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Todd Schneider
Schneider Wallace
Mr. Schneider is the founding partner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns. He is a long-time civil rights advocate with an extensive background in employment litigation and consumer rights litigation. With numerous trial victories, he is a published author and lectures widely. He is the former President of The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and serves on its Board of Directors. Mr. Schneider has served as
He is the former President of The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and serves on its Board of Directors. Mr. Schneider has served as member of the Board of Governors the Consumer Attorneys of California and as a vice president for the organization. He was appointed by the Chief Justice of The California Supreme Court to serve on the Judicial Council of California's Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions – the body that writes the state's pattern jury instructions.
Mr. Schneider has been named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers' Association and has been honored as a Super Lawyer in the area of class actions and mass torts by San Francisco Magazine for each year that the list has been published. He has twice been a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys of California's Consumer Attorney of the Year award. He is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell and "superb" by www.avvo.com
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by Jasmine Rochelle - May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018
NASHVILLE, TN (May 25, 2018) – THE CHURCH SISTERS today released their first full-length album on The Valory Music Co., showcasing the alluring harmonies of fraternal twins Savannah and Sarah. A NIGHT AT THE OPRY offers 11 tracks of "a bluegrass twist and classic country influence" (Justine Magazine) and is available now: https://tcs.lnk.to/ANATOPR. The 22-year-old Virginia natives spent time in the studio with GRAMMY®-award winning producer and songwriter Julian Raymond, lending their angelic voices to esteemed tunesmiths Lori Mckenna and Maren Morris-penned selections.
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"We've worked hard on this album and are so excited to finally be able to share it with the world," shared Savannah. "We hope people get a feel for who The Church Sisters are when they listen to these songs."
Sarah continued, "After a long road of recording and touring together since we were 12, we are ready to embark on this new journey and for our fans to hear this music. We hope that they love it as much as we do!"
"From the first moment I heard The Church Sisters sing, I was completely mesmerized with their vocal abilities," said Raymond. "A Night at the Opry is an incredible mix of old fashion blood harmony with their Bluegrass, Gospel, Appalachian and modern Country music influences."
A NIGHT AT THE OPRY TRACK LIST
1. "A Night At The Opry" | Julian Raymond
2. "House Of Dreams" | Jessie Early, Angela Lauer
3. "The Little I Got" | Jabe Beyer, Maren Morris, Brett Tyler
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Originally from a small coal mining district, The Church Sisters' roots extend throughout Appalachia with the sounds of Bluegrass and Gospel. The duo has been featured on two Carl Jackson-produced projects – Mark Twain: Words & Music and Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited. The GRAMMY® Award-winner, and their mentor, featured The Church Sisters alongside recordings from legendary artists Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. For the latest updates, visit TheChurchSisters.com and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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This Unlikely Idea from One of the World's Best Investors Has Made Me a Lot of Money
Dividend Cuts, Investing Strategies
It's safe to say that most market participants know about Warren Buffett. It would be hard not to since, in addition to a fantastic track record, he and his partner in crime, Charlie Munger, also get a lot of attention in the media.
After all, a billionaire curmudgeon whose uncommon intellect and blunt manner make for great entertainment is hard to ignore.
Another billionaire investor that's hard to ignore is Carl Icahn. Even if you wanted to overlook his spectacular track record, his "Listen to me or I will snap your neck" attitude, born on the streets of Queens, NY tends to attract one's attention.
But the idea that's made me the most money comes from someone else – one of the greatest investors the world has ever seen, and one almost no one has heard of.
