, presence and present.
Take a look at how cute this Noah's Ark is. Baby animals such as elephant, lion, tiger, zebra, giraffe, and monkey are boarding the ark. The adorable sun is peeking over the rainbow. Thank You So Much! phrase is printed in the front of the card. The inside of the card is blank for your personalized message.
Please let me know what cardstock colors (pink, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, etc) would you like for this set of thank you cards. If no color preference is indicated, you will receive a neutral color such as yellow and green.
Each thank you card measures 5.5" x 4.25" and comes with a white envelope.
Each card is made of 2 layers of cardstocks, including a color textured cardstock, giving it a rich extra detail to the feel and look.


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HOUSEBOUND Picked up by XLrator Media
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XLrator Media has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the horror-comedy HOUSEBOUND which recently had its U.S. premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March. XLrator Media will release the film in Fall 2014 on its acclaimed "MACABRE" genre label. The deal was announced today by XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.
HOUSEBOUND stars Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata and Glen-Paul Waru and is directed by Gerard Johnstone in his feature film debut. It was produced by Luke Sharpe for Semi-Professional Pictures, executive produced by Ant Timpson, Daniel Story and Chris Lambert and funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.
"With its deft mix of suspense, comedy and genuine thrills, HOUSEBOUND marks an impressively assured directorial debut by Gerard Johnstone who promises to have a brilliant career in front of him," said Barry Gordon.
Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam – a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced that the house is haunted. Kylie dismisses Miriam's superstitions as nothing more than a distraction from a life occupied by boiled vegetables & small-town gossip. However, when she too becomes privy to unsettling whispers & strange bumps in the night, she begins to wonder whether she's inherited her overactive imagination, or if the house is in fact possessed by a hostile spirit who's not particularly thrilled about her return.
The deal was negotiated by Barry Gordon on behalf of XLrator Media and Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films on behalf of the filmmakers.
Tags HOUSEBOUND XLrator Media
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THE CURSE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY – Coming Soon from XLrator Media
Top 10 Must See Horror Movies from Film Festivals 2014
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Q: std::function accepts lambda functions with arguments of different passing type (by ref, by val) please look at the following code
#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
#include <string>

int main()
{
    std::function<void(std::string&)> theFunc;
    std::string foo = "0";

    theFunc = [](std::string a) { a = "1";  };  // this compiles but has a different function signature
    theFunc(foo);
    std::cout << "foo should be 1 but is " << foo << std::endl;

    theFunc = [](auto a) { a = "2";  };         // this infers the wrong type for auto(by val not by ref), creates the wrong function signature and compiles
    theFunc(foo);
    std::cout << "foo should be 2 but is " << foo << std::endl;

    theFunc = [](std::string& a) { a = "3";  };  // this compiles and correctly manipulates the string
    theFunc(foo);
    std::cout << "foo should be 3 and is " << foo << std::endl;

    theFunc = [](auto& a) { a = "4";  };  // this compiles and correctly manipulates the string
    theFunc(foo);
    std::cout << "foo should be 4 and is " << foo << std::endl;

    std::cin.get();
}

In the code example we have one std::function assigned different types of lambdas.
The lambda 3 i understand because the function signature matches.
But lambda 1 creates a different function signature but compiles correctly.
Lambda 2 infers the wrong auto type (by val and not by ref) and compiles correctly.
Is this a feature or a bug? What do i missunderstand regarding the function class / lambdas and the auto type inference?
UPDATE:
Thanks for the answer Handy999 but why is the following not compiling then?
    std::function<void(std::string)> theFunc2;

    theFunc2 = [](std::string& a) { a = "1";  };  // this doesn't compile and has a different function signature
    theFunc2(foo);

A: Unlike function pointers, std::function takes everything which can be called as specified. If necessary, it creates a small wrapper function (in the background).
In all cases the code
void smallWrapper(std::string& s) {
    ([](std::string a) { a = "1"; })(s);
}

void smallWrapper2(std::string& s) {
    ([](auto a) { a = "2"; })(s);
}

void smallWrapper3(std::string& s) {
    ([](std::string& a) { a = "3"; })(s);
}

void smallWrapper4(std::string& s) {
    ([](auto& a) { a = "4"; })(s);
}

can be called. auto always deduces the base type, so always to std::string. Thus case 2=case 1 and case 4=case 3. This is what std::function does and what it should do.

