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Aerospace and Defense ETFs Gain Despite Mixed Q3 Earnings
Sweta Jaiswal, FRM
Zacks 1 November 2019
The year 2019 has been an overwhelming one for the U.S. Aerospace and Defense industry so far. The Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index has returned 27.4% year to date. Solid improvement in global air traffic has boosted commercial airplane demand, providing support to the U.S. Aerospace and Defense industry. Per the projections made by the International Air Transport Association, the passenger count might double to 8.2 billion in 2037.
Moreover, demand for new jets is expected to rise as a large fleet of old airplanes is set to retire over the next couple of years. In fact, growing jet demand is expected to drive the aviation services market.
Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives had earlier passed a $733-billion defense policy bill, $17 billion short of the proposed Republican-led Senate bill. Notably, the proposed budget reflects higher spending plans of around $57.7 billion on Aircraft, 166% more than the previous year's budget. Moreover, $34.7 billion has been allotted to Shipbuilding, reflecting an 89.6% rise over the prior fiscal year. Also, issues in the Middle East along with intensifying global geopolitical tensions are expected to continue to boost demand in the niche market (read: Airlines ETF Fly Higher Despite Mixed Earnings).
Recently, Boeing BA, United Technologies UTX, Northrop Grumman NOC, General Dynamics GD and Lockheed Martin LMT reported quarterly results with all topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings, except for Boeing. Notably, all companies beat the revenue estimates, except for Northrop Grumman.
Earnings in Focus
Boeing reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.45 per share compared with the year-ago quarter's $3.58. This downside can be primarily blamed on reduced 737 deliveries. The metric missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.04 by 28.9%. Excluding one-time items, the company's GAAP earnings came in at $2.05 per share compared with $4.07 in the third quarter of 2018.
The company reported $19.98 billion in revenues, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $19.34 billion by 3.3%. The top line declined 21% from the year-ago quarter's $25.15 billion on account of lower 737 deliveries and higher defense and services volume.
Due to uncertainty related to the timing and conditions of the 737 MAX fleet's return to service, Boeing has refrained from issuing a guidance for now. Following the earnings release on Oct 23, the stock gained around 0.9% to close at $339.91 on Oct 31.
United Technologies reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.21 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.03. The bottom line also improved from the year-ago $1.93.
Revenues came in at $19.50 billion, up 18.1% year over year. The metric surpassed the consensus estimate of $19.31 billion. The year-over-year upside was led by 5% contribution from organic sales growth and 14% positive impact of acquisitions, partially offset by 1% impact of currency translation.
The company has revised 2019 earnings guidance to $8.05-$8.15 per share from $7.90-$8.05 projected earlier. For 2019, it currently expects revenues in the range of $76-$76.5 billion compared with $75.5-$77 billion guided earlier. It continues to expect 4-5% organic sales growth for 2019. Since the earnings release on Oct 22, the stock has gained around 3.8% to close at $143.58 on Oct 31.
General Dynamics reported third-quarter 2019 earnings from continuing operations of $3.14 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.06 by 2.6%. Operating earnings improved 10.2% from $2.85 per share in the year-ago quarter. Revenues came in at $9.76 billion, above the estimated $9.68 billion and the year-ago quarter's $9.09 billion. However, following the earnings release on Oct 23, the stock lost around 1.7% to close at $176.8 on Oct 31.
Northrop Grumman's reported earnings per share of $5.49 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.74 by 15.8%. However, the bottom line declined 22.8% from $7.11 reported in the year-ago quarter. Revenues of $8.48 billion missed the estimated $8.55 billion.
Northrop Grumman expects to generate revenues of $34 billion for 2019. However, raised its full-year earnings expectations from $19.30-$19.55 to $20.10-$20.35 per share. Following the earnings release on Oct 24, the stock lost around 0.2% to close at $352.48 on Oct 31.
Lockheed Martin's earnings of $5.66 per share comfortably beat estimates by 12.5% and revenues of $15.17 billion surpassed estimates by 1.3%. The numbers improved from $5.14 and $14.32 billion, respectively, a year ago.
For 2019, Lockheed Martin raised its financial guidance. The company currently expects to generate revenues of $59.10 billion compared with the earlier guided range of $58.25-$59.75 billion. Earnings per share for 2019 are currently anticipated to be $21.55 compared with $20.85-$21.15 guided earlier. Since the earnings release on Oct 22, the stock gained around 0.7% to close at $376.68 on Oct 31.
The U.S. Aerospace and Defense ETFs with notable exposure to most of these companies seem to have benefited from the earnings releases of major players (see: all the Industrial ETFs here).
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF ITA
This fund provides exposure to U.S. companies that manufacture commercial and military aircraft and other defense by tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. Holding 34 securities in its basket, the in-focus five firms account for a combined 53.2% share of the fund. ITA has gained about 2.5% since Oct 21 to close at $220.10 on Oct 31. The fund has AUM of 5.39 billion and expense ratio of 0.42%. It has a Zacks ETF Rank #2 (Buy) with a Medium risk outlook (read: Bet on Top-Notch Sector ETFs & Stocks to Sparkle Q4).
SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF XAR
The fund seeks to track a modified equal-weighted index, which provides the potential for unconcentrated industry exposure across large, mid and small-cap stocks. It comprises 30 holdings with the above-mentioned five companies having nearly 20% weight. XAR has gained about 2.2% since Oct 21 to close at $105.61 on Oct 31. It has AUM of $1.72 billion and an expense ratio of 0.35%. It currently has a Zacks ETF Rank of #2 with a Medium risk outlook (read: Top-Ranked Sector ETFs to Buy for Q4).
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF PPA
The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF is based on the SPADE Defense Index. It has AUM of $1.07 billion and an expense ratio of 0.59%. It comprises 48 holdings and the in-focus five firms hold 31.7%. PPA has gained about 2.2% since Oct 21 to close at $67.34 on Oct 31. It currently has a Zacks ETF Rank #2 with a Medium risk outlook (read: 10 Top-Ranked ETFs Beating S&P 500 This Year).
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The Dalai Lama has received numerous awards for his political and spritual career. He has written many inspirational and bestselling books. Likewise Dalai Lama quotes are always popular, specially people who are seeking for inner peace,truth,love & compassion. In 1989 he recieved Nobel Peace Price, he also got Ramon Magsaysay Award ,Christmas Humphreys , Congressional Gold Medal and many more awards.
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He is best remembered for his role as Duncan Waring in the television comedy series Doctor in the House and its sequels. He also featured in other television series such as The Lovers, The Upchat Connection, The Climber and the ATV comedy-drama Shillingbury Tales. Nedwell became known later in his career for his performances on stage. He appeared in the West End in Brigadoon in 1989, and in 1992, played Max Detweiler in a British tour of The Sound of Music, a production that was also staged at Sadler"s Wells. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1995-1996 season, appearing in that year"s productions of The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III and Ben Jonson"s comedy The Devil is an Association In 1982, Nedwell married Puerto Rico agent Heather Inglis, although the couple later separated. They had one daughter, Amie. He died in Southampton, Hampshire, England after suffering a heart attack.
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Robin Nedwell was a British actor.
He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England and later moved to Cardiff, Wales, with his family at an early age where he was educated at Monkton House prep school.
After leaving school he studied at University College, Cardiff and joined the Welsh Theatre Company, and then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama studying Stage Acting.
He is best remembered for his role as Duncan Waring in the television comedy series Doctor in the House and its sequels. He also featured in other television series such as The Lovers, The Upchat Connection, The Climber and the ATV comedy-drama Shillingbury Tales. Nedwell became known later in his career for his performances on stage.
He appeared in the West End in Brigadoon in 1989, and in 1992, played Max Detweiler in a British tour of The Sound of Music, a production that was also staged at Sadler"s Wells.
He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1995-1996 season, appearing in that year"s productions of The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III and Ben Jonson"s comedy The Devil is an Association In 1982, Nedwell married Puerto Rico agent Heather Inglis, although the couple later separated.
They had one daughter, Amie. He died in Southampton, Hampshire, England after suffering a heart attack.
Although he appeared in the films Vault of Horror (along with his "Doctor" co-star Geoffrey Davies) and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers, most of his roles were designed for television and, apart from the "Doctor" series, his appearances included The Shillingbury Blowers (1980), The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) and Cluedo (1990).
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Q: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Locale part "en-US,en;q=0.9" contains invalid characters] I got 400 bad request when I type, in Postman, the following URL http://localhost:8080/hello-world-internationalized

