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Candidate for Bullard High Trustee Seat Already Raises More Than $117K
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Susan Wittrup has already hit triple figures in Fresno Unified campaign fundraising. (GV Wire/Paul Marshall)
One Fresno Unified school board candidate has raised six figures in campaign contributions — an eye-popping total with the election still nine months away.
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Susan Wittrup, a school psychologist in the district, raised more than $117,000 in 2021. It is one of the largest — if not the largest — candidate totals in FUSD history.
She is one of three candidates who have filed to raise money in the Trustee Area 7 covering the northwest part of the district, generally around Bullard High School.
The incumbent in the area, Terry Slatic, did not raise any funds in 2021. For his 2018 campaign, Slatic raised a shade under $28,000.
Granville Homes Inc. made the largest donation to Wittrup, $15,000. Darius Assemi, the publisher of GV Wire, is CEO and president of Granville Homes.
"I think it's a fantastic thing that Darius Assemi has decided to run for school board and is bringing all of his street cred and his power and his political connections to trying to bring the light of day onto this massively corrupt, dysfunctional school district," Slatic said.
Wittrup: 'Honored' by Support
Said Wittrup about her fast fundraising start: "I am honored by the support I have received, which underscores how frustrated the residents of the Bullard area are with their current representative and are clamoring for a change. They want a leader focused on their needs and interests, not waging pointless fights from the dais. I look forward to delivering for my neighbors."
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A southwest Fresno neighborhood gets speed bumps.
Naindeep Singh Receives Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.
Slatic wouldn't commit to whether he would fundraise himself.
"Oh, I don't even think about it. I think about saving the kids there every day, as should anyone else who's on the current school board," Slatic said.
The late Carol Mills raised more than $66,000 in her competitive 2020 election. That included a $25,000 self-loan. Wittrup has loaned her campaign $3,000.
Wittrup's total is the most in a Fresno Unified race since 2008, as far back as available records go. Mills raised more than $69,000 in 2008.
A third candidate in the Bullard area race, former district executive Kurt Madden, reported $10,800 raised for the year.
The next round of campaign reporting is due Aug. 1 (and March 3 for the Area 5 special election).
Levine Leads in Fundraising for Special Election
Four candidates are running to replace Mills in the April 12 special election in Trustee Area 5, covering the Fresno High area.
Andy Levine reported raising more than $36,000, the clear leader thus far. Most of his total is from contributions of less than $1,000.
While Daniel Renteria only reported $5,200 raised, he also had late contributions of $5,000 from Granville Homes and $1,000 from Irene Saul of Irene's Café in the Tower District. Renteria also reported a $5,000 loan from his wife, Andria Alvarado.
Renteria has a fundraiser scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at Banzai Japanese Kitchen in the Tower District.
Andrew Fabela and Russ Allen filed forms indicating they intend to raise less than $2,000 each.
Fresno Unified Fundraising Totals
Fresno Unified, 2022 election
District Candidate (party) 2021 Total Cash on Hand Debt
3 Valerie Davis (R)* $4,771 $4,747 $0
4 Veva Islas (D)* $1,830 $1,218 $5,574
5-special Andy Levine (D) $36,091 $25,789 $0
5-special Daniel Renteria (D) $5,200 $5,200 $5,050
5-special Andrew Fabela (NPP) >$2,000 n/a n/a
5-special Russ Allen (Libertarian) >$2,000 n/a n/a
7 Susan Wittrup (R) $117,547 $112,546 $3,000
7 Kurt Madden (NPP) $10,800 $8,413 $0
7 Terry Slatic (AIP)* $0 $642 $0
* incumbent; totals through Dec. 31, 2021. Parties: D-Democrat; R-Republican; NPP-no party preference; AIP-American Independent Party
Speed Bump Construction Starts
The neighborhoods south of Computech Middle School are not exactly quiet. Construction of the new Fresno City College satellite campus is only a few blocks away. And, the area regularly has city and school buses travel through.
But, at least it will be slightly safer. Construction crews on Monday were building a series of speed bumps on Belgravia Avenue. Neighbors approved.
"I feel it's about time. It has been a problem here. We've had a lot of speeders go up down or the people doing donuts and stuff like that," Samantha Firman said.
"They fly on the street like a raceway," Vernon Thomas said.
Councilman Miguel Arias estimated it costs $6,200 and two days of work to build a series of bumps on a given street.
Last year, the city council voted to amend its no speed bump policy in favor of a pilot program. The city council is scheduled to expand the program citywide at Thursday's meeting.
Residents of a southwest Fresno neighborhood gather to watch the installation of speed bumps with councilman Miguel Arias on Belgravia Avenue, south of Computech Middle School. (GV Wire/David Taub)
Singh Receives Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
Naindeep Singh, who is the executive director of the Fresno-based Jakara Movement, is the recipient of a 2022 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.
We're thrilled to announce the @IrvineFdn 2022 Leadership Award recipients today. The honors recognize seven leaders from six organizations for their innovative solutions to some of the most pressing issues in CA.
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The group educates Sikh youth about their heritage, explores challenges facing them like gender equality and caste, and prepares them to be leaders in their communities.
After starting out as a grass-roots group more than 20 years ago, the Jakara Movement how has 70 registered high school clubs and 25 college chapters spanning 15 California counties. And, it is led by a paid staff of 41.
Along with the recognition for Singh, the award comes with a $250,000 grant for each of the six nonprofits selected this year.
Read about the recipient nonprofits and their leaders at this link.
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Q: Python, Pandas: What it is the best way to separate string into several columns? I want to split one string into several columns however I encounter issue with str.split method.
Example:
While performing str.split on column Name which consist such strings it work as expected.
data1 = {'Name': ['Alice 23', 'Philip 12', 'Krish 64', 'John 29']}
df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
df1
    Name
0   Alice 23
1   Philip 12
2   Krish 64
3   John 29

performing split:
df1[['Name', 'age']] = df1['Name'].str.split(' ', 1, expand=True)
df1