Here's what he taught me…
Other successful traders like George Soros, Stanley Druckenmiller, and Paul Tudor Jones are spoken of with almost the same reverence as Jesse Livermore. And although his skill as an NFL owner is still in doubt, the brash nature, brilliant analysis, and spectacular results of David Tepper are hard to ignore.
However, when I am with people involved in the markets, mentioning Walter Scholl will elicit responses like "Wasn't he the Cleveland Indians shortstop in the 50s?" or "Isn't he an author of some sort?"
But the answer is that Walther Schloss is one of the greatest investors ever. He was born in 1916, and by the age of 18, he was working as a runner on Wall Street.
He took finance and economics classes at Columbia University with a professor named Ben Graham to get ahead.
Ben Graham, of course, is known today as the "Father of Value Investing."
Walter ended up working for Graham's investment partnership along with another of Ben's students by the name of Warren Buffett. The two remained friends for life, and when Buffett wrapped up his original partnership in the 1960s, he suggested his investors consider moving over to Schloss's fund.
After leaving Graham's employ in 1955, Schloss opened his own fund. For the next 47 years, he managed money using old-school principles of value investing and racked up an incredible track record.
He never bothered getting an office. Instead, he rented space from the folks at Tweedy Browne, an investment firm that some of Graham's other students had formed. Until Tweedy moved into new digs on Park Avenue, that office was a desk in a closet in a Midtown office building.
Over 47 years, Walther Schloss produced returns of 20% annually before fees and 16% net to his investors. He did not use options or leverage. He didn't even use a computer.
His tools of choice were a Value Line subscription and the Standard & Poor stock guide's paper edition.
Walther Schloss left us a lot of suggestions for making money in stock, and over our time together here in Hidden Profits Report, we will discuss many of them. However, today I want to talk about a powerful idea from Walter Schloss that flies in the face of accepted Wall Street wisdom and has made me a lot of money over the years.
Schloss believed that if you believe a company will survive, a good time to buy a stock is following a dividend cut.
See, income investors dump stocks that cut their dividends, pushing their shares down to bargain valuations.
That's a great buying opportunity if you think the company will survive.
That is the opportunity we're seeing right now with United-Guardian Inc. (UG).
United-Guardian is a boring 80-year company that makes lubricant products for use as cosmetic ingredients, pharmaceuticals, medical & healthcare products, and proprietary industrial products.
The firm took a significant earnings hit in 2022 primarily because of losses in its investment portfolio. The company owned about $7.6 million in stock and bond funds starting in 2022. By the end of the third quarter, this was down to $6.6 million and will doubtless be even less at year-end 2022.
The dividend has been cut twice this year due to falling stock and bonds and lackluster sales, and the stock has fallen by 375 over the past year.
The company's CEO, Ken Globus, is stepping down and is being replaced by Beatriz Blanco, an experienced personal care products executive.
Mr. Globus owns 29% of the outstanding shares.
This will be the first time a non-family member has controlled the company.
It is worth noting that the company had conducted a strategic review of alternatives for its future earlier this year. Although the formal review is over, the board has made it clear that they are open to discussions about strategic alternatives.
If I were a private equity fund manager with a personal care or compatible medical products business, I would look at this company and see an opportunity to cut a lot of costs and fold the operations into my existing portfolio.
United Guardian already produces strong cash flows, which could be increased by judicious cost cutting.
Even if that never happens, an eventual rebound in the markets and economy could easily lift the stock by at least twice the current price.
In the meantime, even after the dividend cuts, the stock yields over 6%.
As is the case with many of my ideas, United-Guardian is a smaller company. Therefore, use a limited order and exercise patience if you choose to enter a position in the stock.
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Q: Clip GridLines outside of a circle Graphics[Circle[], Frame -> True, GridLines -> Automatic]