It's not the case if I specify the "Accept-Language" which is not required
In fact I get the following Exception

2020-07-05 12:02:43.617  WARN 7744 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] .m.m.a.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver : Resolved [org.springframework.web.method.annotation.MethodArgumentTypeMismatchException: Failed to convert value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'java.util.Locale'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Locale part "en-US,en;q=0.9" contains invalid characters]

Bellow this is my controller
package com.in28minutes.rest.webservices.restfulwebservices.helloworld;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

@RestController
public class HelloWorldController {
    @Autowired
    private MessageSource messageSource;

@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world")
public String helloWorld() {
    return "Hello World!";
}

@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world-bean")
public HelloWorldBean helloWorldBean() {
    return new HelloWorldBean("Hello World!");
}

@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world-bean/path-variable/{name}")
public HelloWorldBean helloWorldPathVariable(@PathVariable String name) {
    return new HelloWorldBean(String.format("Hello, %s", name));
}

@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world-internationalized")
public String helloWorldInternationalized(@RequestHeader(name = "Accept-Language", required = false) Locale locale) {
    return messageSource.getMessage("good.morning.message", null, locale);
}

}
And
    package com.in28minutes.rest.webservices.restfulwebservices;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.LocaleResolver;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver;

@SpringBootApplication
public class RestfulWebServicesApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(RestfulWebServicesApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public LocaleResolver localeResolver() {
        AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver localeResolver= new AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver();
        localeResolver.setDefaultLocale(Locale.US);
        return localeResolver;
    }

    @Bean
    public ResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource() {
        ResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource= new ResourceBundleMessageSource();
        messageSource.setBasename("messages");
        return messageSource;
    }

}

I created the project using Spring Intializr while picking spring boot 2.1.15, Java, Maven Project and Dependencies like Web, DevTools, JPA and H2.

A: Change the method signature.
Instead of
@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world-internationalized")
public String helloWorldInternationalized(@RequestHeader(name = "Accept-Language", required = false) Locale locale) {
    return messageSource.getMessage("good.morning.message", null, locale);
}

Write like below
@GetMapping(path ="/hello-world-internationalized")
public String helloWorldInternationalized(@RequestHeader(name = "Accept-Language", required = false) String localeString) {
Locale locale = new Locale(localeString);
    return messageSource.getMessage("good.morning.message", null, locale);
}

This is one of the workaround solutions.