Name    age
0   Alice   23
1   Philip  12
2   Krish   64
3   John    29

All good, as I wanted but if I need to place other separator like || its not working properly.
data2 = {'Name': ['Alice||23', 'Philip||12', 'Krish||64', 'John||29']}
df2 = pd.DataFrame(data)
df2

    Name
0   Alice||23
1   Philip||12
2   Krish||64
3   John||29

performing split...
df2[['Name', 'age']] = df2['Name'].str.split('[||]',1,expand = True)
df3[['Name', 'age']] = df2['Name'].str.split('||',1,expand = True)

results in not what I expected
df2
    Name    age
0   Alice   |23
1   Philip  |12
2   Krish   |64
3   John    |29

df3

Name    age
0       Alice||23
1       Philip||12
2       Krish||64
3       John||29

What's the reason for this behaviour and how get expected result which is as df1?

A: The issue you're hitting is that pandas defaults to assuming your string to split on is a regular expression. In regular expressions the "|" character is a special character that enables you to match either expression on the left or right of that character (e.g. you can match 'a' or 'b' with the expression '(a|b)'.
In your case, we don't want to pass a regular expression, so you can pass .str.split(…, regex=False).
>>> df2['Name'].str.split('||', regex=False, expand=True)
        0   1
0   Alice  23
1  Philip  12
2   Krish  64
3    John  29

A: escape the |:
df2['Name'].str.split('\|\|',expand = True)

Output:
        0   1
0   Alice  23
1  Philip  12
2   Krish  64
3    John  29

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Q: fetch first column from table First of all thanks for reading this.

I'm having this function setup
function SelectHydross($conn){
    $sql = "SELECT * from HydrossTheUnstable";
    $data = $conn->query($sql);

    $title = $data->fetchColumn(1);
    echo '

';
    echo '
';
    echo "" . $title['BossName'] . "	";

Which gives me Warning: Illegal string offset 'BossName'
Line 70 is: echo "" . $title['BossName'] . "	";

If i'm using this code
function SelectHydross($conn){
    $sql = "SELECT * from HydrossTheUnstable";
    $data = $conn->query($sql);
    $title = $data->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
    echo '

';
    echo '
';
    echo "" . $title['BossName'] . "	";

It does skip the first column and starts with the 2nd.
I don't know any way out at the moment and i'd like to ask for some help!
This is how my table looks like

A: As stated in the comment, fetchColumn targets one row and returns a value, not an array.
Replace this line :
$title = $data->fetchColumn(2);

with
$title = $data->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

and your first solution will work.
Edit : If not, maybe you are fetching the results before this line. PDOStatement::fetch returns the first line of a rowset, it does not begin on the second one.

A: As I outlined in comments which I won't repeat (you can read those), you can use LIMIT with an offset that can skip a row.
I.e.: LIMIT 1,10 in a SELECT statement.
The manual:

*

*http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/select.html
Example:
[LIMIT {[offset,] row_count | row_count OFFSET offset}]