For the 5th case, it is really as Caleth pointed out. You cannot call
([](std::string& a) { a = "5"; })("string");

since you cannot bind a reference to a temporary. (Here, the wrapper function would work. So, its not a very good model.) For const references, it works as usual:
([](const std::string& a) { a = "6"; })("string");


Save the Date - 2019-20 Auditions!
Celtics Dance Team Auditions will take place July 12th, 13th & 14th at the Auerbach Center, Brighton. Details to follow.
The 2018-2019 Celtics Dancers are comprised of 18 dancers from around the country. The Celtics Dancers perform at every home game and make off-the-court appearances at other Celtics and community events throughout the season.
This mini-documentary takes you through the decade of evolution of the Celtics Dancers and their emotional 10-year reunion performance at TD Garden.
Celtics Dancer Peyton heads to G20 for a makeover where she receives tips for styling her hair and applying makeup.
The challenging auditions for the Celtics Dancers spanned three days with multiple rounds of cuts, in order to narrow the team down to 16.
A couple of the newest Celtics Dancers presented by Alex and Ani received makeovers at G2O Salon before tipping off the season. Check out their transformation!
The Celtics Dancers and Emily Austen workout at CrossFit The Taj to help support Horizons for Homeless Children's fundraiser kettlebells4kids.
7/22/14: Highlights from the 2014-15 Celtics Dancers Auditions.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the 2015 Celtics Dancers Photoshoot that featured Ashley, Peyton and Molly.
3/14/14: The Celtics Dancers held a clinic and provided aspiring dancers an opportunity to perform at halftime during a game.
The two-day Final Audition process began on Sunday with a dancer workshop and concluded with a live show Monday night at the Revere Hotel.
More than 100 hopeful dancers showed up to the Celtics Dancers auditions in Boston, but only 26 made on to the final round.
Go behind the scenes with the Celtics Dancers as they get ready for a photoshoot for the upcoming season!
Watch the grueling audition process and meet the 2012-2013 Celtics Dancers!!