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Wasted on the bog air
By Tom Phelan
Young Tom Phelan at home on the farm in the early 1950s.
[This is the latest in the author's series about growing
up in Mountmellick, Co. Laois, in the 1940s and '50s.]
When I was 10, Uncle Jack left our house to live with his sister Maggie and her family. He would spend the rest of his life working a hand tool for the Laois County Council. When he died four decades later, he bequeathed thirty-seven pounds and fifty shillings to me and each of my siblings; his thoughtfulness, his affection, his love were the most precious part of the gift.
Shortly after Jack's departure, one of Mam's other brothers, Paulie, moved in with us. Perhaps his sister Bess, still living at Mam's home place with my grandfather and Paulie, was fed up with two snarling, demanding, self-absorbed alcoholics, and asked Mam if she and Dad would take in Paulie for a while.
I imagine there were conditions attached to his lodging with us. Dad and Mam were Pioneers and had never tasted alcohol, and Dad especially had an unforgiving attitude toward men who squandered their income and their lives on drink, particularly married men with children
If he'd had any educational opportunities, Paulie might have soared in academia. His extraordinary memory alone would surely have boosted his skyward climb in several fields. But the times and the circumstances were not favorable and so his intellect, like that of so many of his contemporaries in Ireland, was wasted on the bog air. At age eighteen he had his first glass of porter, at Mam and Dad's wedding reception in the front garden of my grandparents' house. It was the start of a lifelong addiction. For the rest of his days, except for a few valiant Lenten efforts to remain sober, he drank whenever he had a few shillings.
Paulie once had a relationship with a woman–chaste, I imagine in keeping with both the mores of the time and the lack of contraceptives. But his girlfriend eventually gave him a choice: 'It's me or the drink, Paulie.' He could not promise he would stop drinking.
Before he came to stay with us, "drunk Paulie" stories were grist for the town's gossip mills, all of them funny except to the people directly affected by his behavior. Mam winced at every tale she heard. 'What a wasted life!' she'd say.
For the first couple of months he lived with us, Paulie seemed to have his liquor intake under control. But then one night in the dense dark of the unlit countryside, Paulie waddled along our lane on his bike after drinking himself stupid in the Hill Bar.
Half a mile from our house he rode off the lane into Rourke's Drain, fell eight feet into fourteen inches of mucky water, and landed on his hands and knees. He stumbled around for a while in the stygian blackness, fell over his bike several times, and finally, when he failed to establish his whereabouts, sat down with his back to one side of the drain. He slept till sunrise, then dragged his lower body out of the sucking muck. It was the shape of a large and familiar whitethorn bush above him that helped him get his bearings. Recovering his bike, he pulled it along the drain until he reached a right angle turn and saw the underside of Rourke's Bridge. He found the place where we children climbed down to make echoes on our way home from school.
Instead of entering our farmyard through the wicket door and risk waking my parents, he sloshed into the garden and went into the Car Shed by its back door. In the shed, he removed his shoes and socks and the rest of his clothing. Hungover, naked, and spattered with mud, he stepped into the farmyard, slipped into the kitchen, tiptoed through a room with two sleeping children, and got into his bed.
When we arrived home from school that afternoon, my sister was sent up to Doctor Cosgrove's house with a note. Paulie was sick.
Doctor Cosgrove arrived two hours later in his black Austin Minor and parked in the middle of the lane outside the wicket gate. Cosgrove, a former rugby player, was a tall and gentle red-headed man. He was also drunk on arrival. When he came to the door he swayed, banged his head on the lintel, and stumbled down the two-inch step into the kitchen. He had to ask Mam to send one of the children out to his car for his bag. Mam showed him to Paulie's room and then quick-stepped out to the farmyard to tell Dad about the doctor's condition.
Dad called for my brother Eddie and me and led us out onto the lane. Without mentioning Cosgrove's "disability," he told us we were going to turn the car because the doctor might drive into the ditch when he was leaving. Our neighbor, Missus Black, had fallen into the same ditch six months earlier and broken her leg.
'But he'll know we turned it and he'll be cross,' I said.
'He won't even notice,' Dad replied.
Dad knew nothing about cars, would not have known if the car had been left in gear or if the handbrake was engaged. Eddie was put kneeling on the driver's seat and told to turn the wheel when instructed. Dad and I took up position at the rear of the car and pushed. The car moved forward in short jerks as if we were crossing a deeply corrugated surface. From rear to front of car we traveled many times, with Dad whispering steering directions every time he passed the driver's window.
We left the Austin Minor facing the town. Eddie and I ran into the haggard and climbed a pile of chopped wood so we could peep over the wall. Eventually, Doctor Cosgrove swayed out onto the lane, opened the car door, sat in, and drove away.
The drunken doctor had told Mam that hungover Paulie had developed pneumonia. It took Paulie a week to get back on his feet, and when he did, Dad sent him packing the next day.
He had lived with us for nine weeks.
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The Cornell Law Review elected an all-female executive board on Saturday, making the publication's 105th class the first to be led by women.
Three out of the eight outgoing executive editors were women. Now, women hold all eight executive positions, overseeing a staff of 100 second- and third-year law students.
From what we can see, that seems to be true.
Lauren Kloss, incoming editor in chief, said it only hit her that her executive board was all women at the very end of the elections — when they gathered to take a picture.
"Looking around at the room and realizing at the end the board that we had collected — eight very accomplished women — was a very uplifting moment," Kloss said.
Kloss said this moment is a major milestone for a publication that has been led largely by men. Women remain significantly under-represented in legal academia despite almost as many women graduate from law school as men.
The struggle for gender equality is a well-known problem facing women across the legal profession.
The National Association of Women Lawyers reported that women account for only 17 percent of equity partners in law firms. These powerful positions have an ownership interest in their firm.
But Albornoz said the outgoing board never voted with a plan to elect only women to the executive board.
Only two males, she said, ran for any of those eight positions, so the elections were numerically tipped in favor of women. But Albornoz said she suspects the impetus came from the candidates themselves.
Kloss said advocating for under-represented groups in the law shouldn't end with the election of an all-female board.
The new editors on the executive board will serve one-year terms. They will lead the publication of seven issues throughout the year.
This piece first aired on WRFI Community Radio News on Feb. 5, 2019.
Feature photo courtesy of Bebe Albornoz.


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Q: Python pyproj converting from wgs84 to Israel Grid IG 05/12 EPSG:6991 I am trying to convert from lat/long to xy in Israel Grid 05/12:
links https://epsg.io/6991 (https://epsg.io/6991.gml)
I tried this :
p = pyproj.Proj("+init=ESPG:6991") using python package pyproj but it is not defined yet.
File "_proj.pyx", line 84, in _proj.Proj.__cinit__ (_proj.c:1170)
RuntimeError: no system list, errno: 2

What is the proj code or definition string to use instead (perhaps in the format like the previous network?
+proj=tmerc +lat_0=31.73439361111111 +lon_0=35.20451694444445 +k=1.0000067 +x_0=219529.584 +y_0=626907.39 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-48,55,52,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs ?

A: The proj4 library has an error identifying the difference between Israel TM Grid 2039 and IG 05/12 6991. Survey if Israel made a horrendous error and updated 2039 to include the new 7 parameter Coordinate Frame transformation, instead of the previous 3 parameter Molodansky, and left 6991 without the new and correct transformation.
I've created the correct 6991 grid, using the official parameters published by Survey of Israel
+proj=tmerc +lat_0=31.7343936111111 +lon_0=35.2045169444445 +k=1.0000067 +x_0=219529.584 +y_0=626907.39 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-24.002400,-17.103200,-17.844400,-0.33077,-1.852690,1.669690,5.424800 +units=m +no_defs
You can check for yourself here.
Edit 2019: I've changed the X-rotation parameter from -0.33009 to -0.33077, as is shown in the official mapping regulations, even though Esri programs still use the former, probably wrong, parameter.


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Gołogóra (niem. Blankenberg) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie warmińsko-mazurskim, w powiecie olsztyńskim, w gminie Świątki.

W latach 1954–1957 wieś należała i była siedzibą władz gromady Gołogóra, po jej zniesieniu w gromadzie Świątki. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa olsztyńskiego.