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Bachus SRO Bill Likely Dead This Year; Waters Introduces User Fee proposal
July 26, 2012 | Steve Parker
Proposed legislation designed to create a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for investment advisers may not be acted on during this Congressional session, according to its sponsor, Rep. Spencer Bachus (D-Ala.). Rep. Bachus, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said earlier this week that no consensus has developed regarding any proposal relating to enhancing investment adviser oversight and that, therefore, no action is imminent.
There has been increasing interest and legislative activity over the past several months relating to investment adviser examinations. While there is almost universal agreement that examination coverage should be increased, there is a sharp division among industry members, regulators and legislators about how to accomplish that goal.
Most observers agree that Rep. Bachus's bill, if passed, would lead to the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) becoming the SRO for investment advisers. Adviser organizations have split over supporting the bill, with the Financial Services Institute (FSI) as a supporter, and the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) and the American Institute of CPAs strongly opposed. Other investment adviser organizations have also come out in opposition to the Bachus bill, as has the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA).
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Tagged: Baccus, Investment Advisers, Maxine Waters, SRO and User Fees
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User Fee Supporters Gaining Momentum
June 26, 2012 | Steve Parker
According to an InvestmentNews poll, 58.7% of 293 advisers who responded to a recent survey support the option of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charging user fees to defray the costs of increased examinations. This is an increase from a year ago when only 27.8% of 335 responding advisers supported the user fee approach. The poll also concluded that 74.7% of advisers said they oppose permitting the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from becoming the self regulatory organization (SRO) for advisers.
The increased willingness of advisers to pay user fees suggests that there could be more support for the bill soon to be introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) that would authorize the SEC to charge user fees for advisers to cover or defray the costs of examinations. Rep. Waters's bill would combat the SRO bill introduced by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Al) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY).
Tagged: Baccus, FINRA, FSI, IAA, Maxine Waters, SEC, SRO and User Fees
Updated: August 7, 2017 11:47 am
FSI Supports FINRA as Adviser SRO
June 6, 2012 | Steve Parker
The Financial Services Institute (FSI) Chair, Joe Russo, recently released a letter stating that the FSI supports the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as the new self-regulatory organization (SRO) for investment advisers. Russo stated that the FSI has conducted two polls of its financial adviser members to determine whether they support FINRA as the SRO and 75% agreed that FINRA should become the SRO.
FSI has been asked by a number of critics why it has not advocated repealing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In response, FSI says that the act will likely not be repealed as a practical matter. Therefore, FSI has decided to focus its legislative efforts on securing for its members the least intrusive of the three options for investment adviser regulation posed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Those options are (1) the SEC charging user fees to fund more examiners, (2) FINRA becoming the dual SRO for broker-dealers and investment advisers, or (3) creating a new SRO.
Tagged: Dodd-Frank, FINRA, FSI, SEC, SRO and User Fees
GAO Claims SEC Oversight of FINRA is Insufficient; SRO Hearing is This Week
As a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan investigative agency of Congress, conducted a study which criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The purpose of the study was to determine how the SEC has conducted its oversight of FINRA, including the effectiveness of FINRA rules, and how the SEC plans to enhance its oversight.
The GAO found that both the SEC and FINRA do not conduct retrospective reviews of the impact of FINRA's rules. As a result, the GAO believes that "FINRA may be missing an opportunity to systematically assess whether its rules are achieving their intended purpose and take appropriate action, such as maintaining rules that are effective and modifying or repealing rules that are ineffective or burdensome." The GAO also noted that the SEC does not conduct sufficient oversight over FINRA's governance and executive compensation. The SEC has responded to the survey by saying that it is focused primarily on oversight of FINRA's regulatory departments, which the SEC claims has the biggest impact on investors.
Tagged: Bachus, Dodd-Frank, FINRA, FSI, GAO, Government Accountability Office, IAA, NAIFA, NASAA, SEC, SIFMA and SRO
Updated: August 7, 2017 2:52 pm
POGO Writes Letter to Congress Opposing SRO Bill
May 31, 2012 | Steve Parker
The Project on Government Oversight (POGO), on May 29, wrote to Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) opposing the self-regulatory organization (SRO) bill that was reintroduced in the House of Representatives in April. We discussed the bill in a previous post, SRO Redraft Bill Reintroduced. POGO joins a long list of groups, including the Investment Advisers Association, the Financial Planning Coalition and the American Institute of CPAs, opposing the bill. POGO is particularly opposed to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) becoming the SRO because it believes that "FINRA's regulatory effectiveness is undermined by its inherent conflicts of interest, its lack of transparency and accountability, its lobbying expenditures, and its executive compensation packages, among other issues."
The letter addresses each area of concern POGO has relating to FINRA becoming the SRO for investment advisers. First, POGO states that FINRA's "conflicted mission" will lead "to cozy ties with the industry." POGO says the conflict arises because FINRA collects fees from member firms and is also charged with regulating the investment adviser industry. POGO believes that FINRA's "inherently conflicted self-funding model has contributed to an incestuous relationship between FINRA and the industry it is tasked with regulating." In contrast, POGO contends that government agencies are not conflicted because they must comply with federal ethic laws and agency regulations designed to alleviate the conflicts.
Tagged: Financial Planning Coalition, FINRA, POGO and SRO
AICPA Urges Congress to Maintain SEC Investment Adviser Oversight
May 9, 2012 | Steve Parker