This puts grids across a 2D graphic (a circle here).
Is there any way to specify the range of values of GridLines? More specifically I want the part of GridLines that are inside the circle. That is the part of them that is outside the circle should be removed.
Thanks a lot!

A: You can use a FilledCurve to create a graphics primitive with a hole in it. For example:
Graphics[
    {
    White,
    FilledCurve[{
        {Line[{Scaled[{0,0}],Scaled[{1,0}],Scaled[{1,1}],Scaled[{0,1}],Scaled[{0,0}]}]},
        {Line@CirclePoints[.5, 100]}
    }],
    Blue,
    Circle[{0,0},.5]
    },
    Frame -> True,
    GridLines -> Automatic
]

Update
My previous answer let the grid lines from the underlying Graphics option show through the hole in the FilledCurve. If you want the grid lines to be rotated, then another approach using Texture and FilledCurve would work better. FilledCurve supports Line, BezierCurve and BSplineCurve segments. The documentation provides an example for creating a circle from a BSplineCurve, so I will use that:
bSplineCircle[c_, r_] := Module[{pts=TranslationTransform[c][r $CirclePoints]},
    BSplineCurve[
 pts,
 SplineDegree->2,
 SplineKnots->$CircleKnots,
        SplineWeights->$CircleWeights
    ]
]

$CircleKnots = {0, 0, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1, 1};
$CircleWeights = {1, .5, .5, 1, .5, .5, 1};
$CirclePoints = {{0,-1},{1,-1},{1,1},{0,1},{-1,1},{-1,-1},{0,-1}};
$CircleTextureCoordinates = {{.5,0},{1,0},{1,1},{.5,1},{0,1},{0,0},{.5,0}};

Example:
Graphics[{bSplineCircle[{-1,1},1], bSplineCircle[{1,-1},.5]}, Axes->True]

Using the above bSplineCircle function we can create a texturedCircle function:
texturedCircle[c_, r_, texture_, rot_:0] :={
    Texture[texture],
    FilledCurve[
        {bSplineCircle[c, r]},
        VertexTextureCoordinates -> RotationTransform[rot, {.5, .5}] @ $CircleTextureCoordinates
    ]
}

Here is an example using texturedCircle:
Graphics[
    {
    EdgeForm[Blue],
    texturedCircle[{1, 2}, 1, Graphics[{}, GridLines->Automatic], Pi/8],
    EdgeForm[Green],
    texturedCircle[{3, 4}, .5, Graphics[{}, GridLines->Automatic]],
    EdgeForm[None],
    texturedCircle[{3, 1}, 1, ExampleData[{"TestImage","Lena"}], Pi/4]
    },
    Axes->True
]

A: You may also use parametric plot which can give more flexibility (like the pi/4 rotation you want):
pt = {Table[
     ParametricPlot[{x, x + a}, {x, 1/2 (-a - Sqrt[2 - a^2]),
       1/2 (-a + Sqrt[2 - a^2])}], {a, -1, 1, .5}],
    Table[ParametricPlot[{x, -x + a}, {x, 1/2 (a - Sqrt[2 - a^2]),
       1/2 (a + Sqrt[2 - a^2])}], {a, -1, 1, .5}]} // Flatten;

Show[{pt, Graphics[Circle[]]}, PlotRange -> All, Frame -> True]

where the x range for the gridlines are from
Solve[x + a == Sqrt[1 - x^2], x]
Solve[-x + a == Sqrt[1 - x^2], x]