W 1918 urodził się tu Karol Müller, twórca współczesnej misjologii.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 ks. Walenty Barczewski "Geografia polskiej Warmii"

Zobacz też
 Gołogóra

Świątki (gmina)

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Busting the 5 myths of college costs
Last updated Aug 23, 2013 | Posted in College Costs
By Penelope Wang @Money August 23, 2013: 3:22 PM ET
Much of the playbook for taking on the $40,000 average sticker price of a private school is out-of-date or just plain wrong.
You've pored through financial aid forms, knocked the priciest schools off your list, reviewed borrowing options, and nudged your kid to think more about engineering and less about English lit.
So you figure you've got this college thing under control. Not quite. Those expensive schools you ruled out? They might actually cost you less in the long run than some cheaper private or public institutions.
The federal loans for parents you're looking at so your kid doesn't graduate with debt? They may not be a better choice after all. As for thinking a technical major will be more helpful to Junior than a liberal arts degree … sorry, it doesn't always turn out that way.
Even among savvy parents, myths and misinformation abound. Yet with the average four-year tab ranging from $71,500 at in-state public colleges to $240,000 at elite private schools, the last thing you need is to pay more than necessary, borrow more than you can handle, or pass up a college that can provide a great education at an affordable price.
What follow are the straight facts you need to make smart college choices.
MYTH NO. 1
The myth: Saving for college will hurt your chances of getting financial aid.
The reality: Any money you're able to save probably won't appreciably affect your chances for aid. Here's why: Under the federal financial aid formula, what matters most is your income, which is assessed up to 47%.
Related: Families scramble to pay for college
By contrast, a maximum of just 5.64% of savings in your name will be counted — after excluding retirement accounts, any small business you own, and your home equity. A savings allowance based on your age and marital status ($30,700 for a married parent age 45 for 2014-15) will also be deducted.
As a result, parental savings typically have little impact in the government calculation of expected family contribution, says financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz of Edvisor.com. Those savings will come in handy, though, to help pay that high expected contribution from your income.
True, nearly 400 private schools additionally use their own aid formula, which may factor in home and business equity. A high earner with substantial assets might qualify for less or no need-based aid at those schools as a result. Chances are, though, any aid you'd get would be in the form of loans, not grants, so you're still better off saving. Research from T. Rowe Price shows that each dollar you sock away could save you twice that amount in future borrowing costs.
Make friends with a 529. Only about one in four parents who save for college uses a 529 plan, says student lender Sallie Mae. Big mistake. You get more bang for your buck in a 529, since the money grows tax-free and withdrawals are tax-free, too, as long as the cash is used for school.
Look first to your state's plan; more than half offer a tax break to residents. Other low-fee options include New York's 529, Ohio College Advantage, and Wisconsin Edvest.
Shelter your shelter. "All schools will assess real estate that isn't your primary residence," says financial aid a expert Kal Chany at Campus Consultants in New York City. If you own a second home or investment property, taking out a home-equity line of credit and using the money to pay down consumer debt (to avoid having loan proceeds count as assets) will temporarily reduce your equity — just make sure you can repay the loan.
Play the name game. Have assets in a taxable account in your kid's name? Uh-oh. They'll be assessed at a 20% rate. Fix: Use the account over time to buy stuff for your child that you'd get anyway, such as a new laptop or SAT tutoring. Then put an equivalent amount into a 529 in your name, where it will be counted at the lower parent rate, says Joe Hurley, head of Savingforcollege.com.
The myth: You can't afford a private college.
The reality: Don't confuse the eye-popping sticker prices at private schools — $39,500 a year on average vs. $18,000 for the typical public college — with the price you'd actually pay. Discounting by private colleges, especially for good students, has become the norm.
Boost your financial aid offer
These discounts are typically awarded as merit aid and are given regardless of financial need. As the college-age population drops, schools are increasingly competing for students, sparking an awards arms race. In fact, today more students receive merit grants (44%) than get need-based aid (42%). Last year the average discount hit 45%, a record high, says the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
To be sure, Ivy League universities and some other top private schools still offer mainly need-based aid, but their definition of need often extends to higher-income families. And merit aid is available at many other high-quality colleges. For instance, Rice University offers academic grants averaging $15,000 to 22% of students; at Denison, about 46% of students get merit awards, which average $16,300.
Look for largesse. As your child begins to evaluate colleges, you'll want to assess how generous each is with handouts. To find the percentage of students who get merit money, go to collegedata.com. For details about a specific college's grants, check MeritAid.com.
Run a price check. Get a sense of what a certain private college will cost your family in particular, factoring in aid, by using the school's net price calculator. (Colleges are now required to offer this tool on their websites.)
Some schools load in merit awards based on your student's academic profile, while others give only a rough estimate. Either way, the results will be a good starting point for a discussion with the school's aid officer. Also compare the results with net prices at any state colleges your child is interested in; merit awards are on the rise at public schools too.
Improve your odds. Most private colleges are secretive about the formulas used to award merit aid. In general, your child has a better shot if her grades and SAT scores rank higher than the averages for a particular school, says Lynn O'Shaughnessy, head of Thecollegesolution.com.
Other factors that may provide an edge: intended major (a less popular one can help), community service, and musical talent. Some colleges even rate your child's interest in attending — has yours taken a campus tour?
The myth: A liberal arts degree won't pay the bills.
The reality: Sure, grads with business or STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) degrees tend to earn above-average salaries. But many liberal arts majors do as well or better.
Case in point: The top-earning 25% of history majors earned a median annual lifetime income of $85,000 vs. $82,000 for computer-programming majors, per a recent analysis by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.
And in some careers, lower salaries are offset by better job security. The typical education major earns $42,000, but only 4% are out of work. Biomedical engineers pull in $68,000, but 11% are unemployed.
Related: Does college still pay off?
Major isn't the only determinant of pay, either, notes Anthony Carnevale, the Georgetown Center's director: "Whether your child attends grad school, changes careers, gets promoted, or loses a job has a big impact on lifetime earnings."
Besides, many people end up in fields unrelated to their major — an analysis of alumni by Williams College math professor Satyan Devadoss found that some arts majors went into banking, engineering, and tech, while some chem majors ended up in government and education. Also, a Chronicle of Higher Education survey of employers found that previous work experience was more important than one's major in hiring recent grads.
Focus on practical help. When comparing colleges, see what each offers to assist your child in developing work skills, says Andy Chan, VP of career development at Wake Forest University. Find out if the career office reaches out to freshmen, offers courses in résumé building, and helps students land paid internships. Some 60% of 2012 grads who held a paid internship got a job offer, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
The myth: Student loans will cripple your child financially.
The reality: You've heard the horror stories about college grads hobbled by debt, and the facts can indeed be scary: The typical student at schools such as American University and NYU leaves with over $35,000 in loans; 2% of all student borrowers owe more than $50,000.
Related: Nearing retirement, with 3 tuition bills to pay
Rising costs are one reason for those hefty debt loads, but a less obvious problem is the increasing time young people are taking to get their degrees. Just 32% of public college students and 52% who attend a typical private school get out in four years — taking six years is more common.
At more selective schools like Davidson and Lafayette, on the other hand, 85% or more of students finish in four years. Plus, such schools tend to offer strong alumni networks that can help with job leads.
"If you can attend a good school that helps you graduate on time with great skills and contacts, borrowing can be worth it," says O'Shaughnessy. That's especially true if taking on a manageable amount of debt will help your child attend a better school than your family could otherwise afford. "Manageable" is the operative word.
Get your kid's stats. Check graduation rates for the schools your child is interested in at college navigator.gov. Find the likely salary of careers he might pursue and the typical income of students who graduate from schools on his list at PayScale.com.
Use the right benchmark. To ensure payments will be bearable, your child should borrow less than what she can expect to make in her first job, says Kantrowitz. The average grad's $27,000 in loans would total $33,000 with interest over 10 years, if the 3.9% rate recently worked out by Congress goes into effect. (That rate is tied to 10-year Treasuries and is likely to rise in coming years for future borrowers.) If your child earns a typical starting salary of $45,000, she could afford that debt.
Don't fight the feds. For student borrowers, government Stafford loans, which limit debt to $31,000 over four years, are the best bet. Unlike private loans, the federal program offers income-based payment and public-service debt forgiveness, says Lauren Asher, head of the Project on Student Debt.
Related: How much does college actually cost?
See PLUS as a minus. Parent borrowers should just say no to federal loans. PLUS loans let you borrow the full cost of college regardless of income, at expected rates of about 6.4% (plus fees of at least 4%), which can rise to 10.5% for future borrowers under the new rate formula. "You can borrow more than you can afford at a high rate — what can possibly go wrong?" says policy analyst Rachel Fishman at the New American Foundation. A lower-rate option that limits how much you can borrow: a home-equity line of credit (4.5% to 5%).
The myth: Starting at community college, then transferring, is a great way to cut the cost of a BA.
The reality: Sure, community college is a lot cheaper than a four-year school, but students who start there are less likely to earn their bachelor's degree..
Part of the problem: Many four-year colleges make transferring credits tough. While two-thirds of states have articulation agreements to ensure that community-college courses are accepted at specific four-year schools, loopholes abound — some allow discretion about which credits to accept, or a certain GPA may be required. And articulation agreements shouldn't be confused with a guarantee that your child will get an open slot at a four-year college, says Stephen Handel, a College Board specialist in community colleges.
For many teens, the lack of a strong peer group also makes it hard to stay focused, says Tatiana Melguizo, a USC associate education professor; community college students tend to be older and attend part-time.
Go for ironclad. See if any community colleges in your area offer a guaranteed transfer to a four-year school. In Virginia, 23 community colleges guarantee admission for students with high GPAs into certain programs at 20 state four-year schools. Others, such as Portland Community and Portland State University in Oregon, offer co-enrollment programs that allow students to shift seamlessly into the four-year program after earning a two-year degree.
Talk to the target. Ask the admissions office at the four-year school your child wants to attend about the transfer requirements and how many two-year college students it accepts. The good news: "If your child does transfer, her odds of getting a BA are as good as those for four-year college students," Melguizo says. Savings and a degree? Maybe you can afford grad school after all.