Another large group in the financial service industry has come forward to oppose authorizing the Federal Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to become the self regulatory organization (SRO) for investment advisers. The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has voiced its desire to keep the oversight of investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The AICPA is the world's largest association representing the accounting profession. It is interested in the oversight of investment advisers because a number of its members work for firms that are registered or affiliated with a registered investment adviser. Members also provide audit, tax, retirement consulting, plan administration and financial planning services to their clients.
Tagged: AICPA, FINRA, SEC and SRO
FINRA Releases Cost Estimate to Become Investment Adviser SRO
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has responded to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study that estimated the cost of FINRA becoming the investment adviser self regulatory organization (SRO). The BCG study, which we have discussed in a previous blog, was sponsored by the Financial Planning Coalition, comprised of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisers. The Financial Planning Coalition, along with a number of other groups, is urging Congress to maintain investment adviser oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The BCG study concluded that, if FINRA were to become the investment adviser SRO, the one-time start-up cost would be between $200 million and $255 million, and the annual cost would be about $550 million to $610 million. In response to the BCG study, last month FINRA released its own cost estimates. According to FINRA, its start-up cost would be approximately $12 million to $15 million, with annual cost of about $150 million to $155 million. FINRA contends that the BCG projection is inaccurate because "BCG used as its base the costs for establishing the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) and the CFPB from scratch. BCG used figures – set up costs for organizations that didn't even have one desk or employee to start with – and provided for only a 20% discount off the from-scratch start-up costs to allow for efficiencies in FINRA's existing infrastructure."
Tagged: Financial Planning Coalition, FINRA and SRO
SRO Redraft Bill Reintroduced
April 26, 2012 | Steve Parker
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) has reintroduced his bill calling for a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for investment advisers. The bill has a Democratic co-sponsor, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), indicating that it may have some bipartisan support. Rep. Bachus said that the bill was drafted in response to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) study which showed that the SEC does not have sufficient resources to adequately monitor and regulate the 12,000 registered investment advisers. The SEC examined only 8% of advisers in 2011, which is significantly less than the 58% of broker-dealers that were examined.
The bill calls for the creation of one or more SROs which would be called a "National Investment Adviser Association" (NIAA). NIAA would report to the SEC, and investment advisers with retail customers would be required to become members. The bill provides an exception from the membership requirement for investment advisers with less than $100 million in assets under management. The bill gives individual states the authority to regulate those investment advisers as long as the states conduct periodic on-site examinations.
Tagged: Bachus, Carolyn McCarthy, FINRA, IAA, SEC and SRO
IAA Becomes More Outspoken as SRO Bill Redraft Nears
March 26, 2012 | Steve Parker
The Investment Advisers Association (IAA) believes that it needs to become more outspoken and involved in order to deter Congress from passing legislation requiring a self-regulatory organization (SRO) be designated for registered investment advisers. The IAA is concerned because Congress is fully aware of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) position and its desire to become the SRO for investment advisers. IAA vice president for government relations Neil Simon stated, "Despite our best efforts, there is still a woeful ignorance of the role investment advisers play. They're aware of FINRA. We need to help educate policymakers so they make informed decisions."
Section 914 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act mandated that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prepare a report considering whether there should be an SRO for investment advisers, as there is for broker-dealers. The SEC set forth three possible models to help the agency better oversee advisers: (1) allow the SEC to charge user fees for exams, (2) establish a new SRO, or (3) allow FINRA to be the SRO for both registered investment advisers and broker-dealers. The IAA is supporting the user fee approach, while FINRA is aggressively pursuing becoming the designated SRO. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala) previously offered a bill which would provide for an SRO in response to the SEC's recommendations, which were delivered to Congress in January 2011. Some industry observers believe that Rep. Bachus is likely to release a revised discussion draft of his bill and push it, because he will leave his post of Financial Services Chairman in January 2013 due to term limits.
Tagged: Dodd-Frank, FINRA, IAA and SRO
Obama's New Proposed Budget Seeks Increased SEC Funding
February 22, 2012 | Steve Parker
The Obama administration released a proposed budget last week that will boost the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) budget for the next fiscal year. The SEC claims the need for an increased budget stems from the mandatory creation of 100 rules which is required by the Dodd-Frank Act and the need to hire new examiners to regulate the market more efficiently. The proposed budget would increase the SEC's funding by 18.5 percent from $1.32 billion to $1.57 billion.
Prior to the release of the Obama administration budget, the SEC submitted a budget request which stated that the new budget would allow for 222 new examiners. That request estimated that in 2013 it will be responsible for examining 10,000 advisers with $44 trillion in assets under management. Currently, it only has 10 examiners per $1 trillion in assets under management, a decrease since 2005 when it had 19 examiners for every $1 trillion in assets under management. The SEC is capable of reviewing only eight percent of registered advisers each year. Investment advisers have also shown a preference to be regulated by the SEC as opposed to FINRA or another self regulatory authority (SRO), as we discussed in a previous blog, BCG Report Claims FINRA Cost Will Exceed SEC Cost as RIA SRO.
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In Valencia there is a huge beach, the Malvarosa.Last Sunday we went there with our sketchbooks in the hunt for beauty!.
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Man, looks like you were really inspired by these beach beauties, hard not to be distracted from the drawing though right?
yeah , it is hard! , I actually did some rough blue sketch in the actual beach. Later I put the black lines and tones.
Nuttin' wrong wi' dat! Works really well man. I always liked how you worked into your sketches often with an inkline or a splash of colour/tone. Gives drawings more life, vitality, FORM & a sense of location.