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Christian celebrates Indigenous roots with bespoke bats
FEATURED NEWS | 7th January 2019
Dan Christian, captain of the Outlaws in T20 cricket since 2016, has revealed new branded bats that celebrate his heritage.
The bats feature a bespoke Indigenous design, following on from boots, balls and jerseys of similar style that have been blooded across Australian sport in recent times.
"I'm proud of my heritage and wanted to do something to reflect that," said the 35-year-old.
"Hopefully this can play a small role in continuing to promote the sport to the Indigenous community.
"The design is about my journey from growing up in the country, moving to the city and then having the opportunity to play a game that I love, and do it all around the world.
"Hopefully this can resonate with all young country kids, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and may even help us attract a couple of young superstars that might have otherwise ended up in the NRL or AFL."
Christian debuted the bats as Melbourne Renegades humbled the previously undefeated Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League earlier this morning.
He captained the Cricket Australia Aboriginal XI in two T20 matches at Trent Bridge last summer – and is now taking steps to further celebrate his background.
Artist Emma MacNeill of 'Charlie Wanti' created the designs. Christian's bat supplier, Kookaburra, supported the initiative by getting the designs applied to the bats.
"I came across Charlie Wanti after seeing the boots Emma's painted for a few of the AFL players for the Indigenous round, for which she also designed the Brisbane Lions jumper. I asked her to paint me a bat.
"I'm thrilled that Kookaburra Sport have jumped on board to support the idea as well. They have been wonderful supporters of me and of the National Indigenous Cricket Championships for a number of years, and long may it continue.
"I'll be using the bats for the remainder of the Melbourne Renegades matches, so hopefully they've got plenty of runs in them."
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It may be scorching outside, but it's cool in the Coach House Studio.... HOWEVER, our Hottest sale is just starting!
The majority of items in the store are being marked down this weekend, as we need to make room for new product that is starting to arrive!
So come on over for a visit, and check out the sales, it's the perfect time to get things you have been wanting!
ALSO - I just want to rave about a hair salon I found in Port Perry..... ZAPS! I had been going to the same stylist for a quite a while, and then recently tried someone else, and still wasn't happy with colour or style.
SPRING SALE - VICTORIA DAY LONG WEEKEND!
Yes, I think it's safe to say its finally spring, and nearly summer in one more month! We have so many new and wonderful things in the store, and lots of Canadian product as well.
Our One and Only Spring Sale starts tomorrow, May 21st and last through the holiday Monday when we will be open 10 -5 pm.
It's definitely worth a visit. Most items in the store and barn are 25% off, and other vendors are participating as well, with discounts from 10 - 15% off their entire stock.
Good news is Spring and Summer is on it's way!
How do I know this? Because Easter has come and gone, and that means we are back to our Summer Hours, open 7 days a week! And that also means that all of our Spring and Cottage product has arrived and is in the store!!
After last weeks ice storm....which was simply natures way of reminding us that after a mild winter, we do in fact still live in Canada.....it feels good to walk into the store and see all of the new garden product and and cottage items.
DON'T YOU LOVE THE LONGER DAYS OF DAY LIGHT!
Well, it sure feels like Spring has Sprung! I just love it when the clocks "spring ahead"! It's how I know that the warm weather is just around the corner. But really, I can't complain, this has been the best winter ever!!!
We have given the store a complete make-over and we have brought in some totally new products for the spring. We have the beautiful table top and accessories line of April Cornell, the Canadian born fabric artist.
Here's the good news! Coach House Studio can be your one stop location to get all your gifts and Christmas decor this year.
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Christmas has always been my favourite theme and time of year to decorate! Once the sky goes grey and cloudy and the winds begin to blow and the rain and flurries start to fly, I turn to Christmas decorating, to keep my spirits high!
Wow, it's September....Where did summer go? I don't know if you feel it, but it seems like this summer flew by....but then I am over 50 now, and time is just going so fast.
Anyway, the Tea Room is just doing fabulously! We hear nothing but positive comments!
Our very old building, with parts of it dating back to 1894, suffered a large hole in our roof. What actually happened according to two eye witnesses, was that our entire roof lifted, and came back down and a large hole was blown out of it on the west front side...and we had insulation from the attic sucked out and landed all over the road - according to Bev it looked like it had snowed!
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Hi there! This weekend (May 2nd and 3rd) is the Lake Simcoe and Port Perry Studio Tour! With over 30 local artists featuring their works in various locations. The tour is free, and we have map booklets here in the store for anyone wishing to to go on the tour.... it is both days, Sat and Sunday. Several artists will be right across the street from us in the UTICA HALL.