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Q: Data center router/firewall recommendations I'm looking for help deciding on a new router for our data center equipment. Currently, we've got about 10 machines, each with their own firewall. I'd like to get them all behind a single router and also create a vpn tunnel to our main office.
Requirements:

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*Gigabit Ethernet

*Firewall

*Cisco compatible point-to-point VPN

Traffic primarily consists of external HTTP requests, averaging ~10Mb/s, surging up to ~150Mb/s.
The router at the main office is a Cisco 2821.

A: Cisco 2911 ISR G2 should be sufficient, speced forwarding capacity of about 180Mbit. You get three GE copper interfaces in the standard configuration. If you need a fibre uplink the 2921 has an SFP slot in the standard configuration
To get the IOS firewall and full crypto features you need 2911-SEC-K9 bundle.
Having a second router for redundancy might be a good idea too.


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Soldiers, athletes could have improved outcomes from brain injuries through faster diagnosis using urine analysis
Scientists also report that even a mild hit or blast to the brain can benefit from early detection, treatment.
September 05, 2019 10:00 ET | Source: Purdue Research Foundation Purdue Research Foundation
West Lafayette, Indiana, UNITED STATES
West Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A traumatic brain injury is often easily suspected and can be confirmed and treated if necessary following an injury using a blood analysis, but scientists are reporting that even one mild blast to the brain can cause very subtle but permanent damage as well. Urine analysis taken within one week of a mild to traumatic brain injury also can provide faster diagnosis and treatment for such injuries.
"We're finding that even a mild blast can cause long-term, life-changing health issues," said Riyi Shi, a professor of neuroscience and biomedical engineering in Purdue University's Department of Basic Medical Sciences. "The individual appears to be fine, and it's difficult to tell if you just look at a person. But the fact is that these types of hits are multiplied over years and often ignored until someone reaches an age when other factors come into play. Identifying and treating these incidents sooner can help mitigate issues later in life."
A study led by Shi reports that checking the urine within seven days following such an injury, even a mild injury with no immediately obvious symptoms, could be less invasive, faster and help reduce the risk of long-term health issues including Parkinson's disease.
"Even at one day post injury, a simple urine analysis can reveal elevations in the neurotoxin acrolein. The presence of this "biomarker" alerts us to the injury, creating an opportunity for intervention," said Shi, who has appointments in Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. "This early detection and subsequent treatment window could offer tremendous benefits for long-term patient neurological health."
The research paper, titled "Acrolein-mediated Alpha-synuclein Pathology Involvement in the Early Post-injury Pathogenesis of Mild Blast-induced Parkinsonian Neurodegeneration," was published in July in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.
"Most people have heard that traumatic brain injuries are linked to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, dating back as far as to Muhammad Ali and even earlier," Shi said. "The seriousness of this relationship is readily apparent; however, we want to, for the first time, implement a mechanism or protocol capable of connecting brain injuries to these diseases. We can accomplish this by testing for acrolein, which is well-researched and already recognized as a very important pathological factor in Parkinson's disease. This study establishes a solid link between the two and opens the door for faster treatments utilizing acrolein urine tests during the days following a traumatic episode."
In the research study, a urine analysis tested for an increased elevation of acrolein or oxidative stress within one week following a neurological injury.
"What's important is that urine tests can be performed much easier than blood tests or other more invasive medical procedures currently available," Shi said. "And it has been shown that individuals who experience brain injuries are three times more likely than their age-matched peers to develop neurological disease. If we can establish a protocol to routinely test urine following a traumatic brain injury, we can improve treatment options earlier and potentially offer better long-term outcomes."
More than 500,000 people in the U.S. are currently living with Parkinson's disease, and another 50,000 people are diagnosed with this neurodegenerative disorder every year, according to the National Institutes of Health.
A video about the link between acrolein and Parkinson's disease based on Shi's research is available here.
The research was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the Indiana State Department of Health, and the Indiana CTSI Collaboration in Biomedical Translational Research Pilot Program.
Shi's work aligns with Purdue's Giant Leaps celebration, acknowledging the university's global advancements in health as part of Purdue's 150th anniversary. This is one of the four themes of the yearlong celebration's Ideas Festival, designed to showcase Purdue as an intellectual center solving real-world issues.
The technology is patented through the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization. Contact otcip@prf.org. for more information.
The research dovetails with the goals of a recently formed Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, at Purdue's Discovery Park. The institute spans 25 departments and includes around 100 faculty engaged in neuroscience-related research.
About Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization
The Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization operates one of the most comprehensive technology transfer programs among leading research universities in the U.S. Services provided by this office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities. The office is managed by the Purdue Research Foundation, which received the 2016 Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities Award for Innovation from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. For more information on licensing a Purdue innovation, contact the Office of Technology Commercialization at otcip@prf.org. The Purdue Research Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation created to advance the mission of Purdue University.
Acrolein-mediated alpha-synuclein pathology involvement in the early post-injury pathogenesis of mild blast-induced Parkinsonian neurodegeneration
Glen Acostaa, Nicholas Raceb c, Seth Herra d, Joseph Fernandeza b, Jonathan Tanga b, Edmond Rogersa b, Riyi Shia b c d
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Program (PULSe), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Survivors of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) have increased susceptibility to Parkinson's disease (PD), characterized by α-synuclein aggregation and the progressive degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Using an established bTBI rat model, we evaluated the changes of α-synuclein and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), known hallmarks of PD, and acrolein, a reactive aldehyde and marker of oxidative stress, with the aim of revealing key pathways leading to PD post-bTBI. Indicated in both animal models of PD and TBI, acrolein is likely a point of pathogenic convergence. Here we show that after a single mild bTBI, acrolein is elevated up to a week, systemically in urine, and in whole brain tissue, specifically the substantia nigra and striatum. Acrolein elevation is accompanied by heightened α-synuclein oligomerization, dopaminergic dysregulation, and acrolein/α-synuclein interaction in the same brain regions. We further show that acrolein can directly modify and oligomerize α-synuclein in vitro. Taken together, our data suggests acrolein likely plays an important role in inducing PD pathology following bTBI by encouraging α-synuclein aggregation. These results are expected to advance our understanding of the long-term post-bTBI pathological changes leading to the development of PD, and suggest intervention targets to curtail such pathology.
Parkinson's disease Brain trauma Alzheimer's Disease Purdue University
Video about chemical weapon antidote shown to remove harmful toxins in brain, diminish Parkinson's disease
Cynthia Sequin, Purdue Research Foundation, casequin@prf.org, 765-588-3340