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Paper Tiger II: 'Weak' U.S. military may soon be no match for expanding China juggernaut
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Commentary by Laurence F Sanford
How woke military leaders are hollowing out America's military with woke Marxist racist Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (DIE) was the focus of Part I ['Paper Tiger': Woke leadership has transformed the U.S. military]. Instead of instilling a sense of unity and pride in being American, the woke culture promotes racial divide and shame in American history.
The Army is shrinking and has major recruiting/retention problems. Woke leadership, Wuhan virus mandates, and extended deployments are all affecting Army readiness.
One should not be surprised therefore, that U.S. military recruiting and retention rates have fallen dramatically and are well below military needs to safeguard America.
The Heritage Foundation, a premier think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., issued an "Executive Summary of the 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength". It rated the U.S. military as "weak" and not able to meet the demands of defending America's vital interests. The analysis concluded:
__ The Army is "Marginal" and is aging faster than it is modernizing. It remains "weak" in capacity, with only 62 percent of the force it should have.
__ The Navy is "Weak" with a need for a 400-ship manned fleet when it only has 298 ships. By 2037 the ship count will be 280. Current and forecasted funding will not change this decline.
__The Air Force is "Very Weak," with very low cockpit time for pilot training and aging of the aircraft fleet. It is at 86 percent capacity, short 650 pilots, and the average age of fighter aircraft is 32 years.
__ The Marine Corps is rated "Strong."
__ The Space Force is "weak." The counterforce space systems are inadequate to win a conflict in space.
__ The Nuclear Capabilities are "strong" but trending toward "weak."
China is America's greatest existential threat. The head of the U.S. Strategic Command, Adm. Charles Richard, recently alerted the world that "the ship is slowly sinking" when it comes to deterrence against China. At the current pace of buildup, China will soon overtake America's nuclear forces. Over 300 new missile silos are being constructed in China, and they are also building the fractional orbital bombardment system weapon, which would provide for a nuclear first-strike capability.
Related — 'The big one is coming': Strategic Command chief delivers blunt-spoken exit warning, November 9, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is old. The average age of the entire fleet is 30 years old. Eight fleets average over 50 years, with the B-52 Stratofortress bomber fleet averaging 60 years. It was introduced into service in 1954 as one leg of the nuclear triad; the other two legs are nuclear missiles in submarines and in land-based silos. The B-52 platform has been continually upgraded with electronics and radar systems, and a multi-billion dollar engine upgrade is in progress. This will extend the B-52's shelf life until the 2050s, or 100 years of service.
The Navy fleet is also aging, with the Navy extending ship shelf life to build up fleet count. Then there is the issue of fleet count versus surviving a Chinese missile attack. Since the U.K. — Argentine Falkland War in 1982 up to the present day Russia — Ukraine War, missiles have demonstrated the ability to sink surface ships at a relatively low cost and a high degree of success. What is more important than fleet count is the survivability count. Submarines are the most survivable. Aircraft carriers are waddling ducks to Chinese anti-ship missiles.
The U.S. submarine fleet of 50 attack subs and 18 ballistic launching subs is survivable. However, it is all nuclear and thus very costly, with the newest attack subs costing approximately $6 billion each. The newest diesel-electric submarines cost one-tenth the cost of a nuclear sub, with almost the same stealth capabilities. China's submarine total of 76 is expected to surpass the U.S. by 2030. Other naval issues are a lack of shipyard and repair facilities, thus the inability to increase ship production.
The Army is shrinking and has major recruiting/retention problems. Woke leadership, Wuhan virus mandates, and extended deployments are all affecting Army readiness. Military ammunition stockpiles are being rapidly depleted in supplying Ukraine with arms, but the U.S. does not have the industrial capacity to quickly re-stock. Also, certain raw materials used by the military are sourced from China and Russia.
The Space Force faces China's space weapons that can" blind and deafen" American satellites in space. China has invested heavily in space weapons and has demonstrated the ability to destroy U.S. space systems.
The very existence of the United States is at stake. China has embarked on the greatest military buildup in history. It now challenges the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force in lethality and numbers. The current alliance with Russia further adds to the danger.
The U.S. spends approximately 3% of its GDP on the military. This represents 20% of the budget, while social services spending represents over 50%. Interest costs on the $31 trillion in debt are skyrocketing and will account for over 10% of the budget by 2030. The latest defense budget increase of 5% has been consumed by the 8% inflation rate. In other words, the military budget's buying power has shrunk.
In President Reagan's time, the military budget represented 5% of the GDP. NATO countries spend less than 2%. The military is aging, and its equipment is failing. The United States and its allies need to increase military spending. What good is social spending if the country cannot defend itself?