AND, in honour of our own artisans here in the Coach House Studio, we are having one of our three annual sales!
There are a few mistaken snowflakes, that have fallen from the sky....they are obviously lost if they think they are supposed to be falling here....after all, it's supposed to be spring!
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Schneider's EVLink car charging stations were easily hackable, thanks to a hardcoded password
Schneider has fixed three vulnerabilities in one of its popular electric car charging stations, which security researchers said could have easily allowed an attacker to remotely take over the unit.
At its worst, an attacker can force a plugged-in vehicle to stop charging, rendering it useless in a "denial-of-service state," an attack favored by some threat actors as it's an effective way of forcing something to stop working.
The bugs were fixed with a software update that rolled out on September 2 shortly after the bugs were first disclosed, and limited details of the bugs were revealed in a supporting document on December 20. Now, a fuller picture of the vulnerabilities, found by New York-based security firm Positive Technologies, were released today — almost a month later.
Schneider's EVLink charging stations come in all shapes and sizes — some for the garage wall and some at gas stations. It's the charging stations at offices, hotels, shopping malls and parking garages that are vulnerable, said Positive.
At the center of Positive's disclosure is Schneider's EVLink Parking electric charging stations, one of several charging products that Schneider sells, and primarily marketed to apartment complexes, private parking area, offices and municipalities. These charging stations are, like others, designed for all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles — including Teslas, which have their own proprietary connector.
Because the EVLink Parking station can be connected to Schneider's cloud with internet connectivity, either over a cell or a broadband connection, Positive said that the web-based user interface on the charging unit can be remotely accessed by anyone and easily send commands to the charging station — even while it's in use.
"A hacker can stop the charging process, switch the device to the reservation mode, which would render it inaccessible to any customer until reservation mode is turned off, and even unlock the cable during the charging by manipulating the socket locking hatch, meaning attackers could walk away with the cable," said Positive.
"For electric car drivers, this means not being able to use their vehicles since they cannot be charged," it said.
Positive didn't say what the since-removed password was, but, given the curiosity, we asked and will update when we hear back.
The researchers Vladimir Kononovich and Vyacheslav Moskvin also found two other bugs that gives an attacker full access over a device — a code injection flaw and an SQL injection vulnerability. Both were fixed in the same software update.
Schneider did not respond to a request for comment. If that changes, we'll update.
Additional reporting: Kirsten Korosec.
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Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories, whether they're glorified in Britain's collective nostalgia or taught as a sin of the past in history classes. This idea is bolstered by the emergence of India, China, Argentina and other non-western nations as leading world powers. Multiculturalism, immigration and globalization have led traditionalists to fear that the west is in decline and that white people are rapidly being left behind; progressives and reactionaries alike espouse the belief that we live in a post-racial society.
But imperialism, as Kehinde Andrews argues, is alive and well. It's just taken a new form: one in which the U.S. and not Europe is at the center of Western dominion, and imperial power looks more like racial capitalism than the expansion of colonial holdings. The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization and even the United Nations are only some of these modern mechanisms of Western imperialism. Yet these imperialist logics and tactics are not limited to just the west or to white people, as in the neocolonial relationship between China and Africa. Diving deep into the concepts of racial capitalism and racial patriarchy, Andrews adds nuance and context to these often over-simplified narratives, challenging the right and the left in equal measure.
Andrews takes the reader from genocide to slavery to colonialism, deftly explaining the histories of these phenomena, how their justifications are linked, and how they continue to shape our world to this day. The New Age of Empire is a damning indictment of white-centered ideologies from Marxism to neoliberalism, and a reminder that our histories are never really over.
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Home Inside FCNews Software: Manufacturers focus on popularity of mobile apps
March 16/23, 2015; Volume 28/Number 19
By Nadia Ramlakhan
According to flooring software developers, the future is now. Today's consumers want to get things done as quickly and easily as possible, especially when it comes to shopping for flooring. If retailers don't keep up with the ever-evolving phases of technology, it is likely they will be left behind.