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Q: Most bandwidth efficient setup for video sharing I built a video sharing platform for a popular french podcast I contribute to.

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*Initially I used S3 and linked directly to it, bad idea.

*Then I used a pull CDN to better optimize my bandwidth, but s3 is still solicited a lot.

*Now I'm compressing video better (from 1.7gb to 400mb each) which should help but I still think it's going to cost a lot monthly and it's voluntary so I'd like the cost to be as minimal as possible.
So now I'm thinking about using a push CDN and upload my content there but I'm worried about the storage costs. Would that be a good idea?
Every morning when I put the new show up, it gets about 2000 requests which cost about 100$ of S3 data transfer so far. I'm looking for the cheapest way to host video and share it (bandwidth).
Any suggestions would be very welcome, thanks.


Let's say, Japan and China are two decendents of a vanished culture, one traditional and one polluted and mutated. Sadly, Chinese people were prisoners of that polluted one. Which culture will bring people a better future? Honestly IDK. I would still suggest Chinese and Japanese culture keep a good distance from each other, in case people themselves feel uncomfortable whether being a Chinese or Japanese, for China is still a teenager trying to find who they are on the useless history of who their ancesters were.
Although I think Japanese and northeastern, central and northwestern Chinese should stay away off each other for general individuals' believes and social rules, this stance is good. Although China and Japan should keep a distance, at least as what I thought in 2016.
@Matt Hartwell, you are wrong about the influence of Chinese government about truth.
On this moment, I thank people still care about what happened decades ago, I recommend people to finish what they started.
Tragic lives of the sisters. A murderer should be brought to justice.
Please find her. Pray for you, Wei Qiu Jie.
History matters. It links with family trees.
Japanese police officials were not immediately available for comment.?? Will they ever?
Lol. Instead of saying U.S or America, you say Trump. Lol.
Thanks god, at least some people gain some sane.
Even in Japan, freedom of expression is hard. No wonder human should fight for their freedom.
I agree that OBOR would potentially connect Euro-Asia together. And I think Minister Abe's requirement of "fair" is resonable. But I don't think this project benefits Chinese citizens enough.
Motoya can do whatever he wants, but Chinese and Korean will hate him and whoever believe in him for his false understanding.
This U.S government is such a damn thing.
China should intervene North Korea, but China can't. North Korea has off control of China, Russia, and U.S. Will its independent action bring itself safety of unity or danger of division? No one knows the future. At least someone wanna try. They are honest men.
China should intervene North Korea, but China can't. North Korea has off control of China, Russia, and U.S. Will its independent action bring itself safety of unity or danger of division? No one knows the future.
North Korea should stop to exist, and devided by.
Japan has already been a developed country for as least 50 years, which implies human in Japan have been above the average in many ways for a long time. But the project of Belt and Road is not desingned for the people above the average, it's for those below the average, those who still need a road to wherever they intend to go. Imagine, those who even need such a boring thing as a plain road, infrastructures, while others are clinging to their electronic future. Thus, it is a story of those who were neglected, rather than a story of reaching the edge of homo sapiens. Might be a boring story for some though, but a wish for the other.
How or why should women be raised up to please men instead of pleasing themselves?
Common Japanese and Vietnamese tend to have negative ideas about Chinese, thus they are moving towards each other.


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Q: Calculate the inverse Laplace transform of $\frac{1}{1-e^{-s}}$ During my signals and systems class i came across this and i have to find it's inverse Laplace transform.  I don't know how.
$$\mathcal{L}^{-1} \Big\{ \frac{1}{1-e^{-s}} \Big\} = \ ?$$
Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