Not only is China threatening America externally, but it is also threatening America internally. America needs to recognize the danger and implement "Quid Pro Quo" policies. If the United States is restricted in China, then the same should apply to China in the United States.
Citizens — Recognize the danger and participate in and support organizations that are raising public awareness to the dangers of China. Contact your elected officials and elect officials who recognize these external dangers as well as the damage caused by self-destructive woke policies.
We have met the enemy, and he/she is us.
Laurence Sanford graduated from Boston College and then served in the U.S. Navy Pacific fleet from 1963 to 1966. He then served as an officer in the clandestine service of the Central Intelligence Agency for over 4 years, including a two-year assignment in Hong Kong. Mr. Sanford serves as a Senior Analyst with the American Security Council Foundation and is also President of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers — Florida Satellite Chapter.
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A Visit with Chucho Valdés
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In Berklee on Tour, Cuba
The morning after their big concert and the Afro-Cuban celebration of Chango, the Berklee students enjoyed perhaps the highlight of their Cuban experience—a visit to the home of Chucho Valdés. Just back from a tour, Valdés treated the students to the story of how he first met Berklee founders Lawrence and Alma Berk at the Havana nightclub Tropicana and was offered a scholarship to the school (which he unfortunately wasn't able to accept).
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Finding out that Enrico de Trizio played piano, Valdés offered him the use of the piano in his studio. Enrico took him up on it, first playing an instrumental and then, with Julia Easterlin, "Silencio." Then Enrico yielded the bench to Valdés, who played a song off his new CD, Chucho's Steps. Discussing the structure of the song afterwards, Valdés even offered to email Enrico the changes.
A Bembé at the Arangos' Home in Cuba
Still running on the adrenaline from their concert at the Museo de Bellas Artes, Berklee's Interarts Ensemble went directly to a bembé celebrating the Yoruba diety Chango at the home of the musical Arango family. The two percussionist brothers and vocalist sister perform with their band (Hermanos Arango) internationally, and Eugenio, who is known for his work with Irakere and Pablo Milanes, had just performed with the Berklee students at the museum. His brother Feliciano is a pioneer of the timba style of bass in Cuban dance music.
Hansel Santos Gómez (leftmost drummer) takes a turn on the batás.
That night, the Arangos hosted batá drummers performing traditional rhythms to welcome the gods of the Yoruba religion, along with dancers who paid tribute to the Yoruba deities Oshun and Chango. Hansel Santos Gómez, the percussionist who accompanied the Berklee students in both their concerts that week, even stepped in for a song or two. He wasn't the only one. The evening was completely interactive, with call-and-response singing as well as dancing that filled the Arangos' entire backyard.
Redefining Fine Arts in Cuba
The big concert at the Museo de Bellas Artes felt a little like the ending of The Wizard of Oz. ("And you and you and you…and you were there!") Familiar faces from the Instituto Superior de Arte, Laboratorio de Música Electroacústica, Ministry of Culture, and more had all shown up to support the students in their final presentation.
Eugenio Arango joins John Hull and Neil Leonard for a song combining batá drums, laptop, and saxophone.
The concert pulled together not only music from different people and different backgrounds, but disciplines other than music, as well, with dance and visual art giving the performance even more depth. Offering multiple ways for the audience to access the performance seems especially important in electronic music, which has been strongly linked to interdisciplinary art in Cuba since Juan Blanco premiered Cuba's first work in the genre "Musica para Danza." The mixture certainly went over well with the audience at the Museo de Bellas Artes!
Cuba's Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica
While in Cuba, the students in Berklee's Interarts Ensemble worked on their compositions at the Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica, founded by Cuban electroacoustic pioneer Juan Blanco. Katie Bilinski described its role in relation to the Instituto Superior de Arte as like that of Mix One Studios to Berklee. This is where they spent most of their time, preparing the pieces that would be shown during their final concert at the Museo de Bellas Artes.
Julia Easterlin practices with the help of LNME engineer Miguel Parera.
Electronic Music at Cuba's Instituto Superior de Arte
I had barely touched down in Cuba (and in fact hadn't even checked into the hotel yet) before being whisked off to a concert that Berklee students were presenting at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA).
Enrico de Trizio, Katie Bilinski, Julia Easterlin, and John Hull had sent CDs and scores of the works to be performed before arriving, but had practiced with ISA students for just an afternoon before presenting the multidisciplinary show. It was an almost incongruous mix of instruments that nevertheless worked well together.
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Two ISA students, Denise Espinoza and Lena Maria Baró, danced their interpretation of a song composed by Berklee Electronic Production and Design professor Neil Leonard and played by him on saxophone, John on laptop, and Julia on vocals.