Plenty of industry leaders made this argument at Surfaces, debuting software that focuses on mobility for the retailer. Aside from the obvious benefit of being able to work on-the-go, mobility in technology encompasses a number of advantages, including professionalism, efficiency and cost cuts.
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Comp-U-Floor introduced its latest innovation just in time for retailers to replace their old equipment with a system that accepts EMV credit cards, a requirement effective October 2015. Comp-U-Floor provides full integration technology that works with credit card reading terminals through the POS to accept EMV chip technology rather than the merchant having to swipe the card on a separate terminal then key in the transaction on his existing system.
Comp-U-Floor also launched Surface Solution, a program that allows users to generate an entire job order and proposal, acquire signatures and accept payment in the customer's home with the EMV technology attached to it. With Surface Solution, the homeowner can commit to a job on the spot, and the estimator essentially becomes the "closer."
Dancik
The Dancik Sales Portal is a mobile app targeted to RSAs that gives them access to both customer and item-specific information at their fingertips. Since its announcement at Dancik Connect last November, the Dancik Sales Portal immediately found a home with salespeople who aren't familiar with internal software.
"By submitting a portion of an item or customer name, the RSA can pull up any given information within seconds," said Greg Grady, director of business development. "It's like looking at a catalog."
For example, if a customer comes in looking for a product but she's not familiar with the name, the RSA can submit a search for "red, mann" and the app will pull up every red product Mannington offers. If a customer points to something she likes in the store, the RSA can easily pull out his phone and check the lead time, stock level and other details.
Measure Square
Cloud-sharing ability is the latest update to the company's major estimating mobile application, Measure Square Mobile. On its own, the app allows users to draw rooms, generate diagrams, and drag and drop products into each room while in the customer's home. Then it automatically estimates the sales amount and creates a quote for the customer.
Now with its cloud-sharing ability, the app makes it easier for an entire team to collaborate. According to Steven Wang, president, once the estimator has gathered all necessary information, he can sync it within the cloud and share it with the sales team at the office, installers, etc., resulting in a faster and more efficient process.
Pacific Solutions
Last year at Surfaces Pacific Solutions offered attendees a sneak peek of SiteDraw, a mobile app that allows users to measure homes while simultaneously creating a drawing—all with the swipe of a finger. Using a laser range finder, the estimator simply points at a wall and then swipes the iOS device's screen in the direction he wants the line to go. Once the perimeter of the space is measured, it draws the room. SiteDraw also makes it easy to measure curves and add doors, and it even exports and saves the data through email for later use.
Not only does it save time, but having the latest technology also portrays a level of professionalism and tells a customer an installer knows what he is doing. "In this economy, you can't afford to lose that wow factor the client sees," said Bob Noe, president. "If someone comes in and they're measuring with a laser and an iPad while you're fumbling with a tape measure and graph paper, which one is going to exude more confidence?"
QFloors
Set to be released this fall, QFloor 7 is a web-based program that opens up in a browser instead of as a desktop program, making it available across any device with an Internet connection. As QFloors' original programs make the switch, users will be able to open as many tabs as they want and view multiple screens at once. Consequently, users can work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Although QFloors' customers currently have access to cloud offerings, QFloor 7 will eliminate many of the associated fees. The company expects the technology to be a game changer. "We hope this will help the whole industry, not just our customers," said Chad Ogden, president. "We think other companies will follow suit or get left behind trying to exist with their current software."
RFMS
Measure Mobile 3 takes mobility to the next level by allowing users to complete the entire sales process onsite. The mobile app works on any smart device and can assign materials, make calculations, and collect signatures and payments rather than having to go back to the store to key in information.
What differentiates this app from its competitors is its goal to make software more "street available.
"With this free download, the consumer can figure out her own job and bring the information to the dealer," said Terry Wheat, president. "Pushing technology straight to the consumer is going to drive floor covering professionals to use this technology or risk losing business."
The app encourages consumers to lay out materials, indicate doorways and change seams before ever getting to a retail store. Once the customer has collected all the information, she can share it with a salesperson across any device.
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