A: Utilizing the property
\begin{align}
\mathcal{L}\{f(t)\} = \frac{\int_{0}^{T} e^{- s u} \, f(u) \, du}{1 - e^{-s T}}
\end{align}
where $f(t+T) = f(t)$ then
\begin{align}
\mathcal{L}^{-1}\{\frac{1}{1- e^{-s}}\} = \frac{\int_{0}^{1} e^{-su} \, \delta(u) \, du}{1- e^{-s}}
\end{align}
for which $f(t) = \delta(t)$ with the periodic property $f(t+1) = f(t)$.
This leads to
$$f(t) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \delta(t-n)$$
Alternatively
\begin{align}
\mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\frac{1}{1-e^{-s}}\right\} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \mathcal{L}^{-1}\{e^{-ns}\} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \delta(t-n)
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Small Business Heroes
Bringing Silicon Valley's Accelerator Model to the Media Sector
Bruce Schoenfeld
Magazine Contributor
December 11, 2013 4 min read
This story appears in the November 2013 issue of . Subscribe »
Savvy 'treps know that where there's change, there's opportunity. And perhaps no segment of American business life has been exposed to more change than traditional media outlets. That's where Matter Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm, sees promise. Through partnerships with nonprofit groups, the company looks to incubate new entrepreneurial ideas in journalism, social media and other forms of public-space communication.
Funded by a $2.5 million investment from the Knight Foundation and public-radio affiliate KQED, Matter Ventures invests $50,000 in seed money to media startups in exchange for 4 to 7 percent of equity. The idea is to bring Silicon Valley's accelerator model to the media sector, while providing a crash course in real-world entrepreneurship to potential innovators who may never have seen a business plan.
The first class of six participants--which included Zeega (a platform for creating and sharing interactive videos) and SpokenLayer ("bringing human voice to the best of the written web")--finished its five-month acceleration program in July; the next session started in October.
Managing partner Corey Ford--a onetime documentary filmmaker who left PBS's Frontline for Stanford Business School, then later helped launch the Runway incubator for Google's Eric Schmidt--gave us the scoop.
Corey Ford of Media Ventures
Image credit: Media Ventures
Will Matter Ventures save journalism? Will it be profitable?
We're building a place where lots of experiments will happen to help define the future of meaningful journalism. We decided that the best way to spark the innovation we're seeking is a for-profit model that will put viability constraints on us and our team. The last thing I wanted was to support a bunch of well-meaning lemmings who'd fall off a cliff at the end of five months. We want people who need to be sustainable and viable on their own. And we own a stake in their companies.
How do you pick the participants?
It's hard to describe, especially since media today is increasingly hard to define. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs who are building a more informed, more connected and more empowered society. Our job isn't to tell them what the future of journalism is going to be, it's to build a place where the necessary innovation can happen. Early-stage entrepreneurship is much more about the people than their ideas, because the ideas will change over time--they should change over time. So we ask, "What sort of change does this person want to see in the world, and is that aligned with our mission?"
What do you teach them?
I was frustrated in business school. I got a world-class entrepreneurial education, but it was from B to Z--"You have a market-validated idea and team, so here's how you execute it and be analytical about it." But I'd come from a creative background, and nobody was answering the question, "I want to be an entrepreneur: How do I take that first step?" We try to take similarly creative people and take them from A to B.
We start with an intense entrepreneurial boot camp. Then we have four one-month sprints that each culminate in a design review--essentially a demo day with our community--to create an environment of what I call "intentional serendipity." We want to get them to a place where they have validated their premise and are able to raise investment.
Five years from now, we hope to see companies that have come out of Matter have a large presence and a meaningful influence within the world of media that matters--whether that's journalism or public media or something else. In doing so, we should be judged like any other investor, which is a return of three times on our capital. That's how the great venture capital firms are measured.
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Handing out midseason NBA grades and awards, plus what's next for Lamar Jackson?
Good morning to everyone but especially to…
Ah, midterm grades. If you're doing well, you're happy, but you know there's a long way to go. If you're not doing well, at least there's time to improve. It applies to school and it applies to… the NBA.
With roughly half of the season down, we've handed out grades for every team as well as individual awards. Let's start with the team side, where eight different teams earned a grade in the "A" range. But for my money, of those eight, no team has been as impressive as the Boston Celtics. Here's what Michael Kaskey-Blomain says:
Kaskey-Blomain: "The Celtics have been the top team in the league record-wise for much of the first half of the season, and for good reason. They have the NBA's best net rating, a top-two offense in the league and a bonafide MVP candidate in Jayson Tatum, who has taken his game to another level this season. There was potential for this Celtics campaign to go sideways after the team suspended head coach Ime Udoka for a year and replaced him with the inexperienced Joe Mazzulla prior to the start of the season, but that hasn't been the case at all."
Keep in mind that all of this has come with several Boston regulars, including Robert Williams III, Al Horford and, most recently, Jaylen Brown, missing significant time. The Celtics' most popular starting lineup from last season — those three plus Tatum and Marcus Smart — has not played a single minute together this season.
Michael mentioned Tatum as an MVP candidate, but he'll need to catch the current favorite — and our midseason pick — Nikola Jokic. The two-time defending MVP is somehow taking his game to an even higher level, on pace for career-highs in shooting percentage, assists per game and offensive rating. While our MVP pick wasn't unanimous, three major awards were. You can see all of our experts' picks here.
Honorable mentionsAnd not such a good morning for…
MATT WEISS
Matt Weiss has only been the Michigan co-offensive coordinator for one season, and this certainly isn't a good early impression. The 39-year-old Weiss was placed on leave amid an ongoing university police investigation of a "report of computer access crimes."
Details are sparse:
A Jan. 5 report from Michigan's Daily Crime & Fire Log mentions "fraudulent activity involving someone accessing university email accounts without authorization," but Weiss is not specifically mentioned.Weiss has not been involved with the team or with recruiting since then, and he has not been allowed in team facilities. He did coach in Michigan's College Football Playoff semifinal loss to TCU on New Year's Eve.Weiss released a statement saying: "I am aware of the ongoing investigation by the University of Michigan Police Department and fully cooperating with investigators. I look forward to the matter being resolved. Out of respect for the integrity of the investigation, I will not have any further comment." Not so honorable mentionsBiggest question for the NFL playoff teams still alive 🏈
Man, the NFL field shrinks quickly, doesn't it? Two weeks ago, we had 32 teams playing. Last weekend there were still 14. And now we've cut roughly in half again, down to eight.
To me, this is the best round of the playoffs: top seeds making their playoff debut, strong contenders looking to prove themselves and Cinderellas hoping to keep dancing. Every team is three games away from becoming a Super Bowl champion, but all of them also have questions to answer.
Yes, even the No. 1 seeds aren't exempt, especially when it comes to one quarterback in particular, writes Cody Benjamin.