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Q: Custom order sort Hi I would like to sort the whole C column based on the values(Critical, high, medium,low). I am running this code on macro enabled worksheet
Here is my code.
Sub run()
Range("C:C").Sort Key1:=Range("C1"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, CustomOrder:="Critical,High,Medium,Low", DataOption:=xlSortNormal
End Sub

It did not work as there is error indicated. No argument. What is the solution to correct this problem? Thank you.

A: Your custom sort criteria needs to be in an array. Try,
Sub runSortC()
    Dim vCustom_Sort As Variant, rr As Long

    vCustom_Sort = Array("Critical","High","Medium","Low", Chr(42))
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Quentin Tarantino Says 'Killer Crow' Could Finish His Historical Trilogy
by Ben Pearson
Source: The Root
Hopefully everyone had a very Django Christmas earlier this week, as iconic writer/director Quentin Tarantino gave us all a wonderful Christmas present in the form of his newest film, Django Unchained, that hit theaters on Tuesday. Like Inglourious Basterds before it, the movie takes a crack at revising history through QT's unique lens as a way of dealing with what actually happened back then, which was crazier than anything even Tarantino could conjure. We knew that his past two movies are the first two entries in a spiritual trilogy, but Tarantino told The Root (via THR) he has a story and title in mind for the third entry.
Here's what Tarantino told The Root when asked what his upcoming plans are:
I don't know exactly when I'm going to do it, but there's something about this that would suggest a trilogy. My original idea for Inglourious Basterds way back when was that this [would be] a huge story that included the [smaller] story that you saw in the film, but also followed a bunch of black troops, and they had been f--ked over by the American military and kind of go apes--t. They basically -- the way Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and the Basterds are having an "Apache resistance" -- [the] black troops go on an Apache warpath and kill a bunch of white soldiers and white officers on a military base and are just making a warpath to Switzerland…I have most of that written. It's ready to go; I just have to write the second half of it…That would be the third of the trilogy. It would be [connected to] Inglourious Basterds, too, because Inglourious Basterds are in it, but it is about the soldiers. It would be called Killer Crow or something like that.
The auteur also revealed that the story would be set in 1944 after Normandy, and that he originally intended to do it as a miniseries before dropping that storyline entirely from what eventually became the Inglourious Basterds that we know today. That's a lot of information to digest, but it's pretty exciting stuff. Because Basterds and Django were relatively straightforward as far as time goes, it seems like doing a third movie in which the characters from Basterds pop up could be a cool way for QT to continue his exploration on time, something he's clearly been fascinated in since the beginning of his career. Plus, it'd just be cool to see Brad Pitt reprise his role as Aldo Raine.
But as QT says in the interview, even he isn't sure when Killer Crow might happen. He's previously mentioned returning to the Kill Bill universe for a third movie in that series ten years after Kill Bill: Volume 2, and that anniversary is coming up soon in 2014. He's also said he wants to make a '30s style gangster movie, so it's likely that this project will be a few years away.
It's encouraging that he already has half of Killer Crow written, though, and even more encouraging that he was at one point considering the miniseries format, because that seems like a natural opportunity for him to flesh out a huge story over multiple nights for an audience. Of course we always want to see new films from QT (he's one of the biggest advocates out there for still shooting on actual film), but a miniseries would be cool, too. He doesn't mention any of this in a recent long form interview with Charlie Rose (check it out right here right here), but he does talk a lot about the origins of Django Unchained and his hatred of western director John Ford, a point that's been getting a lot of press over the past few days. Thoughts?
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In Basterds, I really hoped that they wouldve had one defining scene of them slaughtering a base of nazis all with there own signature styles with QTs gorefest action...hopefully this will fulfill that.
I'd see it.
Xerxexx on Dec 27, 2012
As sweet as this sounds and as stoked as I am for another kill bill I must say a 30s gangster film really tickles my fancy.
Jon Odishaw on Dec 27, 2012
sedna on Dec 27, 2012
Not terribly interested in another Kill Bill...unless they do something fun like have the daughter of Vivica Fox's character kill The Bride, and then have Kiddo's daughter seek vengeance for her mother.
Chris Groves on Dec 27, 2012
Another WWII movie featuring the Basterds in any capacity would be awesome though, and so would a 30s Gangster film.
I can't tell if this post is supposed to be ironic or not, because that's actually what Kill Bill 3 is about.
V on Dec 27, 2012
Really? I seem to remember it being a rumor...well, if it involved the death of The Bride...I'd be okay with it.
That is the main plot/premise in the new Kill Bill volumes.
Gregorio E. Martinez on Dec 29, 2012
Why not do a movie from the Native American perspective to complete the trilogy?
Kal-El on Dec 27, 2012
It's going to be a sad day when QT finally retires.
IamSlave on Dec 27, 2012
Aye, in 3 movies and he's gone.
He says that, but part of that is the fact that film is being replaced by digital. He's rich and crazy enough to keep shooting on film for the rest of his career, tho, however long it might be. He's got at least a half dozen more scripts / stories that he's mentioned in various interviews and such, and the guy's genuinely in love with film. I don't think he'll ever quit for good. He might stop for a few years and write a book or two, but he'll come back. He won't be able to resist the urge.
Squiggly_P on Dec 28, 2012
His main reason for retiring if/when he actually does is if he feels his best work is behind him. He's made it very clear he doesn't want to be one of those directors that just makes shitty films and his best work is in the past. So he says 3 more films but leaves the idea of a great project open. Also expresses interest in doing mini-series for HBO or something. Personally if he were to retire after 3 more films I'd love to see him do a mini-series for HBO. I think that could be amazing.
Quentin can make whatever he likes, I know I will be looking forward to it
Tester on Dec 27, 2012
Goddammit. I love Tarantino. I'll gladly take whatever he comes up with.
grimjob on Dec 27, 2012
Eh Na, just give us the 30's gangster flick for now. Leave "Killer Crow or something like that" for another time down the road when it's had time to develop Bride style
Richie G on Dec 28, 2012
The whole film vs digital argument matters none to most fans. I guaranty you can stand at the exit of the theater and ask audiences of any film what format was it and which do they prefer and 90% wouldn't be able to say or give a rat's ass.
rocky728 on Dec 29, 2012
He should do a Vietnam movie. Although, if he does do another war movie, Christoph Waltz should be in it, but playing a different character.
Anton Chigurh on Mar 15, 2013


America faces its most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. While the finance economy has improved somewhat since the bursting of the credit bubble in 2008, the labor market economy continues to languish with the national unemployment rate officially at 9.2 percent. The "solution" of the Obama administration has been a massive government stimulus program designed to get the consumer to spend us out of this nasty national recession. The president's economic advisors claimed that its government stimulus program would result in unemployment coming down from 8.0 percent to 6.5 percent. Instead, unemployment is much higher today while our federal debt levels have risen significantly. Since the Obama stimulus plan began in February 2009 through May 2011, we have lost another 1.7 million jobs.
The solution to our high levels of unemployment, lack of private sector job creation, and the hollowing out of our U.S. manufacturing base is to change the way we tax business in the United States. We have the most onerous corporate tax system in the world with a 35 percent income tax rate and a 7.5 percent employer portion of the payroll tax. It rewards loading U.S.-based companies up with lots of debt – because debt is deductible – while punitively taxing employment, capital investment, and savings which are the engines of economic growth and job creation.
Leonhardt is right, but he doesn't go far enough. We should scrap our existing business tax system and replace it with a revenue-neutral, 8.0 percent business-consumption tax that would be border-adjusted.
Known as the Hartman Plan, this new approach to taxing business would raise just as much in revenue as, if not more than, the current system of taxation. All goods and services coming into the U.S. would pay the 8.0 percent tax while all exports would receive a comparable tax credit as an offset to its company's business consumption tax.
Under a business consumption tax, we would immediately begin bringing outsourced jobs back to America as we transformed from a consumer economy, laden with debt, to an economy built on productivity.


Buenos Aires, October 19th. Finally, Argentinean Government released the drought and glyphosate-tolerant soybean, developed by Instituto Argentino de Agrobiotecnología (INDEAR) and containing the IND 00410-5 and MON 04032-6 traits.
Through the Resolution 15/2018, the Food and Bioeconomy Secretariat (depending on the Production and Labour Ministry) decided to authorize the use and commercialization of this soybean and its progeny in the country, but not until China formally accept the import of the soybean containing IND00410-5 trait.
This trait was developed by the INDEAR, a JV between Bioceres Group and Conicet (the local Technology and Science Institute) thanks to the work of Dr. Raquel Chan, a scientist from Litoral University who identified the HB4 gene in sunflower, that confers tolerant to salinity and drought and who was able to transfer it to other crops, including the soybean.
Bioceres Group, that runs a JV with the Chinese DBN Biotechnology Group, is waiting for the approval of IND 00410-5 trait by Chinese authorities.
In dialogue with the local media "Bichos de Campo", Bioceres CEO Federico Trucco expressed that they are waiting for the Chinese approval during 2019.