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Breakingviews - Cox: When 'shrooms go public, markets are peaking
By Rob Cox
ZURICH (Reuters Breakingviews) - Connoisseurs of magic mushrooms can attest to the power of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient of these funky fungi. Bad or good, they say, the experience is always intense. Whether investor Peter Thiel has had first-hand experience is of little import. The Donald Trump-supporting entrepreneur who made billions from Facebook is, nonetheless, determined to make another small fortune by convincing depressed people that 'shrooms will help them.
A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008.
A company in which he's an early-stage investor, Compass Pathways, is aiming to raise $107 million in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq, valuing it at just over half a billion dollars. Its husband-and-wife founders, George Goldsmith and Ekaterina Malievskaia, describe Compass "as an 'involuntary start-up', something that had to be created because the world is in a mental health crisis and there has to be a way to deliver better outcomes for more people."
Amen to that: some 320 million people in the world suffer from depression – and that's before considering the damage Covid-19 and its concomitant lockdowns have rendered. What's more, nearly a third of them don't respond to traditional pharmacological and other treatments. By the Compass founders' reckoning, the cost of treating mental illness, and resulting loss of productivity, is more than $200 billion annually just in the United States. That, the investment thesis goes, is the total addressable market in which Compass can frolic.
The company has a great backstory, with roots in the serendipitous invention of lysergic acid diethylamide by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann at Sandoz in 1938 through to Timothy Leary's Harvard Psilocybin Project in the early 1960s. Leary, whom Richard Nixon deemed the "most dangerous man in America", upended proper studies of the potential benefits of psychedelics after he was thrown out of Harvard for his unorthodox – some might say hedonistic – approach to research. The classification of LSD and its trippy cousins as Schedule 1 substances in 1970 relegated them to recreational use.
Psychedelics are now seen as a potential avenue for new therapeutic discoveries in the treatment of mental illness. Money is pouring into the sector, with Thiel and Atai Life Sciences backing Compass. Another firm focused on using ibogaine to help patients with opioid addiction, Mind Medicine, listed in Toronto in March with backers including Bruce Linton, the founder of cannabis-biggie Canopy Growth and "Shark Tank" TV host Kevin O'Leary.
Regulatory filings for Compass offer a door into these shifting perceptions. Compass was originally established as a non-profit after its co-founders struggled to find a treatment for a son whose depression put him at risk of suicide. They had spent more than $300,000 on various therapies, but the more they treated him the worse he got, Malievskaia explained in a 2018 "After On" podcast. "In the end we arrived at the conclusion, 'do we believe the science or the American news from the 1960s?' We had to go with the science."
Compass has developed a crystalline formulation of psilocybin called COMP360, which could lead to "rapid reductions in depression symptoms and effects lasting up to six months, after administration of a single high dose," it says. COMP360 forms part of an overall treatment, including a six-to-eight-hour session under its influence, with support from specially trained therapists.
Patients wear eye visors and listen to music designed to accompany the various stages of the drug's effects. It's preceded and followed by sessions with the therapists "to help patients process the range of emotional and physical experiences," according to the prospectus. Early-stage trials have shown promise in helping some patients.
The problem is that Compass, as an investment, is highly speculative. The risk factors in its IPO prospectus are like a bad trip. Only in a raging bull market for risky assets, where the suspension of disbelief among investors is borderline delirious, does a firm like Compass raise cash.
As an early-stage biotechnology company, with no approved product to sell, Compass loses money – $62 million since inception. It has $68 million of cash to get through the next 12 months, but expects "to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future." Given that it can cost more than $1 billion to get a drug through U.S. Food and Drug Administration trials and other hoops, an investor in the IPO today needs to prepare for further calls on their cash.
Then there are the legal and stigmatic hurdles. Ever since Leary and his merry pranksters were booted from Harvard and moved on to Zihuatanejo, Mexico and then Millbrook, New York, research into psychedelics has been frowned on by many scientists. Their illegal nature kept them off limits to Big Pharma. For COMP360 to be made available commercially in the United States, "legislative or administrative action" may be required, Compass warns.
Compass is also still assessing the impact of the pandemic. While the coronavirus has made more people depressed, it has also made it more difficult to get them into a room for eight hours with a therapist. There are other risk factors, including the prospect of significant dilution based on the previous sale of convertible securities.
Make no mistake, Compass is a risky company. But at a moment when investors are throwing money at special purpose acquisition vehicles ($36 billion and counting this year) – shells attached to investors with track records who command significant fees – there's a case to be made for betting on it.
Unlike a SPAC, Compass knows what it wants to be when it grows up. And, like SPACs designed to allow investors to ride the coat-tails of fund managers, private equity barons and even politicians, the Compass team is full of pharma-world all-stars. Its board includes a former head of the European Medicines Agency, for instance. And its scientific advisory includes neuroscience and psychiatric experts from Harvard, Stanford, Imperial College and Johns Hopkins.
Like any biotech investment, Compass doesn't have a requirement to hand back unspent cash, or any other checks on invested capital akin to those common at most SPACs. To a far larger extent, it's a roll of the dice. But one with a purpose. For investors curious about the potential for psychedelics to make the world a happier, more productive place, Compass could be a trip worth taking.


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package org.apache.pinot.server.api.resources;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class ErrorResponse {
  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ErrorResponse.class);
  private final String message;

  public ErrorResponse(String message) {
    this.message = message;
  }

  public String getMessage() {
    return message;
  }
}