Benjamin: "What exactly is Jalen Hurts' status? — We've not seen the MVP-level breakout at full strength since mid-December, when Hurts hurt his shoulder. … Hurts was the catalyst when healthy, threatening opponents as both a punishing runner and vastly improved downfield passer. The weapons are there in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, as is Nick Sirianni's aggressiveness. But how much can Hurts, the heartbeat of the team, reasonably give, and for how long?
If Hurts is healthy, expect a ton of quarterback runs in this one by both Hurts and his opposing quarterback, Daniel Jones. Hurts and Jones ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in rushing yards among quarterbacks this season, and Jones ran 17 times for 78 yards in the Giants' Wild Card win over the Vikings.
You can see the biggest question for all eight teams left here.
Where could Lamar Jackson go if he doesn't return to Ravens? 🏈
We've talked plenty about Tom Brady's future in this newsletter this week, but there's another former MVP quarterback — this one nearly 20 years younger — whose future is very much a mystery: Lamar Jackson.
The path we've taken to get here is a long and winding one.
Jackson, who represents himself in contract negotiations, was not able to come to a long-term agreement with the Ravens last offseason and played this season on the fifth-year option of his rookie contract. At the time, Jackson said he wasn't concerned about playing (and risking injury) without a long-term deal.Things were going smoothly until Jackson hurt his knee against the Broncos in Week 13. It was initially ruled a "week-to-week" injury. Well, Jackson hasn't played since and revealed last week that the injury was more serious than initially believed.Michael Vick called out Jackson for missing the playoff loss to the Bengals, though Robert Griffin III backed Jackson.Teammates were supportive of Jackson following the team's playoff loss (which the QB didn't play in) last week, and running back J.K. Dobbins even said Baltimore would have won if Jackson had played. Jackson, for what it's worth, posted a cryptic message on Instagram, but the Ravens reportedly want to keep him in some way, shape or form.
Still, plenty of quarterbacks have had lukewarm-at-best relationships with their franchises (Kyler Murray) or significant injuries (Dak Prescott) prior to signing a massive extension. Plus, Baltimore has plenty of options in negotiating with him, as former sports agent Joel Corry notes.
But the possibility of Jackson playing elsewhere is hanging around like a dark cloud. Where could he go if that happens? Cody Benjamin has 15(!!!) potential landing spots for Jackson. Yes, that's nearly half of the NFL. Yes, Jackson would be worth it. Cody makes a compelling case for each.
How Brad Brownell is keeping his cool on the hot seat 🏀
Look at the ACC standings and you'll see an unfamiliar name at the top: No. 19 Clemson. The Tigers have one ACC regular-season title ever, back in 1989-90. But under the leadership of Brad Brownell, they're off to a great start this season.
Brownell opened this season on the hot seat, and he spoke with our Matt Norlander in this week's Court Report. It's an awesome interview with a ton of great insights. Oh, and Matt delivered even more of the goods with his midseason Coach of the Year and Player of the Year picks. As for the latter, Purdue's Zach Edey is running away with it.
Norlander: "Edey had a career-best 32 points and sank the winner on Monday to push No. 3 Purdue past Michigan State. It's not just his NPOY to lose, it's his to toss out the car window and refuse to drive back and pick up."What we're watching Thursday 📺
🏀 No. 23 Rutgers at Michigan State, 6:30 p.m. on FS1
🏀 Warriors at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. on TNT
🏒 Lightning at Oilers, 9 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Nets at Suns, 10 p.m. on TNT
🏀 No. 5 UCLA at Arizona State, 10:30 p.m. on FS1
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Kellogg's sales hurt as dieters drop Special K
By CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Kellogg's cereal sales are struggling, in part because Special K is falling out of fashion with dieters.
The company, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, said Thursday that its profit fell 16 percent in the second quarter as its flagship cereal unit continued to suffer.
Cereal sales in the U.S. have been sluggish for some time now, given the ever-expanding number of breakfast options including Greek yogurt, egg sandwiches and even waffle tacos from fast-food chains. But Kellogg is also dealing with problems specific to some of its most popular brands. The movement away from calorie counting in the dieting world, for instance, has hurt Special K, which over the years has expanded to include snack bars, crackers and frozen waffles. The main selling point for those products has traditionally been that they're relatively low in calories.
In a phone interview, Kellogg CEO John Bryant noted that people are now more interested in foods that provide nutritional benefits, rather than those that simply keep their calorie counts down. It's why Kellogg has been getting rid of some of its 100-calorie products.
"There's a shift in consumer expectations," Bryant said.
To cater to those changing tastes, Special K has already been rolling out new products, including an instant hot cereal that includes grains such as quinoa. But the efforts haven't yielded a significant impact, with the company reporting a 4.9 percent decline in core sales for its U.S. Morning Foods unit in the latest quarter.
Bryant said Kellogg planned to introduce new Special K products toward the end of the year to address changing nutrition trends, but declined to provide any details.
"I don't want to give my friends in Minneapolis any more help than they need," he said. The comment was a reference to General Mills, which is based in Minneapolis and makes cereals including Cheerios and Lucky Charms.
Given its weak results, Kellogg lowered its outlook for the year, saying it now expects core sales for the year to decline slightly. The maker of Frosted Flakes, Pop Tarts and Pringles had previously said it expected the figure to rise by 1 percent.
For the quarter ended June 28, the company said net income fell to $295 million, or 82 cents per share. Adjusted for one-time costs, it earned $1.02 per share, in line with Wall Street expectations.
Total revenue declined to $3.69 billion and missed analyst expectations for $3.71 billion, according to Zacks.
Shares of Kellogg fell 5.8 percent to $60.03 in afternoon trading amid a broader market downturn.
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Q: get the most negative number's absolute value In the abs's man manual, there's a NOTES: Trying to take the absolute value of the most negative integer is not defined.
And the prototype of abs is:int abs(int j);
Why does abs return int? As the return value will be positive, why not return unsigned int?
If abs returned unsigned int, the solution of the most negative integer's absolute value is simple like this:
if(INT_MIN == j)
  return (unsigned int)j;

A: There are a variety of issues in mixing signed and unsigned values in calculations, so the question would be: What are most users going to do with the result of calling abs(int)?  I think the most likely answer - or at least a very common one - is that they'll do further arithmetic with the result.  In that case, you almost surely want to stay within int rather than getting back an unsigned.
Here's another post on mixing signed with unsigned in calculations: what happens when i mix signed and unsigned types ?

A: A 16 bit signed integer has a range of -32768 to +32767
So INT_MIN will be -32768. The absolute value of that is outside the range of an integer. Therefore it is not defined.


The Mirrorless Olympus OM-D E-M10 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera is a ergonomically-designed compact camera highlighting a 16.1 mp Live MOS sensor and TruePic VII picture processor to create high-resolution still images and full 1080p HD video with remarkable low-light quality and rapid execution. The combination of these two technologies empowers a high sensitivity range from ISO 100 thru 25600 and continuous shooting up to 8 frames per second The sensor additionally fits an improved FAST autofocus system that uses contrast detection focusing to effectively procure focus with selectable focus zones for much greater precision. Additionally adding to picture sharpness is in-body 3-axis image stabilization that makes up for angular shifts along with rolling camera shake.
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