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The maintenance program works to ensure that your equipment functions properly. As a result, your operations are streamlined, with a lesser chance of equipment breakdown.
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Ceramicx exports its infrared heating systems to thermoformers and blow moulders in over 60 countries worldwide.
Getting new IR heating systems designed and installed for thermoformers typically requires 3-4 days onsite for integration, including a 24 hour runoff. Ceramicx believes that any thermoforming control system should provide early warning diagnostic features; the ability to alarm the operator in the event of a single heater loss, a shorted wire or bad fuse.
Those messages include the assertion that a simple infrared (IR)Nheating upgrade to a company's conventional heating system can increase profits for thermoformers by at least one third, according Ceramicx.
Replacing an entire thermoforming machine is too big a step for many but an IR upgrade can improve the performance of an expensive fixed capital asset and typically pays for itself within months.
Heating legacy issues can include burn outs, electrical faults and with problems with older style and non-directional heating. Tubular and magnesium filled heating solutions; black rod heating and other kinds of non-infrared sources can all make a contribution to inexact systems of thermoforming production and – above all – to a waste of energy and electricity cost.
In a completely enclosed system or oven, this kind of heating becomes uncontrollable. Thermoforming operators are being continually forced to ramp up the power and the input electricity in order to try and maintain an even temperature.
Effective plastics thermoforming means that all energy inputs have to be properly measured and then specifically applied.
Ceramicx-designed thermoforming systems essentially convert incoming electrical wattage into infrared output more quickly and efficiently.
The core of the Ceramicx quality assurance (QA) work centres on developing systems of closely specified nominal wattage tolerances for the ceramic and quartz electrical elements. This control applies throughout the entire range of Ceramicx products. The semi automated validation system with closed-loop process-control guarantees the product quality. It also assigns and records performance characteristics for each part as it is produced.
In thermoforming production a number of infrared ceramic heaters are generally mounted on reflectors which are then arrayed upon a platen – or two – which is part of the production line.
The performance of the background reflectors - their material composition - and the performance of the platen in general – these factors are all vital in directing the infrared heating to the plastic.
For example, Ceramicx points out that stainless steel is not an adequate material for use in infrared reflection work. It will absorb a high percentage of the emitted energy and will therefore over time cause burnout of the electrical wiring behind the reflector and will also start to discolor from 120degC. Polished aluminum on the other hand is in most cases the best reflector for ceramic infrared heating but > 500 C it also will start to fail. The business of thermoforming thin and clear plastic sheet needs some installation of passive ceramic tiles in the base of the platen in order to reflect back the heat.
Every thermoforming system, in some way, has its custom features depending on products, materials and cycle time. The Ceramicx belief is that sooner or later most of these will migrate over to IR based systems in the coming years.
Frank Wilson, Ceramicx Founder and Managing Director.


New research has found that a gene variation long thought to increase risk a person's risk for depression actually may have little effect. But the research confirmed the continued association between increased stress and an increased likelihood of depression.
The clarification challenges a widely accepted approach to studying risk factors for depression.
"Rigorous re-evaluations of published studies provide the checks and balances necessary for scientific progress," said Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Mental health researchers first demonstrated in 2003 that a gene involved in serotonin activity increased the risk of major depression in people who had a number of stressful life events over a five-year period. The study received wide publicity at the time and had a far-reaching influence.
But despite considerable resources invested in subsequent studies that built on this finding, studies that have attempted to replicate the 2003 study's findings have yielded contradictory and inconsistent results.
To examine whether the 2003 study's finding had been confirmed, a group of scientists from NIMH and six universities with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, and psychiatry reviewed the status of relevant replication studies. Led by Kathleen Merikangas, Ph.D., of the NIMH Intramural Research Program, the researchers conducted a meta-analysis, re-analyzing data on 14,250 participants in 14 studies published from 2003 through March 2009.
Of these, the researchers also re-analyzed original data, including unpublished information, on 10,943 participants from 10 studies published before 2008. The researchersanalyzed these original data to see whether there were gender differences in the associations between the serotonin genotype, stressful life events, and depression.
By applying the same definitions of study variables and data analysis methods used in the 2003 study, the researchers found a strong association between the number of stressful life events and risk of depression across the studies.
However, the presumed high-risk version of the serotonin transporter gene did not show a relationship to increased risk for major depression, alone or in interaction with stressful life events, in the analysis of the 14 studies. Their findings were the same in men and women alone in the analysis of original data from 10 studies.
These findings may account for the difficulty many researchers have faced in attempting to replicate the 2003 study. This analysis confirms some earlier reviews that had also questioned the validity of the gene's effect on depression risk. However, the researchers emphasized that the intent of its analysis was not to deter research on gene-environment interactions for mental disorders.
"Identifying gene-environment interactions is most successful when studies can focus on a single gene with a major effect, or when the environmental exposure has a strong effect," said lead author Neil Risch, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente Northern California.
"Even though our re-analysis did not confirm an association between the serotonin gene and depression, the finding that the environmental factor was strongly associated with depression in several studies reminds us that environmental factors are also involved in the complex pathways leading to mental disorders," noted Merikangas.
Despite the lack of evidence, some have proposed marketing a gene depression test to the public based upon the 2003 research study.
The study was published in the June 17, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.